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THE FIELD 
[Saturday. 
d iv o' oi>ueuu)|mun lor 1,1 <u soldiers and 00 officers, between 
£5"Uiluinipton ami M ilia, and with 7 days' consumption for 1 ,0U' ■ 
sol tiers und 40 nlllfl-rs, from Gibraltar to Malta. The followin'.' 
were the victuallin g ami other stores put on board the Orin 
for the rcgiuiont of Coldstream Guards on their vovneo from 
Southampton to Malta, viz. . — Bread, 14,5C01hs; beef,' 5,400lbs ; 
beef suet, 22Slbs; raisins, 45511)8. The officers' stores were 
preserved snlmon, 801bs : finnon haddock, SOI be; preserve I soup, 
1201bs; pick led tripe, COlbs; York hams, ISOlbs; beef, 2001b.-; 
cabin bread. 25011)3; flour, OOOIbs; line, 120II.S ; butter, ISOlbs; 
checso, OOlbs; maccaroni, SOlbs ; tea, 301be; coffee, 35H>s; 
chocolate. lulbs; augur 2001bs ; raisins, 75lba; currants, 2Slhs; 
11?«, 3-lbs ; snot, GOlhs; preserved milk, 120 pints; raw pota- 
l,120lba; mixed pickles, 24 quarts; vinegar, 6 quarts; 
mustard. $ bottles; popper, 4 bottle; salt, C bottles; bottled 
fruits, 72 bottles; jams and jellies, 30 jars; sauces, 24 bottles; 
olives and capers, 24 bottles; cayenne and celery, 12 bottles; 
carry powder, 12 bottles; salad oil and herbs, 12 bottles; dried 
yeast, S eases; ox tongues, 18; eggs in suit, 300; sweet bis- 
cuit.-, 20 lbs : Normandy pippins, 45lbs; salt fish, 1 cwt ; dried 
P"rk, 5,4(J01hs; rum, 227 gallons; raw sugar, l,1381bs; cocoa, 
60711)8 ; tea, 2271b-; oatmeal, 2G01b«; mustard, 441bs; pepper, 
272!bs; vinegar. 43 gallons; split peas, 2, 427 lbs ; flour, 2,73011)8 ; 
bacon, lOiflbs; Barcelona nats, 1 bushel ; shelled almond-, 
I21hs ; Sardines in oil, 42 tins; breakfast paste, 42 pots ; crys- 
tallised fruits, 711)8 ; preserved sugar, 18lb»; arrow root, lOlhs ; 
pearl sago, 201bs ; spices, 31b»; lard, 28lbs; raspberry vinegar, 
24 bottle- ; preserved gamo, 5011)8 ; pearl barley, 141bs ; ale and 
porter, G4 do/..; champagne. 4 do/.; port wine, 0 do/.; sherry 
wine, 18 do/.; claret, 9 do/.; brandy, 0 do/. ; English gin, 
3 do/. The livo stock consisted of geese and turkeys, 1 do/.. , 
Southdown slicop, 10; pigs.fi; ducks and fowls, 9 do/.; with 
fodder for 1.4 days' consumption. For the use of the soldiers on 
board t ho Orinoco thoro were ulso 30 water-breakers, 130 mess 
kits, 130 mess bowls, 130 platter.-, 1,040 tin pots, 1,040 wooden 
spoons, 20 tin lamps, 130 pudding Imgs, bibs of cotton wick, 10 
wood pails, 2 -els of 'standard weights, 2 tin measures, 2 Hour 
tsoalos, 2 tea scales. The water on board the troop steamers from 
Southampton was of the best quality, and is the sumo a- that 
suppliod to first-class passenger- to the East and West Indio-. 
If was supplied from the rivor Test, brought down in tank 
vossols, and from filtered woll water, obtained from the South- 
ampton Docks. 
The Africa— From the New York Ilemld of tho 20th 
ult.:— Wo rogrot to loom that the steamship Africa (Cunnrd's 
line) is ashore, ufter laying ut anchor at the south-west spit for 
noarly forty hours in the fog. She yesterday morning weighed 
unclior, and undertook to mako her dock at Jersey City. ° At 
about thirty minutes past nine o'clock, when between iodine- 
and Kllis Islands, nearly hair n mile out of her course, und about 
three miles from her dock, she went aground where tho water is 
nine feet deep at high tide. She draws twenty-one feet of 
water, find is firmly embodded in the mud, with her bow lilted. 
One of tho ship’s boats was immediately sent to Jcrsoy City, and 
in a short time Captoin Wonlsoy, superintendent of" tho’ lurry, 
despatched the ferry-boat Aressoh for the passengers, Bhe 
returned just before twelve o’clock with tho mails and the 
passengers uud their baggage, and landed them at Jersey City. 
About 200 men wore immediately sent down to aid in lightening 
lior by sending her cargo nslioro in stcam-tues and lighters. The 
steam-tugs mado several trips from the Africa to Jersey City 
during tho nftornoon; several lighters were also around the 
steamer, und would take out tlio cargo as speodily us possible.” 
llililarir. 
WniTEHALL, Feb. 2 !i . — The Queen lias been pleased to appoint 
General the Bight lion. Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B.; Lieutoinmi- 
Gencral the Bight Hon. Lord Bnglnn, (i.C.B ; the Bight Hon. 
Earl Grey: Lieutenant General the Bight lion, Earl Cnthcart, 
K.C.B ; the Bight lion. Lord Panmuro, K.T. ; Lieutenant- 
General tho Right Hon. Lord Soaton, G.O.B.; tho Bight linn. 
Sidney Herbert; the Bight Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, 
Bart.; the Bight Ilo i Edward Ellieo; Colonel George Bulk.,', 
G B. ; and Colonel \Yi Bam Thomas Knollys ; to bo her Mojoaty’g 
Commissioners for inq airing into the several inodes of promotion 
aal retirement in her .Majesty’s Military Forces,— Tuesday's 
Gazette. 
VVAn-OttPicB, Fob. 28 — Buf.vkt.— 1 The undermentioned offi- 
cers to be brigadier-generals whilo employed upon tho stall' of the 
forces about proceeding upon a particular service, viz. t Lionel 
William Gator, Royal Artillery ; Cnlonol William Burton Tyldon, 
Royal Engineers. — Tho above commissions to bear ditto Feb. 21, 
185 4. — Tuestlay's Gazette. 
P.v ms, .Monday evening— Lord Raglan arrived in Paris this 
morning, and Ins been great part of the day with Lord Cowley. 
After recent announcements it might bo supposed that his lord- 
ship wa- here on his wav to the hast. This, however, is not tl.o 
case. The object of his flying visit is to discuss the plan of tho 
campaign with the French Minister of War, and ho will return to 
London. The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance will not ho 
tilled up during Lord Raglan's absence, but be hold in oomuiissiou 
until hi- lordship returns from the Hast. 
AmjUKNTATio.v op THE Royal M WUNB Corps— A n order 
lias been received at each of tho divisions to form eight new 
divisional companies, and two artillery companies— two com- 
panies to he nttaehod to the Chatham or first division, two com- 
panies to tlie Portsmouth or second division, two companies to 
the Plymouth or toinl division, two Companies to the Woolwich 
or fourth division, and two companies to ihe Royal Marino Ar- 
tillery at Portsmouth, making a total number of 10 companies, 
as originally stated. The promotions which are to take plnco iu 
consequence of the augmentation, have not ns yet boon promul- 
gated. It is fully expected there will be one Held officer, with 
two colonels commandant, two second colonels commandant, and 
four pay captains, appointed to each division ns permanent staff, 
instead of oiio colonel commandant, one second colonel command- 
ant, and one pay-master, tho number at present attached to each 
division. 
Gkai-b Shot. — G ottoin and Ration, the iron founders, have cast 
and delivered at Woolwich more than half a million of cannon 
balls for grape. 
Mimk Biples. — T he Board of Ordnance have called upon 
commanding officer- of corps and regiments for a report of the 
Minie riflo and rifled musket practice — requiring that captains 
and officers commanding companies should give the rcsultof their 
observations. — Plymouth Mail. 
Fkbkcii 'Preparation's. — T he Minister of War has ordered 
the two regiments of artillery in garrision at Toulouse to organise 
immediately two batteries on the'wnr footing. The t. wo battalions 
of the 27tli regiment of the lino, in garrison at Orleans, have re- 
ceived orders 10 prepare for embarkation in the beginning of next 
month, as part or the expeditionary corps to Constantinople. 
About 200 waggons laden with cannon, mortars, cannon bulls, 
shells, and other implements of war, have, within the last few 
days, been Bmt to Paris by tho Northern Railway from tho 
Arsenals of Douai und La Fere, and from Paris they have been 
forwarded to Met/, bv tho .Strnsburg line. We read in the 
J nth’- pendant de la Moselle: — “If wc may credit a report 
which is current in our garrison (.Mot/), and which appears to us 
worthy of confidence, the government intends to choose 80 men 
from each regim nt in the service in order to forintheoxpe'lition- 
ary corps to be sent to Constantinople. Those different contingents 
are to proceed to Toulon, where they will bo orgunised und em- 
barked." 
Transports for tub Cavalry —The infantry having 
been dispatched, the Admiralty and the Horse Guards are now 
energetically engaged in providing for the speedy departure of 
the cavalry. 
gftnmrj an& Jplitia. 
Commission's signed liy tho Lord-Liki'tkxavt of tho West Riding 
of the County of York, und of the City and County of the City of 
York. 
5th Regiment of West York Militia. — Colonel George Lister Lister Kaye, 
late of the 10 th Hussars, to be Heut.-col commandant. 
3rd Regiment of West York Militia.— Lieut. Robert Dudley Baxter, to 
be captain, vice Thclluson, resigned. 
Hnslgn Theophilus Smith, to be lieut., vice Baxter, promoted. 
Rnslgn Frederick Durham to bo lieut., vice Holdfortli, resigned. 
Commission- signed by the Lohd-Lieutbnaxt of tho County of 
Oxford. 
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia. — Richard .Tamos Hansard, gent;, 
to bo tho assist. -surg. of the regiment, vice John James Ireland, 
promoted. 
i Commission' signed by the Lord-Libctu.vant of the County of 
Glamorgan. 
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia— Wallop Brabazon, Esq., to 
bo flrst-lieut. 
Commission signed by tho Loro-Lieutf.n'an’T of the County Palatine ot 
Durham. 
North Durham Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham.— Charles 
Robert Kerr Hubback, gent., to be lieut. 
Testimonial. — The Colchester drill class in connection with 
tho Literary Institution, at a special meeting on Friday week, 
presented a handsome time-pieco to their drill instructor. Mr. 
Duncan Cunningham (lute Serjeant-Major in tho Essex Rifle.-) 
ns n testimony of their respect for him personally, mid of their 
appreciation of tho ability and attention shown by him during 
their courso ot training. The majority of the company after- 
wards invited Mr. Cunningham to an excellent supper at the 
Cups Hotel, where the remainder of the evening was pleasantly 
spent. 
IIkaltii or London. — The Registrar General's return states, 
that tho deaths registered in London exhibit a considerable 
increase, having risen from 1,154 in the previous week (a number 
which the mortality has not much exceeded since tho middle of 
January) to 1,834 in tho week that ended lu-t Saturday. In four 
weeks that followed the middle of January the moan temperature 
was 42 deg. ; in the fifth week it fell to 35.1 dog., ami lu-t week 
ii was 40.9 de?. In tho ten corresponding weeks of the years 
1844—53, tho average number of deaths was 1,130, which if raised 
in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,243. The 
present return shows an excess above the estimated amount, of 
nearly 100. Complaints of the respiratory organs arc the 
principal cause of increase. Deaths by bronchitis have risen in 
the Inst two weeks from 121 to 134, those by pneumonia from 64 
to 82. those by astlnnn from 10 to 30. Hooping cough declined 
hi the same time from 83 to 72 ; croup rose from 9 to 21. At 2, 
Ocean -tow, Ratcliff, two daughters of a labourer died respect- 
ively on 20lh and 23rd February of this latter disease. The 
following ease w as registered last week, hut occurred on the 31st 
December : — At No. 4, Blendon-row, East- street. Walworth, tho 
son of a journeyman shoemaker, aged 4 months, died of asphyxia, 
in consequence of a cat having laid itself on tho mouth and neck 
of tlio child when sleeping in bed. The number of births 
registered in the week was great, amounting to 1,795. Of these 
891 were of hoys, 904 were of girls. In tho corresponding weeks 
of the nine years 1845 — 53 tho average number was 1,477. 
known to fame, ure also named! Orders have been~U^H 
to arrest the senators Rios Rosas and General Scrrnno 
witli MM. Coello, Run, and other editors of periodic,,! 
papers. A proclamation was expected to appear shortlv 
tor controlling the press, upon which absolute silence will 
he enforced. 11 
lx Lisbon very great interest is taken in the Tmco- 
Rusmuii affair. For some rcuson exceeding cotnprcliGnMnn 
ihe sympathies of tho Cabralite purry an- all with Russia’ 
The piocecdiugs at the two chamb.is have boon of not the 
slightest interest to any one out of Portugal. 
advices from St. Petersburg to Ihe 16ih ultimo 
mention tint', in consequence of the breaking off of diplo- 
matic relations, the English residents lmd wailed upon the 
British ambassador, by whom they wore informed that 
Count Nosselrodo had repeated the assurance formerly given 
that even in case of war between the two countries their 
persons and properly would bo respected. At i>t. P. iers- 
hurg the Russian government has just made large purchases 
of wurlike materials, including sulphur ami eouls. These 
purchases were interpreted as arguing the determination of 
tlio government to persevore in its immense military po- 
pulations. 
Letters from Berlin, dated February 21, show that 
the public mind is much taken up with tho bntruval i 0 
Russia of the plans for the mobilisation of the Prussian 
army. Some traitor in the Ministry of War has given these 
to Russia. A rigorous inquiry is on foot. 
Some of the Berlin Newspapers give the con- 
eluding sentence of the Czar’s letter to Louis Napoleon, in 
tho following version : — “ D'ailleurs, be assured that the 
House of Romanoff will nover stand in need of the advice of 
the Emperor of the French." 
Private Letters prom Teheran, of the 12th ult., 
state that the governor of Kunduluir and the ruler of Cabool 
are coining to hard blows. Sultan A I i Khan, charged with 
a special mission from Kuhemlil Klmn of Kandahar, hud 
arrived in the capital of Persia, ami had demanded the 
armed intervention to oppose the aggressions of Sheer Ali 
Khan, the son of Dost Mahommed Khan, who was march- 
ing ut tlio lieud of 8,000 horsemen into Kandahar. The 
government of Persia, which is kept in hot water on the 
Anatolian frontier, is not in a position to take part in ibo 
affairs of Affghanislao, and a certain Abdullah Si-tuuy Khan 
ha- been named plenipotentiary to proceed to Kuudttbur, to 
offer the Shah’s mediation to the belligerent, parties. He is 
bearer of two autograph letters ; but whether the-c Imperial 
missives will do good or not is a very questionable matter. 
Louis Napoleon in Luck.— On Sunday, as wc learn 
from tho French papers, the Belgian minister at Paris waited 
on the French Emperor, and gave him from his master the 
insignia of the Grand Cordon of the order of Leopold. On 
the same day the Dutch Envoy waited Upon Ids Majesty 
with a letter from the King of Holland, offering the Emperor 
a carpet. 
lamp Intelligence. 
The Moniteur publishes a circular from the Minister of 
Foreign Affairs, commanding all French diplomatic and 
consular agents to afford the same protection to British 
subjects and commerce us to French ; and a letter from 
Prince Napoleon to the Emperor, requesting permission to 
take part in the expedition to the Levant. 
We have correspondence from Madrid of the 
22nd, which, with the Government Gazette of the same 
date, supplies some interesting particulars respecting the 
military disorders which appear to have so much alarmed 
the Spanish cabinet. The loss of life appears to have 
been very great, an official report stating that an entire 
regiment was destroyed. The Gazette contains the follow- 
ing circular from the Minister of Wav to the captains- 
gcnernl of provinces : — 
“ Excellency.— The Cordova regiment of infantry in 
garrison at Saragossa, headed by its colonel, the Brigadier 
Juan Jost* de Jlore, revolted in the morning of the 20th 
at the fort of La Alfaferia, where it was stationed. It 
militarily occupied the avenues leading to the fort, and the 
stone bridge over the Ebro. Immediately after the 
captain-general was informed of these facts, lie rushed 
into the streets, and ascertained that the movement ex- 
tended to a part of the town. In a short time hands of 
armed citizens assembled, and declared that they made 
common cause with the rebels. These bands commenced 
by arresting and confining in some houses superior and 
other officers who were proceeding to their quarters. Some 
of these assemblages were dispersed, and tlio authorities 
were able to penetrate into the houses in which the officers 
were detained, but without being able to ascertain the 
rallying cry or the flag of the rebels. Tho captain- 
general, having placed himself at the head of the rest of 
the garrison of Saragossa who remained faithful and dis- 
ciplined, began to act. energetically in concert with the 
civil authorities. The rebels were attacked in all their 
positions; and at seven o'clock in the evening the Cordova 
regiment was vanquished and cut to pieces ( destrozado ). 
The Brigadier II ore was killed on the Plaza de la Seo. 
The town became calm, and the plans of the seditious 
were baffled by the vigour and firmness of the authorities 
and the garrison of Saragossa. At seven o’clock in the 
evening there only remained some gates to occupy, and 
the town had made its submission to the authorities. The 
insurgents left numerous dead bodies on the points they 
occupied, but which they were forced to abandon. By 
royal order 1 communicate these details to you, for your 
information and guidance. God keep you many years. 
Madrid, 22nd February, 1854. Blasek.” 
A letter of the same date states, that the Government, 
having reason to suspect the fidelity of the Cordova 
regiment, had ordered it to Pampeluna. The revolt was 
declared at eleven in the morning, and from that hour 
until evening both parties were preparing for the struggle. 
Towards evening Colonel Iloie, disappointed that the 
movement was not more generally followed, advanced with 
a demi-compagnie towards the Plaza de la Seo, where lie 
was received with a brisk lire by the Grenadier Regiment 
undcv.the orders of the Marquis de Santiago. At tlie first 
discharge ho fell dead, pierced by three balls. The in- 
surgents were from that moment thrown into disorder. 
As soon as the news of the insurrection of Saragossa 
arrived at Madrid, the Government took the most 
energetic measures. Madrid and the provinces were do- 
I dared in a state of siege, and numerous arrests were 
made. Among the persons arrested were MM. Gonzales 
Bravo, and Alexander Castro, both members of the 
i Chambers ; General Mangauo, and Mr. Ranee, an editor 
I of the Mario Espanol. Many other political persons, less 
THU OVERLAND MAIL. 
Trieste, Saturday, Feb. 25. — Tlio steamer Bombay 
arrived at two o'clock a.m., in 158 hours from Alexandria. 
The India and China mails were detained in Alexandria 
from tlie lGth to tho 18th, and tho English steamer to take 
them on was expected to arrive on Ihe 18th, and therefore 
could not, at the curliest, leuve again IfBfbro the I9tlt. The 
advices by this mail are from Calcutta, January 20 ; Ma- 
dras, Juiiuary 25 ; Shanghai, December 22 ; Amoy, January 
4; Hong Kong, January 11 ; Singapore, January 19; 
Penung, January 21 ; Galle and Bombay, January 28 ; 
Bnrmali, January 12. The Governor-General had 
gone six miles above Menrlay, fixed the boundary line, 
and taken possession of the country in tho name of tiie 
Queen, lie returned to Calcutta on the lGth January. A 
party of troops Against ducoits having been led into an 
ambush, 23 men and Captain Burry, of the 71st Native 
Infantry, were killed. Captain Pliny re is to lie sent as 
Plenipotentiary on a special mission to Ava. Trade in India 
is active. Exchange ut Calcutta, 21. From China wo 
learn that the French expedition had returned to Hong 
Kong from Nanking. Feentoin was closely invested by 
the patriot army. Exchango at Canton 51, Shungliui 63, 
Mong Kong 5. There is no further news from tho Persian 
Gulf. 
It was asserted in India that tho Russian Army of tho 
Oxus lmd ndvumted within two days’ march of Khiva. It. 
was also stated that tlio Khans of Khiva and Bokhara had 
been brought to terms by the Russians, and that mi alliance, 
offensive and defensive, had been concluded between those 
chiefs, the Russians, and Dost Mahotnmed. These a-sei- 
tions, founded on Indian rumours, must be received with 
great caution. 
— , * 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Storekeeper at Malta — Mr. Pidooek, second-class 
clerk and civil secretary to Commodore Shepherd at. Wool- 
wich Dockyard, bus been appointed storekeeper at Malta, 
vieo Cliimmo, deceased. 
Arrival of the Queen of the South at Ply- 
mouth— The intelligence Irom the Mauritius by this 
arrival is to the highest degree satisfactory. Tlio total 
export of sugar exceeds that of the previous year by some 
ten thousand tons. The total amount shipped to 4th of 
January was 193,521 tons. Number of immigrant labourers 
introduced during tho year was 12,14-1. The Government 
and people are also on good terms. From tho Cape wo 
learn that tlio first exeicisu of constitutional privileges 
excited tlio most lively feelings of satisfaction and gratitude 
towards her Majesty’s Government, and tho elections were 
being proceeded with in the most satisfactory manner. 
General Cuthcart was still upon tho Kaffir frontier, com- 
pleting his arrangements for llm security of the exposed 
districts, superintending the difficult operation of placing 
tho lately hostile tribes upon those portions of their former 
territory, to which ho was resolved to confine them, in 
addition to tlio task of settling the suitable positions of a 
body of about. 50,000 Fingoes uud Dandookids, whom it 
has been judged expedient to locate without the colony. 
His Excellency ib expected to return to Cape Town before 
the first sitting of the new parliament, to whom lie will 
submit a statement of his proem dings on the frontier. Tit® 
intended withdrawal of British muliority from the territory 
beyond the Orange River had cast a uloom over the mer- 
cantilo enterprises in tlmt quarter. Trade with the Sove- 
reignty was extremely dull, and i lie land and other speculations 
entered into in the belief that tlio territorial arrangements 
of Sir Hurry Smith would bo maintained, aro likely to lead 
in some cases to serious embarrassment. In British 
Kapfraria u desire was spreading for tlie introduction of 
convicts into tho colony. From Natal there is no intel* 
