The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

REINFORCEMENTS.

Major-General Sir G. Cathcart embarked on
board the Harbinger at Southampton on Wednesday
for the East. His staff consisted of aides-de-camp Cap-
tains Greville and the Hon. G. Elliot; Brigadier-Gene-
ral Torrens ; Colonels Walker (Scots Fusilier Guards),
Lindsay (Grenadier Guards), Seymour (A.A.G.), and
Windham (A.Q.M.G.); Major Maitland (D.A.G.),
Captain Smith (D.A.Q.M.G.), and Dr. Munro (93rd).
Sir G. Cathcart, as also the Earl of Lucan and Sir
R. England, are to have the local rank of lieutenant-
general in Turkey. Tile Harbinger is to call at
Plymouth on her way down channel, and take on
board Rear-Admiral Stopford. She will also carry
out some specie and a full cargo of stores for the
army. Her immediate destination is said to be to
Varna direct.
It is stated that two more regiments of cavalry
and six regiments of infantry are to proceed to Tur-
key, and that the whole of the militia are to be em-
bodied.
The 94th Regiment, now at Chatham, recently re-
turned from India, is under orders to get everything
ready for active service in the Baltic. To complete
its full strength, an application will be made for
volunteers.
A private letter from Gibraltar of the 25th ult.
states that Captain Maberley, of the Royal Artillery,
has not been so fortunate in procuring horses for the
army in the East as he could wish. His restriction
as to price and height has proved an impediment to
his success.

The General Screw Company's transport steam-
ship Golden Fleece, Captain Scales, has left South-
ampton, having on board a large quantity of artillery
stores for Circassia and of provisions for the fleet:
30 men and a few officers were also embarked. She
was to call at Plymouth, en route, for the purpose of
taking on board the 21st Regiment. The Mauritius,
belonging to the above company, also engaged by
Government, is being speedily prepared for sea.
She is to embark the 46th Regiment, and will,
if possible, take her departure for yarns on the
16th inst.
The new despatch gun-boats, mounted with Lan •
caster's powerful 68-pounder oval guns, will, it is
stated, be sent to the Black Sea as soon as they are
ready, instead of the Baltic.

In addition to Lady Erroll, who remains with her hus-
band at Monastie, the following lathes are in Turkey :
Mrs. Carpenter, wife of the Colonel of the dlst Regiment;
Mrs. Wrottesley, with her husband, the Hon. Lieutenant
Wrottesley, R.E.; Mrs. Galion, wife of Captain Gallon,
50th Regiment ; Mrs. Jubilee, wife of Captain Jubilee,
&c. It is understood, however, that " the authorities" do
not approve the devotion of these ladies. Mrs. Scott, wife
of Colonel Scott, of the Guards, remains with her family
at Therapia, where there is quite a little colony of English
" grass widows," principally attached to officers of the navy.
The great shaving question remains in this wise--Lord
Raglan will issue no order on the subject, but the officers
and men of the first division may wear moustaches, though
they must shave their chins. Brigadier Bentinck was
very anxious to restrict the growth of the moustache to a
week's produce, after which he recommended clipping with
scissors ; but the Guards have got their own way, and the
moustache is to be allowed to attain the greatest develop-
ment nature permits in each case.

Conwr SPASM, a Swedish nobleman, now in Ireland,
has discovered, says the Cork Examiner, the means of
imitating any banknote, check, bill of etch ange, prof
missory-note, or letter of credit, without the possibility o
detection ; and, at the same time, hes invented a descrip-
tion of bank paper which does not admit of imitation,
can
re-
moval of signature, change of amount, 41.7 c., which be
readily effected by him with the paper at present inghout
use.
The adoption of Count Sparre's paper for notes
the kingdom of Sweden and Norway is now under the
consideration of the directors of the Royal Bank, Stock-
holm. The count has already expended upwards of
5,000/. in experiments and the construction of the neces-
sary machinery, and now seeks a capitalist willing to invest
a similar sum, with a view to the establishment of a bank-
fortf in Englnd. He has taken out paents
Sweden aso well as fora Great Britain and Ireland,t and
proposes next year proceeding to America for the purpose
of obtaining like privileges there.
THE KING or PRUSSIA, the King of Wurtemberg, and
the King of Bavaria visited the Munich Crystal Palace on
the 29th ult., in oosapany.

I

AUGUST 12, 1854

gall au last*.

Volitual an &mai.

THE QUEEN embarked from the Isle of Wight on
Tuesday morning on board the royal yacht, and pro-
ceeded upon a cruise to the Channel Islands. The
Prince Consort and elder children accompanied her
Majesty. The royal steam squadron consisted of the
Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman
(commander-in-chief) ; Dasher, Captain Le Febvre
(as pilot) ; Fairy, Master-Commander Welch ; and
Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Master-Commander
PAley. The squadron sailed at eleven a.m., and at
sir in the evening reached Alderney, where Prince
Albert and the Prince of Wales landed and inspected
tie new harbour-works and breakwater. On the fol-
hying morning her Majesty landed, and went on a
Our of visits to the chief objects of interest in the
island. Upon re-embarking the royal party continued
t ieir cruise, but returned towards the Isle of Wight
i the evening. On Thursday morning the Queen
had safely returned to Osborne-house, which, how-
ever, she again quitted early yesterday (Friday)
pruning, and proceeded to London by the South-
Western Railway. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty
held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace, when
the royal speech upon the prorogation of Parliament
was submitted for her approbation by the Prime
Minister.
THE QUEEN wrote a letter of condolence to Prince
El Hhaini Pacha previous to his leaving England, on
the death of his father, the late Viceroy of Egypt.
HER MAJESTY, it is stated, intends erecting in one
of the churches in the Isle of Wight a monument to
the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Charles I.
This unhappy princess died at the age of fifteen in
captivity in Carisbrook Castle, in the above island,
about a year and a half after her father was be-
headed.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR G. CATHCART dined with the
Queen at Osborne yesterday week, previously to his
departure for the seat of war.
THE MARRIAGE OF EARL SPENCER WITH MISS
ADELAIDE SEYMOUR, daughter of the Dowager Lady
Clinton and the late Sir Horace Seymour, and for-
merly maid of honour to her Majesty Queen Adelaide,
was solemnised on Wednesday morning at St. James's
Church.
LORD GEORGE PAULET, one of the officers of the
English fleet in the Black Sea, gave a splendid fete
on board his ship on July 28. A sumptuous banquet,
to which a number of French officers sat down, was
followed by a dramatic entertainment, consisting of
a comedy of Sheridan's and A Visit to Bedlam.
His EXCELLENCY COUNT WALEwsia, the French
Minister at our Court, with the countess, arrived at
Florence, from Milan, on the 2nd instant.

CABINET Couxcus were held on Saturday and
Wednesday last.
THE following members of the Ministry were
present at the fish dinner at Greenwich on Wednes-
day evening :—Lord John Russell, Duke of Argyll,
Earl Granville, Duke of Newcastle, Viscount Pal-
merston, Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., Right
Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Viscount Canning, Viscount Sidney,
Lord Wodehouse, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Right
Hoa. W. G. Hayter, Right Hon. Lord Ernest
Bruce, Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Right Hon.
Lad of Mulgrave, Right Hon. Sir John Young, Mr.
Grenville Berkeley, the Solicitor-General, Major-
General Buckley, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Lord
Alfred Hervey, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Frederick
Peel, and Mr. James Wilson.
MAJOR JAMES has been appointed superintendent
of the Ordnance surveys of Great Britain and Ire-
land. . _

Ma. E. J. PAGE, of the secretary's office in St.
Mary-le-Grand, has been appointed to the new office
of Inspector-General of Mails to the General Post-
office.

THE LONG VACANT SEE OF SYDNEY has been at
length filled by the appointment of the Rev. Frede-
ric Barker, incumbent of Barlow, Derbyshire. Mr.
Barker was for many years perpetual curate of Edge-
hill, Liverpool.
SIR B. HALL, M.P. for Marylebone, will, it is
stated, be the first Minister appointed under the new
bill, brought in by Sir W. Molesworth, for the re-
constitution of the Board of Health.
THE COLONFL'3Ir OF THE 3D BUFFS, vacant by the
death of General Sir Henry Ring, will be conferred
on Lieutenant-General the Hon. H. E. Butler,
father of the gallant defender of Silistria.
AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT under which dogs are
not to draw trucks, carts, dc., in any part of the
United kingdom has received the royal assent, and
will come into operation after the Ist of January next.
The provisions now in force in the metropolitan
district are extended by this statute throughout the
whole country.

THE PRESS.

MR. BELL, the sculptor, who lately received the
commission to execute the large Guildhall memorial
to the late Duke of Wellington, has just been coin-
mis*ioned by Colonel Adair to execute a marble
heroic statue of " Armed Science," to be presented to
Woolwich mess-room.
THE Peninsular and Oriental Royal Mail and Gene-
ral Screw Companies have earned about 120,000 i. from
the Government during the last four months, by
transporting troops and
_stores to the seat of war.
This work has not interfered in the least with the
mail work of the companies.
SIX FLAT-BOTTOMED BOATS, for the conveyance
of troops, are ordered to be built immediately at
Devonport Dockyard. An equal number is to be
built at each of the eastern yards.
TH.E SECOND COURT-MARTIAL on Lieutenant Perry,
of the 46th Regiment, had lasted eleven days on
Wednesday evening, when the evidence given for the
prosecution was completed. The court then adjourned
until Monday, on the application of Lieutenant Perry
for time to prepare his defence. The decision of the
authorities upon the first charge against Lieutenant
Perry was received in Windsor by express from the
Horse Guards on Thursday evening. The exact
tenor has not been published, but in substance it is
known to be as follows :—The court-martial found
Lieutenant Perry guilty, and sentenced him to be
dismissed from the service. The Judge Advocate-
General, however, on carefully perusing the evidence,
found that certain questions had been put which
ought to have been rejected, and certain evidence
refused which ought to have been taken ; and re-
commended her Majesty not to confirm the sentence.
The sentence was accordingly unconfirmed, and
Lieutenant Perry released from the charge.
AN ORDER, dated Fort William, May 22, 1854, has
been issued by the Governor-General of India, ex-
tending to the Indian army the provisions by which the
system of " clothing colonels "is abolished. The
order directs
" that from the Ist January next the clothing of the
army at the three Presidencies shall he provided al the cost
of the State, and that a fixed sum, calculated on the average
of the off-reckoning shares for the last twenty-one years,
shall be payable to colonels of regiments and others entitled
quarterly in England, and monthly in India, under the
head of colonel's allowance. The staff salary of army
clothing agents who may hereafter be appointed is fixed
at 750 rupees per mensem."
Six HENRY YOUNG, whose removal from South
Australia to the government of New Zealand was
announced some time since, will now, it is stated,
succeed Sir William Denison in the more lucrative
government of Van Diemen's Land.