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This colfipany " ue.l , r he command of Lientenant•Colonel Taylor . r .en I tb e f o lk ) ving officers :—Captains J, R. Gibbon, R. P. Crawford, H. Fitzhugh, and C. H. Smith: Lieutenant s A. C, Johnson, E. Vaughan, E. A. M. Lloyd, A. D. Burnaby, H. D. Majendie ; Assistant-Sur• geen,,..T. Baker, A c ti ng - Ass i stant Surgeon F. W. Peskets, an r ci til v l eerty, Veterinar y unaorter t he y l rgeo c n om J. mtid Maasoonf. Captain A apt c a o i m n company of R is oyal A conveyed by this ship. There are liketvise 190 horses, th• whole of which arrived at Southampton from Woolwich during Tuesday night. After reaching the railway station they were removed direct to the docks, where a spacious shed was arranged for thei r recept i on. At six o'clock * get them on board, and by noon without the slightest difile culty or injury. The effective mea sures of t h e d oc k com• pany enabled every di P ffieultlr to b e removed, and men, comme tre wholeenmt was we re m sandiepp to " horses, ordnance, and ammunition fou n d an easy and rapid abse ncewith of Brigg s G enerals and routine" depart- of accessany to the gentleman Argo. e connected n T n h e e cted raent during the embarkation did not any way detract from the business-like and easy manner in which the whole work was managed. The admirable arrang e ments were also borne out on board, and so pleased were the g ent l emen connected with the Admiralty department at Southampt on with this portion of the embarkation that a letter. was addressed to Captain Hyde by the Admiralty authorities, eulogizing the promptness, regularity, and expedi tion dis played on the occasion. The Argo has been victualle d for six months. of ENGLAND. Ths Director, 114 Bishopsgate-atreet, London, lith April, 1855. 111„ ireetors of the National ProTincial Bank of Englan t HERE eftt 117 „_E NOTICE, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10,1,11 r oPrietors of this Society will be held on TaI7RSDAY, the aY neXt , at the hour of Twelve precisely, at the Company's e, 112, BiS hopsgate-street, in the City of L ndon. By order of the Court of Directors. DAN. ROB7RTSON, Agent and Manager. twl;B.--The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely (not e re for one.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1855. No. 19,5121 r PRICE SD. • 141_ 1 , 6 • 44 T WESTERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; Diuty ca „--conds, 221. per ton. The Great western Railway Corn berh.Z",,low execute orders for Rwabon Coals, equal to the finest 1,41...._ addington Coai i - rk'oll*, at 24s per ton, and for excellent and economical Vron . w ptly 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles Station AddreEs to the guperinteudent, Great ...T ITI Railway. Paddington. . ----.—__ PUBLICATIONS. OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE EASTERN EXPEDI7'ION. then under the impression that they should be able to arrive in time at the scene of action, perhaps in time to save Silistria, but in any case i■ time to join the Turkish army, and hold the Balkan against the Russians, having, as it were, the two wings of their army protected by the fortresses of Shumla and Varna. This plan was as bold a 3 it was prudent. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM - FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., The following is the article of the Moniteur, re ferred to in our telegraphic despatch : (From a supplement to Tuesday's (lazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, APRIL 12. Lord Panmnre has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. THE SECRET MARRIAGE; or, Contrasts in Life. e °}I.Is TWALL RAILWAY.—NOTICE OF 4,4 21. CAL Ninth Call— 21. per 201 . share, making 181. paid up; B or G uaranteed Share of 101, making Si. paid up. 'eau 4IS HEREBY GIVEN , th a t th e Di rec t ors o f th e Co 11wal rn Company have this day made a Call of 21. on each etio, 201. each, and2l. per share on each Bor Guaranteed Share hit,,e4ol, Upon the respective shareholders in the said Company, afAn,,!. appointed such Call to be paid on or before the 31st day lit e ir rs ‘rt, to either of the undermentioned Bankers, namely : Yaw s : b l Yn, Mills, and Co., Lombard. street, London. ileu m • ,,,,_ r aeds and Co., Fleet-street, London. ren t r: we ed3', Williams, and Co., Truro, Falmouth, and Red ,,Ornvvall. te(DuLthe several shareholders in the maid Company are hereby --4 ° Pay such call accordingly. By order of the Directors. W. 11. BOND, Secretary. By Miss F. WILLIAMq. Hurst and Blacitttt, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Afarlb)rougth•str ,et. The wisdom of it was, moreover, pointed out by existing circumstances, and by the imminence of the danger. In fact, if the Russians had taken Silistria, the fall of which was announced as inevitable in the reports of Omer Pacha, the fate of the Ottoman Empire might have depended upon the issue of one general engage- ment. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait, MEMOIRS OF THE LATE RT. HON. R ICHARD LALOR SHEIL, By TORRENS M'CULLAGH, Esq. Puhlished for 11. CoTburn, by his success.)rs, Hurst and Blackett 13, Great Marlborough.street. Just published, price Five Shillings, fcap. Bvo , c'oth gilt, MR. W. ELFE TAYLER'S NEW WORK, GEOLOGY; its FACTS and its FICTIONS ; or, the Modern Theories of Geologists Contrasted with the Mosaic Record of the Creation and Deluxe. By W. ELFE TAYLER, Author of "Hippolytus," " The Dead Sea," "Popery and its Crimes," &c. " T' ere are no calculations icore cLubtful than those of the geolo gist."—Old Red Sandstone. Houlsion and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster-row. MAIL FOR THE EAST. Mails for the troops in Turkey, Greece, the ClipMt mia the sick and wounded at Scutari and Smyrna, the feet it the Black Sea, and the transport vessels employed in the East will be despatched to-morrow evening via Marseilles. TrlWe ,u se,, March, 1155. tl4..dah; at the rate of 4 per cent. on this call will be allowed from 411 iat, °f Pa Ynl* ,ll t, free of Income Tax. We ° rest Will cease from the date of the call being made pay ' 01 1 the p th • A ch arge el* amount paid up, until the said call be paid. du r i n " 5 per e- nt. will be enforced in !very case on the unpaid • Ist ar ..,l the time the said call shall remain in ar . r,ar. Illr e „:. at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on It ti '°Y Paid in anticipation of calls. s n are shareholder is entitled to transfer his shares until all - "Mb Paid. A receipt will be given by the Bankers for the paid. The Great Britain, steam transport, Captain Grey, em• barked the baggage of the East Kent Militia at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and will receive the troops to-morrow. This ship's accommodations for troops are the surprise and wonder of all who have inspected them; for and aft, be low, she is as open and airy as a barrack-ward, and the space between decks as lofty as some. She has numbered hammocks and berths for upwards of 1,500 men. No ship has such spacious, airy, and healthy troop acoommo dation as the Great Britain. FALLACIES of the FACULTY. People's Edition Price 2s 6d. NATIO -- 1 NAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, „.. 48, Gracechurch-street, London. l' ur Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. rT ljtrra an—SA.MUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. hil2lll ePat Y - Chairdan—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. ho ra dbury, E s ' Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. I 1 WI11 1 : 41 astle, Esq.q. t Aivr anl Miler Robert Sheppard, Esq. job tttdcrolsiChristy, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. , N I ; Nth, e Y , Esq. William Tyler, Esq. ,„,,...„,„, lei 0., 4 h 1 , Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. ......„...., bpi ; Esq. 1 . T p„ PHYSIC IA NS. 1 . -..l iCiAllt, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. Ira.. It c - ' Velths TRUSTEES. . hen T„ttl., Esq • 1 Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. 4 ) „...14uat n , E s ' , M.P. { Charles Lushington, Esq. -...*--U essrs. g lirown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. C ou SOLICITOR —Septimus Davidson, Esq. bu, '4l:7•Titto ACTU ART—Charles Anwill, Esq., F.R .5 F.R.S. 41 11 s 'let the Report of the Directors for 1854 :—, _ 4,,,_ Ase tir i` n mhor of policies issued during the year Annul 8 t he sum of . ..... • • . . . • '''''''' •• • • 458 1 3 9:6 07 24 4 8 0 8 0 . p slicte4 Dremiums thereon • • 1 . 111).,,,. 1 "ued from the commtricement of the institution 'Ol, lei s ,7 lll her, 1835 . 17,491 44 11147 h i ?w In force tt lilitts' neA mne From Pre *hat (after define Big .£33,34S bltt o ethent allowed) ........£177•099 5 9 VestZ,ProlU Interest on in ,_ '"' eaDital ~ . 44,073 7 7 "Mot t eenlnitareturned to members in — aba — tem — ent 0f 1222,072 13 4 ,Al n4 tatt e r 7l, .. -eotmt -.Anuses added to sums assured.. —. . 126,564 0 0 'ba ne in in claims by death from the coin balme:hlelit of the Institution , L tli s y;O2. receipts over the disbursements in 11.. 669 6 0 It the i . aa ng th i e v, 4 ner efts , -4 • ... . • .... .. ...... . ...... •••• • • • • ' • capital stock of the institution to 1,092.1668" v. 20, Igo?, Of letie Ision of surplus profits made un to ,Dree l t„ ens varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the or i nnal a•v•ount r t hcy 41 31 '. according to the age of th, member and the time the ti, 4 % 50 - i . b ,.,n In force ; and the bona- es rani ed in like manuer tDre e ,:, ' 4 Der cent. on the amount of premiums received during h aetnh e 4 * li CC Years . ' 4l k 'ldeP„ Whose premiums fall due on te Ist April next are i t osp, JeY must be pild within 30 days of that time. oi l tt th etu ss , and other information may be obtained on appli ca kat - A "1123.1a1m •••,........_ 55. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. 4 1,,,,0, i ts - uP'S EA ST INDIA PALE ALE, :Pecially ordered for SCUTARI, recommeneed by BARON P l Atle s -31 ... 4 _,the Most eminent members of the medical profession, eit4drem.".'l Callks (18 Gallons and upwards). imperial measure. t Iter e T.I i ARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., , leer, Wh?: , on a i n y u . 1.4 " t-9, 5 %, Pall-Mall, who bottle Allsopp's Pale At A lur litb s- '" - ENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, ,sst 111%0_7 ttat ffi ., and DINING-ROOM, consisting of a new and Ment of Vases, Flores, Groups. Candlesticks, Obelisks, 1 0 ,43( ft ..ueautiful inlaid Tables, raper-weights, S l c.., in Italian I. 4 ,l l ftiet,roll u iarble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. mnorted and e s il by JAMES TENNANT (late Mawe), 149, Strand, l e nd Tak i N reek ' . INT arranges elementary Collections of Shells, Minerals, e ttle t i , Which will greatly faoilitate the interesting study of ev.,_ `u Conchology, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 50, to 100 guineas ,14 • ° ,,,I ) EL of the SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, • "REAT GLOBE.—.A. large model of the country around *1%404 including Inkermann, Balaklava, and the Tchernaya, th e ... POsitions of the English, French, and Turkish Armies, and 10 .:Z_eyis Works, at the Great Globe, Leicester-square. Open from to 10 p.m. Admissloa One Shilling. 1)11. ICABN'S - ANATOMICAL MUSEUM S. • . open (for Gentlemen EQUARr-°PENED at 4, COVe'NTRY- .4TR EET, LEICEST II E t iI i c I !_:nd from 7 till 10. A v.— Dr only) "'w SEitIES of LECTURE. 4, by in . It_nflom, m ... daily from halt-past . u , e, at 12, 2, 4, and half-past 711 the even mos g t . i'Llit_ ssion, !s. . Anew catalogu e , containing iectures on the. Price ge r "tulg branch of Ph sioio ' by Dr. Kahn, illustrated , ~ tl . ee by post 6d. extra!' 1;7 "......—... ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. G reat ,. EASTER HOLIDAYS. , /4improveln"nts and Novelties without extra charge. olobeddition to NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, a splendid Moving lictb',4l4A illustrating an entertainment called SIM SLICK, at tilatlmaenda Abroad, depicting t he. Passage from Liverpool across the tes 1 ..' M embracing Views of the principal Cities of the United will b,:,,Z new added to the other attractions of the Institution, and LlitiVeoWll daily at Three and Eight. OCAL 1i t .,.7. 8 rt AL LECTURE, by GEORGIC DOCKLAND, Earl.. with -uI.,Tqi.'t,,,USTRATIONS of OLD ENGLISH and PATRIOTIC ' 0 Ltqi..".-:ven;ngs at Half-past Seven. i t litT, b"'", . f . EB ,, en CHEMISTRY, and the TELEPHONIC CONa -'` and " • tl. PEPPRR, Esq. ; on the ELECTRIC LIGHT, wi th mtaTtaewerfUl B ttenw by Dr. BAcnnorswza. ti eg t A'i.he°''M R IS ' - "*ltis t - "` 4 UN a 46' AM and upwards of /,900 objects l ' e --- --, Science, and Manufactures. . .. ILAlThts ~ R E NT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— the 4 great '-'4lir ent success of the new dance, La Varsoviana. Mu s s w ic e b e y k t fon ti , • Danced every evening.—During the course of thi s lb. '. 13 " hi g Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra .—Over- Nte fi ge4 , Strau ss . 4 : 1 : ,,.... c :: e r r e b Y e s e e r. utz • Waltzes • La Bienfaisance, Musard ; Wellen , ' Douce lia . rmonie (Ist time). Missler ; Le pro tt'licitihniainartiete, Quadrilles : Vive l'Empereur, Bergman ; Bonjour Le Julf de Yentse (Ist tim art e) a. . B T o o n i n be ete cq rr ue e : taro] *, Vil e r , s • M. Laurent Schottische. Dona M tte AAntomne inept T. rti Lentotte ; La Musette, Matthien ; (Ist time), PIIPde Do ' ver Ex- Marionette Pilodo ; titt,"Nattot,",e. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, Ron . M G . allop, lcourt All A ,•er the relative to music to be obtained at the music repo s itory -Itsl " o ll ° , r o e , ll : * s tr, a. Doors open at Eight ; commence at half-past. Ginning. ii . Ir ESE N D ST A P 4 0 '1 1 „ r,, at4t,` oth ~ „er PACKETS. " eck etS call at the Greenhithe and Parfleet Piers. FROGt st the Pi ers as underlined (weather permi t tin g' TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND bey s g. I I SUNDAYS :I a . I 1 41 i! 8 .. lit 4 0 a 4" -- I-- •eet Station to all parts of London :WILL, on the arrival of the ft 1 'enchnrch-street Station. RU ND AYEI, Fen 'church Street. b: 1 t loot"' g 6 ,ra icer tAi'l icer tsll'' ril de . "° ;pm' Ate P . 4 4:10 --'/' ttic 1; 1 9 1 , !4 -o. lf p rio I Z 8 tv-,1111.141es r?,11 renchtirch-st Itit t liszltiwzltor an hoar, rit,te, lowla41111441;;:mn the "Ay thilt 41 4, 8 . 840: 1 • 1 . f 4 t. t P. 0 ...g - I • h it 4 1 . 1 etw t ko thr e lekeu 34,,J Time I - - I_ Fore Cabin. Saloon. 4,Zresend and London.. .. •' arapesd,,Md Blackwell or Woolwich 1 8 0d d: ... Os. . 1: 2 1 3.. Tiu.„..nd and I ntermediate Piers.. the knit".iTS.Twelve Months, si. Os.; Six Months: B 3 m l. Os . ; I °r of ? 4 1 : °'; to be had of the Collectors on , 31. ;me • Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. ---....._ • --i'' Q ttAlt it kg ° er angement s , WE LL ON N ERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND ' (>4 ELL D IND IGESTION. vir ADe 11Art, each, by post ls. 6d. Constipation, and Hemorrhoids, is. -'' To EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. 4,,,, , pu ittr e:' Ah.sentla multi cnrantur morbl." a ri IZ, &n., ~,,positlon of the principal causes (over and careless the above harassing and distressing li'm44 eg-la'll In the get rid 3'. intel ligible and popular exposition of how we should Q.,, (lay Or them ;to which is added, diet tables for every mea complaints, t4,;a hollr an „ d run ins tructions for the regimen and observance of '. &e. "Qt of the twenty•fonr. Illustrated by numerous Ltti 2. .. le aTS AND S LOES OF MARRIED LIFE. 0 Z _eihlch that bath no wif, I hold him lost, itPIC3I, and all desolat. He that hath no child, cf - 4 114 ect : '!' u l and winde."--Chancer. It t e e impelled, and retarded 1„,._ na-....karitai Itove Matches—Precipai a . ,:si itt ,o lo ,ll - pa rf t e ib e t il l i n:n r s ri t ge ' i ts e xpectations and N ineongruittes--11(utu Unsuitableness— Necessities—Development 'a'll age Y and Physical Defectiveness deter -"Theo e--mod rn,,liiiab,„ -rY of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance — Diode al".tabl ~,--',l-01g1t1tnacy On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all unas -Advantages of_l e n_ n t e e t o r al - f I —`ancesLsw of Divorce, &c., &c. a. • CRASTITY AND ITS INFRINGIEMENTS. • " "bat A Lecture to Y oung Men. passions hurt the bocly—what Improves gee . Tniths as refined as Athens ever beery. ' 3 f tile '‘,!,L_ fe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. advent .entkeZ4....l°lnl• Chastity and its infringement. The cThas:altiesof. ''A rera-e„'ss and di siipation, with illustrations graphic, narrative, --ativo• Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. The 'lllSlecret Diseases. their Self-management and Cure. " ge nito 4EO" 1100 E combr eh* isive and popular expos! tion Drl3l, 4 d urinary d iseases—ti Or nature and treatment, com... U'lnary 13,..eciallY Primary and secoadruy symptoms, all forms of tfravi„" „-aletriontsios:,r3l.cture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en -g. aril preserip 1 1 ' e TIL inn,. '5. -rina ry 1, `---'-',R, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising -erangortents. Constipation, and Haemorrhoids. Tilt typis. 6 and 7. companions to the preceding. "'NJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAP P Y . " ducunde Vivere." .• • km__ F ew svords to fair faith.".—hakespere. I. -4 vv° °di 23. Paternoster -row ; Mann, 39, Corn . ; .or of . V. RICHARD CITLVERWELL, her'Fatt°4ll;:k-Teces and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the 04 10 nv :lior of t b 10, Argyll-place, Regent -street, London. %To o a; 4 tiri Idviised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till *44 "MingelfrOUl SOU% till Nille. 1......-: [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Revs lents Arabica Food, of indigestion (.Iv.pepsia), constipation nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rogstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering 'hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Am bles. Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Care No. 7L — Of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuar t de Decies.—" I'have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Docies." Cure No. 32,836.—Fr0m the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.- "Three years exces• sive nervousness, with painsin my neck and left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health -restoring Food —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skihereen." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridli ng t o n Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, a nd gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions-11b., 2s. 91; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b. 11s. ;121b., 225.; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Barry du Barry . and Co.„ Y 71, Regqnt street, L on d on ;- Fortnum, Mason,Co:, pur;eyorstl her Maj es t y , 182, Piccadilly; a l so a t 68, Cornhill ; 60. Graceohurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapside ; 25 and 44•111:7PPerBaker-rtroet, To know the truth, when it concerns the honour, se curity, and power of the State, is the incontestible right of a great country like France. To speak it, when silence is not imposed by patriotism for the public weal, is the sacred duty of a strong Government like that of the Em peror. The Eastern expedition, its causes, its object, the military operations prepared for sustaining it, the diplomatic negotiations entered upon for obviating or terminating it, are now facts that are matters of discus sion pending their transition to the page of history. In order that these facts may be usefully discussed and seri ously judged, we are now about to state them in their most scrupulous exactitude. Such a course appears to us to be both frank and useful. Public opinion is prompt to take alarm and prone to error in the midst of emotions and events such as those of which it now feels every day the reaction. The best mode of reassuring it is by enlightening it. In what manner was the Eastern expedition con ceived ? What are the expectations and the data that dictated its plan ? What are the causes that modified it ? Why was the Anglo-French army landed. in the Crimea instead of acting on the Danube and making a campaign in Bessarabia ? How must we explain the long resistance of the besieged in presence of the ardour and heroism of the besiegers ? Such are the points we wish to examine in the first part of this work. We shall brin g to this examination only some certain facts, authentic documents, and truth of military science and military history. The imperious and decisive circumstances that com manded France to draw the sword after a peace of forty years are present to the minds of all persons. Russia, unable to obtain the admission of her supre macy over Turkey by the terror of her protocols, had " endeavoured to impose it by force. She had violated trea ties, invaded a territory, disdained and threatened Europe. Her armies were occupying the Principalities, were advancing on the Danube, and had even marked out the halting places of a victorious march on the Balkans. The admirable spirit of the Turkish nation was not sufficient to thwart this plan. Russia found an unexpected obstacle, it is true, in the heroic devotion of a people which she thought had fallen, and whose resist ance made her remember that it had conquered Peter the Great. But the struggle was an unequal one. The whole world, breathless and excited, awaited the issue with anxiety. Germany, uncertain between her habits engendered by the Holy Alliance and the counsels ten dered by her own dignity, did not know yet whether she ought to submit any longer to the arrogance of that do mination which weighed upon her, or finally reject it. It was fr mn the West that the signal of resistance went forth. France and England, loyally united, did not he,itate to send their fleets and armies to the East to defend there the integrity of the Ottoman Em pire, the re s pect due to treaties, the equilibrium of Eu rope, and the cause of civilisation. . The exalted will which presides over the government of our country, and which had resolved on this war as essential to its honour, after having vainly endeavoured to prevent it by honourable conciliation, then traced out instructions for the illustrious marshal, in whose hands the sword of France was about to be placed. In those instructions, bearing the date of April 12, 1854, we read the following passages : "In placing you, marshal, at the head of a French army, about to fight at more than 600 leagues from its native land, my first recommendation to you is to be stow the greatest care on, the health of the troops, to spare them as much as possible, and not to come to an engagement unless you have made sure of two-thirds at least of the favourable chances. " The peninsula of Gallipoli has been selected as the chief place of debarkation, because it is intended to be, as a strategical point, the basis of our operations— that is to say, the 'place d'arines,' where we can place our de pots, ambulances, and provisions, and whence we can easily advance or re-embark. That will not prevent you on your arrival from stationing, if you deem it advisable, one or two divisions in the barracks either t) the west of Constantinople or else at Scutari. " So long as you are not in the presence of the enemy the dislocation of your forces will be of small moment, and the presence of your troops at Constantinople may produce a good moral effect ; but if, by chance, after ad vancing on the Balkans, you should be constrained to heat a retreat, it would be far more advantageous to re gain the coast of Gallipoli than that of Constantinople, for the Russians would never venture from Adrianople to Constantinople, leaving as they Would on their right a choice army of 60,000 men. If nevertheless there should be a wish to fortify the line of Karassu in front of Con stantinople, it should only be done with the intention of allowing it to be defended by the Turks alone, since, I repeat it, our position be more independent, more formidable, by being on the flanks of the Russian army, than by being blocked up in the peninsula of Thrace. "This first point established and the Anglo-French army once united on the shores of the Sea of Marmora, you will have to come to an understanding with Omer Pacha and Lord Raglan respecting the adoption of one of the three following plans : 1. Either to march and meet the Russians. 2. Or to seize the Crimea. 3. Or to land, say at Odessa, or at any other spot on the Rus sian const of the Black Sea. " In the first case, Varna seems to me the imporbant point for occupation. The infantry might go to it by sea, and the cavalry more easily perhaps by land. In no case ought the army ever to remove too far frein the Black Sea, in order that it may have its communications constantly open with the fleet. " In the second case, the one concerning the occupa tion of the Crimea, it is necessary above all things to be sure of the landing place, in order that the disembarka tion may be effected at a distance from the enemy, and that this place may be capable of being fortified quickly, so that it may serve as a support in case of a retreat. " The capture of Sebastopol ought not to be attempted unless you are provided with at least half a battering train and a great many sacks of earth. When you ap proach that place, do not neglect to seize Balaklava, a small port citrate four leagues to the south of Sebastopol, and by means of which communication may be easily kept up with the fleet during the continuance of the siege. "In the third case, that in which an enterprise should be resolved on in concert with the admirals against Odessa. " In every case my principal advice is, never to divide your army, but always to march with all your troops united ; for a compact mass of 40,000 men is al ways an imposing force ; broken, it is worth nothing. "If, however, you are obliged to divide your army, make arrangements for reuniting it on swims spot in 24 hours. " If on the march it forms several columns, fix upon a point of reunion sufficiently distant from the enemy.to prevent any column being attacked singly. " If you repulse the Russians, proceedino farther than the Danube, unless the Austrians join in the movement. "As a general rule every movement ought to be con certed with the Commander-in-Chief of the English army. It is only on certain exceptional occasions, as when the safety of the army is concerned, that you should act on your own sole decision. " Marshal, I have full confidence in you ; lam con vinced that you will remain faithful to these instructions, and that you will bring fresh glory to our eagles." Thus, as we see by this extract from the Emperor's instructions to Marshal St. Arnaud, Gallipoli had been chosen as the place of debarkation of the Anglo-French army. We must urge the important considerations which led to this choice. _ The first principle in a maritime war is to fix upon a point of assembling which is protected from the attacks of the enemy, easily defended, easy of access for disem barking and provisioning the troops, which will allow the army to move in advance or fall back upon its base of operations, if forced to do so, and which, in case of defeat, shall afford shelter and a refuge to the fleets. The peninsula of Gallipoli satisfied admirably these conditions for a well-conducted naval war. Situated at Vie entrance of the Dardanelles, it was easily provisioned through the sea of Marmora and the Thracian Gulf. A weighty reason, drawn from, the respective situations of the Russian and Turkish armies, made it necessary to possess - this place. The Russians, by crossing the Danube at Routs chouk, by advancing on Adrianopole, and by leaving the Turkish forts, and even Constantinople on their left, would be able to precede us there, and to close the re treat of our ships engaged in the Black Sea. There was in that a great danger which the foresight of the Allied Governments provided against and prevented. Another consideration prescribed the previous occupation of Gallipoli. At the period the expedition was about to leave, that is to say in April, 1854, inquiries were anxiously made whether our military forces would arrive in time to cover Constantinople. A defensive war then appeared natich more likely than an offensive one. What- was endangered—and indeed already violated —was the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and that : was what we were about to defend and - reconquer. Had the Turks lost a single battle on the Danube the Russians would have been able to reach the Balkan in three days' march, and would have had the road to Constantinople open to them. The occupation of Gallipoli entirely covered that capital. The two Allied Governments were fully alive to the fact that even had a Russian army entered Adrianople, it would not have been able to advance upon Constantinople, leaving an army of sixty thousand Eng lish and French on its right flank ; and this foresight is to be found in the instructions of the Emperor. Thus, in every respect, and in anticipation of nearly all casualties, the peninsula of Gallipoli was admirably selected as the place of debarkation and the base of ope rations. From this point we were able to protect the Turkish capital and to control the movements of our fleet ; we advanced without exposing our flanks, and we kept up our communication with Toulon and Marseilles. But the Anglo-French army had hardly arrived at G a llipoli when the scene began to be changed. Although the Russian scouts had been seen in sight of Varna, the a le reio defence- of Silistria • h a d b ro k en t h e onward im pulse of Prince G-ortschakoff. The struggle, instead of being removed into the centre of the Turkish empire. I was kept up on the Danube, with various changes of fortuue, The generals in chief of the expedition were The French and English armies were bound to foresee and prepare for this. There was their post, because there perhaps would be the denouement of the strife, and the final decision of fate. These apprehensions were falsified by events. The courage of the Turkish army, and the presence of the allies, sufficed to force the Russians to raise the siege, and withdraw to the other side of the Danube. Every time that the enemy retreats there is a great temptation for the -army before whom he retires ; it is the temptation of pursuit. Bat when pursuit may en danger an army, there is more glory id halting than in advancing. The love of glory should never lead to that which wisdom forbids. What could the Anglo-French army have done by entangling itself in a country laid waste, with its communications cut off, furrowed by large water-courses, and infested by pestilent disorders ? It is not victory that it would have sought, but des'zu tion without contest, and death sisitti'Mkt-bompensation. It has been said that after the retreat of the Russians we ought to have acted upon the Danube and entered into Bessarabia. Let us put the matter in the most straightforward manner possible. Withont the co-ope ration (contours) of Austria, our army could not advance upon the Danube without incurring the risk of a most fatal catastrophe. -We must not forget that our base of operations was the sea. Losing this we risked every thing and compromised everything. Military science and common sense both entered their protest against un dertaking operations with 60,000 Anglo-French and 60,000 Turks in an unhealthy and impracticable coun try, having no means of transport, without any reserves of artillery or organised parks—no depots of eatables or munitions at Shumla, Varna, or Silistria. All these re sources, indispensable at the commencement of a cam paign, cannot be improvised in a few days, when those who have the management of affairs are 800 leagues dis tant from their country. These resources might have failed us completely. We should have found ourselves in front of •an army of 200,000 men waiting for us on their own ground ; or else retreating befcre us, trying to entrap us into a still more dangerous position, giving us no other alternative than that of a most disadvantage. ous battle or an impossible retreat. A simple re connaissance of two days in the Dobrudscba which cost us more than a most murderous combat, is a proof of what we have advanced. Generals-in-chief, who, igno rant of the dangers attending such an undertaking, should have allowed themselves to be drawn into the commission of such an irreparable fault would, we have no hesitation in saying, have endangered the responsi bility of their command. and Again w on the we rpreupteha is it, acampai g n not possible withoutb ey o n d tthhee co-opera tion . o a p n era e . tion of Austria. Now, a Government does not make var when it desires it, unless forced to do so by incon trovertible circumstances. It takes care to make war only when it is able to do so. Austria was not rea'ly at the moment. Breaking with Russia she wanted t ) be sure of Germany with its 500,000 men in arms. Her dignity, her interest, the example of the Western Powers excited her to action—her prudence warned her to wait and arrange the composition of her military forces and her political alliances before committing herself to the struggle. But what could the associated generals do at Varna after the retreat of the Russian army ? Could they r,?.- main in a state of inactivity which would have brought on discouragement, and by which the prestige of our flag would have inevitably suffered ? Such an attitude was forbidden to ou-r generals, both by military honour and political interest. Having once taken a position on the great theatre, there was no retreat • something must be done ; our soldiers must have a goal to strive to reach ; our enemies must have something to fear. Europe must feel the ambitious desire of following us, while it would be our duty to give her the opportunity of honouring us and admiring us. Thus then we come to the question of operating upon the Crimea. An expedition against Sebastopol might probably hasten the catastrophe of the war. Such an expedition had a determinate end. It might possibly put into the bands of tha Allies a provineelnd a fortress, which could be used as a guarantee and a means of exchange in the event of negotiation for peace. Deeply influenced by these considerations, the generals in command of the forces deliberated upon the plan, but delayed for a time to put it into execution (arreterent rexecution). However, the expedition having been made the subject of deliberation at Paris and London, and treated at last as a fart, Marshal St. Arnaud received—not instructions which could not be transmitted through such long dis tances of space, but hints or advice of the following nature : "He will make himself thoroughly acquainted with the nature and amo un t o f t h e Russian f orce s in the Cri mea ; find out wh e th er t h ose forces are t oo formidable ; and land in a spot w hi c h may serve as a b a sis for future *rations. The best place seems to be Theodosia, called Kaffa now. This spot, however, is objection able, as being forty leagues from Sebastopol; but it offers great advantages. In the first place, the bay is large and safe. The ships of the squadron are there in perfect safety, and the same remark applies to the barques-which bring supplies to the army. In the next place, our army, once established on the spot, may use it as a proper base of operations. If we occupy the -extreme east of the Crimea, we can repel all the reinforcements comi n g b y the way of the Sea of Azoff and the Caucasus. We make our way onward towards the centre of tie country, at the same time that we have its resources atiour command. We take possession of Simpheropol, the strtegical centre of this peninsula, ad have the road opento Seba sto p ol, on which probably th ere w ill b e a great battle. In the event of this being aga i ns t us, w e nisiy retreat up on Kaffa, and nothi ng i s comprom i se d. If it is in our favour, we can besiege S e b as t opo l, a nd by investing it completely we shall comp e l it t o surre nder in a tole *bl y short interval." Unluckily this ad v i ce was no t taken. Whether the generals-in•chief had not sufficient- troops to un dertake this lo ng j ourney i n the C r ieiea, or whether they expected a sp ee di er result from a bold and unex pected coup de mai n , th ey resolve d, as it is now well known, to land a t some f ew leagues distant from Sebas topol. The glorious b a ttl e o f t h e Alma seemed to prove they could that they were right. B ut i n t h e moment of victory they saw clearly en oug h th at w i t h ou t port have no base of oper a ti ons . I n fl u enced by that irresis tible instinct of prese rva ti on w hi c h n ever deceives those who listen to it, they di rec t e d th e i r course to Balaklava, on the south of gebastopol. It was clear, too, that the arty could not live in the enemy's country without being in direct communication with the fleet. Bet the consequence of retreating towards the south was to give up the northern heights—in other words, to abandon the idea of - investing the fortification. The Anglo-French army, in fact, was not sufficiently nume rous to invest the place completely. It was necessary to limit our operations to the southern portion of the town. To accomplish this the English took possession of the harbour of Balaklava ; the French, looking for a point d'appui for the pnrpose of disembarking their stores and ammunition, found very providentially the port of Kamiescb. The sold . ors, who are generally right, called this " Providence Port." Sebastopol, it is well known, is not surrounded with walls and earthworks. It is rather a great fortified generally ly at an the aorommymoefhforeoromehlts of fo the2o lie b nn y i:i n gp e r m ogte e e r nc ous batteries, and more especially irlici l ta s sa sian fleet, which, skilfully stationed in the by which the Allies could approach the place. tcb in illayet n ignu e tepi r s-:ae h wnc a oßo rbour, bad its batteries directed upon every ave nueAt this period—that is to say, when the Anglo-French army arrived before Sebastopol, perhaps it was practi cable to attempt an assault, but still such an enterprise would have been somewhat adventurous, inasmuch as the Allied forces had not sufficient artillery to silence that of the enemy. Doubtless, nothing was impossible to an Anglo-French army, composed of generals and soldiers sych as those who for the last six months have manirested their character in the perils, fatigues, and sufferings of this long siege, but nothing short of success could have justified a coup so audacious. The responsibility of com mand imposes prudence before all things, and prudence prescribed to the generals-in-chief not to deliver the as sault with an army of 50,000 men at most, placed on a rock, wantiaglartillery, ammunition, reserves—not having its rear secured by entrenchments in .case of a check, and having no refuge but its ships. That would have been to risk the fortune and the fate of the expedition, and nothing should be hazarded at a distaece of 800 leagues from one's own country. The coup de main, which the generals thought possible after the battle of the Alma, escaped them, and it only remained to proceed with the siege after the rules of the military art. At the very commencement of this diffi cult enterprise the Russians took two measures, very effi cacious for themselves and very regrettable for us. The first was the stragetic movement of Prince Menschikoff, who, instead of shutting himself up in Sebastopol, marched towards Simpheropol, afterwards took the field, and kept up his communication with the fortress ; the second was the bold resolution to sink most of the ships of war, a measure which enabled the enemy to render the port inaccessible to our fleets, and to acquire for the defence of the place from five to Six hundred guns thus set at liberty, together with their ammunition, and to employ their seamen as gunners at the batter's i. Thus, although the guns of the town at the first presented a formidable aspect, new batteries were raised, as if by en chantment, and our feeble siege artillery could not ex tinguish the fire of the besieged. From this moment it became apparent to all that Se bastopol would not be taken until after a long struggle: that the aid of powerful rai n f orcements wou ld b? rf e quired, and that possibly-murd erous b a ttl e s migb: have to be fought. This sifuati on .,was &. 0 !: 1 cs O u ' , flo gs The generals in-chief contempl a t e d it with 0 _ 0 ' 1 :4 difficult which exalts a character to the level of the for for s peaking responsibilities. This is a proper ocem i l is history will speak of them. Their part in this great scene has been worthy of the two countries of which they wield lithe swords. Placed face to face with immense obstacles, they have estimated them only to triumph over them by their courage, perseverance, and devotedness. The army, sustained by their example, has borne all without com plaining ; exp ose d t o a ll th e rigours of a terrible winter, having to preserve them from the cold, the snow, the torrents of rain, nothing but pits, and small tenter-abri ' • it has refused no sacrifice for th e h onour o f the flag and the country, or to gain the confidence of the chiefs whom it had learned on the field of battle to love and honour. In order duly to appreciate the immense difficulty of the enterprise which the generals-in-chief had conceived and executed, it will not perhaps be useless to explain to those who are ignorant of it, in what consists a siege placed properly beyond so h called, toapplication and how the of h siege of tos o principles Sebastopolnoiloo o is f which the science immortalised by Vauban is the ad mirable summary. Let us first say that Sebastopol, a town strongly fortified towards the sea, is not regularly fortified on the side. Its enclosure is defended by a shal low fosse, the earth from which has been thrown up to wards the place to form a parapet. On the first plan are found abbatises and trauz-de-loup, and the batteries, the fire of -which crosses in front of -those defences, rise gradually one above another, receding towards the centre of the town. More, the port is traversed by war steamers, which, forming so many moveable batteries, may be employed to flank and protect all the defensive works. The operations of a siege before the assault may be divided into four principal phases—first the investment; second, the opening of the trenches ; third, the construe- tion of parallels and batteries, and the opening of fire ; and fourth, the crowning of the covered way, and the establishment of breaching and counter batteries. First, the investment—that is to say, the surrounding of the place on all sides—so that, during the siege, it can receive no reinforcements of men nor supplies of ammunition and provisions. According to the ordinary general rules, it is calculated that the besieging army ought to number five or six times as many more as the besieged. Sebastopol, as has before been said, could not be invested at all, and the number of the besiegers was at most only double that of the besieged. We do not reckon the army of observation which is employed in holding the (Russian) army of succour in check. Second, opening of the trenches. —This is ordinarily per- formed at a . distaiice of from 300 to 600 metres froln . the place ; the trench is, as is generally known, a ditch dug in the ground, the earth from which is thrown towards the fortress. In this way a parapet is formed to shelter the soldiers from the fire of the enemy. At Sebastopol, the Russians having employed large guns taken from their ships, and baying enormous range, the trench could not be opened nearer than 900 metres. Instead of find ing a soil easily excavated, our soldiers found almost everywhere rock, so that they were obliged to use petards to blast it morsel by morsel, and to employ bags of earth, which, piled one on another, formed parapets. It will be seen that this was a slow, painful, and perilous process. Third, opening of fire.—Generally, engineers work to wards the most salient points, because these are the weakest ; and the trenches enveloping the attacked fortress in front take the form of several semicircular lines, connected with one another by zigzags. These semicircular lines are call:A parallels. The batteries are raised in front of these lines, which, embracing the at tacked front in the form of a semicircle, give the fire a converging direction. The besieged have not this ad vantage, as may be easily conceived, for a besieged town may be regarded as forming the centre of a circle, of which the besiegers occupy the circumference. At Seba-topol, on one side, the nature of the ground, broken up by ringed ravines, and on the other de velopment. of the eec'osure, which presents but few salient points, have prevented, in great part, those favourable arrangement, just explained. Fourth, crowning the covered way.—When the be sieger has reached the , alient point of the covered way, which is carried round the fnsse, he encloses this work by extending the trench along the crest on each side of the angle. This is called crowning the covered way. Breaching batteries are constructed there, by means of which the wall has to be knocked into the ditoh, and heaps thus made on which the besiegers are to mount to the assault. Generally by the time this critical moment is attained almost all the enemy's guns have been dis mounted, the carriages broken, and the ammunition ex hausted. Nevertheless, as sometimes there remain some guns on the flanks of the bastions of the attacked front, a counter battery is established either in the crown of the covered way or on the counterscarp of the ditch, to extinguish the la.t fire of the enemy. Thus we may assume that when the assault is attempted, the entire artillery of the place has been destroyed, and that the garrison, decimated by the enemy's fire, exhausted by excessive work, enfeebled by want of nourishment, and discouraged by the absence of news from without, will not longer oppose a serious resistance. At Sebastopol nothing like this has taken place. As fast as one gnn has been dismounted another has been set up in its stead ; when one man has fallen his place has been supplied by another ; as soon as one garrison has been exhausted another has succeeded it. Provisions have been abundant, and battering in breach could have no result, as the obstacle ordinarily opposed by the wall is replaced by palisades, trous-de-loop and abbatises, and because the epaulements being of earth the balls have done them little harm. In the case of a regular attack directed against a fortress of the first order, and this attack directed against two demi-lunes and a bastion, the front of the fortification would embrace not more than an extent of about 300 metres ; and the attack in front would have a development of about 8,000 metres. At Sebastopol the extent of the attacked front is more than 3,000 metres, and that of the attack has a develop ment of 41 kilometres. It must be added that for the guard of this immense extent of trenches the army has had to furnish nearly 10 , 000 men, day and night, through a period of six months, and that during a rigor ous winter, in the midst of snow and rain. This will give some slight idea of the fatigues of our soldiers and the ditticulties of the siege. The history of modern states does not present an ex ample of a more difficult, more glorious enterprise, or one which by the very grandeur of the obstacles it pre sents, agrees more nearly with the importance of its object, and that of the states engaged therein. The siege of Sebastopol has scarcely any analogy with any other in our military annals. To attack a place which is not invested, when the enemy, superior in numbers, may recruit himself with more provisions and ammunition, and when he keeps the field, is an act of audacity which could be attempted only by England and France united for an object necessary for Europe. The siege of Dantzic has been much admired as one of those in which heroism united with science triumphed over the greatest difficulties of an obstinate and formid able defence. Dantzie, protected by the Vistula, the embouchere of which in the Baltic is closed by the fort of Verihaelmunde, was in a situation equally unfavour able to a complete investment ; still it was possible to take a position on the river between the fort which closed its mouth and the town, and so to intercept its communication with the Pea and invest the place. This is what was done under the orders of General Lefebvre. But yet although the pla , :a was eiclosed within our lines of attack, notwithsta , ding the presence in the neighbour hood of the Emperor Napoleon, who covered the siege at the head of a numerous army, and paralysed the succour of Prussia and Russia, Dantzic resisted 51 days iron the opening of the trenches. At a later period, after the retreat of Moscow, the town, occupied then by the French, did not capitulate until after a defence, which lasted a year, against a combined attack by sea and land. We might multiply examples, but the foregoing will suffice to show that the Anglo-French army in the Crimea has performed there all that was to be expected from its courage and the ability of its chiefs. It has not only exhibited constancy and firmness in the midst of sufferings and perils ; by adding the glory of Liken man to that of Alma it has rased still higher the honour of our arms. I,Ve ought to hope that the end of its noble efforts will be attained ; but unanimous opinion a!ready acknowledges, and history will one day repeat, that it has merited the admiration and the gratitude of the world. We have explained the military conduct of the allied governments since the commencement of the Eastern expedition. With the same precision and impartiality we shall treat of the negotiations, their various phases, their reasons, and their aims. " What is the English practice "f Physic ? Having first, in almost every case, daly diminished income, the lood and drink, and wasted capital, the blood and the elements of the blood, no man is considered a competent physician who does not further multi ,ly by a general rule of three the normal expenditure of the hea' tsy holy. The result ? A long illness, a long attendance, awl a. - long,bill."—Dr. Dickson's lie , tructic - e Art of ileal;ng. Marsh.ill, ancl - Co,, Stationer's Court, and all booksellers In town and country. jut oublished, price 55., by po.t, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rationa Treatment and Prompt Cure. Ey F. B. COURTEkAY, Member of the bloyal College of surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years -has equalh d, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of nut nrise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments ; and , hen it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been Impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of eratification on Mr. Couttenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this res)ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular. London: H. Batlliere, 219, Regent-street. 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RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. --- LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending April 7, 1855 £13,899 8 11 Corresponding week last year 1 x,963 1 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 132,148 9 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 139,978 3 0 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 1, 1855 . £20,796 8 2 Corresponding ding week last year 17,127 12 8 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending April 8, 1855 £19,430 810 Correspondin g week last year 18,424 12 6 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Ap r il 8, 1855 £4,546 15 7 4,148 3 8 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1855 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 7, 1855.....•••,£5,951 lO 7 JJrresponding week last year .................... Decrease in 1855.. • ........ ..,.. . ....... _____ £ 55213 9 __ Loss Or Tg-------TCr;k—E BRIGANTINS Poll If .—The captain and crew of the brigantine Pomona arrived in Cork evening, having been providentially harbour on Friday discovered, an d taken off t hat vessel as she was in a sinking state. The Pomona was bound from Mantanza II t o Halifax with a cargo of molasses, and some days after h e r departur e from the former place, she encountered ainitey l a cont i n uance of sev ere weather, which so c di sa bled her tha t the officers and crew lost all controlcompletely ove r the ship, the sea made a clear breach over and into her at every wave, and it was evident to all on board that she could not float many hours longer, when fortu nately they were discovered in lat. -- 33.16 deg--7.t) ( l fg . west longitude, on the 12th of last month, by the ship Ingleborough, i tale m n n o t ff in t o h . e . wreck, and brought i n t o thi s harbour,_cw Browne, witted r 0 1r yn e:Before Sebastopol, March 27. to your to my despatch of the 24th inst., I do myself the honour to state that the following officers have been brought to my notice as having distinguished themselves on the night of the 22d, and morning of the 23d, in addition to those whose names I have already sub. th the E Royal yellordship; Fusiliers, Majorw who, e i Hon. tbahas already James Lyon been Browns, of the 21st Regiment, brother of the Hon. Capt. my painful duty to report, fell upon this occasion ; Capt. Butler, of the 20th ; and Captain Rickman, of the 77th. I am happy to say that Captain Montagu, of the Royal Engineers, who was taken prisoner, was not wounded, and that Lieut.-Colonel Kelly, of the 34th Regiment, who also fell into the enemy's hands, is not severely wounded, though he received some injury both in his head and hand. Major-General Eyre, the general officer of the trenches, highly eulogises the dispositions of Lieut.-Colonely Kelly, the w hToh r e ceivede and laments the loss of his services. M conduct aj r o . f i G e L n i e e ra t 1.-aCI contusion,os o l o w s n p e h e l i a c k T y h s , able to assure your lordship does not incapacitate him from continuing those exertions and displaying those qualities which render him so valuable an officer. There wee a suspension of hoiatilit6. for` bbsist three iindetiih e however,R Roy al warmest a a l m E glad ntge irnme to esr b so e' f hours on Saturday, for the purpose of burying those who had fallen in the late encounters, and it was evident from the number of bodies of the enemy, and of the French, to whom the last sad offices had to be paid, that the loss sus. tained both by the French and the Russians had been very severe, particularly that of the latter. Some F renc h, t oo , were found lying close to the Mamelen, a proof that their gallant spirit had carried them up to the enemy's en. trenchments. Nothing of importance has since occurred. The siege operations continue to progress, and daring the last two nights the interruption from the fire of the enemy has been inconsiderable. The enemy are very assiduous in the improvement of their defences, and in the establishment of a trench in the front of the Mamelon, towards which our ally is advancing by serpentine sap. The weather continues very fine, and the appearance and health of the troops are manifestly improving. Dr. Gavin, of the sanitary commission, and Mr. Raw linson, civil engineer, have arrived, and are earnestly ap plying themselves to the discharge of the duties they have undertaken to perform ; and I will take care that they re ceive every assistance it may be in nay power to afford them. I enclose the return of casualties to the 25th inst. The Himalaya has arrived, and has been disembarking her horses yesterday and this day in Kasatch Bay. Since writing the above, I have received the official report that Captain A. E. Hill, of the 89th Regiment, was severely wounded, and taken prisoner last night whilst posting his sentries in front of the advanced trench on our extreme left. I have, &c., The Lord Penmure, &c., &c. RAGLAN. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 23D TO 25TH OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 19th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 44th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. Royal Artillery-2 rank and file wounded. Total-4 rank and file wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-Geßeral. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN - 6F NON - COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM 23D TO 25TH MARCH,.IBSS, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. . . _ _ Royal Artillery—Gunner and Driver Samuel Bowers, slightly. 44th Regiment of Foot—Private Richard Griffiths, se verely. Royal Artillery—Gunner and Driver Ralph Murray slightly. 19th Regiment of Foot—Private Charles Aistin, J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, is expected to hoist his flag on board her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton, at Spithead this day, and sail in command of the remain ing ships of the fleet which are ready for sea to the Downs to salute the Emperor and Emprelhs of the French on their crossing the Channel to England on the 16th inst. A re quisition was presented yesterday to Mr. Nance, the Mayor of Portsmouth, to call a special meeting of the town council, "to take into consideration the most desirable means to be adopted to do honour to her Majesty's Ally his imperial Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., on his intended visit to this country." A portion only of the seamen of the Trafalgar, 120 guns, Capt. H. F. Greville, have received wages on amount of the pay due to them. They were paid yesterday by the pay master of the ship, assisted by the clerks, under the super intendence of Capt. J. .1. Tucker, Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard. In consequence of recent orders issued by the Admiralty Board to the paymasters of her Majesty's ships stating the manner in which these pay• ments are to be made, and the want of time to make up the books and set off the allotments, the seamen, instead of being paid the amount of wages due to them, have been paid on account, leaving a balance in the hands of the pay master, who, for the purpose of paying the ship, demanded and received 14,5001. Not more than half that sum can be paid for the want of the exact sums received by allot ments. This drawback, or rather stoppage, has caused very great discontent among the blue-jackets, who are granted 15 days' leave of absence. When the weather permits this ship will be taken into the fitting basin. The Pensioner Guards from the Benbow receiving-ship for RusSian prisoners of war who have been borne out on the books of the Devonshire have been transferred to the Tra falgar for duty to return stores, &c. The Hastings, 60, Capt. Caffin, is in Portsmouth har bour with not much more than half her complement of crew. The Pembroke, 60, Capt. Seymour, is in a similar state from the same cause; otherwise both would be ready for sea in a few hours. The .ZEolus, old 42-gun frigate, having been fitted in dock as a shell depot for the Baltic fleet, was removed under the shears yesterday, to be masted and finished by the riggers of Portsmouth dockyard. The Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar, is thoroughly com plete now at Portsmouth, except in the engine department, but will be able to join the fleet in a few days. The Odin, 16, Capt. Willcox, is being coaled by the convicts in Portsmouth dockyard, and having had her new cylinder covers fitted, will be able to rejoin the fleet in a day or two. The Driver, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, toge ther with the Pelter gunboat, left Portsmputh yesterday evening, to join the Baltic fleet. The steanivessels Merlin and Firefly have left for the Baltic. The Tyne storeship, Master Commander Peter Welling ton, will sail to-day from Spithead for the coast of Africa and Brazil stations. The following officers are ordered a passage in her, and she also takes out stores for the two squadrons :—Captain Seymour, to join the Tortoise, as the Governor of Ascension, vice Kitchen ; Commander Has well, to join her Majesty's ship Plumper, vice Wharton ; Commander Thurburn, to join the Madagascar, vice Finch ; Captain Lambrick and Lieutenant Munroe, Royal Marines, to join the Tortoise, with six sergeants and 42 men. THE GUN-BOATS. Snapper, and la the. lll ai 11 The steam gunboat Cuckoo. igtr;;,Eieutenant A. G. E. Murray, left Sheerness for the Baltic direct on Tuesday morning last. This versel is noted for her exploits in transporting the French troops up through through Lofta Channel to attack Bomarsund last autumn. She was the last home, and is the first to take her departure. On her arrival at Sheerness last autumn, Captain Snellman, of the Russian Finnish Artillery, who was a prisoner from Bo inarsund on parole of honour, took the opportunity of being introduced to the commander and officers of the Cuckoo on board, and paid them a very high compliment on the accuracy of their firing in passing up and down the Lofta Channel, within 1,000 yards of the batteries, many of the Cuckoo's shots doing great execution. The undermentioned gun-boats are under sailing orders at Sheerness immediately the weather moderates (the wind having for the last three days blown very heavily from the N.W. to W.N.W.) :—The Magpie, tender to the Orion, Lieutenant Prim; the Snap, tender to the James Watt, Lieutenant Wise ; the Lark, tender to the Exmouth ; the Badger, tender to the Hogue ; the Pincher, tender to the Blenheim, mate in charge_Mr. Stewart; the Gleaner, ten der to the Ajax, mate in charge Mr. Bogle ; the Snapper, tender to the Edinburgh, mate in charge Mr. Villier p s. rec The Grinder new steam gun-boat, having beenees.o.pfnexel and all her works below completed, and bilge masted and for c dock at Portsmouth this day to be externally to give her more bearing, will be r em oved frof mission. are at S in Ti:e Geyser and the Magicienne the Badger the Lark, the Gleaner, the.t tow when the weather perm' s. y,at Plymouth ell ALLIS. found impossil.le w engines and propeller of th e Sheerness to take Cornwallis, 60, Captain successful. The wind at the ti•iie was not very s B . CORNV7 lastmoTuhdeaytriaTßtrirPA.orjf O tl? F e T 7 ll . without t About two knots only coold to keep her bead toi it was necessary to atop be got out of her, and at times . pthe engii2ei d'ffi ltt On returning great i cu y was no.rth blew smartly from a ltogether.experienced in passing between fouling the steamtransport Victoria, lying there. After dropping her starboard anchor off the rubble bank • in Ila moaze the anchor broke about two feet and she then let go the port anchor 'Ali h below the stock, The signals for assistance were promptly brought her up Confiance steam-tug and other v answered by the chief engineer and inspector of easels. Mr, Trickett, ham, went out in the C • Machinery from Key ornwallis one cause of the• It is stated that present D r a k seSsl ts,SlanVnnaetdPli Ilea) to the fact that the fresh failure is attribuable nese of the boilers had leftwater used . for testing the tight working of the pistons. a sediment which impeded the only 5 feet diameter, However, the fan df this ship is 9 feet, and it is , while that of the Agamemnon, 00, is of her machinery.therefore impossible to get much speed out Th sailit e Cornwallis having been built for. lg, and subsequently • moving the pierced, she has no well for ro screw • and on all occasions of d e f ec t will h a ve to go int o dock. ' DEPARTURE OF THE ARGO. The Gene►al Screw Company's steamship Arge, Caplain Hyde, will leave Southampton this day with troops and horses for the Crimea. She has on board in all 305 ar tillerymen, 201 of whom, with their horses and equip• Ou L 1 CRIMIA The following letter from a Prussian Engineer hai been addressed to a contemporary Sir,—For five months the Allied Armies have carried on their attacks on Sebastopol by means of artillery. According to all reports, when they first sat down before the place, its southern side was nearly open and defence. less, aid the Russians gained time for the construction of some earthworks, chiefly through the delays of their ene mies. On the 17th of October, the English and Fr enc h having erec t e d a num b er of batteries, and armed them partly with heavy ordnance, opened fire, and succeeded in making some impression on the badly devised and worse executed atone towers, but at the end of tfie day their guns were nearly silenced. The blame was cast upon the French ; their breastworks were said to be weak, their magazines not sufficiently protected, and their gulls unable to cope with the heavier metal of the Ru-siaiis. After the failure of the bombardment regular parallels were opened against the place, and trenches were carried forward considerably, and some new bat teries constructed and armed • but to all appearance the fortress is still a s f ar as ever from being taken. A result so contrary to every expectation would natue rally lead military men to inquire whether the resources of modern artillery were duly made use of by the be siegers in this memorable contest ; or whether there were natural and insurmountable obstacles which pre vented these resources from being effectively employed. Nor can dare be any harm, in this particular case, by openly se rutinking the scientific merits of proceedings which, hoe ever recent of occurrence, are historical facts already; for Lever were siege operations conducted with greater publicity than those for redue;ng Sebastopol. Teat the work undertaken was, from natural causes, a very difficult one nobody will deny ; but to consider it impossible would involve a severe stricture on the con duct of the connnandcrs who still persevere in their eedea yours. On the other side, not a few unavoidable causes, which prevented the artillery of the allies from making a more sen,ible, as well as speedy, impression on the fortress, may be pointed oute Amongst them the great extent given to the siege works appears t) occupy a most conspicu ins pos'ion. The Freech undertook to attack the western part of the town, whilst the English directed their separate efforts against the eastern ['ation, In bon cases the whole line of the Russian •fortifications was embraced. To inquire ,whether this multiplicity cf points of attack originated from a contempt for the earthworks hastily thrown up by *the enemy, or from other causes, is irrelevant for the present purpose ; evi dently it must have been possible to contract the lines, and to concentrate the efforts for reducing the place. After the experience gained on the 17th of October, every artillery officer in the allied camps must have been aware that the Russians were superior in the number and calibre of their guns, and that they wanted neither men nor ammunition to serve them properly. In consequence of the affair of Balaklava the English, moreover, were excluded from the use of the most convenient road for carrying stores to the camp, and' the difficulties of bringing up in front of the town more numerous and heavier pieces of ordnance were immensely 'in creased. How therm eonld the Allies hope speedily to obtain a superiority in artillery fire all over such extended lines as they still persevered in occupying ? It may be said that as siege works advance t he ir wilt : ihemseivie; contract laterally, that the second parallel will of ne cessity be shorter than the first, and the third still shorter than the second. But a second parallel cannot be opened with areasonable ared o maintainin g neh o a p i e t gioonfotdgacadti deal n n l gai nin g the of f t much fhaece w b oa y ofnr s dka o numerous and a c ti ve enemy, before the ricochet and en fidloaidnigngnboartteery e v en of s h allotted to them, that i s , d estroying the tr a v ers e s dismounting the guns of the fortress. Besides, it is no t enough to open a second parall e l ; it must also be arme d • with guns of large calibre, part of them very heavy, in order to be capable of withstanding the shock of acharge ,f powder even heavier than one-third of the weight of the solid ball which must be projected with great foice. In the face of the immense difficulties in bringing up the grZat guns for properly arming the second and third parallels, would it not have been better for the allies to have given up one of their lines ef attack, and to have directed their combined forces and energies upon one or two points of either the east ern or the western parts of the town ? By such a con tent; ation the besiegers might not only have reasonably expected to be able to silence the Russian artillery at those points by means of such guns as they could bring into position, but the ruinous labour of making, watch ing, and defending uselessly extensive lines of trenches, would have been lessened by at least one half. The British army would have escaped being decimated by incessant watching, exposure, and fatigue ; Russian sorties might far more easily have been guarded against or repulsed, and the necessity of interrupting the progress of the siege for want of guns and am munition either totally obviated or greatly di minished in duration. It need scarcely be men tioned that in erder to blockade that part of the town where the direct attack was abandoned —which had better never hove been undertaken—a chain of closed redoubts shoull have been established. But which part of the town—the eastern or the western—should have been attacked directly and which one . blockaded ? On this question there could exist but little doubt, if any, after the battle of Inkerman. It is but natural for a strong garrison to try to proceed from de fensive to offensive operations at that spot where de fence is weakest and most difficult, and the Russians attacked the heights of Inkerman under great disadvan tages, with a view to prevent the English from approach ing nearer in the direction of Mount Sapone, on the eastern side of the Careening Bay, and from thereby out flanking Fort Malachow. This part of their lines of de fence was so weak and insufficient originally that they never ceased in their efforts to strengthen it until they ac tually succeeded in establishing new and advanced fortifi cations for its protection. By permitting them so to do, the French now appear to have lost the very spot for h placing t the best advantage an enfilading battery, wbic would have been of the greatest service, not only be cause its well-directed fire would have spread o 0.80 annoy ance over a great extent of the enemy's works, ha b & j uice cf because it was not liable to be masked byt co e nse ___ en , i _ play Fren ta ch artillery the direct attack upon Fort Malachow , an d to th e very end the - of comparatively s:o, w ,e,fl o e:tlln tl rthte l se c i l astsw l oi l e a ahgye e v.ae b t s e : e l d. kept onpi constanti a n npdonsel.e a strong d powder. The . placed at such distances p ea r p ec a i b s i e . have large e consisted - s appears m S al ° lidt calibre, and incapable _n i b guns were more power aabi o l n u t a t n h d e a la n d and p i a l r e t v i c e r f r om the R ussian w we k s quite unattainable. This error f e l, but they we e lu i: ° rd i.' Droved a bane th and e ff ective firinugvg oreon, charge of mistaken general notions about originally gceo: and t l al h n ek o g a e u i r t t m t ao e The ssei noise. siege, e o o a s n f n g t populi;.r a f icas ter gun in lities of the I. "idea b e ' was powder and range .33 9 t to less real ur object p r r e e l Tr y v oh i u o m eg u s y singled out, not on ba ll °Pell e hit i nn t e i ti s ao t 1 1: j e old two grooved regulation r:ihflue:L:aurtiascuaTsteeetirilalagains'ignetodl scale, with the additional disadvan races of an excessively short barrel, a windage, a weak cstaaryge , e wan theee fauallis w ting oulad powder, and a b u ll e t o f very quest i ona b le c b o e r r a e i c n t p lcyensturffie c o i e f n g t r t a n v d i t e y s . tr o y A a n l y l ac of of practice in shooting at very distant objects ; i , ut the; is not the first instance in military matters that the very best results have been expected om the greatest aceutnu lation of defects. In siege of orations, carried on against a fortress so slroeg,ly garrisoned and so open to receive reinforce ments, a 1 possible precautions ought to be taken again:: "orties. But we •do not find that field artillery was kept t ea dy, charged with grape-shot, to scour the g round .e con in advance of the tre,nclits, nor that redov order to pre u ts we atm ucteil at the wings of the parallels , t i vent tie enemy from getting i n them, a n d t iog the more advanced one i n the rear, It would he invidious to follow uP every shortcoming of minor impertance, but it must be mentioned that the b t s ile nt a bout the exi stence of reports are ominously si*le blinds or screens for the rn b e razures to keep o ff t h e r ifl e and about bullets of the enemy, I shells fl • about in against the pieces 0. b urs t flyin g battei ies. The most unaccountabl e thi ng , h owever , i s that although the far greater part of hand-to-hand fight ing is goii,g o n in the dark, n o t a wor d h as b een sa id during the whole siege about any means employed on either side tot making di,tiectly visible the 'opposite works and operations in the night time. I hope, sir, you will judge these lines to be 'written in.a spirit of candour, of the greatest - good•will towards the British nation, and of due respect for the consum mate bravery of the troops engaged in this extraordinary military spectacle by, sir, your obedient servant, - 404 .10 ° g ON rho i LC 1 „mod. h ga l illl u , ' ~ ert .4l 11 it 16 116$ 11 16 0 01 ru 4 0 116 nil 16 mil 6 10.