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THE FIELD 
I.ovett, iii-rived nt Sheerncss at 7.30 a m. r.n Wednesday 
from i lie Baltic fleet. Commander Lovett loft Sir Charles 
Napier with Ms flogsliip the Duke of Wellington, and Ills 
squadron cruising N.N.Ii of the Island of GoBska Sundoc, 
distant about 30 miles. No attempts up to the 16th inel. 
(the day on which the Holyrood left the fleet) had been 
made to attack either Hovel, the I*lund of Aland, or any 
other Russian port. The English fleet* were then wailing 
the arrival of t lie French fleet, and no operations are 
anticipated until the fleets unite. Only one French line-of- 
battle ship had joined Sir Charles Napier's squadron, but the 
whole of the French fleet were daily expected. On the 1 7th 
insf. the Royal George, 120 guns, sent a boat alongside the 
Holyrood for information, and sho reported having passed 
six sail of the line of tho French fleet on the previous day. 
On the I8ih Inst,, tho Holyrood passed the Penelope fleam- 
frigate, with the Water Tank in tow, In the East Sea; the 
Penelope steam-frignto sent ii boat alongside, and reported 
nil well. The Holyrood arrived at Copenhagen on tho 18th, 
and left there on the SOtli Inst., passed Elsinore the same de v 
at noon, and cleared the Scnw at 1 n.m. the following day. She 
did not afterwards pass any English or French racn-of-war, 
and paw no vessel bearing the Russian colours during liar 
passage home. Tho Holyrood Inis steamed home from 
Copenhagen in 74 hours Tim Basilisk, 0 guns, paddle- 
wheel steam sloop, hud been close in ofT Mango Head, and 
sighted tlm Russian fleet, from IU to 12 sail. A shot was 
fired from the buttery, which fell short of tlm Basilisk. 
After reconnoitring sufficiently, slm returned. Up to the 
time of the Holyrood leaving, tlm allied fleet hud not been i 
above Revel, the ico nut having cleared away. 

OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
C 0 V 8 TA NTiNorx. e. — J mentioned in a former letter that 
tho next division of tho French army is to laud at Rndosto, 1 
on the Sea of Marmoru. This will bean impoitunt position, 
os it threatens an army attacking cither the lines of Boulaldr 
or those. The view from tho highest point Imre is mugni/i- i 
rent; the variety of hill and dulc, studded with villages and | 
farm houses, and the i-xtumdve horizon of sea on tlm north, 
form u charming panorama. Tho ravines run in evory 
possible direction, though nono are sufficiently rugged to 
piescnt mi impediment to troops. Tlm main range of hills, 
which is a spur of tho Jlulkun, runs east oml west along 
tho north of tho peninsula. — Correspondent of Morning 
Chronicle- 
Malta. May 17. — Morn than 10,000 French have arrived 
at this island since tlm 1st of May. Tlm greater portion of 
this force has proceeded to the East. Tho 14ih Regiment of 
i lie Lino (English) und some detachments of the 17th 
Lancers (English) have also gone on to Constantinople. 
L’Obihnt. — T he friguto Vengeance sailed on tho 10th 
Instant, from L'Orlent, to join tlm French squadron in tho 
‘Jlnllic. 
The Downs. — T he Milan, French war .steamer, and tho 
llclleisle, English hospital-ship, left tho Downs on Monday 
for tho Baltic. 
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SAILING OF TROOPS. 
Dubmn, — The Eleventh Hussars. — Among tho 
many embarkations for the Kind, few could have been more 
gratifying thon that of Captain Cress (veil’s troop 11th 
(P.A.O.) Hussars, who sailed ut three p in. on board tho 
Panola. The perfect regularity ami ease with which tho 
embarkation of both men uml horses was conducted were un- 
exceptionable. But the enthusiasm on the occasion was 
moro than usually excited by tho gallant captain being ac- 
companied by Mrs. Cmswcll, o daughter of Sir William G. 
Gordon Gumming, who, though the only lady, with tlio spirit 
of her nice nccninpnnii * the regiment to tlm East. Loud 
and long wore tho cheers of her gallant “ comrades, ” re- 
echoed from the shore, which creeled her on rcuchjug the 
vessel, and many were the heavy hearts and watery eyes that 
followed the vessel to the Pier Head us she moved out. The 
Fannin is n fine vc-scl of 006 tons, well found in all respects, 
and of tho unusual height of nine feet between decks. We 
subjoin the emhaikution return of the 11th. 
Parnmatta, No. 62, fltil tons ; 3 officers, Lieut. J. Inglia, 
Cornet R. Palmer, As-islant Surgeon A. M. Tippett', 7 1 It 
l oot; 38 non-comnihsiuncd officcie und privates; 37 liorsos. 
Bailed May 13. 
Asia, No. 53,721 tons; 4 officers. Captain K. A. Cook, 
Cornet G. P. Houghton, Paymaster J. Ilvly, As-i-tant-Sor- 
geon W. II. Grylls. lihh Font ; 45 non-commissioned officers 
and privates ; 46 horses. Bailed May 10. 
Glendalough, No. 66, 1,068 tons; 3 ollleers, Captain E. 
Peel, Lieut. A. W. Suitmtushr, Assistant- Surgeon H. J 
Wilkin; 4!) non- commissioned officers and j males; 60 
horses. Bulled May !). 
Mar Cloud, No. 6(1. 1.260 !<'ti6; 3 officers, Cuptuin T. V 
Pallas, Lieut. 11. A. Trevelyan, Assistant-Surgeon AV. 
Dumbreek, 1st Foot ; 5(1 unn-coinuiib'ioticd officers nnd pri- 
vates; 56 horses. Sailed May 12. 
Tyrone, No. 57, 1,107 ioiik ; 5 officers, Major John Doug- 
las, Lieut. R. Nflnsillart, Adjutant \V. Ennis (Lieut.), 
Burgeon J. B. St. C. Crosse, Veterinary Surgeon J. W. 
Gloag ; 6‘J non- commissioned officers und privates ; 62 
horses. Boiled May 17. 
Funolu, No. 71, 065 Ions; 4 officers, Captain W. G. B. 
Crtttwoll, Lieut, lion. It. J. Aumslcy, Quartermaster II. 
Kauutze, Staff Surgeon Itrude ; 52 non-commissioned officers 
and privates. Sailed M»v SO. 
The depot of tlm I Hh Hussars liusnulvrd ot Newbridge 
from Dublin. Captains W . Foster uml J. Miller, and Cornels 
It. Dungnte (H.M,), (j. A. Mnddock, W. D. Kelly (on leave 
and about to retire), and A. W. Gondull, uto the officers nt- 
tuched to the depot, 
First Dragoons. — A second detachment of the 1st Royal 
Dragoons, consisting of nbni|i ] go men and the same com- 
plement or liorfM. orrlicd ut Liverpool on Saturday morning 
horn Manchester, via Prerept, ami were immediately 
r no barked on board the ttunsjinn ships Arabia apd Hip 
van Winkle for Multu, their ultimate destination being 
Turkey. The officers accompanying tlm detachment wore 
Major Ward low, Captain Campbell, Adjutant Lieutenant 
Webster, Lieutenant Charlton, Cornet Ilsrtnpp, and 
Veterinary Surgeon Poett. 
Highlanders. — The 4 2d Royal Highlanders, under tho 
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron, have embarked 
from the jetty at Portsmouth dockyard on board the 
itrew mail steamship Mjdospes, for conveyance to Tur- 
I cy. They marched from their quarters, in Anglesey 
I arracks, Portsea, played out by the bunds of the 34th Regi- 
ment and 1st battalion Rifle Brigade to tho tunes of “Auld 1 
Jang syne," “Cheer, boys, cheer,” & c., amid tho loyal ac- 
clamations and greeting of the Inhabitants who thronged tho 
line of march. The troops remained in harbour ull night. 
Our Advices prom Malta doted the 17th of May. 
mention, that up to the evening of tho lltli Inst, the total 
amount of French troops and horse* that had passed through 
were — troops, 4.721 rank and filo, exclusive of officer*; 
horses, 1,883; mules, 67. Up to last night nt gun-fire 
the following is the gross total of French tmopa, with horses 
and mules — viz., troops, 5,030 ; horses. 685. Grund total, 
troops, 10.357 ; horses, 2.408; mules, 07. It is not a 
lit l lo remarkable that the amount of casualties among tho 
French horse* ha* been of u very insignificant nature, while 
tlm English have lost n considerable number, und among 
them borne very valuable nniimiN, Tho glanders has 
appeared among tho French horses, and five of them have 
been destroyed. 
The number ofEnglMt troops that huva nrrived is: — 
By the Blund. IL— 45 horns, Captain White, Lieutenant 
Thompson, Assistant-Surgeon Brady, Veterinary- Surgeon ! 
Constant, and 55 rank and file of the lilh Lancers. 
By tho Bombay.— Lieutenant-Colour! Barlow, Major 
Watson, Captains Budd, Dwyer, Douglas, and Trevor, 
Lieutenant* Iluulcy, Segrnvc, Grogan, Barlow, Smythe, 
Hey wood. Bow r, Mathews, und Wilson (Adjutant). Ensigns 
J mile field, Vivian. Crosby, and Blunt, Paymaster Hull, 
QnartormostcrO'Ccnnpr, Burgeon Denny, A>sistniil-3iu<;con 
Bleckley, nnd 74') rank and file of the 14th Regiment. 
By the Edmundsbury. — 35 borer*, Cnjrtuin Morgan, 
Lieutenant Knight, Pay master Stephenson, Surgeon Powell, 
and 40 troopers of the 17th Lancers. 
By i he Si, Vincent — Dr. Baxter, 64th Regiment. 
Lieutenant Dnvjdson, und 61 rank and file of tho Royal 
Artillery. 
By the British Queen. — 2fl4 rank nnd filo and officers 
f >r the service companies of the regiments In garrison here, 
Lieutenant Moxse, aide-de-camp to Lord Cardigan, and 
Major Muyow, also attached lo his staff, arrived by the 
British Queen. 
By the Bualhec detachments for the East also arrived. 
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TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER 
ORDERS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
On Saturday the 97* h Regiment of Foot left tho Shcct- 
sircet Barracks, Windsor, for Southampton, on tin ir way to 
the seat of war in the East. They were headed by the fine 
i hnml of the Royal Horse Guard* (Blue), and wore loudly 
I cheered on their way lo the Great Western station by tho 
| crowds of people who lined tho streets. On their arrival at 
! tho railway station they were received by a crowd of peqnle, 
I including utmost all the Eton boys, and most of tho trades* 
I men and professional gentlemen of I ho two towns. Each 
I of the Jong trains left I lie station amid tbn most enthusiastic 
J cheers of the spectators, re-echoed by tho 07th, the 
Blues* hand playing the national anthem with great 
effect on tho platform. Boon after tho departure of 
the 07th, about 400 rank and tile of tho 40th arrived, 
under tho command of Colonel Garralt, from Wccdon, 
nnd took possession of the burrocks, which they now- 
hold jointly with the depot companies of tho former regi- 
ment. Tlic 07th embarked from the Southampton Docks 
by the Royal mail steamship Orinoco, Cuptuin A. Wilson* 
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SOLDIERS’ WIVES AND FAMILIES. 
Cam nniDGE Asylum for Soldi eh* 1 Widows —T ho 
I third annual meeting of subscriber* to this charity, will be 
! held on Tuesday the 30lli inst., ut 3 p.m., at tho U.S 
Institution, Whitehall -yard. 
Quedkc, April 20 — On Wednesday, tho 2Glh inst., the | 
day appointed by the Queen for tho observance of n solemn 
fust, divine service was performed in oil the Prolcstunt 
churches, ami n special prayer put up fut the success ol 
British arm* in (lie war in which wo lunc engaged in the East 
Very cloqiont sermons were preached, and a collection made 
in M-ven churches for the benefit of the families of the sol- 
diers und sailors engoged. £230 were paid in the course of 
un hour, and the amount <>f subsequent donations will make 
up the sum probably to full £300 It every population 
within the British dominions will perform u similar duty in 
j the same proportion, our bravo countrymen and their 
I families will ho well endowed. The Catholic archbishop has 
j also ordered the observance of u fust ; but, wishing that all 
within this extensive diocese should at the*aiiic time addic-" 
' tlicir supplication* to the Divine Being, was unable to name 
, so early a day us tho 26th — tho news having only reached 
Quebec about the 23rd. From Montreal we hear of rather 
a commotion among tho members of tlio bar, growing out of 
tlm refusal of a Judge Mondolct to sanction tlio adjourn- 
ment of the court on Wednesday in consideration of tho fast. 
Tlio judge is reported to have refused on the ground that he 
cons dered soldim 6 und sailors ns “ cut-throat*,” und cared 
not if all that weiu about to engage in conflict should cut 
each others* throats. The indignation was so greet that Si 
was feared an uttompt might lie made to lynch the unfortu- 
nate gentleman, a into from which it might turn out that 
tho “ cut-throats ” he slandered would tilnlic lie aide to save 
him. Judge Mondclcl is a member of your Fence Society, 
and by lust accounts it was alleged his friends hud put him 
into a straight vvuistcnnt. 
The Gallant 13th ! — A sum of above £'51)0 has been 
subscribed by tlio officers of flic 13th Light Dragoon*, 
; which foi ms port of the expeditionary urmy lo the East, for 
the vuppmt of the wires of the men and tlioir fuiinllus 
during thciir absence from England. Tito money i* deposited 
In t lie li.undb of Lady Gore (die wife or Major Gore, accom- 
panying thu regiment), who resides ut Humplon-court 
Future, liar Ladyship has visited several of tlm women, 
uml Ims dfsii'lbuli (I some of tlm money among them. This 
will be continued weekly till tho fund is exhausted. 
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THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
( Continued front page 474.) 
Buy UK 'l ull K k m a Do | , May 8th.— ThU village is des- 
tined lo tic renowned In future history us giving Its name to 
tho “ lilies " about to bo cnnglniclrd by the English from tho 
Sea III M annul u to the Black 8m. It Is about twenty 
mill* below Cointitiitliioph', on tlm main road to Adrian- 
oplv, wild at present svvnnns with Bush I liozmik* (very 
Irregular cavalry). The survey of the neighbouring country 
is nearly completed. Captains Chapman and Lovell, and 
Lieutenants Creyke, Do Vcre, and llurkc, of the Royal 
Engineers, ate performing that duty. Tho" lines*’ nro to 
consist ol detarhi d works on the heights between tho lakes ol 
Boyuk Tchekmodgi on the southward und Deyeos on the 
northward, and un enclosed place of debarkation on tho 
Sea of Marmora. The importance of the latter iTerjd ~ 
as from it vve can at any time, even if the rc-l of the p° f * 
is forced, pom- troops on tho enemy’s flank, if :. c approad 
Constantinople. The lino is elevated from the centre to tl 
right, ot one point reaching a height of upwards «f \ Jl.® 
feet, so thut the army for tho construction and defence f 
the works may expect good health. Whether thut ur 
might not bo bolter employed, is another question. n '^ 
A private Icltor from St. Petersburg of tlm 14th mentin 
that the Russian Government had ordered an extraordli °* 
contribution, amounting to ono- fourth of the income to !' y 
levied on the central provinces. The ukase det-lpi-i« ti’at £ 
proceeds will be exclusively employed in tlm expenses 0 f th* 
war, which is waged in defence of the Orthodox p 'if 
against the Western Powers, who nro tlm enemies of Cliri ' 
liunily. Tlio Emperor does not seem to place overrnuV 
confidenco in the religious ardour of the central provides ' 
inasmuch us, by wuy of additional encouragement, (m lufon ' 
his loving subjects tliut the pro| erly nf those wtm # |, a || 
within 15 days hovo pniil tlie first moieiy of the i npn,* 
shall bo put under sequestration, und be adiniiiislered bv t|* 0 
Crown. 

THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
Buciiarkst, May 10. — Hundreds of carriages continual]* 
pass through here, conveying sii k and wounded Ru-si a „« 
and provisions. 
Sell UM la, April 29.— Tlie as-cmbhigo of nearly 60,000 
men h» rr has quite enlivened Schninla, und given it u more 
than holiday appearance. Them is really a number of 
military sights at present in Mils place which would prove 
attractive to people of better Ditto than tlm native Inliat,]. 
tains. Tho plain in front of tho town i.* the chief point of 
interest. There t be greater part of tho Turks* horse artillery 
cavnlry, and Infiintiy, Is encamped. Early 111 the mornln ' 
the plain Is full of life. Tho troop* at e all out and in mo t 
tion. Omar Paslin is keening up tlie spirit of his men, uml 
improving their soldiership by a regular habit of (hilling 
l hem — n tiling rather nniismil with a Tip Ills!) commander. 
And nowhere can work of this sort ho done to greater 
ini> autumn than on the plain. There would bo room for 
600,006 men going through their evolution*. It is n very- 
easy thing for a visitor to see ull that is doing. In the shopo 
of ditches, fences, stones, rucks, or trees, there is nothing in 
he met with. He can lido from one detachment to another 
more easily than ho could gallop across an English noble- 
tmir.’s park. Tho summer has now really set in, und the 
verdure all around tho town presents something pleasing for 
tlio ryo to rest upon. Tlio elasticity of tlio atmosplip.i-c gives 
great effect to tho music of the military bands. 
Varna, May 7. — General Cannon, sent by Omar Puslia 
on a special mission to Constantinople, ha* arrived heir, and 
will emit irk this day on board tlio Banshee, Captain Roj- 
imlds. Grncial Cunnoii (whose Tin Kish name is Bahrain 
Pushu) is a distinguished officer, a man of gctrlemauly man- 
ners and of good private fortune, whom enthusiasm fur tlie 
legitimate cause of the Sultan has brought out here. Being, 
therefore, in no way to be classed with tho host of poverty- 
stricken adventmcis of all nations that have flocked hither, 
he is a filling person for the mission with which he is charged, 
He canio here with a Muhiniuilar nnd escort of cavalry from 
Schninla, and is tho bearer of letters Ivnm Omar Fasliu lo 
the two Princes and two Generals of the allied nulione — tlio 
Duke of Cninhridgfl nnd Prjnco Napoleon, and Marshal 8t. 
Aruaud mid Lord Raglan. 11a is instructed to invito them 
to visit Schiimhi, to see the army, with the Ossuranco that 
Omar Pasha will do all in hi* power to rcciivo them with 
the distinction due to their tank. 
A return ofthe Turkish army in Europe ba.-just been made, 
and presented to tho commander* of the English and French 
armies. Of regular infantry them are 120 battalions, of 
chusscuis four battalions, rivalry 64 squadrons, artillery 
224 guns. The irregular infantry are 13,745 in number, 
the cavalry 14,355. Tlie bittulious consist of 700 men, 
the squadrons of from 10!) to 1 45. The numbi r of the ar- 
tillery is estimated at 4.000. There arc, besides, two ba’tu- 
lii.ns of engineers, each battalion composed of two CQtnputdis 
each 300 strong. 
OPERATIONS AGAINST SILISTRIA. 
Advice* from Vienna say : — 
On the 16th Marshal Patskiewllsch, with li is staff, crossed 
tho Danube below Silistria to reconnoitre. 
On the 16th terms of capitulation were offered to tin* com- 
mander of that fortress, and the bombardment suspended. 
On tho 17th Mussa Pasha rejected all terms, und on tlio 
same day the bombardment recommenced. 
On tlie 18th Marshal Puskiewitsch hud his head quartet* 
at Kalutasch. 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
Kars, APRIL 20. — From tho deepest despondency at it* 
ropicscntallons and demands being unanswered, and almost 
its existenco forgotten, the joy of tlio army of Kills (as oho 
the Turkish portion of its inhabitant*.) lias been raised lo 
the highest pitch by the important news, just transmitted to 
us from Hrzeroiim, that war Inm been ut lust declared by 
England nod Franco against Russia, and that a loan of 
£4, t'OO, 000 sterling had been contracted at Puri* by the 
Turkish Government ; that a national subscription of 
£l,o(<0.0UU hud also been raised at Constantinople, and a 
I'tl rt her loan gunrunlpcd by Hit* Siillut), to be paid out of fit* 
Customs ruvfliiqe, The troop* bora ip thu F.ust have borne 
sickness, starvation, wont of clothing Uml firing wlilt > |,e 
most admli'ublu fortitude and resignation, at, 4 now, und''*' 
the abovo cheating news, nnd commanded by Gcnrrnl 
Guv on, they look for will'd lo » spcotly Victory over l' lC 
Russians on ilia frontier, 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
THE LOBi OF THE TIGER. 
(jiy suDM+itiNit amp BurtoriiAN TR&Biiiurii ) 
Wo have i e relntil from ViuiHM tlm following despatch- 
“ Til* Journal tl- Oilema stale*, on the 12th of May Bel ''p’ fr * 
of 1,276 tout. burden, und inmintiDg |G guns, which *tra"“ c 
ut seven wet-si* from Odessa, uus forcid to surrender ben' r 
the Vesuvius and Nlgir could coino to her u.-siK'Hnce. R'' 
captain (Gifford) lost one leg, a midshipman both, und n* 
men woie wounded. Two hundred and twenty-six prisoner 
were taken. The Russians had two officers wounded, 
two soldieis killed. As tl o vessel could not be remove 
she was si t uu fire, oml souk the some day. Some ol 
guns were taken os irnphh a to Odessa.” 
The following further particulars, from a goc d Austi 
