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THE FIELD. 
vent the Royal Commissioners taking charge of and applying 
*uch contributions according to the intentions of the donors. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servants, 
E. Gardiner Fishbournf., Captain, R.N. 
J. H. Lekroy, Captain, R.A., 
Hon. Secretaries, Royal Commission 
of the Patriotic Fund 
16 a, Great George-street, Westminster. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Napolhon III. and “Timid Counsels." — The following 
important paragraph occupies the chief place in Tuesday’s 
Moniteur : — “ Certain words in the Emperor's letter to the 
widow of Marshal St. Arnaud — resistant <i dc timides avis — 
have been the text of false interpretations. Their only aim 
was to exhibit more distinctly the energy of Marshal St. 
Arnaud in opposing the natural differences of opinion which 
manifested themselves in the councils of the French army 
and navy on the eve of so serious a resolution." The Emperor 
has authorised Prince Napoleon to wear the military medal, 
as a reward for his conduct at the battle of Alma. 
“ The Coming Armageddon." — It is said that by the month 
of March France will have 600,000 bayonets in the field, and 
by the month of Juno, unless peace be proclaimed, au army 
numbering 800,000. 
Crimea. — We read in the Constitulionnel : — “The Duke 
de Clermont-Tonnerre, whose sou was orderly officer to 
Marshal do St. Arnaud, received from the Marshal one of the 
last letters he ever wrote. ‘ It was the day after the battle 
of the Alma,’ says the Monitcur dc I'Oisc, ‘that the Marshal 
wrote to M. de Clermont-Tonnerre, to the effect that in the 
midst of the balls the young captain had shown a coolness 
worthy of his great name, and that he (the Marshal) was 
perfectly satisfied with his conduct.’ Count Aynard, de 
Clermont-Tonnerre, thus alluded to, came back to France in 
the Berthollet, ill of fever, but ho is now recovering." 
struggle “ until the Ottomans could convince them that it 
was possible to conquer the Muscovites in other words, 
that as long as the Russians were not at a disadvantage, the 
tribes of the Caucasus, with the exception of the Tschets- 
chenzes, Ossiers, and Lesgiors, will not rise against them. 
This is the reason of the change iu the conduct of the Aba- 
sians, who revolted immediately upon the fall of the Russian 
coast fortress of Tschefketvl, but now, when the Turks have 
shown themselves unequal to their enemy, refuse to co-oper- 
ate with Schainyl. The Russians were being reinforced 
from the Caspian Sea aud from the Caucasus, and there was 
no doubt that they would shortly recommence hostilities. 
Ismail Pasha was daily expected at Batoum. The Bashi- 
bazooks were ravaging the interior of Anatolia, aud stopped 
both trade and agriculture. 
Constantinople, Oct. 26. — Advices from the scat of war 
in Asia state that the Russinus occupy Toprak Kale, and 
threaten Kara. 
Unnnl. 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
The Queen of the South, Captain Sharp, under the di- 
rection of the mail agent, Lieut. Griffiths, which left Ports- 
mouth on Friday week, met with very heavy weather during 
the night when outside the back of the island. The wind 
came dead against them, and at three ou Saturday morning 
it blew a gale. To alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate 
soldiers, not one of whom had ever been on board ship 
before, the commander put into Portland, where the advan- 
tage of the breakwater was apparent, for they were iu smooth 
water. Here the gallant red coats speedily recovered, and 
all lent a hand to clean out the barrack-room. Their suffer- 
ings were very great, owing to the gale, which prevented the 
side scuttles being open — the poor fellows bore up patiently 
against it. The next morning put a new face on matters, 
and she proceeded on her voyage with a fine breeze from 
the N.E. 
Dispatch of Troops Fon the East. — Colonel Scott is 
expected here from Manchester for the purpose of inspect- 
ing the steamers Ottawa and Cleopatra, belonging to the 
Canadian Steam Navigation Company, which have been 
fitted up by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, for the convey- 
ance of troops to the seat of war in the East. The Cleo- 
patra will take out about 650 troops, besides officers ; and 
the Ottawa will have accommodation for 550 men, in addi- 
tion to officers. Both steamers have been fitted up in a very 
superior manner, affording accommodation that will ensure 
both comfort and health to the troops on the voyage. — Li- 
verpool Mercury. 
Dublin. — The Evening Post contains the following an- 
nouncement of more troops to the East : — “ The following 
drafts have received orders for immediate embarkment at 
Queenstown, per Cleopatra, for the East : — 21st Regiment, 
122 men; 30th, 52 men; 33rd, 62 men; 47th, 61 men; 
50th, 102 men; 55th, 133 men ; and 68th, 41 men. They 
are to proceed from the ddpdt battalions at Birr, Temple- 
more, and Fermoy respectively." The following are the 
numbers, and the names of the officers, who embarked at 
Queenstown on board the Jura for the Crimea : — 5th Dragoon 
Guards — Captain R. Thompson, 1 private soldier, 3 horses. 
8th Hussars — Captain Lord Killeen, 1 private soldier, 3 horses. 
30th Foot — Ensign S. Gubbins, 2 sergeants, 100 rank and 
file. 33rd Foot — Ensign J. Rogers, 2 sergeants, 100 rank 
and file. 41st Foot — Ensigns J. A. Hamilton, G. Peddie, F. 
Kingscote, C. V. FitzRoy, H. S. Hill, aud E. L. B. Lowry ; 
2 sergeants, 100 rank aud file. 47th Foot — Ensign A. H. 
White, 1 sergeant, 100 rank and file. 49th Foot — En- 
signs C. Fitzgerald, G. K. Chatfield, aud W. Young; 
3 sergeants, 130 rank aud file. 50th Foot — Ensigns 
W. W. Bond, F. L. Barwell, and R. H. 1*. Doran ; 2 sergeants, 
100 rank aud file. 55th Foot — Ensigns W. B. Johnson aud 
J. W. Trevor, 2 sergeants, 160 rank and file. 57th Foot — 
Captains Jason, Hassard, and F. I*. Lea, Lieutenant A. L. 
Copland, Ensigns G. Mitchell, W. A. J. Short, A. F. A. 
Slade ; Assistant-Surgeon J. S. Phelps, 4 sergeants, 240 rank 
and file. 63rd Foot— Captain G. W. Macquarie, Ensign G. P. 
Beamish, 1 sergeant, 70 rank aud file. 68tli Foot — Ensigns 
E. R. F. Vickers and E. Deshon, 1 sergeant, 70 rank and file. 
In all about 1,200 sergeants, drummers, rank and file, exclu- 
sive of officers. The undernamed medical officers have also 
proceeded in the Jura, viz Assistant-Surgeons C. J. White, 
3rd D. Guards ; T. Teevan, 3rd Foot ; J. C. Ovens, 9th Foot ; 
W. Hanbury, 13th Foot; W. Renwick, 14th Foot; S. M. 
Webb, M.D. 36tli Foot; G. YoungOOth Rifles; (’. C. Ruther- 
ford, 62nd Foot; G. Hyde. M.D., 69th Foot, and Acting 
Assistant-Surgeon E. C. Ryall, of the Staff ('apt. Macquarie, 
of the 63rd Regiment, being the senior officer, is iu command 
of the troops on board the Jura. 
[From Tuesdays Gazette.] 
ADMIRALTY, OCTODKU 2 «. 
The following promotions, dated the 2(jth Inst., have this day taken 
place, consequent on the dccoase, on the 25th Inst., of Rear- Admiral of 
the Blue John Leith : — Captain Octavius Vernon Hnreourt, Captain 
the Right Hon. Henry John Chetwynd, Karl Tulbot, C.H., Captain Sir 
William Symonds, Knight, C.B., to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved 
Half-pay List ; Captain James Scott, C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the 
Blue. 
Octoder 30. 
The following promotions, dated the 27th Inst., have this day taken 
place, consequent on the decease, on the 20th Inst., of Vice- Admiral of 
the Blue Richard Arthur, C.B. : — Reur-Admirul of the Red William 
Fitzwilliam Owen, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue : llcar-Admirnl of 
the White Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Ronr-Adimrul of the Red . 
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Edward Boxer, C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of 
the White ; Captain Williams Sandon, to bo Rear- Admiral of the Blue ; 
Retired Captain John Fitzgerald Studdcrt has been promoted to tho 
rank of Retired Rear-Admiral on the terms proposed in the //union 
Uaieite of the 1st of September, 184C, but without increase of half-pay. 
The Pacific. — From a San Francisco paper we learn that 
the Oud Nederland, that arrived at San Francisco on tho 
12tli of September, reports having spoken, July 31, iu lat. 30 
deg. 30 min., long. 159 deg. 51 min. W., a British aud French 
fleet, consisting of eight vessels, one of which was a steamer. 
Ship-buildiNg in British America. — According to the 
advices from British North America, the impetus given to 
ship-building by the speculative prices lately current on this 
side shows no abatement. On the 30th of September there 
were eighty-seven vessels building at St. John's (N.B.), of au 
aggregate burden of SI, 740 tons, and thirty at Quebec, of iui 
aggregate of 26,340 tons, making a total of 117 ships aud 
108,080 tonnage. 
A Russian War Steamer at Large. — The Trieste 
Observer states from Constantinople that the Russian war 
steamer, which some time ago destroyed some Turkish trading 
vessels, has again made her appearance in the Black Sea 
under British colours, aud burnt, off Kilia, a Turkish vessel 
ladeu with coals. 
Russian Liners. — “ Sir, — Cau you or any of your corre 
spondents inform me, and through me the public, where the 
twelve Russian ships of the line, stated iu Parliament at the 
commencement of the war, and just before the blockade of 
the Baltic and Black Seas, to be in various quarters of tho 
globe, now are ? — John Thompson, Armagh, Got. 30.” 
Dinner to Captain M'Clure. — On Monday a dinner was 
given to the hero of the Arctic regions, at the Swan Hotel, 
Hastings, by the inhabitants of Hustings, among whom the 
gallant captain has for eoiuc years taken up his residence. 
The chair was taken by the Mayor, Chas. Clift, Esq., sup 
ported on the right by Captain M'Clure aud the Rev. J. A. 
Hatchard and the Rev. J. Wallis ; on the left by I*. F. 
Robertson, Esq., M.P. for Hastings, aud G. Scrivens and V 
Crake, Esqs., and between ninety and 1 00 of the resident 
gentry and tradesmen of the town, filled the body of the 
room. After au excellent dinner, served up iu the excellent 
style of the host, Mr. W. Carswell, the usual loyal aud 
local toasts were drunk, also the health of Captain M'Clure. 
The gallant captain returned thanks, and attempted to nar- 
rate his adventures in the frigid north ; but he had such a 
severe cold, coupled with such a hoarseness, ns not to be 
able to make himself very audible. It was painful to the 
captain to relate, aud it was painful to the audience to listen, 
so he desisted, promising at some future period to detail bis 
adventures iu search of Sir John Franklin aud his discovery 
of the north-west passage. The party broke up at teu 
o’clock. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
Operations on the Danube. — Tho Government lias re- 
ceived telegraphic despatches from Lord \\ estmoreland, dated 
Vienna, the 1st of November, to the following effect :— The 
French Minister here has just received from the French 
Consul-general at Bucharest the followingtelegmphic despatch, 
dated 30th ult. : “ The movement made by Sadyk l’asha has 
already caused Gortschakoft' to order the troops that had not 
yet crossed the Dneister to return to their position on the 
Pruth aud the Danube. Achuiet Pacha, by order of Omar 
Pasha, has quitted Kolarash with 10,060 men, to join 
Sadyk Pasha. Iskender Bey was to leave ltassova yes- 
terday, with 4,000 cavalry, and enter the Dobnidscha. 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
The Batoum correspondent of the Lloyd write®, on the 
14th, that Schamyl was sending his agents to all the chiefs 
of the Circassian tribe®, to incite them to aid him in the anni- 
hilation of the Muscovites. The majority of the chiefs an- 
swered Schamyl’s agents that they could not engage in the 
STEAMERS. 
The Mediterranean. — Southampton, Nov. 2. — The 
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s ship 
Caudia, Captain J. S. Field, arrived here thin morning 
bringing the heavy portion of the East India, China, Medi- 
terranean mails, in charge of Lieut. Poole, R.N., Admiralty 
agent, aud dates from Alexandria to the 20th, Malta the 21th, 
aud Gibraltar the 28th ult. The Caudia brings 110 passen- 
gers, among whom are 10 women, 11 children, and 39 privates 
of the Royal Artillery from Malta. The freight list includes 
48 boxes of specie, 549 packages of Bilk, 38 packages of 
elephants’ teeth, 102 barrels of dates, 2 cases of opium, 6 
cases of orchids, 14 eases of shawls, 23 packages of tea, 45 
half-boxes of lemons, and 50 boxes of oranges. In lat. 37 
degs. 39 mins. N. long. 8 degs. 30 mins. E. the Caudia spoke 
her Majesty’s screw transport-ship Prince, all well; and in lat. 4 1 
degs. 50 mins. N. long. 9 degs. 30 mins. W., the screw tmnsp. >rt- 
ship Jura, bound for the Crimea with troops. The Jura had lost 
her bowsprit. From Gibraltar wo lmvo accounts to the 
28th ult. The Austrian war steamer Radetzky, eight days 
from Greeuhithe, arrived ou the 25th. The Peninsular and 
Oriental Company’s steam ship Nubia, with the outward 
India mails, of the 20th ult., arrived at Gibraltar ou the 
25th, in four days 10 hours from Southampton, and pro- 
ceeded to Malta aud Alexandria. The screw steamer Oron- 
tes, six days from Liverpool, touched at Gibraltar on the 
25th ult., on her way to Alexandria. A French frigate passed 
through tho Straits of Gibraltar, to the eastward, oil the 
25th. The British screw steamer Army and Navy left 
Gibraltar the same day. The screw steamer Mclita, 16 days 
from Constantinople, and five from Malta, left Gibraltar for 
Liverpool ou the 5th. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Mi- 
randa, Captain Lyons, six days from Plymouth, arrived on 
the 26th ult., and left for the Black Sea on the 26th. Two 
French frigates, names unknown, passed tho Straits from 
west to east on the 25th. 
RE-OPENINO OF THE OVERLAND ROUTE VIA MARSEILLES. — • 
We learn by submarine telegraph that the authorities of 
Marseilles have commenced this day to issue clean h ill* of 
health to vessels leaving that port. The quarautiue of fif- 
teen days lately imposed at Malta, on arrivals from Mar- 
seilles, will therefore be abolished, and passengers for India, 
Ac., by the overland route will be again enabled to proceed 
vift Marseilles. 
Tuk Big Ship and a London Square contrasted. — A 
bare statement of the dimensions of the large ship which 
Mr. Scott Russell is just now building scarcely conveys a 
notion to the minority of minds of its vast size, capacity, 
and cost. Au ingenious friend of ours, Mr. Gould, has jotted 
down some points of comparison between the ship and Ta- 
vist ock-square, and these serve to make the idea much 
clearer. Ho points out that Tavistock-square consists of 56 
houses, and that there are 18 houses on one side, of 25 feet 
frontage, or 450 feet. It would require uine from the other 
side, or 225 feet, to make the length of the large ship ; viz., 
27 houses, or equal to 675 feet. Then tho house beiug 42 
feet deep, it would require two houses put together to make 
the section of the ship, which is 83 feet; bo that it would 
actually require all the houses iu tho square put together in 
two rows to make a block the size of tho big ship, setting 
aside the angles cut off in coming to the keel. Again, the 
inhabitants of the square may he considered eight to a house, 
or 448 souls ; whilst the ship will somo day carry four times 
or five times ns mauy, say 2,240 or 3,000 souls. At any time 
of winter the 56 houses in tho square will probably have 10 
tons of coals each, or 560 tons ; whilst tho big ship will take 
nearly 20 times as much, or at least 10,000 tons, for its owu 
consumption. To carry the comparison one step farther, 
the cost of tho 56 houses to build would bo about 112,000/. 
the furniture 58,000 /, or 170,000/. ready to ho inhabited. 
This ship, it is supposed, will cost 450,000/. or 500,000/. 
before it is ready for its inmates ! Rather striking, this. — 
The Builder. 
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2. — The Neptune, 120, Captain T. 
Hutton, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Plumridge, and the 
St. George, 120, Captain H. Eyres, have arrived at Spithead 
this afternoon from tho Baltic. The other sailing ships, in- 
cluding the Prince Regent, 90, ami Monarch, 84, are reported 
as not far from Spithead. As the Neptune came to an 
anchorage at Spithead she saluted the flag of theCorumander- 
in-chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, which the Victory, 
flag-ship, returned. Sir Thomas Cochrane was out in the 
cutter Fanny, and signalled from her to the Neptune, in- 
viting Admiral Plumridge to dinner to-night. The Neptune 
and St. George came up to Spithead with almost all sail set, 
and the Bpectaclo presented by these mnguificeut three- 
deckers was truly grand and imposing. 
Malta, Oct. 80. — The Vectis has left for Constantinople, 
with important despatches. The Euphrate, which left 
Constantinople ou the 20th, reached Malta on the 29th, 
damaged. She was tho hearer of despatches from Lord 
Raglan, which havo left by the Hellespont. 
New York. — Three million dollars were appropriated at 
the last session of Congress to construct six steam frigates of 
war, and they are all under weigh ; two of them being built in 
Norfolk, Virginia; one in Charleston, South Carolina ; one 
in Philadelphia, one in Boston, and one in New York. The 
first live are built at the public navy yards, by the naval con- 
structors. Nobody supposes that they are capable of build- 
ing first-class steamers, for they never have done it ; yet 
they have wasted millions in these abortive efforts. They 
will doubtless make improvements on what they have 
hitherto done, and give us respectable ships. But we havo 
more substantial hopes from another quarter. There was an 
universal desire out of the navy to have the construction of 
the largest and most important of these six steamers, con- 
fided entirely to Mr. George Steers, who became so widely 
known as tho builder of the yacht America ; and the secre- 
tary of the navy gave him the commission. Mr. Steers is 
immeasurably the moat competent of all the American navy 
constructors. lie has built the strongest, the fastest, and 
the best steamers, clippers, pilot-boats, and yachts. He 
deems his system infallible ; aud, thus far, he has succeeded 
perfectly iu accomplishing everything he undertook. Ho 
has engaged to give the Government the strongest war- 
steamer, and, in fact, the strongest vessel, ever built in 
America, and ho guarantees to make her under canvas, 17 
nautical, or nearly 20 geographical miles per hour, and 17 
under steam nlouc. If ho accomplishes the work, he will 
have achieved what is uow regarded generally among naval 
constructors as an impossibility. The extreme length of 
this frigate is to ho 345 feet; beam 55: depth of hold, 31 ; 
and 5,350 tons, American carpenter’s measurement. Her cost 
vh to be about 900,000 dollars. She is to carry twelve 11 -inch 
pivot guns, which are the largest in our service, and she is 
to be completed iu 18 months. She is built of live oak, sea» 
coast white oak, aud Carolina pine. Mr. Dobbin, the Secre- 
tary of the Navy, is applauded for having stepped out of the 
uniform course of his •predecessors. He has appointed a 
young man out of the navy, and given him a carte blanch* 
to go on aud build such a vessel a® he pleases. The best 
materials in the world are at his disposal ; and those who 
are most familiar with his system, and best acquainted with 
tho man, believe that he will make the most splendid and 
powerful war-steamer ever sent to sea. — Daily News. 
FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Arrival of the French Admiral.— Deal, Monday Even- 
ing. The Inflexible, tho French Admiral’s ship, towed by 
the Darien, has arrived from the Baltic, aud anchored. The 
Inflexible fired a royal salute on her arrival. 
Return from the Baltic.— F ive other vessels of the 
Baltic squadron have just arrived at Brest— namely, tho 
JomappcHund the Toge, 100 gun ships; and the Cocyte, the 
Laborioux, and the Aigle, steam advice boats. There had 
previously arrived there the Breslau, the Duporre, aud tho 
Dugucscliu, line-of-battle-ships of the Baltic squadron. 
3Hilitori[. 
New Heavy Guns.— The Corrierc Mercantile of Genoa 
state® that the British troops at Sebastopol have some heavy 
guns of a peculiar contrivance there for trial, invented by 
Lieut. -Colonel Cavalli, of tho Sardinian army. These guns 
wen- tried some months ago at the camp of Muumio, 
and were ascertained to have a range 5,000 yards, w ith a 
dev iation of little more than 3 feet. The projectile is of a 
conical form. . . 
Recruits.— 1 The bounty for each soldier enlisting has been 
raised £2. the bounty for the cavalry being now £6 instead 
of £4, aud that for the infantry £i- 15s. The standard 
height throughout the whole service all round is reduced by 
an inch. 
