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THE FIELD. 
greater attractions, owing to the tall and athletic figures of 
the men, nod tlir-ir martini air, as they ?.tood in line. The 
li'any f<*r rhe Sultan— a short prayer I'm - his health, happi- 
ness, and prosperity — is, I should mention, chuuuted by t hi 
troops every evening in the same manner Two hundn d nl 
tlie inhabitants of Csitate were killed by the shots of one 
party or other during the late engagement, and several 
women and children died of sheer fright, without having 
received any injury whatever. Their church has been 
almost demolished. The Interior presented a fearful 
spectacle on the day after the fight ; the blood wa9 more 
than ankle deep on the floor, and the dead bodies of both 
Turks and Russians lay strewn in heaps. The former hud 
effected an entrance during the combut, and bayonetted the 
garrison. 
Rustchuk (Danube) Jan. 5.— There is no Nizam or 
infantry of the line here, but these militia-men, instead of 
being half-drilled troops, are fully trained soldiers, having 
already completed five years in the line, and serving the 
second term of seven years in the Rcdif (militia), which 
prudent provision for a rainy day is quite a modern feature 
in the organisation of the Ottoman army, and has proved 
the chief lever of the respectable force that Turkey has 
evoked from the plough and the workshop for this gieat 
emergency. 
Varna, Jnn. 20. — Omar Pasha is entirely restored to 
health. A Wulluchian Genoiul, two or three American 
officers, and several Preach and Swedish officers, have 
arrived at head-qourtei-s to take service in the Ottoman 
army. Considerable reinforcements are on march from 
Sophia for Kulufat, where there is already assembled an 
army of 25.000 men, provided with a numerous and 
excellent train of artillery. We hear that the Serasklcr 
and Kapudan Pasha have left the Cabinet. Riza and 
Achmed Pasha are said to have succeeded them. 
ASIA. 
Military operations in Asia are suspended. 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Destruction or tiie English Vessel Howard, at 
Sinope. — The following is a copy of a letter posted on the 
Manchester Exchange on Monday, addressed to Messrs. 
Nash and Nash, of Liverpool, from the Foreign-office ; 
"Gentlemen, — In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of 
the 9th inst., upon the subjeot of the destruction of the English 
vessel Howard, at Sinope, 1 am directed by the Earl of Clarendon 
to acquaint you, that be bus been in communication with the 
owners of that vessel, but lie is not yet in possession of all tbo 
foots that must have occurred in the case. The attention of the 
Board of Admiralty has been called to the necessity of taking 
such measures a3 circumstances may admit of for the protection 
of British vessels tn the Black Sea. — I am.” <to. 
“ H. U. Addington.” 
Varna. — Before the entry of the allied fleets into the 
Black Sea the Russian cruisers were constantly in observation 
upon our coast. They have since entirely disappeared, and 
the Turks have complete possession of the Euxine. 
Constantinople, Jbd. 25. — The fleets having taken in 
fresh provisions, will re-enter the Bluck Sea on Jan. the 
28th. In the meantime three French and three English 
sU-am frigates have sailed to-day for Varna. On the 28th 
another Turkish convoy, intended to carry men and ammu- 
niiion to Batoum, will sail under the escort of a purl of the 
Tarnish fleet and tiie French and English frigates. Her 
Majesty’s ship Furious bus just returned from the direction 
of Odessa, whither she had been dosputclied to look uftcr 
British interests, but the ice prevented her lrotn approaching 
the place. 
FOREIGN MISCELLANY. 
Earthquake in Spain.— A terrible earthquake took 
place at Finana, in Almeriu, in Spam, on the 13th of 
January. The Spanish pupers say: — “The town of Finana 
lias just been visited by a frightful misfortune. On Friday 
\Jast, between two and three o’clock in the morning, during 
tomplete darkness, and while every one was asleep, the soil 
"as suddenly shaken and turned over by a series of violent 
shocks, following each other in rapid succession, and accom- 
panied by a prolonged noise resembling the rolling of 
thunder, and followed bv numerous fissures. It crumbled 
down the greatest port of the Alcazuha (an ancient castle of 
the M -ors), broke houses to pieces, and caused large chasms 
in nearly all the streets. Eight persons woro afterwards dug 
out in a terrible state of mutilation.” 
Suppression op Passports in Spain.— The decreo 
anppr wing passports was signed on the 25th ult. by tiie 
Queen of Spain. 
Death. — S ilvio Pelilco, the prisoner of Spielberg, has 
died of consumption, at the age o' GI. 
Passports. — I t is now necessary that travellers to France 
should be provided with passports, verified by the agents of 
France in England. 
Diplomatic Arrangement with Rome. — Declara- 
tions have been exchanged between the governments of 
Great Britain and of the Roman Stutes for securing national 
treatment to the ve-sels and commerce of each country in 
the ports of tiie other. The arrangement is to be in force 
for seven years, and further, until after 12 months’ notice 
on one or the other side 
Departure op Russians prom France.— B efore 
leaving Paris, M. ce Kisseleff addressed a circular to the 
Russians residing in the capital, requiring them, iu the 
name of the Czar’s government, to leave France within the 
next month, and return to Russia, on pain of Imperial dis- 
pleasure. 
Newspapers por Turkey, Greece, See . — General 
Post-Office, Feb 1854. — Information lias been received 
from the Prussian Post-office, that newspapers forwarded 
from the United Kingdom to Greece, or to the Ionian Islands, 
or to the undermentioned places in Turkey, &c., in which 
Austrian post-offi. es have been established, viz. : — Beyrout, 
Botuschany, Bucharest. Cauea, Constantinople, Dardanelles, 
Galatz, Gallipoli, Ihriali, Jassy, Larnaca, Mytelene, Mostar, 
Rhodes, Ituisihuk, Silonica, Samsonn, Seres, Smyrna, 
Tenedos, Tehesme, Trebizond, Tuhcha, and Varna, cannot 
be transmitted through Prussia, as newspapers, unless a 
postage of 1 jd. per half ounce be paid in advance, and fur- 
ther, that a rate of Id. each must be prepaid upon news- 
papers addremed to other places in Turkey. The foregoing 
rates of postage must, therefore, be paid in future upon 
newspapers for the places mentioned. Particular attention 
is called to this regulation, as, if newspapers are posted not 
so paid, they will be chargeable on delivery with the same 
postage as letters. 
A Nice Story. — O n Saturday, 21st January last, the 
malle-posta from Nice to Genoa stopped to change horses 
at noon at Mentone. Among the passengers were a male 
ifhild of six years old, its nurse, a courier, and a priest, 
tnotbor courier and five men approached the carriage, and 
forcibly took away the child. The police, however, inter- 
fered, and the whole party, except two of the aggressors, 
(fell into the hands of the Carabineers, who carried them to 
Nice. There the authorities released the priest and the 
courier with him, imprisoned the other courier, and the 
live men for the violent abstraction of the passengers in the 
malle-poste, and after six or seven days, took bail for their 
uppearanco when called on to bo tried for this serious 
offence. The child and nurse were left in charge of the 
commander of the Carabineers, and by him placed in sale 
keeping in the convent school of the Bon Pasteur, which 
they had left in the morning, and where they had resided 
some little time. The explanation of this incident is, that 
Lord Walpole, who is at Nice, and Lady Su6an, who was 
divorced in 1850, had a mutual desire to obtain the custody 
of the pretty boy in question, whose name is Horace, and 
who speaks only German ; the former, who claims to be the 
lather, and lias had the child with him, had sent him away 
from the convent ; but the latter, who claims to be the 
mother, had arranged the ambuscade at Mentone. The 
authorities refused to decide between parties, both English, 
as to a child born in Austrian Italy, and the British consul 
most wisely refused to takoany othorpurtin the matter than 
to make a faithful report of the whole. Since this it appears 
that the lady lias not returnod to her residence at Canino, 
but is supposed to havo gone to Turin . — Daily News. 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Moreton Bay Cotton. — I am at last ablo to give, 
authentic so far as they go, some results of the last season’s 
cotton growing. Mr. Eldridge lias sold from a plantation 
>f five acres, 2,000 lbs. of cotton in the seed, at 5|d. per lb. 
The usual calculation is, that 4 lbs. of seed-cotton will yield 
Lib. of cleaned. As much of Mr. Eldvldge’s cotton was 
grown on land of a very inferior description, and a large 
quantity never gathered, the above result cannot be Con- 
sidered by anyineuns unfavourable, although, unfortunately, 
there are no means of ascertaining the cost of production. 
I estimate the quantity grown in the district last season, 
at from four to six tons of cotton in the seed, and from 
all that I can learn, there is little prospect of the culti- 
vation being much extended during the present, not because 
I think it would not pay, more or less, but because the 
more common agricultural productions, such as maize, the 
price of which here has now for some time been 12s. per 
bushel, will hold out for the time greater inducements to 
farmers. Several extensive paddocks on the river are now 
undergoing preparation lor culture ; but, so far as I can 
learn, not witli cotton. A great breadth of land has been 
planted with potatoes, but unless moist weather soon sets in, 
■ t’o produce will ho small . — Australian and New Zealand 
Gazette. 
AUSTRALIANA. 
Mails for Australia. — A contract upon a new prin- 
ciple with the General Screw Steam Company is expected 
to be entered into for a mail to Australia every alternate 
mouth. Should it be concluded, their new ship, the Golden 
1-leece, of 2,500 tons, will sail on tho 4th of April. The 
General Screw Steam Packet Company’s screw steamer 
Bosphorus left Southampton on Saturday for Australia. 
She took out about a dozen passengers, a large cargo, and 
mails, for Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong, Van Diomcn’s Land, 
King George’s Sound, and for Wellington and Auckland in 
New Zealand. Tho mail consisted of above 200 bags. The 
Bosphorus will not return to England, hut will be employed 
in Australia carrying intercolonial mails. 
North Australian Exploring Expedition.— A 
deputation of merchants from the city ha6 waited upon the 
Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office for the purpose of 
tendering to his Grace their co-operation ns a committee 
formed to promote tho proposed Government expedition to 
explore the coast and interior of North Australia. Mr. W. 
S. Lindsay explained tho circumstances under which the 
committee had been formed. Being interested in the subject, 
they considered it desirable that the original estimate of the 
Royal Geographical Society for tho cost of the expedition, 
put down at 2,5001. and subsequently augmented, on the 
suggestion of the Government, to 3,500/ , should bo raised 
to 5,000/., and they were prepared to tako steps to 
obtain the additional 1,500/., when they were gratified by 
the announcement that the Government considered the un- 
dertaking of sufficient importance to charge itself with the 
entire management. They now waited on his grace to offer 
all tho practical servico and co-operation in their power. 
They also desired to express tho opinion they entertained of 
Mr. Iiuug, of his energy, and tho time which lie had devoted 
to tho subject of the proposed expedition. They considered 
him well qualified to take part therein, and especially in the 
duty of exploring the interior. Mr. Lindsay proceeded to 
point out on tho map the V8st importance of this interior 
survey, and to indicate how it should bo conducted. In 
his opinion, a passage should he attempted from the 
Victoria River right across tho country to Adelaide. 
That river had been found navigable for frigates for 
sixty miles, and there was reason to think that it 
went a long way into tho interior, and that its source 
and that of the Albert were not lar from each other. 
The Duke of Newcastle said, that he had not yet seen 
Captain Stokes, to whom ho had offered tho command of 
the expedition ns the fittest person for it. The proposal for 
an exploring expedition had originated, as the deputation 
was aware, with the Royal Geographical Society, who had 
represented to him iu July last that a sum of 2,500/. would 
be sufficient to cover the expense. After due consideration, 
however, ho became convinced that it would not be sufficient 
to carry out the enterprise in a manner that would bo satis- 
factory to the country. The society seemed to have come to 
tho same conclusion, and applied subsequently for 3,500/. 
He had no doubt that the Treasury would have consented to 
give that amount, but it occurred to him that it would be 
bettor that tbo Government should undertake the expedition 
on such a scale as might secure results of which tho country 
would have reason to be proud. He communicated that 
intention to the Royal Geographical Society, feeling it duo 
to them to do so before makiug any ulterior arrangements. 
They readily assented, and he then iufoi med them of tho 
course which he proposed to take, which was, having selectod 
the gentleman whom ho thought most competent to take 
charge of the expedition, to call upon him to frame a com- 
plete plan of operations in detail of the route to be explored, 
the proper starting point, the assistance required, the time 
to bo occupied, the probable expense, and, after due conaul- 
[Saturday, 
tation, the names of those gentlemen whom lie would select 
to accompany him. Ho felt it better thus to make the 
head of tile expedition responsible, — of course taking 
counsel of those most competent to advise him, as, for 
instance, Sir H. de la Brcho on geology, and Sir William 
Hooker on botany. When ho obtained this general plan, 
he would be in a better position to decido whether the 
expedition should start at once with recommendations to the 
Governors of Australia, or whether, looking to the period of 
the year, it was desirable to postpone the starting, and in 
tho meantime communicate with the Governors to obtain 
their co-operation. As to Mr. Haug, he had no desire to 
deprive him of the share in the expedition to which lie was 
entitled from the energy which ho had shown. Mr. Haug 
was the first person he communicated with after deter- 
mining that the Government should take the mntter up, 
and lie then explained why, having so determined, the ex- 
pedition could not be pluced under his guidance. Ho was 
not influenced by tho circumstance of Mr. Ilaug being a 
foreigner, but, when there were many eminent men distin- 
guished by their explorations, and practically acquainted with 
the requirements of such an undertaking, it was desirable 
that one of them should he placed in command, rather than 
a person who, whatever his merits otherwise, was not 
acquainted with tho country, and had never been there. He 
told Mr. Ilaug that lie should feel it due to him to mention 
to Captain Stokes his wish that ho (Mr. Haug) should form 
part of the expedition, and occupy a position iu it adequate 
to his merits. He hoped that no feeling of jealousy would 
be entertained by Mr. Iiuug, because that would be destruc- 
tive to the success of an undertaking of the kind. Mr. W. 
S. Lindsay assured his gruce that no feeling of the kind was 
entertained. The Duke of Newcastle thanked the deputa- 
tion for their offer of assistance. He thought that many 
things could be better done by private individuals than by the 
Government. This was an exception ; but lie was quite 
sure that the co-operation of persons interested in it would 
arid greatly to its efficiency; and, as far as the Government 
were concerned, they would bo very glad to take the com- 
mittee into their counsel on the matter, and to receive its 
assistance. Mr. Frith wished to know if it was intended to 
conduct o marine survey together with the exploration of 
the interior. The Duke of Newcastle would be sorry to 
hamper the exploration of the interior by BUch a survey, be- 
cause tho two things need not go together. But lie could 
not be supposed capable of forming a correct judgment on 
this point at present, and all that he could say was, that the 
internal survey was tiie great objeot to look to. Mr. Moffat, 
M.F., explained that the object which tho deputation had 
in view in recommending Mr. Haug’s name to his gruce was, 
that the merits* of that gentleman might not be overlooked; 
but they left the matter entirely in his grace’s hands. Mr. 
M'Laren expressed, on behalf of the colonists, tho satis- 
faction which would bo felt at Government undertaking 
an expedition of the kind. The deputation then with- 
drew. 
Outward Bound. — The departures from the port of 
London for the Australian colonies during the past week 
show a considerable increase. They have comprised alto- 
gether 15 vessels — seven to Port Phillip, with on aggregate 
burden of 2,838 tons ; five to Sydney, with an aggregate 
burden of 3,138 tons ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggre- 
gate burden of 949 tons; and one to Launceston, of 578 
tons. Their total capacity was, consequently, 7,503 tons. 
The rates of freight show a tendency to declino. 
THE METROPOLIS. 
A Mad Bull in Lambeth. — Numerous Acci- 
dents. — A very exciting scene took place in the imme- 
diate vicinities of tho York-road, Waterloo-road, and Stan- 
gate, on Monday, of which the following are the particulars: 
— It appears that a burly bullock of high breed had been 
purchased at Smitlifield market, and was on its way to its 
purchaser in the New Cut, when the drover, in order to 
make the boast turn in a particular quarter, struck it over 
the nose, which, together witli the shouting of a number of 
costermongers standing by, so infuriated the animal, that it 
immediately started off as last as possible, followed by a 
groat crowd of persons. It passed into the Waterloo-road, 
and proceeded along that thoroughfare without attempting 
to do any mischief, until it reached the front of St. John's 
Church, when it attempted to lift a gas lamp at tho edge of 
tho foot-pavement, but being unable to do so, the bullock 
started off again towards Wuterloo-bridge, but it suddenly 
altered its course and turned into the York-road, when, on 
getting opposite the surgery of Mr. Curruthers, it tossed a 
girl who was passing along the footpath, and so injured 
her, that she was obliged to have surgical attendance. Tbo 
beast next ran at a woman passing along the road, whom 
he threw down ; after which ho made an attempt to toss 
the drover, but was driven back by the pricking of the man’s 
stick. A gentlemau on horseback, coming towards Stam- 
ford-street, was next attacked by the beast, and had it not 
been for tho exertions of tho drover, there is no doubt but 
the horse aud its owner would have been lifted from the 
ground. As it was, neither received uny injury. From this 
point the beast ran towards Westminster Bridge ; but, in- 
stead of ascending tho foot of the bridge, it ran into the 
paved square in front of Mr. Macintosh’s, the Red Lion 
tavern ; and being driven from that point, it next luid hold 
of a man, threw him down, and afterwards rolled him over. 
Tho infuriated animal next proceeded into Stnngate, and 
opposite Seorle’s boat-house, a woman, vending oranges, 
was knocked down and severely injured. From that spot 
tho bullock proceeded into North-street, where two or three 
children and a woman were knocked down ; hut beyond a 
few slight bruises, they were uninjured. The beast pro- 
ceeded on into Herculcs-buildings, from tlienco into the Lam- 
beth-road, where a boy was thrown down and much bruised. 
Fortunately, at this juncture, a drove of other bullocks 
came along, which had the effect of attracting the animal, 
which was foaming at the mouth, and mingling with them it 
passed along without doing any further mischief. Some 
thousands followed the enraged animul as it darted through 
the streets. 
Calamitous Fire in Prinoes-street, Soho. — L oss 
of Seven Lives. — A most lamentable fire occurred on Tues- 
day morning in Princes-street, Soho, almost at the back of St. 
Anne’sChurch, by which the lives of no less thun seven human 
beings have been sacrificed. The house destroyed — or rather 
only partially destroyed — was let out in apartments. The shop 
and parlour were occupied by a man named Reeve, a print and 
bookseller; in the first floor resided the ostensible landlord, 
James Anther, a painter and glazier, with his family; the 
second floor was rented by an interpreter named Puzzi, who, 
with his wife and three young children, occupied the two 
