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teotion of the Ottoman territory and flag against any
aggression or act of hostility, I apprise your Excellency
of it, with the view of preventing any collision which
might prejudice the friendly relations existing between
my Government and yours—relations which we are de-
sirous of preserving, and which doubtless you also wish

;o maintain,

" I should be happy to learn that your Excellency,
animated by the same pacific intentions, has been pleased
to give to the commander of the Russian forces in the
Black Sea instructions intended to prevent any event
which might compromise peace."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.

An Admiralty order has been promulgated in this
dockyard to-day to the effect that all men now earning
3s. per day and under, who cannot be placed on task
and job, are to have an additional sum of N. per week,
provided they properly exert themselves.
The newly-raised men were exercised this morning on
board the flag-ship Victory in gunnery and seamanship.
They fired several rounds from the starboard battery.
These men are daily drilled in the use of small arms, and
exercised in reefing and furling sails.
The Illustrious, 72, Capt. Harris, was brought under
the shears this afternoon and had her jurymasts taken
out. She will ship those of a 36-gun frigate, and com-
mence rigging forthwith.
The Talbot, 26, was masted this morning, and a party
of riggers have been set to work to jury rig her and take
her round to Deptford, where she will be fitted as a
storeship for the Arctic regions.
The Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, Capt. the Hon.
F. T. Pelham, is to be completed with all despatch and
to make up her crew to full war complement.
The Colossus, 80, has had all the copper stripped off
her stern, ready for conversion to a screw-ship. She will
be quickly got out of hand.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, with Assistant-Adjutant S. R.
Wesley, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Marines, arrived
here by express train this afternoon ; they dined this
evening at Pert Admiral Ommaney's, in company with
General Sir Harry Smith, Commander of Forces in the
western district ; Colonel Commandant Coryton, of the
Royal Marines ; Captains Elliott, Ramsay, Love, Hall,
Sir F. Nicholson, Kingcome, and Codrington, and all
the captains in command of ships in commission. Orders
were received to-day to get ready for sea, with every
despatch, the ships Edinburgh, Hogue, and Magicienne.
The Edinburgh will go out of harbour on Saturday.
Her Majesty's surveying-vessel Saracen, 6, Master-
Commander John Richards, was towed out of harbour
yesterday. She is bound to China.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, has been masted, and
warped to the jetty. She is to be fitted immediately.
The screw steamship Algiers, 90, was taken into dock
yesterday to be coppered.
The sloop Mariner, 12, has been warped to the jetty,
preparatory to receiving her commission.

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. B. Martin, C. 8., S. Lushington,
D. Bethune, R. Fitzroy, and other
ling and services recommend them
.tion, have been altogether passed

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Sir George Back is an Arctic voyager, and has served
23 years afloat. He saw some gallant service as a mid-
shipman, and was five years a prisoner of war. As a
captain he commanded the Terror bomb, and proceeded
on an Arctic expedition, but was driven back, and was
miraculously preserved ; since which he has not served
afloat.

Captain Lapidge has served 32 years afloat, from 1803
to 1812, in gallant affairs, during the war, including the
expeditions to Copenhagen and Walcheren. As a com-
mander, he is well known as having commanded the
Ringdove, 16, on the north coast of Spain, and for his
gallantry at the defence of Portugalette and the siege of
Bilboa, when the Carlists were defeated. His last ser-
vice was in command of the Cyclops, steam-frigate.
The senior of the three good-service pensioned captains
is Joseph Nias, C. 8., who commanded the Herald, 26,
in China, when he obtained that much-envied decoration
of a Companion of the Bath. His brilliant deeds are so
universally known that it would be superfluous to re-
count them, but it may be remarked that his heroism in
the China war has been most eloquently set forth in an
oration by one of the most distinguished lawyers of the
day, her Majesty's present Attorney-General, Sir Alex-
ander Cockburn. His decoration reflects a lustre on
that most noble order of which he is a member, and
amongst the list of those gallant officers who hold the
good service pension for distinguished service Captain
Nias may take a high position. Its bestowal on him at
this juncture will teach young and dashing officers that
those who hold the few prizes of the navy in their gift
are not insensible to the claims of devotion, courage, and
estimable qualities, of mildness and gentlemanlike con-
duct in command. A career such as Captain Nias's has
brought him so prominently before his profession and
his country that posterity will not fail to do him ample
justice.