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THE FIELD 
[Satukday, 
Wednesday. 
Commons The only discussion of interest was the mo- 
tion by Mr. Brotherton intended against debates after mid- 
night." Lord John Russell complained of the number of 
small matters which private members brought up to the 
delay of public business. A committee on the usages 
of the House will be appointed. The motion was lost by 
$4 to 54. 
Thursday. 
Lords. — A. discussion, originated by Lord Lyndhurst, 
took place on the Vienna note, and Lord Clarendon gave 
explanations. 
Commons. — Lord Blandford brought in a bill for the 
better management of episcopal and capitular incomes. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced a bill on 
the suhject of the public revenue. Its character is else- 
where described. Ho nlso brought in a bill extending the 
time for the surrender of existing compositions for assessed 
taxes. 
Friday. 
Lords. — Their Lordships sat for a short time only, and 
no business of interest occurred. 
Commons. — Lord Palmerston stated that he intended to 
bring in a bill for reforming the abuses of burial societies. 
An attempt to obtain a new hearing for a petition against 
the return for Peterborough was defeated. 
The President of the Board of Trade introduced two bills, 
one to admit foreign ships to the coasting trade, and the 
other to consolidate the laws on merchant shipping. 
LATEST INTELLIGENCE IN LONDON. 
FRIDAY NIGHT. 
[From the London Gazette , Feb. 3.1 
WAR-OFFICB. Fk«. 3. 
1st Regiment of Life Guards— Troop Corporal-Mnjor Hugh 
Honly, to be Quartermaster. 
4th Dragoon Guards— Luke Byrne, Gent., to be Veterinary- 
Surgeon. 
3rd Light Dragoons — Brevet-Major Walter Uneit to be Major, 
by purchase; Lieutenant Charles Russell Colt to be Captain, by 
purchase, vice Unetl; Cornet Edward Howard Vyso to be lieu- 
tenant, by purchase. 
12th Light Dragoons — Veterinary-Surgeon Thomas Hur- 
ford, from the 15tn Light Dragoons, to lie Veterinary-Sur- 
geon. 
15th Light Dragoons — Veterinary Surgeon William Thacker, 
from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-burgeon. 
14th Regiment of Foot — Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Maodougnll 
Bleckley to bo Assistant-Surgeon; Feb. 3. 
17th Foot — Walter Moses Gibault, Gent., to bo Assistant- 
Surgeon, Feb. 3. 
19th Foot — Lieutenant Hugh Francis Massy to be Captain, 
by purchase; Ensign Henry Ladbroke Weller Clarke to bo Lieu- 
tenant, by purchase ; Ensign George Dickson Thomas Stock- 
well, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign. 
20th Foot — Lieutenant George Shirley Maxwell, from the 
47th Foot, to be Lieutenant. 
35th Foot — John Newbold Wilson, Gent., to bo Ensign, by 
purchase. 
39th Foot — Assistant-Surgeon Halybnrton Ross, M.B., from 
the Stall', to be Assistant-Surgeon, Fab. 3. 
44th Foot — Ensign Richard FitzRichnrd Eyre, to bo Lieute- 
nant, by purchase; Joseph Logon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- 
chase. 
4Gth Foot — Lieutenant John Hickinbolham Chambers to be 
Captain, by purchase ; Ensign Nicholas Cunscombe to be Lieu- 
tenant, by purchase ; Henry Lawson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- 
chase, vice Dunscombe, Feb. 4. 
47 th Foot — Lieutenant John Gittens May cook, from the 20th 
Foot, to be Lieutenant. 
49th Foot — Mnjor John Weech Randolph, from half-pay 
unattached, to bo Major (repaying the difference), vice Hart, who 
exchanges; Capt. Charles Thomas Powell to be Major, by pur- 
chase ; Lieutenant William Whitaker Maitland to be Captain, by 
purchase; Ensign William Watts Corbnn to be Lieutenant, by 
purchase; George Eeinp Cliatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- 
« base. 
56th Foot — Licut-Coloncl James Richard Rotton, from half- 
pay unattached, to he Licut-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Eden, 
who exchanges ; Mnjor Soulden Onkeley to he Lieut-Colonel, by 
purchase ; Captain Samuel Byrnes Cox to be Major, by purchase; 
Lient. Henry John Tolcher to he Captain, by purchnse; Ensign 
Richard Jones Hobson to be Lieutenant, by purchase ; Ensign 
Clifford Waterman Chaplin, from the 35lh Foot, to be Ensign. 
67th Foot — Richard Edwyn Carry, Gent, to be Ensign, by 
purchase, vice Cameron, who retires, Fob. 3. 
89th Foot — Assist ant- Surgeon Thomas Frederick Wall, from 
the Stall', to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 3. 
Rifle Brigade — First Lieutenant John Ross to be Adjutant! 
vico Peter Mocdonuld, wlio resigns the Adjutancy, Feb. 3. 
2nd West India Regiment — Major Henry Wase Whitfield to 
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Feb 3. 
Gold Coast Corps — To be Lieutenants, without purchase— En- 
sign and Adjutant Edward Hill, Ensign John Everard Deane, 
Ensign Charles Fox Duke, Feb. 3. 
To be Ensigns, without purchase — Schoolmaster-Sergeant 
George Pasco, from the 17th Foot, vico Hill, Fob. 3; George 
Clarke, Gent., vice Deane, Feb. 4. 
Oxford, Feb. 2. — Tuesday, the 7th inBt., is fixed as tho day on 
which the Convocation for electing the Burgess will bo held. 
The proceedings will begin at two o’clock. 
RUSSIA AND TURKEY. 
A telegraphic despatch, dated Constantinople, Jan. 23, says: — 
“Yesterday the combined fleets returned from the Black Sea to 
the Bosphorus, and anchored at Beycos. General astonishmeut 
at Constantinople.” 
The Emperor of Austria has declared to Count Orlofftbatif 
the Hussions cross the Danube, he will consider the enrno as a 
declaration of war. 
M. de Kisseleff took his departure from Paris on Thursday 
evening, and M. de Brunow liis from London on Friday morn- 
ing. Instructions have been forwarded to M. de Castelbujac and 
Sir. G. H. Seymour, recalling them from St. Petersburg. The 
proposals entrusted by the Czar to Count Orloff, with a view to 
fresh negotiations, have been at once recognised as inadmissible 
by the French and British Administrators. M. de Kisselcfl’ pro- 
ceeds in the first instance to Brussels, and thence goes to St. 
Petersburg. Baron Brunow goeB to Darmstadt. 
Vienna, Wednesday Evening, Feb. 1.— The Russian regi- 
ments of the Guard have received orders to march for Riga and 
the Baltic provinces on the 1st of March. 
Admiralty Bcrvey of the Baltic.— The Admiralty have 
appointed Mr. Peter Wellington, Master R.N., to the Hecla, 6, 
steam-sloop, and, with other masters of the Royal Navy, to pro- 
ceed to the Baltic, to make careful surveys and soundings of the 
approaches. 
The principal military contractors and accoutrement makers 
have had an interview with the Master of the Ordnance, and 
received orders lor the supply of military stores, Ac., which aro 
to be executed in the shortest possible time. 
Jlmtoitg anil Clerical. 
The Mabttbdom at Addianople.— Our worst apprehensions 
about the revival of Mohammedan fanaticism are likely to be 
more than realised. We have just received communications from 
Constantinople, which state that not only is it perfectly true that 
n Turk has lately been executed at Adrianople for becoming a 
Christian, but that a Jewish Rabbi is under sentence of death for 
blaspheming Mohammed. Wo do not hesitate to say. that if 
these statements arc substantiated by documentary proof, the 
whole feeling of tho English public will be materially modified as 
regards Turkey. Wo never can stand by and tolerate tho assas- 
sination by our allies of either Christians or Jews . — Christian 
Times. 
reserved half-pay list, in receipt of a service pension, has gone to 
his last account, at the good old nge of more than S6 years. 
Tub Admiralty and Sir John Franklin.— (From the Daily 
^cn's.) — Friday week’s Gazette contains a notification on the 
part of tho Admiralty to the effect thatCaptnins Sir John Franklin 
and Crozier, and tho officers and crews of tho Erebus and Terror, 
being 138 in all, are to he presumed dead on and from tine 31st 
of March next, unless Providenco before that day arrives shall 
perform a miracle, unlock the winter ice of the Arctic Seas, and 
send homo Captains Sir Edward Belcher, Kcllett, Maclure, nnd 
Pullen, with the news of Franklin and his crew being in exist- 
ence. “The missing expedition hna not been heard of for nearly 
seven years, and lias been absent nearly eight.” Wliat if that lie 
true? Although I cannot tell how it is to be pronounced to bo 
truo, beforo Sir Edward Beloher's next despatches, clearing up 
his story of tho traces ho found in 1852. high up Wellington 
Channel, come to hand at the Admiralty. What, I say, of that ? 
The expedition sailed from Shcerness on the 26th of May, 18-15. 
In tho summer of 1846 the two ships were safe and sound at their ( 
moorings in Erebus Bay, having lost by deaths two of their 
sailors, who were roporteil invalids before they left Sheorness. 
There is every reason — negative, aye, nnd positive too — to believe 
that, after leaving Erebus Bay, the expedition passed up Wel- 
lington Channel into that milder, albeit more northern climate, 
and that “open water” — never scaled with icc even in tho depth . 
of the Arctic winter — which for at least three successive seasons 
has been visited by our navigators in quest of Franklin, but upon 
which, so far as our most recent intelligence roaches, none have 
ventured to embark. Neither should it he forgotten, that it was 
not contemplated bv Sir John Franklin himself, that his return 
to these shores would be expected before tho yenr 1852. Those 
of his messmates and friends who wore present at his farewell 
Greenwich dinner, at the Admiral Keppcl, will hear me witness 
on this point, and so will the landlord, in whoso hearing Sir 
John Franklin declared that “he must not be looked for in Eng- 
land for seven yenrs.” To Sir John Ross ho nlso stated that “ lie 
did not intend to seek winter-qunrters, but to push on and throw 
his vessels in the drift pack, nnd then abandon them, and attempt 
the passnge over land.” To Captain Kellott, now engaged in the 
quest, he exclaimed, “This time live years, Kcllett, I suppose you 
w ill bo looking for me in Behring’s Straits,” implying that he 
did not expect to return to England before 1852. So he did 
not imagine that even the most sanguine of his friends would 
look for him to reach the Western Coast of America beforo 1850. 
Why then all this precipitate anxiety to determine liis deuth ond 
distribute his properly? Who wishes it? Who urges it? 
Even those who talk the most of compelling probate of his will, 
agree, for decency's sake, to wait until Sir Edward Belcher’s 
return— which cannot be before Ootobcr— possibly without tidings 
of the long lost. 
The Orphan of tiir Wreck. — Tho infant who was saved 
from the wreck of the Taylcur by one of the French emigrants, 
and wlioso parents were drowned, has been taken charge of by the 
Rev. J. H. Armstrong, who has addressed the following uffccting 
letter to the newspapers: — 
“Sir,— Will }’ou allow me through your colnmns to make an appeal 
to the benevolent and tender hearted, especially to my late friends in 
St. Stephen's district, who used always to respond liberally to any call 
I made upon them. Among the survivors of the late shipwreck on 
Larabay is a very flno infant boy, twelve months old, who was saved, 
some say by a wave which swept away 50 other human beings, leaving 
him unhurt among the rocks; others, by n Frenchman carrying him 
between his teeth from tho wreck. 1 went down this morning to visit 
the poor shipwrecked people. I saw this infant in the care of the 
steward and stewardess of the Prince steamer — when I offered, If the 
child was on their hands, to try and raise a subscription for its future 
support, and also to take the charge of it while they were in Liverpool, 
whither the vessel sailed this evening. 
“ The steward has accordingly left the child in my house until his 
return a week lienee, and I am now anxious to raise a subscription for 
it, and will gladly see to the proper disposal of any funds entrusted to 
me on behalf of this little orphan. 
“ While this case must excite the sympathy ofnll.lt cannot help plead- 
ing efficiently to the hearts of those who know what it is to be a parent. 
*' Subscriptions will be received at the ltoyal Rank, and also at 
Messrs. Hodges nnd Smith’s, Grafton-strect. 
“22, Herbert place, Jan. 24, 1854. ” “J. II. Armstrong, Clerk. 
FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Toulon. — A letter from Toulon of the 22nd ult., states that 
the greatest activity is apparent in every department of the naval 
arsenal in that port. On tho day previous, though Sunday, the 
bell rang os usual, and the workmen were employed until two 
o’clock in tho afternoon. On tho week days they are employed 
until nine nt night. Six ships of the lino are being prepared 
for sea; to those are to be added the ship of the line Marengo, 
and the steum-frigate Asmodle. 
Malta, January 22. — Two French stcam-frigntes from 
Toulon, the Vauban ond Cacique, have arrived and taken their 
departure for Constantinople. 
STEAMERS. 
WRECK OF THE OLINDA SCREW-STEAMER. 
Copy of a Lbtteh from Mr. Blow, First Officer op 
tub Olinda, S.S. — “Cemlyn, 27th January. Sir, — I beg to 
report the stranding of the Olinda on the Harry Furlong Rocks, 
at 8 - 45 p.xn. yesterday. The ship was in charge of the pilot at 
the time. Passengers are landed all safe. Ship was quite dry 
nt low water, and nil the crew left the ship. Mails not yet 
landed. Found the fore cargo hold full of water. The ship i6 in 
a very dangerous situation ; if wind veers to N.W., sho will 
break up in six hours. We have had the Cambria steamer from 
Holyhead, but she cannot come alongside. Flats will he the best 
means of saving the cargo if she hold together. Tho rudder and 
propeller are carried away. Six feet of fore foot are gone, nnd 
the rocks throw her forward ; masts, &c., all standing. No- 
thing saved us yet up to 11 a.in. Blowing hard from west. 
Cnptoin llnram managed to get on board this morning, and is 
not yet returned. I am wailing for his coming ashore to open a 
communication with tho ship, nnd take this opportunity of in- 
forming you of our position, ns Captain llnram may not have an 
opportunity, being on board, and a messenger being about to 
eavo for Holyhead. 
(Signed) “ James Blow, Chief Officer. 
“W. Had field, Esq.” 
Stkam-boat Armaments.— According to the mail contract 
with tho Peninsular nnd Oriental Steam-pocket Company, tho 
mail packets belonging to tho latter must carry the following 
armaments, should the Admiralty think necessary: — viz., bow 
and stern pivot (if tho pockets arc 1,100 tonB nnd upwards), one 
10 inch, 85 cwt., one 32-pounder, 56 cwt. ; broadside (if paddlo 
wheels), four 32-pounders, 40 cwt., (if screws), eight 32- 
pounders, 40 cwt. Vessels of 800 tons, bow and stern pivot, one 
8 inch, 65 cwt., one 32-poundcr, 50 cwt.; broadside (if paddlo 
wheels), four 32-pounders, 25 cwt., (ifscrews), eight 32-poundcrs, 
25 cwt. Vessels of 600 tons, bow and stern pivot, one 32- 
pounder, 45 cwt.; broadside (ifpaddle wheels), four 32-pouuders, 
(if screws), eight 32-pounders. 
The “ Retiiirution" at Sbbastopol.— The Retribution 
Captain the Hon. J. It. Drummond, says a letter from Constan- 
tinople, dated Jan. 15, entered the harbour of Sebastopol in a 
fog. to the great dismay of the authorities there, who fired two 
unshotted guns across ’her bows, while a small steamer threw 
herself in her track. Captain Drummond warned her out of his 
way, and proceeded onwurd as far as the dock-yard, to a con- 
venient anchorage. The authorities declined receiving his de- 
spatches till lie moved five miles ott', as ho was much too near tho 
batteries. He then anchored at tho place indicated, when they 
received Ills despatches ; hut there being no officer present entitled 
to open them, they promised to send on answer to Constantinople, 
and told him that ii ho remained he must undergo fourteen days’ 
quarantine. After remaining there about thirty-six hours, ho 
rejoined tho fleet on the 8th of December. 
Malta. Jan. 22. — The Peninsular and Oriental Company’s 
steamer Euxine arrived on the morning of the 18th, after en- 
countering very heavy gales for tho whole of the voyage. Bo 
heavily was she laden with guns, shot, anchors, and cables, that 
she could not rise to tho waves, and had she by any ohance beon 
pooped, the consequences might have been most fatal. Tho 
passengers speak in high terms of the steady coolness nnd ex- 
cellent seamanship of Captain Meehan. The Earl of Carlisle has 
delivered an address bofore the members of the Literary and 
Scientific Institute. 
New York, Jnn. 17. — Captain Ericsson, in a loiter to tho 
newspapers respecting tho caloric ship, states that there is not 
the slightest cause for doubt in relation to this enterprise. The 
new engines arc completed, nnd have been at work several days, 
their operation proving conclusively that the practical difficulties 
which attended tho first arrangement have all been overcome, 
j The new engines are much reduced in size, while their principle 
of action is the same ns before, with this exception only, that 
condensed atmospheric air is employed in place of the ordinary 
atmospheric for producing the rnotivo power. This modification 
admits of an increaso of power, limited only by the capability of 
retaining tho pressure in the machine. Some difficulty hns been 
experienced in this respect, und it is this whioh has caused some 
delay recently. The obstacle is, however, nearly removed, and 
tho public will shortly hnve an opportunity of judging by practical 
evidence of the merits of the caloric ship. 
Another Dreadful Shipwreck. — Loss of Three Hundrbd 
Lives. — The American papers last received, give the following 
details of the loss of the now American steamship San Francisco, 
together with a large number of her passengers and crew : — 
“The San Francisco was a new vessel, and was chartered by the 
United Slates’ Government to convey eight companies of tho 
United States’ Artillery to California, where they were intended 
to lie stationed. The eight companies consisted, including officers, 
of 514 men, with whom were about 200 women nnd children, 
making, with the crew of the steamer, altogether about 750 
persons. The San Francisco Bailed from New York on the 21st 
of December, nnd enjoyed favourable weather at the commencement 
of the voyage ; but during a severe gale which she encountered on 
the 23rd the piston of the pump broke, nnd the engines were dis- 
abled. Next day the upper saloon, promenade deck, nnd about 
50 feet of spar deck were carried away, and all the ship’s 
boats wero swept off immediately after. ’ The vessel had nlso 
sprung a leak, and the utmost exertion of all hands onboard were 
necessary to keep her afloat. This state of things continued up 
to the 28th, when the bark Kilby, from New Orleans to Boston, 
fell in with the disabled steamer, nnd took off about 100 of the 
passengers. A quantity of provisions having been furnished to 
the Kilby from tho stores of the San Francisco, she was ordered 
to the nearest American pork By the remaining portion of the 
crew and passengers the vessel was still kept afloat until the 30th, 
when the British ship Three Bells, of Glasgow, bound to New 
York, hove in sight. There was a heavy gale blowing nt the 
time, which prevented tho possibility ol any immediate assistance 
being rendered, but the Three Bells kept' sight of tho sinking 
vessel until the gale moderated on tho 3rd, when the Antarctic, 
from New York to Liverpool, hove in view, tfie ships nt that 
time being in lat. 39 41, long. 62. Both vessels then rendered 
prompt ussistnnee, the Three Bells taking oft’ between 180 and 
200 passengers, with whom she then set sail for New York, and 
the Antarctic received on board the following: — James T. Watkins, 
the commander, nnd servant ; T. L. Schell, purser; C. F. Barton, 
third officer; John Mason, fourth officer; and W. Duckett, car- 
penter; nlso, Lieutenant C. 8. Winder, United States’ Artillery, 
and servant; Lieutenant J. G. Chandler, Mr. W. J. Rankin, 145 
United States’ troops, and 19 women und children, all of whom 
were landed in safety, and speak in the highest terms of the 
treatment they havcrcceived from Captain Stoutter and his officers. 
From the foregoing it will lie seen that out of 750 souls known to 
have been on board, only 450 aro reported to have been saved, 
leaving 300 persons to bo accounted for — of those 149 are known 
to have been washed overboard, nnd 50 died, leaving 92 persons 
of whose fate wo are unable to make any report. 
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE.— Jan. 20. 
(From (he London Oasette of Tuesday.) 
Royal Regiment of Artillery.— Colonel Richard Jones, to 
bo Colonel-Commnndant, vice Major-General Oliver, deceased; 
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Haultuin, to bo Colonel, vice Jones ; 
Brevet-Mnjor Henry Joseph Morris, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, 
vice Haultain ; Second Captain Arnold Thompson, to be Captain, 
vico Morris ; First Lieutenant Armine Dew, to be Second Captain, 
vice Thompson ; Second Lieutenant Rnynsford Cythcrus Longley, 
to be First Lieutenant, vico Dew, Jan. 12. 
Corps of Royal Engineers.— Second Lieutenants with tem- 
porary rank to be Second Lieutenants with permanent rank— 
Charles Nassau Martin ; Francis Edward Pratt, June 18, 1851. 
French Army. — A contract has just been tuken at Rochefort 
for the equipment of 15,000 men ; they are to be furnished within 
one month, independent of 20,000 more, which number is nearly 
complete. 
Loud Gough in Paris. — A correspondent of the Morning 
Post says: The Emperor, I can assure yon, is delighted at the 
close alliance which exists between his Government ond that of 
Queen Victoria. The venerable Lord Gough, when he returns 
to London, will be able, for his part, to hour testimony to this 
“ great fact.” At the ball given n few nights ago nt the 
Tuilleries, which was attended by liis lordship, his Majesty said 
to him that he felt proud at seeing his Government nnd people 
united with those of England in defence of Europeon rights ; and 
the Empress added, with her usual grace, “ Yes, nnd I also, for 
tho English aro nobly bravo 1” “ And their armies,” added tho 
Emperor with a marked significance, which mudo our soldier’s 
heart bound — “their armies are commanded by heroes !” 
gtmnanrj nnh Stilifk 
Commissions signed by Lord Lieotenants. 
[From the London Gazette, of Tuesday.] 
1st Cornwall Rifles — Second Licutonont Ernest F. Peel, to be 
Lioutenant, vice Trick, promoted; Iliohord II. S. Vyvyon, gent., 
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Sole, resigned, Jan. 24. 
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia. — 
William Hicks, gent., to bo Ensign, vico Forest, promoted, 
Jan. 26. 
Derbyshire Militia. — The 1st Derbyshire Regiment of 
Militia has stopped recruiting, having completed its establish- 
ment. Many very fine young men presented themselves to volun- 
teer their services; when told they could not bo received, as the 
regiment was completed, they Eeemed much disappointed.— 
Derbyshire Courier. 
