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^^Tnt this roomeut, tliat they can safely defy nn army 
° f immense ^ar"' and industry conllm.e to bo employed on 
' fortifications of Widdin. The Russian prisoners who 
6 ut uresoot there, and ace about 300 in number, arc 
le d will) the utmost kindness by the Turks. 
1 I*,- matches from Omar Pasha, dated March o, state that 
“ The 'iurit «>f the army is excellcu'. Mustipfia Pacha, 
commanding at pvesout in the Dobrodja, has dona exceed- 
ingly well 
comma**-. °j| e Ras constructed some very solid fortifications 
'Chiital Jiournou, at the spot where the Danube branches 
near mill n\mii7 * mui .vim.*. account 
ios, each 
.v between Isaklshi aud Tuultz.i, and whote, on 
°f the mai'Ues, ho has made three covered troncl 
°! ve 2 000 feet long, and all solving to keen up the eom- 
11 ' mentions. TUo fortifications at 1‘otbashi no low Matcliin, 
''car tl,o spot, where the arm of the Dinube from Ibniiki 
"V.ius tliat of Matebin, arc also of recent const ruction. Our 
%]m\l 
BLUE JACKETS, WANTED FOR THE RUSSIAN WAR. 
The Admiralty have just issued the fallowing important notice:— 
“ Wanted for her MaJesi/s service, able seamen lo bo employed in 
ships fitting to torn the Halite Host. 
Men who way volunteer lor this service will bo discharged ut tho 
end of the present year li they wish It. 
" W.u»Ks — £2 Is. 4d. per month lor able seamen, and as high us £3 
2s. per month for petty officers. 
“ I'tssmss.- Tensions for wounds or hart* will ho liltcrully granted 
to all men volunteering for her Majesty's service. 
" Aovjvxcs.— Two mouths' advance (clear of all deductions) will bo 
paid to every man befuio he sails. When the period of service fur 
Which these men volunteer is completed, they will have a free passage 
provided for them to w hatever port they wore raised at, if they wish it." 
that this placo can only be taken by n regular siege.’ 
it u nodiively asserted ut Shumlii, that n strong Anglo- 
I’i.y mouth, — T he coopcva at llm Unyul William YietualUng- 
ynrd arc employed working extra hours, making casks for broad 
and rum. U was llm custom, tilt last week, lo put the broad for 
shipment in lings containing 1 ewt.; but now tho instructions 
the Admiralty are, that nil bread for scu-scrvlcc is to be parked 
puncheons, and each is to contain 244 lbs. tine thousand of 
puncheons have hern ordered tu ho made with every 
.eh, and extra coopers nvo now employed fur that purpose, 
merchant ship Wild Wave has been chartered by llm linvern- 
t to lake 250,000 lbs. of biscuit and 100,000 gallons of rum 
for Malta, for the uso of the {brers there. 
CflANOB or N.vmb. — Tho Waterloo, 120 guns, Dag-ship, 
It is currently reported that the 
of war, and has returned to Rnglund. Tho Iloynl Mail Company 
offered to got the Orinoco ready in 24 hours in rase she should bo 
wanted again hv tho govornment. 81io has proved tlm finest 
troopship in tho world. Tho tyoopsilio took quit woro scarcely 
less comfortable on hoard of her than if they had roinainod on land, 
and they were nil landed in perfect health and spirits. The Orinoco 
brought homo despatches for the Admiralty from tho Mediterra- 
nean. 
West India Mail.— S outhampton.— Tho Royal Mail Com- 
pany’s steam-ship Magdalena, which Inn boon selected to carry 
the West India and Mexican mails of tho 2nd inst., has left tho 
docks, and taken up her station in tho river. Tins unusual pro- 
ceeding is slated lo have boon caused l\y tho fiml state of thodooks, 
which prevents vessels of tho draught of water of tho Magdalcnn, 
when freighted, from floating in on ebb tide, and therefore, rest- 
ing upon the largo quantities of mud with which the bottom of 
the docks mo covered, it causes a strain upon tho limbers of tho 
vessel, which does serious aud dangerous injury. 
Stb a mriis von If iiu soil Tito OX’S. — The Australasian 1’nclflo 
Steam Navigation Company's stoniner Dinornis was purchased 
from her owners by a French company on Saturday lost. Sho i* 
to ho employed in convoying the 1’roncU contingent to tho East. 
—North Hr it i/th Daily Mail. 
had just built, when tho fire of the Turks destroyed the , M . }) 
* • •«! I , II tlkik OIII I'Olil II 1 I ll (ill ! 
ague, of Dublin, ship's carpenter; Luke Knncy, of Wex- 
' * * d; 
of 
A telegraphic despatch of tho 24th, from Bucharest, says, AFRICAN Command.— T he nomination of Captain John Adams 
tliat on the 23rd. at 1 in the afternoon, 13, DUO Russians (1S43), ns the sonior officer and c nnmodoic of tho West Const of 
crossed the river from Bruilow lo GcddiiU, without meeting Africa, is likely to be popular in the service. Ilo is to hoist his 
with any resistance from the Turks. The march 0,f Russians broad pendunt in the Tormngnnt, screw- frigate, of 24 guns, nearly 
i any 
from Bralibw was continuing, so that it was expected by 
evening that a considerable corps would ho assembled 
hntweon Gedshid and Mutscliin. General Luders supported 
tho movement by a demons'rntion from Galntz. 
It is positive,’ says anoihor communicatimi, Unit 35,000 
Russians crossed the Danube, near Ma’sohin, on tho 23rd, 
without meeting with any re>istanco. 
The Fremden Blatt also states that on the 23rd n Russian 
detachment, under General GortSchakotT, forced the passage 
of the Danube above Tnlksa. notwithstanding the vigorous 
resistance of tho Turks, and that some redoubts on the 
right bank of the river w ore taken. The loss of the Russians 
was considerable, that of the Tuiks terrible. Eleven guns 
and 150 prisoners were taken by the Russians. Tulksa was 
occupied the same day. 
THE AVAR IN ASIA. 
Private letters from Krzeromn, of the 2nd, slate that the 
Secretary of State, Bazwevvski, attached to tho Imperial 
Legation at Teheran, has passed through that town on his 
way to St. Petersburg, charged with a privato mission. 
A letter from Odessa, of the 15th, states that Asia will most 
likely he the tlioatro of the war next smir.g. Kars aud its 
environs are pointed out, in particular, us the primary 
scene of operations. Great masses of troops lYom the in- 
terior of Russia are being directed there, and again and 
again moro troops will be scut by sea to Redoubt Kuleli, if 
the Anglo- French fleets do not prevent it. 
During tho last fmv weeks the Turkish army in Asia has 
received considerable reinforcements. Several new bat- 
talions have been sent to Batonm, under tile escort of British 
and French ships of war. The 38 pieces of artillery that 
have been lost aio now replaced. Oflioovs have been . cut 
into the interior of Asia to collect from 20,000 to 25,000 
irregular troops, tu commeuco the campaign in tho spring. 
The regular army in Asia consists of forty- live regiments of 
the line and mill's. Tho fortifications of Erzoreum and 
Kars are being restored. For the present, however, tho 
severity of tho season renders nil military operations im- 
possible. The Russians are with reason not considered to 
have moro than 40,000 disposable troops in Asia. 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
A despatch from Odessa of the 5th slates that a division 
of the Russian flout had just loft Sdmstapol with the object 
of provisioning uud reinforcing the Russian forts on the Cir- 
cassian coast. Letters from Constantinople ulso state that , 
on tho 1 3th, two steamers of tho ulkicd fleets had come in 
with information that tho Russians wore in the act of convey- 
ing 12,000 men to Redoubt Kale. 
Positive information lias boen since received that a Rus- 
sian naval division, composed of G suil-of-the-line, and 5 
steamers, had been seen along tho coast of Circassia. The 
l'orto is in great anxiety, apprehending that an attack on 
Bitloum und Chefkatil is intended. Tho above news lias 
been coinmuuicutcd to tho admirals. 
Tho St. Petersburg Court Journal gives the following 
i'.oms of the Russian fleet in tho Buxine It is composed 
of 4 ships of 110 to 120 cannon, 12 of 80 to 88 cannon, 2 
reserve ships of 80 cannon, 12 frigates of 52 to 50 cannon, 
40 smaller vessels of lOeuuoon, and 15 steamers with moro 
or less bomb cannon. Tho Russian paper adds, that the sum 
trial of Russian runuou exceeds by 500 those of the com- 
bined fleets, viz., 2,203, 
The entiro Austrian naval force in tho Levant 1ms been 
despatched to Hcycos Buy, at the entrance of the B'uck 
Sou. This is the first decided measure tuken by the 
Austrians since the commencement of tho Eastern difficulties. 
1 he frigate Novara, with the flag of Captain Burg nig non, 
the commundei-ui-chiif, on board, und tho steam corvette 
) °llu, have already arrived; and three oilier vessels are 
immediately io follow. 
The British ambassador has addressed n circular to the 
British and Ionian merchants resident at Constantinople, 
nunoum ing lo iln-m that the Russians huve stopped up hath 
months of the Damifi.\ at Sulinu and San Giorgio. Tho 
lormcr has been closed by throwing a chain across it, and 
linking hags of sand and oilier heavy substances into the 
'Ivor, only leaving u small passage in the centre to permit 
the entry of Ru>>iun gun-bouts and small craft. The latter 
ready at Devonporh 
Soberness, March 20.— The lloratio. 24 guns, screw stoam- 
f rigatc, Commander Robert Jonner, left here for Hull yesterday 
at 9 h. 40 min. n, in. Permission was given for the wives und 
families of the ship’s company taking a passage in her, many of 
w hom availed themselves of this considerate grant. Sho is to 
bo stationed at that port for the instruction of the now k-ruised 
volunteers for the navy in the great gun and cutlass exorcise, ito., 
preparatory to their being drafted into son-going ships. 
Baltic. — S ubjoined arc reports relative to the Baltic naviga- 
tion:— Stockholm, 17th March— By telegraph despatch, received 
to-day from Furnsund, the fair way to sea is opou. The Aland 
sea is’ also free of ice. Last night, with tho wind at K., it froze 
rather sharply; but in tho afternoon the temperature rose from 
4 deg. to 5 deg. above Zero ; and the sun nets so powerfully on 
tho ice, that open water may with safety be calculated upon in 
the course of a week, llovcl, 17th March.— By advices from 
Baltic port, that roadstead was last evening still full of drift ice, 
and no open w ater to bo seen. I'illau, 21st Mnreli. — bast night 
and during this day, there has been a constaut drift of ice, Tho 
Ulbing Haft’ is expected to be free of icc to-morrow. 
Tub Marco Polo — B y tho overland mail information lias 
readied this eonntrv, rid Marseilles, that tho well known Liver- 
pool ship Marco l'ulo was on the 30th January on shore off Port 
Phillip, and it was doubtful whether she could bo got oil'. No 
life 1ms been lost- 
Sl'N'DERLAND. — The sailors belonging to this and adjacent 
ports are now all- on strike, and seem determined to keep so 
till tho shipowners’ shipping office is dono away with. Many 
ships ready for sea nro therefore obliged to wait till they can ob- 
tain a erevv of non-union uien. There are also several ships laid 
by, ns the owners think they cannot pay tho high rato of wages 
now paying to the sailors. 
STEAMERS. 
Return from Malta.— T he Orinoco arrived on Monday at 
Southampton from Malta Sho left tho former place with a regi- 
ment of Guards on the 22nd Fob.; aud after landing them at 
Malta, she proceeded t" Gibraltar and took another regiment 
to Maltu. She has been gouc altogether 33 days. 
IHoiwiuuu uni SJilituu 
Commissions signed by l.onn Liuvtknaktm. 
Iloynl Ducks or King's Own Ucgimout of Militia. 
Maurice Emmett, Kan., late Captain 4Stlv Regiment to be Captain. 
George Tyrwhitt Drake, gent., to bo Lieutenant. 
Light Infantry Rattnllou of the Royal Sussex MlVUla 
Lieutenant sir Percy Florence Shelley, hart., to be Captain, vice 
Gage, promoted. 
Derbyshire Militia — 1st Regiment, 
To be Captains. 
William Millies, Esq , vice Hunter. 
George Novvdtgute, Esq., vice Ualcmnn. 
John Wright, Esq , vIocCox. 
To lie Lieutenants. 
John Jessop, gent., vice Kmovy. 
John Radford, cent , vine Lambert. 
John Waolnough, gent., vine Wragg. 
Royal Flintshire Militia. 
Second Lieutennut Arthur Willoughby Crowe Road to bo First 
Lieutenant. 
1st Regiment of tho Royal Surrey Militia. 
Arthur Chapman, K*q.,to bo Lieutenant. 
!trd Regiment ot tho Royal Surrey Militia. 
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq , to be Lieutenant. 
Andrew Green. Ksq., tu be Lieutenant. 
William Coni, Ksq., to bo Lieutenant. 
Regiment of Royal London MUltla. 
Ltoutonant-Colonol Samuel Wilson to bo Colonol, vice William 
Thompson, deceased. 
nontenant Christian William M'Nloll to be Captain, vice George 
Platt, retired 
Lieutenant William Robertson to bo Captain, vice Sir James Lau- 
rence Cotter, Part., resigned. 
Thomas Joseph Jones, gent., to bo Fnslgi\. 
Edward Veto Jones, gout., to bo Ensign. 
Alfred Augustus James, gout., to bo Ensign. 
Murdock William Pollard Robertson, gent., to bo Ensign. 
FRENCH NAYV AND MERCHANT SERVICE, 
Nantes — Tho Chamber of Commence at Nantes having ad- 
dressed a letter to the Minister of tho Marino, calling his at- 
tention to the danger I" which the mercantile marine will ho 
exposed when war is declared, not only from Russian vessels of 
war, but from private ts, tho Minister has replied, assuring tho 
Chamber tliat tho most energetic measures have been already 
taken to protect tho French flag in every sea, and in which tho 
English cruisers will also co-oporote. 
Toulon. — A dmiral llruat is not idle. Some hundreds of tho 
crow of the Montebello, tho Admiral's flag-ship, nro every day 
landed and drilled as light infantry. They arc armed with rifled 
and poniard bayonets, like the Chasseurs ol Vincennes, llicy 
arc so perfectly disciplined, that in ease it may become necessary 
to land seamen, they will bo able to afford effective, assistance to 
tho expeditionary corps. Tho Duporrv lioc-of-battlo ship left 
Toulon on the 23rd for tho Baltic, calling at Brest. Tho I'luton 
sleam-eorvclte left on the same day for Gallipoli (Dardanelles) 
with military passengers on board. 
Medals.— T ho Emperor of tho French lias awarded a gold 
medal, 2nd class, lo Captain Yceles, of tho English brig Danlzio, 
ns a reward for bis humanity in saving the orow of tho French 
merchant brig the Rose, and providing them with every neces- 
sary on board his vessel for eight days, llis Majesty bus also 
given a silver medal to ou English sailor named Boxwoll, ami a 
sum of money to bo divided among tho other part of tho crow of 
tho Lyme Regis life-boat, for similar conduct. 
PARIS— Rear Admiral Jean Lugcol is appointed second in 
command of tho Mediterranean squadron, in the place of Rear- 
Admiral Jucquinot, whoso period of service has expired, and who 
succeeds the former admiral as Major- General of Marino ut 
Toulon. It appears from a calculation recently made that tho 
average age of the French vico-uduiirals is 61, nnd that of the 
rear-admirals 55. In England the average is higher by about 6 
years Tho rules of the French service empower tho government 
to giro the chief command of a squadron to a vice or rear-admiral 
of less standing than thosu serving under him, but this power ts 
very rarely exorcised. It is very seldom that na officer becomes 
captain of a ship in Franco before tho ago of 45. A decree 
up pears in the Monitmr for increasing the dficaoy of the medical 
service ou board tho fleet, by increasing the number of surgeons 
and lidding lo their pay. 
Turkky. — T ho Moron go, two decker, entered llto port of Con- 
stantinople, direct from Toulon, on the 11th ult. 
Sympathisers. — T he Greek captains seem not willingly 
inclined to accept r barters as transports', not only asking high 
freights, but peremptorily requiring it to be paid before sailing. 
This, very rightly, tho French Government re! use to accede to. 
. ■ ^ | front then 6 ' ••*■•* — — a - - n — 
Dus Ueeu completely closed by u similar process. This can During that time she bus traversed 6,000 miles, conveyed 2,UU0 
only lmvo been cffoctcd by sea. | troops a distance of 2,000 miles from England towards the sent 
Tiie North. — T ho enrolment of volunteers for tho different 
regiments of tho Yorkshire und Nottinghamshire militia is pro- 
ceeding most satisfactorily. Last year Micro were only tlirco 
regiments embodied in training in tho West Riding ; but during 
April there will bo four. Tho 1st West York Militia, under tho 
command of Colonol Lord Wharneliffo, will meet ot Poutofraot on 
the 19th for twenty-eight days’ training. This regiment has re- 
ceived nearly its full complement of men. The 2nd West, 
commanded by Colonel J- (1. Smyth, Ml’., will nssomblo at 
York about the same period far a liko number of days’ oxoreiso. 
Tho 3rd West will be embodied at Doncaster on tho 18th of this 
month, nnd bo commanded by Colonel Forms l*oftu», for a similar 
period of training Tho 4th West is an entirely now vogimout, 
consisting of nearly 9Q0 officers and men, all of whom have been 
enrolled within a very short period of time. Tho regiment will 
ho commanded by Colonel Lord Beaumont. The East York 
Militia, under the command of Colonel Grimston, will a»Bomb|o 
at Beverley, and the North York ut Richmond, tinder tho 
command of tho Duke of Leeds. About 500 now volun- 
teers havo boon cnrulled in tho above regiments within tho 
past two months. In tho 3rd West corps upwards of 100 have 
been enrolled since tho 28th February, and nearly 200 havo 
signified their intention and nro about to bo entered into tho 
regular army, the greater proportion preferring the 31th Foot. 
Largo numbers of militia men from tuo other regiments ubova 
enumerated have also adopted u similar course. It is not in- 
tended to encamp tlm men this year, nor is it desirable thut such 
should bo done, especially when it is considered how well tho 
men behaved tliomsolves, nnd how kindly thov were treated by 
the inhabitants of tho difterent towns in which thoy wero mtor- 
tered. Tho people of IWofruCt last year gave tlio whole of tho 
men in the 1st West regiment a dinner in tlm open air, and at 
Doncaster, a great number of tho inukcepers, many of whom 
had twenty men billeted upon them, gave the men a good sub- 
stantial dinner of roast beef and plum pudding. Tlio 8horwood 
Foresters 
cccoivcd ’ 
commence - - . ... - 
the command of Colonol Earl do Grey, K.O., will itsaoinblo at 
York early in May for ten days’ permanent duty (including two 
marching days) ; and tho First West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry 
will inectal Doncaster in tlio latter eudof May foroight days’ train- 
ing and cscrciac, uudor the coiuuiiiud of VUcount Milton, Mo** 
Tlm Royal Sherwood Rangers, under Urn command of his Graeo 
the Duke of Newcastle, will usscmblo at Newark, in May next, 
for eight days’ permanent duty. Tho regiment is well clothed, 
mounted, officered, and bus its full complement of men 
luisu Ardour. — There ore four clerks in oouotiug-himsca la 
Dublin appointed to commissions in tho Loucjishiro militia ; also 
n lawyer and two surgeons. Tlio new uniforms at lutrtok a 
Castle Bull were attractive .— LimcricA Chvontclti. 
Tub Hamusiiiub Militia.—' T his regiment of militia Is ordered 
to assemble for drill on the 4th of April ; one branch, the artil- 
lery ut Gosport; and tho other, tho foot, at Winchester. llm 
artillery branch of tho regiment has complotod Us number to that 
required, 500. Tlio onus and accoutrements have arrived lor 
them ; they rosomble those of the Iloynl Artillery, excepting tho 
pouches and pouch belts, which arc of tho Light Cavnlry pattern. 
Foresters, commonly called tho Nottinghamshire Militia, havo 
cccoivcd orders fur twenty-eight days’ training at Newark, to 
commence on tlm 5tl) instant. Tlm Yorkshire Hussars, under 
Intesitj anli Clerical. 
University Matriculations. — From n return just issuod, U 
appears Hint the duly pnyuble on matriculations U 1 oocli) in the 
three universities specified, nmountod, in H'0 ycor l80o, to 
Tlm details nro— Oxford, £402 ; Cambridge, £436 ; Dublin, J. 
WniTKiiALL, M A licit 27. — The Queen has been pleased to order 
n conge J dire to tlm Dean aud Cltnplor of tho cathedral ohuroh 
of tjiilisburv, empowering them to elect h Bishop o Uml See, llm 
same being void by tlm death of Dr Edward Dennison, late 
Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has aim been pleased to recom- 
mend to the said Dca.i and Chapter tlm Rev. Waller Kerr 
Hamilton, M.A.. to bo by them clcotod Biblmp of tho find JH’o.— 
Tuesday's Q matte. 
A Loso Di scouu.- 1: —Tho Now York papers stale that 3,000 
el orgy men have despatched to Congress a protest, above 20D lent 
long, against tl.o Nebraska Dili, which involves the question of 
the prohibition of slavery in that territory. 
