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Bulor and Oriental Company for the facilities he was nlwoyB ready 
to afford where assistance was required, in cases of dernngemont 
of machinery, itc. Now, when it is considered that within a few 
days of the time when the chances of an unequal war threw these 
unfortunate gentlemen into the power of the Russians, two 
Russian men-of-war were actually being repaired by English 
engineers, and that, moreover, too, in one of her Majesty’s 
dockyards (Portsmouth), such conduct is, to soy the least of 
it, most dastardly, and shows that the Russian authorities, in 
executing the piratical designs of their master, carry out their 
work in the true spirit of tho profession, and, ns usual, wreak 
a miserable revenge on their unfortunate prisoners. — Daily 
News. 
More about tub English Engineers.— By some further 
particulars received from a correspondent of the Daily News, it 
appears that tho Parras Balm, a small Egyptian frigate, was 
not at Sinope, but on her voyage from Varna to Sinope, when 
she was fired into by a Russian frigate of much larger 6ize, and, 
after an obstinate defence of four hours and n half, when her 
captain and all her officers were either killed or wounded, she 
struck her colours. Mr. Bell, the chief engineer, was sent tor by 
the Admiral Korniloff, and requested by him to take charge of 
the vessel to Sebastopol; and it was added that, if he succeeded 
in taking her there, he should be immediately set at liberty. By 
dint of great exertion ho succeeded in getting the vessel to 
Sebastopol, but on her arrival in the harbour sho sank, — the 
wonder being that she had not sunk long before at sea. Instead, 
however, of Mr. Bell obtaining his release ns promised, he, with 
his sub-engineers and stokers, was thrown into close confinement, 
and tho miserable pittance as above Btated allowed him — Prince 
Menchikoff, the commander at Odessa, paying not the slightest 
regard to the promiso made by his admiral. Let us here add a 
specimen of Russian impudence in regard to the recent repair of 
the Russian ships in her Majesty's dockyards, which the Czar 
hod the audacity to require of Lord Aberdeen. But let the public 
observe how the fact was published to the populace of Russia, 
namely, “ That while tho English dare not send one ship into 
the Black Sea, we order them to receive our ships into the very 
inside of their dockyards, and the miserable islanders obey.” 
Death of Gbneral LonD Beresford.— We havo to record, 
with regret, the deceaso of General Viscount Beresford, G-C.B-, 
which took place on Sunday evening at his seat, Beagehury- 
pnrk, Kent. Willinm Carr Beresford, who was a natural son of 
the first Marquis of Waterford, commenced his distinguished 
military career in 1785, when he was appointed an ensign of the 
6th Foot. His first active service was in 1793, when, as captoin 
of the 6.9th, he disembarked with the troops that took possession 
of Toulon, and was generally engaged in the nttacks that took 
place until the final evacuatiou of that place, when he went to 
Corsica, and was present at the attack and siege of St. Fiorenzo, 
Bastia, and Calvi. In 1799, when Lieutenont-Colonel of the 
88th, he Boiled for the East Indies, and from thence by the Red 
Sea to Egypt, across the Desert, in command of a brigade of 
Sir David Baird's army. He remained in Egypt till its evacuation 
as commandant of Alexandria. After some energetic services 
against tho Irish rebels, Colonel Beresford, in 1805, proceeded to 
the Cope, and shared in tire conquest of that colony. From 
thence he was sent, in command of a small force, to 6eize Buenos 
Ayres. This was accomplished ; but after success in the open 
field against the enemy he was eventually obliged to surrender, 
after three days’ desperate and destructive resistance in the town. 
The forco under Colonel Beresford amounted to 1,200, that of the 
enemy, to between 10,000 and 12,000. After being prisoner for 
bix months he escoped to England, where he had but a short 
time arrived (this was in 1807) when he was appointed 
Colonel of the 88th, or Connaught rangers, and was shortly after- 
wards sent in command of an expedition against Madeira. From 
Madeira ho went to the Peninsula, where he arrived a few days 
after the Battle of Vimiera, and returned after Corunna. In 
1809 he again proceeded to Portugal, to take the chief command 
of the Portuguese troops with the rank of marshal. From that 
time Marshal Beresford’s achievements are part of the history of 
the period, the greatest of them being his victory over Soult at 
Albuera, one of tho most bloody and most glorious of the names 
inscribed on the list of Peninsular successes. For these services 
Marshal Beresford subsequently received the dignities of Duke of 
Elvas, Marquis of Cainpo-Major, and Count Trancoso in Portugal, 
that of Viscount Beresford in his own country, and several deco- 
rations. By the demise of this venerable and gallant soldier the 
colonelcy of the 16th regiment and tho coloneley-in-chief of the 
60th Rifles ore rendered vacant. 
Death of General Taylor. — We are sorry to havo to add 
another to the list of deceased general officers in the person of 
Mojor-General Thomas William Taylor, C.B., Colonel of the 17th 
Lancers, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Colloge. 
Major-General Taylor entered the army as cornet in tho Gth 
Dragoon Guards in 1804, and, after passing rapidly through the 
junior grades of the cavalry service, becaino Brevet Lieutenant- 
Colonel on the 18th of June, 1815, having served during the 
campaign, the greateventof which took pluce on that day. There 
are now three colonelcies— tho 00th Rifles, 16th Regiment, and 17 th 
Lancers — at the disposal of Lord Hardinge, besides the Lieutenant- 
Governorship of Sandhurst. 
Paris. — The Moniteur publishes a decreo colling into activo 
service all the young soldiers available under the second portion 
of tho contingent of the class of 1852. 
NEWS FROM INDIA. 
The operations against the Afl’redees, between Peshawur and 
Kohat, hove been successful. They had persisted in closing the 
poss, though we paid their chief blackmail for keeping it open. 
It was therefore resolved to occupy the defile with a line of posts, 
and to build o fort in tho middle of it; for this purpose n strong 
force was despatched from Peshawur, portions of which blockaded 
both ends of the valley, in which the principal Affredee villages 
were situated, while tho remainder protected tho workmen 
employed in building the fort. The Affredees attempted to break 
through at one end, but wero driven back, and a few days 
after the volley was invaded, and their villages and stores 
of grain destroyed. Tho lutest nows is that they have been 
starved into submission, and had come into the Commissioner’s 
camp and entered into engagements for good behaviour infuturo. 
What such engagements are worth remains to be seen, but ii is 
thought that tho new fort will prevent our communications with 
Kohat from being again interrupted. The forco at Peshawur, 
though still called only a garrison in the Army List , is rapidly 
068 uming tho calibre of on army of observation. From a list 
recently published in the Lahore Chrojticle, it appears that tho 
strength of the force is ns follows : — Infantry — European, 2,700; 
Natives, 7,100 ; totul, 9,800. Cavalry — regular, 450; irregular, 
2,000 ; total, 2,450. Artillery — Horse, 400 men and 24 guns; 
foot ditto and mountain trains, 700 men ond 24 guns ; totnl, 
1,100 men and 48 guns ; and 100 sappers and miners ; altogether, 
13,250 men and 48 guns, n force, it is remarked, sufficient to 
sweep Afghanistan from tho Kyber to Khorassnn and back again. 
In tho event of a Russian war, it is reported that the Peshawur 
force will ho augmented to an army of observation, which will be 
placed under tho command of Lord Frederick Fitzchironce. Tho 
means of so augmenting it are close at hand, as it appears from 
an official document, lately published by the Bengal Government, 
that there nre at present 60,000 troops in tho Punjab, nnd the 
whole of them, with the exception of a weak brigade at Mooltnn, 
are massed at Jorge stations ulong tho Lahore and Peshawur road. 
The Army in India.— The greatest activity prevails in tho 
Bombay army. Lord Frederick FiUclarence bus assembled a 
£"inp of instruction at Poonah ; he has instituted military schools 
fo r officers nnd men, offered prize medals to nil three arms for 
firing at a mark, has ordered examinations of officers in their 
duty on their promotion to each grade, and altogether by his 
personal activity and thorough knowledge of detail is doing more 
towards the efficiency of the army to its utmost than any other 
Indian Commander-in-Chief has dono for 20 years. The latest 
news from Baroda is that the Guicowar’s Minister had had a 
British subject, a native of Ahmedabad, seized and flogged (300 
lashes) for having expressed his satisfaction at Colonel Outram’s 
reinstatement. The acting Resident had taken up the affair. 
the Zenobia. He goes down to Rangoon, for the purpose 
of inspecting the country himself, and arranging the 
civil administration of Pegu. It is expectfed that he will 
probably proceed as far as Singapore, being absent from 
the Presidency about a month or six weeks. 
gwinaiuir anir Stilitk 
Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucester. 
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia. 
William Brookes, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Provost, resigned. 
Charles Hawkins Fisher, gent., to be ensign, vico Miller, pro- 
moted. — Tuesday’s Gazette. 
Ipbital. 
Appointments, Royal Navy. 
Surgeons. — Robert T. C. Scott (1841) to the Royal George, 120, 
screw steamship, at Devonport; Samuel Donnelly (1842), from 
the Juno, 26, at Chatham, to tho Euryalus, 50, screw steamship, 
at Chatham; George A. Nicholls, M.D., (1848), to the Juno; vice 
Donnelly. 
The Fleet in China.— Surgeons.— T. R. Pickthorne, of the 
Spartan, to the Winchester; J. Browne, of tho Rapid, to Hie 
Spartan ; A. Gordon, of the Serpent, to tho Rapid; H. Slade, 
from tho Bittern to the Hermes, vice J. M'Leod, invalided home. 
Assistant-Surgeons. — G. Gordon, of the Mindcn, to the Bittern, 
as acting-surgeon ; G. Sibbald, from tho Spartan to tho Minden, 
vice Gordon ; J. W. Bradshawe (additional of the Winchester), to 
tho Spartnn, vice Sibbald ; A. E. Mackay, from the Minden to 
the Fan tome, vice Bent, deceased; R. Picken, M.D., from the 
Lily to the Minden, vice Mackay. 
The Turkish Army. — The report of the correspondent of the 
Medical Gazette , in Omar Pasha’s camp, is anything but encou- 
raging. The men are suffering much from small-pox, boils nnd 
carbuncles, and the horses from inflammation of the lungs, 
brought on by the perpetual change of temperature. The most 
considerable concentration of troops is on the two wings ; the 
greater part of the artillery nnd cavalry is on the Ruslchuk, 
Rasgrad, and Shumla line. During tho last seven weeks great 
numbers of English volunteers have arrived nt the camp. 
College of Pharmacy. — An association of chemists and 
druggists has just been instituted, for the purpose of establishing 
a college of pharmacy. This association designates itself the 
British Association of Chemists and Druggists; and, in on 
address to the entire body of chemists and druggists of the 
United Kingdom, it states their number at somewhero nbout 
10,000, and that in order to confer upon this body — respectable 
in social position as in numbers — a professional status, the com- 
mittee proposes, in the first instance, a complete and lecognised 
registration of all duly qualified chemists nnd druggists, and that 
the functions of this association shall be limited to the granting 
of certificates of qualification, to mointaining a complete register 
of all persons possessing such certificates, and to the proper dis- 
charge of the duties of a board of exominers. The committee 
state further that they have already received, from many mem- 
bers of the medical profession, their approbation of the proposed 
plan for the establishment of a school of pharmacy, and they 
propose to confer upon their associates a diploma or certificate of 
qualification, as issued by direction of the British Association of 
Chemists and Druggists. 
Vibnna, Jan. 7. — The Medical Press of Bucharest soys that 
there ore 11,000 Russians on the sick list in tho Principalities. 
Death. — On the 9th of November last, at Fernando Po, of 
fever, Charles Buyer Hugo, aged 30, surgeon of H.M. steamsloop 
Alecto. 
INDIA AND CHINA.— THE OVERLAND MAIL. 
Port of Trieste. — The steamer Calcutta arrived at 
nine ° clock a.m., in 116 hours from Alexandria, Jan. 4. 
1 he India mail 1 left this morning for London with dates 
Irora Cakiitta Dei:. 6. ; Madras, Dec. 10; Shanghai, Nov. 
19 ■, Amoy, Nov. 18; Hong Kong, Nov. 27; Singapore, 
Dec. 4 ; Penang, Dec. 6 ; Galle, Dec. 13; Bombay’, Dec. 
14; Burmali, Nov. 20. The Intelligence from Buu- 
mah was most contradictory. A report was current that 
the Burmese had recaptured Pegu, and a combined move- 
ment against the British was to take place on the 20th 
Deeembev; whilst another statement was that the war 
party at Ava is too weak to do anything. The Russians 
are said to be at Khiva, and the Peshawur force has been 
increased to 13,500 men. The Afredees of the Kohat 
Pass have given in and accepted our terms. Trade in 
India was fair. Exchange at Calcutta, 2.1. In China the 
insurgents have evacuated Amoy, and the imperialists have 
made horrible massacre there". Canton is quiet. Ex- 
change 5.1. 
Marseilles, Mqnday. — The India mail arrived at five 
o’clock P.M. 
Jovcip gntclliptf. 
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. 
Madrid, Jan. 5. — Her Majesty this day gave birth to a 
daughter. 
From Paris on Wednesday evening, Jan. 11, a dis- 
patch from Madrid of the 8th instant was reported which 
announced the death of the lately-born Princess, men- 
tioned in the above paragraph. 
The street-keepers of Paris have just been organised 
into one division, composed of four legions. Each legion 
has three battalions, each battalion three, companies, and 
each company four sections, or 288 sections in all, com- 
posed of eight or ten persons, men or women, making up 
a totnl of more than 2,500 persons, employed every day in 
cleaning the streets. The sections are directed by chiefs, 
who, during some days, have been wearing the mark of 
their grade on the cap. 
A letter from Stuttgard of the 1st, in the Cassel 
Gazette, says — “ The news given by the Augsburg Gazette, 
that Prince Napoleon, nephew of the King ofWurtcmburg, 
will marry the eldest daughter of the Margrave William 
of Baden, uncle of the Prince Regent is confirmed. The 
Princess Sophia, who in the month of April next will attain 
her twentieth year, is the niece of our Queen, her mother 
the Queen’s youngest sister, the Princess Elizabeth, having 
married the Margrave.” 
By a telegraphic despatch dated Berlin, 9tli Jan., 
we are informed that the Second Chamber held a secret 
sitting to receive a communication from the Government 
relative to the acquisition by Prussia of a military port on 
the North Sea. 
Accounts from Constantinople to the 26th ult. state 
that some symptons of fanaticism had been shown. The 
rallying signs of the old Janissaries had been displayed as 
marks of discontent. 
The “ Rangoon Chronicle,” of the 19th of November, 
says : — “ Meng-nat-Meng, the fighting prince, is to move 
from Ava with a very large force on tne 20th of Decem- 
ber, on which day the ball is to be opened simultaneously 
at several places. Chiefs with hard names have been 
appointed governors of Bassein, Dallah, Tonghoo, Shooay 
Gien, anil Martaban, and Pegue and Syraim ; while the 
governorship of Rangoon ha's been conferred upon Moung- 
young-gye, who has promised to drive out the English, 
and was said to be at Tharawaddy with a force of 10,000 
men, but, according to later accounts, had stockaded him- 
self, together with another dacoit chief, near Meaday.” 
A letter from Rangoon in the Calcutta Morning Chronicle, 
dated three days later (November 21st), says : — “ Reports 
have just come in that Pegue has been retaken by Moung 
Beau (or some such naiye). Captain Nuthall was des- 
patched yesterday evening, about nine o’clock, with 90 of 
his Light Peguers.” These reports are not generally 
credited, either at Calcutta or Bombay. It is thought 
that the war party at Ava have neither men nor money 
at their disposal for even an attempt towards carrying 
out such plans. To-morrow, says a letter dated December 
6tb, tho Governor-General starts for Burmali, on board 
CAPTURE OF AMOY FROM TILE REBELS, NOV. 11. 
We have been favoured by an eye-witness vc’th the 
following particulars : — “The horrible atrocities con mitted 
by the mandarins exceed description. Nothing that one 
has ever heard, read, or conceived equals the coldblooded 
barbarities committed. Most of the unfortunate wretches 
who fell into the mandarins’ hands were poor coolies from 
Ku-lang-soo, and not fighting men. Thev executed them 
under our very eyes, by fifties. They hacked, and stabbed, 
and hewed, and at last, so atrocious did these fiends become, 
that they tied the hands and feet of boat-loads together, 
and threw them overboard. Any unfortunates coming 
to the surface were despatched by pikes and hatchcls. 
The thing at last was so unbearable anil revolting, that 
Captain Fishbourne sent boats from the Hermes anil 
Bittern to the rescue, and most humanely took all 
the prisoners that could be found out of the junks, 
together with those waiting for execution on shore, 
as well ns numbers out of the water. These (300) were 
safely stowed on board the Hermes, nnd a junk taken for 
the purpose, and fed and attended by the surgeons of the 
two ships. “ Men, women, and children were alike the 
victims of these monsters, and hail the death to which 
they were doomed to sutler been a short one, it would havo 
been nothing ; but they were taken ten or so at a time, in 
a sampan, their heads put over the gunwale, and tiffin 
hacked with a short knife for three or four minutes, thrown 
over, and floated about in the harbour, for some quartcr'of 
an hour. Others were slashed and cut with hatchets ahd 
maimed in every possible way, and then thrown itfto the 
nmd, where they wallowed and writhed abont lor some 
time, a soldier occasionally striking a spear into them as 
he passed. The principal execution ground was on one of 
the piers close to the Hermes, and in many of the junks. 
About 400 were saved by the joint exertions of the 
Hermes and Bittern, and numbers of them were recognised 
as coolies who had been working in the hongs. I have 
good assurance that all the fighting men escaped. The 
rebels escaped with all their junks, without the mandarins 
attempting to stop them, and as the last rebel junk left 
the harbour unmolested, the Imperialists entered. Things 
are quiet now (the 4th) nearly all the shops arc open, buc 
the houses of the lower classes have been plundered and 
completely gutted, so that thousands are going about in a 
Starving state. Amongst the poor the soldiers have com- 
mitted dreadful ravages. The Hermes has landed 363 
rescued people safely on the main land by means of* a 
junk, and 86 are now on board the hospital junk under 
medical treatment for their wounds. The rebels have 
retired with their full force. They went to sen, 
on the nidit of the 12th, in three junks. Report says they 
are bound to Shanghae— not at all unlikely. I should 
think the mandarin force here to be not less than 20,000, 
with 60 well-equipped junks ; the greater part of thetn 
large west coast bouts heavily armed.” 
The treasury of the Emperor at Peking is now quite 
empty, anil all mandarins of the city under the fourth 
grade receive no pay. They have therefore returned with 
their families to their homes. The Emperor sent man- 
darins to the Mongolian tribes, to try to borrow 2,000,000 
taels, but instead of money they sent 300,000 troops. 
get rid of this army his Majesty paid 1,000,000 taels for 
their expenses back. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS,.. 
( Continued from Page 15.) f 
Letters dated Constantinople, December 25, state that 
on the 21st there was a demonstration of the Ulemas, who 
met in front of Sultan Achmet’s mosque, to the number of 
1,500. They protested against the proposed pe»ce,.aud de- 
manded the dismissal of the infidel, or Gaiour Pasha 
(Rescind, Minister of Foreign Affairs). Afterwards they dis- 
persed to the several quarters of the capital, exciting the 
people to revolt. These proceedings had no serious result. 
Thanks to the measures taken by the government, order 
was maintained. Upon the first appearance of danger, 
troops, both infantry and artillery, were posted at various 
points of tho city. Possession was taken ot the only two 
bridges, which afford a mutual communication between the 
two parts of the city, and order was given to be ready at 
the first signal to seize all the caiques, and thus to cut off 
the water communication between Galata and Stnmboul. 
Oil Tuesday evening, December 20, the rumour was spread 
among the sacerdotal body that the government had ac- 
cepted peace. Tho next morning, exasperated by this 
news, from 1,400 to 1,500 young men belonging to what 
we must call the clergy repaired in arms to the house ot 
Sheik-ul-Islam, chief of the Mussulman priesthood (a bad 
translation of Ulemas who are as much lawyers as 
priests), and there they solemnly protested against the 
conclusion of peace. ’ Tho Sheik-ul-Islam replied .to 
them that they need not make any protestation, 
since there was no truth whatever in the report 
that peace had been made ; that Russia being disposedjto 
treat for peace, tho friendly Powers had asMd> 
Sublime Porte would cousent to it, incase the pence pro- 
posed should be concluded in a manner houyiujahie for 
