February 4.] THE FIELD. 
Ill 
Devon. — Tab Rifle Corps. — T he company of the South Devon 
Rifles, which hns been in progressed drill in Torquay, is now nearly 
completed. With a few more additions, the required complement 
of men will have been obtained. Arms and accoutrements have 
now been delivered to nearly the whole company, which is already 
in such a stato of discipline as to command the approbation of 
military gentlemen , and the warm admiration which their 
soldier-like oppearance olicited from all parties, on their recent 
appearance at the town-hall, to aid the civil power in the pre- 
servation of order, must have been highly gratifying to the gal- 
lant captain. 
itetal. 
APPOINTMENTS— ROYAL NAVY. 
Surgeons. — John Moody (1838), to the James Watt, 00, screw 
steamship, at Dcvonport ; David Geddes, M.D. (1831), to the 
Illustrious, 72, at Portsmouth ; Maurice T. West (1842), to the 
Cassnr; Gerald Yeo, M.D (1850), recently serving in the Archer 
screw steam sloop, to the Dragon paddlewheel steam frigate, at 
Portsmouth ; Thomas 8eacoinbe (1853), rocontly promoted from 
Assistant-Surgeon of the Hermes when on the East India station, 
to the Roynl Naval Coast Volunteers. 
AssieTANT-SunoEONS. — Robert Wallace, M.D. (1845), recently 
serving in the Dauntless steam frigate when on the West India 
station 0 , to the James Watt ; Charles H. Chambers (1851), recently 
serving as additional to the Penelope steam frigate, flagship on 
the West Coast of Africa station, to the Crnsar ; Augustus R. It. 
Preston (1846), from the London, 90, to the Illustrious; John 
C. Inglos (1847), to Hnslar Hospital at Portsmouth. 
Admiralty, Jan. 31. — Appointments— Assistant Surgeons 
T. H. Uuxley (1846), to the Illustrious, 72, at Portsmouth; and 
J. Hudson, to the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard ship of 250 
horse power, at Sheerness. 
Royal Collegb of Surgeons.— The following gentlemen hav- 
ing undergone the necessary examination for the diploma, were 
admitted members of the College at the meeting of the Court 
of Examiners on the 27th nit. —Messrs. Henry Vale James, 
Leominster; Walter Tyrrell, Richmond: John Charles Barrow. 
Loughborough; John Lord, Crewe, Cheshire; Walter Hart, 
Blackbenth; Henry Titterton, Birmingham; Rowland Hill 
Derry, Plymouth; James Phillips, Euston-plaee, Euston-squnre ; 
Edmund Marshnm Russell Rendel. Plymouth ; and Samuel 
| Jardine Wyndowe, Hon. East India Company’s Service, Madras. 
Apothecarieb’ Hall — The following are the names of the 
gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and prac- 
tice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday 
the 26th of January William Thompson, Graaf Reinet, Cape of 
Good Hope ; Peter Nevill Jackson, Leven, Yorkshire; William 
Talbot Young; nnd John Kenworthy, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. 
War in the East. — The steamer Rajah has sailed from 
Southampton with fifty tons of medical stores, including every- 
thing that would be required after a great naval battle, and de9- 
► tined for the British fleet in the Block Sea. 
Important Discovery—' The Perthshire Advertiser reports 
L a recently discovered mode of conversing with those afflicted with 
partial deafness, viz., by taking the individual by the band, at 
the some time placing the two thumbs together. By this simple 
process, the sound is conveyed in a more direct manner to the 
ear, and the person spoken to will hear distinctly in a tone of 
voice several notes lower. It is also important to add, that a 
chain could be formed upon the same principle, by n numbor 
joining hands in the manner alluded to, when the individual 
affected will bear in a moderate key at either end of the chain. 
Jragu Intelligence. 
The Answer of the British and French 
Governments to the communication recently addressed 
to them, on the subject of the entry of the combined fleets 
into the Black Sea, was delivered on Wednesday in writing 
to Baron Brunnow, in London, and to M. de Kisseleff, in 
Paris. Many Russian families are preparing to quit 
Paris, and some have already done so, to their infinite re- 
gret. 
Advices from Konigsberg of the 27th ult. announce 
the arrival of three members of the Peace Society, on their 
way to St. Petersburg. 
Letters prom Galatz (on the Danube), state that 
the greater part of the British fleet had returned to Con- 
stantinople, in order to convoy troops and ammunition to 
Varna, below the Danube. 
Despatches from Constantinople of the 15th ult. 
state that the mission of M. Khanikoff to Persia hud failed, 
even belore the arrival of that Envoy Extraordinary of 
Russia at Teheran. Prince Dolgorouki had written to him 
that the Turco- English influence had completely superseded 
that of Russia at the Court of the Shah, and recommended 
him not to proceed any further on hisjourney. M. Khani- 
koff had accordingly resolved to await at Nakhtcevan, 
in Russian Armenia, fresh instructions from his Govern- 
ment. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
( Continued from Page 87.) 
Thf, reinforcements sent from Constantinople to the Danube 
have recently been very large. The correspondent of the 
Oest Deutsche Post informs us that an Emir from some 
place which is not to be found in the map, situate in a dis- 
trict, which is also undiscoverable, in Arabia, had come to 
Constantinople, as the deputy of the chief of six tribes, with 
an offer to furnish 2,000 horsemen against the onemies of 
the faith. The French Ambassador has despatched two 
officers of his suite to the seat of war in Asia, with instruc- 
tions to furnish exact reports of the true stute of things. 
Colonel Dieu, who has reported on the state of the Danu- 
bian army, is of opinion that the Turks are well able to offer 
an effectual and protracted resistance to the Russians if the 
military enthusiasm is kept alive by victories, however 
unimportant. The Turks are well provided with everything 
but cavalry, ns 30.000 horses are insufficient for an army of 
150,000 men. The discipline of tho army is also highly 
praised. Selimno, in the Balkan, is to bo strongly fortified 
and garrisoned. The regular Constantinople correspondent 
of tho Wa?ulerer, who is utmost invariably well-informed, 
writes that Russia will insist on treating with the Porte 
alone. Another cause of disagreement will be that the Porte 
only consents to “the renewal of tho treaties,” while the 
Russian Plenipotentiary will persist in wishing to make 
those treaties the basis of the negotiations. It is evident 
that if the belligerents do meet in any neutral place, the 
diplomatic world will make a difference between the “mainte- 
nance” and the “ renewal” of treaties. It is ulso feared that 
6ome casualty in the Black Sea will suddenly put a stop to 
the negotiations, as Admiral Dundas has often beeu heard to 
Fay that he should like to have the handling of the Russiun 
fleet. 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
Despatch from Sami Pasha The following despatch 
has been transmitted by Sami Pa6ha, Governor of Widdin, 
to the Grand Vizier, Mustapha Pusha; — “Intelligence 
having been communicated to me that a division of the 
Russian army at Krajova had advanced to the position of 
Citato to throw up fortifications, which the enemy hud 
previously begun with a view to menace the Imperial army, 
in order to drive them from that position the Generals ol 
Division, Ismael Pasha and Mustapha Pasha, and the 
Generals of Brigade Osman Pasha and Ismail Pasha, with 
13 battalions of infantry, 3 of cavalry, and 28 guns, marched 
on the night of the 5th to the attack. Ahmed Pasha, 
General of Division, came up on the other side. The combat 
opened very fiercely, and, thanks be to the Almighty, turned 
to the glory of His Majesty the Sultan’s troops. More than 
3,000 of the enemy were killed. A great quantity of arms 
and baggage, and military stores of every kind, was captured. 
As I am obliged to write in the greatest baste, I have no 
time to give you details of tho battle, nor of the deeds of 
those engaged in it. On our part the loss we have sustained 
in killed and wounded is not much. General Ismail Pasha 
wus severely wounded in tho arm ; and, though I cannot 
give details, owing to the shortness of the time at my disposal 
before the courier leaves, I must not omit announcing the 
capture of eight pieces of cannon from the enemy, nnd the 
death of one of their generals, of three colonels, of one com- 
missary, while we have to lament the death of only two 
colonels, one major, and some captains and subaltern officers.” 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
Constantinople, Jan. 12. — By a private letter from 
Erzeroum of December 17, I have fresh and more accurate 
details of the late disasters on the Georgian frontier. On 
the 1st, the Russians, with 15,000 men nnd 40 guns, at- 
tacked the Turks at Sabaltan, six hours from Kars. The 
Turks had 25,000 irregular infantry and cavalry, Redif, 
Bashi-Bozouks, and 30 guns. Ahmed Pasha commanded 
the centre, Hassim Pai-ha a division, and Vellee Pasha 
another division. The centre was placed in line along the 
bottom of a ravine, and the Russian artillery gaining the 
heights cut them up terribly. What became of Hassim 
Pusha’s division is unknown ; Vellee Pasha, who was three 
or four hours distant, came up after the action was over, and 
then retired to Kars. The Turkish troops, in despuir o' 
being so fearfully cut down by the Russian artillery, rushed 
on the enemy in a confused mass, haviDg been abandoned by 
their officers of all grades, and then a haml-to-hand fight 
of a most bloody kind raged till evening, when both parties 
separated from sheer exhaustion. The Turkish Chasseurs, 
on the model of the French, did terrible execution, losing 
73 of their own men. The Turkish artillery also did its 
duty, and the loss on both sides seems to have been about 
equal to some 6,000 or 7,000 men each. The Russian 
General, Elia Bey, was mortally wounded, and died on 
being carried off. The Russians remained several days in 
the neighbouring villages, and then retired unmolested to 
Gutnri, carrying with them all the Turkish guns, ammuni- 
tion, stores of provisions, &c., which they could find. The 
routed Turks on entering Kars began plundering, and the 
confusion was so complete that it required two days to restore 
any order. There may be 5,000 men who have not yet been 
in action ; but the demoralisation is complete, and the 
soldiers have lost all confidence in their officers. European 
officers are much wanted, and the Turkish soldiers begin to 
feel that they have no chance without such guidauce. By a 
later letter (25th) we hear that Kars is quiet, and that 
General Guyon (an Englishman and Hungarian generul, 
called by the Turks Kurschid Pasha) is the director of 
everything. He is doing his best to reorganise the army, 
and has distributed the contents of the military chest to pay 
the soldiers. The Pasha9 were reserving it for themselves, 
and had left the troops 12 and 18 months in arrear, while 
few of themselves were more lhaD two or three months, and 
most of them only one or two behind-hand. The soldiers 
appear to have great confidence in General Guyon, and they 
promise to do their duty under him. The whole country 
seems delighted with the change. — Times. 
Tiflis, Jan. 10 — The garrison of Kars is composed of 
25,000 Turks. All operations are suspended by the snow, 
which covers the ground to a great depth. 
Under the titlo of “ Heroic Death,” the Russian papers 
describe the last moments of Major General Prince Elias 
Demetriovitch Orbeliun, commander of the Grenadier 
Regiment of the Grand Duke Constantine, and who died on 
the 21st of December in Alexandropol of the wounds he 
received in the battle witli the Turks, at Bash- Radyk- Lars, 
in Georgia. That there must have been warm work there 
is shown by a remark that incidentally accompanies the 
account, for it suys that Prince Sbalikof, commander of the 
battalion, was severely wounded, that Captain Buligin and 
the Staff Captain Prince Tumanoff had fallen, that Major 
Prince Orbi-lian (a cousin of the above) had also beeu 
wounded, and the battalions generally had suffered severely. 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Odessa, Sunday, Jan. 22. — (By Telegraph.) — “Our 
port is frozen up, for at least a month.” 
Constantinople, Jim. 15. — The combined fleets, which 
arrived on the lltli ut Sinope, detached a division of 
steamers to escort the Turkish convoy eastward to Butoum. 
The English stearn-frigate Retribution, however, having, on 
her return southwards from Sebastopol, announced that the 
Russian fleet hnd quitted that port, tho two squadrons made 
sail for Butoum. The Turkish convoy has since returned 
from east to west without any accident to Constantinople, 
after having disembarked the troops and provisions at 
Batouru, and is taking in stores for another trip. 
THE COMBINED FLEET AT SINOPE. 
Sinope, Jan. 13. — On January 3, the combined fleets left 
Beikos Bay, but anchored again off Buyukdere, as the 
Triton, with the mails, made her number, and the weather, 
which had beeu remarkably fine, changed to a thick mist 
with heavy squalls. The Sanspareil, Rodney, and Bayard 
had reached the rendezvous, ten miles from the entrance to 
the Bosphorus, but were recalled. On the morning of the 
4th the weather had cleared up — it was quite a calm — when 
the whole fleet weighed and assembled at the entrance to the 
Bosphorus. The ships formed in two columns : — Britannia 
nnd Villa de Pari', Albion and Jupiter, Vengeance and 
Joua, Sanspareil and Henri IV., Rodney and Valmy, Belle- 
rophon and Bayard, Trafalgar and Friedlund, Agamemnon 
and Churlemugne, London and Queen, aud five French 
steamers and sevon English ; Leander frigate looking out 
a-bead. 
At 4.30 p.m. signal was made, “ Turks are to be protected 
from all aggression by sea or land.” 
Thursday, 5. — We were joined at daylight by a Turkish 
squadron of five steamers, with troops; they joined our 
party. The Charlemagne ran into the Friediind and cut 
her stern open. Tho Agamemnon lost a man overhoard. 
Friday, 6— At 8 p.m. the fleet anchored in Sinope Bay. 
The town is situutod on un isthmus which connects a high 
hill with the main. A strong wall runs along both sidps of 
the isthmus, with a high castle at the end, near the main- 
land. Our arrivul caused the utmost consternation among 
the unfortunate inhabitants, many of whom have lost every- 
thing by the late action. The Turkish part of the town is 
completely destroyed, and tho beach is covered with masts, 
spars, -fcc.; in fact, every part of a ship. One steamer und 
a corvette were driveu ashore ; the rest wore sunk, and tho 
mastheads of many are still above water. But what renders 
the scenn more melancholy Is tho number of mutilated 
bodies lying about. Several hundreds have been covered 
with earth, but have been again uncovered by d"gs, vul- 
tures, &c. 
Sunday, 8. — The Agamemnon, Sanspareil, Charlemagne, 
Terrible, Mogador, Sampson, und Descartes, were ordered 
to get up steam. We weighed at noon, and escorted the 
five Turkish steamers to Trebizond, where we arrived un 
Tuesday, tho 10th ; remained all day, and went on to 
Batoum ; anchored at 9 a.m. the next day. It is a small 
place, with a lew guns, on a low point. General Guyon 
commands the Turkish forces, which consist of 30,000, at 
Fort Nicolai, which is still held by them, notwithstanding 
frequent attempts on the part of the Russians TO retake It. 
The people at Batoum are in great force; every man woll 
armed, and wanting nothing but what we took them — powder. 
We left Batoum on Wednesday, the 11th, at 4 p in., and 
reached this place this afternoon. The Fury leaves at once 
for Constantinople. 
The following Is a letter from an officer Id the float 
“Sinope, Jan. 8. 
“We left this placo on the morning of tho above dote, — 
Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Syinonds, flagof Rear-Admiral 
Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B. ; Sanspareil, 71, screw, Captain 
Daeres; Terrible, 21, Captain M'Clcverty (paddle): a French 
steam line-of-battle-sliip with Rear-Admiral do Tinan; tho 
paddle-steamers Gomer and Descartes, and a Turkish admiral, ac- 
companied by six steamers of war, tho latter all lndon with 
ammunition to he distributed at Trebizond and Batoum. Tho 
Turkish squadron was under the united British nnd French pro- 
tection, with orders to guard them from any aggression on the 
part of Russia. 
“Jan. 9. — Steaming along tho sonthem coast of the Black 
Sea, keeping all together. Tho scenery is beyond description 
— mountains of a stupendous height literally covered with 
snow, with immense forests of pine trees protruding, nnd, 
owing to the excessive dearness of the atmosphere, appear tn ho 
close to you, though, in foot, 50 or 60 miles distant. Tho 
lovoliest weather you can possibly imngine; not a cloud to 
be seen, and perfectly calm. Thermometer 63°, und baromotcr 
30-20°. 
“Jan. 10. — Arrived nt Trebizond early in tho morning. Tho 
Turkish stenmers immediately commenced discharging part of 
their ammunition. A miserable Turkish town ; Imrdlv a decent 
house in it, with the exception of the British Consul’s. Here they 
are very indifferently prepared to resist any attack from sea or 
land, having only n couple of miserable forts, and those scantily 
supplied with cannon. We sailed from this plnce in the evening 
for Batoum, the nearest anchorage to the Turkish frontier, tho 
whole squadron having loaded and shotted all their guns in 
readiness for action, having heard nt Trebizond that a Russian 
sqnndron of four line-of-butcle-ships and four steamers had beon 
seen off the place. 
“ Jan. 11. — Arrived nt Batoum. Saw nothing of tho Russian 
squadron, which disappointed a good many, who were really in 
hope of having ‘ something to do.' Assisted the Turkish steamers 
in lunding all their ammunition for the army, which was en- 
camped about 15 miles from this, on the frontier, which wo suc- 
ceeded in doing by 2 p.m. Batoum is a mere villuco, with a 
single fort on a point. We weighed nt 2 p.m , ami all slenmod 
together towards the Turkish frontier (12 miles), where we got a 
distant peep at the Turkish encampment. We then turned 
about, nnd made tho best of our way to Sinope under steam, 
where we have just arrived, January 13th, nnd found the 
fleets of Vice-Admirals Dundus und Hamelin here as we left 
them. 
“ The Terrible and tbe Fury leave this evening (13(b) for Con- 
stantinople. to convoy tho six Turkish steamers thore. I heliovo, 
accompanied by two French stenmers also. We remain here 
(Sinope) for a short time, and shall nil, after tho arrival of the 
Caradoo with despatches, return to Constantinople, unless any- 
thing new turns up. The Turks have commenced getting up 
guns, storeB, Ac., from the ships sunk by the Russians in (he lute 
massacre. Three Russian steamers were on this frontier three 
days previous to our arrivnl, trying tho range of their guns at 
some of the Turkish forts.” 
A letter from St. Petersburg, dated Jan. 21, says that the 
Involute Jtusse eontuins a naval bulletin from the Black 
Sea, in which, after a description of a two hours’ bombard- 
ment of Fort St. Nicholas, it is stated that “the Vice- 
Admiral sailed along the coast of Anutolia, but tho weather 
changing, he was compelled to abandon his intention of 
attacking Trebizond.” The date of this expedition was 
Dec. 31, four days before the combined fleets entored tho 
Black Sea. 
FOREIGN MISCELLANY. 
Australian Honesty. — About nine years ago, Richard 
Hounslow, a carrier, of Wing, Bucks, borrowed 13/. ot 
Thomas Moreing, n working man of that place. The bor- 
rower wus unable to pay (evidently through distress), and 
time passed on without Moreing being paid; and about 
five years ugo, Hounslow, on leaving with his family for 
Australia, renewed his promise to pay. This lie has now 
performed by sending Moreing a cheque for 13/. which 
was cashed, and in a short time another cheque for the 
same amount, as interest. 
French and Spanish Boundary. — G enerals Mou- 
teverde and Collier, the plenipotentiaries appointed to 
arrange the long-pending boundury question between Franco 
aud Spain, have arrived at Bayonne, troin Madrid, The 
conference will be resumed immediately. 
United States. — New York, on the 8th ultimo, was 
again visited by a most destructive conflagration, and pro- 
perty to the extent of a million of dollars fell a prey to the 
devouring element. The Metropolitan Hall and Lal'argo’s 
Hotel were totally destroyed. 
Rome. — A frightful tragedy has occurred here in the house 
of a municipal employe, a widower, residing in the Vicolo 
del Clemintmo, with hi' only daughter, and a young female 
servant, whom, it appears, he had promised to marry. His 
brother, however, u priest, as well as his daughter, strongly 
opposed the mutch, und urged him to dismiss tho sort ant ; 
to revenge which, the latter, finding herself alone with tho 
daughter, killed her with a hatchet, and then fluog herself 
out of an upper window, and was taken up dead. 
