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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, J UNE 21, 1854.

IMPERIAL PARLIAAIENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL.
The various clauses were agreed to after some dis-
cussion, and the bill passed through committee, after
which the house resumed.
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
The house again went into committee on this bill.
Mr. 130WYER moved an amendment on clause 7 to
limit the rent of persons rateable under the bill to 51.
instead of 81., as proposed by the bill.
A division took place, when the numbers were—
For the amendment 22
Against it 9l-69
So the amendment was lost, and the clause was agreed

to.
Clauses up to 22 were agreed to, when the Chairman
reported progress, and the house resumed.
CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir J. YOUNG moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. M'CARTNEY thought the bill ought not to be
read a second time till its provisions were more fully
explained.
The further consideration of the bill was adjourned to
Thursday next.
Mr. BOUVERIE then brought up the report of the
committee of supply, which was agreed to.
The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
Petitions were presented by Mr. NEWDEGA.TE, from
inhabitants of Coventry, Nuneaton, Brandon, Toleshill,
Kenilworth, and • from workpeople in the employ of
Messrs. Pea.ke, Ballard, Hart, Spencer and Horsfall,
-Fulwell, Haod, and Ware, and numerous others, in
favour of the factory bill introduced by Mr. Cobbett ;
by Mr. BUCKLEY HUGHES, from the factory workers of
Messrs. Charles Pooley and Son, James Watkins, and
Scott and Hidden, of Manchester, in factory of a Ten
Hours Factory Bill ; by Sir J. WALMSLEY, from _the
Oldham and district workpeople ; John Morris and Sons,
John Ley and Sons, E. Moss, Joseph Lees, John Ogden,
and inhabitants of Waterheadmill, in favour of the Thir-
teen Hours Bill ; by Mr. FLOYER, from Todmorden and
other places in Dorsetshire, in favour of a Ten Hours '
Bill ; by Mr. SANDARS, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill,
from the inhabitants of Wakefield, Barnsley, Parsbo-
rough, Gainshorough, Monc Britton, Ardsley, and-from
numerous factory workpecple ; by Mr. H.W.Wroxisasst
from Bradford and district, in favour of a Ten Hours
Factory Bill, from the inhabitants of Bradford, Shipley,
Thornton, Rudsey, and from the workpeople of Messrs.
Leech and Co., and several others ; by Mr. W. J. Fox,
twenty-four, from Rayton and Oldham, in favour of the
Ten Hours Bill, from the inhabitants of Rayton, and
from the Literary, Temperance, and Mutual Improvement
Institution ; sixteen from hands in various factories ; by
Mr, CORRY, from the surveyors and other attendants of
twenty-three of the county infirmaries in Ireland, against
the Hospital and Infirmaries Bill, praying that in any
such bill that may be proposed a clause may be inserted
securing to the petitioners that fair compensation, which
it io the custom of Parliament to allow to other officers
whose places it has been deemed expedient to abolish,
also one to the same effect, from the surgeons, &c., of the
Carlow county infirmary ; by Mr. ROBARTES, from cer-
tain inhabitants of St. Austle and its vicinity, in favour
of the entire abolition of church rates; by Sir J. SHELLEY
signed. by 576 of the inhabitants of various parishes of
the city of Westminster, for inquiry ac respects the con-
joint pledge given by the New River and East London
Water Companies in 1852,, to take their supplies free
from the sewerage of the towns in the Lee valley ; by
Mr. COBBETT, from inhabitants of Thornham, Crompton, ,
Chadderton, Oldham, Saddleworth, York, and the Short
Time Committee of Stockford, all in favour of an efficient
Ten Hours Bill ; by Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, from the
mayor, aldermen, burgesses of Deal, against the Police
Bill ; by Mr. COWAN, from the southern districts of the
city of Edinburgh, for amendments in the Valuation of
Lands (Scotland) Bill; by the Magistrates of Canongate,
for amendments; by the Edinburgh Presbytery, praying
this house to resist the appointment of Popish chaplains
in gaols, to repeal the Emancipation Act, the Maynooth
Endowment, suppress the monastic resolutions, and pre-
vent the assumption of ecclesiastical titles ; from the
Scottish Alliance of Edinburgh, against the proposal
of Mr. Hume to open the British Museum and National
Gallery upon the Lord's day ; by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in
favour of the Ten Hours Bill ; from Cragge Vale, Tod-
morden, Ainsworth, Ashworth, Hebdenbridge, Milnrow,
Rochdale, Preston, and Elton; against church rates, from
.Salem Chapel, New North-road, Islington; against uni-
versity tests' from a public meeting of inhaitants of
Islington ; by Mr. DUNLOP, from the faculty of physi-
cians and surgeons of Glasgow, against the Medical
Graduates Bill ; by Mr. OLIVEIRA, signed by 120 of the
inhabitants of Pontefract, against church rates.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Lord D. STUART rose to ask the noble lord the
President of the Council whether any information had
been received of the intention of Austria to march troops
into Servia ; and whether he (Lord J. Russell) would
have any objection to lay on the table the following do-
cuments :—The protest addressed by the Servian Go-
vernment against the occupation of that principality by
Austria ; the convention between Austria and the Porte
respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops;
and the convention lately signed between Austria and
Prussia ?
Lord J. RUSSELL—In answer to my noble friend,
I have to state that we have received no late informa-
tion from the Austrian Government of any intention
whatever to march troops into Servia. Some time ago
I stated that the Austrian Government declared that
if it would be of use to the Sultan that they should
march troops into Servia, they were ready to do so; but
that without a request on the part of the Turkish Go-
vernment they should adopt such a course only in one
of two cases—either in case of the march of Russian troops
into Servia, when they would oppose that army ; or in
case of an insurrection in Servia, which would, in all
probability, be an insurrection in favour of Russia, and
against Turkey. With regard to the papers that the noble
lord had asked for, the protest addressed by the Servian
Government to the Porte against the occupation of the
principality by the forces of Austria has been received
by the Government, and there can be no objection to its
presentation if the noble lord will move for it. With
regard to a convention between Austria and the Porte
respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops
the Government have no knowledge pf any Such conven-
tion, and I do not believe that such a convention is in
existence. The Austrian Government proposed to the
Porte that in case it should be thought desirable, Aus-
tria should assist in suppressing the insurrection in
Albania ; but the pachas on the frontier declined any
assistance from the Austrian troops, and the Austrian
commander did not pass out of his own province. The
substance of the convention lately signed between
Austria and Prussia has been communicated to the house;
but there in an additional article which is in the posses-
sion of the Government. and can be presented if my
noble friend thinks proper to move for it.
NEWSPAPER RETURN.
Sir J. SHELLEY inquired of the hon. gentleman
the Secretary of the Treasury, when a return respecting'
newspapers, which was moved for on the 19th of May,
was likely to be laid on the table of the house ?
Mr. •J. WILSON stated that, so far as regarded news-
papers in England, this return was ready, but that the
Board of Inland Revenue were waiting for the returns
for Ireland and Scotland. So soon as these were re-
ceived, the return would be presented to the house.
THE BARON DE BODE.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS called attention to the case of
the Baron de Bode, and moved a resolution :—" That
the national good faith requires that the just claims of
the Baron de Bode,. established after protracted inves-
tigation, should be satisfied." Upon a point involving
the honour of their country Mr. Chambers hoped he
would not appeal to the Commons of England in vain.
Mr, DRUMMOND seconded the motion.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL declared emphatically
that if he believed the claims of the Baron de Bode were
just and well-founded, he would not stand up and dis-
grace himself by adopting the unworthy course assumed
so recklessly by Mr. Drummond. He had every dispo-
sition to sympathise with the case of the Baron, but he
was fully satisfied that the case did not come within the
treaty. The question was not whether the Baron de
Bode was a British subject ; the question was whether
he was so within the meaning of the treaty. The At-
torney-General believed he was not a British subject in
that sense, and proceeded to maintain his views by re-
ference to the terms of the treaty, and to the special
claims of the Baron. The property was not confiscated
because the Baron was a British subject, but because he
was a French subject.
Mr. BOWYER supported the resolution.
Mr. WILKINSON opposed the resolution..
Sir F. THESIGER entered into a prolonged argu-
ment to show the futility of the claim advanced by the
promoters of the resolution.-
Mr. T. CHAMBERS took the opposite view of the
case.
Mr. WALPOLE supported the resolUtion, and in an
elaborate argument urged that the baron was .a British
subject, and had clearly made out his title to compen-
sation. He examined and condemned the various forms
of opposition by which the claim had been from time to
time baffled, and expressed his conviction that it was
the amount of the' demand, and not the merits of the
case, tbat had caused the denial of justice. He thought
that the honour of the country, of Parliament, and of
the Crown, was involved in the decision of the question.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re-
marked upon the circumstance that the House of Com-
mons was called upon to settle by a peremptory deci-
sion one of the most intricate and complex cases ever
brought before a court of law. He declared that the
amount of the claim had nothing to do with the resist-
ance made to it, which was made upon principle. After
addressing himself to a prolonged refutation of the ar-
guments of Mr. Walpole, he said that far more of legal
ingenuity—he would not say of chicane, though the
word had been used by his opponents—had been em-
ployed in endeavouring to make out the case than in
resisting it. He remonstrated with Mr. Drummond,
upon .the abusive character cf his oratory, and con-
cluded by expressing his conviction that the Baron de
Bode was:.not entitled to thnpecuniary consideration of
the house.
Mr, MUNTZ oinaply wanted to know who had tho

money that was sent for the Baron de Bode. He be-
lieved that the baron's case was a most just one.
Mr. WILSON explained that the whole of the fund
received by the English Government from the French
Government had been exhausted in the legitimate
objects for which it had been paid, -and therefore this
was really a question whether new taxation should be
imposed to liquidate this claim.
Mr. SPOONER had come down to the house be-
lieving in the baron's claim, but had been converted to
the reverse opinion by the debate.
Mr. DUNLOP avowed a similar conversion.
Mr. MALINS entered into an argument in' support
of the resolution.

Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied, and after upward of
six hours of discussion, the house divjded. The num-
bers were—

For Mr. Chambers resolution 67
Against it B2-15

It being now half-past 12 o'clock,
Mr. BASS moved the adjournment of the house, as
he was sure it had sat too long for members to peiform
their duties in a proper'manner.

Lord J. RUSSELL suggested ;that the unopposed
motions should be allowed to be disposed of, all others
being postponed, aund upon this understanding,
Mr. BASS withdrew his motion.
On the motion of Sir E. FILMER, a select committee
was appointed to inquire into the sanitary and agricul-
tural state of the marshes on the sides of the Thames,
the means for their improvement, the existing legal
pbwers for the purpose, and the necessity for further
legislation thereon.
Sir W. MOLESWORTIIWained leave to intro-
duce a bill to confirm provisioArowleolof the General
Board of Health applying the PubUc Health Act to the
districts of Plymouth, Hanley, Haworth, Much Wool-
ton, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, Willenhall, and Over
Darwen.

The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes before 1
o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-Jurrz 20.
BARON DE BODE.

Motion made, and question put, " That the national good
faith requires that the just claims of Baron de Bode, estab-
lished after protracted iuvestigation, should be satisfied."
The house divided ; ayes 0, noes 82.

AYES-67.
Ball, E. Frewen C. O'Connell, J.
Baldock, E. Grenall, Gilbert Otway, A.
13ankes, Rt. Hon. G. Greene, Capt. John Pell.tt, A.
Bateson, Capt. T. Hawkins, W. Rolt, I'.
B zamish, F. Higgins, G. 0. Scholefleld, W.
Bell, J. Hudson, G. Seymour. W.
Bentinck, G. Hugließ, W. Shp% Serjt. W.
Blair, LieuL-Col. J.II. Ingham, K. Somerset, Capt. E.
Brady, J. Jotliffe, Sir W. Stanley, Lord
Bright, J. Keating, IL Stephenson, R.
Bruce, li. A. Kendall, N. Sturt, 11.
Butt, I. Kennedy, T. Swift, R.
Cayley, E. S. Laslett, W. Tollemache, J.
Chambers. T. Lennox. Lord H. G. Tyler, Sir G.
Child, Smith Lovaine, Lord pole. S.
Christy, Samuel Lucas, F. West, F.
Cobbett, J. M. DlacMahoa, P. Wickham. 11.
Cobb°ld. J. C. Manna, R. Wynne, W.
Craufurd, E. H.J. 31andevIlle, Viscount
Duncan, G. Meta, sir li.
Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Mintz, G.
Esmonde, J. Murrough, J.
Farrer, J. Norreys, Sir D.
Filmer, Sir E. O'Connell, 0.

TELLERS.

Chambers, M.
Bowyer, G.

NOES-8 2.
Anderson, Sir J. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J.
Barnes, T. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Perry, Sir E.
Barrow, W. Grey, It. Phill more, R. J.
Bass, M. Hadfield. George Pilkington, 3.
Bland, L. H. Hastie. Alex. Pollard-Urquhart W,
Brotherton, J. - Headlam, T. Russell, Lord J.
Cheethain,.John Heatheote, Sir G. Sandars, G.
Cockh ,rn, Sir A. J. E. Hervey, Lord A. Sawle, C.
Crook, J. Keogh, W. Scribell. Capt. G.
Crosaley,•F. KershAW, J. Smith, J. B.
Cubitt, W. Kirk, W. Spooner, R.
Davie. Sir HR. F. Knatchbull, W. Thesiger, Sir. F.
Drumlanrig,•Vi/. ' Laing, S. Thompson, G.
I►uff, G. Lee, W. Vane, Lord A.
Dunlop, A. Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Vyvyan, Sir R:
Elcho, lord Lovedeii, P. Walmsley, Sir J.
Evelyn, W. Lowe, R. Whitbread, S.
Feilden, M. Mackie, J. Wilkinson, W.
Fergus. J. ll'Cann. J. Williams, M.
Ferguson, Sir R. MacGregor Jas. Williams, W.
Floyer, J. Maguire, J. F. Wilson, J.
Forster 3. Masterrnan, J. Wise, A.
Fortescue, C. Michell, Dr. W. Wood, Sir C.
Fox, R. Moffatt, G. Young, Sir J.
Fox, W. - Molesworth, Sir W.
George, J. North, F
Gladstone, W. Paget, Lord A.
Glyn, G. Palmerston, Viscount Hayter,,W.
Goddard, A. Parker, It. Berkeley. G.

TELL*ItS.

TOWNS I %LPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
Clause seven, line 13.—Amendment proposed, to leave out
the word " eight," in order to insert the word " five."
Question put, " That the word ' eight ' stand part of the
clause. The committee divided ; ayes 91, noes 22.

AYES-91.
Alexander, J. Gverge. J. .. Packe, C
Ball, E. Gilpin, Col. H. • Patten, J.
Bateson, Capt T. Gore, W. ' ',Pugh, D.
Beamish, F. Greenall. G. Russell, F. C.
Bell. J. Gregson, S. Saeleir, James'
Berkeley, G. Grogan, E. Sawle, C.
Be nand, Vis. Hankey, T. Scilly, F.
Blair, Col. J. It Hardinge, Hon. C. Scatty, V.
Bland, L. 11. Heatheoat, Sir G. Shirley, E.
truce, Lord E. Heathcote, G. Smith, R.
Butler, C. Nervey, Lord A. Stephenson. R.
Butt, 0. Ilotham, Lord Taylor, Lt.-Col. J.
Butt, I. Jolliffe, Sir W. Thicknesse, R.
Cairns, H. Jones, Capt. T. Thornely, T.
Caulfeild, Lt.-Col. J. Keating, 11. Thornhill, W.
Cavendish, G. Keogh, W. Tollemache, J.
Conolly, T.— Kirk, W. Vance, J.
Coote, Sir (1. H. Knox, W. S. Vane, Lord A.
Corry, H. T. L. Lang ton, H. G. Walcott, Admiral
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Laslett, W. Walpole, S.
Davison, R. Lee, W. Whatman, J.
Denison, J. E. Lockhart, A. E. Whitbread, S.
Drummond, H. Macartney, G. Wickham, 11. W.
Duncan G. Monett, Viscount Willcox, B.
Dunconabe,Hon. 0. Morris, D. Winnington, Sir T.
Dunlop, A. Mostyn, E. Wyndham, W
Dunne, Col. ' Mowbray, J. Young, Sir J.
Elcho, Lard Mundy, W. •
Elliot, J. Naas, Lord TELLERS.
Farrer, J. Napier, J.
Ferguson, Sir R. Oliveira, B. Hasler, W.
Fortescue, C. Ossulston, Lord Mulgrave, Earl of
NOES-21.

Brady, J. Lucas, F. Pellatt, A.
Cogan, W. H. F. M'Cann, J. Pilkington, J.
Crook, J. MacMahon, P. Walmsley, Sir J.
Crossley, F, IsTorreys, Sir D. Whiteside, J.
French F. O'Brien, Sir T. Williams, W.
Greene, J O'Brien, C.
Higgins, G. 0. O'Connell, D. /ELLIS'S.
Kennedy T. O'Connell, J. Bawyer, G.
Kershaw, J. Pechell, Sir G. Macgnire, J.

THE W.R.

NAVA; AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Yesterday advices were rect3ived at the Admiralty,
under date Malta, June the 12th, that the lonian vessel
Leotado had been brought into that port a prize, in
charge of Mr. Challis, R.N., having been captured off
Kertch by her Majesty's steamer Firebrand ; as also the
San Spiridione, in charge of Mr. Dundas, captured off
the mouth of the Danube by her Majesty's steamer Fury,
to be condemned by the Court 'of Admiralty.
Intelligence was also recei rod yesterday that on the
2d inst. her Majesty's steal e-rs Sidon and Inflexible
towed into the port of Baltsbik six Russian and. Dutch
ships, which they had captured conveying articles con-
traband of war for the use of the Russians. These ves-
sels are estimated to be worth. 12,000/., which will have
to be divided between the offluers and crews of the Sidon
and Inflexible. -

The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander James B.
Tucker, arrived at the Nore on. Monday, at 6 a.m., from
Sir Charles Napier's squadront in thead has
brought a very heavy mail of 49 bags, which were sorted
at the post-office at Sheerness, mid left at 8 p.m. for their
different destinations. Admiral Corry's squadron, con-
sisting of 11 sail-of-the-line, besides several frigates and
smaller vessels of War, was cry ieng off Gottska Sandde.
The Tyne has brought home invalids from the fleet and
prisoners ; the former remain on board, and she pro-
ceeded for Woolwich at 3 p.m., assisted by the Admiral's
steam-tender Wildfire. The prisoners are P. Erasmus,
master of the Carl Magnus, of Persian a brigantine of
118 tons, laden with salt ; A. Meye;hoft mate of the
brig John, of Riga, with 180, -tons of ev.lt, us ballast ;
and C. H. 'dallier, mite -of -Ole 'barque Catherine
Charlotte, of Riga, In ballast. The mate of this ship
reports that the master, Daniel Kalleng, who was part
owner of the Catherine Chariot te, on the 25th of April,
eight days after being taken, jumped overboard and
drowned himself. All three vessels were prizes to the
Conflict screw steam-ship, and were taken between
Memel and Libau on the 17th of April last. These pri-
soners are sent on board the Waterloo, 120, flagship,
Captain Lord Frederick A. Kerr, and have a commodious
cabin in the after cockpit, and the range of the ship for
exercise.

The Devonshire is being prepared with all possible
expedition to receive Russian prisoners of war.
The prisoners referred to are anxiously waiting the
orders of the Admiralty, as they confidently anticipate
being released on the same terns as other merchant
masters, mates, and seamen and crews—namely, not to
take any part in the present war against the allied
Powers.

A Danish corvette arrived at Spithead on Monday
night from the westward, and at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning she saluted the garrison flag, which having been
returned by the battery on the King's Ravelin, she then
saluted the Port Admiral, which the flagship Victory re-
turned. After this the captain landed, and, under the
escort of the Consul, paid his respects to the naval and
military authorities.

The Esk, 21, screw steam-ship, recently launched at
John Scott Russell and Co.'s establishment at Millwall,
with her engines and screw propeller on board, went
down the river on Monday afternoon from Deptford as
far as Mitt), to ascertain the working capabilities of the
engines, and returned to Woolwicb, where she is to be
completed for sea.
The Industry, screw steam store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Bradley, has gone down from Blackwall to
Woolwich, to be made ready for sea at that port. She
is still about 20 able seamen short of hercomplement.

The blocks have been laid down for the keels of two
screw steam-ships of war, the Hero, 91, and the Chesa-
peake, 50, to be built in Chatham dockyard.
The fine frigate-built ship Blenheim (pierced for 48
guns) Capt. John J. Atkinson, has passsed Portsmouth
for London from the East Indies. The Blenheim left
the Sandheads on the 28th of February, and St. Helena,
May 7, and arrived off the Land's-end on Sunday. Cap-
tain Atkinson having heard of the declaration of war at
St. Helena, and having numerous passengers on board,
besides an extraordinarily valuable cargo from the East
Indies, made every preparation for defence in case of
falling in with any privateer or other suspicious craft.
We learn by electric telegraph from Portsmouth that
the Trafalgar Indiaman has arrived in the Channel from
Madras (which she left on the 27th of February), with
the head-quarter division of the 15th (King's) Hussars,
consisting of four troops—viz., 10 officers, 383 non-
commissioned officers, rank and file, 23 women, and 52
children ; four Hussars and four children died, and
three children were born during the voyage.
Captain-Superintendent John J. Tucker, of Sheerness
Yard, has proceeded on 14 days' leave of absence. Cap-
tain Lord Frederick A. Kerr is doing Captain-Superin-
tendent's duty during his absence.
Commanders R. D. White, A. J. Burton, and Wm.
Burdon, who were examined last week at Woolwich,
after having gone through a course of steam at the fac-
tory, have passed and received their certificates.
On Friday last 27 young men passed out of the Fis-
gard, flagship at Woolwich, to proceed for service in
the Baltic fleet. They will, obtain a passage in the Al-
giers, 91, screw steam-ship. The men were much cheered
when they-left the Fisgard to join the Algiers in the
Downs. Since Commodore John Shepherd hoisted his
pendant on board the Fisgard 105 young men have been
instructed and passed out for distribution among the
ships of the Royal Navy, principally those of the Baltic
fleet

Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen's acces-
sion to the throne, the ships at Portsmouth dressed in
colours, and at noon fired a Royal salute.
A Royal salute was also fired from the Mortar and
Howitzer Battery, at Woolwich.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty took up ships
for the conveyance of 890 tons of pro Visions to Malta
for the use of her Majesty's forces in the East. Vessels
were also taken up for the conveyance of 250 tons of
ordnance stores to Sydney, New South Wales, Hobart-
Town, Van Diemen's Land, and Auckland, New
Zealand, in order to provide for the defence of those.
colonies. _

The Lords of the Admiralty also gave notice that
ships were required to convey 379 tons of ordnance
stores, powder, and combustibles to the British colonies
in Africa, and to Adelaide, Western Australia.
The authorities of Chatham Dockyard placed a num-
ber of the workmen on Saturday to clear • away the
ruins of the fire on the previous day at the sawmills. A
great quantity of the ironwork is in course of being
separated from the burnt timber, and will answer again
for the purposes for which the saws and other articles
had been formerly employed.
The whole of the fieldworks erected for practice by
the Royal Sappers and Miners at Chatham are nearly
completed, and it has been decided to have a grand at-
tack in July.
Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways, commanding the
Royal Horse Artillery of the British army in the East,
has proceeded with the Ist division, under General Sir
George Brown, to the camp at Devna, situtted between
Varna and Shumla. He embarked rom the camp at
Coolalie, near Scutari, with the Horse Artillery under
his command, and disembarked at Varna on the 31st.
Intelligence has since been received that the division
marched at once in the direction of Shumla, and that it
is now encamped at Devna.
Major-General Memel, K.H. commanding the Cork
district, has just completed his first inspection of the
provisional battalion at Fermoy, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Passy. The Major-General was
three days engaged in a minute examination of all the
details connected with this large body of men ; and,
although the battalion has been but recently formed, it
is expected that 600 men, fully equipped and fit for
service, will be enabled to proceed to Turkey on or
about the Ist of July.