The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

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Keasyside Hero pulled up, end ant nut pass the post. LUNATIC ABTLUIIB IN IRELAND.—Tbia morning the wreath report was issued on the District, Criminal, and Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. The number of in. Mae persons that came within the cognizance of the ems 'Weimer' during the year 1854.56, was 13,493, and they were thus distributed :—ln district asylums, 1,720 males sad 1,802 female.; in central asylums, 84 males and 42 females; In private asylums, 252 males and 207 females; in gaol% 101 males and 55 females, and is poorhouses, 734 males and 1, 2 .66 females. There were on the 31st March last 4,035 Wan. malm, and 3,195 insane females at large unproiridad With asylum accommodation, making the total number of imams of every denomination in Ireiend 6,928 maim, and 0,667 females, showing a decrease of 1,606 within the last bur years. The total expenditure of the year was 63,3141., gitillf an average cost of each patient per head per annum Of 191. 16e. 104. Ia the year ending 31st March, 1814, the average was 171 94. 4d. SOCIETY Or ARTS.—VISIT TO Ptak.—Thu secre tary has lately been in Paris making errangemente fee the eocioty's visit then in September next. It ia nuderetood that daring their stay the society will plant to the limp ror of the French gad to Prince Napoleon, as president of the Imperial Committion, congratulatory addressee at die sescom of the Raposition Universolle. The Imperial Coat- Lesion will invite the members of the society to an evening reception at the Palaie de l'ladastrie, sad every reality will be given by the public authorities for this umshers visiting I.bjmits 10( interest la Paris and its neighbourhood. Earl Grey, Lord Vsriegtoo, hi P. Mr. Ewan, M.P., Mr. Robert liesphemego, 11.? , Sir Chorea Fez sad many others, have elreedy sigeillaltheir Weston' of ;Main is the yid*. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, AUGUST 4. No event of much importance in the siege opera tions has occurred since the last mail left. The nights have been generally too light for much progress to be made in advancing the approaches toward the princi pal points against which the operations are now directed, but the new batteries have been forwarded, and the approaches already existing hare been placed in a more favourable condition for fat are ne cessities. Oar allies have taken advantage of a few hours of darkness to throw op, unobserved by tie enemy, an important branch approach on the Malakhoff advance. A very complete system of telegraphic signals has been established between the fleet and our works in front, and from facilities of observation obtained by Towle placed in certain positions with regard to the enemy's works, the ia lbeseatiessehlsh may thus be Webbed is act aaliksly to prove occasionally of a very valuable nature. Our allies still speak with confidence of the Malak hoff position being gained by them before the ini-1 perislfete-day of the 15th of August. It is doubted by many whether the preparations will be sufficiently ripe for such an event within the period named. I subjoin a diary of some of the occurrences of the last few days : August I.—The rain, which commenced falling last evening, continued throughout the night. Heavy showers are still pouring down, and the atmosphere, darkened by dense clouds, gives no promise of a change of weather. The ravines are changed into watercourses, and so deep are the rushing streams and so violent the flow of these extempore torrents, that it is with difficulty the men wade across to pass from one side to the other. The surface of the pla teau is already covered with mud. The Duke of Newcastle, who has pitched his tent on Cathcart's hill, but is occupying at present the small hut which was built by Sir George Cathcart, will have the' opportunity of forming a remote idea of the state of the camp last winter, when day after day of con tinued rain, without any solar influence intervening to dry up the plain, and mingled snow, converted the plateau into one vast slough of deep adhe ales mire. The French, as they pass along to relieve their trench guards and covering parties, are compelled to move along the sloping sides of the hills, instead of following, as usual, the beaten track along the bottom of the ravines. The men returning from the trenches walk towards their camps without at tempting to guard against the force of the storm : they have been for hours, with clothes saturated by the rain, independent of any further harm from the watery element. It is strange, considering the ex posure to which the troops are subjected during such weather as the present in the unsheltered trenches, bow seldom one hears tell of rheumatism or ordinary colds in the camps. The 72nd Highlanders are suffering rather severely from cholera. The other regiments of the Highland Brigade, although encamped aide by side with the 72nd, are nearly free from the disease. Another regiment not long arrived, the 13th, Prince Albert's Light Infantry, have been suffering very severely. They have been moved from the low ground near Balaklava which they at first occupied, and now are encamped at a considerable ele vation on the hillside above. Their hospitals still continue very full. It is said that, in cluding those who have been invalided to Scu tari or elsewhere, as well as the number who have died, or who are still sick, this regiment is already three hundred men weaker than when it landed in the Crimea on the 28th of June bat from Gibraltar. It is satisfactory, however, to know that these are ex ceptional cases, and that the general state of health of the British troops is most favourable. The health of the Sardinian troops is stated to be much improved, and the forces of our other allies are also said to be free from all epidemic disease. Isolated cases of cho lera occur now and then, and an instance of rapid sinking from this disease was said to have occurred yesterday morning in a French captain of infantry who was taken ill while on duty at the Magneto° Vert, and whe had barely time to be carried to his camp before he died. He had been apparently well prior to the attack, which was attributed to the effects of chill from the rain of the previous night. Major Cohn Campbell, of the 46th Regiment, was wounded yesterday while on duty in the left attack. He had observed a flash from one of the guns of the Redan, and stooped to avoid the risk of being struck by the shot. Unfortunately he did not stoop ►ufli ciently low, and a grape shot glanced along his back inflicting a severe contusion in its passage. Had he not stooped, the ball would in all probability have I struck him directly in the chest, and produced a fa tal wound. In the same attack a few days prior to this occurrence Captain Paton, of the 4th Regiment, experienced a most narrow escape. He had been visiting some advanced sentries, and was in the act of climbing over a parapet on his return, when a round shot came close by his aide. A corporal was returning with him, and was also mounting the para pet at the same time. The shot struck this poor fellow in the back, and dashed him to pieces. Capt. Paton was bit on the side of the neck and face by a portion of the corporal's body, and the fragment was pro jected with such force, that he received a severe contusion in consequence. The French sprang another mine to-day near the Bution du Mit. Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England, K.C.8., commanding the Third Division, is about to leave camp for England. at the recommendation of a medi cal board. He was the last of the generals of division among those who landed with the army in the Crimea, who h►d not been prevented from remaining at his post of command, by the effects of either wounds or sickness. Among all the general officers at present commanding brigades, there is not one, I believe, remaining who held the position when the army landed at Varna; end the Quartermaster Ge neral, Sir Richard Airey, with Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, are the only two officers who were then Brigadier Generals, and now occupy other positions with the army in the field. Rumour says that the Quartermaster General will shortly leave. Brigadier-General Lockyer is also named to take his departure at an early date for the purpose of assuming a command at Ceylon. Rain has continued to fall without intermission during the whole day. The fire from the batteries hes not been very active. August 2.—A sharp fire was maintained at intervals during the night from the batteries on both sides. The early part of the night was dark and rain continued to fall. The working parties took advan tage of the absence of the moonlight, and both ex tended and deepened some of the most advanced works. The morning is now sunny, and a few scat tered low clouds alone remain to threaten a further fall of rain. The water has already drained from the ravines. The French have thrown forward a boysu from the right of one of their advanced approaches on the Malskhoff hill. The end of this new trench is some yards in advance of the foremost part of the most advanced parallel, which is projected in a curved form towards the salient angle of the Korniloff hoo doo. The boys. is carried along the slope on the right of the Malakhoff hill, u it dips down toward the comparatively level ground beyond ; it is thus protected by the higher part of the sweat towards the messy% works from the pas of the Redaa.whiek would otherwise take the trench directly in reveres. Its extremity is turned round, to prevent an enfilading fire from the guns of the Borniloff bastion. One prin opal advantage of this boyan will be, that it will afford a cover to sharpshooters, who can from this position control the fire of some of the finking guns on the proper left of the Malakboff works, which bad been annoying the guards and working parties in the French approaches advancing up the face of the bill. The Russian trench cut through theabattis, and com municating with the ditch, appears to have been slightly prolonged, but otherwise remain, in the condition in which it appeared when first opened. Fort Constantine has been firing, about one shell every quarter of an hour, in the direeftoa of the French work', near the Quarantine batteries. The 12 gun battery on the north side has also been firing occasionally against the French batteries near the Careening Bay. The other batteries along the hos tile lines were comparatively silent until the after noon, when a heavy interchange of fire took plane between the Roden and Barrack Batteries and our left attack. The fire from the Roden was especially heavy. Some of our guns on the right attack also opined ageleet the Bede& The Melakhoff batteries' ' remained silent. A council of war was held to-day between the allied commanders, at the British head-quarters. The sub jects discuss ed at the meeting have not transpired. It is stated that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is com ing to the Crimea, by her Majesty's command, to hold an investiture of the Order of the Bath. It was also expected that the distribution of the Crimean medals would take place at the same time, but it is now said that they will not arrive in time. The Alma and Inkerniann medallists are daily diminishing in number. Independent of the casualties from sickness oar nightly losses from wounds and injuries are necessarily very severe. The close neighbourhood of the hostile works render, them unavoidable. It is calculated that, taking the whole allied force engag ed in the siege operations, the ave rage somber of mon placed hors de combat are now not less than 150 during each 24 hours, or between 4,000 and 5,000 per month. This estimate appears to be immense, bat it is based upon returns which cannot be cont radicted. The Doke of Newcastle has been suffering from illness. His attack is said to be of a dysenteric cha racter--a malady to which many newcomers appear to be liable. The Commander of the Forces, it is understood, has objected to the number of shells which have been discharged from our batteries of late. The con stant consumption prevents the accumulation of a store in the batteries to such an amount as is requisite on the occasion of a regular bombardment. In future shells are rarely to be fred, excepting on special order, or on the occurrence of a sortie on the part of the enemy. A strong northerly wind has been blowing all day, and materially assisting in drying up the surface of the plateau. No rain has fallen. There have been very contradictory rumours pre vailing in camp during the last three or four days respecting the wintering of the armies in their pre sent position. In the English camp until very lately it was regarded as a matter of absolute certainty that under any circumstances the troops would have to pan another winter on the plateau, and it was under stood that the necessary arrangements were being made to meet this event. The officers in command of regiments bad been called upon to send in returns of the clothing and other articles which would be required by their corps in case of such a contingency. It was said that demands had been forwarded to England for supplies of huts, that those regiments only partly furnished with these means of protection, and other regiments which from having arrived comparatively lately were without them altogether, might be fully butted before the rains and frost set in. But it is now mentioned on very high authority that the French commander-in chief has declared he will not make any further pre paration for shelter against the cold season, as he has no intention that his troops shall pass another winter on the heights. It is very generally believed that this declaration was made by General Pelissier, and the belief has led to a great variety of conjecture. The general explanation is that the capture of the south side, and the destruction of the Russian shipping, are regarded as events certain to be accom plished before long, and that quarters of a more solid and durable kind than temporary sheds are expected to be found within the town and arsenal. There does not appear to be much hope at the present moment either that our force will be nu merically sufficient, or our transport equal to the necessary demand, for operations to be undertaken against Baktchi•Serai and Simpberopol, and for the investment of Sebastopol, and its approaches to be completed, during the present year. But, presuming the great efforts of the ensuing months to be directed towards the capture of the south side of Sebastopol, and anticipating the complete success of our under takings, we have yet to learn how far those portions of the town and Karabelnaia suburb, which will remain even partially habitable, will be fitted for the residence of troops. The buildings, both public and private, which are not placed comparatively near to the shore of the roadstead, are already in a state of dilapidation and ruin. The working parties of the enemy are seen to be busily employed in erecting batteries on every available and prominent point near the edge of the cliffs on the north side of the harbour. We know that from the summit of Fort Constantine a constant fire of shells is directed against the French approaches at the head of the Quarantine-bay, and that the Rus sian batteries along the north side of the Bay . of Inkermann have succeeded in maintaining a harassing fire against the batteries of our allies on the heights east of the Careening-bay ravine, and against some of their approaches toward the Malakhoff lines of defence. The great Star Fort has not yet given us a taste of its quality, but them can be little doubt that its guns will, to a certain extent, command the citadel on the west side of the south harbour, and the Admiralty and dockyard buildings on the east side. We are thus warranted in concluding that quarters on the south side of Se bastopol, while the north side ie garrisoned by a Russian army, will neither be very secure nor peace ful : in addition to which the condition in which it must have been placed during the period of the siege renders it very doubtful whether, in a sanitary point of view, its occupation will be very desirable. We have now become so accustomed to speak of the Ma lakhoff position as the key to the possersvo of all that part of Sebastopol against which the efforts of the besiegers have been more parti cularly directed that a belief seems to have been fostered and established that, the key once obtained, all that remains will be at once opened to us. But we have no right to entertain the belief that the fall of the whole south side will so speedily follow the fall of the Malakboff works. The possession of the Malakhoff hill will ensure the destruction of the outer lines of defence, but we may still expect to find inner works capable of maintaining a consider , able resistance; and, even when them are taken, knowing the determination of the enemy with whom we have to deal, and the spirit of fanatic seal with which the Russian troops are animated, we may cal culate that a renewed struggle will be required before the large forts and batteries on the coast from Fort Quarantine to Fort Paul are permitted to fall into our hands. Thus, although it can hardly be doubted that the eventual result of the siege against the south side will be one of success to the allies, it is unwise to count on so speedy an achievement of this success as many apparently do. Should the allied forces have to winter an the platsan—and many considerations, in addition to those already named, induce the °occlusion that necessity will compel this arrangement—the French will apparently agars puma ow advantage over as. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1855. They have constructed well-dyked, well-drained, macadamised roads of communication between all their principal centres and divisional depots. The roads from Kainiesch to the French headquarters, and from Balaklava along the right flank of the plateau to Inkermann, es well as the branch roads joining these, are in an excellent state of repair. We have, in common with our allies, the use of the Woronsoff road—a well laid-out route, and with an admirable foundation— but no trouble has been taken to keep it in order, and the dis tance between Balaklava and the point where the Woroozoff road has to be entered upon as it crosses the valley towards Samara is quickly reduced to au almost impassable state alter heavy rain. We appear to be depending wholly upon the railroad, and by many persons it is seriously doubtful whether this will be, unless some alterations are made in its construction, available for transport when the rainy season has set in. The wooden sleepers are simply laid upon the ground ; no artificial bed is made to re ceive them, nor are there any means of securing them in their position beyond the fixing together of the iron rails which are fastened along • them. To what extent the sleepers will be die plated, when the surface of the plateau be comes a pool, often two feet in depth, of viscid' mud, is best known to the engineers; but to the eye of an ordinary observer, the work seems only calculated to support the passage of its engines and waggoos during dry and fine weather. The rail , way now terminates in front by the side of the Wo roozoff road, just before it commences the ascent of the hill, before the Light Division, to pass by the side of the Picket house towards Sebastopol. A branch is also being carried to the Engineers' park in front of the 4th Division. 10 min. past 10 p.m.—Loud cheering, and a heavy mnaketryfire have just taken place towards the left. The Russian shout was readily distinguished io camp. The musketry soon ceased, and was followed by a general heavy fire from all the batteries. The night is dark, no moon and very few stars being visible. Half-put 10.—The moon has just risen from be hind a dark bank of clouds, and is throwing a strong clear light over the ground occupied by the enemy's works and our own approaches. The fire from the batteries is gradually diminishing. August 3.—The sortie last night was made by a Russian column, who, taking advantage of the dark-' Rees, contrived to advance some distance along the Woroozoff ravine, between our left and right attacks. To prevent an approach in this direction, more parti cularly to guard against an advance of the enemy for the purpose of attacking our Quarry works in Bank, a line of chevaux de free bad been Sued across the Wo-oozoffroad and ravine, just in advance of the line of position of our Quarry works on the bill above. The sides of the ravine are very precipitous, both on the left and right hand, at this spot. The chevaux de fries were therefore carried but a very short distance on either side beyond the limit of the ravine, but sentries placed in fitting positions, and communicating with pickets furnished respectively from the left and right attack', sufficiently provided for its protection. The Russians managed to reach as far as the chevaux de fries, which it was evidently the object of the sortie to de stroy, without being noticed at first by the sentries. They commenced palling the obstruction down, but did not succeed in effecting their object without rousing the attention of the men on watch. The alarm was instantly given, and a fire was poured down into the ravine from the pickets stationed above. The Russians at once fell back, but, getting behind cover, they re-formed, and poured several volleys in the supposed direction of our men. Their fire fell perfectly harmless, however, and no casualty ensued among our troops. It wens probable that, on the other head, the enemy suffered severely, for they were exposed to a cross fire from our Mint's, which were directed against them ea they retired back along the ravine. Had the Russians succeeded in removing the obstruction across the road, its restoration would have been a matter of difficulty, unless accomplished without any knowledge on the part of the enemy, as two of their guns bear directly upon the line of work. .. --- A shell burst last night in one of the advanced trenches of the right attack among some men of the 77th Regiment. One man was killed, and one officer and several men were severely injured. The officer alluded to was Lieut. William Fosbery. One of his legs was completely shattered by a fragment of the shell, and amputation had to be performed immedi ately on his removal to camp. tie had only lately joined the head-quarters of his regiment in the Crimea. As an example of a narrow escape, one man who was standing near, about to serve out some rum to the men in the trench, when the shell burst, was uninjured, although a large piece of the shell fell with such force against the bottom of the iron camp kettle which he was holding with his two hands that a hole was knocked through it, and the spirit of course lost. There has been no return of rain to-day, and the weather is again clear and sunny. The heat is tem pered by a refreshing breeze from the north. The local rank of general has been conferred on Lieut.-General bimpson, commanding the army in the Bast, and Msjor-Generale Barnard, Sir William Codrington, Lord Rokeby, F. Markham, C.B , and the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, have received the local rank of lieutenant-generals. A court of inquiry was ordered some days ago to assemble at the general hos2ital, near the camp of the Third Division, to inquire into the troth of certain assertions contained in • letter to the Times news paper, respecting the treatment of the wounded on the 18th of June. From internal evidence the writer of the letter was at once suspected to be Acting As sistant-Sorgeon Bakewell, and on being questioned on the subject be acknowledged the authorship. He had loft camp on the 20th of June on account of sickness and proceeded to Scutari. Although the sudden influx of wounded might have been greater than had been prepared for at the general hospital, yet to any one acquainted with the present state of things in the Crimea, the letter contained many palpable exag gerations. It could hardly be credited that the supply of water for the patients could be so deficient as was represented. Whatever may have been the wants during the winter, and their grievous nature and ex tent has been sufficiently proved, there need be no doubt that for some months past, and at the present moment, the hospitals of the Crimea are furnished with every requisite and comfort for the sick and wounded that money and attention can procure. In consequence of the report on the subject fur nished by the court of inquiry to the Commander-in- Chief, the following General Order has been pub lished: Head Quarto,' before &but°Pffii 3rd August, 1856. A letter having appeared in the noses newspaper, dated "Camp before Sebastopol, June 20th," containing charges of the gravest nature *gable medical of of this army, a court of inquiry was directed to SZARliltil into the truth of the allegations set forth in it. The officers composing this court, after the most slants and patient investigation into the whole of the circum stances connected with the treatment of the wounded on the 18th of June, declare that this letter is "calculated grossly to mislead the public, and to out blame on those to whom praise was justly due." In this opinion the Commander of the Lome concurs, after a careful perusal of the evidence. It appears teat Atelier Assistant-Burgeon Bakewell is the author of this letter. lie is, therefore, informed that his farther services are dispensed with, and his name is struck off the strength el the army from this data. By order, (Signed) H. W. BARMAID, Chief of the Staff. The court of inquiry was composed of Colonel Windham, A Q.M.O. ; Lieut.-Colonel Munro, 39th Regiment; Deputy-Inspector General Dr. Linton; and Staff Burgeon of the Ist class, Dr. Gordon. August 4.—A very heavy firs, perticularly in the early part of the night, was maintained in t he batte ries. The night was too clear for the working pa tios to be able to effect much °abide the wee of the amoeba already 'dewed. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT LATE ON TEE DANUBE.) TURKISH CAMP, KAMARA, Avocer 4. The great topic of conversation at present is the rumoured advance of General Paniutine's corps from Perekop, and its approaching arrival at the scene of action; and there are many who confidently expect — amongst others, many of the Piedmontese themselves —that its first exploit will be an attack upon General de la Marmora's army and the Turks. There are, however, so many little difficulties in the way of such an attempt succeeding, that, on the whole, it seems most improbable that it will ever be made. One of the chief lies in the fact that any force coming from Tchorgoun has to cross the Tehernaya, and debauch upon the plain through a passage so narrow that it may be almost termed a defile, and that this is com manded by the Toritiah, Piedmont/is., and French artillery, General Maurice's corps d'armile being posted on the heights between Balaklava plain and the river, facing Mackeozie's Farm, and an army might thus be mowed down in detail before they could ever form on the open ground. We have lately bad an immense quantity of rain, immense considering that we are in the midst of the dry season. It continued for nearly 36 hours with but very few intervals of intermission ; but yesterday morning, luckily for everybody, the line weather set in again. I say luckily, because very few tents were able to resist the torrents which fell for hours together, more like the emptying of thousands of stable buckets than the ordinary showers of tempe rate climes. In the English camp, those of the offi cers, and they are the greater number who have had the earth in the interior of their tents excavated for the sake of greater room and coolness, found their quarters were nothing more nor less th an large wells, into which the water poured freely from the adja cent soil. The Turks were, I think, better off than any one, owing to the ad mirable construction of their tents. Since the rain, cholera has been slightly on the increase. At present, however, we are in the enjoyment of fine sunny breezy days, and balmy nights. During the bad weather all the cross-roads in the camp and on the plain were completely broken up. What will they be when the winter sets in, and the cloudy heavens weep for two months together ? When, in riding across to the camp yesterday, I saw the tracks of the waggon wheels four or five inches deep in the mud, I rejoiced in the warning this would afford to the authorities of what they had to expect. The cross roads from one division to another and to the trenches are simply tracks across the soil, in many places a rich loam, capable in winter of producing a morass or bog at least four feet deep, if properly worked op by the feet of horses. Nothing has as yet been done towards putting them in order, and very likely nothing will be done till it will be too late. The main road to Balaklava is undergoing repairs, ands° far all well; but what about the railway? The sleepers are laid down on the greater part of the line on the surface of the ground, without any other sup port than the soft soil. It is surely not too much to prophesy that in two weeks from the Ist of Novem ber some will have disappeared in the mud, others have been swept away by the torrents, and the rails will be found everywhere but where they ought to be. We have still three months of fine weather before us, and the safety of the army during the winter de pends greatly on the manner in which they are em ployed. ERZEROUI4, JULY 15, 1854. (FROM OUR OWN CORMIPONDINT.) The last letters received from Kars are dated 11th inst. The Turkish troops were kept constantly on the alarm, and ready to receive the enemy, who, with a force of no lees thou 38,000 men of all arms, sur rounds the place. The provisions were still abun dant, but forage wanted, and consequently several horses were daily dying at Kars. All direct com munication with Erzeroum is interrupted, only occa sionally isolated horsemen succeed in leaving Kars with despatches for our town, following the road of Otti, the mole one left unguarded by the Russians, probably with some mischievous plan. The fact is, that no fresh supply of provisions, neither of ammu nition, can be forwarded to Kars safely. This cir cumstance makes ns fear that our army will be forcedeitherto capitulate or try toquit Kars and leave it toitm fate, and retire here, unless the imperial govern ment and its gallant allies should think, without delay, of sending a strong division to free it at once. About six thousand men of the Russian forces are encamped at Unkiar Dusi, on the Sohavli Dagh, occupied in etrengthening the place with batteries. Unkiar Dusi is a strong defile, which commands the road, and is half way from this to Kars. About the Bth instant a body of 200 buhi bazouks wu sent from Kopri Kioi to the Sohanli Dagh, in order to follow the movements of the enemy. They reached the place at sunset, and seeing no Russians close by, they halted to bpend the night. Next morning they found themselves surrounded by Cos sacks: they tried to defend themselves, but, over powered by the number of the enemy, after leaving some six or seven on the field, sixty among them were taken prisoners, and the others escaped, and returned to Kopri Kioi, to inform Veil Pacha of what had occurred. An English lady, a Mrs. R, on her way from Teheran to England, arrived here on the 15th by the Beyssid road, where she met with the Russians. Fortunately, she had a passport from the Russian authorities, and so the Russian general allowed her to proceed on her journey. One of her guards, a Persian, reports that the Ruseans were encamped at Uch Klima in a force of about 5,000 men ; they had 2,500 cavalry at Diadin, and so much at Toprakaleh. This confirms the fact that the enemy is in full mansion of the district of Bayazid. All the provisions they meet with are bought and sent to Eris's°. Our little army of (Ivry Kivi is receiving daily reinforcements from the Bashi Bszonks, that arrive here from the interior of Ana tolia. Two battalions of regular infantry are daily expected from Diarbekir. _ The batteries which are in way of construction at the Deve Boynus, and on the hills surrounding our town, will be soon completed ; nevertheless ar tillery and artillerymen are wanted, unless the army of Copry Kivi should retire and defend them. . . Serry Pacbs, late governor (civil) of Kan, wbo left Bardou and came here a fortnight ago, when the Russians visited that place, bay been pat under arrest, by order of Vasiff Pacha, the Commander-in- Chief at Kars. It is said that the Muchir charges him with having spread the alarm among . the populations in his flight ; others say that he has informed the Russians that government provisions existed in Bardoss, and was bribed accordingly. By the next post probably I shall be able to report you the truth of it. I have written to you that our governor-general left this at the head of the Bashi-Bazonks. His son remained here as a Kiaja, or chief secretary. On the eve of his departure the Pacha consigned to his treasurer a carpet bag containing a large sum of money. The treasurer are the bag to the governor's banker (Saran, who, in his presence, put the carpet bag in a wooden case, which was afterwards sealed and deposited in the treasury-room. A fortnight ago, on Sabbath.day , the banker left the palace and went to church. After the service, he was invited to dinner by some of his countrymen (catholic@ of Angora). When he returned back to the palace, he found the treasury-room door open, the wooden case unsealed and unlocked, and the carpet bag missing (but not the other contents of the came jewellery, &c.) He reported the fact immediately to the Pacha's who thought it prudent to put under arrest Ithe same banker, his brother and nephew. He cedered also the arrest of the three Angora men (Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENC E. who invited the banker, aod, with the old Turkish barbarity, began cruelly to torment the three bickers and their guests. The Armeno-catholic vicar pro tested, and asked the protection of our worthy consul, Mr. Brant, who sent immediately his inter preter to the palace, who remonstrated on the cue with the Pomba s Colosimo. This gentleman put a stop to the tortures immediately, and unwed our consul of his complete ignorance of the case, adding that it was an abuse of the ?ache's son's influence, to which he would put a stop. In fact he set at liberty the six prisoners, whose process is under examination before the high council of government. It i; not useless to add that the Pitches son has a very equivocal reputation, and some persons add, that he treated the banker and his friends so cruelly more for the sake of revenge; the Pacha baring shown more confidence to them than to his own son. Others add, that probably the theft was committed either by him or his agent., with the Tit w both of tormenting and getting some considerable sum of money from the poor banker. THE FETE NAPOLEON. (THOM • WENT.) BOULOONE.SUR-MER, Ace. 15. Arriving here late last night, or rather early this morning, I had great difficulty in finding a bed, so ra t thundering n u d pe , in t he c much is this town crowded with summer residents and those en route for Paris. Scarcely had I shut ainneoynesswndhetilhe rnaligin wag o I hope that news had arrived of the takin g o f Sebas topol; but no—l was informed that thi s was t h e National Fête, or the Day of Saint Napol eon . I proceeded immediately to the Camp d'H onvau lt, where 1 heard a Te Deem was to be celebrated by the troops there. The windows by 7 o'clock were decorated with tricolors, with a large mixture of Union Jacks, and the drive along the beach was magnificent. On arriving at the camp, about 10,000 t roo p s were formed in a sort of crescent, with the chapel in the centre. The ceremony was most imposing, and the music with the singers of the different regiments to chaunt the service produced a fine effect. Returning rair bneellsd. bylt :p e to Boulogne I found the ships decorated with every flag that could be mustered, and a magnificent regi ment of Lancers assembling to be inspected by Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers. Hurrying to the ohurch St. Nicolas, I there entered in the suite cf the Marshal and his staff. I imagined that his face did not beam with the same pleasure as that of those who accompanied him, perhaps he feeling disappointed that Sweaborg had not fallen to him last summer. But this news cer tainly enlivened the public, and I resolved to make a day of Saint Napoleon, so I followed the crowd, after having seen all the civil and military authorities march out of the church in procession. The Marshal inspected the Lancers, who then marched past, and certainly the marching past of the regiments of the line at Honvault and the Lancers gave me a good idea of the French army. I remarked, however, that the Lancers' horses became very unsteady during the time the Artillery were saluting. I hurried to the one o'clock table <thole, and at three o'clock proceeded to the basin of the river Lianne, where every sort of aquatic sport was to be held. It is close to the railway station. This oblong space of clear water was covered with little boats, decked with their colours and the sides of the basin with crowds of well-dressed people listening to a splendid mili tary band. The sports began by nine ducks being committed to the deep, followed by a baud of men swimming after them; and well did the ducks hold their own, as only after an hour's hunt did they fall into the hands of their pursuers. The shouts of laughter when a swimmer was deprived of his prey by its diving or flying, were very amusing. The swimmers came from a barge in the centre of the basin, on which was a tent for them to diess. Before all the ducks were caught, an unfortunate pig was pushed into the water, and followed by all the swim mers, but at last laid hold of by two of them. His straggles and his cries for mercy, stopped by the water going down his throat, formed a subject of interest, especially to the female part of the crowd. This was followed by au amusing ex hibition of a number of men attempting to walk the greased bowsprit of the barge, at the end of which was placed a flag ; the one who reached that point to Fain the prize. Many a tumble over head and ears in the water took place before this was accomplished. The aquatic sports finished by four men getting into washing-tubs, which they had to scull round a little flag about 100 yards from the barge. One tumbled out, another could only wheel round, while two others made a tolerable race of it. I went from this to see a grand religions procession parading through the principal street up to the old town, where they went for evening service. I took this opportu nity of visiting the extraordinary souterrain, or crypt, • fine description of which is given in the hand-books. From this I went through the fair, where every amusement or article was to be had, from a son to two francs. The bells and artil lery now warned us that the sun of Saiut Napo leon's day was setting, so, after taking a slight refreshment, I proceeded to the lower tentilleries, an avenue of fine trees, containing an open space of about 200 yards long, and from 35 to 50 feet wide, laid out as a ball room for the public, the lightieg of this magnificent airy ball room being accomplished by about 15,000 lamps hung upon the trees. The ball was crowded with all classes in their beet attire, all enjoying themselves to the fullest extent to most enlivening music, and they promised tz keep it up till one o'clock. I heard great complaints that the Queen is merely to pass through Boulogne on Saturday ; consequently the Boulognese will be disappointea in the possession of the many sovereigns they expected to pocket through her means. SEIZURE OF CONCEALED RUSSIAN FIRE-ARMS.- A letter from Aix-laChapello of the llth last., contains the following remarkable statement: " Yesterday a quantity of fire-arms in Course of transmission to the Russian govern ment were discovered here and confiscated. 145 bales of cotton from Antwerp for a house at St. Petersburg had been declared. There were reasons for entertaining suspicion, and the bales wet* opened, when the arms were found. They were at ones seized, and a prosecution wet commenced against the resident parties concerned is the affair. Every bale contained 24 revolvers, with Risks, moulds, and cape. The utton hu been declared a forfeit to the Crown, and a very heavy Sae has been imposed upon the senders of the , bales." _ _ _ THE WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMER PLATA, which has jnat arrived from the West Indies, has brought home a large quantity of Peruvian bark. It was sent from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast by the Paulsen' railroad. 'This is the first instance of bark having been sent by rail across the Isthmus of Panama. The met of its trans tto England boa been very great, hut it was considered that the rapidity with which it would reach England would repay the ex pense. It is expected that a great deal of the produce of the countries on the Southern Pacific coast of America will in %tare be sent to England by the Panama railway and West India mail steamers. WEST COAST OP AFRICA.—The following notice was batted from the General Post Office, yesterday, ale. : The mail packet, Gambis, which should in due coons be despatched from Plymouth on the 24th instant, with the mails for the West Coast of Africa, dic , will not leave that port ward the tat proximo. Letters received, or posted in London up to the evening of the 31st instant, will be for warded by the /Noble. GENERAL O'LIoNNELL, of the United States army, arrived in Limerick this week from America, on a visit to his cousin, Major General Sir Charles O'Donnell, K.M. It is 38 years since the above veteran was on a visit to his near relative. theists Colonel Henry A. O'Datnell, C. 8., in this city. Of this ancient and di tiogutshed Celtic family t►ere happen to be now four general officers in the service of Awiekes i Great Britain, 13pitin, and Mitt/la.—Limn - id Chrasielo.