The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. u n der the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, be preaented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers w ill appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. • - - After w ich. a h new G MEETIN ag G, 18S5 Extravanza. called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRIN. Tb ceatelude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caw= Kcair. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (10th time) a Romance, in ty r o acts• entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. MR/IRE ROYAL ADELPUL Pr°Prietir , Mr. B. Webster.—Directross. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING,. Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES To conclude with OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerou s highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVEHING, --- wm be per formed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR lADIES Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Yining, H. Cooper, Eanvere an d Miss. Cast'etoa. After which. KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, r ifl ery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF HE GOL MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manacer, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. _ Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and original Brctacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! No Drama for many years has created so great a sensation. The interest is most intense ; the burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exciting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added to the Embellishments. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. w -onager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director. ROYAL STRAND TIP.:ATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, W ill be performed TIIF. CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J, llalfcrd, ROterFOTI, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaac., Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS D kUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON B T DAT —Morning 5 mln.after 4 j Eivning 24 min. art. 4 To-AfOsnom—Morning 41 min.after 4 Evening Imin. aft. 5 ruin WEATHER.—Strs °Trim, April. 20. THIBMO24I"rEIt, IN THZ GEADE. 62 %ighest since noon yesteraay. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day, at noon. Banoint-rxt—Went down to 30'17, now up to 30'28. WIND, N.—Light breeze, with beautiful sunshiny weather —right Royally Imperial ! 4, - , 9#.• - 4543. 4 kt, 6 • " " LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1855. Our anticipations as to the cordiality of the re ception about to be accorded to the Emperor and Empress of the FRENCH have been fully and com pletely verified. Every one, from the Peer to the peasant—nay, more, from the SOVEREIGN of the United Kingdom to the humblest inhabitant of the metropolis—have earnestly concurred in the endeavour to render honour to those by whom it had been so richly merited. The rapturous and enthusiastic applause by which the august couple were greeted at every stage of their pro gress was the more flattering, inasmuch as the English are not a demonstrative people. They must indeed be greatly excited before they can shake off the habitual coolness of their temperament. Our French or Hibernian brethren could be more easily excited to the boiling point, but the feel ing must come from the very heart of hearts be fore such an exhibition could be produced from the comparatively phlegmatic people of England. Yes, it was emphatically the people of England that on Monday welcomed, and on Thursday ren dered an ovation, seldom, if ever, paralleled in the national annals, to their illustrious guests. It was undoubtedly partially an expression of genuine kindliness to their French brethren, to whom we are united by bonds which, we trust, can never be dissevered ; but by far the greater portion was rendered to the Individual—to the Great Man who has proved himself so worthy of their homage—on the Emperor of the FRENCH, and still more on Louis NAPO LEON, the tribute of unanimous applause was be stowed. He held his exalted station by the best possible title—the will of his people, freely ex pressed through the medium of the ballot-box. The suffrages of eight millions of the adult popu lation elevated him to the Imperial Throne, and not one of his numerous constituency has had cause to regret the vote by which the Prince President became the Emperor of the FRENCH. We cannot at this moment omit noticing with pride and gratitude the notice which the Imperial visitor bestowed on The Sun. While passing our office the EMPEROR " looked steadily, and bowed in the most marked and gracious manner." This open recognition of the justice, which we in variably rendered to his character, his motives, and his policy, was indeed as peculiarly gratify ing to ourselves as it was honourable to the EMPEROR. We were not amongst the fair-weather friends who waited until he conquered fortune, and achieved his destiny. Before ho was indued with the Imperial purple—nay, more, before he was elected to the Presidency, we yielded a disinterested support to the Candidate for the votes of the people of France. Single handed we repelled the atrocious calumnies—and scarcely less justifiable means by which he was aer ie.--and we feel an honest pride in thinking h o w amply the results have justified, and more than justified, what, at the time, were supposed to be our too sanguine anticipations. As Candi date and as President we expressed the same opinions and feelings with respect to the Prince L o uis NAPOLEON , as we now do towards the mag nanimous EmPE Eo n, the only diff e rence being that at first we stood. alone ; that others gradu ally gave expression to similar feelings—until at - length there is not a s in g le opponent to put f or decided negative, or even to resort to whispered hint, the shrug, the hum or bah ! - "" l e Petty brands that calumny doth use ! The r e vtex us stowed, Were ° plaudits, thus unanimously be- Hia lovei o n w c s t o r estricted to the EMPEROR. She, too, wat, the received a fitting share. principle — as th incarnation. of a great the EMPEROR e glorious protest offered by against the ridiculous farce of the heartless contracts usually termed Mar riages," the alliances of ban ded an es. " R espo astit zal iorthe purpose of sustaining their NA.POLEON, the Imperial Refor mer, Louis afford e d tin _ e quivocal proof that he was determin e d not t o sacrifice his affections—the most sacred feelings of the heart —to red-tapist formalities. And he met a suitabl e reward, for he strengthened. and rendered permane nt the foundations of his thron e , gaining the heart and hand of one for whom the Empire of the w orld might joyfully be surren- dered. The Speech of the EMPEROR, at the Guildhall, Was Worthy of the occasion and of the man. The graceful reference to the time when he was an exile, enjoying, although in a very different mode, the hospitality of the nation, wa.; peculiarly appro priate, and the felicitous allusion to the mutual desire to abolish slaTery, and the hopes for the amelioration of ca/ the countries of Europe, elicited an enthusiastic response from the whole assembly. It is, indeed, only by unworthy considerations and pitiful rivalries that the union of these great nations are to be dis severed, and these we trest will never occur. It was also happily remarked that "our two nations are more powerful in the opinions they represent than by the armies and fleets they have at their disposal." Our moral influence is greater than even our physical force. That it may ever prove so will be the fervent aspiration of every true-hearted Englishman. To-morrow our august visitors sail from our shores. The recollections of the week will, how ever, remain enshrined on our memories, and our children and children's children will long speak of the first visit of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, the prestige whereof cannot be impaired by the many successive repetitions to which the English SOVE REIGN and people confidently look forward. In the surpassingly beautiful conclusion to his Life of AGRICOLA, TACITUS, while not objecting to the use of commemorative statues, reminds those who cherished the memory of the noble de parted that the ".irtues of the mind could be really imaged only by their repetition in the life and deeds of the survivors. Ut vultus hominum, ita simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia suet ; forma mentis eterna ; quam ten ere et exprimere ; non per alienam materiam et artem, sed tuffs ipse moribus, possis. Probably M. KOSSUTH had this just and soul-stirring idea before him at the Mary lebone meeting in aid of a testimonial to Lord DUDLEY STUART. Nothing could be happier and better-timed than his appeal to the sur viving admirers of the Noble Lord to imitate his conduct. Mere sentimental hon ours to the philanthropy and moral cour age of the dead are almost worthless memo rials. To desist from feminine regrets, to catch his falling mantle, to breathe a double portion of his spirit, to be roused from merely commending sympathy to efficient action, this is the memorial his departing spirit would have asked ; the me morial which would place his name at the head of one of the holiest movements of the day—a mcvement which, if taken and successful, would perpetuate through all European History the me mory of all its leaders. Lord DUDLEY STUART can never be forgotten if Poland become once more an independent nation. Long will his name live, indeed, even should the brutal and murder ous policy of NICHOLAS be still permitted to con tinue, and to crush the hopes completely of the civilised victims of Muscovite barbarism. The oppressed do not forget their unsuc cessful friends, and every Polish mother will teach her infant the name of the loved Eng lish nobleman who loved its native country, when despots, and congresses, and Prime Ministers sur rendered it to the ruthless fangs of incarnate demons. But a nation utterly crushed, of course dies at last; while in one restored, its life must sustain for ever the memory of its restorers. Such a memo rial might Lord DUDLEY STUART'S friends secure 1 him if they will now but imitate his conduct. Otherwise noi,hing can prevent the same grave covering the memory eventually of both Poland and her most generous friend.- It is, indeed, painful to witness, as we now do, the penalties we have incurred by treating him as a philanthropibt to be half pitied, instead of a politician to be followed. Our CASTLEREAGH; RUSSELLS, and PA.LXCER STONE, have, by a policy the reverse of Lord DUDLEY STUART'S, plunged us at last into this costly and fatal War. They took counsel only with the interests of despots and courts ; and, with secret diplomacy as their means, they achieved the aggrandisement of insatiable tyrants, to their own confusion now. They blushed as they brought their treaties to the light of Free dom, but they buried in the oblivion of home po litics all their shame for treachery to foreign liberty ; they discouraged Lord DUDLEY and all his coadjutors as mourners, whose sorrows re minded them of connivance at national murder, or as patriots whose voice was exceedingly annoy ing to the delicate ears of their Royal friends— the Lords of Siberia and Spielberg. His Lord ship, on the contrary, consulted only those moral judgments to which right and jus tice are an immutable law, and that tender ness of heart which could not rest while the cries of the oppressed continued to re sound in his hearing. Had the moral courage of philanthropists superseded the timid selfishness of statesmen in 1815 and 1830, Poland would to this day have been the free barrier of Europe, Turkey unassailed, Austria and Hungary recipro cally improving each other, Prussia free, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, too, independent of Russia and Austria. The brutal NICHOLAS could have been more easily put down in 1830 than he or his can now. But Poland is the touchstcne of the true states- 1 man even now. Amid the feverish expectations ' 1 of tidings from Sebastopol, it is indeed difficult to think steadily of the next great step ; yet it is necessary to do so, and we affirm that success there must render Poland the veritable Fifth Point. The object of Warsaw and Sebastopol is one and the same. Rule, and that barbarian Cossack rule, l over Europe. A small number of highly-polished and educated men, but men who do not understand the western sense of the word honour, aspire, by the terror of hosts of serfs hardly a whit superior to the hordes of Attila or Gerghis Khan, to lord it over the civili sation of the West. In furtherance of this ac cursed project, the Czars have seized successively on Finland, the Baltic Provinces, Lithuania, and Poland, and nothing can permanently stem the debasing tide of savagism and slavery but com pelling it to ebb back on its own steppes, and con stituting the enfranchised States the protective embankment of Europe. No one, indeed, now doubts this. The policy of France and England, therefore, is to terminate the dangerous Confer ences at once, to declare that the Fifth Point is now an essential, that the War cannot close till Poland and the Baltic Provinces too are free, and, a s we have more than once said, till Russia be come Russia only. GREAT LOSS OF HO THE U CRIMEA SES ON THEIR WAY TO . GLASGOW, APRIL 19. The Glasgow (s s.), from Marseilles to the Crimea, has put into Zante, with 130 horses dead. No further particulars. CRYSTAL PALACE-MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL, To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. polka th at the so-called Model of Sebastopol at the shall b e much obliged if you will in form the Crystal Palace is not executed by me. j .k .„. l ,am, sir, your obedient servant, virYl4D, Geographer to the Queen Lsicest er . s and 11. U. Prince Albert. clare, April 19, 1855. M. \Vintland, formerly,litivato secretary to King Otbo, but who had been obliged by re e-to minister to re anlshii'lselarleatinougt,sareyme,r..back, haa fumed his ron- Despatches Were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governors of Hong g ong► Ceylon, and the Mauritius. TTIJ SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY . _EVENING, APH IL 20. 188 h. THE NEW LOAN. This morning at 10 the leading capitalists at tended at the Treasury to bid for the new loan, and among those present were Baron Lionel and Meyer Rothschild, Baron James Rothschild, of Paris, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Mr. T. A. Hankey, Mr. James Capel, Mr. David Stern, Mr. Laurence Cazenove, Mr. L. Cohen, Mr. B. B. Williams, and others. The Premier arrived shortly before the hour appointed, and soon afterwards entered the Trea sury Chamber. The Chancellor then stated the purpose for which they were assembled, and after some observations from Mr. Capel as to the footing upon which the annuity was to be placed, Baron Rothschild passed a letter to the Chan cellor containing the tender, and it appearing that no other party offered, the communication was at once read by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who previously placed on the table the sealed letter con taining the minimum. The letter, was as follows : " London, 20th April, 1855. "Sir,—ln conformity with the public notice issued by the Treasury, we have the honour of submitting the fol lowing offer for the loan of sixteen miliions. We agree to take the whole of the sixteen millions 3 per cent. Consolidated Annuities, with dividend from the sth January last at par, payable in in stalments at the periods stated in the said notice, upon receiving for each 1001., an annuity of 14s. 6d, (say four teen shillings and sixpence) terminable in 30 yrars, to commence from the sth inst., payable half-y: arty, and we are accordingly ready with the required depot-it on the same.— We remain, sir, very respectfully, your obe dient servants, "N. M. ROTHSCHILDS, AND SONS. "To the Chancellor of the Exchtvier." The terms of the contract were then read, and were in conformity with the proposals originally submitted by the Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, as the terms were above his minimum, it would be unnecessary to open his sealed letter, and the tender was accepted. The proceedin s then terminated. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) This morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, and their illustrious guests, the Emperor and Empress of the French, left Buckingham Palace fur the Crystal Palace, at Norwood. The royal party travelled in an open landau. The Empress was seated beside the Queen; the Emperor and Prince Albert occupied the seat opposite. From the appearance of their Majesties this morning they seemed to have suffered very little from the fatigues of yesterday, and as they emerged from the Palace gates into the park, the appearance of the crowd seemed to add to the animated conversation that was going on between her Majesty and the Empress. On this occasion the Royal party were attired in the ordinary costumes of private life. The carriage conveying the illustrious party was fol lowed by sixteen other open carriages, containing the Royal suite. A. small party of Carabineers, not above twenty, escorted the Royal cortege, which, as it drove through ARMY BEFORK SEBASTOPuL COM MITTEE.-(THIS DA v.) The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour. Sir Charles Trevelyan was again recalled, and his exa mination was resumed by Lord Seymour. His evidence wa', as befure, of a desultory character, and comprised the reading of a number of official reports, and corre spondence of various kinds, relative to the Commissariat Department. In reference to fuel, he stated that, when it was known that the army would winter in the Crimea, the Commissariat Department engaged to supply fuel, and Commissary-General Filder took the necessary measures for procuring a good supply from Con stantinople and other places. He also managed to obtain a supply of charcoal, which was stored up at Balaklava ; but it cauld not be conveyed thence to the camp owing to the deficiencies in the transport department. This latter defect, combined with the bad state of the weather and the roads, pre vented the conveyance of hay and straw. He had been informed that there was no want of either of these articles at Balakla,va from the 21st to the 30th November. With regard to the Spanish mules which were not brought over to the East in December last, they were not detained entirely on account of the defective transport service, but because Commissary-General Filder had no pressing necessity for them. The great difficuly, in his opinion, connected with the army was the want of a commissariat establishment at home, but he thought that the great division and sub-division of duly in that department in the field interfered with the discipline of the army. He (witness) had the executive management of this depart ment at home, under the direction, however, of tl.e Minister for War. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonb!anque.) IN RE TEALE AND SIUTII. These bAnkropts were described as of Wimpole-street and flol'and-street, Blacktriar ,, , house decorators, &c. An application was now made by the bankrupt Teale for an adjournment, to enable him to go to Balaklava to carry out an engagement he could enter into if be could do so without subjecting himself to the censure of this court. The accounts were not yet filed, the time Ix doing so not having expired, but they were in a f,r ward state of preparation by Mr. Robertson, Moorgat-• -treet ; the bankrupt therefore asked for leave to fair the accounts and a long adjournment, so tint he ou;:ht comply with the tegulations of the court when he came up. The solicitor to the assig nees asked bankrupt whether he was going for the benefit of his creditors ? If the application was granted Ite ought to be laid under conditions to set aide some portion of his profit fir the creditors ; then there could he no objection. _ _ _ His Honour said that if there was n.) other objection the application might be granted. but he f:hould not at tach any conditions, and if the bankrupt was an honour ible man no doubt he would devote some portion of any f•urplus to their benefit. An adjournment for 12 months was then granted. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE LINFORRD AND CO. These bankrupts were described as licensed victuallers, at the Horns Tavern, Lawrence-lane, City, and to-day wai appointed for consideration of their certificates. The Solicitor to the assignees said they were desirous of making certain inquiries before the case was gone into, and therefore wished for an adjournment. His Honour granted an adjournment for one week. APPRAHRENSION OF THREE CRAB TISTS FOB ISSUING SEDITIOUS HAND BILLS. This day, at half-past one, James Bligh, 5, Blucher's buildings, Greenwich, John Lodge, of 5, Little Mid dlesex-street, Kingsland, and Harris Evans, of Robert-street, Sydney-street, Mile-end, were charged before Mr. Alderman Wire, at the Man sion-house, with having during the Imperial pro gress through the City, distributed hand-bills calculated to cause a breach of the public peace, the -ame bills not having any printer's name attached. Ernest Jones, the Chartist barrister, appeared for the accused. The defendant Bligh, a respectable-looking mechanic was first placed at the bar. City Police-constable 594 stated that yesterday morning he was upon duty in Cheapside, when some gentlemen called his attention to the defendant, who wa distributing of which they (the gentlemen) hell -iome in their hands, and upon the witness goin. towards Breail.street he saw the defendant, with a crowd round him, giving away band-bills, of which the follow mg is a copy : 'ENGLAND'S DISGRACE.—THE REAL DAY OF HUMILIATION. " LOUIS NAPOLEON, "The murderer, the oath-breaker, the destroyer 01 the French and Italian Republics, who bribed tht soldiers to massacre the peaceful citizens upon thi Boulevards, exiled the best men of France, and pave , his way to power with the corpses of unoffensive me, , women, and children, is coming to England. English nien do your duty. "The truth of these accusations is proved by the Times Chronicle, and Advertiser of Dec. '5l, and Jan. '52." Defendant had another man with him, who made hi, • pe. He (witness) seized the defendant, who it ▪ endeavoured to get rid of the bills, but witness prevented him, and, upon his being taken to the station• and searched, a large bundle of other bills and print, papers, all of an inflammatory and libellous character, were found upon him. A great number of persons ban the bills, and they all said it was a great shame. After a few remarks from Mr. Ernest Jones, who said he had been quite recently instructed, he agreed to the suggestion of the alderman that the defendant should he remanded for a week. The bail put in was an artificizl flower maker, living at Spitalfields, whose name and appearance bespoke him to be an Italian. The Alderman here said that he should adopt a similar course with the other defendants'. TEE RUMOURED ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The idle rumour, which unfortunately gained con siderable circulation yesterday evening, to the effect that an attempt had been made upon the life of the Emperor of the French, whilst on his way to Buckingham-palace, after his visit to the Guildhall, turned out upon inquiry to be entirely without foundation. The report originated in a very simple and harmless circumstance. As the royal carriage was passing under the triumphal arch on Constitution-hill, a middle-aged person, apparently a foreigner, stepped towards it, and endeavoure 1 to throw a letter of some kind in at the window. As the nature of the act was not understood at the moment, he was at once seized and given into custody. He was conveyed to the King-street police-station, where, after being de tained a short time, a messenger was despatched from the palace, with an intimation that the document con tained nothing offensive, and that it was, consequently, the Emperor's wish that the man should be discharged. This considerate request was accordingly immediately complied with. The individual in question, who is a Frenchman, gave his name as John Pellet, and described himself as a doctor of medicine. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAIL WAY.—About 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening a lahouriee wen, named Peter Burke, attempted to cross the Ens , Lancashire Railway, at the Bacup station, to take some supper to one of the company's servants who was a fel• low-ledger, and who was then engaged in shunting from( .arriages which were attached to an engine by a tail rape. It was quite dark, and Burke, being unable tr . -ee the rope, became entangled with it in some way, we:- thrown prostrate across the rails, and the engine imme diately passed (Ater his legs. One limb was completely amputated, and the other FO mangled that it was impos ,able to do anything to restore it. Several medical gen tlemen were sent for, and Dr. Harrison, the medica , officer of the company, proceeded from Manchester, b) 9, special train, but they could render no assistance re the unfortunate man, who died the following morning Ele was a married man, and has left one child. CREMORNE GARDENS. Notwithstanding the early period of the season, the fete last night, in honour of the visit of the Emperor and Empress, was most attractive The principal novelty in the decorations was the Turco- French Arch, which is now nearly completed. On one side are the portraits of the Queen, the Emperor, and the Sultan, surmounted by the - motto, "Union is strength." On the other side are the arms of England, France, and Turkey,, and the motto, " God protect the right." The programme of the entertainments included some excellent dancing on the tight rope by two children. In the theatre the wonderful performance of the Russelli family was warmly applauded. This was followed by the new ballet. In the course of the evening the visi tors were amused with the performance of the dogs and monkeys, and the entertainments concluded with a dis play of fireworks. The boys of the Duke of York's School, accompanied by their band, were present, and formed an additional attraction. The gardens were well attended. On every side are to be seen preparations making for the regular opening of the summer season, which will take place on Whit Monday. On that day the new Firework Temple, which is rapidly advancing to completion, will be exhibited for the first time. TILE FLEETS AT DOVER. DOVER, THURSDAY, 10 P.M. The English fleet has been compelled to weigh a,:clior in consequence of the strong easterly winds which , prang up, rendering the exposed anchorage in the roads un safe. The Vice-Admiral, with the large ship has pro ceeded to Spithead, and the remainder of the fleet to the Downs. It will no doubt be all assembled in Dover Roads by Saturday, with perhaps the irovrtant of the Du'i - e of Wellington, 131, and St. George, 120, to do honour to the Emperor and Empress on their departure. Admiral Chabannes crossed over from Calais this morning, and saluted the Port. The salute was reterned from the Drop Redoubt on the _height:, with if guns. The Admiral afterwards proceeded by the 12 o'clock train to Windsor. It is exceedingly gratifying to observe the entente cordiale that subsists between the French and English naval services. English naval and military officers may be observed daily visiting the French ships of-war in the Roads and harbour, and it is needless to say they are received with every demonstration of co . ,:rtesy z.nd cordial good-will by our gallant allies. SICKNESS IN THE CRIMEA, 1839. [Extracted from the Times newspaper, of Sept. 25, 1839.] " Accounts frOm Constantinople state that the Rus sian troops in Sebastopol and its neighbourhood were sadly suffering from illness, particularly from the ophthalmia, which presented all the appearance of the Egyptian disease. " Upwards of 7,000 sick were lying in the hospitals." An accident of a serious nature occurred to Lord Stan hope, son of the Earl of Chesterfield, yesterday morning, His lordship, a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, was mounted on a spirited charger ; hen in St. Paul's churchyard, opposite Mr. Fred. Goodyear's, his horse slipped on the Bile, and fell on its rider, breaking his leg. Lord Stanhope was immediately carried into Mr. Goodyear's house, where the greatest attention was promptly paid. Mr. Smith, surgeon, ;.,f Bow-lane, was at once summoned to his assistance, and set the fracture. After remaining about two hours his lordship was con veyed to his barracks at Regent's-park. EasT INDIA. COMPANY'S CIVIL SERVICE.—The prospec tus which has been issued of the, preliminary examina tion (to take place in July, though the list of candidates will be closed on the Ist of May) comprises only such subjects as those with which any graduate of the uni versities may fairly be supposed to be conversant. The duties that devolve upon a civil servant of the East India Company comprise a most extensive sphere of action —the administration of the laws, the financial dis pos fiats and regulation of the revenues, and the im provement of the moral and phy-ical condition of the people. Much has been said of late in favour of the dis tribution of appointments; oy merit, as tested by exami nations, over the ordinary course of patronage. These important posts have hitherto, been in the exclusive pa trona<ze of the Court of Directors. THE CHINA PEA.—Experiments are shout to he made in several deeartieente of France t nstnrali , e a species of pea pecu.iar to China, which yields both oil and flour. The oil scarcely differs frren that of cotes, or rapeseed, and the Chinsse use it largely in their culinary prepara tions. The fl .ur is ma le into a paste, which, after hav ing been left to ferment, is seasoned with oil, pepper, salt, or other ingredients. It becomes, in a few days, of a brownish colour, and possesses excellent ditzestive qua lities. So prepared, it is rather dear, but the poorer classes merel7 fry the paste in oil, and it is sold to them in slices in the markets The preparations of the oil a d paste of the pea in question is a branch of industry in several provinces ; but it is at Nung-Po, capital of Cite- Kiang, that it is chiefly carried on. Every year, in fact, thousands of junks, freighted with the poste and oil, leave Nino-po for the different posts of the Celestial Em pire.—Galign,ani. FOLKESTONE IMPROVEMENT BlLL.—Yesterday a Par liamentary paper was printed containing a copy of the Admiralty report on the Folkestone Improvement Bill. It appears that the objects of the bill are to extend the limits of the borough, to enable the corporation to con struct a market-house, to make new streets, and other improvements. The Lords of the Admiralty call the attention of Parliament to clauses in the bill to levy coal dues, and, in failure of payment, the vessel, tackle, &c., to be detained. " Their lordships are of opinion that duties so collected would operate as a tax on shipping for the benefit of the town improvements, and that the collector of customs, or other officer in her Majesty's service, should not be employed in such a service ; that no duties on coal or merchandise whatever should be col lected at Folkestone until the same have been landed, and that municipal dues, which the commissioners may think proper to demand, shall only be payable by the importers or purchasers, and that no detention of vessels, or interference with them, be sanctioned on ac count of town revenue." SOUTHA.MPTON, April 19.—The new shears which have for some mouths past been in the course of erection to supply those which were destroyed by the accident last year are now nearly completed, and will be tested in the course of a few days. Their proof strength is 50 tons. They consist of three immense sticks of yel low pine, the two front legs being 88 feet long and 32 inches in diameter, strengthened by iron hoops placed at a distance of nine feet from each other. The back leg- measures 102 feet in length, and 33 inches in diameter, and is strengthened at the top by what are called "fishing pieces," so as to make it uni form throughout. Each of the sticks or legs is the pro duction of a single tree. The plan of these shears differs materially from that usually adopted, inasmuch as a weight can be lifted from a vessel 30 feet from the dock wall and deposited on the quay, whereas ordinary shears are only capable of lifting great weights with out being able to carry them them ashore. This addi tional facility is afforded by the third leg, which forming a triangle, is made to traverse in and out from the dock quay. The machinery connected can be worked either by hand or steam, a small steam-engine and house having been erected adjacent to the position of the shears. This great addition to the port was designed and executed by the firm of Seaward and Capel, the timberwork being intrusted to Messrs. Ferguson, of Millwall, and the whole placed under the superintend ence of Mr. A. Giles, the Dock Company's engineer. This is another proof that the Southampton Dock Com pany do not spare either trouble or expense in making their appliances for the use of the marine world as per fect as possible. THE MARINE SOCIETY'S DINNER. —The annual festival of the Marine Society was celebrated on Wed nesday evening at the London Tavern. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, was to have presided, but the right hon. gentleman's detention at Windsor rendered it impossible for him to do so. The chair was accordingly taken by Admiral Thornton, supported by Captain J. Shepherd, Deputy-Master of - the Trinity-bnuse ; Captain Richards, Captain H. T. Austin, Captain T. P. Clarke, Mr. Sykes Thornton, Mr. Astell, Mr.- R. Grant, &c. In proposing the toast of the evening the gallant chairman stated that 99 years had elapsed since the in - stitution of the Marine Society, with a view of rescuing from misery and reclaiming as many as possible of the class of neglected youths from 'idleness and infamy ; and that during that period 90,000 persons bad been rescued, through the medium of the society, from destitution, d d u e g r i r n a g d a theo n, yeara n d lB c s r i4me. 460 T b o h y e s w annual ere r e r c e e p i v o e rhw d t m o ak s m t g h a n t total of 590, in addition to those already on board the The toast of " Prosperity d subscriptions were raise society'st o the Indianship•NOafvtyl:es these and 1 . 3 w 9t c ol r e ti s hn e et n o t i\t t i i ae t r hi merchant e ne l t y Society"l N s a wi c 4 ao o s. drunk with all the honours, an toth hearty cheering. The gave their accustomed salvo of the direction of the G. arrangements were under the boys a y ms wereou rit oi introduced t a r b o o d u u t e e2dsOt with I n o the elr course drum s of a n t d h e fifes,a evening a oGe.caGsieoring,e, on whose acco selection tswas nauticalvery Genge was assisted by Mr. Perrin, Mr. Shou g bride, Mr. Srnytbson,- and Masters Williams anti Smythson. The toastmaster was Mr. Higgs, apcpharorpacritaetre. to mthre. THE PARK, had a very brilliant and imposing appearance. The crowd that lined the centre mall was, upon this occa sion, very great, and as the carriage drove along one continual cheer was kept up, which seemed highly to delight their Imperial Majesties. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. The crowd here, when it became known that her Ma- jesty intended to pass that way on her journey to the Crystal Palace, rivalled that assembled on Monday. Loud and frequent cries of " Vive l'Etnpereur" were vociferated, which called forth tremendous cheering. The only noticeable circumstance that occurred in the line of road from here to the Elephant and Castle was that occasioned bit the imposing display at Astle . s's Royal Amphitheatre. The front of the building was decorated from thei.portico to the summit with magnifi cent fl.tvg. At cite side of the royal arms over the en trance the flags i f England were placed, the tricolour of /a belle 1 r«nc being fixed in the centre. At the corners of the build:n4 immense tricoloured flags al,o floated, the whole forming a most tasteful display, and one whicl, seemed to please highly the Royal party . , The Queen, we imagine", from her action and gesture, directed the attention of the Empress to the theatre, which vt a gratefully acknowledged by Mr. William Cooke, the pr prietor, who bowed his acknowledgements to the illustrious party as tl‘ey passed. At the Elephant and Ca , tle, when it became known that the Rriyal party would pass that way, an immense crowd assemlied, and here again loud cheering and cries 11„ of``Vive l'Empereur were given, amidst the wav ing of hats and handkerchiefs. The line of route then taken was along the Walworth-road, across Cam berwell-green, from thence up the Dulwich private road to the Crystal Palace. ARRIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. At about half-past twelve the Royal party entered the Palace, where they were received by the Chairman, S. Laing, E. Sir Joseph Paxton, and a whole host of officials. _ _ Yesterday we imagined that it would be impossible to produce a scene that would even bear comparison with that at the Guildhall at the moment their Imperial Majes ties entered. Our opinion is now altogether different ; the scene presented on the E operor mini Empress of the French entering the Crystal Palace exceeded it by far. We shall not attempt a detailed description, that , e be better imagined than described. Our readers must therefore imagine the sun streaming in tempered bril liance along the entire length of the crystalline struc ture, showing boldly forth its harmonious proportions, and lighting up with prismatic hues the coun- tenances of a gay and happy throng that lined the courts and galleries, and contributed greatly by the ♦ariety of the costumes to the picturesqueness of the scene. Add to this au intense commotion along the whole line, repeated waving of handkerchiefs, and involun• tary swaying of bonnets, while the band poured forth its stirring strains, and the organ its melodious notes, by way of heralding the approach of the Queen and •her Imperial guests, and you have materials enough to suggest a scene we feel it impossible to describe. Her Maje. ties and her Imperial visitors having com pleted their private inspection retired for a short period, and again appeared and proceeded through the entire length of the building. The Royal party on arriving at the central transept seemed to be highly delighted, and they remained here fer some time listening to the performance of music by the magnificent band of the establishment. Their Majestys then left the building, and having re entered their carriages returned to Buckingham Palace. FREE SCHOOLS BILL.—In addition to the Education Bills of Sir J. Pakin;ton and Lorl J. Ru.sell, we have now a bill "to establi4h Fie, Schnell in England and WAes," brought in by Mr. Miln.r Gibson, Mr-Col)clen, and Mr. Headlani. It contains 27 clauses. the object of the bill are to e-tablish in every " school-di , irict" formed under the act : I. Day, , chools for the instruction of children above six years of age, in reading, writing, grammar, aritho etio, book-keeping, geography, and history, common things, u du! knowledge genera ly, and needlework (in the case of girls), and in addition to this there will be inculcated a strict regard to the moral vu-tees ;2. Evening schools for the instruction of pet sons above ten' sears of age, where the same instruct n ei.ll be afforded as in the foregoing schools ; 3. Infant schools for children under six years of age ; and 4 In dustrial schools for the in-truction of " young poor per sons" without legal means of subsistence, in the above mentioned branches of moral and intellectual culture, 'lnd in industrial occupations. In these last school food and shelter will be supplied to the pupils. No dis tinctive doctrinal religion is to be taught in any of thes, schools, but certain hours in every week are to be set apart for voluntary religious instruction. Admission to schools 1,2, and 3 will be free to persons of the age and class required who are resident in tbe district (excepting deaf, dumb, and blind persons, lunatics, and criminals), and admission to industrial schools will be obtained by an order from a justice of peace. The general adminis tration and superintendence of the schools are to be con ducted by a " board," to be styled "The Board of Public Instruction," to consist of a president, appointed by the Queen and the Secretary of State. This board is em powered to appoint inspectors of schools, and required to report annually. The act will he locally executed by the formation of "school districts" by the said board ; but, if a majority of the ratepayers object to the act taking effect, it will be postponed for two years, and so on. If the ratepayers approve the act they will proceed to elect a " school committee," half of whom will retire annually. The number of the com mittee will be fixed by the board. The committee will be a corporation for certain purposes, and will have power to establish within their "district" such and so many schools as they may think requisite, to erect school buildings, to purchase sites for the same, to borrow money, to appoint teachers and officers, and to employ visitors, &c. Existing schools may be converted into free schools under this act. The funds required by the committee for the carrying out of the act will be acquired by the levy of a s "school-rate" on all persons rated to the relief of the poor within the district, with the right of appeal to the Quarter Sessions. The " board" is em powered to establish normal schools for the training of masters, mistresses; and teachers under this act. BRUTALLY ILL-TREATING A GIRL.—The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Tuesday tried a woman named Lemere, communal school-mistress at Puteaux, and her husband, for having brutally ill-treated her daughter. It was proved that she had made a constant practice of beating the child in a savage manner with rods and whips, and of preventing her from having sufficient food. One of the witnesses gave a curious explanation of the woman's cruelty :—" She told me," said she, "that when enciente she was struck with terror on seeing in a church a picture representing a saint covered with the skin of a wild animal, and that the _consequence was that her child when horn was covered with hair! This caused her to dislike the child. But," added the witness with great naiveté, " I must state one thing in the woman's favour—and that, is, that when ber husband, finding that the child was covered with hair, proposed to have her exhibited for money as a curiosity, and with that view caused her to be shaved three times in or ler to make the hair thicker she would not hear of anything of the kind !" Tribunal sentenced the woman to six months' impriso silent and 25fr. fine ; but, as there was no evidenc against the man, he was acquitted. THE UNWHOLESOME MEAT QUESTION. —The Eastern Counties Herald contains a report of a case heard in the Hull Police Court on Monday, where Mr. Easterby, a local butcher, was charged with having unwholesome meat in his possession. The defendant pleaded t at the meat seized (veal in a very bad state) was found what.' examined not in a fit state to be sold for human food, and he had kept it to be chopped up as food for pigs. Mr. Travis, the sitting magistrate, after investing the case, said that, under all the circumstances, he thought the meat was intended for sale, and he thought it a very culpable and gross case. He then fined the defendant 15s. and costs, and added that, in regard to the way in which the defendant had intended to use the meat, he should order inquiry to be made, and should then see if the law would not prevent such an abominable use of it as feeding pigs with it. He thought the defence a most abominable and barefaced one. The defence in reality uf pigs was, that Easterby did not intend to poison the public in one way, but did in another. This case, observes the Easteorfat hebutchering Cou nti es Herald, s irneevsesa,l viz.,s anotherth feedingo f the myste ries o business, with nauseous, disgusting, and unwholesome food. We want the public at large, and especially the humbler classes, not to be tempted into the purchase of cheap, filthy, putrid carrion ; and if there are any means by which we can secure that the food we are liable to eat should have been fed on wholesome t food, let them be adopted without hesitation. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARTS, APRIL 20. Gen. Canrobert writes on the 14th that the superiority of the artillery of the Allies was be- coming more and more certain. Our troops are now masters of many strong positions on the enemy's left. We are approaching the place sensibly. EUPATORIA, APRIL 5. The Allies have demanded 20,000 men to he sent down to Sebastopol—it is imagined fur the assault. The embarkation begins to-day. Ome r Paella goes to-morrow. VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19. The Weiner Zeitung publishes the following:— " CRIMEA, APRIL 14. " During the night of the 13th the left attack of the allies obtained considerable advantage over the Russians. "The Russians were twice dislodged from a strongly-fortified position, which remained in the hand 3 of the French. " The possession of this position enabled the allies to fortify the summit of the mountain glens (ravines?), which is of great importance." • " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 10. "A despatch from Mehmed Ali announces thatt he has slain 1,400 Kurds, taken 500 prisoners, and occupied their strongest Positions. "Sitiope and Rhodes are to be fortified." (From the Times Special Correspondent ) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 7. The bombardment will, it is said, begin on :Monday morning. It is nearly a month since we were assured everything was ready, but it an- pears now that everything will not be ready till Monday next. There has been a conference o: Admirals and Generals at Lord Raglan's quar _ _ tars, at which the Field-Marshal, General Can. robert, Sir Edmund Lyons, and Admiral Brua assisted. It is rumoured throughout the fleet tha they are to open fire on the forts as soon as the bombardment begins, not, indeed, with the idea of going close in, breaking the booms, or bursting through the barrier of sunken ships, but to draw off the artillerymen from the batteries, and distract the attention of the enemy. A number of French, and some few English vessels, have been despatched up the coast northwards, and it is universally ex pected that a portion of the Turkish army of Eupa toria will be detached to effect a formidable diver sion on the north side of Sebastopol, at the very crisis of the conflict. There is little doubt but that the reports which have been circulated respecting the withdrawal of a considerable portion of the Turkish army from Eupatoria, which has now been placed in an excellent state of defence, are correct ; but it is not so easy to determine whether they will be landed on the north or on the south side of Sebastopol. To act with promptitude and effect-on the day of the bombardment, the Turks, if landed on the north side, must disembark at or near the Belbek, the approaches to which are commanded by the enemy's new forts and mud redoubts. Their presence there would paralyse the army over the I 'Pchernaya, and prevent any offensive demonstra tion against our flank or rear. On the other hand, their presence at Balaklava would liberate the Eng lish and French troops which guard the heights, and enable them to move to the front, should there be any necessity for their services, in the event of the .enemy's. fire being so far reduced as to render an assault advisable. No doubt, Omer Pasha per fectly understands the capacity of his troops and the objects of the expedition, and if his usual good fortune attends him he will contribute materially to the glory of the day. Col. Simmonds, R.F..„ arrived from Eupatoria a few days ago with de vatehes from the Turkish Generalissimo, and he' has since returned with very important cominnui cations from the allied Generals in connection with the movements of the troops under his Highness', summand. There is no positive certainty that the ,oinbardment will begin on Monday, the 9th of B,pril, but the engineers and artillery officers be iove it is the day. It is said we should have ,pened fire, or that we were ready to do so, yester tay morning, but that Lord Raglan did not wish to naugurate Guod Friday by salvoes of artillery and ry a sanguinary bombardment. On the other rand, the circumstance of our being still sendinv ap shot, shell, and mortars does not seem quit, sonsistent with the sta - ement that the General, .vere prepared to bombard before to-day. TUESDAY, April 3. The Allies have sustained a grievous loss in th leath of M. St. Laurent, commandant of Frenc engineers, in the right attack. He was mortally wounded by a rifle ball on Monday, as he was On luty in the French battery over Inkerman ketive, able, and energetic, possessed of an exten -ive knowledge of his profession, to which he wa , .horonghly devoted, M. St. Laurent had rendered essential services to the Allied forces during the. 'titer period of the siege, and was esteemed and respected by his brethren in both the English and French armies. He was buried yesterday, and his remains were followed by a concourse of Freilel and English officers. One of the most important works over Inkerman bears his name, and he did much to place that portion of our attack and de fence in a most efficient state. . This morning one working party effected a very difficult operation with entire success, and without loss of life. They connected the advanced parallels of the two attacks by a trench without losing a single man, though they were close to the enemy's riflemen, and were exposed to round shot, shells, and grape from the batteries. The uncertain light of the moon prevented the Russians firing with accuracy; but as they brought down two field-pieces into their advanced works to play on our working party with grape, one of our 9-pounder,field-pieces was ordered into the advanced trench to reply to them, and our single gun speedily silenced their two pieces. At dawn they fired with great accu racy, and we lost two Sappers, and a few men killed and wounded. WEDNESDAY, April 4. Captain Bainbrigge, R.E., was killed yesterday (Tuesday) in the trenches. As he was talking to one of the Sappers employed in the works a shell came towards them from one of the enemy's bat teries ; they both saw it, and the soldier went to one side of a traverse and Captain Bainbrigge to the other. shell fell just at his feet and ex ploded before he could throw himself down s blofv ing his body to atoms. The unfortunate officer only arrived a fortnight ago from Ceylon. Captain Armit, R. E., was contused by a fragment of a shell, but is doing well. Colonel Simmonds, who arrived here with des patches from Omer Pasha to the Allied Generals, has returned with important despatches to the Turkish General. A Russian officer of rank took a minute survey of Balaklava from Canrobert's-hill. on Tuesday. He was attended" by about 200 Cossacks, and soon ,fter his departure a body of men appeared on the ridge which runs down from Kamata to Can ,•obert's-hill, and set to work throwing up some works which appear to be intended as a trench. ts the works are on the further side of the ridge, it is not easy to ascertain their character, but it is probable that they merely form a trench for -he protection of infantry in case the Russians find Themselves in sufficient force to resist any recon naissance we may make, or to enable them to check piirsti4, should they make another attempt on Balaklava and be forced to retire. We have lately been receiving a quantity of wild cattle, trapped• on the hill - sid es of Asia, and when they are let loose, after the sea voyage, they general ly create a good deal of unwholesome excitement by charging i n every direction through and about Balaklava, and by taking to the heights and but ting everyman they meet. Ina little affair of this kind the other day one of the Provost-Marshal's men fired at an infuriated bull and missed it, but shot a soldier who was in chase through the leg. This bull knocked down men like ninepins, and cleared the alleys and quays ; nor did be succumb till he had been the object of a smart fusillade, and had been made " a pincushion for bayonets," as was observed by an Hibernian bystander. Three Croats have died of the wounds received in the affray of the week before last, and there are others in a bad way in hospital. Osman Aga, the head man, who is accused of having taken an active hart in the pistolling work, " shammed" fever and gotinto hospital, where he became sick of the very malady he simulated, and is now dangerously ill. The Land Transport Corps is working extremely well, and I have not heard any complaint what ever agaist . the service is.carried . _ .... . _. ...,.... - . _ ,—...,...-.---- out. Colonel M'Murdo's administratioll .0 so far been attended with comp lete success . t o that the commissary officers attached- te°ol different divisions have to do• is to g i l l s ol requisition for so many horses and ral l ," 3s ' es d at the appointed hour they are iu resxu li te 110 the compatssary-office at Baaklava. T he. o oo ll commissary officer attached to the division togo them, and directs the loading of the necessarr , which are carried out to camp, and the n otece to sioned officer in charge of the animals bri 3o o oll back to the stables at Balaklava in the eittlo with a written receipt for the stores. The:00101 in question are large wooden sheds, "of, on the hill side towards Kadikoi. The %O. went and direction of the railway has been u te d fs over to Col. M'Murdo, who has aPP in officer to manage each terminus. ril 51 THURSDAY) •---, P o'ia opo It was expected that our batteries w 0 t ha t tt , fire to-day, but it was soon ascertained , hopes of the impatient people wEre 01°6 0 1 , doomed to disappointment. A number ofecoge crowded up to the front to see the pN ce l.-e r and it was some time before they could 1.- and o e , suaded that " the affair was not ccrai ll g o itll l However, there was a divisional inspection of Light and Second Divisions in heavy alar chi 4 .lo o° , They did not mueterivery strongly; in fae . . - 0 11 0 , not be forgotten that nearly 17,000 si ck P.;, - tdo:, been sent away from this army since we i : r oer before Sebastopol. The Russians amused tu" aids by shelling the camp again to-day, but the I harm. Yesterday, when there was a large '4 O ' French-and English, including some of ther t A front of the picket-house near the Mortar P.: ii y the Rrssians suddenly threw a shell w hi g o_ A right into the midst of the group. n e w s F part of the assembly threw themselves u°,,,c00, rolled away on the grrnin I as fast as th e ' r s, At last the shell bust with a loud rep fl" one of the fragments struck and vrottecled%dri sentry about fifty yards off. Then the clop up and ran away. Led horses brokapleel were let go and scampered off in all di eff e - and as the few officers who had %es remain and enjoy the discomfiture of therier j were enjoying the joke, down came 9 13(4 t,Ol into the very centre of them. The beles!" not stand this, and in a few . minutes not s Ow ~.6 be seen near the ground. The Milital „NIS lost his cap, owing to the eccentric e'eailli of his friehtened quadruped, but be sP,,, e u e,j covered it, and that was the only lose gir the two shells, excepting the poor feller P oi de combat for the time. 1. tea' It wasa lovely day, though somewhau 1,004 the idlers off duty ernp'oyed their le isule vie sl gazing listlessly at the endless duel b° frog Allied batteries and the Russian work's mounds in rear of the trenches. iel SA in l rof .A l ° *A strong party of the Guards, consi° t in - iistr' f t' e available men of the brigade, a nd - aia o l l t about 450 men, were ordered to be in r° s go up to the front to-day t , ) work in 0,7 1 , 0 01 0 1 They will be taken up on the mules P. l3 ` - ' r ieJ the Land Transport Corps, and wall be otiribob to their camp outside Balaklava by the Ito P y 'il The ravages of the small-pox in the 100 0 1 not decreased. The St. Jean d'Acre n e e d] obliged to go into quarantine, and has 4," crew near Kamiesh, with many cases ef ' Ad among them. Several men-of-war hose P„„a , io to cruise for a time. The Triton went r° , j Balaklava to Kamiesh to the fleet to- the Or a vessel laden with coal for the use of t" 4 ships. f rtbr We have now nearly completed our fot l f t y 1 : 0 1 0 lel. It is within 60 yards of the rifle pits.,?, obi sians, and it will speedily be armed N,b,nbe 7 which will make the pits too hot to bc''' IS P fa I men. A battery has been thrownuP 15 4 press purpose of clearing the ground of p i Or) of the Redan and Round Tower, and it il ia Li ,l to open this evening. The enemy, h il r kioB . re out the value of the Mamelon, are vir, r „°' - r . night and day, though they must sur at _,,° of, from our fire. There was some notion t3'; -P", sians, who have been very busy tosoli`',.,,"og a t lately, would attack Balaklava this v0 — ,07, 0 0 the weather was certainly what theibroVii such enterprise3—very dark and ar foggY ; ti f e eti such intention existed on the pt of n . O lOl they changed their minds. Our outlii i i i ; Vr, f tl the plain observed some movem-mts of t iog , ote o towards morning. The Russian w°r„ohe, till over the Tchernaya, close to their inr e i ; an . w ujol are busily engaged in making gab ° jOctl'i l d watchfires are distinctly visible fro 10,, 4 1 Balaklava every night. One of the im be 'vo by the railway accident yesterdaY b nay b : 0 amputated, and is doing well. '-o:,, VA "., ~_clearect up, but all the forenoon " Os( litaeli4ten. fog. o .. . t e ` 1 Steam-ships arrived in Italaklel ee C e‘il the Terming, and the Eillingworth i her) I , g ,'" ti ship Triton, Lieutenant Fletcher, toft'l'e s v•,i mondsbury, laden with shot and shell; `,„54 0 7 and the Severn, with convalescents ft°' 1 Brandon, &c. ii‘ lo l ild The harbour is now tolerably clear; i-- i. fo r to l are fewer ships in it than I remembe• i f is 0 months past. Sickness is diminishing.„„i if. sending down 1,200 men a-week io - Sel."' f , despatch, on an average, 250. EUPATORIA. prilsli A 1 I Eur &Toll-, oee There is no change in our position, e l oo o , ll , , ince the affair with the Bashi-Bazoilics; ii O i f know from my last letter, the Rus ° : - cie q 'lave retired to the ride on the other BitioellAi creek, and the valley which forms thei.°°°.fill i) •4* it. They left only a few men in the 4i Niamai, the scene of the fight pith be ti Bazouks. They have even abandoned the ii i The day before yesterday the Bashi-,,1304‘. V nit again towards the village of •I' - ` 3 ' r e l Russians were, however, on the a lert.; ft o men in the village fell back toward 4 tb e ; , tt et; and three squadrons of regular 1t' 159 „,' - v e: d ri with a host of Cos,acks before thelliC a 'esT ' the ridge. Some of the Bashi-B0 0 1165 fn - ge i li village, but nothing whatever Wa s rto .iy Omer Pasha had given the order 11 °,,vuirtT .in engagement, the Bashi-Bazouks roll), valley leading to the creek drew s', ° oo , f right, followed by the skirmishers o' AO . who were parallel to them on the " t it Several of the Bashi-Bazouks pas' e l , - 0 r without being molested ; and the vi'— 'l6l `o the town. 01 7' A.11),4y „.4 Since last night the whole state i o d lt y altered. It seems to be taking tve There was to have been a reconnaisse4o ing, but it was countermanded. AR ~e b oo/ arrived late last night, bringing desP' t a 17, t! ! Pasha, in consequence of which se ver r ei l l got the order to hold themselve s embarked in the evening They are 09. troops. In the forenoon five Freneh to tay A i steamers came in, who are destined ~,yerisi to their destination, which of course ; b 'iog j g but there can be no doubt that sou - T. l 'oo 0 I must soon take place. An order ot, i issued to the troops destined to 5' 4 . 101,0f/ Marshal expressed his hope that ” honour to the Ottoman army, as th e 003 T rope will be fixed upon them, and that 0 himself will be among them, and share 401 w6'l, and woe. / Tvis order of the day was receivea with enthusiasm. They seemed to h e d4 P 0 ,19 9! confidence placed in them, and betnifriki" their preparations with as much joY Elhe going to a feast ; but in the forenoouust Ofr. came so strong and the sea so high t' ir- 0,0 A? ) embarking was given up. 11 1 _4 1 The expedition which was so su-leord re i upon yesterday seems to be ass -timing ber tions. A considerably greater unel i ttli„ ° i have got orders to sail than was at fil' too tr,f . Colonel Simmonds, who went 1,, e9 ,. 0 0P0Z immediately after the arrival of the it ee, to Kamiesh has returned this morl i , l- 0 0 ° remained high the whole day, so thnf tl is off tion could take place, but number s , a - ogepfi dready on the beach, ready if any 0 ' 1 ; i tr i o, Two other French men-of-war caraej n - glio_i tined likewise to take troops, Au •''n or arrived with despatches, and went e h" diately. 4 FRANCE. f feef/9 We have received the Monitor °' "the iff It publishes long extracts froll i t beir ,/ 10 / journals of the reception given t ° A itsl B l I. Majesties, and the following short t1;00t "On Tuesday night there was a gra.° b attended by the elite of English societl. o'o t o " Shortly before the review of the Q t r it tel Lord Mayor and Aldermen were sal - oil: a t pence of the Empercr and Empress wit'deo l " the city of London to invite their g t ajee - A SA' , o" ( ' on Thursday. ert/ r r ts "On Wednesday morning the EMI) At, 1 0 ) 1? walk in the park with Queen Victora' rla rte, r i, the Emperor received the Order of the L" 00 0,, 40 / of the Ministers, Knights of the Order , Ls . taries of the Crown. 0 0 a ,a " The enthusiasm of the people ~1 " a0 0 4r , The means of transport between L°,'„, o s ifo no longer suffice. Every correspenu,, e- 0 ing that nothing ecinals theetnthuso for their Majesties." ye' f ; We have received the following e phi() despatches : e qe VIENNA, 17th (evening).--The A 0 / f speak of a tsanggivary battle: '