The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

I• 11. ROYAL OPE It .k, DRURY -1 ANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Trris rvENDTG, win be performed IL BARRIER - F. DI SIVIGLIA.. Rosina, .Madame Gassier; Berta, Mdlle. Martini; Alrnaviva, Signor Bet tint ; Bartolcr, Signor Fortini ; Figaro, Signor Gassier. To cone uda with a Grand FitENCII BALLET, supported by MdLe. Palmyra, Mdlle. Paolo, F'. Friant, &e. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; sta Is, 4s. • private boxes to a dmit two persons, 10s. 6d.; tour persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daty. TITCATRE ROYAL, HAYMAftKir.T. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone THIS EVENING, Will be performed BETA; or, The Gnome of Eartzberg. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAYMARILET SPRING MEETING. 1855. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. QUALLS /ERAS. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH 3IELANCHOLY. To cencludo with KING HENRY THE EiGHTII. Qt. een Ka tharine, Mn.s C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webs-W.—Directress, Madame Cele Ste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented .JAVEr PRIDE. Characters by Norsrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Gsrlen, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Ma anie Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. - _ After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leasee and Manager, Mr. A. wi gan . THIS EVENING, win to performed THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by I!essrs. Emery, Leslie, Danvers, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by STILL WATERS RCN DEEP. Characters by M es srs. A . Wigan, Entery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. TO conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ItOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. To be followed by THE PET OF THE PUBLIC. After which, A RAFFLE FOR AN ELEPHANT. To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Transcendent result of the Whitsuntide Spectacle of Chivalry ! THIS EVENING, and Every Evening, The new Grand and Gorgeous Chivalric Spectacle by J. H. STOC- Qunra, Esq., called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY, or, the Brothers in Arms, with the magnificent Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, &c. ifter which, the novel AC TS in the ARENA, and other entertain ments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. EqueVrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BBIDGB. TlllB DAY —Morning 53 min.after 6 1 Eveniug3l min. aft. 7 ToATURow —Morning 5 rain. After 81 Evening 42min. aft, 8 SHE WEATH7II.—Srii Omni, June 7. TamamoltzTr,s, U TUN SuADr.. 81—highest since noon yesterday. 59 —lowest this morning and during the night. 73—this day, at noon. BAROMETIIII, 29.88. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with warm, sunshiny weather. Last night was the hottest yet. e ) ; ig ffival. ~:'~il ~. suicide, and woe to the party who seeks such dangerous Allies. They at least have cast aside the mask. They have exhibited the treachery that prevailed in our own camp, and proved that none of the party can be trusted—from the Semi- Russian HERBERT, who saved Odessa, to the wily First Lord, who prevented energetic move ments in the Baltic until too late—and then strove to force on what could scarcely be success ful operations. We say nothing of the chief conspirator, who " starved the war," and endeavoured to accumulate such burdens on the people as would render them discontented with the contest and willing to accept any terms which would free them from the intolerable op pression. He has uttered his own condemnation. Nothing can purify his forfeited reputation, or restore the confidence which was so grossly abused. A shoit time since he was indispensable ; no Go vernment could do without him. Now he would be the Jonah, that would insure its destruction, however eligible in other respects, and however advanced its opinions on the great questions of the day. Chancery, sufficiently account for the confidence reposed in him by the daughters, who appear to have regarded and consulted him as the family friend and adviser. Of any criminal connection on the part of the Marquis with Mrs. HANDCOCK there is no proof whatever—the evidence indeed leading to a precisely opposite conclusion. The charge of cruelty and unwarrantable control by the mother falls to the ground. The young ladies are shown to have been quite independent of her, both in thought and action ; and so far from accusing her, or betraying animosity towards her, or fear, appear to have regarded her with affec tion, without, however, placing implicit confidence in the wisdom of her recommendations, or im plicitly following them. The allegations that the boy DELACOUR was Mrs. HANDCOCK'S son, and illegitimate, are not countenanced by any evidence whatever—the presumption from that given being that he was neither. Throughout the whole affair nothing has been adduced, so far as we can see, incompatible with the Marquis's innocence ; and while we think a little more promptitude in rebutting the charge in the first instance would have been politic, we lay down the pamphlet with the conviction that the license of the Irish bar never ran further riot, or grave accusation was based on more paltry grounds. The Conference is finally closed. The shadow that so long clouded our prospects is dispersed. We are no longer bound by the injudicious an nouncements that we would not seek the reclama tion of any part of the stolen territory of Russia. She has contumeliously rejected every moderate proposal—has earned for herself a real humilia tion, and that she will doubtless receive, to an extent that may possibly astonish those who reckoned too much on the good offices of the excel lent ABERDEEN and his Peelite followers, or the ridi_ culous twaddle of the members of the Peace Society. The Western Powers have been compelled to throw away the scabbard. Heretofore they merely sought to defeat the nefarious designs of the Northern despot, to rescue his intended victim from his grasp. Now they see the necessity of insisting on his being deprived of the power of doing further mischief, of the fangs being ex tracted and the claws closely pared. The capture of Kertch, Yenikale, and Genitchi, and our complete mastery of the Sea of Azoff, must be followed by the complete overthrow of Rus sian influence on the Asiatic coasts of the Euxine and in the Caucasian districts. Already Soujak Kaleh has been ♦oluntarily abandoned, the prin cipal buildings destroyed, and sixty guns and six mortars first rendered useless and then relin quished. The Governor did not wait for the attack, which they knew could not be long de ferred, but forthwith commenced the process of evacuation, and fled before the onslaught could be commenced. If these successes be duly fol lowed up, if the whole of the Caucasian territories be freed from the invaders, a new and almost in superable barrier will be created against Russian aggressions from that quarter. The Sea of Azoff itself is truly an important acquisition. The ample supplies that could be obtained from Taganrog and Mariopol, and the districts watered by the Don, are now almost completely cut off. A long and tedious land con veyance will now be indispensable, and if our suc cesses be duly followed up, as, doubtless, they will be, the military road across the Putrid Sea will also be blocked up and rendered impassable. Perekop, then, will remain the only available mode of communication, and even that may be seriously impeded, and the isolation cf the Crimean army rendered complete. We have a right also to demand that Odessa shall no longer remain a standing disgrace to British vacillation—that Nicolaieff, on the llong, shall no longer maintain its mysterious grandeur —that the mouth of the Dnieper, in the vicinity of Kherson, should be • effectually blockaded. These' matters, which can all be effected by the naval squadron, will be productive of the most important results, and prepare matters for the occupation and eventual resumption of Bessarabia by Turkey, and its restoration to its ancient al, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1855. The debate this evening on the three amend ments before the House will probably be diver sified by a fourth proposition, emanating from Ministers, and based on all the remaining pro tocols relating to the Vienna Conferences up to their termination. The PALMERSTON Cabinet will thus endeavour to make tardy amends for their previous culpable remissness—to take credit to themselves for submitting to the consideration of Parliament that which it had already taken for itself. It is, however, as we have already stated, too late to save them from the general censure which their long mystery and silence have brought down on their heads. They may possibly still save their places—the chief matter in their esti mation—but they cannot retrieve their damaged reputations ; or be looked on as they were but a few short months ago. Something may, however, be done in this re spect if they at length shake off the oCicial reserve, and explain their intentions . and objects clearly and unequivocally. The people wia no longer be hoodwinked. They have seen the dan gers of secret diplomacy, that it has seen s•dely through the reckless audacity and outrecuidance of Russia that they have been saved from a dis honourable and transitory peace—a peace by which all our sacrifices in men and money would be utterly thrown away, by which the Ottoman Empire would inevitably be overthrown at no very distant day, and Russia enabled to achieve her nefarious designs to the fullest extent. They, therefore, require to know exactly what is to be done, to receive the assurance that the Allies will no louger remain contented with the Four Points, but that other and more stringent conditions will be added and rigidly enforced. legiance. But while thus active in the East there should be equal vigour displayed in the West. Our triumphs in the Ruin() should not load to in activity in the Baltic. There. are plundered pro vince in its vicinity which must also be restored to their legitimate possessors. Finland, Estho nia, Livonia, Courland, must be dealt with. St. Petersburg itself stands on stolen ground, and its so-called owner must be taught the danger of dis turbing the settlements that have been for some time acquiesced in. The intended plunderer will receive no pity if the weapons to which he so wantonly resorted should be turned against himself, and if he should be severely castigated by the cudgel he has himsel# supplied. Admiral DIINDAS may now avail himself of the experience derived during the past year, and the country will expect some energetic and dashing exploits, such as, might have been achieved if Old CIIARLEY had not been curbed and restrained until too late by orders from home. There is an ample field for distinction, and we confidently hope that the new Admiral wilL not suffer it to be wasted or misapplied. It is also essential that " Her Majesty's Oppo sition" should speak out clearly and unequivo cally; that their bidding for office should be decided and intelligible. Mr. DISRAELI was good so far ct 3 he went. Mr. WHITESIDE was admi rable. Every point of his brilliant oration was strictly in accordance with popular opinion, and his kern and unsparing exposure of the Glad stonian fallacies was everything that could be desired by the mDst strenuous asserter of British honour ; but, unfortunately, others were not equally decided. The pro-Russian speeches of the Marquis of GRAN BY, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON, and Sir STAFFORD NOB.THCOTE, the doubtful ad dresses of others on the Opposition side, but, be yond all, the sinister approbation of the Peelite, and some of the Peace-at-any-price party, have, however, engendered doubts that must be removed before the confidence of the people can be be stowed on any side or party. As yet the proposition of Mr. Lowe s eems most in accordance with popular feeling. But even that may be greatly improved. Should no thing better offer we must perforce accept it, but we would gladly see a better offer. There is nothing, in fact, in that notice which the Govern ment may not now adopt, and it is by no means impossible that such may be the case. For the Conferences having been closed, there can be no reason to question that the failure has been occa sioned by the refusal of Russia to limit her naval force in the Euxine, and that " the means of obtaining Peace were thereby exhausted." But we look to the future as well as to the past. We ask for definite pledges —for a departure from diplomatic slang —for a declaration that there shall be no peace while Sebastopol remains a standing menace to Constantinople and to Europe, or without, at least, a pecuniary indemnification for the ex penses of the War. Who will go to this extent, not merely in a speech, but by a resolution, bind ing the representative branch of the Legi s l ature and the future Government, of whatsoever party it may be composed ? That is the price at which popular support can be obtained. We care not for the men. We want a display of energy and determination that will encourage our own people, and at the same time convince the would-be neu trals that the contest must be continued until a decisive result has been attained. It i s also very desirable that divisions may b 5 taken on each of the substantive propositions now before the House, that the country m ay be enabled to discriminate between the various phases of opinion, and know who may again be trusted. The l'eelitee have cor tted patiCah As yet we have said but little of Poland. But it is not, and cannot be, absent from our memory. The course of events is favourable to the procla mation of its freedom—of its complete and per fect independence. It is fortunate that we are not fettered by German assistance, or prevented from doing that which may be alike just and expedient through any necessity for acting with Austria or Prussia. Let us then avail ourselves of every opening, and prove that, although so long apathetic, we are determined henceforward to act with vigour and energy, to profit by our past experience, and not any longer to suffer our selves to be cajoled or bamboozled by pre tended friends, or bullied by avowed enemies. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, or his friends for him, have done well by the publication of the pamphlet entitled "An Inquiry into the Accusa tions made against the Marquis of CLANRICARDE in the cause of HANDCOCK v. DELACOUR." A vindication of 'the Noble Lord's character was cer tainly not uncalled for. The public mind had been shocked, and the aristocracy as a body had been lowered in general estimation, by the quasi revelations in this cause. Conduct that might brand a swindler with infamy was openly attri buted or inferentially attached to the Noble. Lord —conduct so disreputable, immoral, and criminal that its parallel was sought elsewhere than in the United Kingdom ; and the general voice pro nounced the supposed perpetrator unfit to asso ciate with British Peers in Parliament, or with any assembly of honest men. A vindication, if possible, from a charge of this sort was not only necessary, but could not come a moment too soon. And we are happy to state that a perusal of the PaniPhlet has convinced us that the Noble Marquis is a de eply-injuredbility, individ ua l. Wh a t ever culpa if an ".7 —and there is no proof of any —may attach to him, it is impossible for us to resist the conclusion that of the turpitude in question he is entirely guiltless, and that his position, painful as pref era bl e to that of his it is and has be en , i s unscrupulously-imaginative accUsers. Th e l ong acquaintance of the Noble Lord with the father, and his appointment as guardian by t he Court of r ./ THE SUN, LONDON, TIitHISDAY EVENING, .1 tu 1. 815 !°,;, BER MAJESTY'S APPROBATION OF THE TROOPS. The following has been published to the troops, and refers to the attack already described at length in The Sun : GENERAL ORDER. Head-quarters, before Sebastopol, May 21, 1855. The Commander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in lyblishing to the army a despatch which he has received from the Minister of War, expressing the Queen's most gracious approbation of the conduct of the troops engaged in the attack and subsequent defence of the rifle pits in front of the advanced trench, right attack, on the night of the 19th and morning of the 20th April; her Majesty's deep concern at the loss thatwas sustained ; and at the death of that distinguished officer, Col. Egerton, 77th Regiment ; and the deep sympathy which her Majesty feels in the suf ferings of the brave officers and soldiers who w e re wounded on the occasion ; and which Lord Raglan takes this public mode of communicating to them. " No. 114. War Department, May 7, 1855. "My Lord,—l have received and have laid before the Queen your lordship's despatch, No. 260, of the 21st April, and I have received her Majesty's commands to express to you her gratification at the manner in which the Rifle Pits in front of the approach from the advance of the trenches on the extreme right were attacked and carried by assault on the night of the 19th ultimo by a detachment of the 77th Regiment under the command of Colonel Egerton. " Her Majesty regrets to learn that this gallant exploit was not accomplished without the loss of a considerable number of her brave troops ; and I am especially to express the sorrow with which her Majesty has received the intel ligence of the loss which her service has sustained in the death of Colonel Ecerton, to whose distinguished bravery and ability Your lordship bears so high a testimony. " Her Majesty has received with high satisfaction your lordship's report of the gallantry of those of her officers and men who were engaged on this occasion, and I have it further in command, to desire that your lordship will con vey to those of her officers and men who were unfortuately wounded her deep sympathy with their sufferings.—l have the honour to be, my lord, " Your lordship's obedient humble servant, (Signed) " PANMIIRE. "Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c." By Order, (Signed) J. SnarsoN, Chief of the Staff. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Black Ball clipper Indian Queen, Captain M'Kirdy, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., arrived in the river on Tuesday night, after a very rapid passage of 78 days from Hobart Town, from which port she sailed on the 17th of March, with 50 passengers, and a small box of specie, in addition to the following cargo-2035 bales of wool, 164 bales and 10 cases of leather, 71 casks sperm oil, 5 hhds. skins, and 3 cases brushware. The Indian Queen brings advices from Melbourne to the 13th March—three days later than previ ously to hand, up to which date neither the Red Jacket (out 75 days), nor the Lightning (out 66 days), had arrived. The arrival of English news was looked forward to with much anxiety by the inhabitants of Mel bourne, the latest advices from England being De cember 10. An open air meeting was held at Melbourne on the 24th of March, for the pu r p ose o f considering the extraordinary conduct of Government in post poning the trials of the Ballarat rioters. Resolu tions condemnatory of the course pursued by Go vernment were passed, and a subscription entered into for a defence of the remaining prisoners. The insult offered to the jury by the Attorney-General was also censured, one of the speakers, Mr. Aspi nall, stating that it was understood the Attorney- General intended to resign as soon as he was able to pass a measure prohibiting trial by jury. Another large nugget of gold, weighing 481 b., had been taken from a hole at Ballarat. A letter from Geelong, dated 12th March, says : —" The improvement noticed some time past in provisions continues to progress. Rates are tend ing rapidly upward, and merchants are determined to hold rather than credit any important sale. Prices.—Belmont candles are now worth 2s. per lb.; ls. Bd. per lb. is a fair quotation for English cheese, and there is also an advance on many other articles of daily consumption. The first quality of flour has realised 451. 10s., and wheat has been quoted at 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d. A meeting, presided over by the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, Sir Henry Young, was held at Hobart Town on the 10th of March, at which a committee was appointed to raise subscriptims in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Nearly 1,0001. was con tributed at the meeting. Mr. Perry was elected to a seat in the Legisla tive Council, for Hobart Town, on the 16th of March, by a majority of 176 over his opponent, Dr. Bedford. The gold mines at Fingal, Ivorked by the Laun ceston Company, was not productive enough to pay expenses ; but persons of experience iu the Victoria mines were quite sanguine of success as to the result, feeling assured that at a quarter depth the gold will he found in great quantities. The miners propose going to the depth of 100 feet. The harvest in Van Diemen's Land had been completed and got in with little difficulty. For labour the wages generally paid had been 12g. per acre and rations. The Launceston Examiner says the Archbishop of 'Canterbury had extended the leave of absence from the colony of the Rev. Dr. Brown for six months longer, in order to have the benefit of his expe rience and assistance in the preparation of an act for the better management of ecclesiastical affairs in the Australian colonies. Advices from New Zealand to the 27th February have been received by the Indian Queen. The New Zealander of that date says : " Commerce has for some weeks past been subservient to politics, and we have neither a *sale to report or change to note. There has been bot one arrival (luring the week, and that an American whaler to refresh. Three vessels have Baled, all with colonial produce for the Melbourne market. The exports were 400 tons of po tatoes, 30 bushels of wheat, aad 3 tons of onions." RUSSIAN AVARrCIOUSNESS. TO THE EDITOR, OF THE SUN. SlR,—The following passage in Gibbons 's immortal work may now interest your readers. It occurs in the 55th chapter of the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," in a masterly sketch of the early history of the barbarian Ri7ssia :---" In a period of 190 years, the Russians made four attempts to plunder the treasures of Constantinople ; the event was various, but the motive, the means, and the object were the same in these naval expeditions. The Russian traders had seen the magnifi cence and tasted the luxury of the City of the Caesars. They envied the gifts of nature, which their climate de nied," &c. A. A. F. Temple. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—If ever there had been a-doubt in the minds of men of common observance that the late Government was Russian, Mr. Gladstone's speech must have cleared it up ; and it has become self-evident that, if the coun try had the benefit of All the Talents in administrative capacity, with the whole country to back them, some thing more than incapacity must have been the main cause of our disasters. It resolves itself into nothing less than a traitorous betrayal of our cause to Russia, and the consequent suicidal destruction of 20,000 men. And such men 1 Soldiers of discipline and experience such ria never before left these shores. One is inclined to ask why the Kertch expedition never before was planned and carried out, whereby the Russians long since must have been starved out of the Crimea, and the Crimea invested, in place of Sebastopol, which we have been unable to invest. lam credibly infot med that Admiral Dundas had planned such an ex pedition, and was prevented from carrying it into effect by Lord Aberdeen s Government. Lord Hard wicke can prove it. Call upon him to do so. In olden times an impeachment would have been insisted on. Such things now are not done. But it is to be hoped that the press, that has done so much, will not lose sight of the men who have sold their country to Russia. Mr. Cobden says it will entail exorbitant expenses on England. So it will. Whose fault is it ? We are ready to pay. The chance is now open to us, and jus tice to our allies, as well as to ourselves, renders it necessary that the voice of the people should not only be heard, but be attended to. They have been constant and patriotic, while our leaders have openly betrayed us, and unblushingly avow it. I believe it is an undoubted fact that Admiral Dundas was prevented by the Government from attacking the posts at Kertch and Sea of Azoff. It would have been too hard a blow on Russia, and was stopped. Yours, &c., JUSTICE, June 5, 1855. STAR CUM.—The fourth meeting of the members of this club for the present season took place on Wed nesday at Fenton's Hotel. There were present—Mr. Lee, Esq., M.P., lames Pilkington Esq., M.P. Mr. Digby Seymour, Esq., M.P., Mr. Oliveira, M.P. , Mr. Appleton, Secretary to the American Embassy, the' Mayor otlackburn Mr. Westmacott, Lieutenant 0, Greene, Mr. Barnes, M.P., &c., &c. METEOPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yester day a special Court of Sewers was held at the Court house, Greek-street, Soho, Mr. Jebb in the chair ; but the business transacted, viz., the allowing of deficiencies and compositions on distinct rates, the making of im provement rates, the hearing of appeals and summonses, receiving presentments of nuisances, &c.—was not of sufficient interest to warrant a lengthened report. THE COTTON SPECULATIONS IN LIVERPOOL.—It is a common rumour at Manchester thata, well-known banker of that city has already cleared 30,000/. out of the cotton speculations at Liverpool. A cotton broker is said to have realised 40,000/. FIRE AT DIINDRE.—A tol"egraphie message was re ceived in London yesterday to the effect that a serious fire had broken out in Trades-lane, Dundee, that morning, o r e r ww 8. was by which five l arge fl ax ware h ouses were totally burned, together with a l arge amount of property. On Tuesd a y th e settled estatea cmEi o ne f sgrtia t el h tk; e s6 a 1 Earl e yto °. f ak Lot n e g a l r cs t o , e ) t n n , tuap s i i n t i u ionr a g t s e all i 9e n fl t na h te e hr ee c s E o , counties and p b o r e f o r d L e u d i sold for 3,1251 . . No. 2 was about equal in extent, and fetched 3,2001. Lot 4 produced 5,100/. It contained' 396 acres. The lots sold produced 24,1861. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The success that has attended the production of the grand pictorial representation of the siege and bombard ment of Sebastopol at these attractive gardens has ex ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the enterpris ing lessee. For ourselves we must say it is the most perfect illusion we have ever seen, and it must be pro nounced to be the chef d'ceuvre of Danson. The dioramio views also of Balaklava, Eupatoria, Odessa, Cathcart's Hill, Helsingfors, Cronstadt, and Revel—by Phillips— are exceedingly well painted. At dusk the siege takes place, the celebrated Southby furnishing the munitions of war. An attack is made. on the English entrench ments, which is gallantly repulsed by our brave troops, assisted by a reinforcement of French artillery, infantry, Zouaves, &c. A tremendous fire is kept up from all the forts, replied to by the French and English artillery— round shot and " whistling dicks" flying in all directions. The fleet in the distance takes part in the bombardment ; finally, the enemy is repulsed at the bayonet's point. We cannot do better than advise a " Visit to Sebasto pol." The gardens last night were literally crowded, and all seemed higEy delighted with the entertainment. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, accompanied by Miss Hillier and Madame Rowland, paid a visit to the Crystal Palace yesterday morning. Yesterday evening the Earl and Countess of Derby gave a grand banquet to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cam bridge, and a select party of friends, at the family man sion in St. James's-square. Some small sums of gold continue to be sent to Paris, and, as the rate of exchange there still shows a drooping tendency, it is probable some larger remittances may soon be requisite. There is no impression, however, that they are likely to reach an amount equal to that of our ordinary arrivals. DEVONPORT.—It has been officially announced that, in consequence of the pressure of work in the several departments, the artificers are not to be drilled during the present summer. In future no work is to be done in Government yards ou board transports hired into the service. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Royal Mail clipper ship Donald M`Kay, Captain Henry Warne, sailed yes terday afternoon from the Mersey with the usual mails for the Australian colonies, between 500 and 600 pas sengers, and a very full cargo (2,550 tons) of merchan dise on freight. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—On 'the 6th inst. a Leicestershire shareholder took out the share No. 11,000, making the amount subscribed for by members, since the formation of the society, in September 1852, 550,0001. The withdrawals on this capital of half a million and upwards have been under 12,0001., and the amount of land sold exceeds 104,0001. The a:nnual meeting of the Hospital for Married Women, Soho-square, was held yesterday ; Mr. J. Martin, in the absence of Sir John Dean Paul, Bat., in the chair. The report was read by the secretary, which included an appeal to the public to give further support to this charity. In 1852, the number of cases were 92 ; in 1553, 126 ; in 1854, 111. Of upwards of 700 cases, 361 had been discharged cured. TRADE MUSEUM.—A meeting of gentlemen interested in the application of science to arts and manufactures took place at the Society of Arts, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of examining the animal department of the Trafle Museum, recently formed under the joint authority of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhi bition of 1851 and the society of Arts. At the monthly meeting of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S,, president, in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected members of the institution :—Mr. J. S. Coleman, Mr. Win. De Lannoy, Mr. George IT. Ingall, Colonel W. K. Loyd, R. Bentley Todd, M.D., F.R. S , and Mr. George My. DRURY-LANE.—A crowded audience assembled last night to witness the debut of Mine. Gassier in the ela-. racier of Lticia, in the Bride of Lammermoor, and we are happy to record that she was altogether successful. Her singing was marked with the greatest care, and her method of phrasing in the most difficult passages was finished and pleasing. Signor Armandi sustained the arduous character of Enrico with his usual ability. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Monsieur Levassor, the well known comic actor and singer of the Palais Royal, has commenced a series of entertainments, which he calls " Soirees et Matinees Rem - datives et Comiques," at the above theatre. He is assisted by Mdlle. Teisseire, a clever performer from the Gymnase, who has not been in England before. They give dramatic scenes, and sing comic songs, accompanied on the pianoforte. M. Levasser has a great deal of humour, very much in the style of our Mr. Wright, of the Adelphi ; it belongs, that is to say, to the broadest farce, and it is necessary to be familiar with Cockney Parisian life to be able to understand and enjoy it. 21. Levassor, consequently, will be in London what Mr. Wright would be in Pale, popular chiefly among his own compatriotes. Oa the whole, M. Levassoes entertainment is very clever and amu.ing, and we hope it will be successful. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE STRAND.—Last night at a few minutes before 11 e'clock, a fire, attended with the destruction of several thousand pounds' worth' of pro perty, broke out in the extensive range of premises be longing to Mr. J. Clarke, known as the Metropolitan Light Company's warehouse, situate at No. 447, Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph-office. The building is five storeys high, and the ground-floor contained several thousand lamps, chandeliers, and candelabra, of a most costly description, while the whole of the show rooms were filled with expensive work. The fire could not be extinguished until the flames had gone completely through the house, and had done a serious amount of damage. Tha damage done is covered by ileiurance in several offices. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.—At the general monthly meeting, held on Monday, June 4, 1855, the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S., pre sident, in the chair, J. S. Coleman, Esq., William de Lannoy, Esq., George H. Ingall, Rig— Colonel W. K. Lloyd, R.. Bentley Todd, M.D., F.R.S., were duly elected members of the Royal Institution. George Ade, Esq., was admitted a member of the Royal Institution. Thaks were voted to H. Bradbury and J. P. Lacaita, Esqrs., and to Prcfessors Faraday and Tyndall, for their discourses on the evenings of May 11, 18, 25, and June 1. The presents received since the last meeting were laid before the members. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF' PHYSICIANS. —Last night the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians held a eonveroazione and on the occasion there was a num erous muster o f men distinguished in different branches of science. The rooms of the college were abundantly provided with philosophical apparateie, and other objects either of curiosity or novelty to keep alive the interest of the visitors, among whom were — Sir David Brewster', the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's, the Venerable Archdeacon Hales, the Hon. Mr. Baron Ald erson , M r . Headlarn, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Professor Qnekett, Sir R. Murchi son, Colonel Sykes, Si r J ames S on tb, Sir James Ross, Sir R. Westmacott, P ro f essor B ran de, Professor Car - . penter, Professor Grant, Mr. C. Hawkins, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Bishop, Dr. Neil Arno tt, Mr. Knight, R.A., Mr. J us ti ce Creswell, Professor Flem ing, -- Pickersgill i R. A , Mr. Tooke, Sir F. Dwarris, Sir H. Ellis, Sir T. Phillips, Mr. Shad well, Mr. Brough ton, Mr. Bell, Mr. Pil e h er, P ro f ess or Tyndall, Professor Gladston, Mr. R. Jebb, the Rev. T. BarloW, Mr. J. Barlow, Sir J. Forbes, Mr. Renter, the Wardens of the Society of Apothecaries, and from 250 to 300 other gentletbeil. ciety of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Edward Dundas GRAY'S -INN, June 6.—At a pension of the Hon. So rister-at-Law. Holtoyd, Esq., WAS called to the degree of Bar- Law by the Hon. Society of Li men were this day called to the degree of Barrister 84- LINEOLN'S-INN, June ti,—the undermentioned gentle• E. Stiffe,S. 'Bor land-BCl*Wr T. M'Cellagb, ;B. ___ , Esq. ~;scantllb t • •, a P. Sclater,, Esq. ;W. Await ite'ee a s- A' . W. Earle, Esq. ; ; F. uaaiz, _tog- e a • J. K. Aston, J. f ) .Yeatman, Esq. ; G. Udny, 14' 8 €1.; Esq. ; and C. A. L. Lorenz, Esq. undermentioned gen- INNEIt TEMPLE, June 6.—The the Robinson by the hon. So tlemen were this day called to_l aiter neoln s-inn, W. Robinson, Esq., I ciety of the Inner Temple : B er nard Gustavus Nor- Thomas Charles Brom ; sre°ottOgle, 8.A., Esq , Ben- Munch, 8.A., Esq., James Eiq., John Boyd X.iiinear; jamin Henry Walpole Waysq., James Mackonochie, Esq., Henry Bret Inc e, Esq., William Reynold t Esq A . Esq.., George Taddy Gregory Charles Paul, 8.A., Esq., ,rtpheutrerFßarortehlwl,eyiseq., Beire,rsnarscid., Deice Salmon, Esq., . and IV alit= ratollett, 8.A., E s q. LAS. n T BO MBARDME NT OF Asio " _ill ui War Department, 1.45 p.m., June 7th, 1855. Lord Panmur© presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that the telegraph communication is again open between Varna and the Crimea, and that he has received intelligence that the bombardment of Sebastopol re-commenced on the afternoOn of the 6th inst. CAPTURE OF KERTCH AND YENIKALE. (From th 3 Second Edition of the Times.) OFF KERTCH, FRIDAY, MAY 25. It will not be in my power to do more than an nounce the complete success of the expedition up to the present date, and the reduction of the forts and flight of the garrison, without loss on our side. For some time back it was believed that General Can robert had incurred the serious displeasure of his Imperial master for the check given to the first ex pedition, which was laid to his door, and it was under stood that General Pelissier -would inaugurate his com mand by some very decisive coup. On Monday the prin cipal officers received orders to hold themselves ;In readi ness to embark on Tuesday, and it was no longer doubt ful that an expedition was preparing against Kertch and against the Russians in the Sea of Azoff. The command of the British contingent was conferred as before on Sir George Brown: It was intended that the 4th Dragoon Guards and 10th Hussars should accompany the troops, but the Lieutenant-General did not think it advisable to take so many cavalry, and accordingly only 50 Hussars of the Bth Royal Irish were detached for vidette and orderly duties. The troops consisted of the 42d, 71st, and 93d Regiments, and a portion of the 79th Regiment. It is said that the flank companies of the Guards are with the expedition, but I certainly have failed to discover the bearskins or white epaulettes on board any of the ships. They were, however, ordered to hold themselves in readiness when I embarked. Major Barker was placed in command of the artillery, and 5,000 Turks were put on board our ships at Kamiesh, together with a great quantity of trenching tools. It is not un likely that the Turks will entrench themselves in Kertcb, and that a number of our smaller men-of-war will be left to cover them. No one ever doubted of the success of the expedition for a moment, and the great est anxiety was evinced to get attached to it in some way or other, though it was known our troops before Sebastopol would be very likely to make a forward movement in a day or two towards the Tchernaya. On Tuesday evening (22d) the Gladiator, Stromboli, Sidon, Valorous, Oberon, and Ardent came round and anchored off the harbour of Balaklava, and the Warcloud sailing transport, with a party of the Bth Royal Irish, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel de Sails and several others, hauled outside, where, they remained till Wednesday morning. Several of the men-of war went away to the eastward in the course of the night. The Bahiana (Capt. Greene), with Dr. Alexan ander, Principal Medical Officer in charge of the expedi tion, Capt. Hassard, R.E., Lieut. Anderson, R.E. Mr. Fenton, the photographic artist, Mr. Cockburn, medical staff, the Rev. Mr. Butler (brothers to the Butlers who fell at Silistria and at Inkerman), chaplain to the expedi tion, Ac., went out at six o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, and was followed by the Hope (Captain Bowen), with the officers of the Commissariat Staff, Mr. Drake, Assistant Commissary-General (in charge), Mr. Cum ming, Mr. Moore, Mr. Booth, Deputy Assistant Com missary -Generals, Ac. The Trent, Captain Ponsonby, with mules, &a, the Whitby Park, the London, the Mariner, the William Jackson, sailing transports, formed a portion of the vessels. Commander Hoseason was in charge, and Lieutenant Geary sezond in command of the transports of the expedition. The Caradoc, Com mander Derriman, left later in the day, and gave a kindly tow to the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Stella, as far as Cape Elken Kaya, where she was cast off with a light beating breeze. Lord Ward's steam yacht London weighed anchor still later, and ran from Balaklava to the eastward about noon, but her speed soon enabled her to make up for lost time. The masters of the mer chantmen received a sealed rendezvous from Captain Heath, which was to be opened only in case they parted company or did not find the fleet. It was the same as on the la 4 occasion, namely, lat. 45 deg. 54 ruin., long. 35 deg. 28 min. As we started out past Cape Aia, we' saw a group of Cossacks perched on a 4tupendous cliff above us, looking clown at the flotilla. There was not much to note on the voyage, and whatever did occur must be reserved for the present, as I have neither time nor favourable opportunity for describing it. The day was most favourable, the sea ae smooth as a mirror. The general rendezvous was fixed at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning (24th), and orders were given that if vessels were too late to reach it by that time they were to make for the Straits of Kertch. We were unfortunate enough not to arrive in time, and the captain, seeing that it would- be useless to make for the rendezvous, steered right for the Straits. We approached Cape Takli, which marks the western extremity of the land at the straits. At half-past ten o'clock a thick black smoke was visible, floating in the horizon towards the northward, sufficiently indicating the position of the fleet. As the vessel proceeded on her course, passing through the straits, which are about seven and a half or eight miles broad at the entrance, a group of people could be made out in the balcony of the lighthouse at Cape Takli, and a few wandering Cossacks were gallop ing through the meadows, half concealed by the rich rank grass. A few poor houses were scattered here and there over the expanse of rich green, which was freshened into extreme verdure and intensity of colour ing by the salt marshes, which penetrated the sea bank of clay, and ran into the sea front the level land be hind. • The tops of the ridges which intersect the, level land on the western sides of the straits are covered with tumuli, large and small—most of them very sharp and well defined. On approaching Kara Burnu ;it was evi dent that our vessels were engaged with the forts and earthworks at Pavlovskaya, which guards the entratce to Kertch and Yenikale. Frequent puffs of white smoke, followed by faint echoes and booming reports, which rolled heavily along the shore, told us that the contest was tolerably smart, but it certainly did not last very long, for at 1.40 a huge pillar of white smoke rushed up towards the skies, opened out like a gigantic balloon, and then a roar like the first buret of a thunderstorm Old us that a magazine bad blown up. The action erew slacker, the firing less frequent. At 2.15 another loud explosion took place, and a prodigious quantity of earth was thrown up into the air along with the smoke. A third magazine was blown up at 2.25 ; a tre mendous explosion, which seemed to shake the sea and air, took place about 3 o'clock, and at 3.30 three several columns of smoke blending in one, and as many explo sions, - the echoes of which roared and thundered away together, announced that the Russians were beaten from their gime, and that they were destroying their maga zines. They could he seen retreating, some over the hills behind Kertch, others towards Yenikale. The allied troops commenced disembarking at once, and the boats of the fleet were ordered out and lauded them on the beach between the Salt Lake, north of Cape Kamusch Burnu, andthe cliff of Ainbalaki, a hamlet on the hill-side in the little bay between Kamusch and Pavlovskaya Bat tery. The heavy steamers lay outside. The transports • were anchored off the Salt Lake to the south, mad the gun-boats and lighter steamers lay off tie smoking ruins of the Russian earthwrrks. As we passed slowly throne-1i the.fleet I could make out the Royal Albert, the Princess Royal, the Agamemnon, the Algiers, the St. Jean d'Acre, the Hannibal, the Malacca, the Terri ble, the Sidon, the Highflyer, the Tribune, the Vesu vius, the Medina, the Beagle, the Viper, &c., the transports Trent, Europa, Warcloud, Bahian.,, Hilda Mariner, William J a ckson, &c. The French men-Of-war —Napoleon, Montebello, Phlegeton, Pri m au g uet, Pomo n e, Mogador, Asmodee, Caffarelli, Ulloa, Roland, Berthollet, Calliope, gm- Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Stewart were on board the Vesuvius, and Sir George Brown, after seeing the troops landed, went on board and held a conference with them. As we anchored a most exciting scene was taking place towards the westward. One of the enemy's steamers bad run out of the Bay of Kertch, which was concealed from our view by the headland on which Pavlovskaya and the battery of Cape Burnu are situated, and was running as hard as she could for the Straits of Yenikale: She was a low Othoonerrigged craft, like a man-of-war, and for re long time it was uncertain whether she was a Government vessel or not. 'The gun-boat dashed after her across the shallows awl, just as she passed the cape, two Russian merchantmen slipped out and made towards Yenikale also. At the same moment a fine money schooner came bowling down with a fair breeze from Yenikale, evidently intending td aid her consort and despising rory likely the little antagonist which pur sued her. The gun-boat flew on and passed the first merchantman, at which she fired a shot by way of rank ing her bring to. The forts at Kertch instantly opened and shot after shot splashed up the water near the gun boat, which still kept intrepidly on her way. As the man-of-war schooner bowled down towards the Russian steamer the latter gained courage, slackened her speed, and lay-to, as if to engage her enemy. A sheet of flame and smoke rushed from the gun-boat's side, and her shot flying over the Russian tossed up a pillar of water far beyond her. Alarmed at this taste of her opponent's qua lity and by the sudden intimation of her tremendous ar mament the Russian at once took to flight, and the schooner wore and bore away for Yenikale again with the gun-boat after both of them. Off the narrow straits between Yenikale and the sand-bank, which runs across from the oppositq land, a great number of gun-boats and small crept were visible, and as the English gun-boat ran up towards them a Russian battery opened on her from the spit on which the town is situate. One of her consorts, however, which had followed her early in the chase, was now close at hand, and the gunboats dashed at their enemies, which tacked, wore, and ran in all direc tions, while the gun-boats chased them as a couple of hawks would harry a flock of larks. The action with the forts became very sharp, and the Russian forts I on the sandbank began to take part in the unequal con test. Sir Edmund Lyons, however, soon sent off the light steamers and disposable gun-boats to reinforce the two hardy little fellows ' and the French steamers also rushed up to the rescue. The batteries on the sandbank were not silenced without some trouble, but at last they blew up their magazines, and the fort at Yenikale followed their example. The gun-boats kept up a running fight along the coast till it was dark. At about half-past six o'clock the batteries in the Bay of Kertch ceased firing, the Russians blew up their works and abandoned the town. Dark pillars of smoke, tinged at the base with flame, began to shoot up all over the hill sides. Some of them rose from the Government houses and stores of Ambalaki, where we landed, which were set on fire ; others from isolated houses further inland ; others from stores which the retreating Russians must have de stroyed in their flight. Constant explosions shook the air, and single guns sounded hero and there continuously throughout the night. Here a ship lay blazing on a sandbank on the left ; a farm-house in flames lighted up the sky on the right, and obscured the pale moon with volumes of inky smoke. All the troops whose services were required were landed at Ambalaki ere dusk, and bivouacked on the ridge about it. Each of our men landed with two days' provisions, but without rum ; some of them carried their tents. A small body of Russian cavalry, with two guns, made a reconnaissance of them, from a considerable distance, ere evening, but did not attempt to interfere with their proceedings, and the men set to work to enjoy themselves in Ambalaki and its neighbourhood as well as they could. The French had, however, nearly all the fun to themselves, and our men, as they came down for water to the brackish springs by the sea shore, grumbled audibly at the pre cautions which seemed taken for the express purpose of securing everything to the French and Turks. The bulk of the inhabitants had fled, but a few Tartars gave themselves up and received protection. A respectable Russian family, in a very comfortable house a little way from the sea, seemed inclined to follow the same course at first, but terrified probably by the fires around them, they left ere night set in. The enemy did not show in our neighbourhood, and it was reported that all their troops had abandoned both Kerteh and Yenikale, and had marched towards the interior. Our cavalry pickets and videttes were not, I believe, dis turbed till morning, nor could they see anything f the enemy, who had evidently been greatly disheartened, and had retreated with much precipitatibn. As there was nothing to be done at sea, the ships being brought to anchor far south of the scene of action with the gun boats, which still continued, it was resolved to pay a visit to the uninteresting land in our vicinity, and to land at the nearest spot, which was about one mile and a half or two miles from Pavlovskaya Battery. A row of half a mile brought us from our anchorage. where the ship laid, in three fathoms, to a beautiful shelving beach, which was exposed, however, only for a few yards, as the rich sward grew close to thei brink of the tideless sea. The water at the shore, unaffected by, the current, was clear, and it was evident that it abounded in fish. The land rose abruptly, at the Estance of 200 yards from the beach, 'to a ridge parallel to the line of the sea, about 100 feet in height, and the interval between the shore and the ridge was dotted with houses, in patches here and there, through which the French were already running riot, charging down the hill, ' breaking in doors, pursuing hens, smashing windows— in fact, "plundering," in which they were assisted by all of our men who could get away. Towardi the Salt Lake some large houses were - already in flames, and store-houses were blazing fiercely in the last throes of life. On the ridge above us the figures of the French and English soldiers, moving about against the horizon, stood sharply out, lighted up by the rays of the setting sun. The Highlanders, in little par ties, sought about for water, or toolk a stray peep after a " bit keepsake " in the houses on their way to the wells, but the French were ever be fore them, and great was the grumbling at the comparative licence allowed to our allies. The houses were clean outside and in—whitewashed neatly, and provided with small well-glazed windows, which were barely adequate, however, to light up the two rooms of which each dwelling consisted, but the heavy sour smell inside was most oppressive and disagreeable ; it seemed to proceed from the bags of black bread and ves sels of fish oil which were found in every cabin. Eaeh dwelling had out-houses, stables for cattle, pens, bakeries, and rude agricultural implements outside. The ploughs were admirably described by Virgil, and a reference to Adams' Antiquities will save me a world of trouble in satisfying the curiosity of the farming interest at home. The furniture was all smashed to pieces ; the hens and ducks captives to the bow and spear of the Gaul, were cackling and quacking piteously as they were carried off in bundles from their homes by Zouaves and Chasseurs. Every house we entered was ransacked, and every cupboard had a pair of red breeches sticking out of it, and a blue coat inside of it. Vessels of stinking 'oil, bags of sour bread, casks of flour or ham, wretched clothing, old boots, beds ripped up for treasure, the hideous pictures of saints on panelling or paper which adorn every cottage, with lamps suspended before them, were lying on the floors. Dr6les dressed themselves in faded pieces of calico dresses or aged finery laying perdu in old drawers, and danced about the gardens. One house, which had been occupied as a guard-htuse, and was marked on a board over the door " No. 7 .iiardone," was a scene of especial confusion. Its inmates had evidently fled in great disorder, for their great-coats and uniform jackets still lay on the floors, and bags of the black bread tilled every corner, as well as an incredible quantity of old boots. A French soldier, who in his indignation at not finding anything of value, had with great wrath de vastated the scanty and nasty-looking furniture, was in forming his comrades outside of the atrocities which had been committed, and added, with the moot arousing air of virtue in the world, "Ali, Messieurs, Messieurs ! ces brigands, ils ont voles tout!" No doubt he had set tled honourably with the proprietor of a large bundle of living poultry, which hung panting over his shoulders, and which were offered to us on very reasonable terms. A . otwithstanding the great richness of the land, little had been done by man to avail himself of its pro ductiveness. I never in my life saw such quantities of weeds or productions of such inexorable ferocity towards pantaloons, or such eccentric flowers of such huge di mensions, as the ground outside these cottages bore. The ieha,bitants were evidently graziers rather than ag riculturists. Around e-vory house were piles ,of a sub stance like peat, which is made, we were informed, from the dung of cattle, and is used as fuel. The cattle, however, bad been all driven away. None were taken thatel saw, though the quantity must have been very great which fed in the fields around. Poultry and ducks were, however, captured in abundance, and a party of Chasseurs who had taken a huge wild-looking boar, were in high delight at their fortune, and soon de spatched and cut him up ;uto junks with their swords. There were some 30 or 40 houses scattered about the ridge, but all were pretty much alike. The • smell was equally disagreeable in all, in spite of whitewash, and we . were glad to return from a place which a soldier of the 71st said "A Glasgae beggar wad na tak a gift of." FRIDAY MORNING. The French moved off from the bivouac . at 5 o'clock this morning, but their advanced guard started some houra earlier a They took the road towards Kertch, going to the northward, and not following the sea coa2t line. Our troops, consisting of the 421, 79th, 93d,. and 71st Regiment., Barker's battery, and 50 of the Bth aussars, under Lieutenant-Colonel de Salis, preceded them on'the right in the same direction, and the Turks seemed to form the rear and left of the line. Sir Geo. Brown commanded our contingerlt. The main body of the fleet remained.at anchor oft Ambalaki, 'but the gun-boats were busy from day-break in chasing various Russian craft over the flats about Yenikale, and in silencing the batteries built on a sand-bahk running out from the mainland of Taman, on the east, towards the Cape of Ak Burnu. In this object they seemed to succeed completely, for not a short has been, heard since a quarter past 10 o'clock up to this moment,(ll.2s) at Which I am writing. The Admiral is on board the. Banshee, waiting impatiently fer the intimation from Sir George Brown that the troops are in Kertch and Yenikale, and that the light vessels are to advance ; and the Highflyer has been sent forward half way to Ak Burnu apparently as a repeating ship. Several prizes have been towed down alongside us, but they are only small 50 or 70 ton schooners. One large vessel north of the Joujnaya Bank has been burning all night. The shore batteries are silent, and from one great explosion •which took place about half-past 10 o'clock• a m. on the bank it may be inferred that the Russians have abandoned them, and blown up their magazines. There is no sign of an enemy in any direction now. All the small gun-boats and trading vessels between Kertch and Yenikale must become prizes to the gun-boats, for there is not a breath of wind, and the day is intensely hot, It is, probable that the Russian steamers may have succeeded in towing some of our merchantmen into the Sea of Azoff while our gun-boats were threading their way and sounding over the banks. The men will, I fear, suffer intensely from thirst on their march, as water is neither good nor abundant on the route, and they have no rum. In consequence of the rapidity of their march the spirits could not be landed in time, and the Commis sariat officers were ordered to remain on board the Hope till Sir Edmund Lyons received intelligence from Sir George Brown that the squadron might advance to Kertcti. All the water in the soldiers' canteen must be brackish and unwholesome. In this brief preliminary ac count of the expedition there will be found nothing more than a record of appearances, for up to the present time I have had no opportunity of knowing what really took place, and have had no communication with any one who was engaged with the enemy. It is probable I May be able to furnish some particulars ere the post is despatched from the fleet. 12 o'otOoK. Sir Edmund Lyons has just weighed in the Banshee, and is standing towards 'Kertch. The greater number of the men-of-war steamers are following him. There can be no doubt but that the Allies are, in Kertch ; Yenikale will soon share the same fate. The official despatches will not only anticipate this meagre letter, but will in all probability contain much more exact and interesting intelligence. The large vessels and line•of battle-ships remain anchored off Ambalaki. HALF-PAST 12 O'CLOCK. The columns of the Allied troops are now visible advancing over the hill on which Yenikale is situate. Kertch has therefore fallen without a blow. We are now masters of the Sea of Azoff, and Anapa and Taganrog must fall when we please. The garrison of - Sebastopol is deprived of the chief source of its supplies, and the army of Asia and of the Caucasus can no longer send it reinforcements or provisions by way of the Sea of Azoff. All the light vessels have pushed on into the Sea of Azoff. The troops are now encamping. outside Yenikale. Kertch is almost un touched. It is a very - fine looking place from the sea. Ttiq Austrian flag is flying in front of one of the principal rows of buildings visible froin the sea. The completeness of our victory is more And wore apparent every moment. As we pzi.ssed Pavlovskaya and the bat tery at Cape hk Burnu, we could observe a consi&rablei number of large guns still in po sition, and they, acre. in 1 as the guns of the Kertch. find Yenikale bat teries, our hands. The boats of the Hest are busy all along t . he coast. The l o ss on our side ig said t o be very insigneld cant, .but up to this moment (3 o'cl dck) we have h no communication with any of the ships. FRAN CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EITENLNO. The following private telegraphic been received to-day, . d the " Ban= sth.—The Cortes have to .da y So ' 12th_basis of' the Constitution, w hich authorises the vereign to open and close the Parliament. It iS een si. the national dered probable that some reform wil l take place i n decree presented yesterday relative to the guard." been has • voted The Moniteur publishes two decrees extending to the 31st Dec. next, the period during which ves sels may enter French 'ports, free of naviga tiel l dues, with cargoes of corn, flour, potatoes, au" other articles of food. According to preceding de" crees, the period in question was to expire on the 31st of July. command ant of Brigadier-General Jacquement , the military subdivision of the Crouse and Ca rre .l at Tulle, has just been transferred, by an lu i P,l ri % decree, to the reserve of the General Staff• li e l i succeeded in his former post by Brigadier-Genera de Bousingea. General of Division De Joly is Di pointed pointed to the command of the 17th Military I' a vision (Corsica), vice General Talandier, transferre to the reserve. fall'l - 'IV Prince Joseph Napoleon Bonap arte and have arrived at Marseilles from Rome. 4th for Constantinople with troops on She The Simois steam-packet left Marseilles on th e also took out an English Colonel, with desPate% for Lord Raglan, as well as M. de ou r g .° ' equerry to the Emperor. • kinds are Large quantities of projectiles of ..all „ n o now beinc , ~daily sent from the arsenal at 13 0 '3 7 1 - 10 .. to Bordeaux, whence they are conveyed t° ' seilles for the East, 0 011- The Algerie frigate has just left Toulon fo x o vi stantinople, with troops, horses, 311 ' ' l.° stores, sions on board. nice` l The board. ,es Lord Mayor of London visited the V, cno on Exhibition of Manufactures yesterdaY afternoon Exhibition in with a select party, and attended by si onset. This the gorgeous livery of the Mansion -h. embers of morning his lordship,. Lady Moon, them their the London deputation, and the ladies 0 - r co families, accompanied by several gentleroen pares, netted with the municipal commission of t hey set off by railway for Fontainebleau, w here wii i purpose spending the day. The whole Par return to Paris at about eleven to-night ' - . • BOURSE, JUNK 6.—CLOSING F.--nICIE,.. Cash. fr. c. E n d of Ition?r , 4i per Cents 94 94 5 0 e. - 3 per Cents 7O 30 70 5) Credit Mobilier B9O Roman ............... Credit Foncier 530 --Austrian ......s ... ... _- Belgian Fives. ..... - Piedmontese BB Rome Debt ......... tr. RAILWAYS—ROB CABg. fr. c., 1220 '''' Orleans ... - ... 10 90 Western CetteMediterraneanll 76 9 oo6 s o --- Northern ...: ..... ...... :. .: .: .: .: .: .: .: : 5 9 :90: 2 ,.: 913 Cherburg ............ 831 ( RUSSIA. (WO' A Vienna Gazette quotes a letter from - 'noir stating that the fortifications of that place 3re - od in a state to bid defiance to any attack by s ell ' g Of s that it is guarded ort the land side by a corb 3s , 6,000 men, that have been concentrated at Ti rag' under General Luders. . the A letter from Odessa of the 26thl 13 cll „By t h e teleg r o s t, Austrian Gazette says : w h hich now unites , Nicolaieff to Kiev by move"l-o.eulec uk, information has been received that the re . ment of troops towards the Crimea-is for tie ? co , sent suspended, but artillery and -previsionsti'oo tinue to be directed on Perekop. The for ato on the high road from Perekop to Cherson) aillojer Nicolaieff are going on with great activi k ti tr oops the direction of General Knorrina. T' i e „,.,, ad' under the command of General Virangelrit is vancing in the direction of Bakshi-Seral% CO said that he will only leave a corps of obser' a i t ho before Eupatoria, and will with the res t ° .,,Deat troops join the main body of the Russian O nl y e ata: Sebastopol. A semaphore telegraph has been Bata, between this place (Odessa) and Setl33-°- SPAIN. r ivea' The Madrid journals of the I st haVe 7 - , or 'ri The Gazette contains a royal decree de clare state of siege the towns of the province of -1.1%-ois which belong to the military districts of Ar 3- ` l3 i ' arid of Castilian de la Plana, and the towns ° f i e e• talonia, which are attached to the Captainet,'J 0 ral of Valencia. The Gazette announces -pa detachment of the Queen's forces had, aft er e the hours' pursuit, come up with at Galamochn) -corr 29th ult., the band of the Carlist chief MarcterseS sisting of 34 horsemen, and had killed 2of it ° 310% and wounded 2 of its men ; tha t at Mori°' 0 19 guela, and Ricla, 8 insurgents, and at 0 351) „, 0 de had made their submission, and that at 0019.1" Bello 6 insurgents bad been take n prisepers.,,pear' Gazette adds that a new band had made i ts 7,00 11 ' ance in the province of Soriet, and that al The ment of Queen's troops was in pursuit of .. 1 :,,c0 is same journal states that a rigorous surveil' t i l er° exercised on the French frontier, a nd till l be was no fear of a rising in the provinces 0 f; 1 0 50 e ; pozcoa. A letter states 1 hat the forceu: ter 200,000,000 reals proposed by the i l ' s lev i ii ec ! Finance (the real is worth 5 sous), is te A op` be only on tax-payers who pay 50 0 rea ls an' is to w annually, and that 8 per cent. in terest allowed for it. f Pr the The Cologne Gazette says:—" The ICiog. ° „,, of Il i : is expected to arrive here in the e v e t roop 11th, and, after passing a review of tli ° ,7 o , o k, next day, is to proceed to Spire, Saari ° 00 0 09 J Saarlouis. The Prince of Prussia is to 0 5 i 0 thst his Majesty to this place, and is to feru7lll,Dilitl city for three weeks to discharge I ns to go - duties. The Prince intends afterwards Ostend for sea bathing." We 113 , Te A letter from Berlin of the 3d says Ja nes t Pa. received this diy from Stockholm the 0 the Swedish Government has ordered °behold' diate mobilisation of the landwehr. It is ciotia tion S that this measure is connected with the Deo w e ster ° newly entered into between Sweden and t, lle gaod er Powers, and with the mission of Baron a° stroem at Vienna." • nea , The elections of the members of the ' . dooos b Chamber in Bavaria have just tere3i lloted ". 3 l Pa tti ° all the old deßuties, both of the IVliiiiste i r y i lov and the Opposition who presented thernsecoo4'se'sal, been returned. In Lower Bavaria, th7beir Lives. have carried the election of 1 3 ° f '- dates, and the Opposition of only 6 • t f i v e 0 3 The Austrian flotilla, consisting 01 . , b r ig) t h e vessels (a frigate, three corvet tes, an .1° 3 , 00 `- three war-steamers, cast ancho r at 01c°'• 25th ult. •••••••• 1 1•M111M....... - WEST INDIA IVIATLS • ----.--- 0 0 01 . SOUTHAMPTON THURSDAY ~---° , ato ! e vat' i t • By the Roy - al Mail steam -ship 11 .Y u il a y It ! Valler, we have dates, froth Vera Cruz , _.,, If l3 _,' Havanna, 13th ; Jamaica, 12th ; Deguel.3lFlieui9' Barbados and Trinidad, 2th ; and 21st. . , 0 - °ha ° 'iri - The Tyne brings $2,451,689 on Lan .A r ao 1., count, $90,000 on account of the ge' e 25 6 P.., --° dends, $14,000 value in precious W iles ; 1, ig * " sengers, and a cargo, consisting of cochiu e A t sarsaparilla, &c._ ifiti• t i l e There is little political news by thi s all 13 t if 0 110 St. Thomas's the yellow fever was sligh a to t increase, but it was principally c ona° a g shipping. healthy, LameelolanA A dnttmatters fairevoJamaica, nis.acland // 1 is l A - ist amp therer. ila large e e re a gs , ei s b i la e ntha y odo o t n uhb nidenet factgtahotferoenotice.bal ti ss thatieude. ss 1.1 1 -1 0 ,ice renerie c i r i 0 : 0000: premium. • at 90 days were at par' 60 days' , n , a re the c rops se existeocif ittorrehe isio a c es from Grenada state that.: d in c° l l,o not so favourable as could be wisu e iber. fe u chants, b Li ut tt !pence of the unsettled state of the wel7th of er Legislature stood adjourned until 0 0 _, t he Ow next. a l Little plentiful business supply ainerLreto iitel oo , and prevision was in the market. -..- Bsre , qi tinued healthy. Aor 1- , + he ou- i i a British Guiana, together with ,-) tos diP," he ro India islands, was healthy. Tra ue t ,' u ed. . 1 though the avers ere importations COn 1 1 5 t 11 was &fair supply of shipping. •a of two The Plata arrived out ou the evenin g of May. cid •-•-• ---'---"--------'-..... ii . c,:rt% Ott * li n' RELEASE OF THE REV. DE. ... • `-'" --- E1..."'..d Wag ,4 albere t 1 . 0 COW last Dr. Giles (who, it will be rem _,,, n , , 13 ~ do. vieted at the last Oxford Assizes ef In' n ' ton ) 10 ' f t he in the marriage register boob at ulthoritY °erica charged from Oxford Castle under the a . „nseqe.,,,, Queen's warrant. It is understood that, l‘no'sprj, aiclli'a of the persevering efforts of the Bishopfor cleroWetil ex' by memorials from large numbers (:! _ h oed a ° t he gentlemen, .her Alajesty was graciouoeiL I ' _Giles G_ tend her royal mercy and pardon t Dr, la/ 191 e perar. expiration of three months from the viction. )t h tt ; P kr . l