The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-18 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SATURDAY EVENING.

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
THE ARMY.

The following appointments have been fixed upon
for the British contingent :
Lord Raglan to command in chief. Aides-de-
Camp, Colonel Somerset (Coldstreams), Lord Burg •
hersh (ditto), and Captain Kingscote (Scots Fusi-
liers)..

Divisional Commanders.—Lieut.• General Fergu
son, C. 8., and ➢iajor-General his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.
Brigadiers.—Sir Colin Campbell, Colonel Bentinck,
and Colonel Airey.
Adjutant-General.—Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, 73rd Re-
giment.
Quartermaster-General.—Colonel Torrens.

Deputy Adjutant-General.--Colonel Gordon.
Deputy Quartermaster-General. Lieut.-Colonel
Markham, 32nd Regiment, or LieuL-Colonel Mans-
field, 53rd Regiment, who has been sent for from
Paris.

Lieut.-Colonel Markham, at present on his jour-
ney overland to Bengal, has been telegraphed to
return.

In addition to the sixteen battalions of infantry
now under orders for the East, three other corps, at,
present stationed in the Mediterranean, have received
commands to hold themselves in readiness for the
banks of the Danube, namely, the 41st, 44th, and
49th Regiments. These nineteen battalions will
muster very close upon 19,000 men. Coupling with
these the Cavalry, Artillery, and Sappers and Miners,
the British force will amount to more than 20,000
soldiers.

It is stated that the entire force will be armed
with the Millie rifle, and that the whole machinery
of the training school at Hythe will be transported
to Malta, in order to teach the troops the perfect use
of that formidable weapon.
The officers of the 2d battalion of Coldstream

Guards, and the o.; cers of the Ist battalion of Scots
Fusilier Guards, partook on Thursday evening of a
farewell banquet together at the London Tavern pre-
vious to their embarkation for the seat of war. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge occupied
the chair, supported by Lieutenant-Generals Sir
Edward Bowater and Sir Willoughby Cotton.
The farewell banquet of the Grenadier Guards
took place last night at the London Tavern, when
Colonel Stanhope presided. Among the officers
present were his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, the Hon. Colonel Cust, Lord
Mandeville, Colonel Thornton, Colonel Wood,
Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Golding, and Sir W.
Davis.
The 3rd battalion of Grenadier Guards, and the
Ist battalion of the Scots Fusiliers, are to be in•
spected by H.R.H. Prince Albert on Monday prior
to their embarkation.
The first regiment of the expedition to leave this
country will probably be the 50th, which was to em-
bark at Kingstown (Dublin) yesterday, in the Cam-
bria, Cunard steam-ship. The 33rd Regiment will
embark at the same port. Wednesday is fixed for
the departure of the 28th Regiment from Liverpool,
in the Niagara. On the same day the 3d battalion
of Grenadier Guards and the Ist of the Coldstrsarns
will embark at Southampton in the Ripon, the
Orinoco, and the Manila. The Ist battalion of the
Fusilier Guards will go out in H.M. screw troop-ship
Simoom, from Portsmouth. The Vulcan will take
out the 2nd battalion of the Rifle Brigade from the
same port on the 24th.
On Tuesday the inhabitants of the metropolis wit-
nessed a spectacle to which, for many years, they
have been strangers, and which it is impossible they
could see without emotion. Shortly after twelve
o'clock the Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards
marched out from St. George's Barracks, Trafalgar•
square, en route for Chichester, preparatory to em-
barkation for the Mediterranen. Colonel Bentinck
commanded the battalion, which as it passed along
the Strand was enthusiastically cheered by f'
bled multitude. The men appeared
highest spirits, and marched cheerful]:
familiar air of " The girl I left
o'clock the 3rd battalion of the
removed from the Tower to St.
and they, too, in their passage at
accompanied by crowds of people.
inforced tram the other battalions
$5O bayonets, and will be embarked
The 28th Regiment of Foot •
en route for Constantinople.
attended their
ton, and were
Liverpool, for
hinders, at Plymouth,
for their departure.
will convey them t'
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rand was enthusiastically cheered by the assem- The commandant of the Turkish troops on the
multitude. The men appeared to be in the frontier has received orders to take care that the ir-
it spirits, and marched cheerfully along to the regular expeditions of the Arnauts across the river
ar air of "The girl I left behind me." At two were put a stop to for the sake of the inhabitants of
c the 3rd battalion of the Grenadier Guards the principalities. Troops continued to collect at
ed from the Tower to St. George's Barracks ; Rustchuk. The greater part of the Turkish Dann-
ley, too, in their passage along the streets, were bian flotilla has also arrived in that port.
ipanied by crowds of people. They will be re-
ed tram the other battalions of the regiment to Prince Alexander, the Hospodar of Servia, arrived
iyonets and will be embarked at Gravesend. at Vienna on Wednesday, accompanied by his Mi•
s 28th itegiment of Foot left Leeds on Monday nister of Foreign Affairs.
rite for Constantinople. Immense excitement
led their departure. The troops went to Pres- The Emperor of the French has forwarded a sum
and were to embark on board the Niagara, at of 100,000 f. to the Prefect of Police for distribution
pool, for their destination. The 93rd High- at the residences of artisans out of work and the
rs, at Plymouth, are making every preparation needy families of the capital.
teir departure. The Bulldog, it is reported, The ocean squadron is bleally aspeated at T on,
onvey them to Malta. The Bflrd are being con- on board which are 1,600 audiuktltinalik of- •,
sled at Templemore, preparatory to their em • the-line and the frigist. ZoopflOsortniag. Out
Ltion at Cork, ' at that port. ' 4
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