The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

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AILY NEWS FORWARDED to the COUNTRY bEVISING POST, at lea. bd. per qr., payment et advance, JOHN MADDOX, 10, Upper Albaapat., leatitt'apark, Bookman W /Wm Asset. .-jVAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, in London, at Ils. par qoarter.—OLVT by 1101INING MAIL. at SI lb. 6d. d. VENINO DO., 19e. 9d. per qr.—lL ADAM, 9, Panament-etnet. inestaisenr. News Arse. BAYSWATEIL—DAILY NEWS LENT TO AJI BEAD; sad vepetted to tbe antatry by enenag poet, at lea. ea Tamer. Rove Aleut. told la advance. /L BURRICE, Wave-terrace. West- CONVOCATION. Today Las been issued the following return to an ♦ddress of the House of Canaan dated 9th August 1866. Or a " Copy of dry Address frost the Coavorattoe of the Pro. vine of Canterbury, praying for her Majesty's License to Catenation to consider and ogres to any Canon or Consti tution ; and of the answer to such address." " Lambeth. 27th July 1855. "Mr.—As President of the Convocation of Clergy recently maessabled, I have tho honour of enclosing to you an address to Mr Msjirety, which posed both houses, and which, in the me of the Convocation, I hereby offer to her Majesty's inakma aamaideration.—l have, dm., (Signed) "J. B. CANTUAI." "'tight Hat. Sir George Orr", But" " To the Queen's most excellent Majesty. " We,' yew Majesty's faithful subjects, the Archbishop, Bishops, and Clergy of the province of Casurbury, assembled is Convocation, humbly represent to your Majesty : "That Committees of Convocation hare sat, sad after nanted con sideratio have reported to Con vocation an venom subjects deeply concerning the spiritual welfare of this realm —sanely, on the measures needful for enforcing diseiplitio amongst the clergy ; the extension of the church ; the mo dification of bee serviette, and the reform of the repressats ties of the clergy in the provincial synod of Canterbury. " We are convinced that the fall consideration of them Subject, is of greet moment to the wall-being of our chunk bat in order net oar deliberation, on these, and any matters which your Majest, shall see fit to submit for our considers- Mos, may be so coadtatted as to give to the church the satisfaction, that in such deliberations the mind of the elegy will be fairly expressed, we humbly submit to your Majesty that it seems desirable to modify the repeeseetatioa lithe clergy in the Lower Rouse of Convocation. "We venture, therefore, therefore, humbly to pray your Majesty to grant as your Royal licence to consider enterer, apes • (anon or constitution to be submitted to year Ma jesty's seasidaraties, for effecting such modifiestion. (Signed) '" J. B. Cmciren, President." " Whitehall, Aug. 7, 1856. "My Lord Arehbishop,—l have had the honour to lay bakes the Quma the address transmitted to me by your Ones ea the 27th alt., from the Archbishop, bishops, and dingy of the province of Canterbury assembled in Conner Yea r praying her Majesty to grant them her Royal Henan Ice aiailider and agree upon a canon or constitution to be aulemiteed to her Majesty's consideration for effecting a me iiihnstisa in the representation of the Lower Rouse of Cow sorstisa. "I have tho honour to inform your Grace that this ad dress was graciously received by her Majesty, but that her Majesty has not been &deismd to comply with ite prayer.—l rte, Ile. (Signed) " G. GAZT. " Mk Grace UN Archbishop of Canterbury." A letter from Odessa says,—" An affecting saws leak plain bereft few days since. At the time of the attack sd the 18th a Freon& °Meer, Captain M., and a Russian, Caps 8., net and freght:witk the sabre% the latter received • severe wound sad was carried off by his min. After re- Miguel for a Use in the hospital at Nicelejeff, be woe toseight here in order to take sea baths. Captain It . was Moo ••••dsd and made primmer, and after Maul bees 1111118 at his moods at Chemin care to Odessa to await Mill•Mialia. Mae walking in the street ha net his *inn saterthill supported on avulses ; he roeogaisokond sathoseed his. Math that period, the closest Wray has =load batwing theis, and when Copula M. inahaskai we bawd the stoma , to return to Franco, it was ▪ elllisst tun on both tides that they patted." &nit Crotti sent by the Ring of Piedmont te pay • to ble Meje•ty's asses, to our Ones, ham b.ss bemund with as anthems. Her Majesty sad Prises pharisee. else very Bettering remarks to ths Coast 'Madre to the vilest eosdact or the Pisdasatess army is as Crimes. TM Gazeita del Popolo of Turin, of the 17th, hell Wen seised for ea ordeal oatitted " Paraentoo," in whirl 'avast.' a paaral revolution' is Italy. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDRNT.) CAMP BEFORE BBBABTOPOL, Amin 11. The renewed bombardment and attack against the enemy's works, which are expected to take place shortly, are still subjects of conversation. Specula tion is rife as to the nature of the intended opera tions. The prevailing idea is that the assault will be preceded by a bombardment of the chief points in the Russian line of Weems, together with a direct attack against the shipping. It seems probable that the wank will at first be mainly directed against the Mslakhoff-hili, and that this will be undertaken by oar allies; while on the left and centre a general fire against the enemy's works will be maintained, and other means of active co-operation adopted according to circumstances. It is presumed that some diver sioo, if mot a serials attack, will be made by the armies occupying the plain and neighbourhood of Toborgegn. It is generally supposed that the attack against the Roden will not be made until after the Malakhoff position is secured. Captain Horace Montage, of the Royal Engineers, who was taken prisoner on the 22nd of March last during the repulse ola Russian sortie against the works of the left attack, has lately been exchanged, and is now in camp. He was taken over the works of the Redan, and they were fully, probably in a spirit of braced°, exhibited to him. No doubt they have been consi derably changed and streegthened since he saw them, but their general character must remain the same. His description of the Redan itself and the works beyond would lead to the conclusion that a .direct attack against them would be very injudicious if made while the enemy still held the Malakhoff hill ; while, if that position were silenced, the subsequent capture of the Redan, and the redoubts in rear, would be comparatively an way task. The loss of our allies in attacking the Malakhoff is also likely to be 'sneezed if all the efforts at one time are directed to the accomplishment of this object. The French say that they are ready to open at any time, although they are still adding to the number and strength of their batteries. Already they possess thirty four batteries on the right, many of very powerful armament. There are various reports m oped:4r the state of our stores of shell and ammuni tion. On the one band it is asserted that certain descriptions of shell are exhausted, and that we must wait for fresh supplies; on the other hand, we Mar that our magazines are stocked with every kind of projectile that can be required for the bombard ment. The daily lose from wounds, although many . . _ are of a slight nature, is both on the part of oar allies and ourselves so great that there is every inducement to commence operations as speedily as possible. The enemy, by keeping in the town and works only the strength actually required to man the works, and providing extraordinary protection for these troops, do not suffer but in a very slight degree compared with what would be their loss were the siege conducted under ordinary circum stances. Their daily loss in the batteries most yet be very groat, owing to the great superiority is the weight of our metal ; and, at night, it is not pro bable that sufficient cover can be found for the re serves which probably 'occupy the works for their protection, so as to shelter them against the effects of our fire. The enemy is said to have 120,000 men in the camps on the north side within the distance of kfmksazie's fares, bat this number is probably much exaggerated. A reconnaissance was made a few days since by a strong body of our cavalry, as far as fifteen miles beyond the village of Balder, in a direction toward Yalta, and no troops were met with on that route, excepting a f.w Cossacks, evidently scattered foe purposes of observation. I subjoin • diary of events and circumstances which have occurred during the last few days. August 6.—A hot, clear morning. A land breeze from the eastward, and very oppressive atmosphere. As usual lately, a very sharp fire was sustained throughout the night, but our casualties were compa ratively few in number. The tire last evening is now seen to have destroyed two buildings at some distance in the rear of the Redan. They were situated to the left of the long line of the large barrack building, and not tar from a structure supposed to be a church, rendered con spicuous by a green dome and spire. The two build ings were themselves rather remarkable from being precisely similar in size and simplicity of form, and from both having red-tiled roofs, while all the other barracks and houses in the Leighbonrhood were covered with lead or slates. Perhaps they were two guard-homes at the entrance to the arsenal. A smoke is still emending from the site of the ruins. One of the end walls remains upright, and is all that can now be seen from our position : the fall of the remainder of the buildings was probably the cause of the fire seeming to be suddenly extinguished. The Rambla; are observed to be busily engaged in changing the direction of several of the embra sures en the proper left of the Redan. The alteration is calculated to give to certain guns, which previ ously were directed against the works on French man's hill, a flanking tire to sweep over the slope of the Redan hill on our right of the ascent. The guns of the Garden battery enfilade the approach on the left and in front of the Redao. No change can be noticed in the condition of the French approaches on the Malakhoff hill. Farther to the right, the trenches of our Allies are daily becoming nearer to the line of defences. The foremost trench is now 0n143 yard h from the Little Redan. Between this I work and the proper left curtain, which is armed with Mx guns, of the Korniloff bastion, there is a hollow or dip in the surface of the ground. The left of the Ma lakhoff hill descends towards it, and there is also a gradual slope in the mums direction from the Little Redan. The French engineers appear to be direct ing a sap aim% this hollow, as if to intercept the line of communication between the works mentioned. Colonel Henry Cobbs, commanding the 4th Ring's Own Regiment, died to-day from the effects of wounds received on the 18th of June. He com manded in the trenches ot the left attack while the assault was made against the Redan on the one side, and by the second brigade of the third division, under Major-General Eyre, against the works to the left of the south harbour on the other side. Colonel Cobb.'. regiment belonged to the first brigade ot the third division, and wee in reserve. lite colonel reesived two wounds—one in the right arm, the other in the bided the neck, and both from musket balls. The wound in the arm he received while giving some direction@ in one of the advanced approaches. He subsequently, to avoid the impediment ot a number of men who were in the trench along which he was pawing, went on the open ground far enough to expose himself to view above the parapet, and thus received the second shot at the back of the neck. Neither wound was in itself dangerous, but Colonel Cubbe's minute tion had suffered severely from long service in the 2nd West India Regiment, and he had not strength enough to resist the effects of the fever which followed I the injuries. His name appeared in general orders about ten days ago to go to Ragland, but he was feast to be too weak to be removed. He was highly =Win his regiment, and was well known man eller and a mos et dating courage. The late eemeassiseqn-oldet spoke highly of kis services in the Amp= ralatiag to the operations in which Col. Cebbesseaseepi at the time be was wounded. Rook= mans lead into the town in the course of the ermine feet batteries on the left. Aug= 7.—A very heavy fire occurred last night until the moon rms. The enemy threw a vast num bers( 'mode% dime/bargee of grape, and " bouquets," or, NM= of the men facetiously style them " happy against • the seppoesd palliest; of the working parties of the allies. From time to time they threw out also fire-bells to illuminate the ground in front of their works. While it was yst. dark, about three•quartera of an hoot before moonrise, a suspicion was aroused that the Russians were contemplating an attack upon the right et our most advanoed approaches on French man's hill. Brevet-Major John Maegowan, of the 93rd Highlanders, who was acting as ore of the field tams in the right attack, was sent by the general ot the frftobas to reinforce with some men of the 42nd Highlanders a small party placed to defend a rifie.pit in front. This rifle pit is about fifty yards in advance of our fifth parallel—an approach which was originally the Russian trench nearest to the enemy's principal line of defence, and, therefore, the most distant as regarded our works. It appears that Major Moo rman, who was in the trenches in front of the marry battery, in order to reach the rifiepit as speedily as possible, got over the parapet with kis men into the open ground, intending to take a direct mate to it instead of following the winding of the covered way. Misled by the darkness, and not being well acquainted with the ground, it being only his second or third tour of duty in the trenches, he lost hie way, and approached an outlying picket of the enemy, somewhere in front of the left curtain of the Man. The Russians heard their footsteps, and fired a volley. Major Maegowan has been sines missing, and it n feared that be was wounded and taken pri soner. One man of the 42nd was killed, and one wounded: the rest escaped back unhurt to the trenches. lhe Russians did not make any sortie. The morning was again ushered is by a land breeze from the east. This wind, which has none of the refreshing qualities of the usual sea breeze, blew very strongly for a couple of hours, and then gra dually subsided into a perfect calm. The sky be came severed about 11 o'clock with grey misty clouds, and a most oppressively close and still condi tion of the atmosphere followed. The distant moun tains were covered with heavy clouds, but there were no indications of electric disturbance. Cones of cholera are still occurring in various parts of the camp, chiefly among soldiers who have recently arrived in the Crimea. It has no characters of an epidemic kind, although the disease is reported to be prevailing among the troops of the enemy at Perekop and other stations. August B.—Another hot. oppressive morning. The deep cutting through the &battle in front of the salient angle of the Borniloff bastion was in a great degree filled up, but &considerable depression remains in the position which the cutting occupied. The French ap pear to have attempted to carry on a direct sap from a projectiog angle of their foremost approach, opposite to the cutting just alluded to, but to have been inter rupted. The parapet near the angle is much de- stroyed. sandbags are scattered about, and a small beep of gabions is lying a short distance in front. A line of sligh tly-raised fresh earth, leading from the opening cut in the abattis, and for some distance creeping close under it, and then suddenly turning in the direction of the head of the French right boyau, appears like the commence ment of a Russian counter-approach. The curved • . extremity of the boas has been considerably damaged by the fire from the guns of the bastion in front. The French have made some traverses for the pro tection of the troops in the &lan. The death of Captain Arthur Lapin', of the 38th Regiment, a very intelligent and active officer, and brother to the celebrated Assyrian explorer and poli tician of the same name, has been announced. He had been attacked by dysentery, and early in the present month was recommended by a medical board to leave for England, but was too weak to bear the journey. His loss will be deeply felt in his regiment, where he has long been conspicuous on amount of his talents, and a general favourite for his many social qualities. For some time past he has been acting in the Quarter master General's department, and attached to the Second Division. He was selected for the appoint ment without solicitation. Captain Layard was nearly at the head of the list of captains in his regi ment at the time of his decease. A party of the Land Transport Corps, with a sup ply of carts, went in the direction of Baidar to-day, it is said, with the intention of making a foray upon a store of wine and other provisions which they had heard of is the country establishment of some Crimean landholder. Unfortunately for the success of the expedition, they encountered a party of Cossacks, who, from a convenient distance, succeeded in wound ing two of the drivers, and killing one of the mules. The object of the undertaking was then given up. The French have brought into the neighbourhood of Balaklava an enormous quantity of hay from the Baidar district, but the late rains appear to have caused considerable damage to its quality. It is being dried and stacked for future consumption. Five deserters from the Russian camp on the north heights ve themselves up to-day. They were • at the British head-quarters, and, it is said, gave useful information respecting the strength sadreeent movements of the Russian forces. It la added that they reported the troops encamped on the heights were at present badly off for rations, on ac count of the state of the roads. If this report wan made, it ill agrees with the observations made daily of enormous convoys of waggons laden with hay, gabions, timber, dui, coming in on the north If the supply of food wore deficient, it can hardly be credited but that these carts would be employed in meeting so important an exigency. One large depot of bay is visible on the north aide, and a large number of sacks arranged in pyramidal heaps are also under view. These sacks do not appear to contain corn, as they are left wholly unprotected against the effects of rain. Both the stacks of hay, and heaps of sacks just mentioned, have greatly increased in size of late. Two pairs of pigeons were observed to takes direst course into Sebastopol to day, which some person who were looking on at the time asserted to be, from the nature of their flight and appearance, carrier pigeons. This might be the case or not, but it is es well that this means of sending messages should not be forgotten. Now that communication with our wide spread camps can be so easily effected through the pluses at Tchorgoun or along the Baidar Valley, the importation of a few pigeons and their despatch from Balaklava or the camp with messages at con venient hours, can be a matter of no difficulty. The tempest which has been gathering the last two days broke over the mountains, and afterwards over the camp, this afternoon. For some hours, while the atmosphere above the plateau still remained bright and clear, dense black and grey clouds were massed over the mountains, and the continuous roll of thunder and occasional Rubes of lightning, told of the storms which were raging among their rocky pante. As the tempest approached the Inkermann mountain and height' immediately bordering on the plain, it appeared to gain in all its dimensions and in intensity. There was at this times marked stillness over the camp. Suddenly, over the heights, at the extreme right of our position, a large cloud of dust was seen to be suddenly drawn up into the air, and this dark broad column, increasing as it approached. came with rapid whirls across the front of the camps. A perfect teens& followed. The air became darkened as if by a fog, and every effort was required to lassie tin tants in their places. Heavy rain, einespaisd by vivid ligktabig and Wad pude de thunder, stiooesded. The stunt pealed to the north. I ward, leaving behind it • misty state of the *Amos. Phcu l which i ncreased the darkness of the evening. arising from the &been°. of the moos. A constant firs was kept up by the enemy, u well to guard against any surprise as to interrupt the operations of our working parties. August 9.—Between twelve and dee o'oloelt this morning, either an attempt at a sortie on the part of the enemy, or a false alarm respecting one on the _part of the French, occurred on the right. Its moon had not yet risen, bat the mists which had followed the storm of the afternoon and the heavy clouds had in a great degree disappeared; the sky overhead was clear and starlit ; frequent shooting stars were noise lessly gliding through the air; on the horison to the seaward, flashes of lightning, without thunder, showed from time to time a dark curtain of clouds. But in front, along the hostile linos, for some time a very pandemonium was presented. Incessant noises, from the deep rambling thunder of the to the sharp crack of musketry, filled the sir, was lit up in all directions by the successive flashed of the gnus and mortars, the sparkling momentary brilliancy of bursting shells, or the more prolonged glare of fireballs. An immense number of shells were thrown from the Russian batteries; in some instances four or five rising into the air nearly at the same instant from one and the same battery. On oar side the direct fire of heavysuos against the enemy was more re sorted to. The French threw many shells. The musketry fire was very brief, and the sortie was evi dently of an unimportant character. The cannon ading was continued with vigour until the moon afforded some increase of light. Notwithstanding the very heavy fire last night from the Russian batteries, and the number of shells discharged into oar works, the casualties were very limited in number. One officer only was struck, Lieutenant Nicol Grahams, of the 90th Regiment, and he was but slightly injured by a piece of shell. A considerable number of ambulance wagons, mounted on vulcanised India-rubber springs, and each intended to accemmodate eight wounded men, have arrived, for the use of the English army. A Board, which wee ordered to examine into their efficiency, is said to have reported them, after a variety of experi ments, to be very defective, chiefly on account of the great amount of unbitten movement to which the patients conveyed in them most necessarily be sub jected. Some mule litters and mole* which have also arrived, are said to be less easy for the wounded, than those used by the French. In consequence of the want of conductors expressly @sleeted for the duty, men taken (tom the ranks of the army have' still to be employed in this duty. The camp was again visited this afternoon by very heavy storms of rain, and for a time some of the ravines were converted into torrents, the water of which was so deep and flowed with such force and rapidity, that it became a very difficult matter to ford them. Towards evening the clouds disappeared, and a fine starlight night followed. A large number of shooting stars were observed. August 10.—A clear sunny morning. A refreshing breeze from the north-wort is moderating the high temperature caused by the sun's rays. The cholera is reported to be generally on the decline throughout the whole of the camps. Boareely any change_ appears to have been effected last night in the reMive positions of the siege works. The Trent% are still working at increasing the strength and armament of their works, destined to act against the Russian shipping. They are said to have now no leo than 34 batteries on the right, between the Larabeinsia ravine and their posi tion at Inkermann. The Russians are known to be engaged in extensive works in rear of the Little Redan ; their workieg parties can be observed from our shipping o s , tationed near the entrance of the roadstead. quanti ties of timber are also observed still to be carried into the long barrack building behind the Redan, and many of the openings, formerly occupied by the windows, are now IMO to be supported and strength ened by beams of wood. There was very little fire in the batteries to-day until about five &clock, when the Redan opened a heavy fire egaiut our left attack. It was replied to vigorously, and some excellent hits were made into the vei embrasures of the enemy's work. During the last two nights the Russians have thrown some shots among the tents of our Third Division. They also performed the same feat five or six times this morning. It is accomplished by ele vating a gen at an angled 46 deg., as if it were a mortar. The gun employed against the Third Divi sion is at the proper right of the Malakhoif works, and this practice has been retorted to on several occasions in the course of the siege. The distance most be about three miles, and it is difficult to imagine, considering the violent recoil which must be given to the gin, and probable damage, what compen sating advantage the enemy can expect to obtain from such distant and uncertain shots. We see remarked in some of the London journals that Admiral Dundee has discovered a long range by swinging a 32- pounder at a similar angle. This process was adopted by the Russians on board one of their large ships moored at the upper part of the south harbour on the first establishment of the camps of the allies before Sebastopol, and by its means they succeeded in sending shots beyon d the commencement of the left, or Woronsoft ravine. A new appointment in this army has been made, having special reference to subjects connected with small arms, which may lead to very useful results. Hitherto there has been no distinct and general superintendence of the receipt, issue, exchanging, and storing of the various descriptions of rifles and muskets in use with the army, and confusion and difficulty have very frequently resulted from want of this arrangement. There have also been so many discrepancies of opinion expressed respecting the me rits of certain weapons, that the necessity of a sys tematic examination into the subject was experienced. The practical testing of some of these points could nowhere be followed out so completely as on the spot where the active warfare was being carried on, and offered opportunities of examination by constant daily experience. An officer het, there fore, been appointed not only to systematise and simplify the distribution of small arms, but also to report from time to time on the advantages and merits of the various kinds sent out for trial. Lieutenant -1 Colonel Kennedy, of the 18th Regiment, who was lately chief instructor of the school of musketry at Hythe, has received this office, and will act, subject to the directions of the Adjutant-General. August 11.—The fire in the batteries was as active as usual lee night. According to their custom of late, the Russians threw a vast quantity of shells against our works, and those of the French. The night was cloudless and starlight. The weather continues dry and fine. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT LATE ON THE DANUBE.) TURKISH CAMP, KAMARA, AUGIIST 11. Thus is positively nothing possessing the slightest interest to be said about the siege operations. Lieu tenant Montague, who was taken prisoner a short time ago, bu ban exchanged, and v now again is camp. There is a report abroad—l am unable to vouch for its accuracy—that the Russians showed him their works, so that he might satisfy himself with his own eyes of their absolute impreg nability ; that he states that there is ditch upon ditch, battery on battery, abattis upon abattis, and that, if we wen inside the Mau to-morrow, we should end ourselves as far 'sever from the object in view. It all this be true, it is certainly . not very ea eft. It is added, it tits Imo time, dot sot withstanding the diligence with which the French are pushing on their sap against the Malakhoif, they cannot effect a footing in it till a number of batteries on the right have been desheyed. The destructive of Russian batteries constructed fa earthwork by the firs of artillery has biasses proved a very tedious and very difficult business; it is doubtless now more so than ever, and, taking all this into consideration, as well as the fact that the troops of both nation, are arriving so slowly as barely to fill the vacancies occasioned by disease and aisullies, without our adding much to the effective force of the besiegers. and that there are oily two and a halt months of fine weather still remaining, it is bard to avoid coming to theeonclusisn that the pros pect of say decides success this summer looks very blue. These is a feeling very generally prevalent that, until a sufficient force moves from Eupatoris, or some other point on the coast, so as to out off the enemy's communication with Perekop and Simphero pol, there is nothing to be looked for but "weary. weary, waiting,' and another muddy, wet, sleety. emery, comfortless winter. There is a good deal of firing now every night, particularly about the hour at which the Russians suppose the trench guard is relieved. Some of the shot on Friday evening were thrown up close to the head of the ravine leading down from the Light Division, and in the Third Division killed an artilleryman. It is said that on the other side of the harbour the inhabitants dance and make merry, merry, and are given in marriage; and the ladies go aohoppingjust as if the allies were a thousand miles away, and " the little affair" going on around Malt khoff and the Redan nowise concerned them. Large numbers of carts are seen going in every day. From the profuse expenditure of ammunition on the part of the Russians lately, it is supposed that they have received new supplies. They fire for the shadow of an excuse, even when the English and French remain silent, as they frequently do. Lieutenant Evans, of the 88th, had a narrow escape on Thursday night in the quarries. His sword hilt was bent by a piece of • shell. Some of the men have very droll notions about the capabilities of round shot and bombs. One of the above regiment informed his captain that a shell had fallen on thermal' of the backof oneof hiscorsrades and " hopped off ;" another mentioned that a soldier had been wounded in the forehead by a round shot, and",on being asked if he was not dead, said," Oh no ; it has only dhrawn some blood." The French have lately received a large number of mortars of the heaviest calibre at Kamiesch, destination not known, and superiority over smaller ones doubted, owing to the great length of time it takes to load them. You are aware that French and English cavalry are now quartered in the valley beyond Baidar. The Woronzuff road, after passing through the village, mounts the hill in a southerly direction, and after a long ascent, and on turning a sharp angle, you come upon something like a triumphal arch, evidently used as a guard-home by the Russian— s lofty erection of cut stone, spanning the road, and through it a view of the sea and of the bold cliffs below bursts suddenly upon you in all their summer glory—one of the finest pieces of coast scenery the eye can rest upon. Attar passing the archway the road descends gradually, and winds along the sea shore to Aloupka. Along the whole way villas abound—villas of generals, counts, princes, and what not, in which Russian aristocrats passed the summer months in forgettulness of northern snows, under one of the finest skies, over one of the boldest coasts in the world—ending with the Woronsoff Palace, the most magnificent of all. As a matter of course, everyone of these is deserted. Very few families would have courage to await with calmness the arrival of the captors of Kertcb, and as moat of them appear to have taken their departure in a hurry, they have left their furniture behind. All this private property, by all the laws of war and honour, we are bound to protect end leave untouched, or if we can't keep our hands off it, it ought at least to be appropriated to public use. An army his no excuse for plundering except after a battle, and after taking a town by assault, when of course it is impossible to restrain men hot from the combat. Here, however, we clear the country as we advance. For the last fortnight passes have been regularly issued to French soldiers to enable them to pass the English picket at the archway, and baggage mules and their drivers supplied them to go down to plunder along the coast. On riding down there the other day, with some o ffi cers, we were stopped by the cavalry, and while standing enjoying the view, at least fifty mules and packhorses passed us laden with chairs, tables, crockery ware, books, bedding, and beds, lamps, carpets, samovaree for making tea — in fact, everything you can imagine in a well fur nished house. All of these were in charge of French soldiers, and they had under their orders a number of the vile horde of Turks, Greeks, and Maltese, who are employed in the Crimea as drivers, and who, I suppose, as specimens of cut-throats, might fairly stand competition with any other set of men in the world. Finding one or two of the latter alone, they sold us a few trifles; but on this being discovered by the French, the delinquents were threatened with the infliction of sixty blows of a stick each on arriving in the camp. The officer commanding the picket informed us that this had been going on from morning till night for the last fortnight, and the refusal of the French to sell us anything, as well as their being all poseessed of passes and employing the transport males, proved that it was an organised, if not official, proceeding. But whoever it may be who directs it, I can only say that I feel happy in the thought that up to the present the English have taken no part in it—that it reflects disgrace upon the allied armies—that it will cause the population, whenever we advance, if we ever do ad vance, to fly us as a horde of brigands, knowing that bands of plundering ruffians precede our advanced guard, and that military purr are supplied to the scum of the Levant, authorising them to waste, to destroy, or carry away everything they light upon. When I saw these fellows Sting past me, with pistols in their sashes, or sabres at their sides, with villany of every kind stamped on their faces, ferocity and avarice and bloodthirstiness in their eyes, cowardice and sensuality in their came mouths, and saw them quarelling over the spoil on the road back, like so many hungry dogs over a bone, I could hardly persuade myself that they were in the French service ; that all this was going on inside the allied lines, under the noses of the English cavalry, and under the guns of French war steamers, who actually cover the road that these bri gands may use it; and endeavoured to con sole myself with the hope that surely General Pelissier is not aware of it—that it is merely the work of penniless subalterns, and that when he hears of it he will prevent the French flag and the common cause from being sullied by acts, whose foul ness and abomination is not even palliated by personal danger in their perpetration. lam glad to say that the inhabitants had the good sense to run away, or I should have probably plenty of atrocities to record ; but some Germans—women amongst the number — who were employed as spies by the English staff, have been brutally ill-treated. Amongst the various curiosities exhibited it the temporary museum of the Archeological Institute at the Free Schools was a rare oil painting, on a silver plate, shoot ten inches by eight inches. The subject is that of the Vir- gin, with a halo of eleven stars round her head, and crowned, standing on the entsamt pissed on the dragon, »promoting Christ's triumph over infidelity. Grouped round the Apure are cherabims, bearing the conventual symbols of the Vir gin, such as the star of the see, the fountain, the mirror, the palm, dm lily, and the root, &c. The Imes have been chased out ear to lave them in fiat relief. It wee origiaally brought from Rome to Lima. South America, about the year 1623, with other decorations for the church of Bt. Jobs lof God, and is called "Mantra &mon Puidaur (oat Aga rut Lail— Shivetatry Jewasi NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. -( THIS DAY.) _....- The lialf-yearly General Meeting of the above Company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, this morning. Mr. Pita', Chairman of the Bond of Directors, in the their. The blowing was the report:—" Communications hare passed between this Company sad the &dale sad Lepton Railway Company, but the Directors n ( pet that they hate not been •hale to driest say ans•gsment for incorporating • portion of this tins with that of the Beds!' and Leyborn Company, and the dimmers can only report that the petition of this company runnims unaltered. Althogh the directors are not at this time justified is holding out sanguine expeetatione of disponi" of their line to mother company, they do not oonsiderikat every attempt is make she property of the company to some 'agent availelde has pat been exhausted. The diresters are unwilling to recommend any other tonne to the shareholders than that of sill further &dimming the emasideratio•ot all questions respesting any step that sway beeome desir►ble for tensinating the affairs of the company. The statement of account, showed that the Wanes in head was 9,6741. Is., of which 9,6621. 10s. counted of consols." The Cornwall', in moving the adopt:en of the report, observed %bat the only point sot referred to in that docu ment was the fact that the directors bad been compelled to take proceedings against the Leeds Northern Company for the recovery of the amount outstanding between that Com pany and this. They were, however, sainted by high authority that the money was quit* safe. Me might add that the lateral on the assets was just on a par with the current expenses. The report wee adopted, and the proceeding* terminated with the nasal rote of thank* to the Chairman. MIDLAND RAILWAY. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company WAS held at the station at Derby ; Mr. BAutrir. Hansa, the deputy chairman, presiding, Mr. Bilis being absent ham indisposition. An abstract of the report and the statement of ausounts have already appeared in the Express. The report was all but unanimously adopted. Subsequently a resolution was passed declaring such of the 161. 13s. ed. di per cent. preference shares as have been paid up, to be capitalised ; and • similar resolution was pawed respecting the Leicester and Hitchin bi.shares. Forma resolutions were paired declaring the dividends recommended on the various stocks, and thereafter the business of the meeting terminated with a cordial expression of thank* to the chairman for the manner in which he had conducted the business of the day. TEE LAW OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The Registrar of Friendly Societies in England beg. to call the particular attention of the officers sad mem bers to the following abetraet of the provisions of 18 and 19 Vie, o. 63, a. 29, 24, and 13, which apply to all friendly encietie.: . . _ ~"lf any person shall give to any member of • friendly society established under any act relating thereto, or to any any person, intending or applying to become a member of such society, • copy of any rules, or of any alterations or amendments of the same, other than those respectively which have been enrolled with any clerk of the peace or certified by the registrar, with a copy of his certificate ap pended thereto, under colour that the earns are binding upon the members of such society, or shall make any alterations in or addition to any of the tubes or tables of such society, after they shall have been respectively enrolled or certified by the registrar, and shall circulate the same, purporting that they have been duly entitled or certified under any of the said acts, when they have not been so duly enrolled or certified, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 8.29. any officer, member, or any person whatsover, by false representation or impoeition, shall obtain pouession of any monies, securities, books, papers, or other effects of any society, or, bevies the same in his possession, shall withhold or misapply the same, or shall wilfully apply any part of the same to purposes other than those expressed or directed in the rules, he may, upon complaint made by any person on behalf of such society, be summoned before two justices, and if the justices shall determine the complaint to be proved, they shall adjudge and order him to &threw up all such monies, securities, books, papers, or other effects, or to repay the amount of money applied improperly, end to pay. if they think fit, a further sum of money not exceeding 20L together with costs net exceeding 205., and in default the said justices may order the said person so convicted to be impnsoned in the common gaol or House of Correction, with or without hard labour, for any time not exceeding three months. 8.24. " Any trustee or other offieer or person aiding or abetting in tba dissolution or determination of any society, or the division or appropriation of the funds thereof, except in the way directed by the 13th section of 18 and 1 9 Vic., e. 63 , will, on conviction thereof by two justices, be committed to the common gaol or House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding three calendar months." 8. 13. NEW MONUMENTS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.— Two new monuments have recently been erected in West minster Abbey, one in memory of the poet Campbell, the bard of " Hope ;" and the other of Sir Janus Macintosh. That of Campbell is • full-length statue in marble, from the chisel of Mr. Calder Marshall, A.11A.; and it is placed in the immediate vicinity of those of Shskspere, Southey, Addison, and Goldsmith. The eyes of the post are repre sented " in a Ilse trendy rolling," and the uplifted hand and pen ire upon the point of giving expression to the conception of the mind. The costume lea mixture of the modern and the classic. The pedestal is inscribed with the name of the poet, the dates of his birth and death, and • beautiful stanza from his own pen on the immortality of the soul. The monument of Sir James Macintosh consists of • bust of white marble, surmounting a base of the same material, and designed with consummate taste. It is plastid immediately behind that of Fox, in the enclosure on the left as the visitor enters the great western door, and in which ors also situate the busts of Zachary Macaulay, the lather of the historian, Tierney, and other public men. As yet no inscription whatever appears upon it, except the name of the sculptor, which cannot be read, owing to the distance at which the monument is placed within the iron enclosure. THE MAINE LAW AT A DISCOUNT.—A second attempt at a demonstration in favour of the Maine Law for this country was made on Tuesday at Dudley, in the old Town-hali. When the doors were opened a tremendous rush was made upon the stairs, and the hall was instantly crowded in every corner. The following gentlemen were announced to attend and address the meeting as a deputa tion from the General Council of the United Kingdom Alliance :—S. Pope, EN , Manchester ; S. Howley, Esq., Gloucester; and Mr. Murphy, of Birmingham. The chair to be t.ken by Mr. William Wigginten, architect. The confusion and uproar from beginning to end were very great. After singing, bellowing, shouting, whistling, *c., had prevailed for a long time, the seats and forms wen broken up, windows smashed, gas lampe torn town and broken, the lights partially extinguished, the doors forced from the hinges, &c. Finally, some at the far end of the room commenced holding an opposition meeting, on their own account. All this, as nosy be expected, led to the breaking up of the original meeting without a single speaker having been heard, the Maine Law gentlemen re tiring through the crowd as but they could, to the house of one of their Dudley friends and adherents. No personal injury was sustained, and none, it would seem was intended, as, though the uproar was great, and no doubt very discre ditable, all was done in tolerable good humour.— Wolow hampfmt CAronick. FIRE IN BERMONDSET.—Last night, at about ten o'clock, a Bre, tended with considerable loss of property, brolmout cis the extensive premises of Messrs. Doeskin and Co., engineers, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. The fire commeneed in a building 100 tut long and proportionately bread, known as the " long shops," in which a vast quan tity of gas valves and otter property was deposited. The building issiquesiion was in the end completely burned down and thy contents seriously damaged. The contiguous workshops wine also much injured, but not to such an ex tent as to patent the business being carried on as usual. The loss wiUifall on the Sun and Phrenin offices. The cause of the fire is not known. The Peninsular Company's steamer Nubia, which was no longer °required as • war transport, has been places' on the Alexandrian mail line. That company have now saves steamers in the Government Transport Service ; also five on the Alexandrian, three on the Peninsular, two on the Marseilles and Malta, six on the Calcutta and Suez, four OD the Calcutta and China, three on the Bombay and Aden, five on the Bombay and Chins, two oa the liong-Koar and Shanghai, sod three en the China local service lines; six store-ships, one store transport, one ship building, sad one repairing. The company's staff of officers numbers at the present time 659.27 of which are unattached or rick. sad 18 are officiating 11.11.8. Perseverance. It is estimated that the damage caused by the late earthquake in the Valais* does not amount to ion than a laillies of francs.