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

PREPARATIONS FOR Air'

Trte most active preparations are in progress
greet
transport of troops to the seat of war. The elc
ede
created in the metropolis on Tuesday last, by thty
tare of a battalion of the Coldstream Guards frc"le
Trafalgar-square Barracks was most extraor4inerY,,,e,l
steps of the National Gallery and of St. Martin's To
as well as the area and all the avenues of the senair4t
occupied by a dense mass of people through Or'
brave fellows were scarcely able to make their el_Yri't?
their proceeding along the Strand to the railwaY tee
they were accompanied by a large crowd, and repe3,„e
and vociferously cheered. These demonstrations of r 5
lar feeling, in the absence of all attempt at display ,(31isio‘'
part of the military authorities, form a singular al,a101,!
ficant contrast to the pompous parades and rerie,edi
winch the commencement of the war was inaugara"
Stl Petersburg. eiteo
t is now understood that the following We-
, have been made
Lord Raglan to Command-in-Chief. e
Lieut.-General Fergusson, C. 8., commanding tee
• .-Gen in Malta, to be second in command. C,ol`'
General the Duke of Cambridge, Col. Bentinell,v,
stream Guards, Col. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.8., C.ol'
73rd Regiment, to command brigades.
Colonel Cator to command the Royal ArtilleeYeeed
Colonel Airey, now Military Secretary to Lord
i"'"
to be Adjutant-General.
LienteCol. the Hon. A. Gordon, Grenadier Gull*
be Deputy Adjutant-General.
Col. A. W. Torrens to be Quartermaster-General L
le'°`
On Wednesday, at noon, the 28th regiment left et
en route for Constantinople. Immense exciteenk
tended their departure. From the barracks to Or`it
way station they were most enthusiastically elleeot
thousands of spectators. It is estimated that no,
than 60,000 persons assembled to see them off. S9e,,toe
a war spirit has never before been manifested in
id l
and it was with difficulty that the soldiers coin de
through the streets. The 28th went to Preston,
embark on board the Niagara, for their destinatioe;mt
Upwards of one-half of the Royal Sappers and -7el
who only returned a few weeks ago after their loeg„d
in their Kaffir war, have volunteered into the CO
under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean ;10'.
2,000 Minis rifles have been drawn for the Royal -3- 0
and all the gunners ordered for foreign service are
supplied with that weapon.
The battalion of Grenadier Guards will probed;
commanded by Colonel Thomas Wood. Lieut.-1
Scott, on the staff at Manchester, will be Deputy (P
master-General to the troops.
The following officers have been appointed Ale,,,e
Camp to Lord Raglan :—Major Lord Burghers% *,.
P. Somerset, Lieutenant Hon. S. Calthorpe,
Nigel Kingscote.
The official orders few the cavalry force have 04
been issued. Two squadrons each from the Bth ,44
and 17th Lancers are held in readiness to be cow.;"
by Colonel Lawrence of the 17th Lancers. I
are being fitted to convey two regiments.
On Thursday, the enrolled out-pensioners 01.,
Hospital, in the Woolwich and Greenwich distrie%
mustered before Colonel Tulleh, at Deptford, 0
ermined as to their fitness for public service. Tic
of the men were declared fit for active service, au'
entered accordingly. • ,
The departure of the volunteers from the R.049'1
battalion at Chatham for those regiments of the Inte`
orders for Malta, namely, the4th King's Own, 28tieee
and 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, took place ou
The troops assembled in heavy marching order, an;;,,?,
being ,inspected by the commandant, Colonel heeV
volunteers were formed into open columns of n' "t 0
and a finer body of young men have not been seen :13,4
garrison for many years. There was not one nialt,tel
when the names of the men were called over. f•Ai
past five o'clock it was announced that all was reenYV
the colonel gave the command to march. The brassol,
and the drums and fifes of the battalion imla ;40
struck up." Cheer, boys, cheer," • and "We are g°,;:per
away." The train which conveyed the troops to vee
end consisted of thirty-one carriages, with two ePtef
At Gravesend the troops went on board the SW
pany's boat for London.
1p
It is found impossible to provide accommodation
large steam-ships for so many men as at first estiw;e?
not so Much from the weight of baggage or the ace
ments as from considerations of space for sleei?Wgiit,f
Orinoco, of 2,300 tons, can take only one reeente-ef
the Ripon, of 1,400 tons, and the Manilla, scree',
tons, are to take another regiment between thew. die
The Himalaya, screw, may take 1,800 at the d 4
for so long a passage ; and the Golden Fleece, e
1,000 or 1,200. 4,
The splendid new screw ship, the Princess WY,
Captain Lord C. Paget, having completed for sea,
out of Southampton harbour at noon on Wedneso4'
take up her anchorage at Spithead, as one of the •
the Baltic fleet.

The Queen held a privy council, at Buckinghani
on Saturday, at which the following proclanylii°,
ordered to be issued against the exportation of ariPli;i
munition, and machinery of all kinds,. available for
" BY THE QUEEN : A PROCLAMATION.
" VICTORIA, R.
" Whereas, by the Customs Consolidation acted
certain goods may be prohibited either to be exido,';,e
carried coastwise ; and whereas we, by and with 'LI
vice of our privy council, deemit expedient and
to prohibit the goods hereinafter-mentioned either y
exported or carried coastwise; we, by and with the rif
aforesaid, do hereby order and direct that, from anudo
the date hereof, all arms, ammunition, and gunpoL,
military and naval stores, and the following articles,s,
articles which we have judged capable of being c4t.it!
into, or made useful in increasing the quantity of prl'
or naval stores, that is to say, marine engines, serel,ndilci4
pellet's, paddle wheels, cylinders, cranks, shafts, ""o
tubes for boilers, boiler plates, fire bars, and eyed oro'
or any other component part of an engine or boiler, app
article whatsoever which is, or can, or may, becooa,e10111:
cable for the manufacture of marine machinery,`
and the same are, hereby prohibited either to be es,
from the United Kingdcm or carried coastwise. ,
5' t.!
" Given at our Court at Buckingham ro4l',
eighteenth day of February, in the year of our J'',/
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the,,
teenth year of our reign.—GOD SAVE THE CirEEl4"
ntfr'
A Horse Guards circular provides for the augme-
of our military forces. The men to be raised will V
as supernumeraries until the Ist of April next, fro ..el
date the increased establishment will be author,'
the War-office.
0 4,
The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards be'
1 t
augmented from 800 to 1,000 rank and file; an(,„ to,
remaining battalions of the Foot Guards from 0'
rank and file.
The following seven regiments are to be ineros
900 to 1,000 rank and file, namely-2nd, 6th, 15t,i,l'e
60th (2nd battalion), 73rd, and Ist battalion of ti`
Brigade.

The following, fifty-six regiments are to be falq
from 850 to 1,000 rank and file, namely -Ist Foot (k.
2nd battalions), 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th1H
16th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31
34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 40t1b 1
48th, 49th, 50th, 51th, 55th, 57th, 58th, 62nd, 63T1
66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 72nd, 77th, nth, 82nd, es.tl
89th, 90th, 92nd, 93rd, 95th, 97th, and 2nd Vr'
Rifle Brigade. g

The service companies of regiments are to 011;0
600, and the depots of 400 rank and file, with tileo
tion of those ordered for immediate active serW
with reference to which special orders will in eo.'",
be given. 101
The 71st Regiment, on the arrival of the reserve, ),.0
lion in this country, will be reduced from 1,200_„I
rank and file, and will be divided in the matinc`•
specified.

The 12th and 91st Regiments are to rernaiall
present establishment of 1,200 rank and file; ark
20th, 23rd, 37th, 44th, 45th, 56th, 76th, and 99t"
of 1,000 rank and file.
In order to provide for musicians, the service coo
of regiments will henceforth embark 600 rain
but they will carry with them only 580 stand of L 1
sets of accoutrements.

The steam-ship Niagara, Captain Leitch, will, el j
row, take her departure from the Mersey, in her
meter as one of her Majesty's troop-ships, with P-9,
Regiment, about one thousand strong, on board•.ol,
now in the river, her fittings having been coinple (fit
received the approbation of the Admirality agents;i on,
exciting occasion of the embarkation she will, in
bility, be anchored in
.the Sloyne, and the troops
taken on, board by oneof the Cunard tenders, eidripe
the Prince's Pier or the Great Landing Stage. ot,
Regiment, which is now at Preston, distinguished,e,
Quatre Bras, and has on its colours Corunna, fyist:
Vittoria- and Waterloo. The Cambria, Captain .Dee;,
will leave Liverpool to-morrow for Kingstown,

will take on biard the 50th Regiment-on Tlittrl
will sail thence on Friday. Captain Bevis, R.N.:,
miralty agent, who is superintending the eurow
naval volunteers, will accompany the Cambria W
town to superintend the embarkation. Recruiting,

from the following regiments are now actively eT/,'
the town : —sth Dragoons, 11th Hussars, 16th
and the 10th, 24th, 25th, 36th, 44th, 51st, 56th, pr!(
75th, 81St, 83d, 98th, and 99th Foot. The !taw.. 14
for men has been reduced to five feet and a half,
of eighteen are taken if they reach. five feet ntjefol
On Saturday a troop of the Royal Artillery, w:,„o'
command of Captain Mackey, entered the toWnli"
lin, en route for the metropolis.
The Ordnance Estimates have been pub sllc4l.
increase is estimated at £792,311. • ?",+
The number of officers and men of the severo4.lo,f
corps and departments proposed to be maintaine, e 116
vice at home and abroad is raised from 17,598, t'viAA
voted last year, to 19,266. The force Will be--- ;AL6
aineers, 330 ; Royal Sappers and Miners, 2, s'
Regiment of Artillery, 15,013 ; Royal Horse teti
1;124 ; Riding Howie Troop, 35 ; Garrison 31.1)01
ners, 71; Field Train Department, 7 ; Medic3_
ment, 46. The artillery regiment includes a ct„cie,
Royal African Gunners at Jamaica, and a ("
Gun Lascars at Hongkong. 1/A
The army estimates show an increase in noe,
10,694, and an increased cost of £262,470•
charge for the army fcr 1854-55 being R6,287,4'1,04
The number of men required is 112,977 ;
is exclusive of four regiments of cavalry and twaie,,i
regiments of infantry employed in the East l'l b
total number of the effective force of the Brit°
to be 142,630, viz

Cavalry. Infantry.
Officers 792 4,927
Non-commissioned officers 1,056 8,900
Rank and file

Grand total
teo
The following are the total of the estun3
three services 11161
Proposed vote.
£6,287,486 -•
7,487,948 -•
3,845,878
0,20/4111
C 17,621,314

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