The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1854.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK
(Tncorpo•ated by Charter), intend opening, on ➢IONDAY,
the Ist of January next, a BRANCH at No. 32, Regent-Circus,
Piccadilly. Though one of the principal thoroughfares of the metro-
pas, there has never been a Bank in Piccadilly; and it is hoped that
the intended establishment may, therefore, be a convenience t) at
least such or the inhabitants of that important neighbourhood as have
net hitherto kept a banker. -
Interest on deposits and on the fluctuating balances of current
accounts are reckoned from day to day, at rates varying from one to
four per cent. per annum, according to the amount and continuance
of the deposit or balance, and promissory notes or Wits, circular
letters of credit, and drafts payable to order or hearer, which may be
cashed in any town at home or abroad where there is a banker, are
issued to merchants and travellers, for whom they possess some
peculiar features of economy, safety, and utility.
ailed terms of busiless will be communicated on applicaPon at
the Head Office, Tokenhouse-Yard ; or at the branches, 429, Strand ;
17, Bridge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road. Islington; I, Shattes-
bury-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico ; and 60, Stones-end, South-
wark

HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager.
Royal British Bank, Tokenhouse-yard, Lethbury.

rrHE ALMA. LUNCHEON, DINNER, and
SUPPER ROOMS, 162, Piccadilly, west corner of St. James-
street, will OPEN on MONDAY, 17th inst. Luncheons and Dinners
from One o'clock. D'nners from the Joint. All the Morning and
Evening Papers. The Cuisine conducted by a first-rate Gastronomic
Artist. First quality Wines and Cigar.; by James Mann.

MALTA.

MALTA, Dec. 8 —The merchant screw-steamer Tamau-
lipas, having made good her damage, proceeded to Bey-
rout, Alexandretta, and Alexandria, on the 4th ; and on
the same day the Edhbtrgh, merchant steamer, with
French Government stores, for Constantinople.
The French postal steamer Cairo arrived from Con-
stantinople, Smyrna, Syra, and Zante, on the evening of
the 4th, having been compelled by stress of weather to
seek shelter in the last-mentioned port. She had on
board 12 English and 196 French soldiers, four English
and 38 French sailors, and 10 French officers, invalids
from the allied army and navy. The English were landed
at Malta ; the French proceeded in her to Marseilles,
for which port she left on the same night, when the
Ripon steamer arrived' from Marseilles, bringing Colonel
Midon, 35 other officers, and 1,097 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the French army, who went on in
her to the Crimea on the same night.
The Thames steamer arrived at the same time, also
from Marseilles, and left for the Crimea on the following
morning, having on board General Dubue, Colonel Le-
febvre Lieutenant-Colonels Airolles and Baffes, 36
other Le-
febvre,
and 1,200 non-commissioned officers and
privates, and 28 horses.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Dauntless arrived from
Portsasouth on the night of the 4th, bringing Captains
raydore, Oldfield, Gleig, and Soady ; Lieutenants Cham-
pion, Wolfe, Jones, and Briscoe, of the Royal Artillery,
and 306 non-commissioned officers and privates of the
same corps, and left for the Crimea on the 6th.
The Blake transport (No. 33) arrived from Cork on
the sth with ammunition, and detachments, via., Cap-
tain Gore and three privates of the 3d ; Ensign Hussey,
Surgeon Le Blanc, and 93 non-commissioned officers
and privates of the 9th ; Ensign Bridges, and 55 non-
commissioned officers and privates of the 14th ; and 1
private of the 62d. She left again for the Crimea on the
loth. - -
The Sardinian brig Spirit& Santo, and the French
barque Ville de Dunkerque, in the French transport
service, arrived on the sth, bringing 37 rank and file,
and 50 horses for the cavalry, and left on the 7th for the
Crimea.

The Telemaque, French postal steamer, arrived from
Marseilles on the sth, and left for Constantinople on the
same evening, having on board 255 rank and file to re-
inforce the French army.
The Tamar steamer arrived from Southampton and
Gibraltar on the 6th, and left on the same night for
the Crimea, having on board from the last-men-
tioned Port Lieutenant-Colonel McPherson, Major
Burke, Captains Routledge, Croker, E. Croker,
Gordon, O'Connor, and McKinsledy ; 1 Lieutenants
Earle, Brinckman, Williams, Smyth, Boyd, Lukin,
Surie, Macpherson, Traherne, and Maobayne ; Ensign
Grant ; Paymaster Telford ; Adjutant Heighan ; Quar-
termaster Campbell ; Surgeon Simpson ; and 719 non-
commissioned officers and privates of the 17th. Also
Captains Wragges and Reycnes ; Lieutenants Price,
Brown, and Milman ; 120 non-commissioned officers
and gunners of the Royal Artillery.
The Paramatta transport (No. 52) sailed for the
Crimea on the 6th, laden with ammunition, and deal
planks and- stanchions for the construction of tem-
porary barracks for the British army.
Arethusa frigate sailed for England on the
evening of the 6th, having on board 126 military in-
valids from various regiments in the East.

The Amazon steamer, bound to Constantinople, ar-
rived from Piymouth, on the 7th, having had to put
into Vigo and Gibraltar for fuel, and into Bona by rea-
son of damage sustained in her paddle-wheels and boxes,
which she was unable to get completely repaired there.
The Esk steamer arrived on the morning of the 7th
from Portsmouth, with Government stores, and left on
the same day for the Crimea. Mr. Penfold, agent of
the naval hospital at Therapia, took passage in this
vessel for Constantinople.
The French transports Laurenline, Julie, and Saphir
arrived from Marseilles on the 6th and 7th, with 47
rank and file of the French army, and 56 horses and
mules.

The Delta screw steamer arrived from Alexandria on

the 7th, having 254 haggi or pilgrims returning from
Mecca for Tangiers, whence she will proceed onward to
Liverpool. She left again on the Bth, on which day the
Orontes arrived likewise from Alexandria, having on
board 601 haggi for Tunis and Tangiers, whence she
will proceed to Liverpool, calling at Gibraltar.
The Sardinian barques Giulia and Felice, having made
good their damage, sailed for the Crimea on the 7th
with hay for the French cavalry. '
The Jena French ship of the line, from Gallipoli and the
Pirmus of Athens, the linen French steam-frigate from
Constantinople and Gallipoli, and the Fulton French
Government steam-corvette, from the Katcha and Galli-
poli, arrived on the Bth with 611 invalids from the
French army and navy, homeward bound.
The screw steam line-of-battle ship Royal Albert arrived
from Spithead, after a passage of 12 days, having called
at Gibraltar and Algiers. She brings Lieut.-Colonel
Lord Hay, Lieut.-Colonel nontresor, Captains Alexan-
der, Murray, Mitchell, and Phillimore ; Lieutenants the
Hon. W. F. Forbes and Clayton ; Surgeon Blonkins ;
415 non-commissiened officers and privates of the
Grenadier Guards ; Captains Burton and Couteur ; Lieu-
tenants Wigram, Lambton, Rose, and Ives ; and 154
non-commissioned officers and privates of the Coldstream
Guards ; Captains Meyrick and Holden, Lieut. Lamb-
ton, and 151 non, commissioned officers and privates of
the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Major Ready ; Captains
Hope, Parker, and Blennerhassett ; Lieutenantsßontam,
Mirehouse, and the Hon. R. Harbord; Ensigns Campbel',
Wingfield, and Moursey • Assistant-Surgeon Simpson ;
and 417 non-commissioned officers and privates of the
71st Regiment ; Captain King ; Lieutenants Lowrie,
Grain, and Crofton, and 113 non-commissioned officers
and privates of the Royal Engineers (Sappers and
Miners).
The Tamar, which left on the 6th, put back on
the Bth in consequence of a case of small-pox having
manifested itself among the military. She left again on
the same afternoon, after landing the sick man, and ano-
ther suffering from fever. Captain Baines, of the Royal
Artillery, is reported to have committed suicide the day
after leaving Malta. . _

MALTA, DEC, 9.—The Andes steamer has just arrived
from Balaklava, whence she took her departure on the
2(i inst.; but seems to have brought no intelligence of
moment.

The Lycurge, French postal steamer, has just arrived
from Alexandria, reporting that the India mail bad not
been telegraphed up to the 21; and that the Vectis,
going for same,
was Passed on the 4th, and would not
reach Alexandria before the sth.

THE REINFORCEMENTS.

Yesterday morning the 91st (Argyleshire) Regiment
of Foot, numbering over 600 men, and the regular com-
plement of officers, proceeded to Queenstown, to embark
on board her Majesty's ship St. George, 78, fur Malta.
On Thursday morning her Majesty's ship Neptune,
120, sailed from Queenstown for Balaklava, carrying on
board 140 of the 17th Regiment, under the command of
Captain G. T. Brice and Ensigns Dyer, Disbrowc, Lees,
and Travers. The Neptune has also on board 160 of
the 89th, and the following officers :—Captains Hawley
and White; Lieutenants Haycock, Morris, and Holmes ;
and Ensigns Hall, Beck, and Robinson. . _

On Wednesday eight companies, comprising 498 men
of the 72d Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's High-
landers) arrived in Cork by special train from Buttevant,
en route to Malta. According to previous arrangement,
the Alice, Capt. Livingston, was in readiness to receive
the troops and convey them to Queenstown, where they
embarked on Thursday in her Majesty's steam-frigate
Leopard. 30 officers, 27 women, and 37 children proceed
to Malta along with these 498 men, among whom are 47
serjeants. The following officers accompany the regiment :
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharp, in command ; Major Parke ;
Captains M'Kenzie, Thellusson, Rocke, Robinson, Nor-
man, Crombie, Buchanan, and Alison ; Lieutenants
Hunter, Atkinson, Stewart, Coathupe, Hon. S. R. H.
Ward, Campbell, Cameron, F. M. Alison, and the Hon.
H.W. Fitztnaurice; Adj.Vesey; Ensigns Burges, Basset,
Campion, and Brownlow ; Quartermaster Macdonald,
Paymaster Webster, Surgeon Seaman, Assistant-surgeon
Roberts, and Serjeant-Major M'Key.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain the Hon.
H. Keppel, Devonport. Every exertion is to be used
to refit this ship, as her services are required to take
troops and stores from Ireland to the Black Sea.
The tide having risen a few inches, Princess Royal,
91, screw, Captain Lord Charles Paget, has been taken
into dock at Keyham ; and the tide having also risen at
Devonport, Caesar, 90, screw, Captain Robb, has been
taken into harbour. _ _

The James Watt, 91, screw, Captain Warden, should
the weather permit, will go into Portsmouth Harbour
to-day, and be decked on Tuesday for examination.
The Prince Regent, 90, struck her pendant at Ports-
mouth yesterday evening, and we believe the remnant
of her crew will be forward ed to Devonport by Lucifer
and Avon to-day (Saturday.)
The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain R.
L. Warren, from the Baltic, brought up at dusk on
Wednesday evening, betweten the Mouse and the Nore.
The Esk, 21, screw steam-corvette, Captain Thomas
Francis Birch, at Woolwich, has now completed taking
on board her powerful armament, consisting of 20
8-inch guns, and one 10-inch gun,, mounted on a tra-
versing platform. She will soon be ready for sea.