The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-14 00:00:00

NA.VAL ANI3 ALMITAIi,r INTeLLWEIMA

The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, captain Hon. H.
Keppel, wal taken into Devonport harbour on Tuesday,
aad will be taken into tiock ut Keyham.

The screw ste'xui•sl;ip Princes; Royal went up Ply-
mouth harbour on Tuesday, in order to be placed in
dock. She is to be supplied with a new false keel. ,
The Monarch, 84, having had her copper examined,
and having been repaired in Devonport dockyard, war
placed at her sailing moorings on Monday.
We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth that
the Royal mail paddle steam-ship Pampero, Captain
Sharan, from Liverpool, with mails for Lisbon, Madeira,
and the Brazils, put into Plymouth leaky yesterday.
The pipes are supposed to be. choked. Her repairs will
occupy three days, and may require more.
The Liverpool Steam Company's tugs Express and
Tartar have been taken up for service in the Black
Sea.

The following appointments have been made :
Paymasters.—William Simmonds (1854), recently
serving as paymaster and clerk in charge of the Pandora
surveying vessel on the Australian station, to the
Electra, 14, sloop, on the Australian station ; John B.
Jackson, (1854), recently serving as paymaster and
clerk of the Mariner, 12, sloop, on the North American
and West Indian station, to the Devonshire paddle•
wheel steam-sloop on the same station.
Clerks in Charge.—Augustus Ovey (1848), recently
serving in the Eurydice, 26, to the Rhadamanthus
paddle-wheel steam etor^-ship at Woolwich ; William J.
Stephens (1849), to the Dee paddle-wheel steam-ship at
Chatham ; Henry Tucker (1850), from the Feutome,
12, sloop, ou the Australian station, to the Pandora,
surveying vessel, on the same station, vice Simmonds.
Cierks—Joseph C. Paine (Paymaster of 1850,) re-
cently serving as clerk in charge of the Investigator
discovery-ship, to the Reyal William, 120, at Devon-
port ; John. H. Shirreff (1853), from the Calypso, 18, en
the North America And West India station, to the
Mariner, 12, sloop, on the same station.
Clerk's Assistant James Wortley, to the Hecht paddle.
wheel steam sloop at Portsmouth.
Assistant-Surgeon Edmund Lawless (1845), to the
Conway flag-ship at Cork.
Lieutenant Henry 11. Beamish (1853), from the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, has been appointed
to the Exmouth, 90, screw steam-ship at Devonport.
Sargeons.—Charles Smith (1843), has been appointed
to the William convict ship ; Joseph Caldwell (1842),
from the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness, to the
Stag convict ship ; James Booth (1888) to the Waterloo,
120, vice Caldwell ; Seaton Wade (1854), to the Geyser
paddle-wheel steam-sloop at Portsmouth ; James K.
Ballard (1835), to the Melampus troop-ship at Sheerness

Rear-Admiral Seymour, late captain of the fleet in the
Baltic, struck his flag on board the Princess Royal, 91,
screw, at Devonport, en Monday evening, and hoisted
it on board the Royal William, 120, on Tuesday morning.
The gallant officer has proceeded to town on leave. Rear-
Admiral Eden has struck his flag on board the Royal
William, and will give up the superintendence of the
dockyard and ordinary to Admiral Seymour.
The Commander-in. Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, accompanied by Sir Thos. Maitland and Capt.
Crispin, went on board the Deliab, timber ship, lying
off the Gosport beach, for the purpose of practically
testing the working of Cunninghans's reefing topsails
from the deck. Captain Hay, of the Victory, was also
present, having a party of marines from the Tictory,
guard-ship, to test the principle. The commander-in-
chief will, of course, make his report to the Admiralty,
and we doubt not but that it will be of the most favour-
able nature. It is due to Mr. Cunningham to state
that everything worked most satisfactorily, and show-
ing that when a ship is shoi t.handed, or when a sudden
sqvall comes down on the ship, the topsails can be close-
reefed from the deck in one quarter the time occupied
in sending the hands aloft. It is highly important, and
deserving the highest consideration at the hands of the
Government.

Rear-Admiral Plumridge hoisted his flag, pro tem.,
on board the Excellent, and has struck it again.

CONDEMNATION OF THE RUSSIAN BLACK
SEA PRIZES.

Yesterday the High Marshal of the Court of Admi-
ralty made public proclamation on the Royal Exchange
that the following vessels, captured in the Black Sea
by her Majesty's cruisers, conveying arms and ammu-
nition to the Russians, would, within 20 days, be con-
demned and sold for the benefit of their captors--
namely, the vessel Agos Isannes O'Bododo, of which
Theofori Vokos was the late master, prize to her Ma-
jesty's steamer Highflyer ; the Klissover Constantine,
of which Zilissimus Carones was late the master, prise
to her Majesty's steamer Retribution, and the Speri-
dione, of which Carlando Mataza was the master, prize
to her Majesty's steamers Sidon and Fury ; as also the
Russian vessel Pandia, of which Antonio Perbanda
was late the master, seized under aimulated papers in
the port of Hull.
The prelireinaryproceedings having been gone through
with respect to the Leucade, of which Spiridione An-
nonis was late the master, captured in the Black Sea by
her Majesty's steamerFirehrand ; the Themis, Lorentzen
lee master, prize to her Majesty's steamer Cruizer ; and
the Fortuna, H. C. Thomason late master, prize to her
Majesty's steamer Archer, both taken in the Baltic ;
and the following seized under simulated papers, viz.:—
The Kotka, is London ; the Ceres, at Hull ; and the
Rapids, at Liverpool, the decrees of sale will issue.
The Admiralty are now receiving claims with respect
to the Najaden and Primus at Somerset House.

CAPTAIN CARNEGIE'S EXPEDITION ON THE
COAST OF CIRCASSIA.

We hear from private letters that the escape of Cap•
tain Moors and Lieutenant Sinithett from destruction
in the expedition on the coast of Circassia, was almost
miraculous.

It appears that after Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie,
in the Tribnne, 31, screw ; Captain Moore, in the High-
flyer, 21, screw ; and Commander Luce, in the Lyax, 4,
screw, had driven off the Cossacks and Russian infantry
from a martello tower at a village called Djimetria, a few
miles N.W. of Amapa, by their fire, Captain Moore and
Lieutenant Smithett landed, and finding the tower full
of gunpowder, shells, &e., they determined to blow
it up. As they fired the train, however, a most
terrific explosion took place, all the powder and
shells having simultaneously ignited. Such was the
unexpected force of the concussion that one entire
arch was entirely blow* down, and Lieutenant Smithett,
who was close to the tower, was hurled to some distance
from the spot. It was the greatest chance in the world
that he was not blown to atoms, for thousands of pieces
of the bursted shells flew around him in all directions.
As it was, however, his face was severely burnt, the
back of his head was serionAly damaged, and his hands
were completely skinned. He was of course taken on
board his ship, and his injuries were at once attended te,
and by the skill of the surgeon, and the patience and
fortitude of the sufferer under great agony, it is believed
that he will soon recover and resume his active duty.
All the skin had peeled off his face, without leaving a
mark, but his hands remain raw and very panful.
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MAIL FOR THE AlnitY IN GREECE.
A. mail for the British army in Greece, Turkey, the
Crimea, and fleet in the Black Sea, will now be made
up every Tuesday and Friday evening, instead of nix
times a month, as heretofore. The next despatch will
be to-morrow. The postage remains the same—letters,
3d. the quarter ounce ; newspapers, 2d. each.

[THE LATE CAPTAIN PARKER, I.M.
Charles Allan Parker, who commanded the detachment
of Royal Marines on board President, and who
was killed at the head of his gallant band in the attack
upon Petropaulevaki on the 4th of August last, was Use
only son of Charles Parker, Esq., of Parknock, in Cum•
berlard, and maternal grandson of the late Robert Allan,
banker in Edinburgh. He was consequently nearly re-
lated to several families in that city, and, from his fin"'
ness of mind and amiability of character, was much
esteemed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Cap-
tain Parker was 40 years old, and leaves a widow and
three young children.

MILITARY.
The detachments of the 3Gth Foot which commenced
duty at Wellington Barracks on the departure of the last
reinforcement of the Grenadier Guards for the Crimea
has returned to the head-quarters of their regiment. The
number of volunteers to the Grenadiers from militia
regiments amounts to nearly 400 in ten days, rendering
their presence no longer necessary in London.

THE MILITIA.
The whole of the Militia regiments in the home emu-
ties—viz., Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire, and
Buckinghamshire, are forthwith to be embodied, Bud
augmented to the full strength. The City of London
Militia, when embodied and perfected in their drill, it is
stated, will garrison the Tower at first. and thence will
proceed to Ireland, unless the majority of the men com-
posing the corps volunteer for foreign service. It '
considered that from the animus evinced by the Militia
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The Suffolk Artillery Militia meet to-day at Ipswich
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permanent duty ; the Sussex Light Infantry Militia
meet at Brighton to -morrow, as also the 2d Warwick
Militia at L •
earsington •, on Tuesday next the First War-
wick Militia meet at Warwick ; and on the flame day
the 2d Staffordshire, at Stafford ; and on Wednesday
the Ist Royal Surrey Militia at Richmond ;—all to b.
embodied. In the course of a few days no less than 61
regiments of militia will he out for permanent duty in
the united kingdom.
The 3d Royal Middlesex Light Infantry Militia have
given upwards of 200 volunteers to the line. The regi-
ment expects soon to be called out fortyuntoerrt service.
The let Devon Militia Regiment, ich assemble;
for embodiment at Exeter on Monday next, will not, it
is anticipated, muster anything like so large a numb*,
as it did at its last meeting for training, a great many ni
the corps having enlisted in the regiments of the line.
During the last fortnight the staff of the regiment has
been recruiting at Creditors, Tiverton, Cullompton, and
Barnstaple, and has enlisted upwards of SO men.