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your dear little sisters• are quite well and happy and comfortable.
Give dear Fanny and dear little Margaret my very best and fondest
love, with many kisses also to your little companions. I bate not
been yet where the 33th Regiment is. When I see the regiment I
will be sure to go and see their fathers. I hope you are well and
happy altogether, and love each other, and be kind, to one another.
But, my dear child, you must look after and see to your youngest
sister, for she is but a baby yet, and may God bless you all and keep
you under His Almighty wings always is the daily prayer of your
loving father. Be kind to your dear s'ster Fanny, kiss her for me,
tell her I send my very best love to her, ant she is to learn all she
can till I come home-, which T trust, please God, won't be long. I
hope you are all good children, and do what you can to assist Mrs.
8., who will, I know, be very kind and good to you. I hope sheds
quite well. Give her my best respects. I hope you love and obey
your teachers. You must write to me, my dear Mary, &c. We are
all in a very large camp. I dare say 11,000 men. We all sleep on
the ground. We have our cloaks and one blanket to cover us. There
are no houses near us for miles. We all went to a little valley yes-
terday, and heard Divine service, and very many of us received the
sacrament of our Lord Jesus Christ afterwards. Oh 1 my dear child,
never forget your prayers; and be a good child, and you will have
God for your lather and friend for ever. Pray for your dear sister ;
pray for your father ; and God will hear you. Ile will bless and
keep us always, and bring us to Heaven at last, for Jesus Christ's
sake. And now, my darlings, good bye, and may Godbless and take
care of you all, is the prayer of your loving father, " T. D."
Letter addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the publin Associa-

Line, where not only have the children been carried free of expense
but the extra weight of baggage of their poor mothers has not been
charged for, an example which the Committee earnestly trust all the
Railway Companies will universally follow.
Two lying-in-hospitals in London—the British Hospital. in En-
dell-street, and the Queen Charlotte's—Most generously opened their
doors to thesoldler's wife. Many a poor woman has had deep cause
for thankfulness for the care taken of her at the. British Lying-in-
Hospital in Endell-street,
Music, poetry, and the fine arts have all been enlisted In this good
cause. One simple poem by a child realised nearly 201. for the asso-
ciation ; and the admirable sk: tch hy George Thomas,
soldier's " Separation frOni his Family," presented by that gentle-
man to the Committee of the Bath Fancy Fair, has done good ser-
vice to the cause - representing so truilifwly as it does the reality of
the distress which this association Is so effectually mitigating.
LOCAL CO MMITTE ES. Esq., of the
The assistance and practical working of the 78 !goal committees
all over the kingdom has been most invaluable. To the clergy of
the Church of England, the staff-officers of pensioners, tke garrison
chaplains, the local magistrates, and other benevolent persons, the
committee desire most cordially to Under their hearty thanks. Had

scale for the •widows of
now serving against At
" A penAloa may be gran
of such donation, should it
Scale of Donation for Wi
port:--

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LOUD CARLISLE'S NEW WORK.
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A DIARY 'in TURKISH and GREEK
WATERS.
By the Light ion. the Earl of C &RUBLE.
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The Third Edition, in 1 vol. fcp. Bvo., price 73.
THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S ELEMEN-
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Also, uniform with the above,
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Mr. M ICAUL AY'S E,SAYS; and - - • •
Sir J. MACKINTOSh'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.

it not been for the indefatigable exertions7J the senior Garrison
Chaplain of Dublin, the Rev. Charles Hort, upwards of 400 women
and 800 child-en would now have be•• n the inm ;toe of the workhouse,
for Ireland no out door relief is granted. The staff-sergeants in the
several districts have proved themselves worthy of the profession to
which they are an honour ; one line fellow, on being offered remune-
ration for the great trouble he had taken in relieving the poor sol-
diers' wives In his district, exclaimed,', Gocl: forbid that !should take
any payment for helping my comrades' wives and families in their
distress." A perfectly organised sy sfein is now established by means
of the Local Committees throughout the kingdom, quarterly state-
ments are regularly tranimitted, shOwlng the number of women and
children, and the expenditure; and regiments that began regiment-
ally to distribute their own funds have cordially handed over the
balance of their hinds to. the, Asseclation, Tieing satisfied with its work-
ing, and perfectly content to abide by its rules and regulationf.
It is neee,sary to state, however, that the Association has not
been permitted to relieve any of the widows and orphans of the Foot
Guards, the officers commanding those -regiments having funds of
their ownfor the relief of the wives and families of their men, and
not wishing to burden the Association.
Extract from the-RePort otthe Limerick ?.oca► Committee :
" Limerick, Aug. 28, 1854.
"We have 17 women married with leave on our list. It" appears

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September 2, 1354.
Sir,—^nly for the relief I received weekly frond you, I would have
been obliged to go into the workhouse with my two children, which
wood have been WorSe than death to me ; for if wo were dead, our
miserable exislence would be ended here. I c, uld not have main-
tained myseit and children onlyfor it, th 'ugh I worked day and
night to do so, and trial every means in my p river, yet I found it
Was impossible. " I was making ,hirts for Gilpins, In 111'0'04o:th-
at- eet, at ss. per dezen, and I could not complete tbe dozen in a week;
so if I had not bad that re ler, what should I have done? I n.ver
reedited ant money from my hus.And since I left him, nor had no
one to ask me or my children to have a meal of victuals since I lost
my only friend, my dear husband. And no w, through your kindness
and interest. I have got a situation ; and if you did not still allow me
a little to pay fee ray children, I should not be able o remain do it, as
I have not enough wages to pay for tfieni, and clothemyself and

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theme
" I hope God will reward everyone who has so kindly helped the
poor soldier's wife and child ; for most of us have been thrown out
of a comfortable home to-face a frowning world. I hope the Lord will
reward you also,, sir, tor the kind Interest you have taken In the sol-
diers' wives, & " Mrs. J."
atanyrnore letters might be quoted, showing how grateful these
fine fellows are for the care that has been extended to their wives and
children ; hut quite enough, it is hoped, has been stated to satisfy
the Committee that they not only are doing what is right, but that
it is the bounden duty of England to carry out the work that has been
thus happily commenced. -
Nor are the poor women themselves ungrateful for all that has
been, and is &One -for them. With a few exceptions, all have
eviace.l he greatest thankfulness, and readiness to find employment
for themselves. Two elves of soldiers who had been temporarily re-
lieved with weekly allowames„ offered to repay the Association as
soon as their husbands rem•tted money; and one of them, directly ,
she received a remittance from her husband, insisted on repaying a
sovereign to the Association, saying at the same time That there
was many a poor sailer 'mite who me tied it more than she did."
More than 200 have been pieced in situations as housemaids, cooks,
nurses, washerwomen, &c., and.generally have given satisfaction;
one of them writes thus to the-Inspecting Officer:—
" Sir. - According to promise, I now let y- u know how I am get-
ting on. 1 never was s, happy in al my life.. I have indeed a kind
master and mistress; they took to my comfort in every way ; I
might well say it is equal to me own home. I only wish to God
that more of the women were so well provided for as f am, sir. Will
you return the association thanks in my name, for their kindness to
me and my child; also to the 10s. I have received, with which I
have bought some clothes. I hope that I will keep my situation a
long time. The lady seems to like me very well, and she says
that anything in her power she will do to promote my comfort.
With my sincere thanks to yon for your kindness,
• " Your obedient servant, "E. D "
Many :women, natives of Nova Scotia and Canada, on heing pro-
vided a passage by Government .to their. own country, have been
granted a donatioe of 3/. each, to provide them with comforts for
themselves and children during the voyage. To 17 women of dif-
ferent regiments, all married with leave, bits the Association been
thus beneficial. •
'On the 26tit of June information was received from the Ports-
; mouth Local Committee, that 34 women and 72 children would be
forwarded to London, on their way to their husbands' patishes, from
Malta, from whence they had been ordered:home, their regiments
having gone on to Turkey. The Inspectingpfficer of the AsSeciation
was immediately ordered to the Waterloo Station, where, baiing
with difficulty got them all together, hel-tOok them .to the Pay
Office in Westminster, where they were to receive passage warrants
for their different destinations. But they were unable to proceed
till the next day ; and thus would have been left utter strangers in
the streets of Westminster, searching in vain for lodgings, which,
with the small Government allewance granted for that purpose, they
were unable to pay for. Respectable lodgings were found for them
all, and their children ; and the next day they were despatched to
their destinations with a small donation for travelling expenses. It
is needless to add, that all these women were married with leave,
and Many of them most respectable wives of non-commissioned
officers.
Upwards of 3,500 women and 7,000 children have been kept from
actual want during the last six months. the greater part of whom
still remain claimants on the Association, especially those who have
become widows and orphans. This has been done by the outlay
during the past six months of 9,1721., chiefly in weekly payments,
both by the Centrel Committee and the 78 Local Committees.
Besides these 10,500 women and children, fresh applications are
made almOst daily to the office; thus showing that the number of
women and children left behind is much greater than the public
were led to suppose by the Parliamentary Return called for in both
Houses of Parliament. This, however, is accounted for by showing
ehelnaccuracy of the Parliamentary Return, as follows :
63d Regiment. 63d Regiment.
Parliamentary Return. Association Return. .
No. of Women and Children, No. of Women and Children,
170. 245.
The Association return was received during the same month that
the Parliamentary Return was given ; and as it contained the name
of every woman, and the number and ages of every child, and was
signed by the Colonel commanding the regiment, it may very fairly
be considered to have been the most accurate one. If there be such
a discrepancy in the returns of one
.regiment, what must there be
in 40 ?

that the women married with leave have the heavier familial.
"It is incontestible that the major part of the women relieved by
this Committee would, ere this, have been in the workhouse If they
had not been aided.

LATJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
The Members f Mr. Laurent's Orchestra are informed that
the reepenibit of the above Establishmentµ ill take place on SATUR-
DAY next, October 21st instant, for the Winter Season. Rehearsal
at 1 o'clock.

" We can safely declare -our conscientious belief that the women
on our list, 83 in number, have shown themselves deserving of the
relief administered to them. We have never received a single cora-
plaintagainst one of theM They have universally manifested a de-
sire to obtain work. 'Several of them have obtains situations as wet
nurses, a great fact in proot of the decent, healthy, and well-con-
ditioned state of these individuals. Many are working at the shirt
business for a' mere trifle, to earn which they must labour all day;
an several are learning the trade of shirtmaking without wages, in
hopes of being able to assist themselves. Upon a fair review of their
conduct and their general appearance, we can safely say that the
women relieved by our Committee are creditab'e to the army. Even
with the relief they receive, their position is far too trying a one to
be anything but a warning, Instead of en attraction, to other females
to en (er into the same staie ; ,and we advisedly give it as our opinion
that the operations of this Commi, tee are not calculated to create the
mischief which some imagine is likely to result from the charity and
sympathy which haie been evinced by the Betish public for this
most unhappy class of women, suddenly deprived of the help of their
husbands.

E. LAURENT, Acting Manager.

PATRON-B.R.H. PRINCZ ALBERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUS-
T lAL CIASSEs, en the 16th inst., will be on GEOLOGY, by E. W.
DxiaLxv, Fan- F F G.S., &c , at eight o'clock.
An entirely new and original DUBOSCQ'S CASCADE ILLUMI-
NATED by Electric Light, throwing I hree Jets of Water instead of
one, and displaying a variety of beautiful colours. Also, DUBOSCQ'S
NEW SUBMARINE ELECTRIC LAMP, by which the operations
of the Diver can be se,n under water.
MODEL of SEBASTOPOL, by two of the Royal Sappers and
DI- SOLVING 'VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the B SLTIC and
BLACK SEA, including sEBASTOPOL and CRON STADT.
The COSMORAMA ROOMS will shortly be opened with forty
views of the chief placas in Russia. and the Costumes of the people.
Exhibition of the OIY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE daily, at
half-past one.
LECTURES by J. H. PEPTEs, Esq., Dr. BACHNOFFNES, And Mr

"R. P. DOUGLAS, Colonel, Assist. Adjt. Gen.,
"Chairman of Committee."

Extract from the Manchester and. Salford Local Committee:—

"Salford Barracks, 29th August.

" I tend you a statement of a few cases, which strike me as being
unusually distre-sing. There are many nearly as bad, 140 in num-
ber. Very few of the women who have young children (and the
children are nearly all too-young to work) can earn anything worth
noticing, 2s. or 3s. a week at the most. Of course those win) enjoyed
the privileges of livi•• g in the barracks, &c., as being married with
leave, are in the lyDrst _circumstances, and they suffer severely:
They lose the lodging and advantages of fuel, company's and officers'
washing, say ss. or 6s. a week, Fnd the assistance of their husbands'
pay. Lodging here of a very indifferent sort costs them 2s. aid 3s.
a week, and they will be far worse lodged than when in barracks. I
send you the cases of four women all married with leave, one with
six children, another five, ano her four, another titre. ; there are
many others married with le ivahaving two or three children nearly
as destitute. There is no erup'oyment" that they are •capable, of;
hampered ai they are with young children for whose care they must
pay if they leavatlitha at home and. seek -employment elsewhere.'
"A. F. BOND, Maim' and Staff Officer."

Open from twelve o'clock daily.

OTICE.—AII Persons having CLAIMS on
the EST ♦TE of tke late JAMES MEIKLAM, Esq., are re-
quested to forward the particulars of the mine to Mr. Arber, 1,
Mount• street- Berkeley-square, forthwith, In order that the same
may be examined, and, if found correct, discharged.
Oct. 16, 1854.

Extract from the Report of the Woolwich Local Committee :
" Wool kr ichltectory. 4th September, 1854.

"The women were left hi very many cases, I am sure I may say
in alMost all, without any means for themselves and their children.
Many were on the eve *f confinement. Their only resource would
have been to become t aupera on the parish, and their only asylum
would have been the workhouse. A generous provision on the part
of a grateful country for the wives and fathilles of those on whom
they depended, under God, for a successful issue of the war in which
we have been compelled to engage has prevented this. But suppose
this had not been the case—how hardly would the maintenance of so
many have pressed upon the poor-rate payers; and in many in-
stance] how unfairly. Take Woolwich. for instance, and the case
would be similar Zvi h respect to all garrison towns. We have up-
wards of 200 women, besides their children, to be maintained some-
how. I think it quite possible that the rden would have been felt
so heav;lv, that a memorial might h ave been sent to the Government ;
but however this might be, the expense would have been unfairly
thrown upon parishes such as our own ; but this is a trifling matter
when compared with the pauperization of respectable wives of sol
diers of our army.

" HENRY BROWN, Rector of Woolwich."

Eztract from the Report of the Dublin Local Committee :
"September, 4, 1854.

"I find tkat since the Ist of July to the 2d that. I have made about
3,400 payments (in small sums varying from Is. to If. 58.), to about
400 women (sof nem' wives). We have granted several women free
passages to their friends and relatives, released clothes from pawn
offices for women going Into situations, set up numbers in a small way
of business, defrayed the funeral expenses of a few children, and in
numberless other ways have been the means of conferring substan-

tial benefits upon these poor in ople, &c. Had it not been for the
small weekly payments the majority would have been in the poor-
hosse. Many women, although they only received 3s. 61. a-week,
were thus kept going, and encouraged to work ter themselves and
children, Soc.

"CHARLES 'TORT, Senior Garrison Chaplain, and
Honorary Secretary to Committee."

"Extract from the Report of another Local Committee

" We have hardly relieved any that were not married with leave
and on the fc rength. By the timely aid rendered by your Society,
much distress was of course prevented, as, as soon as they were left,
your excellent Society took them by the.band. But timely as this aid
was offered, it was not before, in many cases, the poor creatures had
parted with nearly everything, even in two cases to their wed,ing-
rings. What would have been the condition of these post' creatures
if no such society as yours had existed ? Many of them, far too high-
spirited to have become the inmates of a workhouse,would have been
plui,ged into a s ate of ni•ery fearful to contemplate. But even as it
is, much misery is to be found. A poor delicate creature, with two
children, married with leave, to whom your society grants a weekly
adowance, has been compelled to part with her furniture. So distres-
sing is this woman's case, and so respectable a character does she
appear to be, that some of the other women have helped her out of
their small pittmce, &c. Every day I fad more thankful for the
good your society is doing; upwards of 30 are receiving help from you
at this place. I only wish those who have contributed large outs-to
your society could witness the gratitude of these poor women for the
help they receive; they would, indeed, feel more than repaid for all
they have done."

SOLDIERS WIVES at VARNA. •
Mr. Ray, formerly the active and intelligent Inspecting
Officer of
this Association, writes from Varna to the following effect
Varna, August 4, 1854.
" Sir,—l beg to draw your attention to the cond tion of the poor
women here. Many of them have died, and others are dying ; others
who are in a state of convalescence, are not able to proceed further
with their regiments, and the men are ezpectgd .o leave this in
about 14 days; and these poor creatures, emaciated and dried with
the sun, will be left in a foreign land without any protection or
home whatever. What I thought of was, to provide a house and
food fur such as have none ; most oftbena have blankets, but to those
who have not I would propose lending them some, and tO encourage
those who are able to get about to wait on the sick, cook, and wash.
If your Committee is pleased to approve of this plan, I shall be
most
happy to superintend the whole mater, and I am quite sure
would relieve many a poor man of intense anxiety. The cold wea-
ther will he soon setting in, then what will these poor. women .do?
If the ladles in England would send us a little flannel, a few blankets,
and left-off garments, they ',would be renderiog us a great service,
&c. •The great work that is going on for the wives and families of
the so diers by means 01 the association in which you take so pro-
minent and energetic a part, causes abundant joy to the husbands
and fathers here ; and when I remind them of what is doing, they
seem overjoyed, and many thanks are expressed both to yourself.
and the Committee, and benevolent friends; for the sympathy
them. Numerous are the deaths from cholera and fevers, and doubt-
less many who are cared for by your Association arc really widows,
but news of the fact may not have reached them. They hive not
yet entered the field, but every day the order for embarkation for
the Crimea is expected, where doubtless many will fall, and these
poor fellows have their eyes upcn your Association to protect' their
wives and childrea. I am happy to say I have been well re-
ceived by the men generally; to point them to the " Lamb of
God that taketh away the Sins of the world,' is my ostensible
work, and to tell them of the great work shown
Ring on in England
for the good of those who bay() been left behind, is in perfect keeping;
Itis indeed good news. The poor women who have followed their hue-
bands to this place are in a most pitiable condition, and when the ex-
pediation sails for the Crimea they will be left here. Wool' that we
had an Association here for these poor objects 1 Varna is in perfect
confusion; how could it be otherwise with such a congregation
of nations, fierce, wild, desperate-looking fellows, armed to the
teeth, anxiously waiting for the signal to summon thein to the fight.
may you long be spared in your' glorious work, of all works the
most enviable, to care for the poor, &c."
Immediately on the receipt of these letters the Committee met,
and decided that a donation of blankets, shawls, Bce., should imme-
diately be sent to Varna, and the sum of 1001. !should be granted for
the use of these women. On the Ist September goods to the amount
of 34/. were sent by steam to Constantinople, addressed to the care
of the Consul-General, who was requested to use his discretion in
forwarding them to Varna. A bill of exchange for 1001. was also
sent to the same authority, with instructions and authority to Mr.
Ray to act as the almoner of the Association. -
Private letters received by the Committee fully corroborate the
fact of tle &stress of these poor_Aeomen, for though they receive
what are called rations, no other female comforts can be provided
for them.

`..Camp .near Varna, August 24, 1854.
"Dearest,—Yours dated August 3, came to kand on the 16th. I
have received all your letters except one. You did tell me, my
dear, that7s. a week was what you received from the Association ;
and although that is a mere trifle in a place like London, yet we
ought to be very thankful for it. You say you deeply regret you did
not go with me; indeed, my dear wife, much as I desire to be with
you, I think it one of the most providential things ever happened for
you to be where you are, instead of being here ; badly off as you are
now, you would be utterly miserable here. We have lost already
two married men of cholera. I sleep in the staff tent ever since I
got better of the cholera. Everything is enormously high here; a
mouthful of white bread and cheese for supper costs sd. One thing
lately we can always get, a pint of ale for 2d., or porter•lid. ; in fact,
it is the only thing we relish ; for the bread is very bad, and we get
nothing but the nasty beef, which we cannot eat, but boll down and
make soup of. I get, as I uld before, ls. 10d. a day pay. Out of this,
d. is st °pod for rations, and 2d a-d ay for mess-mon eY,So that by the
time I pay for something fit to oat, there is not much left; still I shall,
please God, send you all f can, &c. The women here have •no way
of making money by washine, the water is too far off, &c.
" I am sorry to say I have been very ill, and as it is far the best for
me to let 3ou know the whole truth, 1 must inform you that 1 have
had the cholera ; I was very bad while it lasted, but thank the God
of all goodness for his great mercy, He has restored me. The doctors
have been very kind indeed to me; everything I could wish fur was
got for me; almost all the offlz.ers and the colonel came to me and
hip ;red about me constantly. Poor L. M. J. M., and E.
and Mrs. L., have all died anise my last; also 1. R. and S. F. In-
deed, any dearest wife, I rely in perfect confidence in my Redeemer,
and feel myself quite unworthy of Ills mercy ; and during the worst
of my illuess,.l felt humble before urn in wkom alone my salvation
is sure. •

" Your ever loving husband,
i. E. it.i.

The wife of the writer of this letter (a most excellent non-com-
missioned officer) was left nearly dest tute with fire young children.
She bears a most irrepr achable character, and is moat anxious to
exert heraeif to obtain her own livelihood ; but what can she do with
five young children? tw eldsst girls arc entirely provided for
by the Association, and she receives a weekly allowance of 7s.
The Commit' cc perceive with pleasure that the Who itica are
gradually sendin; them home from the East. Three arrivals of sol-
diers' families have a rready been brought before the Committee,
for no sooner do they land than they apply to the Association, and
it is needless to add how readily their application is always re
sponded to.

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non-commissioned officers and soldiers

lted in the place Or the whole or part
appear expedient to the Committee.'
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by Messrs. Mare and Co., and two by Messrs. Wigram, at
Bla.ckwall ; two by Mr. Pilcher, at Northfieet ; and one at
Messrs. Scott Russell's, Miliwall.

DIVING BELLS FOR SEBASTOPOL.
The diving-bells at Portsmouth Dockyard are getting
ready for Sebastopol.

THE IRON SCREW STEAM-SHIP JURA.

GENERAL CANROBSIIT.

Tho splendid new iron screw steamer Jura, forming one
of the fleet of ocean screw steamers belonging to the
Cunard Company, is being fitted at Liverpool for the con-
veyance of troops to Constantinople. She is a magnificent
vessel, and admirably adapted for a transport ship, as
regards accommodation, speed, and security. She recently
arrived from the Clyde, and, with the exception of the
Himalaya, is the longest vessel afloat. She is of 2,400 tons
burden, and is supplied with engines of 500-horse power.
She will soon be ready for sea, but it is not yet known
whether she will embark troops at Liverpool, or what re-
giment she will take out. We may, however, state that
she will ere long sail from one of the British ports fur
Constantinople with 1,200 troops and ordnance stores on
board. A. portion of the latter has already arrived from
Chester Castle.

ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM QUEBEC.
The Canadian screw-steamer Ottawa arrived at Liverpool
yesterday morning from Quebec, having on board the prin-
cipal division of the 54th Regiment of Foot, under the
command of Major Moffatt. It included 16 officers, 355
rank and file, 33 women, and 43 children. They wore
transferred to the steam-ship Princess. Royal, which sailed
last night from Liverpool to Glasgow. It was intended
for the Ottawa herself to have conveyed the troops to
Glasgow, but, as her agents were anxious to get her ready
for sea, the troops were transferred to the Princess Royal.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE PATRIOTIC FUND. •
The officers, clerks, and other persons on salary in the
Royal William Victualling-yard, 'Plymouth, requested on
Monday that one day's pay should be deducted from each
towards' tho Patriotic Fund established by her Majesty .
and at 12 o'clock Captain-Superintendent Sandom informed
the men of the request made to him by the officers, when
they unanimously declared their readiness to follow the
example, and testified their spirit* and feeling by a round
of enthusiastic cheers.

INCREASE OF THE SQUADRON IN THE WEST
INDIES AND NORTH AMERICA.
From the preparations actually made and in progress it
would appear that some work has been cut out for the
Baltic fleet during the winter. Our transatlentic friends,
true to their characteristics, have begun to be troublesome
now that they fancy we have got our hands full ; but it
would seem that England has not yet entirely given up
the fishing-grounds to Brother Jonathan ; they have not
fallen in with the notion that Bermuda and the West
India Islands should be outside states of the great republic;
nor will they pes mit any more fillibustero invasions of
Cuba, or cowardly piratical attacks upon unoffending and,
we regret to add, unprotected independent territories.
Our Yankee friends have grown saucy with impunity and
insolent with indulgence, and especially so the men-of-
war's men with their puny shadow of a fleet. Because
they do not see so many line-of-battle ships and frigates
knocking about the West Indies as they were wont to see
some ten or a dozen years since, they fancy that, like the
frogs in the fable, they can puff themselves up as bias
John Bull himself.
The piratical affair of Cuba, and the bullying and swag-
gering about the fisheries, the British Government could
afford to treat quietly and indulgently; but now in a state
of war the case is altogether different. Great Britain has
naturally become snore jealous of her dignity and more
tenacious of her-rights.
The affair of Grey Town, as cowardly an act as ever dis-
graced a man of war, and the insult to the British flag on
that occasion, followed up by the shameless bragging of
the Captain f the Cyano, seem to have brought matters to
a climax ; and these little circumstances taken into consi-
deration with reports of American purchases of Russian
territory, American building of Russian men-of-war, and
the fitting out of American ships as Russfan privateers,
have moved the English Government to prepare a slight
correction for our go-ahead friends, which will do them a
great deal of good, and lower the tone of that offensive
swaggering which is only an affectation of real courage.
With our hands fell with the Baltic and Black Sea
fleets, we have yet a man-of-war or two to spare to put
the Yankees down ; and if Brother Jonathan means mis-
chief lie will assuredly have to pay dearly for his frolic.
It is well known that the Boscawen, 70, Captain Glan-
ville, came home early from the Baltic to proceed to Hali-
fax. She is there, and has the admiral's flag. Another
line-of-battle ship, the Colossus, TO, is to proceed to the
West Indies, to be under Rear-Admiral Fanshawe's com-
mand. A screw-frigate, the Termagant, is already on her
passage there, to take commodore's broad pendant at Ja-
maica ; and it is reported that an additional line-of-battle
ship and three frigates (the Hannibal, 91, screw, Commo-
dore the Hon. F. W. Grey ; and Curacoa, 3L, screw, Cap- '
taro the Hon. H. F. Hastings, amongst the number), &c.,
will reinforce the West India tsciumiron. If these vessels
should be added to the force already there and en route, we
shall have the following on the station :
Hannibal
Colossus Bl, screw-ship.
.Boscawen
Curacoa
Termagant 24, screw-frigate.
Vestal 26, sailing frigate.
Calypso
With smaller steamers. sailing sloops, kc.
We trust that this force will bo quite sufficient to in-
duce the Yankees to draw in their horns, and behave with
decency to weaker as well as stronger powers. If not,
there aro net only means but inclination, we believe, to
compel them.
The impudent bully of the Cyano, who was sorry that
there was not an English man-of-war at Greytown larger
than the schooner Bermuda, may now have a chance of
picking up his match, if his Government dare to entrust
him with a commaud.—Morning Herald.

(Prem. tie Moniteur de l' Armge.)
If anything could diminish the regret of the country at
a moment when it deplores the loss Of the 'illustrious
Marshal whom death Las carried off in the midst of 'his
triumphs, it would be the choice, of the young General
whom the Emperor has intrusted with the task of finish-
ing the work so gloriously okimenbad on .the banks 'of
the Alma. Although the military., career of the new
Commander-in-Chief of the Fredch troop: in the' East4l'l'l7"
generally knowin,—Wirthlwtrit—wittinruf—usis to recall- to-
mind his services, which justify in a striking manner the .1'•
confidence of +is head of the State and of thelmisele,t.
army. Francois Certain Caarbbert was born'in
in the departmkit of Lot, a few leagues from the village
which gave birth to .Murat. He entered, Ibe sciro
St. Cyr in the Month of November, 1828, and left in one
of the first ranks after two 'years of laborious study:
Appointed sublieutenant of the 47th of the Line osi the
•
let of October,!lB3, elmB2bB:rkh
eedwa for s A
made
i 853, on the 20th
andlartlved -
of June, i ,
in the pro Vince oTOFM, where the Emir, Abd-el-Tinder,
after the unfortunate affair of the Macta, kept our army
in check. A short time afterwards he took part in the
expedition of Ma,cara, in which he began to make him-
self known. He followed with his regiment the opera-
tions which Generals Clauzel and Letang directed in the
province of Oran ; the capture of Tlemcen, the expedi-
tion of the Chetiff Aarchgoun, and the Mina ; the vie-
tualli.:g c f Tlemcen, the combats of Sidi-ZaCoub, Tafnav
and Sikkah. These affairs displayed his brilliant
mili-
tary qualities, and raised him to the rank of captain on
the 26th of April, 1837. He went in the same year to
the province of Constantine, where the Duke de Neinours
and General Danir6rnont made pieparations to revenge a
deep insult. He received a wound in the leg at the as-
sault of that place by the fide of Colonel Combes, an old
soldier of the island of Elba, to whom he was orderly,
officer, and wlio was mortally wounded at the breach.
Before he died Colonel Combes recommended the young
captain to Marshal ValGe as an officer full of promise.
General Carirobert returned to France in 1839, deco-
rated with the Legion of Honour, and was charged with
organising fort the Foreign Legion a battalion chosen
from the band of Spaniards who had taken .refuge with
Cabrera upon the French territory. Thanks•to the per-
severing activity of the organiser, these remnants of the
civil war were very soon ready to take part in the labours
of our troops in Algeria.
• Called to the camp of St. Omer in 1840, he drew up -
with success, by order of the Duke of Orleans, several
chapters of a manual destined for the use of the officers
of the light troops. In the north Captain Canrobert was
incorporated with the 6th battalion of Foot Chaaseurs,
and returned to Africa in 1841. In that new campaign
he signalized himself in the combats of the mountains of
Mouzaia and Du Coutes, as well as in the obstinate
struggle which the Beni-Menasser made against our
troops. After having attained the rank of Chief of
Battalion of the 15th Light, on the 22d of May, 1842,
he was placed at the bead of the sth battalion of Chas-
seurs, which was incessantly in the field on the banks of
the Chetiff, and took part under the orders of General
Gentil in the affair of the grottoes and that of Sbeah,
and also in several combats on the Riou. _ _

Part of the year 1842 and the whole of the year 1843
were employed in fresh operations in Africa, and in all
of thorn General Canrobert worthily maintained the
honour of his battalion. He accompanied Colonel
Cavzignac in the expedition of Onaren Senis, and formed
part of the column under the direction of General Bour-
who, after attacking the Flitbas, made some bold
excursions in the country of the Kabyles of Garboussa.
Every where the 3d and sth battalion of Chasseurs were
led by the commander, Canrobert, with singular auccess.
He had been an officer of the Legion of Honour for two
years when Colonel de St. Arnaud, who in 1845 suc-
ceeded Colonel Cavaignac in the command of Orleans.
ville, employed him against Bou-Nazi. The chief of the
sth battalion gave glorious co-operation in the affairs of
Bahl, 0 ued.Metmour, 0 ued-Gi i, and Oued-Senzig.
In the former he succeeded with 250 bayonets in keep-
ing at bay more than 3,000 men, who could tot break
his ranks. For this exploit he was appointed Lieut.-
Colonel on the 26th of October. He was soon after-
wards closely blocked up in the town of Tenez, where he
had succeeded Colonel Claparbde. Eight months of
continual struggles brought about the pacification of the
country, and the superior officer to whom this result
was due obtained the rank of colonel, upon the scene o
his conquests.
After having commanded the 2d Regiment of the
Line, he entered the 2d of the Foreign Legion on the
31st of March, 1848, and occupied Bathna. General
Herbillon intrusted.hirn at this period with the command
of a strong column, with orders to attack and intimidate
the mountaineers of the Aures. This order was promptly
executed. Colonel Canrobert surprised the enemy at
the fort of Djebel-Clielia, defeated him, drove him, sword
in hand, as far as Kebech, in the Ainer-Kraddon, and
made prisoner of the Bey, Ahmed. On his return to
Bathos he went to Aumale, and took the command of
the Regiment of Zouaves. In this new poet he
had again occasion to act vigorously against the
Kabyles and the tribes of the Jurjura, whom he suc-
ceeded in reducing to submission.
But it was particularly is 1849 that Colonel Canrobert
displayed an energy above ail eulogium. The cholera
attacked the garrison of Auinale, whom the events
taking place at Zaatcha bad led under the walls of that
place. What courage, what presence of mind was re-
quisite in the commander of the Zouaves, who thus
conducted his soldiers in the midst of the dangers of a
daring march, and compelled unceasingly to be the pain-
ful witness of their pain I He was everywhere exhorting
the sick, attending to their wants, and in passing he
sent a reinforcement to the town of Sou Sada, the gar-
rison of which was blockaded, and deceived the enemy,
who blocked the passage, by announcing that he brought
the plague with him, and that he should infect his as-
sailant's. At length he arrived in Zaatcha, on the Bth of
Ne. vember. On the 26th be commanded with most
daring courage one of the attacking columns. Ont. of
4 officers and 16 soldiers who followed him to the breach
16 were killed or wounded by his side. As a reward for
his conduct he was appointed Cemmander of the Legion
of Honour on the 11th of December, 1842.
After having again distinguished himself at the battle
of Narah he was promoted to the rank of General of
Brigade on the 13th of January, 1850, came to Paris,
commanded a brigade of infantry there, and was attached
in the quality of aisle-de-camp to the Prince President of
the Republic, and appointed General of Division on the
14th of January, 1853, at the same time retaining his

functionsas aide-de-camp to the Emperor. Three months
afterwards he was appointed to command a division of
infantry at the camp of Helfaut, and almost at the same
time he was selected as inspector of the sth arrondisse-
ment of that force. Placed latterly at the head of the
Ist Diviston of Infantry of the army of the East, he
took a most active part after the commencement of that
war, by preparing the difficult operation of landing, and
by powerfully co-operating in the victory of the Alma,
where ho received another wound. It is known that
111arshal de St. Arnaud, who could only appreciate him,
had the most entire confidence in his talents and bravery.
It is true that the coing general had neglected nothing
in order to merit that confidence. Before his departure
he devoted himself to deep study respecting the scene of
the present expedition, as if he had had the presenti-
ment of his future destiny.
Such is the general officer for whom is reserved the
honour of planting the French flag on the walis of Sobas-
topol, for he will not fail to realise the brilliant hopes
which tho glory of his antecedents suffice to excite in
regard to hie future.