The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT.

Mr. Warner, recently serving as gunner in the Fire-
brand, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, is appointed gunner
to the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich, and entered on
his duties this day.
The Vulcan iron screw steam troop-ship. Commander
Edward P. B. Von Donop, arrived off Gravesend on
Saturday afternoon, and cast anchor there for the pur-
pose of landing 24 soldiers, 18 women, and 88 orphan
children, brought home from Bermuda and other islands
in the West Indies, the orphans being the sons and
daughters of soldiers who had died of the late prevalent
fever. The soldier; women, and children were sent s
by the North Kent Railway to Chatham, where the
depots of the regiments to which they belonged are
stationed. The Vulcan left Gravesend about 11 o'clock,
and arrived at Woolwich about 1 o'clock p.m., where
she was brought up at the dockyard, for the con-
venience of landing the three companies of Royal
Artillery she brought home from Jamaica, Barbadoes,
and Bermuda. The companies landed at the dock-
yard at 3 o'clock p.m. to-day, and marched up to the
Artillery barracks, headed by the band of the regiment,
the widows and children having been previously landed
under the immediate superintendence of the Rev. Mr.
Wright, one of the chaplains of the garrison. Colonel
Willis, Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, Brigade-Major Bing-
ham, and Captain Riddell, were present at the land-
ing of the companies, and accompanied them to their
barracks. The widow and four children of the late Mr.
Thompson, who died while serving as band-master of
the 56th Regiment of Foot, also landed at, Woolwich.
The total number brought home by the Vulcan was 250
soldiers, 50 women, and 166 children, all in very good
health. The voyage out and home of the Vulcan, under
Commander Von Donop, presents some interesting fea-
tures when examined in detail, and the following is from
unquestionable authority :—This fine iron screw steam-
ship left Spithead on the 11th of September, and arrived
off Bermuda on the night of the 3d of October, when a
pilot who came off having informed Commander Von
Donop of the prevalence of fever on the island, he used
his discretionary power very judiciously, and left the
same night, without communicating farther with Ber-
muda, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he arrived on the
9th of October, and landed the company of artillery
there which was intended for service at Bermuda. On
the 14th of October the Vulcan left Halifax and commu-
nicated with Bermuda on the 20th, but the fever still
prevailing, Commander Von Donop held on for Bar-
badoes, where he arrived on the 31st of October, and
landed the company of Royal Artillery intended for ser-
vice at that station ; and having embarked the company
ordered home, he left Barbadoes on the 4th of Novem-
ber for Jamaica, where he arrived on the 10th of the
same month, and disembarked the company for that
station. On embarking the company ordered home, ho
left Jamaica on the 18th of November, and arrived at
Bermuda on the 3d December, when he learned that
the fever had abated, and the island become healthy.
Under these altered circumstances he left Bermuda
on the 6th of December, and arrived at Halifax on the
12. th, and having embarked the company he left. In
the first instance he started from Halifax for Bermuda
on the 14th of December, and arrived there on the 22d
of the same month. On the 25th he bad completed
taking on beard the whole of the soldiers, women, and
children, and left on that day for England and arrived
at Portsmouth on the 13th inst. The Vulcan; during
her voyage out and home, steamed 21 days, and in that
period went over 3,000 miles. She was under sail 79
days, and proved herself an excellent sailer, and during
her 79 days of sailing went over 11,000 miles. The
time she remained at anchor was 24 days.
The Melampus, 42, frigate, in charge of Mr. Jackson,
Assistant-Master-Attendant, at Sheerness .dockyardr.
arrived here yesterday at 2 p.m., towed by the African
-steam-vessel, and was taken into the basin to receive on
board, for conveyance to Devonport, the engines and
boilers of the Algiers, 90, screw steam-ship now ready
for launching at Devonport.