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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1855.

PUBLICATIONS.

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

a large proportion of the votes which helped to swell the
majority on Mr. Roebuck's motion was given rather in
favour of Lord Palmerston than against him, still, as Mr.
Disraeli observed in the debate, the noble viscount was
virtually responsible for the acts of his colleagues, and he
formed one of the condemned Cabinet. If Lord Derby
fails, and gives up the delicate and deeply responsible task
entrusted to him, then will be the time for Vac popular
favourite, and (by common consent) the fitting man for tie
emergency, to try his hand.
We have more than once recapitulated the insurmount-
able ohjeitions to any Government that Lord Derby could
form from amongst the ranks of his own party. It would
be more open than any other combination on the cards to
the charges of inexperience and incapacity. He would have
to fill many of the most important posts with men who
have been tried and found wanting, or who have never
been triad at ail. Some of his most conspicuous followers
have made thernselrovidioulous, and some are not producible
for more weighty reasons. To do the chivalrous earl jus-
tice he seems fully aware of their deficiencies, and he is
said to have shown the most laudable anxiety to got re-
cruits of a somewhat higher !standard of talent and prin-
ciple. The results of his applications are not yet accurately
known, but it is not expected that he will be able to ally
himself with any leading politician not hitherto numbered
amongst his professed adherents, except Lord Ellen-
borough. That clover, dashing, and eloquent, but erratic
and unsafe, statesman, will possibly be tempted by the
hope of being able to enact the part of Chatham at the
War-office. Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, also, is spoken
of as likely to lend his powerful aid to the so-called Con-
servative cause. But we cannot believe that either Lord
Palmerston, or any other eminent member of the Liberal
or Liberal-Conservative party, will join Lord Derby, ex-
cept upon a condition which wo take to be utterly
Itke fiimnees or conscious
inad-
missible—namely, the abandonment of Mr. Disraeli. The
refusal to act with this iedividuaLis not a matter of pre-
judice ar caprice, or personal ataffklsTtetb,e,,, .
'whicti—the best of the Derbyities, VAira.sei;
_eoineirte
There ce and of evarYtnieg-
integrity if any instinctive and well-grounded repugnance
of this sort can be overcome by superficial considerations
of expediency.
We remarked, a few days since, that it would be a curi-
ous coincidence if Lord John Russell should be found to
have played over again, unwittingly, the same short-
sighted and fatally compromising game which be played
when he gave his horse to held to Lord Derby, who
mounted and rode away upon it. Wonderful to relate, he
has again played that game, whether he meditated it or
not ; and we suspect that he expected the crisis to end in
a Ministry of his own, rather than in one of Lord Derby's
formation. But he has proved a blundering, as well as a
short-sighted, politician. His resignation (to borrow Tal-
leyrand's well-known snot) is more than a crime—it is a
mistake. He neither obtains the Premiership for him-
self, nor accomplishes the longing wishes of the peo-
ple, who have set their hearts on having Lord Palmer-
ston either as First Lord of the Treasury or War Minis-
ter. They do not much care which, but one or the other
they insist on having ; and if there were any difficulty
arising out of Whig scruples to act against or without Lord
John Russell, these might instantly be removed by Lord
Lanedowne's accepting the duty of forming a Government.
Report says that this noble lord, the Statesman sans peur
et sans reproche, regrets and condemns Lord John Russell's
proceedings, and that both he and Lord Palmerston would
do all that in them lies to save the country from the con-
sequences of their late colleague's escapade. It is impos-
sible to help admiring the consummate judgment and
sagacity with which her Majesty extricates herself from
the trying situations into which she is too frequently
hurried by the very councillors who ought to be her chief
reliance in her difficulties, and we hope that it may still
be possible for her, consistently with constitutional forms,
to comply with the wishes and co-operate with the well-
understood interests of her people, by entrusting the
formation of her Government to Lord Lansdowne or Lord
Palmerston.

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(From the Times of this day.)

IVIRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL,
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The first step taken by her Majesty in the present critical
state of affairs was to proceed from Windsor Castle to
Buckingham Palace at.elcven o'clock yesterday morning,
the Queen having, doubtless, remarked the extreme incon-
venience caused by the absence of the court from London
at a moment of so much political agitation and embarrass-
ment. An intimation had already been conveyed to the
Earl of Derby on Tuesday evening that he was summoned
to attend her Majesty on this occasion, and at half-past 11
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and had his audience of the Queen, which lasted till one
o'clock. It may be inferred that Lord Derby accepted the
task of forming., or of attempting to form, an Administra-
tion on conditions which have not transpired ; and it is
certain that he repaired at once from the Queen's presence
to Lord Palmerston's residence, where a lengthened con-
ference took place between the two ministers. Beyond
this point we have at present no authentic information;
'hut it is believed that Lord Palmerston did not accede to
the proposals addressed to him, and her Majesty returned
to Windsor in the afternoon. _ _ .

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Although the course taken by the Queen in committing
the formation of the new Ministry to Lord Derby is net
that which had been anticipated or desired, either by the
public or ourselves, it is impossible to deny that there aro
some constitutional arguments in favour of that course.
The party of which Lord Derby is the acknowledged head
constituted tie bulk of the majority which overthrew the
Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. That party is the only sec-
tion of the House of Commons which can be said to pre-
sent at this moment any semblance of union or discipline,
for the supporters and members of the late Administration
aro divided not only into Whigs and Peelites—the

lowers of Lerd John.' Russell and the followers of Lord
1,k10,09,177- bn,t,also- inte.:those who suppOrtOd_ "tad those.,
who opposed Kr. Roebuck's motion for inquiry„ 'Or again
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duct awl those , who went with him into opposition.
No act could have lead w more disastrous effect on the
union and concert of the great Liberal party than the
abrupt, hostile demonstration of Lord John Russell. It was
cheered with vehemence by the Tories, because they knew
that no blow could be so fatal to the party opposed to
them as a blow struck by one of its chiefs at the Coalition ;
and, should Lord Derby succeed in forming a Government,
it will owe its existence to the desertion of Lord John.
Whatever may be the result of this crisis, that act ought
to remain a lasting ground of exclusion from the confidence
of the nation and the Crown. The Queen herself is known
to have expressed to Lord John Russell, in an autograph
letter, her sense of conduct so muck at variance with the
common principles of truth and honesty, and we are con-
vinced that nothing but absolute necessity will induce the
Queen to summon to the head of her councils a Minister
who for his own selfish objects has not hesitated to betray
them.

The formation of a Cabinet by Lord Derby depends
upon the possibility of his obtaining support of a more
efficient el araet especially in the House of Commons,
than that which he possesses in the ranks of his own
party, for in the very difficult circumstances in which
we now stand—while the honour of our arms, the
issue of the war, the system of our alliance with foreign
States, and the safety of the country are all deeply
engaged—we cannot contemplate without apprehension
the returnito power of such a Government as that over
which he last presided. In the not improbable event of
Lord Derby's failure, we rely with unabated confidence on
Lord Palmerston, as the fittest and ablest man to be
placed at the head of the Government at such a crisis, and
he would fairly be entitled to demand the support of the
Conservative party, since the only remaining alternative
would be to fling back the Administration into the hands
of the Chesham-place Whigs.. We adhere to the convic-
tion that the strongest Cabinet which can now be formed
must contain in it more than one exclusive element, and
that it must be formed on a broader basis than the last.
To effect this object sacrifices may ba required, and men
must look to some higher principle than the narrow stand-
ard of mere party connection. They must ask themselves
whether they kayo not a great public duty to perform, and
whether the country has not a right to demand their ser-
vices, if it believes in their efficiency. Depend upon it
the country will not be ungrateful to those who serve it
well, and to men of honest and resolute purposes the
necessity of the time is the strongest incentive to action.

EUPATORIA•

The Monitcur furnishes us with the following
description and later history of Eupatoria, a town
whose name is now well known to our readers, and
is likely to become every day of greater interest.
The writer, an officer or passenger on board the
Berthollet, a French man-of-war steamer, says
"Eupatoria is situated on a low sandy shore, scarcely
above the level of the sea, at the bottom of a bay so shallow
as to compel all vessels of burden to lay off a considerable
distance, and affording a very insecure anchorage when the
wind sets in towards shore. Tile town stretches along the
beach, and is seen in all its extent from the ship's deck.
"On the right extends an immense salt lake, separated
from the sea by an isthmus t woor three hundred metres in
width, that serves as a nateral defence to the side of the
town. But before you reach the town, you come on a corn.
plate village of windmills, planted, as it were, in a row en
the sand. Behind the windmills begins, the line of fortifi-
cation constructed by the allies since their occupation.
" All the old Russian establishmentt are ranged along a
roadway, in wretched condition, that stands between them
and the beach. The Tartar town is hidden behind these
houses, which are all that can be seen from the sea.
" There are various public buildings slow occupied by the
French and English authorities, a.,Tisz7large lazaretto and
a magnificent barrack, nowpartly in ruins. Font obj. *stein
the town merit particular attention. The first, and most
interesting, is the synagogue' which datts from the eleventh
century, and was founded by Irian-ben-David, a chief of
the Caraite Jews, a sect very prevalent throughout Egypt,
Turkey, the Crimes, Russia, and Polind. In the centre
of a gallery, ornamented with inscriptiane and paintings in
the Byzantine style, stands a splendid monument of white
marble erected by the present Empercr to the memory of
his late brother and predecessor, the Emperor Alexander.
There are two synagogues in the building, one for men and
the other for women, but both of great richness. The
former contains an artiele regarded with the highest vene-
ration—a Jewish Bible of the eighth century, that once
belonged to the founder of the building.
" When the Empress Catherine invaded the Crimea, all
the wealth and commerce of the country was in the hands of
the Caraite Jews, who declared on the side of the Russians,
and yielded them every assistance. Since then they have
been particularly favoured by the Russian Court, and their
prosperity has continue() to increase. It is not astonishing,
therefore, that the greater number of Jewish families left
Eupatoria at the commencement of hostilities.
" The second object of interest is the great mosque
founded in the thirteenth century. The interior is in the
Tartar style, which is an offshoot of the Arabian. An in-
scription thee of the Shyites, to which
principal events in the
nththeefowuanldlserroet
flathees
s
the lifuesulman population of the Crimea belongs. This
lifeof Au
explains the little sympathy between the Tartars and
Turks, which last are of • the opposite Mahometan sect—
the Sunnite'.
• " The two other remarkable buildings are the Armenian
and Russian churches. The first is •andthe
other
very ancient,
other very richly adorned.
" Without the town you see only vast steppes, with here
and there a tumulus of moderate height, and little hills on
which are stationed videttes of the Turkish cavalry.
Twelve or fifteen hundred metres further off are the Rus-
sian pickets watching them, and occasionally exchanging
shots. In the daytime the Tartars came as far as this line
to pasture their cattle and sheep, and camel and drome-
daries ; bet the moment the sun sets they hasten back to
the town, for the Cossacks loose no opportunity of sur-
prising and plundering them.
" The Tartar costume has not changed for centuries, but
still consists of the black woollen cap, a covering of grey
cloth open in front, Turkish trousers, and wide beets. The
women are veiled in the Constantinople fashion. The type
of the Tartar physiognomy is always the same—a reund
face and nose, with large eyes. Without having com-
pletely degenerated, they have lost their ancient warlike
spirit, and defeat and servitude have modified their
character
" When the Russians first occupied the Crimea, they
called the town Kosloy, the name it was known by to its
inhabitants. But the Empress Catherine, who affected an
acquaintance with ancient history, restored to it the ap-
pellation of Eupatoria, in memory of Mithridates Eups-
.tor, the deadly foe of the Romans, who was said to have
been its founder, though recent researches award that
honour to one of his principal generals. Eupatoria un-
site of a
- -se- (kr 11 ancient cite. and
though no diligent ins'
.0. Luaus' dLavu.c
relics of antiquity are occasionally found.
" Eupatoria is the chief town of one of the four districts
into which the Crimea is divtded. It is inhabited by
farmers and shepherds, who possess
an Immense number
of oxen and sheep, and fertile lands, Part of which only is
which las
cultivated. The population,3 9,000 souls in ordi-
nary times, amounts now to
by rest
number of in-
habitants of the country ravaged_the Russians having
sought refuge withiia its walls under the protection of the
Allied Powers. This population, almost entirely com-
posed of Caraite Jews and Tartars, lives
that of by trade and
agriculture, one branch of which, lamb-skins, com-
monly called lambs of Astrakhan, notwithstanding their
origin, is well known throughout Europe.
Eupatoria is a military position of the highest
impor-
tance to the Allies, from which, now well fortified, they
eau manoeuvre on the enemy's rear, and threaten his three
grand centres—Simpheropel, distant 60 kilometres; Bakshi-
Serai, 68 kilometres; and Perekop, 104 kilometres. Those
three points contain all the magazines and the reserves of
the Russian army; and although protected of late by ex-
tensive works of defence, they are, nevertheless, vulner-
able, and may be seriously menaced.
" Since the occupation if Eupatoria, the Russians have
di
maintained in the' eighbourhood a n of cavalry,
composed of two regiments of Draronsvisie, 4 regiments of
Lancers, and a corps of I,ooo* ,
r 1 200 Cossacks, with 32
field guns. This division is
• under the command of Gene-
ral Hizba, who has his heed-quarters at Oraz, 10 kilo-
metres distant from Eupatoris. This force has made several
attacks against the feeble garrison of Eupatoria, which
have been always repulsed. The Russians destroyed the
crops, rooted up the trees, burnt the villages, and sacked
all the houses far a distance of nearly 500 kilometres round
the place, and the whole country was given up to pleader
and devastation.
" On the 16th of September, last year, Commander Os-
mont 'took possession of Eupatoria in the name of the
French Government, with tvto oonapanies of the 39th re-
giment of the line; having iestalled in it Tartar authori-
ties, instead of the Russian, who had fled, he retired to
head-quarters with his troops. On the 19th, however, he
returned to Eupatoria, to occupy it for the Allies, with
two companies of Marines, and was appointed governor
of the place. On the following day the town was pre-
teasel against a surprise by an !enceinte continue, by bar-
ricades, and military poets stationed at the gates, which
were left open. Immense wheat stores found in the tewn
were sequestered, a mounted Tart
• ar militia was organised
to act as scouts outside the walls, and a feet militia was
formed for service in the interior.
" On the 10th October an immense number of Tartars,
flying from the Russians, entered Eupatoria and placed
themselves under the protection of the French garrison.
On' the following day the immigration continued, and
25,000 persons, bringing with them upwards of 100,000
sheep and 20,000 oxen, entered the place. At one o'clock
(Prom the Morning Chronicle of this day.)
p.m. a Russian regiment of cavalrYmade a reconnaissance,
The political world was taken by surprise, and the Libe- but a few shells thrown in among them forced them to
rale who assisted to break up Lord Aberdeen's Govern- retreat. On the 12th, four regiments of cavalry, with four
meat were not a little chvrined and disliToirit',ll, of artill-ry, attacked Euvatoria, and were ener4eti-
hearing that Lend Derby had . • ~; . „IV I (1. •
On reflection, however, we ale, inenned to think that, no the'tollOwing days, several batteries were erected, and a
other course could have been pursued by her Majesty in number of guns mounted on the ramparts. The Russians
accordance with, the spirit of our constitution. Although then );oloc3Adecl the torn, otgione4 Videtto§ and military

(From the Daily News of this day.)
Of the progress made towards the construction of a new
Ministry-we can only state what is generally understood
and believed. The most probable of the stories current is
briefly as follows :—Yesterday, a little after 11 a.m., the
Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, artived at Bucking.
ham Palace from Windsor; at 3 p.m. the Royal pair left
London for Windsor. Soon after her Majesty's arrival at
the Palace, Lord Derby waited upon her, and had a
lengthened audience. Immediately after its termination
Lord Derby visited Lord Palmerston, with whom he re-
mained for a considerable time. Lord Derby then re-
turned to his own residence, where he was visited by the
Marquis of Lansdowne, and subsequently by some of his
own supporters. Before the Queen left town Lord Derby
again waited upon her Majesty, and at this audience he is
said to have accepted tho charge of forming a Cabinet.
If these statements are true, the only possible inference
to be drawn from them is, that Lord Derby has accepted
office, on the understanding .that. Lords Lansdowne and
Palmerston are either to take part in his admirstration, or,
at least, not to go into decided opposition. Lord Derby's
party iu the House of Commons, though perhaps more
numerous than any of the other sections of that body, is
not a majority in the house. 'That his lordship should
visit Lord Palmerston before he would definitively under-
take to form a Ministry irresistibly points to the conclu-
sion that he has not accepted office until he wail secure of
the co-operation of some of the residuary Ministers and the
neutrality of others. The necessary inference is that we
are to have a Coalition Government, composed of members
of the Derby party, of some of the Peelites, and of some of
the Conservative Whigs. A specious pretext will net be
wanting to justify such a coalition to that pretty nume-
rous class of politicians who, with professions of principle
and consistency iu their mouths, are at all times ready
to allow themselves to be paid with words. The country
will be told that at this moment the one great duty of
English Ministers is to concentrate all their energies
upon the vigorous prosecution of the war. It will be
told that, until the war is terminated, all other questions,
upon which the leading parties in Parliament are at
variance, must necessarily remain in abeyance ; and that
consequently Conservative and Liberal statesmen may co-
operate for the time being to promote their common
object. It will not, however, be added—though it will be
perfectly understood—that since free trade has become
irrevocably the policy of England, there is in reality no
material difference, in respect of political opinion and sen-
timent, between Lord Derby and Mr. Gladstone, or be-
tween Lord Derby and Lord Palmerston. All three are
equally hostile to further reform of our electoral system,
and to extension ofithe suffrage. All three are alike anxi-
ous to preserve a monopoly of the high offices of state,
their honours and emoluments, within the narrow circle
of the aristocracy, and the few parvenus who can contrive
by some chance or other to elbow their way into the circle.
A Cabinet of which these three statesmen should be the
leading members, would, in the most bland and degage
manner possible, talk Liberalism, and act Conservatism,
and appeal to the hereditary politics of Lord Derby's
house as an unanswerable proof that he is zealously at-
tached to the rights and privileges of the people.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LIVERPOOL COMMISSION
AGENT.—At the Liverpool Police-court on Tuesday,
before Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Robert Morris, commission
agent, of North John-street, in that town, was charged
with having embezzled various amounts of money which
he had received on account of Messrs. C. M. and W.
Pott, of Southwark-bridge-road, London. A gentleman
from the house of Messrs. Sturmer, solicitors, Welling.
ton-street, Borough, London, appeared to prefer the
complaint. Mr. John Tyson, Mr. Peter Basaford, and
Mr. William Titteringtou, all of Liverpool, deposed
to having paid to the prisonor ...wants on
ac-
rOLL gnu Uo. ; and Mr. George Henry
Pitcher, in the employ of Messrs. Pott and Co., proved
that the amounts so paid had been remitted in the usual
course. Mr. Chilton, attorney for the prisoner, sub-
mitted that hie client did not come under the denomina-
tion of a servant or agent to render him accountable at
law; and, further, that the charge did not amount to
embezzlement, inasmuch as the prisoner had regularly
rendered an account, which would appear from his own
books. Mr. Mansfield said that as the law now stood
there was a prima facie case established, although it
might be that the prisoner was a man of integrity, and
had not acted dishonestly, but under, the circumstances
he had no alternative but to remand him. He should,
however, admit him
,to bail, himself in 4001. and two
sureties of 5001. each. The bail was procured.
AN ESCAPE TROM CAPTURE.—The following is an
extract from a letter received by Mrs. S--, in this
town, from her husband in the Crimea :—" I cannot re-
frain letting you know the narrow escape I had the other
night of being taken prisoner by the Cossacks, as I was
returning from Balaklava with about 101. worth of
goods for the officers of the company. But, dear Sally,
a good stout heart foiled them for this time. I must
thank God for his protection, and for endowing me with
such presence of mind. Balaklava is about seven or
eight miles from Sebastopol, and as I was coming about
half-way, being mounted on our captain's pony, with
six haversacks full of tea, sugar, wine, and several other
little articles, I had my fusil slung across my back, as
every man must be armed here, even if he only wanted
to go to the rear. So I was coming along, thinking of—
but you need not ask rue what, as you might know it
was about yourself and Nell, and poor little Jack— a
horseman rides up to me and lays hold of my fusil by
the butt, and very quietly was going to take it off my
shoulder, when I asked him in plain English what he
was going to do, but the divil a word could I understand
from him but prisonere bon Cossawake,' as he pronounced
it. I thought at first he was a Frenchman, until he
mentioned Sebastopol, but it was time I looked out for
myself, se as I was handing him my musket with as
good a grace as possible, as he thought, the foolish fel-
low forgot that I had a bayonet at my other side, so as
I handed him the fusil with the one hand, I gave him
the bayonet with the other, but most unexpectedly
though, for I drove it to the socket into the beastly
fellow's belly, and very quickly upset him and rode away
with hi hors: arAl laisce. I :0011 mounted hi'

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posts within two kilometres of the place, occupied the
neighbouring villages, and established their head-cptarters
at Oraz, where they still remain. On the 17th they burnt
the village of Beynac, near the sea, whence the poorer
classes of Tartar population were in the habit of supplying
themselves with grain, wood, and straw. The next day
the Russians attempted to carry off the cattle which were
grazing beyond the range of the guns of the ramparts, but
the garrison, 1,200 strong, consisting of 330 French, 380
English, and 500 Turks or Egyptians, sallied out and drove
them back with loss.
"On the 3d of November the Russians renewed the
attempt, but wore again repulsed by the French com-
mander, at the head of a detachment of infantry and some
mounted Tartars. The cattle seized upon by the enemy
were recaptured. On that day a r 0 tint of the wheat found
in the town at the time of its occupation was distributed
among the Tartars. On the 7th a new attack of the Rus-
sians was similarly repulsed by General Osmont, although
the assailants advanced under the protection of 2,000 Rus-
sian infantry and four pieces of cannon. The French had
seven wounded. The commander's horse was killed under
him. The loss of the Russians was greater than ours.
" On the 14th November, during the frightful hurricane
which occasioned so many disasters in the Black Sea, but
particularly in the Bay of Eupatoria, a body of 7,000 Rus-
sian troops, with 14 pieces of artillery, attacked the place,
but were beaten back with the utmost confusion, after a
sharp engagement, which lasted upwards of en hour. On
the 22d, a captain of engineers was sent to direct the works
in progress, which have been carried on ever since with
considerable activity. On the 25th and 26th, two Turkish
battalions arrived from Kamiesh and Balaklave, to rein-
force the garrison. On the 6th December the Russians
made a last fruitless attack, and since then they have not
reappeared. The place is now in a perfect state of defence.
6 On the 9th of December the first Turkish troops of
Omer Pacha's army began to arrive. The movement has
,pinoe continued, and to-day tthe 9th of Janlarz), the first
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ral of division siunrterea 2. the town, which, indepen-
aamay of the 25,000 Tartar refugees, can .shelter 15,000
men and upwards of 1,200 horses. The remainder of the
Ottoman army, which, it is said, will consist of 50,000
men, is to encamp outside this town in very good positiuns.
The place is perfectly fortified and able to resist any at-
tack. Our men are now completing a number of closed
and isolated redoubts on the line of hills above men-
tioned; and I may venture to say that Eupateria will soon
be one of the strongest and most useful towns to the
Allies in the Crimea."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Her Majesty's steam sloop Hecla, Commander Hawkes,
went on shore on the easter' beach, off Gibraltar, on the
morning of the 23d ult. Her masts were cut away, the
sea beating over her. No lives were lost.
DETONPORT, Wednesday.—The Dragon, 6, paddle,
Captain Willcox, arrived at this port _yesterday from
Portsmouth.
In the Sound.—Caesar, 91, screw ; and Calcutta, 84 ;
Dragon, 6, paddle ; and Stag, convict-ship.
In Harbour.—lmpregnable, Royal William, Exmouth,
Nile, Euryalus, Magicienne, Belleisle, Sylph, Avon,
Nautilus, Resistance, store-ship ; Confiance, Tortoise,
Camel, and Devon, lighters.

I PRICE SD•

F. White, ditto ; J. C. Tudor, East India Company's
service ;B. M. Collins, half-pay West India Regiment ;
G. Victor, half-pay Royal Marines ;H. West, ditto ;
J. How, ditto.
Cornet, Ensigns, and Second Lieutenant—H. Mont-
gomery, 13th Dragoons ; J. Thompson, 30th Foot ; H.
T. Twysden, 63d Foc t ; G. Walter, late Royal Marines;
H. J. Weis, half-pay Royal Marines,
Quarter-Masters—C. J. Ffennell, 17th Dragoons ; J.
Calder, half-pay 92d Foot.
Inspector-General of Hospitals—A. Stewart, half-pay.
Staff Surgeon, Ist Cass—H. Hart, M.D.
Surgeons—W. Browne, 95% Foot ; G. Sandars,
staff, 2d class.
Assistant Surgeons—E. P. Boyle, staff ; 11. Beck-
with, 49th Foot ; T. G. Furlonge, St. Helena Regi►neu'.
Assistant Commissary G enei al--R. Acliroyd.
Purvey-or—L. Ward.