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London, England, 1855-11-08 00:00:00

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[ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D •

Adjutant Corbett, Land Transport Corps, to the 9th. of
November, 1855.
" No. 2. Contracts have been entered into for the
supply of winter coats, caps, and winter boots for officers.
Every officer will be allowed to purchase them from the
Government Stores at the contract price.
" No. 3. The Commander of the Forces requests that
' the following directions shall be carried into effect rela-
Ctilvneirntso
to boards t oi
nf claimseach —
division.l . A permanentl h Board
e
members toh oe
named by the General of the Division. To consist of
one general officer, two field officers, two captains. 2.
All claims to be sent to the General of Division, and by
him referred to the Board. The assembly will be fixed
in the Divisional Orders. 3. The decision of the Board
to be sent through the General of Division to the Mili-
tary Secretary. 4. Payment will be made of such
claims as are passed by the board and sanctioned by the
War-office Regulations. Other claims will, on the re-
commendation of the board, be referred by the Military
Secretary to the War-office. 5. Those claims which are
found inadmissible by the board will be returned by
them to the claimants. 6. Claims of Staff or other
officers not attached to any division to be sent to the
Adjutant-General, who may refer them to the perma-
nent board of any division.
"No. 4. His Excellency the C )mmander of the Forces
has been pleased to approve of Corporal R. 'Lewis,
Royal Sappers and Miners, being appointed issuer of
huts at Balaklava, with an al owance of 2s. 6d. per diem,
from the 20th of October, 1855.
"No. 5. The Commissariat will issue 511 b. of mould
candles daily, for the use of the railway stibles.
"No. 6. Leave of absence is granted, at the recom-
mendation of Medical Boards held at Scutari, to Lieu-
tenant A. Ewen, 38th Regiment; Lieutenant E. Phil-
lips, 56th Regiment, to proceed to England, on arrival
they will report themselves to. the Adjutant-General ;
Surgeon Cross, 97th Regiment, to the 30th of November,
1855, to proceed to Malta.
"No. 7. Leave of -absence is granted to Lieutenant-
Colonel Brownrigg, C. 8., A.A.G., .Light Division, to
29th of February, 1856; Captain T. Sheppard, 4th Re-
giment, from 25th of October, 1855, to 25th of January,
1856 ; Quartermaster Carney, 18th Regiment, from the
Ist of November, 1855, to the 29th of February, 1856 ;
Brigade-Major Ellison, Major of Brigade, Brigade of
Guard., to the 31st of January, 1856.
"No. 8. Medical Boards will assemble to inquire into
the state of health of Lieutenant Jervois, 7th Regiment;
Assistant-Surgeon Milray, 30th Regiment. The prin..
c'pal medical officer will be pleased to give the necessary
directions.

"No. 9. The following officers being in charge of
troops or companies may draw field allowance and forage
as captains :—Lieutenant Breedon, 3d Regiment, from
the 12th of October, 1855 ; Lieutenant Talbot, Rifle
Brigade, from the 22d of July, 1855 ; Lieut. Saunders,
Rifle Brigade, from the 22d of July, 1855 ; Lieut. Glyn,
Rifle Brigade, from the 6th of August, 1855 ; Lieut.
Parkinson, 95th Regiment, from the 7th of September,
1855.
" No. 10. The following soldier is appointed clerk in
a military department—Corporal S. Taylor, Coldstream
Guards, at is. 6d. a day, from the 9th of October, 1855.
By order, 11. W. BARNARD, Chief of the Staff.

" Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Oct. 24.
"No. 1. The following officers have joined the staff
of this army for duty at Scutari :—Captain Smith, 7th
Dragoon Guards ; Captain Monckton and Lieuteuant
Preston, 3d Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant Dettmar, 7th
Dragoon Guards, from the 19th cf October, for cavalry
depot.
" Medical Staff.—Hospifal Dresser Taylor, from the
12th of October.

" No. 2. At a general court-martial, held at Camp
near Sebastopol, on the 22d day of October, 1855, in
pursuance of an order of his Excellency General Simp-
son' Commanding the Forces, dated the 20th October,
1855, No. 1,932 First Class Driver, James Dempster,
Land Transport Corps, was tried upon tho following
charges :
" 'l. For having, on or about the 13th of October,
1855, in the Camp of the Ist Division, Land Transport
Corps, made use of disgusting and insubordinate lan-
guage to his superior officer, Corporal William Timms,
of the Land Transport Corps, in saying— •' That he would
be -- if he would do it,' or words to that effect.
"' 2. For baying, at or about the same time and
place mentioned in the first charge, struck Corporal
William Timms' Land Transport Corps, a violent blow
in the face with his clenched fist, he the said Corporal
William Timms being his superior officer, and then and
there in the execution of his duty.
" 'Of which charges the court found the prisoner
guilty.

'‘ ' SENTENCE.

" ' The court having found the piiioner guilty of the
charges preferred against him, which being in breach of
the articles of war, and having received evidence of pre-
vious convictions and of his general bad character, do
now adjudge him, the prisoner, No. 1,932, First-class
Driver James Dempster, of the Land Transport Corps,
to undergo a corporal punishment of 50 lashes in the
usual manner, and to be imprisoned, with hard labour,
for 12 mouths.

" W. G. ROMAINE, Deputy Judge-Advocate.
" EDWARD C. HODGE, Colonel and Lieut.-
Colonel 4th Dragoon Guards.
" ' Approved and confirmed,
"'JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding.' "

" Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Oct. 26.
"No. 1. A floating bridge has been established by
the French army across the Dockyard Creek, between
the town of Sebastopol and the Karabelnaia. The or-
ders of the French guard in charge are to be strictly
attended to. Carriages are not permitted to pass.
Horses must cross at a walk. Large parties of foot pas-
sengers cannot with safety pass at she same time or
assemble on any part of the bridge.
" No. 2, Lieut. Holdsworth, Royal Artillery, is ap-
pointed to the staff of this army on spacial service, with
the pay and allowances of Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-
General, from the 13th of Oct., to be drawn through
the Ordnance Paymaster. Lieut. Holdsworth will assist
Major Biddulph, Royal Artillery, in charge of the
electric telegraph.
"No. 3. Invalids from divisions as follows :—Second
Division, 27 ; Fourth, 13 ; Light, 47, will proceed by
the sailing transport Poictiers to-morrow, the 27th inst.,
to England, under charge of Brevet-Major Hibbert,
50th Regiment, to whom willibe sent by regiments -the
necessary documents relating to these men.
"By order, W. H. BARNARD, Chief of the Staff."

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_ ithampton for Plymouth on Monday next, to ooc. .
tflops, coffee, &c., to the Crimea.
Captain Julius Bunce, Royal Marines, left Woolwi
yesterday, and proceeded to Derby on recruiting service.
L!eatenant Colonel Fleming will thereby be relieved and
return to head-quarters at Woolwich.
The Commanding Royal Engineer will hold his half-
year'y inspection of the corps on Saturday next at Wool.
wich.
A detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners,
_under
the command.of Lieutenant Frankland, lett Woolwich
yesterday to embark, on beard the William jaoksoa at.
Portsmouth, bound for Gibraltar.
The following detachments arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday afternoon and embarked in the William Jack-
son tranaport, under the superintendence of the Major.
General of the District and his Staff : --Captain' Henry
Bailey, with 3 lieutenants, 5 drummers, and 320 men, of
the 54th Regiment (from the Tower, London); 1 lieu•
ten int, 1 surgeon, and 64 men of the 2d West York
Mil tin, for passage to join their regiment at Gibraltar;
1 s,igeant, 1 corporal, and 6 privates of the Royal
Sappers and Miners, also for passage to Gibraltar.

The following appointments, made at the Admiralty
yesteid,iy, appeared in our late edition of last evening:—