The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-17 00:00:00

RUSSIAN MILITARY MOVEMENT•

By way of Hamburg, we have advices from St.
Petersburg of the 10th inst.:—
General Siewers, who commanded the first corps
d'amee had arrived at the capital from his head-quarters
at Radom, and left again on the Bth for Mittau. General
Siewers is charged by the 'Emperor to organise a new
army, called the " Baltic army," the troops which were
formerly posted between Riga and Cronstadthaving been
ordered to the Polish frontier. The bead-quarters of
the Baltic army will be at Mittau.
General Muriavieff, recently appointed Commander-
in•Chief of the Russian forces in Asia, passed through
Moscow on the 7th, to assume his command.
Two divisions of the corps d'armee under General
Paniutin are advancing by forced marches on Odessa,
taking the road through Bessarabia. ,These troops are
to reinforce the Russians in the Crimea.

The second brigade of the Cuirassiers of the Guards,
under General Tumanski, are quartered at Warsaw, and
in the neighbourhood of that city. General Essen, with
the picked regiment of the so-called Chevaliers Gerdes,
is at Siadlia.

INQUEST OF THE LATE SIR GEORGE WOMENVELL.--.
Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, held an inquest to
inquire into the circumstances attending the death of
Sir George Wombwell, whose sudden death on Sunday
morning last, has already been reported in our columns.
The medical evidence showed that the deceased had
died from disease of the heart, and the jury returned ss
verdict accordingly.
THE EAST INDIA RAILWAY.—The East India Railway
Company are stated to have paid into the treasury at
the India-house, up to the end of last week, 780,0001.
out of the 1,500,0001. required by the 15th of February.
To-morrow they will pay about 600,0001. more, the
recent call having been promptly met, while that for
February has in numerous cases been anticipated. Many
shareholders, also, have paid up in full.
UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—AIa evening meeting
of the members will be held this evening, when Captain
J. C. Hoseason, R.N., will offer some remarks on the
following subjects :-1. The three routes to Australia ;
2. The value of the commercial steam-marine in the con-
veyance of cavalry, infantry, baggage, and munitions of
war ; 3. The incalculable value of steam as a motive
power in the saving of time in war ; 4. On the handling
of steamers on a lee-shore and in stormy weather. The
several arguments will be illustrated by diagrams and
models on a large scale. These remarks will be fol-
lowed by a discussion, in which members are invited to
take part.
METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION.--Yes-
terday the half-yearly meeting of this charity (instituted
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shortly bo necessary to have a larger building. In nine
months of the year 1854, 872 persons had been admitted,
being 354 males and 518 females, of whom 624 had been
discharged cured and 195 improved, while others had
left from various causes, and 18 still remained in the
institution. The receipts had amounted to 5,7891. lls.
9d., and the expenditure to 5,2891. 7s. 6d., leaving in
band a balance of 5001. 4s. 3d.
THE INIQUITY OP TRADE.—A local journal observes :
"Tho Lancet is still prosecuting its just and uncompro-
mising crusade against the fraudulent dealers in the
food of the people. A first volume of its proceedings,
edited by Dr. Hassall, has just appeared. There is
matter for both indignation and congratulation in its
pages; many necessaries of life' being anything but
what they are called, and others, so far from established
notions, arc pure and undefiled. The manufactured
fluid vinegar is proved to be in the most part poisonously
impregnated, and out of some 23 samples, only seven
were pronou uced free from adidteration. In this
honourable minority Mr. Joseph Underwood, of Nor-
wich, stauds with e first ; a fact which cannot be otherthan flattering to his townsmen and their kinsmen in
London, where: this gentleman has likewise a business
locale. The a wticle Farinaceous Food is a most
amusing piece c f Barnumism. The Teas and Coffees—
excepting most of those in canisters—exhibit a cheering
aspect of hurt= nature, and the whole class of spices—
al beit,soine that are ground—iilikewise unexceptionable.
In too many rof•pects the poor appear to suffer the
most from aduhteration, and it may be difficult to tell
exactly where t ,he fraud originates, hnt the vendor is not
in such cases Is •ee from blame while firms of such mag-
nitude and dire et connections with foreign producing
countries as tl lose of Travers, Sons, and etbeys, offer
facilities to the lattmblest dealer to possese lumself. of
a stock unqutest ionably genuine. Water and. its im-
purities take up a large portion of the book, aud each
chapter is illu3t sated by microscopical representations of
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the genuine a ri doles and their spurious compounds."