The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

ARE YOU . GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS THIS SEASON? If so, you must visit the TARTAN and TWEED WAREHOUSE, 12, High-street, Inverness, where you will find the splendid speci mens of Highland Manufacture which gained the Prize Medal in the Great Exhibition in 1851, and the INDUSTRY and PRODUCTIONS of the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND, and CLOTHING of every kind for DEER-STALKING, GROUSE-SHOOTING, and for Ladies and Gentlemen Tourists' Wear, with an unrivalled selection of Plaids, Shawls, and Ladies' Tartans, Tweeds, and Linsey Woolseys, &c., &c. Inverness. D. MACDOUGALL. M`D. and all his Patterns may be seen at 24, Brewer-street, in a line with Glasshouse-street, Regent-street, London, until Ist July, when Mr. ll'Dougall returns to Inverness. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-Mr. EUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that his BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY, 29th June, 1855, on which occasion will be revived the Comedy of THE -BUSY BODY. Marplot (first time), Mr Buckstone ; Sir Francis Gripe, Mr. Chip pendale ; Sir Jealous Traffic, Mr. Rogers ; Sir George Airy, Mr. Howe; Charles, Mr. W. Farren; Whisper, Mr. Clark; Miranda, (first tinge), Miss Reynolds; Isabinda, Mrs. C. White; Patch, Miss E. Chaplin. After which, the renowned SPANISH DANCERS, Senora Perea 21ena and Senor Marcos Dias, and twelve unequalled Spanish Cory phees, will make their First Appearance since their return from their provincial engagements. To which will be added (first time) an entirely New and Original Farce, entitled, BUCKSTONE'S ADVENTURES with a POLISH PRINCBBS, in which Mr. Euckstone will sustain the Principal Character. To be followed by other Entertainments. Tickets, places, and private boxes to be had of Mr. Buckstone, Ne -18, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall ; and of Mr. Turpin, at the Box Office of the Theatre, from ten till five o'clock daily. ROYAL OPERA, DIITTRY.L.A.NE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LITCREZIA: BORGIA. Lncrezia, 3fadanze Arga ; Orsini, Miss F. Haddart; Genera, Signor Bettini ; Signor Fortin!. To be followed by the New Ballet MIRANDA. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6 d.; seeond circle o boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2 s. 6 d. ; stalls, 45. ; Private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four Persons , one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THY...ITER ROYAL HATILMIEET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstene: THIS EVENLNG, will be performed AS YOU LIKE IT. Characters by Messrs B. Sullivan, Howe, and Compton ; and Miss H. Fancit. titter which, ONIY A HALFPENNY. To conclnde with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAZLES Saga. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka- Mr 3. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL ProPriem, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Mt.datno Calera. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HELPING HANDS. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c. ; Madame Celeste Mrs. Keeley, &c. Followed by FOREIGN AFFAIRS. To conclude with THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG: ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING, Will be performed PERFECT CONF EDENC E. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. To he followed by STILL WATERS EWN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss and Mrs. %Lenart. To conclude wit% THE GiI:RICK FEVER. tOY.AL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Wlll be performed OITR. KELLY. Nelly Bell, Miss R. Isaacs ; Giles, Mr. W. Raiders. After which, CHERRY AND FAIR STAR. Principal character by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with DEAF AS A PO/T. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lame and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Boundlgss Magnificence and Majestic Effect. Mr. William Cooke invites attention to that new gem of gorgeous brilliancy and margive splendour, the Spectacle by J. H. Stocqaeler, Esq. THI3 EVENING, The Crand Hippodramatic Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms. Real armour, ponderous material, desperate encounters in the Tour ney. Ring and stage combined in one ! After which those matchless entertainments invented and ar ranged by Mr. William Cooke, the ACTS in the CIRCLE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BIUDGr. MIS DAT —Morning 36 min.aftei 10 I Evening 6min. art.ll ro-MORR.ow—Morninc 35 min.aftei 11 I Evening 2 min. aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—Sui Orrin, June 26. THIRMOMETZB, IN TB SHADS. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day, at noon. Bsuomirrzß, 3013. WIND, N.W.—Light, with fine warm summer weather. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF " THE SUN." On and after MONDAY next, the 2d July, the price of " THE SUN" on Unstamped Paper will be reduced to FOUR PENCE. The Stamped will be FIVE PENCE, and will go free by post for fifteen days from the date of publication, and may be retransmitted during that period to all parts of the kingdom. Subscribers in large towns, to whom the unstamped paper can be sent in parcels by rail way, had better arrange with their news agents for cheapness and convenience. Any communication addressed to this office will be duly attended to. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, 25th June. ft ( 7 - *' 54*AW LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1855. One good result must follow from our losses in repulse, even more than from those incurred for victory. They will decide our course with the Cri . mea. After the affair of the 18th, woe to the Ministry, woe even to the secret diplomatists, who shall darn to surrender Sebastopol and the . Crimea to Russia when once they have been con quered. The Allied nations will never endure to see the trophy of Russian diplomacy erected over the graves of their noblest heroes ; in other words, to see Russian cunning, and the subserviency of Germanised Courts and autocracies conspiring to reinstate despotism in domains wrested from it by the sufferings of freemen. Long have our states men hesitated to pronounce the Crimea forfeited for ever by Russia. Will they hesitate now ? Deference to the RUSSELL dictum has tied, apparently, the tongues of our legislators ; they have been more afraid to beard a near Rus- SELL than a distant CZAR. Is this to last ? In the House of Lords, the folly of hoping for a secure peace without curtailing Russia of those "claws" which, as Mr. W. S. LA.NDOR justly says— alone make her lobster body formidable, has been well insisted on ; in the popular house the " truth for the times" has hardly found expression. How is this ? Surely the time is come to speak out. The country, the army look for the utterance there of their feelings, and that feeling undoubt edly is, that the enemy shall no more enjoy the harbours and the fields which he had converted into a robber's and pirate's nest, and from which he was only expelled at the cost of the lives of the honest and the brave. Which of the four Allies possess them we little care, nor will they quarrel with each other about that ; but we lay it down as a moral no less than a political maxim, that the blood of the 18th added to that, of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, has purchased the Cri mea beyond recal. It were political suicide 4 .0 give Russia the chanc e of reconstructing the tary and naval arsenal of Sebastopol ; b u t it would be insulting our best and hol;.est feelings to place the cemetery of our I,lol‘.Yi ers in hands which would dishonour their sepulchres, Many a son, or brother, perhaps a wife, or daughte r t oo, may yet resort thither to weep, ar i d to garland the tombs of their bel.oved ones. They s h all not weep amidst the derision of the fellow-savages of the Hango murderers. We suppose we shall hear of the eternal Mrs. GLASSE again ; we must acknowledge, never the less, that this repulse has fil:ed us with fresh thoughts on what the next step should be. We have faith in the effect of reverses, both on our troops abroad and our countrymen at home. Thousands among us would bo ready now, ifland spe culation ran in that direction, to emulate the noble Roman and tlieinapued propheta and to bigzz end seal a contract for the purchase of a Crimean or a Polish estate ; if at least our timid Government would but declare its policy. Defeat—so far—only assures of the necessity of final triumph ; and we look forward to the time when Russian estates in the stolen territories shall be the recompence of such of the Allied veterans as may desire such a reward for their toils. In keeping the next step in view one thing is quite clear : even Prince ALBERT, Lord PALMER • STON, or Lord CLARENDON must own that Austria has now put herself entirely beyond the pale of respect. Three crimes which ought, each of them, to be unpardonable, and which with all English men out of the Houses of Parliament are unpar donable, she has already committed. First, she liberated Russian troops for the attack of Inker man, by permitting Russia to rely on her obstruc tion of OAR PACHA'S movements. Secondly, she has played the foulest tyranny in the Principalities which she undertook to occupy in a purely mili tary sense. There her soldiers have dishonoured respectable women and murdered their husbands, restored a Russian tool to the civil government, and finally proclaimed martial law ! superseding the Turkish authority which they came to esta blish. And, lastly, now the position of the Allies is fast improving, this recreant and beggarly Power strengthens Russia as much as she can for new Inkermans. As she liberated troops from Bessarabia before, so she releases them from the defence of Poland now. She sees that Russia is ruining herself by conscription; she therefore bids her use her old soldiers. She reduces her Polish army some hundred and eighty thousand men, expressly because she differs from the Allies about Russian power in the Black Sea ! Months of precious time, thousands of precious lives she has lost the Allies already all to end in giving Russia at the eleventh hour the best aid she can. With such a dirty enemy it is useless to keep terms any longer. Even in this repulse the ac cursed hand of Austria is felt ; to her share in the grand Polish robbery we owe it that we had no Polish Legion to storm the Malakhoff Battery, but that Polish guns and bayonets were compelled to murder those in whose van they would gladly have fought. The fatal effects of the A ustro- Coburg poison are manifest in each successive calamity. What can be a more appropriate reward of Aus trian jugglery than to make Poland the next step of the Allies ? No one denies that a free Poland is the essential to a free Europe ; no one denies that Poland has even stronger moral claims to our aid than Turkey, and is equally necessary to the just balance of power ; no one can reasonably deny that so hostile are the Poles to their op pressors that an honourable pledge that this time they should be free, would rouse the whole coun try against them. The only reply is that we are not prepared for a war of nationality ; the re joinder to which is the Court and Aristocracy may not be, but the people of England are. convince Ministers of the sincerity of his profes sions, and he will compel them, for very shame sake, to maintain their own. Ministers have pro mised fairly, but it will depend on the people and the Administrative Reform Association whe ther their pledges be fully and faithfully redeemed or scandalously violated. The anticipation in which we indulged yester day has already been completely verified. We now know the full extent of the British loss in the disastrous affair of the 18th, and we rejoice to be enabled to say it has been much less than what the sinister rumours in circulation indicated. The officers killed, as we yesterday communicated, were nineteen, with one who has since died of his wounds. Seventy-four have been wounded, more or less severely—while of non-commissioned officers and rank and file, 144 have been killed and 1,058 wounded, making the total number 1,295. From Paris we learn that the loss in killed and wounded of our gallant Allies, in the attack on the Malakhoff, was less than 2,600, so that the total casualties in the Allied armies have been less than what was as serted to have been incurred by the British alone ! We may fairly take some degree of credit to ourselves for being the only metropolitan journal which on Saturday officially contradicted the 11E. warranted reports respecting the casualties in our troops, and thus in some degree allayed the ap prehensions of the friends and relatives of those engaged in the fearful conflict. By urgent in quiries at the War-office we ascertained that these reports were altogether destitute of foundation, so far at least as the knowledge of the Govern, ment was concerned, and we hastened to give the salutary information to the public. On Monday, from knowing the number of officers killed, we were enabled to predict with considerable confi dence that the amount of losses reported had been greatly overstated, "Ex pede Herculem," having one of the quantities known a close estimate may be formed of the remainder. There is a scarcely varying rule of proportion which may invariably be relied on ; especially when the element in the calculation is the casualties amongst the officers, who, in any assault on a fortified position, encounter their full share of risk. We havq, as we stated yesterday, to deplore the loss of many faithful, energetic, and devoted men ; and what renders it, if possible, the more deplorable, is that it has been without any cor responding advantage. But we must bide our time—rejoicing that the disaster, severe as it has been, is not quite so bad as had been supposed, and that the preparations for what we hope and believe will be the successful onslaught on the Russian stronghold, have been scarcely in any perceptible degree impeded. Such tem porary repulses invariably suve rather to stimulate than to discourage the energies of the troops, who burn with an ardent enthu siam to avenge their fallen comrades in place of being dispirited by their melancholy, though glorious, fate. They have also received a salutary, though dearly-purchased, lesson, and in tracing the causes of their check on the 18th will learn to avoid or overcome similar obstacles on the next occasion, which cannot long be deferred. We have also seen the moral effect on the ad versary as well as on our own men. The inces sant and useless cannonade on the 19th, the burning of the Faubourg on the 20th, prove be yond the possibility of doubt that they have acquired no additional confidence from their suc cessful resistance. On the contrary, it seems as if they were panic-stricken from what they have already suffered, and that they havebut little hope of resisting the next attack. A few days must now produce the authentic details of the melancholy event. When we have these details before us, we may find that they are far less injurious than had been supposed, just as the losses were less than a third of what had been rumoured. For these we must wait patiently, convinced that there is no real cause for despondency, or for ap prehensions, which should have no place inßritish hearts. We must steel, however, for the encoun ter, however formidable, and gather from the tem porary reverse a more earnest resolution to assent to nothing but an honourable and enduring peace, which will avert from our children and children's children the necessity of such sacrifices as we ourselves have unhesitatingly made in the sacred cause of truth and justice, in the defence of right against might, and the protection of the weaker side when wantonly and unfairly attacked by a powerful assailant. Russia will find to her cost that she has no cause to rejoice in the battle of the 18th, and that the blood of the heroes that have perished will not be shed, i n v a i n , but will cry aloud for vengeance on 'close wh ose i nsa ti a bl e cupidity have o ccas i one d i ts ambition and grasping outpouring. However highly the hopes of Administrative Reformers may be excited by the resolution, all but unanimously carried in the House of Com mons, and the solemn pledges given by the Pre mier, there must be no relaxation of labour, no diminution of zeal, until they have witnessed the practical realisation of their wishes—the matured fruits of the good seed already "sown, broadcast" throughout the length and breadth of the land. " Palma non sine pulvere" is a sound and whole some apophthegm. Its accuracy has been estab lished through a long succession of ages, and. associations or individuals may well feel doubtful respecting the permanency of successes very easily achieved. It is when the battle has been fiercely waged, when every inch of ground has been contested, and every nerve strained to the utmost degree of tension by the de fenders, that they learn the bitter, but salutary, lesson that their position is actually untenable, and that they make real submission to their victorious assailants. When, however, great concessions are offered in the first instance, more than could be anticipated by the most sanguine partisan, some doubts may reasonably be enter tained of the sincerity of the offers. " Dodges " are considered fair in politics as well as in war. It is said that Austria prides herself (!) on deceiving the Allies. And so may Ministers do it by outwit ting the Administrative Reformers—if they prove themselves so green as to be taken in by mere professions, or desist from their exertions before the anxiously-looked-for results come into opera tion. What has already taken place may be ex ceedingly valuable if the preliminary victory be turned to good account. It will be quite the other way should it lull those who so reluctantly came forward into fatal security, or induce them to spare labours which they may, too fondly hope, are now un called for, since Ministers have promised to take the matter into their own hands, and become the leaders of the organised movement against jobbery and corruption. It is not, we believe, necessary to stimulate the leaders of the Association to the efficient dis charge of the arduous duty which they have volun tarily undertaken. They will not sink into apathy, or spare time or labour, although their private avocations require close attention, and make any additional trouble doubly onerous. It is the general public, who require to be stimu lated to the task, who should still be urged for ward in the path, and called on to form branch associations and to attend the meetings, and subscribe liberally to the funds of the pa rent society. The most energetic efforts must now be made, if we desire to avert the pos sibility of any slip 'before the goblet has been drained to its dregs, and all the obstructions to the fair promotion and legitimate rewards of l i n _ patronised merit be fully and completely r'',!ceived. As the best and most efficient test 'of their sin cerity and fidelity to the good cause the people must reform, themselves. No, person en t rus t e d with the elective franchise 'pallet make its posses sion the p re t ext for rer i j u i r i ng t h e patronage o f his representative or of seeking emploi , -. meut in the public service for any friend or relative , however de s e rv i ng . If th e party for whom 'lie seeks assistance be really meritorious he car.. get on by his own exertions in a straightfor ward and legitimate manner. He will not require any undue efforts, any " backstairs' influence " on his behalf ; and the application will let in similar demands for less meritorious candidates. , 4 pa tronage " is " the accursed thing," 4 :46 m ere touch whereof is contamination. 'The man who seeks a favour in return for violat er 'ills vote is a traitor to his coo try wilful an d deliberateof the sacred trust reposed him by I `.'is country. Every consistent Administrative I :teferrner roust make sacrifices for the general we rte good. If h e eschew " must ve r nepotism," in high pl aces , ntlipair.actise it himself i n any degree, preac " themote He must practise what he from his own eye" i u A r i ntim number o . f Russian prisoners are employed on the hes—rem ove to pluck forth or even rail at before p The works in the , (IPpal talent of Dordognf. (France), he venture. " the b eam ', e aristocratic —Y4sterday and the day before the King was cool Which obstructs th E KTN4 Or PRIIS3IA'S HEALTH.—BERLIN June 21 sd h t keep Majestyh his r t o o o o m k b f y re r s vision. co n l i d lti l s a rn si s l u t n d w a o y u a ld t a s seam Let him do this s e far as he is individually con. inilßary ceremonii.i that was h . corned, and d evote h . elq in the 'open air near 16, labours and pecuniary the New Palace at'Potsdarn. The state of the ings rewurcas to the good a lum . Sunday;s become still more uniatisfactory since last Let him UM VIE ARREST OF MR. CURTIS. BERLIN, June 24,—The Preussische Correspon dent publishes the following official account of the affair in Cologne connected with the arrest of the Secretary of our Consul there : " Kray had failed to appear on the 29th of May in obedience to the summons issued on the 25th. At the instance of the Ober-Prokurator a warrant was taken out against him. Consul Curtis received no formal previous notice of these two proceed ings; but he was in a position to be perfectly well informed of them, as at the time Kray was served with the summons by the officer of the Court, he was in conversation with him. In the sum mons. it was expressly stated, that in case of the party's not appearing he would be proceeded against according to law ; it could not, therefore, have been unknown to him what his secretary had to expect in that case. It has been stated that a despatch addressed to Brussels had been taken from Kray by the police at the time of his arrest, and kept back from him 24 hours. This statement is entirely false. No such detention of a despatch has has taken place either on the part of the police or of the j udicial authorities. The despatch in question, which was probably not delivered to Kray till after his princip a l h a d appeared in his stead, remains lying at the d we lli ng of the former. day after he was arrested. 0- • wife, instead of ref- • ' inst., that Kray's Lie It .t urning it to the Consul, brought to the ma - it was not till a o tatrate, with the request that he would de l fver it to C ur ti s , which was accordingly done. An application made by Consul Curtis that Kray might be liberated on hail was rejected, after being deliberated on by the Senate of the Provincial Court, on the grounds of the nature of the enlist ments effected by Kray now under investigation. An additional circumstance ofaggravation is to be found in the fact that '.sithin the last few days an inquiry has been entered in to against Consul Curtis himself, on the charge of having gained over Prussian subjects for English military service; of having, by presents and promises, influenced persons to emi grate VtliO have not yet performed their military duties ; and of having knowingly participated in the enlistment 131 f: fected bythese parties in Cologne. It w• ' the duty of any foreign° - L - IClhave been to abstain f" while staying in Prussia . _„ this - • requently tpoin , which has of late been so f -An any contravention of the law on re called to th e reme mbrance of the public. it is the less excusable Curtis and Kray are) have . not ... . refrained e enlistments, under when Prussian subjects (as A f l ro lll. m aiding and abetting in aut h ori t i es, t t he pre hi prohibited n Justice under the very nose of I , was therefore not only compete n t by duty to intervthe ana stop sucu baucoaulsrsoe.bound Her Majesty's last levee for this season will be held to-morrow, The composer, Meyerbeer, was received at Bucking ham Palace last week. Next month private theatricals, under the manage ment of Mr. Charles Dickens, will be given,at Campden House, Kensington, in aid of the Sanatorium for Con sumption and Diseases of the Chest at Bournemouth. The English mail for Lisbon, which left London on the 9th inst., and the French mail for Lisbon, .which left Paris on the 10th inst., were burnt in the province of Burgos. Captain Robinson, R.N., who has been engaged in laying down the telegraph cable in the Black Sea, came home in the Sultan, and proceeded to London yesterday, to present himself to the Admiralty. Lient. James Marshall, killed in front of Sebastopol, was, says the Leeds Mercury, the son of Thomas Horn castle Marshall, Lq., judge wf the Leeds County Court. The Scotsman, announces the death of the Rev. Dr. George Brewster, minister of the parish of Sconnie, and brother of Sir David Brewster. Plans of " Sebastopol and its environs, indicating very clearly the works of the besiegers, their camps, and lines of circumvallation," are advertised in the St. Pe tersburg journals. A letter from Coblentz says that three Englishmen arrested there the other day On suspicion of being en gaged in obtaining recruits proved to be innocent tour ists, who were amusing themselves with giving away spare cash to the people. The Journal de : St. Petersboarg publishes the names of a number of Prussian ladies who have sent lint from Berlin for the use of the Russian medical staff in the Crimea. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. - The intended soiree at the Royal College of Physicians, on Wednesday, the 27th instant, will not take place on account of a severe and sudden affliction which has befallen the Pre sident of the College. THE ARMY.—CHATHAM, Juno 25.—The garrison at Chatham is all activity in getting the drafts ready for the annual embarkation to India. About 1,400 men from the provisional battalion will embark at Gravesend next month. Mr. O'Sullivan, the United States Minister at Lisbon, who is said to be one of the best chess players in Ame rica, played, during his late stay in Paris, 27 games without odds with M. St. Arrant, the well-known French player. Of the 27, M. St. Amant won 21—Mr.O'Sulli van 3 —and 3 were drawn. Lord Ward's valuable collection of pictures is still at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, open to the public, free of charge, every day of the week except Monday. It is to be regretted that his lordship's liberality is not more generally known, as many persons would gladly avail themselves of the privilege. MONEY ORDER OFFICES.—On and after the Ist July, major money order offices will be opened at the under mentioned places :—Normanton, Yorkshire ; Crayford, and Notting-hill, in the London district. Minor money order offices will be opened at the under-mentioned places on the same date :—Handsworth, Staffordshire ; New Radnor, Radnorshire ; Pride Town, Devon ; and Docking, Norf Ik. HARMONIC UNION', HANOTER-SQUARE Rooms. — The last concert of the evening will take place to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, when Rossini's Stabat Mater will be performed, and Molique's Mass produced for the first time in this country. Mademoiselle Emilie Krale, Miss F. Rowland, Miss Lascelles, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss are engaged as principal vocalists. Sir John Rennie, C.E., returned from Portugal in the Madrid mail-packet on Sunday. He has been out to examine for the Portuguese Government the seaports of Portugal, and see what improvements can be made in them. He advises the Portuguese Government to make Lisbon the commercial centre, and to run a railway to Oporto. _ _ The Semaphore of Marseilles, mentioning the gift by General Yussuff to the Zoological Gardens there of a swift-running dromedary, adds ; " The General formerly had two dromedaeies like that which he has now sent, trained to run in a calbche, and in which he had per formed the journey from Medeah to Algiers with won derful rapidity." A correspondence from Hamburg, c'ted by the Patric, states that an English frigate had isppeared before Hee sing-fors, and had fired some red-hot shot. The inhabi tants, panic-stricken, left the town, notwithstanding the efforts of the authorities to detain them. It was thought, it is added, that a serious bombardment would soon he commenced by the bulk of the allied fleets. FRUITS OF AUSTRIAN PERFIDY.—The Kreuz Zeitung publishes the following information as to the Russian forces placed at liherty by Austria's abandonment of her position on the Polish frontier, and consisting of eight regiments, i.e., 24,000 men, has already passed Armen ekoy Bazar (to the south of Perekop), and will proceed direct to the line of the Tchernaya. These are the first elite troops that Russia has sent to the Crimea ; in spite of the most arduous marches, they have lost nothing of their martial bearing and spirit, and judging from the longing for battle that inspires them, great results may be expected from a collision with the enemy, seeing that the standards of these troops have on almost all occasions hitherto been attended by victory." MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—On Sunday last sermons were preached at Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, in aid of the funds of this charity, where, during the past year, 18,234 patients received medical relief ; that in the morning by the rector, the Rev. Thomas Gamier, B.C.L. ; that in the evening by the Rev. David Laing, A.M., F.R.S., incumbent of Trinity Church, St. Pan crag, and formerly chaplain to the hospital. The ap peals were liberally responded to, and collections made, which exceeded 991., besides adding anrual supporters to this truly valuable medical charity. ROYAL COLLEGE OP SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen, having urdergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 22d inst.:—Messrs. Charles James Schofield, Leeds ; Albert Stanley Prescott Knight, army ; Richard O'Leary, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Charles Frederick Clough, Work sop, Nottinghamshire; Thomas Anthony, Tredegar Iron Works, Monmouthshire; Marshall Weir, Belfast ; Thos. Turville Gardner, Brighton ; William Frederick Croome, Banbury, Oxon ; Matthew William Stobart, St. Bartho lomew's Hospital ; and David Kay, Bradford, York shire. At the same meeting of tie Court Mr. Brownell Richard Murphy passed his examination for naval assist ant-surgeon, ADZ-UNION OF GrasaoTt.—The committee of management of this Union having commissioned Vin cent Brookes, the eminent lithographer, to execute a fac simile in ehrotte-lithography of the picture, by John Gilbert, "The Spanish Peasants going to Market," 1,000 copies of which are to be distributed as prizes among the members, Mr. Risden, in his employ, has completed the task, and the result is the largest and most splendid specimen of chromo-lithography we have yet seen—a specimen which may fairly be said to rival in depth of tone, richness of colouring, and fulness of expression the choicest cabinet oil-painting. So complete, indeed, is the resemblance that a close inspection is required to discern the difference. The eleiar e'scuro of the picture is admirably reproduced. This is especially observable in the features of the male peasant, and the dewy ripe ness of the fruit is there also in all its freshness. Alto- , gether, the print not only reflects credit on the artist, but also does honour to the enterprise and good manage- , merit of the Art-Union, while the subscribers to whom it may fall are certainly to be envied. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The present will be an un usually busy week at this theatre, Mr. Buokstone hay ing prevailed on Mr. Sims Reeves to appear last night , and on Thursday next, in conjunction with Miss Cush man, in the musical play of " Guy Mannering 2 ." while on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, such has been the enthusiasm excited by the performance of the part of Rosalind, in Shakspeare's "As You Like It," by Miss Helen Faucit, that Mr. Buckstone has, for the pre sent, put aside every other play in which Miss Faucit appeared, that the public might have ample opportunity of witnessing this admirable representation before the close of her engagement, which takes place next week. On Friday, Mr. Buckstone takes his annual benefit, re viving for the occasion the comedy of "The Busy Body," himself playing, for the first time, the character of Mar plot. The exquisite Spanish dancers, Senora Perea Nena and Marcos Diaz, with their coryphees will return from the provinces, especially for this night ; in addi tion, a new farce will be produced, entitled " Buck stone's Adventure with a Polish Princess." Few theatres can offer in one week such attractive names as Sims Reeves, Miss Cushman, Helen Faucit, Perea, Nena, Marcos Diaz, with Buckstone, Miss Reynolds, Comp ton, Chippendale, Howe, and the rest of the popular Haymarket Company.--ZMorning Post. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The proprietors of these gardens have added something to the usual attrac tions of the place, by catering for the youthful population who at present increase the numbers of the metropolis. The performances of a Signor Russelli and his two sons surpass anything of the kind that has ever been wit dessed. 'the professor himself is as stout as iron and as pliable as india-rubber. His SODS bid fair to rival their father in these peculiarities. A novel entertainment, to be carried out by a party called the European Minstrels, is promised, which we shall take care to report upon at an early opportunity. In the meantime it is but com mon justice to repeat what has been said often enough, that the representation of Sebastopol is the most marvel lous deception of the kind that has ever been produced. Twenty-two railway carriages were filled with excur sionists from London to Southampton oft Sunday. The Medina steamer went round the Isle of Wight yester day with a large number of excursionists from South ampton and Cowes. The Contractor steamer brought to Southampton yesterday 80 excursionists from Poole; one of them fell overboard close to the Southampton pier, He was unable to swim, and just as he was sinking he cr: l lz li t 11914 of a rope thrown to him and was sated: itEFORM.—A. Meeting was held yes terday at Brighton hi behalf of Administrative Reform, the mayor, Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett, in the chair. Mr. John Laurence proposed the first resolution, and alluded to the disasters a-id sufferings which had arisen in the Crimea in consequence of bad management. The resolution moved by Mr. Laurence was :—" That this meeting strongly condemns the present system of ad ministration of public affairs, and is of opinion that an immediate reform in the management of the vari us departments of the St a t e i s urgen tly re quired,inasin ueh as ability and merit are too often sacrificed to political and party interest ; and that the town of Brighton, in —;44, every ot h er i mpor t an t borough, sh ould _.c remodelling a system w hi ch disastrous results." which was —etc common insist on the nene....7 " • had recently led to such fearint Mr, C: Barrows seconded the resolution, carried unanimnisiy, Mr. Bowen May proposed a o tha;iks to Mr. hiyard and Mr, Roebuck, and also to the nress.in general, for exposing existing abuses. Mr. G. Cobb seconded the resolution, which was also agreed to. A vote of thanks to the borough members for their attendance was then passed, and the compliment was acknowledged by Admiral Sir G. reallell And Lord Alfred Ilervey. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26. 1855 LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL PARIS, TUESDAY, 7.30 A. hr. The Menitewr announces that the Minister of War has received the two following despatches from General Pelissier : CRIMEA, Juriz 21, 11 P.M. We are actively making approaches towards the Malakhoff Tower. The enemy appears to be exclusively occupied in repairing and strengthen- ing his works. A little cholera still prevails, but it does not spread. The general health is good. JUNE 22 3 11 P. M. I have no new fact to mention. I send you by the ordinary mail a detailed re port of the combat of the 18th. The following is a list of the less we suffered : —37 officEirs killed, 17 prisoners, 96 gone to the ambulances ; non-commissioned officers and men killed and missing, 1,544 ; gone to the ambu- lances, 1,644. VARNA, JUNE 21. The Turkish Contingent numbers 60,000 men. The Embassy is removed to Therapia. An atttack on Kars is daily expected. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 25. The allied squadron has sailed for Archangel. PARIS, MONDAY. The following telegraphic despatch bas been re ceived from St. Petersburg, dated June 24 : "Prince Gortschakoff sends a despatch to an nounce that after 21 hours' bombardment on the morning of the 18th, the enemy attempted an assault on bastions 1,2, and 3, and on the ltorniloff Bastion. They were repulsed from all sides with enormous loss, the French leaving 600 prisoners in our hands. Up to the evening of . the 19th nothing fresh." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. From the moment the news of the check on the 18th at the Malakhoff Tower was known the loss sustained by the allies has been magnified by rumour in an extraordinary manner. Not a day passed without a thousand or so being added to the number, and this morning it was declared that at least 10,000 between English and French had perished or were wounded on that occasion, and this number was considered to be rather under the mark than over it. The English alone were put down at 4,000 and upwards. The accounts re oeived to day, supposing them to be correct, consi derably diminish that amount, though the loss is still to be deplored. They fix that of the English at 1,200, including 150 killed, while the French are said to have 1 ,000 killed and 1,600 wounded. This is out of the usual proportion, and is supposed to be erroneous ; but the aggregate number is far under that which the partisans of Russia in Brussels as in Paris wished to have believed. In the same account it is mentioned that nothing can be finer than the English army, which is estimated at about 30,000 men. " They are," says a French despatch, " magnificent troops, and capable of any thing." They are well fed, well clothed, and in great spirit. There are 50 days' provisions always on hand, and fresh supplies arriving every day. General Pelissier meets with an enthusiastic recep tion from the English whenever he appears among them. The cholera is said to be making ravages in the Sardinian army. A good deal of progress has been made in the arrangements for the last 10 or 12 days, and it is expected that in another fortnight everything will be complete, or very nearly so. The Emperor has just assigned, from his privy purse, a sum of 6,000 f. to the Prefect of the Basses- Pyrenees, to assist the persons who have suffered by the late inundation. The Moniteur Algerien states that, on the 17th, a grand Te Deura was performed at the principal church of that place to celebrate the 25th anniver sary of the capture of Algiers by the French. A quarter of a century has now elapsed since that im portant event. The administration of the Bank of France has declared a dividend of 100 f. per share for the first six months of 1855. BOURSE, JUNE 25.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 41 per Cents 92 90 —f. 3 per Cents 66 55 66 . 55 Credit Mobilier 955 Roman Credit Fonder 550 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 3 71 _ - Home Debt Piodmontesa RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. C. fr. c. Orleans 1175 Lyons 1233 75 Western 755 Rou en Cate 655 --Strasburg Mediterranean 1176 Ha vre 6lO Northern RUSSIA. The Military Governor of St. Petersburg had issued the following notification, dated the 15th of June, respecting the movements of-the Allied fleet in the Gulf of Finland : " The enemy's squadron, which got under way on the 14th, has cast anchor near Seskar Island. A screw liner and a frigate of the enemy have again appeared off Krasnaia-Gorka." The Invalide Busse has the following . : " The diary of Prince Gortschakoff, received on the 15th, in addition to the news already given i n telegra phic despatches, contains some additional details resceet ing the operations before Sebastopol and on other points of the Crimea. As regards the details of the sanguinary affair of the 7th of June we shall publish them as soon as they are received. " From the 22d to the 26th of May (3d to 7th of June) the besiegers succeeded in pushing forward their approaches near the cemetery and towards the Matnelon Vert, and endeavoured, by exploding nem mines, to give a greater depth to their ontonneirs ' o pposite to Bastion No. 4. They have continued to fortify Streletza Bay with great activity. " On our side, despite the terrible bombardment which lasted for two days (25th and 26th of May-6th-and 7th of June), all the damage done was repaired as well as it could be, and the guns and carriages destroyed replaced by others. "On the 22d of May (3d of June), the Allies, pro bably with a view t 9 divert our attention, undertook an offensive movement in the valley of Baidar ; at 6k a.m. they made their appearance, coming from the village of Vermoutki, numbering 6,000 to 8,000 infantry, with cavalry and artillery, opposite our advanced posts, and, splitting into two columns, tool: the direction of Baidar and Bouyuk-Mouskomi. The Cossack posts, which occupied the line from the vilage of Alsoni, in the direction of Baidar, fell back on the Tchernaya. At this moment the Yessaoul Ken nakoff of the 56th regiment of the Don Cossacks charged the enemy's cavalry with two sotnias of Cos sacks, drove it back, and crossed the Tchernaya. In this econt e three Cossacks fell. At nightfall the allies left the valley of Baidar, and our advanced posts resumed their former positions. "According to a notification from Lieut.-General Wrangel, Kertch, and Yenikale are occupied by a detachment of the enemy's infantry, 15,000 strong, with two regiments of cavalry, and six batteries of artillery, under the command of Sir George Brown. The allies have commenced forffying Yenikale, covering works by a strong line of cavalr y , supported reserveryof infantry and horse. "The English and Turks who have occupied Yeni kale are perpetrating all sorts of a trocities there nhabit ; they have pillaged the Church, and they ins ants w ithout distinction te of of aae or sex." The Police Gazet, St. Pete rs burg, publishes the following notification of the M dated Juno : " On the Ist (13th) June there was no movement visi ble in the enemy's fleet in the Gulf vesseof Finlawent nd. to Insea t.he ev ening a steame r and a transport l "To-clay, at 9 a.m., the whole of the enemy's fleet, which was anchored before Cronstadt, weighed anchor and made sail." THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, JUNE 23. Orders have been received. here to prepre to embark. an additional corps d'armee of 50,000 men. —ent has moreover chartered GO of the nil the Rhone, which it is said ^c 4zoff, with a view " , e war of men or money in order to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, and to compel the enemy to sue for peace. In the meantime the port of the Joliette is again filling with steamers and sailing transports chartered by Government to convey troops and stores to the Crimea. The American clippers Mo narch of the Sea and Ocean Herald commenced yesterday to take in shot and shell. The mail steamer Pericles sailed this morning for the Black Sea, where sho is to remain at the orders of the Government. She took despatches, letters, and a detachment of 80 men. The Carmel, due this afternoon, arrival at 7 a.m. She brought the mails, and 100 sick and wounded soldiers. The Imperial yacht Reine - Hortense remains in the old port, waiting the arrival of the King of Portugal. TURKEY. A letter, dated Constantinople, Julel4, says—"l yesterday saw a gentleman, just arrived from the Crimea, who had witnessed the brilliant achieve ments of the 6th inst. He tells me, with a variety of other matters, that Lord Ragan had made a most unfortunate move in consenting to an armis tice of five hours, conformably with the proposal of the Russian commander. The Russians during this interval strengthened their position at the Malakhoff Tower, by the addition of twenty heavy guns, which will, it appears, if this information be correct, delay for six weeks the operations of the siege. " Towards evening, however, having felt some anxiety on this point, I visited the French Hospital of Mejidie, and conversed with several of the 'wounded who had been just brought in from the scene of action. According to their account, Gene-. ral Pelissier is determined to strike in a few days the final blow, and attack with his whole force. the Malakhoff Tower. " I mentioned in my last the report of Ali Pacha's (the Grand Vizier) going to Paris before returning to Constantinople. There are, however, no grounds for this rumour, and this functionary is expected to arrive here in a few days." THE WHITE SE A_ SQUADRON. HAMMERFEST, June s.—The British squadron destined for operations in the White Sea, consisting of the Meander, 44, Captain Baillie (commodore), Phoenix, 9, screw, Commander Hayes, and Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Luce, passed this port to the northward yesterday. The French frigate Cleo patra is now lying in this harbour, waiting for two steamers to join her, when they will also proceed to their destination. _ _ BERGEN, June 12.—A French man-of-war steamer, bound for the White Sea, arrived were yesterday, and after coaling proceeded to-day. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, June 22.—The different organs of the foreign press have recently contained so many con tradictory reports respecting the reduction of the Austrian army, that some reliable information on the subject cannot but be acceptable. The reduction will amount to 145,000 men, with 30,000 horses. The cadres of all the regiments ,are, however, to be maintained. 100,000 men will be dismissed from the two armies now stand ing in Galicia and Transylvania, and the other 45,000 men from •the Ist and 2d armies—one of which is in the German provinces of Austria, and the other in Italy. An army of observation of about 120,000 or 140,000 men will remain in Gali cia and Transylvania, but all the other troops will retire into their usual cantonments in Hungary, Bohemia, ch. Three regiments are to return im mediately to Italy. The house of Rothschild is endeavouring to obtain from the Austrian Government a cession of the Southern Railroad (that to Trieste), but Baron Bruck is likely to drive a harder bargain than his predecessor did with the French company. The Fremderb Blatt has advices of the 15th from Varna. All the vessels which were lying at Burgas and in the Bosphorus have been, sent with troops to Trebizond. Admirals Lyons and Bruat are preparing for a new expedition, which it is supposed will be directed against Kimburn and Oczlkoff, the fortresses which guard the entrance to the Liman or Bay of the Dnieper. There is also some talk of a reconnaissance in flat-bottomed boats in the Bay of Kirkinit, in order if possible to find out what is doing at Perekop. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DINE 24. Within the last few days various appointments have taken place in the arrangements of the Russian • corps diplomatique. Prince Gortschakoff is confirmed in his post at Vienna ; Baron von Titoff in his at Stuttgard ; Baron -von Brunnow, formerly repre sentativii of Russia at the Court of St. James's, enters now on the same office at Darmstadt and Frankfort ; M. de Kisseleff will represent his Court at Rome and Florence ; M. Butenieff, who has hitherto held the latter post, retires entirely from the diplomatic carriers. Baron von Budberg, who has , hitherto been accredited to Hanover as well as to Prussia, now relinquishes the former appointment, which he has held ever since the re call of General von Mangaroff from that Court, and M. de Fonton, First Secretary of Legation in Vienna, is appointed to represent Russia at the Court of Hanover. This must be looked on as another concession made to Austria by Russia ; for, in addition to his many talents as a diplomats, M. de Fonton was the skilful and experienced po pular agitator that had on so many occasions held in his hands the leash of sedition and tumult in the Principalities of Bosnia and Servia, and lat terly in Wallachia and Moldavia. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) steam-boats plying are to be despatched to the to ulterior operations, which will carry further into the enemy's dominiont. The Emperor I Napoleon 111. ie determined to mare no gle,crifieej adjourned. ~c :4l ' ,•7•!s` LONDON, June 26.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light, pleasant breeze, although cloudy at times. The Thomas Sharp, from Liverpool to Calcutta, was spoken, June 24, 14 miles W.S.W. of St. Ann's, leaky, and with pumps broken, bearing up for Liverpool. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed— H.M.S. Imperieuse, for the Baltic. FALMOUTH, June 2g.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—British Queen, from tha Mauritius. Off port—Mexican Packet, for London. PENZANCE, June 24.—Wind, light. Arrived—Mercy, from Belize, and sailed for London. SHIELDS, June 25.—Wind; N.W. Sailed—Mary Hen zell, for Point de Galle. MEMEL, June 22.—The Maria Margaretha, a prize to her Majesty's steamer Desperate, has arrived here from Copenhagen. CONSTANTINOPLE, Juno 14.—The Agnes Blackie, from Malta to Balakiava, with Government stores, was lost off the latter port on the sth of May, after being in contest with her Majesty's steamer Medina; the vessel and cargo totally lost ; all hands saved. SMYRNA, June 16.—The Spey (barque), of Liverpool, sailed hence to Constantinople, 2d inst., got on shore ca the rocks off Long Island, aad has become a total wreck ; crew, and about a third of cargo; saved; the vessel will 13,) sold. (PER ELECTRIC TELE6RAIttI.) LIVERPOOL, l'u.nday Wind, N.W. Arrived.—Felix, from Pernambuco ; Windermere, New Orleans; Now York packet, Savannah ; Tuscarora• Phila delphia ; Gazetteer and Cynosure, New York; Mariner, Boston ; Lampoda, St. John's, N.B. ; Huntley, Leghorn ; Elbe, Hamburg ; Maria Therese, Antwerp ; Victor, Os tend; Ricroy, Uruguay; Eurydice, Rio do la Hache. QUEENSTOTN, June 24. Wind, N.W. • Bailed.—Golden Fleece, for the Crimea. DUBLIN, June 25. Wind, W. Arrived.---Philemon, fr6m Seville; Hemel, Dantzic. Sailed.—Rose, for Bordeaux. KINGSTOWN. Wind, N.W. Arrived.—Brooli, from Cadiz ; Fidawynti, Marseilles; West Endiau, Barbadoes ; Adeline, Cadiz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tnecchy, 10.37 a.m. Wind, W.N.W.; tide, last hour's flood fine. Arrived, June 25.—Fair City, from Portland Bay; Grayhound, Jersey ; Famillien, Dram ; Elizabeth Morri son, Havannah ; Engelina, Krok ; Harmony; Logster ; Altent, Thisted ; Aurora, Christiania ; Ariadne, Skive ; Ferdinand, Salsoe ; Fer go Brander, Randers; Rover, Guernsey ; Premier, Callao. Arrived, Juno 25—Keying, from Alontego Bay ; Lamp lighter. St. Domingo; Finland, Calcutta ; Marys, Guern sey ; Diolinda, Guernsey ; Maria, Pernambuco ; Token, Prampram. Sailed—Active and Bendigo, for Copenhagen; Fanny, Corfu. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.44 a.m• Wind, N.W. by W. ; light. Passed, June 25—Cuthbert, from Callao, for London. THE SUNDAY BEER BILL.—A meeting of the Corn mittee of the Licensed Victuallers' Defe nce Association was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of consi dering what steps should be taken ba order t een not suppn notice in for this evening, to move for a select committee to quire into the working of the Su nda y Beer Bill during the time it has been in operation. Mr. Benjamin Foster, the President of the Association, occupied the chair. Thore were also present Mr. Ridings and Mr. Ingham, of Manchester ; Mr. Allen, of Bristol, and several oth er gentlemen who have taken a warm interest in this ques tion. Atter some considerable time spent in consulta tion, and having wait ed on various members of Parlia ment, the Committee came to the following r eso l u ti on : "That this meeting , having due consideration to the ' convenience and n ecessities of the public, as well as the interests of the trader, and aftr d uo z icquiry amongst the most influential rw.mbers of Parliament, is of oni rdon that any at' enApt to pmeure the repeal or modifi cation of the Sunday Beer Act, will be a total failure, except by means of a committee . of inquiry, which will afford a fair and . proper investigation of its unsatisfactory working, and . will restore to the public those rights and which are now invaded." Thti committee then ~v N~ti .. : A GLIMPSE AT CONSTRADT. • ._ Nearing Tolboukin from the sea, the low islana of Cronstadt, with all its terrors, gradually rises in patchy hummocks, and to the southwar d sin g ular rocky excrescences appear dotted about between it and the main, backed bythe tall masts of the liners i • these, with the gilt steeple of the church, which sparkles many a mile, are the most prominent objects. By degrees the haze so prevalent in this gulf, and which veils or distorts both nature and art, is gradually dispelled, and these rocky excre seences assume a more determined shape. To the extreme right the enormous square block of masonry, mounting some 350 guns, is Risbank, looking nothing the worse for Co winter, an addi tional work being apparent on its southern side, and a corresponding flanking battery on the main for its protection ; next cornea Fort Alexander, looking like an ill-conditioned hay rick ; shortly after Peter I. and Cronslot beco me visible, the latter of which it would have been difficult to im prove, with a couple of three deckers moorey d across the entrance of th e p assa g e, supported b numerous heavy paddle-steamers, apparentlY under the special p ro tection of Fortenschi- M koff, which, with the mole batteries , forms the last of the long line of forts on or near the south shore of the island, which is now one vast 11__ intrenched camp, 'encircled by detached e ast works; all furnished with the heaviest ordnance,. aaid finished with that scrupulous nicety which we nay° learnt to respect at Sebastopol. Oh that " Boy ° Johnny" had abandoned Silist ria, and o ur eneolariti had never been taught the val ue of m ud in sanguinary siege ! These detached works a,re cor: reed right across the island from abreast of For! Alexander on its south side, commencing at the spit marked "Kessel Battery" in the old plans, arld___ : " tending to the Governor's house on the north, on the town side of which another hu being constructed, affording daily improvemen .o being about 3,000 men. These detached works are adinu i ably placed, having a gentle slope-in front of thenie3: flanked by and flanking Fort Alexander on t 1 south, and on the north protected by the shoals, th submarine piling, and infernal machines. A i p A % der old works outside this line, as well as .`1";71,--3iiinde ge earthwork .10 Fort, are apparently abandoned, and !'''',.."iand ment, for the defences of the island aga b us ",h a nces attack are rendered more compact, and wasll"e- the of a successful landing, which last Yea r 0 if; most, or one of the most, feasible opera ) now rendered hopeless. . On the north side the barrier of subinarin e 1311.13 11 gs has been much improved and extended; 6° 7 e f a eet ernployedeare large wooden caisso ns, some ' t hey square, which are first floated over the place steel es, are intended to occupy, and then sunk with and afterwards filled with the same material ; fT s sages are left between many of the pi l es about is, feet in width, for the egress of their gini -h d e b a , o t„ should the north side be menace d. A fort an to itealk tery have also been erected on Lisi-n0 .). any attempt to force the barrier, w hich ig a lso P l .. : 014 tected by a line of floating batteries, consi sting itli liners, 5 frigates, and 2 corvettes, together distantlv some 40 gun-boats , moored within it, the 0 varying from 500 to 1000 yards, and stretching,trrem: the island to the main, and which Will now, stretching fore, prevent the possibility of passing attacking from the eastward/ The other villu era i e 41,.. point, and which was most accessible to a nava' . 4, tack last year—the line of defences on thed, andnorth of the town—has also been much imp es be , very heavy guns mounted. Were one's ears, tohle trusted in Russia any more than one's ears) Its ; have actually built twelve steam gubo,ruar but, as two only have been seen under waY , i t jes n oun a n a l fairly be surmised that the remainder are duramfo; with a funnel and wood fire at the bottom of it, our by this time our friends must have perceived ° ..- gullibility, and acted accordingly, vide l'Prt°ll' are would would here notice that 17 of their largest shins a to dismantled and lying in the basin, which ser / Se show their confidence in the means of.defenlnece. ure infernal machines, to which they have in a a s eee re all confided the defence of the north side.) a longer the myth of last year. O ne of our sf;th steamers, when reconnoitring the other day ": d the French admiral and several captains on hr/a!oi very nearly received its quietus. She explodedtwu,,,„ these machines, whether from contact or otherwise these is uncertain—luckily in 5 fathoms water ; a. 0 - 1° was, the one exploding under the starboard °owe fairly lifted her out of the water, bulging muchin the side before the paddlebox, and ripping columnof copper—at the same time throwing up a ie water alongside about 14 feet bight. Ilad it te ke l ; poned in shoal water, or had the explosion ~.eee. place more directly under her, it would have, be a similar case to the John o' Gaunt, which/ i - t he say, your readers recollect being destroyed A bl i . wo it much-abused Warner, off Bright on. DePe,ll".„l;tri it, those who first succeed in bringing the bathe must and science to bear in the matter of war nsb " no " ed winners. Hitherto it has been studiously °Pr ez se by the authorities; under the Exeter-hall e " cilia of being a too certain, or, perhaps, t oo The bolical, means of getting rid of your e neenY• , o f ' more certain the better is the practical teachatee war, and I fancy the prevailing opinion of the ment ; and it is to be fervently hoped that naY lsn i Dundonald may have a fair trial. He, wi th ri alto. others, may not succeed at first, any .eaore the Watt could have built an express-engine i b e r s o Great Western, were he resusci tated ; but, au rate, it is a step in the right direction. , do le, These machines, when eeen from a vessel s _ eee d have the appearance of large cylinders funn el under water, well below the surface, with he rising from the centre to within a few feet es tact same, and the probability is that violent.bc.e, ~n,i causes explosion, though it is perfectlY Poss.ela from even probable, that they are fired by batteri if with. the shore (on the vessel's identifying been e a the . their position), more particularly as ne" the aet explosions which took place were under a__L'unt). the 133 v toms, but alongside, and conserquentlY of damage was small. eve been li ttle. The energies of our antagonist h- - - Sebastopol, eoll less vigorous in the north than at eeeration t4ev sidering the winter, and it is no state that this year Cronstadt is tvviee as , = last. Then it had two vulnerable o ;yet be d 07.20 • has none. Something, however, we that wi' should it be deferred until 11" t Y ortunity vit s be impossible ; but the golden °EP as unpr eparE d lost last year, when Cronstadt ..wa_7., au 000 troops : as to resist the combined fleet ana bioed armies. es26l*-4 strong af t Sebastopol was to resist the c cga2 t t e ries and wort. V the meantime, where are the b a flats ? REGIMEN 21 - 4 & g SUN'. • TO 'ME ZDVOIt or is te th . 'atently advoca g _ SIB,—As your columns. cons' ou inform yo r vigorous prosecution of the war, cane d to e angffle ilte 17A C.ANC/Eig. readers why Lord Rardinge has not y . rop e r strength, as votell by tbe estimates in Parba nio'; C D although we are . , does appear monstrous that , _ B ooms different regiments serving in the Crimea to.thrueier i. p t 1 t rliaraeat • ü bmits to be taxed and Pa bedi, the country willingly s office , gaged in a most deadly the man in _ i. in e opens its purse strings, still struggle with Russia, co. ' the case. In" ivg prosecution of this war. Such is learl l c officera bort having our regiments filled with yo.un, __,. is , 3 . Whig or Tory, is unable to set to work in earneb," eac i of of its established number. There are candidt _ T for tjr their' duty, almost every regiment ease c Criln; —ago " vacancy which is 9u „ Os% Why, then, is there a single vaca d givi ri g 1 1113 ` up vacancies in the Foreign Legion, an . wen t v . parliain 0 . officers as much English money as with filled up ? There would be no hesitation looroott AN ANGO-s`l` grant them. London, June 26, 1855. Li(o°ll‘ NAVAL AND MILITARY INT.g,-l'i 0 , v., ATatSOl3, bo of The linpdrieuse , 51, Captain B. B. A t g ot under way fro m Spithead yesterday afternooo °'.o a 5 o'clock for t he Baltic. Captain Watson Pr it ; o f Sheerness en route to the Baltic to take 005/Pwbeel flotilla of gun boats, &c. The Arabia pecicu,..rival steam-transport, No. 95, Captain Stone whose 5 . ,_ _. at Spithead on Sunday night we rep th e Ye atercia7ll' to land about 45 miscellaneous invalids. and to steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday efterilbe fit for she ereceptionfieacrethrlieri ni o t t,fs and horseso hasv come s to England. The transports Charlotte 510 f :.Tiva f; ta r a,, t a h wr e ei iClfirtliitteinnegrae,faofdoryrt whtech,iccoehrillipvbue:rrpaZotehdeeoir,f Severald e e t a : 3refr lo t t n m io en n t t s h. of tTrhooeppsraotmPeothrtesums,outh by tbeelibeel 5, addle -0, the stea l m rigate, Commander Selxin, fish rlabaSking . 0 to rnofandeaayr-oArdtiwniorafloFr Breancknitaleva7t leave s ' , The following appointments were made yesterchil 't the Admiralty ' :- fil bert, I\TIV ' ,a. Cadets.—John Chapma74, to the Royal 1 Roy al for d• isposal ; the Hon. C. F. C. Wellesley, to the 1 Albert, for disposal ; A. K. Wilson, to the k ° Y 6 o f :vhoria she 1 Albert, for disposal ; M. C. C. Roberts, to the Du"' • Wellington, for disposal ; W. H. Bond to the Air' ' A. H. Long, to the Castor. _____-.....—................... .-._...,,1aY r------- ~ EXTENSIVE FlBES.—Yesterday morning alui ions night the fire brigade and West of England eng i to were most actively employed in attending nor ner° t. fires, the lives of the inmates being placed in the gr e ) . est danger, and a large amount of property destroYe, The first broke out on the Premises of Mr. WI- liB''' chemist and druggist, No. 5, P,obert-street, Brig t° 11 ; coa,d. The premises of Mr. Dunk, beershop keepet, were severely damaged by fire and water, an d b 3 1 ^~:val of furniture : cause , unknovvn. sag inn s prious d a mage, happened on the extensive premi of M r . G. Till, hatter, Hope -terrace, Three Cl-lane' Limehouse. Another also occured at Mr. R.. - ur c i i n ate rant's, Park crescent, Regent's-Park, which originate from a foul flue, and also-communicated to the dWelli4 Anneler, ca 5 " of Mr. Hammond, which was also damaged.