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three roarers we gave him, and never were three cheers 
more deserved. The admiral and captain were standing on 
the poop at the time— the latter joining in the cheer, and 
the former waving his cap in acknowledgment as blithely as 
any boy In the ship.” 
In another letter from an officer of the Baltic fleet, 
dated Kioge Bay, April 7, we read:— 
“No chance of getting our clothes washed yet— we 
begin to think of sending dirty clothes to England if a ship 
goes. To-day it is blowing heavy, with a very disagreeable 
chopping sea. St. Jean d’Acre parted her cable, but 
brought up again; Euryalus parted both cables, but brought 
np again; Crcsar parted both cables, and is now under plain 
sail and steam, and lias been signalled to take up her station 
again. We have lot9 of exercise at ouarters, small arms, 
&c., and no end of firing at a mark; but I should think it 
is high time for some store ships to arrive, not only with 
provisions and stores, but powder, shot, and shell. The 
expenditure must have been very grent in exercise 
and wo only want a ship to tnkc back returns. On com- 
pleting provisions the other day, some of the ships were 
ordered to burn good casks for firewood, not having any 
space to stow them and full casks. Admiral Chads is a 
most untiring man in gunnery, and I think the poor 
Russians will he cut up like mincc-meat; the four black 
ships (Edinburgh, llnguc, Blenheim, and Ajax) as they 
arc termed, will commit dreadful havoc amongst them. 
Never was there such a fleet «9wo have now in the Baltic: 
wo shall annihilate the Russian fleet when once wo begin 
— 13 sail of the line— two 50's, one 47, three 368, and 
fifteen paddle-wheel and screw steamers, which we expect 
to be increased by 12 sail of the line, and a dozen steamers, 
screw; in addition to which vvillcomo the powerful French 
fleet. ' I think it would bo a grand speculation fur a few 
fast-sailing schooners or screw ships to come out here with 
‘notions,’ ns the Americans say; they oertninly would 
make a grand thing of it, if their prices were moderate. 
The officers of the licet are very much disgusted at the 
government chnrging them Gd. for letters by men-of-wnr. 
As Lord Grey said, wo nro all poor men ; and as It does not 
cost the country nnything to send them, he should think 
the usual penny stamp sufficient." 
Nvnono, April 12.— During the violent storm on Friday 
last, one of the English ships, the Cressv, 90 guns, was in 
great danger. The chains of both anchors were snapped 
nsundor, the vessel was driven towards the Swedish const, 
and the other ships could render her no assistance. The 
crew of the Cressy, however, succeeded in Retting sail ; 
steam-power was soon employed, and she sul'cly returned 
to her anchorage. 
Tllll COMING VICTORY l-N KWH OF THE RNHMYll 
A letter from an officer on board Il.M.S. Hecln, dated 
Copenhagen, the 13th April, states that Sir Charles Napier 
had sent a competent party to the island of Gothland, to 
ascertain if thcro was any good anchorage there for the 
fleet, and if water could lie provided. In returning, the 
oflieer fell in with the Dauntless, on her way back from tbe 
Gulf of Finland, with intelligence that the ice had elenred 
away as high up ns Helsingfors, and that six or seven 
Russian sail of the line were anchored there under the 
strong batteries. Sir Charles Napier, who was then in 
Kioge Bay, about 18 miles from Copenhagen, on hearing 
this news, at once made arrangements to snil immediately, 
and on tup. 12tii instant cut to ska, at the same time 
sending the 1 1 ccla to Copenhagen with despatches, and to 
complete coaling. The Ilccla will rejoin Sir Charles im- 
mediately, together with the Dauntless, Gorgon, nnd one 
or two other steamers, which were all at Copenhagen on 
the 13th. The writer concludes by expressing a belief 
that four of our screw fleet ought to blow the Russian 
squadron in question out of the water, but observes that 
the difficulty is to get at it, the place where it now lies 
being full of rucks and shoals. 
The Hamburg Nachrichten of tho 13th also states that an 
English steamer (tho Dauntless, Captain Ryder) had 
brought despatches to the effect that 18 Russian ships of 
tho line were lying at Elsingfors, but that they would pro- 
ceed to Revel. 
Tho following paragraph appears in the Stettin 
Zfihing : — 
“The Geyser, Copenhagen nnd Stettin steamer, hasbrought 
the intelligence that Admiral Napier suddenly left Kioge 
Bay, with 20 large snil, on the 12th inst., nnd proceeded in tho 
direction of the Island of Gothland. The ground for so 
6itddcn a resolution on the pnrt of the Admiral was tho 
report, brought by a steamer which had gone out recon- 
noitring, that it had seen a Russian fleet of 18 ships of tho 
line near Revel. It was only so joyful a piece of intelli- 
gence ns that which could induce Sir Charles to renounce 
the pleasure of seeing on board the Duke of Wellington 
the notabilities of Copenhagen ; ns well as of mnkitig them 
pnrtnko of English hospitality, and nt the same timo of 
showing them tho proud fleet of England. As the parties 
invited were preparing in Copenhagen to make the expected 
visit, they received from one of the steamers in tho roads 
the intelligence that the fleet hnd, early that morning, gono 
out to sen from Kioge Bay. Even the shipping of the meat 
nnd other provisions for tho fleet was countermanded. As 
the Geyser passed that bay on the evening of tho 13th inst., 
she perceived only four war ships lying thcro, but met on her 
way w ith two others, which were returning to tho bay.” 
Kibi., April 10. — A Kiel loiter of tbe 10th Inst, soys: — 
The orders which Admiral Napier took with him when lie 
left Kioge Bay lust Tuesday instructed him to blockado all 
the Russian ports in the Baltic. Notice of this will doubt- 
less soon be forwarded to all our consuls In these parts. 
Admiral Flu mild go was watching the enemy with four fri- 
gates. There are strong hopes that Admiral Napier will 
soon give an account of them. Tho last Swedish steamer 
reports having met the precursors of tho English fleet not 
far from Riga. 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
Lord Raglan, Lord de Ros, nnd their staffs, left Paris 
on Tuesday morning, by tbe Lyons Railway, for Marseilles. 
Tbe Duke of Cambridge, with the rest of the officers, left 
Paris next morning. 
A telegraphic despatch from Toulon announces that 
Prince Napoleon left that place on Monday nt two o’clock, 
by the Rollnnd. General Bizot, commandant of the 
Polytechnic School, has been appointed to the command 
in chief of the engineers of the army of the East. 
. The fete given by the Empress at the Palace of the 
Elysee, to the Duke of Cambridge nnd the English officers, 
was exceedingly brilliant, and went off with grent ed.it. 
lhe company began to arrive shortly after nine, and a 
few minutes before ten the Imperial carriages, with hi 8 
Majesty and the Empress, and thg Imperial household, 
the Duke of Cambridge and suite, &c., arrived. From this 
time till a late hour the carriages -came in rapid succession, 
the company comprising the Ministers of Stnte, the foreign 
ambassadors, and the principal nobility, English, French, 
nnd foreign, at present in Paris. The gardens were most 
tastefully and splendidly lighted, and had more the ap- 
pearance of a scene of enchantment thnn a reality ; the 
large trees were adorned with coloured lanterns of diffe- 
rent sizes and colours, representing fruits of various forms, 
whilst the walks were ornamented with festoons of diffe- 
rent coloured lights, vnses, &c., of the same description, 
and recalled to mind the magic beauty of the gardens de- 
scribed in tbe Arabian Nights. The view of the garden 
from thclmll-room on the ground floor, (lie lofty illuminated 
trees in the distance forming an immense amphitheatre, 
with a grotto in the centre, composed of pink and green 
Chinese lights, presented a coup (Cecil , of which none but 
an eye-witness could form an idea, whilst the varied 
groups tended not a little to enhance the scene. Of the 
palace itself, the apartments all newly restored nnd gilt 
with profusion, the furniture of the most splendid descrip- 
tion, with the various decorations, together with the bril- 
liancy of the scene, illuminntcd by thousands of wax 
tapers from splendid candelabra in every direction, toge- 
ther with the brilliancy of the various military costumes, 
and the variety nnd elegance of the dresses of the fair sex, 
must have given his royal highness nnd the visitors who 
accompanied him an idea tlint they were present at a 
“house-warming” unequalled in the annals of France, 60 
celebrated for its national 
Major-General tho Rail of Lucan took bis departure on 
Wednesday for tho East, via Dover ami Marseilles. 
Major Colborne, on tho staff of his Excellency General 
Rowan, left Quebec on March 24, on route for Constanti- 
nople, liuving received nn appointment on t lie general staff 
of the expeditionary army. 
Seamen for tho transports liavo been offered £4 per month, 
with other advantages, and the freights of theso vessels is 
now 30s. nml upwards per ton, When similar vessels might 
have been engaged this time last jour nt less than half that 
sum per ton. The number of transports required already 
for tho war service is upwards of seventy. 
The second troop of tho Bill Hussars, under command of 
Major de Soils, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from 
Exeter, nnd proceeded to the Devonport Dockyard to em- 
bark In tho Transport Mary Ann. 
Portsmouth. — All the transports which liavo arrived nt 
Portsmouth are being victualled with every description of 
provisions, stores, and forage for horses, for four months. The 
Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, under 
the superintendence of Captain Courtenay, is in full work 
from 8 u.m. till 8.p.m., nnd tho mon were employed until 1 
o’clock on Sunday in victualling the Euxinc for sea. Tho 
crews in that and the other transports refused to work on 
Sunday, nnd struck at 6 p.m. on the Saturday night ; nor 
could they bo induced to help in the emergency. In this 
strnit the convicts of the Porlflcn Prison, under Captain nnd 
Governor Knight, volunteered to do the work of stowage in 
i lie Euxinc, &c., and did it well, being employed the whole 
day in tho dockyard and ships of their own free will. This 
is not the first time these prisoners have exhibited similar 
praiseworthy conduct. Tho Clnrencc-ynrd has now in its 
victualling stores upwards of 10,000 clicks of beef nml pork, 
and nil other kinds of provisions in proportion, ready lor 
shipment — moro tliun ever the storehouses contained before. 
Departure of Lancers for Turkey. — Cuptain 
Winter’s troop, 17th Lancers, consisting of Lieutenants 
I.enrmontli and Mnrtopp, Ensign Sir George Hector Lee, 
Hart., Assistant-Burgeon Dr. Kendall, aiul 70 men and 
horses, embarked on Tuesday from Portsmouth dockyard 
in tbe lino clipper ship 1’i'ido of tho Ocnm far Turkey. 
Captain Webb's troop, consisting of Lleiitoniint Thompson, 
Cornet Wombwoll, nml 05 men nnd horses, emb irked nt 4 
o'clock from tho Dockyard Jetty, on board tho transport 
Ganges. These vessels were towed to Spitliond, whence 
they sailed for t heir destination. On marching into the garri- 
son of Portsmouth, through the chief street of Portsen, 
they were enthusiastically greeted by the population. 
Cavalry never boing quartered now in Portsmouth district, 
tho nppearnnee of the Lancers excited much admiration 
among the inhabitants. The embarkation was personally 
superintended by Colonel Laurenson, of the Lancers, and 
tho Brlgudo-Major of Portsmouth garrison. Tho transports 
for the head-quarters of tho Lancers had not arrived at 
Portsmouth on Tuesday. 
Royal Ahtillbry. — Cnptnin D’Aguilar’s 6th company, 
of the 1 1th battalion, Captain J. Travers’s 7th company, of 
tho 1 1 th lint tall on, and Captain Fitzroy’s 8th company, of 
tho 1 1th bnttallon, liavo been formed into a siege battery, 
und liavo been supplied with now blunkcts, havrcsucks, nml 
wooden canteens, for sorvlce in the East. Captuin W. 
Swinlnn’s 3d company, of the 11th battalion of artillery, 
Captain J. Turner’s 4th company, lltli battalion, und 
Captain Wudehnuse’s 6th company, of tho Utti battalion, 
have been formed into field batteries, mid placed under 
orders with the second division of Royal Artillery for service 
in tho East. 
Plymouth. — By electric telegraph wo learn from Ply- 
mouth that the Andes screw steamer, Captain Moodle, 33 
hours from Liverpool, arrived in tho Sound on Monday 
afternoon to embark the 1st Royals, and that tho Rchunga 
transport, with the first troop of the 8th Hussars, hud sailed 
for tho Mediterranean. 
Liverpool, — At 1 o’clock on Tuesday tho new Cunard 
screw steamer Mollta, Captain T. Cook, ono of the fastest 
of tlielr numerous fleet, sailed hence for Malta and Gulllpoli 
(touching nt Gibraltar for coals). Early on Monday morning 
the Melila embarked 40 men of tbe 19th Regiment under tho 
command of Captain Ledwull, 27 officers’ servants, 38 horses, 
and 3U0 tons of Government stores. Tho Melita also took 
as passengers a number of staff officers. The horses were 
embarked on board the Melita at the Coburg Dock without 
the slightest accident, though ono of them jumped from the 
gangway to tho top of the deck-house, without, however, 
injuring itself. The fittings-up for the horses (which aie 
very valuable ones) wore fur superior to anything of the sort 
we have previously seen ; and us tho Melita is a very fine 
and swift steamer, they will doubtless reach their destination 
in full health and vigour. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Tiib Dardanelles. — Gallipoli, April 1.— This 
morning at duybreuk the Christuphe Colombo, towing No. 
0 transport, anchored in the roads. At noon Ueucrals 
Canrohert (commanding tho flr.it division of the expedi- 
tionary f rce, and in chief until tho arrivul of Marshal Si* 
Arimud), Martimprey, nnd Bouquet, disembarked with their 
stuff in the Quarantine IJnrhour, where they were received 
by the Governor, Liutuenunt-CiJonel Dcsaint, who, n q t | 
MM. Sabatiers and d’Anglars, a few hours before had ar- 
rived from Constantinople. The stuff followed the chief*' 
and ull proceeded to i he quay, and the khan of Ilasnadar 
Boy, where the horses hnd been prepared. After remaining 
a short time in tho house occupied during the last inoinl 
by a military intcndnnt and two medical mon of the army* 
the llirce gnnoruU, two commandants of engineers, aidos- 
dc-cnmp, and several superior officers, immediately p ro . 
corded to the village of Plainr, to the left of the road to 
Adrianople, and three leagues from Gallipoli, to pitch their 
camp. At the same time, Captain Rnnl6, of the Engineers 
took a plan of tho town and fort of Gallipoli, which oecu- 
piid him hut llirce hours. At one o’clock a Company of 
Engineers, Artillery, and Chasseurs do Vincennes disem- 
barked, and the remainder will disembark to-morrow. Tho 
present force consists of: — 
Chasseurs (Foot) 1,100 
Engineers ioo 
Artillery iuo 
The frigate Afiicuin arrived a fpw liours after tho CliriMnp| 10 
Colombo with the lmrses of the stuff. All kinds ol ammuni- 
tion are boing landed. Tho population of Gallipoli gnvo 
tho warmest reception to l ho troops. The staff was received 
by the Governor nnd by Cubmili EfPendi with the utmost 
enthusiasm. More than 400 houses, stores, and khans have 
been placed nt (lio disposal of the new comers. The 
Christophe Colombo will leave on the 3d to convey tho 
Prince Napoleon, whose corps will ho ono of tho first sent to 
the field. Two English cavalry officers, accompanied by 
Mr. Calvert, her Majesty’s Consul at the Dardanelles, hav# 
just arrived. A Turkish stenm-frigafo, with troops from 
Alexandria, has this moment (0 p.m.) come to anchor. 
France. — A letter from Toulon of the 14th inst. stales 
that the sailing frigate Pandore and the steam eorvclto 
Primauguot had sailed for Gallipoli, having on board a 
hntlulion of the 7ih Regiment of Infantry. The 30th 
Regiment of tho Lino has arrived at Toulon to bo embarked 
for tho East. 
TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Tub 13th Light Dragoons and the Enniskillbns. 
— The remaining portion of the 1 3th Light Diagoons left tho 
Birmingham barracks on Tuesday morning for Coventry, 
enroute for Hounslow, previous to ilicir embarkation for 
the East. In the course of the day a considerable detach- 
ment of tile Gth Enniskillens arrived from Lichfield, nnd on 
Wednesday morning left Birmingham on their way to one 
of the wo-tern ports. Their route, it is understood, will be 
through Bromsgrovo, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, 
Exeter, anti other towns, to Plymouth, where they will em- 
linrk for Turkey. Tile men wore apparently in high spirits, 
nnd wero cordially received by the inhabitants of Birming- 
ham. to whom they wero previously well known. Another 
portion of this fino regiment itas proceeded ftotn Derby, 
through Warwick, westward. 
The 14th Foot. — This regiment, stationed at Limerick, 
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Barlow, 
is under orders for foreign service, and will embark at 
Queenstown. 
TllE lOtli Foot. — On Monday morning another detach- 
ment of the 19th Foot left i lie Tower lor Liverpool, there to 
embark in charge of commissariat stores for Gallipoli. Inllio 
course of the day the regimental depot marched from the 
Tower and proceeded by ruilwuy to Wulmer. The main 
body of tho regiment will leave in tho course of the week, 
and will lie relieved by tlie 35lli Foot. 
Royal Artillery.— Oil the return of Captain Fmis's 
nml Captain Clouveland’u companies to Woolwich, from 
Dublin, tho wliolo of the eight companies of tlio 12th 
battulion will be at bond- quarters, and will bo the first eight 
companies for foreign service when tho second division em- 
barks for tho East. 
Pension bus. — Forty enrolled pensioners are ordered to 
proceed to tho prison at Dartmoor to rellovo a company 
of the 20th, which regiment is under orders for embarkation. 
The 11th Hussaks. — It is reported that the 1 1th 
Hussars aro to procoed to Liverpool, whence transports will 
convey the regiment to the seat of war. The overolls of 
the officers have been rendered somewhat more fit for rough 
service by the insertion of leather down (lie inner sides 
and all round tho logs, about half-wuy up to the knees. 
The necessary change has not yet boon extended to the 
privates. 
SOLDIERS' WIVES AND FAMILIES. 
[From the Times.'] Sir, — I am desirous to make an appeal 
through your columns to the clergy of England in favour of 
tho plan now in full operation for providing a homo for tho 
children of soldiers on active service. The object is to dis- 
tribute the children over the country. If every parish would 
do its duty, not a child who ought to he provided for would 
bo lei t without a homo; and jet tho exponse when divided 
would bo trilling, particularly when it is borne in mind tin* 1 
we must in some shape maintain thorn. A sermon on the 
26th for this specified object, with previous arrangement by 
the clergyman and a few principal inhabitants, would be sure 
to produce sufficient funds, and tho money would not only 
bo expended on the spot, but the clergyman and commit!® 8 
would have tho control over it, nnd over (lie children, sod 
thoir active exertions — far in value beyond money, although 
that cannot bo dispensed with — while they would win the 
hearts of our soldiers, could not fail to bo rewarded by the 
uffectinn of the children and their dally improvement. 1° 
tills small village we have nine children placed out with 
respectable people, who go to school daily, und already f“ r,n 
part of the general population ; one garden boy, who partly 
supports himself, and one boy with a baker, who is wholly 
maintained, and yet allowed to go to school. At Surbiton 
five children aro provided for. An excellent sonmon ll> ere 
produced £5U in the plates. At Norbiton two children have 
been taken by a private family. At Kingston a subscript^ 0 
Is on foot, and a sermon in aid will be preached on the 26tb, 
and a boy has been taken us nn apprentice by n confectioner, 
who will wholly maintain him. Wimbledon, with a liber 8 
subscription, will, 1 believe, provide for eight children ; 
in several other localities a single child lias been or will be 
takon. No child has been taken without the recommenda- 
tion of the commanding officer. It ought to be stated tha 
tho parental tie has seldom existed more powerfully than t° 
the iustunces which have conte under our notice. Bute* 
only one child, or sometimes two children, have been take 
