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li? , .. , t. .I t 1-0 , 4002 Nit t 0 , It SCRACES.OT- (THIS DAY.) or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) Parer FERNHILL STAKES. ........... 4 4 a 4 eaAi ................................. let ther ..... Pe Six ran. titlkEl FIFTH TRIENNIAL. d Nlte ''• ... ............................ .................................. Six ran. N ROYAL HUNT CUP. ..................................... Twenty-five ran. sti4letition SWEEPSTAKES. ....................................... 414ePt'oll ........ •••• ...................................... Three ran. 44,0 (23 RONATION STAKES. !! 4 t i) .................................. ",,*•144.43.;.7 ...... Ira, ........................... j.....• Eight ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. •••• ................................... .................................. Two ran. 114 e. £lOO PLATE. ' ............ Fifteen ran. v 1744hfi+i UN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 44 /t2v . E„ " MEETING OF TEE LONDON (7 1 1 1 .so tr ,,, 48 ' C t . ' WESTERN RAILWAY CO. • to—r 41,ze,i special general meeting of the ;fitit 11 4 0f re railway was held this afternoon, at the t"di't c ea, Waterloo•road Station, to receive the j f eet, rB ° poll with reference to the pledge given by 4 the e° carry the line on to Exeter on the rejec .l,l/4111„ett...,2°0 and Dorset Bill two sessions since by ~•,i,,„14,1 11, 7r• Chaplin in the chair. ',;'•••s4 .. tin eer l t, declared the state of the poll to be, by V 74 1,5 p For the adoption of the report of the 0,3221- 16s. Bd. ; against it, 1,139,7341. 1 111 4 r, fo,g„a majority of 406,5881. 16s. id. ; and by 4C 2 k t he motion, 1,519,189/. 9s. Od. ; against it, ;' , 4 1 ,44,, 5 a• 7d, giving a m a jo r ity of 377,301. Bs. 51 ° ,t k i d as ked the chairman to state the number of tk ho 41 i n h v a Pie e si the motion, according to the scale cropany's ac's. S I reiti.'•aN declined to do so. He had complied 4 4 1 , tome Irements of the meeting by the declaration q. 4- latN one of the scrutineers, said the k k r. t t4a r i e ti s :Y" ' the motion, 294 ; against it, 529 ; " the motion, 235. (Applause.) \,,,itlmlphi-131.ackontended it as ncessary that the Chair -4.%44 ° the declaration of numbers as he (Mr. Lik h t het l u tcl fry; in accordance with the company s ea hat - gaVe the directors notice the vote should Th e to the prescribed rule. (Hear, 1 04`eol i ftrete,' ref usa l d e was an attempt to mislead them 4 4 01 ° Iise o p) as to the result. The standing orders e of Lords did not contain one word altering " ° ti ng, but recognised the mode prescribed ic Y stati ng the persons who voted should •1 t , 4 ttt:ll'alinled to vote at such meeting. tth e AN denied th e di rec tors had any desire to 4 I,''xlt P ivr ' ° Prietors. th e t tttl' w did not consider the directors should iNi i k eet .: do wishin to isl the shareholders. ,„'‘g had t o do was to ead ask the Board to act 1141 if e ti te °o n n sidered the law, and after that the share - Y telt aggrieved, could appeal to a court of it:114.:14041zt decision on the 0 1 h a d (the solicitor) he p aid .nt ibis was the first s Wharncliffe order, but Ok t , ered t jvoted under t Jo e , .uat order did not require a majority as on ' 41°118 but the amount of stock, represent ‘').tit4P;,°l) ' a He advised the chairman that tLI e ln ap ee it ting was at an end in declaring the i . O h `,"ld - Up capital voted. GAZELEE (director) did not agree with 01, 1 • 1 ,41 4 e t ° „ 1 the solicitor, that it was the intention of Nreki,le to swamp the small shareholders by the s the gars. He complained of not being con .d. in the manner of taking this poll. oil - 7 -4 •1; ''" a e t tuotion wa3 lost by the result of this 11 4 '414,, th 1.14, 't said, that as the majority was not hb tral ° Ne t . Raid-up capital, as required by the n "'gait s! ! 41 41 the majority of shareholders pre t/I.k C r ii 4 P the b i l l the motion, he hoped the directors t s t , 0 ilik o • k, t llAt Said what the directors now had to do ' i0 1 4+4" 4 4 h e best course to pursue with the ; ;ai t i i :(l) ,"ot be done there, The purpose for which ,„' t ,p h - " L e g t,; 43 held had been complied with in de 11‘.."thi',(reltr,-",e of the poll. The majority of ords would Yet 4 ," De told there was not a of three lekiNtAttc„"°°r of the bill. 11j t. 1 tik,,,,. °0 44• 11( remarked that so long as they had the I ; 4 ,llt i Zlioid L , r i directors and solicitor to advise them •tf a would be open to these annoyances of e considered Mr. Scott's pledge only a (" Order," and "Question.") i ll% se to order, and was met with much up !e of shareholders protesting against any A „I Of Wh ich interfering with the iniiness ; in `tt 4.0 , 4 ieb the Chairman said the meeting was ',,, t ,tt, r, u that they would lay a statement of the . . I t he House of Lords; Mr. Helps and others t ' V.Zain s t i t ,1- 4 , 1 ,„ .. • again said the voting Was taken as ell3oard, when Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE (a re d he knew of no such crier, nor had he o a l etch,'2' the books to that effect. Pieecon" '° l 7 moved that the directors withdraw the ce -n t of the bulk of the sbareholders being 110uhG14144 b 4-1 ,1 said that, so far from the bulk of the spi d ers ei ng against it• not one-fourth of the .had it no , voted. He should not put the motion, , tr kea of order. (Confusion.) As q l tp r nt GAZELEE said it was in order. (Hear, k'k ear.) t ao Nan 1, 4 h t . 4 to o k and directo-.1 then withdrew, and Mr. the chair, when it was moved, seconded, 481 4;that the directors be instructed . bill into the House of Lords, and , 4 ithdraw it. Cleo terminated. e i 111 A 4 0 , IA PARLIA MENT. • ii OMMONS—(THIS DAY.) '4Ol n 2 q i„, n the a b sence o f t h e S pea k er ) t o ok the rt •-iock . ti st4Tl C tn NEWfir,MEMBER. 111,..the oath s and his seat for Batb, in the 11 1 t lar 4 i t "s recently appointed Under-Secretary 4 4A:\vib,„ 4 ED READINGS.. krtttbills were read a third time and passed t : I, l kmt qailwabialp.rovement Bill, the West Somerse 4 ° th ci .wit ) , J b '. 3 ,;up and the Weymouth Water Bill. 1 " 8 were considered and ordered to be _th 4t tort .t,9,? :--The Hartlepool Pier and Port ; z(0:-eforiC"taleY, and Whaley Bridge Railway ; teh 'thg " er n London Cemetery ; the Mid Kent ae. ea n t hai l aY ; and the Torquay District Oi t . hiv )It. ‘ vil k e were PETITIONS. Presented by General Peel from k Vl4"et,k e iVlag for the repeal of the Maynooth Nl ) 4 4tl Pray ei , by; Captai n D uncan, f rom Y or k, with t 4: h t ,:e k, e ; • " 3' Mr. Brotherton, from the National %I t s e4 °n le tY., praying for the total closing of ,v f t , tit' thn,gundays ; by Mr. Duffy, from Mayo, oybto op 4:ca l-la nds th Improvement . Bill ;:by Mr. Had i r • 111: a Igned by 5,952 inhabitants, for the _le„_neoth Grant, and against all endow ft7laaid ,u,e bodies, and against the .Regium Do ty th e ' Mr, , 4 e re • Spooner, a number of petitions IV~kyet ver a i Peal of the Oxfordshire rant ;by Mr. . Petitions from with a simi -4,1V e Li Aged I),tl t ,c ARIESbil,'-‘ AND MUSEUMS BILL. ' tl t4 " t ss d through committee, and was "ta d a third i time on Monday. RABIESRio hill 4,4,_ also LAND) BILL. Xloolitiatresed through committee. L; th e COLLEGE—ADJOTJRNED N!4lqr Net DEBATE. ' l ' °llll 6lt bf th e day for resuming the adjourned t kiok MaY f km g e, L obdo -LiS presented 77 petitions from vari kik ,Ne rf ,vree" a ll Praying for the repeal of the May et theat i t ,d3,, tt et) , !ion . ~jSRIEN then rose to oppose the mo iStlootCebr le-4eeteber for North Warwickshire (Mr. tvtiLtl Endow to bring in a bill to repeal the y,,kt tr m eat Act • lie said the act in t iti l 'ttti''''at t ' 414 4, b kle" by the late Sir Robert Peel 44 tibett of hick .0t after mature deliberation. The t„'st i st lt was introduced was to secure the t5-iialrl Catholic priests in Ireland, instead Vs m atip: peeoCoi ntinent, and thus to secure the Ilkiathi,•ctort ti Pie of Ireland. He regretted the t 4t e ti tal di ' a e t, keg de by the hon. member for North en ßB i en P alive in this house a spirit of , P, I w inch must be offenrive to the feel -11/4411t ote,,, 4 . er of the house professing theft oman :d44,`ant f „ ,n w 0.16 remind the house that when t; 1 1' 4 I(I % tiled izt `!a Was established in Ireland; the ° A 'kb, th t hful to their owncreed, and though ell eir Property was transferred from the new one by the strong th im ground he contended that the rue LONDOI9, WEDNESDAY _EVEN iNG, JUNE 6 1.81i5. act of 1845 was an act of clear, though of tardy and in complete, justice. (Hear, hear.) He maintained that if there bad been no compact between the Government and the Catholics of Ireland at the time of the Union justice and sound policy would now dictate such a compact. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) In 1807, Napoleon, well knowing the influence he should gain by having the Irish Roman Catholic priests educated in France, offered to restore all the endowments which had been estranged from them in Spain and Portugal; to induce them to go over to France to be educated. That offer was rejected—as it ought to have been —by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, who would not accept any favour from a ruler who was then an enemy ' to their country. He would rely on the report of the commissioner's appointed to inquire into Maynooth for a refutation of every charge advanced by the hon. mem ber for North Warwickshire against the college ; and as to the charge of the evidence having been unfairly altered by the witnesses after they bad given it, they had the written statements of Lord Harrowby and Mr. Twiss, that no undue or unfair alterations bad been made in the evidence. The hon. and learned gentleman then read extracts from the evidence of Dr. O'Hanlon, and other witnesses examined before the commissioners, to show that the doctrine taught at Maynooth, so far from being, as was charged against it, that Catholics were not bound to keep faith with heretics, that oaths and promises were as binding on the consciences of Catholics in their dealings with people of a different creed to their own, as if those dealings were with their own co-religionists. If it became sinful, as the honour able member for North Warwickshire said, to extend aid to Maynooth, what was to become.of our engagements with the Catholics of our colonies ? (Hear, hear.) He would ask the honourable member what result he ex pected from his bill if he succeeded in getting it ? The hon. member said be expected it would diminish the influence of the priests over the flocks; but he could assure him that the people of Ireland would not with draw their confidence from their priests even if this bill passed—their fidelity to their faith bad withstood the terrors of the penal laws, and would not now shrink from any further persecution. On these grounds he called upon the Government to resist this attempt to reverse the liberal policy adopted of late years by this country towards Ireland. (Hear.) Mr. WHITESIDE congratulated the hon. member who had just sat down on the fairness and moderation he had evinced in his speech. The right honour able gentleman the Secretary for Ireland put the question as one of political importance, irrespective of the religious part of the question, and that was the ground on which be (Mr. Whiteside) would wish to treat it. He referred to a petition presented to the Irish Parliament from Roman Catholics, protesting against the College of Maynooth being made an ex clusively Catholic seminary, and praying' to have it thrown open to the education of all classes. That was a temperate, wise, and judicious course, and did honour to the Roman Catholic laity of Ireland, and it was to be regretted that that course was not adopted. The hon. and learned gentleman then at some length went into an historical review of the educational system pursued at Maynooth from an early period up to the year 1825, with the object of showing that up to that period the Principles inculcated in that establishment were of a Jesuitical character. He contended that if those prin ciples were taught there now it ought not to be supported, and if they were not the matter ought to be inquired into, with a view of ascertaining what really was the foundation of the educational system. So much, continued the hon. member, for Maynooth, its politics and management. He had read over very carefully the report of the Maynooth Commissioners, and he should feel very much obliged to any hon. gentleman if he would point out anything of which he could conscientiously ap prove. He (Mr. Whiteside) denied that it was a place of literary or religious education. The commissioners themselves said that the books used in the College were wholly unsuited to the institutions, laws, and customs of the realm, and that was the reason why no catalogue had been made. How, then, if it was maintained at the expense of this country could we expect obedience on the part of those who received their education at Maynooth when what was taught them was by no means in conso nance with the spirit of the law ? The honour able gentleman then went on to make some very severe strictures on some of the books which were contained in the library of Maynootb. It was useless to say give to the Catholics every advan tage, for if they did so they might depend upon it they would ultimately undermine the principles of the Chris tian Church. The Roman Catholics, let what would be said, had taken advantage of the liberties given them, and, in spite of all that had been urged by his hon. and learned friend, he could not but think that the Roman Ca tholic Church bad done all in its power, and by its great wealth, to thrust its doctrines upon the whole of Europe: The hon. and learned gentleman then went on at con siderable length , to quote authorities, for the purpose of proving that the education carried on in the college of Maynooth was inconsistent with the Protestant religion, and calculated to produce the worst results. Added to this, the canon law of R - )me taught us Maynooth was directly at variance with the law of the land, and such being the case, was it to be said that the grant ought to be made. After all the authorities that he had alluded to, was the house satisfied that the doctrines taught in May nooth, and the works written by the professors there, were calculated to further the cause of religion and good order. His firm belie?was that Maynooth must be re formed before any good results could be obtained. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND Was surprised at the different subjects dragged into the de bate by the hon. and learned gentleman. The hon. gen tleman had asserted that all the principal offices, both in the law and in the state, were filled by Catholics. He asserted, without fear of contradiction, that the heads of every public department in Ireland were Protestants. Of the twelve judges only three were Catholics. The Lord- Lieutenant, the Chief Secretary, and the Master of the Rolls were Protestants. Then as to the Canon Law in Ireland that had not prevented him or any Roma,' Catholic in Ireland from availing themselves of the benefits of education in any of the Protestant establish ments in Ireland. Much had been said about opening the University of Dublin to the Catholics, but in all the statements that had been made upon that subject it bad been forgotten that the Roman Catholics had been excluded from ail the remunerations connected with that university. (Hear.) Much bad been said by the hon. gentleman about the monastic establishments in Ireland. What, he would ask, had that to do with the establishment at Maynootb, or the subject they were now discussing ? The honourable gentleman had said it was dangerous to write a book. unfortunately, the lion. and learned gentleman himself had written one, and in hip opinion the one he had written was more to be deprecated than the one written by the author he had adverted to. The ground upon which he put the validity of the grant to the College of Maynooth was, not that the grant. was public money, but that it came out of funds raised by Catholics, Protestants, Dissenters, and every religious denomination ; and if the grant was now to be refused—he could not say by a Protestant Parlia ment, for it was not so—it wonlil be telling six millions of the Catholic population of Ireland that, after the grant had been in existence for fifty years, the Parliament of Great Britain, in the year 1855, had, at the suggestion of the Protestant members, re fused the grant. He trusted the house would not so far stultify itself as to adopt any such proposition. He concurred with the observations of the hon. and learned member that there was much that ought to ne altered and improved in the College of Maynooth. It was like the Universities in this country in that respect ;1 but was it to be said that on that account it was altogether to be set aside, which would be the effect of the refusal of the grant. Had the Catholics of Ireland called upon the Legislature to abolish the Universities in this country in consequence of great improvements being required in them! They had done no such thing, and why Protestants should now oppose the grant he could not tell. What good, he would ask, would the hon. member for North Warwickshire gain by this bill ? Would Catholicism be retarded, or the Catholics of Ireland become members of the Protestant Church No such thing. Catholicism would pursue its even course in spite of all that bad been done, and was doing, .by the hon. member for North Warwickshire. Was it to be said that the Roman ca tholic religion, which had braved the attacks of Crom well and those associated with him, was to fall under the attack of the hon. member for North War wickshire. Such an assertion would be laughed at in Ireland, and by all those who had any intelligence in this country. The effect of the house adopting the pro position of the hon. member for North Warwickshire would be to alienate six millions of the Irish people, and give a great check to their support in the war that was now taking place between this country, aided by France, and Russia. Had the hon. member for North War wickshire forgotten that the great Power that was now assisting this country in this war, and without whose right arm this country would accomplish nothing, was one of the greatest Catholic Powers in Europe (Hear, hear.) He trusted that the house would not for a moment tolerate the proposition of the hon. member for North Warwickshire, but would at once accede to the grant, and thereby insure the support of a people that had never been sparing of their blood in support of England. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. CHAMBERS described the arguments used by the learned gentleman who had sat down as the com mon characteristic of the tone adopted by those on his side of the argument, which, if it (lid not represent the Roman Catholic laity of Ireland, rather misrepresented and slandered them. The house of Commons would net be alarmed at the pOSsibility of the Roman Catholics revolting by the repeal of the act of 1845, The learned Attorney-General for Ireland ' bad abstained from entering into the grounds on which the opposers of this Motion resisted it. The report that had been presented to the house did not alter the state of the case, and from what had been said abaftbut as it its value was gone, and no longer looked upon garbled testimony. The religious statistics of Ireland showed a difference between the present time and 1845, and there was a social statistical revolution going on daily in Ireland which, if it continued for 10 years to come, the declaration of the learned Attorney-General for Ireland could not be sustained. If this grant were withdrawn to-morrow the Roman Catholics would have no ground of complaint, because they would be on a reli gious equality with Protestants and others. The grant was made for the sake of race and conciliation, but there had been no time when there had been PO much open aggression on the laws and constitution of the country ; as during the past ten years, for which The ultra party of the Jesuits were to blame, and he charged the College of Maynooth as the cause of the assumption of the ecclesiastical titles. The power of the priesthood in elections, the holding of synods, and the multiplica tion of monastic institutions were all attrinutable to that cause. (Hear, hear.) He contended that every man who opposed the grant advocated the religious freedom of the Roman Catholics, and the best thing that could happen to the Roman Catholic laity would be to give into their hands the management of their Church and the education of their priesthood. The grant would not be withdrawn this session, perhaps not during this Parliament, but it was necessary for them to look at the number of petitions sent to this house against it, and by that class of persons who have carried most of the social revolutions in this coun try, and who must ultimately succeed in it, believing as they did the teaching of Maynooth to be a vicious teaching. On the motion of Mr. MACGUIRE the debate was adjourned to Wednesday, the 27th June. DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill went through committee. PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP REGULA. TION BILL. This bill also went through committee. GOLD AND SILVER WARES. Mr. WILSON moved that leave be given to bring in a bill for excepting gold finger-rings from the operation of the act of the last session relating to the standard of gold and silver wares, and that leave be given to bring in a bill to abolish the offices for assaying and marking wrought pate at York, Exeter, Chester, and Newcastle upon-Tyne. Agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter t) G o'clock. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. ( From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, JUNE 6. Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855. My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your Lord ship that a portion of the Allied Armies took up a posi tion yesterday on this side of the Tchernaya, the left of the French resting under a redoubt established upon the edge of this ridge overhanging the valley, and opposite the Inkerman heights ; the right extending beyond Tractir ; and the ground more to the right, behind Chorgouna, being occupied by the Sardinian troops, aided in their advance by the 10th Hussars and 12th Lancers and the Horse Artillery, under Col. Parlby. Omer Pacha at the same time moved. forward to:4th° low heights in front of Balaklava, and thus afforded support to the French Divisions before him. These were commanded by General Canrebert, who pushed forward across the bridge of Tractir, and drove the enemy, who were not in great numbers, off, and having cleared his front, he withdrew to this side of the river, where he now remains. Sir Colin Campbell advanced the Royal Marines from the high ridge on our extreme right to a point corn manding the old Baidar-road ; and Colonel Parlby, with the.regiments I have mentioned, reconnoitred the country on the immediate right of General La Marmora's posi tion, and patrolled along the Woronzow-road, in the di rection of Baidar. The appearance and bearing of the Sardinian troops are highly satisfactory,_and I anticipate the greatest ad- , vantage from their additimi to this army under their dis tinguished leader General La Marmora, whose zeal for the service and ardent desire to co-operate with us lam happy to have so early an opportunity of acknowledging and recording. Nothing of importance has occurred in the British trenches since I wrote to your lordship on the 19th inst. The death of Colonel Egerton, of the 77th, on the night of the 19th ultimo, as already announced to your lordship, prevented me receiving in due course the offi cial report of the conduct of the officers serving imme diately under him, and it is only a few days ago that I learnt that Captain Gilby was the next in seniority to him, of the 77th, on the occasion, and that he had highly distinguished himself. I deem it an act of justice to a most deserving officer to bring his conduct under the notice of your lordship. I enclose the returns of casualties to the 24th inst. Your lordship will regret to see that Lieutenant Wil liamspf the 17th has been severely wounded. I have the greatest pleasure in announcing to your lordship the brilliant success which attended an attack by the French army of some ambuscades at the head of the Quarantine Bay, and in front of a cemetery near it. The attack was made on the night of the 22d, and the ope ration was completed on the following evening. The enemy had collected a very large force on the first occa sion to resist our Allies ; but, notwithstanding, the French were enabled by their brilliant gallantry and de termined resolution to maintain themselves in the pits at the head of the bay on the 22d, and on the 23d to occupy the whole with less resistance on the part of the Russians, who are stated to have sustained a very se vere loss. The French were necessarily exposed to a very heavy fire, and were assailed by vastly superior numbers. The achievement they accomplished redounds therefore highly to their renown, and is bailed with satisfaction by their Allies. An expedition, composed of British, French, and Turkish troops, sailed for Kertch on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, and I hope soon to be able to announce the landing of the corps, and the result of its first operations. It is commanded by Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir George Brown, and has been conveyed in Eng glish and French ships, under the command of Admiral, Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Bruat, whose exertions to carry out this important service have been most con spicuous. The 31st Regiment has arrived from Corfu. I am much concerned to have to report that Major- General Buller has been obliged by the failure of his health to leave the army. He has been constant in the discharge of his duty since he joined this army, distin guished himself both at Alma and Inkerman, and per severed in taking his turn in the trenches until driven by illness to withdraw. I regret the loss of his services exceedingly. I have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmurc, &c., &c., &c. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH OF MAY, INCLUSIVE. 2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of - Foot-1 drummer, 2 rank and file, wounded. 3d Foot-4 rank and file. wounded. 30th Feot-1 rank and file, wounded. 34th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 41st Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 47th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 55th Foot-1 rant -and file, wounded. 88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. Royal Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file, wounded. Total-2 rank and file, killed; 1 drummer, 13 rank and file wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL EBTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, F ROll THE 18TH TO THE 20TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MAY 18. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private William McGoldrick MAY 19. 47th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas IMurphy J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 18TH TO 20TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MAY 18. 2d Battalion, let Regiment of Foot Drummer James MoLeish, slightly Private Thomas McDonald, slightly 34th Regiment of Foot. Private Robert McAtteer, slightly 90th Regiment of Foot. Privato James Fletcher, severely ' MAY 19. 2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot. Lance-Sergeant Michael Sweeney, dangerously 34th Regiment of Foot. Private John Wood, slightly 88th Regiment of Foot. Private John Hagerty, slightly MAY 20. 3d Regiment of Foot. Private William Cates, mortally Private" Cornelius Brown, severely Private John Toombs, slightly Private Peter Jordan, slightly 30th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Ducey, severely 55th Regiment of Foot. Private William Burke, severely Royal Sappers and Miners. Second Corporal Wm. Swan, severely J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 4. RETURNOF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL NAVAL BRIGADE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, ON THE 18TH MAY, 1855. WOUNDED. Thomas Smith, A. 8., Queen, slightly Total-1 wounded. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. The Military Secretary tu B. E. Lord Raglan, Commander-hi-Chief. A RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL NAVAL BRIGADE BEFORI3 SEBASTOPOL, ON THE 19TH MAY, 1855. • KILLED. _ Frank Edy, Quarie - r — m — Jter, Queen. WOUNDED. Richard Rook, Ord., Queen, slightly. Total-1 killed 1 wounded 2 casualties STEPHEN LUS HINGTON. Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. The Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan, Commander-in-Chief. Enclosure 5. A RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 21ST TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. • 2d Battalion tat Regiment of Foot-5 rank and file, wounded. , 14th Foot —1 rank and file, wounded. 17th Foot-1 officer, 2 rank :and file, wounded. 23 , 1 Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 3Ath Foot-1 serjeant, killed; 3 rank and file, wounded. 39th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 47th Foot—l rank and file, wounded. 49th Foot-3 rank and file, wounded. 55th Foot 3 rank and file, killed. 57th Foot-5 rank and file, wqunded. 62d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 68th Foot—J. au* and Alo, killed. 97th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-4 rank and file, wounded. Royal Sappers and .►liners-2 rank and file, killed; 1 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 serjeant, 6 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 31 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 6 _ _ • NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 21ST TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MAY 21. 17th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant R. E. Williams, severely. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOETRT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 7. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM THE 21ST TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MAY 21. 38th Regiment of Foot. Sergeant James Flaherty 68th Regiment of Foot. Private Wm. Hardyman Royal Sappers and Miners. Private Neil Campbell MAY 24. 55th Regiment of Foot. Private John Moran Private John Juices Private Charles Howe Royal Sappers and Miners. Private Richard Walsh J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-GeneraL Enclosure 8. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 21sT TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED MAY 21. 17th Regiment of Foot. Private Edward Maguire, slightly. 23d Regiment of Foot. Private John Jones, slightly Private James Goodwin, slightly. 38th Regiment of Foot. Lance-Corporal Owen Meehan, slightly Private Thomas Burke, slightly 49th Regiment of Foot. Private John Hare, dangerously Private James Kennedy, dangerously 57th Regiment of Foot. Private William Baisey, slightly 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Alfred Hino, slightly William Welsh, dangerously John C. Weeles, slightly MAY 22. 2d Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot. Private John McDonald, severely Peter Sealy, severely George Davidson, slightly 39th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Neville, slightly 47th Regiment of Foot. Private John Dillon, severely 57th Regiment of Foot. Private James Lewis, severely Private William Reid, severely 62d Regiment of Foot. Private Adam Nixon, severely. MAY 23. • 2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot. Private James Stewart, slightly. 17th Regiment of Foot. Corporal William M'Connell, severely. 39th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael Ryan, slightly. 57th Regiment of Foot. Corporal James Burnes, severely. Private Timothy Sheehan, severely. 97th Regiment of Foot. Private John Dempsey, slightly. MAY 24. 2d Battalion, let Regiment of Foot. Private Henry Bottomley, severely 14th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Clary, severely 38th Regiment of Foot. Private William Comer, slightly 49th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick McMahon, severely 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Robert Wall, severely Royal Sappers and Miners. Private George Wood, slightly J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 9. A RERURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL NAVAL ,BRIGADE, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DURING THE WEEK ENDING 26Til MAY, 1855. MAY 22. WOUNDED. John Arnold, L.S., Leander, slightly MAY 23. ' WOUNDED. John Smith, A. 8., Leander, severely. Total-2 wounded. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. The Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan, Commander-in-Chief. Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855. My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose the Fort night Confidential Reports of the Generals of Division and Brigade to the 20th instant. I have likewise to transmit, for your lordship's infor mation, a letter from the Inspector-General of Hospi tals, showing the extent of the cholera to the latest period. I earnestly hope that the disease is not gaining ground.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &c. &c. &c, gallantry that animated every one in the expedition but the duties they had to perform were very arduous. and I should be doing injustice to them and to own feelings if I were not to say that no Commander in-Chief was ever more ably assisted than I am 131 the captains and those under their command—one and all follow the admirable example of the zeal one and talented second in command, Rear-Adrnira Stewart, and they could not possibly do better. Then, was, however, an incident during the day that called forth the admiration of both fleets, and which deserves to be particularly noticed. Lieutenant Maillop, whose gun-vessel, the Snake, was not employed like the others in landing troops, dashed past the forts after an enemy's steamer, and although he soon found himself engaged not only with her but also with two others who came to her support, he persevered, and by the cleverness and extreme rapidity of his manoeu vres, prevented the escape of all three, and they were subsequently destroyed by the enemy, and the Snake had not a man hurt, though shot passed through the vessel. 5. Yesterday Admiral Bruat and I accompanied the combined l steam flotilla, named in the margin,* into the Sea of Azoff, and despatched them, under the orders of Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, on the interesting and important service they have before them. r 6. Had this expedition been deferred but a short time longer there would have been many and great difficul ties to overcome, for the enemy were actively employed in strengthening the sea defences, and in replacing the sunken vessels which had been carried away by the cur rent during the winter months. Of the 40 vessels sunk last year some still remain, and a French steamer touched upon one of them yesterday. It appears that the enemy did not succeed in destroying the coals, either at Kertch or Yeniltald, so that about 17,000 tons remain, which will be available for our steamers. 7. It will be evident to their lordships that the rapid operations which I havo had the honour and happiness to describe to them could not have been brought to so satisfactory a conclusion if the most perfect understand ing, and the most hearty good-will towards each other, had not prevailed throughout the allied fleets and armies. I am, &c. (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. ADMIRALTY, RINE 6. With reference to the above despatch, Lieutenant Henry Frederick M‘Killop will be promoted to the rank of Commander, as soon as he shall have completed the sea time required to qualify him for that rank. Miranda, Vesuvius, Curlew, Swallow, Stromboli, Ardent, Nfedina, Wrangler, Viper, Lynx, Recruit, Arrow, Snake, Bea;le, and five French steam-vessels. NIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. THE WAR.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. ( Continued from our third edition of lag evening.) Mr. COBDEN vsurned the debate. ' I should like to sea my right hon. friend now stand upon that' table, and be forced to read that speech from beginning to end, and let the house contrast it with the speech he made last night. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman says the question now is whether we (that is the Government) are right in refus ing to make peace on the terms proposed by Russia. That is not the whole question. The question in debate—and which is to be decided by the division to-night—is whe ther the plan proposed by the Government was the best and the only plan that could, under the circumstances, be devised—(hear, hear)- or whether the difference between the plan and the plan proposed by Russia was such as to warrant the recommencement of the war. These are the questions we have before us to-night. What is the dif ference between the two proposals ? Remember, it is the Government of this country with whom we have now to deal. They are the parties who are now responsible for the war ; they will have the glory if it succeed, and upon them must rest the responsibility if it fail. Well, what is the difference between .the proposal of the Government of Eng land and the propoa4 of the Government of Russia? The question between thew was—whether Russia should have four sail of the line, fonr frigates, and a proportionate nuni ber of smaller vessels in the Black Sea ; or whether all the navies of the world should have free access to that sea, and Russia be permitted to have as many ships there as she pleased ? Now, I have been told by a nautical man that if Russia, had accepted your proposal and destroyed sll her worthless ships and her green-timber vessels, and sent an order to the United States for four first-class line-of battle steam-ships, of 130 guns each, fitted with screws, four frigateri of that elastic character we know the Americans build, carrying perhaps 70 or 80 heavy guns, and also fitted with screws, and a proportionate force of smaller screw vessels—she would have had a far more for midable navy in the Black Sea than she has ever yet had —a force that would be able to compete successfully with double the naval power she has ever yet maintained in that sea. (Hear.) If that be the case, what great diminution of power were we, after all, going to impose upon Russia for the protection of Turkey ? But Russia resisted this proposal for limiting the number of her ships as a point of honour, not on the ground of diminishing her force ; she resisted it on principle. (Hear.) Now, however, the right hon. gentleman says, if we allow Russia to havefree access to the Black Sea, and we have also free access to those waters, we shall be put to an enormous expenditure iu keeping up a large peace establishment for the purpose of watching Russia in the Black Sea. The right hon. gentle man had talked of the probability of a six years' war. Now let me ask how long would the interest of the money you will have to pay for that six years' war keep up your fleet to the establishment necessary for watching Russia in the Black Sea? It has been said that though Russia may promise that no aggressive movement shall be made upon Turkey, yet as we cannot believe anything that Russia promises we must insist upon her reducing the num ber of her ships. But it appears to me that you must go further than this, for if you undertake to maintain the in dependence of Turkey you take a task in hand that cannot be accomplished without great and permanent expense to the country—a task which will compel you to maintain a large armament continually on the watch in Turkey or in its immediate vicinity. (Hear, hear.) You say you can not believe Russia, and you call upon her for securities. I would ask the noble lord, the member for London, what that great model of whiggery, when the Whigs were in opposition (Fox), said upon the subject of securities. When it was said we must have securities against the aggression of France, and the Tories of that day were urging precisely what the noble lord is now urging, Mr. Fox said, " We have securities—the only securities we can ever depend upon, namely, the interest of France to make peace, and if it be her interest she will keep it ; such is the state of all nations, and it will be so as long as the world lasts—your only security is your own vigilance." If you recognise it as the policy of this nation that you will send armies to fight the battles of the continent iu the midst of their great standing armies and their system of conscription, I should be a hypocrite to say that such a policy was consistent with that moderate peace establish ment which it has been the maxim of this countryfcr years past to maintain. If you acknowledge that policy you must be prepared to keep up a large standing army to place yourselves ifi a military point of view on a par with France, with Austria, with Prussia, with Russia, and the rest, for if you attempt to follow out such a policy without such preparation to uphold it, depend upon it the country is bat preparing the way for a most ridiculous and ignomi nious exposure of weakness. (Hear, hear.) I would ask the right hon. gentleman when he last night indulged in vituperation against Russia, when he told us that Russia was not to be trusted, whether he was aware that as a cabinet minister he had himself been a party to au engage ment with Russia to interfere conjointly in the affairs of Moldavia and Wallachia. The right hon. baronet told us last night that Russia was altogether without shame, and ho attributed to her every sentiment and act that was vile and dishonourable. Did he not know at the time tnat he, as a member of the Cabinet was himself a party to the treaty by which we were to join ourselves with France, Austria, Prussia, Turkey, and Russia, to be the guardians of Wallachia and Moldavia, to interfere by force of arms in h-cr internal affairs, and to form a tribunal that would, in fact, constitute the government of those Principalities ? By the-treaty contained in the fourth protocol, you have bound yourselves in terms to become, conjointly with Russia and the other powers, the government of Wal lachia and Moldavia. I will read the protocol to the house, in order to show what engagements you have entered into with that power, which, because you have had some newspaper statements of successes and altered circumstances, it now suits you to vituperate, but which at other times you can slaver over with your praises. Here is the seventh article of the protocol, but I will read also the sixth. It provides, " That there shall be no interference without the consent of the high contracting parties—England, France, Russia, and Austria--and the courts will not afford protection in the Principalities to foreigners whose proceedings may be prejudicial to the tranquillity of those countries or the neighbouring states; and disapproving such proceedings, they engage respectively to take into c onsideration the representations made by either of the powers, or even by the local a u teitm t onht h i ceteo o i hot : p e i fa t ljw i i e toi s i h ' Thus you are bound, together with Russia, if the governor of Bucharest should make a report of some local difficulty, Russia isA s n o unh m bdal e bi mi t h : ietscsonar inhabitants sou e srt m e t signed gr ni u mee et engages deo g , dbada y ygul o eed: u wßar a rriout r thsa e sutemog b llea o tlot u itlt n :e.H d rras , Aetadeu i ra n d.in:wg c Tteh o hrh n uoe j etu u rnis n s: conclu siones o ? I blush when Ibe country fo e t o a au o d nnttt i rot consideredy. fo ft H o hr t e edht r s ah e eones i pge t ern i roce s oto — i uogues ihn i` bttl O osro iu n tearhssi i entfasrg6ps states." party yet mede - dling foreigners such as are just described ; nor to allow the local hn pporovi tran quillityßussellveerost •I s o ut t f g a: h n t h d oh e u s e l l. r a di t o ub w h t e h n a with their own local matters, if in the opinion of the tranquil lity of their own country. (Hear.) Mark, how changed is the child and champion of r evo l u ti on when' he breathes the air of Vienna! (Loud cheers.) My hon. friend the member for Aylesbury cheers these sentiments, and my denuncia tion of this arrangement. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Layard.) But has my hon. frie n d hi mse l f i n this matter pursued that bold, consistent, and manly course which, with his de clared opinions, I think he should. It is well known that the sympathies of my hon. friend were in favour of the war, because he believed it augured some advantages to nationalities, that it would tend to the independent-, or at least the good government, of certain states in Wal lachia, Moldavia, S crvia, and the rest. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Layard.) But has my honourable friend so little sagacity as not to see that all this waste of blood ought t and treasure had ve r y diff eren t o bjects in view from those he contemplates? And seeing the course the war has taken, and th e t erms an d arrangem ents upon which the oGovernmentdenounce oaruneoreeaidt altogether, theytoconcludseinoo i ll to do with those objects for which alone he has declared it was defensible. (Hear, hear.) Before the war actuall y nothing broke out I was appealed to, by illustrious names, not to oppose it, because it was looked forward to by them as likely to promote the independence of certain down:troddsn communities on the continent. I gave my opinicm in answer to that request ei g hteen month! ago in writing, w t a h r, a ny n . a friend a and I am not now disposed to recall a single word I then stated. I warned those persons who came to me, that if they expected that a war, originating in diplomacy, as this has done, and carried ou by means of enormous armies, as this has been, and with such then as those I who are at the head of our own Government, and of I the Governments of the continen to give direction and purpose to it—l warned them that they would deceive themselves if they supposed such a war would tend to their advant age , or satisfy their aspirations — and I added, bat my fear was that the effect of such a war would he just the opposite of what they wished—and would strengthen those despotisms they hoped to weaken and lepress still more those oppressed communities they hoped ro serve. (Hoar.) Stich was my opinion then. and such I still believe to be the tendency of this war. (Hear.) But to revert to illy right hon. friend's allusions to Russia—l believe there are few whose public views are more opposed to Russian despotism than mine; but it is unjust—l had almost said it was scandalous for a Cabinet Minister, who, within these few weeks, was himself a party to these con fidential and, as I think, unworthy arrangements with Russia, to get up and s p ea k of the government of that country as might right f r i en d d i d in his speech of last night. This conduct, however, is not confined to soy right hon. friend ; the same game of see-saw has cha racterised the members of the Government throughout. From time to time they change their tone and their arguments to suit the press and the feeling of the people out of doors. And so obvious is the alteration which a few leading articles produce, that it might be supposed if the same thing happened in some other country, amongst a people of less discernment than ourselves, that cabinet secrets ooaed out and were communicated to the newspaper s perhaps by some lady friend—that the wife possibly of some cabinet minister drew from her husband and divulged to the wife of the editor of some leading journal the fact that there were two parties in the cabinet—a war party and a peace party, and that the peace party, which was the weaker, required to be whipped into submission. (Hear, hear.) So completely have we seen the change in the tone of the Government accord with the altered tone of the leading articles of the newspapers from day to day that the case I have imagined to have taken place in another c un try might almost be supposed to have happened here. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) What had been the con duct of the noble lord the member for London, for in stance ? We find at the conference's at Vienna the noble lord assumed the most polite and agreeable demeanour. There was no hard language used there, but when he re turns to the House of Commons we find him falling back upon the old strain, and talking about Russia establishing large fortifications on the German frontier and in the Baltic, and of her intrigues in the German courts. Bat did it never occur to the noble lord that the obvious reply to these statements was, " Pray. which of the four points was intended to rectify this evil—(cheers)—which of them would have met the difficulty of these great fortifications in the Baltic, and prevented Russia from interfering and encroaching on Germany?" There is no guarantee in these four points against the rebuilding of Bomarsuud—there is no protection for the Circassians. The independence of the world is forgotten when the noble lord is at Vienna, but is recalled to his mind the moment he returns to the House of Commons. Then, if we go into the House of Lords, what do we find the conduct of the members of the Go vernment there ? I confess I read with astonishment the speech of the noble-lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the other night. I presume it was intended to attain an object for the moment, and in that it probably succeeded, but I very much doubt if it will attain any permanent end that will satisfy either the noble lord or the country. The noble lord, in that speech, attacked Russia with vituperation, and adopted a tone of defiance towards her, as if he had never been a party to those arrangements as to the Government of Wallachia and Moldavia to which 1 have alluded. He said look at the strength of Sebasto pol—what were all the fortifications our armies have there met with erected for, and what were all those war ma terials collected there for which have enabled the garrison so long to withstand the siege, if it were not for the pur poses of aggression. But surely that noble lord cannot be ignorant of the fact, that the great strength of Se bastopol has been erected since our army has been before it, and that ammunition and provisions, some times in convoys of 500 and sometimes of 1,000 carts at a time, have entered . the tortress. (Hear, hear.) Then the noble lord the member for London had alluded to Ger many in a manner that would hardly be taken as indicative of our good sense or our wisdom. He talked of the corrup- Lieu of the German Courts and of the interference of the Russian government and of Russian agents in those coun tries. But from what he(Mr. C o bden) h a d heard, he fancied we were much unistakenas tothe tendency of pnblicopinion in Germany, and as to the supposed difference betweenthe people and their governments in reference to this war. He was told that in Germany there was no party that wanted to join in the present war, and that though there might be well-wishers to our cause there was no party ready tobreak the peace and enter into hostilities with Russia ; and if it was recollected what was the past history of Germany in relation to France and gussia it would be seen what was the reason why there was not any great dread of Russia there. In Prussia all the traditions of the people were favourable to Russia and hostile to France—and on this question they ought to speak in that house without reserve, and as if their debates were not reported ; and he would say that they had in Prussia and the north of Germany a dread of France, owing to the suffering which the people underwent during the revolution, ands also partly because France lay contiguous to the Rhenish provinces of Prussia, and was supposed to have cast an envious eye upon them. But whatever the cause, it was the fact that in every cottage in Germany the feeling was rather favourable to Russia and in opposition to France. In the cottages of Germany would be found memorials of calamities caused by Franco, and the only recollections of Russia were, that she had come and helped them to escape from the rule of Napoleon. All this might account for Germany's not being so anxious to enter into a war in alliance with France. Another reason was to be found in the fact that there never was any principle laid down by which any safeguard against Russia would be secured to Austria and Germany if they entered into a war with their next neighbour for our purposes—no security was given against Russia's retaliating on Germany. And now what would be said, after the result of the conferences at Vieuua was made known, but that we, after talking about fighting for the liberties of Europe, had dropped our pretensions, and had not said a word which could give auy confidence or auy security to any part of Europe. There could, there fore, be no alliance with Prussia, or with any nation lying contiguous to Russia. He (Mr. Cobden) was lately Balking to a Prussian gentleman, who sail that we English were a most unreasonable and net a little arrogant people, for we expected the Prussians to enter into the war with Russia—that is, sixteen millions of men of a country lying contiguous to a country with sixty millions; and they were not like the English, who, when the war was over, could withdraw to an impregnable position ; whi a in the ease of Prussia it was always in the power of Russia to assault her; and that really the way in which the newspapers bullied Prussia could only bo compared to the conduct of a man who drove a doo , on to attach a wolf. (Hear, hear.) If we looked back at the tone taken by the newspapers, was there not something that bore out those remarks? And it should be remembered, 'when you were 'dealing with Germany you were dealing with an educated people, who had their news papers too, and in a country where education was so diffused that you might go to buY your bread and meat in Latin if you did not know German. Having such a people, then, to deal with, were not they in that house somewhat too ar rogant in their treatment of them, and was it not somewhat arrogant in the noble lord to say that all Ger many was corrupted by Russia? If the English people had to undergo the conscription, as was the case in Russia, where every man and horse and cart could be taken for military purposes, they would be a little more chary about going to war, and our pot-house politicians would not call out so loudly for war, and the Government would look at the question of war with more consideration, because it would be known how severe were the sufferings caused by war, when they were brou g ht home t o a peopl e . H e h a d said long bolero we sent a man from these shores that if we were going to war with Russia to vindicate our rights, or to avenge our wrongs, we should do so with our strong arm, with our navy, but that we should not send a man t o th e eontineut of Europe or to Turkey; the exp-ession he used was, that we should not take our land forces over the backs I of whole populations of continental Europe, where there were a million of men in arms between us and the power we affected to dread. He held the same opinion now, and he believed that we ought to have stood on the same ground with regard to Russia as Austria and Prussia did ; and if we had not rushed so hastily into war, it would have hap pened, as was proved, that Austria and Germany would have averted all the evils which were dreaded, for it now appeared that Austria and Prussia had by treaty declared it to be a cases belli if Russia crossed the Balkan, and they would have been equally ready to have declared the cross ing of the Pruth by Russia a caves belli. Why, then, sheuld not we hove been contented to stay in our island home and send our fleet into the Black Sea, telling Austria and Prussia, here is a great danger to Europe, and if you will share with us the resistance to it we are ready to help you, but if not we will protect Tur key by sea, but not a man of our army shall move till you set yourselves in motion towards a common object in this defence. (Hear.) Any one would now say that would have been a wise policy. He heard some hen. gentlemen say the Russians would have been in Constantinople ; but he said no, they would not, for Austria and Northern Germany had a far greater interest in keeping Russia out of Constantinople than we had. He then came to consider the inconsistent arguments which had been used by our leading statesmen. .They had declared during the last 18 months that Germany and Austria were more interested in resisting Russia than we were. It was so stated by the noble lord at the head of the Government, by Lord J. Russell, by Lord Clarendon, and by Lord Lyndhurst; there was not a leading mind among them but laid it down that Austria and Germany had a greater interest in this question than we had. Then why did not we, who had less interest in the matter than they, wait until those great powers were ready to move? But we said that we were going to fight the battle of the civilisation of the world, and we set about that with 40,000 or 30,000 men, for we never had more than 30,000 in the Crimea ; and the correspondent of the Tinto had lately repeated what he said before, that we lost half our army because we had not men enough to do the duty required of them. Was it the function of Eng lishmen to fight because Germany was corrupt? He (Mr. Cobden) said, as was said by Prince Gortschakoff at Vienna, that the best blood of England should be shed for Englishmen and England. He did not say this dis paragingly of Germany and Austria, who had shown themselves wore enlightened on the subject of this war than we were. The English people had been sti mulated, and especially by the noble lord (John Russell), (for he held that noble lord to be the greatest offender in that respect), had been clamoured into the war, and had not taken time for combinations with Austria and Germany to avert the threatened danger. But now, when it was known that Ger many and Austria would not act with us, we were going on in the same course. It would be a Parliamentary curiosity of literature to go to Hansard and extract the declarations of Minister's that Austria and Germany would join us. (Hear, hear.) They put it into the month of her Majesty in her speech from the throne, and they re peated it in every speech they themselves made. He could not even except the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Oxford—(hear)—for even he, in his great speech on the budget, expressed his opinion that there was little doubt but that Austria had actually joined us. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to read extracts from all the speeches. and he would give but a few. Here was one from a speech of the noble lord (J. Russell) on the 22d of Dec. " If Russia should not consent to such very moderate terms as it will be our duty to propose, after the Minister of the Emperor of Russia has declared he is directed to enter into negotiations, but should still continue of opini on th at that great scheme which was begun in the reign of the Empress Catherine, if not before, and which is to end in adding Turkey to the Russian dominions, must be prose- 1 cnted—if he is still of that opinion, I feel convinced that we shall, before the opening of the next campaign, hate alliance of Austria both in offensive and defensive opera.- te em ." Were we going now, and at this time, to carry on the war on land? That was the que s ti on, and he (Mi Cob. g den) would say, as he said before, are you going to co . yourselves to the taking of S e b as t opol ? That was t'lelllqlll3leist tion. Was that to be done now, although it had been given up, notwithstanding that the noble lord and other gentle. 1 men on the Treasury bench came down day after day with different stories on that point for the purpose of beguiling the house. Although they might allow that sort of thing to go on, Austria would not allow such double dealing. The proceedings of the Conferences were published, and it was now seen how the Government were prepared to make peace, and that a proposal to withdraw front before Sebastopol had come from them; and. the only question being the infinitesim a l question of the reduction of the number o f th e R ussian ships in t h e Bl ac k S ee . He agreed with his 'Ott hon. friend (Mr. Gibson), and thought that the Russian proposal was better .than ours. However, it was rejected. We were then now carrying on the war with a determination to take Sebastopol ; at least so he gathered from the statement of the noble lord. He did not know whether it was too late to speak of it ; but be would ask if it was worth while to spend our treasure and shed our blood like water to take Sebastopol, if we took it at all, if we accompanied its capture with the carrying out of the policy of the Government, as laid clown in their de claration, that under no circumstances were we to take any territory from Russia. It scented then that we were fighting for no purpose but to knock about the ears of our brave men a certain quantity of stone and mortar, and to destroy certain mounds of earth and fortifica tions to which we could point as having been destroyed by us. But how long would they remain so. Why, Russia would come to some banking house in London, and in three years they would be all built up more strongly thau ever. What was the plan and object of the recommence ment of the war—what was it for ? Was it a war against the preponderance of Russia? Let them discard passion, and talk of this question es if they were talking of the 'United States of America. Suppose that they were talking of the reduction of the preponderance of the United States in the Gulf of F:ori la or the Gulf of Mexico. What would be the rational ground of a discussion which would follow a proposal made with the absence of all passion, and in which they would have the benefit of their unclouded in tellects to guide them? What, would they not ask, we the source of the power of the United St des in those seas? Would they not rioint to New Orleans, which commanded and was the outlet for all the cote merCe which sprang from the fertile territories existing on the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Ohio i n h a bit e d as they were by million of men, the producers'of vast wealth to their empire ? (Hear, hear.) Would not the result arrived at be that that preponderan ce was natural to and inherent in the coantry, and arising from this state of things? Let them hadsam eßctol Russia consequences ne e s preponderanceflowing fr) the the same ß ;k causes.. Sea? turn their eyes to the Black Sea and the would see the in she possessed on its shores fe rtile . provinces, rich and pros perous harbours, and a large and there • commerce. He (Mr.Cobden) was speaking lately to a those countries well, and who were increasing he e ngage e in the largest Because Why said gentlemandth. t .w a hnookn partTf commercial transactions there, and of the United States of America bad there been I rapid progress in wealth and interior production since stuhceh repeal of our corn laws as had taken place in those Russi a n pro vinces. It was estimated that in th e y ear b efore lastßusel had exported five millions of quarters of grain of all kinds, and if things went en in the same proporti on i n t h e next fiv e years it was estimated that she would export 20 millions of grain of all kinds. He admitted that it was onl3 a youthful barbarian' which was developing itself into somethin g bet ter, but so long as such vast produce was going into the Black Sea, and Russia had no other neighbour but Turkey, a decayed and uuimproving empire, -all the powers of the earth could not take away the preponderance in the Black Sea from her, because it was inherent in the nature of things. She had there 1,000 miles of frontier, and was Russia to be asked to cut herself down to the level of de erepid Turkey? It was an impossibility. What were se fighting for? Tuere was no mystery in what he was going to say. It was whispered that we were fighting more at the wish of France this our own. But were we sure that the war was not going on against the wish of the French people? He would ask gentlemen who were acquainted with and had connexions in France, whether they had not private information on this point, for of course there was not much information to be gob from the press in that country. He heard from private sources that the war, which was never very enthusiastically liked in France, was now more than disliked. Then what were the wishes of the French Government ? He was now entering on delicate ground, bat he was about to allude to a subject which he told the noble lord (Palmerston) that he should treat of publicly, be lieviug as ho did that it was his duty to speak out ou a question which involved great events, and might be fraught with calamities to the country. He came to this point —was it the wish of the French Government to go on with the war ? or was it the wish of oar Govern ment ? It had been industriously spread abroad that the French dynasty had so much at stake in the war that the Government dared not withdraw their army from before Sebastopol on account of the effect which such a step would have on the French people. Now, his hon. friend (Mr. Bright) and himself had had it communicated to them on good authority that the French Government had stated to ours that they were willing to accept of either alternative of the terms published in the last protocols. He was not talking of the proceedings of a secret conclave. They all know of what was ca ll eca meeting of the supporters of the noble lord in Downing-street. On that occasion, when the noble lord said they were about to enter on a confidential conversation, and that no representatives of the papers were present, Es hon. frien t asked if it was true that an inti mation had been made by the French Government to ours that they were willing to accept trins different from those offered by M. Drouyn de l'Huys, and that there had been a refusal to accede to them on the part of our Go vernment. The noble lord refused to answer the question, although he was much pressed. He (Mr. Cobden) pressed him to give an answer, and he told the noble lord dis tinctly that if ho would give an answer, and say no, that he could treat all that took place there as confidential, but that if the noble lord allowed him to go out of the room without an answer, looking to the sources of the informa tion he had received, he would not make any secret of what passed on that occasion. The state of things was very serious. We had contrived to detach Germany and Austria from us ' • there was no hope of their joining us; that was de cided—there was no one now to help us. What would our fate be if, by and bye, it was proved that England was the cause of the recommencement of the war, and that she had acted contrary to the inclination of the French Government and the Ftenchp topic? T hat might lead to the very opposite of all we hoped from the union of the two peoples—it might lead to their estrangement. If we were to carry on the war in conjunctior with France alone, did not that in volve the responsibility of doing more than we are doing ? Would it not some day be a subject of recrimination that our force in the Crimea was so small, and that of the French so great ? This was not, perhaps, the proper time to bring up this question, but he would refer to observa tions which had been made by the hon. member for In vernees-seire, who stated that we were 40,000 short of the number of men voted by Parliament. It was stated by tt noble lord a member of the Government in December, that we were 20,0,0 short; and the hon. member for In verness-shire said that the militia regiments in England were mere skeletons, while in Ireland and Scotland they were, practically, disbanded. If that were true, and we still wanted forty thousand men , might we not be urging on the war with that bli n d heedlessness with which every thing had been done by the Government, without look ing three months beforehand ; and by and bye again see the consequences of this want of foresight of the Go vernment ? He was speaking at a moment when the country was excited by the recent intelligence from the seat of war. Now, if any one studied the maps of the scene of the operations, it would be seen how much was made out of very little, although it had done much to increase the confidence of the people. Ile placed uo limits to the power of England and France if they put out their strength, but he was not so sure that our po sition in the Crimea was as supposed. He had been in communication with a gentleman with regard to the supply of food to the Russians in the Crimea, and he did not learn from hi m th at S ebastopol depended on Kertcir for food. He was told by this gentleman (and it ought to damp this unwarranted exultation), who was a holder of corn at Kertch, that the Russian Government had stated to him five months ago that theyconld not be respon sible for the safety of his corn. Five months ago, Russia gave notice that it was intended to abandon Kertch, and no doubt it was the same with Beriansk and other places iu the Sea of AzoiL From what he gathered there was great exaggeration with regard to this expedition to the Sea of AzotL If there was really anything in it, what must now be the reflection of those who had the ships to under take it long ago? (Loud cheers.) Were we sure that the expedition was not occasioned by the same cause which took our troops from Gallipoli to 'Warns, and from Yarns to the Crimea—the cry of " Do something." (Hear, hear.) If ever a government or a commander did something be cause they were told to do something, and for no other reason, the chances were a hundred to one that they would do something wrong. (Rear, hear.) He was not sure that the expedition was caused by anything but because the Government was called on to do something, and he would now record his deliberate opinion that, while the proceed ings in the Sea of Azoff were destroying private property. and would not add to the lustre of our arms, he believed that they could have no better effect upon the war than the marauding expeditions last year in the Gulf of Finland had on Cronstadt. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the supplies of Sebastopol came entirely from Perekop, and that that place and Simpheropol were strongly fortified like Sebastopol, and that both must be taken before you could intercept the food of the Russian army, and take Sebastopol. As to the interception of sup plies into the Crimea across the steppes beyond Perekop, he was told by a gentleman that every spring 1,000 carts were obtained to go from Odessa and other places on the coast, over the steppes, with produce to the Crimea, and that all that commerce was now suspended. The conse quence was that the Russian Government would avail itself of all that means of conveyance, while so far from the steppes being an obstacle, journeys were made over steppes five or six times greater inextent than those. Was it not better that we should look at all these things in this light, and calmly consider them, without giving way be an effer vescence of feeling which prevented our judging of the con sequences of what we were about to do ? We had recom menced the war with a determination to take Sebastopol. When he said that the united strength of England and France could not be resisted by any human power, he made one exception in favour of a greater power than either. He alluded to pestilence and disease. He had read lately some extracts from Spencer's work with reference to the climate of the Crimea, which had reference to the summer, He never dreamt of applying those observations to the winter, for if • well housed and fed, and not overworked is the trenches, there was nothing in the constitution of an Englishman to prevent his living and being in health in the winter in the Crimea. But in the summer, according to the best autlorities, it was hardly possible for an Eng lishman in the Crimea, unless the most careful precaution was observed, to escape the intermittent fever which re velled in July, August, and half of September. Those • Those were the fatal months. If any one sinned against th careful rules of diet—if a man went out in the the most sun, or was exposed to the night dews •f m id-day water when heated, or ate new corn he took cold things brought on the intermittent f or fruit—all these precautions soldiers, of all other ever; and all these dreaded the fate of the army in . July , men, disregarded. He ber. Had that been thought of August, and Septem they turned away from peace? by the Government when shoulders ould rest the whole On them and. on their not for their emoluments responsibility. He would and all t • self the responsibility they heir power, take on him- If no pestilence destroyed incurred in the next 6 months. the Crimea, all the our army, and we triumphed in army was destroyed honour would be theirs ; but if our and there by pestilence, if it failed in the field, was a repetition of the disasters of last winter, they must be prepared for retribution —nothing short of physical violence, which would come upon them in thenext 6 months. There had been a great want of frankness in the conduct of the war. The public had gone heedless ly ti n t. ITad t and entertained very erroneous opinions respecting 'F of th e greatest not the tone held at recent meetings been ef or e enemy _ ? He arrogance, and ignorance of the power h rested his case upon the infatuation of invading Russia with a land force. Had weconfined ourselves to naval no disasters and no dis - Operations, we should have had to invade Russia, we pre content. By sending "erThat expedition was under - pared for i n evitable disasters . out of doors, in regard to whit the statesmen of the country taken in obedience to a cry ought to have exercieed a coit e sent a land force three thousand trolling judgment. an colonists , and it miles to carry on w ar with our American failed. The expedition of Napoleon L, supported by half a million of bayonets, and aimed at the very heart of Rus sia, failed. - Wm Ulm any Mann to believe that, with tire Enclosure. Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855. My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose a return of the daily progress of cholera in the army in the Crimea, from 19th to 25th May inclusive. Your lordship will observe by this return that the disease moderated in violence, and that the mortality is one-third less than it was during the preceding seven days, though I cannot say that the number of attacks has diminished in proportion, or that the disease has been circumscribed by narrower limits ; on the contrary, if anything, more generally diffused, as cases have oc curred in every division. At Balaklava several admissions int') the General Hospital there have taken place from the Sardinian Contingent, from the Land Transport Corps, and fro n ships in the harbour, which have swelled out our lists of both admissions and deaths. The removal of the Buffs and 48th Regiment to higher and drier ground has been attended with good results. Great attention is paid to the sanitary condition of the camps, and to all matters that it is thought may tend to dissipate the discas The attention of medical officers has been drawn to the subject of cholera belts, and I have reason to believe that the whole army has been supplied with them, at.d if not, the supply in store is ample enough to meet the demand.—l have, &c., _ _ J. HALL, Inspector General of Hospitals, Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Commanding-in-Chief. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM' BEAR ADMIRAL LYONS. (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) ADMIRALTY, JUNE 6. A. despatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Royal Albert, Straits of Kertcb, May 26, 1855. Sir,—l have great pleasure in requesting you to in form the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the Allied forces are masters of the Straits of Kertch, and that they have in the Sea of Azoff a powerful steam flotilla, of light draught of harassing fwater him ,cap a ableo t f c a u ll tt p in o g int o n ff ; the enemy's supplies, and and, moreover, that the means are at hand for sending in a vast number of gun-boats of the lighter draught, if it should be found desirable to do so. My letter•of the 22d inst., IC). 396, will have informed their lordships that an Allied expedition, consisting of 15,000 men of all arms, and five batteries of artillery, were then on the point of leaving the anchorage off Se bastopol, for Kertch, and my message by electric tele graph will have announced the complete success of that expedition ; but it now remains for me to give an ac count of our proceedings for their lordships' informa tion. The fleet, which consisted of her Maj es t y ' s sh i ps named in' the margin, and a French Pleat of nearly equal force, under the command of my very gallant and energetic colleague, Vice-Admiral Bruat, assembled off the Straits of Kertch at early dawn on the birthday of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and both armies and navies confidently anticipated a success ful celebration of that auspicious day. The fleets steamed rapidly up to Kainiesh, where the army landed under cover of the guns of the steam-frigates, and immediately ascended the heights without opposition, whilst the steamers of light draught of water pushed on to wards Kertch and Yenikale ; and the endeemstyroyap parently taken by surprise at which erahpaivdeityfalleon into of these movements, and at the imposing app earance of the expedition, blew up his fortificati ons on both sides of the Straits, mounting not l ess t h an fifty guns on r (new ons os si a o n n d of and heavy e retired ayy o ca l ih f r t e e r ) , three steamers, and several other heavily armed vessels, as well as large large quantities of provisions, ammuni tion, and stores, thus leaving us masters of the entrance into the Sea of Azoff, without our having sustained any loss whatever. 4. As the disembarkation was unopposed, i n conse quence of the fire of the steam-frigates having arrested the advance of the enemy, there was no field for the * Royal Albert, Hannibal, Algiers, Agamemnon, St. Jean d'Acre, Princess Royal, Sidon, Valorous, Leopard, Tribune, Simoom,' Furious, Highflyer, Terrible, Miranda, Sphinx, Spit fire, Gladiator, Vesuvius, Curlew, Swallow, Caradoc, Strom boli, Ardent, Medina, Wrangler, Viper, Lynx, Recruit, Arrow, Banshee, Snake, Beagle.