The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-15 00:00:00

THE NEW RETURN AM OF NEWSPAPER STPS. .-- • - The return •t newspaper stamps just inlaid gives W tallowing results: Pint Cleerter. Bewail Quarter. Daily News . . 319,191 348,044 Morning Moral& . . 303,000 29,000 Morning Poet . . 205,000 225,500 Morning Chronicle. . 162,505 186.00111 Express . . 177,133 198,389 Globe . . . 175,000 195,050 Bon . • . 163,000 192,001 Standard . . . 103,000 104.005 erigirefits. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • desced &Woo or "no Exprws," «mulatto the woo swesiwes "assocs.," Ls pablisbed every Tuesday sad Friday hied, is Um kw post. advertisessalstatooded for "Tbo Esproos." Loudon Evergog paper. sawskbs at thrOdko, le. Bouverie.otroet. by Two Veto& is the fay of pabilostkat. BIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tab MT—Norma& lib. ha AttalKloll. lb. U. Toaaknow—Uoadog. Ob. Oa .Atternaa, bes. LONDON. MONDAY. JANUARY 15. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD ARRIVAL OF THE HYDASPES FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. )114311PONDIXT OP TEI DAILY IFIWS.) PARIS, SUNDAY ETZNINO. The Hydupes ham arrived at Marseilles, bringing news from Constantinople to the 4th. The Sultan had published a Orman, thanking the army commanded by Omer Pacha for its conduct on the Danube, and expressing a hope that it would behave equally well in the Crimes. An Effendi and 20 fanatical Mussnlmen had been banished for presenting a petition to Prince Napoleon against reforms which they believed would endanger the laws of the Koran. The Orman authorising the cutting of a navigable canal across the Isthmus of Suez, had been signed by the Porte.• OZOX zs■ • The enact terms of this finnan will be found in smother column. REPORTED ADHESION OF SWEDEN TO THE TREATY OF DECEMBER 2. We ars informed, on good authority, that the Swedish Minister in London has intimated to our Cabinet the desire of his Government to give in its adhesion to tte treaty of the 2nd December.—Daily .News. RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS FROM SEBASTOPOL. The following telegraphic deipatch is from the Times : BERLIN, St'SDAY, JAN 11. "A despatch from St. Petersburg, dattd Sunday, the 14th inst., says: 40 date of the Bth of January Prince Meutchikoff write* that the situation before Sebas topol has undergone no change. " A heavy fall of snow took place on the Bth. " On the night of the 7th of January two small sorties were made against the English and French trenches. " • In the first the enemy (the allies), taken by surprise, suffered a sensible lass. " ' We (the Russians) lost 3 men killed and 8 wounded.'" BUCHAREST, JAN. 1. The Russians are employing a great number of men in fortifying the northern or left bank of the Danube from Reni, which is situate at the mouth of the Pruth, to Kilia. At Reni considerable forces are concentrated, and the park of artillery there consists of upwards of 100 large guns. The entrance of the port of Reel is guarded by strong batteries and palinodes, and provided with an enormous chain. Prince Oortchakoff hu made frequent visits to this section of the Danube, as well u to the ports oa the Froth. (The foregoing intelligence Mende in direct relation with oar (matinee telegraphic announvment on Friday morn- Li, farther portico' its of which will be found in the letter of our Paris correapondent.—En. D.X.] Letters from Frankfort, of the 10th, mention a very incisive note, addressed by M. Dronin de Lhuys to the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to the Prussian note of Dec. 19. The note, which is dated Dec. 27, rejects the idea of a separate alliance with Pru-sia ; boldly depicts the position in which the Court of Berlin has placed itself ; and leaves Prussia no means of a French alliance, except adhesion to the treaty of Dec. 2. It may be confidently stated, the assertions of some German and other papers notwithstanding, that Prussia has not yet adhered to the treaty of Dec. 2. The few signs which by the sanguine might have been taken so indicate a tendency to such an adhesion ten days ago, have vanished since Prince Gortcha koff's communication to Count Buol of the fith inst. CRACOW, JAN. 5. The concentration of considerable MONO of troops along the line of the Prussian and Austrian frontiers is an undoubted fact. From Zamosc to Kills, and from thence to Kalimb, they form a triangle, having its point turned towards this place. The Austrian consuls have at length obtained permission that the ern purchased in the Russian provinces before the prohibition may be exported, and a considerable quantity will consequently be received in Galicia and in the Bukowine. _ _ -- --- The Silesia's Gazt!te contains a letter from Vienna of the ith, which says: A very animated exchange of despatches has been going ea for some days put between Baron de Bess and the head quarters of the Austrian army of occupation at Bucharest. This correspondence was caused by the movements of the Bassists troops at Reni, which naturally would necessitate certain movements of the Austrian troops. Count Coronlnt was obliged to proceed t the spot to makeihe necessary arrangements, and to come to some understanding for placiag on a war footing the Moldavian troops, which were to defend the country in conjunction with the Austrian knee egaisat a new invasion. Prince Ohika has raised the gmetion as to whether it would be advisable to place oa a wer-footiag the Mold avian army, amounting to 16,000 men. The negotiatioas on this eut•y Ct are still pending. Thera we net more than two divieioas of Russian troops on the hewer Deaths from the mouth of the Prath to the sea. Two divisions of infantry and one of cavalry of the 6th seeps. two brigades of infantry of the reserve, sin regiments of Halms sad fop of Comets. st 4 ilk/Ablated ileac, the Pratt. Behind these troop ate elatesbled PPG* TIMMS. ,MINA, 349. 9. The Wanderer of this dg*' Asia i . The general who commanded the Terkish troops of the Crimea bee left for Anatolie, where he is to take command of the troops collected in that proving*. Omer Peeler is collecting his corps at Eepatoria ; but a letter from Bola klava tastes that he is to proceed to the banks of the Teher an& to operate in concert with the allies. According to that letter, the allies, reinforced by Omer Peeha's army, would have for object at present is intercept the communi cations between the Russian army holding the country and Sebastopol, to advance as far as Utech-Hajo, on the road from Bekteki•Seni to the forts on the northers aide, to ex.- este that movement at any eat, to take up a position on the heights from Laken:ass to Utschauje, and to sur round the place completely. That plan is perfectly real isable. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVSNING, JANUARY 15. 1855. ~~ waived For the present some privileges of belligerent' hich were once claimed as undoubted rights, but waiver leaves these rights or privileges in a imageroseb , unsettled' condition. The questions miming to the light in which the property belligerents embarked in neutral bottoms is to be considered, to convoys ' and to letters of marque, concern all commercial nations. These, potions cannot be settled at a Congress in which h United States of North America are not repro seated. The empire of Brazil, too, is es well en titled to have its voice heard in inch a Congress as European Powers of the second or third order. Again, the revolution at present in progress in the Chinese dominions is certain to raise discussions in which the North American Republic is as deeply interested as any European Power. There have been collisions between the Government at Washington and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, arising out of the commerce of the Eutern Archipelago' and England may be affected by the pro gress of these disputes. The United States are also preparing to take part in the discus sions respecting the abolition of the Sound Daes in the Baltic; and there can be no doubt that the set tlement of the difficulties between Russia and Western Europe may affect the rights of the United States in the Pacific. A General Congress is much needed ; a Congress not of European States alone, but of all the Independemt States of the civilised world. On a recent occasion we frankly avowed oar opinion that an offer from the Government of the 13 shad States to mediates between Russia led the Western Powers would be liable, in the present stage of the contest, to misconstructions that would defeat its object. But the mere mooting of an offer of mediation in the United States evinces a disposition on the part of the great Anglo-Saxon Republic to take part in the councils of the leading powers of Europe and the world. The foreign relations of the United States require that their Government should take part in these Councils: and the Councils would be materially benefited by the accession of the shrewd and ener getic statesmen of the Republic. Their peculiar and practical views on many points would infuse a new and healthy element into diplomatic discussion. Aided by them, England and the minor constitu tional states of Europe would be better able to assert the rights of nations as contra distinguished from mere dynasties in the Councils of the civilised States. That spirit of jealousy with which American statesmen are apt to regard other Governments would be abated by their being frankly invited to take part in a General Congress. These are considerations of no slight moment ; but there is one consideration that outweighs them all :—Such is the great and growing power of the North American Republic that no resolves of European Governments, respecting questions of international law, to which it is not a consenting party, can be of any practical avail.—Daily News. Vbe Court. WINDSOR, JAW. 13. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of sent, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the Martinis and MoroMasan of Abercorn, end the Ladies Harriet and Louisa Hamilton, Viscount Torrington, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Broth, Sir George Cooper, and Major-General Wylde. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner, sad her Majesty's Private Band afterwards. The Queen, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, walked in the Home-park this morning. Prince Albert went out 'hooting accompanied by Prince Nicholas of Nassau and the Marquis of Aberoorn. All the visiting company took their departure to-day except Prince Nicholas of Nassau who remains at the Castle. The Right Ron. E. Cardwell arrived this afternoon. The dinner party this day included the Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Lady Fanny 11 - ward, Lady Emily Seymour, the lion. Mary Seymour, and the Right Ron. B. Cardwell. The band of the Royal Ruse Guards played during dinner, and bar Majesty's private band afterwards. SUNDAY, JAN. 14. The Queue and Prince, the four elder Royal children, the Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas ef Nassau, and Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. Mr. Cardwell was alto at the service. Prince Ernest of Ltittingen arrived at the Castle early this tannin on a visit to her Majesty. The Bart of Clarendon arrived in town on Saturdsy, from his seat, The Grove. Herts. The French Ambassador visited the noble earl after his arrival at the Foreign-office, Downing•street. Mr. Rowland Hill and Mr. Timm had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. Sir Charles Wood has left London for his seat, Hickleton h►ll, near Doncastar. TURIN, I. 12.—Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager Maria Therms, widow of Charles Albert, and mother of the present King of Sardinia, died this day at noon, of in dammatioa of the pleura, after an illness of stun drys. Her Majesty was an arehduetess of Austria, aad a daughter of Ferdinand Grand Duka,of Tuscany. Granville is staying at ' Lansdow- Aldenham Park, Shropshire. The Marquis of ..—siowns. is receiving a succession of ♦isiton at his seat, Bowood Park, Wiltshire. The Earl of Clarendon is staying at tin Grove, near Watford; Sir C. Wood at his seat in York- shire ; aid Lord Palmerston at Broadlands, Hants. Lord Aberdeen, Sir Jame Graham, the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Gladstone, and Sir George Grey remais in London. We are glad to be able to state that amounts were received in town on Saturday from Paris which announce Lady Harriet Elliott (the daughter of the Bari of hi into) u much better. Lord end Lady John Russell intended to leave Paris this morning, on their return to London. The Queen has appointed Robert Dods, Esq., now Inspector of Tones at Stirling,, to be desessor of Railway and Canal Property in Scotland, under 17 and 18 Victoria, cap. 91. Major-General the Earl of Cardigan arrived in town on Saturday, via Marseilles, from tl3O Crimea. The noble and gallant earl is much altered in appearance, and his health is greatly impaired from excessive fatigue and anxiety. His lordship ruhscquently waited on the General Commanding-in-Chief, Viscount Harding°, at the Horse SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR G. WOMBWELL, BART. We regret to announce the sudden death of Sir George Wombwell, Bart , who was found dead in his bed yesterday morning, at his town residence in George-street, Hanover-square. We are informed that Sir George retired to rest at ten o'clock, apparently in his usual health and cheerful spirits; yesterday, at half-put eight, his ser vant went as customary to his chamber to call him, but not receiving any reply he approached the bed, and discovered his master quite dead. Sir George's medical attendant, Hr. Fuller, was soon at hand, but it was thought life must have been extinct at least three hours before the discovery was made. The deceased baronet had died to all appearance without a struggle, as he seemed to be in a sound slumber. Sir George was well known is the circles of fashion, and his sudden dissolution will be regretted by a ;numerous body of friends. Sir George Wombwell was second son of Sir George, 2nd baronet, by Anne, daughter of Henry, Earl Falconberg, and was bora 13th April, 1792. Us married first, 232 June 1824, Georgians. youngest daughter of Mr. Orby Hunter, of Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire; and secondly, Eliza, daughter of Mr. J. E. Little, of Hampton. The deceased succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 29• h October, 1816, and the baronetcy and family estates now develve on the late baronet's son, Lieut. George Wombwell, of the 17th Lancers; the other son of the deceased baronet is also serving with his regiment, the 62nd, in the Crimea. The present gallant baronet has only recently been promoted for his distinguished gallantry at the memorable cavalry charge of Major- General the Earl of Cardigan, at the battle of Selektive, when he had his horse killed under him, and was taken prisoner by a Russian trooper ; while being carried off the field he succeeded iu unhorsing his captor, fired his pistol and wounded him, •nd then rapidly mounting the horse of the Russian soldier made his escape back to his comrades, by whom he was loudly and heartily commended for his bravery. For this gal lant act he was promoted, a few days since, to • lieu tenancy in his regiment. A letter from Bucharest, of the 29th ult., says : There only rentals in Wallachia ten battalions of Tartish tafaatry, ead a regiment of cava:ry; and they are stationed at Boeharest, Braila, Giurgeeo, sad Kalarsah. Ismail Paths (of Habitat) replaces the blur-hit Omer Paths in the command of the army of the Danube. TALK OF A OENERAL CONGRESS. A GENZRAL European Congress begins to be talked of in diplomatic circles. As yet it is little more than vaguely hinted at; but it is certain that the question has been mooted. The time hu not yet oome for a COustme, but it oppooro to 100 soptelly appro+ebing• Sardinia is understood to have drawn nearer to the Western Powers, though in what manner, and to what extent, is not precisely known. And it is con fidently stated that the Swedish Minister in London has been instructed to intimate to the British Govern- ment the desire of his Royal Master to accede to the treaty of the 2nd of December. Nor are these the only indications, from the less powerful constitutional states, of a wish to identify themselves more closely with the policy of France and England. All this is likely to lead eventually to a general Congress, but the time has not yet arrived. Some of the Governments alluded to have a direct and immediate interest in the repression of Russian encroachments; but the interest of others in that question is more remote and secondary. They are impelled by other considerations to approximate to the two great Western Powers; and the position of some of them is such as to render their approxima tion a matter both of delicacy and difficulty. There is, for example, Sardinia. The liberal tendencies of this Government in its domestic policy may now be considered as placed beyond a doubt. The early history of its late King, generous and chivalrous though his character unquestionably was, kept • number of sincere and even moderate Italian liberals at a suspicions distance. But his persistence in the patriotic principles of his later years had even before his abdication been productive of more favourable impressions ; and the unwavering 1 - - constitutional measures of his successor, and of the leading statesmen who enjoy his confidence, have of late been winning golden opinions from the practical liberals of Italy. The liberality of the Sardinian Government has involved it in complications with Austria on account of secular politics, and with the Court of Rome on account of what may be called spiritual politics. It is therefore natural that it should seek to strengthen itself by a close alliance with the Powers which have taken arms to assert the great principle of national independence. But here lies the difficulty. On the ono hand the Sardinian Go vernment is respected and supported by a great body of the Italian liberals for the courage with which it is struggling against the parti pretre in its awn territories, supported as that party is by all the influence the Romish See can throw into its scale. Now unfortunately the French Government has sssght to conciliate the ecclesiastical party in France by putting itself forward as the especial champion of the Holy See. The tottering secular throne of the POPS is at this moment actually propped up by French bayonets. There must, therefore, be a na tarsi demur on the part of the Cabinet at Turin to *vomit itself too unreservedly to so ardent a partisan of its most inveterate and unscrupulous foe. Another sonsiderstion, too, must be taken into account. The strength of the Sardinian Government consists not merely in the loyalty of its own subjects, but in the attachment and respect of that sec flan of the Italian liberals which prefers a con stitutional monarchy to a republic, or which at least in prepared to accept of a constitutional monarchy es a form of government more easily attainable in the present state of European opinion. This attach ment would be in great danger of being diminished by a close alliance between Sardinia and France in the existing relations between the latter power and fps alive of Rome, inasmuch as it might be attributed Isssssssecret stroke of diplomatic jugglery. Again, aims alliance between Sardinia and the two great Western Powers is more than ever likely to excite the suspicion of Italian patriots since the intension of Austria to their league. We spat of these difficulties and embarrassments of the Sardinian Government, not as mere matters of surmise. Some time ago, when that 1 Government gave permission to a regiment of French cavalry to march through its territories, the announcement of this concession was received at Turin and Genoa with the warmest enthusiasm but before the regiment arrived on the soil of Piedmont the news of the accession of Austria to the Western Alliance had been received, and a dead chilly indifference succeeded immediately to the popular excitement. As a further confirmation of the state of feeling in this respect among Italian liberals, we invite attention to a remarkable letter which we this day publish from one of the purest and most high-minded of their number—thivezzt. It is easy for foreigners to say that swishes of the Sardinian Government, admitted solely CS the ground of its drawing closer to the Western Powers, are rash and unjust; but when we plies ourselves in the position of Italian patriots, we mast seam that their jealousies are neither unnatural sir causeless. It is evident, then, that Sardinia has a very difficult game to play, if it would strengths. itself against the great reactionary party Si Europe, and at the same time preserve that confidence in its integrity on the part of the Italian patriots which is essential, not only to its power, but to its exist' once as a constitutional state. The best solution of the difficulty would appear to be in the Western Powers remaining contented with general aseerancee of goodwill and sympathy from Sardinia, in so far as the arduous struggle in which they are at present engaged is concerned, and resery lug the question of a more intimate anima. for a General Congress, to be held at a INN advanced period of the contest. The Orissa.' MI cultic. have opened the eyes of European 11111611111. n to the necessity that exists for more clear definitions of the doctrine of international law regarding the integrity and independence of states; but there an other questions of international policy which call ne• gently for mutual explanation and understanding on the part of civilised nations, and which embrace a widialleld than the continent of Europe only. A ' sere inrepean Congress will not suffice for the solu tion ot than difficugies. France and England have DECORATIONS FOR PRIVATE SOLDIERS. We read in the London Gazette of Friday last : The Queen has bean pleased to grant unto private Andrew Anderson, of the Sappers and Miners, her royal license and permission that he may accept and wear the Order of the Medjidie, which the Sultan has titen pleased to e‘ufer epoa him in approbation of his distinguished bravery and good conduct at the passage of the Danube on the ith July last, and subsequently in rescuing the body of his cam minding ofßcer, Lieutenant Burke, after he had fallen and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges there. unto annexed; provided, nevertheless, that her Mejesty's said license and permission do not authorise and shall not he deemed or construed to authorise the assunir tion of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertain. cog unto a knight bachelor of these realms. And also to command that her Majesty's said concession and especial mark of her royal favour be registered, lege_ ther with the relative documents, in her Majesty's College of Arms. It is an important step to have the honours of a private soldier registered in the books of her Majesty's College of Arms. And yet the care that is taken in the above order to record a protest against the assumption of the title indicative of chivalry in this country by the licensed wearer of a chivalric badge, has a grudging and ungracious air about it. And is it judicious to allow English private soldiers to earn such decorations in foreign service, yet withhold them from such as serve in our national army ? This well-meant, though not very hap pily expressed, concession shows how much we want a national order of merit that would embrace all ranks. Our old orders are too narrow and exclusive for such a purpose. The papers on the history of the French Legion of Honour which we have re cently published are a striking comment on our want. What a galaxy of talents—civil and martial —artistic, literary, and civic—glitters in the original muster-roll of the Legion of Honour! Such an order now established in England would go far to fuse the jarring elements of our society into a homo geneous whole, and nothing short of such a fusion can ensure the permanence of our institutions. Let some badge distinguish those who are best fitted to serve their country in any rank and every capacity. Those thus marked out from their fellows would be zealous to convince men by their actions that they deserved the distinction ; and ambition to attain a badge, within the reach of all grades of society, would stimulate all to show themselves capable of serving their country. The aristocracy of England has retained more real power than that of any other European State, because the line of demarcation between the privileged and unprivileged orders has been left vague and undefined. An order of merit, by bridg ing over the gulf that begins to yawn between the proprietary and labouring classes, would obviate • new danger by which the peace of society begins to be threatened.—. Daily News. THE ALLIANCE Oil PIEDMONT WITH T 1 WESTERN POWERS. TO Tit IDITOI 07 Tlll D&ILT 313111. 8114—Permit me through your columns to enter my protest against the alliance of Piedmont with the Western Powers. I know we may differ in opinion on this head; but u the fact is, according to my view, unfortunate for Italy, you will kindly allow me to deplore the event. 'I an neither a republican nor a Massinian, but only an advocate for a constitu tional monarchy in my dear Italy. I therefore always looked to the King of Sardinia as the only man likely to bnng about the independence and unity of my country. Now this alliance with the Western Powers will expose this very King to loss all Italian sympathies, and with them the way to the Capitol, without reaping any but a very doubtful immediate advantage. I speak as an unfettered man who considers only the true interests of his native land. I apprehend, with regret, that all the bravery of Piedmont in war, and all her steadiness in peace, have been sacrificed to some diplomatic bargain. The insertion of this will be a great favour to Yours truly, ALESSANDRO GAVAZZI. 88, Newman-street, Oxford-street, Jan. 12. VINCZNTIO GIOBRETI.—The members of the com. mitt*. formed at Turin M examine the PADOZII left by Oloberti have aanouoaed that they consist of fragments of works widish the illustrious writer intended for publication, and entitled "Oa Catholic Reform," " Preface to the Phi losophy of Revelation," and " New Corrections end Addl. Uo4lllpublish ed. to the Vocabulary of La Cram" All these an to be THE BLACK SEA TELEGRAPH. -•-• • - MONKWEARMOUTH, SATURDAY NIGHT. A 'splendid screw steamer to now loaded in the dock in this town, and after adjusting her compasses, will proceed to sea to-morrow, having on board a submarine cable, 400 miles in length, which will be immediately laid down to connect Varna with Baleklava. It is confidently anticipated that these two important points will be con nected by submarine telegraph by the middle of next month; and as the overland telegraph from Varna to Bucharest will be fiatahed in the same time, the electric communication of the Crimea with England will be com pleted. Portable apparatus will also be sent out, so that whenever the :army moves in the Crimea the head quarters will be attached to the main line of tele graph. The apparatus to be employed has been made for the occasion by Mum. Siemens and Hula*, of Berlin. It is founded on Morse's telegraph; but by • new discovery made by Mr. Carl Friscben, engineer to the Hanoverian government, which has been patented, the urns telegraphic wire can be made to convey two messages in opposite directions at the same time. Messrs.Newall and Co. received the order for this important sub-marine cable only a month ago. Sixty persons go out with the expedition. Captain Charles Gibb Wilson, Admiralty agent ; Mr. Henry Woodhouse, civil engineer; and Mr. Spencer, the manager of Messrs. Newell's works, proceed with the vessel from Sunderland. Captain Du Care, Royal Engineers ; and Mr. Liddell, of the firm of Newel and Co., join her at Malta. REPUBLIC or ST. DOMINOO.—The French papers I , Publish a letter from Madrid in which we read " Intelli gents has been received that M. Saint Just, the new Spa- Gish consul at St. Domingo, arrived at bis destination on the 24th of November, and commenced his duties. For , 33 years no consul had been in the place, sad when the population saw the Spanish fig hoisted they manifested great joy. The Engli. k and French consuls at St. Domingo ' bad summoned vessels of war to the port, to resist any ag- , gression on the part ot persons from the United States, and five French vessels had already arrived." PENINSULAR MAILS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's et/am-packet Madrid, Captain Cook ; Admiralty agent, Lieutenant Hay, RN. ; arrived at Southampton yesterday with the Peninsular mails. tier dates are : Gi. Frahm., 3rd January ; Cadis, 4th January ; Lisbon, flth January; Oporto, 10th; Vigo, 10th. The Madrid brings 39 passengers ; amongst whom are Major Smith, 64th Re giment ; Captain Downman, 60th Regiment ; Lieut Stirling, R.H.A.; Lieutenant Llewellyn, R.A. ; and 13 British subjects (distressed). There is nothing ot import ance. The quarantine at Lichen, Cadiz, end Vigo is re moved from the steamers from Sonthemjton. At Gibraltar : coaling for the Crimea, H.M.S. Malacca; H.M. steamer Recta. Lisbon H.M. ship Meander. THE FRENCH RIISTIMINTB at Florence have raised p a salmeriptioa among themselves for sending cigars to ths French army in Os East, NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, lAN. 13.—APPOINTMENTS.—Liell tenant J. C. Peny (1828), to the Imperieuse, 60, screw team ship, of 350 ham power, at Portsmouth. Surgeon J.Lertlner (1838), to the Orion, 80, screw steam ship, at Chatham. Paymasters R. Loney (1840), to the Orion; J. Briggs, to the Himalaya, screw steam ship, at Southampton; and B. K. Buller, to the Conway, 26, at Cora. Clerk C. Fisher (1830) to the Orion. Clerks.Assistanu J. B. Adams, to the Duke of Welling ton, 130, strew steam ship, of 780 horse power, at Spithead B. M. Russell, to the Melampus, 42, at Sheerness ; H. N. Cole, and C. D. Lee, to the Orion. A detachmeot of Royal Marines of the Woolwich division, consisting of 1 captaia (Captain M'Arthur), I subaltern (Lieut. Albert Hignian), 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, I drummer, and 63. privates, is to proceed this morning from Woolwich by the North Kent Railway to Strood, and thence by steamer to Sheerness, where they will embark on board the Orion, screw steam-ship, commissioned at that port by Captain John E. Erskine. The remainder of the Royal Marines requirtd to make up the compli ment for the Orion are to be furnished by the Chatham division and artillery companies. _ . Two bombardiers and 34 gunners of the Royal Horse Artillery left the Arsenal station for London on Friday afternoon en route for Liverpool, to embark there for a passage to the Crimes. Captain and and Adjutant Henry, of the Royal Horse Artillery, has kft the ga,risoa at Woolwich for the Crimea, having been appointed brigade-major at the seat of war in the East, vice Adye, promoted to be lieutenant•eoloael. On Saturday evening a large number of volunteers for the household brigade, under the command of a colour sergeant of the Grenadier Guards, arrived from the northern and eastern districts, at the terminus of the Eastern Coun. ties Railway, and were immediately marched to the Horse guards, and from thence to Wellington Barracks, and will be taken to-day to the Guards' orderly-room, Horse-guards, where they will be attested for their respective regiments. The men are tall, athletic and young, and have volunteered from the militia and from regiments of the line. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Rajah, now lying in Southampton Dock, has been taken up by government to take out wooden hat* to the Crimea. Her Majestfe screw steamer Himalaya will, after being docked and repaired, be commanded by officers in her Majesty's navy. A crew will be furnished, however, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and will sail in her, sub. jut to the laws of the mercantile marine. The court-martial on the officers of her Majesty's ship Tiger will be held about the 20th inst. Some of the (Moen were expected home in the Sampson and some in the Britannia. The Suisse, of Bern e, states that a fresh order for 20,000 pair of wooden shoes for the army of the Crimea has been received. The first order has been executed and sent off. A number of wooden barracks in planks have already been despatched by the Lyons Railway, to be shipped for the Crimea. INSUBORDINATION ON BOARD THE AVON, -CONDITION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED TROOPS. PORTSMOUTH, lAN. 14. The sick and wounded troops who have been brought home in the Avon, steam transport, have been and still are detained at this port under circumstances of a very extraordinary character. The Avon arrived with them at Southampton late on Thursday night, and receiving orders to come into this port to land them at the dockyard, she arrived in harbour early the following morning, and those of them whose cases required removal to hospital were at once taken there on stretchers. These were 18 in number. The remainder, numbering 200 non-commissioned officers and men of various regiments, remained on board, an order coming down by telegraph directing the Avon to pro ceed round to Chatham to land them there, instead of their being forwarded on by railway, as had been done with the invalids from V.e Himalaya and Candis. We c.in hardly ascertain any reason for their being sent round by water instead of by the other more expeditious route. Arrange ments were in consequence made for the Avon to sail yester day morning, but when the time arrived the crew refused to take hrr to Chatham; stoker!, seamen, and all hands refuting to go. The captain and officers 0 1 the ship tried every inducement to alter the determine. Jim of the men, but in vain. Their engagemt nt appears to Lave been for the voyage out and home, terminating on reaching Portsmouth, Southampton, or any other port in Ragland. The captain offered to pay them extra wages for the run round, promising as much as 41, a man, but they were immovable, and demanded their immediate dis charge. The men had evidently been drinking all the morning, and by noon many were quite intoxicated, mut tering to each other their determination not to do any fur ther work on board the vessel fur any consideration. Cap tain Vincent, the superintendent of the Royal Mail Com pany, to whom the Avon belongs, bad arrived from South ampton, and used his best efforts to induce the crow to take the ship away. The exigency of the public service, and the state of the poor troops, were urged upon them, but is vain. It was at length found that nothing could possibly Ile done with them, and they had to be discharged from the ship. They accordingly collected their lug gage, and took it out of the weasel on to the dockyard jetty to be searched by the Customs officers. Most of the men were in possession of Rusin!, muskets, bayonets, swords, and uniforms. Some had three or four musket barrels each, the stocks, it appears, having been used by the English troops for firewood. These articles had been obtained at Balaklava or from Russian prisoners, and sick and wounded British troops who had died en the voyage from the Crimea to Scutari. One man belonging to the Avon's crew (he was in a decided state of inebriation) dressed himself up in a Russian soldier's uniform coat, put on a Russian helmet, sword, and one of the bearskin knap sacks worn by the enemy's infantry. In this attire he marched out of the dockyard, shouldering a musket. It is niedless to say that he soon gathered a mob round him when be got into the streets. Many others also girded themselves with swords and shouldered their muskets. The wcunded and sick troops looked on the scene being enacted with composure and good humour, laughing loudly at the figures some of the crew made of themselves. The remarks of the soldiers were, however, anything but complimentary to the merchant seamen, either as regarded the gcod sense or good feeling they were displaying. They appeared amazed that any body , of seamen could so easily desert the ship they had belonged to, and the service they had been employed in, and they most emphatically contrasted their conduct with that of the seamen of tho Royal Navy in the exertion the latter die played at the disembarkation in the Crimea, and the de ' votien that was exhibited by the same men in rescuing the wounded from the field of battle. It was very affecting to ' hear the warmth with which the exertions of the seamen in conveying the fallen troops to a place of succour, and the delicacy, care, and attention with which they handled the poor maimed soldiers, were spoken of, and which now seemed to be remembered the more vividly from the cir cumstances goieg en around. When it became evident that the crew must be die. charged the telegraph was again set to work, to acquaint the government with the state of affairs, and to ask for farther instructions. In the course of the afternoon orders came down countermanding the voyage to Chatham, and directing the troops to be sent up by rail, as before. It was then too late in the day to reach Chatham by a reason able time of the night, and to-day being Sunday, it was deter mined to retain the men on board till to-morrow (Monday), morning, and then to take them away at 7 o'clock am- They consequently still remain on board, alongside the dockyard. They evidently do not relish their retention in the ship, but they submit with entire patience and with out a murmur to the extraordinary circumstances they have been involved in. It is certainly a wearisome time to them; alongside their native land they are unable to put their fest on shore, and to all intents and purposes they are prisoners. The officer in charge of them, Mr. Tydd, Assistant-Surgeon of the 68th Regiment, cannot take on himself the responsibility of allowing them, in their sick and wounded condition, to leave the ship, as serious results might ensue from exposure or irregularity. They are well provided with fresh food and other requisites, and some of the inhabitants have been very kind to them. Mr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who resides near the dock gates, sent in a pint of porter yesterday for each man. This morning a party of stokers and seamen were brought *land from the Nail ,Company's depot at Southampton, to navigate the Avon there to-merrow. The Sampson, 6, paddle wheel steam frigate, came into 1 harbour yosterdeb from Spitbead, for repairs, The St. Lawrence, sailing transpor sailedeh g ift k I Sea yesterday, with stores. The Hampshire Telegraph, of Saturday, states there h, Probability that the lsrge 131-gun ship, blarlhorough, Wad, Mg in this dockyard, and which is to be ready for hu l a. ing by March neat, will be named La France, as a rume n; of the alliance now existing between the two countries, g a t that there is a probability of the ceremony bei ng p tr . formed by the Empress of Franae, whom viait with Ow the Emperor is expected to take place about the same o ft The Queen and Princes would of course be present, sadly event would certainly ho one of vast importanc e and ail. affiance. DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR THE Pu t DUBLIN, Jan. 13. Yesterday morning drafts of the 39th, 14th, end 9th Regiments took their departure from Cork, to embark at Queenstown on board H.M.S. Princess Jdosal, der veysoce to the Crimes. The following is the numb er officers and men which composed each draft: ltth... 9 offices, 152 rank and file, under the command of Caked Watson ; 39th-8 officers, 173 rank end file, under the . mind of Major Tinley ; 9th-8 officers, 60 rank and Ey under the command of Captain Dunne. Fifty driven re; the commissariat department, iu charge of superintend. % Hill, sailed with the drafts. The fife and drum uand eft% 69th Regiment accompanied them to the quay, and u men departed they were cheered lurily by the people. On Monday the first division of 17th depot, consieregei two companies, will march from this city by Johnstown is Tharles, and proceed by railway to Limerick. On Tuesday two companies more, the head quarters and all remai n * of the die.ct, will march by debt:Mown to Thnrles. 17th will be relieved here by the depot of the 72nd Bee. ment, from Limerick, which will arrive en Monday. A better conducted body of men than the soldiers of thel7a Regiment never were in this garrison, and the officers wen universally and deservedly esteemed and respected by.% itizens. On Thursday morning, thu depot of the 91st Regiment, consistin; of 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and no rank and file, took their departure in the Falcon slew from Cork, for Chatham, under the command of Liuteunt D. Olivie. MALTA, bilf. 3. Oa the let the Ripon left for Marseilles with Lord Cardigan and a number of invalids. Since then s o have had many arrival,. among them the Cyclops, Cambria, and Alps, from Constantinople, and the Mauritine, fora Marseilles. The Cgslcps is to be repaired. The Alp, lease, this day for Marseilles, taking many of the invalid offioers with her, and the Cambria for England, also aitb invalids sad sick. The Cambria brought down from Constantinople a nos. ber of sick and wounde,:, among them Sir Gecrge Brous, Major Whitmore, A D C., Lieut. Colonels Wilua IM Cadogan, of the Guards. The A'ps also brought sick and wounded, and with Ms* the widow of Brigadier-General Adams and Mrs. Dalma. . . Off Gallipoli, on the 30th, they paned her Majesty's dip Britannia, with Admiral Ducdaa's lag, and Trafalgar, as. companied by two steamers, blowing a strong fair wind, that they may aeon be expected here. . _ Admiral Dundee has given the vacancy put at his di l l, posal by the Admiralty to Lieut. Vevey, first et the Bn. mania ; and Admiral Lyons to his fig lieutenant, Lieut. Coles, who takes pascals by the Alps this antrum. TY lion. Captain Carnegie leaves in the Cambria. DEATHS AT SCUTARI. Nominal Return of lhaths in the General Hospital' at Scuttri as reported Li the Commandant's Office by tbs medical authorities from the 27th to toe 30th at pc. crusher, 1854 : OFFICERS. Major Sharp, 20:h Rept , of wounis. Dec. 28. Captain Michael Carroll, 41st Regt., sclop. genii, Dec./8 NON•COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND LIEN Sergeant .1. lty.to, 47th Dee:, chronic rheuroatint, Dec. 27 Sergeant John Hossey, 68th Itrgt., diarrhms, Dec. 2t. Sergeant Ilenry Womble, 231 d Itrgt., Dee. J Sergeant Dd. Jas. Taylor, mbLaneert, Carrhce t,Dec 3), . . Sergeant George Wi;kin'o, 23rd Rev cr.;:11ze.30.. Sergeant•Majo; H. bladds . m, 19th lies's., wcuusl;,Det.u. Sergeant Wm. Clydcslie, Ambulance Corps, gaugrem, Dec. 28. Corporal Wm. Clarke, 88th Rost., dysentery, Dec 29. Corporal John Denehner, 63r1 ltegt., asthma, Dry. 30. Corporal Anth:ny Reeves, 40th Rept , fcbris, Dec. 23. PRITLTES John Shattleworth, 55th Rest., diarrhea, Dec. 27; WO- Ham Green, 77th Regt., diarrheas , Dee. 27; Alswasdar Bark, 28th Reno:, dysentery, Dee. 28; John J. 4 ton. Sin Rev., dysentery, Dec. 27; Robert Russell, lit Banshee Rifle Brigade, dysentery, Dec. 27; Charles Doyle, 60.1 Rest.,diarrlaree, Dec. 27 ; Henry Pierce, 23rd Mkt.. chinas rheumatism, Dec. 27 ; Thos. Chitton, 49th Regt , diarrhea, Dec 27 ; John Silk, 50,h Regt.,theurnatiain, D, (.21; Be nard Shielde, 33rd Rest., dysentery, Dec. 2S; WGkm Ingram, 38th Rest., rheumatism, Dec. 28; Stephen Coopit, 19th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 28; John Hackett, 30th Refit, diarrhoea, Dec. 27 ; W. Langley, 4th Light Dragoon, d iarrl•cea, Dec. 28 ; George Seabright, 20th Regt., diarrhea, Dec. 27 ; Samuel Baker, 63rd Regt., dysentery, Dee. 27; James Fee, 46th Refit , diarOces ' Dec Y 7 ; George Party, Grenadier Guard,, diarrhoea, Dec. 27 ; Robert Pules, , Coldstream Guarde, vulnue, Dro. 27; John Mahon, 684 Rest., dating:on, Dec. 27; John Myer*, 11th Hewn febris typhus, Dee. 27 ; Francis Wright, 95th Rost., dyser tery, Deo. 27 ; Bartholomew Regan, 30th Rest., veins, Dcc. 27; James Smart, 44th Regt., diarrhea, Dec. 27; James Mangan, 49th Rest., fracture, Dec. 28; Willie Coulan, Royal Artillery, chronic catarrh, Dec. 28; Thorns Smith, 50th Regt., feheis, Dcc. 26 ; James Power, 65th Regt., delirium tremens, Dec. 27 ; James St -ne,:62nd Rte., diard Cell. Dee. 28 ; William Carroll, 53rd Refer., chronic dysentery, Dec. 2S ; Robert Dieedale, Grenadier Guards, chronic dysentery, Dec. 28; William Burner, Cold. stream Guards, chronic dysentery, Mc. 28 ; James Locu, 46th Regt., chronic dysentery, Dec. 28; George Bowler, 4th Regt , diattl.aas, Dec. 28; Gorge Delacourt, Grinedier Ode., diarrhees, Dec. 28; Dan. McCarthy, 20th Regt., Dec. 28; James Bromelly, 63rd Rend., dy, sentary, Dec. 28; James Wyatt, 23rd Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 28; John hese, 88th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 29; Michael Mires, 88th Regiment, dysentery, Dec. 2S; William Hendena, Scotch Fusilier Guarde, diatrt ui, D, corner 28; Edward Bishop, 28th Regt., febris, Dec. 28 ; Win Jolla* 21st Regt., febrin, Dcc 28 ; Jonah Smith, 23rd Rept., darn hoes, Dec. 28; John Chines, 2let Regt., diarrhoea, Dee. 2 9 ; George Gainer, Zed Dragoons. diarrbee a, Dec. 28; Witham Dent, 19th Rest., diarrhoea, Dec. 28 ; John Sanderson, Oh Kest., rheumatism, Dec. 2S; George Cleveland, 'Loyd Horse Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 29 ; William Clarke, 63e4 Rest., rheumatism, Dec. 29; John Ross, 79th Regt.,diera hoe, Dec. 29; Michael Whittle, Orensuier Guan,s, dour hem Dec. 29 ; John Folam, 57th Regt , wounds. Dec. 29; Henry Prow, 57th Regt., of aroputrica, Dec 29; William Walsh, Ist Foot, diarttest, T 49; Wali;ara Denton, 95th Rest., diarrhoea, 29 ; Robert Pettel, 44th Regt., dysentery, Dec. William West, 49th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 29; David Hazlewood, Coldstream Guards, dierrhats, Dec. 26; Bee? Gees, 4th Light Dragoons, diarrhear, Der. 29; James Ben nett, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Dec. 29; Joseph Here, 28th Rear., diarrhoea, Dee. 29 ; James Garnd, Coldertan Guarde, diarrhoea, Dec. 29; William Medley, 68th Reg, diarrhoea, Dec. 29; George Witte, Grenadier Guards, dy sentery, Dee. 29 ; David Pulcher, 88th Regt ., dyaeoUrfi c. 29 ; George Andrews, 33rd ler., diarrhoea. Dec. 297 George Pritchard, Ist Bar. Rifle Brigade, diarthees, Te 29; John Flint, Ist Bat. Rifle Brigade, diarrhoea, Dee George Collins, 63rd Regt., diarrtma, Dec. 29 ; Devitt Fe, ton, 33rd Regt. dysentery, DEC. 29 ; nova Canfield, Scots Fusilier Guards, diarrhea, Dec ; Michael Daffy, 19th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 29; GOAT' Small, 20th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 29; Thomas Doran, Ira Foot, diarrhoea, Dec. 29 ; George White, 55th Regt., tery. Doc. 20 ; John Lockesley, 19th Regt., dystuterL 30; Peter Logan, 19th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 30; WI Webb, 20th Regt., febris; Dec. 30; Jonathan Hewitt,- ' Refit., dysentery, Dec. 30 ; John Gorman, 21st Regt., dyser tam Dec. 30; John Kennedy, 23rd Regt., diarrhea, P 20; Alfred Knight, 23rd Rtgt., dyeentery, Dec. 30 Tracy, 30th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 30; Joseph Jai kson, Regt., dysentery, Dec. 30; Richard Post, 38th 11080, dysentery, Dec. 30; John Ringrose, 50th Refit _ , dying' tery, Dee. 30; Peter McGinnese, 30th Regt., (i)cent Dec. 30; James Conroy, 57th Regt. ' diarrhoea,diarrhoea, Dec. Ins John Dow, 93rd Rest., lebris, Dec. 31; Henry Strides , 23rd Regt., diarrheas, Dec. 31; Prime Holden, Calder as Guards, chronic rheumatism, Dec. 30; James Malawi , let Foot, diarrhoea, Dec. 31; John Bray, 20th Regt., end tification, Dec. 30; Orlando Aldrige, Ambulance Corp, Canters, Dec. 30; James Green, Seed Regt , diarrtals Dee. 31 ; Richard Driver, Royal Artillery, dysentery: 30; Thomas Davey, Ro yal Artillery, dysentery, Dee. Charles Crook, Scots Fusilier Guards, dysentery. Dee William M'Nish, Sects Fusilier Guards. dysentery, I.' 20 ; Henry Thomas, Coldstream Guarde, coasue 9i t Doe. 30; George Cook, 4th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. George Dalsel, 9th Rev, dysentery, Dec. 30 ; 10941 "_,_ Jacobs, Royal Artillery, tebri,-, Dec. 30; John O'LsoPtr 20th Regt., dysentery, Dec.W 30; Daniel Daly, 41st I diarrhoea, Dec. 30; Abraham Combs, 38th Rees, 8' 131 .- A Dec. 30; James Mullin,, 4th Regt., diArrhers, De c ' Thomas Galloway, 68th Regt , chronic catarrh, De , Robert Brown, 20th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 30; Cowley, 46th Rev_ , vulnus, Dec. 30; John Kelly, Regt., dysentery, Dec. 30; James Harding, 95111 dysentery, Dec. 30; Robert Lovell, 97th Regt., diurto Dee. 30. theDiieesda.2ool 20th ht h b i es o aid tu., at Dec.zh assess from Joseph i r o2. the Sheppard cr ean — Private th eAu s t Privates Charles Brookes, 46th ltegt.; Thomas 1199° ' atelier Guards. 14703 T e a 1 ytoot of 1864, non-commissionedlB64 b e w r u o f 4.ooag patients eoi ef w i e n ht h opm s p v4 i aB t a t e l ws sa . e t r eTho Scutari e Ac o ffi cers , had arrived with 146 sick 9E ;19.,1rd, of whom only fC. on Oa passage. • • (vao As boa Bride comPl of hi darts goost ourpri The day D uke. wg all contra hieni tnal • short! 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