The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-13 00:00:00

reaching Southampton. The three steamers will, it is
estimated, be able to carry about 3,000 men.
It is satisfactory to know that no interruption of the
mail service wilt be occasioned by these ships having
been taken from their regular duties. ,The Sultan and
Euxine, two paddle-wheel steamers, of 1,200 tons and
400-horse power, arc temporarily to replace the Ripon.
and Himalaya on the Southampton, Malta, and Alex-
andria line, while those ships are carrying out the orderg
of the Government.

We understand that the Golden Fleece and Jason,
two `splendid and capacious steam-ships, of 2,250 tons
and 400-horse power, have also been engaged by the
Government for the transport service. These' vessels
belong to the General Screw Steam Company, and are
fitting out at Blackwall. The. Golden Fleece will be
ready by the Ist of March, and the Jason as soon as
possible afterwards—probably by the Ist of April. Cap-
tain Ford, the superintendent of the company, has pro-
ceeded to London to hurry on their completion as soon
as practicable. Excepting the Propontis, of 550 tons,
the General Screw Company have no vessels at South-

ampton at the present moment available for Government
service, as the _A rgo Captain Hyde, sails on Tuesday
for the Cape and India. leasing no steamer of great size
connected with this company in, port. The Queen of the
South is, however, dne here on time 26th inst.
- The Royal (West India) Mail Steam Packet CoMpany,
we believe, cannot offer any present assistance to the
Government. The Orinoco, of 2,500 tons and 700
horse-power---a steamer which could carry a large num-
ber of men— is, unfortunately in want of repairs. The •.
Tav and Medway, both of 1,800 tons and 450 horse
power, are dismantled and Undergoing an extensive
Overhaul ; while the Panina, 4'2,750 tons and 800-horse
power, is in the Thames, undergoing the process of
lengthening. La Plata, of 2,500 tons and 1,000-horse
power, expected from the West Indies on the 16th must
be ready to take out the mails of, the 2d of March ;
while the Solent (now iuport), 1,800 tons and 400-horse
power, has to start on the 17th. The Atrato, a magni-
ficent new iron Paddle-wheel steamer, belonging to this
company, is expected from the Clyde in the course of a
few weeks; and would possibly be available. From her
immense size (nearly 3,000 tons) she would be a most
effective ship for this service, but could not be employed
for auy considerable time without disconcerting the
company's arrangements for performing the postal ser-
vice to the West Indies.

The screw steam-ship Emu, of 1,660 tons and 350-
horse power, belonging to the Australasian Pacific Mail
Steam Company, has to-day been surveyed by order of
the Government for the purpose of ascertaining what
number of troops could be accommodated on board. This
ship is advertised to sail for Melbourne and Sydney on
the 10th of March, and might possibly be able to make
a trip to Malta and back in time to keep that engage-
ment, as she is in first-rate order for sea, and would carry
a good number of men,
It is understood that the Government requires at once
about 18,000 tons of steam transports to carry 10,000
men. The Himalaya, Ripon, Manilla, and Golden
Fleece provide only 8,584 tons of this quantity, so that
nearly 10,000 additional tons are needed. Nothing
further of consequence could be furnished at present from
this port without interfering with the regularity of
the mail service, and, as other ports will possibly
supply the deficiency, it is not likely the Government will
take off the mail steamers. This would only be resorted
to in an emergency of the last importance, such, as the
present aspect of the Eutern question cannot yet be
consider-el The Great Britain, screw-steamer, is shortly
expected to arrive at Liverpool from Australia, and if
chartered by the Government would be a most useful
vessel as a temporary troop-ship. Her great tonnage,
3,500 tons, and the method which has been pursued by
her owners in putting up the cabins for an immense
number of passengers, specially adapt this fine steam-
ship for the conveyance of a military force, and there is
no doubt the Great Britain would be able to carry a
a greater number of men in comfort than any steamer
now afloat, not excepting the Himalaya.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 12.

• This afternoon arrangements have been entered into
by the Cunard Company to place at the disposal of Go-
vernment the fine paddle-steamers Cambria and Niagara
for the conveyance of troops to the East. We under-
stand that they will each be fitted to carry 1,000 men.
The Niagara was advertised to take the mails to Bos-
ton, United States, on Saturday next, but her place
will be supplied by the screw-steamer Alps, The with-
drawal of these ships from the Cunard line of mail
steamers will not affect the regular despatch of the mails
and goods.
THE BRIGADE OF FOOT GUARDS.
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WINDSOR.Feb. adjutant arrived from Lon-
don last night with definitive orders for the marching
and sailing of the second battalion of Scots Fusilier
Guards, now in garrison, by which some of the arrange-
ments contemplated yesterday have been altered. In-
stead of 350 men being "draughted from this battalion
and marched direct to the port of embarcation, the
whole of the battaliOn will march from the Sheet-street
barracks, on Tuesday morning, and proceed by South-
Western Railway to London, where 800 effective men
will be made up from the battalions of Scots Fusiliers.
The first battalion of Coldstream Guards will march from
London to Chichester, where it will make up the re-
quired number to 800 men from the second battalion.
The th4e battalions of Grenadier Guards will furnish
one battalion of 1,000 strong,. and thus complete the
brigade of Guards for service in Turkey. The Coldstreama
will sad from Portsmouth, and the Grenadiers and Fusi-
liers from Gravesend. and Plymouth respectively,
on Saturday next, for INlalta, where the whole of the
British contingent will rendevous previous to taking
active service in the East. It was supposed that three
or four companies of the Fusilier Guards wm,ild be left
in the infantry barracks, as was the case when the
greater portion of the Grenadiers were sent to London
at the opening of the Great Exhibition, but it is under.
stood that the Fusiliers will not be replaced here either
by another battalion of Guards or by a regiment of the
line. It is said that the infantry barracks will be closed
fur a time, and that the Ist Life Guards will mount
guard at the Castle and at Frogruore. It is also ru-
moured, that when the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hos-
pital are embodied, a sufficient number of them to per-
brill the Castle duties•will occupy the barracks.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

,WOOLWICH, SATURDAY.

Captain Burrow's company, 4th Batt-ilion, are to em-
b irk at the Royal Arsenal on Monday morning, and
proceel thence to Tilbury Fort to relieve C•_iptain Payn-
ter's company, Bth battalion, as the latter are to return
to head-quarters here to prepare for embareation for the
Mediterranean.

Captain Pack's field battery, Ist battalion, at present
stationed at Bristol ; Captain Campbell's field battery,
Ist battalion, at Sheerness ; Captain Price's field bat-
tery, &it battalion, at Sherncliffe, are ordered to join
head-quarters immediately, and to transfer the horses,
with those already at Woolwich, to the batteries under
orders for the Mediterranean. The field battery at
Manchester, under the command of Captain Adair, is
also ordered t join heal-quarters immediately, and 200
horses are to be sent over from Ireland, as each field
battery under orders for foreign services is to have eight
horses for each gun, and six horses for each of the am-
munition warons. The whole of the gunners are to be
mounted, and their knapsacks will be carried, as for-
merly, with the light 6-pounder guns. There will be
five field batteries and one brigade for small-arm ball
cartridge. The latter, if supplied with Minis rifles,
will be a new feature in the equipment of the mounted
artillery of the British army, and prove admirably
adapted to resist the attack of an enemy desirous of ob-
taining possession or disabling the large guns.
ROYAL BA.PPERS AND MINERS.

The 9th company, under the command of Captain
Jesse, Royal Engineers, recently returned to Woolwich,
after a long period of service at the Cape of Good Hope,
will leave Woolwich on Monday, the 13th instant, and
proceed by the North Sent Railway to Strood, en route
to Chatham, where the company will be stationed. The
7th Company. under the command of Captain Gibb,
Royal Engineers, will arrive at Woolwich on the same
day from Hurst Castle, near Portsmouth.
The 7th Company, under Captain Gibb, Royal
Engineers, on its arrival at Woolwich, and the 10th
Company, under Captain Bent, Royal. Engineers, at pie.
sent at Wool aich, and also the 11th Company, under
Captain Hassard, Royal Engineers, at present at Wool-
wich, are to be made up to the war establishment and
placed under orders for foreign service, and they are ex-
pected to embark about the latter end of the present
month for the Mediterranean stations, to be in • c-
diato readiness for service in any part of the East where
their aid may be found requisite. The departure of
these three companies from Woolwich will leave the
garrison without a single company of that branch of the
Ordnance service ; but, as they are a highly useful and
most efficient corps, adapted to work or'to fight, the
time has now arrived when another battalion at least
should be immediately formed.