The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

THE WAIL WITH RUSSIA.

On Friday next will be published, in post Bvo., with Chart,
NOTES on the LATE EXPEDITION to the
RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS in EASTERN SIRERIA, and of a VISIT to
JAPAN and to the SHORES Of TARTART and of the SEA of OKHOTSK.
By Captain BERN-ARO WIIITTINGLIASI, Royal En4ineers.
Lcndon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

THE REV. TH'OMAS MILNER'S WORKS ON RUSSIA
AND THE SEAT OF WAR.
In 1 vol. post Bvo., with Plate, price lOs 6d.,
RUSSIA: Its Rise and Progress, Tragedies, and
Revolutions.
By the Rev. T. MILNER, M.A., 1.11.0.5.
By the same Author,
The BALTIC, its GATES, SHORES, and
cr PINS; With a Not ce of the White Sea. Post Bvo., with Maps,
;Os. 6d.

The CRIMEA, its Ancient and Modern History:
The Khans, the Sultans, and the Czars: With Sketches of its
Scenery and Population. Yost Bvo., Maps, 10s. fad.
" In ne one volume, or indeed in all the volumes put together that
have falen in cur way, will so cennvehensive, so striking, or so
readable an account of the Crimea be obtained as in this book, or an
,acconnt (which aftzr all is the great test) that leaves so distinct an
impression bn the reader's mind— ... AIS ft handbook of the history.
Russian policy, and natural product'ons of the Crimea, this is THE
VOLUME, as wall for the matter as for the manner in which it is set
forth."— Spectator.
London : Longman,'Brown, Green, and Longmans.

MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.
EXET EngIitur,.—MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH.
Mt. Mitchell respecttully announces that Menclelssohn's Oratorio
cf Elijah will be repeated at Exeter-Hall, on MONDAY EVENING
next, Jan. 21, 1856, in which Madame Goldschmidt will sing the
principal oprano part.
The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers.
ConductOr, M. Benedict.
Prices of admission. Stalls (lCumbertd and Reserved), One
Guinea; Unreserved seats (Body of the Hall), 10s. 6d.; West Gal-
lery, ins. 6d.; Area (under West Gallery), 7g.
The tickets will be appropriated according to the order of
application ; no more will be issued than the room can conveniently
accommodate.-
Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Correct Books of the Oratorios are given with the Tickets.
Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
3, Old Bond-street.

MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.
HA.NOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.

Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that Mr. and Madame
GOLD-;CIINLIDT'S SECOND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT,
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL, will •take place at the above
Rooms on FRIDAY EVENING, lan. 25, to commence at 8 o'clock.
Programme and full particulars will be duly announced. Con-
ductor, M. Benedict.
Reserved and numbered seats I guinea ; unreserved seats, 10s. 6d..
The tickets will be appropriated according to the order of applica-
tion, and no more will be issued than the room can conveniently
accommodate.
Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet
a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling.
Laurent's new Varsoviana every night.

L'IMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES of
WOMAN.—Pronounced by all the London Journals, and by
nightly increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistica' Triumph
of the day. Every Evening at 8, and on rdays at 3 precisely.
Area, Is. ; Reserved Chairs, 23. cli_l,-i—SAV's,MAIITIN'S HALL,
Long-acre.., ,e'
FEly TON'S CRIMEAN PHOTO GR APRS.—
NOW OPEN, at the GALLERY, 53, Pali-mall (next to the
British Institution), the 350 Photographs of the Heroes of the War,
the Encampments, Valley of the Shadow of Death, the Mortar Bat-
teries, Harbour, Quays, and Plains of Balaklaya, Inkerman, Sebasto-
pol, the Redan and Malakhoff, Groups of General Officers and their
Staffs, taken in the Crimea by ROGER FENTON, Esq. Under the
especial patronage of her Majesty, and with the sanction of the
Commanders-in-Chief. Admission One Shilling; Children half-
'
price. Daily, from 10 till 6.

Vi r, R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
I_VJIL Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character,
and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
Camille in " Les 110rh..,v5." Every evening, at 8. In consequence
of the great success that attended his two Morning Performances,
and the disappointment experienced by many iamilies unable to
obtain admission on those occasions, Mr. W. S. Wo3din is induced
to give another Morning Representation, to take place on Saturday
next, Jan. 19, at Two o'clock. Private boxes and stalls may be
secured in advance, without extra charge. Polygraphic-hall, King
William-street, Strand.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Severn, Capt.
Gillee,. hospital transport, is wider orders to convey
the following detachments to Malta—viz., 1 captain, 4
subalterns, 2 sergeants, and 101 rank and file of the 2d
batalion of the rifle brigade ; 1 captain, 1 subaltern, 1 ser-
geant, and 52 rank and file of the 13th Foot ; 2 subal-
terns, 2 sergeants, 4 drummers, and 84 men of the 41st
Foot ; 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 1 sergeants, 1 drummer,
and 49 men of the 47th Foot ; 2 subalterns, 2 sergeants,
1 drummer, and 60 men of the 90th Foot ; 1 captain, 1
subaltern, 2 sergeants, and 80 men of the 39th Foot ;
tctal, 4 captains, 15 subalterns, 12 sergeants, 7 drum-
mers, and 521 men, and a medical officer. The 2d batta-
lion of the Rifle Brigade will embark at Southampton on
Monday next, when the Severn will take departure for
Cork; where the remaining portion of the troops will
be received on board. This vessel has rendered valua-
ble services in the Crimea for 11 months as a hospital
ship, the duties of which will be resumed by her on her
errival in the Black Sea. Many improvements have
been effected in the hospital arrangements for the com-
fort of the sick and wounded, and she has been newly
furnished with all necessary atticles for the use of in-
valids. Dr. Schuyler will again accompany the Severn
as medical officer of the ship.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Candle, lately engaged in the transport service, is in the
graving dock at Southampton effecting necessary repairs
previous to resuming the transportation of troops, &c. to
the East, should her assistance be required.
The General Screw Company's steam-ships Calcutta
and Hydaspes are ready for sea, and only await orders
from Government. They are both lying at Southampton.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam-
ship Alma, which arrived at Southampton yesterday
afternoon with the India and Mediterranean mails,
brings the following items of naval and military intelli-
gence from Gibraltar :—The British steam•transport
Harbinger, nine days from Falmouth, with Government
stores for Malta and Balaklava, arrived out at Gibraltar
on the Bth inst., and sailhd on thClith. On account of
the tempestuous whether it was quite impracticable to
ship the mules on board the steam-transport Charity,
until the morning of the 10th. The vessel sailed in the
afternoo❑ with a foreman superintendent farrier, 9 fore-
men, and 45 drivers in charge of 200 animals, all under
the command of Lieut. Ormsby of the 3d Lancashire
Militia. The steam-transports Marley Hill, Royal Vic.
toria, and Black Prince, Failed from Gibraltar for Eng-
land—the former on the 11th, and the two latter on the
12th inst. The steam-transport Indiana, eight days
from Portsmouth, for the Crimea, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 11th. The Telegraph steam-transport, which put
into Lisbon, owing to the boisterous state of the weather
en route from Southampton to Malta, reached Gibraltar
on the 12th inst. The steam-transport Cape of Good
Hope, was steering for Gibraltar on the morning of the
12th.

The gun-boats Carnation and Bullfrog being provided
with sea stores and ammunition, have left Woolwich ,for
Greenhithe. The Dove gun-boat has been commis-
sioned by Lieut. F. A. Herbert, and has nearly com-
pleted her rigging and fitting for service.
The following changes and promotions are forthwith
to take place in Woolwich Dockyard :—Mr. Gottlieb,
storekeeper there, retires on receipt of annual full pay,
and is to be succeeded in his post by Mr. Vintner, store-
receiver at Portsmouth. Mr. Burr, private secretary
to Commodore Shephered (Superintendent of Wool mich
Dockyard), is to succeed Mr. Vintner as storereceiver
at Portsmouth. Mr. Crouch, assistant-scretary, suc-
ceeds Mr. Burr as private secretary ; and Mr. Hatton
fills up the vacancy which occurs by the promotion of
Mr. Crouch.
The subjoined important circular, cancelling all the
former " volunteering instrucitons" issued since the com-
mencement of the war, was issued yesterday, and for-
warded to all the regiments of militia throughout the
united kingdom :
" Revised Special Instructions for carrying into effect
the volunteering from the Militia to the Cavalry,
Foot Guards, Infantry of the Line, Orduanos Cores?
and Marines.

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"Roma atiaras, Jan. 14,185 d.
" On all occasions of tegiments of ettibo4Aed
being prepared to Volunteer; the Pattie will be notified by
the commanding officers to the general offic3rs of dis-
tricts., who Will Aotach a steady officer to flash corps for
the ptirpto.% of receiving the volunteers. ne will be ac-
eonvevanied by a staff or regimental medical officer of the
regular forces, and also by a non-commissioned officer ;
and their allival must be so regulated as to have every
I necessary arrangement prepared previously to the day
lon which the )volunteering is to take place ; after the
conclusion of which the superintending officer will re-
turn to big regiment, reporting to the general officer
commanding the distriet) tied tratismittini through the
same channel) for the information of the Field-Marshal
Commandittg•inthief, a return of the number of men
who have been released from their militia engagement,
showing the regiments to which they belonged and those
for which they have volunteered. In the event of the
quota being incomplete, the volunteering will recom-
mence as may be afterwards directed, and will be re-
peated from time to time until the prescribed number
shall be furnished. In all possible cases the superintend-
ing officer is to be a field officer, and his name and the
date of the volunteering are invariably to be reported to
the Adjutant-General in su .1 cient time to allow of the
same being notified to the Artillery, Engineers, and
Marines.
"2. The number of men required to be furnished by
the respective regiments of militia is in the proportion of
25 per cent. of their county establishment.
6, 3. men will be permitted to volunteer for any of
the regiments of Cavalry, Artillery, Sappers and Miners,
Foot Guards, Infantry, and Royal Marines.
4. No militia soldier who may be in confinement is
to be permitted to volunteer without the consent of his
commanding officer. Soldiers undergoing imprisonment
by sentence of courts•martial are not to be allowed to
volunteer.
No militia soldier employed as orderly-room
clerk, drummer, or belonging to the band or armoury,
is to be permitted to volunteer, without the consent of
his commanding officer.
6. The approval of volunteers by superintending
officers will henceforth be final, and medical officers are
to pay the strictest attention to their surgical examina-
tion before they leave the bead-quarters of the alias.
No man is to be accepted labouring under any infirmity,
or who is not fit for immediate and active service. No
man under ift. bin. in height is to be received for the
' Guards ; for the cavalry under sft. siin., or for the in-
fantry of the line under sft. 4i. ; or who is under 18 or
above 30 years of age. Special enlistments of men be.
tween the ages of 24 and 35 years of age, under the
Order in Council dated the 31st of March, 1855, will
be allowed on application to inspecting field officers of
districts.
" 7. Officers coramandingmilitia regiments are strictly
enjoined to afford every facility to the volunteering of
their men ; and in case they should refuse to discharge
any private who shall be desirous of volunteering, they
will transmit their reasons in writing for such refusal to
tke General enminanding the district, for reference to
head-quarters.
"8. The superintending officers will take care that
the 'volunteers are regularly discharged from the militia,