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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1854.

AIR, ALBERT small's MONT BLANC,
JL including the BERNE:W. OIERLAND and the SIMPLON,
THU; EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (eseepi.
Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Three.
Stalls, 33. (which cAn be taken at the box, onlc* every day from 11
till 4 ; arca, 25.; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hill, Piccadilly.

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A letter from Malta, dated June 2, says :
" Since my last, by the Thabor, several arrivals of troops
have been noted, but nothing more, either of local interest,
or from the seat of war, that will not have already reached
you.
" The total amount of French troops that have reached
the island to the 31st of May, and gone on to the eastward
is—men, 18,430 ; horses and mules, 3,506. •
" The English troops that have arrived are—
"By the Rubicon, No. 38 transport.—Captain Barry,
R.A., 52 troopers, 44 horses, and Assistant-Surgeon Llew-
ellyn, 7th Dragoons.
"By the Mary Ann, N 0.42 transport.—Captain Oldham,
13th Light Dragoons; Cornet Montgomery, Assistant-Sur-
geon Armstrong, 52 troopers, and 53 horses.
" By the Carnac screw steamer.—Ensigns Smyth and
Light, 68th Regiment; Lieutenant Ogilvie, R.A. ; Dr.
Risk, R.A. ; Lieutenant. Morris, R.A. ; and 214 rank and
file, for the various regiments garrisoned in the island.
"By the Orinoco steamship, arrived yesterday, Lieut.-
Colonel Lockyer, Majors Handcock, Welsford, and Colvill
{brevet) ; Captains Ingrain, Moore, Obert, Hutton, Legh,
Burton, and Chichester ; Lieutenants Harenc, Vicars,
Venahles, Lumley, Reynolds, Woods (adjutant), Annesley,
Ramsbottom, Dawes, Cannon, and Brinkley ; Ensigns
Mackesy, Nares, Ingram) Whitehead, M`Gregor, and Ayl-
mer; Paymaster Harvest,,Quartermaster Desmond, Sur-
geon H. Downes, M.D.; Assistant-Surgeon E. M. Sinclair,
M.D. ; and 1,064 rank and file 97th Regiment ; Coraniis-
sary-General Weir, Assistant-Commissary-Generals Drake
and Pratt, Dr. Bryson, Dr. Slight, R.N. ; Dr. Dongls.ss,
R.N. ; Assistant-Surgeon Woods, 233 Regiment. •
" By the Negotiater,.No. 59 transport—Captain Jenyns,
Lieutenant Jervii, Assistant-Surgeon Abbott, 50 troopers,
and 49 horses 13th Light Dragoons.
" By the Monarchy, NO. 60 transport— Dr. Chapman,
Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals ; Mr. Humphrey, 77th
Regiment; Captain Tremayne, Lieutenant Smith, Pay-
master Frith, Quartermaster Anderson ; 43 troopers, and
47 horses, 13th Light Dragoons. The Orinoco left last
night, having in tow the Monarchy and the Negotiator.
The 97th will touch at Athens, and probably proceed to
the East.

GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQVARE.-SEAT
of WAR.—TURKEY in EUROPE.—LEC EURES on the
Geography pf Turkey in Europe and Asia, and the Baltic, and the
surrounding countries of Russia and Persia.—Open from 10 it.m. to
0 p.m.—Admission is. ; schools half price.

Q, T. MARTIN'S HALL.—Tenth and Last
1,_7 Concert of the Season.— Mendelssohn's Elijah will be per-
formed on Wednesday Evening no ,t, June 14th, ander the direction
of Mr. John 'Mullah. Principal vocali,t,, Mrs. Endersohn, Madame
Weiss, Miss Dolly, Mbs Freeman, Mr. Locker, Mr. Montern Smith,
Mr. Henry Buckland, Mr. Weiss. Tickets, One Shilling; Galleries,
Half-a-Crown ; stalls, Five Shillings ; may os had of the Music-
sellers, and at St. Martin's Hall.

lAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS,
.4 (Lessee, CHAS. C.AAURENT, Onalow-honse, Fthatim-road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON.
and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overlanl Mail Galop, by D'Albert; a!so, by 11.
Lalrent , the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Yllll-
- and his Dinah, Admission. Is. Doors open at half-past B.
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock. and tcr,ninate at half-past 11.

rrHE Public are respectfully informed that, early
JL in July next, there will be Opened, at ST. GEORGE'S GAL-
LERY, ilyde-psrk-corner, Piccadilly, an ORIENTAL MUsEUM, or
a Grand Exhibition of Turkish Curiosities, consisting of the richest
and most varied costumes, both ancien . and modern, displayed on
wax figures, life size, executed in the finest style, and illustrative of
not only the abolished institution of the far-fault d Janissaries, the
renowned militia of the Turkish empire, with their ancient uniform
and arm,,ur, but alto of the various modes of the present day, with
numerous agr cultural and mechanical implements of the Osmanlis.
The likenesses are well characterised, and the materials of the
costumes selected from the richest Oriental fabrics, with the strictest
adaptation to the habits and castes of the people which they are
designed to represent
No expense or labour has been spared to render this Exhibition
worthy of the attention and patronage of the British public, and we
have been assured by persons of the greatest distinction, that a more
accurate and satisfactory impression of the true Oriental taste and
style, bath of former times, as well as of the present day, may be
obtained by an hour passed in this Museum, than is usually gained
by many miles of travel. The most implicit truthfulness has been
maintained in all the arragements ; and many items which would be
curious even to the native inhabitants of Stamboul, are here given
to the world in all their primitive originality. Even the interior of
the Harem, with its beautiful and gracefully attired inmates, is un-
veiled to the longing glances of the curious—a scene unhoped for and
impossible to the Traveller. The gorgeous costumes of begone days,
the days of the turbaned and robed Osmanli, remembered only in the
past, are now revived and displayed in all their natural and exquisite
beauty.
Apart from all intrinsic merit, there is no doubt that the great
sympathy now felt by the British public for the Turkish nation will
insure the success of this most interesting and truly unique Turkish
Exhibition.

The undersigned being the sole managers of this Oriental Museum,
all matters relating to the Exhibition will be transacted by them,
and all communications must be addressed to them conjointly.

June 10, 1854.

C. OSCANYAN,} Managers.
S. AZNAVOUR,

LOWESTOFT ROYAL HOTEL.
S lIOWITT begs to call the attention of his Friend and the
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I:Away in the issue of family tickets. The Royal Hotel is con-
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afforded at the most moderate charge.
Families remaining in the Hotel are accommodated, if they desire
it, at flied charges. Salt-water Baths, hot and cold, on the premises

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
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LoAIRS granted in connection with Life Assurance on Freehold,
Leasehold, and Person4l security.

W. S. VARDY, Manager.

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invalid an4l the robust.—Giessen, May i.

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June 14. Igh4

PUZZLE FOR THE HERALDS.—Some years ago Sir
John Newport, Bart., who was married, and Sir Simon
Newport, who had received the honour of knighthood,
and was also married, lived in or near the city of Water-
ford ; and I have heard that, owing to the frequent mis-
takes arising !from the two ladies being called each,
4t Lady Newport, a case was sent to Dublin for the
opinion of the Ulster king of arms. It is said he him-
self was puzzled ; Sir Simon's lady was not "Lady New-
port," for Sir John's lady had a prior and a higher claim ;
she was not " Lady Simon," for her husband was not
Lord Simon • but he ultimately decided that the lady
was to be called " Lady Sir Simon," and she was never
afterwards known by any other title.—Notes and Queries.
THE MORMONS,—The Deseret News mentions the
death of Clarissa, wife of the patriarch John Smith.
She was an American, was aged G 3, and had resided
about six years and a-half in the valley of the Great
Salt Lake. The News thus speculates upon the ap-
proaching harvest and the coming scarcity of bread
stuffs in Europe :—" If circumstances ever before
seemed to urge the saints to make all possible prepara-
tions for a bountiful and ample harvest, the coming
spring will doubtless furnish such a combination of
circumstances. The usual overland emigration to the
Pacific, together with the increase of emigrants to this
territory, and the prospect of another scanty crop of
grain in Europe, in consequence of heavy falls of rain,
should awaken up all the energies of the people of Utah
to provide every possible salvation, both temporal and
spiritual for those who may flee here from famine and
war, spiritual delusion, and national wrath." The great
wall around the city appears to be progressing rather
slowly, though it was about five-sixths completed,

" By the Harbinger, No. 61 stransport, towed in by the
Vectis—Lieutenant-Colonel Doherty, Lieutenant and
Adjutant Irwin, Lieutenant King, Cornet Chamberlayne,
Surgeon Paynter, Veterinary-Surgeon Legrew, 57 troopers,
and 58 horses, 13th Light Dragoons, and Commander
Edward Franklin, R.N.
" By the Northumberland, No. 62 transport, towed in
by the Hydaspes—Lieutenant Philips and Dr. Jas. Ekin,
with 50 men and 48 horses, Royal Artillery. This vessel
lost one of her horses on the passage.
"By the Hydaspes.—Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron,
Majors Cumberland and Tulloch ; Captains Macpherson,
the Hon. R. Rollo, Cameron, Murray, Campbell, Wilkin-
son, Pitcairne, Whitbread, the Hon. G. H. E. Grant;
Lieutenants Chisholm, Graham, Orde, Fraser, M`Leod,
Cuninghame, Montgomery, Drysdale (adjutant), Ward,
Campbell, and Jervoise ; Ensigns Grove, Webber, Scott, Sir
P. A. Halkett, Moseley, M. Viscount Forth ; Paymaster
Wheatley, Quartermaster Wood, Surgeon J. G. Wood,
M.D.; Assistant-Surgeon W. A. Davidson, M.D.; 902
rank and file, 14 horses, 42d Royal Highlanders."
A letter from Lieutenant Chapman, R.N., commanding
the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's transport-ship
Trent, dated Constantinople, May 25, says :
" I informed you that Admiral Stewart had fitted this
ship for conveying horses. As, however, there were only
about 5) to be taken from Malta for this place, he put on
board 500 men belonging to the 30th and 55th Regiments
and volunteers from other regiments. We left on thelnight
of the 18th of May, and on the 22d, off Tenedo4 took in
tow the transports Nos. 18 and 22, with part of 17th
Lancers and Artillery. We anchored for the night below
the old castle of Europe, in the Dardanelles. On the 23d
landed Colonel Cobb and his horses, and reached Scutari
yesterday forenoon ' • landed the men in the afternoon, and
proceeded by ord4rto about four miles up the Bosphorus
to land the horses. As soon as all the horses are landed I
return to Scutari to land baggage and stores, and am, I
believe, to take in a full cargo of horses for Varna."
Advices were received yesterday at the Admiralty that
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, with nine screw ships of the
line was off Helsingfors on the 4th of June reconnoitering,
the rest of the fleet being in the Offing: Ten Russian ships
of the line were counted in the harbour protected by the
batteries.

Yesterday notice was issued on the Royal Exchange
that the Russian ships Die Gebroeders, Victor A. Lind-
holm, master, taken by her Majesty's steamer Amphion;
the Najuden, N. Gustaf, master, taken by her Majesty's
steamer Odin; and the Carolina, Captain Ehlers, also
taken by the Amphion, would, within 20 days from that
date, be condemned as lawful prizes to their captors.
By advices received yesterday, under date Elsinore, Jane
the 9th, it appears the ship Osten Voss, of Korndoff,
bound from St. Petersburg to London, had been boarded
off Dajeret by the English cruisers. She was taken to the
Duke of Wellington flag-ship, and, Sir Charles Napier
considering her a lawful capture, ordered her home to
England for condemnation.

LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S SCREW

STEAM-SHIP ESK, 21 GUNS.

This fine screw steam-corvette, designed in the office
of the Surveyor of the Navy, and built by John Scott
Russell and Co., on similar lines as the Highflyer, 21,
screw-steamer, on the principle of let well alone, the
Highflyer having proved in every respect an excellent
ship of war, was launched yesterday, the 12th instant,
at Millwall, in the presence of a large number of spec-
tators, among whom were the queen's Advocate and
Lady Harding, Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Sir D.
Brewster, Professor Willis, Captain Washington, R.N.,
Mr. Chatfield, master shipwright ; Mr. Monchett, store
receiver ; and Mr. Pearn, master attendant of Deptford
dockyard ; Mr. Rice, master shipwright ; Mr. Gottleib,
store receiver ; and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer of
Woolwich dockyard ; and Mr. Baker, Mr. Campbell,
Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Robinson, directors of the Eas-
tern Steam Navigation Company, and the secretary of
the company ; with a number of scientific persons and
ladies and gentlemen.

The Esk being the first ship of war ever launched
with the full complement of machinery on board, inclu-
ding her engines of 250-horse power, her boilers, the
screw shaft, and the screw in its proper place, and re- -
quiring only her masts, rigging, and sails to complete
her for sea, excited a great degree of interest. The Esk
is built of wood, and was commenced in John Scott Rus-
sell and Co.'s yard only ten months ago ; and by adop-
ting the plan of putting her engines on board before
launching her, she will be completed and ready for sea
in two months less time than would have been the case if
she had been taken to the East India Docks to have them
put on board there aftor she was launched. Her builders
were induced to hasten her completion, as it was known
to them that her services were required at the earliest
possible period to join the Baltic fleet. At half-past two
o'clock, Miss Martin, daughter of Capt. Martin, C. 8., su-
perintendent of Deptford dockyard, who some time ago
christened the Hannibal, 91, screw steam-ship, at Dept-
ford, was conducted to the bow of the Esk by Mr. John
Scott Russell, and a bottle of Champagne having been
previously suspended to the bows, Mr. Chatfield ex-
plained the manner in which it should be broken, and Miss
Martin, taking the bottle, covered with three wreaths of
roses, pelargoniums, calceolarias, and other choice
flowers, in both her hands, let it drop in such a manner
that it broke instantly and at the same moment the Esk
began to move, and as she progressed her motion was
accelerated, and she entered the river amidst the cheers
of the assembled spectators, the band of the Hon. Artil-
lery Company playing " Rule Britannia," and subse-
quently concluded by playing the National Anthem.
The following are the dimensions of the Esk
Ft. In.
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Length between the perpendiculars 192 0
Length of the keel for tonnage 167 3
Breadth extreme to outside wales 36 4
Breadth for tonnage 36 0
Breadth moulded 35 4
Depth in hold 22 8
Burthen in tons, 1,153 39.94. .

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Immediately after the launch, the Esk was taken to
moorings off Deptford dockyard. '
The greater portion of the company having arrived by
special conveyance shortly after 12 o'clock, the interval
between that time and half-past 2 o'clock, when the
launch took place, was occupied by the visitors being
permitted to inspect, through the liberality of the
builders, their vast and extensive machinery and pre-
mises, and the works in progress for the Eastern Steam
Navigation Company, whose Leviathan steam-ship is
one of the wonders of the age. This gigantic undertak-
ing derives much of its interest from the fact that it is
calculated, at no distant period, to work the greatest
revolution in the communication between the mother
country and her most distant dependencies ; and it may
be interesting to many to peruse a brief notice of some
of the leading features connected with the construction
of the first stupendous vessel of that enterprising com-
pany. In 1853, the company having determined upon
the size and power of their vessels, concluded their
arrangements for the construction of their first ship
with J. Scott Russell and Co. for the ship and paddle-
engines, and with James Watt and Co., of Soho, for
the screw engines. By the early part of September
great preparations had been made for carrying on these
works by Messrs. Russell and Co., when, on the 10th
of that month, the whole of the premises containing
these preparations were totally destroyed by fire. The
re-building of the premises and the restoration of patterns
has occupied the interval ; but, in the meantime, the
ground on which the ship is building has been prepared
with the utmost care and regard to solidity, the piling
alone consuming upwards of 1,500 loads of timber, and
has taken four months to execute. The dimensions and
power of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's ship
areas follows :—Length 680 feet, breadth 83 feet, depth
58 feet, with screw and paddle-engines of the aggregate
nominal horse-power 2,600. The hull of the ship is of
iron, of extraordinary strength, while the magnitude of
its dimensions afford peculiar facilities for introducing
many precautionary measures conducive to strength and
security. The whole of the ship's bottom, up to six feet
above the water-line, will be double, and is of a cellular
construction, so that, any external injury would not af-
fect the tightness or safety of the ship. The upper deck
is also strengthened on the same principle, so that the
ship will be a complete beam, similar to the Britannia-
bridge. There are also ten complete separate watertight
compartments, and the intermediate spaces are sufficient
(being 60 feet in length each), to afford a convenient ar-
rangement of separate saloons and cabins. The bulk-
heads are carried completely to the upper deck, giving
an efficiency to the system of compartments which has
not hitherto been attainable.

The following is from the special correspondent
of the Morning Chronicle :
" GALLIPOLI, May 31.—Marshal de St. Arnaud ar-
rived in this town on the 26th. Immediately after his
arrival he called a meeting at his head-quarters of all
the general officers, the heads of the different depart-
ments, and also of all the colonels of regiments stationed
at Gallipoli, and announced to them that from this date
forth he himself assumed the command of the army. '
Hitherto General Canrobert fulfilled, ad interim, the
functions of general-in-chief, and every one here does him
but justice in saying that by his activity, and by his con-
stant solicitude, he has contrived, not only to provide
for all the necessities of his troops, but to maintain the
most perfect order, and to create establishments of
real utility, which will endure for ever at Gallipoli,
as a testimony of the activity and intelligence of the
French soldier. The English soldiers, whose number
does not now exceed 5,000, have taken a large part in
all the works, and the harmony which has never ceased
to reign between them and the French troops affords
ample proof how much time, events, and good policy on
the part of governments can influence the opinions and
feelings of nations whom ill-judged and ilt-understood
rivalities have long kept in a state of mutual animo-
sity. The experience of the joint expedition to Tur-
key will be memorable in history, if but for this
one fact, that the soldiers of England and France,
so long the enemies les plus acharnes, were no sooner
brought together in a common cause than their pre-
vious animosity changed into a rivalry for glory and
honours. It throws a new light on the feelings of
the two nations. The French and English are not natu-
ral enemies, as many have supposed. They are at the
head of the civilisation of the world, and whether as
friends or foes, they will always be rivals for the first
place. A retailer of sundries, who has established him-
self here, and who has dignified himself with the title of
" merchant," has made a rapid fortune, which he owes
to the artistical talents of a captain of the French staff.
The retailer being in want of a sign, the captain painted
hire the figures of a Zouave and a Highlander, each
in the full uniform of his corps, each with a glass of
wine in the one hand and grasping his companion by
other, in the act of trinquer-ing with great cor-
diality. This picture, though rather hastily sketched,
and though not particularly brilliant in some of its de-
tails, has had the most decided success among the sol-
diers of both armies, and has produced a greater and
better sensation than would have been accomplished by
the paintings of the greatest masters whose works are
preserved in the Louvre or the National Gallery. There
has been a run on the picture. Turkish paellas, Eng-
lish officers, and Armenian merchants have proposed to
purchase it at any price, but the fortunate possessor has
refused to part with it, and has annosnced his determi-
nation to transport his sign, as a trophy and the
origin of his fortune, to Varna, or wherever else the
allied troops may take up their quarters. General
Canrobert has taken leave of the troops in a very
modest order of the day, which has met with
general approbation. The following is the document :
"At the moment of quitting the provisional command
of the French troops in the East, to place myself at the
head of the Ist division of infantry, I should be wanting
in my duty if I did not express, by the way of an order,
to my companions in arms, my warm thanks for the aid
they have lent me in order to facilitate the accomplish-
ment of the laborious mission which was confided to me."
On the 27th Marshal de St. Arnaud passed a general
review of all the French troops collected at Gallipoli.
The army was drawn up in order of battle from the bor-
ders of the Sea of Marmora t. the place where the forti-
fications commence, which unite that sea with the Gulf
of Saros. The front of the army was turned towards
the sea, and followed all the sinuosities of the ground.
The infantry was formed into columns, with the exception
of two battalions, which were deploye on the very
steep side of a hill, from which the coup d'ecil embraced
the whole of the French army. It was a very imposing
sight. More than 30,000 men were drawn up there in
marching order and prepared for battle, together with
their cavalry and artillery—thirty-two battalions au
complet, three companies of sappers, seven squadrons of
cavalry, six batteries of foot artillery, four batteries of
horse artillery (of which one is intended for hill ser-
vice), a detachment of gendarmerie, and another of
spahis. The simple enumeration of this formidable
force will enable a military man to judge what in-
fluence such a body of troops will produce on events
when united with the English army, and also with
the Turkish army, in presence of the common enemy.
You are aware that the French army is to be
augmented still further by the addition of a division
of the reserve, consisting of two brigades of infantry,
two brigades of heavy cavalry, and several batteries of
artillery. Several detachments' of these troops have
already arrived, but they did not figure at the review.
The Marshal de St. Arnaud, mounted on a magnificent
Arabian charger, went to the ground au grand galop,
followed by a numerous and brilliant staff; which had
been joined by a considerable number of foreign officers,
and among others by General England, who commands
the division of English troops at Gallipoli, Count Zamo-
iski (the nephew of Prince Czartoriski), and several
Turkish generals: Some of the officers of the French
squadron, under the command of Admiral Bruat, now sta-
tioned in the waters of Gallipoli, also joined the cortege.
The Seraskier, Riza Paella, arrived just at the moment
when the filing off of the troops was finishing. Marshal de
St. Arnaud, finding this to be the case, stopped the
divisions of General Bosquet and Prince Napoleon,
which were already on their way back to the camp, and
made them file off a second time in presence of the
Minister of War of the Ottoman army. The Marshal,
who on this occasion, commanded the army for the first
time, stopped several times in front of the different
battalions, spoke to several officers and soldiers by their
names, and reminded them that he had seen them in
Africa on such and such an expedition. "You have
valiantly fought the Arabs," said he, "and you will
worthily sustain the honour of your flag against the
Russians, who will not resist in presence of your
valour." He carefully examined the dress of the
troops, and made inquiries as to their comforts, being
particular in inquiring if the soldiers had been supplied
with flannel as a defence for their chests against the in-
clemency and changes of the weather. " Take care," he
often repeated to the troops, " take care of your health ;"
and he added, in addressing the Chasseurs d'Afrique,
" If I saw you dying here from disease, I should myself
die of g, ief. ' After the review, the marshal, with the
whole of his staff; proceeded to Boulahir, where he visited
the camp of the division under Prince Napoleon, which
is established to the right of that village, and the camp
of General Bosquet, which is established to the left.
Prince Napoleon, though not prepared for such a visit,
got up an impromptu entertainment for the marshal,
for Riza Paella, and their staffs, while the heads of the
different corps followed the example by inviting the
other persons who had accompanied the cortege to
take pot-luck. The affair went off well ; the embarrass-
ments of a camp equipage gave piquancy to the enter-
tainment, and I assure you that the toast of "Success to
the allied army" was not only given frequently, but that
each time the enthusiasm produced by it seemed to in-
crease. Marshal de St. Arnaud, in going round to the
soldiers' tents, which he did with great minuteness, took
the gamelles of the men, tasted their soup, the bread,
&c., and kept the men in good humour by presenting
the men who handed him their spoons a token of his
munificence. People have been surprised to see the
marshal bear so well the fatigues of this day, as he was
supposed to be seriously ill. Ho remained more
than nine hours on horseback, and before returning
to Gallipoli he visited the fortifications of the isthmus,
which are nearly completed. There is an idea of
making some of the parapets of stone, which would make
this peninsula a very strong fortress. It is said that
Gallipoli may become the Gibraltar of the Dardanelles.
In fact, with a garrison of 5,000 or 6,000 men, it could
hold out against an enemy of 30,000 or 40,000.
On the eve of the review, orders were issued to all
the commanders of divisions for the embarkation of the
troops. There are 16 frigates and steamers in the road-
steads, four ships, of which two are screws, and some
hundred sailing vessels, belonging either to the royal
navy or to commerce, which could easily carry all the
troops at Gallipoli to the Black Sea. The Turkish Go-
vernment has sent two of its finest steam-frigates, and
they are now here. But what chiefly delays the embar-
kation is the difficulty in dismounting the guns and get-
ting the horses and gun-carriages on board. In this respect
there is room open for much improvement. The gene-
rals and admirals have the matter under consideration,
and if they can organise a system that will answer so as
to convey troops ready for action, the allied armies will
derive great advantages. What would then prevent
their landing at their pleasure 10,000 or 20,000 men, on
any point of the coast of the Black Sea, on the flank or
in the rear of the enemy, who would thus be in a con-
tinual state of alarm—the more so as Russia's richest
provinces are in the vicinity of the mouths of the large
rivers, as the Danube, Dniester, and Dnieper, and
which are only defended by petty fortresses, such as
Kilia, Toultscha, Akerman, Otschakof, and Cherson ?
A new system is already on trial.
I sent you, a few days since, a homage rendered
by General Brown and Lord Raglan to the skill and
, promptitude displayed by the French sailors. The
embarkation of the troops for Varna will complete the
lesson which experience alone can give. Thus, the ex-
pedition with which the first portion of Canrobert's divi-
sion embarked far excelled the first efforts made. All
the movements I alluded to in my last letter have taken
place. On the morning of the 29th all the baggage of
the marshal and staff left by land for Constantinople
escorted by a squadron of Spahis, which will form
the
body guard of the general-in-chief. The first columnlef_t
of the 3d division (Prince Napoleon's division)
the same day. The Turkish Government has made
every arrangement for the men and horses along
the road. The cavalry and artillery
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shortly em route for Adrianople and
marshal was particularly anxious to show tr
this por-
tion of the army to the Seraskier. With this view
ho reviewed them at eight a.m. on the morningfollowing
the other review. They were Commanded by General
of Brigade Allouville, General Morris not having yet ar..
rived. The Seraskier, in full uniform, rode on the mar-
shal's right hand, who with great affability gave him the
history and details concerning each regiment. The Se-
gned admiration at the tome
raskier expressed his unfeigned
of the troops. The Chasseurs d'Afrique and dragoons