The Press. — London, England, 1854-04-22 00:00:00

374 THE PRE SS. SATURDAY, portant, consideration. After a two months' voyage on board a sailing vessel, unable all that time to lie down even for an hour, the horses will be put on shore out of condition, with their limbs cramped, very unfit for immediate service, and probably with the loss of a considerable number. On board steam ers arrangements could be made for enabling them to lie down, and they would be landed in high condi tion, fit to take the field immediately. The asser tion was hazarded some time ago from the Treasury bench in the House of Commons that considerations of economy have induced the preference given to sailing-transports. There is no real economy in the matter. The additional length of time consumed on the voyage, and on shore till the horses recover the use of their legs—the additional consumption of feed and forage by man and beast while kept in a state of compulsory idleness—the probable allowance of irre coverable opportunities being lost before the cavalry are fit to take the field—all these drawbacks will make the sailing-transports in the long run infinitely more expensive than the steamers. The Colombo, with Commissary-General Filder and suite, arrived at Malta on the 13th inst. Colenel Ardent, who accompanied Sir John Bur goyne to the East, has arrived at Marseilles, on board the Louqaor. That vessel fell in with a great number of English and French transports, full of troops, on their way to Gallipoli. There only re mained one regiment at Malta to be embarked. A proposal has been made on the part of the Poles to form a Polish Legion, which, being supplied with the munitions of war, shall fight side by side with the English and French troops against the common enemy. An address to that effect was sent to the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury, for. his approval, and received the usual official notification, stating that it had been received, and referred to the Secretary for War and the Colonies. THE RENDEZVOUS AT GALLIPOLI. The first detachment of the Bntish forces reached Gallipola in the night of the sth instant, onboard the steamer Golden Fleece. They left Malta on the 31st ult., and performed the voyage in about five and a half days. The detachment consisted of a large number of officers and about a thousand rank and file of the Rifles, Sappers and Miners. Owing to the want of preparations they did not land until the Bth. By the 11th instant the 03rd Highlanders, the 44th Regi ment, and three companies of the 50th, had arrived at Gallipoli from Malta. The Sappers had mean while laid out a camp. Some inconvenience, but which was by no means unexpected, had been occa tioned by the want of horses. Several officers of the commissariat department and medical staff arrived in the Kangaroo on the 11th. The total number of British that has reached Gallipoli was 2,400. Of the French General Broconi and suite bad arrived, with two companies of Sappers, seven companies of Rifles, and 2,810 Frenchmen. Total of the allied forces arrived, 5,200. The Monitcur announces officially that the " Government has received reports from General Can robert, on the arrival of the French troops at Gallipoli, and on their installation in the environs of that town. These first accounts are very satisfactory. A Turkish commission, presided over by Ibrahim Pacha, had pre ceded at Gallipoli the arrival of our first detachments, in order to make itself acquainted with our necessities, and to satisfy them as far as possible. The general has had much cause to be satisfied with this intervention. The Pacha of Adrianople had come at the same time to Galli poli to support with his authority the execution of the measures to be taken; thus all the resources were turned to use, and our soldiers at their disembarkation received all that was necessary for them. A proportional part of the resources of the town had been reserved for the English army. This division has been effected between them with the most cordial understanding. General Canrobert has reconnoitred all the peninsula; he has • fixed upon the spots where the different corps will encamp, and will form themselves into brigades as they disembark. The troops will be there in good condition, at the smallest distance possible from Gallipoli, and in localities abound ing with water end wood. The country is very healthy, and the necessities of the sick have been provided for by the installation of a tempory hospital at Gallipoli. Localities have also been prepared in the town to serve as magazines, and to receive provisions of all kinds sent from France for the army. Onr installation has therefore commenced on the best. conditions, and in a short time the first three divisions will be united in the camp of Gallipoli, with all the materiel of artillery, engineers, pro visions, hospitals, and encampment destined for the expeditionary corps. All those immense stores have been embarked from the shores of France and Algeria, and, without doubt, the greater portion has by this time arrived at its destination." Two thousand French soldiers, under the orders of General Canrobert, are encamped at Conrail, three leagues from Gallipoli. The hest under standing exists among the allied troops. The Sap per; have begun to fortify the isthmus. The villages of Yeni-Keni, about five miles from Old Troy, and Yeni-shaar and Erin-Keni, between that and the Dardanelles, also the latter town, have WAR OFFICE, Amin. 21. (From Last Night's tisane.) 2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Ensign Lord Ernest M`Donnell Vane, from the 57th Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable C. S. B. Hanbury, promoted. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Captain Richard Henry Richard Howard Vyse to be Major, by purchase, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Horace Pitt, who retires ; Lieutenant Francis Howard Vyse to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Trelawney, who retires ; Lieutenant Duncan James liaillie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vyse ; Cornet the Honourable John Baptiste Joseph Dormer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vyse ; Cornet John Inglis Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baillie. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Crawford Fraser to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Duke of Beau fort, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majority; Cornet Musgrave Dyne liiisco to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fraser. 13th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Lancelot Arm strong, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice bum breck, who exchanges. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Walter Barrett Lennard has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Frederick Charles Koppel to be Ad jutant, vice Ralph Bradforl, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 2nd Regiment of Foot—Henry Pyne Hiffernan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Laurie, appointed to the 4th Foot. 4th Foot—Ensign John Wimburn Laurie, from the 2nd Foot, to be Ensign, vice Winter, who retires. 12th Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Laver to be Quarter termaster, vice Cowell, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst. 16th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Cockell to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Luxmoore, who retires upon full pay; Captain Alexander Munro to be Major, without purchase, vice Cockell ; Lieutenant John Octavius Chichester, to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Munro ; Ensign John King Rendall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Chichester; Gentle man Cadet William Henry Carter, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hendon. 19th Foot—Quartermaster -Sergeant Thomas Palmer to be Quartermaster, vice Hendry, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Winchester. 20th Foot—Thomas Wright, Gent., to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice Howard, promoted on the Staff. 26th Foot—Lieutenant William Edward Wallace to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires. 43d Foot—Lieut.-Colonel James Brown, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Phihpps, who exchanges. 57th Foot—George Mitchell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Ernest M`Donnell Vane, promoted iu the 2nd Life Guards. 613th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Wheeler Cuffe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bowles, who retires; Charles James Thornton Duesbury, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Cuffe. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Hyde Page, from half pay 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell Barber Browne, appointed to the 30th Foot. 94th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Newton Phillips, from 43rd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brown, who exchanges. Depot Battalion at Winchester—Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel William Slater, from half-pay unattached, to be Major. Depot Battalion of Templemore—Major Henry George Hart, from half-pay unattached, to be Major. UNATTACHED.—Captain Henry Duke of Beaufort, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase. Bl L EVET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dive Townsend, of the Dep6t Battalion at Templemore, to be Colonel in the Army ; Lieutenant-Colonel William Fergusson Beateon, of the East India Company's Service, to have the local rank of Colonel, while employed in the Turkish dominions. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, April 18. BANKRUPTS.—JAMES HENRY THOMAS VAUGHAN HUGHES, Westbourne-grove, Bayswater, chemist—JOHN KUMMARSELL, Little York-place, Marylebone, carpenter—HENßY ANSTEY and WILLIAM WALTON, Birmingham, draper—CHARLES BRAMER, Sheffield. wood dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. —WILLIAM IRVINE HOWELL, Glasgow, merchant—Joan KING CLARK, Glasgow, merchant. - • Friday, April 21. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—THOMAS LANORIDOE, Tun bridge Wells, auctioneer—WlLLlAM HENRY COOPER, Bedford row, upholsterer. BANKTUPTS.—GEormi HARTSHORNE. and GEORGE HARTS HORNE, the younger, Great Dover-street, ironmongers— THOMAS WAITERS, Goswell-road. grocer—CHARLES BIRCHALL, Maidstone, pipe manufacturer—ELlAs MOLYNEUX, Liverpool, tavern-keeper—Rolle/a WILLIAMS, Mold, Flintahire, draper— HENRY CRANE, Dudley, grocer and innkeeper—CHAßLES THOMAS, Gloucester, StittiOner---HENRY EVEN HARRIES, Mon mouth, draper—HENßY CARTER, Liverpool, brewer—JoHN AMES, West Tarring. Sussex, market gardener—WlLLlAM GEORGE TRANOMAR and JOHN TRANOMAR, Brighton, grocers— FREDERICK WILLIAM WRIGHT, Brighton, chemist and drugrt— SAMVEL CLARKSON PETERS, Southampton, draper—JOHN 'H IL LIPS BRIERLY and GEORGE BRIERLY, Oldham, cotton spinners— BENJAMIN REDHEAD WAITE, Wormwood - street, butcher— GEORGE LAWRENCE, Abingdon, saddler and harness maker— down PENSION, Bradford, woolstapler—THOMAS CLEMENTS, Saint Helen's, Lancashire, grocer—CHARLES EDWARD MALLAN, Tunbridge Wells, innkeeper—PETEß PEnsitio Thome, New gate-street, printer. SCOTCHS EQUESTRATIONA.—THIRD, AnAms, and Cc:fli msy, Glasgow, warehousemen—GroßoE M'DoNALb, Teawig, Ross-shire, lately farmer—CancsettAN and BROWN, Wasp* tailors—JAMES WAGSTM, Paisley, dyer. been examined and found capable of accommodating about 60,000 men. At Nagara point there is an empty lazaretto, and there are several villages on the Thracian shore of the Dardanelles; so that, it even a larger portion of our army arrives before the declaration of war, the men will be under cover, such as it will be. THE FLEETS. Rear-Admiral Berkeley is awaiting the arrival at Portsmouth of the Portland, 50, from the Pacific, and the Centaur steam-frigate from Rio, both which ships will be ordered to the Baltic immediately. The preparations at Woolwich for the launch of the Royal Albert, 131, screw steam-ship, on the 13th of May next, in the presence of the Queen and the Royal Family, are progressing fast. The Cossack, one of the screws built for the Russians, was launched on Saturday from Mr. Pit cher's yard at Northlieet. She is to be drafted into the Royal Navy. The Banshee passed through the Dardanelles, without stopping, on the night of the sth, on her way to the combined fleets in the Black Sea, carry ing with her the declaration of war. The tieet is said to be in capital condition. The men are well and in good spirits ; practising with shot and shell goes on continually, terrifying the Pacha of Varna with the belief that the Russians are at hand. At the latest date the fleet was still lying at anchor between Baltchin and Kavarna. Three steamers had been detached, and had proceeded to the Sulina mouth of the Danube. A letter from Baltchik, 4th, published in the Patrie, says that the combined squadrons remained at their anchorage. They were keeping a sharp look-out on the coast as far as Odessa, and the com munications of the Russians by sea were completely cut off. This circumstance had a very sensible effect in paralysing the operations of the Russian generals, who, previous to the arrival of the allied fleets, had continued to receive supplies by the coasters of the Crimea. Now the invading army is compelled to draw all its provisions from Bessarabia, in the midst of enormous di c. etudes. Every arrival from the Black Sea fleet disproves the assertions of the invidious detractors of our gallant admirals in that quarter. It is not their fault that the Russian fleet was not destroyed last year; the delay is justly to be attributed to the absence of orders, and even now itis well understood that the removal of the fleet from Beicos to Varna took place before the declaration of war. The news that the Russians had crossed the Danube deter minied the admirals to proceed as near to the seat of war as they could take their ships.—Herald. Nothing definite has been heard respecting the movements of Admiral Napier and his Baltic fleet. The ships had left Kioge Bay, bound it was believed for Gothland. A squadron was seen passing the Isle of Bornholm on the 15th, and a heavy canonade is said to have been heard there during the srcceed ing night. This, however, may only have arisen from the night practice at the guns, which the admi ral has ordered to be pursued very diligently on all fitting occasions. Many prizes have been taken, chiefly by Admiral Plnmridge's advanced squadron, and consisting of small Russian merchantmen laden with salt, oats, fruit, &c. Ten in all have been cap tured and their crews made prisoners. The report that the Amphion had got aground is contradicted. The Alban, a smaller steamer (Com mander Allen), touched the ground, but was got off without danger, and afterwards piloted five French ships through the Belt to Copenhagen. The Austerlitz French steam-ship has rejoined Admiral Napier. Letters from officers in the Baltic fleet complain bitterly of the want of a commissariat. Exchange at Copenhagen on bills is ruinously high, stock of all kinds extravagantly dear. The officers are much in want of money, but are loth to cash their bills at such a loss. It is astonishing, and discreditable to the authorities, that no Admiralty commissariat has been organised. THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS OF BIBERICH, in the Grand Duchy of Nassau, on visiting a steamer which was de scending the Rhine some days ago, were surprised to find not fewer than twenty-one young girls, aged from fourteen to seventeen, accompanied by three men. They gave in formation to the director of police, and inquiries were made, from which it appeared that the men were taking the girls out to New York, to place them in houses of prostitution. The girls had been recruited in the rural districts near Wiesbaden, Krcisnach, Uringen, and Weil bourg, and some of them had left unknown to their parents. Orders were given to arrest the men, but only two of them could be taken, the other having ran away. The girls were ordered to be sent back to their homes. THE EFFECTIVE LIST OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR stood on the let of October, 1853, as follows :-65 grand crosses, of whom 46 received pay and 19 not ; 228 grand officers, 125 paid and 103 unpaid ; 1,034 commanders, 457 paid and 577 unpaid; 4,714 officers, 1,490 paid and 3,224 unpaid; 48,0k5 chevaliers, 16,821 paid and 31,264 unpaid—making in all 04,140 members, ~_