The Express. — London, England, 1855-06-28 00:00:00

OUR ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL MOO TI) StI.ILLL OP TUB DAILY saws.) CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, loss 16. Notelet of especial interest has occurred to auk the last few days in the siege operations. Os both sides the comparative cessation of firs he. been taken advantage of for the purpose of b o arding the pre lions for the ensuing struggle. The Allies harshest pushing forward their works, a g s siploying the positions lately gained for the es tablishment of batteries, which will have a nearer sad more direct fire upon the points next to be as sailed. The Russians having abandoned all hope of pigainiog those positions, have b en devoting their s s e rgies to impede oar progress, and to repair and s usegthen the principal points which remain in their Povies. Oa oar rig si!)o ht attack, a new battery has been mistreated, under a very galling fire, in advance s i the Quarry outwoek. It is now ready to open, and sot many hours will elapse in all probability Wore the enemy is acquainted with its exact fla tus. It is armed both with mortars and long guns. From the battery a sap has been carried up within a short distance of the Redan itself. The enemy, who it well acquainted with the proceedings of our workiog partici, has brought out field pieces at sight on one side of the Reda°, and discharged a 'wavy kind of grapeshot and fragments of shells against them. It has required coolness and courage to proceed with the work, but nevertheless it has progressed most favourably. In the Mamelon redoubt the French have esa strutted a formidable battery, which will be disested spinet the works round the Malakhoff Tower. Tbs enemy has spared no effort to impede the program of this undertaking. Both by day and night, from the batteries in the west of Careening Bay, from the ships. and also from some mortar batteries behind the Malekbotf, shells have been thrown into and about the Mamelon. It is feared that the French have suffered considerably from this constant fire, but it has not materially interfered with the advance of the works. The Allies have also carried a parallel forward in front of the Mamelon, across the Wahoff bill itself, and out of this, nearly at right ogles, have carried a direct sap some distance up the hill toward the Horniloff bastion. They took rides*. tap of a covered approach which had been previously employed by the Russians as a way of communication between the Malakhoff and Mamelon works, =IV widening the ditch, doubling the parapet, and maples proper traverses, converted it into the sap Wesel mentioned. Still farther on the right, on the east side of Careening Bay ravine, the French have completely changed the aspect of the redoubts taken from the Rowans. The redoubt nearest to the Mamelon—the' Selinghinek redoubt—from which a covered approael led as a means of communication with the works Oh the west side of the ravine, has been doubled in sin, and fitted with an armament of a formidable &e -nder. The nature of the eeemy's new works has not been determined with precision. Working parties have been heard at night within the Redan, and during the day-time the transport of gabiona to it has been observed. The batteries around the Malakhoff have been repaired, and io front of them a number of rifle pits constructed. From these the Russian sharp shooters direct • thick fire, not only against the French in their advanced parallel, bat also against our new parallel communicating with the quarry. The fire from our batteries against the enemy's works has continued very slack. Occasionally a broadside has been poured into the Redan or Malakhoff, with a view of using to greater purpose the limited number of rounds permitted to be fired, sad a few shells have been thrown in the Name directions. It is confidently asserted that whatever may be the nature of the operations of the enemy, and to whatever extent they may be carried, so overpowering and concentrated will be our fire when the new batteries opens, that the Malakhoff most be silenced after eight or ten hours' bombard ment. The assault will no doubt be mainly directed spinet this point, for once in the possession of the Allies, the Redan and other works on either flank meat shortly follow. It was fully expected that the fire would have opened yesterday afternoon. There are many reasons why the bombardment will be re earned at the earliest opportunity. The force which lett under Sir George Brown in the expedition against Kertch has now returned, with the exception of the 7let Highlanders. This regi meet remains for the present, and will assist in pro tecting the position in conjunction with a body of French and Ottoman troops. The 72nd and 31st Regiments have already come to the front, to assist fa the labours of the siege. The brigade of Guards hike expected to leave Balaklava to-day for the WM purpose. Yesterday afternoon a considerable force of the enemy was observed to leave the north camp, and to mesh aim the heights towards the great roadstead. They wen afterwards seen to cross to Sebastopol. A emit brought over a portion of these troops, and at the genie dashed a barge crowded with soldiers mitred touch side. This vessel, after disembarking the troops at the landing-place near Gape Nicholas, Tettraed to the north side, and subsequently again seemed a similar number across. Between thirty ad forty large rowing boats also crossed with =s. No soldiers were observed to leave the side, so that there was no reason for supposing this merely to be a relief of the troops in garrison, and they were considered to be re inforcements in anticipation of an expected attack. It was calculated that five or six thousand bad come seems up to the time when the darkness prevented farther observation of the enemy's movements. Just before midnight a very sharp musketry fire occurred mu the Matnelos redoubt. It lasted about ten siestas, and was accompanied by a vigorous dis charge from all the batteries. ThoOlarns was sounded inthe French camp, and strong reinforcements moved down to the support. The particulars of the affair an not yet_ known, but it was probably a sortie made the fresh troops against the advanced works of the French in front of the Mamelon Vert. An enormous amber of gabions, carried in country have been brought from an inland direc tion waggons, have in convenient positions on the north shore. Two convoys, apparently of grain, have also been seen to move along to the site of th e p rincipal mega isise depots below the Star Fort. It is commonly rumoured in camp that the Russian army near Siropheropol has quitted that position and moved towards Ferekop, leaving their stores of provisions to be available for the use of the army defending SebastopoL I have not heard on what authority the assertion reets. Desertions from the enemy have been rather numerous during the week, and, according to the reports of these men, the rations of the soldiers bad been already curtailed. News had reached the Russian troops that Kertch had fallen, but the account was contradicted by the Russian officers. One deserter said, also, that all the guns had been taken out of the ships ; and there seems some probability of this being true, not withstanding the threatening attitude these vessels have assumed; for guns have been observed to be removed out of some of the forts. Two guns only remain out of the six which were mounted on the roof of Fort Paul ; the other four have been taken away lately. The amount of sickness is described as being very great. The tents supposed to be appro priated to hospital purposes on the north side have been in many parts separated from each other, and made to occupy a greater space, es if some infectious dimes* were prevailing among them. The men•of-war ships remain in the position mentioned in my last letter. They are drawn up nearly in line, as if to sweep with their guns the Malakhoff hill, in cue it should fall into our hands, and at present are out of range of our guns. There have been two, it not more, houses in the town set on fire, apparently by the carcases throws from the front of the Greenhill attack. In MI6 instance the fire seemed to be confined to the home in which it commenced, but the houses were at a larger size than have hitherto been destroyed. Some of our men have suffered from the expl i sta i of the small mines which the Russians have in various directions. On the night of the 11th instant one of these exploded as a party were moving near the Quarry work. One man et the fifith Regiment was blown to pieces, and four or five others of the same regiment were also wounded. A stretcher carried by ono of Ow MO was THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1855. The Piedmonts have been suffering severely from cholera, and since their arrival have lost nearly eight hundred men, notwithstanding every possib le sani tary are and precaution. The appearance of the troops has produced a very favourable impression upon everybody here, and I have no doubt, when engaged, they will prove themselves companions in arms of the heroes of Alma and Inkermano. A. regard. the organisation and the commissariat land transport arrangements, it is certainly one of the first, if not the first army in the world. They have profited by the Crimean experiences of the English and French, and the result ts certainly creditable to their skill and foresight. The thoroughly good pro fessional education of the officers was already known ; they are now winning golden *pinions from every one with whom they come in contact by their good humour and politeness. General de la Marmon, oommauding the second division, brother of the oom mander-in-ctiief, died of cholera a few days after his arrival. The whole force is encamped at Camara, on the Woronzoff road, towards Balder, some distance beyond the scene of the famous Light Cavalry charge, and in conjunction with the French they now keep the whole line of the Tammy& About them more The English are now ready to open fire once more. They are waiting for the French, who are still hard at work fortifying the Mamelon. A heavy can nonade and fire of musketry in their lines woke us all up last night at midnight. The alarm was sound ing through their camp, and the whole sky was lighted up by the flashes and the shells. It was all over in half an hour or law I cannot ascertain the particulars in time for the peat, but it is generally suppoeed it was an attack on the Mamelon which wiii repulsed. Very little doubt is entertained that an assault will follow the approaching bombardment —which is likely to be successful, from the fact that the Russian means of resistance are considerably diminished by their recent losses, and our means of attack proportionately increased. FRANCE. IPONDINT OP TEI DAILY MS.) PARIS, WITNESDLT BYININO. There was a review to-day, held by the Emperor in the Place Carrousel, of troops going to the Crimes. lam told that reinforcements to the extent of 50,000 men will be sent out shortly. It is re ported that General Niel, of the Engineers, and many other superior officers, were opposed to the late assault on the Malakoff Tower, because the troops would be compelled to march 600 metres, exposed, without any protection, to a crashing fire of cannon. General Pelissier, it is said, took upon himself the ..... _ _ responsibility of making the iumiult, against the opinion of a council of war. The Bombe was again inanimate, but gave way • little. The Rents fell 15e., closing at 68(r. 45c. The Lyons and Mediterranean Railway roes 17fr. 50c. There was scarcely any variation in the other lines. Prince Napoleon-Pierre Bonaparte, who landed at Marseilles on the 25th from Conics, has arrived in Paris. The King of Portugal took his departure from Toulon for Civita Veochia in the night of the 25th in the Imperial yacht the Rein. Hortense. The government journals, the Constitutionnel and Pays, have articles defending Prince Albert against the criticisms of the Debate, upon his Trinity House speech. The habitual moderation of the Prince ought tot, they say, to deprive him of the right which belongs to the humblest citizens of expresszat their convictions, and of saying that which they be. , have may be useful to the public welfare. This line of argument begs the whole question whether it it desirable or decent that the husband of an irreapon• sible sovereign who governs by responsible ministate should make a public manifestation of his personal opinions on political topics of great delicacy. If one could be sure that his Royal Highness merely con descended to offer his opinion on the footing of that of a "humble citizen, people might regret that her Majesty's Consort should expose himself to the rough criticism which Englishmen will deal out to those who aspire to advise them on public affairs, but they would feel no sense of danger. The cause of the sensitiveness of the English people is truly stated by the Debate to be the apprehension that the Prince seeks to take advantage of his exalted position to put himself at the head of an unconstitutional party. Last night at the Italian Theatre, Madame Itistori made her debut in Schiller's Mary Stuart (translated into Italian), and achieved a triumph which throws all her former successes into the shade. In the third act in which occurs the grand scene between Queen Elizabeth and her fair rival the audience was carried ' away by an enthusiasm which beggars description. Some of the oldest critics—who thought they had witnessed perfection in Mars and Duchesnois--ran about the saloon, between the sots, like madmen, proclaiming that such acting had never before been - son in France. MONS. SOYER IN THE CRIMEA. thrown a long distance off. A stamp of the foot on the part of the tube above ground suffices to cause the explosion. Healy of them have been discovered and dog up. BOON seconds elapse before the explo sion takes places, even after the t u b e has been trodden upon, and its contents set free, to pass to the chamber containiog the combustibles. To this cir cumstance General Airey owed his preservation on the day of the last armistice. His horse trod on one of these mines, but being in a canter at the time was sufficiently advanced for the general to escape unhurt. The tail of the hor se was singed. In the instance also mentioned above, when some men of the 55th Regiment were injured, the soldier who happened to treed on the tube was in front when the box ex ploded, and fortunately was uninjured. Lieutenant-General Brown returned to camp last evening, but is not yet in orders to resume command of the Light Division. The following general order was published on the 14th instant, in reference to the late successes on the Circassian coast and in the Sea of Azoff. Mead-quarten before Sabutepol, Jane 14, 1865. Ia coutinuation of former orders, the Commander of the Ferns has the great satisfaction to announce to the troops the further saceesen of the expedition to Kertcb. The naval operations against Taganrog, Marioupol, and Eibatik, which took place on the 3rd, 6th, and Oth instant, have been perfectly successful. The public haildlogs and numerous insignia's of provi sions have been burned, thereby causing immense loss of supplies to the enemy. Tbe fortress of Amapa was abandoned and destroyed by the enemy on the 6th instant. Thirty thousand sacks of Sour were destroyed in the neighbourhood of Anhet ea the 9th instant. The expedition is now returning. By order, (Signed) J. Suarsov, Chief of the Staff. The weather has continued dry. The temperature during the day time hu been very high. Cases of cholera are still occurring. Major Mills, of the 7th Fusiliers, who was wounded in the attack ou the Quarry, has been seized by the disease, but his symp toms are reputed to be of a favourable character. Lieutenant Alfred Ball, of the 93rd Highlanders, has sunk under it, but he had been much weakened by a previous attack of fever. _ Juni 16. The attack last night appears to have been of a very determined character. The Russians advanced against the French works in front of the Mamelon from both aides of the Malakhoff. Their skirmishers were however, notwithstanding the darkness, ob served, and the enemy found our allies fully prepared. They were compelled to retire after about ten minutes' fighting, and must have suffered immense loss. Not only the line of musketry fire from the French advanced parallel, but also some field pieces which had been brought forward and were kept ready loaded with canister and grape, poured a deadly fire into their ranks. The severity of their loss was best shown by the fact that they fell back after their first failure, and did not repeat the attempt during the night. The attack was made just at midnight. The French casualties were very few. Both the English batteries on the right attack, and the French works on the other aide of the Careening Bay ravine, opened against the enemy as they pushed forward to the attack, and kept up a fire against them as they were retiring. There is little doubt that this attack was made by the fresh troops who had been observed to cross from the north side during the previous afternoon and evening. The encounter must have tended to die- spirit them considerably. A rumour is going about that the new works are to open this afternoon at 2 o'clock against the Malek hoff, but similar reports have prevailed the last two ' days, without any truth in them, as the event has ' proved. THE TURKISH CAMP. (1 0 1011 TIE SPICIAL OF TEI DAILY Nzwo.) BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JuNz 15. After a long absence from the seat of war, spent in running through the various phases of an intermit tent fever, I rejoined my old friends the Turks a few days ago, and found them on the same ground they occupied when last Omer Pacha brought a portion of his forces to Sebeetopol. Without entering into de tails regarding the arrival of the expedition, which are doubtless already known to your readers, I may mention that its proceedings up to the present have not been very satisfactory. 25,000 men have bees withdrawn from Eopatona—the beet troops of the garrison, and fully capable of rendering important sublime in the operations of the siege, but Maio usefulness is hindered, or at least m arred, by &feeling of dissatisfaction on Omer Pacha's part regarding has position here. It is certainly pardon. r at i fr for a man who, for the last two years, has been exercising a sway not only over his own soldiers, but over the province occupied by his army, little short l of absolute, to feel diseatiafied on finding that, the mo ment he pas...from the north to the south aide of Sebes lapel, he sinks from the position of a generalissimo We see of so greater importance than that of a general of divides. This failing has shows itself in a fled I deal of little bickering. with the French, whici do not reflect the least credit on either party, although, somidering the various weaknesses which mark the best characters, it is difficult to blame either one or the other. General Peliasier demanded aid from the Turkish diviaon under Os man Pacha, posted in advance near Inkermann, in the shape of a fatigue party to carry gabions, which was refused, and this was followed by a letter from Omer Puha, in which he informed the French General that he cams here simply to aid in the operations in the field, and by no means in those of the siege, and that he would, from considerations regarding their health, at ones withdraw his' trap Issas the Tohernays. This was met by a mot esply, in which he was informed he might Is so as soon as he liked. The breach was healed by a personal interview, and the Turkish Midst onmaimad in the trenches, where they have, mil to the present, had 50 men put hors de co mbat. The greater number have returned to head-quarters, however, yesterday, for the purpose of celebrating the bast of Burma. Omer Pacha's return to =rim, even if his corps d'armee remains is still talked of, as matters do sat yet seem to have been made quite rut censuring Without anybody for all this, i ne:st say it shows in the strongest manner t he evils of divided command. The mildest and beet tempered men in the world could not always get on well together, situated u the varied allied generals are. Poor ater Puha is the most unfortunate of all, as he, in virtue of his being the leader of " bar barian" troops, has been compelled almost ever since the beginning of the war to act under advice—now wanting from the French and now from the Eng lish—and, I imagine, must have been very effectually bewildered, until he threw the French overboard, and surrendered himself bodily to English influence. Since then, I think, there has never been much cordiality between him and our " lively neighbours ;" and, on the what', he is much in the position of the old man and his us. I must add to this plain statement of facts an ex pression of my own humble opinion, that Omer Pacha has shown in this matter, that he does not take a correct view of the capabilities of his army, and consequently of his own patine. That both one and the other are materially different from those of the English and French armies and generals, is evidenced by the fact that he has not twenty officers in the whole number possessed of a particle of cou rage or honour • no general of division capable of conducting a se parate movement for two days conse cutively ; no general of cavalry (Turk put sang), with sufficient pluck to order or lead a cha r g e. 1 Under these circumstances, it seems tolerably plain that the Turkish army cannot hope for any very bril liant successes in the open field if acting apart. The services it should seek to render in this war—and surely Turkey is as much interested in the result as say one else engaged in it—ought to be such as it can render effectually and well. If Omer Pacha were really doing good work at Eupatoria, if he were cut ting off conveys, making diversion., or in any . other way under heaven rendering help, aid, or assistance to the common cause, I certainly would think him fully justified in wishing to return, or in standing out a little stiffiy for the dignity , of his army here ; but during the four months the Turkish forces have been there, they have dome nothing beyond repulsing a single attack, eating a certain quantity of courmas and rice, and constructing an incredible number of useless fortifications, which the Russians will never give themselves the trouble of wiggling. AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR ON THE CON- FEItENCEB. The following circular has been sent to the diplo matic agents of Austria at the various courts of Germany: VIIINNA, May 25. Your Excellency will have became aware, by an •rtiole in the Oesterr. Corresp , that the Imperial (Austrian) Go vernment does not consider closed the negotiations with the governments of France and England, respecting the plans which it proposed for giving execution to the third point of the guarantee. We have considered it advisable to inform your Eicelleney of the true state of affairs, as • guide to the language you will hold. If, since the outbreak of hostillties, tiers was ant one moment when more than at another the restoration of puce might oonsidered probable it was the moment when Lord John Russell end M. Drouyn de Lhuye left our capital, The conferences, it is true, had only led to the rejection of the propositions made by the belligerent powers, but upon both sides it appeared to be admitted that those preposition offered the elements of peace, and we were not only able to declare without opposition that we believed ourselves espe cially celled to occupy ourselves in seeking out the mesas of an approximation, but we also put forward a draught of an shim .tum which wu to be sent to St. Petersburg, and which we considered not inadmissible by Russia, since an imme di►te limitation of Russia's sovereign rights in the Black Sea wu avoided, but which at the tame time seemed so completely to satisfy the object of the third stipulation, and put en end to Rus sian preponderance in the Black Sea, that the beforeauned . . . =minim of France and England, in ecefidential interviews, showed themselves decidedly inclined towards our proposal, and undertook to recommend the mine to their govern ments with all their influence. This plan of:an ultimatum, the rejection of which by Russia we declared ourselves ready to make a rants belli, consisted of two distinct propositions, of which the Russian government was to take its choice. The first of these rested upon the principle of a reciprocal limitation of their forms, to be agreed on by Russia and Turkey, and established by treaty, originated with France. The second alternative, offered by Austria, con sisted of a progressive system of guarantees against the de velopment of Russian power in the Earine, which were to be incorporated with the general body of European interna tional law, partly by the treaty to be concluded between Russia and Turkey, and partly by a treaty between Austria, France, England, and Turkey. Lord John Russell, before leaving Vienna, was made acquainted by verbal communi cation with them proposals. The French minister, K. Drouyn de Lbuys, who left Vienna some days later, received • written copy of eur plan, and undertook to submit it to _ . the examination of his sovereign, and also to bring it before the British government. It is unnecessary to speak here of the regret with which very soon after, we received intelli gence, not of the hoped for acceptance of England and France, but, instead, the opposition of the English ministers to the views of their colleague, and of the resolution of the 1 Impale Napoleon to relinquish the services of the ministers who had bet won the admiration and the confidence of the Ameides Neel This, however, is certain, that both the alreumatnasee under which the rejection of our proposition took place, sad the grounds on which the cabinets of Lem, don and Paris contested their value, could only maim us la the conviction that those propositions deserved to be admitted, and that each of the two Western cabinets would 40 very wrong indeed to allow a solution of an eventful question, so honourable as that we offered, to nape them. We are not at liberty to speak more fully of the language held by Lord Clarendon and Count Walewski. minis Is only confidentially before us. It is sere. Ob. asisedieg to our firm conviction, neither inhume bee alliebsgy eon sidered the meaning and imgeelasse of ear pin e übether regarded u supplying the elengsee pesible sal mese sic. tool guarantees spine OM erell4Meiglng policy of Soon in the East, as is rabbi le Me sputa object of nine nation of the pronallemne of ifeerb in be Black OM His Majesty the Imam to fhb in balk conerning the position methadon' for the Imperial ant under Oen circumstances. It appeared at ems to is Majesty thee it was his duty to furnish the Cabinets of Paris sad Luskin with an opportunity of nods enninieg our proposition oaths consequences to which the unexpected rejoins of lbw would expose Europe. The assurances of panda seatiments, communicated to us by Count Waisted.% Os Inigent impression of being =dunked that has take glee MOM of moderate men's minds in Frames and Ragbag ; the reserve with which the English ministers have "gum In parliament respecting the real* of the question. lag raw eves appealed to the duration of the negotiation; perhaps Its the seemingly intentional noes, with which the ingalili of the Earl of Clarendon dwells en the absence of all said sad direct communication frees Austria—all these guns straw have necessarily been an inducement torus to ed am Vs the powers, with which we are in alliance, a full ontrollion of our plan together with its tontine, as well in beinnaplete refutation of the objections raised again% it Should this step not be attended with the neon desired, we isnot dispute the right of the belligerent powers to heist on more ample conditions in their tautest, but we meet ions it to them to procure themselves for their dean& that title which is expressly recognised by the protocol of Dee. 211, which declares that the details of the bases to be obtained will depend on the progress of military events. We, for our part, would simply rely on the bags that we deem le be obtained by the npgentsnts that have been entered data We should firmly abide by the bans reesnised by ion the conferences, and continue to protect the integrity of the Terkish empire against a fresh attack. In this attitude we should know how to await the moment, when on the resumption of negotiation' be peace, we might be able to reader oar indium available for the adoption of the four guarantees in be sins we attribute to them. Should an the other hand ear pregeni for on ultimatum meet with the approval of the cabinets of Paris and London, the final messes of the work of pears would then solely dined on the lest rennin of the 110Ulls of St. Petersburg. Year ezoalleney perceives, that the ant communications from Paris sad London, will have to decide on our further course of proceedings. Not till then shall we be in a condition to make degaltive proposals to oar Ger man confederates with respect to the Mere action of the Diet. Convinced that the line of policy which we have is. variably pursued sine the bases of the four points MIN list established, deserves the entire confidence of the Ow man governments, we indulge is the hope, that the nee tares we shall have to make to oar federal allies in either of Ike cues specified will meet with their ready anent, sad that the opportunity for securing active unanimity on the part of Germany will not be lest on this osession. The correct appreciation which most of the German courts have formed respecting the step lately taken at Frankfort by the cabinet of St. Petersburg is wall calculated to sangria us la this conticti,o,—Becetto, COUNT 817010 NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 27.—APPOINTMENT.—Second Master M. Netten (1850), to the Alarm, 26, at Deeonport. PORTSMOUTH, Jura 27. The Cambria (No. 101) steam transport, arrived at I Spithead this morning from the Crimea. She called at Malts, which place she left Jane 14 for Gibraltar. She has brought home 12 sick men from the last named place, which she left June 21, bat they are not from the wet ot war, not having been farther than the rock. She has also 79 women and 118 children belonging to the 13th Regiment of Light Infantry, which had gone on from Gibraltar to the Crimea. Five sergeants, 7 corporals, end 35 men of the 13th also come home in her to furor • reuniting party for the regiment. The other passengers were Mrs. Peel, wife of Captain Peel of the 13th, godchildren ' and Staff Assistant Surgeon Stewart. This afternoon the Cambria came into harbour and landed the troops anti women and children • the sick have been sent to the military hospital in this garrison, the detachment of the 13th to Chatham, and the women and children to the Camber barracks, in this town, until they can be sent to their respective homes. Tney and their baggage were taken to the barracks in omnibuses and other conveyances. The Mlles, shell magazine, for the Baltic, Muter Com mander Browne, has received her crew to-day, and is ready to_go to Spithe ad, to take in her cargo prior to sailing. The Neptune, 120, sailing ship, Captain T. Hutton, and I Cruiser, 17, screw stoop, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas, have exercised their crews at Spitheut to-day in shifting sails and spars. The Sutiej, 50, new sailing frigate, was taken into dock to-day to be fitted out; and the Sealark, 8, was taken out. To-morrow, being the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, will be observed as a holiday in the Dockyard and other government establishments, and throughout the 1 . borough generally by all classes. CHATHAM, Jossz 27. Commodore Trotter is appointed to the command of the Castor, 36 guns, and exertions are made to complete her for sea. The shipwrights are squaring her bottom, the caulkers busy on her topside., and ethers in the hold re. lining the magazine and storerooms. She will be ready in are weeks. Forty invalids arrived at Chstham on Tuesday, 3t) of whom were received into Fort Pitt; the remainder were forwarded to St. Mules Barrazke. DUBLIN, John 27. Major Poneonby, late Private Secretary and Aide de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant, bee resigned his appoint ment for the purpose of joining his regiment, the Grenadier Guards, in the Crimea, and leaves this evening for London sn nowt ' to his destination. Drafts from the following depots, vie. 30th, 49th, 50th, 68th, 9th, 89th, 17th, 39th, 21st, 57th, 13th, 44th, 47th, 66th, will embark at Queenstown on the 30th, on board the Bride of the Sea, the Royal Charlie, the Duke of Bedford, and the Tr afalgar, for Malta. Oa the same day drafts from the undermentioned depots :-13th, 14th, 62nd, 90th, 63rd, will take their departure in the Lillie., at Kingstown, for the same destination. The aggregate num bers of officers and men are :—Captain", 21; subaltern', 89 ; sergeants, 74 ; drummers, 40 , rank and 8 e, 2,032. The officers who accompanied the troops which sailed, in the screw-steamer Golden Fleece, from Queenstown for the Crimea, on Sunday lest, were:—Captain R. A. Fraser, Captain J. C. liPLeod, Captain Charles Y. Belga', Lieu tenants Sir Peter A. Heiken, Bart., Crompton, Ferguson, Green, and Farquharson, of the 424 Highlander; Captain W. C. Cunningham., and Captain James Herbert Frame, of the 79th Regiment (eight officers of this regiment are gone overland to join the regiment) ; Captain M. 0. Sprot t Lieutenants Nightingale, W. G. Aiesander, A. Tabuteau, M. W. Hyslop, Edward Welch, E. H. D. Macpherson, and J. M. Clayhille , of the 93d., Cornet Baker , of the Bth Ha ws, and Cornet Cockburn, of the 11th RUMP. On Monday evening 40 young men left Belfast for Fleet wood, on their way to join the service companies, at the seat of war, of the several regiments to which they belonged. Yesterday morning, at 7 o'clock, the remainder of Capt. B. Lenson's company, 10 battalion, and Major J. C. Fortescue's company, 7th battalion, emberted et the Wharf wall of Woolwich Arsenal, in the Sovereign steam transport, No. 68, for conveyance to Gibraltar. THE TRANSPORT sERrIOB. The following " memorandum " has been fumed by Captain Heath, the principal agent of transports in the Black See: " Her Majesty's ship Triton, Balaklava. " I am informed that much scandal has been owed by the stewards and others of souse of her Majesty's hired transports selling private articles at exorbitant prices. I consider that it is greatly to the benefit of the army and of all persons em ployed in this expedition that ships running backwards and forwards should, when there is room, be allowed to bring Private stores on private speculation. The quantity brought, however, should be so limited in amount that the public service may not be impeded, and the prices should be so reasonable as to forbid the imputation to which I have referred. To attain the first of these objects a regulation has, I believe, already been made at Constantinople that no private stores for sales are to be shipped from that port without permission from the Transport-office; and I have further to direct that on arrival at Balaklava, whether from Constantinople or any other port, a list of private stores for sale is to be brought to me. To attain the second object—viz., that the articles so brought shall be sold at reasonable priest —I have to direct that the masters of transports will noti to the stewards and others who may be in the habit of tr ading on board their respective ships that they are not allowed to charge more than one eighth in addition to the prices on share at place of ship. ment for dead stock, such as hams, ale, &A, and one fifth for live stock. Thus, ale costing 12.. per dozen in store at Constantinople, may be sold here for 13s. 6d. A turkey , costing be. at port of shipment, may be sold here for fie. I beg the stewards may be informed that if it should become known to me that these proportions have been exceeded, all I trading in that ship will be stopped. I rely on the assistance of masters of transports in carrying out these regulations. Their object is not only the good of the expedition, but to , rescue oar service from imputations which, although in some , cases well founded, have in others been most usjout. No goods of any description are ever to be brought as freight. " L. 0. HEATH, Captain and Principal Agent of Transports. "To the !fluters of all hired Transports." SPORTING. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE RACES.—Wzmnstair. GLIND Surto Brix's. T.Y.C. I Tilly. Bebe. 2 2 yrs yrs Mirage. 2 yrs Elvestois. II yrs 4 Psomuro,2 yTs 5 Won by four leogtbs. TES NOITICIIIIMLAPD PLATE. TWO mike. Wbitelock ...—......... 1 Viudes Neoploismns ........ I 4 won by ball • length, bad third. Fifteen ran. COMXIRCIAL VISITOIII' Beano. One Esl - 1 - 1 razz HAIIDICAP. Three quarters pensilre ilWair Tom Perkins. Qum's PLATE. Three mile'. ,ENDAK AND KID.IEENT RACEB.—Wardsz3DAY. llroanrr aurnicer, Pub) son. each, half ft, with 50 added. end a distance. (12 Mr. 0. Drewe's Vulcan, by Verulam, S yrs, Est 9lb .(Bray) 1 Mr. D. 8. Donna's OomioUns, 3 yrs, 661 ....... .....(Fordbam) 2 Mr. Powell's Plausible. 3 yrs, ht 31b (Prior) 3 Captain Wilsoa Tom Burka, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Collins) 4 Tux Lawnon PLATS of SO son. (handicap). Twice round, about a ills snd a half. Mr. J. Kosees Warbler, by Don John, 3 yrs, 7st. (Collin) 1 mi. J. B. Douglas's The Amber, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Pontoon) 2 Maps Bringhurst's Humboldt, 4 yrs, Elst9lb (Hammond) S CRICKET. SURREY V. SUBSEX.—TIus match was concluded at Brighton on Tuesday evening in favour of Bum: by 3 ram. Boom ; Buses:, let innings, 70 ; 2nd innings, 127. Surrey, lot innings, 93 ; 2nd innings, 102. RUGBY SCHOOL V. MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE.-1 his match 000nataosd yesterday at Lnd's. Rt the close of the day the goose stood as follows: —Marlborough, let innings, 87 ; 2nd innings, 46. Rugby, let innings, 130. [Advertiesniest.)—AT Ms liscure aIItABLIIOI - lONastAtroot, Na 4 • loadoahall-otroat. awl Prtal Polar. u+ Warr the lama of Brida' to Work-bum. rliNalOas cam slid= SI or lazary MY* lor 4ramolioa. • sgealls lor llama& Mosobetalos Dirdello Wir e = l Virkey, Bekord• tok•Pws, Slum Pow, Pa 111Ip. B i n I gl u s ammo & eimitio• wow Ms nil Misr IWO "rub% TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY Nun. Ss,—With Mr. - Braesbridge and several Sisters of Charity, I aocompanied Miss Nightingale to the Crimea for the purpose of organising and, if re quisite, improving the hospitals there, in accordance with those on the banks of the Bosphorus, and also with the further intention of introducing my new diet, already adopted at Constantinople, and of teaching our brave brothers in arms to cook, if possible, as well as they can fight. The latter they knew how to do, while the former they had to learn. Having returned, I can assure you that although my new pupils are rather numerous, numbering between 30,000 and 40,000, I do not despair of being able to considerably ameliorate their present system of cooking, with the ready assistance I re ceive from head-quarters and the superior officers throughout the camp. I am once more for a short time at Constantinople, to see if the new diet is carefully carried out, and to station a civilian cook who well understands his basin/es in all the hospitals of Euless, and take away with me the soldiers who formerly officiated in those establishments as cooks. At Scutari lam now eegaged in teaching them the rough art of bivouac sookery, by making experiments out of 24 rations, the daily provisions allowed to the troops, which were delivered to me by the Commissariat in the Crimea, upon my request at headquarters, and part of the result of which I beg to forward you, in the shape of a series of receipts, several of them being for some time adopted in the camp, where I personally put them into practice, having been printed for distribu tion. In a week or so my new staff of warrior seeks will be ready, and I shall start for the Crimea the second time, to terminate my culinary campaign. The receipts I send, in the hope that you may be able to publish some of them, as I think they will be found both useful and interesting to the public, especially as they may be adapted to domestic purposes. A. BOYER. Barrack Hospital, Scutari, June 18. BOYER'S BIVOUAC COOKERY. Brower, SALT BRIT AND PORN.—(0111 Omer Paeha).— A favourite dish in the comp.—Put into • ante= sauce p about 2 lb. et well rooked beef, cut into eight pieces; lb. salt pork, divided into two, and sin soaked ; lb. of ries, ter sin tablespoonful ; brown lb. of onions, or four middle shedli rea sum, :led and sliced 2 on. of sugar, or two ; on. of pep per; and five pints of water. liimmor sadly for three hours, remove the fat from the top, sink serve. The first tints I made the above wee in Sir John Oamphall's camp kitchen, situate on the top of his rocky seem facing Sebastopol, near Cathcart's Hill; and the die inguished pupils I bad upon the occasion 11111n li ntail Windom, Sir John Campbell, and Dr. Hall, lumistor.Ciensral of Hospitals in the Crimea, and other siosn. This dish was mach approved of at dinner, and is enengh for sin people, and, if the receipt be closely followed, yen cannot fail to have a very good dish. A few hours will eaten to soak the London salt meat, which I consider is only piekltd, compared with the ration meat, which will require at least from eight to ten hours. PLAIN BOILID SALT Buse.—For six rations, pat in a ninon saucepan 6 loos of well soaked beef, cat in two, MIS a quarts of cold water. Simmer gently three hours, MA serve. About a pound of either carrots, tut si parsnips, greens, or cabbages, or three ounces of vegetable., or dumplings, may he boiled with it, iMen:l7. When the beef is properly soaked, the vegetable will be band very mineable. For SALT Pont proceed the man, °sly boil from one hour end • half to two boars. Split peas may be added in the broth, tied in a sloth to form • plain pud ding. Marron SOIIP—Pat the rations of six into a pan. 61b. of mutton eat into 4or 6 pines ; lb. mixed vegetables, or N. of preserved, whin are usually daily given to the troops ; 31 taaspoonsful of salt, 1 ditto sugar, U pepper, bandy ; 6 on. of barley or rice, sr 6ta dal of either ; 8 pints of water. Let it simmer pa y for 2 hours sod • half, remove the fat, and serve. PLAIN l'z• SOUP—Put in a pan 2 lbs. of pork, well soaked, and cut into 8 pieces, and 6 pints of water, us lb . of . of split peso, 1 teaspoonful of sugar, 1 ditto pepper; fresh 'veva:ilea, or 2 on. of preserved, if handy. Let it boil gently for 2 hours, or until the pose an tender. When the perk is rather fat, as is generally the sass, wash it only. lb of broken biscuit may be usd ear the soup. Salt beef, when rather fat and soaked, may be tied for pea soup. &rowan PL SOUP (a new way).—Cut Ms of pork, soaked, or only well wean U rather fat, put it in a mains saucepan with about half • pint of water, two tempoonsfel of sugar, half awe pepper, if handy. Set your pan on the fire. Stir it round now and then with either a spoon or • piece of wood for about 20 minutia. Then add a table. spoonful of doer, three quarts of water, half a pound of peas. Let it simmer for from two to three hours, till the peas ore tender. Take off the fat from the top and serve. Four tuiddle•eized onions sliced, or about same quantity ei fresh or dry vegetables, if handy, also • little mint, are a valuable improvement. Fasxca Bul? Sour, on POT AU Frtu (Cx FASHION) —Put in the kettle Sibs. of fresh beef cut is two or three pieces (bones included), lib. mined green vegetablsa,er half • pound preserved in aka: four teasponsfulneolt, one ditto of pepper, one ditto of sugar. throe ditto of abler (if these last three are handy), eight pints of water. Let It boil gently three !nun; remove some of the fat, and serve. The addition of 14 lb. of bread cut into slices, or one pound of broken biscuits well soaked, will make awry nutritious soup. Skimming is not required. Fow TO STIR FAWN BunD, POlll, MUTTON, AND VRAL.—Cue or chop 2ilie. fresh beef iota 10 or 12 pints ; pot these into a saucepan with 14 teaspoonful of salt, 1 do. of sugar, do. of pepper, 2 mitidleoized onions Woad, pint of water. Set oa the fire for 10 minutes, van forming • thick gravy, odd • good tablespoonfol of flour, Mires the fire for • few minutes, add a quart and • half of water. Let the whole simmer until the meat is tender. Beef will take from two-and-a-half to three hours, mutton and pork about two boon, veal one hour and a quarter he one hour end • half. Onion', sugar, and pepper, if not to be had, must be omitted. It will even then make a good dish. lid( pond of sliced intakes, or two moos of preserved potatoes. Ration vegetables may be used. The following small dumplings may be adcad .—Put in a basin a quarter of a pound of flour, one-quarter teaspoonful of Nat, two pinehea of pepper, two emcees of chopped fat of pork, or beef suet, tour tablespoensful of water; mix well, and it will form a thick paste; roll it in • little flour into small halls, then put it in the stew pan for 15 minutes, and serve. The puts will make about eight balls. These may be made four times larger, and boiled with the salt beef and pork. Little chopped onions may be added. A plainer way.—Put the same quantity of Sour, ult. and a little more water; roll in come flour; make a dozes; proceed u tke Fame. COMIACKS PLUM PUDDING (a favourite enemy amongst the troops).—Pat into a basin 1 lb. fl mu, 1 lb. raisins (which may be stoned if time allows), t lb. the fat silk perk, well washed, cut into small dies or chopped, 2 tablespoonsful of sugar or treacle; add I pint of water, mix all together, put into a cloth, tied firmly, boil for 4 hours, and . If time will not admit, boil only 2 hours, though 4 hours are preferable. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. MEETING IN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. t for obtaining • thorough and searching reform in the The third public meeting in support of the MOVe• men management and administration of all our public depart ments, was held yesterday evening at Drury-lane Theatre. when the crowded state of the building, and the earnest and enthusiastic demonstrations of the meeting indicated the SA W. h v o T I t ri fl e e : M pp P ; . 31 ; i F i rLu rapid rate at which the question is gaining on public opinion. M.P. ; A. J. Otway, The chair was taken by SAMUEL MORLEY, Esq., and upon. A .P . . H ; . A 1 j pel yar ey d, P m el . la p t . t : M.P. ; J. P. Monolith, MP. ; J. the platform we also observed Charles Dickens, Esq. ; W. Reed, Mowatt ,is i. M.P. J. P. Gatlin, W. J. Hall, Geo. Bishop, jos. ; J. Ingram Travers, R. Odilby, Wm. Lister, Benj. Wilson, J. B. Allan, Wm. Cumming, Goo. Moore, Fm. Smooch, Donald Nicoll, J. P. Foster, Thos. Pollock, Wm. Eiger. jun. ; Peter Graham, George Stagg, Forster Graham, Rev. Robert Walpole, J. 0. Datchborn, Fredk. Ottoman, Clemt. George, J. A. Nicholay, J. Whitmore, R. Michell, Jacob Bell, Joseph Harvey, J. Fermin', R. L. Fenniegs, W. S. Berton, J. G. J. Greene, J. W. Marshall, John Wade, John Vane,: of Harwich ; John Norton, :of Lincoln ; Henry Railton, of Seittlegarth ; H. R. Hoole, of Sheffield ; W. Burnley Hume, F. L. Blocs, A. 8. Ayrtoa, Jobnstoun Neale, Col. Inigo Jones, M. J. Higgins, Travers Buxton, B. L. Smith, Dr. Bell, Dr. Price, Rev. D. Massie, W. A. Bethune, A. Gettig Gibson, T. Falvey, of South ampton, &e., &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said— Ladies and gentlemen, I em anxious not to occupy more than a very few minutes of your time—first, because an op portunity was afforded to me on the last occasion of ex pressing my deep convictions on this subject; and, so ' Goodly, because there are other gentlemen entitled to ad dress you who will occupy every minute of our allotted time. (Hear, hear.) lam anxious, before I say a word et two on the general question, to make a remark on some matters of a purely personal nature. It will be seen that some statement, which were made at the former meeting hove been seriously and hotly controverted by more than one member of parliament. lam anxious to do justice to myself with respect to these statements without doing in justice to Mr. Lindsay, who you may depend upon it will set himself right in the proper place—namely, the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Mr. Lindsay feels as we all feel that as his statements have been controverted in the House of Commons, it is in the House of Commons they must be met, and I merely mention it here, because the charge forms pert of • general accusation against the accuracy a our statements. New, we assert of ourselves that we rue men who are incapable of making a false statement, if we I know it. (Cheers.) We are quite sure that • bad :cause cannot be permanently bolstered up by false statement'. and we feel that a good cause, such es ours, require" no such support. (Hear, hear.) The term "leaders" he been applied to certain gentlemen connected with th.s association, but as far ash refers to any one connected with this association, the epithet is a misnomer. We are Merely a committee associated for the furtherance of in which we all take a deep interest, and in no case looking to leadership for A, B, or C, or any other person whatever. (Hear, hear.) Something has been said respecting our having packed this building by means of tickets. The fact is that we meet here because we could Sad no other place large enough to hold us, and so great has been the desire of the public to hear what we have to say, and to give force and momentum by their attendance to our object, that of getting rid of exist ing abominations in the public office', that we found it necessary to issue tickets in order to ensure comfort and regularity for those who attended. (Hear, hear.) We know the name of every one present, end I am prepared to say that never was there a more authentic representation of thinking men—and I am glad to say of ladies also—as ' @ambled on any tension, or in furtherance of any public .object, than that by which I see myself surrounded on the present occasion. (Cheers.) A good dell has also been said about the publication of the names of certain mem bers of parliament in connexion with our last meeting. was much startled to see the letters in the Tines on the subject ; and on inquiry from the secretary I found that tickets were sent to every member of par harm nt, and as they were not marked "not tram (treble," and as all came in, the secretary concluded that the invited parties had come. Seeing that Colonel Freestun's—who has made so much of this circumstance — card had come in, it was not wonderful that the secretary should imagine that be and some of the other colonels might be skulking about the boxes. (Cheers.) All that can be said is, that they were put down because their tickets came in. (Hear.) If I were asked why I em here to-eight I should say that it is because I love my country, and because I tremble at the probabi:ity of the recurrence of such • year as that which has just passed away. (Hear.) I feel that as Englishmen we have received • great affront at the hands of those on whom we conferred great responsibility and power ; but I am told by some that we should not disturb the question until the war is over. My conviction is that if we don't get • change in the state of affairs the war will never be over—(loud cheers)—and that our countrymen will continue to be murdered in thousands through the sheer, absolute neglect and incapacity of the men who have utterly failed us in the hour of our need. (Loud cheering.) Further, I believe that nothing short of the most unmistakeable manifestation of public opinion, or perhaps absolute revolu tion, will alter the state of things of which we all complain. (Hear, beer.) I am a firm believer in the doctriae that there are limits to the endurance of a people ; and no doubt revolutions have done wonders at times; bat we English men know how to manage these things without revolutions. We shall convey so unmistakeable an opinion to Lord Palmerston, who now only knows public opinion through the House of Commons, that if he does not concede our just demands, his place and power will not be worth a month's purchase. (Hear, heir.) Let but such an idea get into his lordship's mind, depend upon it we shall get our own terms. (Hear, hear.) There has been a debate in the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. Layard ; en the first night of which the government mustered up courage to threaten resignation, but on the next Lord Palmerston, with wonderful dexterity, which has been the theme of ad miration in all official circles ever since, adopted the amend ment of Sir B. Lytton, and, at half-past one in the morning that amendment is carried, almost without a remark. I must confess that the result of that discussion gave me ea imp •n of the insincerity of government, and convinced me that if we for a moment relax our efforts we shall get little substantial in the way of administrative re form. (Hear, hear.) Let it be understood that I am not making an attack on the mere ribordinates, the clerks in the public offices. No doubt there is abundance of evidence on this score, respecting gentlemen who go to office leading bull dogs in a string. (Cheers and laughter.) We hear • great deal of convenation about the state of education among the working Mews ; these facts show what is the state of educa tion among . those who have nothing to do. (Cheers.) The fact is that these young men sometimes come to office so miserably deficient, that the bead of the office is frequently obliged to give them a month's leave to learn to write. (Cheers and laughter.) The principle upon which these appointments are made is as bad as can be. (Hear, hear.) What we want is a true sense of responsibi lity in official people. Any one who has read the report of the Sebastopol Committee must feel that the great ob ject with every witness was as muck as possible to shirk responsibility. (Hear, hear.) Nobody would admit that everything had been his fault, sad what we want to do is to get every one into a position In which he shall be responsible. (Hear.) I should like to see business managed as it is in our large commercial towns, where transactions are curled on quite as large as those with which government have to deal, bat where you will find that the head of each department is not a man who has been placed there because he had an influential brother or cousin, or some private friend, but because he had served the firm faithfully through • long series of can, had gone creditably through every grade, and had made himself thoroughly acquainted, not only with the principles, but with all the details of the demist sent at the head of which he was placed. (Hear, hear.) Such a man is held responsible for everything th at takes place in his department, and if all the appointments are not made at his direct recommendation, no one would be allowed to hold • situation a moment under his displeasure. Now, I hold that it is a system like this that we ought to have established in the government departments. (Hear, hear.) We not only want men who have proved themselves competent in the three " R's" as they are popularly called, but who have proved themselves generally capable, and of whom we have a conviction that they will faithfully perform their duty. We want to hold out to the faithful *etymon who have honestly done the public work for years that they shall not be overtopped in the race for pro motion by successful lawyers or soldiers, who now build their SUCCESS upon making glib speeches in parliament. (Cheers.) There are thousands of able men in the various public departments who now have no chance, and who look with beating hearts to the progress of this movement, and to them we look as fellow lab ..0 "n the prosecution of the - good work. (Hear.) Our object in short is to put an end to ell promotion by favour. We propose to ascertain the state of the army, navy, diplomatic, and cavil service, by careful previous investigation, and by the ensuing session prepared to place we trust will lead and then it will only country to ds their favoured with one of t 3 a member of parliament which the latter stated I , ' tom for his eon, votes for the membv. runts were being made matter only could be is am prepared to express i father, who takes such time I feel that s electors, ere embers. Have an confessedly (Rawl her.) We want to elm Mon of parliament we hope .to be e before the house such a case so [ to a reform in these various bs , 4 rely remain for the constituesedes?tr heir duty. (Hear, hbsr .) . f Ylk il to of those curiosities of litereitte* rliament from one of his OMNI , ated his wish to get i.;plawe• f , adding that his family had "Aid iber at the last electiow L eidirtat, made to secure seven or eight, Ittkish Ibe settled. (Cheers'' leNgit . e . n . L . 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