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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1854.

PUBLICATIONS.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

service, and several vessels will be ready for departure by
Monday or Tuesday next.

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES KEMBLE.

Just published, in 2 vols., 21s , bound,
HOME LIFE IN RUSSIA.
By a ItUSSIAN NOBLE.
Revised by the Editor of "Revelations of 'ziberia."
" This work Lives a very interesting and graphic account of the
manners and customs of the Russian people.'—Observer
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great M arlborough-st re et.

Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, removed powder and
shell yesterday, and will go into Portsmouth Harbour.
Monarch, 84, Captain Erskine, will go into Portsmouth
Harbour to-day.
The Calcutta, 84, sailed from Plymouth for Falmouth
yesterday morning.
40 artillerymen from Plymouth garrison have joined the
Hannibal, 91, bound to the Black Sea.

CHAPLAINS TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED
SOLDIERS IN THE EAST.
A correspondence has passed between the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, M.P., Secretary at War, and the Rev.
Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., the secretary to the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, relative to
the attempt which tho society is now making to send out
additional chaplains to the seat of war. Mr. Hawkins
stated.that the society would undertake to make an allow-
ance at the rate of 1001. a year to every such chaplain,
provided that the Government would guarantee an equal
sum, with free passage, and the ordinary field allowances.
Mr. Sidney Herbert has replied that ho concurs in the ar-
rangement proposed, and that a free passage to Constanti-
nople or the Crimea, according to the demand for his ser-
vices; will be provided for each chaplain at the public ex-
petite. The Secretary at War adds, that during the period
of the employment of the chaplains in this capacity, they
will be subject to the same discipline, and amenable to the
same authority as army chaplains.

It is with deep regret we announce the death of this
once distinguished actor, which took place on Sunday
last. Mr. Charles Kcnble was born in Brecknock, in
South Wales, in 1775 ; consequently he had attained
his 79th year when he died. Few actors of the old
school are so well remembered by the present race of
playgoers as this gentleman, whose personations of the
higher class of comedy were brought down to a compa-
ratively late date, and are still spoken of with admira-
tion as histrionic portraitures of unique merit. The
youngest of the great branch of the Kemble family, he
shared with his illustrious brother John, and his stately
sister, the honours which attach so pre-eminently to. the
name. Many of the parts which ho filled may be said to
have virtually left the stage when age and infirmity occa-
sioned his retirement into private life ; and we shall pro-
bably never see the Mirabels, Doricourts, Absolutes, and
Charles Surfaces of the drama again realised with such
exquisite tact and refinement. Mr. Charles Kemble's
professional history was marked by the usual vicissi-
tudes which belong to the actor's career. We are
told that he originally began the world as a clerk in the
Post-office, after having completed his education at
Douay, in 1792 ; but that a taste for theatricals influ-
encing him, as it did other members of the family, he
made his debut at Sheffield as Orlando in " As You
Like it." His early efforts, however, were anything
but successes, and he was described by a critic of the
day as " a tall awkward youth, with a hatchet face, a
figure badly proportioned, and of weak limbs, his act-
ing being evidently worse than his appearance. About
the year 1800, however, he began to challenge a diffe-
rent sort of estimate ; and joining, in 1803, his brother
Jahn in the proprietary and management of Covent-
garden Theatre, he gradually rose to that eminence as a
delineator of polite comedy which no other actor ever
rivalled. Certain of his tragic personations were also of
unquestionable excellence ; and his Falconbridge, Pierre,
Romeo, and others, are yet fondly and honourably men-
tioned. He was induced to re-appear on the stage in
the year 1840, and play a brief round of characters ; but
the venerable actor was all but unequal to the task,
and though some of the old genius was still visible, the
trembling voice and stooping figure betokened the ex-
tent of the physical decay, and the exhibition did not
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ler, Mrs. Sartori!, and the Rev. John Kemble, the emi-
nent Saxon scholar, we need hardly remark, have nobly
maintained the intellectual glory of the house.

rrHE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST.-
Mr. WILLIAM .-IMPSON, whose works have been for so
long a period favourably known to the PubPc. is now with our Ft,rees,
for the purpose of making Sketches of the Places and Occurrences
arising from the WAR in the CRIMEA.
The extreme importance of pr( curing Authentic Representations
of Events destined to form cue of the most striking pages in the
annals of England and France, induced Mr. Simpson to enter upon
his arduous undertaking, in the prosecution of which he received
most invaluable assistance by Letters of Introduction to our Ambas-
sadors and Military and Naval Commanders from the most influen-
tial ucreonages in the realm.
Ur. Simpson's Sketches will be Lithographed by Messrs. DAY and
SON It is proposed to issue a series of about Thirty-two Plates, it,
Eight Pa. is ; each Fart, price Twelve Sh kings, containing Four

Au Admiralty order (by telegraph) arrived at Sheerness,
yesterd^,y, countermanding the trial trip of the ['Loyal Al-
bert, and she was therefore engaged swinging ship for the
purpose of adjusting her compasses. Her present orders
are to be ready to leave on Friday morning for
Portsmouth.

Tho rylades will be ready for launching on the 23(.1
.01,1-ant. _

The Horatio screw sten,m•frigato got up steam yestordny
,o try machinery in the basin, after making good defects.

APPOINTMENTS

subjects ; size, 15 in. by 11 in., or, Coloured to imitate the Drawings,
each part Tw,nty Shillings.
The First Part will consist of Illustrations of the Siege of Sevasto.
pol. and will be published early in December.
Those incidents which from their nature demand more space, will
be executed on the important scale of 32 in. by 16 in., and printed
on paper AS in. by 22 in. ; they will not exceed Eight in number.
Price Seven Shillings met Sixpence, or, Coloured, Twelve Shillings
each.

Lieutenants—John Nott (1854), from tho Termagant,
24, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, to the St. George,
120, at Portsmouth ; Edwin A. Porch (1816,) to the Elk,
20, screw steam-corvette, at Woolwich ' • John F. Slight
(1842,) first-lieutenant of the Hannibal, 91, screw steam-
ship, on passage to the Black Sea, to the Royal Albert,
121, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness ; Thomas B. M.
Sullivan (1851), to the Royal Albert, at Sheerness ; C. F.
Smith (1854,) promoted from mate of the Meander, 44, to
the Powerful, 84 (1849,) to the Hecht, paddle-wheel steam-
sloop, at Portsmouth.
Mates—William Ives (1852,) from the Monarch, 84, to
the Royal Albert, at Sheerness ; Duncan G. Davidson
(1852,) first mate of the Prince Regent, 90, screw steam-
ship in the Baltic, to the Royal Albert.
Midshipmen—Henry Vaughan and R. Moreton, to the
Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons—James Thomson, to the
Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth; W. C.
Fairbairne, to the Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, at
Chatham.
Second Master—Denton H. Speer (1850), recently
serving in the Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, to the Royal
Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness.
Masters'-Assistants—Edward Spence and Selwyn S.
Sugden, to the Royal Albert.
Clerk's Assistant—William Rhodes, to the Wellesley,
72, guard-ship of ordinary, at Chatham.
Naval Cadets—G. T. H. Boyce, to the Royal Albert ;
C. J. Harford, to the Tartar ; S. A. St. George, to the
Esk ; and William G. Best and Charles Alder, to the
C3ar, 91, screw steam-ship.

MISCELLANEOUS.
On the invasion of the Crimea the transports and steam-
ships conveying the Light Division, together with the
fit st 40 transport boats at the disembarkation of the army,
were commanded by Commander William Boys, the
senior commander of the transport service in the Black
Sea.
Mr. James Marrow, late of Woolwich Factory, took up
his appointment yesterday as superintending foreman of
the now factory works at Sheerness. This is the first
appointment to the new factory works now being pro-
ceeded with here. The entiro establishment will be under
the direction of Mr. George Blailand, civil engineer at this
yard.

Published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., Publishers to
her Majesty, 13 and 14, Pall-mall East; and Longman and Co., Pater-
noster-row.

The screw steamer Now York, belonging to the Glasgow
and New York Steamship Compauy, which was recently
launched by Messrs. Tod and M'Cregor, and is now ready
for sea, has been engaged by the French Government to
convey troops to tie seat of war. This splendid steamer
is about 2,400 tons burthen, and will carry comfortably a
very large number of troops. —North, British, Daily Mail.
Yesterday the Court of Admiralty condemned the cargo
of the Russian prize Fidentia, and it will be disposed of
for the benefit of the captors.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty took up vessels
for the conveyance of 1,500 tons of provisions to the army
in the Crimea and at Constantinople, as also a num bor of
steamers for the conveyance of stores to the Crimea, 900
tons of provisions are forthwith to be forwarded to Malta
for the use of the Royal navy, and 25 tons of ordnance,
stores, 19 heavy guns, and 120 tons of naval stores to Gib-
raltar.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—Not only has the Royal Mail
steam-ship Europa been taken by the Government, but the
iron screw steans-ship Alps, Captain Moodie, which sailed
for Havre on Sunday, to be the pioneer of a Cunard line
from that port to New York, has also been chartered, and
will proceed from Havre to Toulon, to embark French
troops.

The officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of
the School of Musketry, Ilythe, havo subscribed one day's
pay each to the Patriotic Fund Society.

MILITARY.
CHATHAM, Nov. 14.—The following detachments from
the Isle of Wight, selected as invalids from the depots of
regiments serving at the seat of war, arrived at Fort Pitt,
the majority of the men being, from length of service and
constitutions, unfit for active duty. They consist of tie
7th, 6th, 15th, 3d, 4th, and 16th Regiments. A detach-
ment of the 69th Foot, from Perth, also arrived at the in-
valid depot. The undermentioned medical officers at
Chatham are ander orders to proceed immediately to Ports-
mouth, to embark with detachments for Turkey, viz.,
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Mackey and Staff Assistant-Sur-
geon Abler. Quartermaster-Serjeant James Nolan, 86th
Regiment, died on Monday night at Chatham, after a short
illness, leaving a wife and six children. He had just sent
in time and servitude, upwards of twenty-one years, for a
pension, and to retire from the service. Four prisoners
were tried on Tuesday at Chatham garrison, by district
court-martial, for desertion and drunkenness. They were
found guilty. Sentence deferred, until the proceedings
are confirmed by the Horse Guards.

171 ;ER- NE- S S :Nov. 15.—Fifty fine young men of the
Royal Artillery, trained in garrison here, 25 of Captain
Cannon's, and 20 of Captain Cleveland's company, have
taken their departure (volunteers) for the seat of war in
the East. Such is the desire to volunteer that the officers
hive a difficulty in acquiescing with the continual appli-
cations. All the newly-raised men seem to vie with each
other to get proficient in their exercise, so as to qualify
themselves to be proper candidates for the post of honour.
LIMIMICK.—Lieut.-General Fleming, C. 8., has received
an order from the Horse Guards to inspect the cavalry
horses of the 16th Lancers in the Limerick district, and
to report on their age and effective cenflition for immediate
service in the field.—Limerick Chronicle.

CORK, Nov. 13.—MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.—In the begin-
ning of last week a large number of drafts, amounting in
all to about GOO mon, 8 officers, and 14 serjeants, arrived
here from the stations of Fermoy, Templemore, and. Birr,
for departure to the Crimea, where their respective regi-
inents are located. The following are the drafts :-55th
Regiment, numbering 1 officer, 3 serjeants, and 130 men;
47th, 1 serjoant, and 60 men; 21st (Fusiliers), 1 officer, 2
sesjeants, and 120 men; 30th, 1 officer, 2 serjeants, and 50
men ; 33d, 1 officer, 1 serjeant,-and'oo•men; 50th, 2 officers,
4 serjeants, and 140 men ; 68th, 1 officer, 1 serjeant, and 40
men. For the conveyance of these drafts to the seat of
war, three transports, the Cleopatra, Blake, and Alipore,
arrived in Queenstown, the former on Tuesday, and
the latter on Wednesday. The Cleopatra is one of
the vessels of the Canadian Screw Steam Navigation
Company, and had on board, on her arrival in Queens-
town, 100 rank and file of the 4th and 93d Regiments, also
destined for the Crimea. On Thursday the troops began
to embark ; about twelve o'clock the detachments of the
92d Highlanders, 14th (Buckinghamshire),4lth (East Nor-
folk), 62d (Wiltshire), and 3d Buffs, amounting in the
whole to about 400 men, proceeded per the River steamers
to Queenstown, and embarked in the rospectivo transports.
The subsequent day 120 rank and file of the 21st Fusiliers,
and 190 of the 47th and 55th Regiments, were likewise
placed on board. And on Saturday the three river steamers
—viz., Prince Arthur, Royal Alice, and Prince, were
crowded to their utmost capacity by the remaining drafts,
which were conveyed to the same destination. The band of
the 91st Regiment accompanied the men on each occasion
to the quay, playing suitable and spirited airs. Vastcrewds,
too, assembled to witness their departure, who, as each
steamer moved from the quay, returned &cordial response to
the vociferous cheering of the soldiers. The men all appeared
so he in the highest spirits ; and though on the night pre-
ceding their departure many of them remained out of bar-
racks, for the purpose of having a last jollification, none
wore absent at their post in the morning. The three trans-
ports sailed on Saturday evening.—Cork Examiner.

THE MILITIA.
The Victoria Rifle Corps, commanded. by the Duke of
Wellington, will muster for drill every Thursday evening
during ths winter months, at Allen's Riding-school, Sey-
mour-place, Bryanston-square.
The Essex Rifles, 700 strong, left Windsor yesterday
morning, under the eonamand of 'Colonel the Hen. C. 3,l=q-
mud, en route to Woodon. During the stay of this well-
disciplined regiment in the Royal borough the conduct of
the men has been of a marked, peaceable, and orderly cha-
racter, and that of the officers' meet gentlemanly: The re-
giment expects to be embodied for foreign service in the
spring.

THE BUCKS MILITIA._ This regiment arrived at Wind-
sor yesterday morning from Weedon, to take the Castle
duty. It is 650 strong, and under the command of Lord
Carrington. The inen appear to be much taller than the
Essex. Rifles, and 150 of this regiment, chiefly recruits,
marched from Weedon at the same time for Canterbury to
form the depot there.
THE SOMERSET MILITIA VOLUNTEERING.—The Cork
Examiner states, that large numbers of the 2d Somerset
Militia have volunteered for the line. Oa Saturday a body
of the troops marched through the town with fifes sad
drums for the purpose -of obtaining volunteers. The acces-
sions totheir ranks have not been very considerable.

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tailed statement, but he thought it desirable that the
should be informed generally what had been done, and
also whether they would be shortly in a position to
advertise for tenders. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in reply, stated that negotiations were
now pending for raising a further loan of 150,0001. with
another company, and for 10,0001. on loan from another
party, and which, it would be remembered, made up the
IGO,OOO/. to be raised in addition, to make up the
300,0001. With reference to the works, the commis-
sioners would see before them the reports of professional
men who had gone into the scheme ; but they were at the
present time awaiting a further report from their own
engineer, which it was considered wise to have before
proceeding., but it would be ready in a few days.
C ilonel DAWSON thought that as little delay as possible
ought to be allowed to intervene, for the health of the
metropolis was of the utmost importance, and the works
should be forthwith carried out.
The CHAIRMAN said, that as there was a commissioner
now present (Mr. Redhead) whose assistance he feared
he should lose in the new commission, he took the Oppor-
tunity of expressing the high sense of respect ho enter-
tained for the numerous suggestions the present commis-
sion had had the benefit of, and particularly with regard
to the great work in question. That gentleman had
some time ago laid before the Court some valuable in-
formation with regard to flushing sewers. The matter
was at present under the consideration of the engineer,
who would be kind enough probably to state at what
period his report would be ready.
Mr. BAZALGETTE, in reply, said he was not in a posi-
tion to go into the matter at present. He had examined
the scheme, and the plans were in a forward state, and
he thought it might be carried out at a moderate cost. '
Colonel DAWSON supposed the object of referring the
great drainage scheme to the consulting engineer was
to ascertain whether it could not be carried out at less
cost ; though that was a good object, the delay it occa-
sioned was to be regretted.
The CHAIRMAN observed that, in a matter involving
so large an expenditure as 3,000,0001,, which had been
spoken of as necessary to carry out the scheme from
beginning to end, any diminution of the expense was a
material object ; and while au engineer of great practi-
cal experience considered that the expenditure might be
decreased without impairing the efficiency of the plan,
the committee would hardly be justified in commencing
the works. In a few days the report of that engineer
would be prepared, and they would then be in a better
position to act.
The Court, after making some formal orders, then
adjourned.