The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-26 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

Saturday, being Midsummer-day, a court of Common•
hall was held at the Guildhall for the purpose of electing
sheriffs for London and Middlesex, and other corporate
officers for the ensuing year. In consequence of the
crowding upon the hustings in former years a proclama-
tion was issued and posted in various parts of the hall,
referring to this inconvenience, and ordering the sheriffs'
officers and marshalmen to keep it clear, and they did
this so effectually that even the representatives of the
press were kept standing in the crowd till the proceed-
ings were about to commence.
Shortly after one o'clock the Lord Mayor, attended by
the civic functionaries, the Recorder, the sheriffs, alder-
men, &c., appeared upon the hustings amidst loud' cheer-
ing. The hall at this time was crowded, and there were
at least 3,000 persons present, of whom the great majo-
rity were evidently respectable citizens and liverymen,
the scrutiny at the doors being more strict than usual.
Proclamation having been made,
The RECORDER came forward, and said they were
assembled to exercise their undoubted privilege as citi-
zens and liverymen of the city of London to elect the
sheiiffs and other corporate officers for the ensuing year.
He was bound to inform them that in the Court of Com-
mon Council two resolutions had been passed on Wed-
nesday last, the 21st instant, one to the effect that who-
ever accepted the office of bridgemaster must do so with
the understanding that it was only temporary, and must
be accepted subject to any arrangements that might be
hereafter come to, and another resolution that the salary
of bridgemaster (formerly 300/, per annum) should be
only 201. per annum. (Great laughter, hissing, and
groaning.)
The Town Clerk, Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER, then
came forward, and submitted the following names to the
livery for their choice as sheriffs for the ensuing year :
Henry Muggeridge, alderman and innkeeper ; R. Hart-
ley Kennedy, alderman ; William A. Rose, Alderman ;
J. J. Norris, common councilman ; and Charles D.
Crosley, citizen and poulterer. The majority of the
livery held up their hands in favour of Messrs. Mug-
geridge and Crosley, there being only a few hands held
up for the other candidates.
The name of Sir John Key, Bark, was then proposed
as chamberlain for the ensuing year, and there being no
other candidate, he was elected with acclamation.
George Ledger and James Jardine were then elected
bridgemasters.
The ale conners, auditors, and other corporate officers
were subsequently elected, and the mayor and aldermen
retired for the purpose of submitting the names for con-
firmation to the Court of Aldermen.
On their return the TOWN CLERK announced that the
election for the office of sheriffs had fallen upon Alder-
man Muggeridge and J. T. Crosley—for the office of
chamberlain upon Sir John Key, Bart.—of bridgemas-
ters upon Messrs. Ledger and Jardine, and that a poll
had been demanded on the part of Thomas W. Booth,
another candidate for the office of bridgemaster. The
names of the ale conners, auditors, and other officers
elected were then announced.
Alderman MUGGERIDGE thanked the livery for baying
passed him over last year, and for having elected him on
the present occasion. He should endeavour to discharge
the duties of his office in such a manner as would meet
their approval at the end of his year of office. He should
seek the effective discharge of the duties of his office ra-
ther than any ostentatious display, and hoped he would
give them satisfaction, by endeavouring, to the best of
his ability, to support the dignity of his office.
Mr. CROSLEY also returned thanks. Some of his
friends had asked him why he associated himself with
the corporation of. London, but his answer was, that he
felt much pride in associatinghimself with so respectable
a body, and he trusted that the corporation of London
might continue to flourish as long as the world existed.
(Great laughter.)
Sir J. KEY, the newly-elected chamberlain, then re-
turned thanks.

BARON DE ROTHSCHILD.
Mr. Alderman WIRE said a resolution had been placed
in the hands of the sheriffs, which they thought the
present meeting was not competent to entertain, but at
the request of the gentlemen by whom it had been pre-
pared, he would read it to the meeting, as it affected not
only the interests of the livery, but of the entire City.
(Cries of " read," followed by loud cries of " no, uo.")
- The LORD MAYOR came forward and said, as chief
magistrate of the City, and elected by theinselves,,he was
most unwilling that every liveryman should not have
full opportunity of expressing his opinion upon any mat-
ter affecting the common weal of the City. (Hear, hear.)
At the same time he thought it right to inform them
that many gentlemen, not anticipating that such a reso-
lution would come before the Common Hall, were ab-
sent at that moment. Common justice would, there-
fore, induce him to ask them not to raise a discussion
on a political question unless full notice had been given.
The resolution which had been placed in his hauds was
as follows :—"Resolved—That the liverymen of the city
of London, now assembled at this Common Hall, con-
sidering that the institution and commercial interest of
this City are likely to be impaired by Baron de Roths-
child holding over one of the seats in Parliament, dero-
gatory to the usages and customs of Parliament, and
useless to the common weal of the citizens of London ;
that lie is hereby called upon to resign that seat in order
that the citizens may elect another member of Parlia-
ment, who may be able to take his seat and protect the
interest of the commercial community and the institu-
tions of this city." (Cheers, and marks of disapproba-
tion.) If he received that resolution, embodied in a
requisition, he would readily call a Common Hall for
the purpose of taking it into consideration —(cheers)—
ts of
but as he was a2xio he
that the court should not be sac-
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adjourned till three o'clock, when the
till four, for the office of bridgemaster, ann given,
the re-opening of the poll next week would t).:
The ball then broke up.

(From the Daily Neuss.)
Mr. Layard's notice of motion has " fluttered the.
Volscians" to some purpose. A bombshell descending
among them could not have caused more of panic-
stricken gesticulation and exclamation among the
Aberdeenites. Every device that men at their -wits'
end from extremity of terror can devise will be tried to
divert Mr. Layard from his purpose. He is already
taunted with merely wishing to make a speech ; lie is
told that his motion is "inadmissible, unprecedented,
unconstitutional." Having thus attempted to bully
Mr. Layard, the Aberdeenite organs next adopt a
coaxing tone, and suggest to him excuses for withdraw-
ing his motion. The " irregular" motion, it is insinu-
ated, may become " unnecessary,", after the explana-
tions that Lord Aberdeen is to give this evening.
Mr. Layard is in a " isarluus" predicament ; threat-
ened and wheedled by turns, his resolution may give
way. If it does, his career as a statesman may be con-
sidered as closed. He has more than once backed out
of brave protestations when the hour for action came ;
this was pardoned in a young, inexperienced; and un-
supported member ; but these considerations will not
avail him now. He has done enough to incur the last-
ing hatred and vengeance of the whole tribe of Tapers
and Tadpoles ; his only chance in his being, able to per-
suade the public that be is no rash iincletakei:4-of in-
considerate feats ; and that when he promises to do, he
has the courage to perform, even though he may wand
alone with every conventionally-dubbed " influential
person" scowling upon him. He is forewarned that
formal objections may be raised to the reception of his
motion as shaped by him on Friday ; these he can,easily
avoid by modifying its terms. Lord J. Russell promised
to give precedence on Thursday to a motion that would
raise a discussion on the foreign policy of the Govern-
ment; and Lord John is too brave to back out of such a
pledge on so shuffling a pretext, as that Mr. Layard has
changed the phraseology of his motion, in order to put
aside a mere formal objection to it.
That this evening's proceedings in the House of Lords
will render Mr. Layard's motion unnecessary is ex-
tremely improbable. It appears, from the order book of
the Lords, that " Viscount Gordon " is to move for
the production of a despatch on the subject of the treaty
of Adrianople, addressed by "Lord Aberdeen " to the
English Minister at St. Petersburg, at the time the
treaty was concluded. From this despatch the world
may learn what Lord Aberdeen alias Viscount Gordon
(of the English Peerage) thought or said of the treaty of
Adrianople twenty-five years ago. That, however, is
now a matter of not the slightest moment. The
really practical question—the question in which the
people of England are interested—is what Viscount
Gordon, aliasthe Earl of Aberdeen, thinks and says of
the treaty of Adrianople now. What Lord Aberdeen
said about that treaty this day se'nnight, as Premier, in
the House of Lords, with the fear of reporters and
the newspapers before his eyes, is much more likely
to be a faithful exponent of his present sentiments than
a despatch written twenty-five years ago, and kept "pri-
vate and confidential" ever since. Twenty-five years
ago Lord Aberdeen may have railed in good set terms
at the ambition of Russia ; but seven days ago Lord
Aberdeen made the amende honorable to Russia, by
publicly professing that he believed his old suspicions of
its ambition had done it injustice. He admitted that
the "conditions" imposed upon Turkey by the Treaty
of Adrianople were "disastrous and onerous ;" but he
hastened to salve this admission by adding that the
treaty was not followed up by any acquisition of Turkish
territory on the part of Russia. This is merely saying
that' Russia was wise enough to " bide its time ;" for the
intolerable concessions attempted to be extorted from
the Porte by Prince Menschikoff were demanded on the
ground of the Treaty of Adrianople along with other
treaties. But it is not true that Russia has waited 25years
before it has sought to avail itself of the Treaty of Adria-
nople. The murmurs of the house compelled Lord Aber-
deen to modify his unqualified assertion that Russia had
made no acquisition of Turkish territory since the Treaty
of Adrianople, by the admission that it acquired " two
or three small ports in Asia." His qualified assertion
that Russia had acquired no Turkish territory in Europe
provoked a cry of " the Danube"—rethinding his audi-
tors of Russia's acquisition of the delta of that river ; of
Russia's systematic obstruction of the navigation of the
Danube ; of Russia's violation of its solemn compact not
to erect any fortifications on the delta 'of the Danube.
But the most audacious of Lord Aberdeen's falsifications
of history, for the purpose of concealing Russian ambi-
tion, was left uncontradicted by his auditors, tired pro-
bably of cutting off the hydra heads of his misrepresen-
tations only to see others sprout up in their stead. " The
only interference," said Lord Aberdeen, " that Russia
has had with Turkey since the Treaty of Adrianople has
been to save the Turkish empire by sending an army to
Constantinople to protect it against Egyptian invasion."
Common honesty ought to have led his lordship to
add that Russia availed itself of the presence of this
army to extort from the Sultan the treaty of Unkiar-
Skelessi, by which the Dardanelles was closed against
the ships of war of all other nations, and the Black Sea
transformed into a Russian lake. When Lord Aberdeen
is found publicly perverting and falsifying history at this
rate, in order to gloss over the ambition of Russia now,
what boots it to show that a quarter a century ago he
whispered a secret protest against that ambition ? Lord
Aberdeen's attempt to persuade the world that Russia
is not ambitious is no maintenance of an idle paradox to
win the barren laurel of dialectic skill. The whole tenor
of his last Mouday's speech shows that he was driving
at a practical conclusion ; and that that conclusion is—
Austria will not concur with the. Allies in exacting more
from Russia than the simple evacuation of the Danubian
provinces ; unless Austria concur, the Allies cannot
compel Russia to any greater concession than the simple
evacuation of the Danubian provinces ; and therefore
the efforts of the Allies ought to be limited to the eva-
cuation of the Danubian provinces. All Lord Aber-
deen's artillery of arguments, sneers, and personalities,
was brought into play, to blow this conclusion into the
convictions of his hearers. A more disgraceful exhibi-
tion than this falsification of history, pointless sarcasms
against great principles of national policy, and paltry
personalities, all vented by an English Premier in order
to save from the penalties of his crimes an inveterate
and unscrupulous enemy of England, is not to be met

with in our annals.
But, it may be urged, Lord Aberdeen's object in his
to-night's motion may be to obtain an opportunity of
explaining away vvizat was censurable in his speech of
last Monday. It is too late. His last Monday's speech
was too obviously the exponent of what he wishes the
world to think he believes ; and it was, moreover, in
exact harmony with all his speeches since the commence-
ment of these discussions. Even though he were to re-
cant it all to-night, nobody would have faith in his re_
cantation ;it would—and justly —be attributed to fear
of Mr. Layard's impending motion—to a desire to retain
office, without which Lord Aberdeen cannot help his
friend the Czar. There is only one way for Lord Aber-
deen so far to parry the force of Mr. Layard's motion as
to save the Cabinet Lord Aberdeen has formed, and
that is by resigning. No one can have confidence in
that Cabinet while the war lasts and Lord Aberdeen pre-
sides over it. It is not merely that as Premier he re-
tains a casting vote in all matters relating to the war ;
he has taken care that in the distribution of office all the
departments which bear most immediately on the con-
duct of the war should be manned by his own retainers.
An Aberdeenite is Minister of War; an Aberdeonite
is Secretary at War ; an Aberdeenite is at the head of
the navy ; an Aberdeenite, as Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, provides the sinews of war. Lord Aberdeen has
evinced such anxiety to keep in his own hands the entire
control and direction of the war, and such a determina-
tion to check the country's thunder in order to spare the
Czar, that nothing short of his resignation can restore
the country's confidence in the only Government that
stands between us and the Derby-Disraeli faction.
There are some men who doubt whether even Lord
Aberdeen's resignation will not come too late ; this,
however, is to be too despondent. It is true that there
prevails what placemen call " a mutinous spirit" among
the Liberal members. Nor could it well be otherwise
after the lamentable exhibitions of Thursday and Friday i
nights. The talents, the accomplishments, of the mem-
bers of the present Cabinet, taken individually, cannot
be doubted ; but as a body they have shown themselves
incapable of understanding the views and feelings of the
composite party they have undertaken to lead. The
measures they have selected to submit to Parliament, it
is now apparent, have been such as they could not
bring their supporters as a body to approve of. And
they have clapped the crown on their indiscretion by
refusing even such a trifling concession to their liberal
and dissenting adherents as to place the bye-taws of Ox-
ford in respect of liberality on a footing with those of
Cambridge. There is no doubt that the patience of the

(Front the Times.)
The notice of motion given by-Lord Aberdeen for this
evening is an acknowledgment on the part of the First
Minister of the Crown that the observations made by
him in the course of the debate on Tuesday last stand in
need of explanation ; and we hope that in producing the
despatch describing the policy pursued by the British
Government at the time of the Treaty of Adrianople in
1829 Lord Aberdeen will find means to dispel the dis-
trust which his last speech in the House of Lords has
unhappily awakened. The debate in-which that speech
was delivered was, in all-other-respects, the must satis-
factory we have yet had the good fortune to listen to
since the commencement of the war. The veteran Lord
Lyndhurst traced out with the mind of a statesman, and
the grasp of an orator, the duties of this country and
the political interests of Europe. Lord Clarendon fol-
lowed, and assured the house, with somewhat more
of official reserve, as befits his position, that he
concurred in the opinions which had just been so
forcibly expressed, and that, whatever might be the
results of the ware it was not for an insignificant object
that this contest had been begun, nor by any in-
significant concessions or by a hollow pacification that
it would be concluded. Even Lord Derby gave a pa-
triotic adhesion to these views, which are undoubtedly
those of nine-tenths of the people of England ; and there
was every reason to rejoice in their display of the spirit
and union of the Government, of Parliament, and of the
country, when Lord Aberdeen intervened in the debate,
and gave utterance to sentiments widely different from
those which the House of Lords had just listened to
with unanimous applause, and equally at variance, we
venture to affirm, with the convictions of the country
and the policy of his own colleagues. Language more
inappropriate or indefensible, considering that this coun-
try is now at war with Russia, and that the speaker is
the Prime Minister of this country, has seldom been
uttered in Parliament, and, in every circle of political
and social life, whether friendly or hostile to the pre-
sent Government, it has been severely condemned.
Notice was immediately given in the House of Com-
mons of a motion conveying a direct censure on the First
Minister, and we understand that public meetings
are likely to be held to express the strong dissatisfac-
tion excited by these remarks. Lord Aberdeen will
therefore take the earliest opportunity this evening
to remove an impression which is not only personally
injurious to himself, but fatal to the union of the Cabi-
net, and derogatory to the dignity of the country. In
explaining the occurrences of 1829 Lord Aberdeen will
probably be able to show that the policy pursued by him-
self and the Duke of Wellington at that period was more
energetic than is commonly supposed; but the practical
question now before Parliament and the country is not
what was done at the Treaty of Adrianople, but what is
to be done now. The circumstances are widely different.
In that war we were not engaged, and our intervention
was of a mediatorial character. Turkey was defeated,
and all we could hope to do was to rescue her from per-
dition. We are now, on the contrary, engaged in the
war as auxiliaries and as principals. Turkey, supported
by England and France, is not defeated, but victorious;
and we have bound ourselves by treaty to take effectual
measures to place these dangerous and embarrassing
questions fur the future on a more secure and dura-
ble basis. It is certain that Russia will not surrender
what we demand of her until she is compelled to do
so by force of arms ; but nothing is more futile
or mischievous than to hold language tending to
lower the tone of this country in the opinion of
Europe, and to engender a delusive faith in negotiations
which are at this time impossible. While negotiations
were pending and any hope of peace remained, this jour-
nal persevered in a course of great forbearance and mode-
ration, which our adversaries attempted to misrepresent
to our disadvantage; but, as we replied at the time,
although we were the last to urge this country into hos-
tilities, we shall also be the last to withdraw from those
hostilities until we have obtained complete satisfaction
of our just demands. The only road to peace now is
the energetic and triumphant prosecution of the war.
There may be an infinite variety of reasons for not going
to war at all, and for avoiding altogether, if possible, a
a contest so onerous while it lasts, and so hazardous in
its effects upon the political relations of the world. But
no reasons are of avail to show that, once engaged in
war, we are not to carry it on to the c4tremity of suc-
cess by wresting from the enemy the means of renewing
such a quarrel. After what has happened, the existence
of the Ottoman empire and the independence of the East
require a total revision of the former treaties between
Russia and the Porte, under the control of the other
Powers of Europe, the free navigation of the Danube,
with security for the clearance of the bar or the con-
struction of a ship canal across the Dobrudscha, the de-
struction of the exclusive naval ascendancy of Russia in
the Black Sea, and the independence, which we have
now recognised, of the Circassian coast. In comparison
with these points, which have arisen out of the original
dispute, and are now inseparably connected with it, the
mere evacuation of the Principalities is a temporary
question, which may be left to the German Powers, who
cannot allow the Danube and its tributaries-to be incor-
porated in the Russian empire. But to exact from Russia
the four articles we have just mentioned is to diminish
on four important points the position she occupied before
the war, and no one can anticipate that she will give
way on these paints except upon compulsion.
We speak thus clearly on this matter because we have
observed that idle reports are afloat on the subjectlof
negotiations, of a congress to be held at Vienna, of the
mediation of the German Powers, and of the restoration
of peace on the status quo ante bellum. It is not to be
supposed that Lord Aberdeen, with his long experi-
ence of public affairs, and with the knowledge of the
present state of Europe, which the Government
alone completely possesses, can be deceived by
these insinuations, or that he can commit the
error of mistaking the commencement of a war for
the end of it. Bat, even if we could imagine that some
scheme for the renewal of negotiations on the present
basis lurked in the sanguine mind of the Prime Minister,
it is evident that no such hopes or intentions are shared
by any of his colleagues. All the speeches recently made
by Lord Clarendon, by the Duke of Newcastle, and by
Lord John Russell, demonstrate that, if such views ex-
i ist at all, or in any quarter, they are not the views on
which the Government is prepared to act. But it is due
to the House of Commons and to the nation that no
shadow of uncertainty should rest on a point of such
vital consequence to the issue of the struggle in which
we are engaged. It is alike inconsistent with the cha-
racter of a Minister and with the honour of the country
that any doubt should exist as to the energy and ear-
nestness of the statesmen on whom the conduct of the
war devolves. To direct the forces of a great nation, to
put forth the resources of the country, to combine the
efforts of military strength with the objects of political
foresight, to provide against reverses, and to use success
with decisive effect until it enables us to dictate an hon-
ourable peace, are the most arduous and glorious achieve-
ments of statesmanship. Never was a British Minister
more nobly supported by the liberality of Parliament, by
the spirit and union of the people, and by the resolution of
the country to carry on this war to a successful termi-
nation. But, since these sacrifices have been cheerfully
made for a great public object, the country expects that
they shall not be made in vain. In comparison with
the one paramount object—the successful prosecution of
the war, in which our honour and our interests are so
deeply engaged—all personal pretensions and party dis-
tinctions subside into indifference. For such a purpose
we have not more choice as to the other qualifications of
a Minister than we have in the selection of an officer to
command her Majesty's troops in the field. Experience
of military administration, judgment, and decision are
the qualities most indispensable to a War Minister ; and
wherever they are found in the highest degree the coun-
try will be best served. If those faculties are wanting,
or if the high duties of the Ministers of this country are
lowered to the selfish intrigues the effects of which we
have recently witnessed, the war will be prolonged, and
all the evils it inflicts on humanity will be increased.
Every error of judgment, every opportunity neglected,
may cost thousands of lives and affect the best interests
of the country ; but the first condition of success is to
inspire the people of England and our allies with un-
shaken confidence in the-energy of the Government, and
to convince our adversaries that they have to deal with
men who will not stop short in the course of action in
which they are engaged.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
We learn by letters dated as late as the 16th inst.
that Admiral Plumridge's detached flying squadron of
paddle steamers, consisting of the Leopard, 18 (flag),
the Vulture, 6, the Odin, 16, and the Valorous, 16,
since it has been up the Gulf of Bothnia, has encountered
some very severe work, what with ice and shoals, which
has damaged their paddlewheels a good deal. They have
destroyed on the coast of Finland 45 vessels, of from
1,200 tons to 100 tons, and, by the lowest estimate that
has been made, 300 0001. worth of property, consisting
of tar, timber, .a little saltpetre, and tallow. The dis-
aster at Gamla-Karleby is thus described :—On the 7th
inst. the Vulture and Odin were sent into. Ganda-
Kaileby, 64 deg. 50 min. north, where they had to an-
chor five miles from the town. Their boats were sent
in under the "command of the First Lieutenant .(Mr;
Charles Wise) of the Vulture, who was -surprised by a
large force of regular' troops, armed with rifles and field-
guns, who were wholly concealed and protected by
strong wood stores, so that not a man was seen. The
consequence was a murderous onslaught. The loss from
the Vulture was one man killed,, and one wounded, and
a paddle box boat, with one niate(Mr.Morphy), pep
and the boat's .24-pounder carronade, " missing, cap•
tared, or sunk." .The loss from the Olin was. three
officers killed—Lieutenant Carrington ; Mr. Montague,s
mate ; Mrs Athorpe, midshipman ; and three_ men—
Thomas Tatman, captain of the 'maintop ; John. Rey-
nolds, Royal Marine Artillery ; and James Shinao,
Royal Marine. First-Lieutenant Lewis, R.M„ Mr.
Magrath, -midshipman, and 15 men were wounded. The
wounded were all out of danger when our letters left.
By a letterfrom Memel, dated the 20th inst., the Holy-
rood, hired steam transport, Commander Lovett, from
Copenhagen to Faro.in 37 hours, was expected to reach
the fleet yesterday. The Archer, .14, screw steamshire
Captain Edmond Heathcote, had left Faro for Memel.
Captain Astley C. Key is senior officer on the Courland
Coast, and has with him the Archer, Conflict, and
Cruiser, under his orders. The Aniphion, on the 20th
instant, took on board 30 head of cattle, and proceeded
with them for Sir Charles Napier's fleet, then off Dago.
The hired contract steam transport Captain W. H.
Franklin embarked on Saturday at Portsmouth 23 of
the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons to take the place of those
lost in the Europa, 17 of the 17th Lancers, 150 of the
Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, 40 officers, and 60
horses, for conveyance to Varna, for which place she left.
Portsmouth Harbour at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
She will touch at Gibraltar and embark those officers
and men of the 6th Dragoons saved from the Europa,
and carry them on to the seat of war. She also takes
out a large quantity of cavalry forage, about 200 cases
of horseshoes, 50 cases of swords, &c.
The Algiers, 91, Captain the Hon. Charles Talbot,
steamed from Hamoaze into the Sound on Saturday
afternoon, with royal yards across. It is expected that
she will leave the port on Thursday next.
A telegraphic message from the Admiralty is said to
have been received at Plymouth, annduncing that eight
of the prisoners taken from the Tiger near Odessa are
exchanged for a similar number of Russian prisoners,
and that Surgeon Doraville is one of the officers so
exchanged.
His Netherland Majesty's instruction brig Zeehond,
Commander Escher, from Holland, entered- Plymouth
Sound yesterday morning, under a Royal salute from the
batteries in the citadel, which was acknowledged by her.
She is on a cruise for the purpose of exercising cadets
and young seamen.
The newly-built screw-sloop Swallow, lately launched
at Pembroke, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morn-
ing, in charge of Mr. King, master of the St. Vincent,
and a navigating party sent from that ship to take her
to Portsmouth, where she is ordered to be immediately
supplied with her engines and equipped for service. She
is a handsome-looking vessel.
On Saturday another Russian prize, a barque, over
500 tons, called the Augusta, cut out of Ekness by her
Majesty's ships Hecla and Arrogant, arrived at Orford-
ness' Hango Bay, in charge of a prize crew. She will
be brought to the port of London for condemnation.
The Augusta is said to be one of the most valuable prizes
yet made, she and her cargo being estimated at 70,000/.
On the 22d inst. the ward-room officers of the Water-
loo, 120, entertained at dinner Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Joceline Percy, C. 8., as a mark of respect previous to
his hauling down his flag on the Ist of next month.
Captain Lord Frederick Kerr and Arthur Price, Se-
cretary, will remain under the next flag.
A draught of able seamen, also 73 ordinaries and
second-class ordinary seamen, who have been under in-
struction in this ship, have been draughted to the Han-
nibal, 90 guns, screw steam-ship.
The Hannibal completed her coaling on Saturday
evening last, and to-day commences to swing ship for
the adjustment of her compasses. She is still in want of
able seamen to make up her compliment of 750.
The Royal Albert, 131 guns, new screw steam-ship, is
wasted complete, and only waiting the rise of these
spring tides to be docked. The pendent has not yet
been hoisted up to this time,• 8 p.m.
The Wolverine, 12 gun-sloop, Commander John Cor-
bett, arrived here from Chatham this day, towed down
by the steam-vessel Adder, Mr. Muncheon, second mas-
ter in command, and under pilot charge of Thomas Craf-
ter, Queen's pilot at Chatham.
Commander John B. Marsh, now serving in the Wa-
terloo, it is reported will take the command of the Star;
if so, the crew of the Star may consider themselves go-
verned by a lucky planet. Commander Marsh is too
well known to the old tars serving in the navy, and also
to some thousands of new early raised men and boys
who have been instructed in their duties under his im-
mediate inspection, on board the Waterloo and other
ships he has served in, to require anything said of him
to induce seamen to follow him, whichever be his ship,
be it the little Star or the noble Royal Albert.
The mail for the Baltic fleet, via Belgium to Dantsic,
whence it will be carried on to the fleet by a war steamer,
will be made up to-morrow evening.
On Friday a number of officers and privates of the 11th
Regiment, together with 96 of the 31st Foot, proceeded
through Bristol en route for Winchester and the Isle of
Wight, they having volunteered into the 33d, 38th 44th,
77th, and 79th regiments, now on service in Turkey.
The circumstances under which they volunteered afford
a striking proof of the military enthusiasm of our soldiers
with respect to the present war. It seems that on
Thursday the colonel commanding the South Wales dis-
trict went to Brecon for the purpose of seeing how many
of the depot of the 11th Regiment, there stationed, would
volunteer for the war in the East of Europe. The num-
ber of men in the depot did not exceed 200, and the
appeal of the gallant commander was responded to by no
less than 157 brave fellows, who at once stepped forward
and proffered their services to their country.

ARRIVAL OF THE DAUNTLESS FROM THE

BALTIC.