The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-10 00:00:00

THE GUN-BOATS.

WooLwrefi, Aug. 9.—There has been a general im-
pression ye,terday and to-day, that the new despatch
gun-boats mounted with Lancaster's powerful 68-pounder
oval.guns will be sent to the Black Sea, as soon as they
are ready, instead of the Baltic. It is evident a greater
advantage would be gained by sending them to shell
Sebastopol, where there would be a large British and
French army to assist on the land side o/ that fortress.
The taking of Aland, and securing a Tocality for the
French troops now in the Baltic, to remain in during
the winter, is all that can now be anticipated to take
place in the Baltic during the present season, as that sea
will soon be again blockaded by the ice, while the navi-
gation of the Black Sea remained open to the ..English
and French fleets.

DEPARTURE OF ADMIRAL STOPFORD.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Montagu Stopford will leave
Devonport, per steamer, to join the Black Sea fleet, of
which he was appointed captain yesterday. Comman-
der Eden, who succeeds Admiral Stopford as superinten-
dent of the dockyard, hoisted his broad pendant on
board the Plymouth yacht, on Tuesday.

THE MAIDSTONE TRANSPORT.
The troop transport-ship Maidstone, Captain Escott,
which was in collision off the Start on the 3d inst., and
is now under repair in the Devonport dockyard, will
probably be ready for sea on Monday the 14th inst. She
is bound to the Cape of Good Hope. The brig with which
she came in contact is the Seaton Sluice, from Venice
for London, She arrived in the Thames on Sunday, and
her master, Mr. W. Robinson, gives the following ac-
count of the disaster
" When off the Start, August 3, 10 30 p.m., Start Light
bearing W. b Start,
~ wind at N.N.E., our ship lying E.,
sharp braced up, saw a ship on the lee bow about a point
and a half. Ordered our light to be shown. After seeing
his intentions, hailed him. He put his helm sport, and
struck us 5 feet before the main rigging, doing us con-
siderable damage, and his bowsprit coming • through
between our masts, daraaoping our boat. I asked him re-
peatedly for his name, but I received no answer, I like-
wise asked him to attend us with his boat until we knew
Instead of doing so he went
away, and left us as soon as we got clear."
the nature of our damage,

MILITARY.
Yesterday morning 30 rank and file, with three ser-
geants, of the 46th Regiment, under the command of
Lieutenant Dallas, marched from the Sheet-street Bar-
racks, Windsor, and proceeded by the Great Western
Railway, via Basingstoke, to Southampton, for embarka-
tion in the Harbinger, which proceeds directly for the
East. The men were loudly cheered bv their comrades
McAlister accompanied
as they left the barrack-Yard,._ and were preceded by the
fine regimental band to the railway station. Col. Garrett,
R.E., has left Chatham, having
stayed until the train
commanding the depot
Major Cole, comm of the 17th Regi-
ment gone on
in Kilkenny, has
epnbte ltlo,
the
star djnotna,t nand
leave of absence for a
month. cChamm
started.
aap dt eitna
been relieved in the Kilkenny military district by the
Hon. Lieut. Bury, R.E.
A party of the 17th Regiment has been ordered from
Kilkenny to Cork, on the recruiting service
Captain Browne,

MoelilsTtlA.Somerset, under the
HinLEgord Viscount -Hinton and the
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At one o'clock the prince and a distinguished party
lunched with Sir Harry and Lady smith, .
at
the
governor's house, Mount Wise.
In the evening the prince dined at the engineer and
artillery mess, and yesterday morning left for London
by the South Devon Railway.