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1. Henry Helshain Jones
2. Wm. Bruce Rakes Hall
3. Thos. Strong Seccombe
4. Wm. Walpole Murdoch
5. Arthur George Dunford
6. William Taylor Cathcart
7. Henry John Palliser
8. Darell Robert Jago
9. Bruce Brine
10. Montague Lambert

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[PRICE SD.

1
the bull by the horns," to-day Rear-Admiral BerkeleY'
after going on board the Cumberland, and again cajoling
the crew as to the nature of the contingency which com-
I polled their being packed off again to sea without the
chance of spending one penny of their pay or seeing a
11 friend, went on board the Ea Admiralty steam-yacht Black
gle, and took the Cumberland in tow towards the
Downs, from which quarter we expect to hear more of
this breach of faith on board the Cumberland. On
Thursday the crew of the Meg Tera steam-frigate, which
arrived last week from the West Indies (the same station
as the Guntherland), were paid wages, and granted ten
(lays' leave ! Why, then, not have granted the crew of
the larger ship a like boon, or less ?
The gallant fellows
only asked for forty-eight hours ashore. Th 6 whole af-
fair reflects no credit upon the authorities.
The hired freight ships Ganges, Diadem, Arthur the
Great, Pride of the Ocean, and Blundel are ordered to
Portsmouth to embark the 17th Lancers; direct for Tur-
key on Friday or Saturday next. Tho troops leave
Hounslow Barracks mounted, and make easy stages, to
Portsmouth. The night before embarkation they will be
billeted' at Cosham and other contiguous villages.
Fifty volunteers from the 90th Regiment, to join the
Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, landed at Portsmouth
on Saturday from Ireland, to await the embarkation of
the brigade at that port.
The Portland, 50, from the Pacific;the Fox, 42, from
the. East Indies, and the Meander, 44, from the Cape,
are daily expected in England. Their crews will be im-
mediately draughted for the war service.
The Eurydice, 26, sailing-frigate, Captain Erasmus
Ornmanney, the Penelope, 16, paddlewheel frigate,
Captain Caffin, the Gladiator, 6, paddle frigate, Cap-
tain Broke, the Resistance, 10, store and troop-ship,
Master-Commander Bradshaw, and the Tyne, 4, store-
ship, Master-Commander Tucker, are the only men-of-
war in commission now fitting in dock ;and in harbour
at Portsmouth for the war service.
Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Algiers, 91, was
commissioned in the Keyham dock (the first ship com-
missioned there) on Friday, by Lieutenant the Hon.
Thomas A. Pakenham. The Algiers was taken out of
dock on Saturday, and will be fitted with all despatch.
A detachment, consisting of one captain, two subal-
terns, three sergeants, three corporals, two drummers,
and 113 privates Royal Marines are held in readiness
to embark on board her.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Commodore Martin,
completed coaling on Friday.
The Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcombe, is to be
completed with all despatch, and will be stationed in the
Sound.
The frigate Phoebe, 50, will be launched at Devon-
port at half-past 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.
Extra hands have been placed on the Exmouth, 20,
to get her ready for launching with all convenient de-
spatch.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's paddlewheel
steam-ship Ripon has been chartered by the Government
for the conveyance of troops to the East. It is understood
that this vessel will remain at Gallipoli to be employed
in transport service, if required. The Himalaya, ex-
pected to reach Southampton about the 17th or 18th
. inst. from Alexandria, will again be held at the disposal
of the Government by the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany. The company's new screw steam-ships Simla of
2,600 tons and 600-horse power, and Candia, 2,250 tons
and 500-horse power, are shortly expected at this port,
and may also be made available, if needful. The steam-
ers Nubia, Pera, Assaye, and Sobraon, building for the
company, are to be launched and got ready for sea as
soon as possible.
It is stated that provisional battalions are to be formed
of the depots of the several regiments ordered on war
service. Parkhurst, Winchester, Walmer, Templemoro,
and Fermoy will each have its commandant and staff, to
be formed after the embarkation of their head-quarters.
A reserve of 300 men is at every depot, thus making
each battalion in the East 1,300 strong. The 20th,
21st, 34th, 63d, 97th, and Rifle Brigade (Ist battalion),
destined for "a special service," will, in addition to the
150 men necessary to cimplete-them to 1,000 rank and
file, have a reserve of 200 men.
A draught, consisting of two field officers, two cap-
tains, three lieutenants, five ensigns, one depot sergeant
major, four sergeants, and 200 rank and file of the 55th
depot arrived in Dublin on Friday from Athlone, under
the command of Major Daubeney, C. 8., and proceeded
to the terminus, King's-bridge, and thence by special
train at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, en route to
Cork, where they will embark on board the Melbourne
transport ship for the seat of war.
The Tartarus, 4 guns, paddlewheel steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Richard 11. Risk, arrived at
Sheerness on Saturday, at 7 30 a.m., from the coast of
Scotland, where she has been stationed for the protec-
tion of the fisheries. She is to make good defects, and
be got ready for active service immediately.
The Formidable, 84 guns, has been toasted, and great
activity prevails in getting her ready for active service.
The Cuckoo, paddlewheel steam-vessel, Master-Cow-
in:tinier George Breckman, is engaged for the convey-
ance of seamen and victualling stores from Sheerness to
the Downs. 160 fine smart seamen left Sheerness for
the Downs at 7 p.in. on Friday, having arrived there
from the rendezvous at London.

A number of seamen riggers are to leave Sheerness to
assist the present crew of the Hannibal in navigating her
round to Chatham from Woolwich. She is to' be there
on the 11th or 12th inst. The sheer-hulk for !misting
ships has been towed down to Folly Point, near Gilling-
ham, from Chatham, where the Hannibal will be masted.
Her masts will be floated out of the Sheerness fitting
basin to-day, and towed up to Folly Point, ready for
her on her arrival there. A party of Marine Artillery
have joined this ship.
The officers of the 38th Foot have made arrangements
for sending home to their respective parishes the wives
of the soldiers who cannot go out with their husbands
to the seat of war.

Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco (1546), appointed
to have the charge of one of the divisions of transport-
ships, has resigned on his appointment to the superin-
tendence of the convict establishments at Bermuda.

Commander Benjamin Baynton (1841) is to command
a division of transport-ships, in the room of Commander
Pasco. Commander James Rawstorne (184 G) is ap-
pointed to the second division of transport-ships. Lieu-
tenant Henry P. Dicken (1815), to the Arnotdale, No.
14 horse transport-ship. Lieutenant St. Ledger Aid-
worth (1831), to the Lady Valiant, No. 1G horse
transport-ship.

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.
A number of pupils from the Ordnance School at
Carshalton, and from private academies, were examined
during the past week as to their eligiblity to be entered
as gentlemen cadets at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich, when the following named candidates were
found qualified, and, having subsequently been approved
by the Master-General of the Ordnance, they have been
ordered to join for study on the 26th inst. :

11. Sidney Parry
12. George Frcd. Ormsby
13. Rigby Willoughby Goo.
Fairfield
14. George John Borgmann
15. Robert Maxwell Wynne
16. Edmund Fraser Spear.
man Lloyd
17. Arthur William Fitz-
manrice.

THE CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.

Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, in a recent despatch
to the Earl of Clarendon, expressed the satisfaction
with which he had to report " that the finnan for
establishing Christian evidence on an equality with
Mussulman throughout the Turkish empire was
completed, and that no time would be lost in pro-
mulgating it." The following is a translation of the
finnan, and of the regulations appended to it :

(Translation.)
"To my Vizier Mehmed Pasha, Vali of the province
of Salonica, I give this order :
" In accordance with what is known to all men, and
as I have so repeatedly made public by the Sovereign
orders which I have everywhere issued, animated as I
am through the power of the Divine grace by a lively
solicitude for the welfare of my subjects, all my thoughts
are directed at all times and on every occasion to the
object which I now propose to
in myself—namelyy subjects a dto
secure the peace and the tranquility of
to make my empire prosperous. It is with this salutary
and useful object in view that the Tanzimat, and so
many laws and regulations which are consequent there-
upon, have, by the Divine aid, been established ; and the
numerous advantages which are derived from them are
apparent. And as lam most desirous that all questions
which turn upon claims and upon police regulations
should be everywhere suitably examined, in order that
the inhabitants and the subjects of my dominions should
have nothing to complain of in this respect, a tribunal
for criminal proceedings have been established some time
since at Constantinople ; others have lately been esta-
blished in some of the more important towns of my
empire, and the advantages resulting from them in every
respect, both for Ottoman subjects and for foreigners,
are manifest.
" It is on this account that a special commission has
been nominated from among the Council of the State,
and charged with the organisation of triounals similar
to those which we have spoken of above, to be estab-
lished in other towns of our dominions wherever it may
be advisable. This project has been discussed and con-
sidered in all its bearings, and the Mazbata, of the Conn:
cil has been also read and maturely considered by the
Council of my Ministers.
"As the functions of the Courts for criminal suits
will consist solely in establishing the facts and then pass-
ing sentence upon subjects of my Sublime Porte, who
may be guilty of offences towards the subjects of foreign
powers, and also upon subjects of foreign powers, who
may be guilty of murder, of robbery, or of other offences
against subjects of my Sublime Porte ; as the real ob-
ject in view in establishing these triblytals is to ascer-
tain the truth by means of information of every kind
and careful inquiries, in order equitably to establish the
guilt or the innocence of the accused, and that parties
really guilty may not escape punishment in conformity
with equity and the penal code, and awarded after proof
of the facts :—Tribunals, then, will be established under
. the denocajmation of the Medglie Tahliquique (Tribe!