The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-30 00:00:00

THE TROOPS AND TRANSPORTS.

The Imperatrice, steam transport, being now ready to
receive her allotment of reinforcements for the Crimea,
the following detachments will embark this morning
from Portsmouth Dockyard, and proceed in her to the
seat of war :

Grenadier Guards— Lieutenant. Coulson.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Stepney, in
command.

Ist Foot—let Battalion—Ensigns Brock and Creagb,
2 sergeants, and 100 men.
4th Foot—Ensign Williamson, 1 sergeant, and 65
men. .

7th Foot—Ensign Robinson; 1 sergeant, and 75 men.
20th Foot—Major Crawley and Lieutenants Warren
and Dickens, 1 sergeant and 30 men.
23d Foot—Captain Crofts, Lieutenant Mostyn, 2
sergeants, and 100 men.
28th 'Foot—Ensign Menzies, 1 sergeant, and 65 men.
44th Foot-1 sergennt, and 50 men.

46th Foot.—Lieutenant Connell, 1 sergeant, and 25
men.

77th Foot—Lieutenant Richards, 5 sergeants, and 247
men.

95th Foot.—Lieutenants Taylor and Robinson, 1 ser-
geant, and 39 men.
Medical Staff.—Assistant-Surgeons Halesbury and
Lynch.

The Imperatrice has the appearance of a splendid vessel,
and is admirably fitted for the conveyance of troops.
The Baniana, steam transport, 1,529 tons, No. 160,
will, about the middle of the ensuing week, receive on
board at Liverpool the 82d Regiment, for conveyance to
Corfu ; 33 officers, 630 men, 40 women, and 119 chil-
dren, will be the number embarked. On her arrival at
Corfu the let battalion of the 71st Regiment will ship
in this vessel for conveyance to the Crimea.
The Clyde, screw-steamer, 1,168 tons, No. 145, which
was to have conveyed troops and stores to the Crimea,
has been appropriated by the Lords of the Admiralty
for the conveyance of stores only, there being an urgent
requirement for the shipment of coffee and a quantity
of naval medical stores, now lying at Portsmouth. She
is to fill up with provisions.
The Marley Hill, screw steam transport, 508 tons,
has been appropriated for the conveyance of huts and
warm clothing to the Crimea, and has received orders
to proceed immediately from the river to Portsmouth,
to receive the same.

The Prompt, screw steam transport, No. 168, 417
tons, will receive iinreediately a cargo of warm cloth-
ing, powder, and other ordnance stores, at Woolwich,
for conveyance to the East.
The Kangaroo, steam transport, No. 170, 465 tons,
has been appropriated by the Admiralty for the con-
veyance of ordnance stores from Deptford and Wool-
wich, part of which will consist of 300 tons of warm
clothing, bedding, &c.
The Eagle, screw steamer, 480 tons, has been char-
tered by the Admiralty for the conveyance to Scutari
of army medical stores, and was yesterday ordered
into the London Docks to receive them.
The Stag, 678 tons, appropriated by Government
for the conveyance of 226 male convicts from this
country to Western Australia, will leave Deptford in
a few days to receive them on board at Woolwich,
Portsmouth, Portland, and Plymouth, respectively.
A pensioner guard will accompany her. She will
also carry four warders and their families, and 49 tons
of ordnance stores to that place.
The Foyle, iron chartered screw-steamer, having com-
pleted with 104 wooden huts for the Crimea, hauled off
at Portsmouth, yesterday evening, and sails' to-day for
the Crimea. She also takes a few bales of woollen goods.
The Clyde, iron chartered screw-steamer, will have
completed the stowageof an immense quantity of woollen
goods, boots and shoes, gauntlets, &o. and with a de-
tachment of 200 troops and about 20 to.,
she will be
enabled to leave Portsmouth for the Crimea to•morrew
morning.

The Zilla and Isie, transport, Nailed from Devonport,
with store: for the Black Sea, on Wednesday.
The Oscar, screw-transport 158, Captain Thatcher,
from London for Balaklava, requiring to fill up her
coals, put into Falmouth yesterday.
The Libertas, transport 95, has arrived in the river.

DEATH OF GENERAL ARNOLD.
Lieutenant-General Arnold, K.H., K.C., died at his
residence in Onslow-square on Wednesday. The follow.
ing is a summary of his services :—At the blockade and
surrender of Malts, in 1800 ; through the wkole of the
campaign in Egypt in 1801, inchiding the attack and
surrender of Alsoukir Fort and Castle, the battle of
Alexandria, and he afterwards accompanied the division
of the army which expelled the French from Grand Cairo,
and took possession of that city ;he was present
at the surrender of Alexandria to the British troops ;
served several years in the West Indies, and was at
the last attack and surrender of the colonies of Demerara,
Essequibo, Berbice, Wand Surinam, at which latter he
was severely wounded in successfully leading the
storming party against the redoubt Frederici and Fort
Leyden. He was several times handsomely mentioned
in the public despatches for his conduct at Sunman', and
was on that occasion presented by the committee of the
Patriotic Fund with a sword of the value of 1001. He
has since served several years in Bermuda and North
America. He had also the honour of being appointed
an aide-de-camp to King William IV., on his Majesty's
accession to the throne. He entered the corps of Royal
Engineers in 1708, and served 66 years.

THE MILITIA.
The South Devon Militia hea contributed 150 men to
the regiments of the lime, and now oonsists of 29 offi-
cers and 532 non-commissioned officers and rank and
file. During the past week the regiment contributed
li9l. 10s. sd. towards the Patriotic Fund.
On Wednesday the men of the West Essex Militia mus-
tered at head-quarters, Chelmsford, for permanent duty.
The complement of the corps is, including permanent
staff, 907; of these upwards of 600 responded to the
summons.

On Thursday the Ist Devon Regiment of Militia as-
sembled for embodiment at Exeter were considerably
lessened in consequence of a large number of the married