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THE FIELD. 
The Eveline sails ot three o’clock to-duy. The wind is 
blowing right down the channel, and there is every prospect 
of a speedy and favourable voyage. 
P S During the voyage I hope to pick up some Turkish 
, Kniclil '■i Pocket Vocabulary, which we hove on board. 
JT« ».?b. »btoto wrl.c again «. get lo Gallipoli, 
when you shall hear from me. Ex diso my haste; but we 
ore now heaving up the anchor, and our time is up. &»» 101 
a time, farewell to old England. , , H 
Miasma at GAM.ifOU.-Sin, -A s prevention is he ter 
than cure, und in ull probability quinlno, from Us high price, 
w.ll be confined solely to hospital practice, or to the < 
jng-case of the officers, it may bo advisable to ot the >oldlcis 
know on disembarking at Gallipoli, kc., that in tl.crnarsbM 
and on the borders of the numerous lakes there grows a hub 
which. rerlnis paribus, will prove their ^.glsor sheet anchor, 
being both a preventive and euro of diseases arising hom 
marsh miasmata. It is the sweet-scented flag calamus 
aromatics), of the roots of which every man should have a 
handful in his knapsack, chewing it dully ml libitum, 01 . w hat 
is slid better, powdering it, and taking a teaspoonful wo 
or three times a day in a little water; if a teaspoon u or two 
of the ruki, wodki or brandy of the country bo added to it, 
the better. It is often substituted for ten and coffee by the 
Russians, and makes a very agreeable beverage; in fact, 
having myself used it extensively In practice, c un safely 
pronounce It one of the most valuable and cheap drugs in 
the whole pharmacopeia. Presuming that this hint will not 
ho lost Bight of (thereby preventing a repetition nl the awfn 1 
mortality of Walehoirn, of winch J was an eyo« willies*), 
1 will conclude bv stating that, unless duo euro bo taken to 
supply t lie hoops with beef from England l,or the coast of 
Darhiny. whore it is abundant (tlia Dobnulsc 10, whence the 
Turk* have hitherto been supplied with it, being ir. the pos- 
session of the Hussion*), dysentery will, all its honors w. 1 
commence Its ravages, for no British soldier can escape it 
confined to a diet of gout’s flesh, sour wine, and friuta, on 
which he will huvo to aubslst. 1 may add, that among iho 
Don Cossacks an excellent substitute for quinine or Ponmai. 
hark is composed of equal part* onk hark, qua-.-ia. sweet- 
scented flag, and block popper. In Circassia gentian is used 
in lieu of quassia, where it grows in great al.un.lai.ee on the 
hills, and when in bloom nothing cun ho more beautiful. 
Your obedient servant, J. W. GmaVHB, late physician to tho 
Governor Goncral during tho war in Poland. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Regarding the sailing of tho Baltic fleet, the Mouiteur says : 
‘ The Baltic fleet under the command of Vice Admiral 
l'arseval Doschftnoe has sailed from Brest for tho Gulf of 
Finland Tide fleet, on hoard of which a body of inlnntry 
and marine artillery has embarked, is composed of tho 
following vessels:— Tugo, 100 guns; Austerl.lz (screw), 
J00- Horcule, 100; Jomrnapos, 100; Bicslaw, 00; Du- 
guosclln, 00; Inflexible, 00; Dupm6, 80; Trident HO; 
Simillnnte, 60 j Andromaque, 00; Vongonnco, 60 ; Pour- 
suivante, 50; Virginia, 60; Zenobie, 50; Payehfi, -10; 
Darien, stcum frigate, 14; Phlfcgoton, steam-corvette, 
10; Souffleur, do, 0; und Milan, Lucifer, Aiglo, und 
Daim, small steuinors. ’flip French navul force in the Black 
Sea, under tbo command of Vico Admiral llnmclin, is 
composed <>f tbo Fricdlund, 120 guns ; Vulmy, 120; Villa 
do Purls, 120; Ilcpry IV., 100; Bayard, 90; Chnrhmuguu 
(screw), 00 ; I6no, 00 ; Jupiter, 00 ; Marengo, 80. Suam- 
frigotes : Homer, 10 ; Descartes, 20 ; Vuuban,2<) , Mogudor, 
8; Cacique, 14; Magellan, 14 ; Bane, 14; 4 -tit on, stcuni- 
corvctto, 4; Sf-rieusc, sailing, do., 30; Mercnrc, Olivier, 
and Beaumonoir, 20, gun-brigs; Cerf, 10, gun-brig ; 
Prom6ili6e, Sulamandro, Huron, und Munotto, smull 
steamer*. The squadrou of Vico Admiral Brunt, intended 
to net In tbo Black Sen, tbo sea of Gullipoli, and in tho 
Eastern Arcliipelogo, comprises tbo following vessels:— 
Montebello, 120 guns ; Nupol6nq (screw), 92 ; Suffrgn, 90 ; 
Jean Bait (screw). 90; Vjllo do Marseille, HO ; Alger, 80 ; 
Pompne (screw), 40 ; Cuffurclli, steam • frigate, 14 ; Roland 
and Primanguet, atoamf corvettes, 8 gun* each. Indepen- 
dently of these threo squadrons and nil tho frigates, or steujn- 
corvettes, which ore assembled in the Mediterranean for tbo 
transport of the army of tho Bust, all tho nuvul stations in 
tho West Indies, the Pacific Ocoaq, tho Indo-Chinu Sean, 
ami in pll quarters, where tho fisheries are carried on, have 
been reinforced. Tho French navy has now embarked on 
different seas 66,000 sailors, and England lias an equal 
force.’’— [The progress of tho French Bultic Fleet is noticed 
elsewhere. — E d.] 
Major tho Hon. St. Georgo Foley has been appointed 
aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Rose, Her Mojesty’s 
Commissioner with tho hcad-quartcrs’of the French army 
serving in Turkey. 
Increase of the French army. — The jlioniteur an- 
nounces that n sixth squadron will bo added to each of tho 
53 regiments of French cavalry. 

TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Tub Cavalry. — W o hear that it is determined to send 
out to the East another 1,000 horses, for which steum 
transports arc lo bo provided ; 400 of this number, it is said, 
can be carried by the General Screw Company’* 2,700 ton 
btcumer Prince, engaged by the government ; and it is said 
the great 3,500 ton steamer Himalaya will come home and 
take most of the remainder, 
The Peninsular and Oriental Company’s Screw 
Steamer Manilla has beeq appointed to leave Southampton 
lor Constantinople on the 2nd proximo, although not a mail 
packet. The company state that on no account will the 
departure of the Manilla bo delayed. This affords an ex- 
cellent opportunity for letter* to Gallipoli. 
The 14tii and 17tu Foot.— A t 7 o’clock a. in. on Mon- 
day 100 men of the 14th Regiment suited in the Royal Alice 
for Queenstown to embark on board the transpoil Bombay, 
now lying there. At 1 o’clock 100 men, with 44 women, 
embarked in tho Princo Arthur for the sunie destination. 
The service companies of the 17th Regiment, urrived in Cork 
from Templemojc, await tho arrival of u transport for con- 
veyance lo the Rust, 
Tub B8th Foot.?—' T en companies of tho 88th Regiment, 
doing duty for some lime post at Woolwich, marched from 
tho garrison St 6 o'clock »,m. for New Cross, and pioccodad 
thence by railway to Portsmouth, to embark iff Urn Megauia 
iron screw-steam-ship for conveyance lo Gallipoli, time to 
join the head' quarters, which embarked at Chatlium in tho 
Melbourne. 
The 79th Highlanders.— II. M. ship Simoom, 18, 
screw, iron troop frigate, Captain Henry Smith, will reecho 
the 79lh Highlanders on bourd at Portsmouth on the 3rd of 
May, and will take them direct to the seat of war. 
SOLDIERS’ WIVES AND FAMILIES. 
g in _I rejoice to find that I ho officers of Iho navy arc 
taking a lively interest In the welfare of the sailor’s wife and 
family. The destitute state of the soldier’s wife and family 
when her husband is or. active service w as so ably and so truth- 
fully brought before the public in u letter in tho Junes, 
written by a “ A Naval Officer.” that it would indeed be 
unsrateiul not to rejoice that tl.o sailor 8 wife should also 
benefit from public sympathy. But to save the association 
for Hiding the soldier’s family from the imputation of mono- 
polising all the benevolence of the country, it must be shown 
j, ow very different, with respect to their wives und families, 
arc tho two services. For instance— 
The home of the Bailor’s wife and family win n ho goes to 
eea is the mine that they had when ho in iu port, with half or 
more of his pav to support them. 
Tim home of the soldier’s wife and family, when ho is on 
active service, whether he be sevjeont, corporal, or private, 
i„ the workhouse of her husband’s parish, without any ol 
Ills pay to support her. 
T| ie monthly pay of a continuous servico able seaman, 
with power to leave half or more for hi* family, und a pension 
after ten vear*’ service, 1 b £2 9-. Id. . . . 
Tho monthly pay of « private soldier enlisted for ten 
Years, without power to leave any of hi* pay for Ins family, 
and without n pension for ten year.--’ service, is £1 13*. <<l. 
The sailor is victualled ut the public expense ; tho soldier 
is pot. Tl.o sailor is paid for not eating provisions which 
cost him nothing. Tho soldier must ray for hi* messing 
whether he eats it or not. . . f ... m 
There uro somo of the most striking points of difference 
between the two services; there are many more, all m 
favour of the sailor, hut enough lias been stated to absolve 
Ilia Central Association for aiding soldiers from unduo 
partiality, favour, and affection for the army. 
Tho position of tho Bailor’s wife In her husband's absence 
is just bearable; the position of tlio soldier’s wife is intolcr- 
n bl,. on,] disgraceful to the country whoso battles ho never 
ii-hts without honour and victory. M hen the children of 
boi h services become fatherless, and their wives widows, 
their relative position is not so totally different, and then 
the country must make provision for both services; but 
until the soldier’s wife ond family are placed in a higher 
position than they are now, I never will cease to advocato 
their cause. .. .... , 
I take this opportunity of asking for situations ns house- 
maid* or laundresses for the two following distressing 
U,, ] L8 Tho unmarried Bister of two soldiers of the 19th Regi- 
ment, turned out of barracks on tho marching of the regi- 
| mont. Tlio colonel of the regiment states, “ She is an ex- 
' col lent girl, quiet and simple, und willing to work ; her 
character irreproachable.” No friends or relations m the 
world' but her two brothers, . . - in „ 
2. The very, respectable wife of n serjeant of the lUtn 
Regiment, robbed in an omnibus of all she hud been givpn 
by her husband, £1 10s. 
1 have tlio honour to he your most obedient servant, 
II. s. POWYS, Major, Hon. Secretary. 
Central Association in Aid of tho Wives and 
Families of Soldiers ordered to t lie Ea*t, 
1), Watorloo-plucc, April 24, 1854. 
Bath. — A fancy fuir for soldiers' wives and children, 
under Royal and distinguished patronage, will he held in 
the sumo field as iho poultry show of the Both and \\ cst of 
England Society on the 7th, 8th, und 9th of Jnno. Jonathan 
Gray, Esq., will be the director. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
( Continued from page 379.) 
THE DOOM OF RUSSIA. 
(From tlio Daily News.) 
Sm,— It may bo well to direct the public attention to 
tomu very remaikublo passage* in Holy \Y lit, wherein (with 
a strangely 8olomp clourness) tlio present state oi things ap- 
pears to be foretold. I must request your readers to turn to 
tl.o 38th and 30 ill chnplors iu Ezekiel, and to take notice of 
these facts. 1st, They respect the just judgment of “Gog 
in tlio land of Magog,” who is t.llid “ Prince of Bosh, 
Meshoeh, and Tubul see the marginal reading to chief 
prince,” Prince of Rosh, Goes not this appear singularly 
applicable t<> the throe grand divisions of All the llussias— 
Russia Proper, Moscow, and Tobolsk? 2ndly, Without 
stopping lo comment upon every verso in order which 
might bo inappropriate to your pages — lot me draw atten- 
tion to the statement in v. 10, &c. : “Thou shall think an 
evil thought; und thou shall say, I will go up lo tl.o land 
of nmvalled villages, &c., to take a spoil and to take a prey.” 
3rdly, Sundry of tho nations opposed him, including “ tlio 
imirchnuts ot Tarsliish ; and nil iho young lions thereof (our 
own heraldry) ahull say, urt thou come to tuko a spoil?” 
4tlily, To pus* over certain battle* about tbo Holy Lund, v. 
10, &c„ wo find curly in the next chapter that the Lord God 
I guy*, “ Behold 1 urn ogaiust theo, O Gog, prince of Rush, 
1 Mesh cell, and Tubal ; and I will turn theo hack, and leave 
but the sixth part of theo ; ami I willcuuso thee to come up 
from the north parts, and will bring thee upon tlio mountains 
of Israel. And I will smite thy bow out of tliy left hand 
(Abiu), and will cause* thine arrows to full out of thy right 
hand (? Poland, Finland, tlio Daruk, kc.) Thou shall (all 
upon the mountains of Israel, kc., uud I will send a fire 
upon Magog.” It seems to me that, as in tho well-known 
cuse of Cyrus in Isaiah, tho Czar is almost literally named 
und marked out for judgmeut by Ezekiel. Read the chap- 
ters. Your constant reader. — T. 
It i» urged, that by crossing the Danube, and marching „ n 
its right bank to Czernavoda, the Russians have materiullv 
shortened their lino of operations; but, if so, the Turks hav 
exactly the same advantage. On closer examination it will 
perhaps, be found that the Hussions havo gained lc$ s t| IQI| j’ 
generally believed. While on tho loft bank of the liver, ti, c 
extremity of their line of operation in the cast was Guiutz 
and at present it ex'eud* from Tultsrha and the mouths of 
the Dunubo down to Kostoudje, across to Czernavoda, „, lt | 
thence by mean* of tho bridge of rafts to Wallucbia. The 
only rational explanation that eon be given of Prince Gorts- 
cbakofTs object in crossing tho Danubo is n desire to 
havo entire possession of the mouths of tho river, and of 
the sea-coast of the Dobrudscha. Nothing of any great 
importance has huppened to the west of Rguchuk. 'On the 
9th the Turks took possesion of an island between NicopoU 
ond Turnu, where they at once began to form a t&te-du-pont 
It i* generally believed that Nicopoli will become the pivot 
of Omar Pasha’s future operations, and this is by no means 
improbable when its position opposite tlio mouth of t lio 
A I utii, which divides tho two Wullnchiiin provinces, is con. 
sidcrcd. It is whispered at Buchan st tliut the next 
serious attack on tho Turks will bo between RuUchuk 
and Slstow. At Fratesohtl, which is some few Engli s |, 
miles from Giurgovo, there arc somo 00,000 men, with 
an artillery train of 120 guns, many of which nro of 
tho largest calibre. It is calculated that Omar Pasha 
will soon ho able to oppose an army of somo 60,000 in. 
fmilry, with 10,000 horse and ISO guns, to tho Russians in 
i lie bobrudschn. Tho Sirdar has most unceremoniously 
condemned the landing of the lHst Egyptian contingent at 
Gallipoli, “ as that is not u strategical point from which assis- 
tance can be given lo the Balkan or Danubian uimiesugninst 
260,000 Russians.” If. you put Anglo- French corps instead 
of “ Egyptian contingent,” you will probably understand 
what the Turkish communder really means. 
LATEST FROM GALLIPOLI. 
The Berthollet has arrived at Toulon from Gallipoli, 
with intelligence to the 18th. Eighteen thousand men 
had disembarked there when she left, and were in excellent 
health. Gallipoli is full, and several regiments have been 
sent to Scutari, immediately opposite Constantinople, on 
the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus, and one mile from tlio 
Seraglio Point, the Sultan’s residence. Large reinforce- 
ments of both English mid French troops were on the 18th 
daily expected, and about 6.000 French had already arrived. 
They had formed a beautiful >,o', or street, from the town 
to the camp, so that the spot has already assumed quite 
I lie aspect of a European town. The Cliancclleric of (lie 
French expeditionary corps will be posted at Khan 
Djczacrli. 
General Sir G. Brown landed at Gallipoli on the 10th, 
and so also had 1,800 English soldiers. The English 
forces were encamping to the south-west, and the French 
to the north-west of that place. About 700 merchantmen, 
with ammunition, provisions, and troops, arc now on their 
way to the same spot. A strongly fortified line was being 
constructed from the village of Blajar, on the heights of 
the Bay of Saros, to the Sea of Marmora, a distance of six 
sea miles. Some 6,000 men are engaged in labouring on 
the military works, and 4,000 others are to construct a 
military road from Blajar to Gallipoli, which is to serve ns 
the depot for all the supplies of the expeditionary army. 
40,000 men are, if necessary, to march to Adrianople. 
General Bosquet has gone to Adrianople to establish 
the head-quarters already prepared. 
General Brunt, with six thousand French, was the Inst 
arrival at Gallipoli. 
Gallipoli, April 10.— The first division of English 
troops has arrived, with tho oxeoption of the artillery n*d 
cuvalry. rl , 
The following telegraphic despatch appears in the Lloyd 
newspaper: — 
“For unknown reasons all the Russian force is retiring 
from before Kalafat to Kpyova. 
“ Tho evacuation of Lesser Wallachia has been resolved 
on, and the troops are retiring on Bucharest, with their hos- 
pitals and munitions of war in 1,000 waggons.” 
Another tolegraphic despatch, dp ted Constantinople, April 
17, says: — ... 
“A fearful storm, with snow, is raging. 1,600 English 
troops have arrived in the Himalaya, and arc quartered in 
tho new barracks at Scutari. 
“The British declaration of wav has beon posted up by 
order of Lord Stratford. . . , 
“ Two palaces have been prepared for the reception ol tlio 
Duke of Cambridge and Prince Napoleon. 
“ The Furious had been fired at from Odessa. 
“A respite has been demanded for some of tbo dismissed 
Greeks. ,, 
“ There are 25,000 French and 8,000 English atGulhpol', 
and provisions urc. very scarce. 
“ A French regiment and a detachment of one of tho 
Highland regiments have gone on to Adrianople. 
“ From the army of Asia wo learn that 4,000 men refused 
to march from Brzoroum to Kars on account of their arrears 
of pay. 
“ A Firman ogainst tho excesses of the Bashi-Bazouks is 
expected.” 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS.— FIVE HUNDRED MEN 
KILLED. 
THE Mouiteur of Tuesdily stales that on tho 16th inst. a 
sharp engogoiuout took place before Kalafat, between tbe 
Russian and Turkish forces. Tho Russians were driyen bnck 
as far a* Mugluvilz, will; a loss of nearly 500 men. The 
Turks had 14 mon killed and 33 wounded. 
VIENNA. Monday. — The Russians havo bombarded 
8ili*iiiu, which wg* on fire PR tile 14th ut 4 o’clock, Tho 
lmtF££6 nnhenned. 
The C'oloynu (Jtuctto publishes a despatch from Constan- 
tinople ol tlio 6'h, which states that sumo French officers 
ure treating, &t Broussa, with Aba-el- Ruder, to induce him 
to lake tho command of an Arab corps, and that the Emir 
seems Inclined to comply. 
It is not necessary to be n military man to eco what will 
soon bo the position of the right wing of the Turkish army. 
It* left flank will probably lean on Silislriu, and the right 
flunk on Varna, liassardscbik of course forming tbo centre. 
THE AVAR IN ASIA. 
It Is rumoured tliut the Russians commenced their op erB * 
tions iu Asia on the 26tli of March. General Reak, 1 
new Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus, is InPPj^ 
the Russian position at Akhaltzik, and, os tho rr» 
Freund tells us, tho Russians are resolved to pu6h on 
Erzeroum. They must beat Guyon first, which will be n 
easy matter. 
♦ 
NAA'AL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Vienna, Monday. — Tlio Lloycl has advices from Bi o' 1 ) 
of tlio 21*t, stating that a steamer und }2 ships Of l W 1 
were off Odessn. mid that three Russian coaaters had 
captured. An English slenmey, sent will' a I r£( ] 
to fetch the Epgljsh and French pppsuis, hfid 
into. Tho constd® h«d been seqf ?»uy Jjjf B u " .j g ' 
and retched Constantinople on thg 6|f)r THfi FfWf ** d 
tli&t Odessa has been bftmburde£} ? l||af |}lP un ® , gt 
batteries caused some damqge to life ships, but were ‘ 
silenced. A part of the city was in flames. Tins req 
confirmation. . # rtrnl s 
A letter of the 6th, from Odessa, in the Presse, imj ' ‘ 
us that on the banks nf tbo Dniester, below Bender, u 
are many hundred largo rafts collected in readiness ioi ’ 
purpose of conveying the troops and cannon, widen toru 
