half-hour 20 1 1 orses were - 1 " (1 ^ 'Vhc ‘jjjj,, wa s 
fowJdinto ft? 'Sound by .ho Pike and Co.iRa.icc, s.ca.mu^ 
, e Sutlei. proceeded at once to sea, with a 
and” HkV the" S utlej » proceeded at once to sea, wmi a fair 
^Portsmouth. - The Vulcan steam transport Com- 
mander Von Donop, is having a refit prior to embarking 
more troops. 
Woolwich, June 7.-The Cormorant, 103 , hired steam 
transport ship, having taken on board a number of siege 
guns and munitions of war, ut the Royal Arsenal, moved up 
to the Dockyard to-duy, and was taken into the basin, pie 
paratory to embarking men and horses of the Royal Artilleiy, 
for service in the East. 
Captain Brandling’s No. 1 Company of the 12 ill battalion 
arrived in the garrison at Woolwich, ut G o clock ®.n». J- 
day, from Shoebury ness, to embark for the seat of war 
Turkey. . . , ... 
fifty horses arrived in the garrison to-daV from Dublin, 
for the service of the lt»>yul Artillery, and between twenty 
and thirty arc to bo sent to the seat of war, to fill up casual 
t&s. . 
■ ■ — ♦ 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
{Prom our own Correspondent.) 
Coolali ( KooUli ) Barracks, Constantinople* 
24th May, 1834. 
Dr. aU Sin —The head-quarters of the 17th 
(embarked in the ship Eveline at Portsmouth °n tho 25th 
ultimo) arrived at Constantinople on lie 18th inst., mak 
S voyage in 24 days. The Pride of the Ocean and 
Ganges, CorRaining the 1st division of the regiment 
though sailing from England seven days previous to the 
departure of the head-quarter detachment, did not ai - 
rive until the 20th. The Eveline lost only one horse. 
The Pride of the Ocean lost five, the Ganges eight The 
Blundell, which on the 23rd ult. embarked 51 horses, 
disembarked here on the 22nd inst. 46, having lost six 
during the voyage. Cnpt. Morgan's troop which em- 
barked on the 24th ult., has not yet arrived- Ihe dis- 
crepancy in the loss of the horses in the different trans- 
ports can only be accounted for as occurring, either from 
the different treatment of the horses, or from the superior 
accommodation of tile head-quarter ship Too much 
praise cannot be bestowed on Lieut.-Col. Laurenson, for 
his experience and skill, as well as for the assiduous atten- 
tion he devoted to the preservation of the horses of the 
regiment under his command, particularly those with 
which he himself embarked ; the only case of loss in his 
ship was an old troop mare, constitutionally diseased, 
■which he deemed it necessary to have destroyed, fearing 
her disease might prove infectious. He had the greatest 
possible attention paid to the cleanliness of the horses’ 
stalls, which were washed out daily with sea-water, thus 
preventing all chance of ammonia ; disinfecting fluid was 
sprinkled twice a week in the hold, and the horses’ nostrils 
sponged out daily with vinegar, four windsails sus- 
pended from the deck to the hold, and in getting into a 
hot climate, a considerable portion of the middle deck 
taken up tor increased ventilation. The horses were fed 
morning and evening with oats ; in the middle of the day, 
they had a bran mash, very sloppy, with a little oats in 
it, which they ate ravenously. A sling was never used 
during the entire voyage in the head-quarter ship, ex- 
cept lor a short time under the mare that was destroyed 
when in a weak condition. The troops on disembarking 
were quartered in Coolali Barracks, situated oh the 
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, four and-a-lialf miles east 
of Scutari, where the British troops were encamped. It 
would have been far preferable to both men and horses 
to have gone into camp at once, as the barracks nre 
most miserably fitted up, no accommodation, filthy in 
the extreme, and worst of all swarming with vermin, it 
is impossible to sleep for the myriads of fleas ami 
other flesh-hunting vermin that nightly carouse on 
our poor carcases; their torment may be belter imagined 
than described. The barrack is very extensive, ca- 
pable of holding 10,000 men; it is composed of 
large buildings, with a ground floor, and galleries 
all 'round inside as a second floor, very similar to our En- 
lish churches (God forgive me the profanity of the simile!). 
There are neither rooms beds, nor bedding, but we lie 
down in our cloaks, on the matting with which the floors 
are covered, promiscuously, like so many sheep, without 
reference to rank or station; the said matting, by the way, 
being charged to overflowing with our nightly assailants 
“ miserabile dicta.'' 
steamer, “ Tiger," has been taken by the Russians, having 
run herself aground in a fog. 
In a few days more, in all probability, Russia will have 
felt the edge of British steel. I trust in my next I shall be 
able to give you some more cheering intelligence. 
Constantinople, May 30.— Yesterday, between seven 
and eight thousand of British Light Infantry, from the 
Selimieh barracks (Scutari), sailed lor \ arun. 
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25. 
Marshal St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, and the Seraskier 
returned on the 23rd inst. to Const mtinople after having 
conferred with Omar Pasha, and visited the camp at 
Schumla The result of this tour has been most important, 
and an Anglo-French force of 30.000 men will bo conveyed 
in n few days to the scene of action. The J>ane, Cacique, 
and Vaiiban’quitted port yesterduy for Gallipoli, and the 
Magellan is all in readiness to start this evening in the 
su.ne direction for the purpose of shipping the first contin- 
gent of ten or twelve thousand men, and transferring them in 
all haste to Varna. Fifteen thousand of our own troops will 
ul.vo proceed ut the same time to that port ; but the de- 
tachment from Selimieh lias not >et gone, 
Uilitarg. 
From the London Gazette of Tuesday. 
WAR-OFFICE, Jcne 6. 
[Memorandum.] 
Iler Majesty lias been pleased to approve of all first appointments of 
gentlemen to commissions 111 the Fusilecr and Rifle Regiments beinJ 
in future made in the rank of Ensign and not Second-Lieutenant m 
heretofore, which latter grade is abolished prospccively from this 
date : and her Majesty has been farther pleased to approve of the 
Subalterns In the 7th Fusilcers consisting prospectively of the same 
number of Lieutenant* and Ensigns a* in other regiments of infantry 
of the line, nnd not of Lieutenants only as heretofore. y 
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards -Scrg.-Mnjor John George Drake 
to be Quartermaster, vice Thompson, appointed Quartermaster to a 
cavalry depot. 
6th Dragoons— Richard Glengall Kelly, Gent., to be Vet.-Surg vice 
llallen, appointed to a cavalry depot. 
6th Regiment of Foot— Lieut. Frederick William Goic, to be Cant 
by purchase, vice Webb, who retires ; Ensign Lewis Blytli Hole, to ho 
Lieut., by purchase, vice Gore; Thomas Bernard Hackett, Gent, to bo 
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hole. 
10th Foot— John Tulloch, Gent., to be ABslst.-Suvg., vice Webb, pro 
moted on the Staff. 
20th Foot— Lieut. Edmund Francis Anstcy, to be Capt. by purchase 
vice Tomson, who retires; Lieut. Mansfield Turner, to be Capt., by 
purchase, vice Dewar, who retires; Ensign Charles Edward Parkinson 
to he Lieut., by purchase, vice Anstey ; Ensign William Drummond 
Scruse Dickens to he Lieut., by purchase, vice Turner; Lewis Keke- 
mtiiuinii r r J l 1 i iJbiiwu a/hramo i — * ” * •» ia 
TI.O Muon-Shim seen on that morning, I afterwards learned, w | ch Gen t., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickens; William Vivash 
, . ,,»• ii.p fith Hussars, with their horses, , Maskclvne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parkinson, 
contained n regiment 11. BMM > 26th > Foot , )eut . Walter Fitzgerald Kenich to bo Capt :> by pm. 
equipments, &c„ which were all safely landed on that day 
a? their splendid barracks in KmilcIL [A letter from our 
own correspondent at K.mleli is given in another column.- 
Fn 1 In short, von will bo happy to leurn that there is at 
last every appearance of life and vigour in onr movements : 
troops ure daily pouring in, and the Ganges lias jBst lilts 
instant come into port with a fresh contingent ol 1.-00, in- 
stead of disembarking them at Gallipoli, as was the original 
intention Siliatra is closely besieged by 70,000 ot tho 
Russian forces. Provisions and ammunition unfortunately 
are beginning to fi.il ; and in n late attempt to supply the 
place, the escort merely, 1500 men, succeeded in cutting 
through the Russian lines, while ull their stores nod neces- 
saries fell in the hands of the enemy. 
The Ramazan commenced on Tuesday, the 30th ult. A 
moro than usual degree of religious fervour was observed 
chase, vice Wullacc, whose promotion on the 21st of April, 1854, is to 
be cancelled; Ensign Estcourt Day to be Lieut, vice Kerrich; James 
Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Day. 
34th Foot— Wullacc llaward, Gent., to be Assistunt-Suvgeon. 
39th Foot— Staff-Burgeon of the Second Class George Thomas Wood- 
man. M l' , to be Surgeon, vice Reid, appointed to the -tnff. 
43rd Foot - Lient. Lumley Graham to be Capt., by purchase, vice 
Wevland, who retires; Ensign Henry Ba*il llouson to be Lieut,, by 
purchase, vice Graham ; Herbert Johncs Berners, Gent., to be Ensign, 
bv purchaso, vice Honson 
54th Foot— Arthur Herrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 
Hardlnge, who retires. 
55tli Foot— Serg Owen Green to be Quartermaster, vice GiTgg, who 
retires upon half-pay. 
84tli Foot --Ensign Henry Currie to be Lient , by purchase, vice Page, 
who wires; Thoinns Scov’ell Bigge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, 
vice Currie. 
1st West India Regiment- Lieut. Henry Anton to be Capt., without 
purchase, vice Hammill, deceased; Ensign Edward Barnes Goodman 
to be Lieut , without purchase, vice Anton; Charles Cameron Lees, 
Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Goodman. 
3d West Indi>i Regiment- Lieut -Col. Cecil William Forester, from 
among tlieTuiks, nfflicled as they nro by lllO approach ot lla if. pa y, 80th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col., vice Irwin, who exchanges; 
liip enemy und the presence of Frankish armies ill their Major Samuel Hood Murray to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase, vice Fores- 
Ihe enemy una me 1 '*• ter> w } 10 retires; Capt. George Butter 1 nscott Colman to be Major, 
country. 
TFTF. WAR IN EUROPE. 
Constantinople, May 23.— After a grand review on tho 
Queen’s Birthday at Scutari, foot races, games, jumping m 
sacks, &c., und other active amusements wero carried on, 
and in the evening the encampment was illuminated. The 
Scots Fusilier Guards, who occupy the summit of the most 
distant height to the left of the cnmft constructed an obe- 
by purchase, rice Murray ; Lient. Reginald Guard Palmer to be Capt., 
by purchase, vice Colman ; Ensign Cortlandt George Macgregor Skin- 
ner to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Pulmer 
Cape Mounted Riflemen-Ensign William Simkin to be Quarter- 
master, vice Michael Rorke, who retires upon half-pay; Serg.- 
Major Charles B. Marshall to be Ensign, without purchaso, vice 
Simkin. 
WAR-OFFICE, Jcn-f. 8. 
17th Regiment of Foot— Mnjor-General Thomas James Wemyss 
C.B , to be Colonel, vice General Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C.B., de- 
ceased, Muy 31. .. 
94th Regiment of Foot— Major-General Henry Thomas, C.B., to 
uimuiii. “eg - ■ - ... . „„„ 94th Regiment of Foot— Major-*, enerai nemy mourns, c.o., io 
Ihk. surmounted by « crown, arid may be said to nave cur- ^ ColoPelj vicc Major-General William Staveley, C.B., deceased, 
ried off ihe palm in this pari ofi ho festivities. In faet.itwasa May 31 . 
day of recrealiou for the troops, and will very likely be the 
. * .v . 'll l .nma lllPV OVA HHflttr 
WAR-OFFICE, June 9. 
ubj ui .ciSBnv- • *. * 2nd Retriment of Life Guards- John Hennikcr Lovett, Gent., to be 
last one they will have for some time, as they aie ler CornBtnYl ^ sab-Lieutenant, bv purchase, vice the Honourable Thomas 
orders to erabark Tor Varna. Cuptain Astley, of tho Scots -- 
Fusilier Guards, proved himself ihe best runner, both for a 
short and a long distance, but gavo ihe prize to tho second 
There are quartered at present in Coolali Barracks, be- 
sides the 17th Lancers, the 8th Hussars (one troop not yet 
arrived), two Battalions Royal Artillery, the Small 
Arms Brigade Royal Artillery, two troops Horse Av- 
tillerv, a party of Sappers, and a regiment of Turkish 
Lancers Major General the Earl of Lucan, commanding 
the Cavalry, with his staff, has also this day taken up his 
quarters here, though only for a day or two, as th»- 17th 
Lancers, 8th Hussars, and Horse Artillery, now quartered 
here, are ordered to proceed on to Varna on ihe 26th 
Lord Lucan to-day inspected the 8th and 17th, and ex- 
pressed great satisfaction on their good appearance and 
efficiency for the field, aud joined with both regiments in 
three hearty cheers for the Queen. 
The troops are rejoiced to off from these filthy quar- 
ters, the open plain being to all more aceeplnhlo. The rations 
supplied to the troops are as good as the country can af- 
ford, but still wretchedly bad’and inferior. They consist of 
l.J lb. of bread and 1 lb. of meat per day for each man. 
If it were English bread and meat, it would be very good, 
but there is a deplorable difference. The bread, of barley 
meal, is coarse and black, and however fresh, invariably 
sour; it is also full of sand. Mutton is the general ration 
meat, as beef cannot be procured except ver^ tieldom; the 
mutton, however, is better than thehread. The sWp are 
very small, seldom exceeding 30lbs iu weight. A Want 
which tlie soldier here feels not less acutely than any 
other, is the total absence of any wholesome drink. The 
wine though very cheap, is not the dl-lnk an English 
soldier can swallow; and the spirits, if he u»?e them, in- 
variably send him to the hospital or sick list. How is 
it 6ome of the London brewers do not contract with 
Government to supply the army with a requisite so 
necessary to the health and cheerfulness of tho men? 
It is said the Turks have suffered a defeat, — I know not 
Yesterday evening the first British troops sailed Tor the 
immediate *seat of war. The corps honoured by this prece- 
dence is that of the Sappers and Miners, of which one com- ^ 
pany, under Captain Bent and Lieutenant Crcyke, with a wi 
nontoon traiu. is now either ot or close to Varna. To-day to 
,l,e paek-Vporws of the li-l.t division are hein? embarked. 
Tliis divvvion rails on featnrday, the -/Hi, toi >ama, me the 6th of June lias been , 
transports (towed by steamers, if necessary) then returning 
for the !>nke of Cambridge’s division. 25,0(JU French troops 
are to be at X'aiTia on the 5th of June, so that the allied 
armies Wffl vnusfer about 140,000 men in Bulgaria. There 
will be a sufficient force to prevent the Russians from ad- 
vancing, but not enongh to vl rive them back. 
Constantinople, May 30. — Sir George Brown, with 
a division of the Rifles ami 7,000 men, left yesterday for 
Varna. Mehemct E»*fha, fo:mcrly ambassador at London, 
replaces the Grand Vizir. Halil Pusha is appointed Kapii- 
dan Pa*ba. YPebtfn aimonncc tho arrival at Constantinople 
of the Government transports Arnoldalo, City of Carlisle, 
and John Shepherd, with troops from Woolwich. We hear 
here that 10,000 cnvnlry sabres have been taken out of tho 
stores in the Tower of London, and trait to the Government 
works at Enfield to be ground, previous to being forwarded 
t« Cotistamrnoplc to arm the above number td Turkish 
cavalry ecdtfitrs. 
•SILLSTRIA. 
M onssa Baeka, Com mander- in - Chief of the fortress of 
Sihstria, addressed to Omfir Pacha, on flic 21st ultimo, the 
let tut’ given below, ft w>if he seen that it confirms und ex- 
tends the bnTdbgeoce previously tcccived respecting the 
energetic ireifisTanee of the gari is<m, which has since been so 
many times renewed *lth success. 
< ‘ ; SrL’isTmA, M a* '24'. 
“ Yesterday (Stetarday) tho Russians attacked mu- out- , 
works. Thank' to the valonT of onr troops the riftoek was 
i>epnl-ed^ with slight loss on our (part. The (Russians lorft 
15 Q killed. Mid a large uumbrr wounded. 
W To-day (Snwdaj) the Russians again affnekod our 
outer foriifieaiions. Dorirg Clio action two ’Circinistiant; 
(Mussulmans), lieutenants of cavalry, quirted their post and 
came over to n^ in order, for love of Jslaniism, to disclose 
the movements and projects df the enemy. From them we 
b am that ihe enemy have brought throe corps d'urmce to 
ihe nVtack of FiBstria. 
“ I’o-dav they determined -to carry SHistria iil any cost of 
life, and their dispositions 'Were >uH -taken to this end. M 
ilio moment when 1 the 'Cnemy seems inclined 'to 
make u general attack Vip nn ; onr oiittvoi'ka. Plowcver, the 
fiiv froWi the ramparts hai 'ing'tnnflr Iflsttpppoodhdmposslblo, 
h« b«s halted b»e feattallovis." 
H. G. Fermor, promoted. June 9. 
Royal Regiment of IIoi-sc Guards- Henry Peach Keighly Peach, 
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Jonc9, promoted, June 9. 
1st Regiment of Foot- Sherlock Yipnolles Willis, Gent , to be Ensign, 
bv purchase, vice Vizc, who retires, June 9. 
’l2th Foot Georjre Banks Flayer Arden. Gent., to be Assistant- 
Surceon, vice Ricketts, appointed to the Staff, June 9. 
31st Foot— Lieutenant Robert I aw, to be Captain, without purchase, 
vice Walters, deceased ; Ensign Alexander Mitchell, to be Lieutenant, 
without purchase, vicc Law, May 5; Lieutenant Henry Prim Hutton, 
be Captain, without purchase, vice Law, who'O promotion on the 
June has been cancelled, June 6; Ensien Frederick Young Cassidy 
purchase, vice Mitchell, whose promotion on 
„„„ cancelled, June 6; George Robert Routledco 
Fitz Maurice, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cassidy 
June 9 .. , . . _ 
44th Foot-Lieutenant Richard Preston to be Adjutant, vice Gregory, 
wlin resigns the Adjutancy only, June 6. .... 
57th Foot — Lieutenant Jason Hassard to be Captain, without pur- 
cha-e: Ensign Thomas Kind Woodall to be Lieutenant, without pur- 
chase, vice llassard ; Ensign Richard Astley Knatchbull Hugessen, 
to be Lieutenant, without purchase; William Aldersey James Sliortt, 
Gent., bo be Ensign, without purchase, vice Woodall, June 6. 
71st Foot -Robert Barttclot Aldridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- 
chase vice Pedilie, appointed to the 41st Foot, June 6. 
73d Foot — Major Thornes Ross, from the 90th Foot, to lie Major, 
vice Campbell, who exchanges, June 6. 
84tli Foot— Ensign Robert Torrens Plntt to be Lieutenant, l>y 
purchase, vice Mac Mahon, who retires; Alf ed Gibaut, Gent., to be 
Ensign by purchase, vice Pratt, June 9. , _ 
87th Foot- Captain John Thcophilus Usshor, from the 91st Foot, to 
be Captain, vice M’Clintock, who exchanges J unefl. 
90th Foot— Major Robert Parker Campbell, from the 73rd root, to 
be Major, vicc Ross, who excht-ngcs, June 9. , A .. 
91st Foot— Captain Thompson Mucky M'Clintock, from the 87ui 
Foot, to be Captain, vice Usslier, who exchanges, June 9. 
ltifie Brigade— Lord Edward William Pelham Clinton to be Ensign, 
by purchase, vicc Miukliam, promoted, June 9. , , 
2nd West India Regiment- Brevet-Colonel and Licutenant-Colonei 
John Bazalgette, from hulf-pivy rnattuehed to be Llevitenaiit-Coloiici, 
vice Cobbe, appointed to the 4th Foot ; Major Herbert Wntkin ” 
Wvnn, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Bazalgette, "ho 
retires; Captain Thomas Gibbings to be Major, by purchase, vice Wynn, 
Jl *3rd West India Regiment— Alexander Dunlop, Gent , to bo Ensign, 
by purchase, vice Skinner, promoted, June 9. 
how correct the rumour ; also that the English war l iog from Kars. 
THE WA& A'SiA. 
RUSSIAN S AIDING BACK, 
from TVeklfcon-ih: slate lliut on Ifio llili ultimo an 
aide-'i^-^mp Of Selim 1 <ueliu, commanding at Tchuruk Su, 
*11101*: vVVih Mew. that ihe Russians had abandoned 
< Hwr-'roti , and Wore mwn llting on Nolais. The Georgians of 
the t-'i incr place l\>xt no time in informing Selim l’uclia, and 
tho town was at once occupied by Ottoman troops. Selim 
Pacha appointed one of the primates of ihe country as go- 
vernor. 
'l'li© Turkish army under Gcnurul Guyon is ulsu aJvanc- 
IMPKlilAL PAR LIAM E NT. 
FRIDAY. -Loans.— Tlie House rc-as*ombled for the first time since 
the recess nt five o'clock. 
in imply to Karl Hardwicke, 
The Duke of Mcwcusfle suid for the first lime in this country an 
ainbulonce coriis for conveying the wounded from the field of botn 
had been estubllsbed, nnd being now completed, a screw-steamer imu 
been chartered to ciirrv It to the East at once. 
THE WAR M1CTSTER. 
The Earl of Aliordeeii, In reply to Hie Earl of Derby, snid ,lis n<l , 
friend, Lord John Russell, Hull neceptcd the office of President of tnc 
Council, and would continue to remain in the House of c °nimons. ' n 
Imd further to state that it was intended to sepnra'c tlio 
the Secretary of the State for the W or ami the Colonies. 1J ^ 88 ®P“ r 
Hon would be carried Into effect before flic nextmcetingofthcliou 
The functions and powe. s of the Secretary of M ar would be the ^ 
as those now possessed by the Sreretuiy for the Colonies • « ‘ t 
further chungos might hereafter take place m the nnlitaij depftrtnicn 
he was not now prepared t<> state. 
A noble l-iirl inquired whether the new Minister would haven j 
tiling to do with the ftnnnelal department of the army r 
The Earl of Aberdeen— Nothing whatever ns at present 
^TheEtnl of Derby must again Inquire whether th ® 
would be invested with a po«er with regard io the fln . a ' ,c . t n s “"“ oln t 
pufronage of the nrmy. nnd whether it was proposed only to «P1 
him during a period of wav. . nnwei'3. 
The Karl of Aberdeen replied flint lie would not have sueli [ ° (tcrs 
but he would have tlie entire administration of 0,1 otl . lt " wm ; 
relating to the army. That would nt east be eni’ue 1 „ 00 (l 
and as to a time of peace, pc, haps he noble 
enough to wait until that event arrived before expecting nn ai 
his question. 
'■mTlVtaUY ORDER OF ST. GEORGE AND THE 
Tl,e lv.rl of Albemarle moved for the Appointment of a scieti^. 
Ittec to Inquire Into tlie administration of the funds ot t 
mlttcc to inqulr 
connected with the above order. 
com- 
ities 
IIIIILLILU ^lin liiv- v , . - 
Commons. —The Speaker took the chair at four oclocic. 
NEW WRIT FOR LONDON. C ny 
On the motion of Mr. Hay ter, n new writ was ordered f- '“ ctloll( 
of London, in tho room of Lord John Russell, who, since 
