The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Roby and A. Twinge ; Kn. F. Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. Followed by THE CRITIC. Principal character by Mr. C. Ma thews. To cone'nde with a Grand Ballet Divertissement. THEATRE ROYAL, H&YMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buck/tone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGINNING and THE END. alti meters by Messrs. Roger% Chippendale, and Howe ; and Miss Swanborough. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed RORY (MORE. Characters by Messrs. Mat son, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, J. Mend, Garden, &c. ; Misses Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by BETSY BAKER, To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOE SCANDAL. Characters by Messrs. Eme•y, F. Vining, G. Vining, A. Wigan, Robson, loc. ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Stirling, and Misses Castleton, Marston, and Bromley. , To conclude with CATCHING A MERMAID. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson,lB, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERT EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Will 4c presented, with entirely Now and Magnificent AppOini "sent.% MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two • pArti. by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF 4V-HOUR WITH THE SPIRITS, being the m o st surpr i s i ng and 2qteresting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. Us. 6d. and 11. 18.4 Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Is. ; Gallery, 63. No Half-price. Boa-office open from 11 to b daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. To conclude with NITOCRIS. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Vivid delineation of the daring deeds of the Allies. THIS EVENING, The triumphantly successful Military Spectacle. The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Capture of the Malakhoff —Cavalry, Infantry, .Artillery, with magnificent materiel of war—Stud of Trained Horses —4OO Auxiliaries. Stage and ring combined ! After which the WONDERS OF THE CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's " Saut du Pont." To conclude with the farce of JONATHAN. 110 x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn 46 min.aft. 2—Evening 7 min• aft. 3 To-Moaßow—Morn.2s min. aft. 3—Evening 45 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, Oct. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56 - highest since noon yesterday. 45 —Jowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'52—thing. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine, cool weather. , 11 , ,?,), p ('-„I i 4 1 -4 1,r4 47( --- ffilllt I : . • , ,,i'fii -- „-_, - .___-----t- 4--, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1855. The members of the great Banking Firm of STRAHAN, PAUL, and BATES have taken their trials. An adverse verdict has been returned, and WILLIAM STRATI/IN, Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL, Baronet, and ROBERT 1/EAKIN BATES have been severally and respectively sentenced to transpor tation for fourteen years. This is, indeed, a fear ful sentence to men who had previously enjoyed not merely all the comforts, but even the greatest luxuries of life—who could have had no reasonable desire ungratified, and who had never known any thing in the shape of privation. But can any person say that it has not been amply merited, that the guilt of men of their class, and moving in the positions which they occupied, is not as far beyond that of ordinary criminals as the severity of their punishment will oe beyond that of a similar sentence on those who have earned a precarious livelihood from the plunder which they could obtain, and who have been compelled to submit to the hardships inei- dental to such a terrible destiny ? There could have been no possible doubt respecting the facts of the case, which literally " lay in a nutshell." There might have been gradations in the degree of guilt one might have been, par excellence, the villain of the piece—the tempter and seducer of his companions and partners ; but it would be impossible to doubt that there was a guilty com plicity on the part of the others, which rendered them guilty as accessories either before or after the fact, and consequently liable to the severe penalties which the law bad wisely affixed to so serious an offence. The great question will, how ever, depend on the point, whether they have evaded the punishment due to their guilt by the artful confession which they put forward— whether, in fact, the offence under section 49 of the 7th and Bth GEORGE IV., cap. 29, is purged by the disclosure sanctioned under section 52. That must be decided by the Court of Criminal Appeal, and on its judgment will depend the h eav y expiation by the criminals, or whether the majesty of the law be brought into contempt and disrepute. The words of the saving clause in the statute are very clear and unequivocal. After detailing what shall constitute the offence, it declares what shallafford an exemption from the punishment. It ' 61 7 3 t—" And no banker, merchant, broker, factor, attorney, or other agent as aforesaid, shall be liable to be convicted by any evidence whatever as an offender against this act, in respect of any act done by him, if he shall, at any time previously to his being indicted for such offence, have dis closed such act on oath, in consequence of any compulsory process of any court of law or equity, in any action, suit, or proceeding, which shall have been bona fide instituted by any party ag grieved, or if he shall have disclosed the same in any examination or deposition before any com missioners of bankrupt." Now the first question is, whether the parties were compelled to make the statement, or whether a mere voluntary declaration could relieve them from thepenal consequences of their serious offence. But as Sir FREDERICK THESIGER truly stated, bankrupt is bound to make the most complete an d ample revelations touching his estate a n d, ttreel; and the statute itself clearly and explicitly recog nises that distinction, for while it spe a k s _ a a "compulsory" process in any court of Jaw or equity, in any action, suit, or proceeding, it merely speaks of a " disclosure before any commissioners of bankruptcy." There is, however, a second and far more serious point against the prisoners. A " dis closure" impli es a true statement. It would clearly not be sufficient to render a fictitious account of matters. Th e object of the Act was to benefit b ona Me creditors—not to save fraudulent bankrupts ; and for the sake of the former, protection was given to the latter to pre _ vent them from avoiding answering very import - ant questions, on the ground that they m i g ht thereby criminate themselves. Truth and accuracy would therefore be indisperoble element s i n the , THE SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1855 Later intelligence, however, would seem to put an end to all doubt about the matter. The blockade, by all accounts, is not raised, the Rus sians continuing to iivest the place, in the hope, probably, that OMER PASHA will be unable to reach the scene of action in time to raise the siege and prevent the harassed garrison from suc cumbing, not to the force of arms, but under the pressure of famine, which impended over them. How far General MIIRAVIEFF may be warranted in his calculations time will show, but we must' confess to some slight degree of anxiety for the fate of the beleaguered town and its heroic defenders. 03IER PASHA, by the latest accounts from the eastern shores of the Black Sea, has not yet set out, but is preparing, as fast as he is able, to march into the interior. A force of 10,000 men, it wovad appear, is collected under his command —6,,000 at Batoum and 4,000 at Soukum-Kale, wb:lch, under incessant drilling, begins to look *Active, and probably will prove so, led as they will be in part by a number of Polish and Hungarian officers, who are joining the Turkish standard, and directed by so able a commander. The vigour of the General, unfortunately, it would appear, is not seconded by the authorities at home, for OMER PACHA. is represented as making the most urgent appeals that additional troops and the means of transport should be forwarded to him. If this be the ease, knowing what we do of the apathy and lack of patriotism, to give it no worse term, of the Turkish Government, we find it difficult to resist the conclusion that the garrison at Kars must rely on their own stout hearts, under PROVI DENCEI exclusively for support—our relian 0 3 being that the report current of preparations being made by the Russians for a renewed assault may • prove correct, and that a secend and a decisive victory may rid the garrison entirely of their per tinacious assailants. That such a result may fairly be anticipated, the brilliant victory an nounced by General WILLIAMS, and the ante cedents of the garrison during the siege, are a sufficient warrant. We would fain hope, how ever, that OMER PASHA, with the 30,000 men he was to have at his command, may overcome the obstacles with which ho has to contend, and moving rapidly on Kars, alone, or what would be better, in rsonjunction with the garrison, give bat ik to the. Russians, and scatter them in irrecover able defeat. One cannot but sympathise with the balla s t garrison and our heroic fellow-countrymen their head, and feel desirous that a period may 'ne put to their exertions and an endurance which, while they have crowned them with immortal honour cannot long be continued without danger of the most deplorable results. vast plain I have already described. The turf over which we road is thickly studded with flowers and aromatic herbs, the last fragrant as the horses' hoofs bruised them. Quantities of the purple autumn crocus, a few hollyhocks, southernwood, heliotrope, and blue nemophila are among the plants wild here, but cultivated in English gardens, and there are many others that might be so cultivated with ad vantage. Flights of quail, with plover, larks, and other birds, were seen in great abundance ; and every now and then the tedium of the march was relieved by a coursing match, as a hare started from her form, and was chased by the wild dogs whose instinct or experience led them to follow the army. Poor puss had usually the worst of the race, and presently dangled from the saddle of a dragoon, or increased the multitudinous appendages of a Bashi- Bazouk. OC'rOBR ii. This morning Capt. Hamilton, R.N., cf her Ma jesty's ship Diamond (who had arrived in harbour lrst night), officially informed the Mushir, Achmet Pasha, that two regiments of English cavalry and four divisions of horse artillery might be expected here forthwith, and the Mushir immediately ordered the necessary arrangements to be undertaken for their reception and encampment. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. According to despatches lately received,- the Russians have rendered the approaches to the Dnieper and Bug impracticable, by sinking vessels and infernal machines. Nicolaieff contains a gar rison of 14 battalions of infantry. Large bodies of troops were centring on this spot. It was sup posed that the enemy might attack the Allied troops which occupy Kinburn ; but nothing was feared from such a movement, as the shipping would be able to shell the enemy and materially impede the advance of the troops. Despatches have arrived which state that Gen. Prince Gortschakoff is expected to risk a battle. The new Ministry in Greece is not expected to last. The brigands continue to commit the most cruel outrages. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant went yester day morning to Meudon to call on Prince Jerome. At three o'clock the Emperor and Empress, with their Royal Highnesses, left St. Cloud to visit the Hotel de Ville and the; manufactory of the Gobe lins. In the evening their Majesties and their illustrious guests honoured the Theatre Francais with their presence, the pieces performed being Les Fausses Confidences and La Ligne Droite. The government has received additional reports to the 17th of September, from the Governor of French Guiana, on the situation of the peniten ' tiary establishments in that colony. The yellow fever which had caused some ravages had, he states, entirely ceased in some places, and was on the decline in others. Cardinal Wiseman has arrived in Paris. A letter from Constantinople, of the 15th, in the Presse says :—" Accounts - from the Crimea an nounce that General d'Allonville recently made a razzia in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria, and took 700 head of cattle, and that Marshal Pelissier had just sent him a division of infantry as a rein forcement." . The Siccie thus concludes an article in which the more recent operations of the allies in the East are examined : " We see the army of General GortschakofF menaced on its hft flank by means of a movement, slow, it is true, but rendered certain by the construction of good roads ; menaced in its retreat to Perekop by the army of Eupatoria, in its supplies and recruitment by the ex pedition now accomplished in the Sea of Azoff, and in course of execution at Kinbourn. We mention these fact, and 'cave to the public the task of extracting from them a favourable augury. Peace is dear to us, but when we consider what Russia has lost in refusing the too generous conditions offered to her at Vienna, we cannot, for the sake of civilisation, regret the continua tion of the war. After Kertch, Kinbourn ; after Tagan rog, Chetson ' • aft-r Sebastopol, if Russia absolutely in sists upon it, Nicolaieff. A victory which is favourable to the principle of nationalities cannot be too decided." BOURSE, OCT. 26, Two o'clock.—The market has been very dull. The Bank of France has adopted no new measures. It has not relieved the trade by re-establishing the 90 days for the discount of Bills. Tile Threes opened at 64f. 55c. and 61f. 60c., and went down to 61f. 30c. They have, how ever, slightly rallied to 64f. 40c. All other Secu rities were equally offered, with a fall of sf. and 10f. The Mobilier.; receded from 1,202 f. 50c. to 1,190 f.; the Austrian Shares from 732 f. se. to 728 f. 75c. ; the Eastern Shares from 917 f. 50c. to 912 f. 50e. _ _ Half-past Three.—The prices are about the same as an hour ago. The following are the last quota- tions : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 —f. —o. 3 per Cents 64 40 64 30 New Loan 65 55 Bank Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier llB7 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 95.} Spanish Threes — Piedmont„ se B5 Home Debt 32 DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARS. (From, the Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, Oct. 26.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 26. The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Brigadier-General Williams, her Majesty's Commissioner with the Turkish Army in Asia, of which the following is a copy : " KARs,Sept. 29. "My Lord,—l have the honour to' inform your Lordship that General Mouravieff, with the bulk of his army, at day-dawn this morning, attacked our intrenched position on the heights above Kars and on the opposite side of the river. The battle lasted, without a moment's intermission, for nearly seven hours, when the enemy was driven off in the greatest disorder, with the loss of 2,500 dead, and nearly double that number of wounded, who were, for the most part, carried off by the retreating enemy. Upwards of 4,000 muskets were left on the field., "Your Lordship can, without a description on my part, imagine the determination of the assail ants, and the undaunted courage of the troops who defended the position for so many hours. " The Mushir will, doubtlessly, at a future mo ment bring before his Government the conduct of those officers who have distinguished themselves on this day,—a day so glorious for the Turkish arms. " On my part, I have great gratification in ac quainting your Lordship with the gallant conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, Major Teesdale, and Captain Thompson, who rendered the most im portant service in defending the redoubts of Veli Pasha Tabia, Tahmasb Tabia, and Arab Tabia. I beg to recommend these officers to your Lordship's protection. " I also beg to name my secretary,Mr.Churchill, an attache of her Majesty's Mission in Persia. He directed tl • fire of a battery throughout the action, and caused the enemy great loss. "I also beg to draw your lordship's attention to the gallant bearing of Messrs. Zohrab and Rennis son, who, as interpreters to Lieutenant-Colonel Lake and Major Teesdale, rendered very effective service. Dr. Sandwith has been most active and efficient in the management of the ambulances and in the hospital arrangements. "We are now employed in the burial of the dead, and I will have the honour, by the next messenger, of detailing the movements of this eventful day. " Our loss was about 700 killed and wounded. " I have, &c., " W. F. WILLIAMS. " The Earl of Clarendon, &e." FRENCH ACCOUNT. (From the Moniteur.) The blockade of Kars, which place had been isolated for more than three months from every other part of Anatolia, had not in any way shaken the firmness of the Turkish troops confided to the command of Vassif Paella. Different attacks made at various times against the works which defend the town had been before repulsed with great vigour, but the favourable turn which the operations of the allied armies in the Black Sea had recently taken appeared to have deter mined General Mouravieff to make another desperate effort. Two hours before sunrise on the 29th September, the Russian troops, from 35,000 to 40,000 . in number, and formed in several deep columns, attacked the works placed on the hills to the north of Kars. The intention of the Russians was to gain possession of these heights, which, once i❑ the power of the enemy, would have rendered any further resistance on the part of the garrison impossible. All the efforts of the enemy were therefore concentrated on the redoubt of Tackmak Tabia and the two others adjoining, called the English and Arab redoubts. The first-named, which was consi dered the key to the others, was energetically defended by Ismail,Pacha (General Kmety), whose bravery and en thusiasm completely electrified the troops. Four times did the Russians gain po-session of the redoubts, and were driven out at the point of the bayonet by the Turkish soldiers, led on by General Kmety. Aftera desperate coin bat, which lasted seven hours, the Russians were compelled to give way. It could not be even said that they made a retreat, for they retired in complete disorder, followed into the plain by the victorious Turks, who took 100 prisoners and one piece of artillery. The fatigue of the troops and the want of cavalry would not allow of the pursuit being long kept up. If only a small force of cavalry bad been at hand, the slaughter among the flying Russians would have been immense. Such was the confusion among the enemy that it took them five hours to collect their scattered battalions into anything like order. On the 30th, the Turks bad buried 4,000 of the Russians, whose bodies filled the ditches and the redoubts, and it is calculated that as many more, in killed and wounded, were removed during the action. The loss of the Turks amounts to about twelve hundred, in killed and wounded, and among the former are several superior officers, who met a glorious death at the head of their men. The highest praise must be given to the admirable arrange- ments made for the defence by Vassif Pacha, in concert with General Williams ; as well as to the skill displayed by General Colmann, who directed the engineering de partment, and the daring courage and energy of General Kmety and Abdul-Kerim Pacha, who headed the troops. The account of this brilliant affair has caused the greatest joy in the Turkish capital, and the news was announced by salvos of artillery. Another letter in the Moniteur, dated from Erzeroum, October 5, says :—" General Colmann. and General Williams displayed exeellent tactics, but Kmety was the hero of the day." case, and if these were wanting the exemption from punishment would also be withdrawn. Now, the statement or disclosure given in is clearly inaccurate. The bands purchased for Dr. GRIFFITHS had been disposed of by Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL in March, 1854, and the proceeds thereof (and of other securities) were placed into his separate account. It is difficult to imagine how this could have been without the knowledge of his partners, but it is positively asserted that such was the case. Other bonds were afterwards purchased to replace those improperly applied. But the offence had been previously committed, and could not have been got rid of in that way. Now, the disclosure applied merely to the substi tuted bonds, and it has been fairly urged that it is a totally different case, and one not coming within the provisions of the statute. That must be decided by the Court. It is a nice question, and on the result will depend the fate of Messrs. STRAHAN and BATES—that of Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL seems to be clearly settled. He, at least, will have to expiate his enormous guilt. A tardy, and by no means adequate, measure +of relief has been afforded to the (very near) relatives of officers killed in action, or dying in consequence of wounds received in action, since the commence ment of the War with Russia.' It may, however, although by no means sufficient to meet either the justice or exigency of the case, be regarded as a step -in the right direction, for which the Go vernment, hampered as it is on such points, is entitled to considerable credit. The great prin ciple for which we have long contended is thereby distinctly recognised, and it is scarcely possible to doubt that it will speedily produce its legitimate fruits, so as to leave scarcely any well-grounded . cause of complaint. The object of the present Royal Warrant is to remedy the grievous injustice arising out of the ob jectionable system of promotion by purchase. It was felt that a serious injury was inflicted on the fami lies of officers whohad paid a regulation price, vary ! ing from 4501. to 6,1751., for their commissions, without taking into account the enormous pre miums privately paid, with the connivance, although without the direct sanction of the mili tary authorities. The money was paid into the public Exchequer, and it was therefore peculiarly illiberal—a harsher term might, perhaps, fairly be applied—on the part of the State to confiscate • that money, when the party had nobly sacrificed his life in its service, and to add the miseries and privations of poverty to the irreparable loss of a loving husband and kind father. But there was something more than " liberntito concerned in the question at issue. We are told that " we should be just before we are generous," and the claim is founded on the purest and most unromantic justice. The State own order its military servants into the most drlngerous posi tions, and it is their duty not to slirink from, or hesitate at, any peril. We have heard of a fear ful description of " Military Arithmetic," in which it may be necessary to devote to almost certain destruction a body of men. The victims are greatly to be pitied. Their surviving relatives are entitled to the utmost sympathy of the com munity ! But it is a portion of the stern realities of war, which cannot be averted, and no man can possibly make a great General who cannot steel his heart to such occurrences. But how will this sacrifice be increased if it implies also the Tobberij of the victim, or rather of his helpless family. We do not, of course, for a moment sup' lose that a man could be selected for a very peril ous duty merely because the State would pro fit ltrgely by his death. But such things have happened in the olden times, and we should care fully avoid the possibility of any sinister influence in th e choice of a party for such service. The first objectionable point in the new Royal Warrant is, that it unduly mixes up questions of generosity and justice. It will not act ably to any claimant unless he or she be within i the limits which would give a claim to the sc-called " compassionate" allowances. If the widovr or other applicant be left in. " wealthy circun 'stances '' no allowance will be made, althott:gh that allowance be merely the return of the sum actually paid by the wealthy husband, son, .or brother. The nation cannot act justly if the party be rich—or generously, if he or she be poor. The name of the " Compas sionates Fund " becomes a mere mockery when the return " shall in no case exceed the price actually paid fo r the purchase of his commission, or cora- mission a." We shall have more to say on this point, to show how utterly inadequate is the proposed re lief. We must, however, admit that as a first step it, is valuable, and perhaps quite as much as could ibo anticipated at the hands of the Govern ment. The despatch from General WILLIAMS to the Earl of CLARENDON, announcing the defeat of the Russiars at Kars, and which will be found in another. column, will be perused with much in terest and satisfaction also, though it does not confirm the rumour that the Russians, diaheart 6 ened by their losses, had, determined to* raise the siege. The 9!urkish army, it will be seen, under the directioli of its able leader, and countenanced and support( xl by a few gallant Englishmen, redeemed the lost prestige of the Turkish army, and by a brilliant victory afforded unmistakeable proof that under worthy auspices the Ottoman soldier is able and really to repeat those manifestations of heroic valour toad resolution which threw such a lustre over the defence of Silistria. General Mune voFF, it appears, with the bulk of his army, attacked[ their entrenched position on the heights above Kars, and on the opposite side of the river, at day-dawn on the 29th ult., the date of the despatch, and WEVA driven off with immense loss. With what determination the conflict was waged al hours, o from urtt, wbat fellows. For on either side, and with what glorious result s c% nearly the part of 4 ,he besieged, m s a e y v seven mortal be gathered and with .out a moment's intermission, the work of destru'Jtion was carried on with unflin c hi ng ene'zgy, at the exp iration which of period th e 'waffled enemy, weary o f profitless assaults and the Turkish forces the great es t di sor d er , l e aving utterly disheartened, was compelled to retreat in in the possession of the field, and 2,500 slain and 4,000 ' mus k ets b eh i n d to attest th e severity of away with • his d e f ea t, b es i des carrying him the greater portion of some 5,000 men wounded on the occ as i on . A 'victory so b r illi an t and so &- rious to all concerned it was greatly to be desired might prove to have been decisive, and to have. removed all cause for apprehension as to the fate of Kars. The. reader will have observed that the despatch was written on the day of battle, probably while the tumultuous flight of the enemy was still in View, which would account for the non-confirma tion of the report, if correct, to which we have previously alluded. Of course, under such cix cumstances, while everything was to be hoped by the victors, nothing of a positive nature as to the intentions of the Russian General could be known ) none in all likelihood existing, LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY MORNING. The Carmel has just arrived from Censtanti nople and the Crimea. Her dates are, the Crimea, October 16 ; Constantinople, 18. The Cannel has on board 150 invalids. Her despatches will be forwarded at 9 a.m. Artillerymen, infantry, horses, and stores are being embarked for the Crimea. ST. PETERSBURG, FRIDAY. The whole of the militia has been ordered on he march, to reinforce the army of the south under General Luders. Two liners, sixteen frigates, and some gun boats have entered the Dnieper. The Czar is at present at Elizabet-grad. BERLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. The defence of Nicolaieff has been entrusted to General Totleben. Most of our German jouxnals concur in stating hat Russia is making unheard-of efforts to main- tain the war. The Breslau Gazette alone re-asserts that the subject of peace is being mooted between Austria and France, and the conditions being settled. The Western Powers, it says, have consented to be in demnified in some other shape than money. THE CRIMEA. A letter from the Crimea brought by the last arrival from Constantinople, says : " Tartars daily reach the camp who have deserted from the Russian army ; they. are immediately put in close confinement, and ma, , le to communicate every pos sible detail as to the operations of the enemy. All the information obtained tends to indicate that the Russians are making a retreating movement towards the interior. The evacuation of the forts on the northern side of Se bastopol cannot be long delayed. The dangers incurred by the Russian artily in the plain of the Balbek, and the little resource which the northern forts offer as a strategic pivot for the operations of the Russians, lead to the expectation every night of hearing explosions announcing the departure of our enemies." THE ALLIES AT EUPATORIA. (Prom the Times Correspondent.) ELTPATORIA, CRIMEA, OCT. 7. During the past week there have been various rumours of another expedition into the interior, but nothing definite was announced until to-day. This morning a fleet of French steamers and gun boats, -16 in rum ber, entered the bay, and almost immediately departed, taking with them the ves sels that had been stationed here. Soon afterwards orders were issued to prepare for a march during the night, and befo:o tho departure of the troops 1 will carry down my letter to the present date. It is said that the losses of the French in the af fair of the 29th ult. were much more severe than was at first confessed. The highest estimate I have heard speaks of more than 50 burials on the field and from subsequent deaths among the wounded. M. Siber, a Sous-Lieutenant of Dragoons, received a lance thrust in the chest which terminated fatally, and his funeral took place yesterday, seve ral officers from the staff of Achmet Pasha attend ing, and au oration being pronounced by the Colo nel of the regiment to which the deceased had be longed. Several Tartars deserted to the enemy on the 29th, but the exact number cannot be ascer tained from the Turks. The two captured Russian officers are still here at large upon parole, and the wounded men are in hospital ; but the remaining prisoners, the guns, and most of the horses have been sent on to Ka miesh. Weapons and clothing of every description are daily offered for sale, as trophies, in the bazaar. The veritable stock has been long since exhausted, but every vagabond possessed of anything saleable puts it up to auction, and swears that it is 44 Mus ts The Turks have mended their ways with regard to the rations of the British surgeons, who are again receiving their proper daily allowance of meat. The change is in some measure duo to the French (who are disturbing all manner of comfort able arrangements, even to the extent of insisting that the Bashi-Bazouks shall be paid), but chiefly, I think, to the appearance of my first letter in your columns. lam assured that the Pasha felt much uneasiness at the knowledge that he was "in print," and that immediate orders were given for the removal of the grievance complained of. OCTOBER 9. The expedition undertaken yesterday was only a cavalry reconnaissance of the interior, over and somewhat beyond the ground traversed on the last occasion. General D'Allonville and Aali Pa s h a departed before daybreak, with 1,500 French, 3,000 Turks, a field battery, and the Bashi•Bazouks ; but during the morning a strong body of infantry and sortie guns were posted in reserve upon this Si c - 1 .6 of the arm of Lake Sasik which nearly sur rounds Eupatoria and is crossed by a stone bridge. The cavalry pushed on to the large village called by the Tartars Ooroloo, in which the fire of coals mentioned in my last was kindled. In the several hamlets destroyed upon the last occasion a few Cossack scouts were lurking, and among the ruins huts were found slightly constructed of sticks and a roofing of litter, to afford shelter to the soldiers upon outpost duty. The huts were burnt, and the Cossacks made an expeditious retreat, after exchanging harmless shots with the Bashi- Bazouks. At Ooroloo a halt was ordered, and thence Russian soldiers could be seen perched on tumuli a mile 01 So in advance, and frequently communicating, by messengers going and returning, with a place or persons beyond the horizon. After resting for two hours the troops proceeded, catch ing occasional glimpses of retreating Russians, until at length, on crowning a ridge of hill, looking into a valley of unusual width, two villages were seen down upon the plain below, and several squadrons of the enemy's cavalry slowly retiring up the opposite slope. Around the villages horses and cattle were grazing, and Tartars were hurrying about among the houses. The main body of Bashi- Bazouks was away to the right, but a small party of them, upon whom this pleasant prospect dawned, pushed on at a gallop to the first village, and, while some secured the fourfooted prizes, 20 or 30 men rode shouting among t h e terrified inhabitants, who had loaded their household goods upon the backs of the women, and were preparing to depart they knew not whither. While most of the " empty heads" were demanding money or rummaging for whatever they could get two or three cast longing glances at the further village, and after a moment's hesitation between absolute possession and more in prospect, rode forward, accompanied by your cor respondent and another amateur, anxious both to see the proceedings and to temper the energy of our irregular allies by the amenities of civilisation. When very near our goal the foremost Bashi sud denly pulled his horse upon its haunches, pointed to a party of men riding in the same direction with ourselves, but a hundred yards to the right, and said, " Muscovs !" confirming his startling mser tion by a shot from his very primitive gun. T en or a doyen rifle bullets were the immediate re sponse to his challenge , and only good horses saved us from being inte rce p ted in our s p eed y the the r st e a tre tio a n t ect up o o n li halted ' the guns hill veaionbrolodyok The Generals were overlooking the two villa ges ; and, the Russian forces . hav in g were ordered to the ircit, anhopes were entef tained of a fight ; but the enemy speedily disap peared over the litt.6±,ch Witholit a suet being fitcl, aer,,, then the Bwihis entered the village towards Which our stets haA beri directed,ps sts an other Onie fl 4 .t.hei io the right. In the nrst a itussian sutler was taken prisoner, his edible and drinkable stores being speedily consumed by his captors ; and in the two hay and cern to the amount of 5,000 horse rations, many tons of coal, some tents, saddles, clothing, and military stores were burnt, the fire spreading to the houses of the Tartars. 1,460 sheep, 100 oxen, 25 camels, and six horses were driven in to Eupatoria, although followed by Tartars who claimed them as their pro perty—a claim that is under consideration, but not likely to be allowed. These men speak extremely well of the Russians, saying that they take nothing without proper payment, and that on the occasion of each expedition they gave the villagers free choice whether to stay or to accompany the retreat. But this account may perhapsbe intended to produce its effect upon the cattle-spoilers, for the Bashi- Bazouks heard a different tale in the villages, where there were bitter complaints of ill-treatment re- I ceived from the Russians. It is fair to say that the only specific allegation had reference to enforced labour, which, however, in the judgment of a Tartar, would be the last refinement of in genious cruelty. The expeditionary force returned to camp the same evening, having reached a point distant about seven leagues from Eupatoria with , out sustaining the smallest damage either to horse or man, and without reaching the boundary of the COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar, the Portuguese Minister and Countess Lavradio, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and Major-General Sir Richard The band of the 2d Life Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. The Queen and Prince, attended by the Duchess t,f Atholl, Major• General Buckley, and Colonel Seymour, left Windsor by a special train of the Great Western Railway at ten o'clock this morning for London. Her Majesty drove to Buckingham Palace, afterwards called on the Duchess of Gloucester, and returned to the Castle at two o'clock p.m. The Princess Royal rode in the Riding•house. The Duke of Somerset will have an audience of her Majesty at the first Court at Windsor, and will deliver up to the Queen the insignia of the order worn by his late father. The Duchess of Bucelench has been admitted into the Roman Catholic Church by Dr. Maiming. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge and the Countess Helene Kielmansegge arrived at the Hanoverian Lega tion in Grosvenor-place last evening from Ramsgate, where his excellency and daughter landed from the Calais steam-boat at an early hour yesterday morning, after experiencing a perilous voyage across the channel, the steamer being compelled to make for the Downs, and eventually succeeding in landing her passengers at Ramsgate. The Countess Stanhope met with a severe accident yesterday morning, by breaking her arm. Her lady ship, with the noble earl, was on board the continental steamer which landed her passengers at Ramsgate yes terday morning instead of Dover, in consequence of the violence of the storm, during which the countess had a fall by which she sustained the injury. Her ladyship is however going on favourably. His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess de Persigny have left the French embassy (Albert -gate-house) for Broadlands, near Romsey, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. The Earl and Countess Granville entertained a select circle to dinner last evening at their residence in Bruton street. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left Lansdo7,, io .l, ous , ell a donation of 1001. for Bowood, Wilts. restoringt o Th ee aartffai'lhelasdandaft. Baroness Windsor fundß is t h h oenp cathedralo o w f L beingl and (Lady Harriet Clive) :,as likewise given 1001., and Lord Sir Charles Morgan, B ar t ., are liberal The Esf t an d C oun t es s o f M or l ey are staying at Sal tram;:oevon. We are happy to learn that the noble ea'ft is In much better health. The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived at the Fiddown railway station by the mid-day train on Monday last, and proceeded to Eessborough Park, where his lordship will remain for a few days on a visit with the Earl of Bessborough. The Moniteur irrsertis a poetical address to M. Victor Hugo, in which that distinguished exile is reproached in the bitterest aianner for some expressions said to have escaped rim in relation to the war. Mr, Fillmore, ex-President of the 'United States, is staying at Hr.mburg. Tax BLIND SCHOOL AT PARIIS.—On Tuesday a grand dinner was given at the Mind School, in Paris, on the occasion of the visit to Paris of M. Rodenbach, Mem ber of the Belgian Legislative Assembly, and burgomas ter in Western Flanders, who has been blind from his birth, and was formerly pupil in the school. His fellow citizens have given to M. Rodenbach the appellathn of the clear-sighted blind man. Several speeches were made on the occasion, and the entertainment concluded by a concert given to M. Rodenbach by his young com panions in misfortune. CRUEL Hoex. ON DENMARK.—The Ltipsic Gazette publishes the following letter from Denmark, under the date of October 17 :—" A gold deal is said here about the arrival of two members of the English Parliament, Sir Watkin W. Wynn and Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who have come direct from London with the view of ascertaining the state of t►he negotiations between Denmark on the one hand, and North America, as also Prussia, on the other, respecting the Sound Dues, These gentlemen ap pear to attach a decisive importance to the resolutions which Prussia will take in this affair. It is also said these gentlemen have been rent by a great London banking-house,, deeply interested in the loans for which Denmark bus given, by way of security, the produoe of the Sound toll." MICHAELMAB TERM.—The Lord Chancellor has ap- ' pointed eleven o'clock on I'riday neXt, the 2d of Novem ber, at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook-street, for the reception of the Lard Mayor and the other au thorities of the 'City of London, in order to signify h er Maje s ty' s appro b ation of the Lord Mayor elect. The Lord Ch ance ll or will on the same d ay (the first of Michaelmas term) receive the judges, Queen's coansel, C. They will arrive at his lordship'a residence at 12 o'clock, and a t one o'clock the Lord Chancellor will pro ' teedhis Cou r t a t W estminster. M i ( a ) r,:s.—A. more extensive business has been treais- acted in rn . • ming shares this week, and prices are cer tainly better, speaking tions have bei; generally, though the fluotua great, if we may judge from the wide ma j p si l ixh:.t e .i r t y ed in the quotations 91 ibe Offic a' List, t, d Journae. THE LORD Cnallomon'a cellor has 14 officers Lord Chan- i , and thei r annua l sa l ar i es amount i to 5,230/. Ga. V ~ as appear s f rom a parl i amentary Paper just il'',ued: . DREA' JFIIL ACCIDENT AT SOUTHWARK.—On Thursday morning John George Holsgrove 12 ear a chai n i y Bof age, was acciderLally drawn up by n a ro ll near Pe.l,:x-street, three storeys high, wherh e , a depth of 70 11 f through the various manholes in the floors ee t t ak emiluttio lating himself in a frightful manner. He w as Guy's Hospital , where he remains without the slightest hope of recovery. S UIC IDE OF A YOUNG GIRL.—On Thursday Mr. C ar t er received informat ion of the de ath of a young female, named Mary Ann Friday, who committed suicide under the following circumstances :—Deceased was only 17 years of age, and had been married four weeks to a m e . chanic, with whom she lived very happily until deceased contracted several debts which she was unable to pay. Deceased was not able to redeem a coat she had pledged on Saturday, the 13th, and she left home, nothing more being heard of her until the other day, when her body was found in the Thames off Blackfriars-bridge. Comous FEE.--It seems by a return to Parliament that the second judge of the Court of Queen's Bench has a " termly fee" of 101. for charging the Grand Jury, in addition to hilt folarY of MOM RAILVIAYS-YOB CASH. fr. c. C. Orleans ... llO2 50 Western 767 50 Northem Lyons — ... 1125 New Ditto 760 Mediterranean 1220 Grand Central 587 50 Lyons Genova — Cette 670 Tests Austrian Com, 730 RUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" Accounts from St. Petersburg state that General Gortschakoff has pointed out to the Em peror the difficulties which exist in the defence of the Crimea, and demanded his Majesty's orders, either to evacuate that peninsula or to risk a grand battle in the open field. It is in consequence of that communication that the Emperor has sent to the Crimea Generals de Benkenorff and Stakelberg, in whom he has the fullest confidence, and who are to make a report to him on the exact state of affairs, and on this report the orders which the army of the Crimea will receive are to depend. A letter from Warsaw, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The only good troops in the neighbour hood of Odessa are four regiments of cavalry,' the rest being composed of reserves and Smolensk mi litia. The artillery force is comparatively numerous, and has recently been strengthened by reserve bat teries from Western Russia. There are at this mo ment in Nicolaieff 14 battalions of infantry, chiefly composed of reserves of the 10th division of infan try, and 6 battalions of the 2d division of artillery, with 72 pieces and more than 2,000 gunners. Cher son is not so well defended, and contains only a few battalions of infantry, artillery, and Cossacks. However, at Perekop there are 24 battalions of the Grenadier corps." "St. Petersburg, Oct. 16. "By two orders of the day, dated the 6th October, the Minister of War communicates to the army— "l. That on the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the South, and of the land and sea forces in the Crimea, bearing testimony to the remarkable courage and intrepidity by which the 2d and Bth battalions of the Cossacks of the Black Sea have distinguished them selves during the defence of Sebastopol, his Majesty the Emperor has conferred on those two battalions the standards of St. George, which are to bear the following inscriptions ; for the 2d Battalion, For having distin guished itself in an exemplary manner in the defence of Sebastopol in 1854 and 1855 ;' and for the Bth Battalion, For having distinguished itself at the taking of Anapa in 1828, and for its exemplary courage during the siege of Sebastiopol in 1854 and 1855.' " 2. That on a report from the late Commander of the Corps of the Caucasus, General Read, of the remarkable proof of courage and intrepidity of the 23d Regiment of Cossacks of the Don in the brilliant victory gained on the 29th of June, 1854, on the heights of Tchinghil, over a Turkish *corps, commanded by Selim Pacha, his Majesty the Emperor has accorded to this regiment a standard of St. George, with this inscription For having distinguished itself in the battle of the 29th of June, 1854, against the Turks, on the heights of Tchin ghil.'" AMERICA. SOUTITAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Englith passengers from the American steam ship North Star WEWO landed this even;l:tg at 6.30 %he North Star arrived at Cowes at S pari-, and proceeded or'. bqr l'oyage to Havre. The North Star left New York on the 13th inst. The money market was brisk, and full rates of interest paid by borrowers. Stock market inactive. Flour markets declined, and sold heavily at a do cline of 1i& cents per barrel. Wheat is lower, and several sales have been effected at a decline. Cot ton market unsettled, and rates nominally the same. Provision markets steady. CAPE OF GOOD ROPE. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAIC. The Screw Company's screw steam -ship Bos phorus, Capt. Ashton, arrived at this port this day at four o'clock p.m., bringing dates from the Mau ritius to the 25th of Aug., and Cape of Good Hope Sept. 13. The Bosphorus had on hoard, besides a few pack ages of stores, two young lions. The following passengers arrived by this ship : Colonel Cadon, of the Royal Artillery, and Mrs. Cadon ; Captain Salmon, of the 60th Rifles; Lieu tenants Bayley and Barton, of tho 85th Regiment ; Lieutenant Eden, of the Royal Artillery • Lieu tenant Cox of the 68th, and Lieutenant Martin, of the 48th: Regiments, and Mr. Valentine. All was quiet at the Cape at the time of the steamer's departure. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT. The following intelligence also appears in the Invalide Busse : " General Mouravieff announces, under the date of the 30th of September, that having been informed the Turkish troops had received reinforcements in the vici nity of Batoum, and that the enemy proposed to make a movement upon the Gouriel and Akhaltsyk, and at the same time advance from Erzeroum upon Kars, he resolved to attack the latter fortress on the 29th. "Three columns were selected for this operation, the first under the command of Lieut.-General Kovalevsky, the second under Major-General v. Maydel, and the third tader Major-Genf ral Count Nyrod. In addition, an intermediate column was formed, commanded by Gen. Prince Gagarine, as well as a general reserve, confided to Lieut.-General v. Brummer. Finally, a detachment, led by Major-General Bazine, was intended to act accord ing to special orders. "The columns marched to the attack in the greatest order, and with the greatest intrepidity. The attack of Major-General Bazine was even crowned with success, but unfortunately almost at t he beginning of the engage. ment several of the commanders and the superior officers under their orders were killed or wounded. The result was that the unity of the operations was broken, and the most brilliant efforts, during a bloody conflict which lasted several hours, could not restore it. Gen. Moura vieff having convinced himself of this impossibility, ad vanced the reserve, and under its protection the assault ing columns effected their retreat. The obstinacy with which our troops fought is above all praise. During the engagement they took from the Turks 14 flags and some field colours, and spiked or dismounted several pieces of artillery. " Our loss is not yet exactly known, but it is very con siderable. The loss sustained by the enemy must also have been very great. Of our Generals, Prince Gaga rine, Gen. Kovalevsky, and Major-General Bronevsky, are seriously wounded, and Major-General v. Maydel, less dangerously. " The blockade of Kars is re-established as before the attack." THE EMPEROR OF _RUSSIA AT .NICIIOL.AIEFF. ( Frani. the .Russion Invalide.) On the 6th of October the Emperor went on horseback to the Cherson barrier to meet the 33d and 34th com panies of Marines and the 4th company of the Field Transport Service, which have returned from Sebastopol. His Imperial Majesty after visited the Marine Hospital, where he personally distributed the honorary distinctions of the military order to those of the wounded who, ac cording to the testimonials of their commanders, had particularly distinguished themselves daring the defence of Sebastopol. On Sunday, the 7th of October, his Imperial Majesty heard divine service at the cathedral, and attended the church parade of the sth company of Grenadiers of the Minsk Regiment of Infantry, and of a company of the Carps of Instruction of the Marines. After the parade the detachment of Cossacks of the special escort of his Majesty carried in procession through the city the flags taken from the Turks in the affair of the 11th Sept., near the village of Peniaki, between Kars and Erzeroum. These trophies were afterwards borne to the cathedral of Nicolaieff, to which his Ma jesty leas presented them, and where they will be pre. s erved in memory of the fact that they were brought to Ll , e Emperor during his present visit. o b : the Bth Oct. the Emperor reviewed the reserve battalion: of the infantry regiments of Volbynia and minsk, an d the Regiment of Chasseurs of Jitomir, with the state of which his Majesty was perfectly satis fied. After the review the Emperor inspected the works cf the fortifications 'which are being constructed between the Ingoul and the Bot2g, During the morning of this cisy (Oct. 8) intelligence was received by telegraph thaw th.e enemy's fleet, con sisting of 74 vessels, bad appeartil off Odessa, and had anchored at 3, 1 miles from that city. On the 9th Oct. the Emperor proceedetl in a steamer to the village of Ma.laia,-Korenika, situat ed on the oppo site bank of the Boug, and inspected the fortifications which are bring constructed there. . LAUNCH OF OP THE SCREW STEAMER GANGER ROl3/. --A fine screw steamer, of 631 tons, named the Ganger Rolf, was launched on Tuesday from the shipbuilding ya d r o Messrs. Caird and Co. , Cartsdyke. She went off the ways in gallant style, and was immediately taken to the berth at the large crane in Victoria Harbour, where her prepara tory to being put boilers were already swinging, on board. This vessel is built on exax , ly the mine lines as the Nordstjernen, but is larger in tonuage. She is owned by the South of Norway Steam-ship Company, and is to ply between Norway and London. She is ex. pected to be ready in December. BEPIiESENT.ATION OF SOVTIIIV.ARK. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. Yesterday evening a public meeting of the electors of Southwark was held, at the Literary Institution, Bo rough-road, for the purpose of hearing an address from Sir Chas. Napier, the lecture room being inconveniently • crowded. Sir Charles was received with the greatest enthusiasm on his appearance, and was loudly cheered during his speech and at the close of the proceedings. 2111 0 - CYRUS LEGGE occupied the chair, and in a few observations introduced the business of the evening. In alluding to the loss t`.,e Borough had sustained by the death of Sir W. Molesworth, he said that at the last election while Sir William was speaking, a person in the crowd stated that " that Ras his last dying speech and confession," and that person probably little thought how soon the fulfilment of his prophecy would come to pass. They had now to look for the best man to supply the place of their late representative, and he had great plea- sure in introducing to the electors Sir Charles Napier. (Cheers.) That gallant gentleman's address was before them, and he thought they would agree that it was manly and straightforward, and they should also not forget that he left the election entirely in the hands of the electors, desiring that they might exercise their right without undue influence being brought to bear upon them. The present election was a question between the employed and the employers, for it was said that those who supported Sir C. Napier were not respectable enough~ to support Mr. Scovell—(hear, hear)—who was said to have with him all the wealthy and influential persona in the borough. It had been said that our recent battles were " soldiers' battles," and he trusted that they would show that this election was a " people's battle." (Hear.) Sir CHARLES NAPIER then came forward amidst loudL applau.e, and observed that before he said one word aim . ut the election he wished to make himself clear on. one point. He perceived that there was some inaccuracy in some of the reports of his speech on the previous even ing ; from which it appeared that he rather blamed Ad miral Dundas for his conduct before Sweaborg. He did not say that Admiral Dundas ought to have brought his fleet up to Sweaborg, but what he meant to say was that he blamed the Admiralty for not having taken care that the whole fleet was brought up too attack the place after the explosions caused by the mor tar-boats, and that Admiral Dundas would not have been discreet to have gone on with the attack with the small force he bad at his disposal. It was the Admi ralty, and not Admiral Dundas whom he blamed, and be was most anxious that the inaccuracy in question should be corrected. [lt will be seen on reference to the report in this journal that Sir Charles's statement is in: substance the same as that which he made on the pre— sent occasion.] He had also been told that his object in. getting into Parliament was to attack Sir Jas. Graham. That was not his object, as he looked on Sir James Graham as entirely smashed. (Hear, hear, and' cheers.) He was beneath his (Sir Charles's) contempt,. and as far as any blame cast on bim by Sir J. Graham was concerned, he believed he was already fully' justified in the eyes of the public. (Hear, hear.) There were a great many candidates fur the representation of. the borough—he believed another was announced that. night. The first and principal one was Mr. Scovell... He (Sir Charles) did not think it right to make, any attack on his competitors, for they were, as Cicero said to Hortensius, courting the same lady, and ought; to treat each other with respect. Mr. Scovell had said_ of him that "he found he was to be opposed by a gallant admiral, who certainly was not the right man to claim their suffrages. He wished to speak of the higheat respect of that gallant admiral, but he considered that,, being more than 70 years of age, he was not qualified to represent that borough, which required a man of great. energy and activity." It was true he was not far short. of 70, but he thought he had some stuff left in him yet. —(cheers)—and Mr. Scovell must certainly have a very good opinion of himself, for he described himself as a man of " energy and activity." He had never seen Mr. Sco wl!, though he should no doubt see him in the course of this contest, but be thought he could stand as much work as that gentleman. With regard to the other candidates,. hardlyhe knew their names, and as they had said nothing of him he should not bring them on the carpet, The chairman had said that the electors had to choose the best man, and also that the contest was between em ployers and employed. Whenever there was such a con test, which was never desirable, the masses generatly carried the day, and he thought they would do so notes in Southwark. Ho had always heard that the electoral of Southwark were famous for their plain-speaking and' independence. If all the voters in England were in the same position, there would be no occasion for the ballot, but as that was not the case, the franchise was of little use without the ballot. Having given some illustrations of the difficulties which tradesmen and others had in voting independently under the present system, he pro ceeded to say that he was for ;in extension of the suf frage, not for universal suffrage, but, on the whole, be thought that every man who paid rates and taxes should. have a vote. Mr. Scovell had said that he (Sir Charles) was not fit to represent the trade of the borough ; but was not there in it the port of London, crowded with shipping, and who was better fitted to represent the shipping trade of London than a sailor l (Hear.) He thought, too, that the sailors wanted a representative who would stand up for their rights. With reference to sailors, he then proceeded to describe the differen ce between the present volunteer system of manning thee navy and that of press-gangs in the last war—a system which he was always opposed to, and which had been done away with. He complained, however, of not giving the volunteer seamen bounties, and said that the sailors in the Baltic fleet were not provided with necessaries as they ought to have been on their entering the service. He had done his best against the system of keeping sailor* for a whole year out of their pay in the hope of prevent.. ing desertion ; and that system no longer existed, but they were regularly paid every month, and desertions were far less than ever they were. He had also opposed the cruel punishment of flogging round the fleet ; and that, too, was gone, while corporal punish ment in any shape was fast going out in the navy. At the same time he would not take away that power, as such changes should be made gradually, and eves, sailors themselves said that some such means of coer cion was necessary among large numbers of men of d if ferent characters. On the whole, he believed that the , sailors of the navy were happy and contented. He wanted to state how things had been conducted by the Admiralty. When he got the Baltic fleet the ships were badly manned; they were got together in all directions ; no bounties were given, and able seamen were not very likely to leave the better pay of the merchant service. However, the fleet was manned, and somehow there was a feeling in British seamen in time of war which caused them to come to the navy, even though at less pay. The fleet was short of officers; there was a great deficiency of mates and midshipmen. He advised that mates and well-educated men from the merchant ser vice should be taken, for the purpose of supplying the want. But, no ; the Admiralty refused ; and now was found the necessity of such a course, and only yesterday an order was issued admitting that class of persons from► the merchant service into the navy. (Hear.) That; was another proof that the Government wanted the, spur, for, like old post horses, they must get heated. before they would go. Again, during the whole of last war, and during the two years of the present, in the cases of officers in the army who had purchased their commissions, and were killed, all the money they had paid was lost to their families ; and it was only yesters day that a warrant was issued, allowing the widows of such officers to receive the benefit of the money they paid for their commissions. Long ago he had proposed that if au officer who had any of the decorations of the order of the Bath was kilted in battle, his widow should be allowed to wear his order. He believed it would be a great consolation to the widows of such officers to be allowed to do that, and be had no dobbt that would come to pass too. The hon. and gallant gentleman then took a review of the war and of the Crimean expedi tion, and urged that no peace should be made with Russia till she sued for it, and added that he wag not. sure that the payment of the expenses of the war ought not to be a condition of any peace. He then touched on the topics relating to the opera tions in the Baltic in the same strain that he had done on former occasions, and urged that the present Admi ralty had exhibited so much stupidity that they ought rn , t to be trusted with the conduct of the war in the Baltic again. After what he had said last night he could not expect much favour from her Majesty's Ministers.. He did not, however, cast equal blame on them all. There was Lord Palmerston for instance; and by the bye, how could Mr. Scovell get on with that noble lord as Prime Minister, when he was two years older than he (Sir Charles) was ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He did not say a word more against the ministers than they deserved. Some of them, flu doubt, were very well ; but still a little censure now and then did them good, and would perhaps cause them to put out their energies to camry on the war wit) Russia. He had come forward as a candidate for the borough at the request of a considerable number of elec tors. He was a stranger to them until the last election, when he opposed Sir W. Molesworth, not with the in tention of putting him out, but principally with the view his of making some public stat ements. He had so wish to displace so excellent a man, and he only h o p e d t h a t th ey would get as right a man in place. (Heir, hear.) He then proceeded to say that it was impassible for him to electorso v ea iea cards rds personally, and it was of no use at their doors. He however recollecte d seein g ladies take a number of invi tations with them to parties, which they distributed to their friends whom they met there, and as he thought. it a good plan he had put a few cards of invitation to vote for him into his pocket, and he would now hand round a few. (The hon. and gallant gentleman here pulled out a bundle of electioneering cards, and scattered them among the audience amidst great cheering and laughter.) He then urged on his supporters the neces sity of forming committees in all districts of the borough, and concluded by saying that he had a very active oppo nent, with a long purse, and if they wished to return him (Sir Charles) the masses must exert themselves to win the battle. (Loud cheers.) Mr. A. SMITH moved, and Mr. F. SMITH seconded, the following resolution :—" Believing, as this meeting does, that the war we are now engaged in with Russia is not conducted to the satisfaction of the country at large, and that the cost is increased by inefficient ma nagement ; and having heard the sentiments expressed. by Sir C. Napier on it and other matters, think that h is a very fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament. That this meeting approve of the manly and strsightforward address of Sir Chas. Napier, 'and pledge,, iise;f to use every effort to secure his election." The resolution was carried ; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, Sir Charles retired, amidst great applause, and the meeting terminated. - in ta le. ti of fo 6) bo st