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Same Sebastopol, Map 29, 1866. 1 .6 11 .4 rif e , up badsilili SO nitwit to your lord .? 00 .4.10 So laspeetor-0 eased of Hospitals, with is gently NOM d sick to the 26th instant. Camas i s, 1 bops, oa tics dualism, bat it is still prevalost, gt s sate" "test . CaPtais Kind. of the 32nd, a Ass „ poi o, who Ass mach esteemed, fall $ victim to it prus sig. i t ki ewassiesed some death is the timdinian slow s si, tits@ saws of mita& elided fatally on tits voyage lon goose to bolohlovo.-1 hays, to, RAGLAN. its Lnd Passers, &a., Ite., to Before Febostopol, Jens 2. N y upgd,—Tb• repots w►irh beet been received from N o rth rimy I bad the honour of writing to your lordship the Nth May, are of the most satisfactory character. jive w ed', laden with corn, had come into Kalish, is frairow of the capture of the place, and had fallen into Pe heads of the allies. The/mash end English squadron had appeared before D i si s iek, and the enemy, in consequence, destroyed four id their ern steamers, and considerable depots of corn. 'nay Ikea eashanged • cannosado with the Rutsion bra st Arabst, sad were so fortunate as to blow up a =a vow with shells; ani sines, Captain Lyons, R.N., of the Roads, has performed • most successful operation upon pearticki. The Russian authorities of the town having lewd to deliver up the g3verousent depot of corn, and ' i s m vessels, having on board supplies for their army in As Crimea, Curtain Lyme bombarded the pace with his qusdrat, and having driven the troops out of it, he landed the sailors sod marines, and destroyed all the stores and the slipp al Tow brilliant and decisive success marks the reeolttion sad dung of Captain Lyons, and fortunately was aeons *bed with soother loss than that of one man wounded. Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons states that it no longer • wig thus four days a squadron has destroyed 241 vessels, ispierd ezelivively in transporting provisions t 3 the Dimes, besides four war steamers, and six millions of ranee afloat sad corn. I bed leave to offer your lordship my warmest congests knees tie them important occurrences. I have aothisg of interest to report to your lordship from beam except that some more detachments of Sardinian users have arrived. A battery has arrived off the harbour. Isocline the return of casualties to the 3let I have, itc., B.AGLAN. The Lord Femurs, &e, &o. loans of Cassaltios from the 24th to Dili at Way, 1833, Inns iln.—bli MAW lot laglntent of : 1 rank and file. killed. g r d nip i gogi ang Ile : billed ; I Gem, I rank sod Ile, wounded. In Toot : 1 sok oil SA Mil ; 2 mak sad ais. teottaded. 7th loot: l nal ale% *evade& 17th Foot : I seggeont, I rank mid ils, esoaid. Na Pant : 2 rank and this, wounded. 27th Foot : IMt laillla, toonnieL 34th Foot : 1 rook and Ole, wounded. 44th riot : I rook aultio, Tonedsel. 4'th Foot : I rank sad file, kgad ; 3 took Ind Mu toonnlied. Mk root : I rank sad Ma, allied; 3 rani ad IS, ogoodet 48th Feat : I rank sad Ale, killed ; 3 rank mega, onalisL 87th Foot : I rank anti* killed. SW Foot : 1 gin gad Ills Id led . I rank and els, Peanted. GNI root : 1 en. ooidondsl: I visa sad Me. sisbe. 77threm : 2 weak sad ; INA sad It. wounded. ilea Floe : I teak sad el., oselsied. 21121Fost • I rank and wands& ll7th Foot : 1 rank Wee, lid. lad BMWs Sas : 1 eater. 1 rank and ? slum 1.., oeualsi. ArMaj : 1 ssoltsal Ills; sessaded. Total : li mind Ile. 11 Warw. 2 raid 22 weak sad Mo. se ll Ma l siesim. t who Ws bras Wearied from the 29th to Ifs int SW lall4 Woo.-201 root: Capella W. Posen', nightly. Ise Belittiou WOOD : alsatoamat F. C. Plain, erovely. Nsaissl Sem siSsa•Ceandoeined Olkorsiol Privates =ed. ha the Uth to the 31n Nay, 1884 sneaks—end Battalion let Foot: Priem Mu Wren 42th Foot : Penal* Maim li'Mases. eat Fat: Private Rietwel Mode. Sled root: Private Mint nsoirald. 7:th Foot : Prints, Gooey Woodward,Tbasas Iligpby. nth fog: Prints lobs Theesseas. 3rd Foot: Primus John Dolan eh Fon: Private Thomas Ilassell. filth Foot : Private Dinka Dann. kth Fen: Private Jena Poad. Serial Bete= of Illos-Conadesioned 01.011 owl Privates Wonder inn the rick to ' , lst May, 1a33, intisons.-48th Foot : Prom Thomas Walsh, ottpraly; Janos Ranh. slightly; Joseph Imo, slightly. glad Fon : PTi•••• Patrick Eaely, severely. lad lista= Lag anode : Meow George Pat, daegerosaly. :7 th he.: sergeant George likklutph, slightly; Private Andrew Nichol- KA lightly. 24th Foot : PliTlillt Bengal Mountain, slightly. 34th ha: Finite loose Willa; slightly. .7th loot: Prints Dean lleD veld, slightly. llith rot: Oolour-lergrent James Wholes, Nosy. Intl root: Prints George Smith, slightly. 4th root: Liossengetat Job Gobi, dasproasty; Prints Boort Norris, fie. veiny. 47th r oot: Priestliness Word, entirely. 77th toot: Pal- TSW shop Oniony, sightly. Royal Analogy: Gunner and Leong Walk leans, onnely; Gasser Boned Batton, slightly. hod root: Pelson John elvehell, simnel; Edmund Day, nightly. 7th Past: Private Tbeinos &don, wean,. ISt! Foot: Corporal Drone Munn, ellibtly ; Privet-a Peter Hughes. slightly; Om Swim. isserely. 44th Foot : Po ante John 111nalaaas, severely. Cat lost: Pauses Alta Bratighall, severely; Fattish Madoa, aigialy; Jams &bens% slightly. Mk Foot: ?dna Willie Ivy. despeosly. &Wad Mara et Nos42emailiamod Mom sod Privates Miss * tom saa is 31111 May, Illak ineitates.-01Sth Foot : Privals Ro bert te es*. A Wen al Coriander lo the Royal Rana Brigs* Mabee gobeeto. sal during the work wens :ad low, ISAL—Witlient Damp, Ord., toms, slightly; Janos Legg, A. 8.. flodasy, Mills.?. Before Sehestepol, June 2, 113.55. My Lord,-1 have the honour to lay before your lordship a litter from tie how:tor-General of Hospitals, eoutaluing . . a mum of the admiceitete end deaths from cholera op to the lit lomat. TM &Amigos' from the divisions in frost bays become his that there is some mason to feel confident that the delete will sabside swept the troops below, as Tepidly a s it bas dons sbwbm; bat still its existence is the army a matter of tits deepest regret, u well as of much anxiety.- 14w, &s., RAGLAN. The Lord Pulsars, lbs., to , &a. DESPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL LYONS. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 13. Despatches, of which the following am copies, have been received from Rser•Admirsl Sir Edmund Lyons, But., G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Ma yesty's ships and 'vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. SNAILS'S I.VOAORMINT WITS Ilttillaat STIAMII6. Royal Albert, Straits of Hermit, isms 2, 1865. Sir,—lo my letter of the 26th olt.. (No. I had the ileume of bringing ander the motion of the Lords Commie- Lamm of the Admiralty the pasta, all% sad sosomMal . 1 7 la which Liesteosat Hoary F. WHO. badeollooloil her Majesty's steam ren•vassel Snake, Loki Ideloosiiiall. IS the day Ow Allied fortes obtained pommel= of the evil. Etna, 1 have now to request yos to lay hefove their lord. iip the esslosed espy of a letter which I have received lOU Liratenast Mai ilop, reporting his poseedlege osi that I sod their lordship will observe that he speaks hs high %mad Ma °Seen sad ship's osorpasy, sad partleulsrly or et Mr. Nathaniel B. Herbert, Booed Master, sad Mr. 6 lticey E. Wright, Aristant-Paystaater in charge.- 1 ta. de., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS. Hear-Admiral aad Commander-ia•Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, Leaden. ft Majesty's ship Soaks, off Esikale, 24th May, 11366. ham the honour to inform you that in obedience te your repel praatiog me peraiiseion to intercept a Ronne a " 'Waal,. I proseeded into Kenai Bay, ezehangiag note wit. the batteries at Akbourao is passing. I nemeded ia minima off the steamer and e r it her, bat sot used she bad placed herself audit the of titforts of Mahan ; after • shoo be em both dies he tiosenaarten of an hoar. I wee dadonalle le seer: lag is 11011 1 her es In with Lancaster sheik from which nits Wes "" se—the mew with diMmity seeks away. Btte bad slaures ell Milers as board. During this engagement the "no ot BMWs balled the skip, aid kept up a well-directed 18 ‘....,ssetineses ire the whale time, which was returned onetat pod West ebb oar Wavy shell. Ila Loom lemmas also IMO dews how the satemace (to the n thaword opened it. re es with very long rases lemma* paring use us se about 4,000 :7•"•,_ • Maimed Is mesas ths basterise sad steamers tha eestsal dthe ships soot up to my mistoass, until Halted ty aillmd - the Mined& •h. whole of the ealliti Tweets statilog towards tbe Sea of Aug were ieteeeptea, sad afterwards aspired ; two at" lussuosltod is Kettah Bay. were b lo ws up by -5 oil% sad a gewheot sae& ,The batteries along she .east, whisk And uPon as whilst euot the steamer, oho tom Mows up. I should feel I wee =I duty sakes I soestiesed the zealous sad creditabM meat la Weigh the Ames end tree Performed that Matte ; Wolf wry she" head " !Me w olkiall the glue for so many boars a work of met nd labor er . m i!ste co menaced for your favourable aoseidersties Mr. wa Herbert (seemed master is etarte). who with etch misdated the skip through the 'athlete sad weep& htieely ashollwa. peer is,. wader-she yew of Algtallnia, sad We the shoal of Baikal.., without so y &snidest. %mill Indebted to Mr. Sydney E. Wright, amis. 1" 14- Parlosotst (Is slits of Issi sod sisritotioso lentos). S Pr 1 I i THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. OP TN' DAILY /11W10 BUCHAREST, MAT 24. The Austrians appeared to temper their brutality for a short time after the proclamation of martial law in the Principalities—doubtless to ameriage the (71.0 X • --: irritation caused b r ythis law, which holds death in 1 suspense over all oar heads. However, after the lapse of eight short days, they have recommenced their' brigandage and aasessioations with more audacity than ever. I confine myself to a notice of their' , assassinations in this town of Bucharest only, in the course of yesterday and the day before, to give you some idea of their proceedings. The day before yes terday they murdered a (male) cook and the eon of priest Nedeles, of the pariah of Batialiele. The same day four other persons were killed by them at the fair of Moschi, outside the gates of the town. Yes terday another murder was committed at the barriers of Tesana. The Austrian government would seem to regard these crimes as merely a guarantee for the preservation of " law and order," which it affects to re-establish in the Principalities; for the only punishment inflicted on the guilty is to send them back to Austria to serve in other regiments. Count Coeonini lately caused twenty unoffendiog Hungarians, who believed themselves in security here, to be loaded with chains and conducted into the Austrian states. One of them—an artist, a painter—died of the torture in this town. A few days ago the Austrians burned and destroyed, in the garden of Bcoufa—before the barriers: of Bucharest—several thousand muskets, which had been taken from the rural population, and deposited in one of the magazines of the capital. Thus Austria is permitted to destroy the arms of a people ardently desirous to fight against Russia on the side of the allies, and to replace them by her own bayonets, which, in the Principalities, have hitherto only served to protect the Russians towards the Pruth, and which may soon, perhaps, be turned against Turkey and the allies. Tits &result SUPPLY Quasnoff.—lt appears by private letters from Odessa, of the 31et ult., that the occu pation of the Bea of Asoff by the allies was known there at that date, and bad sassed great utility, although none of the details had transpired. Many firms at Odeon, who have kept up commercial relations with the west towns of the Sea of Moil, saw is the suet the ruin of their hods. At Rostov, seer the mouth of the Don, the demand !or oats for the Russian revelry had greatly enhanced the price, onto* the 13th of May a contract was taken by several it habitatts of Roetow to supply 60,000 ebetwerts (100 abet. worts equal to 74 4 Boothia quarters), for delivery in the Crimes at the unusual rate of 9 silver rouble* 60 kopeab, • Veruviu, Curlew, Swallow, Stromboli, Medias, be paid is eslidsets. Wrestler, Viper, Linz, Recruit. Anow, Snake, Beagle. ARREST OP Alf ENGLISHMAN nr Pnue67A—Ad t Vesuvius. Commander IL Osborne ; Stromboli, Co W vies fres Berlin, of the 12th, state that the local within+. mander 0. P. Coles; Ardent , Lieuteuant W. Rerun ; UM of Cologne have sneered the Secretary of our Consul Mediae, Lieutenant B. B. Elmsford; Viper, Ligament. , then while oarryiog despatches for Lord Clarendon, oa •W. Al*ytsge; Lyn:, Lieutenant C. Y. Arvin, ; Revisit. ettspicios that he wu concerned is enlisting foe the Foreigu Lieutenant G. F. Ile y; Liestess.at W. I. muire ; Legion. The Cologne Gazette sap that the Botlish Riney Bolate, Lieutenant H. Mal** Beagle, Joielthenhal W. et Berlin immediately made a communication on the R. W. Hewett. subject to the Prosaism Minister for Zweig* Affairs. ADMINISTRATI YE REFORM. MEETING IN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Yesterday evening a publio meeting, convened by the Association far the Promotion of Altair istratiss Reform, was held at Drury-lane Theatre. The pit, boxer, and galleries, were well filled, although not inconveniently crowded. The stage was occupied by a number of members of parliament and gentlemen supporters of the movement, among whom were Austin H. Layard, M.P.; James Bell, M.P. ; Jacob Bell, Esq.; Norman, Esq., Secretary to the Reform Club ; A. G. Otway, M.P. ; Apeley Pallatt, M.P.; George Stagg, John Lowrie, George Thompton, E. Loraine, W. Tits, M.P. ; F. Bennreb, Critelli.", M.P. ; D. Maskunie, Jackson, Esq., Hartlepool. Leigh South, D. Brown, W. Leaf, J. A. Nicholay, Bt. Travers, Ingram, W. L. Ogleby. H. Bateman, It. Hutchi son, Sir Charles Napier, Norman Wilson, Jotn Lupton, E. Hutson, W. A. Lyon, Captain Dunces, George Moore, J. B. Bintems, W. Chamberlain, Jeffery, W. Edgar, jun., Edwin Jamul, Q.C. ; Dr. Sibson, F.R.S.; Captain Lutlett ; W. Jackson, M.P. ; Major J. H. Reed, M.P.; Captain Eutwiek, Rev. J. B. Gray, M. Hullah, W. Kirk, Peter Grabens, —Whalley, Etq., Joenstann Neal. Beacom. Moninr, Egg., was in the chair.' The CHAIRMAN said is was his duty in the first pieta annonatm that the meeting was held at the invitation of the Administrative Reform Association, and its object was that any who chose might come and listen to addresses from the gentleman who had been announced es prepared to offer some remarks No resolution would be proposed for adoption, and of course, therefore, no amendments would be moved, and there would be no addition to the list of speakers— (hear, Year)—because there would be other opportunities for other gentlemen to address the public ; and they were determined that the meeting should clime at 10 o'clock. (Hear, hear.) He had little idea a month ago that he should have been celled to occupy his present position. He wee one of a few earnest thoughtful men who believed that there was positive danger in the excitement of the public mind with regard to the existing state of things, and that there would be safety only in concentrating the danger with reference to that state of things which Ass a nation they com plained of. They bad consegnent4 taken on them selves to call • meeting at the London Tavern ; and how that invitation was responded to was well known; and that meeting had resulted in the formation of an association, and an executive committee was appointed. The committee bad issued an address, which was very long; but it was intended, in moderate terms, to put clearly before the country the grounds of their complaint, and the course of action they intended to pursue. They bad also prepared a pamphlet entitled " The Devision Heads and Executive Hands of the Evglish Government," which contained the opinions and evidence of a number of experienced men, not merely, as;tbe Economist said, the men of the desk and the factory, but men like Lord J. Russell, Lord Lansdowne, and Si, Robert Peel, with regard to the manner In which the government of ibis ccuntrj was ear. tied on. It had been said in some quarters that the also. Motion had not baen very prompt In suggestusg the remedy for that of which they comploinad : HA should say that there could be no better proof of the depth and intensity of the evil than that they bad not said at once that they knew what wes wanted, and come forward with a cut-and-dried plan. Many thought that those who were most the cansisof the continuance of the evil were the people themselves. (Hear, hear.) The system was as good as the people willed it to be, and it was because of the absence of individual responsibility of Englishmen that they warn brought as a nation to the state in which they were. All sorts of charges of personal motives had been brought against the movers in the matter. He could speak for himself, and he thought he could for those around him, that they were net conscious of any motive which they could not show to the country, and that was a good and efilcientgovertansut—(bear, hear)—and it was because we had nor got that that they now called on the public to say that the present state of things should notcootinue. He referred to this as bearing on a charge which had been made wit► regard to the return of Mr. Tite for Bath. (Hesr, hear.) That gentleman would be hear, by and bye, to speak for bimselt. Bet he would say that, so far as the association was concerned, the first th e y knew of it was when they heard that Mr. Tite was at Bath, and canvassing. At the same time, the !association was not ashamed of his going to Bath—(hear, hear)—end they bad done their beat to assist Dim by issuing an address, calling on the electors to make administrative reform the ground of the election. Then the old charge was made against them, that they were attacking the aristocracy. A member of a noble family said to a friend of his, "If adminie trative reform gees on, what is to become of our younger sons 1" (" Hear, hlar," and laughter.) Now he (Mr. Morley) believed that question was one in the right solution of which the people was deeply interested. He would ask the question, if the present state of things of which we complained was not altered, what was to become of on younger sons ? (" Hess, hear," and cheers.) At the same time he denied that there was any desire to attack the aristocracy, but held that it was a duty to their children to remedy the existing evil, and if they let the opportunity pass, it would be difficult to say what would become of their sons. (Rear, beer.) The best thing the youthful aristo cracy could do was to fit themselves for the government of the country. They seemed like the Irishman who applied for relief and said that unless he received it he should be compelled to do a deed hie goal abhorred, that is, to work. (Hear, hear.) If they fitted themselves for public cffice he believed the country would be glad to see the aristocracy in office, for England was fond of its aristocracy. But it was indispensable that efficiency for service, iested by competi tion and not favouritism, should be the order of the day. Those were the objects and interests which this movement was intended to secure. It did not intend to get up an ells borate agitation, but it was intended to do their 'my best toe:pose abuses, founded on authentic informetion, and to stimulate public feeling in a calm and emphatic manner to the reform of then abuses, and to say to the people that it rested with them to effect that object. If the members of the association failed to excite the public to assist them in declaring what had caused the mischief of which they com plained, they would thankfully which was more congenial to their feelings, and they would mahout feel the , they had done their duty. (Hear, hear.) It was said that they were taking on them a work which did not belong to such • body ; but be could arsert that the public business of England was the butinese of every Englishman, and it was because the House of Commons had been unfaithful to the people in this matter—(hear, hear)—that this movement was originated. He believed that England now stood in a lower position in the opinion of Europe than she had stood five years ago. There was no regime for that, or any want of the elements of national strength; but it appeared to him that we as a nation had omitted to act up to its respoc sibilities, and it was necenary that the people should be brought together and determine that something should be done to stop the evils which existed. This movement had not arisen solely from the war. The nnewity of it bad been felt long before, and as urgently as now. No doubt the enormous mischief which a free press bad shown to have occurred during the war, sad the con tiguity of cause and effect, bad fixed the public eye on this question. The connezion of the harbour master of Bala knee with the loss of the Pence, followed by the departure of a regiment from Portsmouth without their clothes and shoes, aid similar cue., did bring maths faults of the system in strong colours. But these things showed that the characteristics of the government were negligence, extrava gance, and wine, and Its machinery cumbrous and expen sive. Every one who entered into convicts for the army and navy knew what degradation they had t undergo ensequence of the complicated forms they had Ito go through. In the pamphlet be bad alluded to one of the witnesses said that with regard to the appointments in public offices there was a total absence of responsibility; that the 'clerks were ell appointed through the estrcuege of the &mystery to the Treasury, and were moat of them not worth 'their salt ; and three offices were tided with those members of aristocratic families, who were picked out for their defi ciency of ability. (Hear, hear) All these things wculd bring any mercantile concern into the Gazette. It bad been said that something had been done by the government since I pis movement bad commenced, and especially by the con- Minato& of an examination of candidates for the public aliviee. But there were two points in the plan which dinned it of value, namely, the mode of nomination remelti ng as it now was, and the declaration of Mr. Returns , . ens of the examiners appointed, before • committee of the Hones of Common., That oompetitive examinations would be detrimental to the aristocracy." (Hear.) After that it ' was not likely that that gentleman would he an impartial examiner. (Heir, bear) It was impnrtaat that there should be fewer oepartments in the government. It war knowa that there were in FraliCe, apart from the army, 300,000 pintos receiving the public money, and that was Mad to operate dangerously to liberty. They had the evidence of Lord Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Jahn Russell of the torpid and inactive manner in which the business of government was connected. He would rein to the number of offices held by several individuals in the government. (The hon. gentleman then read the offices which had at different times been held by Lord J. Russell, Wm G. Grey, Sir Charles Wood, nod Lord Granville, a very Nag list being attached to the name of each) They never hoard of a timber merchant becoming • colonial broker, or Milieging from one sort of besieges to another, like that. Leek at the to in which our colonial government bad ham beaded over from one minister to another. Must yet that be detrimental to the interests of thei colonies ? (Hear, bear.) The working staff Is the public Mikes were wanting in efficiency. It was • system of political favouritism only which recommended men for the public mein. Every man came into the World with some sort of talent, and every one who fitted himself by labour and acquirements for public offices, there 'might to be no aged fOr him to go cep in hand to a member Of parliament, Or a Secretary to .the Treasury. (Hear, hear, and 'hem.) . There ought to be oothing to stop him from obtaining public employment but inefficiency. liver, Saab man aught to have the opporteeity of working in the of this sameialio& Ve the h:l iseevrviedelltb. Thatti t w arid . the relief tb" ta he Howe 0 1 COM. meets to go: Yid 'of this system. It was saki, why not look to the House of Commons I lie was of opinion thee the Hone of C6llllllOOl had failed the country in the matter. Almost every member was brought under the control of the " whipper. in • term which of itself showed that all few hie aseistems• as a 'volume' 'locative, who, with Dr. Raabe sod Mr. George Wilson (senior mewed sad worked the 12.peueder howitzer. sinking a gun boat. I as hePP7 that we esenelities occurred , and the S mo k e revived bat little oasege, one shot through the Wass carryieg it away, and me through the hail at the want.lino.—l am, te., (Sigma!) B. F. 14.1Ctiao", Lieateneet and Commander. Meszwicieninl Sir Edmund Lyons. Ban., Coausarider•ia.Chief. OPRILATIONS I* TIM Bu.t. or Axon. koyal Albert, Iluraits of Herteb, Jew 2, 18.55. UV* the hamar to transmit to you herewith, espies of two lotion that here bees addressed to ma by Cayuga Edmund M. Lyons, of the Miriade, is which be report@ the procreator of the Allied Bteen-equedroar, . . . . under hie orders, daring that Ira four daya of their appear ance in the Sea of eaoff. In that short space of time the squad/use toward the tautly to run oa shore, bun to the water's edge aid abea don tin ste►mers of war, wider the eirsaand of Rear Admiral Wolff ; they bombarded Arabat aid blew up the powder wasgssine, sad they destro3ed 246 merchant vessels, welch were employed I. the eeareyanee of supplies to thel Russia.. Army I. the Crimea, es well as hostess. magazines of cora ad doer at Bardlasek sad Ormitcheek, containing at least two months' ratios. for as rainy or ow hundred thousaad men. Captain Lyons is justly and deeply sensible of what he owes to the medial and egicient co.eperation of Captain Eideiges, and oar Allies, acting under the melon of that distinguished Aker ; nor is he lees sensible of, or lesi grate ful for, the able support he has received from every one in the British squadron seder his own immediate cordon. I beg leave to recommend to their lordship.' particular notice the mention which Captain Lyons makes of the very important services rendered by the boats of the squadron en several occasions, ender the command of that active, mama, and excellent officer, Lieutenant J. F. C. Mackenzie, of the Miranda, as well as of the gallant and suoceasiel exploit of Lieutenant Cecil W. Buckley, of the Miranda, Lieutenant Hugh T. Burgoyne, of the Swallow, and Mr. John Roberti, gunner, of the Ardent, which was productive of the most important results.—l am, &c., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, sad Coaaaader•in•CEiet. the boats. Everything being sow dismally theomplialied, the boats returned. Although several of them were synth by grape sad ease shot, most fortunately only see man was slightly moulded. Lieutenant Mackenzie speaks in high terms of the moMeee and excellent brhaviour of .11 em- ployed under his orden ; and 1 mud 1 may be allowed to Mien to your notice the eonspicuoas merit of Lieutenant Macke■ste himself on this occasion, when more than ninety vessels, and also ma for the Eawiso army of the value of 100 0001 wire destroyed, owing to his gallantry and ability, with so trifling a loss as one man slightly wounded. nines the squadron entered the Bes of Asoff four days ago, the enemy bee last four stamen of war, 246 merchant •owls. also torn and Cur inagasinu to the valise of at Mast 169,0001. I have, tto , (Signed) B. M. LYONS, Captain. A list of boats under the command at Lieutenant J. F. C. Mackenzie, at Oseatehesk, on the 29th day of Mar. 1856. lahmnde.—Pinasee: Oae 12 pounder bowitser, ar,th small arms for boat's mew ; Ceeil W. Buckley, lieutenant ; Ben jamin Crabbe, assistant surgeon. First salter: W. 11. busy, additional boatswain. &mond cutter: Small arms for boat's Brow; John Liddell, midshipman ; Henry Cooper, additional boatswain Vesuvius—Two paddle-boo boats: One 24 pounder bow itser in each boat, with small arms; Herbert Campion, senior lieutenant; John H. Patterson, surgeon; Shaldham Hill, assistant clerk ; William Kirk, boatswain. Stromboli.—Starboard paddle-boo boat : One 24-rouuder howitzer, with small arms fot boat's crew. John F. Ross, lieutenant ; John 8. Adams, assistant-surgeon ; Arthur K. Fords, 11211'41. Port paddle-box boat One 24-ponder rneket tube, with rockets and small arms. Augustus H. Webb, acting-mate. Ardent.-Ist cutter : Small arms for crew. H. P. &d -well, ectleg tad master, only employed in second attack. One man slightly wounded. 2nd cutter : One 12-poisoder rocket tube, with rockets and small arum. J. Robed', Swallow.—Oig : One 12-pounder rocket tube, end small arms for boat's mew. Hugh T. Burgoyne, lieutenant. (Signed) A. M. MONS. Captain and Senior Officer. Name of one man wounded at Geniteheek, on the 291 day of May. 1863, belonging to bar Majesty's steam vessel Ardent —William Walker, captain, maintop, received a contusion on left knee by a shrapnell shell. ( B illaad) E. M. LIONS. Captain and Junior °facer. NATAL OPRRATIONS IN SRI STRAITS OF £CRTCN. Royal Albert, Straits of Rowels, May 30, 1866. Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you, for the in formation of the Lords Cammissienere of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter that has bees addressed to me by Captain Lyons, of the Miriade, noosating the measures be took for obliging the enemy to abandon his last hold in these straits, and reporting his having entered the Sea of Az3ff with the 'gumboil I bad pissed under his orders.—l am, Re., (Signed) EDMOND LIMOS, Roar-Admiral and Conunsacier-In-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. Her Modesty's ship Miranda, off Arabat, Sea of Asoff. May 28, 1856. 84,—1 have the honour to inform you that, on hauling down your flag on the afternoon of the 25th, I proceeded with the steam vessels under my orders named in the margin,* and the French steamer Lucifer, towards Bet. dianak. At dark we stopped for the French stamen Memo, Brandon, sad Folios. These baying joined. at 3 a.m. on the 26th we all went on in company ; at 3.30 p.m. on that day, we thawed off the lighthouse, on the spit at Berdutask, in such a position as to command the harbour and beach and a large number of merchant vessels. I then Bent the boats of the squadrons under Commander Sherard Osborn, accompanied by the boats of the French ships, to destroy these vessels as well as some lying about four miles off. end a storehouse. All this was completed by dark. Dunes this time stamens of the two squadrons were chasing and destroying vessels in ether directions. At daylight of the air I weighed with the ships under my orders, scoompanled by the tour French steamer*, and anchored off the tows etßerdiansk, the Miranda in 15 feet, and the gunboats In peopertionally less water, in a position which effectually eametholed the town and beach. Here we found nut on Meth and bona to the water's edge, and abandoned, the fare Mena= of war which had escape d Kenai, under tbeisenneend of War-Admiral Wolff, grime, B+g was flying in tbeMeledith. I now landed the small-arm men and marines of the misairon under Commander Lam ben, of the Curlew, asampanied by thew of the French ships, with orders se desteey all shipping and goverament stores, but to rages private property. This was dens without molestation, a ltho ugh we bad information that 8001 Ccesseks with gum were at Petroekol. Ave miles off. Many vessels were destroyed, sad con starer to the esti. mated value of 50,0001. An 8-inch 52ewt. gen was also re covered from the wreck of the of the Hessian steamers, and is now on board the Miranda. . . . . Her Mejmty's ship Miranda, at anchor above Yenikale, May 25, 1855. Bir,—l have the honour to Inform you that having yes terday afternoon taken under my orders the ships named in the margin,* I, in pursuance of your orders, passed tate Straits of Hertek, and anchored tor the night just out of gunshot of the batteries of Yet:tikes. At 7 p.m. the enemy blew up the magazines and these batteries with a tremen dous explosion. At 4 o'clock this morning I seat Mr. George Williams, master of thin ship, to find and buoy a channel through the straits on the Yenikale side; and I desired Lieutenant Armytage in the Viper to follow as near as passible, sad endeavour to pass the straits, and get into • position to threaten the retreat ef the Russian garrison of the tints on the Omura Spit side of the strait, by commanding the neck of the spit ; at the same time I sent Lientensot Ayer ley, in the Lynx, to pass round by the Taman Lake end take up a position to command the rear of the Russian forts. This service was ably performed by these alum and ea their obtaining the assigned positions the enemy, as I had anticipated, exploded his magazines, abandoned his works, and made • precipitate retreat under the fire of the Viper's gees. Mr. Williams now returned having found and buoyed • 16 feet channel, and I immediately weighed and, with the vessels under my orders, proceeded through the Straits of Yentkale ; thus we became complete masters of the Sea of Asr.ff. I have, &c., (S•gned) E. M. LTONS, Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.B. Immediately the boats returned, the agsedrons weighed for Arabia; I at the same time detached the Swallow and Wrangler to Genitcnesk, to command the entrance to the Putrid Sea, and the Curlew to cruise between Krivaia Spit mod Sand Island, end thus prevent vessels escaping us b) getting up the Don. On the morning of the 28th we arrived off Arabet, sad engaged the fort (mounting 30 guns), for as hoar and a half, at the end of which time a shell blew up the enemy's magazine; the shipe having been ordered to keep at shell range, and being wall handled, had only one casualty, the chief engineer of the Medina being slightly wounded by a splinter; the French senior efleer's ship recited two shots in the bell, but fortunately no one was hers. The enemy must Dave lost minty ma, from the precision with which the shells burst in his works, independently of that caused by the explosion. The econmeaden of the vessels employed} deserve every credit for the skilful manner in which they mazeuvred their vessels in a very strong toms and shoal water, without a single accident ; cad I may he permitted to say none were more distinguished than our pliant allies. The large gar risen at Arabet rendering any attempt at leading out of the question, I now proceeded for Genitebeek, parting with regret from Captain de S4daiotts and his squadron, who left at the same time for Kutch. I take this opportunity of mentioning the efficient, Gordis], and hearty co-operation I received on every occasion from M. de Walvis and the ships under his orden, and my hope that it may again be my good fortune to have him for my colleagae. The allied squadrons have destroyed upwards of 100 vessels during the three days they have been in this sea, principally laden with provisions for the Russian army in the Crimea; had we sent these vessels is as prizes, we shnuld have lost much valuable time, and not bees able to effect so many captures. The active and zealous way in which the °Seen and ships' companies perforood their duties, and the cheerful manner in which they suffer this pecuniary lose for the benefit of the service, will, I trust, meet with your approbstion.—l have, die., (Signed) E. M. Leone, Captain. 1N THU SULAM OP XIITCII. Royal Albert, Strait., huts 2, 1855. say letter, No. 398, of the 26th alt., I stated that we had captured fifty of the enemy's guns. It now appears that more than a hundred guns have fallen into our hands in the different sea defences, many of them of heavy calibre, sad remarkably well east. Those which may not be re quired for the land defences which the gilled armies are now constructing, will be shipped and sent to England and Frames. Nauss of officer slightly wounded off Aslant on this 28th Mae, 1855. beloopiog to her Id.jeety's steam-meet Medina. —Mr. W. H. Houghton, assistant engiaser, Ant ChM. ( 81 11 1104 ) S. M. LYONS. Captain and Senior Offiasr. It has been ascertained from the Onetom-houe returns that the enemy on evacuating lierteh, on the 24th ultimo, destroyed 4,166,00011 m of corn and 608,000;be. of fl,ur. This quantity, taken together with what has ben thorned by the allied squadrons in the Sea of Asoff, comprises nearly four months' rations for an army of a hundred thou sand men ; and it seems that shortly before our arrival the enemy had commaneed sending towards Sebastopol daily convoys of about fifteen hundred waggons, each containing half a ton weight of grain or flour. 4. Sir George Brown confidently expects that by the 7th instant &triode will be in such a state of defence u fully to justify his leaving it in clime of the Ottoman troops now hers, under the summand of Radji Retard Pseha, end that the British and French forces will be at liberty to proceed oaths attack of Anapa and Soulek Habib, in order to drive the enemy out of his last holds on the coast of Cireassia.—l am, &c., B. Lyon, Rear-Admiral. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. • Vesuvius. Curlew, Swallow, Stromboli, Ardent, Me dina, Wrung:sr, Lynx, Recruit, Arrow, Viper, Soaks, Her Majesty's ship Miranda, a the town of Genitchesk, Kay 29, 11336. Sir,—l have the honour to inform foe that I arrived here shortly after dark lest night, with her Majesty's ships under my orders, and joined the Swallow and Wrangler, which ships had already destroyed or captured all the vessels in this oisighbonsboed estside the Bthaits of Genitelsesk ; cut a very greet number Mil paned the straits, which are only fifty yards wide, eel ere esunmatled by the low cliffs on which the town is built, and were moored inside under the diff. At is o'clock this mornieg, I sent Commander Craufurd with a flag of trues to demand the immeniatetmrrender of all these vessels, and of the immense corn mores for the sup. ply of the army in the Crimea, and of all goverment oro party of every description • stating that if these terms wore complied with, I week spare the town and respect private property, but that if not, the inhabitants were '7- us iiately to leave the town. Commander Cranfurd mime by an dicer of apparently high rank, who refused to accede to these terms, saying that any attempt to Land or to destroy the vessels would be resisted. The enemy at this time had six field pieces in position, and with about 200 men with them, and, visible from the mast head drawn up behind tho town, a battalion of infan try, besides Cossacks. Basing allowed till 9 cm. for the reeessideration of Ibis refusal to deliver up the vessels and storm, and receiving no answer, I at that time hauled down the flag of truce, and placed the steamers as near to the town and the passage into the Putrid Sea as the depth of the water growd allow, but they were wily aide to approach within long range. Seeing that if the enemy, who had removed his guns from their former position, could phew them in the town, so as to command the passage, and that If he could place his in fantry in a similar meaner, it would be impartible for the boats to case the channel and destroy the vessels sad stores, I directed the ships to shell the town, which they did so effectually that the boats as per eaelesure, under the eimenand of Lieutenant f. F. C. Meekenie, got safely through the passage, and sat fire to the shipping (73 in number) and the seen storm. This ionise was ably per /bred hy Liniment Mackenzie, sad the boats returned witheet melding. The wind hawing shibsd about twg lours after the boats ease e(, MM. 111 the WS starts Aid net catch Are ; assesiving the tioneingdme of this oses, se will as of some mom distant mask in as theemahisa pesitlem foe 'applying the Pmesia mem r the &hos% to he of the utmost im es I seat tim beets spin semmewled and °Soared twelsce, *hint I was aware ;hit bac the slimy having bad time to make pregneatipy it wail he a hazardous en terprise. The ship= sewammt their tiro u the W o n and the ONO Lissernsat Cecil W Beek ley, d tlla eh*. UmMewist Mask T. Bergoyse ' of the Swallow, lad Jehft Mose% gnaw of the Ardent, velenteend to ism/ sismeitad the the stores ; this offer I se 4:opted, knowing the huskiest Mk there would be in land lag peetg is memo if mesh a wspetior fere% sad mu of visage" if lie shirk This very dmigsemm =vim they most gallantly gwrilwaser Wittowly mengigg. the Ca', who al hot eat time off from their bolt p at the same time Lieumment lbsimmein poked on and barked the Tessir lag mask the ==g a Are from four field and emialsdiry, within plat blank ?asp if THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14. 1855. FRANCE. PONDIXT OP PHI DAILY PIWII.) PARIS, WIDNISDAY E,ixixo. Letters from the Principalities announce that the state of siege which was some time sines established by the Austrians in Wallachia has now been extended to Moldavia. In the latter province Prince Ghika did not submit to this unwarrantable stretch of fraudulently acquired power so easily as Prince Stir bey had done in Wallachia. It being evident that there was no sufficient reason for so serious a step as the suspension of ordinary law, Prince Ghika not only protested against General Caonini's decree, but ordered the local autho rities not to publish it. The general, of oonrse, made no account either of th 6 protest or the prohibi tion, and the ispronnsks (the prefects of the district) were compelled by force to publish a decree issued by a foreign authority, in defiance of the lawful head of their government. Several of the prefects resisted, and were very ill treated in consequence. What a heavy responsibility now rests upon the head of those who let Austria into the Principalities! A Constantinople letter of June 4, states that Abd el-Kader has accompanied his mother and his wife as far as Constantinople, on their way to Mecca on a pilgrimage. The Boone was again heavy. The Rente fell 300., closing at 69fr. 60c. Bank of France rose 10fr., Credit Mobilier, 22fr. 50c., and Credit Fonder, 35fr. Several railway lines were in demand, for the majority closed at lower prices. Yesterday, after a consultation held at the Tuileries between Dr. Locock and Drs. Dubois and Conneau, it wu formally announced that the Empress wu enceinte. THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE IN HANOVER. HANOVER, Joxi 9. The convocation of our Chambers for the 15th inst. hss not yet been noticed by our ow• journal', owing to the stringent press law forced upon us by the tender mercies of the Diet at Frankfort ; they there fore prefer to remain silent rather than to speak out boldly and get themselves into trouble. Other (eon- Hanoveriao) German papers are not so reserved, and give their opinions more freely on the subject. A letter in the Hamburg Correspondent in particular deserves notice (evidently emanating from a pen of the aristocratic party), u it attempts to prove that any understanding that may be effected between the government and the Chambers would be illegal, because the German Diet has declared the present composition of the Chambers unconstitutional, and consequently the members illegally elected. To carry out this idea logically it would follow that all laws made or sanctioned by them are illegal also, and farther, all public institutions founded on such laws. Consequently the whole machinery of the new organisation of the tribunals, and even the principle of • separation of the courts of justice from the civil administration would fall to the ground. Moreover, illegally formed tribunals cannot give legal verdicts or form legal decisions, and therefore all law suits and trials brought before the courts of justice subsequently to the Ist of October, 1852, would have to be can celled and gone over again. It is, however, not to be supposed that the writer of the article in question goes to such an extreme length, although this would be the result of his system if consistently carried oat. If the Chambers act in concert with the govern ment, no fears need be entertained for the cense qcences; and, if united, they can set at naught the de crees of the German Diet, which would then have no cause to interfere in the internal administration of the kingdom. The whole of the German press seems to be tacitly convinced of the legality of the convoca tion of the Chambers, which is now a fait accompli. As far as they are known at present, the results of the new elections for the First Chamber are favour-; Able to the popular cause, as none but candidates have been hitherto chorea who, from their antecedents, are known to be zealous supporters of the present ex isting constitution. SPORTING. HAMPTON RACES —WEDszenLy. Tess STAND nal of 60 lova. (handicap). Once round and • db. tams. Mr. Death's Cranbourne by Old England, 4 yrs, Sat 41b (W. abdall I Mr. Mayo's Banged. 5 yes, Sit 41 0 Mr. Down's Mary how, 3 Ors, Sat 71b . Tess CLAILIMONT OTA Oki! 01 10 GOV& nob, h ft, with 50 added; for 2-yr-olds; colts, Sst rib; and Sot Mb. Ulmer' extra. Halt a mile. (15 nub.) Mr. J. H. htanley's Sugarcane by Ratan, Bet Sib (inc. Si, extra) (Bartholomew) 1 Dad Chesterfield's Thames Ditto; Sat la (inc. 31b extra) (Shuman) 2 Mr. F. Fishers Bulbul, Set Sib Tan Hoar rIATIC 01 30 KM added to a sweepstakes of S SOTS. each; for 6-Tr-olds and upward s. Optional selling weights, he.. Om mile. (6 subs..) Mr. Payne's Spinaway, by Orlando, 4 yea (301.), 7.1. 91b dad 7st 111 b)) - ..wel's Usurer. • latitan) 1 Mr. listeners yrn (SOO, est 1oth Yr. W. Evanes Miss Hatch, 3 yrs Oa), Gat 7lb ( newden) Tut SURREY AND MITPLItIei tiTAILIO (Handicap) of 20 OM. nth, 10 It, and 3 only A declared. 844 with Su added; the 'Nand to save his stoke. Two miles. (23 eche, 13 of wheat declared.) Mr. Payse's Cock Itessaat, by Touchstone. 3 yrs, Tat 12Ib (Fla•mae) f 1 Teed Cllfries's Hodoinalf, 4 Tee, lot 12Ib (Crouch) it 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Warwick...4l4,7W 1121 b (Yodel)) 3 - A rocs Is with Cosk Pheasant and Roden& resulted In a decd beat. Warwick lobbed about three lengths Udine the first two ; bad lourtii ; Video ran against a post, and was pullsd up. Deciding Heat—Setting 3to 4 an Cote Pbeassin. Won by a nes ln & e Inerairnas' Pura of 10 sass., added to • Sweepstakes of 3 sons. each. Optional riling weights, Ms. Rests, three.quarters of a ado (6 Stan.),was wee, in two heats, by Mr. Balley's few linghton, 3 yrs. (sal.), 7st Sib baring Mr. E. R. Clarke'. Punch Soo, 1 yrs (SOL ), 7st (Hall), Mr. Wheeler ' s Jenny Wren, 4 yrs (SOL), 7st 41b (Wells), sad Mr. Henry's Abington, 5 yin (3014, 7st 110 (Arthur.) Tba winner was sold foe 65 112111•11 a. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9 to 1 apt %Index 10 112 1 Couttenay 11 to 1 Rotherham 12 to 1 Rylatoaa. GOODWOOD 8 2AKES. 13 to 1 apt Homily 20 to I Calaam • 20 to I Gahm. DERBY. 10 to I apt fly by Night 20 to t Peter WWr.ine 20 to 1 Paasoletto 35 to 1 1111.1 la Hand SO to 1 CM% by Ilse Plying Datthm 1000 to 110 *rem MO Is M WUI Irishman 10111 la 111 I#lol3+ lien. The wirkarwis MIS W domely. La la lb* Marmon ria fail tit Am liIMPOINI. lir it vas sot of asealsaft Sri duration ft aro this astisysra al Oa spat ilsa arsoires was rag to • allt ref rasp., Tr tarsi was lasimag. the PrialPii frge honey Mallitera Sarsa—eraratag • lam Dirmora sa lasserals irp art ammadloas rob rat weir r ams= to a marl rein" raldas. sad re opred at a ohms. MS DAY. Ihrsy Plats leashsy Plate ..... Ithissted Plate Illstsre Plate Quess's Phu tsars, Shims WM41311111 he the Sccm 5.0 LSO 5.15 4.0 4.45 .....—.. ...... 6.11 Ow =Os. (6 sobs.; Ap it lb s. 11 10 3 10 It 3 10 11 - ----- ------ - _ Ale et lb Csek ?brae 5 13 0 I Maas 5 Wrist lissayelde axe 4 19 1 Phaedra . NEWTON RACES.—WiDwasmiy. (BY MACY= TEL10111APIL) TM TULsAIDICAP YieVOUS Bally Hishardeos Woe -- eleveriv. agaves rea. Worn by Salle With. Five Iva. Was by a' Cackagur Young Hook -- Fin ton. Won in a cantor. _ . - oLIZIRIMILII MANDJCAP PIA7L Comfort byna Ten ran. Womessly. Tin Nzw REOBLATIONS respecting the rigged Book Post, which canto into operation on Monday last, have been already taken adankage of to cc Immense ex teat. The privilege which they give of emel•siag a cumber of publeatieus in one parcel Is g most valuable one. User. Imes sad other societies een new send their parcels of printed forme to their *genie and othetwat a most trifling expense. A yam tmeaho of Minted legal 'forms are no* sent throeith the post, and country lawyers are savieg as math as 10s. and 16s. a weak by the new ansapaants. independence was destroyed, and the predent Houseo f Commons bed shown itself more vehement in proinot inn the i of party than any other interest . fhe great contention between the two parties had been how the one should be kept snit of office and bow the other should get in. What he wanted to see was the formation of a really independent party in the Monte of Commons. If they could only get me hundred gnod men in such a uoduon, the work would be half done. (Hear, hear) According to the theory of the constitution, it mutts duty of the House of Com mons to creek and control the gmernemat ; hut on thoughtful observer could walk into the gallery, still more into ate lobby, of that house, when important ; uslie ques tions were being dismissed and decided upoo,without feeling that the attendance of members seemed ti be put in the 'same category at a lounge down 13ond.strs , t, or a visit to a private assembly. (Hear, hear.) If Mr. Layard was going to be baited—(loud and long continued chesre)—or if nano other exciting Kent was going to be enacted, the gal leries would be lull of men covered with red tape or with red costa, who were come to enjoy the spectacle. Ai to arything like an adequate idea of the responsibility which attached to their position, he would ask whether, ex cept in the ease of some hundred members, there was the slightest indication of it? (Cheers.) As there were members of different parties connected with this object, it should be clearly understood that each speaker would be alone re sponsible for his statements. Tree association world be responsible only for its own official documents. He bad no Imitation in raying that the House of Commons was at nresent a mere sham. According to the census return of 11351 there were in this country Stout four-and.a.half 'afflict's of men of twenty years and upwards ; while at the same period there were only about nine hundred thousand men who had the power to vote. (Hear, hear.) lie held that that state of things was net rate, and he would invoke both conservatives and liberals to join in demanding a change of !which he might safely say that the sooner it took place the better it would be for tte country. Under the present system, it was not the independence. not the wealth, not the intelligence of the country which was re presented in parliament. The association appealed to the sense of individual responsibility an this subject. Although they were not going to be lavish in their expenditure, their modes of action would involve a large expenditure of money ; and the public might depend upon it that if the a.socistiem were adequately supported in London and the country, it would quietly and effectually bring out the whole cue, and then leave it to the people to decide the question. (Cheers.) He would now read the following letters : _ _ "Eaton-place, June 11. " Sir,—l regret very much that a previous eneagement on Wedneeday evening next will prever.t toe from having the pleasure of attending the meeting of the Administrative Reform Association, at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, on that day. The members of the association will he glad to see, by an advertisement in the Times on Friday lest, Jane 8, that the Minister for War, Lord Panmure, offers the ap pointments to the Royal Artillery sod the Royal Engineers, in the senior or practical class, in the Academy et Wool wich, in July next, to open eompetiti n among natural hero subjects of her Majesty, who, on or before the 2..1:h June, may send in certain certificates then mentioned of age, education, &a. Woolwich Academy, and the Artillery sad Engineer., are thus opened to the best candidates whom the kingdom can furnish, and the merits of the candidates are to be tested by a competing examination, which is the fair way to try their qualifications for this branch of the public iservice.-1 remain, sir, your obedient servant, "To Samuel Brown, Esq." "JAMES 11111 WOOD. " Blandford, Jute 7. " Sir,—With every good wish for the success of the move ment, which seeks for the establishment of the principle of 'the right men in the right places.' I feel I myself should be quite in the wrong place in taking the part at the meet lag, on the 13th inst., to which you so kindly invite me. My opinions can have little public weight, and ouch a way of expresriog them would hardly be consistent with the position of a eoustry rector. The root of the evil is— patronage. So lone as all electioas, borough or county, can only be successfully carried on by retaining the solicitors of local influence, this root remains untouched. A lawyer, to have influence, must be the go-between of the constituent and member. Men sell their votes to push their own or the fortunes of their relatives, through government influence. The solicitor makes the purchase ; he is retained to do it. The member must pester the ' Hayter' of the day, for the patronage he wants ; the ''layette must give it, or chance to the ministry the loss of a rule. If members would not ask for pieces, or constituents think they have this sort of lien on their member, your work would he half done. It is not this or that government which is to blame, but tipsters to which three oarts of society, in oue shape or other, are parties. That we owe to this system the evils that have nearly crushed our real power as a nation, I have no doubt. Nothing can check it bat the highest pressure of public opinion, enforcing more real honesty alike in the constituency, and in those it rehires to represent it. Did we once live to see an honest House of Caveman. returned by a really pure constituency, there would be no fear but the right men would be found for the right places. It won't be a political millennium, however,of which I can dis cern no warning sign.—Yours truly, " S. G. OSBORNE." " No. 7, Hertford-street, Mayfair, June 9. "Sir,-1 regret that it will not be in my power to avail myself of the invitation with which you honour me—to at tend the meeting of the Administrative Reform Associa tion, at Drury-lane, on Wednesday neat; hut, as I feel quite satisfied that the association, with the guidance under which it fortunately commences its labours, can only be pro ductive of public good, I have much pleasure in pending the enclosed cheque fir 10 guineas, which will, as I perceive, constitute me a member.—l em, sir, yoars obediently, " W. Ctay." Th 2 CHAIRMAN introduced the following letter with the statement that the writer had promised to speak at the nett meeting of the association : " Tavistoek HOURP, Monday, June 11, 1865. " Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot attend the meeting at Drurylane Theatre on Wednesday night, 1. acing a duty to discharge elsewhere, to which 1 have been pledged for months. I have enrolled myself a member of the Adminis trative Reform Association, because I believe it to be im possible for England long to hold her pl..ce in the world, or berg to be at rest within herself, unless the present system of mismanaging the public affairs and mis speudigg the public money, be altogether changed; because I daily see stronger and stronger reason to entertain the conviction that it never will be really amended in coy essential respects, until a general determination that it must be, is so extended thronehout the country, that it shall make itself plainly heard, even within the very thick party-walls of the Route of Commons ; because the steady union of gr. at numbers of earnest men is essential to this result; and because I hope the emaciation will effect such union by boneiely in structing the people as to their real wrongs, and their pea:a te mecca of righting them for the common good. Yon know that literature is my profession—it is at once any business and my pleasure, and I shall never pen beyond it, The association eau render me no service but as one of the mummuuity, and I join it in no other character, and with no other purpose.—Dear sir, faithfully yours, "S. Morley, Esq." CHARLES DICKENS." The CHAIRMAN added that in calling upon Mr. Layard, the member for Aylesbury, he felt constrained to icy that as an emaciation they had at present no repro entative in the House of Commons, though they thankfully recognised fellow-wo•kers there. They rejoiced, therefore, to see that Mr Layard h d come to a determination to j yin this movement; and he veatured, with the greatest possible con fidence, to assure Mr. Layard that if he persevered to the straightforward and independent course on which he had entered, be would have the weight, the influence, and the thought of England at his back. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAYARD, on rising to address the meeting, was hailed with immense and long-continued cheering. After i. bad subsided, be said there was a very g 1 and a very deep-seated conviction abroad that this country was very grievously misgoverned. (Hear, hear.) Now that was cot a conviction which was limited to a few, or which had been hastily arrived at; on the contrary, he believed that it was very deep•seated ; that t h e movement which was the consequence of it, unlike most movements which had taken place in this country, was essentially a movement organised and carried on by those who, above all others, represented the intelligence, the wealth, and the enterprise of England. (Cheers.) If he were called upon to divide England into two parties in connezion with that movement, be should say, " On the one side you have all men of common sense and of good sense, all men of responsibility and of wealth, all men who, by their own toil, by their own perseverance, and by the sweat of their own brow, hoped to raise themselvee, and to do good public service ; on the other side, you have a small party who claim for themselves a monopoly of government, and who live, grow fat, and vegetate upon those corruptions and evils, which we, please God, are determined if possible to reform " (Loud cheers.) Why, if that were cot the cue, was the chairmen there that evening ? As he had told them, he was a man of busi ness ; he was a man who essentially depended upon tran quillity and pablic quiet to enable him to accumulate that wealth and to acquire that position to which he was so justly and c o m l n f at t sci : " H er . e c s e A Ft a h n n e d d re j represe n tatives i thehesa ch a i rma n other o g f had e l n it t e le ra m t r u e e n r a e ri o , f o f t a h ar e t l aa , etter from a gentleman who was the most distinguished man in literature in this country, informing them of his intention to join the movement. What was it that drew such persons from their ordinary avo cations? It was the conviction that the were times when agitation, however dangerous it might be, wee necwary to correct greater evils than agitation itself produced. Now, what was the feeling which that association and himself represented ? It was this, that whilst, during a lung period of comparative peace, all that concerned the private relations and the private enterprise of this country had made a progress unexampled in history whilst national monuments—he used the word national, for what he referred to was national in character, though the result of private enterprise—had arisen around them, the govern ment of the country had been standing sell. (Hear, hear.) They were told that, after all, many of the lerdier men In the City were not connected with the movement. That did •ot surprise him. lie did not pity the asivieiation, but he pitied these who kept aloof from it. (Cherry) Such, however, had always bean the case in such matters. There, wars • great malty men who thought that the best patriotism consisted in • reg►rd for their private intermit ; there were Otters who, from natural temperament, did not like to join any movement while I 4