The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-08 00:00:00

THE CYLINDERS FOR SEBASTOPOL.

The Robert Lowe, No. 134, transport ship, a splendid
screw steamer, built of iron, arrived at Woolwich dock-
yard on Monday, and was taken alongside the wharf-
wall of the basin yesterday, preparatory to receiving on
board the cylinders for conveyance to Sebastopol, to be
employed in blowing up the ships sunk by the Russians
at the mouth of the harbour. The cylinders were made
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and not at Manchester, as was at
first stated, and they are hermetically sealed with iron of
an outward slightly convex shape, with strong iron
handles, for the convenience of lifting or lowering them
by cranes or shears. In one end is a small hole for ad-
mitting the wire of the electrical battery, which is strongly
protected with an iron covering, attached by nuts and
screws. The iron of the cylinder portion is half an inch
thick, and the hermetical covers 1 and 7-Bths of an inch
thick.

We have received accounts of the death by apoplexy,
at Sebastopol, of Lieutenant-Colonel Carson Alexander,
of the Royal Engineers, in which corps he served 41
years.
Captain Albert Evelyn Rowley, of the Grenadier
Guards, whose death at Sebastopol has been announced,
was the second son of Sir Charles Rowley, of Hill-house,
Berkshire, whose family have filled a distinguished posi-
tion in the naval annals of England. -
The decrees of the Court of Admiralty for the sale of
the Lydia, W. H. Embleton late master, lying in the
West India Docks, and the Hendrika Jantina, at Glou-
cester, have been issued.

Orders have been issued from the War-office increasing ,
the bounty to volunteers for cavalry to 71. 15s. 6d.; and
to those who join infantry regiments to 61. ; this increase
has brought numbers to join.

THE MILITIA.
The Essex Rifle Militia, Col. the Hon. S. T. Maynard,
march from Windsor on the 14th inst., to Weedon Bar-
racks,
to take the place of the Royal Bucks Militia.
The enrolment of the Edinburgh Militia, Colonel
Commandant the Duke of Buccleuch, is rapidly progres-
sing. The head-quarters are at Dalkeith. The nu
number
of volunteers for the county are 657 ; and for the ty
militia, to be trained as an artillery corps, 221.
The Middlesex or Edmonton Rifle Militia, Viscount
Enfield Colonel Commandant, have completed their 28
days' drill at Barnet. Previous to being dismissed they
were inspected by the district commanding offiper,
vvho
expressed his extreme satisfaction at the manner in which
the regiment went through some difficult mancenvres,
and highly complimented the officers on the discipline
attained. The men on being released from duty received
a further instalment of one guinea of the 61, bounty.
one and all,
They are anxious to be embodied.
The Royal Monmouth Militia have,
offered to serve their Queen and count
or elsewhere, should their services be deemed in the Crimea,
The officers gallantly made the eemed acceptable.
same offer when at
Monmouth.

ARRIVALS, &0., AT MALTA.
A Malta letter, dated Nov. 1, says :
" Orders have been unexpectedly received for her
Majesty's 62d Foot, in garrison here, to proceed to the
eastward. Brokers are employed in finding a vessel for
charter suitable for the purpose.
" Her Majesty's 3d Foot (the Buffs) will embark to-
morrow for the Piraeus, on board the ship Riverdale,
844 tons.

" Captain Barnard, 41st Foot, has arrived from the
East, on sick leave.
_ " Major Paterson and Lieutenant Sidebottom (Buffs)
have reached Malta, from the depot, and Lieutenant
Dunbar, on leave.
" The Libertas, transport No. 95, from the East, ar-
rived last night from Constantinople. Captain Pocock,
30th ; Lieut. Nicolas, R.A. ; Lieut. Lockhart, 41st ;
Lieut. White, 50th ; with Assistant• Surgeon Cockburn,
89 non-commissioned officers and privates of different
regiments, and 50 sailors, arrived by her sick, and will
proceed to England.
Her Majesty's steamer Valorous left Malta on the
27th of October for the lack Sea, in ccrnpany with the
Vectis, conveying the increased hospital staff, including,
Miss Nightingale and her 37 nurses, and the Nubia and
I Saxon screw steamers, conveying stores and ammunition
...$ to the Crimea.