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THE FIELD. 
[Saturday, 
Affinities existing between the Gothic end oilier Indo-European 
L intruagTS." The^e lectures will bo free. The Professor 1ms nlso 
given notice that tl.o subject for the examination in Hebrew, 
connected with the Voluntary Theological Examination in next 
Michaelmas Term, will be “The Book of Genesis.” 
Clbiucal Beauds —A correspondent of tho Dur 7iam Adver- 
tiser says, it is reported that the Rev. l’eter Barlow, incumbent 
of Cockfiold. has given so much offence to several of his pari- 
shioners by wearing his beard, that they have discontinued their 
ottendanoe at church. 
THE BALTIC FLEET. 
Portsmouth, Wednesday. — The first instalment of the Baltic 
fleet from this port went to Spithend to-dnv — the Princess Roynl, 
91, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, and the Dauntless, 33, Captain 
A. P. Ryder, both screw ships. As may be readily imagined, 
their leaving the harbour nt such a juncture wns witnessed by on 
immense concourse of spectators. The Princess Roynl is a new 
ship ably manned and lincing ns armament — J28 eight-inch 02 
32-pounders, andl GS-poundcr pivot gun — a tremendous battery 
when compared with the guns in vogue during the last war. 
Deptford. — T he whole of the blocks have been laid on tho 
Roynl Danish Roilwny was finished, it would reduce the time 
between Copenhagen and this country by 35 hours, and tho 
dangers of the navigation between the Baltic ports would he 
thereby avoided. They had tendored their vessels to government 
for (lie conveyance of troops to the East, and undertook the car- 
riage of cavalry to Constantinople, finding them in provisions— 
a stop which ho wns sure the shareholders would no lees approve 
of as Englishmen Ilian ns capitalists. (Cheers.) Tho motion was 
adopted. Tho Chnirinnn said he thought it right to inform the 
shareholders, that in tho month of Maya call of 2/. 10a. would 
he made, and at the end of the year probaby nnother call of 21. 
10*. Mr. Wnddington, M.P.,said the Eastern Counties Company 
would be prepared to run tidal trains to Harwich, with which 
probably the call of 21. 10s. wns connected, so ns to develop the 
trndo with the north of Europe. (Hear, hear.) 
Steamers. — Besides the steamers previously reported, the 
following have been chartered by the Government: — From the 
General Screw Steam-ship Company — The Golden Fleece, 2,500 
tons; the Jason, 2,500 tons ; the Capo of Good Hope, 700 tons; 
the Propontis, GOO tons. Also, from tho Australian Company — 
tho Victoria. Tho General Bcrcw Company have nlso received 
nolico to hold at tho disposal of tho Government tho following 
ships of their fleet, now on their way home : — Tho Queen of the 
South, 1,850 tons ; tho Uydiispcs, 1,850 tuns; tho Harbinger, 
slip from which the Hannibal, 91. wns launched on the 31st 921 tons. Tho Himalaya, Orinoco, Ripon, and Manilla, will pru- 
ult., as it is intended to build on them a new 51 gun screw bably bo the first to start, 
steam frigate, of tho snmo class ns tho Imperieuso, and the new „ 
frigate is to be named tho ‘‘ Forte." 
PTorpAOR op Leave. — Tho Lords of tho Admirnlty hnvo 
stopped nil leave of nbsenco to officers of every description in 
commission nt the different ports, admirals' lenvc not now being 
grnntod beyond 24 hours to the officers of any ships fitting for 
commission. 
The “ Neutral ” Fleets. — The naval (force that the Scandi- 
navian Powers are capable of bringing to the protection and 
may bo concisely summed 
up thus: — 
Denmark. 
Sweden. 
Norway. 
Ships of the Line.. 
. 5 
10 
M — 
Frigates.. 
, 8 
8 
2 
Corvettes and Brigs 
ft 
H 
• • 
Schooners.. 
3 
0 
.. It 
Cutters.. 
2 
— 
• • 
Gunboats.. 
Ffl 
25fi 
.. 13(1 
.Steamers. . 
C 
12 
r» 
Screw ditto.. 
1 
— 
. — 
Transports 
— . , 
22 
.. — 
For the manning of this fleet there are 
no less 
tlinn 30, 0i 
seafaring nun registered in Sweden, and ns many in Norway; 
about one tenth of these only are in active ecrvico. The additional 
number now called out is 1,150. 
. — 
FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Constantinople, Jan. 30. — The Vnubnn, French war steamer, 
arrived hero with despatches from their respective Admiralties 
for MM. Dundos and Hamelin, enjoining thorn, I have heard 
from a good source, not to expose unnecessarily tho forces under 
their command, for in case of the negotiations fuiling, n decisive 
attack on the Crimen is intended 
with despatches for M. Paraguay 
Redeliffe, announcing tho acceptation 
settlement by the representatives of the Four Powers nt Vienna, 
and that M. Meyendorfl' had engaged to transmit them to St. 
Petersburg, and hojied they would lie crowned with success. — 
Daily D'cjvs. 
Pams. — Preparations for (ho expedition to Turkey continue to 
be active. All officers of the Navy absent on leave have received 
orders to rejoin their ships without delay. Tho French ocean 
squadron, under the orders of Amirnl Brunt, lias arrived at 
Algiers. 
A Letter from Toulon of the lOlli inst. stales that (he ship of 
the line Dupcrre is about to be flttod out for sea forthwith. The 
ehip of tho line Marengo is to receive n supply of stores for tlie 
squadron at Constantinople ; and the steara-frignto Albatrns, now 
in tho roads, has received orders to take in provisions and stores 
for three months. 
West Indies. — The Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, with 
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, loft Jamaica on 
the 20lh of January, for Bermuda, It is not likely this ship will 
bo home for nt least six weeks. 
The Cape. — T he Meander, 44. Commodore Talbot, at tho Cape, 
will have received her orders for England by this time. She 
may be expected home about the beginning of April. 
STEAMERS. 
Arrival of the Himalaya.— On Thursday the gigantic 
steamer, Himalaya, arrived at Southampton, with the heavy 
portion of the fndin, China, Australian, and Mediterranean 
mails. Her dates are, Alexandria, Feb. 4 ; Malta, 7 ; Gibral- 
tar, 11. She left Southampton on the 20th of Januury, and 
has been gone 2G days, during which she has run G, 000 'miles, 
and stopped at various ports. All that was conjectured ns to 
her performance, and the accommodation she would afford, 
has been more than realised. She has reached 17 miles an 
hour, and there is no doubt that, under favourable circum- 
stances, she will reach 20 miles an hour. Hut for the con- 
trary winds she has experienced since she left Gibraltar, she 
■would have reached Southampton on the 14tli, and made 
the passage home from Malta in seven days. As it is, she 
has made tho quickest passage from Malta ever known 
The Himalavu brought home about 100 passengers, on 
immense cargo, and the largest overland mail ever known. 
The mail consisted of about 230 boxes and bags; nearly 
170 of the boxes were from Australia. Amongd the pas- 
sengers were Rear-Admiral Sir George Lambert, K.C.B., 
and Lieut.-Colonel Hoddich, C.R. Sir George left the 
Himalaya before she came alongside, to save the 3 p. m. 
train to London. The Himalaya brought home also a 
number of Australian nabobs; four of them are the pro- 
prietors of an Arcade in Melbourne, which has turned out 
one of the most fortunate speculations in Australia. Each 
of these four persons receives an income of between 20001. and 
3,000i. a year from the Arcade, and one of them had a magnifi- 
cent gold snuff-box, which was presented to him from some of 
the inhabitants of Melbourne for projecting tho Arcade, At 2 
p.in. on tho 12th instant lour large men-of-war were seen from 
the Himalaya about 20 miles south-west of Capo Bt. Vincent. 
They were supposed to bo aportion of Admiral Corn's squadron. 
H. M.St. Virago.— From tho Panama Star of tho 17th of 
January we learn that a portion of tho force under Captain 
Provost, of Her Majesty’s steam sloop Virago, who loft lhuiuma 
with the i ii ten i ion of exploring tho Gulf of Ban Miguel, and 
making a tour across to the Atluutic, hud been cut off', and mas- 
sacred. 
New York, January 31. — Tho steamer Georgia had been 
totally destroyed by fire while on her passage from Mobile, and 
upwards of C(J persons, mostly slaves, had beon burnt to death, 
Trieste. Wednesday. Feb. 15. — Private letters from Bobasto- 
pol elate that the English steam boat Haydie [query, n steam- 
boat carrying English colours], which had run aground, had 
been seized by the Russians, in conformity with the orders issued 
at the commencement of hostilities, the iioydio having Turkish 
troops on board. 
North of Europe Steam Natioation Company.— A very 
satisfactory meeting took place on Wednesday ,wben Mr. Pcto, 
M.P., observed that during the last year they brought 15,000 
head of oxen from Denmark, and they had mode arrangements 
this year for a much larger trade. As their trado was with the 
western coast of Denmark, it would not bo affected by the impend- 
ing events in the north of Europe. Neither wouid their trade 
to Hamburg and the Elbe be affected by tboae events. When the 
Itilitiirj. 
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. 
Movements of the Guaitos in London— I t was expected 
that the two battalions of Grenadier Guards, quartered in 8t. 
George’s Barracks, CImring cross, numbering 850, and the Bents 
Fusilier Guards, stationed at the Wellington Barracks, nlso S50, 
would already hove left the metropolis, hut the departure of both 
troops bos unavoidably been postponed for a few days in conse- 
quence of tho soldiers not having been supplied with the requisite 
flannels for under dresses, and other articles rendered necessary 
for the journey. But (lie Grenadier Guards hnvo recoived orders 
to bo prepared to leave London, under the command of Colonel 
Brown, on Tuesday morning next, when, in all probability, the 
Scots Fusiliers will also take their departure, it is expected that 
the three regimonts, viz. :— tho above, and the Coldstream Guards, 
ot present quartered nt Chichester, will all snil at the same time) 
in order to effect on arrival, as near as possible, in a body, at 
their destination in Turkey. 
Tub 3nn Battalion Grenadier Guards and 1st battalion 
Scots Fusilier Guards will be inspected by 1I.R.H. Prince Albert, 
on Monday next nt the Wellington Barracks. These battalions 
will most probably not embnrk till the following Wedncsdny, 
owing to tho steamers not being prepared to receive them. Aroon<* 
others, the following officers proceed on foreign service:— 
Cl krnadier Guards. — C olonels — Astcll, Wood. lion. F. Hood, 
Hamilton, Hon. G. Codogan, A. Cos, lion. II. Percy, B. Itrown- 
.. ... b ...... rigg. Captains— Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, lion. II, 
ed. A courier arrived yosterd ay I ‘''fville, C. Munro, Do Ilorsey, Jligginson, Sir Robert Newman, 
iy d’llilliers, and I believe Lord Kinlocli, Sir Charles Russell. Lieutenants — Burgoyne. Viscount 
Ration of tho present project of Bnlgonic, Sir James Forgusson, Bnthurst, Hon. W. Quin, 
' T ' ”• 1 Anstruther. Scots Fusn.ip.n Guards.— C olonels — Dixon, 
Ridley, F. Seymour, lion. C. Scott, II. Dalrvmplo. Captains— 
Stephenson. Hepburn, Hon. S. Jocelyn. Hon. W. Scarlett, N. 
Kingscote, Drummond, D. Astjey, Hon. W. Coke, Bulwcr, Hon! 
A Fraser. Lieutenants— Mostyn, F. Baring. Seymour, Darner, 
S. Blane, Lindsny, Viscount Enismoro, Hon, II. Anneslev. 
bouTUAMPTON, Wednesday. — The many preparations which 
have of late been making in the docks for the convevance of 
soldiers to the seat of tho oxpcctcd war, may be said, as far ns 
present orders aro concerned, to be on the evo of completion, for 
on Wednesday next two complete regiments are to embark and 
take their departure for Multa or Constantinople. Tho ships 
selected for tho purpose are the llipon and Manilla, belongin'* to 
tho Peninsular and Orientnl Compnny ; and the Orinoco, belong- 
ing to the Roynl Mail Company, which vessel will convey one 
regiment, whilst the other will 4>c provided for on board tho two 
first-named ships. 
Intelligence bus been received ot Southampton from the Horse 
Guards that the men from tho regimonts of household troops 
would embark from that port for the East on Wednesday tl.e 
22nd inst. 
Information wns also received that the government had resolved 
on chartering the Australasian Pacific Company’s steamer Emu 
lor the conveyance of troops to the East. Tl.o captains and crews 
of the royal ynclits are to he turned over to her Majesty’s ship 
Gladiator, for service in tho Baltic, Tho following iroons have 
received oflieinl orders to prepare for embnrkution "if required 
— 1st battalion of ltoyals, 7th Rovnl Fusiliers, 21st. Foot, 23rd 
Fusiliers, 88th Fool, 4Gth Foot, 88th Connaught Hangers, 90th 
Foot, 95 th Foot, 
Minib Rifles.— M ore than 2,000 Alinic rifles hnvo beon 
drawn lor the Royal Artillery, and all tho gunners ordered for 
foreign service are to be supplied with that arm. 
Volunteers for tiik Beat ok Wail — Government has 
determined that the effective strength of each regiment or 
battalion sent out shall he mndo up to S50 bayonets, and soldiers 
from other corps hnvo been permitted to volunteer. Thus, the 
4th Foot have received an acc ssion of 142 volunteers, the 28th 
109, nnd tho 77th 99. Whether the strength of the 93rd 
Highlanders is so nearly up to tho required mark, that 
it. requires no greater number, or whether the kilt nets ns 
n damper to military enthusiasm at this season of the year, 
wo know not, but the accession of volunteers to thut regiment 
is nt present only 13. Tho 2nd battalion of the Rifle Brigade 
wanted 199 men, and they were at once obinined; hut what 
deserves special notice is that of this number 102 are volunteers 
from tho 1st battalion, which only returned home on Sunday 
from the Cape. The Russian aggression has roused up such a 
spirit among our redcoats and bluejackets that tho Government 
will soon have many more volunteers than they can employ 
♦ o l n e nSn iti6,,CO,,ti, ,’ ff ^ t f,,r ^defence of Turkey will amount 
to 0,009 men, tilth 40 guns, admirably horsed, and provided 
with a lull proportion of ammunition waggons. 
Cavalry.— According to report, the cavalry force destined for 
Jurkey will comprise tl.o Boots Greys, (he Carbineers, tho 17th 
Lancers, tho Iltli Hussars, tho 8th Hussars, nnd the Ennis- 
killens. I ho command of tho cavalry is to bo given to the Duke 
('“["bridge, who will bo assisted bv Goner. . I Brotherton nnd 
the Karl of Cardigan. Tho Master-General of the Ordnance. 
Lord Raglan, it is now said, will hold tho chief command. As 
the cavalry will not bo ready to embnrk before tho end of tho 
month, or tho beginning of next, it will proceed direct to Con- 
stantinople, instead of landing at Malta. (Some 5UU beaux 
cabreurs, picked men, will start at once. 
Bto UBS. —U pwards of 10,000 blankets, beds, and hammocks 
have arrived at Southampton, for tl.o use of the troops about fo 
embark there. Captain Austin, R.N., tho Admiralty superin- 
tendent at Southampton, will superintend tho emburkation of tho 
troops at that port. 
On Monday tho Admiralty issued a fresh notice for tho im- 
mediate conveyance to Malta, from tho river Thames, of 322 tons 
olordnunco btorcs (heavy), consisting of shot; nnd of 12 tons 
ditto (light), together with fivo feet of combustible stores. 
Royal Artillery.— T he batteries of the Ilovol Artillory, 
under orders for tho Mediterranean, nro to be mud%up to the 
number of 180 strong, more than double tho strength of the 
companies during tho long period of their being on tho peace 
establishment. 1 
Taooi-s at Bea.-TLo first division of tho 02ml Regiment, 
consisting of three companies, undor command of Major Robert A 
buearuiun, were put on board the Sir George Bollock transport, 
on Thursday week, lying nt Queenstown, which sailed next day 
for her destination— Malta. 3 
HotttBM Fate of Desrutf.iis.— On the night of the 21st of 
October 1853, privates William Lemon, Thomas Buckler, and 
Patrick Cullman, C7tit Regiment, deserted from the dotaeb’ment 
stationed nt Tortola. They were accompanied by a black man 
named William Brooke, and endured horrible sufferings in their 
journey. William Lemon, the sole survivor of the ill-fated party 
sins: — "Wo took n boat from tho bay, tho property of Mr' 
Percivnll, with on intention of deserting to Crnbb Island, think- 
ing to get a vessel to take us to Arnenco. On the third night 
after sailing, we came in sight of Santa Cruz; our provisions 
were then out, nnd the next day a gale of wind came on, took 
our mainsail, nnd drove us out to ecu. Two largo sea-birds 
lodged in tho hoot during the night, which was all the food wo 
had for II days. Patrick Cullman then proposed to cast lots 
which should die; this was done by four pieces of straw, tho 
shortest to die. It fell to the lot of private Thomas Buckley. 
Cullinan then bound Buckley’s arm, for the purpose of bleed in<* 
him to death. Buckley bled himself with n knife, Cullinan and 
the black man drinking his blood, nnd shortly afterwards they 
went mad nnd jumped overboard ; but previous to this I bound 
Buckley's arm up — ho being my comrade, I did not like to drink 
his blood ; he tore tho bandage from his arm, and Cullinan, with 
Brooke the black man, drank of his hlooil again, nnd then jumped 
overboard. Buckley soon nfter this died, nnd I was left in tho 
boat with nothing but his lead body, which, in about five hours, 
1 threw overboard. I then tied up the helm, and lay down in 
the boat, and let her drift before the wind. That night I caught 
a son-bird that lodged on tho boat; two or three days after this 
I came in sight of land (Si. Domingo). I ran tho boat on shore, 
and two of the Const Guard enmc nnd carried me to a hut on the 
beach, where I got some refreshment. 1 was then taken in a 
boat to Jacmel, before tho English Consul, who kept me at his 
house until the Btenraor arrived, and then sent mo to St. Thomas's, 
from thence to Tortola.” The above is corroborated by the 
English Consul at Jacmel, who states that Lemon landed at 
Saltour, Bt, Domingo, having, ns lie stated, been three weeks at 
sea. — Maiil stone Journal. 
Biiiguton and its Battery.— Tho guns lying at our Battery 
are shortly to lie removed, and some 08 pounders of improved 
construction from those now used, sent down instead. Thoso nt 
present used at tho Battery arc 42 English pounders of French 
36’s, nnd were taken by Lord Howe, 1st Juno, 1794 . — Brighton 
Gazette. 
Budden Death of Cato. Oliver, op tiie 30th Regiment.— 
By intelligence received yesterday from Gibraltar, wo hear of 
the death of Captain C. 1). Oliver, of the 30th Regiment, who 
died suddenly of disease of tho heart at Tangier, whence ho had 
gone for a few dnys on lenvo of absence. 1 1 is hoped tlml Lieut. 
Bayly, tho adjutant of tho regiment, will at last succeed to tho 
vacant company. 
fcoimra anil Itilitin. 
(From Tuesday's Ornette.) 
The following commissions have been signed ; 
Ensign Frank Cavendish Ward, to be lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment 
of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia. 
Ensign Thcophilus Frcston, to be lieutenant in ditto. 
Ensign Thomas Pilkington, to be lieutenant in ditto. 
Ensign Hewett Massey Dillon, to be lieutenant in ditto. 
Thomas Gardner, late lieutenant 4th Regiment, to he lieutenant in 
ditto. 
Lambert Disney, gent., to be lieutenant in ditto. 
.James Robert Innes Gragg, gent., to be ensign in the 1st or Royal 
East Middlesex Regiment of Militia. 
George Camming, gent., to be ensign in ditto. 
Joseph Wallis O lin en Hoare, Esq., to bo enptain in the 5th or 
Roynl Mthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia. 
Alexander Aitken, Esq., late captain 77th Regiment, to be captain In 
ditto. 
Cerne.— Sword Feat by a Yeoman.— A bout a year 
ami a-lialf ago, Mr. Henry Doininy, a well-known swo’rds- 
man in Captain Digby's troop of the Dorset Yeomanry 
Cavalry, performed the extraordinary feat of cutting a large 
sheep in two with one blow ot' the sword. When the regi- 
ment was quartered at Weymouth last year, Mr. Doininy 
publicly, before the officers, then performed the experiment, 
in a masterly manner. II o 1ms since conceived the more 
difficult idea of severing two sheep at one blow, and has on 
two or three occasions attempted it, but failed. At length, 
however, being determined to carry out his idea, persever- 
ance has overcome every difficulty, and on Friday week lie 
successfully accomplished the fear. A couple' of South 
Downs of fair market size were prepared, tied together, and 
suspended to n beam; all being ready, Mr. Doininy took his 
sword, and with one blow severed the two in beautiful style. 
— Wiltshire County Mirror. 
Tmnn West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.— This regi- 
ment, under the emnmnnd of Viscount Milton, M.lb, will usscmble 
at Doncaster for eight dnys’ drill in May next. 
Royal Lancashire Militia — The 4th regiment willnssomble 
at Warrington on tho 17tli of April for 28 duys’ training. 
Winchester. — The Hampshire regiments of militia nnd 
militia artillery will, it is understood, assemble at our barracks 
foe lifty-eix .lays’ training, on tho 20th of March next. The re- 
giment, including tho corps of artillery, will number about 1700 
rank and tile. '1 ho number of men required to fill up the dif- 
ferent couipunies is nbout forty.— Wiltshire County Mirror. 
Royal College of Surgeons.-TIig following gentlemen, 
having undergone the neeessnn- examinations for the diploma 
were admitted members of the College nt a special meeting of tl.o 
R’lribut^ Fxaiuincrs on the 10th inst. i-Messrs. John Moysey 
B.u licit Lung worthy, Mogbury, Devon; Samuel llcnrv Cornisli, 
L.\etcr, Thomas Nelson i Edwards, MattiahulJ, Norfolk; nnd 
John Perincwnn, Hoyle, Cornwall The following members of 
he mi T were admitted Fellows nt a meeting of the Council on 
hist; .—Messrs. Willinm Wood Bradshaw, Rending; 
Willington Clark, button, Surrey ; James Connor Cornelius Bt 
George s- villas, Cnnonbury ; John Inco. Lower Grosvonnr- place * 
John 1 urrance Jenffreson, Islington; Henry Winkles Joy, Maid- 
stone; John Mitchell, heighley, Yorkshire; Charles Gunning 
Parker Shrivenham, Berks; Benjamin Ridge, Putney; John 
bcolt, Cuimlon-town ; Lawrence Spencer, Pre6ton - John 
btephens, Shrewsbury, Mny 21, 1838; Richard Btophcns 
*^"J^Y at(J8trce, i Beds; and William Guskoin Stutter, Wickhom- 
x. Ai-eo^tments. -A ssistant Surgeons G. C. Wilson, to tho 
Majestic, 60 sorow steam ship, at Sheorncss; C. Smith (1S43), to 
tl.o Amazon, 20, convict ship, nt Dovonport; G. E. Youn«r, to tho 
Goesur, 90, screw steam ship, nt Portsmouth ; F. llnrdingc 1851). 
Devon i’i 2’ *°, r0W Bt0am sl,i P» ot ' ^0 horse power, nt 
?rSr°t Sbecrnees! 1 ' aCC ’ 11,0 84 < *““ rd *“P 
A l’OTUBCAni bs' - it all. The following gentlemen passed their 
examination in tho science and practice of medicine, nnd received 
cer .(.rates to practise, on Thursday, Feb. 9 :— Henry Evans 
Yorkshire Veil>0 ° ’ Fran0 ‘ 8 1Iani80U Walmalcy, llolmflrtb, 
f2 ND ,°* Ophthalmic Hospital,— On Monday, the 
annual court of tho governors of this charity was held at tho 
hospital, Moor fields— Air. R. Honthfiold in tho chair. It op- 
peared rom tho medical report, that during tho past year the 
chanty had relieved 3G3 m-door, ond 10,003 out-door pntients. 
With the exception of five, all tho in-door patients had under- 
