The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-01 00:00:00

et' Oxivreo#. TO Otissoorwo &+m. ... Nbertlommols lawoisi Mr was Borm." look& ft M.. siset Imp at Ur Mo. 10. soriabstosse. 1 17 Two .'lc is as emy of poilloadoo. NM WIN AT LONDON DEDON Tan Dal—UWeig& 416 e5...-...Mmem. we. 70 .. ssa mr—miries. 1010....—Aftwo. Ift. • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. - Tss curtain is about to fall oa the Semis II 2666, Lord Pumnielos has made, in rather m ama phraseology, the aanouncusent, customary et this season of the year, that, " for mamma which the hems would andeestand without mow particular Mimics,' it was desirable Parliament should ries somewhere about the 14th er 16* et August. If the toils of hoe. members ars to is swan red, like the work of day labourers, by tie number of hours they have spent upon the business of legislation, it cannot be denied diet they are well entitled to their annual holiday. Evening sittings have been prolonged far beyond the midnight hour, morning sittings have been reputed to an almost unprecedented extent, and it would seem Owlets enmity to grudge the respite which August brings to our hard-worked senators. But _with all this show of industry we look in vain for substantial fruit. Of all the important assume that were introdaced, or promised, the greater number have fallen, and the rest have been pushed through at the last moment, crude and ill-digested, from sheer lack of time for their due cessideration. 'The weary debates on the Scotch Education Bill have ended is words alone. The bard-Sought battle of the Irish Tenants' Compensation Bill was given upl as drawn, when the real difficulties seemed to have been got over. The Sunday controversy is to be patched up for another semi= by a narrow and in adequate remedy for ens only of the most promisent pievances that wait far redress. Even the little re lief proposed by Mr. H. BERKELEY'S Bill, pared down u it is to lessen opposition and give it a chance against the organised talkers against time, may only add another to the casualties of the season. The many other forms of Sabbatarian persecution devised by the party who claim to be the true champions of religions liberty must still remain in force despite the unquestioned disapproval of the large majority of all classes, from the working man to the minister of state. Sir J. V. 8111ILLICY wisely, though reluctantly, postpones his attempt to open places of rational and temperate recreation, such an the Crystal Palace, to those who have no day but Sun day for their enjoyment. It is too late, he finds, to do anything this session, and we must wait another year at least before social questions of the highest importance can get a day of patient sos sideration from the house. The favourite bantling, of Ministers share the uni versal destruction. It is not a week sines the Pam= declared his resolve to rescue his twin schemes of com mercial legislation from the fiery haste of autumnal dis cussion. At all risks they were to be saved : Septem ber itself was not to prevail against them. And how has the pledge been fulfilled? The elder of the two has been sacrificed to spare the younger brother. The Partner ship Amendment Bill was first postponed to the Li mited Liability Bill, and then finally withdrawn. With an overwhelming majority in support of the principle • of a bill that contains but eight clauses, and need only 'hue contained one, Mr. Bouvartia deduce his ina bility to peas it into law before the prorogation, end for another year the natural flow of capital into trade must be checked by the severity of a confessedly un jut law. The Limited Liability Bill has, it is true, been carried through committee, but the feat was only performed by barking discussion on many of its objectionable provisions, and leaving it en encum bert d with practical difficulties u to render it doubt ful whether the failure of the machinery may not give occasion to the capitalist* to raise one more last outcry against the sound doctrine which it is intended to embody. Tun report that General Stumm has actually resigned the command of the army before Sebastopol gains ground rapidly. It is said that thegallant °Morris health will not permit him to remain at a post where so much that tries severely both his moral and physical aura has to be gone through. If this is .true, the question naturally arises who will be the new leader of the British troops in the allied camp P One version of the report has it that General Slur son's resignation has been some days in Lord Putt istrate hinds, bat that the Minister-at-War is taking time to select the right man for the appointment. We can well imagine how puzzled the noble lord mast be to choose —not from among so many, but from amongst so few men fit for the situation —a Commander-in-Chief of the Crimean Army. Neither at home nor with the army does there appear to be any general officer who has distin guished himself sufficiently to be at once pointed out as a proper pinyon for the post. At the head of the Quartermaster-Genera@ Department in the Crimea is Major-General AULT ; but, according to all as the Ism that is said regarding the manage ment of that particular department the better. In other respects, General Amer has not shown himself to be possessed of those gifts—whether natu ral or acquired—which are wanted in a military chief on active service. Sir Cous CAMPBZLL, command ing the Ist Division, has on more than one occasion shown himself to be a brave man, and an intrepid, fearless soldier; but mere bravery and courage will not stand in the place of those other qualities indispensable in one who has to command an army of many thousand men. Against Sir RICHARD ENGLAND nothing can be said, because since he landed in the Crimea his name has scarcely ever been mentioned in 0011a0lital with the brave division he commands. Bat his antecedents in India would hardly point him out se a fit leader for our army in the Crimea. General PENNEFATIIER had formerly the advantage of being a lieutenant of the great Bir Clung' NAPIER in &hide ; but when we have said that, and remarked that he is as brave as the sword he wean, it is all that can be said for this officer. Sir Geolos Bnowt4 is certainly not the man for the vacancy. His heart as a soldier is no doubt in the right place, but bead as well as heart is wanted to make a commander for a large force. With this officer ends the list of Lieutenant- Centrals now in the Crimea, or indeed available in any way for active service. Did Sir Di LACY Bvana's health permit him, he would no doubt be the man selected by the Horse Guards to command the army in which be played so prominent a part not long ago. But no one can either command health or stay advancing years; and the climate of the Crimea requires viper of body as well as strength at mind. Amongst the Major-Ginerula with the army, Commtorox, Bourn, and Bras, have signalled themselves as leaders of brigades ; but to obey and ism orders ars two very different t .... 1 ii...., _ ‘. %. -.or .... THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1855. affairs, sad se raiser may sorosed vary well in the former, sad be a very bad haad,st the latter. Fei vats letters haw the seat et wa.11(1.11 isprist! these three leaders as moo who haw swig" sod doter valuation ; sad they are young for On i they Recent extra*s from the geosrolltorams of theostip announce that MajorsHeasti4 Hasswas, an deer who has greatly distinplobed himself tl IndiK is daily expeetsd at Sebastopol from that country, and with this efieer and Lord Humus, now oomniand ing the troops in Scotland, we exhaust the list of general Allen of all ranks swag Whose it appears to be opea to Moisten to choose. Had Parliament not negatived Sir BIMINI Plum's motion for amalga mating the Best India Company's with the Royal Army, thaw weld now have been some two or thew doses more aliens of rank available for service in the Rost, mond whom Lord Emit= could no doubt have found a stemma to General SIMPSON; but, se the matter now stands, an inquiry into the means of pro viding a commander for the army leaves us just where it found us, and the question has still to be answered—towards what quarter are we to look for I the oomiog man 10 TO TIC IDITOS 07 TIC DAILY WITTS. Bii,—The new French loan bids fair to rival its predecessor in popularity, notwithstanding its in creased :mount. One establishment, the Credit Mobilier, is addition to its original subscrip'ion of ten milli onsO sterling, and to the amount subscribed in London through Manors. Baring, has been compelled to forward a supplementary list to meet the requisi tions of the numerous individuals directly or iodi rberinterested is the company, attracted probably unvarying seems which has attended the gigantic operations of the Credit Mobilier, and be ll-mpg that where that body had embarkati -m so much, success was certain to those wbo followed their footsteps. The English public has long been familiar with the French railway Agree as investments, but from various reasons the French funds have been almost entirely unknown to them, but as the large subscriptions to the loan on the part of English capi talists will probably render the French Rentes a per manent channel of investment and speculation on our Stook Exchange, some account of these funds and of the mode in which they are dealt in may not be uninteresting. The principal portion of the consolidated debt of France consists of " Routes," or Annuities of Font and-a-Half and Three per Cent. respectively, the largest amount coesistin of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent., although the Three per Cent. are those is which the transactions are most extensive. In dealings on the Bonne the amount of " Rents • or IllanW dividend is usually spoken of, in lien of the capital, as in our hinds. Thus an order is given to purchase 1,600 f. Three per Cent. Rents (representing a capital of 60,000 f.), w he reas in England the equiva lent order would be to purch ase 2,0001. on presenting 601. dividend or rents"); the qo=e however, on the Paris bourse represents the value of 100 f. capital. Thus the Three per Cent. Rents being quoted 66, means that for 66f. you can purchase 31. Santo or dividend; therefore, to find what amount of rents a given sum will purchase, multiply the rate or description of rents required by the sum reposed to be invested, and divide by the quotation. Example.—The Four-and-a-Halt per Cent. Rente h quoted 92.76; what amount of Rent* will 6001. P Assuming the exchange to be at 26f. the S ir sterling, a rate sufiloisatly near for all ordinary salculatioos, 6001. represents 12,600 f. • then, 12,600, multiplied by 41 (the description of Rents required), gives 662,60; this sum, divided by 92.76 (the quo. tatioo), gives 606.46, or 606 f. 48c., as the amount of Rent.; and this sum, again, divided by 26, to reduce it back to English money, gives 241. 6s. 2d. as the annual dividend on 6001. invested in Four.and-a.Half per Cent. Renter at 92.76. To ascertain the amount of capital represented by a given amount of Rents, multiply that amount by 100, and divide by the rats per coat of the Rents Example :—To find the nominal amount of capital represented by I,ooof. Relate 41, multiply 1,000 by 100, and divide the product (100,000) by 41, which Rives 22.2221. 22c.; or in English money 401. of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rente represents a capital of 8881.175. 9d. (nominal). To find the oat of a given amount of Rents, the following rules will be useful, giving the cost of 100 f. Rents, from which, of course, all other amounts can be easily calculated. For the Four-sod-a-Half per Cent. Rents; mul tiply the quoted price by the amount of Rente to be purchased, and divide by 41. Example.—The Foor-and-a-Half per Cent. is quoted 92 ; what will be the cost of 600 f. Rent. P 92 mid tiplied by 600 gives 46,000, which divided by 41, gives 10,222 f. 22c. For the Three per Cent. Rents ; divide the quota tion by 3 and multiply by 100, or : multiply the quo- tation by the amount of Rents to be purchased, and divide by 3. Example.—The Three per Cents. are quoted 66.76 ; what will be the cost of 1,600 f. Rent.? 66.75, divided by 3, equals 22.26 ; this, multiplied by 1,600, gives 33,376 as the cost of 1,600 f. Rents; or, 66.76, multiplied by 1,500, noels 100,126, whiol divided by 3, gives 33,375, as before. As au investment, the French funds posses one very important advantage over our °lra—namely, that the stock or "inscriptions" can be either an in c▪ ription in the Treasury books in the name of the proprietor, as in our own funds, or it may be at his *assure converted into a "coupon" or certificate to bearer, transferable in the same manner as an Bashequer Bill or similar security ; and this weapon an portent" or certificate to beam eau be at any time reconverted into an ineselethe be the name of its then proprietor. The dividends are payable on the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. and Four per Cent. Renter on the 22nd March and 22nd September, and those of the Three per Cents. on the 22nd June and 22nd Deessabeson presentation of the inscriptions, with a printed reesipt, at the Treasury, and the presence of the proprietor of the inscription is not necessary for this purpose. The dividends on the Rentz. "an porteur" may be ' received through the medium of any of the French houses established in London, in the same manner as those on railway shares or ot herl foreign securities. By far the greeter number of transactions in French Reline are the "time bargains," where no money passes except the difference of price at which the stock is bought and that at which it is sold. The "settling day" for these operations is always the last day of the month on which the bourse is open, bat a speculation is frequently continued to the following settlement as in consul dealings, on pap meet of a " report" or consideration for carrying as the transaction, varying with the rate of money and the demand for stock. There is,bowever, one difference between the French and English simple time bargain., namely, that in the former the buyer can require the seller to deliver the stock at any intermediate period, on giving five days' notice, and this process is called" discounting" the rents. Another and impor tant variety of time bargains an those "arse prime, or with the option of taking or abandoning the stock purchased. For instance, the Three per Cents. are quoted 66.23 for the end of the month, and 67.30 with a prime of one franc. The meaning of this is, that by payment of if. per cent. on the nominal capital a speculator may secure the right of purchasing at any time during the mooch Three per Cent. Rents, at 67.30. Should it not be worth his while to take the stook he loess the 1 per cent. ; but if he "calls" the stock, the 1 per cent. is included in the purchase money. This mode of operating not only limits the possible be. in speculating for a rise, but when stash has been sold in expectation of a fall, it enables the speculator in like manner to cover his risk in an en. cited market. E. G. It is to hoped that Lord John Russell obtained no rofrestimsot out of lawful hours os his mars Ina Violins, as it is quits aim that upon that masa* he was saythiag bat a bolo Ask travellsr.—Punch. The Quotes new yacht, the Victoria and Albert, hss hiss round the Isis of Wight is three boars, which is at*. sus oh* auks sa hear. LATEST FROM ABROAD. • 4, ; Viebil °az dliar ,«Www.) I . tillgiA• 'NODAL AGOOdik to per! from Ocrestfati!topla of the 26th, niesived this dsy, Genera Bl der. has bees, t slain by Bashi-Bs:oaks. The Archduke Charles Louis is appointed Governor of the Tyrol. ON THE Tail— FATS OP LO B RD " RA MT O 1 • • • LAN. • maw. AMU 0111)114 # „ Igeodiaertese beers Sebastopol. Jody 18,1865. Ha Majbay the 4sesa bas lees pleased te *masa* se to express to the army ha lbjestre deep and heartfelt grief ot the lei It our gallant sad eseelleas Ceessasader, Lard Replan, whit& has east a gloom ever the whole mdse. Rev Majesty farther desires to mare her sway of Mr earliest hope sad Gonadial Met that ell will matures to do their dart se they two knurls - so doily dose ; sad that bas ilelesti will ever be as proad of ha Bray as oho has beta, dm* *sir breve who has so-dim led then to sad gls e y, hashes& take& from them. - J. entroos, Lint -Gs&llaL Co.—. In addition to the above general order, a retro spect of the career and enloginm on the character of the but. Fiehl.Marshal Lord Raglan, signed by the oonsmender-in-Chief, Lord Hardier, hem been pub . kilted and read to the troops in the Crimes. DI I.MARTIAL IN THE CRIMEA.- OFFICERS' EXCESSES. •-•-••-- 01131111 AL OIDIU. Mad-quarters before: Sebastopol. July 20, 1865. At a palial wart martial, held at damp betore Italtaatapel. In Tuesday, Ik. 17th day at July, 1&56, by (order oi Sispeaa, Colimindtng tie Fosossolated IS* day of July, 1866, Captain ColinMu wall, 43rd iliediadars, was tried upon Ow followiog _ _ _ _ _ Cusizoi—" For hoofs* bs.a drank at duty under arms, whs. parading foe the treadles, on the .•oniag of the 10th July, ISM, at the Camp before Sebastopol," of which chugs the court (mad the primer guilty. Sturisnos—The court hating limed the prisoner guilty of the charge preferred against his, do now adjudge his, the prisoner, Captain Celia Hazwell, 93rd Highlanders, to be awhiered. (Iligaed) nap. Hoax, Col. and Lint-Col., 20th Begt.,l"reeideat (13lisod) W. G. ROMAINI, Doputi Judge Advocate. Before Sebastopol, 17th July, 1865. LITIBIL ilir,—The 'out hula; performed a painful duty Is find ing the prima, Captain C. Maxwell, 93rd Regiment, guilty of the sharp preferred against him, which leaves the wart no atonality is senteseing the prisoner to be ca shiered, beg to reseestend him to your favourable casside ratios, is conensenoe of his previous length of service, his 'astride's, and the debility of health under which he hu bat ling mania'. F. BORN, Col. and Lieut.-Col., 20th Regiment, President 11 3. Simpson, Commeading the Forme. Approved sad sondrated. ( 81 11‘ 441 ) J. Samson, Llest.-Cleseral Commanding. _ Rinthari.—l mash regret that I esimet mooned; it 1 1 with my mare of duty to give say farther drat to the re -1 comusadstios of the mart than to submit it for the rand• duation of the Gtheral Cosimanding-thobief. (BiVW) J. Samos, Head-qauters beton Bebutopol, July 18,1865. At a moral court-martial bald at Camp before Sebasto pol, on the 16th day of laly, 1866, in panuaneo of an order Of Lientenant•General Simpson, commanding the forms, dated the 13th day of Judy, 1165, Captain Charles Spencer Gaynor, 9th Regiment, was tried upon the following Caaaoit—" For baying been drank oa duty under arm, when marobiag is command of a guard to the trenches of the left attack before Sebastopol, on or about the evening of the Bth of July, 1866." Of which charge the court found the prisoner . . . . Sintirtoi:—Tite court having found the prisoner guilty of the charge preferred against him, do now adjudge him, the prisoner, Captain Charles Spencer Gaynor, 9th Ifni moat, to be cashiered. (Signed) Pam). Hoax, Colonel and Lient..Colonel, 20ih Begt , President. (Signed) W. G. RomAnn:Deputy- Judge Advocate. Before Sebastopol, July 16, 1866: L 817311. The court having performed the painful duty of sentenc ing the prisoner to be cashiered, beg respectfully to recom mend him to the favourable consideration of the Lieutenant General Commanding, on the ground of his former services. (Signed on behalf of the court), num. HORN, Cal. and Lieut.-Col., 20th Ent., President. 16th hily, 1856- _ Approved end renamed, (Signed) _ _ J. Ennrson, - Lient.-General Commanding. Rnitnin..—l mach regret that I cannot reconcile it with my sense of duty to giro any further effect to the nommen . . . - dation of the °out than to submit it to the General Con sandiag•in-Chiet (Sigeod) J. SIMPSON, - Limit: General Comatandiai, Before Sebastopol, July 17, 1855. By Order, (Signed) H. W:BAIINZ/1, Chief of the Staff. The Journal de St. Petersbourg goes off into hysterics of gratulation on the occasion of the Czar's review of six legions of the national militia. The sight of these bearded men, in their antique national costume, with black rugged beards, might induce the belief—we are told—that they sprung spontaneously from the soil itself, realising the picturesque language of old Russia : . — lf danpr isanaaa oar own door land, Datenden Ewing e'en from anosawal tombs. So the people of the west are told to beware that from all quarters of Russia the people are rising en mane: they are in arms—they are marching. „ It is your fault," says the grandiloquent writer, address ing imaginary disputants; "you would have it! The sluices are opened. The torrent of men rushes and roars, and increases. It is inexhaustible, for the last drop of Russia's blood must be exhausted before the national impulse can be checked," &c. The perfect discipline of the raw recruits is then alluded to, and hypothetical foreigners are made to say, " Surely this is a miracle." Of course it is, but the explanation is easy. " Look at the banner round which those legions of the militia are clustered. You we the cross, and a text of the Holy Scriptures. There is the whole of the miracle." It is " the ban ner of the church, the orifiamme of the country. Amongst those hasty levies there are no novices, no conscripts. The people are there armed for the defence of their native soil. Russia, Christian and militant, is there." After this magniloquent description, we are not surprised to be told that the only wish of the specta tors was to join the happy militiamen—that these lat ter were followed with envious eyes—that the crowd could only content themselves with the reflection that " To-day it is their turn—to-morrow it is ours :" and so on. There is one little admission, how ever, at the end of this tirade, which seems to throw some doubt as to the nature of the feeling which is said to boil so fiercely in the brain; of these militia heroes. It is worth trans lating literally. "The most surprising feature is the attitude of these mii--separated unceremoni ously (brusquetnent) from their families, taken sway from their rural labours by the necessities of a national war—was the perfect calm with which they motes plated their position, and the utter want of irritatioa towards the enemy against whom they are marching." It may do very well to represent this perfect calm as a holy feeling of resignation, but the majority will consider it as the symptom of utter indifference, per haps of doptir. The letters received this morning from our Crimean cotrespoedents inform ne of a very painful fact. It will be seen, by the General Orders which we give above, that two officers have been tried by court-martial for drunkenness. and have been cashiered. We learn that previous to these trials three oust; had occurred in which officers were put under arrest for the same motes, but were released after a severe reprimand. The sentence on the others has been received by Lord Hardinge, together with the recommendation to mercy which General Simpson declined to entertain. One case—that of a double offender—is peculiarly distressing, as the officer in question is a captain of long standing, who served throughout the whole of the Indian war—for which he has three medals-♦s well as the greater part of the Crimean campaign. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, JULY 20. The new approaches ooatinue to snake satisfactory progress, although on oar ad. tb. armee reads is not so obvious to observation as that made by our Allis. Their weeks seem, indeed, when observed from certain points of view, to be almost in contact pith the &Innis of the Malakhoff-hill. The signal distance batsmen theca is probably not more than - - - - eighty art ow hundred yetda. They hare carried their treadles forward with remarkable determine- tion and perseverance, notwithstanding the heavy direct fire of shell, grape, and musketry how the Horniloff bastion above, and an equally wore flank- ing Are from the batteries *neither side. The Frosob works carried forward on the right, towards the line of Russian batteries extending from the Malalthoff hill to the west side of Careening harbour, though occupying a vast extent of ground, appear in a very mean sad complete state. The programs of the sap towards the Roden hes been stopped for some days pest, bat in the meantime great efforts have bean made to render the works already ett mooed both more commodious and more some. The necessity of this provision will be rendered ap parent whenever the day may arrive for large bodies . . Of troops to be assembled in the extreme front prepa ratory to going forward to the assault It has been already described that when the Quarry work was taken, several trenches were found to be connected with it, two of which extended completely across the lower part of Frenchman's-hill to be connected with a covered approach to the *melon Vert. The - - nearest to our works of these two Rossi= trenches became our foremast, or third parallel, in the right attack. Some cell it the fourth parallel, reckoning the line of beanie* between the 21-gun battery endear old advanced work es a Esmond parallel, and the advanced work itself as the third parallel. This line of batteries and the old advanced work were by many others reck oned together as forming only one parallel, and by these the nearest Russian trench, having been pro perly converted and strengthened, was looked upon as our third parallel. The more distant Russian trench had a very considerable curve given to its _ _ direction, the convexity being on the Russian side. This not only provided more free space and ease of movement for the enemy, but gave them also the ad vantage of a converging fire, in case at any time they should be called upon to resist an attack in this direction. Oar approaches towards the Redan have been carried so far in advance of the Quarry Battery, that the general line of direction of the Russian trench just described, has been left considerably behind; and it became necessary, not only for greater security, but also for other important purposes, to con struct a commodious covered approach in front of the Russian trench, and with such a direction that it might be connected with the French works advancing up the Malakhoff-hill. This has been completed as far as the ravine dividing our right attack from the ascent leading to the Malakhoff. This work, which is solid and spacious, has its concavity turned towards the Russian works extended from the proper left of the Roden. The enemy has not made any sortie of a serious nature since the night between the 18th and 17th inst. They probably suffered very severely on that coos sion, for they are reported to have advanced in very - . considerable force, and the discharge of shells and other projectiles in the direction along which they must have retired, was terrific. Their reserves also could hardly have escaped from the incessant shower , which was kept up daring the attack itself. Although the contest was hotly maintained for some time, either from the advantage of position or some such cause, our Allies do not appear to have suffered so much as might have been expected on the occasion. Our casualties, both among men and alms, dur ing the past week, have been lees numerous than usuaL Among the latter, however, the death of (vain Rowland Fraser, of the 42nd Highlander., hes to be recorded. He was unfortunately killed by a fragment of shell on the night of the 16th instant, while on duty in the right attack. The shell struck him in the body, and his death followed almost im mediately afterwards. Some new caresses have lately arrived from Eng land, and two or three experiments were made in the 21-gun battery of Freachman's-hill, to ascertain if thee* would sustain the force necessary to project them to the required distance better than those which had previously failed under the same circumstances. It was found they were not equal to resist the shock of the explosive power to which they were subjected : the comparatively thin iron case, weakened by its several apertures, split and burst into pieces close to the mortar's month. It has been suggested that a deep wad of common tow, placed between the charge and the projectile, would sufficiently break the force of the concussion, and prevent the destruction of the carcase. Among the officers who have lately left for Eng land, at the recommendation of Medical Boards, is Commissary-General Filder, C.B. He is succeeded by Commissary-General Thomas Ramsay, who now has charge of this department. A change has been made in the arrangement of the Wager Parks. Hitherto there have been two, one is the right, and performing the duties of the right attack, the other on the left for those of the left attack. The Engineers and Sappers have now been removed from the right altogether, and have Joined those near the third division, in rear of the left attack. AU the stores and workshops ere also to be trans ferred to the Sappers' yard near the left attack. The change has been made, it is stated, in great measure, on account of the insalubrity of the old locality of the right Engineers' depot, which was just above a part of the Careening Bay ravine. Moreover, it was rather out of the way, being considerably to the right of our right attack; its locality having been fixed upon when we occupied the heights in front since taken by our Allies. The Sappers had taken particular pains in rendering their depot conspicuous for neatness and order. They had formed a tempo- rary church of siege materials, which now, of course, have to be removed; and their gray►yard was a model of care and attention, each grave being turfed, many having neatly chiselltd and inscribed head stones, and the whole being enclosed by a stone wall sufficient to protect the area 'Lida from desecration. The new position of the Engineers' camp will not only be more ceetral, but the communication with the railway, which has now been brought close to the front, will be more seq. Major-General Markham, C. 8., has arrived, and his been aseigned, in general orders, the command of 'the Boma Division. OF A BATTERY AT •1 (paint Las: moire oassrra.) Admiralty,Jely 30. A despatch, of which the following is an extract, has been received at the Admiralty from Rear- Admiral the Heisoarable R. S. Dandy', Commander in•Chief of her Majesty's ship' and vowels in the Rad& _ - . . itztraot of a letter from Rear-Admiral Honourable R. S. Daubs t. the llemitary et thi Ad miralty, dated Doted We ll ington, st Nargen, 23rd Ally. -I have the satisfaotion of tasamsittieit s **ps of * report which I have receivi4from Cast* Yelverton, ,detailing , the oknianietanees under whisk, with the Cossack, Magictenne-and- Refry is oompany, he has again availed himse lf et an opportunity Minna* with good effect, a position occupied by troops of the enemy, assembled in oonsiderable force, for the de fence of Fredericksham ; and I have much pleasure in submitting to their lordships this additioail proof of the seal and gallantry of the officers and men under his orders, and of their good conduct, especially of Mr. H. G. Hale, mate, and the crew of the Ruby gun-boat—l have, &c., (Signed) R. 8. DUNDAIL (Enclosure in Admiral Dundee's Letter.) Her Majesty's Ship Arrogant, Off the Crops lands, July 22, 1856. Sith—l have the honour to inform you that, on leaving the fleet, I proceeded off the Island of Hog land, where I wan joined by the Cossack, Magicienne, and Ruby gunboat. Intormatioa having reached me that the enemy had sent 3,000 troops to Frederieksham, and were making every possible exertion to put the place in a state of defence, I lost no time in getting there. I arrived on the afternoon of the 20th, and would have attacked them that evening, but that the Ruby got on shore in examining the intricate channel lead ing to the town, and it was too late to take the ships in by the time she was off. Early the following morning I succeeded in getting the ships up to the town, and at 9.40 we opened fire. After an engagement of one hour the enemy ceased fire and abandoned their guns, some of which were dismounted. If I judge by the number of men we saw them carrying away on stretchers, they must have suffered severely. I am happy to say the injury on our side has been trifling, though our hall bears evidence of the prri.l sion with which they fired, but generally speaking! their shot fell short. I regret to say that one man belonging to the Ruby was dangerously wounded by a round shot. I must not allow this opportunity to peas without mentioning Mr. Hale, mate, commanding the Ruby gunboat, who, together with his gallant crew, de serve the highest praise for the way in which they worked and fought their long gun, so close to this, that I had an opportunity of observing the precision of their fire. One portion of a suburb caught fire and was de stroyrd, but I am happy to say the town remained uninjured, owing to the strict observance of an order I gave to fire on the fort only. I beg to enclose a list of emelt/ea. I have, &c., H. R. YELVERTOX, Captain. Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundee, &c. LW of Casualties on board her Itsiesty's ship Arrogant, and Ruby gunboat, arts:Med at pretest to the Arrogant. on the Ist of July, during an attack on the enemy's liattez t il Frederickaham.— Wolusded: Arrogant—John Feat. A. 8.. %1,. Ruhy—lidward Quinn, A. 8., dongeronaly ; Brandon. leveret Approved. (Signed) Join CIALUAIIti. (Signed) H. B. Ym.varron, Captain. GENERAL PELISSIER ON THE PROGRESI OF THE SIEGE. The French Minister of War has received the following report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the East : CRIMEA, JOLT 17: M. le Marechal,—For a considerable period the be sleged refrained from sorties, merely reconnoitring bur works of approach with small bodies of men. In the night of the 14th and 15th they attempted a vigorous stroke against the left of our works, advanced in front of the Malakhoff, and, as you have already been in formed by telegraph, failed. We had crowned the quarries situated between the Brancion Redoubt (Mamelon) and the Milakhoff To ser with a strong gabionnade, and had thus formed a continuous line, the right of which is guarded on the side of the Careenage Ravine by a strong place d'armes, while the lett is well defended by good ambuscades near the Karabelnaia Ravine. A flying ambuscade, occupied only by some sharpshooters lodged in pits, had been formed at the extreme left, in order to draw off the fire of the enemy. This line, of which the central part of defence is the Brandon Redoubt, was occupied on the right by Lieut.-Colonel Granchette, of the 49th of the line, with three battalions of his regiment, having the 4th Chasseurs i Pied as a reserve. Lieut.-Colonel de Chabron, of the 86th, commanded the lest, composed of a battalion of his regiment and the 91st of the line. Forty sharpshooters, who occu pied the ambuscade on the left, received as a support 200 picked men of the 91st Itegiment,:under the orders of Commandant Teiller. The Ist battalion of the 100th, placed in the parallel, was to act according as it might be wanted on the right or the left. Finally the Karabelnaia Ravine was strongly occupied in rear by a battalion from each of the two regiments of the grenadiers of the Imperial Guard and by a work ing party of 200 belonging to the 100th of the line. The commencement of the night, which was cloudy, and in the absence of the moon dark, was marked by no particular incident, but towards one in the morning a considerable sortie against the English lines was made without result. Half an• hour afterwards a Russian column of five or six battalions advanced from the bottom of the Harabelnais Ravine and de bonched on our left. Our sharpshooters of the flying gabioonadefellback according tothe orders previously given for such a case, and gave the alarm. They had scarcely done so when the Russians made the attack with loud hurrahs, opening a close and well sustained musketry fire. They were received in good time by a fire equally energetic, and were unable with all their exertions to get at our works. For half an hour they renewed the attempt, always without suc cess, and at last, crushed by our fusillade and the well directed fire of our batteries, they thought fit to retreat. They carried off their killed and wounded, but abandoned before our gabionnade, muskets, ar ticles of equipment, and five of their killed, among whom was one officer. _ The enemy's loss must have been large. Oars happily is small, for in twenty-four hours' service, the combat included, the Motterrouge division had lost i but 20 killed and 94 wounded. These excellent I results are due to the good arrangements of Brigadier -IGeneral Uhrich, who commanded in the trenches, and to the vigour of Lieutenant-Colonel de Chabron and Commandant Toiler, both of them excellent officers. I have, at the last moment, received from General Boequet the news of a new sortie which the Russians made last night. The enemy having attempted in vain to stay our approaches before Malakhoff •on the left have endeavoured to drive us back on the right; they were repulsed, in the most brilliant man ner, by General Canrobert's division, on service in the Victoria attack, as well as by a part of the service battalions of the Guard. As evening set in General Viney, who commanded ' in the trenches, thought he perceived some move ments of the enemy towards Malakoff. In fact the Rus sians had prepared two sorties, one a false attack against our left, the other the true attack on onr right. Towards midnight the Russians advanced with loud hurrahs. The efforts on our lett were soon discontinued, but the sorties on our right, made from the Little Redan, were of importance; the enemy charged our ambuscades three several times. These ambuscades were occupied by a company of Grenadiers of the 20th of the line, to which had been added some Zonaves of the Guard. On the first attack the troops, aided by the Travailleurs of the 62nd of the line and some Sappers, valiantly resisted without giving ground, and drove the Russians back into the place under the fire of their musketry and a shower of shot from field-pieces belonging to the Battery No. 30. Expecting a new attack, General Viney had dis posed his roves, sustained by a detachment of Zouaves of the Guard, sent by General &plumes. This attack was not long delayed ; the &wises arrived, but were received so vigorously that they b e d to fall back, leaving several of thei r men ea th e ground. A third time the enemy retu rn ed to the char ge , with no more success, and at last definitively a ue up to us this small but precious battlefield, mandant Cardonne, Captain buten, Lieutenant Chszotte, and Captain Begretain, displayed the meet brilliant valour. As on the former occasion, those of our bettm ls which had a good view of the ground contributed greatly to our success by the sureness and rapidity of their fire. The artillery of the pug patted.' near us failed not, as always, to rude flee, eois sending d assis ing te a nne grea b t y num its b w er ell or di p rec ro jtedeetilen ee d vii,yeth the bialakhoff. In proportion as the enemy gave way, the artillery of the place and that of the batteries on the oth er g 4 bf the roadstead was brought into play, and at t h, p close of the combat its fire was very intense. N at . withstanding this fierce cannonade and a compact :fire of musketry. our losses are not considerabl e , while the enemy must have several hundred ma hors de combat. In twently-four hours we lost 22 killed and 77 wounded; among the latter, I regret t o say, ars Colonel Adam, of the 27th (ball in left shoulder), and Commandant Bois sonnet (bell above the knee). In these two combats all have done their duty. Nothing remarkable hes taken place on othe r points of our attack. The efforts of the enemy da not interrupt our works, except during the actual ' combat; we resume them immediately alter, sad they are pushed forward with activity and per. severance. PELISSIER. THE BALTIC FLEET. Oxon OUR own KIEL, JULY ZS. A further reinforcement to the French gun.boat flotilla arrived here yesterday from Cherbourg. It consists of four vessels--L 'Aigrette, L'Avalanche,le Dragonne, and La Fulminante. They are fine Tea eels of their clasp, carrying tour guns each, and sp. patently of a plater tonnage than the English gas. boats. They are schooner-rigged, with two mute, and have their engines on the high-pressure prin ciple. Their crews ere fine looking young mu, in a most exemplary state of discipline, for while they are almost all indiscriminately allowed leave to go ashore, they have not in any cue bum found to be disorderly, which is more than we could always say to the picked men of the English ships, to whom the same privilege was granted. These lour gun-boats are all now alongside the French wheat the town, from whence they load their coals direct, without the intervention of lighters, so that the sape riority of the arrangement of our allies in this respect is clearly demonstrated, and, if there is to be another year of service in the Baltic, it will be well if the Admiralty will follow this example, which has been shown to be both practicable and advantageous. It was some time ago reported that the French government had made application to Denmark for a temporary cession to them of the island of Bornholm, to which it is understood that a negative wu gives, and the reason assigned was the firm determine lion of Denmark to adhere rigidly w the treaty of neutrality into which the courts of Copenhagen and Stockholm had entered at the outbreak of the war between Russia and the Western Powers. A recent proceeding oa the part of the Minister of War at Copenhagen would, however, almost create a doubt as to there being some change in their policy, at all events as regards that island or its vicinity. Orders have been given to remove the guns and to destroy the fortifications of the small island of Christiana*, which lies to the north east of its larger neighbour Bornholm. These works served to protect the euchre rage in the adjacent Sound, and as the narrow chan. oil is otherwise secured, when 'medial, by booms drawn across the entrance at either end, the defences to be destroyed are such as would enable the garrison which has hitherto been maintained there to guard not only against surprise, but to maintain themselves until assistance could be received from headquarters. This garrison is now of course to be removed, and as a population amounting to about 200 had congregated there for the purposes of sup plying the troops, they are also to be transferred to some other quarter, as the government have no ides of maintaining a colony of paupers, which it is be lieved the inhabitants would become when thee troops are withdrawn. The anchorage is good, then being in some places a depth of 6 to 7 fathoms, and as it is a place which has long been resorted to by ships requiring fresh water, of which the supply is good and abundant, it possesses many advantages, so that it is the more singular it should thus, apparently without reason, be abandoned. It may perhaps be of little consequence as to what may be the real intentions of the Danish government in this matter, while the superior haven at Kid is open to the allies ; but it may be necessary, not as to present events, but with a view to future contin gencies, that some explanation should be required and given on this subject, for if these islands are to be disposed of and should come into the possession of a hostile power, the navigation of the Baltic may, from their position, be seriously impeded, and trade and commerce greatly injured. The letters received from the soldiers who have joined the Foreign Legion continue to give the most satisfactory evidence of the reception which they have met with in England, and such communications will tend more than anything else to promote the enlistment from this country into that service. There is a diffilulty, however, as to that correspondence which the government at home should adopt measures to overcome. The expense of postage falls heavily, either on the recruit or on his friends, for the establish ment of a postal communication with Heligoland does not at all meet the case, no friends of the soldiers being residents in that island. Letter bags should be sent by steamers, either to Hamburg or Tonning, to the address of the Consuls there, and these officials should be authorised on their receipt to transmit the letters so forwarded, post tree, to their several destinations. The expense would not be great; and as the effect which this would produce would soon have the advantage of the suggestion in more ways than one, it should not be lost sight of. (,ROE 017 R CORRESPONDENT.) NAItOEN, Jim: 22. On the 19th, at 5 a.m., Admiral Dundee , with the French admiral, left in the Merlin, Captain Sullivan, to reconnoitre Swesborg ; the French oreamet Pelican and gunboat Hind accompanied. On nearing Helsingfors they tell in with the Amphion and Dragon. When our ships were approaching the batteries they observed the explosion of an internal machine, which must have been effected by galvanism from the shore, the enemy thinking the Merlin mum than she actually was. The machine must have been much larger than those laid down at Croustade, as it hove the water more than six feet above the surface. There were a number of troops seen oaths Wand of Miolo. At 7 p.m. the admirals returned, leaving off Helsingtors the Amphion and Dragon. The Pembroke is ordered to prepare for sailing. On the afternoon of the 21st, the Commander-in - Chief, with the French admiral, went to reconnoitre Revel, taking with them the Pelican, French despatch boat, a French and English gunboat; and, Wog taken a good view of the place, returned to the anchorage. At 5 p.m. the Tartar came in from cruising, and, having taken in coals and bullocks, proceeded with two colliers in tow to join the fleet off Tolbeacon. The Lightning arrived at 8 pm. iron. 'Astound and Barosund. She brings news of the Driver having lost four men killed. it appear' that on the 9th inst. she went into a place called Hula% in the Gulf of Bothnia, where they saw some wee% and sent a boat in with a flag of truce to say they wanted the vessels. The burgomaster came off to the lboat and said they could have the vessels by not dee Istroying the town. The officer in charge went on board the Driver and told the captain the result 01 his mission, and was sent in to bring t h e ease ls out, retaining the flag of truce. When the boat got doe! to the vessels they hauled the flag of truce down, an d immediately it was lowered the troops from the shore fired on the boat and wounded nine of the crew, four at whom have since died of their wounds, and the boat returned to the ship without the vessels. The Driver then went in and fired, but I cannot say what injury has been done to the enemy. The go' _ .. '~~ ~...._.~.,r.._ .~. ~_~