The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-15 00:00:00

Tag DISPOSITION OF THE FLEET IN

THE BLACK S.A.

The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Deans Dun-
dee, C. 8., has been suffering from diarrhea, but by last
accounts (Nov. 27), was better, on the following day he
was to shift his flag to the 16-gun paddle-frigate Furious,
Captain Loring, sending the Britannia, 120, to the
Bosphorus, to rest.
The Queen, 116, Capt. Michell ; Trafalgar, 120, Capt.
Greville ; and London, 90, Capt. Jones, had sailed to
the Bosphorus. Their rudder-heads had been wrung,
and must be landed to be repaired.
Th• Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. Mends, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, C.B. ; Rodney, 90, Capt.
King ; Vengeance, 84, ()apt. Lord E. Russell ; and
Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. Talbot, were off Sebastopol.
The Bellerophon, 78, Capt. Lord George Paulet, was
at Eupatoria.
The Sanspareil, 71, screw, Captain Heatb, was at
Balaklava.
The Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore Hon. F. W.
Grey, daily expected, would be welcome ; as also the
Royal Albert, 121, screw, Capt. Sir Thomas Pasley,
Bart.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE
BLACK SEA FLEET.

Oapt. King, of the Leander, 50, to be captain of the
Rodney, 90, vice Charles Graham, C. 8., invalided.
Captain Lewis T. Jones, of the Sampson, 6, paddle,
to be captain of the London, 90, vice Charles Eden, in-
valided.
Captain S. T. Brock, additional captain of the Bri-
tannia, 120, flag-ship, to command the Sampson, 6, vice
Jones, to the London.
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, of the Tribune, 31,
screw, to be captain to the Leander, 50, vice King.
Commander Leopold George Heath, of the Niger, 12,
screw, to be acting captain of Sanspareil, 71, screw, vice
S. C. Dacres, invalided. This officer's promotion we
believe has been anticipated.
Commander Lord John Hay, of the Wasp, 12, screw,
to be acting captain of the Tribune, vice Carnegie.
Lieutenant Henry Lloyd, commander of the iron pad-
dle steamer Triton (badly and seriously wounded in the
attack on Sebastopol), to be acting commander of the
Wasp, vice Lord Jokn Hay. The Casette intelligence
of the promotion of Commander Lloyd has reached him
by this time.
Lieut. Hors, of the Beagle, to be acting commander
of the Niger, vise Heath; to the Sanspareil.
Mate Mr. Hewett, of the Beagle (who distinguished
himself so gallantly in command of a naval battery at
Sebastopol), to be acting lieutenant and commander of
the Beagle.
The promotions of these two officers also are on their
way out to them.
Singularly enough, in selecting the above officers for
acting command, the commander-in-chief has anticipated
the promotion they have received by this time direct
from the Admiralty.
to Commander
nom
command of the Tribune, though young, is said
to be a good and steady officer. He had been for a long
time employed in conducting the operations on the coast
of Circassis, and rejoined the fleet off Sebastopol at a
mader Lord John Hay, removed from the Wasp
time when more seamen were wanted for the trenches.
He was at once despatched with his ship's company to
strengthen the naval brigade, which he now quits to
command the Tribune.

The Prussian Correspondence of Berlin of the 9th says :
--" The number of Prussian manufacturers who have
inscribed their names to take part in the Universal Ex-
hibition of Paris in 1855 amounts to 1,100, and will, no
the persons intending to
edoubt
w, becomeorke ofa stillr t
Mr. John Watson, draper, Edinburgh, has
received an order for
100
number of pairs of flannel drawers and knitted stockings,
are
7i greater, w
!woollen
woollen Jerseys, and the like
woollen nightcaps, and comforters. They are for the
use .__
of the soldiers of Captain Maitland company of the
79th or Cameron Highlanders.—Glasgow Constitutional.
YARN FROM THE COMMON NETTLE.—The Dundee
Advertiser di Tuesday says : An esteemed
ms idterio states
country.
corre-
spondent in Ireland -has sent us a small sample of yarn
made from the common nettle. It is very strong, and
uwa loaryk,
and the
the
with en
When even the common nettle can thus be
turned to account, we need not despair of finding
abundant material for manufacture."
tahpapteahres
hasof good
seen spinning
A lecture of a novel and entertaining character was
delivered by Mr. Chads Leighton and Mr. C. G. Crook,
at the Lecture jail, Newington, on Wednesday event
ing. It consisted of recitations and sketches of charac-
ter of a very clever and original kind ; among the latter
the most successful performances of the evening were
The Monthly Nurse," "The Voice from the Stable,"
and " The Fidgetty Man." Someef the more serious pieces
were received equally well. "The Dream of Eugene
Aram," and "The Chimes of Memory," were delivered
with great taste. The entertainment was very fully
attend* and reflects great credit on the gentlemen who
had written and arranged it.
TRADE OF NoTTINGEWI.—Our lace trade continues
in the most languid condition ; anything that is doing
being of so trifling an amount as to be unworthy of
notice, and American buyers freely stating that they
have, many a winter, made in Nottingham as much as
they have this winter spent in it--which of course does
not augur a great extent of outlay in the purchase of our
goods. The impression of a leading merchant is that not
above a fourth of the usual employment is at this mo-
ment afforded to the people. In hosiery, although a
feet American and some German orders have been given,
and fewer complaints prevail, the trade is not what it
should be ; but the process of stock-taking now in pro-
gress shows stocks to be low, and for the most part any
demand that does arise has an immediate influence on
production.—Nottinghametire Guardian.
IMPATIENCE OF THE FRENCH FOR ACTION IN TEE
CRIMEA.—A correspondent of a morning contemporary
says, from information derived from a high source, there
is the probability of the Allied commanders making a
decisive movement either in the course of the present or
the ensuing month. It is stated that the French army
have become seriously impatient under their present
circumstances, and call upon their officers to lead them
to the assault or against the Russians in the field.
General Canrobert has, from time to time, represented
this state of feeling to Lord Raglan, recommending that
they should fight a pitched battle and then storm the
garrison. Lail Raglan hesitates until the arrival
of further reinforcements, not wishing to imperil
the operations of the siege ; but, notwithstanding, an
impression is prevalent among the officers of the French
army that a combined effort will be made to destroy the
hosts of Russia in the Crimea before many weeks are
°Tor. 4

LATEST NEWS•

THE RATIFICATION OF THE
TREATY WITH AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, THURSDAY EYENING.

The ratifications of the Treaty of Alliance be-
tween Austria and the Western Powers were ex-
changed this afternoon, at the office of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, between the Plenipotentiaries
of Austria, France, and England.

RUSSIA.
We have received the following intelligence via

Hamburg :

ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 12.

If negotiations do not produce peace at the coin-

mencement of the new year, a conscription is

ordered throughout Russia of 16 in every 1,000,

producing an army of 1,000,000 soldiers.

THE DUTCH MINISTRY.

THE HAGUE, THURSDAY.

M. Ensly, Minister of Marine, has tendered
his resignation. He is, however, to present to
the Second Chamber of the States-General a
temporary budget for the necessities of public