The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1854,

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who were walking on the Boulevards in their undres;
uniform, excited the most lively interest, and maul Eel(
sons saluted them as they passed, in a way to shoW ms,..
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warmly they approve the alliance between the two natioTr
After dining in Paris, the officers left in the eveniag
Marseilles. kg of
A letter from Sebastopol, dated the 25th ult.y
the preparations for the recommencement of the aLL9:f
"On their side," it says, " the besieged continue t.;
enormous works of defence. They are bristling over n.nof
cannon. We are, however, all in high spirits and frill
confidence—generals, officers, and men. Two Bun'?
deserters, Russians pur sang, were brought into "--1, 4
yesterday. One had escaped from the town, and he 0.4
us that the inhabitants were suffering from hunger 3.0..
thirst ;- that many were dying, and,ifrom the descripto:.
which he gave of the sickness, it would appear that
cholera and pestilence are at work. The other deser,t,
came from the camp of Prince Menschikoff. There, t
they suffered from hunger, and the misery was terry or
Reinforcements were coming up, but without elothescc,
provisions, The distress is so great that many
they found the opportunity, desert, and come over to t_ilcri
French, who'are described to them as very generous, S',f,
abundantly supplied with everything ; but Menschdi
like a prudent man, guards the whole of the apprtbe
with mounted Cossacks, and the deserters who have
viol .11_
misfortune to be captured expire under the knout. It:
withstanding all this, seldom a day passes that desert"'
do not come over."
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A QUERY POE WAR-OFFICE.—Once upon a tiro%,
is said that there. was a Brigadier-General in 10,1"-t
General Nott was his commander-in-chief. General 1"m
sent to the Brigadieran order to advance with the trltit
under his command. The Brigadier sent answer.thyL,4
was impossible—no doubt for some excellent wwfift..
reason. General Nott 'sent back to the Brigadier a retTbe
Lion of his order. With it was a letter, informing big
Brigadier that a duplicate of the order had been-sent
second in command, with-directions, if the Brigadier 5.
declined, to advance the brigade and bring theßrigadic, 0
along with it under fixed bayonets. So runs- the stoile
Mr. Punch would respectfully ask the Duke of NeWca.;,„ e
if he has ever heard it. And if he have, does he Wl' e
name of the Brigadier ? And if he know, would he oil,
Mr. Ptmeh by informing him whether that Brigadier rind,
commands a division of the army in the Critnnal. -a
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further, whether, if anything happen to deprive tbat_u,'";ch
of the service of Lord Raglan, the routine of service; ".7 of
would entitle this Brigadier to' the' command in Pim"'
Lord Raglan, would be followed ?—Punch. balle
Amur ADDlTlONS.—Additional recruiting parties tile
arrived in the metropolis for the-purpose of raising ed
required number of men to complete the undernaentionew
regiments to the proposed war establishment—viz" el'
valry regiments, the strength of which is to be inereas-d'
to eight troops of 80 men each, exclusive of farriers ad'
trumpeters, making a total of 640 effective sabres-nr
Dragoon Guards, 2nd ditto, 3rd ditto, 4th ditto, 5,-3.
Princess. Charlotte of,Wales's, Dragoon Guards, 6th ~t1,,1
bineers, 7th Dragoon Guards, Ist Royal Dragoons °let!),
2nd Scots Grays, 4th Light Dragoons, 6th Ennis' en,
7th Hussars, Bth ditto, 9th Lancers, 11th Hussars, 1111
Light Dragoons, 13th Hussars, 16th Lancers, and ties
ditto. Infantry regiments to be increased to an en`vtice
strength of 1,400 bayonets, exclusive of their resPecLi,
depot companies-2nd Queen's Own, 3rl Buffs, 4th fly,
ment of Foot, 7th Fusileers, 9th Foot, 13th Light Infs°,2oth
14th Foot, 17th ditto, 18th Royal Irish, -19th Foot, Aoe,
ditto, 21st Fusileers, 23rd ditto, 28th Foot, 30thA"
31st ditto, 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Iteinlell,t'itoa•
Foot, 38th ditto, 410th ditto, 42nd Highlanalers,43r"'AitiO,
mouth Light Infantry, 44th Foot, 46th ditto, 47th ":tto,
48th ditto, 50th ditto, 55th ditto, 62nd ditto, 63rd
68th Durham Light Infantry, 71st Highland Liglitsstb
fantry, 72nd Highlanders, 77th Foot, 79th ditto,ditto,
Connaught Rangers, 89th Foot, 90th ditto 92nd 10
, 93rd Highlanders, 95th Foot, and 97th ditto. "041
Royal Scots, 60th Rifles, and the Rifle Brigade 01" vs)
have au additional battalion of 1,000 men, The T'd
Artillery is to be increased as followers :—Foot Art
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and field batteries, a battalion of 1,000 gunners ;,Zecet
Horse Artillery, four :troops, of 100 men each. The lation
Brigade will also be augmented, and it is in coutenl. the
to raise a corps of artillery drivers, by which meal- The
strength of the gunners will be greatly augmented., it I;
Royal Sappers and Miners are to be increased, 3_l"
stated that the Royal. Staff Corps is to be reorgentxu"