The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-21 00:00:00

PREPARATIONS FOR 'W.AI

THE most active preparations are in progress for of
transport of troops to the seat of war. The exciterili
created in the metropolis on Tuesday last, by the °reit
ture of a battalion of the Coldstream Guards from Ty
Trafalgar-square Barracks was most extraordinary,l,,a
steps of the National Gallery and of St. Martin's Chweri
as well as the area and all the avenues of the square' tilt
occupied by a dense mass of people through which 0
brave fellows were scarcely able to make their WO' ins
their proceeding along the Strand to the railway terfateali
they were accompanied by a large crowd, and rel'ea
and vociferously cheered. These demonstrations of Pely
lar feeling, in the absence of all attempt at display en
,„,,i•
part of the military authorities, form a singular and swif
ficant contrast to the pompous parades and review,
which the commencement of the war was inauguratea
St.
ItPet.
isersbur g now understood that the following appointre°
have been made : .

Lord Raglan to Command-in-Chief.
Lieut.-General Fergusson, C. 8., commanding the t°
in Malta, to be second in command.
M.-General the Duke of Cambridge, Col. Bentinck,f,
stream Guards, Col. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.8.,
73rd Regiment, to command brigades.
Colonel Cator to command the Royal Artillery-
Colonel Alt.
Airey, now Military Secretary to Lord glow-
to be Adjutant-General.
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, Grenadier Gum'
be Deputy Adjutant-General.
Col. A. W. Torrens to be Quartermaster-Generah_ii
On Wednesday, at noon, the 28th regiment left -vro.
en route for Constantinople. Immense excitement'
tended their departure. From the barracks to the .
way station they were most enthusiastically cheer
thousands of spectators. It is estimated that n0,_;15
than 60,000 persons assembled to see them off. So 51Pe
a war spirit has never before been manifested in the t°o
and it was with difficulty that the soldiers could
through the streets. The 28th went to Preston, and
embark on board the Niagara, for their destination.,4
Upwards of one-half of the Royal Sappers and 31-1,
who only returned a few weeks ago after their long sfnio
in their Kaffir war, have volunteered into the eOlll
under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean ,n„
2,000 Minie rifles have been drawn for the Royal Art
and all the gunners ordered for foreign service are
supplied with that weapon.
The battalion of Grenadier Guards will prohabi?'t
commanded by Colonel Thomas Wood. Lieut.-Cowter
Scott, on the staff at Manchester, will be Deputy '4
master-General to the troops. de
The following officers have been appointed Aldesiit
Camp to Lord Raglan :—Major Lord Burghersh, C3Poi
P. Somerset, Lieutenant Hon. S. Calthorpe, C3l)
Nigel Kingscote.
The official orders for the cavalry force have not 06:6
0
been issued. Two squadrons each from the Bth 1-I°',o
and 17th Lancers are held in readiness to be comin°lLft:
by Colonel Lawrence of the 17th Lancers. TraMr
are being fitted to convey two regiments. ch
ice
eY
On Tursday, the enrolled out-pensioners of
Hospital, in the Woolwich and Greenwich districts, ,
mustered before Colonel Tulloh, at Deptford, to 'eit,
amined as to their fitness for public service. Tivo-t
of the men were declared fit for active service, and 5(
entered accordingly. ovy
The departure of the volunteers from the prOViSiy
battalion at Chatham for those regiments of the linell,/llt
orders for Malta, namely, the 4th King's Own, 28th. !dieand 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, took place on Filifte
The troops assembled in heavy marching order, a11„4.,
being inspected by the commandant, Colonel Kole
volunteers were formed into open columns of diristW
and a finer body of young men have not been seen aa.
garrison for many years. There was not one man !lilt"
when the names of the men were called over. At
past five o'clock it was announced that all was reacliOrw
the colonel gave the command to march. The brass.,,to
and the drums and fifes of the battalion imlnewfrf
, struck up " Cheer, boys, cheer," and "We are r
away." The train which conveyed the troops toe r:cile
end consisted of thirty-one carriages, with two 9
At Gravesend the troops went on board the Star
pany's boat for London. 'otbt
It is found impossible to provide accommodation 'nod'
large steam-ships for so many men as at first estim°le.
not so much from the weight of baggage or the ace° It;
meats as from considerations of space for sleeping't
Orinoco, of 2,300 tons, can take only one regimen' /71
the Ripon, of 1,400 tons, and the Manilla, screw, °f
tons, are to take another regiment between them. 00
The Himalaya, screw, may take 1,800 at the of
for so long a passage ; and the Golden Fleece, Per
1,000 or 1,200.
The splendid new screw ship, the Princess 110991;1
Captain Lord C. Paget, having completed for sea, ste,
out of Southampton harbour at noon on Wednesow.',„ d
take up her anchorage at Spithead, as one of the SWr
the Baltic fleet,. 104 f
The Queen held a privy council, at Buckingham, :
on Saturday, at which the following proclaxotatOP
ordered to be issued against the exportation of arnity:l
munition, and machinery of all kinds, available for Iv'
• c,
BY THE QUEEN : A PROCLAMATION.
" VICTORIA, R.
" Whereas, by the Customs Consolidation Act r'
certain goods may be prohibited either to be expo
carried coastwise ; and whereas we, by and with tli
vice of our privy council, deem it expedient and neonp
n!'
to prohibit the goods hereinafter-mentioned either
exported or carried coastwise ; we, by and with the atti
aforesaid, do hereby order and direct that, from and
the date hereof, all arms, ammunition, and gunP,l:o
military and naval stores, and the following articles,
articles which we have judged capable of being consrl
into, or made useful in increasing the quantity of InpO'
or naval stores, that is to say, marine engines, sere
pellers, paddle wheels, cylinders, cranks, shafts, P'.V
tubes for boilers, boiler plates, fire bars, and even, -.01
or any other component part of an engine or boiler, (i,
article whatsoever which is, or can, or may, becomecable for the manufacture of marine machinery, s°„g•
te
and the same are, hereby prohibited either to be e 5
from the United Kingdcm or carried coastwise. 0,7
" Given at our Court at Buckingham Pali. a'ci 1• #,
eighteenth day of February, in the year of our i'vate
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the;
teenth year of our reign.—GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' lzc
A Horse Guards circular provides for the augments
of our military forces. The men to be raised will _',
as supernumeraries until the Ist of April next, front
date the increased establishment will be author"'
the War-office.
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The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards isme r,
augmented from 800 to 1,000 rank and file ; ancl:4.o'
remaining battalions of the Foot Guards from Nu -
rank and file. Afte!,
The following seven regiments are to be increasrf,,,
900 to 1,000 rank and file, namely-2nd, 6th, 15th, ft
60th (2nd battalion), 73rd, and Ist battalion of the
Brigade.
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The following fifty-six regiments are to be aut,
from 850 to 1,000 rank and file, namely -Ist Foot (1
tj
2nd battalions), 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 1309 04
16th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 314,40
34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 4601! ir
48th, 49th, 50th, 54th, 55th, 57th, 68th, 62nd, 63ru,
66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 72nd, 77th, 79th, 82nd, 85030,
89th, 90th, 92nd, 93rd, 95th, 97th, and 2nd b'"
Rifle Brigade.
The service companies of regiments are to co i 0
600, and the depots of 400 rank and file, with the
each
tion of those ordered for immediate active servi cis
•
with reference to which special orders will in
be given.

The 71st Regiment, on the arrival of the reseP
lion in this country, will be reduced from I,2ool.o'ic'
rank and file, and will be divided in the manlier
specified. t/",
The 12th and 91st Regiments are to remain ,'"e f:
present establishment of 1,200 rank and file ; and tbk s'2oth, 23rd, 37th, 44th, 45th, 56th, 76th, and 99th '
of 1,000 rank and file.
In order to provide for musicians, the service coni-V
of regiments will henceforth embark 600 rank alio
but they will carry with them only 580 stand of ark
sets of accoutrements. .

The steam-ship Niagara, Captain Leitch, will, i ft;,4
row, take her departure from the Mersey, in her ne,,,
ratter as one of her Majesty's troop-ships, with tPO,
Regiment, about one thousand strong, on board. fit,
now in the river, her fittings having been complet
received the approbation of the Admirality agents;, ',91
exciting occasion of the embarkation she will, agent
bility, be anchored in the Sloyne, and the trooPs
taken on board by oneof the Cunard tenders, either,
the Prince's Pier or the Great Landing Stage. rt'i,
Regiment, which is now at Preston, distinguishea,V
Quatre Bras, and has on its colours Corunna, og
Vittoria- and Waterloo. The Cambria, Captain re'
will leave Liverpool to-morrow for Kingstown, lv;',,ey,
will take on board the 50th Regiment on Thursnief
will sail thence on Friday. Captain Bevis, R.N., env,
miralty agent, who is superintending the enrolnV
naval volunteers, will accompany the Cambria t° 004
town to superintend the embarkation. Recruiting44l i
from the following regiments are now actively ettfri,
the town :-sth Dragoons, 11th Hussars, 16th
and the 10th, 24th, 25th, 36th, 44th, 51st, 56th,01A5
75th, 81st, 83d,98th, and 99th Foot. The standarTlijel
for men has been reduced to five feet and a half, w'ioC)it
of eighteen are taken if they reach five feet five det
On Saturday a troop of the Royal Artillery, linfsY
command of Captain Mackey, entered the town Jr°
lin, en route for the metropolis.
The Ordnance Estimates have been published'
increase is estimated at £792,311.
The number of officers and men of the several °lfoll
corps and departments proposed to be maintained psi
vice at home and abroad is raised from 17,598, the
,d)
voted last year, to 19,266. The force will be--"I"
gineers, 330 ; Royal Sappers and Miners, 2,0714
Regiment of Artillery, 15,013 ; Royal Horse ter
ld
1,124 ; Riding House Troop, 35 ; Garrison Mssners, 71; Field Train Department, 7 ; Medino4
went, 46. The artillery regiment includes a CO
Royal African Gunners at Jamaica, and a e°
Gun Lasca at Hongkng. nll3cl
The army estimates show an increase in qbe
10,694, and an increased cost of £262,470. 6.
charge for the army for 1854-55 being £6,287,4° .0 le
t 031
The number of men required is 112,977 ;
is exclusive of four regiments of cavalry and tvia.ei,
regiments of infantry employed in the East II! ;,
total number of the effective force of the Britls
to be 142,630, viz

Cavalry. Infantry'
Officers
Non-commissioned officers 1,056 8,90°
Rank and file

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Grand total
The following are the total of the estiniate°
AP
three services : I'lerll°
opos 062,0
s,2'
1 26'9'31)
7,/
3, 722.0;/
...
2Slll°
417,021,n:1

Army
Navy
Ordnance

Proposed vote.
£6,287,486 ...
7,487,948 ...
3,845,878 ...