The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-24 00:00:00

STORES FOR THE CRIMEA.

The hired contract steam-transport Esk hauled off
from the Royal Clarence yard, Gosport, yesterday
neon, having taken in a fall cargo of hay, rum, bis-
cuit, and lime-juice for the Crimea, for which place
she will leave this morning, having completed coal-
ing, &c.

PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN COURTENAY.
The melancholy death of Rear-Admiral of the White
David Price, Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific station,
promotes Captain Courtenay to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue, and causes a vacancy in his appointments of
Superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Hadar
and. the Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport posts
which he has held but a short time, but long enough to
insure the respect of all employed under bim. Having
last commanded a 50-gun frigate, the Constance, on the
Pacific station, and being in the prime of life, it is con-
sidered probable be may be offered the command in the
Pacific! Capt. Henry Smith (a, 1828), C. 8., of the
Prince Regent, succeeds Captain Courtenay at Haslar,
as was stated on Tuesday.

LAUNCH OF THE PYLADES, SCREW COR-

VETTE, AT SHEERNESS.

This improved Highflyer, a 21 gun screw corvette,
was launched yesterday at Sheerness Dockyard, in the
presence of the commander-in-chief, the Hon. W. Gordon,
a distinguished party of naval and military officers,
and a large concourse of the inhabitants. Miss Tucker,
the daughter of the captain superintendent, named the
ship after the old sailing sloop Pylades. The bands of
the commander-in-chief, and dockyard brigade were •n
service on the occasio, ti,nd the event was celebrated
with the usual convivialities. The Pylades has 'been
comparatively a very short time building, and it is due
to the respected master shipwright, Mr. L. Read, to
say that scarcely ever Ivas there so much despatch ob-
served as in the completion of this vessel. Sho is to have
engines of 350-horse power, and when finished she will
be ono of the most efficient and elegantly modelled cor-
vettes in the service.

RUSSIAN PRIZES.
yesterday the High Marshal of the Court of Admi-
ralty made proclamation on the Royal Exchange that
within 20 days from that date the Court of Admiralty
would proceed to condemn the Russian vessel Kota, of
which Bergstrom was late the master, seized in the port
of London under simulated papers ; as also the Ceres, of
which Christiansen was late the master, seized under
like circumstances in the port of Hull, to be lawful
prizes, they being the property of the Queen's enemies;
and they will be sold as Crown droits.
The Russian bark Carl, pi ize to her Majesty's steamer
Avon, purchased by Ur, Davie, of XiDisbridgei

now named the Tillie and Ise, has been fitted as a tran-
sport, and is loading bread and provisions at the Royal
William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for the British
forces in Via Crimea.
The Russian prize Rapide, seized at Liverpool under
simulated papers, will be sold at that port, by public
action, by Messrs. Tonge. Curry, and Co.
The following General Order, appointing a successor
to the deceased Briga'Her-General Strangways, was
issued on the Gth inst. :

MILITARY.
" GENERAL ORDER.
"Head Quarters before Sebastopol,
"November 6, 1854.
"In consequence of the death of Brigadier-General
Strangways, which the Commander of the Forces deeply
deplores, in common with all who were acqnainted with
him and his distinguished services, Lieut.-Colonel
Richard Jones Dacres, of the Royal Artillery, will as-
sume the command of the Artillery with this Army, and
undertake all duties connected there s•ith ; and the offi-
cers of Artillery will report to him accordingly.
"By order.
(Signed) "J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adjutant Gen."

The following orders have also been issued by Lord
Raglan :7:

Staff Surgeon of the Ist Class, Dr. Hunter, will be
attached to the Ist Division until further orders'
and will take the medical superintendence of the High.
land Brigade.
"Leave of absence is granted, at the recommendation
of a medical board, to Lieut. and Adjutant F. Beswick,
3Sth Regiment, to proceed to England for the recovery
of health. On arrival, he will report himself to the
Adjutant-General, Horse Guards.
" Leave of absence is granted, on medical certificate,
to the undermentioned officers :—Captain .J. Lovell,
Royal Engineers, 6th November to 10th December ;
Lieut. E. Twysden, 55th Regiment, 6th November to
10th December." •

The command of the Brigade of Guards has devolved
upon Colonel the ion. George Upton, who is himself
wounded
Colonel Therk, of the 20th, is acting Brigadier in the
Fourth" Division, in place of General Torrens, and Major-
General Codrington commands the Light Division
during the absence of Sir George Brown.

Fifty gunners of the Royal Artillery, in charge of a
sergeant, left Woolwich yesterday for Sheerness, to fill
up the companies at that station.

THE MILITIA.

Great enthusiasm prevails among the Militia regi-
ments at present embodied for service, on the announce-
ment being read permitting them to volunteer into any
of the regiments they may choose to prefer, and by a
telegraphic communication received at Woolwich yester-
day, upwards of 60 men of the Staffordshire Militia, sta-
tioned at Dover, have volunteered for service in the
Woolwich Division of Royal Marines.
The following militia regiments have been called out
for permanent service :—The Dorsetshire, 4th Lanca-
, shire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, and
Ist Cheshire. In addition to these corps, one infantry
battalion and three artillery battalions will also be im-
mediately embodied for garrison duty.
The Royal Bucks Militia, Colonel Cmimandant Lord
Carrington, have given 150 volunteers to the Grenadier
Guards, and yesterday the first detachment of thirty
arrived at the Wellington-barracks, St. James's Park,
from Windsor, whe, e the regiment is doing duty.
The prophecies of failure to procure the number of
volunteers la the Irish militia required by the exigency
of the present crisis are, after all, not likely to he ful-
filled. The spirit of the country is thoroughly aroused.
Even in Tipperary the call for service has been promptly
and cheerfully responded to. The men of Wexford, too,
have been equally prompt in their response to the
national call.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's Steam ship Nubia,
Captain Harris, has arrived here with the heavy
portion of the East India, China, and Mediterra-
nean mails, and dates from Alexandria, 7th; Malta,
11th ; and Gibraltar, 17th inst.
She brings 81 passengers, among whom are his
Serene Highness Prince Leiningen and Captain
Burgoyne (wounded in the Crimea); and on freight
seven packages of specie, and a large cargo of raw
silk, (tc. _

From Gibraltar we have accounts to the 17th.
A heavy storm from the south-west on the 16th had
done considerable damage to the shipping and
small craft in the bay, several of which dragged
their anchors and went on shore, but were subse-
quently got off.