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

P ROMOTIONS.

Commander Richard A. Oliver (1844), recently serv-
ing in the Monarch, 84, when on the Baltic Station, is
promoted to tie Captain.
Commander Geo. Parker (1849), serving is command
of the Barracouta, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on tke
East Indies Station, to be Captain.
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RETURN OF THE BALTIC FLEET.

Two more screw-ships of the line have arrived from
the Baltic.
St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain the lion. Henry
Keppel, arrived at Devonport yesterday morning, with
the flag of Rear-Admiral Seymour.
James Watt, 91, screw, Capt. George Elliot, arrived
yesterday morning at Spithead, 14 days from the Mtn,.
She met witk bad weather, and put back to a Norwe-
gian port. Captain Elliot landed to report himself t•o
the Commander-in Chief, and awaits orders from th.e
Admiralty.
Sir Charles Napier, the Commander-in-Chief, in his
flag-ship the Duke of Wellington, left Kiel Harbour on
the sth ins t., for England.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP
HIMALAYA AT MALTA.
MALTA, Dec. 2.—By the arrival here on the 30tb,
from the East, of her Majesty's steam-ship Himalaya,
news has reached from Constantinople is the 25th, on
which day, in the evening, in company of the Cambria,
she left. The Cambria was ordered by Admiral Boxer
to attend the Himalaya in case she met with bad wee,-
ther, when, in consequence of her shaft working loose in
the outer bearing, it was not considered safe to work her
uuder steam, except in smooth water. Upon her being
thoroughly examined, and probably tried here, when
some sea is on, it will be decided whether she can be
prudently sent to England, where a new shaft and fa*
are ready for her, during the present uncertain season
of the year.
It is much to be regretted that though die notice of
her increasing defects has from time to time been given
to the proper authorities in the Bosphorus and Black
Sea, by her commander and chief engineer, her services
could not be dispensed with at a time when she could
have gone with safety to Southampton, and been put, in
a short time, into an efficient state of repair, and in
consequence of her continuing to perfyrin her several
voyages, the defect has at length obliged her to corns
here, and probably to proceed to England.
From the time the Himalaya was first engaged in the
conveyance of troops (February,) she has ran a distance
of 22,000 miles to the present time, and carried from
England to Malta and the Crimea 5557 officers and men,
and 1684 horses, with a loss of 4 only, 2 from diseased
lungs, and 2 that were shot, a marked tendency to
glanders having rendered such a measure imperative;
so that, although the temporary loss to the Govern-
ment of her services is much to be regretted at the
present time, her past performances are a sufficient gua-
rantee of what she will be enabled again to accomplish.
when supplied with her new shaft. Captain Kellock has
been compelled to resign the command, his health having
given way in the Black Sea, before the harassing and
anxious duties that he so successfully and satisfactorily
accomplished. He is succeeded by Captain Russell, one
of the most experienced commanders' in the Mediterra-
nean and the Black Sea, of the Peninsular and Oriental
Company, selected by the directors, in accordance with
the request of the Loris of the Admiralty, that they
would appoint another officer to fill the important post ;
she arrived here under the command of Captain
Russell.
Several sick and wounded officers have arrived by the
Himalaya.
The Himalaya spoke No. 22 transport off Tenedos ;
the True Briton in the Dero passage ; and a Canard
steamer full of troops, 90 miles east of Malta. She en-
countered a heavy gale from the west, with a heavy Des
running between Cape Matapan and Malta.
Captain Kellock will proceed through France to Eng-
land.
The Alipore arrived on the 30th. She had on board
draughts of the 3d, 14th, and 62d Regiments. 3d, Capt.
Hood, Assistant-Surgeon D. Wyer, 61 rank and file ;
14th, Ensign Graham, and 54 rank and file ; 62d, Lieu-
tenant Wombwell, and 107 rank and file.
The 14th, the only regiment in Malta, has received
orders to hold themselves in readiness for the Crimea,
and will leave on the arrival of the 91st, daily expected
from England.