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THE FIELD. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Wc learn by tbo Marseilles journals of tho 22nd that 
troops continued to arrive there daily, to embark either for 
Constantinople or for Algiers, to replace tlioso which are to 
go direct from Algiers. The V6loce steamer has left Mar- 
seille* for Gallipoli with three companies of the 3rd Foot 
Cbusscurs and a detachment of Engineers, a number of 
horses, nnd several officers of the stuff. 
“ Wo arc informed,” says the Toulonnain, “ that it is in- 
tended to fit out three other linc-of-ballle-ships in Iho port 
of Toulon. The levy of sailors is going steadily on, and 
every day detachments arrive herefrom every part of Fiance. 
The Neptune is about to be transformed into a sailors’ bar- 
rack. .Alterations ore being effected on hoard the “ Cnpri- 
cieuse” corvette to enable her to tuku on board n consider- 
able number of troops for the Levant. The crew of llie 
“ Montebello” havo been practising filing at a mark at l he 
polygon. Admiral Brunt whs generally present on these 
occasions, at Toulon. 
There arc now (1,000 Infantry ill Toulon under orders 
for the Dardanelles, nml ns them arc ships of war more than 
sufficient to receive them, in the harbour, a movement is 
Roy at. Artillery. — Woolwich. — Captain Swinton's 
3d company of the Utli battalion, one of the companies fii*t 
on the roster, of the second division, for foreign service, has 
gone into the field battery which bus been newly formed, 
and six weggnn loads of entire new harness have been brought 
up from the Royal Arsenal to the garrison, and given into 
their charge to aid in their equipment. 'I lie whole of the 
1 1th battalion aro under orders for Turkey. All the com - 
j panics of the I2tli battalion, at present detached, have been 
ordered in to join head quarters to lie ready for immediate) 
service. The 1 4th battalion will bo raistd as soon as there 
is barrack accommodation after the departure of the expedi- 
tionary force. 
Cork. — Orders have arrived here for the immediate 
departure of I lie 39ih and 89tli Regimen's, stationed in this 
garrison, for Gibraltar, rn route to the scene of h *stilities in 
the Fast. The Nth Regiment, stationed at Limerick, under 
commuud of Lient.-Coh nel Harlow, has received similar 
orders; and so tins the 17th Regiment, stationed in Dublin, 
under command of I.iout.- Colonel M'Pherson. The Silt 
Dragoon Guards, stationed at Ilallineollig, under command 
of Colonel the lion. James Yorkn Scarlet, also under 
orders for the East, aro to leave fur Dublin to embark 
, -i .11 rP i , ,, _ , , , » m iMi - i ( ?! mu jviiim, aiu u# iu.i\r i*ii i/itiMiii iw 
shortly probable. H.o n.imher will he incrc«M.l by the 1>ivc ,. pool flvm whence tin y "ill he shipped fur Hou- 
fll'l lV .' II fit I III* a I f V I I I I W f I 1 I , V I ■ III III!' I lltlk.lMII L I I V I I I < / • I I I I , ' . . ... . 
nrrivul of the 6th battalion of the Chasseurs of Vincennes, 
dully expect* d. 
The 527 th Regiment, one of those destined fur tho Fust, 
passed through I’ithiviers a few day* ago. The National 
Guard, headed by the Mayor and the* Municipal Council, 
met It at the entrance of Iho town, nnd escorted it to the 
town-hull, where a banquet was prepared for tho officers 
All the population vins out of doors, and they shouted, 
11 Vive PEmpcreur ! \ Ivo le 27m e !” At the banquet, tho 
Mayor proposed a toast to the Ftnpcror and to the army of 
the East, anil the colonel of the regiment gave one to the 
inhabitants of Pitliivlers. As to the soldiers, the Inhabitants 
invited them into their houses and entertained them, and 
two disks of wine were sent to the men left in charge of t lie 
bayonets. After an hour’s halt (ho regiment resumed its 
march, nnd the Nationul Guard and the inhabitant* ac- 
companied it for more than a mile out of the town. On 
leaving, they again shouted, “ Vive l’l.mpereor I Vive 
lo 27 me 1” Tho hand played the pjeco of music known 
amongst the men by tho name of the Constantinople march, 
and a numerous dim ns of the soldiers accompanied the air 
with appropriate words, composed for tho occasion by a 
Beijennt of the regiment. 
Arrival of French Tnoors at Malta.— (H y Sub- 
marine and European Telegraph.) — Malta, Match 24. — 
Vest erdny the French steamer Christoph Colomb, with the 
transport Mistral, arrived here, having on board Generals 
Cftnrohort, Bosquet, and Martlmproy, 72 officers, 800 men, 
ami 70 horns belonging to the .-tuff. As y et, none of them 
have disembarked. 
Declaration op War by France against Russia. 
— Paris, Monday Kyrnino. — In the sitting of tbo Cor])* 
Lrt/islufi/ to-duy (lie Minister of State was introduced, and, 
in the name ol the Emperor, rend n Message, announcing 
that tho last resolutions of tho Cabinet, of St. Petersburg 
had plnopd Un-sin in n state of war with France, tho re- 
sponsibility of which entirely rested on the Russian Govern- 
ment. (Tho assembly received tbo announcements with 
loud acclamations.) Tho President, In reply to the Message, 
said that the Emperor might rely on the unanimous assis- 
tance of the Cm'])* Lnjislatif, as well us of Iho vvlinlo 
country. (The acclamations were renew'd!, and the assem- 
bly broke up amid repeated riles of " V:v* l’Empcvcnr.”) 
The ssinn announcement was tnudo to tho Semite, 
k- The Six W rues’ Grace.— “ Art. 1. \ delay of six 
weeks from the prerent date Is accorded to Russian trading 
vessels to leave French ports. In consequence, Russian 
trading vessels at present in oar ports, nnd those which) 
having left Russian ports previously to the declaration ol 
war, Khali have entered a French port, muy remain there 
uud complete their lading to tho 9lh of May inclusively. 
Art. 2. Such of these vcssols ns may happen to be captured 
by French cruisers, after their departure from tho polls 
of tbo Empire, shall bo sot at liberty, if they prove 
by their papers on boa id that they aro proceeding direct to 
their port of destination, mid lliut they hail not succeeded in 
reaching it. (Signed) “Drouth de Liiuys. 
(Approved) “Napoleon.” 
logno. From that port they proceed to Marseilles, where 
they again embark for such destination ns may be deemed 
advisable. In Cork cholera still shows itself in i-o’a’ed 
eases. One of its first victims of any note has been Captain 
William llonry Hnpkinson, of the 02nd Regiment, recently 
ordered to the scut of war. The meluneholy event took 
plncc at Fonnny barracks on Monday, alter an illness of but 
six hours’ diirnlion, accompanied by intense agony on the 
part of the sufferer. 
TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Orders havo been issued to tbo different departments of 
the stuff uituehod to iho expeditionary force, to pvpccod 
overland to 'CbnMunflnoplo on tho 4th*. Lord Raglan will 
remain in London till the return of Sir John Burgoyno from 
the East, who was sent to inspect tho different localities in 
Turkey where troops could be posted with tho groutest ad- 
vantage. Sir John’s return is daily expected, and so it is 
reckoned that I.onl Raglan will bo enabled to start off to 
toko coimnund by tho 7tli of April. Major-General Sir De 
Lacy Evans is to command tho division under orders for 
special service. It Is rumoured iliac in addition to tho late 
augmentation of the army, there Is to bo a further increase 
of 30, 000 men, und Hint tho first division of the expeditiou- 
SOLDIER.S’ WIVES AND FAMILIES. 
THE SOLDIER’S DREAM. 
[From Punch . ] 
On soil was my heart as for marching wo mustered, 
For I thought of the wife 1 was leaving behind, 
And the six hungry mouths round their mother that clustered. 
With bread nt high price, and with work hard to find. 
On my watch aboard ship, standing sentry nsliorc, 
By the bivouac (ire, still that, thought would pursue; 
Till 1 dreamed a glad dream — and was sorry no more— - 
’Tvvas the time of tho night when they say dreams aro true. 
I dreamed that I saw the poor babes I’d forsaken, 
And her w hom too soon a sad mother I’d made, 
Looking still, iw she looked, when that lust leave was taken, 
Not Knowing from whom to seek counsel or aid. 
I heard their sin ill cry ns they asked her for bread, 
Heard her answer—” Tito bread of the parish or none 1” 
Saw thorn shivering for cold on a blanket less lied, 
And crouched round n hearth whence tho Inst spark was gone. 
When sudden, with look like nn angel of grace, 
And hands that boro raiment and firing ami food, 
I saw n kind lady come into the place 
To cheer my sad wife and her clamorous brood. 
“Take, cat, and be warm ; ‘tis the offering of friends,” 
Bite said ; “not the dolo on tbo pauper bestowed ; 
It comes front the country your husband defends, 
Which to you pats a debt that to him it feels owed. 
“His heart will bo stouter, his arm will be stronger, 
When bo knows that I. is children are clothed, taught, and fed ; 
That his wife lives in dread of the workhouse no lunger, 
To the sltnino of the country for which be has bled.” 
Then 1 e l ied in my sleep, ” ’iVtko the soldier’s tliniik.-giving 1 ” 
When In! the reveille proclaimed break of day ; 
And 1 stood to my arms with a heart free from grieving, 
All fears for my wife and my babes chased away. 
Tin: Central Association.— (From The Times).— 
Sir, — An erroneous impres- ion having gone abroad that tbo 
result of the efforts of the Central Association in Aid of 
Soldiers’ M ires and Families will be unduly to encourage 
matrimony in thourmy.it becomes necessary lo show that 
in this respect tho Association does no more than follow the 
good example of the Government. The wives of the soldiers 
now embarking for uctivu service may be divided into three 
clusses : — 1. Those women who are married with military 
sanction, nnd havo been allowed to embark with their hus- 
bands, ut the rule of four women (without families) to every 
100 men. 2. Those women who, though married with 
military sanction, have not been allowed to embark (though 
prepared to do so), in consequence of tho number being re- 
duced from six per cent, to four, and iu consequence of 
their having families. 3. Those women whoa re man iid without 
military sanction, und havo no claim whatever to military 
favour or indulgence of any kind. Of them three classes, 
the second is most especially the object of the care and pro- 
tection of the A soeintion, though from tbo third class 
relief and assistance will not be withheld in certified earns of 
urgent distress and respectability of character. Government 
not only pays the passage of all soldiers’ wives (whether mar- 
viod with leave or without) to their parishes, bulal-o grants an 
allowance of lOd. n day to every soldier’s wife, anil fill, tnevery 
child not above fourteen years of age, until they arrive at 
their parishes, provided that they pvococd from their regi- 
ments without waiting until (lie embarkation. Government 
[Saturday, 
Association is not lo give any permanent pecuniary 
nny m-c where employment has not been obtained at 1,1 
n ccrtniit time. So that the greatest claim a wo, * 
•"‘VC upon (bo Association w ill be her bavin" obtain, i l!l 
employment, however small, or her being able to ,0 '"° 
Satisfactorily Unit she lias made every effort in her now«!° V0 
find employment.— Ry order of tho Committee, 1 Cr to 
II. L. 1’owys, *Hon. Sec 
Office of the Central Association in aid of Soldiers’ Wu 
and Families, 9, Waterloo- place, Pull-mall March io*- , 
Yorkshire Association. -a Yaik-hiro Assooia.i, 
in connec tion with the Gcneial Association in London 
been former! under the fmtronngo of tho Arcbbishnn m 
H igh Sheriff, tbo Bishop of ltipon, Furl Pilxwilllutn tl 
Earls of Hurowood und Zetland, Lord Stnurton Lord I ° 
desborough, and u number nt tho gentlemen of the 0001)1 °"* 
Drury Lank Contribution. — Air. e. T. Smith i? 
lessee of Drury -June Theatre, lms bunded over to ’ tl 
treasurer of tho committee for raising a fund fur (fie fumii ° 
of Iho expeditionary army, the. sum of £116 17,? .i rs 
produce of the morning pci fovimun o given ut 'i] '. 
ostablishinnnt on Wedn. silny, Hie 8'h Inst., after d u ]„, .;' Ut 
the expenses of advertising, priming, &e., for that and ij* 
hnzuar to lie livid fi.r th" miihu purposo at the theatre on tho 
1 ->li :, nd 13th of April. AH the uctm-a and trndcsmon of 
the establishment, following tin: liberal example 6et bv Mr 
Binilli, gave their Servian grntuiu>u-ly on that occasion' 
Wo. understand Hint tho Duchess of Knit, tho Duchess of 
Gloucester, nnd the Dnclm.-sof Cambridge, each subscribed 
£10 for this benevolent purpose. 
Fam v Fair. — The proceeds of this fair will ho forwarded 
to the London A. ‘social ion. It will be held ut Hath, j„„ e 
7th, 8ili, nnd 9th, in the same field as the Poultry Exhibi- 
tion of the Hull) and West of England Agricultural Societi 
Among the lady patronesses are, Her Grace the Duchess of 
Beaufort, Lady Kirkcudbright, the lion. Mrs. Tullcmaclie 
tho Hon. Mrs. Lambert, Lady England, Lady Poplnnn' 
Lady Ommanney, Lady Carrington, Mrs. \Vm. Knntchbnll’ 
Mrs. Hhithwuyt (Durham Park), Mrs. J. T. Anstey, Mrs! 
Black, Mrs. IV. Blathwayt, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Chcs-hyro' 
Mr.-. Henry Lucas Bean, Mrs. Bnw-o, Mrs. St. John M»ule 
Mrs. Jonathan Giay, Mrs. Baker, Mrs Jnnvrin, Mrs. Blinw 
Kennedy, nnd Mrs. Stirling. Thd Committee of Manage- 
ment consists of ti e lion. Mrs. Lambert, J udy Cnrriii"ton 
Mrs. Colonel Black, Mrs. \Y. Bluthway f, Mrs.* Moore , 'mi ,’. 
Bowie, Mrs. S'. John Maule, and Mis. Jonathan Gray. 
For tho information of the rcailvts of “The Field” de- 
sirous of promoting the Inndnhlu objects of Ibis Fancy Fair, 
we may state that subscriptions will be received by Mrs. \V. 
Blathwnyl, treasurer, M, Riisscli-strctf, Bath ; and any con- 
tributions of work, by the Committee, 2U, Gay-street, Bath. 
Another chance roil Wives. — The hospital ship 
Bclleisle, 2J, Commander James Mbsken, has her lower 
rigging over her mastheads. Several women, nurses, are to 
be entered on board her for service in the Baltic. 
my force at Malta is now living moved rapidly on to Con- then leaves them, and in mast rases the parish workhouse .„ 
stunt inoplo. Tho cavalry regiments proceeding to tho East the only alternative. Where the Government leans these 
through France are each expected to occupy nb ut nine days poor people, the Association tukos tin m np, for it i- n ,.t 
u Tier 'crossing iho Channel in proceeding to Marseilles. As that the public will not allow thut the only home fi.r tin- 
the railway comumnieutiou between Ciuilons and Avignon soldier's wifn should lw? the work house. The plan already 
is incomplete, about seven days will bn spent on tho march, carried out by the As-ociution is n- follow-: — j. To forui-ii 
mnl it :s In lii veil that Ibis will bo found a useful preparatory the commanding offi< ora of regiment-, previous to einhnika- 
l raining liotli for men and lmrses before they enter Upon lion, with small printed cauls, to he di-iributcd among those 
active service. wives of soldiers wlm remain behind and aro sent lo ilnir 1 
A con! reel hns been entered into with the Government for pun-lies; them cards being signed hv the c<-mtiutiiding 
the tniiisjioit of 2,400 English horses by the Lyons Rail- officers, prove tho identity of the p r-< n who l-.< l!- tl.n:;. 
roa ' 1 - 2. On tho receipt of nominal rnUw of all tlicumn.n ai d j 
Aides-De-Camp 1 ho following have 1 o< n sppnmted : children left behind, to admini-br trmporurv lu-i'*to the 
Lii utenant Li ghmd, 65ih regiment, to Mujor-Geui riil Sir most urgent cases through th* office) oonmand >ig thedcpoi ; 
jliehardlvogluiid, K.t'.B.; Capiains \t nl-hnnd Lord Dup|ilin, or regimont, or tliroitgh siunc ch ) gvma:) of He p.-ri-li, m i 
l.-t Lite tiuaids, to I.oid Cardigan; Cap non liHiihurv, 7th through the paymaster of pimslmicis of the d;-ri et or miv 
prugobn Cunifls, t.. l)i igudicr Seuilclt ; Lieutenant Hon. H. (.thcr trustworthy chunuvl. Xondr d r.d's have iibcady ! 
Dvng, Colslream Guurils, to Iti igiuiii r llmtinck ; Oaptiiiu bwn rrcHmi fiom fifteen in ginu ut-, » d t.» ii->hiren 
Fluid well, 1 IMI. IB giuieiit , to llngiulirr S i Oolta C«m,4x-H ; j rcgbnnAs Some Miof ho- bmi g.-m.-d, hod, tlm.olh r..e 
Lieut! ruml Snoifgi u. s, h Reg iment, to Itripndior Sir John commanding ollieeis nml tho army chaplains* 3 To pro- 1 
Cainpbell ; ( a plum Glyn, Rille lit igndc, to Hi igad n Roller; | v ide n-vluuis for motlierlc— vluiduu, j*|.l for »1. divo 
Lieutenant Grul.Bm, 43d Regiment, to Brigudicr Eire. whoso mo: hoes cmim*u l.« j«.t from th. m in coi.-cqucm-e of 
FAfPKtis Poit SiiUM i A. — Licntenaut-Gi ncral Mr George the largeness of their families. 4 . To provide nnplo.r.i nt I 
Jirown und Colonel Sullivan, who loft London on Tlmnday lor mothers, und n-i t them in tin- education of their el il- 
we.k f<u Malta, will tuko along with them two companies of | dren. The A-.-orhiion has already heen in-t. inm-utal in 
Sappers and Miners, and the 2d batiuliou of Uie Riiles and purchu-ing hand- loom* and uianghs fur women anxious to 
I rocced from Mulin toSl.unila, where extensive fortifications work. AYith a view of encouraging efforts to find employ - 
arc in progress of completion. , ment by these women themselves, the standing rule of the 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
(Coni timed from page 282.) 
Alexandria (Egypt), March 20.— Last week five 
Turkish steamers^ and y < sioidny three more, arrived here 
from the con- 1 of RuuiiVeh i wi h a very pressing demand 
for Egyptian troop-, to ir -i t the Sultan in quelling the in- 
surrection of tho Greeks in Macedonia nml Albania. Up- 
wards of 12,006 i 11 fail I ry aie in iciidiiiess to embark, but llio 
Egyptian Govcmmcul are in a. -uni dilemma for want of coni, 
there being none in the place to enable the steamers to put 
to sea. A let tor from Smyrna of tho 8th says: — “Tho 
attempt r.t insun action at Samos 1ms been quickly put 
down. The insurgents confined themselves to burning the 
quarantine vessel. The guiri.-on and the presence of tho 
Mei cure, French luig, -nliiecd to lestoio oixlcr,” 
The Wiener Ztiltwg mentions tint tho nobility of llio 
province of l’nltowu, in Russia, have made a voluntary 
ofiei ing of 000 oxen as a supply of meat to tlio Russian army 
of 1 lie Danube. 
The Orientalist Semskowsky has, by the Czar’s orders, 
compiled 11 manual for the use of the military, in which the 
most common and usual Turkish expressions and phrases 
have been rcmleird in t lie Russ un dialect. 
It is slated that Piinee Deinidoff, who for several years 
past hits resided in Flmenee, has written to the Emperor 
Nicholas, placing ut His M j .sty’s disposal “his fortuuo 
and his sword.” J'lie I’riucc is llio husband of the Princess 
Muthilde, (laughter of the ex-King Jerome, and consequently 
first cousin to tho Emperor of the French. 
A shipowner, nanud Kunaris, 0 Greek, who wus murdered 
recently near llio Bn.-plioius, has been liouourid by his 
country men, in the suburb of Arnniit Iviuy, with a splendid 
fvttMi al. * About 10,000 persons accompanied the body to (ho 
grave. Ti e man was a 1,011 of the celebrated Kansu is, who 
fired the Turkish fleet ut Nnviirino. lie seems to havo 
wished to characterise himself in history. It is said that on 
hoard of Ids vessel iu the Bosphorus materials Ibr the de- 
struction of ships were found in abundance. It is ccitain 
that lie was at the head of u revolutionary committee, which 
met by 1 iglit in thut suburb. IVhcn stealing back to his 
homo troll) one of their Jrivvh - midnight assemblies, lie re- 
ceived a mortal stall liom ti young Greek, who met him in 
the street. 
Constant! noim.e, Mai alt lfith.— ' The triple treaty of 
alliance, sigmd on xiic 12th. will he mut'o public on the ar- 
rival of tho nllie.l nrmii On the 11th the Porte caused 
he dolivemi up to it tho key- of the grand palace, which 
Russia had had built nt I Via. 
Marskiei.es — By the Alexandre, arrived at Marseilles, 
wo learn that n firman wa- puhli-hed on llio 13th, by vvliieb 
the evidence on out h ol Clu sri.uts is udmitled like that of 
Mussuhitans. 
I-n ail l’..sha hns been raised lo the ioiik of marshal. 
TIIE WAR IN EUROPE. 
A private kthr fr..i:i Odes.-n. of tho 6th, tmnonuces that 
Piiuec W»ron*ow had arrived at l-'chusiopol, to visit the 
(01 tific.it ous «f that place. 
'1 Ue Geni 3 vi I if. Cl, id of tlm Rus-'iun n< my lies just puh- 
lKlu.nl an order, prohibiting the peasants and all the in- 
habitants of llie D.xi.i.hiiin Provinces from keeping in their 
houses nru scythes or oilier ngricultuinl impk'ment.“, which 
may serve ns w-rap' ii-, and directing that they shall all bo 
dtl.vercd up to the military nutUori'ies within the delay 
one mor.tli, on pain c f severe punishment. 
The Tmks coiitinuo to labour rno.-t industriously upon 
tho fcitilications of Kuhifut, and are doing so with more 
fuvotirablo weather nml n warm wind, which lias much dried 
the soil. So gigantic and imposing use tho fortification's of 
