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THE FIELD 
THE RUSSIAN FLEET IN THE BALTIC. 
bailing stars of tiib iini. 
Names. Guns. Present Station. 
Russia ....■) «120 .. Holsingfor* 
Emperor Peler I. I c.120 . . Cronstadt 
Si. Georgetho Con- 
queror. . . . 
? ? ? . . . 
Emgeiten . . . 
Krasnoi .... 
Gunule 84 . . „ 
fullava 84 .. Holsingfors 
Proelior 84 . . „ 
Vladimir. , . . . . 84 . . „ 
Volga 84 .. Cronsladt 
Empress Alexander . . 84 . . „ 
Narva. ...... 74 .. >i 
Bereeina ...... 74 . . j» 
Tlrienno 74 . . Helsingfors 
Borodino 74 . . Cronstadt 
Smolensko 74 . . ,, 
Arsis 74 . . ITelsingf. rs 
Finland 74 . . Cronstudt 
Katzbncli 74 . . „ 
Ezekiel 74 . . Helsingfors 
Andrew 74 
Division of tho 
fleet to which 
they belong. 
8rd, or red. 
1st, or blue. 
2nd. or white. 
? 1 
1st. 
3rd. 
Culm . 
Ingermanland . . 
Pamynt Azofa . . 
Biaoi the Great . . 
Yillngoah. . ■ . 
Natron-menyn . . 
Fere-ehampenoiso. 
74 
. 74 
. 74 
. 74 
. 74 
. 74 . 
74 , 
Cronstudt 
2nd. 
lit. 
3rd. 
2nd. 
2nd. 
Michael 74 . . >> • • » 
Total . . . 2408 in 30 ships 
Of tho nbovo wo bcliovo that eighteen or twenty ships are in 
fair condition; tho rest arc xncro hulks. 
SAILING PltlOAVBS. 
Guns. I’rosont Station. Remarks. 
Cronstudt 
Helsingfors 
Cronstudt 
Name. 
Constantine 
Cesurovitch 
Ccsarevnu 
Auiphilrito 
Castor . . 
Diana . . 
Alexander Nevsky 58 
Aurora ... 44 
Pallas . ... 52 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
Eio Janeiro 
Cronstadt 
Flushing? 
C. of Siberia 
Gunnery frigate 
Old ship rebuilt 
For sale ? 
llasede 
For sale? 
Ilazeo. Kamtschatka. 
Total . 418 in nine ships. 
And tbreo flat-bottomed fri gates for tho uso of tho marine 
oadets, 
BAILING nnios AND COIIYJJTTBB. 
Name. 
Ajax . . 
Palinurus 
Paris . . 
Philootoles . 
Prince of Warsow 20 
Navariuo . . 20 
Dwinn ... 20 
Olivutza ... 20 
Gvuil, 
20 . 
20 . 
. 20 , 
20 . 
Trcscnt .Station. 
, Helsingfors 
a 
. Cronstadt 
Flushing 
Kamtschatka 
Remarks. 
For ealo ? 
Disarmod. 
Total. . ICO in 8 ships. 
And two or threo others. 
In addition to tho nbovo, there nre, belonging to (ho Bnliio fleet, 
15 echoonors, transports, and luggors; also 50 or 00 mieccUunoous 
Bmnll craft, such ns pilot vessels, tenders, yachts, «tc. Tho 
gun-boat flotilla Sh in Imd condition, and in number does not 
exceed 50 boats; but 80 moro were ordered to be built lust 
autumn. 
TADDLU-WUEBL STEAMERS. 
Ilorso Present 
Power. Station. 
640 . . Cronstadt 
Helsingfors 
Name. 
Kanitschntka , 
Olnf . . . , 
Guns. 
10 
10 
Remarks. 
Bmiloi . . 
Grosaschi . 
Greminaohi. 
Iturio . . 
Clirnbroi . 
Bogatir . . 
Diana . . 
Hercules . 
12 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
450 
400 
400 
400 
300 
300 
300 
200 
200 
Ilolsingfors 
Cronstadt 
Ilolsingfors 
Cronstadt 
Btiillin America. 
Built at Helsing- 
fors in 1852. 
Total . . 8G 3490 in 10 steamers. 
Besides the above, 10 small yachts (used by tho imperial 
family for river purposes, and tenders), chiefly of iron, with 
horse power from 100 to 00 ; also a few tugs, &c., for local 
use, in various parts of the Baltic, and tho iron post steamer 
Vladimir. 
SCREW STB AM BRIM OF TUB LINE. 
Name. Guns. Jlovsc Power. Present Station. 
Orel 84 . . 500 . . Bt. Petersburg. 
Remarks. — On stocks rendy for launching. Engines, by 
Napier, just seized in Scotland. 
Wiborg .... 84 Cronstadt 
Constantine. . . 84 ,, 
Remarks. — Two old ships ro- built and converted; rondy for 
their machinery, which has just been seized by H.M.’s Govern- 
ment. 
SCREW FJU0AT8S. 
Maria .... 44 . . 800 , , 8t. Petersburg. 
Remarks.— Ready for lounohiug. Engines by Penn, now in 
f osBeasion of II. M ’a Government, 
lya of Muronotz .44 , , . , , , Archangel 
Remarks. — Just luid down. 
Polchan .... 62 . , 060 . , Cronstadt. 
Remarks.— Launched last year at Archangel ; engine# on board, 
but machinery not complola.— Frazer's Magazine. 
OUIi FRENCH ALLIES. 
P ak i.s, May 16. — A letter from Copenhagen of May 8, 
published to-day in the Moniteur, says that the Auaterlitz, 
on joining the fleet of her Britannic Majesty, was most 
warmly welcomed by the English teamen. 
The French Baltic division was left by tho Tyne, store- 
ship, Master Commander Tucker, in Win go Bound on the 
9th inst. 
Simultaneously with tho launch of the Royal Albert, 120, 
screw, at Woolwich, the French launched from Rochefort 
the Ulm, a screw-ship of 100 guns. The French, it is said, 
are behindhand with their machinery ; but it is announced 
that tbe two screw-ships of tho Jinn, Jean Bart (uew ship) 
and Napoleon, were in the roadstcud at Toulon. 
Tho steam corvette Berthollet, having on board Marshal 
deSf. Arnaud, Commandcr-in-Chicf of tho French army 
in the East, arrived at Smyrna on the 6th. The Marshal's 
health was excellent. On his way from Malta he had lauded 
at Candia. The Berthollet was to put again to sen in the 
evening, so as to reach Gallipoli in the morning of tho 7th. 
A telegraphic despatch from Toulon announces that 
General Forey, Commander of tho 4th division of the French 
army, has embarked for tho East, in tho steam -frigate 
Christopho Colomb. 
The 3rd, J3th, and 14th batteries of naval artillery were 
expected at Toulon on the 15th, to ho embarked for tbe 
East. , * 
The allies are now in sole possession of Varna, and as the 
French have already advanced to Adrianoplo, the Turkish 
garrison of that oily is on its way to Schumlu. It is also confi- 
dently asserted at Constantinople that tho French will pluce 
a reserve corps of 50,000 men at Rodosto, where their engi- 
neers are already taking measurements fur a fortified camp. 
All the best tacticians consider Prince Gortschakoff’s expe- 
dition into tho Dobrudscha a strategical blunder. 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
The British transports Bombay and St. Vincent, with 
troops, passed the straits of Gibrultar on the 3d inst, I lie 
Eveline and Blundcl, having detachments of the 17th Lancers 
on board, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrcnson, 
put Into Gibraltar on tho 3d, having lost four horses on the 
voyago. They proceeded on the same day for the East. 
Her Majesty’s steam troop-ship Mogtera, with the 38th on 
board, passed the Straits on the 4th inst. The second division 
of the 89th Foot, under command of Major tho Hon. Charles 
Daly, arrived on tho 3d in the ship Oomebza, seven days 
from Cork. They disembarked tho same duy, and marched 
to Windmill-hill barracks. 
By the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s steamship 
Iberia, arrived at Southampton, we learn from Gibraltar 
that the 8th Company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under 
the command of Captain Bourcliier, R.E., consisting of 
Lieutenants Baynes and Graves, and 1U0 rank pud file, em- 
barked on tho 29th ult. on board the screw steamer Alba- 
tross, for conveyance to the East. A number of Spanish 
draught mules, purchased at Gibraltar for the Sappers and 
Miners, had also been shipped by the Albatross. 
The 30th Regiment embarked from Gibraltar for Constan- 
tinople on the 1st inst., on board the Cuuurd steamer Cum- 
bria. 
The horse transport ship Mangerton, with a battery of 
artillery, passed the straits of Gibraltar on the 29th ult. 
The Courier, No. 50 transport, with the left wing of the 
39th Foot, under command ot Major Wolf, and the Star of 
the South, No. 49, with the head-quarters of the same regi- 
ment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Munro, arrived in 
the Boy of Gibraltar on the 30th ult. The Timandra, No. 
51, with the head-quarters of the 89th, under the command 
of Lieutenant-Colonel Ferryman, likewise arrived on the 
same day. They disembarked at the New Mole on tho 1st 
inst. [For second division see above.] 
The Caduceus, No. 19, horse transport, put into Gibraltar 
on the 28th ult., having Colonel Dupuis, of tho Royal Ar- 
tillery, and staff officers belonging to the expedition. 
The screw transport ship Victoria, with the main body of 
tho 19th Foot, passed through tho Straits of Glbrultur on the 
29th ult., en route to tho East. 
Tub Himalaya Steamer will convey out to tho 
Mediterranean nearly 400 horses, the largest number, per- 
haps, that was ever on board one ship. The cribs of the 
horses are now fitting up by a largo body of carpenters, 
Theso cribs are two feet 0 Inches wide, and nicely padded 
all round. They are of great strength, formed of long 
bulks of timber, partitioned off, and ranged along on the 
spar and main decks. Tho splendid saloon cabins of the 
Himalaya have not been touched, but all the other cubins 
on the main dock have been taken away to make room for 
tho horses. Boforo each crib i9 a trough of food. The 
conveyance of nearly a regiment of dragoons a distance 
of 3,000 miles in one ship will be an event in tho history of 
the transport service. 
The Paramatta troopship, 5G, was towed out of Kingstown 
Harbour at half-past 1 o’clock on Saturday last, and on 
getting outside made all sail, with the wind N. W. There 
were loud cheers from the shore, heartily responded to from 
the ship. 
Tho head-quarters and two troops of the 4th (Royal Irish) 
Dragoon Guards, have arrived in Dublin from Newbridge, 
to await embarkation for tho Eust. Six transports have been 
taken up for the conveyance of this regiment from Kingstown 
to its destination. 
Dublin, Tuesday Afternoon. — A number of the 
sailors of tho Tyrone transport mutinied to-duy, when about 
to .sail with the lltli Hussars. Eight men were arrested, 
and eight others escaped. 
Woolwich. — The 2,500 tons screw-ship Jason, Captain 
Lane, is embarking tho Horse Artillery at Woolwich 
for Constantinople; Captain Woodhouse’s field battery, 
and a division of Capluin Turner’s field buttery, go in 
tho Jason. She will take just as many as five sailing 
transports. Her speed on trial wu6 about nine knots an 
hour avorage. 
Gravesend. — The 1,000 tons scrow-sbip Harbinger, 
with Captain Gainbier's company of Royal Artillery, 
with a portion of the lioovy battering train and 50 ton# 
of gunpowder, passed Gruvcsdhd on Sunday afternoon for 
the East; the men cheering and being cheered us the ship 
passed. The 1,4U0 tons sercw>gte ama r Sydney takes the 
other portion of ihe battering train, and Captain d'Aguiiar’s 
men and horses. 
The CoLuaTREAMfl — Her Majesty's screw-ship Vulcan, 
Commander Von Donop, arrived off Gallipoli early on the 
morning of the 30th ult,, on route to Constantinople. 
SOLDIERS’ WIVES AND FAMILIES. 
“ That it mov please Thee to defend and protect the fatherless an i 
the widow, and all that are desolate and oppressed."— Liturgy of *k 
C hurch of England. fth ® 
Sib, — T he soldier’s wife and child, desolate and oppressed 
as they are now, who con tell that they are not at this moment 
fatherless and widows ? 
And yet cold official ignorance would fain persuade us that 
they want not, becauso they ask not — that their desolation is 
their own sucking — that their oppression is deserved. 
Whore can there be hope for them when such arguments 
as theso prevail, even with the wise and good ? 
Truly may the poor soldier’s wife exclaim with the 
Prophet, “ Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as 
dentil.” 
Driven from her husband's roof, helpless, hopeless, and 
cast out, the soldier’s wife has sought and found refuge In 
the Chureh of England. This country, through her church 
lias spoken ; sweet words of comfort and compussion liavo 
ruisod her from the dust; her wrongs are no moro hidden 
her hopes no longer dim. 
All the great religious bodies in tho country, except one 
have nobly combined in this good work ; they have heard 
and heeded the silent sigh of tho soldier in leaving his fumily 
to their benevolence. 
And is there no need for all this sympathy? Listen to 
the maniac cry from Hie Wulerford Lunatic Asylum, where 
pines tho wife of a soldier of the 47th Regiment, who in ono 
short week woe bereft of hot husbund and her reason, and 
added anoihor helpless infant to her fumily. 
And is all this wretcliednoss tho consequence of disobedi- 
ence of orders? Why, than, aro the arms of these bravo 
husbands and fathers decorated with sergeant’s stripes and 
good-conduct rings? Why lias permission to marry been 
very properly made a reward for good conduct? 
Will it be believed, that for tho vvldowa of our soldiers uad 
sailors Ihe country mukcs no provision whatever? However 
nobly these brave men may die in tho country’s service, their 
widows become paupers. Tho same Houses of Parliament 
tliut offer their grateful thunks to victorious generals and 
their armies, offer to tho widows of those armies “ the work- 
house.” But I trust a brighter day is dawning for the soldier's 
wife and family, for surely no blessing can rest upon tho 
arms of uny country that refuses to protect and defend tho 
futherless and the widow. 
Why should not some national fund he now established — 
by subscribing to which, however small u sum, the married 
soldier may have a right for the protection and dcfenco of 
his wife while lie i6 on active service ? 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
HENRY L. POWYS, Major 60th Royal Rifles. 
9, Waterloo-place, May 15. 
The Times of the 15th inst. devotes nearly 6ix columns to 
a list of tho subscriptions raised by the “ Central Associa- 
tion in aid of the Wives and Families of Soldiers ordered to 
tho East, under tho patronage of Her Most Gracious Ma- 
jesty tho Queen, and His Royal Highness Prince Albert.” 
Wo subjoin the first items. 
Her Majesty the Queen 
His Royal Highness Prince Albei t . . 
Amount of subscriptions received, including 
tho following •• 4132,458 5 ^ 
H. R. n. tho Duchess of Kent .. ..M00 
Vice-Chancellor Wood 25 0 0 
First instalment from Locul Association at 
Chatham, per J. Budden, Esq., Hon. Sec. 160 0 0 
The public interest on ibis subject continues unabated. 
Iu one factory in Lancashire tho hands have voluntarily 
corne forward with contributions to the Benevolent fund, and 
to an extent highly creditable to their patriotic and kindly 
fooling. Tho total subscribed was nearly £23, thus divided 
among the various classes employed : — 
Spinning department .£12 13 4J 
Weaving do 4 14 2 
Warehousing do ... ... 3 7 3 
Mechanical do 2 0 6 
£2'i 15 3J 
* 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
( Continued from page 451.) 
We have received the following despatch from Paris: — 
“ King Jerome Bonaparte has received a despatch from 
his son, Prince Napoleon, dated ‘ Constantinople, May 5,’ 
which announces that at Fokshani, in Wallacliia, the general 
depot of the artillery and of the stores of the Russiun army 
had been burnt by the inhabitants, from a feeling of revenge. 
The loss has been immense. 
“ The Prince had, on the 1st inst., been received by the 
Sultan, who gave him a most affectionate reception, and ou 
the 3d tho Sultan returned tho Prince’s visit. In tlio con- 
versation, which was in French, the Sultan, Abdul Medjid, 
declared that ho desiicd the advancement of all his subjects, 
and that lie would follow the example of tho Allied Powers. 
On the same day there was a grand banquet at 1 lie French 
Embassy, at which the Prince proposed the health of the 
Sultan, whom tho allies, he said, came to defend with 
sincerity and energy.” 
Orders have been received at Adriunople to liavo pro- 
visions ready for 70,000 men, who are expected there to- 
wards the end of the month. 
The Austrian Lloyd's of Vienna announces that Queen 
Isabella of Spain lias conferred the Grand Cross of the 
Order of Isabella the Catholic on Omar Pasha, and on 
Mahomet Ali Pa&ba, ex-Ministcr of War in Turkey ; ntid 
the Cross of Commander of tho same Order on Forik Pasha, 
Mustopba Pasha, and Ismail Pasha. 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOIl FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Lieutenant Umnfiild, 2nd, or Queen’s, superintending 
officer in Limerick, has received instructions to raise men 
for the following cavalry regiments : — -4th end 5th Dragoon 
Guards, 1st Rovul Dragoons, bill and lltli Hussars, 13th 
Dragoons, und 17th Lancers. Thu standard, is for the 
heavies, 6 feat 6^ Indies to 5 feet 9 inches for men under 
25 years ; and growing lads under 19 years, 6 foot 6 to 5 feel 
8 Inches. For tho lights, 5 fool 04 to 5 feet 8 for men under 
26 years ; for luds under 19 years, 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 7 inches. 
The head- quarters and last troop of tho lltli Hussars 
loft Portobello Barracks at half-past 8 o’clock ji.m. on 
Monday morning, under the command of Major Douglas, 
and proceeded to Kingstown for embarkation. 
(ar SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 
We havereceived tbe followingdesputcheB from Vienna 
“ A despatch from Omar Pudm, duied Sdiumla, May 
states that Bolt Pasha had, on ihe 20th of ApriJ, defeated 
the Russians ut Nico|)oli6, and that the Russians had lost 
1,500 men, On tlui 2nd of May, Colonel Suleiman Bey 
had also defeated the Russians at Radova, EQt f° 1 ' ^ rom 
Krajevo. 
Vienna Gazette states, that fn consequence of the 
great concentration of troops on tho north-eastern and 
eastern froutiers of Austria, 95,000 recruits will be raised. 
“This measure must bo considered an open declaration o 
tho resolution of Austria not to be bullied by Russiu. 
“The Vienna conferences nre to be renewed on tbe busts 
of new Anglo-French und Austro-Prussiau treaties of al- 
liance. 
