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Tods 
1,0! HI 
The Slur of the South .’.A, 
The Tlmauder .1!.” j’jjy 
. The o ore for liWuntrv. 
The Medorn ‘‘"I” 
The Mory Add o»,7 
The 1‘nrnnuittn . .......... (jj;! 
For Cavalry. 
All the above vessels arc ready for sea. 
Fifriso-ie. 
The Sliootlug Slnr 
Tho Wilson Kennuni 
Tlio Gertrude 
The Glcnduloiigh 
"I he War Cloud 
Tho Tyrone 
The Asia 
1,302 
1,1 39 
1,301 
1,008 
800 
I. iU7 
TU Tollll . If 89? 
T he Aibotrosv, screw slcntnrr , (t lift!) |o|p, |, us u|m> been 
chartered. 
" ‘'I' 1 !' PjK‘ fcw (lff» HlFfP KliHfgl) ifiipe. which had 
oi rived }|i Pttfjj, hfJVfi been t H l<| , p fl|)i)s, t)io 
owners t|fi||JK fMWf)|Nimp f. "ring ,| (l j r ' j ' < 
quoucoiif | lie Pfir lifilHTpf! p/,, L/fla. 
8 f o bold llii-qirplxps in reiulinefg |, ( |. mnrchlliu- 
ordeib on Iho shnrirsl nuticR.— (?Qpc»/r</ Mandat <J. ' ^ 
SOLDIERS’ WIVES 4.ND i-'AHihlES. 
i.eS^ 
.an.s of this h.wn, lust w/gk 3 S or, Vo hil A 
fbducl.on, .1,0 rum of £2i2, l« |),p f„„d for .he benefit of 
soldtci s wives and children, being the proceeds of nn enter- 
lam men t given for tho purpose, at Nottingham. — Vrrbn 
Mercury, * 
Central Association in Aid of the Wives a. a> 
r AifizjEfi OF Soldiers ordered to the East._A meet- 
and an equal number on the deck of the London steamer. 
Three horses, belonging to Brigadier-Gen. Sir Dc Lflcy 
Evans, have been put on board ihc City of London 
steamer. 
The company nl Royal Sappers and Miners, under orders 
for the East, embarked on bonrd the City of Loudon 
steamer, instead of the Melbourne steamer, as originally 
intended. 
The second detachment of Captain Thomas's fiold- 
battery have cmbnrkcd on hoard the Joseph Shepherd, 
No. 15, horse-transport. 
The following vessels have been selected to he surveyed 
for the government transport service by government, viz.: 
— The Marion, l'nnoln, Calliope, Arabia, Chusclly, Wil- 
liam Browse, linrinnli, Northumberland, Monarchy, Coro- 
nclla, and I’ombcrton. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Tho Monitcur thin announces the dcpurtuicof I lie first 
portion of the army of the East : — 
II is Majesty having ordered b corpa d'amUc to bp Bent 
to the Levant, a first convoy, composed of ships of the line, 
frigates, and steam cprvellos, of the imperial navy, con- 
centrated at Toulon, litis already put to sea. This first 
convoy is tints ditly|li|it' tl The Montpbello, Alger, Villc- 
de- Marseille, and Jean Bait, .'>,400 men. The A'nifirlue, 
TJIIon, Labrador, Oollgjiy, Md'tmr, Gorgope, I), 450 men, 
‘225 l|nrses. Tho Monelle, P.rhilmir, I.nphiro, Infernal. 
1,405 men, 40 hor Of. The Napoleon, Silffrpn, 0,040 men. 
The Montezuma, Panama, Albatross, (binadu, 'Titan, 4,flf>3 
men. HO horses. This total, with the contingent taken out 
by fin Istophe Column/', amounts fo 20,078 men, and 3fj/> 
liorses. A portion of tho 200 merchant vessels t/ikcn up at 
Marseilles will put to sen daily, with rovalry, iirlillery , 
ammunition, stoics, camp f urnituie, Ac. 
Parts -Tt o depiirtuio of I’iJnee Napoleon for Tuikey is 
definitively fixed for Ftwdny. (iencral i’rlni haves the 
snrno day, ns also one of flip ffttachia of the Ottoman Embassy 
In Paris Mutshal St. Arnoud expects to leave on Monday. 
Tho following “ order of tlio day" bus been nddrew>< d by the 
Marshal to the soldiers of Aft-lea: — O Soldiers, — In u few 
days you aro to leave for tho Eapf Yon ate going to defend 
allies unjustly alfnrketl, mid to lake up the defiance filing liy 
tlio Czar nt the nations of tlm West. Prom tlio Hultlc to 
tho Mediterranean Knropo will applaud your efforts and 
your success. You will co/nbat side by ai(|o with tin* Eng- 
lish, the Turks, and ilia Egyptians. Yog know what is 
due to comrades— union and cordiality In t)|e intercourse of 
the cump. dcvoli dness to i lie common coiiso on tho field of 
hnttle. France and England, rivals in other limes, aro nqw 
friends and allies. The two countries have learned to es- 
teem each other while combating. United, they command 
thofoas, and their fleets will feed the army while faii/ino is 
in the rump of the enemy. Tl|p Turks and Egvpfhjns )mv<- 
held out umiiiist the enemy place flip cpmnjenceiijont of i)ic 
war. Alono find unuided they have hcfilcn them In several 
actions. What will they not (lo when seconded by your but- 
tnllons ? Soldiers ! The eagles of flip Empire resume their 
flight— not fo mctinco Europe, but to defend if. Bear them 
on pure more, IIS your fathers bore them before you ; and 
liko them, let us all, before wa quit France, repeat the cry 
Which so ohcii led them to victory— • Trir /' J:inpcra<r !' 
A . I)e St. Aiinaui), Marshal of Fiopcc, CoimmmUcr-in- 
Cldef of the Army of the East.’’ 
A I'munCii iIf.chuit, — T he Gazette iTArtoh relutra t lie 
following : — 'The 1st Regiment of Engineers lifts just i revived 
n volunteer recruit such ns do not often present themselves. 
Ills notin' Is Merejcr, tmrj his height two incites four cemi- 
n.rtres (0 fed 8$ inches English measure). Tho wholo 
barracks tiro ftniutttj at looking ut tboir new visitor. Tlio 
beds arc loo short, and it hits been found iiceessmv lo pul 
carpenters in rcqulsitjpn to lengthen one for him, slme- 
nmkeiB to provide bin. with shore, pm) tailors to clothe him. 
Wc liavo no cerium information ns to Ids appetite, Imt wo 
Juno reason lo heljeyo that Ills aipabilitics in Hint way are 
in proportion to Ids gigantic stutuio. Mercii r curties in his 
puekd till, baton drum-major, while waiting for that of 
Marshal of France. 
TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Li vkui'ool.— As n proof of tho grebt rapidity with which 
the operations of Commander Bovis and Ids assistants liavo 
been carried on nt this point, wo muy statu lin t within tlio 
last fortnight seven ships have been fitted out for the 
Government sen I. c, and ate now ready for tea. Tlio vessels 
wld li have been thus chat tel cil ure : 
THE FIELD. 
jpg of tho h< aril of directors of the Confcfvatiye Lqpd 
$pf.fgfy pa* recently held, and the following resolution was 
passed : — r f* ifhc exfcutlvc cnmmilKc, Ining most anxiqns 
to pill the public rffbi ta which pro being minle |p raise a 
fund for tho wiyes and i-ldldrm of the soldieis whose nqhfe 
effi<rls arc rerpdnd in the eaiisu of tlieir country, have 
iinanimoiisly mpiestcd their chairman. Viscount Kuinlnuh. 
to place the mansion ond grounds of St. Maicinet's at t lie 
disposal of the cornmlilco in aid of the soldiers' wives and 
families, to be used in any | tiblig way they may think most 
odvunlagoijft to promote Ihc interests of tliu charily.’’ A 
reply has hern tceeived from Lord Ingcstic, the chairman 
of the eidi-eomriditee of the association, thanking the 
society for their offer, with t lie intimation that the organisa- 
tion of u public cnleilainment in St. MargareiV Park would 
be taken into considci yliou. 
TIIE TURKS AND 'RUSSIANS. 
(Continued ft out pinjc !K)fl.) 
roNRTANTiNOi’i.B. Minch 2«)t h — 'I lie di pariure of the 
Sultan fur the army is definitively fixul for the 5ili of May. 
It is rumourrd that all the Russians pho temuined, under \ a- 
rloiff proti cfiona, since the coriijncnct ipppi of the war, will 
booh teeeivo an ordi r to dcpint, 'J’his would appear prudent, 
anil natural enoiigh — as you may rlppi ml upon it every woirl 
and ttel of Ihc government linvc tieen hillict jo duly uud 
regularly reported at head quarters. 
81c John Rurgqyue left ('onstanliuople on the 20tji ult.. 
nt livid al Malta on the 30lh, tn route to Engliindi 
The following arrangements haw been taken with the 
Porte i cent ding the first expedition tjf 10, <>00 British troops. 
Tho Tut kbit Government is hound Iq furnish iluily — 10,i>00l|>. 
of bn ad (first quality): l(),000lh of meat, half beef, |m|f 
mutton; 30.0001b, of wood; 15,000 lb. of bailey; and 
15,000 1b. of straw. 'I I . esc oi'ic'es will be paid for monthly 
by liills on Ihc I.ondun Treasury. The Iroiijis arc lo be 
lodged in (lie spacious barracks ritnnled in tlm Turkish 
qiiiirlcr rolled Daunt Pachu, and tlio military governor of 
CwjsfiiiH'nople bus rereind ortlors to repair that establish- 
ment. Nothing i/us > ct been decided about the French 
expedition. The (inly positive Information we have is, that 
similar nrrungi incuts will he made, and that the barracks 
of Scutari will be given up by Iho Pmle. 
Tho typhus prevails in Kms, but is losing gradually its in- 
tensity. The si* battalions ol troops t untuned at Unj.izid 
aro ull in exei |l,nl |ie> lib. 'I hose stationed hue me per- 
haps of qll the best ofT, in const qm nee of (lie good quality 
of tlm provisions and the excellence of their winter quarters. 
The Persian pqstcmnc in two days ago, and litis brought 
down the important intelligence that the Government of 
Teheran has ’declared her neutrality for flic great question 
at issue between Russia and Turkey. This decision is, in a 
great measure due to the talents of our charge, Kir. 
Thompson, w|io lins succeeded in beating Prince Dol- 
gptouky out and out in diplomacy. The Shall himself, 
who is decidedly anti-Turk, would hove willingly played 
into Russia's hands ; notwithstanding this Mr. T. carried 
the day. 
The Porte has ordered out from England machinery for 
two screw two-deckcrs, and 913 iron Pnixhan guns. 
The jwp British engineers who were pmde prisoners by 
thg Russians last November, when thcTpikish merchant 
vessel, Tidjnri Midjaret, was rqptnrci), t'fil timed here the 
day before yesterday. They were sent to Moscow, and 
afterwards, on being set nt liberty, to Vienna, and thence 
to Trieste, from which place they returned to Constanti- 
nople, and joined their families, who werq in the greatest 
state of anxiety about them. 
THE WAYIn EUROPE. 
On the IGlh March, l lie Russians endeavoured to throw 
a bridge from Oltenilza Across to the opposite island, oc- 
cupied by the Turks, but the attempt proved a failure, for 
when the bridge that had been placed lengthwise across 
the Danube was defnehed nt one end, and allowed to swing 
across with I lie current, ro that it might touch tl/c island, 
it proved to be from ten to fifteen fathom's too short, and 
begat) to float down the stream with the men that were 
upon it. No sooner did the Turks at Tufhikma perceive 
this tlmn they rushed to tlieir boats and attacked the Rus- 
sians with such fitly that the latter suffered a heavy loss. 
Iho wounded were nt least double the number of the 
killed ; the pontoons also were injured. 
Right Bank of tub Danube. — The Vienna papers 
state that the, Turkish fortresses of Matschin, Isaktscha, 
and Ilirsowrt were taken by the Rus.-inns on the 28th ult., 
after a siege of three days, by a vastly superior force. The 
operations against Matschin mid Isaktscha were conducted 
under Ihc orders of General Schilder, the head of the 
Engineer corps of the Russian active nnnv. The troops 
engaged at the first-named fort were under the orders of 
Gem ini Kotzebue, adjutant-general of Prince Govtschn- 
kitl's Staff; and those employed nt Isaktscha, under 
General Alivcp, formerly commanding the advanced guard 
iu Little Wallachin. On the same day the detached corps 
jm.lcr General Uscliakoff, which had advanced from 
I ultsclin, took the small fort of Bubndngh. The object of 
Uic Russians, it was believed, was to effect n junction from 
Rnbadngh and Ilirsowa, at Kasimtschi, where the space 
between the Black Sen and the Danube contracts, and so 
cut oil' the communications of the Turks as they retired to 
lrnjan's wall. 
THE WAlf IN ASIA. 
Etizt not m, Maul; u 4. — TJjp nomination ofZurif Mus- 
tala 1 aejin as niiiclijp anil eommamlcr-in-ehjel has been 
bailed with satisfaction by all parties, hut more cspccjallv 
by {||p | loops, who were utteily disgusted by the acts of 
Almiet Botha and Ali, commander at Ardnhun. Zatil 
Pticlii), on the lnorroxy of the rcccptjpp of the unperiai 
qetrpp imcsjijig him yjth Ids present high functions, 
assemble d flip iil'Hiy, ;/pmbi)|iiig tofjbout twelve battalions, 
and made an clmment fpecgji, in which he sole»|i||v pro-' 
Ill'll IIP wyilpms PI) |)is part shall be wail tin 4 tp 
rk’ffFF lllPI‘>Pi|fljMpp, and ensure snccpsjj in t)i e approaeh- 
■ , vf'T’ on io jvars a qttaptity ot 
ilfftiB/ FlRlninfc OHM iimmimitioiK besides all the money at 
Ins disposal (about GO horse loads), and he started on the 
same day for that destination. Mustafa Zarif is not gene- 
rally considered a military geni is, but he is nevertheless 
actn-e, indefatigable, and disposed to listen to the counsels 
ot the European officers, and more especially those of 
General Guyon, tn whom he has most unbounded confi- 
dence. 
[Saturday, 
The bi n vc Ali Pacha, w ounded at the battle of Akiskai U 
almost at lps Inst gasp. He was of consumptive habit; and an 
extensive wound, occuping the, right side of the thorax 
reaching from the anterior half of the first ril.s to the midi 
die of the deltoid, with necrosis of the humans— has ter" 
minuted the career of this heroic general. Masses of 
mounted irregulars arc continually arriving here from thp 
interior, and they amount nt present to nearly six thoti 
sand. Poises, clothing, and various other articles, are also 
pouring in from the provinces of voluntary contributions 
lur the army. The Mnsohir Kurshiii Bey arrived here 
lately from Constantinople, where lie was under sur- 
veillance, and has proposed lo organise a body of a thoiu 
sand cavalry from Ii is own country. Should this offer be 
accepted, Kni shid Bev will be very useful ns well from his 
well-known courage ns from the conditions which the go- 
m nunc nt may impose upon him. The nomination of 
Kprshid Pacha, General Guyon, to the post of Reis (chief 
of the staff/ has given general satisfaction to the army. He 
is a brave, indefatigable, and intelligent officer, and Mustafa 
Zarif Pacha professes for him the highest respect and esteem 
'1 lie personal inconvenience General Guyon puts him- 
self to, in alleviating to his utmost the hardships of the 
soldiers, has had the most gratifying effect upon the latter 
To them, it was n novelty to see a dignitary high in com-* 
maud lend bis personal attention to tlieir coip forts- and 
this kindness on t lie part of General Guyon has won the 
soldier's heat t. AYlitnhe passes through the street the 
men diaw up in their best attitude, and greet him with 
smiles and thanks. lie has a goo/1 word for all, and with 
a kind wind t" a Turkish soldier you pain him forever 
The general visits regularly the military hospitals, offering 
pneoiir.igcnient and consohitjpii to each poor sufferer 
w liilst (Vein a bag carried by an attending aiu-dc-cnnip, he 
distributes to all a still more substantial proof of his sy m- 
pathy and goodwill. 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK 
SEA. 
Vienna papers of the 30th ult. state that, on the 23rd 
live Rpggifiit steamers were despatched from Odessa to the 
vSt. George's month of the Danube, where they disembarked 
4.000 troops and artillery on the great Damtbian island 
Danarez, below Tnltschn, which spot was occupied without 
any resistance being picl with. The steamers, immediately 
after dispin ha iking, l.eft again for Odessa. It would ap- 
pear that I lie statement a few days since in the papers 
about five Russian steamers having left Schastapol was 
correct, as it is now announced that 4000 Russians, with 
artillery, liavp been landed in the Dobrudscha. The stea- 
mers returned to Schastapol. 
The Fleets in tiie Black Ska.— T he British and 
Fiepclt Elects entered the Black Sea op March the 24th. 
They w ere to proceed in the first instance to Varna, whither 
also the Inflexible was transporting Turkish troops. 
[It will he setn, by our pniliamentnry report, that Sir 
James Graham referred to this fact on Monday night in 
the Ilpnsc pf Cunippns.] 
Capt. Brock has been out to correct the soundings in tho 
Black Sea, which lie found any thing but accurate. He had 
the assistance of all the masters of the fleet, and made 
quick wo|k of it lie is now away; in a steam-frigate re- 
connoitring the Russian ports, probably to discover where 
the missing Russian ships have gone lo. By a letter dated 
3Qth Mardi, wc hear that the .Sampson, in company with 
a French steamer, was going off to reconnoitre Russian 
ports. Il they met with a superior force they trusted to 
tlieir hcc)s and good luck. If the contvnry they are to 
give a good account of them. Weather, bitterly cold. 
Thermometer 29 degrees. Elect healthy. 
Wlwaijjr aitir <6ItrirnI. 
If a nrow FcilonL. — Die following prizes Imre, lately been nd- 
jiiilged nt Ili|i)ow Fchoolt — Latin hexameters, 31 r. W. J. Hope; 
Lnlii) prose itiiipoTv medal). 3!r. Lloyd Kenyon; English cssny, 
Mr. Jt. A. Earle, and Jlr. A. V. Uureouit, equal : English verse, 
Mr. E. W. Sergeant. 
FnONTIKa or TcitSRT in Asia. — L etters from Ivors nnnounco 
Unit there have been some days of ofticinl mourning ot Alexnn- 
dropol, in consequence of the demise, it is supposed, of tho 
G'allioliros-Ai mono resident in Jleh-ilnyozin. 
. Umti'D mates Collegians. — A serious riot occurred in 
New Haven, on the evening of the 17th ult., between some of 
tho students ol laic College and n parly of Irishmen, during 
w hich pistols were discharged and dirks used freely. A man 
named O Neill was killed, and several others received severe 
wound*. '1 he riot was finally quelled by the constabulary, 
and tho college faculty me busily engaged in discovering the 
guilty. 
Wabnino to Smokers.— On Thursday, the 30th ult., the fine 
Old Hall ol I liisenose College, Oxford, was in great jeopardy of 
being consumed by tiie, through the negligence of one of tho 
under servanls of the college. Tho circumstances arc of n pecu- 
liar mituic, and point out the necessity of enre even with so tri- 
lling nn article as a tobacco pipe. It appears that the person 
w hose place it is to look after tho hull, had been smoking late in 
the evening, in the hack premises of the college, and, after finish- 
ing ami extinguishing his pipe, deposited it in the pocket of tho 
jukel le wore, which lie changed shortly after for his coat, placing 
Hie former in a draw it of the side-board in the hall, where severnl 
garments were kept. 'I his occurred about half-past nine o’clock, 
w hen lie went home, and nothing was discovered until about 
seven o clock on Friday morning, when, ns was usual, one of tlio 
servants proceeded to the hall, and was greatly surprised at perceiv- 
ing smoke issuing forth. Upon opening the w indows he nt onco 
-aw Hal it origin.'iltd (rum the side-board, where the jacket 
containing Hie pi) c l ad been placed the previous evening. Upon 
npcaing the drawn-, a current of air fanned the fire into a flume, 
F lllflli 1111 being extinguished, revealed the cause of what might 
have proved » inirh/ijrol a fearful nature The articles of clothing 
HI !!"•' flfuwer were u/ipplclclv smouldered away, and the drawer 
uHFIlf • »»‘d {I't-'f P c: ll‘ I P bp fmqbt that in a very short time tho 
ll’f'i I'lf'l |IM| H* 1 progif '-s |ic,en slopped, would have soon reached 
[Ilf pad Mips, not only grenjly endangered the hall, 
nett I ” nVC 1 l *‘° pftF* ^f f||g Rqflego in immi- 
UXK'iin: Dr. Elhrloids l Fhpologict)| Prjze. — Members of the 
l 'Diversity >v|iq intend c/imncljng for this prize, an English 
essay qn ‘'U'C Stole of the Cimrcli in Britain nt the lime of Au- 
gnsline s missions, ’ are reminded that their compositions must 
be sent to the registrar of the University on or before Wednes- 
day, April 19ih. ' 
I ai.lioi. College. — Mr. Scott has been elected Jloster of 
Ilnlliol College. 
(amumuob, Law — Tho Deputy Begins Professor of Lows 
i Dr. Abdy) has given notice, that his lectures for the ensuing 
Lasler Term will commri.ee, on Tuesdoy, Muy 2, nt eleven n.m., 
and will he continued every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and 
Friday, throughout the term, nt tLo same hour, in the law 
re >oo). 
