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medical officer of the hospital ; and the nurses wbo ac-
company or who follow her will, in the same manner, be
placed completely under her authority; nor will any one be
admitted as a hospital mine except she have a certificate
signed by the director-general of the army medical depart-
ment, upon Miss N.'s recommendation, or that of some
person deputed by her. 1 trust that all confusion will be
avoided by this arrangement.
Miss Nightingale leaves England this evening, thirty-four
nurses accompanying her to Scutari.
No additional nurses will be sent out to her until she
shall have written home from Scutari, and reported how
far her labours have been successful, and what number
and description of persons, if any, she requires in addi-
tion.
Should more be required a register of their names will
be kept, and applications may be made to Miss Stanley,
6, Grosvenor-crescent, Belgrave-square ; or the Hon. Mrs.
Herbert, 49, Belgrave-square ; or to St. John's Hospital,
Queen's-square, Westminster.
It is most important that those who wish to devote them-
selves to the work should fit themselves by previous
training, and acquire by practice in a hospital a knowledge
of the duties they undertake, and confidence in their own
power to perform them. This they can do by application
to Mrs. Gipps, St. John's Hospital, Queen's•square, West,
minster.

But, in the meanwhile, no one can be sent out until we
hear from Miss Nightingale that they are required ; nor
would any one going out there be admitted to the hospital
unless provided with the certificate I have already
described.
All I have said as to the necessity of order and authority
as regards the attendance on the sick and wounded, so far
as their physical wants are concerned, applies with still
more force to the provision for their spiritual wants.
It would be impossible to run any risk of the military
hospitals being made the arena of hostile efforts directed by
rival creeds one against the other. Clergymen of different
denominations are sent out in the relative proportion of the
troops belonging to their faith, but they go at the expense
of the Government, to whose authority they are amenable,
and they are empowered to choose persons to aid them in
their labours as scripture-readers or otherwise.

An additional number of clergy are about to proceed to
Turkey, but, like their predecessors, under military
authority, and under strict orders as to their conduct ; and
no one can be admitted on other terms. It is most neces-
sary, for the sake of harmony and good order, that this
system should be strictly maintained.
I have endeavoured, I fear at some length, to explain
what has been done and what is doing, and the reasons for
the course adopted. It only remains for me to express my
thanks for the interest you have taken in the noble and
brave men whose sufferings it is our duty and our endeavour
to assuage, and my sense of the admirable spirit which has
dictated the many offers of personal service and pecuniary
liberality which have been made through yourself and
others. SIDNEY HZRISSIM.
Mr. and Mrs.'Bracebridge, with a party of thirty-six
nurses, left London on Monday last for Boulogne,
en route to Marseilles. At Boulogne they were re-
ceived with great tiosipitality, and the proprietor of
the Hotel des Bains, where they spent the night
refused all payment for their entertainment. The
party are to join Miss Nightingale at I'aris.
It is stated that a number of nuns, of the Order of
Mercy, are to proceed from the south and west of Ire-
land to Dublin, on their way to the East, to render their
services to the sick and wounded. The Sisters of
Mercy are a religious order very much resembling the
Sisters of Charity.
Dr. Spence and Dr. Cumming, deputy inspectors-
general of hospitals, accompanied by ten staff
assistant-surgeons, left town on Tuesday, having been
placed under immediate orders to join the army in
the Crimea. These officers have proceeded via Mar-
seilles. Acting Asssistant Surgeon Wason is relieved
from duty at Chatham garrison, for the purpose of
proceeding for service in Turkey.

PATRIOTIC FUND.
Numerous meetings continue to be held all over
the country for the purpose of organising committees
or otherwise aiding in obtaining subscriptions to the
Patriotic Fund. In almost every instance the appeal
has been eagerly responded to, and lists opened with
contributions of considerable amount. On Thursday
the Court of Common Council of the City of London
met and voted a donation of 2,0001. to the fund. A
great City meeting is also to be held at the Mansion-
house on Thursday next, the 2nd of November, for
the promotion of the great object.

AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION has been made to the
Admiralty for permission that the Russian and
Finnish officers now prisoners on parole at Lewes to
visit London, and that the younkers (as cadets) may
be permitted to enj'y the same privilege. A reply
has been received granting the boon.
BY the death of Lieutenant-General Ewart, which
took place on the 23rd instant, the colonelcy of the
87th regiment has become vacant. There are now
three regiments of infantry without a colonel, viz.,
the Bth, 50th, and 67th.
THE HON. AND REV. SIDNEY GODOLPHIN OSBORNE,
brother of Lord Godolphin, and rector of Durwestone
and Bryanston, Dorset (the "S. G. 0." of the
Times newspaper), last week left Blandford for Con-
stantinople, to aid in the distribution of any funds
collected for the benefit of the wounded in the battle
of Alma.

SATURDAY,

trtign halo antelligtrue.

FRANCE.
The Emperor and Empress have left Paris for
Compiegne, where they remain until the 6th of
November. A large number of invitations have been
issued, and a distinguished circle of visitors will be
entertained with balls, concerts, theatrical representa-
tions, and hunting parties. The Emperor's pack of
English hounds and hunters have been sent to
Compiegne. The Court will visit Fontainebleau
before returning to the Tuileries.
Viscount Canning and Lord Chief Justice Camp-
bell have arrived at Paris within the last few days.
The Moniteur de l'Arntie contains a long list of
promotions and nominations in the Legion of Honour
in consequence of the battle of the Alma. Among
the list of grand officers are Generals Canrobert,
Bosquet, and Forey ; and in that of commanders
Generals Thomas, de Monet, and de Paladines.
There is also a list of 129 non-commissioned officers
and soldiers who have had military medals awarded
to them for their conduct.
The Moniteur publishes a nominative list of the
French officers killed and wounded at Alma. There
were four officers killed ; sixty-one were wounded.
The names of the non-commissioned officers and
privates killed and wounded are only partially
published, but the total loss is stated at four officers
and 132 non-commissioned officers and privates
killed, and sixty-one officers and 1,139 non-commis.
sioned officers and privates wounded.

The Emperor has granted a pension of 20,000 f. to
Madame St. Arnaud as a national recompense for the
loss of her husband.

Mr. Parrett, an English engineer, exhibited on
Monday to the Emperor, at St. Cloud, models of his
tubular life raft and pontoon raft. His Majesty ex•
pressed himself much pleased with the ingenuity o'
these inventions, and dire -ted that the models shoult
be deposited with the Minister of Marine ant
Minister of War.

A number of sailors of the French Baltic fleet wll
receive leave of absence for four months, with tie
privilege of engaging during that time in the fishifg
or coasting trade. This favour will be grantedin
preference to such of the men as have fumiliei to
maintain.

The artillery of the French army is commanded
by 8 generals of division, 17 of brigade, 48 cobnels,
50 lieutenant-colonels, 170 chefs d'escadront, 379
first captains, 317 second captains, 272 first leute-
nants, and 194 second lieutenants. The futilely is
divided into 17 regiments, namely, 4 of 18 bitteries
each, 1 of pontonniers of 16 batteries, 7 nounted
regiments of 15 batteries, and 5 regimentsof horse
of 8 batteries—in all 233 batteries.
A detachment of Polish volunteers has lit Toulon
for the East, where they will enter thi Ottoman
service.

Brigadier-General Francisco Solano I.,(pez, Envoy
Extraordinary of the Republic of Paragtay, had on
Tuesday an audience of the Emperor t take leave,
his mission in France being terminated.
The Pays publishes various detail' which prove
the deep solicitude felt by the Emperor for the wel-
fare of the army
Not only has the Minister of War organised the intend-
ance and the hospital service in such amanner as to pro-
vide for every want—not only has he sent large supplies
of every kind—but every man has been provided with a
cotton shirt, a flannel waistbelt, a lianket, and a tente-
abri. The Emperor has also sent te. the General•in-Chief
of the army of the East a considcable number of small
bottles, containing a preservative against the cholera
Hearing also that the officers in the Crimea had great uiffi-
culty in procuring wine and bandy, his Majesty appro-
priated 60,000 f. from his privy purse for despatching a
certain quantity of these articles to the army. The camp
of the north has not been less the object of the particular
attention of the Government. The soldiers have each re-
ceived from the Minister of War a flannel belt and two
blankets. Each company las a room constructed in which
they can warm themselves, and which contains two
kitchens. The Emperor !ias, at his own expense, caused
iron roofs, thirty yards loaf; by ten yards wide, to be con-
structed, warmed by staves, and intended to serve as
places for meeting. There will be one for officers and two
for soldiers in each division. It is stated that these rooms
will cost, the Emperor more than 150,0011 f. The camps
being very distant from each other, omnibuses have, as
already stated. been established, also at the expense of his
Majesty. They run four times a week between the camps
and Boulogne. Each brigade is also to have a library
composed of fifty volumes.
IELGIUM.

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The Brussels Moniteur of Wednesday publishes a
royal decree, dated from Lacken on the 24th instant,
by which the Senate and the Chamber of Repre-
sentatives are convoked for the 7th of November
next.
The Cologne Gazette notices a rumour current at
Brussels, wording to which Prince Napoleon, the
heir-presumptive to the French throne, is about to
espouse the daughter of King Leopold, a grandchild
of Louis PLilippe.

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