The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

THE WAR.

COLONEL COLT has received a government order for
4,000 of his revolvers, which, it is understood, are to be
supplied to the fleet.
STEAM Cori.—An ample supply has gone off from
Shields to the Baltic, for the use of the English fleet.
Between" 30 and 40 collier vessels are emOoyed carrying
out coals.

THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE and Lord Raglan start to-
day for Paris, en roite for Constantinople. A very large
portion of the staff, with several medical aneers, embarked
on Friday, at -Woolwich, on board the Emperor.
TnE Press says, " A report is current in London that
orders have been given by the Emperor Nicholas forbid-
ding the removal from Russia of the heavy baggage and
effects belonging to Sir Hamilton Seymour.'
THIRVI-TWO army assistant-surgeons belonging to
depSts of regiments have been ordered to attend in London
to receive instructions previously to their immediate
embarkation for the East.

TEE BALTIC FLEET, when complete, will consist of
about 29 screw-vessels, of 12,400 horse-power, and carry-
ing 1,917 guns, and 19,580 seen ; 5 ships without steam,
carrying 434 guns, and 3,940 men ; 16 paddle-wheel steam-
frigates and sloops, of 5,980 •horse-power, and carrying
4,970 men, and 147 guns.
CAVALRY.-It is intended to make as little display as
possible with the cavalry, or indeed any portion of the
troops proceeding to the, theatre of war. Each regiment
'will proceed at once from the post nearest to which it has
'been stationed to the destination intended by the secretary-
at-war, the Duke of Newcastle. _ _

VISCOUNT HAIIDINGE, as General Commanding-in-
Chief, gave a farewell banquet on Thursday, at his man-
sion, in Great Stanhope-street, to the officers about to
proceed on active service to the Enst. The guests included
the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, the Earl of Lucan,
the Earl of Cardigan, Lord de Ros, &c.
DAY OF PRAY/DR.—From a statement made by the Earl
of Aberdeen in the House of Lords, it appears that the
government have referred the appointment of a days of
humiliation and prayer, on account of the war, to •the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and that his Grace has fired
on Wednesday,-the26th instant, for the purpose.
It is stated that the arrangement for sending all-the
cavalry regiments through France has undergone -some
modifications, and that the Bth Hussars and I'th Lancers
are to take the long sea voyage from Portsmouth to Ply-
mouth. The 4th and sth Dragoon Guards and 11th Hus-
sars will, it is said, go from Ireland to Dover, and thence
to the continent, while the Ist and 6th Dragoons and the
13th Light Dragoons will cross the Channel from Folk-
stone to Calais.

The folloviing vessels are to be immediately fitted, and
will proceed to the Baltic :—The Pigmy, paddle-wheal
steam-vessel of 100 horse power ; the Prospero, paddle-
wheel steam-vessel of 144 horse-power; the Medina, 4
guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse-power ; the
Medusa, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse-
power ; the Minx, 3 guns, iron screw steam-vessel of 10
horse-power; the Harpy, iron paddle-wheel steam vessel
of 200 home-power; and the Jackal!, iresi paddle-wheel
steam-vessel of 150 horse-power. All these are to have
their armament considerably increased, . and are to be
under the command of Captain Ommaney;•of the Eurydice,
26 guns,,at Portsmouth, for service in the Baltic.

HISTORICAL FACT.—In the year 1543 the Sultan; Salim
11., at the. request of the King of France, sent a large
army and' leet to his assistance, under the, command of
the celebrated Turkish Admiral Barbarossa, who, accor-
ding to the record, was the grandson of a French rene-
gade. This army and fleet occupied the town and port
of Toulonut the express wish of Francis 1., from the end
of September, 1543, to the end of Mar,e11,1544. And, on
this last. day of March' a French army and fleet has sailed
from the .same port of Toulon to succour the descendant
of the Sultan Salim in his distress.

TICE SECRET MEMORANDUM AGAIN.—We (Press)
have received an authorative communication from an
individual who " desires to be described" as " one compe-
tent to .:make a statement with respoct to the secret
memorandum of 1811." This communication refers ton
speech.delivered in the House of Lords by the Earl of
Aberdeen, on Friday, the 31st ult., in reply to a leading
article which appeared in this journal on the 25th of the
same month.. Our correspondent states that the descrip-
tion of theeaecret memorandum, as " the key of the re-
lationsbetween England and Russia," were not contained, as
stated by .us, in a private letter from. the Emperor of
Russia to the present Prime Minister of England, but in
a private letter addressed by Count Nesselrode to his
Excellency Baron Brunnow, then Russian minister at
the Court of. St. James's. This letter our correspondent
assures. us he. has the best reasons for believing was com-
municated to 'Lord Aberdeen, and he cannot doubt that
a copy of it must exist in England. Our correspondent
adds, that there is no other portion of the article in the
Tress which he is prepared to question, and which
; • article, in his belief, "conveys an accurateTicture of a
dliplomatic transaction, that was not only intended to be
secret, but the :secrecy of which, until this .year, 1854,
had been successfully preserved."
RUSSIAN ME.RQIIANT3IEN.—The London Gazette con-
tains an order in council, dated April 7, stating that Rus-
sian merchant vessels which at this date shall be in any
port or place in Her Majesty's Indian territories, under
the governmentef the East India Company, or within any
of tier Majesty!s foreign or colonial possessions, -shall be
allowed thirty days from the time of the publication of this
order for loading:and,departin„ and if met at sea by any
of Her Majesty's ships shall be permitted to proceed if,
upon examination, it shall appear that their cargoes were
taken en .board before the expiration of the above term,
providing they have, not on board any officer in the:naval
or military service of, the enemy, or any article prohibited,
or contraband of war, or .despatch to the Russian govern-
ment. Also,.that.any Russian vessel which, prior 4 the
29th of March, shall have sailed from any foreign port,
and for Her Majesty's Inc Dan territories or colonial pos-
sessions, slntill be permitted to enter such port or place and
discharge theirmargoes, and .afterwards forthwith depart
without molestation ; and .that any such vessel, if Metat
sea by any of Her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to
continue their imoyage.to,any port not blockaded.
MUTINY.—AD occurrence ofa very exceptional kind-has
thrown a cloud oKer
.the.prospeets of naval matters. The
Cumberland, 72, Captain Seymour, arrived on Wednesday
at PortSmouth, from the North-American station. The
intelligence that the vessel was to be sent at once to the
Baltic was received in a manner almost mutinous. On.
War-Admiral Berkeley informing the crew that the
,country required theirimmediate service, some of the men
.asiked for',4B hours' leave, and six mouths' pay, and on his
.saying that the country required them to go up the Baltic
instanter, they asked for 24 hours' 'leave and three months'
pay. He replied that he could not grant a single hours'
leave, on which some of the them shouted out—" No
money, no work." After he left, some of the crew re-
sorted to violence, throwing shot about the deck, and
refusing to clean the lighters alongside. After a good
deal of trouble five of the ringleaders were placed in
chains, and three of them were then selected and sent
prisoners to the Victory, flag-ship, where they were kept
an board.all night in irons. The following morning they
were returned to their ship, and each had administered to
him three dozen lashes. Two of them were also sent to
Winchester gaol, and are, after their imprisonment, to be
turned out of the service. On Thursday all was quiet on
board, and it is not expected that further. trouble will
arise. The Cumberland has been taking twelve -months'
stores on board, and will sail for the Baltic at once.