March 25.] 
THE FIELD. 
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r"^ ee on sixlv ■, with a fine clear eye oxpr&sslvo of 
ro fJm"ence and strength of will, a noble contour of coun- 
V.re and a full beard rolling over Ills breast, ho easily 
tcn “ n ifi e » the august lineaments of the Jupiter of the an- 
P° w0 .. am pos. He Is of the Nekrussa sect, those Wahubees 
Oriental Church who neither drink wine nor smoke 
°‘ 1 After 1828 he accompanied the armies of Nicho- 
t hack to Russia, where lie remained seven years, and was 
U8 rented to that monarch ; but the intolerant measures of 
'| W ('reek Church to force on a unity inconsistent with that 
i i rtv of conscience which may exist even in States where the 
1 nni-Al nower is absoluto, compelled him to return, and 
tCU 'ho is now a very influential man among the 6,000 Cos- 
nS -ksof llio Dobroudja, the Russian authorities liavo sot a 
nHce of 2.000 ducats on ids head. 
On the 2nd instant an engagement took place opposite 
nraila where the Russians, attempting to cross the Danube 
ml.sti'ov some works on the right bank, were vigorously 
Mnellod by 1,10 Turks, and lost 120 in killed alono. Combats 
uro of daily occurrence, and grow more serious as well os 
more frequent. . 
NAVAL operations in the black sea. 
* Bosphorus— On the 3rd inst. her Majesty's ship Furious 
mid French steam-frigate Vauban returned from tlie Black 
Sea They lunded tdickib EfFe.udi and his suite, and Sir 
Stephen Lakeman, at Varna, and then proceeded to Odessa, 
with which place the Furious communicated. The ice was 
hre lUine up. The two voxels had been separated by a gale 
The steamer Vauban eu tiered u good deal from the 
Imd weather, losing one of her quarter boats, and much of 
her head berthing ; howover, the two vessels joined company 
off Varna, wliero they again received Shokih Kffendi and Sir 
Stephen Lakeman, and thou returned to thoBosphorus. 
Court Marti a f..— On Saturday, the 23ih, a court mar- 
tial of which Sir E. Lyons was president, was assembled on 
board her Majesty’s ship Agamemnon, to try Lieutenant 
Pritchard, commanding her Majesty’s ship Ardent, lor the 
loss of an Austrian provision ship towed by him inside Cape 
lJalia. This officer was admonished to be more careful in 
future. 
Constantinople, March 0. — The Russians arc said to be 
preparing chains to stretch across the mouth of the Danube. 
Her Majesty’s ship Samp3cm Was sent, on tho 6th inst , on a 
cruise into the Black Sea, and in a fow days a combined 
French and English steam squadron of observation will make 
a cruise there. 
Hull Pilots.— II. M. St. Hecla made her recent tour in tho 
Baltic in a very satisfactory manner, and on arriving in the 
Downs on Sunday week, met with the fleet of Sir Charles Napier. 
When the signal whs made for the pilot to be sent on board, five 
of the ten who had gone from llnll at onco volunteered The 
chief pilot of the flagship Duke of Wellington is Mr, Strnchnn, of 
London; the second pilot is Mr. Henry Kruger (summoned from 
the command of the Fergus), of Bull ; Cuptnin Davison, of this 
port, is on board the Princess Royal, 90 guns; Captain Frankish 
is now pilot of the Valorous, Captain Smith holds like office in 
another ship of Admiral Napier's fleet, and Captain Shepherd pro- 
ceeds to tho Downs to join Her Majesty’s Ship Vulture, which 
vessel was lately in our roads. Mr. Culver's visit to Hull is to 
procure six other Trinity pilots to proceed to the fleet. The hands 
required ore those having a thorough knowledge of the Gulf of 
Finland. Some of llio gentlemen now on bunrd Her Majesty’s 
ships as pilots have mado at lenst 100 visits to the seas and shoals 
of wbieli they profess to have a knowledge as pilots. That others 
well qualified will respond to tho present call, wo have, reason to 
anticipate. — Hull Packet, 
Baltic Charts. —Tho Admiralty charts of the Baltio havo just 
boon completed with the very latest soundings marked, and 
they are this week out. Each ship of tho Bailie fleet will bo sup- 
plied with tlirco copies, 
Rbscub.— C aptain Fletcher, of the Cornelius Grinnell, reports: 
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, nliout sunset, saw a dismasted vessel, 
with the British flag Union down ; went to her assistance, and 
succeeded in taking oil' the captain nnd crew, 9 in number, of 
tho brig Frederick, Captain Pucker, of Parsborongh, N.S., from 
Halifax, bound to Liverpool. It was dark at tho time, and the 
wind hoing comparatively moderate, very lilllo Iroublo or danger 
attended tbo circumstance, 
WnsoK. — The English bark Hermes lmd beon lo3l on the Eng- 
lisli Bunk near Montevideo, in the month of January, 
II. M. ship President with the flog of Rear- Admiral Price, has 
arrived at Valparaiso, making the passage in 00 days. 
THE FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Bbikos Bay, March 5.— Tho English nnd French squadron 
are etiU lying here. Her Majesty's eliip Furious and tho French 
steamer Vauban arrived on the 3rd from the Black Sen, whither 
they were sent to reconnoitre. They ported company in a gnlo 
of wind, but fortunately foil in with euch other a lew days ufter- 
wnrds. They visited Varna, Odessa, and went within two miles 
of SebaBtopoi, where there was a boom across the mouth of the 
harbour. They saw lying there six linors, live frigates, and 
some steamers and small craft. Her Majesty's ship Carndoc ar- 
rived yesterday from IVhekmcdgc, whither sho had been sent 
three days previously with .Sir John Burgoyno nnd Staff, nnd 
sonio French officers" of artillery. The French stcumer Ajiccio 
accompanied her. A midshipiutm bolougin^ to her Majesty’s 
ship Furious had a narrow escape two evenings ago. He had 
been to a ball at Constantinople, and, wldto returning on 
board Ills ship in a "caique,” was robbed by the Greek boat- 
man. Ho appeared not to remark tho circumstance until lie got 
alongside his ship, when ho laid hold of the ladder, and colled 
out lustily for the assistance of the quartermaster and sentry. 
These functionaries had to go nod fotou their lantern, and, white 
doing so, the boatman commenced belabouring the arm of the 
midshipman with a slick, which obliged him to relinquish his hold, 
and the current soon oieared tlieboat from thosldp. A scuffle now 
ensued, the midsliipuinn armed with n slick, and the boat- 
man with iiis knife. This unequal combut was maintained 
for 6onie time, when the young officer, considering thd wiser 
part of valour to be discretion, jumped overboard, ami swam to a 
French steamer. Bunts woro sent in pursuit of tho caique, but in 
vain, as tho darkness favoured its escape 
Squadron op the Bai/tic.— T he Monilcnr announces that 
the screw ship-ol-tho-llne AustefliU, or 100 guns, left Brest on 
Monday for the Baltic. Tl|e Hercules, Duguesclin, and Trident, 
Bliipa-of-tbe-line, have left Toulon for tho sumo destination. 
The Duporr^ will leave between tlie 23rd and 96th. The other 
sliips-of-the-lino will soil very soon. Vice-Admiral Pnrsevnl- 
DesoheneS has left Paris for Brest, where ho will assume tho 
command-in-chief of the third squadron, called the " Squadron 
of the Baltic.” 
STEAMERS. 
The Argo. — I ntelligence has liecn received nt Southampton 
that the screw steamer Argo, which loft Plymouth on the 10th 
of lust month, with tho Cape of Good Hope mails, arrived nt St. 
V incent in 9 days 16 hours, chiefly uuder canvas. Sho had tbon 
only consumed 7o tons of coale. She hud averaged ubout 250 
aules a day. 
Release of Mu. Bell, tub English Engineer. — A letter 
from Brody of tholith inst., informs us that Mr. Boll, who was 
taken prisoner by tlie Russians in the Black Sea while serving In 
an Egyptian steamer, hud arrived in that town, accompanied by 
n Russian officer. Although it is long since tho O.nr professed 
to give Mr. Bell his freedom he has only just been released, nnd 
his friends have hitherto remained uncertain even ns to tho fact 
of his existence. Offers wore tnudo to Bell while a prisoner to 
enter tho llu&sinu service, but ho rofusod them. Ho is now on 
his way to Trieste, vid Vienna. 
Arrival of tub Baltio.— Liverpool, March 19. — By tho 
United States’ mail steamship Baltio, Comstock commander, wo 
have advices from New York to the 4th inst. Sho has brought 
118 passengers, but no specie. Among tho passengers is the 
lion. F. Hiucks, Prime Minister of Canada. Tho unusual length 
of tho Baltio's passage is acoountod for by her having been three 
days in tho iee, which lore away tho greater portion of her floats 
and damaged her wheels. Eighteen persons woro killed on the 
2nd inst., bv tho explosion of a steam boiler in n car factory at 
Havlford. Twenty-two others had llntba broken, or woro badly 
bruised and scalded. From Washington wo learn that the Jury 
in tho Qurdnor easo had returned a verdict of Guilty, ami tho 
Court passed tho highostseutenoo ullowed bylaw— 10 yours trans- 
portation. Dr. Gardner was placed in custody of tho Marshal, 
and died very suddenly shortly nfterwm ds. ilo is supposed to 
have poisoned himself, us shortly after entering his cell, ho was 
observed to drink somo water, throwing Ids head book, ami it is 
supposed lie took a strychnine pill. Ilo wns soizod with convul- 
sions almost immediately. After giving a lot tor to Charles Gard- 
ner, his brother, he remarked that ho wns going before a Jndco 
who would not pronouuco him guilty, and then expired In great 
agony. 
Arrival of the Kimoiw.— Liverpool, Tuesday. — By tho 
steamer Europa we have advices from New York to the 8th inst. 
Sho has brought 37 passengers, but no speoio. Tho steamships 
Andes, from Liverpool — Glasgow, from Glasgow — nnd Nashville, 
from Havre, had arrived nt New York ; and tho slcnmor Alps, 
from Liverpool, nt Boston. The eloamor Atlantic, with the 
mnilsof tlie 22ml ult. from Liverpool, wns ashore near Snndv Hook, 
but was expected to be got olf. The steamer Empire City had 
arrived at Now York from Aspinwall with 040,062 duls. in gold- 
dust. 
Southampton.— Tho Pcuinsularand Oriental Comrmny’sstenm- 
sliip Indus, Cuptnin John Soy, sailed on Monday afternoon with 
the heavy portion of the East India, Chinn, and Mediterranean 
mails, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. Among the pas- 
sengers (70 in number), 6he takes out a number of officers to join 
the expeditionary force at Malta ; also Captain Dick, for Madras; 
Lieutenants Ricketts nnd Coapo, Major Leith, fbr Aden, &c. 
Count Klekowski, from Marseilles, will join tho Indus at Multn, 
to proceod to Hongkong. Archbishop Charbonneau and secre- 
tary proceed from Suez to Aden in tho stoamcr on tho othor side. 
Lord Harris, tlie new Govornor of Madras, proceeds with his 
suite by way of Trieste, and will catch the steamer at Suez. Tho 
Indus has a very full and valuablo cargo for India nnd tho Me- 
diterranean, nnd specio in upwards of 1,000 packages, valuo 
about 275,000 storling, principally fur Indiu mid China. The 
Borcw steamship Colombo, Captain T. S. Bussell, has arrived 
here from tlie Clyde, nnd is to take out the India and China mails 
of the 4tU of April. Tho Colombo has been fitted with a new 
shaft. From nnd uftcr tho present date a spare steamer will bo 
kept nt Alexandria by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Com- 
pany, so ns to avoid the delays which have sometimes ooourred in 
llio transmission of the homowurd mails, in consequence of their 
arrival nt Alexandria boforo the outward mail Htouiuer has mado 
her appearance. 
Russian Stbambrs. — A Stockholm paper stntos that tho 
Russian Government lins purchuscd the two steamers which have 
hitherto performed tlie mail service between Abo and Stockholm. 
(From Tuesday's Oaielte.) 
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Maboii 18. 
Memorandum. 
Royal Regiment of Artillery. 
Erratum in the “ Gazette" of Feb. 17, 1854. 
For First Lieut. John Lawrence “ Boulton" to be Second Captain, 
Vice FitzRoy, read — First Lieut. John Lawrence 11 Holton. " 
Commission signed by Her Majesty tlie Queen. 
1st Regiment Royal Surrey Militia. 
Teter McDonald, Esq , to be Adjt , vice Oapt. Austen, resigned. 
Commissions signed by tho Loro- Lieu tenant of the County of 
Warwick. 
Warwickshire Militia— 2nd Regiment. 
Hall Plumcr Chamberlain, Esq., late Cupt. of 3rd Foot, to be Capt. 
Henry Upton Clements, gent., to bo Lieut. 
Commission signed by tlie Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Suffolk. 
Eastern Regiment of Suffolk Militia (Artillery Corps). 
Rlohard Hillman Daniel, gent., to bo Lieut. 
Commission signed by the Loro-Lieutenant of tlie County Pnlullne 
Of CHESTER, 
1st Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia. 
Thomas Henry Lyon, Esq., to be Capt. 
Commission signed by tho Lokp-Lieutbnant of tho County of 
Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, 
nnd of the City and County of the City of Bristol. 
Royal North Glocester Regiment of Militia. 
Robert Beckles Hunte, gent., to be Ensign, vice Utcdeman, promoted. 
State of Siege in Russia. — The Czarowitsch takes the com- 
mand of the government of St. Petersburg ; General Von Borg 
will command the troops destined to pvoteot the Russian oouat of 
tho Baltic, and the government of listhonia; tho kingdom of 
Poland and tho governments of Cuurlund, Kowno, Wilnn, Grodno, 
Volhyuia, nnd Podolia, together with tho province of Bessarabia, 
and part of tho government of Kherson, on the right bunk of tho 
Bug, are put under the command of Field- Marshal the Prince of 
Warsaw, Count Paekiewilsok of Email, Commander-in-chief of 
the active army. Under Kim stand Prince Gortschnkoft’, Count 
ltudiger, nnd Baron Osten-Saoken, 
Constantinople. — Several English officers had arrived nt 
Constantinople by tho Inst packet of the imperial " Mcasu- 
gerics” to offer ibcir services to the Porte. According to a 
rule recently adopted by the government, all foreign officers 
who may requost to enter llio service will henceforth bo ad- 
mitted with tho grnde they occupied in their own countrv, 
and will receive tho same pay as Turkish officers of the same runt. 
gi&ntanrs anti jplitia. 
Royal Lancashire Militia — Notices have been issued for 
the assembling of the various regiments of militia for llio usual 
period of training (28 days). The 4th regiment is appointed to 
meet at Warrington on tlie 17th April; llio 2nd regiment on 
the 24th, al Livol'poolj nnd the 3tU regiment on the 18th, ot 
Burnley. 
Royal Wiltshire Militia will assemble a. Devizes for 
twenty-eight days’ training and exercise on the 4th of April. 
The regiment will be inspected by an officer of Her Majesty’s 
regular forces during the last week of ussombly, and on intima- 
tion lias been given that it is desirablo that tbo men should bo 
practised in blank cartridge tiring during tbo period of training. 
I’EMnnoKE. — Tho new clothing for tlie Royal dockyard corps 
will soon bo issued. Tho summer drills will commence next 
month, when the men may bu expected to undergo u regular 
practice ot the great guns. Upwards of 700 uro enrolled, 
the artillery companies being each armed with six nine pounder 
g»a§, 
UteMcul. 
M KMonANDuu. — Tho Mastor-Genoral has dlreotod officers of 
tho Ordnance Medical Department to bo nttnohod to tho Royol 
Artillery ordered for foreign service, in the following manner: — 
Assistant Svtrgoon M. Cootnho, M.D.. to Captain Swinton’s com- 
lmny, llth battalion; Assistant-Surgeon \V. Perry, to Captain 
Turner’s company, 11th battalion; Assistant-Surgeon W. P. 
Ward, to Captain Wodohouso's company, llth battalion; Assist- 
ant-Surgeon T, Park, to Captain D’ Aguilar's company, llth 
battalion. Their servants to bo transferred to tho troop aud 
company to which thoy are attached. 
W v a in Turkey.—" Paris, March 10, 0 Tho proposod 
hospital in tho island of Candia is to bo only one of a scries of 
such establishments for tho uso of tho troops. It will bo appro- 
priated to those whom wounds or illness may inoupaoitnto from 
further sorvico; invalids, in fact, who will lie kept thoro until 
sufficiently recovered to bo sent homo. Candia would bo too dis- 
tant from the scat of war for any other purpose. Tho first 
hospital will of course bo established oloso to tho theatre of mili- 
tary operations on tho Danube — perhaps Shuinlu— aud the socoml 
nt or near Constantinople. Tho climate of Candia is most favour- 
able, and there avo plenty of buildings that might lio usod for tbo 
purposo.” 
Royal Navy — Assistant-Burgeon Thomas J. Breen (1847), 
from a naval hospital to tho llolloislo hospital-ship for tho Baltio 
fleet. Acting Assistant- Surgeon David Courtenay to llio Driver 
steam sloop at Shocrnoss. 
Tub Wbstbiin Disfrnsahy ron Diseases of tuh Brin, — 
The second annual meotlng of tho subscribers and friends of tills 
charity was bold at the dispensary, 21 A, Clnu'lottc-slreot, Fltafoy- 
squnro, on Monday afternoon ; tho Rev. Canon Dale, tho proaldont 
of tho institution, in tho chair. Tho report of llio eommitteo 
stated that since the opening of tho disponsary, two years ago, 
830 patients had beon relieved, nnd during tho past year 597 havo 
boon entered on the books, showing an increase on the nnet your 
of 314. Of this number 280 had been discharged cured, tho re- 
mainder being still under treatment. No ease lmd beon discharged 
as incurable. During tho past yoar tho annual sulworiptinns 
havo been augmented, and an increased amount of donations Imvo 
been received. Tho report, which wns moved by Mr. Mlfllmrdson, 
nnd seconded bv Mr. Tucker, wns ordored to bo published, Tho 
thanks of the meeting having beon presented to Mr, Hunt, tho 
surgeon to the dispensary, and to tho rovoreml ehuirmuu, tho 
meeting separated. 
Initaitj anii Clerical. 
New Spiritual 1’kkh. — Tho Right Rev. Dr. Jackson, Bishop 
of Lincoln, formerly Hooter of St. .Ininoa's Church, Westminster, 
takes his seal in llio ILmec of Lards, in consequence of tho death 
of tho Bishop of Salisbury. Tbo uct constituting tho sco of 
Manchester provided, that no addition should ho mado in con- 
ecquenco to tho number of spiritual peers, so that, under the now 
arrangement, tho junior proloto — other llinn Canterbury, York, 
London, Durham, and Winchester — Is always without a scat in 
the House of Lords. Dr. Denison’s successor lu tho Bishopric of 
Salisbury will not have u sout until anolhor vneunoy on tho epis- 
copal benoh occurs, such vacancy npt hoing ono of tho live just 
mentioned, who, by virtue of tho not alluded to, ore not subject 
to tho rotation nppUoablo to tho other prelates of both provinces. 
Testimonials. — The following clergymen have recently 
received tokens of affection and esteem Tho Rev. J. Fox, by 
tho members of tit. John'aUhurch, previous to hi* leaving Whitby 
for the vicarage of Ilcdon, near Hull; tho Rev. 11. II. Heap, 
curuto of Great Horton, nonr Bradford, Yorkshire, as a token of 
respect nnd nll'cotion from tho Hominy school nnd frionds; tho 
Itov. T. Harrison, incuuibont of Trinity Church, Mnldatonc, by 
tho Church Schoolmasters’ Association of Hint town ; tho Rov. T. 
Roddnll, sonior curate of the parish of Stoko-upon-Treut, by his 
parishioners on his resignation. 
Royal Naval School, New Cross.— O n learning that a 
ohnpel was nliout to bo built and oonseemted for tho uso of this 
school, about 70 of tho former pupils, who were nccosHiblo, 
entered Into a subscription for the purposo of presuming some 
portion of the furniture for the chapel. The subscriptions thus 
recoivcd havo enabled tboin to present, through thoir cmninittoo 
(tho Rov. 0. 1’. Inclcdon, Captain .Stewart, 11 A., and W. B. P. 
Hooper, Rsq.), a handsome velvet altar cloth, communion olmirs, 
cushions, nnd a massive silver alms-dish, on the lutlor of whioh 
is the following inscription: — “ Presented, for tiro use of tlie 
chapel of the Royal Naval School, by several former pupils, us 
on ort'uringof gratitude for benefits dorived from tho institution.” 
The New Bishof. — The llov. W. K. Hamilton bus been ap- 
pointed to succeod tho late Bishop of Salisbury, Ho is said to 
possess considerable powers ns u preacher, but Is chiefly romark- 
nble for the simplicity of his ohuruotor and the consistent piety of 
his life. Tho Uiahoprio was in tho first instanoo ofl’orod to the 
Rov. J. J. Blunt, Margnrot Professor of Divinity at tho University 
of Cambridge, and declined by him on tho ground of ago. 
RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPHS. 
Daiuen Canal.— T ho English brig of war Espioglo, 
French steamer Cliim6re, and United States’ ship Cyane, were 
at Caledonia Day op the 20th of January, and hud euch 
lauded a corps of surveyors, under the guidance of Messrs. 
Gisborne and Cullen, the promoters of the works on the 
Darien Cutml. 
Isthmus of Panama.— T ho Punamu Railroad is now 
open to Obispo, which obviatos tho necessity of any more 
boating on the Cbagres Ittver. Tho latest sl.ipmont of spoele 
from tlie Pacific was conveyed to Navy Huy by railway. 
The whole of the Punuma Railway will bo opeued by the 
1 st of August next. 
Tim Numueu op Persons Employed on kail- 
ways.— On Monday a return extending to 31) folio pages 
was printed, .-bowing tho number and description of persons 
employed on the railways iu the United Kingdom. It 
appears that the total number of persons on all railways em- 
ployed (open and not open) at tbo end of Jane, 1852, was 
103,536, and ut tbo end of the sumo month last year 118,173. 
The’ length of line opeued at the end of June, 1852, was 
7,075 miles and 62J chains, and at the end of June lust 
7,51 1 miles and 75 j chains. The total length of lino autho- 
rised ut the oud. of June last was 11,884 miles and 46eliuins. 
At tho end of June lust thcro were 260 secreturieeund mana- 
gers, 47 treasurers, 324 engineers, 525 superintendents, 247 
storekeepers, 241 accountants and cashiers, 1,003 inspectors 
aud time-keepers, 1,897 station- master*. 231 draughtsmen, 
6,431 elorkc, 1,700 firemen, 2,821 ongino-drlvere, 2,809 
assistant engine-drivers uud firemen, 2,641 guards und 
breaksineu, 2,223 switchmen, 2,273 gate-keepers, 1,755 
policemen and watchmen, 12,297 portei* and messengers, 
0,013 pluie-layers, 20,171 artificer*, 40,869 labourers, and 
2,309 miscellaneous employments. In England and Wales 
the number of persons employed at the oud of June last 
was 91 150; in Scotland, 12,093; and in Ireland, 14,9.0. 
In England and Wulcs, 5,747 miles and loj chains ; aud 
there wus authorised 8,716 mlloa and 28{ chain*. In 
Scotland 977 miles and 09 chains were open in June, and 
1 640 miles authorised ; and in Ireland 786 miles und 
71 chains ware opened, and 1,628 miles and lGj chains wore 
authorised. 
