The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(Isom A isexassroxopurr or rna puny Paws)
PARIS, SATURDAY BTRICINO.
Galipeami eui the following account of an acci-
dent to M. Thies: "A person pulling before his
house, in the Place St. George, beard moans proceed-
ing from inside the garden. He rang the bell, and
entered, and on ping to the spot from whence the
moans proceeded fouud M. Thies lying on the snow.
He had, it appears, slipped, and in falling had
broken his arm at the wrist. He was carried into
his how, and medical aid was immediately pro-
cured. It is hoped that he will promptly recover
from the accident."

The &eels announces that M. Dupont (de l'Eure)
is so dangerously ill as to leave scarcely any hope of
his recovery.
At the Bourse some heavy discounts frightened the
speculators for a fall in the Itente, and occasioned an
upward movement. The Three per Cents. were at
one moment at 66.93, but dropped a little afterwards,
and closed at 66.80, with a rise of 15c. Railways,
with few exceptions, closed from 1 to 2.50 lower.
Ie the budget of receipts and expenses for 1856,
which has just been presented to the Legislative
Body, Arts. 7 and 8 present the general results in the
following manner:
Art. 7. The ways and means of the budget are divided as
!alleys ..—Reeelpts inserted for the sake of order' and the
employmest or reatitutiou of which stands in the budget of
a:passim, 478,727,293 1.; receipts applicable to the
real charges of the state, 1,123,339,679 f. total,
1,602,066,972 f.
Art. 8. According to the c dilatations established by the
present bill, the general result of the budget is summed
up as follows :—Tbe ordinary and extraordinary ways and
means, 1,662,068,9721 ; ordinary sad estraottlinary
pease., 1,597,926,4850—iurp1as of receipts, 4.149.4861.
The ordinary resources miscast to 1,576,412,160 f., and
the ordinary entente, to 1,557,204,4871. • the surplus of
receipts for the ordinary service is 21,207,6931. 7he ex•
passes for extraordinary works amount to 40,721,9991. the
extraordinaryresources to 23,654,7921., showing a surplus of
17,067,2071.—which is covered by the ordinary resources of
the budget, so that the general budget balances with a
surplus of receipts provisionally estimated as above at
4,110,4861.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVININO.
We read the following in the Constitutionnel :

Various reports have circulated regarding considerable
reinforcements, composed of troops of the Imperial Guard
about to premed, it is said, to the Crimes. Aecordiag to
information which we have region to believe correct, the re-
inforeements is question will consist of tie following hoops:
1,200 men of the regiment of Ciendarsurie ; 20 companies of
Grenadiers (10 from each regimeat); 24 companies of Vol-
tissue (12 from nob regiment) ; 4 companies of Foot Ches-
sman. These °ampules of 0 rinadia rs andVoltigeo es will On-
mist of 100 men each. The tstal infantry force (illeinliTO of this
Gendarmerie) is 5,600 men. The cavalry will consist of 4
squadrons of the Guides, 200 mrn in each aquadrcn. As
soon as this news wee spread in the barracks it produced an
iadeacribable enthusiasm. Should it be confirmed the de-
parture will take place at the beginning of the month of
March. The forces now in Paris or the environs will not
suffer soy reduction in consequence of the de-
parture of the Imperial Guard. The army of
Paris, now composed of two divisions, will be augmented to
three, two of which, we are soured, will be encamped at
St. Maur. The battalion of Sepeurs Pompiers of Paris (the
tire brigade) will be increased from five companies totem.
A cuipaay of 100 men of this battalion, commanded by e
eaptaia sad two oaken, is under orders for Constaatisopk,
to manias both UNTO and in other plum in the bast when
the army km anagazinee, a service of order sad safety which
will protect thou from is.cendiaries. This company will
leave is a few days.

The above paragraph is generally understood, and
was, I have little doubt, intended to be understood,
as a forerunner to the announcement of the departure
of the Emperor himself. As I mentioned on Wed-
nesday last. rumour connected the march of the
Guards with the voyage of the Emperor, and fixed
Februa►y 27 for the former event. The anstau-
ticmnel in now fixing the beginning of March as the
probable date of the departure of the troops goes a
long way to confirm the original news. The slight
hesitation in the language used corresponds exactly
to whit is said about the present state of the Em-
peror's personal protect. Everything is prepared—
orders are given hourly as if the expedition were
positively resolved upon, and yet people about the
court continue to say that the realisation of the
scheme yet depends upon contingencies. One
of the contingencies in view may possibly
be the taking of Sebastopol in the mean
time by the forces already before it. Several of the
last despatches speak of the fire of the besieging
force as being about to open. I attach, how-
ever, more credence to the despatch which
represents General Pelissier as having reported
that the assault could not be attempted with
hopes of success for a month to come.
This, coming from General Peliesier, who is supposed
to have received a confidential communication from
the Emperor very recently, is a fact of considerable
significance. It seems to point to the probability
that the attack will be delayed till his Majesty's
arrival.

M. Thins is not thought to be in danger, but I
learn from one of his personal friends who visited
him yesterday, that fears are entertained that ampu-
tation may be necessary.

TRIAL OF MDLLE. DOUDET.

The Court of Assizes of the Seine has been for se-
veral days occupied with the trial, net yet concluded, of
Mlle. Celestine Doudet, charged with the manslaughter of
two aildren, the daughters of Dr. Marsden, a louden
yhyaiciao. Our Paris correermast has at VINOUS times
reported OD the prelimisereri& Mike preseasties whisk
led to the emigrants( Maio. Moir. esWeemodsykst.
The children, it wM le remembered. Ind bees emtetweed es
the sensed for education. The vial, we are informed, en-
atm great lateral in Paris, ham the position which Wile.
Desdet formerly filled in the met idedsguished homirbold
in the realm. Davis' already pshalled the indictment at
length, we sow present • rammery of the, evidence from
Gwisfecni.
Dr. Marsden, the father of the two dressod children, &-
Sadist he hod received, is Lowder vitewolla ealniafthia
feerisg bin of the geleree Mei modest
e &Mem Wires et eon deopstehed to Peer
• relative, who, however. did set op& Troth, and allowed
Mdlle. Daudet to act se *lra. Biz writer**
witness heard of the death Mry Anse, and 'idlest lay
delay started for Paris. The rimer did sot 'spelt hlm.
and gave him • very bad sorsa of Os Mein% es brag
liars, thieves, glutted/, std edible& he slat Ismeeed yew
tires. Witness found two Obis Makes Vol lows is bed.
The primmer said that it was the mined was who had
attended them who had ordered them to be so tied. Wit-
ness had the chi/dres immediately set at liberty, ad took
them out with him. They looked so ill that be Amid set
have recogsised thaw. Herpes* to take them isle sot,
they ate es if they were stored. Os bf dile Dewitt after-
wards resin them of being little estrus, wirer
gave her mosey, and said. Take them every day to
• soafecticeer's, and let them eat as Rauh se they like, that
will sow care them." She took the money, but sever laid
oat a sou of it for the-children. Witmer, not being able to
earry beak the ehildres to Loudon at the tine, left Awl
with their oust, Mrs. Bradhall, and as he was sot thews.
of the prisoner's bed conduct, he allowed her to tweerwe
giving leers' to the girls. It was stterwerda ekes be
took the children to Begird; that he issemed beet
them how really MdUe Detain had treated them. WM.
sem sect word Is the Preach polio to keep • stret
weer ever the rioter, is ardor to greyest her arise
la a similar smear to other Andrea. Oa the cokes
laud, witness Mena is Para that Mk. Desist *alm-
a iated his eel the adages% aid be at kit delenalmed
to WNW Wilkpl her is a ewe of kw. The atoms
dagMer MON is 'NW MIR kw estwat sled
_or to
We he sewed she desired that MAW Desist los de-
prived brief bed and frogratly heat kw
Mot Dr. Maeda* heal elves has twellisayealt these
daughter were esseeried, sailed 1•1111111.11011ahr
slued that MAIL Daudet bed heat Win wire aid
her bawl, with a Isle, es to hog Ile 107461Vrir
testes insp. With rawest to Moe Men of of
May, they all deeleasd that *ay
_Alap woo wed ogokodl7
Ws& by Matile.Deedli, sod mowed dews, and Ilse she as
taw isg tha goysed imodied lai. la wawa: so a
VW** ken Ow Ss isselseer Mad
UM Ade ibdr nines W &ideal Ow bides,iddy wales
seabeds lettere Is Mak. Doable latedoso they yin"
nth at they were ad again to be was le Pads mid bee

f a° mind 10.1.3.desadia Da/W. domed that Md
D•radet hid deara- ism kid Is bar. sb• beat th.
abildna sad filtreated tit= hoot imaildly. As la ll*
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al_trY Ando bed Pews blessif sat at Ow window. Wimp
66° 1"7-6,11Nd Ndlld. Netlet WPM. MINIMA
Inlet ail me• aderisa. whin maw DisliS lON is
Bap*. Wham bad um Mos at dadadulle *Swim
the ovoidal wbisb vbasend. bet Bwpa " *Hai la nabs ban* am.% big air • SW'."
De. Salleat dipaid lbat ea Ile dap la gaieties Is bad
boa dad bi Is Mind lbs WM Nan ado, be was
bid by Ndla. /haat, bed a issaaniaa ajanda, bet SO
ia tbs pion* side sba bad falls. bulimia alba a aline

At of eoughin . The primmer ales informed him that the
child was to some meet Mises poetises.
Demiet hw Mamma Ileum% and denied that
ebe had ever
sail& "shim to the het witness of the child maim-
Sethi
Tbs yams Liocadiv, the servant le he primerw, leihr
~..Ilea, dedemed that there were no flied boars he meals
Chet the &Ohm eat bread and butter and dunk water,
allowed meat only Woe a week. She deedared also
theta the mhllheN the eight, for the slightest fault, Mdlle.
Dondet caused Um Andrea to rim from their beds, and to
stand with naked hst and outstretched arms for a consider-
able time. TM pdssur called that giving them lemons in
deportment.
Dr. !Daimons ispessil that he was called in one day to
attend the mothers, the prisoner, when be remarked on
the back par of the head of Mary Anne • large swelling'
which, en his qundosing, lidlle. Dondet declared that the
child had thrown bent!( down in alt of passion. On his
inquiring whet could have cusped such an outburst, Mdlle.
Daudet declared that it was in consequence of being re-
proached with giving way to practices to which all the
children, she said, wen addicted.
Drs. Tardier, Jobert de Lemballe, and Logier deposed to
the state of the body of Mary Anne after death. The au-
topsy of the body showed them en the back part of the
skull a black spot, apparently caused bye fall, which meat
have produced an internal effusion of blood.

A WOillO, named Tessin, formerly the portrus at the
Ciii Odiot, deposed that the children were most dreadfully
ill-treated at Kettle. Daudet's. Whammy., the, MIMS into
the porter's lodge and food was on the table, t►ey seemed
to devour it with their eyes. The children were never pay
and cheerful u children ought to be, and the whole five
were scarcely ever seen playing together at the same time.
. .

. - -
Mme. Poussielgue deposed that Zepherine amidst often
eompliuned of the brutality of her sister, the prisoner, to
the little Maredens.
The Rev. Mr. Bradsball, • clergyman, brother-in-law
of Dr. Maredee, gave an account of his visit to Paris to
see the little Menden' on their father hearing that they
were illtrested. Witness ems* to Paris in June, 1853, and
although he called twice on Mdlle. El Airlet on the day of
his arrival, be could not obtain admission into her apart-
ment. The next day he saw the children, and was horrified
at their wasted app && c . Witness had 1 conver-
sations with the pri.lner, who gave him a dreadful account
of the vicious propensities of the children. Witness, not
placing implicit confidence in what she said, endeavoured
,to obtain information in other quarters, but, from not
speaking French, experienced a certain difficulty in aeoom-
plishing his purpose. Be learned, amongst other things,
that the governess so far departed from ell the received rules
of propriety as to think nothing of flinging at the children
whatever object might happen to be nearest at hand.
It was the following feet that put him on the
trace of her habits in that respect: Dr. Marsden had
given the children a very handsome Bible with silver
clasps, and on witness finding it all spoiled, and the leaves
t.rn, he remonstrated with the girls on their ill-use of it.
They, in order to exonerate themselves, informed him,
though with evident unwillingness, that it had been spoiled
by Mdlle. Deudet thro log it at their head. Witness
explained to the court the result of tome inquiries which he
had made in the family of Admiral Elliott, where the pri-
soner had lived as g ; sbe was there considered to
eccentric as to lead to the idea of • commencement of mental
alienation ; and there, as in the present case, she endea•
warred to set the various members of the family against each
other, sad accused any of them that displeased her of some
act of improper conduct.

. .
The widow &pert, aged 50, living on her property, de-
posed that she knew the prisoner and her sister. The latter
frequently complained of the great severity of the prisoner
to the little Marsdens, declaring that she not only best them
cruelly, but deprived them of a sufficiency of food. Witness
spoke to the prisoner en the subject, and learned from
her that the declarations of the sister were quite exaggerated ;
that she pursued the Eoglish system of education, snd that
when once her sister left the house, and no one interferon
with her (the prisoner's) plans, everything would go on in
a superior manner. At law, the sister left the house, bat the
&active, far from improving in appearance, became absolute
skeletons. Witness feeling much for the pone children often
sailed to seethe. and found them always dispirited. When
they played aboiat they were so week that they could
seareely run by the side of their hoops. Witness at last,
being more and more affected by the state of the children,
wrote to Mlle. Doadet, remonstrating with her on her con-
duits, and beseeching her to change it.
This letter was read in court, and the witness was compli-
mented by the president on the very proper feeling which it
&stayed.
vier& oath( r witnesses were heard, and all confirmed the
evidence already given of the prisoner's cruelty to the
children.

lime. MeUrge, deposed that Zspherine Doudet had eilim-
p_laiiied to her of hit sister's conduct to the little Mawlinir.
The children were in *scent-et health when they arrived
is Paris, and everybody admired them ; but it was soon
reported in the neig ihaurhood that they were shamefully
beaten and half-starved by their governess. Whoa Mary
Anne Weise seriously ill witness beard Zopherine Doudet
exclaino—" God grant that she may live, for if she dies my
sister is undone."

The prisoner ►srs declared that this deposition was stains
of ii.s.

Tessin, formerly porter of the Cite Odiot, depcsid to the
wretched appearance of the children, and th 3 reports in the
neighbourhood against Mlle. Doudet were so notorious that
more than onee persons have came to hie lodge to inquire
who was the woman that behaved with such cruelty to the
children plead under her charge. When Dr. Marsden
was expected in Paris, Mdlle. Doudet came to witness's
lodge and said—" The father of the children is going to
atria; I am uneasy about the bad state of their health
caused by their vicious propensities ; I hope that you will
support me."
The prisoner likewise denied the truth of this deposition.
Mine. Hooper deposed to the dreadfal state of the chil-
dren, and stated that ones hearing several reports concern-
ing the conduct of the prisoner towards them, witness went
to remonstrate with her ani was shocked at seeing the
children look so ill. The eldest, Lucy, not having appeared,
witness pressed Iddlle. Dundee so earnestly to let the child
come down stairs that at last she consented, and witness
was horrified at seeing her look quite like a spectre. Wit-
ness finding how the children were treated wrote to Dr.
Marsden to inform him of the situation in which she had
found them. _ _ _

Mmes. Bides, Parrett, Masao, Bonnet, and Cbardonnet
deposed in a similar m as to the shameful treatment
of the children by the prisoner.
Wile. Daudet declared that all this testimony we. false
and had been concocted amongst the witnesses to ruin her.
Dr Tessier, of Pule, who visited the children by direc-
tion of their father, said that be had found them in a
deplorable state of leanness. Mdlle. Doudet told him posi-
tively that they bad brought themselves into that state
by • abineful habit, which was inveterate, sad in
which May indulged with a sort of plasm. The witness
was emalignaded en hearing the children sonless in the most
'cymbal. umeencerned manner that what was said was
quite Inlas. He advised a moral treatment, and the
endetiego of a im:nister of religion. He also resew
sedffisdlgemasotiee; bet he strongly objected to the
INNS eesselee etsees. In the fins interview=
alMie NOW Wig et Dr. Marius as a friedies
Medea eels thought more of pleasure thee of
=ll6 Mdlk. Dotadet said that she would write% the
but that site was are be would consider gysteetles
lee ilsor. Wass the *widest seemed to Mary Anse be
IP= eat immediately called In. Whoa be west, the sewed
veld that the &widest had bees caused by a fall, wilds h
hileeed a violist attack of Words, sough, followed byelaw
whims. At that time all the children had • frightful anew
use, es if half starved. When reports hews to be speed
sheet. Mall*. Dondet ant for him, eel slid that is ewes.
=of them she desirrel that a phydsh• ef his
be sees is the bons*. He west Wm awl sgasa
Mary Anne is a sort of lethargy. The eaten was theft
after visited by Dr. Marsden, ash it eseeftessee et the,
grief which that gentleman sailleesffiseheiliNi amble
that the Esisoleble 'glebe whisk Mlle. Nadel bed OM
el Ides wee will Mid. 111411 e. Dewitt, after the ow
ssessweet of the pressestise. twin sibd as bin, to beg
se his te be feweeshls to her. As be bed set seen asp
Meg le the hews yid& did not apps molar sad cow
reek be bed to say against her. Tie swaths easy
ed s we glee he ht the affair at ma esde Plesteel
faced whit trot Dr. des; he wee 11=mil b 7 a
see Wild, who was the wry picture of It wet
with difficulty that he weld mortise is her we aNspeer
eeselowes whom he hod ewe so ill. Ho gibed
sea a traasfsenellse scald haw less_ pAslble. ffi the

slides led Wes guilty of lie else Impel le Niw. awl
he we emniend that it add set he es. Arawily eat
lin bag sot WNW ; if it bed. Mt Neva, Ile whet he bed
essildered Is news could set lave ewe se family.
The semi here sold that .1. led set wrftfN te Dr.
llstaiss. esehruity with the ebbs of Dr. Teseksr, bo-
ars alw bed enders from die dieee Sew ob. was is seat
Na &Wes; de maned the Ile whew was teleidue
whet the led aid es te Dr. llswits essiderie the lanes
if what
tee deer. She Wed Ihet Dr. Testae bed,
by bit wars eleinalluse eimeleleed the *Ales of led
Lille le the Aides.

Dv. Tessier devisee fentelly that he had ever sees
soy thei_blesielf. Ile bed amtatelly believed the bier
dose of Mlle. Debt, imposishy se she had need that It
was the east et the chilies who had eltiated Shea is
vise.
The eared replied that the doctor wee ulitskis ; but
the wises pereleled is hie @tamest.
"You see, assumed," said the Presitest. "the year eys.
tees is yeateady Ibs seem To rats ell the melee of
the busily. and te sense them el sereples—thst is what
yes de. Yoor see en fon of perlidleuesser. In bee
mks* twelve witseese, belies wise yes he bees guilty
of Ai ehireshil easiest. Hare you may aide tie no-
peels. the anises %mislay "
" I de se whh le sweet it," answered the sessmed.
The Adwessireisseal eked het why, is see et the
eiders sf Dt.Teeles, she had Mpleyal 'made masseuse P
The asessed esweweil, Ilse it we by Ids nun this the
W tied the obildea's beds.
De. Tooter peened is seise that he had sent advised
et the hied.
eaJoe stated that is 1.918 the yang Mee ltseess
was brought to
Nient he eiroakedie else
pelly me Is the is& Stile beliwilag le sidles& Is field&
videos pastime Wilms. Mee be este amplinies asd
teeth miles le lie eselisse. desleeed AMU was drily
maimed the the did bed set by lay ems the ropes-
mites alluded W.
Mdlie. Demme seemesese, seed 24 defined rat see
1111. she ins bees Meade" le the sawed* el
Os Mie Mese Neer Ism swift to leai

Sam,
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Tour ,
Bador
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THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1855.

her to believe that they were addicted to vi ions proPoosi•
ties. Their health has been slain they always pod.
The prisoner here said that the mimeos had several times
spoken to her of the visions cosines of the 'Midi**.
Witness—Oh, I never! that la altogether false.
Madesohelle Zeehiriae Daudet, governess, aged Si, at
protest residieg at Pierrefltte, deposed to her liviag for six
moathe with her sister when she broaght the Menden chil-
dren to Paris. The children were, she maid, difficult to
manage, aid she benelf had aseertained that one of them,
Emily, was addicted to vicious practices. Dr. Marsden
himself had mentioned to vitiate aid to her sister the pro-
pensities of all the children. Witness could not state any
on. thing which her sister could be reproached wit► in her
mode of briagiag up the children, except perhaps a little
extra severity. Witness had not left the house because her
sister ill-tre►ted the children, but because a change of air
was prescribed for her own health. Witness spoke to
any person whatever about her sister, as ill-treating the
Wickes. Never said that she did not give than enough to
est. N aid that her sister beat them.

Here the wares. witnesses who hid d.pceed se to the
confidences of the witness to them repeated their declara-
tions, to which the witness penisted to giving s most posi-
tive contradiction.

Some letters from the childrsa to mitring were here read,
in which they speak most favourably of the prisoner, but
the style was so different from what a child could be sup-
posed to write that witness admitted it to be her opinion
that some one must have dictated them to the writm. When
asked whem she suspected, witness declared that It must
be some of the Marsden femily.
Emily Meriden, being wain called in, deposed that the
letter written by her bad bees dictated to her by Millie.
Daudet at the Cite Odiot, but that by her directions it
was dated from Chaillot, where witeess's aunt lived, in
order to lead to the belief that it had not becidietated.

The prisoner denied positively that she had ever &stated
the letter en question.
Thls closed the ease spinet the prisonar. Her own wit-
nesses sad the addresses of counsel are still to come on. The
proceedings were then again adjourned.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Blinn .... -.-
Firs
Hardy
Hone

The Neptune, 120, selling skip, Captain F. Hatton, is
fitting up with stores of every description at Spithead for
sea service.
The Ariel, 9, screw sloop, Commander Luce, sailed on a
amigo at daylight yesterday morning, and returned to-day.
The Progress, merchant transport, arrived at Spithead
yesterday from Olaegosr.
MILITIA RIOI3IBIITS FOR FoalloN Snavier.—The
Royal First Lancashire Regiment of Militia, quartered in
this garrison, received orders yesterday morning to embark
to-morrow for Beryl's at Corfu. They go eat in the steam
transport Csleutts, which is exposited at this port tonight. They were mastered to-day in the Barraek-aquare. The Royal
Wiltshire Regiment of Militia, quartered in Otis garrison, alio
received orders to embark at this port on Saturday neat for
the same destination, on board B.M.'s troop-ship Resistance.
The abovenamed militia regiments will be replaced in this
garrison by the Royal South Lincolnshire regiment, under
the command of Colonel Sibthorp, and Royal South Glou-
cester Regiment, under the command of Col. the Earl Fitz-
herding.. The depots of the Wilts and Laacashire regiments
will be stationed at Chichester.

WOOLWICH, n. 24.
Two companies of the Royal Artillery, inFi charge
of 400 horses, will leave Woolwich on Thursday looming
(March 1) for Portsmouth, to embark on board the Hima-
laya, screw steam troopship, for a passage to the Crimea.
Detachment& to the number of about 80 men will leave at
the same time, to fill up the companies at Gibraltar and the
other Mediterranean stations.
It is stated in the garrison that 560 of the Etat Kent
Militia have volunteered for Ars years' service on the
blediterraneaa stations.

DEVONPORT, Fin. 25.
The Cornwallis is in a forward state of fitment, and, with
the exception of her machinery, will be ready to go out of
harbour in a few dap.
The Archer, 14, screw, is in dock fitting.
The Harrier is under repair at Hepburn.
The Mapicieunit, Rosamond, Cruiser, Conflict, Dragon,
and Nautilus have just been in dock for repair,.
The Exmouth,-.91, Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham, was
found to toll dreadfully is her resent trial. !The broke
her mainyard and 'meshed all her crockery. She was
intend- d for the flag-ship of Admiral Seymenr, the second
in command is the Baltic.

The Calcutta, 84, Captain Stopford, having pat back on
Thursday, sailed again on Friday for Portsmouth.
The Weaer steam gunboat was commissioned on Friday
by Lieut. J. A. Commerall, late of the Vulture, frigate.
The Prometheus, 5, Commander Selwyn, which arrived
on Thursday from Sierra Leone, whence she left Jan. 26,
and Teneriffe Feb. 10, has been brought to harbour and
bad her masts taken out, preparatory to being taken Into
dock. _ _

The flag of Rear.Adrairal Stymour,second in command
of the Baltic fleet, flies, pro fem., on board the Nile, Capt.
Mundy. It is to be trauferred to the It:month, when
she can be got resat', after her desperate rolling the other
day. Mr. Dyer, the Secretary of the Dockyard, is to go
out as secretary to Rear-Admiral Seymour.
Bear-Admiral Plimiridge has entered upon his duties as
Superintendent of the Dockyard.

DUBLIN, Fan. 24.
The screw steamer Gibraltar arrived in Queens-
town yesterday, for the conveyance of troops to the Crimea.
Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett, of the 3rd West York
Militia, died suddenly yesterday, at the Linen hall Barrack.,
whither he had gone on Wednesday on official Mainsail. He
fell off his chair in a 8t of paralysis, while engaged is his
official duties, and expired shortly afterwards. He was •
brave officer, one of the few survivors of Waterloo, and was
beloved by his corps.
The Queen's County Militia are billeted. on the inksbit-
ants of Maryborough.

LIVERPOOL STEAM TRANSPORTS FOR TUE CRI-
NRA.—The Great Britain screw steamer is now complete (or
troops, and will be ready to embark this week. She is
victualled for 10 weeks, for 1,600 men and 66 officers. She
has 1,369 hammocks and 182 berths—total, below and under
cover, 1,621. She is also complete with the usual medical
requirements. The .Etna (also a screw) is completely fitted
in the first style of oomfoft for TOO cavalry horses, and will
be ready to embark them during this week. She stows
120 days' water for theta, and, taken altogether, is a most
desirable vessel for horses. She will also Garry out 300
men, and ►as superior accommodation for about b 0 officers.
The new screw steamer Indian is also fitting at Liver-
pool, for 120 horses, under the superintendence of Com-
mander Bevis, R.N., Admiralty Agent and Inspector of
Transports et Liverpool. The Cunard paddle steamer
Cambria, recently returned from the Crimea, is having a
thorough overhaul, and being fitted up for the ememaaos
to the seat of war of 100 horses.
The General Screw Company's steamer Calcutta
left Southampton yesterday for Portsmouth, to take out the
Royal Lancashire Militia to Corfu.
SCUTARI HOSPITAL—On the Ist of February
there were 52 burials at Scutari; on the 2nd, 62 ; on the
3rd, 43 ; on the 4th, 46 ; on the btb, 61 ; on the 6th, 33 ;
and oa the 7th, 63 ; making a total, in seven days, of 382.
There were at the last mentioned date 6,016 noa-sommis-
sinned officers end privates and 89 officers on the sick list of
the hospitals; end, during the period in question, there
had arrived from Belaklavathe Golden Fleece, with 409 on
board, of whom 14 died on the passage ; the Australis,
with 149, of whom four died; the Andes, with 198, of
whom two died ; the Ripon, with 129, of whom three
died ; and the Cionselse, with 108, of whom 11 died.

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Peasavereass, sine ship.
Talmo, floating sagiassn' fastiwy, Mashes Cossuander
Dritese, we believe, us the " bandied panmants" in the
eye st Sir lases Grahams, as 'nailed r by kis IS WWI
toenavy animates. and a meet ge
sod pained Rest airy will two. uranatisesabey fa
Battle this wisp will, it is se=ttmair aillskily stated,
bs sealbseeM es- a seals of In
WM. tbe awed threes ef Nagfankst=ll: eau-
slat at ewe hundred swum, Feaas ell semi My dam-
midi and s powerful MI amasses", whisk is mow
illadsawl (Ms Gaiyastl4 slog tits oast aim Calais le
Chatbsarr. For the assispaass if these trope and all Ow
war assfiriel, tits hen* gssmisewne bays Mired late a
sestwast with as Ingbi assa.say, the segessisnative of
erbleb is at presort ta M—an assnagement tibia will
have Ifs admit. of Navin the vowels el war le net with
all their
fpowugeorzinet the great Ruda. streagholds la the
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Fa. 26.

IRON PLATES FOE OUN-BOATS.—The Heaney Steel
and Iron Company have jut completed a contract for 160
tons of iron plates for government, to be used in the con-
struction of the Inn beats for the Baltic. Thou plata
are 12 feet long, 4 inches thick, and 2 feet 101 inches wide.
114 ch plate weighs 2 tons 13 cwt., and they are all finished
and planed oa the edges. The plates were swaths at the rate
of 40 tons a week.—Lieerpool Journal.
HOEPIELD BatitacKs.—lt ham been determined
that Horfield shall be a permanent artillery depot, ea the
locality is nmaskably healthy, lad its proximity to the
Downs is a great oonveniesee.—Bristol Mercury.

A chimp of via mein milissot has brought up
to Bpi thud three sidling flanot hada eldPa. Tbsy arrived
together yesterday Amen, sat um the Britanaia, 1110.
Captain Cuter, late dap)* st Admiral Donde' is die
Black Sea; the St. George.- 110, wpbs Byres, C. 8., from
Malta ; sad the Calcutta, 84, Capeds J.l. litopford, from
Plymouth. The Britaasia has base • math as the my.
age hem Mahe, owing to esstrary shads ; but having a
large Mist of providem ou hoard, her ship's compass, have
ust idlest hem rime impeller. the has about 100 men
lekeging Se Ile usildimale eats *Mate Tiger as board,
end sum Wadi hem Ibe lest. TM 'Mamiee stew has
bees gamed to betimes MS set NO sea by the reveres
of shelters at Varna. sat by simleg •la &eft of ma-
rinas sad mum into the treadme Win Tbo
Boa. Lieu t. Capri, Lieut. ILIA, sod 112.
mate, wen lett by the ship sa Mint
_Ater his
first liminess, W. esserbed, was MM. The
Brifteitsc we are informed. did more genies at the
Mask ea Belisle* than tee his generally bet went
ihe wee mire In tram ill Ss 6 p.m. swells Pert Clem
slimine. sal dudes that time fist hem 00 to 90 rands
in iba sigma assabaii=gutt as but slialeard sits. the
rams Ming disiM NO In Mum the ressived • geed
mum aka In bee seirlagleg, sad ma dump, bet
not of •
t. mime eirmalio.
TM If IS. Me olio e • gilled,. pas-
sage trees MAL the bid ma lieu bulbar, birdslong/ goes
them with Mips frit the Eau. the has %sought onall-pus
home with bye, having het SI mess dottrel!, vey'W, two
if there nerilleg la death Übe bed stal P eases she
OM. le Wiled
The ts
Oilea Klee brought a somber of swam lir the
ships labs biro.
This insowleg the Bgrightly, steamer, went eat to Spit-
had
, sat brought lase the harbour the rase bangle( So
the Tiger, Ike. ,• and the Coast, steamer, west out Isr the
me% sad MmHg., sad took them to Balm Morita

(FROM FRIDAY moires WARM.)
WAR. MCP, Tr H.
4th Wawa st Drama Ouarde.-isrmmat-ilajor admit Hams
to be am" without warm
Osier eon Owsrds.-Usulmsat ks Hill Gordo" from the 76th
Haase. to be lieremt sad anti, without Damian ; Walter
SWIM& oat.` he trip W liwigswerit, without purchase, vivies
pesel
111111.4141PaeL-lassamat I.E. lea Blake to he adjutant,
,Peohisldll"Wiltidliero lens Hotry, tram the teid Fort, to be
111=-LrgroarailisethArillira to be adjutant, Woe Wilms,
41WrilLoot-Oterpt 11111 m Nabors, peak, to be alga, without
4:re:tie be ladies, wilbswt reran-Robert Ilcintresor
Pagers, gent; Owego Caithbueleea lower. gent.; Charles Ford,
rat.
46th Frt.-ft belsolgt" *IOW -Prink Otters, gent;
Willa= Ma Perm, mt.; y Jams Hitchcock, rat;
Carp lirdral.
47th Peet.-110 le Om iollheat purshass-arsest Peaks N.
me. peel.; Ma Palpates Ilethrel. pet.
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lOr Post, to be partials" vise Warm appareled to a Depot
Ratters.
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chase.
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Ur For ot-Hwy Z. Moor as, wt., to be arm without per.
awe the
Poot.-Lleeloseat Ehrerd Mh.la4 to= lialLry tlaatteehod.
le le lawirweal. perdlou
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7lst Feet-To be Doelpts‘ IMMO pwrelwoo-easttaa Boalluole.
gest ; Cadet Peale Orme" Berawrla. pet.
77th Foot -amp IL A. Was. from re Nib NOR to to Wide.
wary by Wm Rim" who mares. To be arlp" with.
est likwisp, geld.; Clarke Bienas /dander.,
O% PM.
Sat" without purchase-Nail Campbell, test.;
I. C. levee, from the hind Foot, to be captain
eke Nekay, prima&
BREVET.
I<e sr Genital Jana to have the local rusk of lieutenant
while etyiv Who Stel 01 the Army otriag I. the
C leas
aC43. Ikea, et as Itth beimaat to ID-
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errs In Turkey,have the
keel rata or*• lna et
noserrabWan.
lut allistot argers-Wiler Hon* goat ; William
ger. rwin Aaron .l.loepor pet.; Williaaa Sharp,
Jame Dea;lhola, M.D.; Freledilt Pratt, peat.; Gerrie
Irvildm. Nu&
Itsmeerree.-The third Wedge awe et bulge Pareartaa. ap-
Maito ea meisay, rat le, la the 14th look oe the
lrebrersp. V* a Widow eaweieeely stated.
The Christina arm et Quertmeolie Thew. et the Lea Tram.
pert Cam en Pam (hotholl, watO.V.Trettor. se perdosaly
S 111•1. The panel= at Omplois %lbw 0. Z. Boo" of the
OM Fmk %Wee ale Se im of the 12th at Maury, Mt,
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AMMIMALIT, Vu. 11.
asps et ctrl lisamost Edward McArthur, sp.
as-
gemesomoslir. Ass Timm, prtsestsd.

ADIMIZALIT. Tn. IL
Gyps at loyal

THE SIXTY.THIRD

(110 X •

Much attention hating been lately excited by the
fearful losses experienced by our regiments in the Crimea,
more particularly in the cases of the 48th and 63rd Regi•
meets, the latter of which has been all but annihilated, will
you permit me, through the medium of your journal, to
bring to the notice of the public a short narrative of the
history of that corps for the last few years, leaving it to
your readers to draw their own deductions therefrom.
Oa the morning of the 13th of September, 1846, the 63rd
regiment, then quartered at Secunderabad, East Indies,
wee paraded outside the barreek-square by its commanding
officer. Under orders for England, its term of foreign egr-
et.* having expired, it Lad a few days previously bees re•
viewed by the brigadier commanding, w►o ►ad expressed to
its gratified lieutenant colonel, in the highest end most
Bettering terms, his satisfaction, not only with the soldier-
like bearing and steadiness of the men under arms, but with
the internal discipline and interior economy of the
Corp., adding farther some expressions of regret at
losing the services of a regiment the privates of which had
never been seen (as was eometimu the ease) intoxicated
shout the cantonment. Well, oa the 13th September, 1846,
the 63rd Regiment, then mustering over 1,000 strong, were
paraded by the commanding officer, a man who had entered
that very regiment as ensign, bad followed its fortunes
from England to Spain, and from thence to India ; who had,
passing through ever, intermediate grads, attained the posi-
tion of lieutenant-colonel, and who had , during its
whole period of Indian service, asked for leave to visit
Ragland. A finer or steadier body of men were perhaps
never Ken, end its two Sank eemosoies may even yet be
remembered as being, in particular, the admiration of
every one. To proceed—on this oceasion they were assembled
to be informed that during the three succeeding days the
usual volunteering would take place—thet is to say, every
man who would sell his right of return to his native
country would, on his passing the ususl medical examina-
tion, receive a bounty amounting to about 31. in exchange
for his renewal of foreign service.
The day following, an officer being rent by government to
superintend the proceedings, whim duty it was to see that
none but men of good constitution sad good conduct were

admitted—that is to say, none bat the-picked men of the
corps—having arrived, the volunteering commenced, and as
a preparatory step, all military discipline being declared at
an end, the gaud. room was shut up, and the sentry usually
placed over the canteen to prevent drunken men entering
was removed, the canteen being thus thrown open ; and
further, the officers were directed not to enter the barrack-
rooms. I will not attempt to describe the scenes that took
place in those three days, the barrack-square filled with
knots of men fighting and quarrelling ; hers some three or
four men pounding away at some obnoxious comrade ; there
two or three more pulling along the senseless body of some
intoxicated companion, they not in a much better state them-
selves; men rushing out of their barracks into the square, some
without trousers, others without shirts, some literally with-
out clothing, cursing, swearing, blaspheming. Let the
reader merely imagine to himself a number of men suddenly
released from strict discipline, while a plentiful supply of
money was given them, and he may, perhaps, realise the
Deena In the orderly room men were crying and sobbing with
drunkenness at being rejected; their former character not
being good enough to authorise their being accepted, while
others, who had received their bounty, might be seen stag-
gering across the barrack square, totally unconscious that
the silver they had received as the price of their self-expa-
nistion, was slipping through their half-closed fingers, and
rolling about in the dust at their feet. I dare sot dwell
more fully on these sickening details, continuing during
three days, during which many men who had no wish to
volunteer had done so while intoxicated, while many
others who had from the first intended to do so,
had n , from the same cause, been able to drag their
tottering limbs se far as the orderly room. The volunteer-
ing wee at length over, the reins of discipline were gra
dually tightened, and the government had gained the pro-
longed services of some 320 men, while the wages of their self-
banishment had been spent at the government canteen; but
the consequences were not yet over. During the remaining
stay of the 63rd Regiment at Secunderabad, the hospital
was crowded with their sick, ■s many as 24 patients
often waiting the daily arrival of the surgeon ; the com-
plaints being dysentery, diarrhcoa, and delirium tremens,
while every evening saw two or three funeral parties slowly
wending their way to the churchyard.
To make a long story as short as possible, we will follow
the regiment to England, where it arrived, having lost
many men during the march by the same sickness, and
on board the head-quarter ship alone eighteen men during
the voyage.

On its arrival the oldest soldiers were invalided, and the
skeleton of the regiment directed to do garrison duty at
Chatham. The men having about three months' pay due to
them, their commanding officer bearing in mind former ex-
amples of the kind, repeatedly requested leave to expend
part of the superabundance in necessaries for hie men. This
not being allowed, the men received their arrears, at the
same time about 260 raw Irish recruits being drafted into
their ranks, It moat here be borne in mind that the officer
superintending the volunteering having received only the
men of good character, few remained to serve as guides to the
uninstructed recruits now waiting them ; en the contrary,
money being pleatiful, the worst example wan set before
them. The pay issued was again vent at the canteen, the
men were incapable of performing the duty required at their
hands in a strict garrison. A few months mince they had been
encouraged to spend their money at the government canteen,
now they had not forgotten the lesson. Court-martial followed
court-martial, the crime being invariably the same,
"drunkenness when for duty." Often both district and
regimental courts-martial sitting at the same time, and being
occupied daily with the same crime, heavy imprisonments
followed. Next came an inspecting-general, who blaming
most severely the same regiment which had a few months
previously received the highest praise, not only censured,
but punished both officers and men. In the meantime the
corps being weak, what with volunteering, invaliding,
punishment, and deaths, the recruits were pushed rapidly
forward, and formal to take their duty in the ranks ; and I.
the April following, after being quartered in London and to
Deptford, they wen finally ordered to Manchester. Hese
they remained merely a month or two ; then proceeding to
Newcastle-es-Tyne, sad the whole regiment broken up,
furnishing detachments to Sunderland, Carlisle, and Tyne-
mouth. Few of the old non-scounisaioned oaken remained ;
some bad been reduced to the ranks, others invalided, many
had volunteered, while ens or two had osnamitted suicide.
The consequence of then detachments of recruits mixed
with a leaven of old, sad, for the most part, rejected men,
wader newly-drilled officers and newly-prometed sergeants,
far away from the Mann of the regiment head-quarter
staff, was soon seen. A riot ensued at Sunderland, the police
was attacked, the town was in poesenion of the men of the
63rd, and the mayor barely escaped with his life. •
general court- martial ensued, the Inhabitants, alarmed,
having prayed for the removal of the detachments. Many
of these half-drilled Irish boys were sentenced to yens of
imprisonment, and after two years' sojourn there, the 63rd
left Newcastle-cm-Tyne. The usual routine of Irish service
followed ; the metal detachment duties followed by a short
consolidation of the whole corm at Dublin, the only place
where the regiment had, sifter some years' service at home,
any chasm of righting itself. The war broke out, and the
63rd was ordered to the Crimea. At Inhuman its lieut.-
unt-eohasmi was killed gallantly fighting at the bead of his
men ; several of its officers fell fighting at his side ; one of
its maim was shot, his dying hand still grasping the
colours of his corps ; the Russians were beaten back, the
63rd gallantly doing its duty. Bat where are those gallant
men new ? What my our journals ? The 63rd Regiment,
or rather the remains of it, marched on the 21st to Bak-
Wan, there to embark for Scutari or Malta. It left
the Fourth Division 30 strong, every Maar, regimental
staff, and all hands included (scarcely a rafficient nowt for
the solemn) ; after land's, in the. Crimea 970 strong, and
" having sham received a draft of thirty nun, there was
one sergeant to represent the Grenadier company remaining
out of 120 men."