The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-11 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN PRIZES.

Yesterday notice was given on the Royal Exchange that
the Russian vessel Dwina, prizo to the Miranda, the
Nierrdhal, prize to her Majesty's steamers Conflict and
Cruizer, and also the prizo Reinhard, would, within 20
days, be condemned by the Court of Admiralty, and they
and their cargoes sold for the benefit of their captors.

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MILITARY.
The colonelcy of tho Bth king's Regiment has become
vacant by tho death of General Sir Gordon Drummond,
which took place yesterday.

Thirty men are to be added to each cavalry regiment
serving at home.

We regret to announce the death of Lientenat-Colonel
Cox, Grenadier GUMMI!.

Captain Younghussand, who company of the Bth bat-
talion Royal Artillery is stationed at Gibraltar, with Lieu-
tenant Tucker and 103 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal Artillery, marched at seven o'clock a.m. on
Monday, from the garrison to the Royal Arsenal station of
the North Kent Railway, and proceeded by it to London,
en route by railway to Portsmouth. where they aro to em
bark for the seat of war in the East. Captait} Young-
husband returns to Gibraltar to take the command of his
company at that station, and Lieutenant Tucker remains
with the Royal Artillery in the Crimea, the company to
which ho is attached being stationed at Malta.

Letters have been received at Woolwich from several
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men engaged in the
battle of Alma. Colonel Lake, of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, had a fine horse, which he greatly valued, shot dead
under him. It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm
and courage of the officers and men of the Royal Artillery
under the most trying circumstances, owing to the nature
of the approaches to the strongly fortified position where
the Russians were - posted on the Alma. As an instance,

it may be mentioned that one of the first of the Artillery
guns that attempted to cross the river Alma had one of the
wheels of the gin carriage completely destroyed by the shot
from the. Russian guns, while the officers and men wore np
to their middles in water. Nothing daunted by their posi-
tion, and the heavy fire kept up on them, they promptly
set to work, and in an incredibly short space of time at-
tached another wheel to the gun carriage, and marched
forward to the scene of action almost as soon as the others,
and as if nothing had occurred to interrupt their progress.
Officers, non-commissioned officers, and men knew no dis-

Unction on the occasion, overy one lending a helping-hand ;
and it is stated as a fact that one of tho officers of the
Royal Artillery killed in action was serving the gun as No.
3 gunner at the time he was killed.

Captain Gibbon's company, 12th battalion, have been
placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to pro-
ceed to Norwich with their 9-pounder field battery guns,
and Captain Smyth's company, Gth battalion, to Ipswich,
with their 9-pounder field battery guns, to make room for
I large number of horses from the country, and two bat-
teries of artillery, daily expected, with their horses, from
Canada. Captain Broughton's company, 2d battalion, and
Captain Graydon's company, let battalion, are now the
two companies first on the roster for foreign service with
siege guns.

The greatest activity exists in the garrison at Woolwich,
in the Royal Engineer department, and a messenger was
sent express to Chatham, on Monday morning, with orders
to the commanding officer of the engineer establishment
at Chatham to forward all non-commissioned officers or
privates of the Royal Sappers and Minors who aro practi-
cal divers for the purpose of their being sent to the army
under the command of Lord Raglan in the Crimea, to
.assist in bringing up the guns and removing the vessels
sunk at the entrance of the harbour of Sebastopol.
Tho 2(1 company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, that
}eft Chatham for the Baltic, are daily expected to return
to head-quarters hero at Woolwich.

The whole of the Royal Sappers and Miners recently sta-
tioned at Hong Kong have left in the freight ship Blen-
heim, and aro now on their way to Ragland, to join head•
(porters at Woolwich.

A reinforcement of medical officers being required for
the seat of war, the following gentlemen are selected from
the medical staff at Chatham, to proceed forthwith for
service in the Crimea and at Constantinople :—J. Newton,
J. Summer, and Rutter, being 2,1 class staffsurgeons at
the invalid depot, Fort Pitt Hospital ; those gentlemen
proceed to eonstantinople, and Assistant-Surgeon John-
stone, 68th Foot, proceeds from Chatham garrison to Ports-
mouth, there to embark with artillery for the Crimea. It
is expected that another draft of medical gentlemen will
be required from the hospital, for the seat of war.

The Ipswich cavalry barracks are about to be occupied
immediately by a body of Horse Artillery. Orders were
received on Saturday for the barracks to be ready by Wed-
nesday, and it is anticipated that the men and horses are
to take their winter quarters at Ipswich, preparatory to
embarking at Harwieh next spring for the shores of the
Baltic.—lpswich Express.

Cons, Oct. 10.—At five o'clock on Friday evening the
baggage of the draft of the 13th Regiment, stationed here
for the past month, accompanied by 6 privates and 1 ser-
geant, sailed from Merchants'-quay, in one of the river
steamers for Queenstown, to be embarked in the Poictiers
transport, for conveyance to Malta. Four women went
with the baggage. On the following morning at eight
o'clock 200 of the same regiment, and 70 of the 92d High-
landers, under the command of Lieutenant Leith, left in
the Royal Alice for the same destination. The band of
the 91st accompanied them down the river, playing, as they
proceeded, suitable and lively airs.—Cork Examiner.

UNIVERSITY OP LONDON.—The annual examination
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in this university is
to commence on Monday, the 23d instant, and will ex-
tend over the three following days. The subjects in
which the candidates who present themselves will be ex-
amined are mathematics and natural philosophy, animal
physiology, classics, logic and moral philosophy. French
and German. The examination for the degree of Bache•
for of Medicine will commence on Monday, November
6, the subjects being physiology, comparative anatomy,
surgery, medicine, and midwifery. The examination for
the degree of Doctor of Medicine will commence on
front their
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Monday, November M.
THE DISPUTE As TO LONDON.DnrrengsßeSriAll7
steamboat companies who land pa
boats at the south end of London-bridge have at length
succeeded, with the sanction of the City authorities, in
making good a landing-place for their passengers
at the
stairs on the east side of that end of the bridle. T.
effect this a barge has been placed un ierneath the first
arch, connected at one end with the barge on which the
passengers step from the steamboats and , at the other
end by a gangway which land.; thein on the stairs. By
proceeding to the railway
this arrangement passengers
station and other places eastward of the bridge avoid the
dangerous crossing on the roadway
THE PUBLIC REVENUES, Tuhnei prianci7ael. officers at ti .e
several ports throughout
so mwihtahvecobpeieeisi
the
ConaintiliEsnsitonoerrs or CKusitnegmd
supplied by the
of the act of Parli
18th Viet., club,. 94, the last session, 17th and
for their ildei ination and gev.ri-
int
o ait, entitled "An Act t lter the Mode of Providing
for certain Expenses now
charged upon certain Branches
of the Public Revenues and upon the Consolidated Fund."