The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-17 00:00:00

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42-rstm ship, was some years ago cot amidships and
I lengthened 60 feet, and fitted with engines of 650-horse
power. She.is an admirable sea-going ship, has been
four.years in commission, and will no doubt proceed
iminOdiately to join the fleet in the Baltic.
G. Tile Cruiser, screw, 16, Commander the Hon. G.
Do aglas, Arrived at Spithead this morning from
Gibraltar to join the fleet. She ieft on the 9th. exchanged
I..numbers with the Simeon.' on the same day oil the Rock,
and passed the Golden Fleece on • the 15th, both with
troops on board.
Tie Caesar, 91, Captain Robb, is to-day taking in liar
armianeut, which is being conveyed to her at Spithead
by tiie Lively naval lighter, from the Gun Wharf.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.

inter IVlajesty's screw steam sloop Desperate, 8, Capt.
VT. W. Chambers, arrived early on Wednesday morning
from the west coast of Scotland and St. George's Chan-
nei, where she has gathered 154 coast guardinen and
'vt4unteers. She will be supplied here with a new pivot
gun, and her crew will be paid wages. Tim Nimrod
co:11 depot was yesterday towed into the Sound to com-
plete the coaling of the Desperate.
The St. George, 121, Captain Eyres, will sail to-day
for tile rendezvous of the fleet under Sir C. Napier. She
laas shipped the men brought by the Desperate, who aro
to ,be considered as supernumeraries. She is now 240
sh ort of her complement, which will be completed at
Spo.thend.
?Villiers, baker?, coopers, and labourers at the Royal
Wi Via= victualling yard have been ordered to work from
six a.m. to six p.m. All biscuit is in future to be packed
in casks, instead of bags as heretofore.
The Nile, 91, screw, Commodore 'Martin, and the
James Watt, 91, screw, are ordered to be got ready by
the .?.sth inst. The engineers working on board those
shi•,is and the Algiers, 91, screw, are making nine days
`to the week, to expedite their fitment.
THE FORTIFICATIONS AT DEVONFORT.—These works
are being rapidly pronceded..Olue;,;„Qn the.
bat iery commanding the ariproach bY Stonchouse:hill
the men are employed extra hours. The foundations of
the new barracks are far above the ground, as are also
those for the military chapel and schools in George's-
square._ _ _ _

'Mr. Hoskins, late commander of the Great Etitain,
commissioned the Belleisle, fitting out as hospital ship
for the Baltic fleets to-day.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 16.
APPOINTMENTS.

Capt. William H. Hall (1844), and not William
as was stated yesterday, to the Heela paddlewheel
steam-sloop, for service with the Baltic fleet.
Master Matthew Richards (1854) to the Resistance,
10, troop-ship, at Portsmouth.
Surgeon Leonard D. Buchanan (1846) to the Vulture
paddlewheel steam-frigate, at Devonport.
Paymasters—Francois J. I. Auret (1348) recently
serving in the Serpent, 12, sloop, on the East Indies
station, to the Belieisle, hospital ship for the Baltic fleet ;
Theodore W. S. Neame (1853), to the Heels., paddle-
wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; Nicholas Giles
(1852), to the Conflict screw steam-sloop, at Ports-
mouth.
Clerk John Jenkins, to the Hecla.

Captain Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Ad-
miruslty, paid a visit of inspection to the horse transport
ships at Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and was accom-
pat,tied by Commodore John Shepherd. No, 1, the
Pyrenees, Lieutenant and agent Butler,, is now ready to
receive the horses, the separation posts placed between
each horse being padded with hair mattresses, and the
entire .entrance to the lower deck is also padded and
covered with sailcloth, to prevent the horses being hurt
when they are lowered in the ship to their intended
position. According to present arrangements, there will
be 27 sailing ships for horses and men, and 6 steamers.
Two of the steamers have arrived at Woolwich, the
Victoria and the Hope, and the other four, the City of
London, the Emperor, the Toneing, and the IVlelbourne,
are shortly expected. The Emperor ran down to
Woolwich on Sunday last, but returned again the same
day to Blackwall.
The Ithadamanthus steam store-vessel, Master-Com-
mander Belarn, arrived at Woolwich yesterday with the
Melampus frigate in tow, and, having left the latter at
Woolwich, proceeded to Deptford to deliver a quantity
of bran for the horses and other descriptions of stores.
The Melampus is to be taken into the basin to have
boilers and machinery put on board for conveyance to
Sheerness and the western ports, and the Rhadaman-
thus will return from Deptford to Woolwich, to be again
employed in the conveyance of stores.
Sixty of the newly-entered young lads landed from the
Fisgard at this port to-day, and were drilled by the
gunner of that ship. They appear to have acquired a
very fair knowledge of the use of small arms, the mode
of acting in columns, and the various military evolutions.
The improvement in their appearance since they entered
is remarkable.

DUBLIN, MARCH 16.
a must, mumateu appear-
ance, from the vast number of volunteers daily arriving
from all parts of the kingdom in order to join those re-
giments which are first on the roster for war service in
the East. A number of volunteers for the 42d and
79th Highlanders, consisting altogether of 299 rank and
fire, embarked yesterday at noon on board the Duke
steamer, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam-packet
Company, in charge of Captain Lyon and Lieutenant
Atkinson, of the 72d. These men have volunteered
from the let, 2d, 3d, 40th, 72d, and 90th Regiments,
and 60th Rifles, and sail direct for Portsmouth. They
were escorted to the place of embarkation by the band
of the 91st Regiment, and were accompanied by a large
crowd, who cheered them most loudly.
Two troops of the Queen's Bays left Dublin yesterday
morning for Dundalk, where they are to relieve some
troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards under the command
of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Trench.

NAVAL INTELLIGRYCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAnca 16.

The Penelope, 16, paddlewheel steam:frigate, Captain
Henry Lyster, flag of Rear-AdmiraPlL W. Bruce, late
Commander in-Chief on the West Coast of Africa sta-
tion, arrived at Spithead this day at noon, and was
saluted by Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of the
Dockyard. She lett Sierra Leone on the 23:1 of Feb.,
and coaled at Madeira, on her way home. The Admiral
and his officers and crew are in perf.ct health, and ap-
parently none the worse for their 3 years' sojourn on
the coast of Africa. The coast continues to be remark-
ably healthy ; hostilities between the rival chiefs in and
about Lagos have ceosed, and there appears now every
probability of the people turning their attention to com-
merce. To use the words of a resident, " The country
is swimming in palm oil."
The African mail-paelzet Waterwitch arrived at Sierra
Leone on the 18th ult.

The Jun.), 26, Captain Fremantle, arrived at Aladeira
on the Bth inst., having had light and contrary winds on
her passage from England.
When the Penelope sailed from Sierra Leone the
squadron was distributed as follows :
The Tortoise receiving-ship, 12, Captain W. H.
Kitchen, senior officer, at Ascension.
The Athol, 4, store-ship, Lieutenant W. Pearse, on
the south coast. This vessel is ordered home imme-
diately.
The Britomart, 8, Commander A. Heseltine, senior
officer, at Sierra Leone.
The Water witch, 8, Commander A. H. Gardner,
Sierra Leone division, cruising. This vessel is ordered
home.
The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant E. Webber, on the Sierra
Leone division, cruising.
The Ferret, 8, Commander R. J. Macdonald, expected
daily at Sierra Leone from Ascension.
The Myrmidon, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant W. K.
Jolliffe, was en, route to Ascension. She is ordered
home.

The Arab, 12, Commander G. Ogle, senior officer, was
in the Bight of Benin.
The Plumper, 12, Commander J. L. Wharton, was
on the Gold Coast.

The Antelope, 3, Lieutenant C. H. Young, was in
the Bight of Biafra.
The Teazer, tender to the Penelope, Lieutenant F. D.
Rich, was cruising on the South Coast. She may be
expected home in May.
The Philomel, 8, Commander Skene, senior officer,
was on the South Coast.
The Crane, 8, Commander Miller, was cruising in the
Bight of Benin.
Tee Linnet, 8, Commander Meed, was cruising on
the South Coast.
The Alecto, 5, Commander Crofton, was on the South
Coast. She is ordered home.
The Polyphemus, 5, steam sloop, Commander Phillips,
was cruising on the South Coast.
The Pluto, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Bedingfiehl,
was about to proceed from the Bights of the South
Coast.
Lieutent Baro.oyne, late acting of the Britomart, has
come home in the Penelope, on promotion ; and Captain
Gray, R.N., from Madeira, and Mrs. Burlee, from
Sierra Leone, as passengers.
Mr. Staples, mate of the Arab, has been appointed
acting lieutenant of the Britomart.
Mr. W. H. Clyma has been appointed secretary's
clerk in the Penelope, which is ordered into harbour, but
whether to pay off or refit for further service is not yet
known, but we should think the latter. The crew, if
not the ship, are in splendid and eminently serviceable
condition, and 300 fine first-class seamen at this junc-
ture will be no unimportant addition to the personnel of
the fleet.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.
The Propontis, Captain Maynard, left this morning
for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. She will not
return to England, as it is intended to put her on the
line between Mauritius and Ceylon.
The Russian merchant ship Oden, of Brahestad,
Captain Wickander, from Moulmein, October 3, with
teak for Falinouth, for orders, arrived here yesterday.
On the line she spoke the ship John Moore, from Bom-
bay for Liverpool, and off the Canary Islands the ship
Protomela, Captain Lodwyiek, from Bombay for
London.