The Press. — London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

APRIL 29, 1854. THE PRESS. AN UNPUBLISHED STATE DESPATCH. I gat your freendly faiTant letter, And am for ane your Highness' debtor; Ye'll no be pleased, but I've nae better 0' English news: She's sent 'em—'twas na I wha let her ! She's sent her crews. They swore they wadna list to fules, I might as weel ha' talked to stools; They're gone wi guns and shootin' tools, Faith ! ye'll no like 'em. They're aff as far as Baltic rolls For faes, to pike 'em. There's thretty odd, baith sail and steam, I wot ye'll whistle when ye see 'em, Weel manned, ye ken, a fearsome team, To mak' ye rue it ; And ane Napier, wha's captain wi"em, He's sworn he'll do 't. Gude guide us ! he's a ranting chiel, He disna care for mon or de'il, I rede ye send for shot an' steel To haud your wa's ; And look to bonny Cronstadt weel, Or down she fa's. And than ye'll ken what waur than sad is— Dundas has got his &hung laddies ; They've left ahint their wives and daddies, Wi bosoms light, And they wha wear the kilts and plaidies, Yell find they'll fight. Ye aiblins read, your Majesty The chiels have ta'en your barkies three; And a that's Russian, savin' me, They're wi' gold. Nae fear ! ye'll very quickly see We'll baith be sold. Aweel ! tis ower late for stickin', The sick mon that ye spak of 's kickin' ; I'm was to think we'll get the lickin' We meant to ha' gi'en. Tis hard banes for your Highness' piekin', And sad gu de 'eon. Hech sirs ! ye'd best drap sword and spear ! St. Mungo speed me 'gin I care The curlin' o' a kyloe's hair For " reputation ;" (There's nae Russ for't) jist try 'em fair Wi conciliation. What's gar ye mak' sic' awsome racket Wi' seizin' Seymour's travel-packet ; Ye might ha' had the things ye lackit By post or quicker; An' noo like rogues we're baith attackit Owre people's liquor. MR. EWART'S POETICAL POSTILLION. " When travelling in Scotland, about a year ago, he was driven by a postillion who informed him that it was his custom to go to a University for half a year. He carried a copy of ' Virgil 'in his pocket, and quoted several passages from that poet. This man was also familiar with the geological features of the country, having attended lectures on geology."—Speech of Mr. Etoart on the Oxford University Bill—Times of Friday. Blest land ! where postboys—men of solid parts— Postpone the liquid to the rocky quartz— And jogging, Virgil armed, by Tweed or Tay, Convert Macadam's to a Roman way ; Or hear in storms the winds round Dido's cave, Cunt (Scottish) mist-o grandine to rave. How much, quoth Ewart, would it more beseem The reckless youths, by Cam and Isis' stream, To don the cords and shorts, round caps provide them, And, 'stead of hiring hacks, for wages ride them. NEWSPAPER PLACARD. THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN FLEET AT - , TAKEN SEBASTOPOL ' S 39'i ADMIRAL DUNDAS.. 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GR.AHAX said that it would be impossible to for the cause of humanity, in mitigating the horrors Kalafat h ag w i t hd rawn towards Bucharest, with 1,000 ..c1 Roman Catholic chaplains on board our of war so far as they fell upon peaceable traders. In waggons and war ammunition. prot _ _ ships; Lord JOHN Russm,L, that Servia was not occu• pied by Austrian troops, nor could be under any contemplated arrangements ; and Mr. S. HERBERT, that every arrangement possible had been made for the accommodation of our troops in the East. Mr. COBDEN, in demanding information respect ing the Greek insurrection, stated the mischiefs to the Greek trade in England caused by the expulsion of the Greeks from Turkey. Lord Joint RUSSELL was sorry to say that the Greek Government had done its utmost to foster the insurrection. The expulsion of the Greeks from Turkey was a matter strictly within the discretion of the Sultan. Mr. BRIGHT alleged the community of interests between English and Turkish Greeks. He de nounced the language of the Ministry with regard to the Czar. How could we treat with a man whom we had so grossly insulted? Mr. LAYARD said that the Greek difficulty arose from the tolerance of the Turks towards its own subjects naturalised elsewhere. He complained of the delays of the Government in causing difficulties in the provision for our soldiers, and having given opportunities to the enemy. Sir J. GRAHAM begged the house not to take its ideas of the proceedings in the Black Sea from the St. Petersburg Gazette, but to wait for the accounts of British officers. He vindicated the conduct of the Government in those quarters. Mr. MILNER GIBBON referred to embargoes, block ades, and the treatment of neutrals. He dwelt upon the case of the Ann APAlister, trading-vessel, now detained at Cronstadt, and on board of which the effects of Sir G. H. Seymour were said to be stowed. Sir J. GRAHAM replied that the Ann M'Alister would probably be allowed to prosecute her voyage, but that Sir G. H. Seymour's property was still, he believed, on shore. Respecting the privileges ac corded to neutral', he feared that they might some what interfere with the vigorous action of the bah -Its, but remarked that they had been prompted fully r- conclusion, Sir J. Graham confessed to an insur mountable objection to the system of licences. After a few words from Lord CI.AUDE HAMILTON, Lord DUDLEY STUART inveighed against the general negligence, timidity, and dilatoriness evinced by the Government in their conduct of the war. Questions and comments upon matters of detail were afterwards offered by Mr. Pnce, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Baillie, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. French, and Mr. Denby Seymour. The motion was then agreed to ; but Lord J. RUSSELL, who had spoken in the debate, immediately afterwards brought up some papers, and took the opportunity of adding a lew further explana tions on certain points which had been touched upon by the later speakers. SUPPLY. The house went into committee of supply, and passed a resolution authorising the issue of 16,024,1001. Exchequer Bills. The select committee on the. Bribery Prevention and Controverted Election Bills was nominated, on the motion of Lord J. Russia.. Adjourned at half-past eight o'clock. THE WAR. Sir C. Napier was in Stockholm on Monday even ing. His fleet, or part of it, was stationed off Gos tergarn, in Gothland, on Wednesday. Several more prizes had been taken. Accounts from Odessa state that the allied fleets in the Black Sea had formed a junction, and had come to an anchor off the port on the 20th. The steamers Cambria and Indus arrived at Con stantinople on the 17th, with the 49th, 73rd, 41st, and 33rd Regiment-. The Malta Mail states that it has been resolved to land no more troops at Gallipoli, and to send them all on to Constantinople. Yesterday's Moniteur published a telegraphic despatch from Belgrade of the 27th, stating that the Russians had experienced a severe reverse at Tschernavoda, and had evacuated Little Wallachia.