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THE FIELD. 
by Mr. Cobdcn, who declared tbnt ho was opposed to a war with 
Russia. lie was answered by Lord John Manners. 
Mr. Ilorsinnn expressed his surprise at the speech of Jlr. 
Cobdcn, and said that tho real question was, Whether the 
Emperor of Russia was or was not also lo he Emperor of Turkey, 
and consequently dictator of Europe. 
Mr. II. Drummond recommended that we should strike a blow 
at the heart of Russia by proclaiming tho rc-establishment of 
Poland. 
Mr. Disraeli asked for the fullest information the Government 
could give, that wo might avoid a prolonged struggle such os 
followed the French revolution. 
Lord Palmerston plnced tho case of the Government confidently 
before the public, careless of tho charge of credulity orconnivonoe, 
and relying on their desire for peace if consistent with honour. 
The House adjourned after voting tho required number of seamen 
and mariners. 
TUESDAY. — Lords. — N o business of importance. 
Commons. — Mr. Addcrley moved tho second rending of the 
Manchester and Salford Education Bill, on which Milner Gibson 
moved an amendment, “that education to he supported by 
public rates is a subject which ought not to bo dealt with by any 
private bill.” Upon a division, the bill was lost by a majority 
of 29, 105 voting for tho amendment and 70 against it. 
WEDN' E3DAY. — Commons. — Lord Palmerston announced 
that the Government would adviso tho Crown to release Mr. 
Smith O'Brien, and allow him lo emigrate to the United Stalos. 
Mr. Brady withdrew Ins medical hill, and obtained leave to 
bring in nn amended one. 
Navy Estimates. — On the report of the Committee of Supply 
being brought up, Mr, Ilume complimented the Government, 
and approved of the increase in the navy. 
Lord Palmerston assured tho House that nothing would he 
omitted to guard tho English soldiers in Turkey against the 
injuries of the climate. 
Lord It. Grosvenor was of opinion that in the result of tho 
recent negotiations, tho Government had achieved a diplo- 
matic triumph by converting what might liavo continued only a 
national question into n European question. 
The report was ngreed to, and tho House adjourned. 
THURSDAY.' — Lords. — -The Earl of Aberdeen, in reply to Lord 
Derby, said it was not yet the intention of Government to submit 
its plun of University Reform to tho Hebdomadal Board. 
Tho Duke of Newcastle showed that it wos impossible to 
carry out tho artillery and cavulry to tho East in steam-vessels 
only. 
The six hills on tho law of landlord and tennnt in Ireland wore 
postponed fer a week. 
Lord Dcsart complained of tho withdrawal of troops from the 
West Indies. 
Commons.— On the motion of Mr. Grogan, a committco was 
appointed to report upon the expediency of grants from publio 
funds to the Dublin hospitals. 
Mr. Oliviera’s motion was agreed to, asking fora committee to 
inquire into metropolitan bridges, and tho abolition of tolls 
thereon. 
Leave was given to tho Lord Advocate to bring in a bill to 
make further provision for tho education of tho people in Scotland, 
und to amend the laws relating thereto. 
Mr. Evelyn postponed his motion relative to a petition from 
Surrey electors. 
FRIDAY.— Lords.— Lord Bouuraont moved a resolution that 
immediate means bo taken to repel the unjustifiable aggression 
of Russia on the territory of the Sultan. 
Commons. — After tho presentation of petitions, Mr. Wilson, 
in reply to Mr. Thorn ley, said that, in regard to copper coinage, 
80,000 pieces were, by contract, being now delivered daily, and 
pnrt of these would go to the colonies. 
Sir J. Graham, in answer to General Wyndlmm, on tho trnnsit 
of horses to the Fast, said that tho Government considered tho 
step dangerous if sent by steamers. 
Mr. Macartney put a question relative to soldiors’ wives and 
families, to which Mr. S. Herbert replied that no permanent 
provision was ever made for the indiscriminate support of the 
wives of soldiers on foreign service. 
Sir J. Welsh, when our reporter left, was, on tho question of 
military establishments, calling the attention of the house to the 
inadequacy of our military establishments to meet the exigencies 
of the present Russian War. 
[Left speaking. J 
'J7tli Foot. -Gentleman Cadet I'enton John Aylmer, from tho Royal 
Military College, to be ensign, without purchase 
Gold Coast Cores.— Ensign Aylmer Strangford Craig to be lieutenant, 
without pm chase; Colour-Nergeant Robert Carr, from the 87th Foot, 
to be ensign. 
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Fr.n. 21. 
Royal Regiment of Artillery- .Second Captain John Richard Ander- 
son to lie captain; First Lieutenant Edmund John Carthow to lie 
second captain ; Second Lieutenant William Alexander Patrick 
Wylllcto be first lieutenant. 
Ordnance Medical Department-Deputy Inspector-General Vcrling, 
M.D., to be Inspector-general of ordnance hospitals. 
ADMIRALTY, Fid. 18. 
Corps of Royal Marines— First Lieutenant and Quartermaster John 
Charles Downie Morrison to be adjutant; First Lieutenant William 
Edward Farmer to belieutenant and quartermaster. 
the command of the Baltic fleet. 
Admiral Sir Charles Napier has been appointed to 
the command of tho Baltic fleet. It is a safe prophecy that 
tho public tit large will accept this fact as a new proof that 
tho Government are earnest in their opposition to Russian 
nggression . — Express of Friday night. 
Austrian Intervention. — (By Telegraph from Vienna.) 
— The troops nrc now ready for action on the south-eastern 
frontier, and will be employed in putting down any attempt 
at. insurrection against the Porto, whether in Sorvia, 
Montenegro, or Bosnia. 
Tiib Queen's Proclamation carried into effect 
at Portsmouth. — The Hampshire, barque, having put 
into this poit through stress of weather, und information 
being given that she was laden with warlike and engineering 
stores, nn Admiralty order was speedily put in requisition, 
and proper officers hoarded the said Hampshire, which was 
bound for Odessa with boiler-plates, shot, chain-cables, 
and engine gear. The officers of her Majesty’s Customs 
have taken possession pending nn inquiry. 
Lord Raglan’s Departure. — It is probable that Lord 
Raglan, the Duke of Cambridge, and the officers of the 
staff about to proceed to the East, will go via Paris and 
Marseilles to their destination. A letter from Paris says 
— “ The intelligence has been received with great favour 
by the French, and I have no doubt that the reception 
they will receive in the capital of France will convince all 
men of the falsehood of the calumny circulated by the 
Fusionists and Legitimists, that tho alliance between 
England and France is not popular in the latter country.” 
A Field for English Emigration.— Sir Henry 
Young, in his report on tho navigation of the River Murray, 
in South Australia, just issued, says: — ‘‘As regards soil, 
climate, and other natural advantages, there can bo no 
doubt that the vast busin of tho Murray, equal in area to 
soven Great Britains, is well adapted to sustain a large 
population; while in no part of the world can the extent 
and facility of internal communication by water be sur- 
passed. 
The Russian Merchant Service. — Russian ship- 
masters und owners who liavo vessels in tho northern coal 
ports seem lo bo in the greatest alarm with regard to tho 
approach of war with this country. Thoso who cannot get 
their vessels away are selling them. Tho Ilnppet, a rather 
good-looking Finnish vessel, has been sold to Mr. Day und 
Mr. James Taspie, of Shields, for 2,70 ^l. Threo or four 
other Russian vessels in the Tyne liavo been transferred 
within the past few days to London owners. But the most 
remarkable circumstance is, that tho Finnish sailors that 
came to this country with the Hoppot liavo determined to 
go into the American lumber trado with tho vessel, under 
the British flag. 
LATEST INTELLIGENCE IN LONDON. 
FRIDAY NIGHT. 
FRIDAY’S GAZETTE, Fer. 24. 
DOWNING-STREET, Fr.n. 22. 
The Queen lias been pleased to appoint Thomas Liddell, Esq., to be 
Colonial Surveyor for the colony of Sierra Leone; the Rev William 
Baxter, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chaplain for the Colony of 
Hong-Kong; the Rev. Charles Stephen Hassells, Master of Arts, to 
be Colonial Chaplain for her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on tho 
Gold Coast; Peter G. Fraser, F.sq.to lie a Member of the Legislative 
Council of tho Colony of Von Diemen’s Land. 
WAR-OFFICE, Fun. 24. 
2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Cornet Harris St. John Dick to be 
lieutenant, by purchase. 
8th Light Dragoons— Lieutenant George Chetwode to be captain, by ! 
purchase: Cornet Edward Phillips to bo lieutenant, by purchase; I 
William David Viscount Stormont to be cornet, by purchase. 
1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards— Captain and Lieutenant- 
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Wood to be major, by purchase ; 
Lieutenant and Captain Edward William Pnkenlmm to be captain 
and lieutenant-colonel, by purchase ; Ensign and Lieutenant i 
Cameron Neville Hogge to be lieutenant and captain, by purchase ; 
Henry Charles lvden Male!, gent., to be ensign and lieutenant, by j 
purchase; Henry Lawrence, gent , to be assistant-surgeon. 
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards— Assistant-Surgeon Charles 
Vldler Cay, to be assistant-surgeon. 
3rd Foot— Captain John Alexander Hunter, Bom the 11th Foot, to be 
captain. 
4th Foot — Av<istant-Surgeon Frederic Moore Smith, from the staff, 
to be assistant-surgeon. 
7th Foot— Lieutenant Charles Edward Watson to be captain, by pur- I 
chase; Lieutenant William Henry Dominic Fitzgerald to be captain, 
by purchase ; l ieutenant George Henry Nevlll, from tho 12th Foot, 
to be lieutenant ; Ensign'.Joshua Horry Cooper, from tho 11th Foot, to I 
be lieutenant, by purchase, 
11th Foot -Captain Robert Neville, from the 3rd Foot, to be captain ; 
Edward Birch, gent., to be ensign, by purchase. 
32th Foot— Lieutenant Augustus Johnnes I.eeson, from the 7th Foot, ' 
to be lieutenant. 
17th Foot — Lieutenant Phillip McPherson to be captain, by purchase; 
Ensign Swinnerton Holiday Dyer, to be lieutenant, by purchase; 
William Herbert John Disbrow. , gent., to be ensign. 
28th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Brice, to be assistant - 
aurgeon; Chamncy Graves Irwin, gent , to be assistant-surgeon. 
30tli Foot — Lieutenant and Adjutant Paget Bayly to be captain, with- 
out purchase; Ensign Mark Walker to be lieutenant, without pur- 
chase (and Adjutant), vice Bayly ; Ensign John Pennock Campbell, 
from the 97th Foot, to be ensign. 
33rd Foot — Aasistant-Surgeon William Mure Muir, M I>., from the 
42nd Foot, to be surgeon ; St. John Stanley, gent., to bo assistant- 
surgeon. 
40th Foot— Ensign and Adjutant George Augustus Bentley Buckle, to 
have the rank of lieutenant ; Ensign Adolphus lluggerston Stephens, 
to be lieutenant. 
41st Foot— Captain Augustus Paterson, from the 42nd Foot, to be cap- 
tain. 
42nd Foot— Captain Charles Telverton Balguy, from the 41st Foot, to 
be captain 
50th Foot— Philip Gifford Martel, gent., to be assistant-surgeon. 
59th Foot — *■ tuff-Surgeon of the Second Class Robert M'Wharrle, M.D., 
to be surgeon 
77th Foot — Robert Groves Burton, gent., to be asslstant-surseon. 
30tb Foot.— Lieutenant Garnet Wolseley, from the 84th Foot, 
to be lieutenant; Ensign James Herne Wade to belieutenant, by 
purchase; Niool Grab am e, gent., to be ensign, by purchase. 
V3rd Foot,— Egbert Meazles, gent-, to be assistant -sing con. 
Iniliersitir anir Clerinil. 
Prikstly Cursing in London. — A correspondent says: — 
“ On Sunday, the 5th in&lnnt, after the eight o’clock muss at the 
Roman Catholic chapel in Duiiciin-terraco, Islington, the Rev. 
P. Oakley, n Roman Catholic priest (an Oxford pervert), 
proceeded lo tho Irish courts in Islington, near the Angel, nml 
after giving the Irish pcoplo a long lecture for Bending their 
children to tho l’rotcslunt schools, pronounced tho following 
curse: — ‘ Wo hereby give notice, that if any persons, nTter this 
oar solemn warning, do send their children to the Protestant 
schools (six schools wero here named), or, if they liavo been 
already tempted to send them, do not instantly remove thorn, 
they shall he counted guilty of mortal sin; shall ho refused all 
the rites and sacraments of the church : at death tho extreme 
unction shall be denied to them, and their bodies, cither his nr 
hers, refused burial in any cemetery belonging to tbe church. 
The curse of God shall rest upon them, body and soul, living or 
dead.’ ” — Daily News. 
Ecclksi asthial Proceedings AOAiNsr Ar.cn deacon Denison. 
— The Somerset County Gazette stntes that a fund is now being 
ruised to indemnify the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the pro- 
ceedings about to be instituted by bis lordship against Arch- 
deacon Denison; it already amounts to about 000/. It is 
therefore confidently expected that tho means required for 
correcting by ecclesiastical censures tho dangerous and heretical 
views propounded by tbe nrchdencon on the Lord's Supper, will 
bo very soon realised. Until these preliminaries arc guaranteed, 
the bishop will not movo in the matter. In tho meantime it is 
rumoured that the archdeacon, alarmed at bis position, is on the 
point of evading the probnblo iBsuo of an inquiry by joining tho 
, church of Romo. 
London University Calendar for 1854. — London: Tnylcr 
i and Francis. — The “Calendar” for the current year contains, in 
I addition to other inatlor of interest lo the student, tho classical 
| subjects for the matrieulntion nnd B.A. examinations in 1854 und 
: 1855, nnd the examination papers for 1853. It also includes 
I copies of the royal charters incorporating tho institution, regula- 
1 tions for matriculation nnd subsequent examinations, lists of tho 
! names of graduates, undergraduates, nnd of those who have ob- 
tained scholarships, exhibitions, medals, prizes of books, Ac. 
| Tho volume is prepared for tho use of members of tho University, 
and candidates for admission to its privileges. 
The New Theological Collkur at Cuduksdkn. — This 
j institution, tho foundation stono of which wos laid last year, and 
I which is designed for tho theological training of candidates lor 
I holy orders, under the immediate superintendence of the Bishop 
j of Oxford, is to be opened for the reception of students at Whit- 
j suntlde. Members of the Universities of Oxfurd, Cambridge, or 
j Durham, who have passed the final exoinumtion for tho 
degree of bachelor of arts, will bo admissible, whether they 
j bo candidates for holy orders in the diocese or any other 
' English dioccso. Tho ordinary residence will extend over one 
i yeur, and such residenco will laj accepted by the lhshnp of Ox- 
I lord as a substitute lor attendance on the usual theological lec- 
tures nt tho Universities. Tho Rev. Alfred Pott, 31. A , f ellow of 
Magdalen College, Oxford, nnd vicar of Cuddesdcn, has been 
appointed principal of the New College.. 
Oamiiuidgb, Feb. 22.— At n Congregation llolden this day tbe 
following degrees were conferred : — Bachelors of Laws. — Joseph 
Henry Woolley, Corpus Christ! College ; W. Hampden Perfect, 
Peterbouse College. Muster of Arts.— Francis llurris, Calheriuo 
Hall. There were no grace*. 
CuEMltvrn y. — T ins professor w ill commence bis course of lectures 
for the Lent Term oil 31omlay, Fel). 27, 1854, ut the Laboratory 
m tho Botanic Garden, at twelve o'clock. Gentlomon wishing 
to attend ore to leave their names ut Mr. DaigUton’s. 
[Saturday,! 
Statl. 
Admiralty, Fob. 16.— (From the London Go title of Tuesday.)., 
Corps of Royal Marines— First Lieutenant -ami Adjutant Thomas 
Forrest to be Captain, vice T. B Gray, appointed Paymaster; Second 
Lieutenant Frederick Lewis David to be First Lieutenant, vice Forrest- 
promoted. ’ 
Aomu.ai.tv, Feb. 17.- Corps of Royal Mnrincs-FIrst Lieutenant 
Andrcc Wyldc to be Captain, vice Charles Miller, to lialf-pay ; Second 
Lieutenant James Stirling Mould to be First Lieutenant, vice Wyldc, 
promoted. 
AoMiHAi.Tr, Feb. 20. — The I/?rds Commissioners of the Admiralty 
do hereby give notice to all lieutenant* In the. Royal Navy, now on 
half-pay, of nnd lielow the seniority of Ifll, inclusive, that they are 
required Immediately to transmit their addresses to the Secretary of 
the Admiralty; and that such lieutenants n* may think themselves 
unfit for service, are to transmit a medical certificate of their inability, 
nnd tho cause of Hie sumo. The half-pay of ull lieutenants neglecting 
to reply to this notice on or before llie 1st of March next, v 111 be sus- 
pended. All mates and midshipmen, second masters nnd masters, 
assistants unemployed arc also to send tlicir addresses, on or before the 
1st of March, or they will be considered us ceasing to belong to her 
Majesty’s service. By order of the Board, It. Osborne. 
British Siiiiv — O n Saturday tho annual return relating to 
British ships employed in the trade of the United Kingdom, was 
issued by order of parliament. Last year the number of nailing 
vessels and etoumers omployol in tho trade wns 18,206 of 
8. 730. 087 tonnngo, nnd llio number of men employed was 
172,525, being nn increase on several yours. 
Plymouth,' Fkd. 20. — Her Mnjoaty's frigate Pique, 40, Cap- 
tain t>ir F. Nicolson, had a narrow chance of sinking at her 
moorings in Hnmonze yesterday morning. It appears that on 
Saturday the wash-dock cock wns omitted to be turned, and on 
the Sunday morning it is said there wore nearly 14 feet of water 
in tho hold, by which a quantity of bread nnd some of tbe ship's 
slops liavo been injured or destroyed. The crew of the Piquo 
were unaware of their perilous position until apprised by the 
warrant officers of n neighbouring ship. 
8heer,\E 88. — Tho Royal Dockyard Infantry battalion nt this 
yard is (by nn Admiralty order) abolished, nnd they are in future 
to form ono battalion of artillery. Under the present ordors no 
man is permitted to servo, under any circumstances, whoso age 
exceeds 45 years. In consequence of this order, several <>f tho 
most experienced musicians belonging to (lie band will bo 
rendered incnpnblo of serving. Lieutenant-Colonel Bead, com- 
mander of this corps, being on leave of absence, the command 
devolves on Major Freeman. 
Lieutenant Engledue again Struck off the Navy List. 
— This gentleman lifts not long enjoyed his professional honours 
and pn_v, restored to him by the Derby Board of Admiralty, after 
years of vain importunity by tho ex-lieutenant nt the doors of 
preceding boards. Wo announced a few weeks since his ap- 
pointment ns first, lieutenant of tho James Wntt. screw stenin- 
ship, of 90 guns, fitting out at Plymouth for Ilia Baltic licet; and 
wo nro now in a position to state that the Bonrd of Admiralty 
havo a second timo struck Lieutenant Engledno off tho Navy 
D>st, h e having again refused to servo. — Hampshire Inde- 
pendent. 
Sedastotol. — Tho following particulars will convoy porno 
idea of the importance of tho dockyard ut Sebustopnll — In 1845 
there wore sent out from England three pairs of lock-gates, for 
raising and lowering the largest vessels of war (120 guns) from 
llio level of the sen to the level of. tho dock-basins, which are 
situated considerably above tbe harbour. Tho dook-hnsins or 
high levels (rendered necessary from there being no tide in llio 
Bluek Sen, nnd consequently no variable level, so ns to produce 
the requisite outlet) are abundantly supplied with fresh water from 
t he elevated country around, some 12 miles distant. Thcpupcrior 
elevations nnd ohuudnnt supply nre also valuable, owing to the 
peculiar nature of the waters of tho Black Sen, which contain a 
description of worm destructive of all kinds of wood. From tho 
harbour the vossels nre raised by means of three locks into tho 
principal basin, nnd nre thence passed into the adjacent dry- 
docks lor repairs; the water is then lot out by sluice-gates into 
the sen. These threo entrance gates arc adapted to locks for tho 
admission of 120-gun ships; they are 04 feet wide and 34 Ice t 
high, oacli gate consisting of two leaves, nnd weighing together 
for each lock 210 tons. In addition to tlirso entrance gates, 
there are three pairs of gates for the adjacent dry-docks, Ac., to 
admit ships of 120 guns ; they are 04 feet wide and 24 feet high, 
und weigh eaeli 100 Ions. There nre also for similar purposes 
one pair of dock-gates, to admit vessels of 84 guns, of n width of 
54 feet and 23 feet 0 inches high, weighing 105 tons. Lastly, 
there are two pairs of frigato dock-gntcs. 45 feet wide nnd 21 feet 
high, each pair weighing 90 tons. Thoso gates lire all con- 
structed of strong east-iron ribs, covered with wrouglit-iron 
plates. 
A Number of Men Starved to Death at Sea.— L loyd’s 
ngent nt Crookhnven reports, in a letter received this week, the 
following shocking catastrophe:— On tho 4th instant the hat quo 
Culm, Captain Organ, from C»quinihn, for Swansea, sighted when 
some twenty miles S. W. off Mir. on Head (on the southern coast 
of Ireland) a wreck of u waterlogged vessel. On hearing down 
it wab found to lie the barque Bonn Den, belonging to Liverpool, 
to which port she wns bound from Savannah. Site was com- 
pletely dismasted, and her unfortunate crew, or rather what 
remained of them, wore in the most extreme stute of exhaustion. 
They had been no fewer than eleven days and a- half without 
food or water, and their sufferings in consequence, together with 
tho long exposure to cold, hud been truly frightful. Six of tho 
crew, including llio master, hud died from starvation two or 
three days previously. Captain Organ had great difficulty in 
removing the poor fellows from the wreck. Several were com- 
pletely prostrate, Olid apparently dying. Every comfort was 
afforded them by the crew and officers, hut notwithstanding four 
of the sufferers never rallied ; they died in a flay or two after- 
wards. l'lic remainder, seven in number, are doing well, nnd 
great hopes nre entertained of their ultimate recovery. The 
vessel bus proceeded into Swansea, where they will he Innded. 
Arctic Kxpbditiox. — Captain Edward Augustus lnglollold 
arrived at Woolwich on Thursday, mid, on taking up hi# com- 
mission as commander of the Phoenix renew steam-sloop, for 
service in the Arctic regions, went to the dock, in which bIic is 
being strongly doubled, ami hoisted his pendant. Lioutcnant 
Samuel Gurncv Crcsswcll also took up Ins commission on being 
appointed to command tlio Talbot sturpsliip, fitting to accompany 
the Phoenix to tho Arctic regions, with stoics for Captain Sir 
Edward Belcher’s expedition. 
THE FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Turdizokdb, Black Ska.— A letter of the lltli ultimo, in tho 
MonUeur, from this place, says. — “ About noon, the day before 
yesterday, the French and English frigates Mogndor and Snmeon 
arrived in tho roadstead, preceding by some hours t he Comer, 
Descartes, nnd Charlemagne, under tho command of Bear Admi- 
ral Lebnvbicr do Tinun ; and tho Tcrriblo, Snnspnrcil, nnd 
Agamemnon, under Bear Admiral Lyons. These vessels con- 
voyed five Turkish strain-frigates, having on hoard troops and 
military stores for Batoum. It would be difficult to express tho 
effect produced on the inhabitants of this place by tbe appearance 
of Ibis squadron; all the people assembled on the thorp to 
witness tlicir arrival in tho harbour. Public prayers wero offered 
up in the mosques for France and England. 
Africa. — A ccounts havo been received from Gorcej dated the 
27th ultimo, which mention that the Tnnrvillc, of Havre, oT Jbt 
J tons, had been pllluged nnd burnt by the Boulous, n savage tribe 
on the banks of the river Gabon. Tho crew effected their escape 
to the island of Corisco. Tho Commandant of tho French factory 
had made orrnugoments for inilictiug a severe punishment on 
[ these pirates. 
