The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-22 00:00:00

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR

The appointment of Quartermaster-General under
Lord Raglan's command has been offered to Lieutenant-
Colonel Pennefather, C. 8., Deputy-Quartermaster-
General in Ireland, and will, it is believed, be accepted
by him. The post of Adjutant-General is now, there-
fore, the only important one in the staff of the expedi-
tionary army that remains to be filled up. Last night's
Gazette contains the names of Lord Raglan as General,
and of Colonel Bentinck, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell,
Colonel Airey, and Colonel Eyre as Brigadier-Generals
of the Forces, " about to proceed on a particular ser•
vice.
Lord Rokeby, who goes out in command of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, Colonel Drummond, and Captain
Lake, who was severely wounded, are the only surviv-
ing officers who were with the regiment at Waterloo.
We understand that the Ripon, the Manilla, the Ori-
noco, and Niagara sail with 3,300 men to-day, the
Cambria and Vulcan, with 1,500, on Friday next ; the
Himalaya, with 1,400, on Monday; the Emeu and
Simoom, with 2,000, on this day week • and the Golden
Fleece and the Atrato, with 2,200, shortly afterwards.
The Mediterranean brigade will be formed from the
44th, at Gibraltar, and two regiments at Malta.

EXPORTATION OF ARMS AND WARLIKE

STORES.

The following letter I;7s-I;eenaddressed by the Trea-
sury to the Commissioners of Customs, stating the re-
gulations which the Government have laid down with
the view of preventing the legitimate operations of com-
merce from being needlessly interfered with by the ope-
ration of the recent proclamation against the exporta-
tion of arms and warlike stores

" COPY OF LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS.

" Treasury Chambers, 21st February, 1854.

- - •
" Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lords Commission-
ers
of her Majesty's Treasury to enclose herewith, for your
information and guidance, copy of a proclamation of the
Queen in Council, by which, under the provisions of the
150th section of the Customs Consolidation Act of 1853,
the exportation of fire-arms and warlike stores is prohi-
bited, either abroad or coastwise, or to be water borne for
the purpose of being so exported.
"My lords desire me to inform you that this proclama-
tion has been issued, and the provision of the law referred
to put in operation, from its having become known to the
Government that extensive shipments of warlike stores
were in the course of being shipped to Russian ports, and
that other shipments were contemplated of a like kind.
" I am, however, to state that, while my lords are deter-
mined to take every means in their power to prevent such
shipment; being made, either directly or indirectly, to
countries where they are likely to be used either against
her Majesty's forces or those of her Majesty's allies, they
are, nevertheless, extremely anxious that the necessary re-
strictions to which they are obliged to resort should as
little as possible interfere with the large and important
trades connected with the manufacture of such goods when
of a legitimate kind.
"My lords aro therefore pleased to desire that in pro-
mulgating the said proclamation to the various ports of the
United Kingdom, you will instruct the chief officer of
every port that while my lords are desirous that their
strict attention shall be given to all cases of shipment of
such goods as are included in the proclamation, in order to
prevent the nefarious traffic which it is their lordships'
earnest wish to stop, yet that in all cases where satis-
factory proof is given that such goods are really destined
to other markets and ports than those of Russia, by the
production of correspondence or otherwise, taking into
consideration the character of the persons, and the
nature of their usual trade. that they will allow such
goods, and the vessels containing them, to be cleared in
the usual way, and that especially with regard to
such goods as it is proposed to carry coastwise
in a regular and establi,hed trade, every facility shall be
afforded consistent with the object in view. And in order
that this part of the trade may be put upon as safe and
uniform a footing as the circumstances will admit, my
lords desire that every such ship carrying such goods coast-
wise shall be furnished with a special transit at the port of
shipment, setting forth the quantity and nature of such
goods, which shall be delivered to the collector at the port
of destination, on the arrival of the ship, and who shall
certify to the officers of the port of shipment the due
arrival and discharge of such goods. I am, in conclusion,
to add, that it is with regret that my lords feel it to be
their duty to impose any restriction whatever upon trade,
but that they are confident that all respectable traders will
willingly submit to the small additional trouble which
these regulations will impose upon legitimate and fair trade,
when the object is to prevent, by all the means in their
power, unprincipled persons from contributing, through
our own arts and manufactures, arms and ammunition to
be used against her Majesty's forces, or those of her
allies.-1 am, &c.,
(Signed) " JAMES WILSON.
" The Commissioners of Customs."

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
WOOLWICH, Feb. 21.—Fifty horses arrived in the gar-
rison here on Monday evening from Dublin, and 16
artificers and 10 gunners of Captain Graydon's company,
Ist battalion, arrived at the same time from Dublin to be
turned over to the batteries at Woolwich under orders
for foreign service. 86 horses, with 6 artificers and 30
gunners, also arrived yesterday from Captain Edward
Price's company, 7th battalion, stationed at Shorncliffe,
for the purpose of being turned over to the batteries pre-
paring for embarkation for the Mediterranean stations
and service in the East.
It is reported in garrison to-day that two additional
troops of Royal Horse Artillery, Captain Taylor's troop
at Canterbury and Captain Maude's troop at Dublin,
Captain with four additional field batteries • Swinton s
company, 11th battalion, returned last week to head-
quarters from Dover ,• Captain John Turner's company,
11th battalion, from Eastbourne ; Captain Wodehouse's
company, 11th battalion, aia
tipresent in battery at Wool-
wich ; and Captain Dagu r, s company, at present in
battery at Woolwich, will be placed in orders for foreign
service. Should that addition he made, the strength of
the Royal Artillery for service will be three batteries of
Royal Horse Artillery and nine field batteries, two of
the latter to be reserved field batteries. Captain John
M. Adye will proceed with the batteries as brigade-
major.

ROYAL MARINES.
The increase of the strength of this corps having been
agreed to in the House of Commons last night, ten addi-
tional companies will be immediately formed, and the
other ccmpanies be raised to the strength of 130 men in
each company.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 21

The greatest activity has pr_Nailed in the docks during
the whole of to-day in preparing for the embarkation of
th• detachments of troops which are to proceed to the
East to-day (Wednesday) by the different steam-
ships. Large numbers of people have assembled on the
various wharves to witness the arrangements going for-
ward. A fatigue party, headed by two officers from the
Grenadier Guards, . has been engage' in shipping and
stowing away in the steamers Ripon and Manilla the
heavy baggage and military stores attached to the bat-