The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-11 00:00:00

t>'

(.

/; ~ ~,

•
c

Melt of the Chatham division of Royal Marinas, and
call at Portsmouth and Plymouth on her way to the
Mediterranean and Black Sea, to embark detachments
from these divisions of Royal Marines, and the entire
number of Marines embarked in her for the service of
the ships and steamers on that station will be upwards
of 200 non-commissioned officers and men.

THE VALOROUS.
The crew of the Valorous are having 10 days' leave'Of
absence granted them, watch and watch, while she is under
repair. Mr. R. Fletcher Broadwick, late mate of this
ship, received his promotion to a lieutenancy on Friday
last, bearing date from the 2d September. Rig
brother officers appeared far more delighted than
himself. He has during his service in this ship en-
deared himself to the blue jackets, by general conduct
towards them as seamen, and to his officers by his supe.
rior talent, which he has obtained by a long series of
study. On leaving this ship all hands regretted he was
not called into immediate service, as he would have no
trouble to beat up volunteers to man a frigate, so
thoroughly is he known and beloved by the blue
jackets. He leaves his ship with the hearty good
wishes of every officer and man.
The crew of the Janus shift over to the Algiers to•
day. The Janus will be temporarily manned from the
flag-ship.

ANOTHER SCREW MAN-OF-WAR.
The works in the Pembroke establishment are being
carried on with considerable energy. Great alterations
are making on the Repulse line-of-battle ship, to fit her
with the steam screw. For this purpose her after-frame
timbers are being removed, and her shape at that part
considerably altered, to admit the screw to have its
p:oper influence. By this arrangement there will be no
necessity of lengthening her midships, as will be the
case with the Victoria.

THE AUSTRALIA AND MEDWAY TRANS.

PORTS.
fromLettteh ;sew°
mierpearneiceesivofedßyoeysatel rAdarytil
al
eartye dwChoicnhs no
in the Australia and in the Medway, steam-transports,
from Woolwich, for service at the seat of war in the
toiceepdlectet
East. The Australia arrived at Constantinople, with
Captains Young and Irving's companies of the Royal
Artillery, in excellent health, and they had received
orders to proceed to join the forces about to attack
Sebastopol. The intelligence from Captain Freese'S
company, 12th battalion, and a detachment of Major
Rowan's company, who went in the Medway steam-
transport vessel, and left Woolwich in the same week as
the Australia for the seat of war, is very sad, as, on the
arrival of that vessel at Constantinople, there were only
one officer, two non-oomnaissioned officers, and thirty
gunners effective for duty ; all the others were on the
sick list, or had died from cholera, many of them hay-
ing been attacked, and several fatal cases occurred on
the passage between Gibraltar and Malta.

THE ROYAL FLOTILLA.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.
This morning, about twelve o'clock. the Malacca, 16,
Captain Farquhar, the Hornet, 14, Commander F. A.
Campbell, and the Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, Com.
mander Priest, forming the armed flotilla in attendauce
upon the Prince Consort and staff in the Victoria and
Albert, Black Eagle, and Vivid, steam-yachts, during
the visit to Boulogne, returned to this port, having pre-
viously been off Osborne, saluted, [and been dismissed by
the senior officer, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman.
It is not true (as was stated by sundry prints last week)
that this armed squadron were two days behind the
Royal yacht on their arrival at Boulogne. They were
only twelve hours behind. They remain at Spithead
with the transport No. 17, which arrived this day from
the Thames for Turkey, and the revenue cruiser Argus.
The Hornet could not keep steam up sufficiently, and
was equalled by the old paddle-sloop Salamander in the
run out.