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the janthat no pout) must
ever be .concluded which would surrender the
Crimea to Russia. To do so upon any terms that
the wit of man could devise would be, we verily
believe, to fulfil Mr. Urquhart's prophecy, and
convert the whole war into a war foi Russia, not
against her. Russian designs upon Constantinople
would be advanced by this war if it were to end to-
morrow in a peace that would leave the Czar master
of the Crimea.

We are not indisposed to accept the conclusion
of the Press, and admit that the severing of the
Crimea from Russia involves the re-taking also of
Bessarabia. We have never, we must say, dreamed
of taking from her the Crimea while we left her
Georgia.
We have said before, and we now repeat, that the
very lowest terms which could with honour and
safety be accepted by this country would be the
surrender by Russia of the Crimea—her abandon-
ment of all her provinces south of the Caucasus—
every one acquired within the present century—
the recognition of the independence of Circassia, and
the relinquishment on the part of the Czar of all right
of interference or protectorate, whether joint or
several, either in relation of the Principalities or
the Christian subjects of the Porte. We did think,
and we still think, that it would be possible to con-
clude peace on such terms in such a manner as to
afford reasonable security for the independence and
integrity of the Turkish dominions.

We frankly say that were peace concluded even
upon such terms we might still regret that a great
opportunity had been missed of driving back from
other countries of enslaved and oppressed Europe
the iron despotism that is crushing them. But
sure we are that to consent to a peace that would
exact from Russia terms less than we have indi-
cated would be to sign and seal a transfer of Con-
stantinople to the Czar. The possessions we ask
from Russia are those which she can retain only as
instruments and outposts of her aggressions upon
the East.

( Front the Morning Advertiser of this day. )

The retirement of Mr. Scovell from the contest
for the representation of Southwark is already
known in the remotest parts of the land. The in-
terest felt in the result of the election was almost
as great in the country as in the metropolis, for
every one felt that the issues involved were of para-
mount national importance. The patriotic electors
of Southwark will, therefore, receive a nation's gra-
titude for the noble exertions they have made to
insure the triumphant return of the man in whose
person were centred not only the principles of indi-
vidual right, but the most vital interests of this
great nation. For their extraordinary and bril-
liantly successful efforts to return to Parliament
the gallant Admiral, who may now be regarded as
their Member, they have, indeed, descry ed well of
their country. And already in every part of the
kingdom their conduct elicits expressions of
grateful admiration. They have rendered a ser-
vice to their country of which it would be impos-
sible to overrate the importance. Never did any
constituency acquit themselves as the electors of
Southwark have done. Were all constituencies
inspired by the same spirit—animated by an
equally earnest and lofty patriotism—and no less
indomitable in resolution, there would, indeed, be
hope for England. Then would the existence of
corrupt. Cabinets become an impossibility ; and
notorious incapacity would never find its way into
Downing-street.
The electors of Southwark have made the pro-
gress of Sir Charles, in their borough, one con-
tinuous ovation. They have thereby covered
themselves—with immortal honour. We shall
never cease to point to the electors of that borough
as an example to all other ciMstituencies through-
out the country. The glorious example set by the
public-spirited electors of Southwark will, we
trust, be largely followed by populous constituen-
cies in all parts•Of the kingdom, on the advent of
that general election which cannot be vary remote.
To the electors of Southwark Sir Charles Napier
owes a debt of gratitude which it will be difficult to
discharge. We know that the gallant Admiral
finds words inadequate to the expression of the
deep sense he entertains of the noble efforts which
they have made, and the self-sacrifice to which
many of them have submitted, in their efforts to
achieve the brilliant victory they have won. We
doubt not that he will give the best of all practical
proofs of his appreciation of what the constituency
of Southwark has done for him, by devoting all his
time and energies to the bold, fearless, and faithful
discharge of those legislative duties which will
hereafter devolve upon him. Never, too, let us
add, had any constituency greater claims on the
time and attention of a representative, with regard
to local interests ; for the local element was the
great instrumentality by which his opponent worked
against him. In this respect also we feel the most
perfect conviction that the people of Southwark
will not be disappointed in the Gallant Admiral.

We repeat tb-day,_what we said yesterday, that
we know of no instance, all things considered, ofka
more signal triumph in the history of electioneering
contests. All that the advantage of hiving been
engaged in a previous contest, of having had a
long standing connexion with the borough, great
local interest, and ample wealth, could do, were
done for Mr. Scovell. And yet not only has Sir
Charles triumphed, but his opponents himself ad-
mits that he bad not the shadow of a chance, inas-
much as that almost every new elector he met with
was in favour of the gallant Admiral. Had Mr.
Scovell gone to the poll, his discomfiture would
have been more signal still in the eyes of the
country ; for he would have been defeated by such
an overwhelming majority as had rarely been
witnessed.

Sir Charles will enter the House of Commons
with a weight, an influence, an eclat, which have
seldom attended the admission of any one into that
assembly. He will enter it as the representative
of the entire country, as well as of Southwark ; for
the whole nation took the most profound interest
iu the contest, aul are joining in one grand uni-
versal chorus of joy at the victory which he has
achieved. Let us hope that the gallant Admiral
will long live to enjoy the distinguished honour
which has thus been conferred upon him.

Naval afid tart' Intelligence.

The steam-ship Pacific, with 500 of the Army Works
Corps on board, reached Malta en Saturday, the 27th
ult. She ran from Gravesend to Gibraltar in 5 days 51
hours, and from Gibraltar to Malta in 4 days 2 hours,
the latter passage against strong head winds and heavy
sea. Other vessels which left the Thames about the
same time were 10 days going to Gibraltar. Captain
Thompson writes :
' The men on board are all quite well. The officers are
gentlemanly and agreeable, and nothing could be better
than the conduct of the navvies. They obey all orders
cheerfully. Yesterday we had two services, one forward
and the other aft, attended by as many as could get round
our chaplain. These men may well be contented, for I
never knew men so well cared for. Their food is abundant
and good, with a quart of porter daily, 30s. per week
wages, besides clothing as good as any man in their sta-
tion could wish to wear. We have been busily em-
ployed ever since we left serving out to the men
their new clothes, and it is very gratifying to see how Sir
Joseph Paxton has provided for all their wants, even to a
housewife well filled with necessary articles."
Her, Majesty's screw block-ship Horatio, 24, Captain
the Hon. Arthur Cochrane, C. 8., which left England
some weeks since in charge of the floating battery Me-
teor, but was unable to convoy her further than Malta,
arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon ; she left Malta
on the 10th ult., and has come back to have many de-
fects repaired.

The Polyphemus, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, was
commissioned yesterday at Portsmouth by Commander
Warren, late of the Star. The riggers of the dockyard
have got her lower rigging over the mastheads.
Her Majesty's screw block-ship Hastings, 60, Captain
E. G. Fanshawe, having refitted in dock at Portsmouth,
was undocked yesterday afternoon.
_ _ _

The Queen Victoria transport No. 1 completed her
embarkation of huts for the army in the East yesterday
evening at Portsmou th, and will leave in a day or two
with other materials and stores for Balaklava, and about
40 officers, who are under orders t• embark this day.
The William Jackson sailing-transport will embark
detachments of troops at Portsmouth this day for the
East.

The Shannon, 50-gun screw-frigate, building in Ports-
mouth Dockyard, has all the available shipwrights
placed upon her to expedite her for launching, her occu-
pation of the slip interfering with the progress of the
construction of the great dock alongside, which will
connect the steam basin with Portsmouth harbour.

The screw corvette Ma'acci, 17, Capt. Farquhar, hav-
ing refitted, left Portsmouth basin for Spithead yester-
day. It is reported that she is to augment the squadron
of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, on the West India and
North America station.

The steam•sloop Basilisk, 6, Commander Robert Jen-
ner, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Baltic.
The steam gun-boat Lark, from Spithead, arrived'at
Plymouth on Monday. She will go into Keyham Docks
to be refitted.

The trawport Diligence, from Pembroke, with stores,
arrived at Plymouth on Monday.
The Centurion, 80, fitting at Devonport, has bad her
fan (weighing eight tons) put in place. She will be
taken cut of dock on Saturday next, and sent to Key-
ham to receive her engines and boilers, which are already
prepared.
A new steam•frigate, sister to the Satellite, is ordered
to be built forthwith in No. 2 slip, Devonport dockyard.
Extra bands are ordered on the Liffey, building in No.
3 slip. She is to be got ready for launching on the Ist
of January next.

The Sanspareil, 70 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain
W. J. Williams, left Sheerness for Plymouth at 10.30
a.m. yesteaday.

Lieutenant-Commander H. G. Hall, of the gun-boat
Ruby, bas been sent to Melville Hospital (preparatory
to his proceeding on sick leave) in consequence of
ill-
health, produced by repeated colds taken by continued
exposure to the weather while doing duty in the Baltic.
The Basilisk, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com-
mander Robert Jenner, left Sheerness on Monday at
4.45 p.m. for Portsmouth to make good defects and pre-
pare for immediate foreign service.
The Phoenix, 6 guns, screw steam-sloop, Commander
H. M. Elliott, remains in harbour at Sheerness, waiting
Admiralty orders. Many defects have to be repaired.

The following appeared in our late edition last night :
ADMIRALTY, TUESDAY EVENING.
A Captain's Good Service Pension has been conferred
upon Captain Horatio T. Austin, C.B.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were also made yester-
day :

_
LIEUTENANTS.
Hon. Oliver W. M. L%wbert to the Sanspareil.
G. G. Phillips to the Merlin.

-
PAYMASTER.
James H. Jackson to the Conway.
John Hill to the Fisgard. _

A SSIBTANT-PAYMASTER•
James S. Daniell to the Sampson.
ASSISTANT-CLERK.
Henry G. Brokenshir to the Cruiser.

ADMIRALTY CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.
MIIMORANDIIM.
In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order
in Council cf the 21st May, 1855, my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have been pleased to issue the following
regulations relative to the qualifications of persons pro-
posed to be appointed to junior situations in any of her
Majesty's civil establishments :
No person shall be eligible for a nomination as a junior
clerk who is under 17 or above 25 years of age. (An ex-
ception to this rule may be made in the case of person.,
temporarily employed, who may be nominated to the esta-
blishments if under 30 years of age, provided that they
were under the age of 25 when first temporarily employed.)
Candidates will be required to produce before the Civil
Service Commissioners—

1. A certificate of age.
2. A certificate from some medical man, to whom they
are personally known, that they are free from any physical
defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with
the proper discharge of their duties.
3. A certificate of good character.
They wiil then be examined in the following subjects :
I. For the_ Admiralty, Whitehall.

1. Writing English from dictation.
2. English composition, and making a precis or digest of
papers or correspondence.
3. Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions.
4. The leading points in English history.
5. Geography.
6. Translation from French.
7. Translation from Latin, or from a second modern lan-
guage.

11. For the Departments of the Surveyor of the Navy
Accountant General, Storekeeper General, Comptroller
of Victualling, Medical Director General, Director of
Engineering and Architectural Works, &c.
1. Writing English from dictation.
2. English composition, and making a precis or digest of
papers or correspondence.
3. Geography.
4. Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractious.
5. A knowledge of the principal of book-keeping by
double entry.
And the candidate must satisf; the Civil Service Com-
missioners that he has received a liberal education by
showing some proficiency in a subject comprised under
one at least of the following heads :-
1. Latin or a modern language.
2. The leading points of English or modern history.
3. Algebra, Euclid, or any branch of mathematics or
science.

111. For the Dockyards, Victualling-yards, and Naval
Hospitals at Home.
1. Writing English from dictation legibly, correctly,
and quickly.
2. Arithmetic, including ♦ulgar and decimal fractions.
3. Book-keeping.
No person shall be eligible for a nomination as a junior
clerk iu any of the above establishments who has not re-
ceived from the Civil Service Commissioners& certificate of
qualification for such situation.
A junior clerk will be nominated for' six months on pro-
bation, and will not be finally appointed to the public ser-
vice unless the head of his department transmits to their
lordships, at the expirat:on of that period, a report stat-
ing, after personal inquiry and investigation, that he has
discharged his duties with efficiency and regularity, and
has been correct in his general conduct.
If any officer, clerk, or other person employed in any of
the above establishments shall be arrested or imprisoned
for debt, or shall have given notice of his intention to take
the benefit of any of the acts for the relief of insolvent
debtors, all the circumstances of the case shall be, without
delay, fully reported to the Lords of the Admiralty, who
will suspend him, unless very strong cause be shown to
the contrary.
If at the end of twenty-eight days from the date of his
suspension he be not free from debt, he will be superseded.
By command of their Lordships,
THOMAS PMINN.

A letter from Berlin of the 2d, in the German
Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Different journals
have spoken of offers said to have been made by
Russia at Vienna, through the Prussian Cabinet,
with a view to the resumption of negotiations. All
these reports are without foundation. We can
positively affirm that, far from making offers of
peace, Russia is decided on continuing the war with
all possible energy."
[ADvERrieEmENT.]—It is with pleasure we notice the daily
increase of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia),
flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com-
plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du
Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. We quote the follow-
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Gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for your kind attention.
When I began taking the Revalenta 1 was in as deplorable a
condition as can well be imagined. I was confined to my bed,
and so weak that I could neither stand nor walk, suffering
severely from. flatulency, constipation, and indigestion, and
being compelled to have recourse to aperients every s-coed or
third day; and, upon one occasion, I swallowed no less than
seven doses within twenty-eight hours, under medical advice.
There was a giddiness in my head, and a singing in my right
thear, that when I turned nay head on the pillow it resembled
e sound produced by a light touch on a musical glass. I
ad ad
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ant cough ; but the pain around my loins was so
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TILE' WAR-VIE PRESS-AND rUBL7C
OPINIuN.

(From the Times.)

•
This is indeed orie of Cie grand old wars. Its theatre
is the very region where despotism and liberty, the Eat
and West, barbarism and civilisation, fought their first
struggles, and, it the world lasts long enough, the glories
of this latter conflict will fall into the same constellation
as those of the former. But, though the theatre is
almost the same, the peoples and regions now engaged
are out of all proportion, for all Europe and a great part
' of Asia are now in the quarrel, or certain to be drawn
into it. Could the historian who recited his nine books
before assembled Greece at the Olympic games, or the
poet who exhibited the same story on the Athenian stage,
have been told by some oracle that one day nations
3,000 miles off would come through the gates of Her-
cules to fight these battles over again, he would have
been at a loss to conceive the form and manner of such
a conflict. Even as it was, the poet had to do
considerable violence to facts for the sake of
unity. He had to bring all Greece on the stage,
and his messengers, one after another, gave hourly
intelligence of the strife. It was the Persian and the
Grecian who were in mortal duel, and it was decided in
a day. Strange to say, science has achieved what the
poet could not have imagined, and the free nations of
Europe are as much one man, and as present at the
struggle, as all Greece, just as the poet represented it.
Even across Erarope and the whole length of the Medi-
terranean we hear day by day the progress of the war ;
and every Englishman or Frenchman hears the greater
events of it before a second sun has set upon them. As
regime's the particulars, we are often in advance of those
who are personally engaged. We have a more command-
ing view of the battle raging below than the combatants
themselves, who are lost in the mere and buried in dust
and smoke. In this respect our antagonists have more
than kept pace with us, and we often bear great events
first through St. Petersburg. While our own authori-
ties are considering gravely how far it will be prudent
to divulge such and such movements the Czar tells them
a great deal more than they know themselves. So pre-
sent is all Europe at the Scene, and so overpowering the
instinct to learn and to tell each particular ! In this
respect, at least, we can sympathise with the foe. For
contrast we need only go to the concluding battle of the
last war. The events of a whole week—of the whole
campaign, it may he said, though fought almost within
sight, and actually within sound of these shores, came
all toget'rer, and we only knew the war had begun when
it was really over.
This virtual present» at the war, this power of follow-
ing it step by step, contributes materially to that warm
and intelligent interest which there is scarce an English-
man but feels and avows in it. When it is considered
that at the interval of a continent we have to fight with
the greatest military Power in the world, upon his own
territory, a struggle which our statesmen have foreseen
for a century, and for a century shrursk from, that in-
terest—that popularity, we are not afraid to call it—is
an incalculable aid to the Minister charged with the
work. Would he act so promptly,—would he draw so
unsparingly on our resources—would he send such de-
cisive orders to the seat of war—would he incur risks of
failure—would he so commit the whole fortunes and
glories of the nation to this single issue, were he not con-
scious of an enthusiastic and intelligent sympathy from
the whole British people ? Most assuredly he would not,
and he would be hardly justified is so acting without that
support. Considering all things—the colossal dimen-
sions of the foe, the distance, and the unknown nature
of the struggle—we do not think the war could be car-
ried on with the requisite spirit and vigour, except by
favour of that unbounded interest and that intense
sympathy which all Englishmen feel in it, in its com•
menders, and in the Ministers charged with its conduct.
So, when we are told, as we were some time since, with
oracular pomp by Prince Albert, that " the British
constitution is on its trial," and " we have now to see
whether a great war can be carried on effectively
in the face of a free public opinion, an unfettered
press, and absolute publicity," we can now reply triumph-
antly that not only can such a war be carried on under
these circumstances, but that such nations as England
and France could not carry on such a war under other
circumstances. We don't worship our Sovereigns as
demigods ; we don't receive their edicts as command-
ments from Heaven ; we don't fight like slaves and suf-
fer like fakirs. We are intelligent and self-respecting
races, and require to have our interest and sympathy fed
and sustained by constant participation in the history
and even the conduct of the war. This is furnished by the
press and those wonderful auxiliaiies which modern
science has happily contributed in time for this war.
The British Constitution, then, is tried, and, as far from
being wasting, it is found to be pre-eminently adapted
for the conduct of a great and arduous war by a free
people against a slavish and semi-barbarous one. No
reasonable person can doubt that the Duke of Welling-
ton would have found it much easier to get rid of useless
officers, to make his commissariat effective, to obtain
larger reinforcements and better supplies, had his con-
tinual complaints been assisted by a more ,extensive and
immediate transmission of intelligence from the seat of
war to this country. He would not have had to con-
duct long sieges with means ridiculously insufficient, to
make long marches without shoes, or to do almost every-
thing out of his own head on the inspiration of the mo-
ment, had there appeared in the newspapers every 4 or
5 days such letters as those from the special correspondents
at the seat of war. As it is now, the Ministers,
and—what is more important still—their subordinates,
know that alt the wants of the -army must be antici-
pated. or all England will hear of it. They know, too,
that an incompetent officer-will have his due mood of
notoriety. As for the one specious objection, that our
p'ans have been occasionally betrayed, or our weak
points discovered by the correspondence of the daily
press, we have never yet heard a single instance in which
the enemy bad nut the start of us in our information, or
might not easily have had it. In fact, it has been a
general complaint in the British army that the Russians
knew better than it did itself what it was going to do.
It is rather remarkable that the illustrious chief who
found the difficulties of his work in the Peninsula so much
aggravated by official incompetency and corrupt influ-
ences at home should a'so have left the saying that "he
did not see how the government of the country was to
be carried on:with a reformed Parliament." This is very
much of a piece with the question, how the war is to be
carried on with a press unfettered as to its information.
It is now evident to all people that the doubt which
could invade the great mind of Wellington arose from a
too narrow and customary view of political influences.
The government of the country had been worked by
means of an unreformed House of Commons and by a
lavish abuse of that means. It was a case of gradual
usurpation, and had become a political necessity. The
Duke could not appreciate that great amount of
good feeling and good sense which would always be
brought to bear on a House of Commons rendered more
susceptible of external influence. He did not see that
in the case of Parliamentary corruption, vacillation, or
dereliction of duty the country might occasionally be
governed by a direct appeal to public opinion. The same
answer naturally suggests itself to the modern difficulty
as to the possibility of carrying on war without some
restriction on the press. The loyalty of that press has
become the Minister's strongest engine in carrying on i
the war. Even if it may be admitted to be fallible, it is
at least unquestionably impartial and disinterested. It
has nobody to thrust on the unfortunate Horse Guards
foe the command of a division, a place on the Staff, a
riband, or a baton. It is no asylum for incapables, to
be discharged upon the nation. It can have no other
object than success. Its influence is all above7board and
responsible. They whose advice and intelligence are
thus proclaimed in the face of day cannot but be more
cautious and truthful than the great majority of private
advisers and informants, who have in human forgetful-
ness an immense security for failure. Moreover, it is the
necessity of our position to speak to the people, so far at
least as regards the great arguments of our ultimate ap-
peal. So long as the people are sound, as they are,
beyond a shadow of doubt, in the pre-lent quarrel, the
press must be sound also. Thus it is the people that
checks the press, as it checks the Parliament, and it
argues a narrow vision and small faith in the British
people not to see the operation of these great corrective
influences.

most useful. To reerult and prepare men for the Infan- '
try, we have 52 depots actively engaged throughout the
kingdom, the majority of them clubbed together in
groups in the shape of depot battalions. Their strength
yaries from 100 men, to which some of the depots in Ire-
'arid have been reduced by large draughts sent out with-
in the last week or two, to the 800 or 1,000 men consti-
tuting the reserve battalions of the Guards. There is,
besides, the reserve at Malta, numbering a considerable
force. Volunteering from the militia goes on with great
spiri‘the Kerry, Donegal, Mayo, and other regiments
having just behaved admirably in this respect. Recruit.
ing generally is, we are happy to say, in a prosperous
condition. Taking all this into consideration, it is not
too ranch to expect that in the course of the next six
months the regiments now at Sebastopol will each have
from 200 to 250 men added to their present strength, or,
considering the lesser number as the average, an increase
of 10,400 to the infantry generally. We can, moreover,
make another important augmentation to this branch of
our f, rces. There are in the United Kingdom eight
regiments, the 15th, 22d, 25th, 60th Rifles (3d Batta-
lion), 80th, 96th, 98th, and the 3d Battalion of the
Rifle Brigade ; in the Mediterranean, five, the 51re,
54th, 66th, 91st, and 94th. Some of these regiments
are in as good condition as any in the service as regards
numbers, discipline, and the prestige of recant active
service. Leaving one to represent us with Mr.
Wyse at the Court of King Otho, we can send the
remaining dozen, say 10,000, to the Crimea. Thus
between fresh regiments and detachments, we can add
20,000 to the infantry of our army in the field. We are
not exactly acquainted with the reinforcements likely to
be available for the Artillery and Engineers, but we
must assume that those invaluable arms of the service
will be kept up .o their present strength. Summing up
then, we have n .w in the Crimea 56,000 men, of whom
51,500 are efleckie ; calculating the mortality among
them at 100 a-week for six months, and the sick list to
be as numerous as at present, there would be of the sol-
diers at present in the Crimea 49,000 effective on the
15th of April ; adding as reinforcements 2,800 cavalry
and 20,000 infantry, we should have at the commence-
ment of the campaigning season, say about 70,000 Bri-
tish troops iii fair condition, to maintain the honour and
interests confided t') their keeping.
Other important English forces, although containing
but a small numerical proportion of Englishmen, will
henceforward be available. Of the Turkish Contingent
we hear most encouraging accounts. The comman-
ders are men of whom we entertain the very highest
hopes—Vivian, Michel (of Cape renown), and Dickson,
Commandant of the Artillery, are well known. The re-
gimental officers include some of the smartest and most
promising of the captains and subalterns of the Royal
stud Indian armies. The MOP, we hear, are docile, apt,
and efficient soldiers, and we cannot doubt that, well
led, they will prove admirable troops. They will num-
ber 20,000, and this force wi!l be further materially in-
creased. We shall put down the different Foreign Le-
gions at the snore than moderate estimate of 5,000 men,
and, omitting the Sardinian army, we calculate the total
strength thus :—British troops, 70,0400 ; Turkish Con-
tingent, 20,000; and British German and British Swiss
Legions, 5,000 ; making altogether 95,000 men. Thanks
to our two years' experience and our transport service,
we may reasonable hope to keep this army in health
and inefficiency ; in fact, worthy in point of condition
as well as numbers to take their place beside those of
our great ally.—Morning paper.

prom the Lonsdonilez—ette of Lark ilight.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 5.
In consideration of the services of Lieut. Joseph Henry
Marryo t, previous to and in the attack on the Forts of
Kinbourn, m
ho has been promoted to the rank of Co-
andor, mby a commission dated this day.