The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

_l7 UESD AIT EVENIN OV EMBE it 2 '
LONDON, r t, 1854.

SPECIAL CRIMEA. FUND.-ROYAL CALE-
DONIAN its,YLUM, liol'oway, for Educating, Clothing, and
itla:ntaining the Children of Scottish Sol -tern and Sailors and Marines
wounded, clis,bl,l, or slain, in her Majesty's service.
At a SP ECI tL GENERAL COURt' of this Institution, held this
day, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet •street, it was
Unanimously resolved, to admit at once, on application, twenty-
five children, beng o-phans, sons or daught, rs of Scottish soldiers',
sailors, and marines fallen in the pres'ent war. Also to admit one
hundred children of Scottish soldiers, sarors, and marines killed or
o.ls :bled in the present war, on payment of fifty glineas for each
child or. its ntrance, instead of one hundred guineas, the sums
directed by the laws to be pald in advance for the admission of a child
to the privi:mtes of the Institution.
To enahle the Directors to meet the Brea' expenditure consequent
upon thi, measure, 1)0 NATION Sand SUBS:it:IV! lONS are earne-tly
implored, and the following noble-nea and ventlemen are respectfully
requested to receive the same. Those who have been seen have most
kindly consented :
Ills Grace the Duke Of Ruccleuch and Queensberry, E.G., President.
Ills Grace the Duke of Montrose.
His Grace the Duke of Roxbulgh.
'llll Right Honourahle he Lord Kinnaird.
Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of News, Rn., Vice-President, King

Williatn•slxtet, City.
Sir John Heron Ifaxwell. Bart., Springkell, Ecclefechan.
John Auldjo, Esq., Chairman of the Court of Directors, Noel House,
Kensington
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Court of Directots, No.
5, Cavendish square.
The Rev. John Cumming, D.D , 7, Montague-p'.acc;ll.ussell-square•
James A. Simpson, Esq., Treasurer, 62, Nloorgate-street.
thigh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., Treastm.r, 22, Berkeley-square.
John Masson, Esq., Cowper's-court, Comilla.
Captain IL H. Lindsay, East India Chaanta rs. •
George Lindsay, Esq., Laurence Pountney. lane, City.
Donations and subscri. tions win also be eceived bi- Messrs. Coatts
and Co , bankers t 3 the Institution, ; Mr. Francis Crew, its
secretary, N'o. 3, Vernon-place, Bloomsbury-square ; and by E. H.
Patten, Esq., at the City Office, 11, Arthar•street West, London-
bridge.
His Grace the Duke of Bucaleach and Queensberry,
ills Grace the Duke• of Hamilton and Brandon • • 100 0
Sir Jokn Heron Nlaiweh, Bart., Chairman of the Meeting 100 0
Thomas Stone, Esq , 85, saital-square
John Hall, Esq.. 3, Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park
His Gra ie the Duke of Roxburgh.. .••• • • • • ....... 52 1 0
The Riaht Hon. the Lord Kinnaird •
Her Grace the Duchess of Wellington, per Dr Cumming,
Her Grace the Ductless of Norfak, for girls (anneal).. ••
The Rev. John Cumming, D.D. ..... ••• • • • •• • •
W. Main, Esq., per ditto •• •• •• .• • • • •••• •• ••
Hagh Stark, Esq. • • ••••••••••• • • • • • • •
.folio Masson, Esq . • ..
John Duncan, Esq , per J. Nfasson, E5q.........•
I. Montgomery, Esq. - • •• .
Alfred Brodie, aq. •• •• •••••••••••• ••
The Chisholm •• .... • • •
George Vlrtue, Esq • • • •
Captain H. H. Lindsay
Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, of Stanhope, Bart.,
per Stewart and Co., bankers, Peebles .. •• ••
A Token of Gratitude from a Scholar in the Asylum in
184?, per Wm. Dallas, Jun.. ••..•••• _ , • • • •••• • • • •
J. A. Stewart Nichelson, Esq •• 11 •• •. ••
Gavin Milroy, Esq., M.D... ••.,•• •• .• •
Thoams Learmouth, Esq., per Rev. Dr. Cuanning— . •
David Gordon Laing, ESq . Villiers-street, Strand ..
G. W. Kemp, Esq., Saltal-square ..... .
R. Pattison, Esq. (annual). ......
The Lady Hart y Vane, per bankers
Charles Hamilton, Esq.. per hankers.. ••..•• • • • •
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10 10 0
2 2 0
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;obeli. Burn, Esq., per Rev. Dr. Cumming (annual) ....

John CAM id;ell, Eaq., 9, Albsrt-terrace ••• • :... • • • • • • ..
Lady Ann Hay, King's-rne,dowe, Peebles .. • • .. • • •• ..
Thomas Robertson Chaplin, Esq., 10, Gloucester-place,
Edinburgh, per Sir J. H. Maxwell, Bart.... • ... • • ..
Miss Alexander, 12, Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, per
Rev. Dr. Cumming.. .. • .
Gen'ral Sir David Leighton Chariton Kingq, llart., Chel-
tenham .......... . ......... ......... ........
lUDs Bennett, per Ray. Dr. Cumming
A. Servant, 12 post beads per Rev. Dr. Cumming
J. Jai dine, L.L.D., Chestnuts, Tursiham green, per J.

5 0 0

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12 0 0
4 0 0
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Mason, Esq ....... • .... •• • ....... .............
Colonel C. Stewart, per Coutts and Co..
R. I ayile, Esq., per Ditto.. •
P. Campbell, Esq., Friday-street, per Rev. Dr. Cumming
R. MPler.Esq.,Leith, per J. A. =•lmpson,. Esq., Treasurer
Hairy G. Gordon, Esq.. Clifton-pia ,e, Hyde-park-gar-
dens, per Rev. Dr. Cumminit - .
Colonel Win. 11. Stopford Blair, 3, Portman-square, per
bankers
lisjqr-General S. Low, per ditto ..
Mary Murray, per ditto
J. L. Marshall, Esq., per ditto
J.. Drinkald. Esq., 03, Blar.drord-square, per George

5 5 0
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Lindsay. Esq. ..... . • • ••••
George R9ss, Esq , Highbury-park West
arch. Trotter, Esq., Bournemouth, per J. Mason, Esq
Robert Mushet, Esq., per ditto
F. Minton, Esq., per ditto
Archibald Weir, Esq., 71, Basinghall-street, per ditto ..
The Lady Truro, 63, Eaton-square, rer b !niters
Lteut.-general Sir R. Pasley, Royal Engineers, per
bankers
The Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, per Lord Kinnaird
The 111:;ht Hon. the Earl of irglinton and Winton, per do.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, per ditto ..... . • •
Her G,fice the Duchess of BucAeuch and Queensberry
John irvng, lag , 94, Eaton-placa • • ........ ..........
By order of the Court.
• - FRANCIS CREW, Secretary.
3, Vcrnon•plaee, Ploomshury, London, Oct. 30,1854.
N B.—Boys to be admitted must be upwards of coven years of age
and remain until they are fourteen. Gills upwatds of eight, and
remain until they are fifteen.

5 0 0
50 0 0
59 0 0
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AMERICAN TREATY WITH RUSSIA.

FREE SHIPS MAKE FREE GOODS.

Whereas, a Convention between the United States
of America and his Majesty the Emperor of all the
Russias was concluded an signed by their respective
plenipotentiaries at Washington on the 22d day of July
last, which convention is as follows :
The United States of America and his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias, equally animated with a
desire to maintain and preserve from all harm the rela-
tions of goof . understanding which have at all times so
happily subsisted between themselves, as also between
the inhabitants of their respective States, have mutually
' agreed to perpetuate, by means of a formal convention,
the principles of the right of neutral, at sea, which they
recognise as indispensable conditions of all freedom of
navigation and maritime trade—for this purpose the
President of the United States has conferred full powers
on William L. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United
States ; and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias
has conferred like powers on Mr. Edouard de Stoeckl,
Counsellor of State, knight of the orders of Ste. Anne,
of the 2d class, of St. Stanislas, of the 4th class, and of
the Iron Crown of Austria, of the 3d class, his Majesty's
charge d'affaires near the Government of the United
States of America ; and said plenipotentiaries, after
having exchanged their full powers, found in good and
due form, have concluded and signed the following
articles :
Article I.—The two high contracting parties recog-
nise as permanent and immutable the fullowing prin-
ciples, to wit :-
1. That free goods make free ships—that is to say,
that the effects or goods belonging to subjects or citi-
zens of a Power or State at war are free from capture.
and confiscation when found on board of neutral ves-
sels, with the exception of articles contraband of war.
2. That the property of neutrals on board an enemy's
vessel is not subject to confiscation, unless the same be
contraband of war. They engage to apply these prin-
ciples to the commerce and navigation of all such Powers
and States as shall consent to adopt them on their part,
as permanent and immutable.
Article 2.—The two high contacting parties reserve
themselves to come to an ulterior understanding, as
circumstances may require, with regard to the applica-
tion and extension to be given, if there be any cause
for it, to the principles laid down in the first article.
But they declare from this time that they will take the
stipulations contained in said article 1 as a rule, when-
ever it shall become a question, to judge of the rights of
neutrality.
Article 3.—lt is agreed by the high contracting par-
tied that all nations which shall or may consent to ac-
cede to the rules or the first article of this convention,
by a formal declaration stipulating to observe them, shall
enjoy the rights resulting from such accession as they
shall be enjoyed and observed by the two Powers sign-
ing this convention. They shall mutually communicate
to each other the results of the steps which may be

taken on the subject.
Article 4.—The present convention shall be approved
and ratified by the President of the United States of
America, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of said States, and his Majesty the Emperor of
all the Russias, and the ratification of the same shall be
exchanged at Washington within thre period of ten
months, counting from this day, or sooner, if possible.
Th faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have
signed the present convention in duplicate, and thereto
affixed the seal of their arms.
Done at Washington, the 22d day of July, in the year
of Grace, 1854.

W. L. MARCY [L. S.]
EDOUARD STOECKL [L. S.]

And whereas, the saTd—co-ii-veefion has teen duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of
the law were exchanged in this city on the 31st ultimo,
by William L. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United
States, and Mr. Edouard de Stoeckl, his Imperial
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires to this Government, on the
part of their respective Governments.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Franklin Pierce,
President of the United States of America, have caused
the said convention is be made public, to the end that
the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this let day of
November, in the year of our Lord 1854, and of the
independence of the United States the 79th.
PIE
By the Preiident, FRANKLIN zt ca.
W. L. MAncY, Secretary of State.

WARENOUSEUEN AND CLERKS' SDI:MOM—On Sa-
turday eveninl• the inauguration of another of those
numerous chart ,ble institutions which reflect so
much honour upon the British metropolis was celebrated
by a festival at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
over which the Right Hon. the Lord Miyor presided,
supported by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex,
and a employ of upwards of 200 gentlemen connected
with eminent trading firms in the City. A large num-
ber of subscriptions were announced in the course of the
evening, ilicluding 101. 104. from Lord John Russell ;
the Lord Mayor's list, 2351. ; Mr. Graham's list, 789/.

&c.
PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITCRIL—On Friday a re-
turn of the public income and expenditure was printed
by order of Parliament. The total income in 1852 was
56,834,711/. ; in 1853, 57,755,5711. ; and in the year
ended the 4th January last, 58,932,5121. The surplus
of increase over the expenditure was in 1852, 2,831,7161.;
in 1853, 2.526,202/. ; and in 1854, 3,193,2601.
PRICE: OF CORN.—A. contract was entered into for'
the supply of wheat at the Royal William Victualling-
yard, at Stonehouse, last. week, at 795. sd. per quarter
of 480 lbs. This is 3?. in advance of the prices paid at
Portsmouth a week since,

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE ROYAL ALBERT.
The Royal Albert, 121, screw, three-decker, Captain Sir
Thomas Pasley, Bart., had not arrived at Spithead at dark
last evening. On her arrival those officers will personally
inspect her, and see to the expedition of her equipment.
Artificers from Portsmouth dockyard are ready to go out
in steam-tugs to fit the necessaries for the troops, who are
to embark on the 24th. All the able semen of the sailing
two-decker Prince Regent, tipwarde of 100 in number
(A. B.'s only), are draughted for the Royal Albert, to
make up her crow to a good and safe-working complement.
She will not carry out her full number of 1,000 men in ad-
dition to the troops and their bampge, another crew being
ready for her On her arrival in the Crimea. The "...t.B.'s"
of the Prince Regent were selected I.ecause the Neptune
has provided already from her crew 109 men to fill higher
ratings in the screw ships Hannibal and Curacoa, and fur
general service.
The Royal Albert was telegraphed as being off Brighton
yesterday afternoon.
The Neptune,. 120, Captain Hutton, and the Monarch,
81, Captain Erskine, are both effecting the repair of their
defects at Spithead. The Neptune is provisioned and
stored for Channel service, and will be quite ready for sea
on the return of her crew from leave of absence.

Her Majesty's steamer Powerful, 81., is obtaining consi-
derable numbers of able seamen for the Queen's service.
Draughts of men are forwarded daily from Greenock to
the elydo, where the Powerful is at moorings.
„The Dauntless, 33, screw, Captain Ryder, at Spithead,
is expected to be ready for the reception of troops this day.
Admiral Berkeley and Sir B. Walker personally have been
seeing to her equipment. She carries out a most impor-
tant contingent to the army at Sebastopol—viz., 280
Royal Artilleryiuen.- The greater portion,of the crew of
the steam-frigate Gorgon, Commander Craeoft (refitting at
Portsmouth), and .13 nefily-trained _seamen from the in-
struction-ship Illustrious, Captain Harris, in Portsmouth
harbour, are to complete the crew of the Dauntless for
this service. _ _

The Hecla, 6, pruldle-sloop“,Commander Hawker, has
completed the repair of her defects at- Portsmouth and left
the dock. Her crew were paid one mouth's wages yester-
day and granted seven days' leave
The Centaur, 6, paddle-wheel frigate, is to be unlocked
on Thursday at Portsmouth, and prepared for immediate
service, most probably in the transport of troops.
The Pigmy, paddlewheel gun-boat, Lieutenant Hunt,
was taken into dock yesterday to make defects good.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS OF BALTIC

OFFICERS.

Captain Hon. Frederick T. Pelham (1840) Rho com-
manded the Blenheim, 61, screw steam-ship, during the
recent blockade in the Baltic, is appointed to command the
Exmouth, 90, screw steam-ship of 400-horse power, com-
missioned at Davenport on Satarclay last, the appointment
bearing date 18th inst.
Captain William H. Hall (1814), recently in command
of the Hccla, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, when serving with
the Baltic fleet, was appointed on Saturday last to the com-
mand of the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-ship, vice Hon.
Frederick T. Pelham.
Second Master Edward M. Shacklock (1851), recently
serving in the Deo paddle-wheel steam troop-ship, to the
'loyal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship.
Assistant-Engineer John Bettison, of tho 3d class, to the
fleet.
Commander George G. Randolph (184 G), serving in the
Rodney, Di, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station,
to be captain, and his promotion to be dated 18th inst.
Commander Peter Cracroft (1846), recently in command
of the Gorgon, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, when serving with
the Baltic fleet, is promoted to be captain, and his promo-
tion dated the 20th inst. _ _

-.
Second Master George Gilpin (1817), who had the cha7ge
of the Volcano floating steam factory during her recent
voyage to the Baltic, and now at Woolwich, is promoted
to be master.
On the promotion of CAptain Courtenay, superintendent
of the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport,
and Naval Hospital at Hasar, to the rank of Rear-Admi-
ral, now daily expected, the appointments ho vacates will
be conferred, we believe, upon Captain Henry Smith (a),
C. 8., now commanding her Majesty's ship Prinee Regent,
90, at Spithead, an officer in every way calculated, to fill
with credit those important posts.
Mr. De Lancey H. M‘Bean is appointed Master's-Assis-
tant, R.N., to her Majesty's steam-frigate Curacoa, now
on her way to the seat of war in the Crimea.

THE SHIPS OF WAR BUILDING AT PORTSMOUTH.
The artisans at Portsmouth are at the present moment
planking in the largest ship over built in the royal naval
yards, namely, the Marlborough, screw, 131 guns, of more
than 4,000 tons, and which will be ready for launching in
the spring of next year. For power and symmetry she is
unequalled. The Marlborough is stronger than the Aga-
memnon, with every possible modern improvement added ;
besides which her middle and lower decks will carry 64
and 84-pounders. Next we have the Shannon, 50, screw.
frigate, some twenty feet longer than the line-of-battle ship
Princess Royal, built of the strougelt and most seasoned
oak, with the sides prepared to resist the heaviest shot.
She is progressing in a manner truly 119 ton ishin g, and about
June next will make room for another on the same stocks.
We have also the screw guardships Hastings and Pembroke
converting rapidly, besides three first-rates, all of which
are to be fitted with the propellor prior to launching. The
immediate increase in the establishment at Devouport will
bo nearly 400 men and a proportionate number of officers.
Of the 400 about 150 are to be shipwrights.

ANOTHER 00-GUN SCREW-SHIP COMMISSIONER

Another 90-gnu screw-ship has boon added to the list of
the screw fleet. in commission—viz., Exmouth (Albion
class), converted into, a screw, with 400-horse power en-
gines. The Exmouth is fitting at Devonport ; her ma-
chinery is nearly complete; she only awaits some blast
pipes from the contractor, which on arrival will be in place
in a few hours.

THE FLOATING BATTERIES FOR THE BALTIC.
The workmen at the Clyde Forge are at present, and will
probably be for several months to come,
employed in mak-
ing iron plates for the floating batteries destined for next
year's campaign in the Baltic. These vary from 8 to 12
feet in length, and 21 to 36 inches in breadth, according to
the portion of the battery for which they are intended. The
thickness is 4 inches, and each plate will weigh from ono to
three tons. They are made of scrap iron (the punchings of
rivet holes, cuttings of iron, tz.c.) a number of pieces of
which are put into a furnace,' and then hammered into a
homogeneous mass by the tilt hammer. A number of these
pieces are then laid on each other, according to the size of
the plate wanted, and then welded together under the
hammer. In the experiments made to ascertain the re-
sistance of iron to shot, the shot passed through 8 half-inch
rolled boiler plates bolted together, while the heaviest shot
in use was shivered to pieces on a four-inch plate of mal-
lealdo iron,. like a snowball on a stone wall. Tito plates
are to be bolted to the outside of the floating batteries,
which are at present being constructed by three English
ship-builbing firms. Two Glasgow firms are also engaged
in manufacturing similar plates. The fleet of steam floating
batteries building in England and Franco amounts to no
fewer than 40, and the whole aro to be launched by March.
They are to be armed with 12 of the largest Lancaster
guns. The 20 building in London are from designs sup-
plied by the French Government. They are nearly 2,000
tons burthen, flat bottomed, with round stem and stern,
130. feet extreme length, 56 feet in width, and 20 in depth,
each being propelled by horizontal engines of 200 horse-
power. They have two decks the upper being bomb-
proof, and the lower the fighting deck. They aro to be
encased with nearly 700 tout of wrought-iron slabs.

OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE
ADMIRA.LTY.•
PORTSMOUTH, 3tlonday.—Early this morning the Sur-
veyor of the Nav
dock-
yard, although it had been reported that Sir Baldwin was
coming round in the Royal Albert. Soon after the Senior
y, Sir Baldwin Walker, was in the
Lord, Roar-Admiral U. F. F. Berkeley, and the First
Lord, Sir James Graham, arrived, and the board visited
every ship under repairs to see how soon each ship could
be available for any service. They also visited and in-
spected every part of the Drake, which is now a mortar
vessel rigged as a " dandy."
The Admiralty Board'expressed their great gratification
at the arrangements made by Captain Julius Roberts,
Royal Marine Artillery, by whom the suspension mortar
has been fitted, as well as the stowage for shells and pro-
visions. Captain Roberts has applied to tho Admiralty
for ten marine artillerymen to be attached to the Drake
to work the mortar.
Their lordships went to Spithead in• the Vivid and in-
spected the Dauntless.

THE RUSSIAN STEAM-ENGINES.
The engines made by Napier, cf Greenock, it was said
for the Russian Covernment, but which he would not ad-
mit or give up to the Government of this country on that
plea, have become the property of the British Government
by fair purchase and consequently any further correspon-
dence on the subject is now at an end.

the Europa was hauled off from the hulk to an anchor a
short .distance out amid renewed, cheers mingled with the
lamentations of many poor women who could not restrain
their grief at parting with their husbands, sons, or brothers
in the r.nks. It was then dark, notwithstanding which
crowds of spectators remained on the pier for more than an
hour afterwards. In the course of the evening the utmost
exertions were made to get on board remaining baggage,
&c., the intention being to leave the harbour as soon as
possible. A detachment of about 150 of the regiment re-
main in the barracks, under the command of Captains
Grove, Vaughan, Furlong, Lieutenant Close, and Ensign
Raitt.

.THE MILITIA.
The following. important circular has been published :
" War-office, Nov. 20, ISSI.
" The rapid augmentation of the regular army being at
this moment of urgent importauce, it has become necessary
to call upon all embodied as well a; disembodied militia
regiments to give us many volunteers as possible to the
regiments of Guards and Line, and to the Royal Marines.
"In taking this step the Government is aware that the
efficiency of your regiment will for a time be considerably
impaired by the sudden loss of a largo proportion of highly-
trained men' whom you will have to replace by raw re-
cruiis, but at this Moment the maintenance of the effici-
ency, fur immediate service, of regiments raised especially
for home duty, important as it is, must yield to the neces-
sity of.atrengthening to the utmost that portion of her
Majesty's forces which are engaeed in the operations of war
abroad, and upon an occasion like the present I am confi-
dent the same spirit which has induced you to devote your-
self so successfully to the forination of the regiment under
your command will secure to the Government your assist-
ance and co-operation in strengthening her Majesty's regu-
lar forces by draughts from your 'regiment.
"It is intended to limit the demand thus to be made on
militia regiments to 25 per centum on their strength,
amounting in the case of the --- regiment to --.
" Recruiting parties will be forthwith directed to proceed
to your head-quarters, in order to recruit volunteers.
"It is proposed to give a priority to the recruiting par-
ties from those regiments which have a county connection
with your regiment, provided such regiments form a part
of thelorce under Lord Raglan's orders, but men will be at
liberty to join other regiments, or the Marines, if they
prefer it,
"The Guards will be allowe 1 to send parties to regi-
ment3generallY, their standard not enabling them to ob-
tain enough recruits from any corresponding number of
militia regiments. The Marines will likewise sand parties.
" All these parties will be recalled immediately the
number to be raised shall have volunteered.
"The men wiil be offered a bounty exceeding by lt. the
augmented bounty authorised for ordinary recruits—
namely, 1/. in addition to fit., or 71. in all.
"Though the limit of 25 per cent. is placed upon the
number of men whom the recruiting parties be empowered
to raise, any larger number of men will be accepted, pro-
vided you are willing, with a view to further the public
service in this emergency, to consent to their discharge.
" The General Commanding-in-Chief, sensible of the
great 'exertions which have been made by militia officers
to bring their regiments to their present high state of effi-
ciency, and .of the sacrifice which they are now called
upon to make, has authorised me to state that he is pro-
pared to place at your disposal, for any officer in your
regiment whom you may wish to name, an ensigncy in the
line without purchase for the first 75 men who shall volun-
teer from your regiment, and have been passed and ac-
cepted in the regulars or Marines, another for the. second
75, and a third ensiguey for a third 75, if the strength of
your regiment enables you to give them.
" You will take the necessary measures in your county
to recruit your regiment again to its numbers after it shall
have been reduced by volunteering to the have the
honour to be, your most obedient humble servant,
" SIDNEY HERBERT.
Regiment of Militia.

"Colonel v

We have much pleasure in being able to state that
Colonel Clifford, of the Monmouth Militia, has induced
upwards of 70 men to volunteer from his regiment into
the army. The officer who brought these men, Ensign
Lawrance, has been presented with an Ensigacy in the
23d Regiment without purchase.
Tho 3d York Militia and the Sussex Infantry Militia,
officers and mon, have all volunteered for active service.
The following gentlemen have, we understan4l, received
their commissions as captains in the Kerry Militia, now in
progress of enrolment :- The O'Donoghuo of the Glens,
Mr. James Crosbie, of Ballyheigue Castle ; and Mr. Ed-
ward Herbert, of Cahirnine-house. Mr. Richard Mahony,
of Dromore Castle, has, we are informed, assented to a
similar appointment.
General Mansell reviewed the 2d Somerset Militia in
Cork on Friday, and complimented the officers highly on
the state of drill to which the men had been brought.
Colonel Lord Barnard and Captain Warren are rapidly
enrolling men for the Cork City Artillery Regiment. Up-
wards of 20 persons have joined the Cork City Militia
within the last few days.

THE 90TH REGIMENT, or Perthshire Volunteers, which
had been ordered to be in readiness to reinforce the I3litish
army in the Crimea, distinguished itself at Mandora, the
Sphinx, Egypt,. Martinique, and Guadeloupe, during the
last war. It was originally raised through the extensive
influence of the late Alexander Mitchell, Esq., of the Ex-
cise Scottish establishment, for the purpose of procuring
the colonelcy for his friend, Sir Thomas Graham of Bal-
gowan, who had, after the decease of his lady, directed his
thoughts towards the army. This hero rese to groat
eminence in his profession, in consequence of his tact and
bravery, and was for a coneidoiable period known as Gene-
ral Sir Thomas Graham, Bart., of Balgowan, Perthshire,
and afterwards as Lord Lynedoch, and who only died a
few years'ago, having lived to a very advanced age.—Edin-
burgh, Courant.
CAPTAIN Medium—This officer, who had the command
of the 17th Lancers at Balaklava, and of whom especial
mention is made in Lord Raglan's despatches, is the eldest
son of the late Win. Choimley Morris, Esq., of Fishleigh-
house, near Hatherleigh, in the county of Devon. As lieu-
tenant, he saw distinguished service in India (under Lords
.Hardinge and Gough), in the 16th Lancers, from which
regiment he removed, soots after their return from India,
to the 17th Lancers, and was some short time since married
to a daughter of the late Major-General Taylor. The
neighbourhood of his nativity is extremely proud of his
abilities and sanguine of his success. His present wounds
aro threo sabre cuts—one in the head, another is the arm,
and the third across the thigh.
THE LATE DR.. D. ANDERSON.—Letters from Constan-
tinople report that Second Staff-Surgeon David Anderson,
M.D., Edinburgh, son of A. Anderson, Esq., of Whiteside,
Dumfriesshire, N. 8., died at the Military Hospital,
Scutari, on the 4th inst. Dr. Anderson, whose premature
death is deeply lamented, was au accomplished physician,
a skilful surgeon, a dexterous operator; zealous, humane,
and unremitting in his attention to the sick and wounded.
In performing an operation he sustained an injury in the
hand, in consequence of which his general health suffered,
and inflammation of the chest following soon after carried
him off in the prime of life, and from a sphere of useful-
ness in which his services of late have been invaluable. He
may be said to have fallen on the professional battle-field
—after having escaped the dangers and privations of the
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ENCOURAGEMENTRANKS. TO GALLANTRY IN TFIE
The following order was issued by direction of Sir George
Cathcart, on the 13th of October :--
" The Lieutenant-General commanding cannel refrain
from testifying to an act of individual merit on the part of
Private Francis Wheatley, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade,
when on duty in the trenches as one of the guard. When
sitting under cover of the embankment, a live shell, with
the fuse burning, pitched exactly on the top of the em-
bankment above his head, and stuck there ; ho instantly
clubbed his rifle, and thrust it back over the embankment,
breaking the fuse, so that it did not explode. By this act
of bravery and prompt action ho not only possibly saved
the lives of many of his comrades, but set an example to
the young soldiers who now constitute a large proportion
of the gallant and well-triad regiment, well calculated to
assist in perpetuating tine glorious reputation which it
has so nobly earned and gallantly r
eputation w every
occasion.

"J. B. ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General."

TELEGRAPH IN THE BALTIC.—The • allele containin
the telegraphic wires for submarine communication lei
tween the island of Zeeland, in Denmark, and Scusia,
in Sweden, was sent from Copenhagen eight days ago to
Landcrona, where the sinking of it in the sea is to com-
mence. The telegraphic apparatus for the office at Lands•
crone, was sent at the same time. Both cable and appa-
ratus have been made in England.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENTS,
Mr. Sanders' letter, addressed to the Federal Govern-
ment of Switzerland, expressing his regret at seeing the
latter join with despotic governments in persecuting
political refugees known to be getting up conspiracies
against the established governments of neighbouring
countries, is yet fresh in our readers' memory. We now
read the following on the subject in the Nouvellistc
Vaudois, under date of Berne, Bth : —" Mr. Fay, United
States minister to the Federal Government of Switzer-
land, has officially informed the Federal Council in the
name of his government, that the Cabinet of Washing-
ton disapproves of Mr. Sanders' communication, in which
he recommended Switzerland to follow an eccentric
policy, the said Cabinet having never given Mr. Sanders
instructions tb that effect, and, moreover, disapproving
of the views contained in that document. which has at-
tracted so much public attention.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL 1
—Some months have now elapsed since the different
members of this expedition have returned home for the
purpose of reporting to their different Governments the
result of their observations. Lieut. St. John, the Eng-
lish Government commissioner, was the first to return
to England. Dr. Cullen followed soon after. Mr. Gis-
borne next took his departure, laden with plans and sec-
tions and maps of all sorts ,• and lastly, Lieut. Strain
and his party reached the United States. From all
these gentlemen we are led to suppose that their reports
would soon be made public, and the fullest information
be given as to the route, its advantages and disadvan-
tages. Up to the present moment we are not aware that
anything has bsen made public, and we are left as much
in the dark as ever on the subject. If the woi kis im-
practicable, the public should be toll so. If it is feasible
in the opinion of the engineers who inspected it, the
plans and reports should be published. They are to a
certain extent public property. The nation was put to
considerable expense in sending vessels of war with the
expedition, and the public have therefore a right t) know
what has been done. As to Mr. Gisborne, we scarcely
expect that he will publish his report, for by all accounts
it contradicts entirely his first one, and there would be
some difficulty in finding the points A and B and C, so
wonderfully discovered on his first visit to the
But good or bad, favourable or uufavourable, the official
report ought to be other. public, and the question de-
cided one soy or the—Panama Star, Aug. 25,

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TILE FATAL WRECK OF TILE AFRICAN
MAIL STEAMER FORERUNNER.

OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION BY THE BOARD
OF TRADE.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE CAPTAIN, OFFICERS, AND

CREW.

Yesterday'a public court of inquiry, opened on Satur-
day, was resumed at the Board of Trade, Whitehall,
into the circumstances attending the loss of the African
mail packet steamer Forerunner, recently wrecked near
Madeira while on her homeward passage to England,
when several of the passengers and crew perished.
The proceedings took place before Rear-Admiral
Beechey and Captain W. N. Walker, 11. C. S., the
naval commissioners of the Board of Trade, assisted,
according to the Mercantile Marine Act, by Mr. Edward
Yardley, the Thames Police-court magistrate.
Mr. M'Gregor Laird, the managing director of the
j African Steam-ship Compaay, was present on behalf of
the company.
Captain Johnstone, the late commander of the Fore-
runner, was also in attendance at the court to hear the

witnesses.
Admiral Deechey opened the inquiry by realm king
that the proceedings were instituted by the Lords Com-
missioners by virtue of their powers under the 28th,
104th, and 105th sections of the Mercantile Marine Act
(13th and 14th Viet., cap. 93), and the 31st section of
the Steam Navigation Act (14th and 15th Vict., cap.
79), 'to investigate the loss of the steam-ship Forerunner,
and the question whether the master and other officers
of that vessel had shown themselves, by reason of in-
competency or misconduct, unfit to discharge their
duties.
Captain Kennedy, late Governor of Sierra Leone, was
then called and examined. He said—On the 25th Oct.
last I was a-Government passenger on board the Fore-
runner steamer. I embarked on the 13th. There was
nothing particular calling for remark until the 19th of
that month. On that day, about 10 in the morning, I
heard one of the passengers make a remark about the
discoloration of the water. The vessel at this time was
running under steam and canvas, at the rate, I should
say, nearly as I could guess, of probably nine miles an
hour. Prior to this, the diseelorati )n of the water had
been observed at some distance. This was remarked to
the captain, and I heard him state that it was the re-
flection of a cloud. While these remarks were passing,
the captain ordered the man at the quarter to heave the
leed. This man was put in the chains, and it seemed to
rue, from my knowledge—and I have sailed a good deal
in my time—that he had a very imperfect knowledge of
using the lead at all. I think Mr. Beilingfield, who is
a better authority, will give.an opinion—that, however,
is my opinion. The first cast of 'the lead was? fathoms;
the next, I believe, was 5 ; the third cast was about 21
fathoms. When 21 fathoms were called out, the captain
ordered the after sail to be hauled down (it was a vessel
of three masts), and the helm to be put hard up. The
vessel being small, and running quick a-head, imme-
diately cast off. We ran; and I think for two hours,
with the vessel's head directly off land, before we got
seven 'fathoms of water, going eight or nine miles an
hour—so that the vessel must have run fifteen or six-
teen miles in seven fathoms water. I subse-
quently saw a chart, and I looked into the common
sailing directions, which mast captains have, and a copy
of which the captain of the Forerunner had, and accord-
ing to the best of my recollection, in connection with
the observations which were made that morning, I came
to the conclusion that the vessel was as nearly as possi-
ble in the position of where the Medusa is marked on
the chart as having been wrecked. On the 24th we had
the wind nearly right a head. The first landfall was
made close after dark. I am not prepared to say how
many miles to the westward of Funchal, but it was not
less than 30 or 40. The vessel then ran along shore
towards Funchal, and on reaching that place remained
till about 4 p.m. the following day, the 25th, when we
sailed. When I put up my newspper I walked to the
forward part of the poop-deck, where the captain was
standing by the compass. My attention was attracted
to the compass as the man was first lighting the binnacle.
I spoke to the captain, and asked him how many points
we should haul up to the northward ; and at that mo-
ment, while I was calculating the way in which the ship's
head would lie, and standing alone beside the captain,
I heard him call to the man at the wheel, " Starboard
the helm," which would have the effect of bringing the
vessel's head up more to the land. The ship flew up
very rapidly. I should say the ship could not have
come up from the original course she was steering before
that order was given. I should say she came up two-and-
a-half or three points in that time. The captain could
not have given that order many seconds before the ship
struck and stuck fast, going at full speed. The vessel
seemed to me to go with a grating sound, and tear
exactly like a piece of brown paper. The captain at
the moment seemed to me perfectly bewildered ; in fact,
he did not seem to know what he was doing, or what was
to be done. The engineers and stokers at this time had
rushed on deck. There was a simultaneous rush made
to the boat. Seeing such a rush made to the boats, and
knowing that the boats were incapable of carrying the
number of passengers on board, I foresaw that death
would accrue to all unless something like order and dis-
cipline were kept iu filling the boats. The waist boat, an
iron boat, was at that time full almost to sinking. I
looked over the quarter, and particularly observed in this
boat the second steward and Mr. Moore, the first mate.
I immediately reproached Mr. Moore for his conduct,
and told him that instead of setting an example of desert-
ing the ship he should be the last to leave her, and that if
he did not quit the boat 1 would represent his conduct to
the owners of the ship. This unfortunate man did come
out of the boat, and subsequently lost his life. At this
period I missed the captain. The two boats that left the
vessel never attempted to return to the wreck. lam
perfectly satisfied that at the time I was picked up there
was no soul alive of those that went down in the ship.
Admiral Beechey—You say that after the vessel
struck there was a rush to the boats, and the absence of
all command and discipline ?—Certainly.
Did it appear to you that the captain was endeavour-
ing to remedy this ?—ln no way whatever. He gave no
orders for the preservation of the crew and passengers.
What time did it take to lower the boats
do not know. I endeavoured to lower the boats as
speedily as possible. We had 02 souls on board ; and I
said, from what I had seen at the Arleen Bank, I thought
I would more usefully employ myself in endeavouring
to restore order.
Mr. Yardley--Did you observe what the captain was
doing at this time ?—I saw the captain go below.
How soon afterwards ? Did you notice what he was

doing from the time the vessel struck up to her sinking l
—To the best of my belief the captain was mostly below.
He saved two or three chronometers. He went below

for them, and I believe he was occupied the greater part
of his time below about the money chest.
Admiral Beechey—Was there a lady in the cabin ?
Yes, a lady and a child.
Did he go down to save that lady know he did
not. Mr. Child, who was lost, was standing by me at
the time, and I said I won't leave the ship. Mr. Child
said, "Right, I will stand by you till the last." He
then said, " Good God, where is the lady ?" He then
rushed down into the cabin, and brought the lady and
child up. He put the child into the boat, and the last I
saw of him wal when he was attempting to get the lady
over the side of the ship into the boat, when the ship
sunk, and he, with the lady, went down, and, although
Lieutenant Child was an excellent swimmer, was, with
the lady, drowned.
Lieutenant Bedingfield, R.N., was next examined,
and gave evidence of a similar description.
James Stewart, late chief engineer of the Forerunner,
spoke of the engines not having been stopped on the
day the ship was near the Argon Shoals, and not until
after she had struck on tha rock off Point Lorenzo. I
was saved in the life-boat. The chief and second mate
were ordered out by Governor Kennedy. I was aware
that a female was in the ship, nod other passengers on
deck. The captain ordered me out. I told him I would
not.

Admiral Beechey—Was that a remark to make to the
superior officer ?—I thought it was my duty to save my
own life.
Is it the duty of officers first to rush to the boat to
save themselves, or to wait and assist the passengers ?
I did what I thought best under the circumstances.
By Mr. Yardley---Before the boats were touched I
heard the captain give orders to look to them.
Humphrey Bramwell, the third engineer, deposed to
the captain ordering the boats to be lowered. D►d not
think any of the survivors were in the water more than
eight minutes after the ship went down.
Some other evidence having been received the pro-
ceedings were adjourned.