The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-01 00:00:00

THE HIMALAYA.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 30.—The Himalaya arrived here
this morning, having been released from her berth on the
mud and shingles on Sconce Point, Isle of Wight, at high
water. She has sustained no damage whatever, and will
be immediately docked and got ready for sea.
It is supposed that this noble ship will again carry
regiment of cavalry to the East, and with this view,
none of the stall and horse-boxes on the main deck have
been removed, and may, therefore, be made immediately
available for the shipment of horses, without additional ex.
pense. The Himalaya has brought home two valuable
horses and two deer from Asia Minor, as a present from
Admiral Dundas to Lord Ducie. There are also on board,
addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, three casks of
coals, of
ftheproduce of the Turkish mines in
H clbeen forwarded to one of the Royal
era a
ist,, sampleswhieh
have
dockyards to be tested, with a view to discover the value
for the purpose of generating steam in the furnaces of ma•
rine engines.

After the arrival of the Himalaya at Constantinople with
ral the
D Dukeoxer ,
the sth Dragoon Guards, and her stay there of two days,
during which time she was inspected by his Royal High-
ness okfcC„amalblriodfgewahnodmstaff,
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Ad-
miral
approbation of the appearance of the horses, she pro-
ceodel to Varna at daylight on the 12th, and arrived
at that place at 0 p.m. of the same day, anchoring within
a quarter of a mile of the shore, and arranged to
commenced disembarking her cargo the next day. Boats
from her Majesty's ships Loudon and Bellerophon
came alongside at 4 a. m. on the 13th, and by 7 p.m. of the
same day the whole of the horses, 320 in number, were
safely landed by means of large boats, and a sort of stage
built over two paddle-box boats lashed together, a most
excellent arrangement proposed by Admiral Stewart,
and carried out by Mr. Ladd of Malta Dockyard. On
this stage they were lowered front the ship and towed to
a short pier, by which they walked ashore and were
picketted for the night, tents having been run up as if
by magic for the officers and men, while the horses were
being landed, on a nice bit of turf, close to the beach.
It struck every one who saw them that they looked more
as if they had marched from Baleycalay to Cork, than come
a distance of 3,160 miles at the rate of 11 knots an hour in
a floating stable, or as the Himalaya was facetiously called,
" Her Majesty's floating mews." The next day they were
mounted and marched away to their inland encampment is
most perfect order.
It is considered that this favourable result was obtained
by the very superior accommodation they had on board, as
well as by the excellent quality of the forage, and from the
fact that, instead of giving them the Government allowance,
which is far too much while at sea, they had a leas quantity
elaYnd larger quantity of bran
we think that, in the
s
to the East, it would be
event of more cavalry goingsoof r vocadt o aunt d ton
de-
sirable to adopt this plan. The proportion could easily be
e:PLerlDrarntiiinn:lt,'
known by applying, to the officer on board who had charge
of the forage. All the forage not used on the passage
(which amounted to a large quantity, aufficient having been
shipped
aallanotthcearp('°t'ain of the Tiger, Mrs.
Nh'eorr:lelsittlifotr stores. The
weeks),Tewidow
("vas :I„,feti.
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,:,:a.ups tiasal Is‘ thrsaeeeenilligiPg
hadct °r
fromfo for 350
3Cso9natantinople to Malta in
the just returned from Odessa, where
' she had been in the Vesuvius, with the heroic determina-
tion of giving herself up as a prisoner, that she might at-
tend her husband in his sorrows and captivity ; but, alas !
she was not destined to see him again, for he died on the
Ist and as she arrived on the oth. She was, however,
treated with much consideration, and allowed to land for
a few hours with Commodore Powel, and visited her late
husband's grave, as well as the crew, with some of whom
she conversed. Every man and woman cannot but ad-
mire the heroic conduct of this lady, travelling as she did,
unattended, over 2,000 miles, and performing an act so
creditable to herself and honourable to her sex.