The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-12 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1854.

NOTIC E. CONSTANTINOPLE. The
Lecture accompanying the GRAND DIOP,IMA
01 i.',)NsTA.:..TING,c,LE is- iow delivered on Wednesdays and Satur-
d I's by Mr. J H. S;t4QUELER;•when the progress and localities
of the War will be morn particularly explained; and crt the other
days, as usu.l, by Mr. eItAW.ES K.ENNEY. Avery clear and
cxcelle'rit'Niap has be‘ n ad,b,d to the illustrations.—llaily at Half-.
past 'lwo and Eight.— admission, Is.
• —EGYPTIAN HALL, PfCCADILLY.

OPEN EVERY DA.Y and EVENING, from
till 5 and from 7 till 10 (Good Friday excepted).—Dr.
K;i.tN'S ‘IITSF;l1A1. with all I's vast additions, forming the most
s per c ,I,e(ttion of ,Viuttomical ',lodelsin the world, now Exhibited
1) ly at the i.xtenSive preini,es known :ts the Salle 232, ?le-
e dilly (top of the flaymark4). Admission; Is.

ONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
LA P.:XE i'Ett uALL.. . .

e morrow Evening, Hand,l's MESBIIII Principal Vocalias :
—Miss Lou,sa Fyne, Miss Messent, qiss Dolby, Miss Clara Hender-
son Mr. Ducal Kin 4, mr..l Marshal!, and Mr. Lawler. The Band
,thd cures sill number nearly 800 Perfo.mer,. Conductor, Mr.
SURMAN, rounder of the Exeter gall Orr-items. Ticktts: —Area, ,s.;
Reserved seats, Ar a or . Western Galery, 54.; Central Reserved.
Numbers', 10s 61. Books of tlr Words, with 16 pages or the Music,
6d. each ; or the Oratorios coinliete, price 55., at the Hall on the
evening. _ _

ItOYAL
IPOL ITTECIILBEK
N .iNsTITUTIO.N •
T.
DURING PASs TO W E F.K Dr IlacnnoFFrics, will give his POPU-
LAR I,Ei!FURE on AsTR, iNOIIY, SPLEN-
DIDLY I LT.IHTR TED, with DI,NOL V ING DINGRA. ‘IS, daily
at Three, ai d at Eght o'clock in the evenings, exce,it stood Friday
and Stturday evening•. All the other interesting LEJIURE -
and r.Xli I MVOS s as us ial.
I tie T of the ItUssl 1N IV:IR, showing the principal places on
the DA ,111 tie TO AT N and TIAT I' Eof Si NOPE, with the
DE TRITITION o' the TIT-KISH FT.EET, and other interestme'
see, ,es ( which have bee', kindly suppled by the eroprietors of the
"Idustrited Loud m New.o i, wil: be r Xi-Inlay:A) in a NEW
S KIES of LAS NULVILLNG VIEWS, commencing on EASTER
MONDAY.
open Atornines and Evenings. Admission, Is.-; Schools and
children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

TH E CHOLERA!!!
Prevented by the destruction of all noNious effluvia.
CREWS't DBINFECT 1 NG FLUID.
RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLOELDE OF ZINC.
Quart,,. 2s. ; Pmts. is. ; 6d. Sold Hy all Chenii=ts,
Dru.zgists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Alilr
End, London.

TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED
LER \IA` havinq been rests. d to health in a few d
afier many rat's of great nervous suffering. is anxious to make
Ittlown mother- the neon of eure lie will, therefore, send tree, on
receiving a •.ta•tip,d envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre-
serlpt,,,n used.

Direct the ltev. E. Douglaws, 18, Holland•street, Brixton, London.

READING SAUCE,
FOR FI4II, GAME, GRAVIES, FIASEIES, STEAKS, &c.

JOHN & CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Pro-
prietors an 1 31anutactiirers of the celebrated RE &DING
hAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public against the daily trends prac
I ed by ',any oos. who are offerin4 their spurious Imitations
as the GENUINE RE &DING SAUCE.

This , ‘l.l E is pat. onisod and r cornmnirled by most Families in
th- Kingdo :qui or general use ;t stands unrivalled. It is sold by
all respectable Fish sau,,e Venders. flu particular in asking for

"COCK'S READING SAUCE,"
hleh is prepared ONLY by John & Oh :rtes Cocks, a' their Manufac-
tory, Luke-street, Rea In All others are iontiterleits.—Observe
the name, J. & U., °cm, Reading," on the Seal and Labd of each
Bottle: without this noes are Genuine.

I)URSSELL'S.—BALL SUPPERS and
IVE.)t )1 \G BItEAKFAA ,UPYLIED in the first style;
public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con
tract; a lar.,e stock of bride cakes for immedi ,to use, from one to
twenty guineas °rich; a han Is .me cake for five gut eas, packed and
sent to any part of the country ifniquired, and warrante I to keep 12
inonths.—JOHN It. Puitsseu, 162, _Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-
hlit, only.

ENGINEERS', MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL
MUTUAL LIFE A3SUIJANCE SOCIETY.-,

315, 'trand, London.
W RISKS ON AN f I RELY NEW PRI vCIPLE.
A NUI rANTS ADMITTED TO A SHARE IN THE PROFITS.
No eharze for Policy Stamps.
Oredit Oven for half the premiums..
Assignments and Tranater. of Policies Registered Free of Charge.
Premiums payable half-yearly, quarerly, or monthly.
A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the
Introduction of business.
ANTHONY PECK, ILA.. Actuary and Secretary.

GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in
her 4ajesty's Laundry) and WOTHERSPOONIS machine•
made CO, FEO rioNERY. 51A.R31 JAMS JELLIES, &c
(which gained the Prize lied LI of 1851), may be had of all Grocers ;
wholesale of Wotherspoon. Mackay, ant C )., 66, queen-street,
cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Gl.sgow.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 8.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and-Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy,
of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at Mexico, en-
closing a Decree of the Mexican Government announcing
the establishment of a duty on the exportation of all de-
scriptions of Logwoul, at the rate of 8 per cent. upon the
valuation, of 50 cents. per quintal.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL. APRIL 10.

Tho Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received in-
formation, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
of the following reduction, by the Governor of Algeziras,
of the quarantine imposed on arrivals from England, viz ,
from 2 to 5 days on ships with cargoes,. and to 3 days
when in ballast.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 10.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
John Savage to be Colonel, vice Jones, deceased, March
21 ; Captain Thomas Hosmer Rimington Lieut.-Colonel,
vice Savage ; Second. Captain George Clement Baillie to be
Captain, vice Rimington; First Lieutenant Henry Wh•tit-
ley Tyler to bu Second Captain, vice Baillie; Second Lieu-
tenant Henry William. Hart Davies Dumaresq, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Tyler, March 31.
MEMORANDUM.-The date of the promotion of the un-
dermentioned officers has been altered to 21st March :
Liutenant Colonel Renwick, Captain Gosset, Second Cap-
tain Jervois, First Lieutenant Hale. •

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—William Martin Powell,
Esq., late Captain of luniskilling Dragoons, to be Adju-
tant, with rank of Captain, April 5.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Charles John
Sanford, Geut., to be Surgeon, April 5.
[This Article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of the 17th March last.]
Leicestershire Militia—Edward Harry Thomas, Esq., to
be Captain, Feb. 25. _ _ •
_ _

Leiitesteishire Militia—Edmund Arthur Paget, Esq., to
b© Captain, March 11.

Rifle Co'rps of Militia—Thomas Parr Williams Ellis,
Gent., to be First Lieutenant, March 25.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Lieut. Robert Kershaw to be Captain,
vice Blundell, resigned ; Richard Trevor Irwin, Gent.,
late 21st Fusiliers. to be Lieutenant, vice Gardner, ap-
pointed to the 2d Regiment; April 8 ; Peter Herbert Dela-
mere, Gent., to be Ensign, April 7; Kynaston William
Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, April 8 ; John Robert Leigh,
Gent., to be Ensign, April 10.
sth Ragiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—George
Sinirthwaite, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 10.
County of Cambridge—Charles James Lindam, Esq., to
be Captain, April 6.
Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Frederick
Charles Vernon Wentworth to be Lieutenant, vice Hart-
ley, who retires ; Ensign Theodosius Stuart Russell to be
Lieutenant, vice Chamberlains, promoted, March 7.
2d Regiment of West YorkMilitia—Richard Johnstone,
Gent., to be Ensign, April 4.
3d Regiment of West York Militia—Henry William
Heaton, Gent., to be Ensign, March 24.
sth Regiment of West York Militia —Captain George
Halley to be First Major; Captain Charles Cools y Craven
to be Second Lieutenant, March 24
6th Regiment of West York Militia—Godfrey Armytage,
Esq., Adjutant by her Majesty's Commission, to be Cap-
tain, n,
March 23 ; Charles Henry Con,ll, Esq., to be Cap-
tain ; Hylton de Cardonnell Lawson, Esq., to be Captain,
March 24.
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fex,u3.
Militia--William

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
William Holt, Great Yarmouth.
William Roberts, jun., Coleford, Gloucestershire.
John Ewlell Bowles, Monmouth.
William Henry Bedford Tomlinson, Wakefield,
Henry Minett, Ross, Herefordshire.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Morris, innkeeper, Ludlow.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry Jesse, corn factor, Basingstoke, to surrender,
April 2:5 at two, and May 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy,. Stansfeld, official assignee; Johnson,
Weatherhall, and Son, King's Bench-walk, Temple, and
Lamb, Brooks, and Challis, Basingstoke.
Thomas Bishop and. William Bishop, builders, White
Liou-stroet, DiggeTsgaite, April 19, at, two, aci May23tet
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one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official as-
signee ; Wetherfield, Ba3inghall-street.
Bennett Alfred Burton and Henry Mortimer Burton,
engineers, Holland-stre-t, Southwark, April 19 at half-
past twelve, and June 3 at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinglia,ll-street ;
Hoituer and Robinson, Bla.ckfriars.
Charles James 'Mathews, manager of Lyceum Theatre,
April 24, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Hare, Gray's-inn.
Edward Carter, builder, Murray-street, Hoxton, April
21, at half-past eleven, and May 23, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basin,ghall-
street ; Brown, Finsbury-place.
William John Ward, innkeeper, Folkstone, April 22 and
May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Jones, Quality-court.
Edward Riven, watchmaker, King William-street, April
20, at two, and May 18, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ;
Matthews, Arthur-street West.
William Edwards Brooking, coal merchant, St. Ste-
phens, by Saltash, Cornwall, April 21, and May 22, at the
Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter;
Jeffery, Devonport ; El worthy, Plymouth.
James Schofield and Robert Schofield, cotton spinners,
Rochdale, April 27 and May 25, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Herbert, official assignee, Man-
chester • Harris, Rochdale.
Alfred Guy, lamp manufacturer, Clerkenwell, April 24,
and May 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pearce, Gilt-
spur-street.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
J. East, Duke-street, West Smithfield, and Newgate-
market, poultry salesman—H. Guerin, Jermyn-street, St.
James's, man cook—J. F. Sharman, Warwick-street, Pim-
lico, upholsterer—R. Connor, Church-street, Hackney,
furniture dealer—J. Austen, plar-row, New Kent-road,
coachman—C. T. Butterfield, Barking, Essex, fisherman
—H. Pimm, Francis-street, Westminster-road, chandler-
shop keeper—E. B. Breton, Brent College, Brentford,
superannuated clerk of the metropolitan police force—T.
Barrett, Hillingdon, Middlesex, wharfinger—J. Foster,
Hurdle-street, Shacklewell, journeyman carpenter--
F. P. Payne, Long-acre, Journeyman "coach fringe
weaver—C. Cook, South-street, Chelsea, butcher
R. J. Bugg, Key's-terrace, Hammersmith, journey-
man carpenter—C. Kersting, Pultney-terrace, Barns-
bury-road, compositor— S. Arundel, Elizabeth-place, Mile-
end, cabinet maker —T. Arundel, Elizabeth-place, Mile-
end, cabinet maker—J. Tompkins, John-street, Blackfriars-
road, journeyman wood turuer—J • Head, Surbiton, Surrey,
butcher —C. Dugard, Woodland-street, Dalston, and
Kino•bsland-road, cab proprietor—Martha Neville, Francis-
street, Tottenham-court-road, tailor—J. C. Trotter, Sloane-
terrace, Chelsea—T. B. Linsey, Lee-street, Kingsland-road
—T. Bristow, Wardour-street, Soho, dairyman—T. Davis,
Princes-street, Bedford-row, milkman—T. Fisher, sen.,
Gower - street, Bedford-square' piano-forte maker —J.
Brown, Wellington-place, St. George's-in-the-East -
-W. Rolfe, Kennington -green, Surrey, baker —G.
Kitchen, Greville-street, Hatton-garden, cheesemonger
Loafing" Elizabeth Prescott, Oak-place. Battersea
—C. B. Baird, Clifton-street, Finsbury —J. W.
Davies, Grove-place, St. John's-wood, furniture broker—
T. Green, Parker-street, Drury-lane, greengrocer—E.
Powell, York-place, Portman-square—T. Kinner, New
Inn, Old Bailey, carriers' agent—W.. Arton, Upper Park-
street, Islington, commission agent—J. Bland, Chertsey,
Surrey—W. Griffiths, Gloucester-road, Camberwell, malt-
ster —T. Baughan, Catherine-street, Commercial-road
East, journeyman cooper—G. C. Gwynn, Old-street-
road, Shoreditch, licensed dealer in beer—'W. Wright,
Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-road, working engraver—C.
Cole, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, waiter to a coffee-
house keeper—J. Brinkworth, Albert-terrace, Paddington,
auctioneer's clerk—W. D. Lovell, 'White Lion-street,
Clerkenweil, goldbeater—W. G. Rea, Wyndham-place,
Bryanstone-square, wine merchant William John
Spurner, Maddox-stecet, Regent-street, wine merchant
—J. P. Brust, Royal street, Kennington Common, baker
—T. Gibson, Wellington-place, New Peckham, grocer—R.
Andrews, Angel-alley, Little Moorfield's, Nichol-square,
Hackney-road, livery stable-keeper—A. Rowsell, Upper
Eaton-street, Pimlico, waiter to a coffeehouse-keeper.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.

Jacob and William Aleaue, Brighton, brewers:List div.
of 74d„ April 12, and subsequent Wednesday, at Lee's,
loorgate•street.
John Bedford, Wakefield, Yorkshire, cloth merchant-
-Ist thy. of 155., any day, at Young's, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
May 2. J. Cowderoy, Hammersmith, omnibus proprie-
tor—May 2. W. T. Ashfield, Church-street, Lambeth,
lithographic printer—May 2. J. Turner, Uckfield, Sussex,
grocer—May 2. S. G, M; Scowen, Wood-street, Cheapside,
warehouseman—May 9. C. Davy, Devonshire-street,
Bloomsbury, goldsmith—May 9. VT. Charlton' Basing-
stoke, Hampshire, grocer—May 9. 0. E. Teasel, Norwich,
timber merchant—May 12. H. Chown, St. Swithin's-lane,
City, and Croydon, Surrey, wine merchant—May 5. J.
Tilbury, jun., Gloucester-place, New-road, coachmaker—
May 2. S. Langdale, J. Eyton, and M. J. Cooke, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, merchants—May 2. S. Langdale, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, merchants—May 3. J. Tato, Darling-
ton, Durham, iron merchant—May 3. J. M`Gibbon and
A. Galbreath, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
May 3. W. H. Frearson, Wood-street, Cheapside, and
West Ham, Essex, sewing cotton manufacturer—May 3.
G. Condo, New Oxford street, and Victoria-street, West-
minster, patent irrigator and hose manufacturer—May 3.
C. A. Scrivener, Old Change, City, milliner—May 2. J.
Stone, Little Moorfields, City, coach maker—May 5. R.
Bishop, Vere-street, Oxford-street, hotel keeper—May 5.
H. Shead, Witham, Essex, miller—May 30. W. Bir-
kett, Manniugham, Yorkshire, soap manufacturer—May
5. C. B. Palmer, Monmouthshire, porter merchant—May,
3. S. Langdale, J. Eytou, and M. J. Cooke, Newcastle-
noon-Tyne, merchants—May 5. J. Ellis Ardwick, Lan-
cashire, joiner—May 5. J. Ashworth, Litchurch, Derby-
shire, hotel keeper—May 6. S. Bartholomew, Birmingham,
licensed victualler.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
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J. Youle, J. Cawthron, and G. Naylor, Sheffield, saw
manufacturers, so far as regards J. Youle—R. Leach and
J. Knowles, Ower Darwen, Lancashire, stonemasons—S.
P. Southam and A.P.Trow, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshiz e,
attorneys-at-law—W.Peel, F.Bellairs, J. Stevenson, and F.
Peel, Liverpool; merchants, so Tar as. regards F. Peel—
Eliz.Dunmore and B.G.Chamberlain, Leicester, tape manu-
facturers—J. Law and T. Law, Uppingha.m, Rutlanishire,
ironmongers—E. Hatton, J. It. C. Taunton, and J. John-
son, Birmingham, manufacturers of iron chests—R. B.
Holt and M. G. Holt, Thavies-inn, Holborn, jet-workers—
T. C. Craven and H. Simcox, Birmingham, contractors—
W. Burland and T. Burland, Liverpool, flour dealers—A.
Flori and M. Sevastopielo, Winchester buildings, merchants
—J. Warwicker and W. Gomersall -J. Kay and C. Kay,
Winsford. Cheshire, coal merchants—J. Sowden and D.
Lawton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire' manufacturing chemists
—T. Bunyan and W. Gardner Manchester and Salford,
jewellers—W. Thompson, Wakefield, Yorkshire, W. Sut-
cliff, Bacup, Lancashire, and R. Thompson, Stansfeld, York-
shire, corn millers, so far as regards R. Thompson—Sarah
Ann Timms and Sarah Sheldon, Nottingham, lace dealers—
J. Crosher and J. A. Crosher, Northampton, coal mer-
chants—H. E. Jones and W. Hall, Liverpool, wholesale
druggists—J. C. Rumsey and J. Smith, Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire, surgeons—J. Hodgson and E. Earnshaw,
Doncaster, Yorkshire, hop merchants—E. Preece and J.
L. Hinks, Birmingham, engineers—H. Berens, M. Rosen-
thal, and J. Rosenthal, Birmingham, wholesale jewellers
—H. Berens, M. Rosenthal, and. J. Rosenthal, Manchester,
wholesale jewellers, so far as regards H. Berens—Christiana
Sherrill and S. Farey, New Bond-street, milliners—W.
Horsfall, and T. Smith, Langfield, Yorkshire, cotton
spinners—H. W. Harris, W. E. Miller, and G. G. Willis,
Queen-street, Cheapside, wholesale stationers, so far as
regards G. G. Willis— G. Drummond, T. Drummond, and
G. A. Drummond, Edinburgh, builders.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
George Finlay, wine merchant, Glasgow.
Alexander Ronaldson, Flesher, Plpeney-town, Wick.

Daniel M`Ewan, cabinet-maker, Glasgow.
George Lang, cattle-dealer and flesher, Bailleston,
Lanark.

BEEMAN GOLD MACHINE COMPANY.--A company
under the above title has appeared during the present
week before the public. From the prospectus it ap-
pears chat the directions is composed of City men of
great respectability, and scientific gentlemen of the first
rank. The object of the company is the sale and manu-
facture of the celebrated gold machines under Berdan's
patent. The capital is to be 120,0001. The company
have purchased Mr. Berdan's patent and all the profits
arising from the sales of all the machines since the
patent was taken out in Englani, amounting now in
cash to 25,0001. It is also stipulated that a portion of
the purchase money for the patent, viz., 30,0001. shall
not be paid to the patentee until the balance of the
capital shall receive a dividend of 1001. per cent. The
applications for shares closes next Thursday the 13th
inst.

CUSTOMS ORDERS.—The Board of Customs have, with
reference to the 356th section of.the Customs' Consolida-
tion Act of the last session of Parliament, 16 and 17
Viet., cap. 107, caused the general orders and minutes
issued by them in the year 1853 for the regulation of
trade, &c., to be printed in a collective form. Copies
of these orders can be had by merchants and others in-
t,,-,,rested and concerned, on application to the Store-
keeper at the Custom-house, in Thames-street, or of the
Collectors and Comptrollers of the Customs, at the seve-
ral outports throughout the United Kingdom.
INCONVENIENCE OF THE MOUSTACHE.—Another incon-
venience has an absurd effect ; the breath, out of doors,
congeals upon the moustaches and beard, and speedily
produces icicles, which prevent the possibility of opening
the mouth. My moustaches were converted each day
into two sharp icicles, and if anything came against them
it hurt horribly ; and those who wore long beards were
often obliged to commence the series of Turkish civilities
in dumb show ; their faces being fixtures for the time,
they were not able to speak till their beard thawed.
The Hon. Robert Curzon's Armenia.
AMERICAN RAILROAD AND STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENTS.—
In 1853 there were 138 railroad accidents in the United
States ; 227 persons were killed, and 483 injured. In
the same year there were 31 steam-boat accidents, by
which 359 persons were killed, and 158 injure& The
New York Herald considers that, adding to the deaths
a proportion of the cases of severe injury as an allow-
ance for the number who never really recover, "it will
be found that one life per day is not more than the usual
consumption of American railroads." The list includes
the wholesale slaughter of 46 persons on the New Haven
Road, in May last, the most awful catastrophe in the
annals of railway travelling. During the present year
17 fatal steam-boat accidents have occurred in the United
States. Of these, one—the burning of the Independence
near Margaretta Island in the Pacific—hurried 120 souls
into eternity. The sinking of the John L. Avery, in
the-Mississippi, ranks next in magnitude; and the burn-
ing of the Caroline in the same river, and of the America
in the Alabama river in January last, which destroyed
respectively 51 and 50 persons, complete a dreadful total
of 281"dtaths from four accidents."

THE WAR PREPARATIONS.

Yesterday afternoon orders were received at the Tower
for the immediate arming of the 19th Regiment, quar-
tered in that fortress, and under orders for active ser-
vice. Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening a mounted
orderly of the 17th Lancers, with a despatch from the
Horse Guards, arrived at full speed, and it was currently
rumoured that he was the bearer of the route ; the pur-
port of the despatch did not, however, transpire, but
the detachments on outpost duty at Kensington and
Deptford have received notice to be in readiness for the
march at a moment's warning.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.

Her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge, is ordered to
be commissioned at this port, for the broad pendant of
the second class of Commodore Adams, to command the
squadron on the coast of Africa.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Penelope, 16, Captain
Caffin, has received nearly the whole of her crew back
from their leave, and embarked her quota of Marines.
She will be ready for sea in a week, when she will go to
augment the fleet in the Baltic.

The Gladiator, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain
Broke, was taken out yesterday to Stoke's Bay, for a
trial of her machinery, but some of her starting gear
having become deranged, her speed at the measured mile
was not ascertained.

The steam-vessel Sprightly proceeded from Portsmouth
to Cowes yesterday morning, and shipped the depot of
the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, whom she fanded
at Portsmouth, and they marched to Cumberland Fort.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 11.
The Portland, 50, Captain Chads, on the Pacific sta-
tion ; the Fox 42, flag-ship of Commodore G. R. Lam-
bert, East „India station ; and the Brisk, 14, screw-cor-
vette, Commander Seymour, on the North American
station, have been ordered home, and are expected at
this port. All the stations where there are any of her
Majesty's vessels, will be reduced by 10,000 men.
The Nile, 90, screw, will go out of harbour to-mor-
row, and on the following day will proceed to the Baltic.
The Algiers, 90, screw, was taken out of Keyham
dock into the basin yesterday, and will there test her
machinery. She is expected to be ready for sea about
the 24th May.

...
The Mary Ann, Mydora, and Exchange, transport-
ships, are ordered to this port from Liverpool, to em-
bark the 11th Hussars. The authorities here have re-
ceived notice that this regiment will be here on Thurs-
day next. The publicans in the neighbourhood have
been informed that they will be required to billet the
soldiers for one night only.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 11.
The Hannibal, 91, screw steam-ship, Captain Hon.
Frederick W. Grey, bad her steam up to-day, and on
being assisted out of the basin by the Monkey steam-
tug, at this port, steamed down the river in fine style,
and presented a noble appearance, being very strongly
built, to carry a powerful armament. A number of
blue jackets, who have entered for service in her, and
Captain Henry Varlo, with the Royal Marines selected
for service in the Hannibal, arrived at Woolwich at
eight o'clock a.m. to-day, and proceeded in her to Sheer-
ness, where she is to be masted, and then proceed to
Chatham, to be docked, and made ready for sea. The
Hannibal will soon be completed, and will form a power-
ful addition to the Baltic fleet.

Second Master Sallenger proceeded to Deptford to-day
to take charge of the Medina steam-vessel, now out of
the hands of the shipwrights, and to navigate her to
Woolwich, to be made ready for active service.
The Sovereign steamer, hired for the transport of
stores from Deptford to the seat of war in the East,
arrived here to-day to take on board a supply of coals,
and is expected to leave this evening for her destination.
The Caduscus, No. 19 transport ship, arrived at Wool-
wich to-day from Deptford, and was immediately
to embark Brigadier-General Colonel Cater, and the
staff of the Royal Artillery branch of the service, for a
passage to the seat of war in the East. Captain Barker's
reserve battery of the 11th battalion, numbering above
200 men, including the staff officers' servants, embarked
in her at two o'clock p.m., having been played by the
band of the corps from the garrison to the dockyard.
The wives of the non-commissioned officers and men,
seven in number to each battery, embarked at the same
time for Malta. There are no children allowed to pro-
ceed with the Royal Artillery for service in the East.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam troop-ship,
Master-Commander John Belam, completed taking on
board the machinery of the Colossus, 80, at Portsmouth,
and will be taken out of the basin to-morrow and pro-
ceed to Portsmouth, to deliver the machinery, and then
hold on for Devonport to deliver the boilers of the Ex-
mouth, 91, screw steam-ship, building at that port.
Four hundred pensioners are expected to arrive in the
garrison here, to remain in readiness for embarkation,
having volunteered to proceed for service in Turkey ;
and to show the spirit which has animated them to vo-
lunteer, they assert that, in the event of their being
found unfit to endure the fatigues of the field, they will
be found as able as better men to attend to the sick in
the hospitals, so as to allow the able soldiers to carry
arms with their comrades.

Captain Longden's company, No. 5 of the newly-
formed 13th battalion, and Captain Middleton's, No. 6
company of the 13th battalion, were medically inspected
at the Ordnance hospital at one o'clock p.m. yesterday,
and are placed under orders to proceed to Shoeburyness,
to make room for a number of recruits expected to ar-
rive in the garrison for the Royal Artillery.
Forty-two fine young men, recruits, arrived at head-
quarters heh yesterday, from Coleraine, in Ireland.