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THE FIELD. 
Lindsay, of the Grenadier Guards, some officers of the 20th 
Regiment, and a medical staff of thirteen surgeons and 
assistant-surgeons, proceeding to join the army of the East. 
Her Majesty’s steam despatch gun-boat Arrow, Lieutenant 
Joliffe commanding, arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th inst. in 
seven days from Spithead. Sho left on the 10th for the 
Black Sea. The steamer London, six days from Loudon, 
having artillerymen on board for Constantinople, called at 
Gibraltar on the 10th inst. 
TROOPS ON THE MARCH, OR UNDER ORDERS FOR 
FOREIGN SERVICE. 
The 46th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed at 
Windsor, have received orders to hold themselves in readi- 
ness to proceed to Woolwich to embark there for the seat of 
war in the East. 
The three divisions of the 57th Regiment, which left 
Limerick, for Birr, have marched to Killaloe and Nenagh. 
Under the Mutiuy Act, the Mayor of Limerick issued an 
order to the proprietors of the cab establishments to convey 
the sick of the 57th hence to Birr, receiving a fair remune- 
ration. Assistant Surgeons Phelps aud Walker, 57th Regi- 
ment, are ordered to Turkey. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
(Continued from page 907.) 
In spite of the news of the landing of the Allies in the 
Crimea, the Russians in Vienna carry their heads very high, 
and profess to be of opinion that France and England “ are 
likely to make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of the 
world.” Fortunately, the Russians are very liable to be mis- 
taken in their calculations. Last November they were firmly 
convinced that they should get possession of Constantinople, 
as is pretty evident from the following anecdote, which is 
from the first hand A Russian general, who fell ill and 
recovered in Bucharest, paid the physician handsomely for 
his attendance, and, in the excess of his gratitude, promised 
to bring the wife of his yEsculapius “ a load of oil of roses 
from Constantinople." The lady, who is no admirer of the 
Russians, declared that she did not like the perfume in 
question, but would feel obliged to the gallant officer "if he 
would send her a small barrel of caviare as soon as he got 
back to Russia.” 
By Odessa letters of the 12tli, we learn that fourteen 
ships were still off that port. The roofs of the houses nearest 
the water are being taken off. A new means of defence 
is to be employed. Vast quantities of coal have been col- 
lected at four places where landing could be effected, and, 
in case of need, they will be set on fire. The object of the 
Russians is to prevent the rapid advance of the Allies, and to 
facilitate their own escape. 
The Monitewr publishes a letter from Alexandria, stating 
that since the departure of Said Fasha, Egypt has continued 
to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity. Said Pasha had pro- 
mised to the Porte a reinforcement of 10,000 men, and orders 
had consequently been issued for the concentration at Alex- 
andria of all the troops disposable. Several batteries were 
likewise to be shipped for Constantinople. An English 
regiment of cavalry coming from India was shortly expected 
to land at Suez. That regiment is on its way to join the 
army in the East. The Egyptian Government, at the request 
of the Consul-General of Great Britain, had permitted its 
passage through Egypt. 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
Advices from Varna state that the Allies in the Crimea 
were reported to be entrenching themselves at Mamaschai, a 
village near the mouth of the river Katcha. Their outposts 
were at Kamenna — in the direction of Bakchi Sarai. At 
Burliuk several Russian spies were shot. A deputation of sub- 
mission and obedience from the native population had ap- 
peared in the allied camp. 
The Tunisian troops, which have all arrived at Constanti- 
nople, will not be employed during this winter, but remain 
quartered in the barracks of the Seraskierat. Indeed, the 
soldiers have no cloaks or winter clothing, and are in many 
other respects incapable of doing public service. They are 
badly officered, shabbily dressed, and the medical depart- 
ment is composed of illiterate Italians, most of them formerly 
employed as barbers. The soldiers are fine quiet fellows, 
and behave with great discretion. 
The news that £400,000, on account of the loan, on their 
way to this capital per steamer London, has sent the ex- 
changes down to 1 30 piastres the pound sterling. 
Carrying the War into Bessarabia. — (By Electric Tele- 
yraph). — Omar Pasha is making preparations to besiege 
Ismail. 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
We give an illustration ofSondjak Bay on the coast of Cir- 
cassia, in The Field of to-day. The whole coast is now the 
scene of the most stirring events. The inhabitants of Anapa 
have been since the beginning of the mouth in daily expec- 
tation of a bombardment. It was known at Batoum on the 
11th that Anapa was blockaded by a squadron of eight ships 
of war, viz., three line-of-battle ships, and two brigs. Admi- 
ral Lyons, who commands this squadron, was only awaiting 
orders from Admiral Hamelin to bombard the town. e 
from time to time give illustrations of Circassia, since every 
point on the coast cannot but possess peculiar interest at the 
present crisis. , . 
Soukoom Kaleh, Circassia.— I have met here an old 
Polish soldier, who, after having deserted about twenty years 
ago from a Russian regiment, fell into the hands of the 
mountaineers of Tchetchenia, who sold him as a slave to the 
Circassians. He remained among the latter people in this 
capacity until the outbreak of the present hostilities with 
Russia. The Naib, being then desirous of securing the 
favourable opinion of the Europeans, restored him to liberty, 
and conducted him toSoukoum Kaleh, where he is now em- 
ployed as a domestic servant. The greatest source of his 
happiness in the first days of his freedom was that he was 
able fully to use his feet in walking. I must inform yon 
that when a man is condemned to slavery by the moun- 
taineers of the Caucasus they make in the middle ot the soles 
of bis feet a large incision, into which they introduce horse- 
hair. over which they afterwards let the wound close The poor 
slave can then only' walk on the tips of Ins toes, and of tours* 
moves about as little as possible. He is however; thus 
enabled to attend to the only duties imposed on him, name ly, 
following the women in the fields, and aiding them m their 
various labours. . , . ,, T .. 
Paris.— The Monitewr publishes the following:- Letter* 
from the Black Sea announce that Russian troops which 
had « mbarked at Tangarog, on board gun-boats lor the 
Crimea, met on the 4th Sept, with a severe gale, which sank 
eight or nine of them, with 200 men. By advices of the 
12th, received at Constantinople, we learn that the Circas- 
sians, commanded by Daniel Bey, a relation of Schamyl, after 
having passed the Yarouk Sou, burned sixty villages, the 
inhabitants of which sought refuge in the vicinity of Tiflis. 
They gave two battles to the Russians commanded by General 
Wrangel. Iu the first the Poles, who formed part of the 
Russian corps d’armde, deserted with two guns, and made 
prisoners thirty Cossacks of the regiment that pursued them. 
After second combat the Russians took to flight, throwing 
two guns into a ravine, and the Circassians formed a junction 
with Schamyl at Zakatolo." 
Trebisonde, Sept. 6.' — The retreat of the Russians aud the 
evacuation of Bayazid are confirmed ; the anxiety caused by 
their aggressive movement has entirely vanished. 
We read in the Journal de Constantinople : — “Ismail 
Pasha, late commander-in-chief of the division at Kalafat, 
who so greatly distinguished himself iu the defence of that 
important place, has been rewarded by the Sultan with the 
appointment of Muchir. Ismail Pasha is appointed com- 
mander-in-chief of the army in Anatolia, in the stead of 
Zarif-Moustafa Pasha.” 
fintml. 
The following letter has appeared in the Times “Sir— 
The unfounded charge brought against Lord Aberdeen, re- 
futed by * the only testimony that could be adduced,’ being 
now transferred to Sir James Graham, accompanied by the 
assertion of a person that he heard the imputation from a 
friend of mine, I feel it to be my duty further to declare 
that Sir James Graham never offered the command of the 
Baltic fleet to me, and that I did not ask it, under the im- 
pression that Admiral Sir Charles Napier was the most 
capable of undertaking the arduous task of bringing the 
crews of an undisciplined fleet to order. I mentioned, how- 
ever, to Sir James Graham that, if the attack on Sebastopol 
(the most desirable object of the war) failed to terminate 
hostilities, I should hold myself in readiness to employ my 
‘ secret plan' on any naval enterprise, more especially if 
such were deemed impracticable by the usual art of war. 
Attacked as I have been for stating the truth in regard to 
Lord Aberdeen, I trust that a generous public will suspend 
their judgment until at an early day I shall rebut the 
calumnies with which I have been assailed. — I am, Sir, your 
obliged and obedient servant, Dundonald.” 
Southampton, Wednesday, September 7. — The United 
States f ligate San Jacinto, Captain Stribliug, sailed this 
afternoon for the Baltic, with the intention of taking a 
cruise as far as Cronstadt before the ice sets iu. The officers 
are in the hopes of reaching the Gulf of Finland in time 
to witness the bombardment of Revel by Sir Charles 
Napier, which is expected to take place before the return 
of the allied fleets to the British Channel ; for this purpose 
the greatest expedition is to be used in getting the San 
Jacinto to the scene of war in the northern seas. Mr. Robert 
Anderson, an experienced Baltic pilot, belonging to Deal, has 
been specially engaged to take charge of the San Jacinto 
during the cruise in the Baltic, which will not occupy more 
than a month. The mayor and corporation of Southampton 
visited tlxia fine steam-frigate yesterday in official costume, 
and were most hospitably received by Captain Stribling, 
who had previously paid liis respects to the chief magistrate 
of Southampton at the Audit-house. On disembarking 
from the ship, the mayor and corporation were saluted with 
the heavy guns of the San Jacinto. Captain Ford, the 
Ottoman consul at Southampton, has also visited and been 
officially recognised by this frigate, and the commander and 
officers have made themselves generally very agreeable to 
the authorities and inhabitants during their short stay in 
this port. The San Jacinto will call at Southampton for 
coals and supplies on her return from Cronstadt. 
The Baltic. — The Russian fleet in the Baltic comprises 
the following sailing ships, together with three steamers of 
400-horse power, mounting eight guns each, two steamers of 
120-horse power, mounting four guns each, and one steam- 
corvette of 20 guns and 450-horse power. That portion of 
the fleet which is in the harbour of Helsingfors has com- 
menced preparations for the winter season. The ships have 
unbent their sails and struck their topmasts. In a month 
from the present time they will be frozen in. 
AT HELSINGFORS (9). 
Guns. 
Russia 120 
St. George the Conqueror . . 112 
Pultava I 4 
Vladimir 84 
Total guns 
AT CRONSTADT (21). 
Guns. 
Emperor Peter I J20 
Enighcten 84 
84 
Ganule 84 
Volga 84 
Empress Alexandra 84 
Narva 74 
Beresina 74 
Borodino 
Smoleneko . 74 
Total guns 
Guns. 
Brienne 74 
Arsis 74 
Ezekiel 74 
Andrew 74 
780 
Guns. 
Finland 74 
Katzbach 74 
Ingermanlaud 74 
Culm '4 
Pourgat Azofu 74 
Sisoe the Great 7 * 
Villujath 74 
Natron-menga 
Frere Cliampenoise <4 
Michael ™ 
1,688 
Total— 30 sailing ships, with an aggregate armament of 
2 468 guns, and six steamers mounting collectively 50 guns. 
Sheerness.— The Royal Albert got up steam on Saturday 
last and steamed out of the fitting basin in first-rate style, 
proceeding to her harbour moorings to receive her arma- 
ment &c. This ship, which has caused so much attraction 
during her being in the basin, and iu dock, was numerously 
visited as before ; although we have strong winds with a 
heavy short sea in the harbour where she is riding, nothing 
seems to prevent persons visiting Sheemess by the excursion 
steam-packets from going off to her. She is to be taken 
round to Portsmouth to be finally prepared for proceeding 
to the Black Sea, where sho is to serve as °* \ ic . e ‘ 
Admiral Dundas, Commauder-in-Chief of the British fleet m 
the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, and the crew of 
the Britannia will be turned over to her on her arrival there. 
The Arctic Expedition.— A telegraphic despatch has 
been received at the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir 
William Carrol, at Cork, announcing the arrival ot her 
tne message receive** , 
Majesty's ship Phcenix, bringing captains of the Investigator, 
Assistance, and Resolute: and part of craws of Assistance 
and Resolute. The North Star and Talbot convey the 
remainder of the crews of tho Assistance, Resolute, Inves- 
tigator, and lenders ; first and third lieutenants and surgeon 
of Resolute, master and clerk in charge of Assistance, and 
Monsieur Debray arrived in Phcenix.” 
FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
The French ships of war Pursuivant and Sirene have 
passed through the Downs for Cherbourg with French troops 
from the Baltic. The Algerine, Trident, Dupen-4, Dugue- 
scelin, Breslau, and Jemappes have left the Baltic for France. 
The Columbine transport has arrived at Boulogne from 
Bomarsund, with the trophies taken from the Russians by 
the French troops. 
The Minister of Marine has received despatches, dated the 
3rd inst., from Captain Guilbert, of the French frigate Psych<5, 
which forms part of the allied squadron in the White Sea. 
The despatch states that the national fete of the 15th ult. 
was celebrated off Archangel by salutes from all the vessels, 
the officers of which afterward assembled at a grand banquet 
given on board the Pysclid. The crews were in excellent 
health. Captain Guilbert states that the sound of their guns 
when firing the salutes must have reached far beyond Arch- 
angel, and expresses his regret that the draught of water of 
the vessels would not allow them to come within gunshot cf 
that place. 
STEAMERS. 
Pacific. — The Senate of the United States has passed a 
bill to establish a line of mail steamers between San Francisco 
and China, to touch at the Sandwich Islands and Japan, and 
already a company has been formed in San Francisco to 
carry out the project, which has purchased the steamers of 
one of the lines plying from Panama, in the hope of pro- 
curing the Government mail contract. 
Isle of Wight. — The Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, Com- 
mander Priest, left Spithead for the Baltic on Saturday 
morning. 
Southampton, Wednesday, Sept. 27. — The Peninsula and 
Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Euxine, 
Captain T. S. Russell, sailed this afternoon with the usual 
mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. The 
Euxine takes out forty-two passengers, among whom are the 
Count Pepoli (Portuguese Chargd d’Affaires at Berlin) and 
wife, Lieutenant-Colonel Thorold, Signor and Madame 
Castellan, Captain Selwyn, &c. ; and on freight specie value 
£34,250, of which £23,000 is for Lisbon, and £11,250, chiefly 
in gold bars, for Cadiz, and an average general cargo. The 
Peninsular aud Oriental Company’s steamer Nubia, Captain 
Harris, with the heavy portion of the East India, China, aud 
Australian mails, is expected at Southampton about the 4th 
proximo. The Candia, Captain Field, is to take out the mails 
for the East Indies and China on the 4th of October, and the 
Tagus Captain Joy, the mails of the 7 th for the Peninsular 
ports The General Screw Steam Shipping Company’s 
steam-ship Argo, Captain George Hyde, is to leave on the 4th 
of October with the contract mails for Adelaide, Port Phillip, 
aud Sydney. The next West India and Mexican mails, due 
on the 1st of October, will be brought home by the Magda- 
lena, or La Plata. The General Screw Steam Shipping Com- 
pany’s steamer Indiana, Captain Lambert is to leave Havre, 
on the 3rd and Southampton on the 4th of October, ior New 
York. T 
Loss of the Steam-ship City of Philadelphia.— Liver- 
pool Wednesday.— The steamer City of Philadelphia left 
Liverpool on the 30th of August, at about three p.in. On the 
night of the 7th of September, at about eleven p.m., in a 
fog breakers were seen on the starboard bow, when the 
engines were immediately reversed, but .not in time to 
prevent her going on to the point of Cape Race ; soundings 
gave fifteen to thirty fathoms of water, and she was backed 
off and steered for St. John's, Newfoundland; but, finding 
the water gaining on the pumps, she was put ashore on a 
sandy beach six miles from Cape Race (Chance Cove) to save 
passengers, &c. ; the passengers, about 540, were all landed 
and provided at St. John’s, and their baggage was being got 
on shore. One of the officers had dived to the leak, which 
was found to be small, aud with extra pumps and diving 
apparatus she was expected to be got off in a few days, 
there was only eight feet of water in her hold at last ac- 
counts, and, being of a height of thirty-five feet, the cargo 
was all likely to be saved, although partially damaged. 
STARTINO-GEAR—Mr. Thomas Baker, inspector of ma- 
chinery afloat, and at present borne on the books of the 
Britannia, 120, flagship, for the purpose of Inspecting the war 
steamers serving in the Black Sea, has received a letter of 
thanks from Vice-Admiral Dundas for the excellent manner 
in which he, with the assistance of the engineers of the fleet, 
had altered the position of the starting-gear of all the war 
steamers iu the Black Sea fleet, to render that gear so im- 
portant to be protected from shot or shell less liable to be 
injured in actual warfare. Mr. Baker has effected his object 
by placing the starting-gear under or near the base of the 
engines, instead of being near the top level or above the 
engines. 
CAPTURES FROM THE RUSSIANS. 
Advices have been received under date 
24, that her Majesty’s steamers Archer and Amphiou hi 
captured no less than twenty Russian coasting-vessels, laden 
W ith eram and rags for the manufacture of paper. 
'"mfXeC^uieer Lively k»s token a Rusatag 
called the Goth, into Hull. Another Jg? 
the Furst f eckhoff Albrecht, has been seized by the Customs 
officers of Dundee with simulated papers. an 
The White Sea Squadron.— The foUowing w 
authentic list of captured Russian vessels buint 
destroyed ky her Majesty's .team-rinp 
the 24th and 31st of August, 1854 —A lu gB e1 ’ 
tons, laden with salt-fish, burnt; a 63 tom 
laden with salt-fish and five casks ot oil, b nt a jug 
67 tons, laden with salt-fish and rye flour, burnt , alu g g - 
35 tons, laden with salt-fish, burnt, -names , uuknmvn, 
tured the 24th of August. A lugger, 
salt-fish, scuttled, name unknown, captured the m 
An mist. A lugger, 55 tons laden with rye-flour, Beam 
name unknown, captured the 29th of August. , e( [ 
The following is a list of Russian mcrcl.a^ 
170 tons, laden with salt-fish ; sent to Euglaud m cha^ 
Mr. Charles W. Manthorp, acting mate, and seven se. 
The Dwina, brigantine 139 tons, ^^ Sa ‘\Si a cond 
to England in charge of Mr. Edward C. Smyth, acting 
’’’"MMTROSEf Sept^T.—The Bogmojft 
R.N., in charge), prize to her Majesty si steam Mj &up . 
bound from Rola for Sheeraess, put in heie ' to d £ Dw io 
plies and a pilot. She parted company with tne 
