The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-12 00:00:00

A N AMERICAN VIEW OF AFFAIRS IN THE CRIMEA. me irtso York Courier end intitsirur hieing M ound the nun of events la Europe from the reassenue seat at the war te the present time, eonslsdes am fellows: get Sete tape) will be promptly is pommies of the ape, we de set 'sterna a doubt. We are well awns dis ,,,b e Lieges Thom holds dilerest leagues, sad talks ▪ tit doge bong relied sad the snap being is dupe; bet he sure oar readers this le all fee *feet, and to annoy the „y a wn. Nobody is England believes the army is say bort; sad sot an 'stoniest penes in the kingdom Wines it possible that the allied army eas fail in their s wish apes Sebastopol whoa that assault is said.. They ▪ p r epared token of ea ireful destruction of life in carry btgeatunispel, sad they 111011111 over the lose of the moat out of their eutatrymes who hays already falls. haws a fee se superior is suaben. Bat neither the esieseholy lames already sustained, nor thou which Ys eaten to follow, have • lasstesey to weaken the gnormiastion to succeed, or to east a doubt over • m aw They have made up their sash to the ease gesten—they have ousted the eat—they knew the prise of oncey, but they do sot permit themeless to shish that e gittaag bet victory eas follow the seat attempt at snags gnakier thus, we devalue the Wisp of both the resessests end the people of both countries, and we feel aseteldest of the result u if it already bsl aged to the put. gassupal ewe taken end destroyed, the allied army will esen las/ le the north aide of the harbour, and capture ud destroy the works there—no small undertaking if well deluded, bet still wenn to be accomplished. And then, these are Rusin trope still in the ',Welty, will am mos the work of driving them north. We thick, how , that the conquest of the Crimea will be complete with the fall of Sebastopol ; because the impossibility of *al a i up army from the aoeth—the sea Wag in pane list of the allies—will compel the rapid retreat of the Ras page, wigs the fate of Sebastopol is resdimmi apparent. Woad, if it be W, as was said to have bus reported a Prises blestakikafe las despatch, that Lipraadi with his am , b a s fan beck epos Baktchi-Seri and left &inlays ows pasul, thes has the work of self-preservation amid sliest already semmeneed. Such a movement could gay be mule is view of the esraiaiy of ear lanes if they costinued to occupy their potties; b iom s it vas at once liberating the Highland Brl• pill and all the men occupied in the protection of lalsklava, and thus virtually giviag Lord Eagles rein ineesests use' to that diriaion of the British any. The cast arrival hoes Europe will determine this questks; and fumed of receiving the accounts of farther assaults upon 110 haaeging army, our readers should be prepared to lora that the allied sissy are about assuming the offensive. Somewhere about the saddle of Jaauary we shall upset h musses to our readers the fall of Sebastopol ; and inaltanroarly with that insist the Baal determination of Amnia sad Prussia to act is caner% with the Western Powers. If a, the fall of Sebastopol is niaivalitut to conquer ./ a peace; but nobxly esa speak with certainty of the sass of Austria and Prussia. Antra emus only by per ihelia of the 'llia Her interests Sr. so palpably with ifilhee and Mislead, and her destruction is so inevitable it she tides with Russia, that we cannot and will not doubt hat she will openly avow her detenniaation to set with the allies as non as she learns that the Crimea has fallen. ?Mg\ then will he compelled to act. She has already Ilea told that at the °peeing of the neat campaign she is muted to take part for or against the allies; and as in either contingency she will become the battle ground of lame, she will best consult has in t tby adopting the sane which will lead to peace. To Bide with Rana is ' moo general war in Europe and the immediate seizure of hr Rhenish provinces ►y Franca ; while on the contrary, Denise with the Allied Powers and Austria—for in such merest Austria would no longer hesitate—ia equivalent to : 1 nisei:ludo termination of the war. LETTER FROM THE CRIMEA. an officer is the Crimea etude the to:Jawing journal to Lio MAN. Everting Mari : Camp, soar Sebastopol, Dec. 11 , IS34.—hly journal up to m. yesterday went off the same evening by the Strom- Wi. I walked with • friend to the Malvin d'Esti, and faked at the battered part of Sebastopol, and the tole. ably brisk cannonadiag and shelling then going on. law *ay crossing the bridge of boats. There were men* Mal boats, apparently with many in them, dot * the harbour, end • small steamer with its national lip was likewise quietly passing across it. Why it sr sot fired al by the French or Enulish Ido not eery veil know, online, as an artillery cane whe was standing nearked, that their shot might be more valuably es paled 'Webers. In the general orders of this evening *sued a very marked and severe reinsure by Lord Raglan lathe conduct of a staff surgeon, to whose neglect is attri buted the insufficient Cire and attention that the sick and maaded experienced on bard the Avdn. The principal salmi officer has also been reprimanded for sot having, by penonal inepectLn or by reports of his subordinates, as unused that the ship was furnished with what sr meneary. This affords matter for discussion in temp, and will be very probably canvassed in the alums of the papers at home. General Cannon, of the Cesedly's service, and new a General of Tusks under Omer Nebo, is out here. Except the fen cap, and sae dee..ntions, there is nothing Turkish in his uniform. Rainy hair and dark moustache—absence of whisker on heisa-dakened face—give ti.in the aspect of a foreigner. le "rid to be strikingly liko Baraguay His leak Hibernian. Tkai tanning was foggy, followed by drizzling rain. I kind two of my friends at the Light Division camp, who 'Woos suffering, re-established in hearth. The few last ip Weights have been tine, and have enabled many pro be est forward. I pained a heavy gun dragged up llpdpbtesesating lied worn &milieu horses; but tiie rain logdapassil maw down again. A group of officers of Saint Wailes were superinteading the " ringing" of Sfritsat Itesebus pony, which one of them bad purchased belay Wove for 60s. His new owner, although considered sryol rider, had been speedily thrown by the little Rees, Ni nolo/ trying to render bent more manageable. Teetehliers of the 77th regiment were wounded yeller.' dig ly one ball—it struck the 'boulder blade of the arse, ' mikado( the bullet remained there till extracted ; the erne half went out at the shoulder point, and lodged in the ulna the weond soldier, cut' Ing the throat like a timid mu t t at "Maid,. The bullet was of pure lead, whereas itrkuue bas have an alloy of sine to harden them. la paws, through tho camp of the naval brigade, the watioses, or barrows, the sailors have cleverly made for texelaes, particularly attracted my notice. The camp 10 1 II mum, awl the cella are made on each side. The Pleat happena to have mach lime, or whitish earth in its 01 9atitios, which keeps it drier than it could be elsewhere s ai the steppe. Fresh hides are used sewed together to • put of the roof and make it waterproof. One of the told me they were very dry, warm, and comfortable. woe , from the doors; a savorily smell of Able from the Tatou primitive seek*, 'cheeriness seemed to pervade these bud, as much for the poor soldiers—their cry frequently to one half, often even , and that delayed to an unreasonable ebria to gook it r hardly practicable. I Famish rump, under direct supervision of some famous brick cooking places for large • from France, in process of building by 'mane. These fellows I have gradually a the very models of campaigning Jolly, restless, careless. flllBOlllll through the French camp at pesos, the first I have heard for many a day. tad Varna it was 6o frequent a report that I t it. Its renewal here now makes it • novelty, nice la arrested by it for • moment. !S.—Yesterday evening was wet—the night stormy and wet. Two guardsuiem as last eight. After dusk, with foam were making a forbidden short-cut se -asap, when • rush by Cossacks was wide, the soldiers were caught. Lassa, ee rope ready for hanging, were thrown ever their they were carried away to the Msseevites ago a servant with his master's boomer I from England, lost his way when It from Beakless to where the NO , sad found himself usemestsdly is Me d close to General Lipraaa's test. TM portmanteau opened la Ma theme eat afi documents and letter, net servant, with • note to the emir, Mr. dm 97th, stating what bad happened, sad A Ms property had, of course, bees disposed to the custom of war. This strikes me as civilised and gentlemanlike conduct. It le we have done, or, I am disposed to think, ladles that anompacied or joiaed the avail ally ate nasals', nastily, Mn. Dube:ley, 'war of the llth Hawn, who is qau sad with wham she Nay be seeesioa• walking. The aspect of this lady Is aho was is England vary toad of the ay of the wives left at Malta, Mars bawl been Nude widows by war sad all naiads ma of an affecting sass - tas that was as .. by a witness of it sossasiss a path 'we death. He was Issilally wamiM is ay tathessed sad deeply palsiSre one saw Itha aselassemstive dist - "a&7 want of phial," but thaw te he really could set help it—NM " 11 4 7iaa. and bagged that a lock of his Irk at sass sat eft . wag seat, with his lore, to his NI Was dam, sad was the last that wu sees of him alive. There was at that silliest moment so time for further parley. Yesterday the Swallow and other steamers went oust expedition to !Catch and the Seta of Am', for the par. pose, doubtiees, of stooping or impedlag the supply of food to the enemy. Toe Russian are said to have car ried off emu 80,000 sheep from Weida Rwanda, in suite of our ships of war, the deeds of Comacks bong too sassy for them to cop. with. Dmember It—Last evening wet—daring the night sad this morning hail ! Fatal weath er f or t h e poor fel lows ander maven sad in the teeming. Rations. more over, were yesterday again deficient. What delight for the Russians, who will regard severe weather as the direct set of Heaves against the infidel invaders. The 89th Regiment, from Gibraltar, arrived last sleet; and , the 17th is close at lead, though net ritually is. Two mails are tee. I had a glance at the ilinetreted Airs of the 25th November, brought by the Niagara. Sir John Bumoyne's is really • good likeness. The ling army is gradually creeplag up in numbers to the forms of the army opposed to it—that is to say, to the same relative pro portion of two months ago. Polish deserters some in about two or three daily. They corroborate what I have Just &lisped. December 17.—T0-morrow being the festival of Fan- P•rof Nicholas, a general attack is apprehended, partka lefty by the French, aid prematiou taken by the aline se sordinply. The mail arrived with pipers up to the 29th of November. Promotion* for Alma set yet out, to the W.' gust of many. December 18, half-past eleven, a.m.—No attack as yet, nor does any seem city likely. Notwithstanding all the reisforeasnews, the vacancies by casualties can scarcedy filled sp. The Emperor of Russia is reported to have said, whoa informed of the sad losses on our side by the Intel cane, that one ship would be enough remaining to take what was left of the army back to England. The wooden hats have not yet arrived in the Crimea. Thisday, so far, resembles yesterday, stormy. The Danube steamer, • small woe, is on share near Eupatoria, or at the Kalish& lam sot certain at which place. TR g BAT ILE OF INKERMANN-THB PROSPECTS OP THE WAR. (From the sew author lithe Quarterly lleviire.) In the meanwhile large reinforcements were daily joining the Realm swap to the north of Sebastopol. Ix treordiury effate were befog made to bring down those troops which the Austria& ocespatiou of the Priselpalities sew placed at the disposal of the Cam fee the debase of the Crimea, and all the resources of the &miry wen em ployed for this purpose. Carte, carriages, post.borses, bore use corps d'areade from Odessa to the &lbs. Before we eves received notice of their approach fifty thousand men were collected on the heights of Iskermans, the greater member of whom the generals of the allied armies had been assured from home were still watching the frostier. of Bassambia in expectation of en Austrian illusion. Prince Mentchikoff resolved, by one great effort, to force our ill-defended position, which, once carried, would place the allied armies at his mercy. his plan was well con ceived. Our front was exposed, ear lank and rear open, and be could pour his Golsen& from all sides upon our de voted bands, before we eudd even knew that they were seer. A despatch, written to the Emperor, his master, l some days before the execution of hie design, betrays the confidence he felt ia its result, and the almost mad excite meat of his brain at the prospect of succese. "A terrible calamity," he wrote, " impends over the invaders of your dominions. Ina few days they will have perished by the sword, or will be driven into the sea. Let your Majesty send your sons here, that I may render up to them un touched the priceesa treasure which your Majesty has ea. trusted to my keeping." Two days before he was to fulfil his pledge, two imperial carriages, priroeded by outriders, and accompanied by an escort of cavalry, were seen to enter &bast vat by the high road from the north, and the sound of rejoicings came up from the city. Soon after midnight, on the morning of the sth of Nov., those who guarded the trenches and lay sleepless in their tents listened to the tolling of bells, as for some sacred ceremony. The distant sounds of chanting are even said to have been heard by persons who watched still nearer t he helesgured city. Th, solemn peel ceased about two howl before daylight, and was succeeded by the bright flash and heavy report of ordnance in the rear of the British linos. After a tittle time there was again deep silence, only broken by a low rambling heard by the furthest pickets, who though it to be the noise of waggons laden with sup plies entering the town. The dawn long struggled through the mist which hung on the heights of Sebastopol. As daylight broke a party of unarmed men appeared on the crest of the hill, above te• eastern end of the harbour of Sebastopol, and in front of the second division of the British army. They made signs es of surrender to the pickets which watched those heights. The officer believing :twin to be deserter. adviser:od to ...wile. them. having thus been thrown off his guard, hosed his men were suddenly surrounded and seized by a large body of troops who had lain in ambush behind the ridge. An alarm was thus avoided, and the first Russian columns were test drawing near to the British lines, partly concealed by the mist, Woes they were perceived by the remaining pickets, which gave notice of their approach, and boldly resisted and checked the sdvaneeof the enemy. They only fell back when their ammunition had been expended, and when completely overpowered by as weight of succeeding masses of men. The mooed division, to which, though reduced to nearly half its numbers by battle and disease, was still confided the impotent post now menaced, had scarcely time to collect to receive the Russian advance. Their able and experienced commander, overcome by his' duties, anxiety, and disease, was on a sick bed at Balsklava. General Pennefather had taken his place. He hastily formed the decimated regitn.nts, and rapidly led them to meet the enemy, who were pouring in dense muses over the hill. Soon they opened the deadly firs of the Minir, making havoc from afar ansoaget the approaching columns. The Russians, seeing that the British troops were sew preparing to receive them, rushed forward with loud and discordant yells rising above the roll of musketry and the roar of artillery—a sound—how unlike the hearty English cheer!—never to be forgotten by those who heard it on that memorable moraine. At the same time their numerous artillery, which had been brought to the edge of the hill over which they had been so noiselessly dragged, sod the guns of the town and ships of war, threw 'as unceasing volley of shot and shell not only int) our troops, but even beyond their camp, tearing to pieces the 'tents and killing the horses which were still fastened to their pickets. The batteries of the lit and 'tad divisions soon took op a position on • rxing ground in front of oar lines, and sought in vain to check the heavy fire. Whilst fresh columns ascended the hill facing the end of the harbour, others, winding round its base, threatened our' task by a road through a deep ravine, and our rear ba , second track leading up from the Inkermann val le y. ' Another large body advanced towards the five-gun battery 1 through a narrow gars., stretchicg from " Careening Bay "I almost into the centre of oar position. Thus was the right of the allied armies menaced on all sides by oterwheliniog numbers. _ - . The Guards were in the immediate rear of the 2nd di vision, and consequently the nearest to the point of attack ; the Grenadiers and Scots Fusiliers lost no time after the first shot was fired in hurrying forwards. The greater part of the brigade had but just returned from the trenches, in which they had been exposed to rain sine an hour before daylight on the previous morning. Benumbed with cold, wet, lug without rest, and for many hsurs without food, they were led against the enemy. As they advanced, justly anticipating that the enemy would ascend in force by the road in the rear of the second division, they tuned to the right. On a small spur, some way pown the precipitous hill overlooking the valley of Inkermann,was • small battery built t f sandbags and fannies : it had held two siege guns, placed there sileaos a gun which, mounted by the Rusaians on the opposite heights, above the ruins, had caused much annoyance to our camp. The desired object having been effected, the two guns, being re qaired elsewhere, had been removed. The unarmed battery was occupied on that morning by • picket of the 65th Regi ment. In front of it, before daylight, the enemy had brought up heavy gun, which opened suddenly upon this smell body of men. Surprised by an overwhelming force, and unsupported by .their own division, they were com pelled to fall back, after mailing for • short time a vigorous resistance and losing nearly two-thirds of their number. As they retreated the Guards were 'deeming to the spot : seeing that the pickets" wen retiring before the enemy, who had already tan peseseies of the boMmy, the One:i diom, giving • load Msgr, dinged dm the aedivity. It wee the work of • mmasat. The were driven head- M ir es=the work. The three regiments of Guards, the having soon alter joined the rest of the brigade, bail the battery, *and into line at right angles to it, and ess=the ridelanfllM projecting has .s eeneseasei a intern which rarely if ever been equellei fa seam wadies. The columns of the enemy, uateadbut by the Ragan ere, again impetuously advanced with feestinl yells up the slope, attempting to turn the right hank of the Guards. The Grenadine, united with the Onistreems, met the approaching columns with • seemed =Again the enemy were driven back, but again, stewards by the overwhelming numbers behind, they retneMd. The ammunition of the Guards wee nearly en =aral their asks broken and thinned by those who lea la this Weedy name i but still they held their greeed—fising epee tbe g foe on emit rubies win the baron epee Mme who W ser rani Men Mk *Saber. Fresh supplies see refit , ferenesele teen the 4th division at len* readied them. Bet still the Russians peened on with unimiaished wraith. Ayala ear brave sea were la need el mama° i den end wen fen falling Mare the enesseng he et the iebw. eseeelied by the nab brethren mid by the bed new sesseefielinserneedieg UN= bet way. CV el* anent* fury, they ben their colours Wasp ibenegb he lease suss. Reesisks a _brainwork, w bei beau abed at some dense the battery, they ilsemsd man, and with the beva ti gesped nee min er dispute every inch of gensfi. mere than five been this herds brigade aims* shoe the attack el es neewhefmieg fires, innerted by a heavy ead eseineses he el MO% leanly two-thirds of their sachet wee mown dome Mlthad•t►haad fight. Yet they ken that the safety 'fibs - .7".• PIM MC Mr, were ocrts was hatung from Ocen was perceptible fro lad boyishcheerine Wawa Icy I could say u cot hansilimiaithed very Ire cliperter ration, and tt Chi day, when to at the French at VOL *ewe famous MO oat from Ye chibmillive Zoning. brood admire as tl 1111 1.1-41 ways Nee turnout dad porn, the Mrs had mad Varna it v - heeled h. Its rensi ...cis ablation is a r r e st * *lllber 13. Yeste rdi • ; this day storn hi* prisoners last • they were their camp, when of the soldiers IS V weedy for hi Idaho they were .Ola days aco a Se, Ma @hived from With it from : I* *c the hid, and foi mad clew ti bod pause Isms . 11100 smut, et this 97th, s t *IOW lde propert W the castor 'Utilised and • MS 100 have don, 'al the Wise that ae • .. 55 11f, ealy one red " y!yuaster of *Wave, aad • "'I rimy OT walkia - Pin% %sub slos •. C k m . a f " I bjt. baid . baaa m ailoadadasia L 0 das by a Min 11 / 1 6 04Z alisel oadl isilL say MU 01 ' ll/ !it from •• Too BO Le' tame he ; /". ot ease eat off , This : • THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING; JANUARY 12, 1855. British army depended upon them, and they nobly held their own--cash man performiag deeds of almost anthem pled heroism. The 4th divides, who.. cusp was far distent, had early hastened to the point of attack, led by Sir George Cathcart, but they did not reach it until after the Guards bad long been engaged la the struggle for the poseession of the two ban battery. One brigade under General Goldin was de tached to the assistance of the tad by division, now hard Crhen th e the is of the enemy. et. left eessammtkid by ienerel Temese, tamed to the right end glued the Quids, who were almost surrounded. filir Game Catheart believed that this mast effectual ette soar genii he given them by tarsier; the enemy's link, and • thus eeespdliag them to GU back from the disputed battery. trswilling to credit the earnest representations made to him that tit:Russians bad already oecupi.d the opposite heights, he placed himself at the head of a few companies of the 68th Regiment and with undaunted spirit entered a gully to the right of the earthworth. But he bad scarcely de wended far before he perceived the Russians on the ridges above him. He saw, too late, that he was surroumied. Attempting to lead back his men, this distinguished officer fell mortally wounded, and his body remained for some time In the midst of the enemy. His gallant aide-de-camp. Col. Charles Seymour, who had long shared the fortunes of his chief, and who stooped to receive his last breath, perished by his Bide. Bet • contest no less terrible than that around the two- gar battery raged on the hill above the harbour, ea which the Russians had Ant appeared, and which was separated by • deep ravine from that held by the Guards. The grouted was covered with low and thick brushwood, and was much broken. A cloud of skirmishers throws out. by the ad vancing column, were thus able to keep under suMciest cover, and to inflict considerable loos upon our troops, who could with difficulty advance in Use. The 2nd Division bed been joined by a brigade of the let—together they rushed upon the enemy, and for some moments held him in check. Their ammunition having been expended, they even re ceived the approaching columns with stones, until ex hausted they were forced to retire. trader cover of the incessant and well-directed fire of their artillery, the Rus sians advanced with renewed confidence, charging our re treating regienestr, and redoubling their unearthly yells. Four of our guns were already in their possession, and they were almost in the midst of the tents of the tad Divi sine. For a moment the isms of the day mimed doubtful, and the sternest heart felt a thrill of doubt and dread. Bat again, by superhuman efferts, our broken regiments rallied, emerged into their dense rank% drove them back in disorder, and recaptured the guns. General Basques, as usual, had loot no time in ascertain leg the nature of the attack, and had ordered two battle lions of infantry to aid in the defence of the British position. He would have hastened himself to take part in the con test with a larger force, but, the Russian fire suddenly slackening between eight and nine o'clock, Sir George Cath cart, under the impressive that the enemy were retiring, sent to inform him that there was no longer need for his immediate advance. At an early hour of the morning a movement had taken place in the corps d'arinfe under Liprande in the valley of the Tehernaia. A column of infentry, with riflemen, had ad vanced to the foot of the heights, end had ex °banged shots with the nemeses and French troops defeuding that part of the position. The batterii aon the Tehernaia ridge and in the redoubts, and some field pieces, opened upon Selektive and upon the edge of the Valetas. in rear of our linos. This fire WIN returned, and having been continued on both sides for some time, without any apparent effect, the Russians fell back, but still appeared to threaten a further advance. Snob being the case, General Bssquet could not withdraw the troops which defended this part of the position, and, for • time believing it possible from the slackening of the fire in front of the British camp, that after all the real attack might be made in the rear, he speedily returned to his own pest. But the Russian artil lery had only erased awhile, to draw nearer to the English camp under cover of the mist which still prevailed. Soon after it opened again with redoubled violence. Fresh, bodies of men at the same time came over the crest of the hill endue the ravines. Oar regiments, no longer able to oppose their shattered line* to the exhaustless stream of men, were forted back at all points, and were retreating mingled together in complete disorder. This was the most critical period of the day. More than an hour had been lost by General Hosquet's return to the rear. lie now beret the magnitude of the danger. Pre sumiog that General Liprandi's attack was but a feint, with the decision and courage of a true general he resolved at once to act upon the supposition. Leaving, therefore, his position almost undefended, he brought nearly the whole of his force to the aid of the English. Advancing to the verge of the range of the Resale's artillery, be halted his troops, and, anrreuadsd by his staff, rode himself into the midst of the conflict. At this instant the dispersion of the mist re vealed the scene for the first time. He yed it with a, calm and practised eye; he returned to his men, and, making the dispositioos he deemed necessary, gave orders ' for the attack. The field-artillery covering the left of oar I position was now nearly overpowered by the superior' weight and range of the Russian guns. A heap of dead and wounded men and horses mingled together proved the deadly nature of the enemy's fire. General Boequet sent two troops of horse artillery and one field battery to protect and sestet our guns. At full speed they swept before our almost disabled batteries, and taking up • position in front of them, amidst the cheers of our men, opened a rapid and well-directed fire upon the enemy's powerful artillery; but still the allies could not contend evilest the superior weight awl length of range of the Russian ordnance. It was, however, in the rear of the 2nd division, in the ravines, running up to the two-gun battery, where the guards were engaged in the deadly struggle, that the danger threatened mat; and it was to that point that General 113 squat principally directed his troops. A reginscat of Zouaves, and of indigenes or Arabs, were accordinely ordered to charge the enemy, who covered in one dense gray mess the sides of the hills. Rushing headlong upon the Russians with an impetuosity that nothing could with stand, they drove them back in confusion. These brave and intelligent troops on this day well sustained their reputation. Not affecting the calm and steady advance of the British lines, they scattered themselves over the broken and undu lating ground, seeking for every irregularity in th e soil ; sheltering themselves behind the brushwood and rocks ; tiring with deadly accuracy into the opposite columns ; then suddenly darting forward, and with irresistible daring throwing themselves upon the wavering ranks, they struck terror into the Russian infantry. " See cried their brace general, as lid gared with admiration upon them; " see ! they bound like panthers from the bush !" The French troops of the line, moving forwards more steadily in support of our broken regiments to the left, were exposed to a heavier fire from the Russian artillery on the ridge, as well as from the batteries of the town and skins. For a moment they quailed before it. Then with loud shoots of " Vivo l'Empereur I" and amidst the cheers of the Hoglish, they charged with the bayonet. Thee re lieved, our dis3rdered regiments were able to form again ; and when their allies, in their turn, were overpowered by numbers, they once more rushed upon the enemy. Sass the various uniforms of the two nations were mingled togs- User: English regiments charging with French ; their shouts of dctlanos and of victory ri sing together, sad their blood moistening the same soil. Both were inspired with a generous rivalry, and returned with fresh ardour to the fight. Nothing could resist such men animated by such a spirit. The vast wave, which threatened at one time to overwhelm the British camp, again broke upon these herds bands, and rolled back over the heights. The Russia artillery, however, maintained its position, and by its incessant and vigorous fire encouraged the re aimed attacks of the infantry. It has been estimated thee the enemy had no less than ninety guns in the field on this day, almost every one being superior in weight and range to those po,sessed by the English. A large number were " guns of position," that ia, cannon of too large a sine to be commonly used in the field, and intended for perma nent works. Moreover, the fleet and tows batteries threw a oontinual volley of heavy shot and shell into our lines The contest at one time of the day, when a bright sunshine had dispelled the mist, was becoming a mighty duel of artillery to be decided by the number and weirrat of the guns on either side. As yet the allies had been almost overpowered, end had buffered most severe losses. We had still two 18 pounders remaining is the park of the siege train. Lord Raglan ordered them to be brought up to the front. The execution of this order was declared to be im possible, but Colonel Dickson had already anticipated it, and prepared to carry it into effect, Colonel Gambier, who commanded the siege train, being wounded. By the help of men and horses Le dragged the heavy gene through roads deep in mud, and over the rough ground. Reaching at last • ridge in front of the camp of the 2nd division, he pro- ceeded, although exposed to the heaviest fire, with admir able calmness and judgment, assisted by Captain D'Aguilar, to place them in position. He w ell knew how much de panda upon the steadiness and accuracy of their practice. They were opposed to a large number of guns of equal if not heavier calibre. The ammunition provided for them was limited and not easily obtained ;* not a round, there fore, WAS to be wasted. The unerring shot crashed through the Russian batteries, *soh one disabling a gun or destroy ing men and horses. Soon they began to waver. The buries were seen to move forward. Another well-directed 'shot plunged through them, end the artillerymen, harness ing their teams. Id back apes She Mae et the bill when they had bet taken up their pukka. within read. Avis tbsk seas were overthalwa s and tum id they were still h brils esty le co y brelem itsiss es se ths air pesed bmay T . b io e Are kerr elediesed uried , on an wa d the by it, were s f= l bask ea ell chess The foasyst and In- Meaner' rel wised them . Is Win while none win left on the h Mae the Bride Vass, but the still powerful Dries artillery carried es the battle, and SAVIROR the &stmt. Throe times were the entire detach- MOM Worked the two English ids mown down WON the arraty's fire completely sensed, and their last winos had disappeared over the crest of the W agli i rjng is one spot a heap of dead, sixty-eight hones, CITY OP LONDON AND COUNTIES FREEHOLD i i ll ibi astire of ind esma seve i rs a l u br o.o ok irri oa ages tanbrib bi , t azigte had d tte be re4l is L e a ld an st tlo the ct m ere tchanies .—Les , t az n ee , Sotilegthounf this pton soe -bn ie il t d 7 in wu gs, diarTaihed. By extraordinary ex ertions the Ramiss artll• Clumeary-lam. The Chairman (11r. T. Cotterell, late *pop m ir usua l, p rima t e: l an y Bo rk t ro phy falling Sheriff of Loofas) mid that the object of the meeting was to wars those Me ware shareholders is the society that it Inee weir The battle was sew won. A heavy Are teem the tows war rialiveadlliamahveuraWreemstarsais and also le tw aseses ibm thos iew whit ie we w : and ships still 'dead the retreat el the Iteriaas. Lord himpou a shambilair kit prissily eadellisd that the Balks , " was almnbere end 388,Ist' surrounded shares which he hdd weal& be productive of benefit and bamea llk , dEoul s et t lit is tair bouost . 8 " 11 . 1181 / aug " t e l s . r d e g e the c t the rueud profit to hin.—Kr. Maim Wire mid that freehold land as art ail dimmod. ors , ldt he t u n soeistios were a mush being disovery than the gold fields, imams all could are le es seek geld, while everybody could Old ww7- t: fted seal f ral. r ellia l leinere dread. join imam um' mistles.-7116 Ikentary informed the tai ten war d bath had shows before, ~sabered thin AA asks, bad recently made Tory eligible the pawed. Oa a plan brnestb, oa the opposite of about eleven ewes, at Telee-bill, rri rd lt i "::i 4 aT i =dmild be allotted early In the ensuing ••Dial rsgosty nealle am them WOOF weal gnus bad inim iu m The belletlag for 50 rights of choice was then pro be= from Wed white* 110 roun seeded with. teen lade of the river, were gathered together the thousand s which had bees d;lveni from the height*. Broke. °oilstone were hurrying is utter disorder over the narrow causeway .which crossed the marshy valley, although there were none to pursue. A ?remelt battery advanced at full opted to the edge of the overbangiag height, and poured its fire steam the panieethickes crowd. It reeled to and fro, and them breaking up, the hell sides and the ravines were covered with flyieg men. No army had ever made a more disgraceful retreat. Before nightfall not a remnant of the mighty host whisk bad th at morning b een l e d to b at: l e meld be seen. Whilst the battle was rising on the heights to front of the second divisioe, a large body of infantry with artillery, under General Soimoaoff, attameted to tare our flank by wending the valley to the right of the five gnu battery; but they gave way before the steady and well-directed fire of a small body of Marines, end of the first brigade of the light division ander General Codeington. At the same time • sortie was made upon the extreme left of the French line-. About 6,000 men inning from the town under cover of the mist surprised and entered two batteries, bat they did not lung hold them. General Forty, who oommended the divi sion attached to the siege operations, quickly advenoed. The Ennis= were driven back in disorder, and with great lose. General de Lourmel, carried away by the ardour cf the pursuit, feU mortally wounded under the very walls of the town. In him the French army lost • leader renowned for his chivalrous bravery. Such was the battle of lakermann, one of the most me morable in the annals of war. For nearly seven hours 8,000 English and 6,000 French soldiers sustained a hand-to-hand fight against nearly 60,000 men, supported by artillery vastly superior in number and calibre to any that could be opposed to them. Upon the issue of the struggle depended the very 'mistimes of the shied armies. Had the Russians succeeded in their attempt, the prophecy of their commander might have been fulfilled—their enemy would have perished by the sword, or have been driven into the sea. Again in this instance an admirably planned attack was ill executed. It owed its failure principally to two noses: the want of vigour in the attempt of General Soiroonoff to turn the flank of the Sod Division by ascending the valley leading up to the five-gun battery, and the unskilful manner in which General Liprandi °seceded his ill-ooseealed feint., But it is principally to the latter MIN that the complete' defeat of the Russians must be attributed. Had the attack upon Belaklava and our rear been sufficiently persevered in, General &squat could not have moved hie battalions to the assistance of the English. Without this aid our troops could not have maintained their ground against the vastly superior numbers brought against them. The Russians, encouraged by the presence of the sons of their Emperor, blessed by their priests before entering into battle, and drunk with religious enthusiasm and strong drink, rushed with blind fury upon our trooes. The foremost columns, when once engaged in the struggle, could seareely fall teak ; there was no space for them to deploy. and the thick brushwood impeded their movements. Masses after masses .if men pressed up the bill sides, pushing onwards those that were; in front, and leaving no room for retreat. Upon these dense crowds the Minis told with fatal effect, and when once they were broken, the meet complete confu sion ensued. Hence the terrible slaughter In the Remiss ranks. Tie excitement of • first success having subsided, they rapidly gave way and ti-td panic-stricken before the impetuous and repeated charges of the Frenen and English troop.. Their artillery was well served, end iellicted great loss upon the allies. But again the tear of leaving • trophy made the gunners uncertain in their movements, and in duced them to retire too soon. Mere than once the horses were led to the guns whilst the issue of the struggle was still doubtful. Colonel Dickeen well divined the best mode of defeating the enemy, when, neglecting the columns of men, he directed his round shot upon their guns. The , artillery once silenced or hesitating, the Hessian infantry an longer fought with eonfidence, but sewn fell back in dis order. • British troops fought on this day with a calm and steady courage that has never been surpassed. Led on by their regimental officers, tin y charged over and over again the massive columns of the enemy, end drove them back with the bayonet. When, without ammunition, and borne down by overpowering numbers, they were compelled to retire, they formed spin vs soon as they were out of fire, and rushed once more into the fray. We owe our preserva tion to the Indomitable courage and heroic conduct of the soldier ; and well, therefore, was Inkermerm called by oi.e comers on the field "the soldiers' victory." The imminent danger we had incurred on the fith of No vember opened the eyes of the nation to the p ions position of the allied armies, and to the desperate nitrate of the enterprise in which we were engaged. No longer besiegers but the besieged, with • force nearly twice as great as our own upon our flank, a fortress of enormous strength and an arsenal with unlimited rerootces in our front, and reinthireementa and supplies pouring in . o a place which we were unable to invest—it was only by enormous exertion that we could continue to hold the ground we bad occupied. When the time had almost passed, ministers began to make their efforts, and it may be hoped that der all the sacrifices we have made we may eucteed in our object. The unexpected resistance which they had met en the height of Inkermann Limon paralysed theßussians. They made one more attempt upon Bahaism From a bill com manding the height occupied by the marines they opened an ineffectual fire of field pieces. The day after, • crowd was sten dragging • siege gun of large sire up the precipi tous went. It ha 4 nearly embed the summit, when the orpipht, overpowering men and horse, hurled them down into the ravine beneath. With thew exceptions, and occa sional sorties, principally directed against the i each bat teries, and all vigorously repulsed. the Russians have not again ventured upon an 'Melt. The allied armies, at the same time, have remained on the defensive; each satisfied to hold their position until fresh reinforrements of men, and fresh supplies of the munitions of war, should enable them to recommence the siege with some prospect of success. The approach of the stormy season further disclosed the neglect and improvidence in the goy zrnment, and the gross negligence and incompetency of the departments to which the details and conduct of the war had been confided. Our army was left without adequate clothing to protect them from the inclemency of the weather; with scarce sufll eient food to sustain them ; and withrut an adequste medical staff to care for those who were wounded in battle, or disabled by sickness brought on by the prirati,sne and sufferings to which they were exposed. From the absence of the means of transport and the want of a proper road, the operations of the siege have been paralysed, our horses have been destroyed, the supplies, which might have pre d, the health and contributed to the comforts of the sol dier, have been allowed to rot, and the sick have been left ex posed to wet and cold in miserable tents* at Bel iklava. The Freneh, more provident than ourselves, had foreseen the difficulties and unavoidable sufferings of a winter campaign. The had constructed roads between their lines and the piece of disembarkation, and had moreover made depots for the rommiesariat io their camp, anticipating the poisibility of• temporary interruption. from weather or other causes, of rommunieation with the harbour: provisions for the men ar prorsndsr for the horsey have thus been at all time at bead. Larne substantial sheds of wood were easily built Om their sick and wronded, aid afforded them effectual protection until they could be removed to Constscititiople, liters well ordered and well provisioned hospitals, furnished with all that humanity and medical skill could devise, acre mady to receive them. Their shipping in Kamish Boy has Men admirably managed ; sad although greatly inferior to awn in tonnage and in sin, has n failed to furnish them With necessary supplies, whilst proper and well-enforeed aronlations have prevented confusion and preserved • coro meitlem and usencurabsred lauding-plans is the harbour. Contrast the condition of our army, and the management of the department connected with it, with that of our allies; the state of our roads, the sufferings of oar sick, the harbour and town of Beaklike', oar hospitals at Scutari, and the unparalleled sufferings of our men and animals. As is all the naval movements we have hitherto been behind them, so in all that tends to the efficiency and comfort of the eol di.r, we have shown ourselves infinitely their inferiors. These are humiliating reflections, and still more painful when it is remembered that they are mused by our own want of common foresight, aad our obstinate determination to reject every weenies and every counsel. Before we elnelude we cannot bat refer to the ready mad truly considerate manner in which General Canrobert and his officers have assisted min our waists. By his willingness to aff.rd at all times that aid which our own negligence and Imprudent" have compelled us to seek at his hands, no less than by hie eminent qualities as • commander, and the ge nerous way in which he has always borne testimony to the courage and conduct of cur troops, he has gained the confi dent. and esteem of oar army, and has strengthened that bond of anion which now exists between the two natians. By the end of the year the allies, after extraordinary exertions, were, it would appear, in a condition to cimmence a wooed attack upon Sebastopol, and poseibly, at the time we are writing, that event has actually occurred. We devoutly hope that it may prove eueeessful. Indeed, we can scarcely doubt that if oar preparations and resources are such as we are informed they are, the south side of the place must succumb before our fire and • subsequent assault. Bat we must be prepared for a heavy loss and for further difficulties. Whatever may he the result of this agpedition—whether the fall of Sebastopol be but the first *lent in a long and bloody war, or whether the nation Onillen • hollow and aasertain peace to be concluded, Wisely inconsistent with the vast sacrifices it has made— le Inters historian of the campaign in the Crimea will lamed with mingled feelings the indomitable courage and loag suffering of an English army,—that incapacity and neglect of an English ministry.—an the generous for bearance and noble spirit of the EDO& people. • It will asereely h• audited that many of the trate sent oat with the army were used in the Peninentar war. It need hardly be added that they Warded 10 potted= whatever. LAMBETH BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. Yesterday the shareholders in this company met at the Baths, in the Westminster-road, to receive the ac• counts for the last balf-year, eleeto(&en, and tracsact other basilicas perfusion( to an ordinary half-yearly meeting. llr. TAYLOR is the chair. The directors reported • simples on the current account of 1671. (equal to rather mere than 2/ per cent. on the capital), whereas, at the lest audit, there was a balance of 3331. (or rather more than 61 par cent.) against the cur rent account, which shows that the profits upon the half. yeat's business are equal to rather more than 8 per cent. They stated also that the amount of 333/. had been paid to the various creditor., and recommended a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. for the half year. The number of bathers from the Ist of June to the 30th of November was 97,641, and from the Ist of April (the day the ert.blishment opened) to the 30th of November, 121,103. From the capital account it appeared that the company were under liabilities for money advanced and works to the extent of 3,0261 12s. 7d. ; the Gaeta in cash in hand, calm on shares unpaid, and value of premises and stock being 7,0571. 94.1 d. The current account stated that the receipts nom bathers daring the half-year had been 1,6131. 6.. 7d., and the pay ment. 1,6111 18s. 2d., includiog a year's rent for the pre mises 2841. 13.. 91., and 3001. on account of capital. The balance in hand (a balance of 1271. 19s. 6.1. having been brought forward from the previous half year) was 1291 6s. 10d. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on the success of the undertaking, which was the more gratifying to himself pensmelly, insainineh as when he gut propounden the project—(the only one of the kind in the metropolis, he it remembered, earn. d out by a joint stock company, and entirely unconnected with th e paroelii.l syrnm)—he bad been met with innumerable objections, and wrs told that it , was a mad-headed scheme which never could succeed. But it bad eneceeded, and now after paying out el the profits of the past half year all the charges of working and manage ment, the rent fir • whole year, and a dad of upwards of 3601., they had 'efficient money in hand to pay a dividend at the rate of Gee Fee. cent. per annum. (Hear, herr.) 'I he actual profits for the tilt months had been equal to eight per cent., and he believed ere long they would reach the maximum they were allowed to divide, vie , tea per cent. After referring to the benefit which the bathe had conferred upon the neighbourhood in a sanitary point of view, he expressed a hope that ere long the directors would be en abled to provide wuhhouses, which had been contemplated in the original scheme, but had not yet been erected, in consequence of want of funds. In a densely populated neighbourhood like Lambeth, where whole families were crowded together In a single room, and often between thirty and forty persons IA a house of seven or eight rooms, the extent to which health aad domestic comfort would be promoted by providing a convenient plots away from the dwelling, where the necessary operation of cleans ing linen could be performed, could hardly be over-esti mated. The report having been received and adopted, and the dividend, as recommended therein, declared, Mr. Mattrisi saggest:e t►at, in order to enable the directors to carry out certain improvement*, to satend the benefits of the institution, and in the tad to erect weak houses, a building fund should be established, to which all unclaimed dividends and donations should go. He be hewed it the opportunity were atiorned, many et the share holders who had connected themselves with the company, not with the view of profit, bat in the hope of improving the condition of the poor, would gladly allow their divi dends to be paid or, r to such a fund, to stand, howeveroo their credit, and to be withdrawn if desired at some future time when the prosperity of dm institution rendered inch aid no longer necessary. This suggestion Mr. Mandalay embodied in a resolution, which was carried. The CMAIIIIMAN announced that he had received a done Lion of 301. (rum Mr. Gregg, the clerk of the peace, to be applied either tot a extension of the baths or the erection of the wasbnouses, whichever he (the chairman) considered to be the must philanthropic object. This donation he would pay over to the food now proposed to be faired. Messrs. Pew aid Taylor were re-elected directors, the retiring auditors were re-appointed, and a lute of thanks having passed to the chairmen, the meeting separated. ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHILDREN. • Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of this institution was held in the Schoolhouse, St. John's hill, Battersea-riee, at noon. Mr. J. BARNES, Vice. Pres ident, was in the chair, and there were 13 or 14 other gentlemen present. The minutes of the house committee, recommending the names of eight little girls as candidates to fill up the vacan cies which will occur at the next quarterly court in April, were approved, with the exception of one candidate, whose case was reserved for consideration, some doubts being sug gested as to the medical certificate. There are now 68 girls inmates of the institution. The report of t' . e audit coma mitten was also received, and the treasurer was instructed to pay bills to the amount en 4361. The funds of the insti tution are in • very satisfactory state. Mr. SYMONDS moved that application bo made to the Clommitto•, oe Pri , 7 Common on Mduontion to Love this school placed under government inspection. Ile explained the advantages to be attained thereby. lie did not think an institution like this, with its large funds, should receive any grant for mops sad books; but the suggew liras and advice of the inspector would be very serviceable. The schoolmistress, who already (the present mistress) held a certificate of the second claw, might receive a grant of 151. or 171. from governm nt in augmentation of her salary; and every year one child might be apprenticed to her as a pupil teacher, to whom a stipend would be paid by the go vernment, progressing fr m 101. to 201., for fise years; and the pupil afterwards might be examined furs Queen's scho larship, by means of which, if she deserved it, she might be educated in a training school, and ultimately, with a certificate of merit, obtain a good situation as a sehool mistress. Mr. C. Rontesote seconded the motion, saying that be went, the other day, to the of of r.e Committee of Council, to ask whether it was likely this school might be received under inspection, and he found there would be no difficulty in it, and also that two of the largest institutions of this kind, the London Orphan Asylum and the Infant Orphan, had just made similar applications, which he re garded as en excellent eaainple. Mr. Beaurrr opposed the motion, upon the ground that many subscribers would refuse their support, if the inde pendent character of the charity were compromised by go-' vernment aid. It would be the commencement of the ruin of this school,whicb had been the pride of the Mascot body; and he feared that, if government were once let in, they would by and by take possession of the whole concern. Mr. PATTSN expressed the same apprehension, which was shared, he said, by Mr. White, another I.beral su porter of the school. Ile knew fifteen or twenty sub scribers, who would, he was perfectly certain, withdraw their contributions if the school were placed under govern meet inapection. Ile acknowledged, however, teat, for hie' own part, he was not at all informed upon the question; aid if the advantages of government inspect:on were shown to him, in six months or twelve months hence, he would vote for it. Mr. G. BONE likewise thought that, if the institution were Riven into the h .nds of government, the subscribers would feel deprived of their responsibility, and would lose their interest in the school. Mr. Newsom was very desirous of having the school visited by the government inspector, for it had been going on too long in the eld fashioned deme-schnol way, and was not creditable to the intelligence of its manogere. A new era had now begun, and they should avail theme:vet of all the advantages offered by the Committee of Privy Council. A healthy spirit of emulation would be excited among the children, and the beet Ririe might be rewarded with a mainte nance for life, in the profession of a schoolmistress, which was as high an object of ambition as les (Mr. Newsom) could wish for a daughter of his awn. Mr. BLAKE complained that the subscribers had sot been inefficiently apprised of this motion, which he opposed as a monstrous innovation that would be repugnant to the feel ing of most of them. The Freemasons had always prided themselves on their independence, and why should they 'sow, for advantages that appeared quite insignificant, put the control of their school out of their own hands ? The house committee should examine the children regularly, and if they wanted inspection, they might request some educated gentleman to visit the school oecasionalty. Mr. G. T. Fox and Mr. L. CHANDLER both said they were unwilling to decide a question of such importance ,in an small meeting as the present. Mr. WAname signified his double of the expediency of acceptinc goverment control. - 2 1 ;4".., Mr. SYMONDS replied, challenging those who disap. proved of government inspection to find any single instance, since 1839, where the subscriptions to any school had fallen off, because ita supporters were dissatisfied with the conduct of the government inspectors. No one would withdraw his money on so fallacious and unfair a pretext. A school in his own neighbourhood had trebled its numbers lately, bemuse the improvements suggested by the inspector were serried out. The inspector could never dictate or order anything, but only advise. They might dispense with the inspection at any time, if they chat, since they would not receive any grant fur books and maps ; and as for the government obtaining any control over the funds or management of the school, it was utterly impossible. The motion, on being put to the vote, was, however, negatived, only three hands being held up in its favour. The appointment of Miss Garwood u matron, and that of Kiss Suter as schoolmistress, were then approved. A mo ffilllMea which Mr. Robinson had given notice, to provide Illbnime child of a person who had ceased to subscribe leffieffide freemasonry for more than seven years (unless it wen hos circumstances beyond his owa eitiotro:), should be 1e; was deferred until the revision of the rules and a report from the committee upon which was omigend to be printed, and to be considered by a special *Mt I. March. Ern:NOM EM3P2ELEMENT TN LEEDS.—On Wed seamy last, at the Leeds Court-house, James Parnaby, who for dues years has bees traveller in the employ of Mr. Haldane, eorn.factor, Swan-street, Leeds. was committed for trial oa a chirp of embezzling money to the amount of &hest 2001., whisk he had received at various time from Mr. Killer, the ..shier of Mears. George Thosopeon and I Co., contractors, end Mr. Wm. Atkinson, for oats supplied to limn by Mr. Haldane. COST OF PLACING A MONUMENT IN WESTM MIER ABBEY. (r:332 The Loa d ee L:re Ih.) The public, are apprehend, are not aware that our heroes, our statesmen, oar poets—in abort, our men of geo:as, by the creations of whose 01114 we are mainly in deb'ed for the greatness of these kicgdorar, are not allowed to repcse is Westminster Abbey without a tax being levied upon their ashes. They who fight our battles ; they who frame our laws, vindicate our tights, and preserve our liber ties; they who enrich and adorn our literature ; and they whose Inventive faculty has created that mighty maze of indur ry, upon which we justly pride ourselves, and which enat,laii millions to eat their bread in peace, comfort, and hcnesty, are therefore not exempt from the common lot of mortals when the rights of the church are in question, and ' when the fees of our cathedral establishments are at stake. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster, in accordance with an old law, have received within the last quarter of a century the following sums for the monuments placed in the Aobey, and so minute and exact are this body in their transactions with the disposers of the " mighty dent'," that the am ;tint cf the sum demanded for a monument depends upon the number of square feet and of square inches it may occupy, and not in the least upon the worth and character of him to whose memory it is erected : Sista' of tEr gm. Follett (echoes), 3 It. by 1 ft S 2 rtalate of Francis Horner (Mangey), 2 ft. by 3 f:. butts. eat sir Enke: Cott" 6 It. by 3 ft Sintusaf Sir S. It.,llles (1 hantrey,, 6 ft. by 21 ft. 2lO Siatue of S. Wilberforce, 6 ft. by 2 . B:,: u! of 6.r J. ilatooln (Chancy(, 4 It. by ft. ti awe • f Geotge Canning (Change)), a tt. by 3 ft 3lO 2..dourner: to Lord Holland (Bally), 2) square ft. 3OO Koran:eat to tel:ord (Bally) 3 0 A boa-sr:to (Haig), 2 ft. 9 in. by S ft. 6In. Stratus. to T. Campbell (Ilandiali). 13 Nome ft. ert-:.l'cr cl Cowper slearehall) litalna to ths Marquis of Londonderry (Evan Thomas:, 40.by3'• Xis-relief of Andrew Bell (helms.), 6 ft by 3 ft lO6 bas-re.:e; of It. &soggy, 3 tt, by 6ft I ilan'elg' of Zachary Maeauley, 3 ft. by 6 ft. Boa relief of Niajor ticantli. bit. by 6 A. ItO We ought, however, in justice to remark that the statue to Campbell is not yet placed in the Abbey; but, if we may juilge by the engraving of it in the third volume of "Cany„;bell'a L tters," &a. (3.loxon's edition), it is " about to be pia -ea" in that sanctuary. This, we presume, is a facetious Julie of informing the public that the subscription to the monument has not yet reached that point which will enable the artist to dispense with se large a surplus beyond that II tif t if really necessary to defray the original cost of its ezetuti,:a. The author of the " Pleasures of Hope" cannot, tLsrefure, be numbered as yet with the tuneful hest to wt.ca he justly and truly belongs. The tax—the consecrated tax—is not yet paid for the admission of Thomtu Campbell's monument in the sacred sanctuary of genius ! hen:rho, in justice, to be remarked that the sum demanded fur a statue, fining the ge space of those in the pre ceding het, was about 701.; but, like all other property in the capit..:, the ai les and avenues of Westminster Abhcy have, we suppose, increased in value. There is, however, no fee demanded in catholic countries for placing monu ments in cathedra :s and churches; but, on the contrary, these endearing raiquire of departed greatness are earnestly welcomed, and when placed there are studiously preserved from injury and decay. The public, however, are indebted to the present dun for many improvements in the economical arrangements of the monuments. A new elsaiiScation of these works of art has been recently completed, ea regards the sale of payment for ador.soion to the Abbey, by means of which con siderable space has been saved, and the annual to oeiyA ci the establishment have been considerakly aug mewed. Formerly the dean and chapter were not parti cular to a few square feet or an, as they permitted large monuments to be plated in the Abbey nearly at the same rate sea simple statue, or a bas-relief on the walls; but the keen diseriminatien, and the thrifty management of the present authoritire do not permit a single inch of grouraspace be lost, for old works have been removed nearly out of sight to make room for those of the newest stamp and the moat recent periol. The monument of Sir Godfrey Kneller, for instance, hos been removed from its original and ap propriate site, to afford • Luger space for them which have been recently placed there. It is also necessary to state that, in some instances, in the list of charges for admission, we have simply inferred the amount of the fee ps:cl by the public. These inferences, however, are basyd span calculating the price per s ;nate foot of those monuments, the fees fur which we know precisely, and the superficiis meet...shied, the sum paid for any given menu • ment or statue may be readily calculated. As the space devoted to statuary in the Abbey began t 3 diannisb, a most ingenious suggestion was made, and was even pattislly carried out by the " money changers" conaecte.: wita that sacred establishment. The silo gvm 'i was of this nature : That, as th e Abb ey was nearly fill of marble statuary, the 13ors and windows should 1, !arced to account, and that brass ornaments on the farmer, and stained images ou the latter, would an- Met the Vnle purpose as sculptured works t f art. Men; were, however, two grave objections started to this sugges- tion h:st, that it would be a discouragement to tett, as it woull tend to diminish the demand for sculpture, and that it wont.' not possibly be ao productive to the funds of the Chapter as the present plan. We can fully sympathise with the authorities on the latter ground, but, oh' shade of Chatham and Canning ! what would have been your biting satire, your indignant sarcasm, bad you been told that the terminat•-in of your aenatorial labours would be rewarded by a braes mncumentsl inscription on the floor, or by a &ring emb-ament, like some old saint, on the windows of Westminster Abbey? IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 11. The suhjt•ct of the religion of deserted children was again under diecuazion yesterday in the North Dublin Boatd of Guardians, and Mr. Crawford, the swaistant-commissioner, having explained the appa • rent di.screpc.ncies in the opinions of the Attorney- General and of the Solibitor-General, stated that he apprehended that the opinion of the latter did not apply in cased where it was clear that the children had been baptised without the knowledge or consent of their parents. After a good deal of discussion, it was then resolved that some pauper children who had been previously admitted into the house should sow be registered as protestants, notwithstanding the eircuantance of their having been baptised by a Roman catholic clergyman at the desire of the names to whose care they had previously been committed by the police or the parish authori ties. This resolution was carried by a majority of 20 to 8. The King's County Chronicle gives the following acccunt of an agrarian outrage: On the night of Thursday last, • party of three men entered the h me of a comfortable farmer, named Moorcy, who resides ‘n the est►te of the Rev. F. T. Trench, at Clon4hlitating, near Borrisokane, and threatened Lim of the consegu,ntes if he should approach the residence of Mr..). R. Friar, Modreeny House, telling him that in ease he did so, they should again visit him and do for him. One of the ruffians was armed with • pistol and the others with bludgeons heavily laden with lead ; one of the latter in flicted a severe wound on Mooney, bead, and it is probable that he wouLl bare received other bad usage at their heath, if a young gill had sot contrived to escape from the house duricg their visit and alarm souse of the neighbours. The purpose of these ruffianly confederates it is impossible to discover, Moore; being an industrious and inoffensive man, and Mr. Frazer • liberal employer. We regret to perceive that agrarian outrages are beginning to manliest themselves in the district, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police. THE MILITIA. Last week Colonel !twin, A.Q.M.G., proceeded from Kilkenny to Maryberough, Wexford end Carlow, to take houses temporary barracks for such portions of the =Erten regiments of the Qeeen's County, Wes(urd and Car low al cannot lc accommodated in the respective military barracks. 'lce head-quarters of the Queea's County Militia were ehangel from Slouttrath te Meryborough, and arrived at the latter town on &Wedgy, under the comemanetsli-,, Lietr.-Co:onel Dunne, M.P. a -, The Louth 111i:itia is to be forthwith embodied, Lord. • Bellew having made all the appointments tb Sommistr pet It is to be a ~He regiment, sad commanded Lietiten Colonel Sir J. S Robinson, Bart., foimerly of the (let Mites. A Clonmel letter says : " The South Tippers,* err is to be quartered here, in the brrrecks. Td room as, a trutp of toe IGth Lancers left this more or C. 1,4 and it is reporeJ that the head-quarters, . regiment will take up the quarters here on Iltb. The order from the War-office bu been ig the immediatz ecab:ldiment of the corps. Captains GIME, T 110111:J1 B.itier Stoney, and the other officers of the s outh regiment, are espected here at once. Shortly tfter the formation of the cape you will have a visit from us, as the venue w be raised for both battalions throughout the county, incepective of north and south. Had the Earl of Olengnll (the colonei),or Earl of Donorie more been here, we would have been embodied ere now • ore or both set Own, expected, will,b• hero oaths lA.'. A