The Welshman

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I The largest church in Europe is at St. Petersburg. It was begun in 1771, and in twenty years 2,000 men had not finished the walls. It is of polished marble both outside and in the pillars are of one piece, fifty feet high, the base and capitals of solid silver but the greatest curiosity of all is a wooden box constructed to cover it from the weather. One day, during the late fall of snow, the Rev. Elmhurst of Shawell Rectory, Leicestershire, shot a heron, the crop or stomach of which, when opened, contained the following entire bodies: a trout weighing half a pound, a full grown water rat, a mouse, and a fieldfare. In a late Chancery suit, the evidence of house agents and others went to show that from eight to fifteen guineas per week was a proper sum for a lady's lodging in a good situa- tion in London, during the fashionable season. It was stated before the Society of Arts, last week, that the sails of the vessel Great Republic, spreading 28,000 yards of a suit, had been done in six days, with the aid of the sewing machine, by hands that without it would have taken 1200 days for the same work. There are 21,487 blind persons in the whole of Great Britain. The Duke of Newcastle is giving employment to a large number of persons, in building cottages for the labouring poor on his estates, and in draining and fencing. Mr. Goldschmidt, has written to England declining, on behalf of himself and Mrs. Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind), to visit this country during the ensuing season. SUBSTITUTE FOR GUANO.^A patent substitute for guano consisting of decomposed and concentrated seaweed, is about to be introduced by Mr. Longmaid, with the view of claiming the prize of £1,000, offered by the Royal Agricul- tural Society. THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.-To give some idea of the im- portance of the Australian trade, it may be mentioned that during the past year no less than 1,220 vessels or more sailed from England and Ireland, of an aggregate burden of 572,000 tons, which probably carried out upwards of 700,000 tons of goods. THE TURKISH EMBASSY.—Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi left London on Saturday evening by the express train for Paris, en route to Vienna, with despatches for his Govern- ment. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.—A considerable number of the members of the House of Commons met Mr. Disraeli on Saturday, to consult upon the course which should be pursued by them in the present condition of affairs. It is understood that the result of the conference was most satis- factory. The Conservative party will not offer any factious opposition to the government, but will anxiously watch the conduct of the Administration, following the course demon- stated by Lord Derby in the House of Peers on Friday night. -No)-ning Herald. THE FATAL FIRE IN SOHo.-The ninth victim of this terrible catastrophe expired in Charing-cross Hospital on Friday night. The death of this poor man completes the unprecedented number of six persons of one family burnt in a fire which might have been extinguished with a few buckets of water, had proper precautions been observed by those who first left the premises, after the discovery of the outbreak. GRAVESEND.-A memorial has been forwarded to Lord John Russell, praying him to remember Gravesend in his new Reform Bill. The memorialists state that the town is entitled to be enfranchised from its position, population, and resources, and that if the surrounding parish of Northfleet were included in the Parliamentary borough, there would be a population of upwards of 25,000 a number which they con- sider should have the power of sending two representatives to the House of Commons. MORE FIRES AND Loss OF LIFE.-On Sunday evening, shortly before five o'clock, the inhabitants of Charles-street, Westminster, were greatly alarmed in consequence of a serious fire breaking out in the premises occupied by Mrs. Sarah Esther, which it is to be regretted was attended with fatal results to a woman 86 years of age. By great exertion the flames were subdued, but not until a considerable por- tion of the flooring was burnt away. The occupant of the room was found to be most frightfully injured. A medical gentleman was sent for, but life was quite extinct. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON" LETTER.—In a letter written by the Emperor Napoleon to the Emperor Nicholas, on the 29th ult., a last appeal is made to the autocrat to save the world from the impending horrors of war. The answer to this letter is expected in the course of a few days, but very little hopes are entertained here of any favourable change to be produced by the correspondence in the views and in- tentions of the Emperor Nicholas. It appears that Louis Napoleon's object in writing the letter was not so much that he hoped any good effect from his letter, as to show the people of France that he had left nothing undone that could contribute to the maintenance of peace. The letter will be published before the meeting of the Legislative Corps and the Senate. POST-OFFICE LETTERS.—On Saturday a return, printed, showed the great increase in the last 14 years in chargeable letters delivered in the United Kingdom. In 1850, the number delivered was 347,000,000, being an increase on the previous year of 9,500,000. In 185U the number was 360,500,000; increase, 13,500,000, In 1852, the number was 379,500,000; increase, 19,000,000. And last year 411,000,000 letters were delilleul; be ingest increase of 31,500,000. MANNING THE NAVY FROM THE COAST GUARD.-The I Lords of the Admiralty have at length become aware of the importance of manning the ships now fitting out as speedily as possible, and have accordingly issued a proclamation, or order, commanding the services of one-half of the whole force (numbering, we belive, 3,000 men) to be drafted into ships to aid in manning them. This a most important measure. The Coast Guard are well disciplined thorough practical sailors, and from the daily nature of their em- ployment the most inured to the service of men-of-war's men. ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE A SHIP AT SEA. —At the town- hall, Swansea, on Saturday, two men, named Pigeon and Shorrock, were charged with having, they being seamen on board the British barque, Sovereign, on a voyage from Valparaiso to Swansea, bored a hole by means of an augur, with a felonious intention to scuttle the said ship, and jeopar- dizing the lives on board. The prisoner Pigeon was obliged to be carried into court, on account of severe illness. On the part of the prosecutor, it appeared that the master. Captain Campbell, was the sole owner of the vessel. She sailed from Valparaiso, on the 3d September, with a cargo of silver ore of the value of £ 70,000. In consequence of insubordination of a portion of his crew, he was compelled to put back to Val- paraiso, where the men were tried by a court, and two of them, Merrieman and M'Loughin, were handed to him as prisoners, to "??eyed to England. The ship again sailed on the 2d ^p ctober, and every thing proceeded favourably until the thud day after sailing, when the mate on going to the fore- peak or hold of the vessel, discovered a large hole, evidently bored with an augur, through which the water was rushing in considerable quantities. An investigation took place, which led to the conclusion that the two prisoners, if not more of the crew, had a part in the transaction. One of the prison- ers remarked on the leak being discovered, that it was time she put back to Valparaiso. The carpenter after much exer- tion succeeded, in about an hour, in stopping up the hole. The mate afterwards found an augur concealed under the bottom boards ot a bed of a seaman named Brown. The master called all hands on deck when he made the investigation, and told them, that if they did anythin- of the kind again they should go to the bottom with him. The prosecutor asked the ma- gistrate to dispose of the case summarily, on the ground that he supposed the object of the prisoners in boring the hole was to Ingnten him to return to N alparaiso, so as to give them an opportunity of decamping, and thus pocketing the £ 12 advance, there being a great scarcity of seamen at the port. A plug, it seems, was found floating in the water, which apparently was made to fit in tne hole, and so control the leakage. At the conclusion of the evidence, the Mayor commented severely on the reckless and villainous conduct of pe prisoners, and sentenced them each to twelve weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. FIRE AT BROMLEY.—On Tuesday evening last, between the hours of five and six, the inhabitants of Bow and Bromley were thrown into a state of considerable alarm and confusion, owing to the sudden outbreak of a fire, which continued to rage for several hours, destroying in its progress property valued at many thousand pounds. The premises in which the disaster originated were termed the Claussen's Patent Flax, Hemp, and Jute Company's Mills, situate at Bromley, near Bow New Church, and separated from the adjoining county, Essex, by the river Lea. The property in question covered some acres of ground, and comprised the principal mill, the machine houses, the dwelling rooms, the drying houses, and a large warehouse, probably fifty feet wide, and nearly eighty feet deep, whilst in the front of the premises were packed, in the open yard, under marquees, several heaps of hemp, jute, and flax, each stack being as a common dwelling-house. The last-named property was worth several thousand pounds, and the principal portion has been reduced to ashes, independent of t" 1great destruction of machinery and other goods in the mills. The alarm was soon given, bat otwith.tanding the prompt arrival of several fire-engines, and the exertions of the police in rescuing property from the narerooms, little or nothing was saved, for when the roof fell in, a shower of sparks ignited the ricks of hemp and jute in the yard, and they were immediately consumed. By this disastrous event, a great number of persons must of necessity be thrown out of employ- ment for some time, as it will take several months to rebuild the premises. At present, it is unknown whether or not the company was i. nsured, and it could not be ascertained how the "fire originated. Until the introduction, by Mr. DU BARRY, of the RE- VALENTA ARABICA FOOD, both as a regimen for in- 1 valids and infants, and a remedy for all disorders connected with the stomach, nerves, kidneys, liver, and intestines ge- nerally, it might have been asserted, with truth, that the treatment of patients, in some of the most obstinate, har- rassing, and painful complaints to which the human frame is liable, was one desperate game of hap-hazard, different practioners playing off different systems, involving indescri- bable suffering and expense, and ending in failure. All this is now happily changed. Without laying out money in doctor's bills, without enduring the horrors of doctor's stuff," but simply by the adoption of a pleasant and pala- table restorative Food, disease is banished, and health and activity takes its place. It is on more than theory that these things are asserted. When FIFTY THOUSAND persons are referred to, each of whom has separately de- scribed the wondrous healing effect of the preparation in an infinite variety of maladies, the theory resolves itself into ascertained and demonstrated FACT—a fact neither to be hushed up, nor explained away on any other ground than that of the unparalleled efficacy of the Revalenta* Arabica Food in extirpating almost every description of morbid action or condition from the system. The public are na- turally slow" in awakening to an appreciation of a new and better state of things and much excuse there is for this slowness, so often has expectation been baulked by the pretensions of contending theorists. Here, however, iwe have before us proof of the most positive and complete kind which can be conceived by human reason, and coming from such a multiplicity of sources as shew the testimonials re- ceived to be each the outpouring of joyful gratitude. An advertisement, which appears in our paper of to-day, con- tains a short resume of a few of the letters of thanks which constitute altogether such a body of undeniable evidence as was never before brought together on any subject what- ever, and form a noble national monument in illustration of the mixim-11 Honour to him to whom honour is due." For further particulars we refer our readers to Messrs. Du Barry's advertisement in our to day's columns.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, FEB. 10. The Journal des Debats announces that the Government has refused the numerous offers that have been made to it for effecting a loan, and has concluded an arrangement with the Bank of France, which has placed at its disposal a sum of 60,000,000f The Bulletin des Lois publishes an Imperial decree, au- thorizing the Finance Minister to raise the Treasury Bonds in circulation to 250 millions, instead of 150 millions, fixed in the Budget of 18.54. The Juornal de Limbourg Mncstricht announces that a re- solution of the Dutch War-office orders the raising of four corps of 1,000 men each,—a step which indicates the in- tention of Holland to place her army on a war footing. Advices from Vienna of the 6th announce the mobiliza- tion of a corps of 25,000 men on the frontier of Lesser Wallachia. The Emperor," says the Austrian State Ga- zette, considering his duties of a good neighbour to the two belligerents, had not thought it right to increase his army in this direction, so long as the struggle between Turkey and Russia was confined to Greater Wallachia, but, now that the contest has extended itself into Lesser Wal- lachia and the Austrian frontier, the Emperor, who watches without ceasing over the interest of his Slates, and who wishes to preserve them from invasion from the West, has thought it right to place this force on a war footing. A portion of the garrison of Vienna will march to put this re- solution into effect. of Vienna will march to put this re- According to letters from Krajova, the bad weather has a lone prevented the Russians from attacking Kalafat. The investing army has made a movement in advance, but active preparations will not begin before March, when the bridges for crossing the Danube will be ready. It is asserted that the Austrian Government proposes to send Prince Windischgratz tm a mission to St. Petersburg. MADRID, FEB. 6, General Joseph Concha has escaped from Barcelona. A democratic club has been discovered, and 14 persons have been arrested lfagrante delicto." CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 27. In the letter addressed by the Admirals to the Comman- dant of the port of Sebastopol a term of 11 days was fixed for Russian vessels of war to return to their harbours in the Black Sea. A corps of Engineers is employed in marking out a camp at Bouyouk-Tchekmeelesche, near the Sea of Marmora, for 40,000 men. This place is six miles from Constantinople. We learn that Kurschid Pasha (General Guyon) has re- sumed the offensive against the Russians in Asia, with 30,000 foot, 5,000 horse, and 140 guns. BUCHAREST, FEB. 1. The Russians have now 65,000 before Kalafat. Before the arrival of General Schilders, Prince Gortschakotf had re- solved on removing his head-quarters to Slatina, but the General had persuaded the Prince to change his plan, and had handed him an order from the Emperor to use every effort to drive the Turks out of Lesser Wallachia without further loss of time. Both sides were anxiously expecting and preparing for a decisive attack. VIENNA, FRIDAY. Attacks are to be continued on Giurgevo and Oltenitza till a firm footing is secured. The Turkish and Egyptian officers taken at Sinope have been liberated, and have arrived here on their way home to Trieste. With the consent of the Commissary of the Porte, the firmans were not read at Belgrade on the 3rd. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 30. Two French and two English steamers, under Admiral Barbier de Tinan, had put to sea. Achmet Pacha is appointed commander on the Georgian frontier. The bad feeling caused by the return of the fleets is en- tirely dissipated. VIENNA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10. Austria proposes a Congress. Count Orloff rather ap- proved thereof. Advices from Odessa state that 30,000 Russians are en route from Moscow to Bessarabia. From Alexandria we learn that the exportation of grain has been again allowed. Three Prussian vessels of war had arrived there. VIENNA, FRIDAY NIGHT, FEB. 10.- Advices from Bucharest, of the 6th inst., announce that 800 Turks, with eight gun-boats and four sailing-craft, crossed the Danube, from Rutschuk to Giurgevo early on the morning of the 5th. They landed near the quarantine building, and arranged themselves in line of battle. They were received by two battalions of Russians with a murder- ous fire which lasted for three hours. The Russians suffered severely. The Turks Anally returned to Rutschuk. VIENNA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10. BELGRADE, JAN. 3. A serious fight took place at Trojana on the 29th ult., whkh was attended with great loss on both sides. The Turks retreated to Kalafat. BUCHAREST, JAN. 2. Almost daily attempts have been made by the Turks to cross the Danube at Giurgevo and Oltenitza since the 15th ult., but without success. GALATZ, JAN. 2. The Turks made reconnoitering expeditions from Matschin and Isatchka with steamers and gunboats against Ibraila and Reni. A sharp firing ensued on both sides. The Turks ultimately retired. PARIS, FEB. 13. The French Ocean squadron, under the orders of Admiral Bruat, has arrived at Algiers. The discovery of a Greek conspiracy in the dominions of the Sultan has induced the French Government to address a Note, couched in strong and energetic terms, to the Ge- vernment of King Otho. The Exchange to-day was very firm, and a good deal of business was done. The Three per Cents, remain at 70 20 for the end of the month, and the Four-and-a-Half at 9910. FRANKFORT, FEB. 8. It is reported that at the next sitting of the Diet, com- munications of the very highest importance will be made on the part of Prussia and Austria, These communications, it is said, will relate to the Eastern question, and to the attitude which these two Powers have assumed in reference to the existing difference. BOLOGNA, FEB. 4. Two more sentences of death have been pronounced by the Council of War sitting at Bologna, against those compro- mised in the events at Milan.

I CHINA. n- I Intelligence from Pekin is brought down to the 17th ult. At that date the Patriots had secured Teentlin, the large maritime town situated at the junction of the Grand Canal with the river Peiho, and about eighty miles from the capital. Unless the patriots have resolved to let the winter pass over before striking the final blow, a decisive battle must ere this have been fought. Anticipating the result, and resolved to protract the struggle to the last, Hienfung has directed the governors of the various provinces to send the Imperial re- venue to the old family seat in Manchuria. That such order has been issued is not generally known; but there is little reason to doubt the truth of the report. The Imperialist leaders at Shanghae were wanting the pe- cuniary means to induce the fleet of buccaneers under their flag to attack the city we mentioned in our last report; and it was supposed that that fleet would soon disperse. At Ningpo there has been an attempt at rising, but it failed. At Amoy all was quiet on the 22n inst.

AUSTRALIA. THE GOLD.-For some months previous to the date of our summary (23d September) there had been considerable agi- tation on the various gold fields, on account of a variety of grievances, the chief of which professedly was the high license fee of 30s. per month. This agitation had taken a very dangerous form; and in order to allay the excitement, the government agreed to reduce the fee, and finally fresh arrangements have been made. The reduction of the license- fee satisfied the diggers. The various gold fields have been ever since tranquil, and the miners have continued steadily to prosecute their search for the precious metal. WOOL.-We (Melbourne Argus) have frequently warned our distant readers that there was much room for anxiety on this subject, and we now regret to state that the information lately obtained is very far from favourable. The disease called scab has spread to a frightful extent among the flocks, especially in the western districts, and has caused very great destruction both of sheep and wool. The consequence of the above fell disease will be very perceptible in the diminished amount of the clip of wool for the present season. We have heard no estimate of de- crease in the quantity at less than 10 per cent., which would be 7,600 bales; while some very experienced merchants and flockholders do not hestitate to quote the probable deficiency at 25,000 bales, or one third of the total quantity of last year. We regret, further, to say that the wool will generally not be so well got up as it was last year, although the proportion sent home in the grease will probably be somewhat less.

THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The African Mail Company's screw steamship Hope, Captain Bowen, arrived here at half-past seven this morning with the usual mails from the west coast of Africa. She left Fernando Po Jan. 5; Cameroons, Jan. 6; Lagos, Jan. 11; Accra, Jan. 13; Cape Coast Coast, Jan. 15; Monrovia, Jan. 18; Sierra Leone, Jan. 22; Bathurst, Jan. 26; Goree, Jan. 27; Teneriffe, Feb. 1; and Madeira, Feb. 3. At Lagos were her Majesty's ships Penelope, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bruce; Pluto, Ferret, Plumper, the merchant ship Arab, and the barque Jenny Lind. Her Majesty's ship Antelope sailed on the 10th January from Lagos for Fernando Po, to convey her Majesty's consul, Mr. Beecroft, to Bonny, to watch over the interests of British residents in that river, where an insurrection had broken out. The Spy and Destan- dio, merchant ships, had left Lagos for England without car- goes, owing to the disturbances on the coast. The United States brig of war Perry was off Point Elunia. Her Majesty's ship Myrmidon, Captain Joliffe, was at Sierra Leone. The state of the coast is somewhat disturbed. On the whole line of coast, from Sierra Leone to Fernando Po, trade was very dull. Disturbances had broken out in the town of Bonny between the King and his chief, which would, in all probability, end in the King's destruction. At Lagos there was a most thorough suspension of all busi- ness, owing to the disturbed state of the district, but sanguine hopes were entertained that all would be settled without any further appeal to force, as Mr. Campbell, her Majesty's Con- sul, had returned from Jahoa with two of King Tapai's sons, in her Majesty's ship Pluto. Three thousand of Kasoko's followers were near Ja oa, and were expected at Lagos to sue for terms of peace. Sierra Leone was healthy. The raW had ceased.

THE BRAZILS. ARRIVAL OF THE LUSITANIA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 8 A.M. By the steamer Lusitania we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 31st December Montevideo to the 2nd of Janu- ary; Rio Janeiro to the 10th; Bahiato the 14th; Pernambuco to the 16th; St. Vincent to the 22nd; and Lisbon to the 4th February. The fine new paddle steamer Argentina, belonging to the same company as the Lusitania, had been lost in the River Plate. The Lusitania has brought several passengers, and three parcels of diamonds, value unknown. The United States frigate Constitution was at St. Vincent's, with a slaver she had captured. From Lisbon there is no news of importance. The following vessels of war were in the TagusArrogant, Valorous, Prince Regent, Duke of Wellington, Amphion, Tribune, Impeneuse, Desperate, and Odin, all English and the French steamer Newton. From Montevideo and Buenos Ayres we learn that the poli- tical state of affairs in the Oriental Republic had not ex- perienced any material alteration since the sailing of the last steamer. General Flores continued his exertions to suppress the disaffected party, and several skirmishes of trifling import- ance had occurred during the month, in one of which C=i Borez, a chief belonging to the latter party, was killed. The demand for manufactured goods had been very slack for some time, and-until tranquillity was restored little improve- ment could be expected. Produce was scarce) and prices high. The accounts from Buenos Ayres are in general satisfactory, but the differences with the provinces remained in statu quo. From Rio Janeiro there was no particular news. The Royal mail steamer Thames arrived at Rio on the 6th, after a passage of 28 days. From Bahia we learn that the weather was unusually wet, and sugars were coming in very slowly. Freights to the Channel, 80s. to 85s.; Liverpool, 60s.; and London, 70s. per ton. From Pernambuco it is stated that sugars were coming in more freely. Cotton nominal. Freights to the Channel, 95s.; Mediterranean, 115s. to 117s. 6d. per ton.

THE OVERLAND MAIL. I By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have received jour- nals from Bombay of the 14th of January; Calcutta, Jan. 4; and Hong-Kong, China, to Dec. 27. The mail also brings Australian papers to the 28th of November. We sub- join the principal items of news. We are much concerned to announce the assassination of Captain Latter, the deputy commissioner at Prome, which outrage was perpetrated during the night of the 8th ult., by some Burmese, who entered Captain Latter* s quarters, dis- guised as females, and who were allowed to enter by the sentry on duty in consequence of his having received orders to permit such parties (spies) to pass unquestioned. Captain Latter was murdered when asleep, and so quietly did the assassins effect their object, that it was not until the next morning that his dead body was found in his bed, pierced with three dagger wounds, one in the neck, one in the right side, and one in the heart. His death must have been instan- taneous. A female scarf was thrown over his corpse (an indig- nity accorning to Burman estimation), and the murderers effected their escape so noislessly that the precise time they left Captain Latter's quarters is unknown. The Hon. Company's small steamer Medusa has been totally lost in the Irrawaddy, the crew had barely time to save them- selves by swimming; no casualty of any kind occurred with the exception of the drowning of the captain's cook, who failed in the endeavour to reach the shore. The steamer Medusa had done her work; she was old and rotten, and the greatest loss the company will sustain arises from the incon- venience the state will be put to on account of her destruc- tion. The Burmese are said to be in great force near Sittang, and that there is strong reason to expect a rise of the people of the Martaban province so soon as the paddy crop is gathered in. A convict outbreak is reported to have occurred at Mopwon on the 30th ultimo, the Sheik prisoners being the ringleaders, one was shot dead, another dangerously wounded in the head, and nine effected their escape, but were subse- quently captured. From Afghanistan and the north-west we have no news. The Afreedies seem completely subdued, and Lieutenant Elphinstone, the deputy commissioner on the frontier, was invited to Akhora, in the Kohat pass, and assisted his hosts, the Maliks of the place, in making the most of a fat sheep they slaughtered for the occasion. It affords us pleasure to state that Lieut. Godby, of the Guide crops, who had been stabbed by an assassin, named Jelalah, in the service of Kadir Khan, of Tooroo is recovering. Accounts from Madras represented the augmenting dis- tress of the ryots in the northern districts of that presidency. The famine which prevails owing to the want of rain is daily assuming a more alarming aspect, and in some of the districts disturbances have taken place, and the grain sellers plun- dored. From the Nizam's country we learn that there had been an engagement in the district of Ulghole, in which 350 Rohillas attacked 75 Arabs, the aggregate casualties on both aides amounting to 26 killod and 20 wounded; but this is only one of the many rencontros which have recently taken place, and by h latest intelligence received, the Nizam had despatched a force of infantry, cavalry, and guns against some of the Rohilla robbers who infest his dominions. ltieut. Col. Bremner of the 15th Regiment of Madras Nativ- Infantry at Secunderabad, having been removed to the come mand of the 41st Regiment at Kamptee, left the former station with his wife and grown-up daughter by Palkee Dawk on the 20th ult., for Nagpore. They proceeded with safety as far as Neermul, when they entered the hilly and jungle country, but just before reaching the fortress of Yedlabad, about fifty miles beyond Neermul, they were attacked by a large body of Rohillas, at sight of whom, the Hamalls, as is their wont, disappeared. The colonel was severely beaten nnd plundered of all his property, even to the bedding of the palankeen, every particle of clothing on the persons of the travellers was taken away, and,they were indebted afterwards to the good nature and sympathy of the dawk runners at the nearest stage, for some simple native clothing, with which they were obliged to be content, until relief was sent to them from Kamptee and Secunderabad. The Governor-General is in Burmah, and his Excellency the Commander in Chief in India at Gwalior. The super- intendent of electric telegraphs has left Calcutta en route to the upper provinces to inspect the construction of the different telegraphic lines, and it is expected that by this time next year the line between Calcutta and Bombay via Agra will be complete for the transmission of messages. Lord Elphinstone held his first levee on the 2d instant, which, of course, was numerously attended. A large staff of engineers and surveyors for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, Company have arrived in Bombay, and commenced their labours with a quickness which does them much credit, and argues well for the prosperity for the company that employs them. The reports of the practicability of this line are most favourable, and shares in it are in eager demand in Bombay.

THE POLISH LEGION. Before embarking at Marseilles for Constantinople, Gen- eral Wysocki, who, will take command of the Polish legion in Turkey, issued the following address to the Polish emi- gration :— MARSEILLES, DEC. 20, 1853. In honouring me with your confidence, you authorized me to put myself in communication and to treat with the Turkish Government for the formation of a Polish legion. "Before entering the vessel which is to convey me to Con- stantinople, I feel it a duty to expose to you my views and ideas upon the object of my mission. The blood, the life, of every Pole belong exclusively to Poland. We are not, there- fore, allowed to sacrifice them, unless by so doing we can give life to our hopes, and turn them to the advantage of the national cause. To us Poles it is quite clear that the safety of Turkey, and as a consequence that of the West, can only be assured by the existence of Poland, free and independent. Poland alone can form a barrier shielding not only Turkey but the civilization of the West against the encroachments of the barbarians. The Turkish Government is begining to be con- vinced of the truth of this assertion. The first object of my mission will be to strengthen and enlarge that conviction, as well with the Turkish Government as with the people. Once convinced that their cause is intimately bound up with the cause of Poland, the Turkish Government will readily find the means and the most efficacious measures to protect our interests in common. One of those means is the formation of a Polish legion in Turkey, where elements exist ready to hand, easy to be called into action. But the legion must be assembled under the Polish standard, under the banner and the watchword of our forefathers for only by fighting for the independence of Poland-only by appearing in a national character, can we arouse those patriotic sentiments in the hearts of our bre- thren who, under a Russian uniform, have not ceased to fight earnestly for Poland. On this path alone can we all render important services as well to our ally as to our country. Any other line of action would be unworthy of Poles. "To obtain from the Turkish Government the formation of such a legion is the second and last object of my present mission. I could not within the limits of this letter-and it would be superfluous-explain to you what principles will be my guide in the present, as well as in my future action; my past life and twenty years spent in the same path offer you sufficient guarantee. "You will easily understand that, leaving with such a mission for Constantinople, I shall have obstacles to contend against, and that many months may elapse before we shall be understood, before they will grant us what we ask. It is for this reason that I beg of you, and entreat you, not to leave France before you receive a positive invitation from me. By a premature arrival in Turkey, you would be hurtful instead of bencficial to our cause. You will receive all communications from me through the intermedium of my friend, with whom I have laboured and still continue to labour, and with whom I shall keep up a continual communication, and who remains for the present in France. Be patient, then, and hold yourselves in readiness. The desired moment will perhaps arrive sooner than we hope, and then, I am sure, you will rally round the Polish flag, to shed your last drop of blood for our beloved country, "Patience and hope; our cause is sacred, and God will aid us. (Signed) "General WYSOCKI."

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I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 12. The preparations for war here are upon a stupendous scale. Were the Russians coming to Portsmouth, instead of the fleet going from Portsmouth towards Russia, greater stir and excitement could scarcely prevail afloat and ashore. An enormously heavy battery has been lately thrown up on the site of the well-known platform promenade, which used to parade 21 little 6 pounders, the duty of which was com- prised in saluting Royal and other distinguished personages. This new battery will mount about a dozen 68-pouudcrs on traversing platforms pointing over a brick and earthwork parapet about nine feet high, commanding the entrance to the harbour. Recruiting parties, with fife and drum, are daily parading the garrison and suburbs the volunteering for the naval service goes on quite as biiskly, and the utmost enthusiasm may be noticed in every street and embarking place. Vans, omnibuses, and other vehicles may be seen rolling along the main thoroughfares from the railway ter- minus as each train arrives, containing seamen and volun- teers in fifties, all greeted with the warmest reception by the population, and seemingly as jolly among themselves as i-silors bent on favourite service can be. In a few days a matchless fleet will be formed at Spilhead. The pioneer of this great force emerged from the harbour yesterday after- noon-the Hecla steamsloop, Master-Commander Peter Wellington, which is appointed to make surveys before the advance of the fleet intended for operations in the Baltic.

THE BRIGADE OF FOOT GUARDS. WrnDSOR, Feb. 11.—The adjutant arrived from London last night with definitive orders for the marching and sailing of the second battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, now in garrison, by which some of the arrangements contemplated yesterday have been altered. Instead of 350 men being draughted from this battalion and marched direct to the port of embarcation, the whole of the battalion will march from the Sheet-street barracks, on Tuesday morning, and proceed by South-Western Railway to London, where 800 effective men will be made up from the two battalions of Scots Fusiliers. The first battalion of Coldstream Guards will march from London to Chichester, where it will make up the required number to 800 men from the second battalion. The three battalions of Grenadier Guards will furnish one battalion of 1000 strong, and thus complete the brigade of Guards for service in Turkey. The Coldstreams will sail from Portsmouth, and the Grenadiers and Fusiliers from Gravesend and Plymouth respectively, on Saturday next, for Malta, where the whole of the British contingent will rendezvous previous to taking active service in the East. It was supposed that three or four companies of the Fusilier Guards would be left in the infantry barracks, as was the case when the greater portion of the Grenadiers were sent to London at the opening of the Great Exhibition, but. it is understood that the Fusiliers will not be replaced here either by another battalion of Guards or by a regiment of the line. It is said that the infantry barracks will be closed for a time, and that the 1st Life Guards will mount guard at the Castle and at Frogmore. It is also rumoured, that when the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital are embodied, a sufficient number of them to perform the Castle duties will occupy the barracks. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. The 7th Company, under Captain Gibb, Royal Engineers, on its arrival at Woolwich, and the 10th Company, under Captain Bent. Royal Engineers, at present at Woolwich, and also the 11th Company, under Captain Hassard, Kojal Engineers, at present at Woolwich, are to be made up to the war establishment and placed under orders for foreign service, and they are expected to embark about the latter end of the present month for the Mediterranean stations, to be in immediate readiness for service in any part of the East, where their aid may be found requisHe. The depar- ture of these three companies from Woolwich will leave the garrison without a single company of that branch of the Ordnance service; but, as they are a highly useful and most efficient corps, adapted to work or to fight, the time has now arrived when another'battalion at least should be immedi- ately formed. THE LINE REGIMENTS. The following making 10 battalions of 1,000 strong each, are expected to embark immediately for the Mediterranean stations The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, at present stationed in the Tower, London. The 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, stationed at Chichester. The 1st battalion of the:Scots Fusilier Guards, stationed at Wellington barracks. The 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot, stationed in Edinburgh. The 28th Foot, stationed at Leeds. The 33rd Foot (Duke of Wellington's), stationed in Ath- lone, Ireland. The 50th Foot (Queen's Own), stationed in Dublin. The 77th Foot, stationed in Glasgow. The 93d Highlanders, stationed at Plymouth. The 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, stationed at Ports- mouth. The above arrangement will only withdraw two regiments from Ireland, viz., from Dublin and Athlone; two from Scotland; and six from England.

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