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March 11.] 
THE FIELD* 
i - ^TT _ Marcii 4th. — The widow of Samunl Boyce, lost on 
P 1 tile bueen Victoria, ofFHowtb, in February, 1853, yesterday 
boaru ‘‘ ^ erJiot 0 f 400/. damages nt tlie Wexford assizes against 
ob rfv of Dublin Steam Packet Company, the owners of tho ves- 
ll * i ' The defence of the company was, that tho missing man 
fC ' ton board their ship at the time of the wreck, but a wit- 
W ns noi , uce( j w ] 10 had escaped from tho catastrophe, and 
D< ’, 59 r i «*en the deceased on board. Correlative evidence to 
Sot alo° brought forward. 
tirath 0P tub Marquis op Londonderry.— W ith the 
1 renet wc have to announce tho demise of this distin- 
' • bed ne’er. His lordship’s death took plnco ot about three 
P, u '® on Monday afternoon, at Holdornesse House, Park-lane, 
n-* death was caused by a sudden nttnek of inflammation of tho 
iff* which, after two or three days’ severe suffering, ter- 
• nid fotally. In addition to tho prominent position which 
Sordship took in nil the leading events of his time, ho was 
lu ® pnrl. viscount, and baron in the peerage of Ireland, and 
viscount, and baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 
was also a knight of the Garter, a general oflicer in the army, 
' „1 0 f the 2nd Life Guards, knight grand cross of the Bath, 
bniUt grand cross of Hanover, nnd knight of the principal 
fnreUrn military orders of Europe. His lordship had just cotu- 
i.is seventy-fourth year, and is succeeded in Ins title nnd 
estates by his eldest son, Viscount Seaham, of tho 1st Lifo 
GU Dbatii op Sir John Conroy, Bart.— Tho name, person, 
nnd character of Sir John Conroy are so well and so favourably 
known in English society, that the announcement of his death 
will be received with feelings of general regret, lie was a 
native of Wnlcs, having been bom on the 21st of October, 1786, 
nt Cucrhyn, in Carnarvonshire. Ho entered the army in the 
rear 1803, serving with much credit, until the events of 1S10 
pave a peace to Europe that has lasted nearly forty years. Long 
beforo his death, Sir John was placed on the retired list of the 
Royal Artillery. Sir John Conroy was peculiarly fitted for the 
career on whioh ho entered when he became Equerry to tho Into 
Dako of Kent, his wife being Woman of the Bedchamber to the 
duchess. In this capacity he continued till the duke’s death, 
when lie was appointed Comptroller of the Household to tho 
duchess, which office he held till the accession of her present 
Majesty. On retiring from court, he was rewarded with a 
baronetcy. He received at different times several foreign orders 
of knighthood. Sir John not only inherited property in Bus- 
common, but purchased land both in Wales nnd in Berkshire. 
Sir John’s chief domicile of late has been at Arborfield, near 
Beading. _ , 
Resistance against Russian Aggression.— We learn from 
authentic sources that the following battalions are to proceed to 
the East:— 1st, 7th, 19th, 23rd, 88th, 95th, 21st, 30th, 38th, 
42nd, 47th, 55th, 63rd, 79th, and 97th. The first six are to 
embark immediately, and the remaining nine are to follow 
soon afterwards. The service companies of these regiments are 
to muster 850 bayonets, and 100 men of eaoli corps arc to be 
left with their respective depots now forming at Parkhurst 
Barracks, Islo of Wight.— Mottling Chronicle. 
Paris.— The first division of the French expeditionary army 
is to embark at Toulon, nnd at the different ports of Algeria, on 
tho 20th of March, and to sail on tho same day for the 
Dardanelles. The second division will sail on the 15th of April. 
The generals who are to command the different divisions are also 
preparing to leave Paris for their respective posts. All of thorn 
will be nt the different ports of embarkation in time to super- 
intend the embarking of the troops, with the exception of the 
Commander-in-Chief, the Marshal de St. Arnaud.and the Prince 
Napoleon. Marshal de St. Arnaud will leave Paris, should the 
state of his health (which is very precarious) permit him, on tho 
15th of March. Tho Prince Napoleon nnd his staff will not leave 
Paris till the 1st of April. Two battalions of the Chasseurs de 
Vincennes will leave Paris for the East at tho same timo as the 
Princo Napoleon. 
Royal Artillery.— The following general order has just been 
issued previous to tho departure of tho Royal Artillery under 
orders for the Mediterranean : — “ Deputy Adjutant-General’s 
Office, Woolwich — His Lordship tho Master-General has ap- 
pointed Colonel William Cator to tho command of tho Royal 
Artillery under orders for service in tho Mediterranean, and 
Her Majesty Jins conferred on him the rank of Brigadier- 
General while so employed. The Master-General has also ap- 
proved tho appointments of the following Field-officers and 
efiaft' to serve under the orders of Brigadier-General Cator : — 
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Lucres; Lieutenant-Colonel Noel 
Thomas Lake ; Captain John M. Adye, Brigade-Major ; Captain 
the Hon. E. T. Gage, Aide-de-Comp ; Captain G. T. Field, Acting 
Adjutant and Quarter-master ; Captain H. L. Chormsido, Acting 
Adjutant to Lieutenant Colonel Dncres ; Captain H. W. Patton, 
Acting Adjutant to Lieutenant-Colonel Lake. — H. D. Ross, De- 
puty Adjutant-General.’* 
(From the London Gazette of Tuesday,.) 
Commission signed by the Queen. 
Royal Flintshire Militia.— John Warren Glubb, Esq., late Capt. 44th 
Regiment, to be Adjt., vice Puleston, resigned. 
Commissions signed by tho Loiid-Lif.utenant of the County Pniutino 
of Durham. 
North Durham Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham.— John 
Nicholson, gent., to be lieut. 
John George Lambton Green, gent., to be lieut. 
Commissions signed by the Lokd-Lieutenant of the West Riding of 
the County of York, nnd of tho City and County of the city of York. 
4th Regiment of West York Militia — Edward Wand, Esq., to be capt. 
Lieut. Richard Dyneley Chamberlain (from tho 1st Regiment of West 
York Militia), to be capt. 
Humphrey John Hare, Esq., to be capt. 
Lieut. Joseph Hartley (from tho 1st Regiment of West York Militia), 
to be lieut. 
Joshua Ingham Ikin, Esq., to be surgeon. 
Commission signed by tiie Lord-Lieutenant of tlie County of 
Kincardine. 
i he 105 th, or Forfar and Kincardineshire, Regiment of North Britisli 
Militia — William Burnett Ramsay, Esq., to bo lieut -col., vice Sir 
Alexander Rainsay, Bart., deceased. 
Gallantry. — T ho officers of the Monmouthshire Militia, An- 
“■‘m Bides, and Tipperary Fusiliers, havo volunteered to the 
Crown in uny quarter of the world. 
It. M. C. S. — Dr. Copland has been appointed president of the 
iloyal Medical and Chirurgical Society for the ensuing year. 
Royal College of Surgeons. — The following gentlemen 
having undergone the necessary examinations for tho diploma, 
' , ero admitted members of the College at the meeting of tho 
ourt.of Examiners on tho 3rd inst. : — Messrs. Henry Critchloy 
oderick, Hon. East India Company’s Service, Madras ; Arthur 
°ter Goullet, Australia; George Fnrhridge Stnnithorpe, New- 
castle; Thomas Bealh Christie, Pembroko-liouse, Hackney; 
£ ox i Manchester ; Robert Henry Bartrum, Norfolk-cres- 
ent, Bath ; James Cochrane Lay, New York ; William Henry 
"°y, Stratton, near Swindon; Charles Joseph Aldridge, Myd- 
etou-squarc ; James Hochee, Hon. East India Company’s Ser- 
vice, Bombay. 
Heath from Tioiit-lacbd Stays.— A n inquest was held in 
o -ity of York, on Saturday last, upon tho body of Mary 
n"” 01 . 1 ’ Q servant to Mr. Christopher Hall, miller, Wnlmgate, 
■Wii 7, f ,° had fallen down in a state of insensibility, nnd 
1 y afterwards expired. Mr. MattersoD, surgeoD, said his 
opinion was that the deceased had died or apoplexy, caused by 
the pressure of tho stays being too tightly laced. A verdict in 
accordance with this opinion was returned by the jury. 
Medical Practitioners’ Bill. — Mr. Brady has withdrawn 
his bill, and brought in a new one, for the compulsory registra- 
tion of legally qualified medical and surgical practitioners — 
terms which are to be taken to mean those who havo received a 
degree, diploma, or license from u medicol corporate body legally 
entitled to grant it. Graduates of British and Irish universities, 
nnd members, &o., of tho various Colleges of Surgoons and 
Societies of Apothecaries practising in a different part of the 
United Kingdom from that in which tlioir licensing college is, 
are to bo registered whore they practise. By the former bill, 
physicians practising in England, graduates of British and Irish 
universities, wero to obtain a logal qualification to praolise in 
England. Tho bill is not to be deemed to abridge nny of the 
existing rights of the Universities of Oxford mid Cambridge, the 
Colleges of Physicians (London, Edinburgh, Ireland), the 
Society of Apothecaries (London and Ireland), tho Colleges of 
Surgeons (Edinburgh nnd Dublin), tho Faculty of Physicians 
and Surgoons (Glasgow), or the power of granting degrees 
enjoyed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
foreign: Intelligence. 
A French Loan. — A project of loan was presented on 
Monday to the Legislative Body, and subsequently agreed 
to. The umnunt to ho borrowed is 250 millions of francs 
(10,000,0001.), with a sinking fund of one per cent, on tlie 
nominal capital of tho Rentes. 
As it is feared at Stockholm that tho Czar may 
have the intoution of soizing upon the island of Gothland, 
tlie Swedish Government lias sent five regiments thither. 
The situation has become the more precarious, as letters 
from Stockholm say that Russia does not recognise the 
neutrality of the two Scandinavian Powers. They have 
therefore no other choice left hut to join England. 
The Emperor Nicholas intends, according to rumours, 
to re-establish tho kingdom of Poland in his own empire. 
It is said that a communication has been made to Austria 
and Prussia to that effect, and that it warns them to tako 
tlie necessary measures against tlie outbreaks in thslr ter- 
ritories which tho execution of his resolvo may occasion. 
It is added that the third son of the Emperor Nicholas is to 
be the Sovereign of the future kingdom of Poland. What- 
ever truth there may lie in this report, and it is not im- 
probable that such a menace may have been expressed, 
many Poles appear to receive it favourably. The idea of a 
separate Poland, distinct from the Russian Empire, rather 
flutters them, and, though all idea of real independence is 
out of the question, they would prefer it to their present 
condition. A similar menace of revolutionizing Hungary 
is also stated to have been conveyed to Austria on the part 
of the Emperor Nicholas, who is not without hope that the 
Hungarian population would prefer his rule to that of their 
present masters. The Emperor of Russia is, in his present 
temper, no doubt ready for any act of desperation, and with 
a complete indifference to consequences ; but it is not so 
certain that he would pass unscathed through the confla- 
gration. 
Accounts from St. Petersburg state that the Rus- 
sian Government was indefatigable in its exertions to excite 
the fanaticism of the population. Every day processions 
traversed the streets and exhibited to the people the relier 
of the saints of the Greek Calendar. The clergy every where 
urge the true believers to fako arms for the defence of the 
orthodox faith. Tho Government on its side published bul- 
letins containing accounts of victories said to have been 
gained by the Russians in Asia. Those demonstrations 
dispirit both tho merchants and upper classes. 
From Berlin we havo received a telegraphic despatch 
dated, | March 3rd. — “ Yesterday the two couriers appointed to 
convey the ultimatum of France and England to St. 
Petersburg passed though this city 
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THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
reported. From all we hear, thoro is reason to believe that, 
slowly as they move, the Russians are preparing to make an 
advance in the spring in a very formidable style. It is 
understood that they have been forbidden from St. Petersburg 
attempts like those of Oltenltza and Csitate, and to proceed 
upon a still less heroic and somewhat safer plan. 
Constantinople, Feb. 16. — Tho Nikiah (betrothal) 
ceremony of the Sultan’s daughter to Ali Galib Pasha, the 
son of Reschid Pasha, Is to take place on the 22nd, and will 
be conducted with privacy and without ostentation. Tho 
marriage is fixed for the month of Juno, and, if I am well 
informed, will go off In grand style, with public rocroations 
for three days and three nights. Similar ceremonies cost 
upwards ot 100,000/. Three more of tho Sultan’s daughters 
are hethrothed. 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Constantinople, Feb. 20.— The British and French 
squadron which left on tho 7th to convoy tho Turkish trans- 
ports to Batoum lias not yet returned, hut is hourly ex- 
pected. It was last hoard of at Trebizond, where it arrived 
on tho 10th ; landed troops, ammunition, and stores ; and 
left next day for Batoum. Tho naval division which hns 
been cruising in tho Black Sea returned yesterday, and will 
not put to sea again beforo the return of the dotachment 
from Batoum. The Mogador saw a division of tho Russian 
fleet, consisting of six liuc-of-bnttlo ships and soverul frigates, 
at anchor off Caffa. Much dissatisfaction has been exprosaul 
by the shipowners nnd mercantile peoplo at Odessa that tho 
English Consul did not contrive to communicate with H.M.8. 
Fury, when she lately attempted to send some despatches t n 
shore at that port. They think that some person authorised 
to receive them might have been sent through the ico, seeing 
that the harbour-master managed to communicate witli the 
Fury. The Russians were much excited by tho appearance 
of the Fury, and immediately stood to their loaded guns. A 
cutter, formerly on duty there, lias recently been repluced 
by a brig of war. 
THE WAR IN THE EAST. 
A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, Marcli 8, says: — 
“ Reports are current that tho Russians are withdrawing 
from Kalafat. Field- Marshal Paskiewitcli lias boon named 
generalissimo of the army on the Danube. Another tele- 
graphic despatch brings news from Constantinople up to 
February 26:— The fleets were lying at Beycos. Tho 
Pasha at Galata had been deposed at the instance of the 
Austrian internuncio.” 
From Trebizond, February 19, wo learn that a division 
of the Russian fleet was at Sukum Ivnleh. 
The last accounts from Constantinople stato that the 
Ottoman Government has at last given tho necessary 
authority for tho formation of foreign legions. At tho 
present moment General Wysocki is organising a Polish 
legion at Constantinople of 2,000 men. 
Greek Insurrection. — Tho following, dated March 
1st, has lately been received from Athens: — “ Insurrection 
is suddenly* extending in Thessaly. General Kandy os lias 
joined the insurgents. The English nnd French Ambassa- 
dors have had a long audience with the King. Sir J. 
Church has been appointed General. The citadel of Arta 
has been taken by assault. Tlie Turks have been beaten in 
several encounters with insurgents. Prcvesa still held out.” 
The Semaphore de Marseille, of the Qlh instant, an- 
nounces the arrival in t lint city of General Moore with forty 
English officers, on their way to the East. 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
DowNiNG-STnEET, March 0. — The Queen hns been pleased to 
appoint Captain Henry Rnlcliflb Senrlo to ho Assistant Polico 
Magistrate for tho colony of Sierra Leone; John Grant and 
Janies Sawkins, Esqrs., to ho Colonial Surgeons for tho forts and 
settlements on tho Gold Const ; and William Ilonry Shew, Esq., 
to ho a member of tho Council of the Virgin Islands. — Tuesday' A 
Gazette. 
East India Company. — The election nt tlie East Indir- 
( Continued from Page 207.) 
A letter from Kmnisberg of the 27th ult. states, that on 
the preceding day, messengers, with a million of gold 
roubles, passed through that place from Berlin for St. 
Petersburg. 
A Government organ gives as the reason for the prohibi- 
tion to export corn from Poland — “ the had harvest, and 
the high prices of provisions in consequence.” The cavalry 
belonging to the military colonies in the south are already 
in movement. From the fact that the inhabitants of a town 
called Caschir presented the troops marching through with 
a large crucifix, it is to be supposed that the people have 
been taught to believe that the present war is neither more 
nor less than a regular crusade against the infidel. The 
Grand- Duchess Alexandra (the wife of the Grand-Duke 
Constantine) has just been confined, and, in commemoration 
of the memorable year 1854, the infant has been baptised 
“ Wiera,” which signifies “ faith.” 
A camp of 30,000 is formed at Odessa, and considerable 
additions are being made to the fortifications of Sebastopol. 
Sir John Lakeman, an English gentleman of fortune, who 
lias distinguished himself by his military exploits in India, 
and at tho Cupe, has arrived at Constantinople. He 
purposes raising a force of volunteers at his own expense. 
He is bound to Schumla, by her Majesty’s steamer Furious, 
and intends spending some time on the Danube. 
The utmost confidence exists among the soldiery at 
Kalafat — infinitely more so than before the affair at Csitate. 
They work diligently at their fortifications, which everyday 
become stronger. They are fond of asking strangers their 
opinion of their work, and always receive tlie same reply, 
which usually consists in two or three Turkish words, accom- 
panied by a series of pantomimic gestures, intended to 
depict the propriety of the Russians making their wills before 
attacking them. It is questionable whether any army 
in Europo would work with such goodwill at fortifications as 
the Turks do. 
European officers are beginning to receive the Sultan’s 
commissions. A steamer lias brought from Alexandria 250 
chests of fire-arms, and an immense quantity of bedding, 
for tho imperial army. The Sultan has given Omar Pasha 
n new proof of his confidence, by nominating him General- 
issimo of the Turkish army of tho Danube. Hitherto tlie 
Marshal has been Communder-in-Cliief of the army of 
Roumelio. Darbor Rescind Pasha lias been named General- 
in-Chief of the army of Constantinople. The new Kapudan 
Pasha, Mehemet Kepresli Pasha, has arrived from Adrianople, 
the people of which were sorry to lose biin. On tlie 23rd 
ult., Reschid Pasha’s son, Ali Galib Paslia, is to be married 
to the Sultan’s eldest daughter. There Is nothing new from 
the Danube. Important operations are suspended by the 
bad weather, but a number of secondary conflicts are 
house took place on Wednesday, at which the Court of 
Directors decided upon the 15 members of their body that 
are to remain in office under the new law requiring their 
number of 30 to he reduced to 15. The choice fell upon 
Messrs. Ellice, Oliphant, Mills, Smith, Bay ley, Mangles, 
Prinsep, Eastwick, Sykes, Sir II. Willock, Sir J. W. Hogg, 
Shepherd, Melville, Astell, nnd Macnaghten. The directors 
not re-elected were— Sir J. Lushington, Sir It. Campbell, 
Messrs. Wigram, Mastermau, Muspratt, Slmnk, Cotton, 
Plowden, Dent, Moore, Majoribanks, and Whiteman. 
Three seats had previously been vacated by the death of 
Sir It. Jenkins and the retirement of Messrs. Loch nnd 
Alexander. 
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 
Golding Star, from Liverpool for Melbourne, Feb. 27, in lot. 
:9 N., long. 13 W. 
Mangalore, from London for Melbourne, Jon. tho 23rd, on tho 
jine, 18 VV. 
Marlborough, from London for Port Phillip, Jan. the 24th, in 
at. 1 N., long. 19 W. 
Vnrnoon, from Dundee for Sydney, Now South Wales, Jan. the 
57th, in lat. 4 N., long. 20 W. 
THE METROPOLIS. 
Fire near St. James’s Palace. — On Tuesday morn- 
ing, about 4 o’clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. 
J. A. Walker, the St. James’s Baths, situate in St Jnmes’r- 
place, St. Jamcs’s-street. The premises wero of considerable 
extent. After some trouble the police-constable on tho bci t 
succeeded in arousing the occupants, who wero obliged to 
mako their way over the roof. Such was tho rapidity with 
which tho fire extended, that in less limn 10 minutes after 
tho discovery was made, the house, which was four stories 
high, presented one tremendous sheet of flamo, wlienco tlie 
fire extended to tho lodging-house in tlie occupaucy of the 
Misses Cook, 12, in the same place, and from that building 
to another numbered 12, belonging to Mr. C. Moore. 
Fatal Accident. — A few days since, Mr. Henry John 
Blagrave, of No. 8, Southwick-place, Hyde Park, was 
riding in Rotton-row, where thoro was u fashionable attenc • 
ance of equestrians, when, on his animal stumbling, lie fell 
off, and came heavily to tho ground. On being picked up 
ho was removed to St. George’s Hospital, where he died, 
supposed to have been the effect ot a fracture of the skull 
and concussion of the brain. Deceased, who was aged 34, 
was in the possession of a large fortune. 
Explosion of a Firework Manufactory.— T wo 
Lives Lost. On Monday night, between the hours of eight 
and nine, an accident of the most fearful description took 
place, which greatly alarmed the neighbourhood for a consi- 
derable distance around. The premises on which it occurred 
are occupied by Mr. Coton, firework maker, at the corner of 
