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tbirb Mittion, BUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD-MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. THE 13ATTLE AT EUPATORIA. THE LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. (mom A SUPPLEMENT TO TUESDAY'S GAZETTE.] WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 8. Lord Pantuure has this day received despatches and enclosures, of which the following are oopies, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, and to his lord ship, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, Feb. 20. My Lord Duke,--Your Grace will have learnt, by my telegraphic despatch of the 18th inst., that the enemy had on the previous morning, at daylight, at tacked Enpatoria with a ♦ery large force, and a powerful body of artillery, and bad been repulsed, after an en gagement which terminated with their retirement at 10 a.m. I have now the honour to lay before your Grace co pies of two .lettets which I have received from Colonel Simmons, who is attached to the head quarters of Omer Pasha, containing the details of the action ; and, whilst your Grace will rejoice to see that the Turkish troops which have been landed at Eupatoria have availed thenuselves of the earliest opportunity to show that the character they acquired on the Danube was well merited and remained unimpaired, yon will join in the regret which I feel that they have suffered so considerable a loss, and that among the killed is numbered the Gene ral of Division, Selim Pasha (an Egyptian), and among the wounded a General of Brigade, also an Egyptian. This less, however, and particularly that sustained by a battery of artillery, afford ample proof of the gallant and determined conduct of the troops, and of the serious nature of the attack made upon them, as well as their being worthy of their illustrious chief. I have great satisfaction in drawing your grace's ni teritien to that part of Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons' despatch, in which he bears testimony to the efficiei t assistance rendered to the Cttorna.n army by her Majesty's ships in the bay, under the command of the Honourable Captain Hastings, of the Curacoa.—l &c., His GraCe the Delia of Newcastle, &e. RAGLAN. Eupatoria, Feb. 17, 1855, 1 P.M. My Lord,-1 have the honour to Myna your 1 or:- ship that on the 15th instant, several large convoys and arrivals of troops were seen moving along the n3r.h shore of the Sasik Putrid Lake, from the eastward. This movement on the part of the enemy cans , 4l Omer Pasha• to place the garrison on the alert No further ! movement, however, was, seen yest. r day on the part of the enemy; but this morLino, at day light, the 3 advanced in great force, and opened with ar tillery upon the entrenchments which enclose the town. The advanced line of works, which I informed your lord ship it was )3iii Highness's intentio n t o erec t, were no t yet commenced. The enemy's artillery opened their fire about twelve hundred yards from the place, covered by Pkir - ers, and supported by heavy masses of infantry in their rear, and cavalry en their flanks. The artillery subsequently took up a second position more is advance, about four hundred yards from a small crown work which is being erected in front of the mills to the north east of the tO WA, and after continuing their fire for some time, the infantry advanced to the attack, hav ing formed ; under the cover of a wall about six hun dred yards from the right of the town. They were re pulsed at this Roint, leaving from 150 to 200 dead on the field. On other points of the field a number of horses were left s ' dead; but the killed men were removed. At length, about 'lO a.m., the whole force retired, covered by the artillery and cavalry. I am notibble as yet to ascertain the number of men engaged, but I should think there were not less than 40,000 of all arms, with a very powerful artillery. As many as sixty of the enemy's guns must have been firing at one time, amongst them some 32-pounder s. Prisonern.report that they.. were accompanied by 100 guns. As yet all the particulars I have been able posi tively to ascertain.is, that Liprandi's division (the 12th) was present. At prseent I understand that they are in position about five miles aorta from this, their left leaning on the Stsik Putrid Lake, It is with ntuch pleasure I have tc inform your Lord ship that the portion of her Majesty's fleet, under the Hon. Captain Hastings, have rendered most efficient assistance. The Valorous threw some well-directed shells and completely covered our left, whilst the Viper gun-boat, which was at first stationed on the left with the Valorous, by Captain Hastings' directions moved and took up a pankin g position on the right near the tail* I cannot at present give your Lordship any details of the killed and wounded on the side of the Turks ; I re gret to say, however, that Selim Pasha, commanding the Egyptian Brigade, is amongst the former. One battery of Turkish artillery was completely disabled, every gun having been struck and a great number (nearly one-third) of the horses killed. I am desirous your lordship should receive a report of the action, with as little delay as possible, by the Queen of the South ; so I must beg your lordship to ex cuse further details, which shall be sent by a future oc casion.—l am, e.c. (Signed) JOHN SIMMONS, Captain Royal Engineers, Brevet-Major. Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c. P.S. A prisoner i n fo rms us t h at a Prince commanded, but he could not remember his name. lam happy to say there are no casualties among the English or French officers. Two French sons-officers are among the killed, and two privates wounded. (Signed) JOHN S. Eupatoria, Feb. 18, 6 P.M. My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your lordship that nothing of importance has taken place here since the enemy retired yesterday. Owing to the deficiency of cavalry with the army of his Highness Omer Pasha, we are not able to obtain exact information as to the position of the enemy, wli have entirely disappeared, so far as we can see, with the exception of the usual cavalry advanced post-/. Convoys of waggons, however, have been seen from the fleet moving along the north shore of the Sasik Putrid Lake from the eastward. I ani inclined, hoa•- ever, tahslieve that they are bringing forage and pro visions fOf'the cavalry which surrounds us. In the meantime, however, his Highness is taking every precaution, by adding to the defences of the place, to provide against any further attempts of the enemy. Fortunately the two transports (sailing), containing artillery and materials for constructing works have arrived, and, in the course of the night, we shall have 12 or 14 more guns in position than yesterday. The parapets also have been raised, so that we may hope that our loss will not be so heavy on a future occasion. The total loss yesterday amounted to as follows, of all ranks : Turks-97 killed ; 277 wounded. French-4 killed ; 9 wounded. Total combatants-101 killed ; 286 wounded. Tartar population-13 killed ; 11 wounded. Horses of the Turkish array--79 killed ;18 wounded. Amongst the killed of the Turks, were 1 General of Division, Selim Pasha, (Egyptian), 1 colonel, and 5 subaltern officers ; and amongst the wounded 1 General of Brigade (Egyptian), 4 superior, and 5 subaltern officers. Amongst the French wounded was an officer of the Henri IV who was serving ashore in a land battery. A killed g rea ter portion of th e h orses o f one b a tt ery were , 19 men of the same batter the whole of the guns be dis a b led. y, I have not been able to obtain any further positive details of the e nemy ' s force I am, &c., C(5 JOHN" Ca SIMMONS, . Ro Field-Marshal the pt Eord Ragia al n, Engineers,cißrevet-Major. Befor e g b Rt. , ramcisothing, which Feb. 20. My Lord Duke,—lhave the honlirr-int-ol4' before your , between stores, Grace a return of equipments and were issued to the troops from the co by order of the Quartermaster -General Nov-., 1854, and the 12th February last.—i ha ve, ' t he I-7th 1 - > , Ste I'AGLA/NT . ' His Grace the Duke of Nercastle, ice. (Enclosure 1.) RETURN OF QUARTERDLISTER-GENERAL'S STORES ISSUED BETWEEN NOV. 17, 1854, AND FEB. 12, 1855. 37 Marquees. 450 Tents. _243 Poles. 72,278 Jerseys. 61,533 Drawers. 3,,744 Comforters. 28,290 Mitts. 60,280 Socks. 853 Tarpaulins. 1,651 Stoves. 722 Mongols. 975 Horse Shoes (sets). 1,874 Turkish do. 538 Nose Bags. 344 Felling Axes. 7,470 Buffalo Robes. 1,698 Waterproof Covers. 4,573 Winter Boots. 28,100 Fur Caps. 3,792 Cl;inp Kettles. 930 Canteens and Straps. 27 Bill Hooks. 1,551 Haversacks. 39,275 Blankets. 751 Rags. 4,379 Trousers. 3,340 Turkish Boots. 28,874 Boots. 7,142 Groat Coats. 3.610 Watch Cloaks. 6,137 Capotes. 25,816 Sheepskin Coats. 263 Offleers' do. Before Selsastopol, Feb. 24, 1855. MY Lord,—The weather has improved since I wrote rny despatch of the 20th instant. The snow is still on the ground, "arid the nights are cold ; but the wind Las sul , shied, and we have to-day a bright sunshine. Considerable activitz continues to prevail in.the move ment of the enemy's troops on the north side of the har bour, and convoys of waggons are constantly arriving, and the object of the Russians would appear to be to fortify the heights extending to their left, and looking upon the valley of the Tchernaya. The troops of the garrison having lodged themselves on the point of the spur of the ridge from Inkerman over the Careening Bay, at about 300 yards from the new French parallel, on the extreme right, General Canro bert determined to dislodge them, and this was gallantly effected at two o'clock this morning by 1,500 men, under the immediate command of General Monet, and the di rection of General Mayran, with, however, I regret to say, some loss, the consequence of the heavy fire which was brought to bear upon them from the enemy's bat teries and the shipping whilst they were engaged in de molishing the works. When this object was accom plished they withdrew to the trenches, as had been their intention. The gallant General Monet is, I am much concerned to have to add, among the wounded. I inclose a return of casualties to the 22d instant. Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown bas, I am happy to say, resumed the command of the Light Divi sion in perfect health. The railway is getting on remark ably well, and the exertions of Mr. Beattie, who is superintending the work, are unremitting, and entitle him to great praise.—l have, &c. RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &c. (Enclosure 2.) RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 17Tli TO 22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. 4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded, 7th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 17th Foot-1 rank and file, wou nded. 38th Foot-1 o ffi cer, wounded. 41st Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 47th Foot-1 rank aid file, killed. 90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 6 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL, ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 17TH TO THE 22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. , . WOUNDED. FEB. 21. 38th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant Constantine S. Gaynor, severely. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclogure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM 17TH TO 22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. FEB. 17, 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Win. James Brown J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosnro 5. NOMINAL RETURN OF ZION-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 17TH TO 2n) FEB., 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. FEB. 17. 17th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael Begley, severely 17th Regiment of Foot. Private Petar Huddleston, severely FEB. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Burke, severely 47th Regiment of Foot. Piivate Philip Clarke, slig,latly FEB. 19. 4th Regiment of Foot. Private Daniel Smith, slightly 90th Regiment of Foot. Private John Hartill, severely—since dead. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjntant-General. Before Sebastopol, Feb. 24, 1855. • My Lord,— I do myself the honour, with reference to my despatch, No. 172, of the 20th instant, to trans mit to your lordship the translation of a letter I have had from Omer Pasha, in which his Highness has been so good as to give me a detailed- account of the Russian attack upan Eupatoria, on the morning of the 17th instant, and of the brilliant manner in which ho repulsed the enemy, and forced them" to retire from before the place. Your Lordship will observe, with the greatest Fat is faction, that the conduct of the Turkish troops wai re markable fir its gallantry and determination, and that the arrangements of the generalissimo were such as might be expected from an officer of his high distinction and established reputation. . _ I understand from Colonel Simmons that the result of this successful action has had an excellent moral effect upon the Turkish army, which has since been busily oc cupied in improving the defences and increasing the armament of the works. The English men-of-war, Curagoa, Furious, Valorou., and Viper, the French steamer Veloce, and the Turki-h steamer Schehfaer, greatly contributed to the success of the day by the energy of their co-operation and the power of their fire ; and Omer Pasha has expressed his sense of their valuable assistance, as well as that of a detachment of the French army, which your Lordship will regret to see sustained some loss in killed and wounded, and among the latter is a naval officer.--I have, &c. RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &e. (Translation.) Head-Quarters, Eupatoria, February, 1855. My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your Lord ship that the enemy attacked Eupatoria on the morning of the 17th instant. The troops intended for this attack had left the camp before Sebastopol six days ago, and other troops from Perekop and Simpheropol had joined them in the night of the 16th, and the morning of the 17th, in the flat ground that lays behind the heights that are before Eu patoria. As far as one could guess, and according t• the infor mation furnished by prisoners, the enemy mustered thirty-six battalions of infantry, six regiments of ca valry, four hundred Cossacks, eighty pieces of artillery in position, and some troops of horse artillery, which were in reserve. The attack commenced at daylight by a strong can nonade, during which the enemy used even thirty-twe pounders. At first the Russians showed themselves in great force along our whole position, but seeing that our left was protected by men-of-war, which went there when the first shot was fired, they concentrated against our centre and right. I then requested the senior officer of the English Royal Navy to said the gun-boat Viper to the right, and to take up a position near the French steamer Veloce and the Turkish steamer Sc:heh faer, on board of which was the Vice-Admiral, Ahmed Pacha. At the same time I reinforced the right with some battalions of infantry and some pieces of artillery, which I withdrew from the left. The enemy continued his fire, without ceasing, from the position held by his artillery, supported by a power ful fire of skirmishers, and then his infantry, carrying planks and ladders, three times tried to storm the works. Each time it was repulsed, and obliged to retire under our fire, but it was enabled to effect this retroga,de move ment under cuver of its artillery, and of heavy masses of cavalry. Our cava'ry, which at the present moment only mus ters about 200 or 300 horses, and which charged the Russian infantry at the commencement of its retreat, did not dare to pursue it in the face of such heavy masses. This superiority in artillery and cavalry prevented our disturbing the Russians on their retreat. After four hours and a half fighting, they commenced retiring in three different directions, towards the bridge of Lake Sasik, towards Top Mainai, and towards the Perekop road. I have every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of my troops during the day. Although behind works only half finished, and not fully armed, they showed a bold front and were very steady. Our losses are not very numerous, but they are to be deplored. Wo regret the death of Selina Pasha, Lieut.- General, commanding the Egyptian troops. We had, moreover, 87 killed, and 277 wounded ; 79 horses killed and 18 wounded. Amongst the killed there are 7 officers, and 10 aro Wounded, amongst them Suleiman Pashn ; 13 inhabi tants of the town have been killed, and 11 wounded. I consider it my duty to make honourable mention of the French detachment that is here, and of the English men-of-war, Curacoa Furious, Valorous, Vip er , o f t h e Turkish steamer Schehfaer, and of the energetic co-opera tion of the French steamer V6loce, who all contributed greatly towards frustrating the efforts of the enemy. The French detachment had 4 men killed and 9 wounded —amongst the latter is a naval officer. The Russians must have suffered a heavy loss. Ac cording to the report of the civil authorities of the tows, who had to bury the dead, their number of killed amounts to 453 ; their artillery lost 300 horses. They carried away a great many of their dead, and almost all their wounded. We have taken seven prisoners.--I have, &c., (Signed) OMER. His Excellency the Lord Raglan, &c. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Messengers I THE WAR INQUIRY. at the bar an d ' r ora Mr. Roebuck's committee appeared Lucan, the Earl of Cardigan, of Cambridge, the Earl of his Royal Highneerseted that leave might be given to tend and be examined befall, and Lord Har ' dinge to at tend said committee. e R informed the messen gersseat by their own mes senger. severalpreseinnptt:odtizti.teoantsinfutoliiapNlvorisg.an L T o h r e d L s O a R A D F that an answer would b T rpiaeltiotti.oOf fendersfor theprohibition Bill. Lord DERBY gave notice that to-morrow he should ask a question of her Majesty's Government relativ e to the prolonged absence of the Colonial Minister from the House of Commons. THE JUNIOR OFFICERS IN THE CRIMEA. The Earl of ORKNEY rose to call the attention of the house to the reported want of aptitude for their situa tions in the junior officers of her Majesty's service now on duty in the Crimea. Tire noble earl said an i‘b a seemed to prevail that we were at war with Russia. This was not the case ; the (pact THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARC IT 8, 186 5. was that Russia was at war with us. It was the opinion of a celebrated commander that no little war should be 1 carried on. Now, in his opinion, the war in which we were engaged was a very little war. He (the Earl 'of Orkney) thought it could not be denied that Russia was a magnificent military nation. • To meet that power, we had an army totally incompetent to cope with it ; in deed it could hardly be said that we Ind an army in the Crimea. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been more liberal than he had been, and a greater amount of money had been expended, there was no no doubt that the struggle might have been brought to a conclusion long since. The war was not being carried on as it ought to be. Various places were spared. Odessa and Anapa were among those places that ought to have been destroyed. He thought that one of her Majesty's Ministers ought to get up in his place and state why those places had been spared. The noble earl here detailed the amount of sickness that had pre vailed, and said that there was not an assurance office in London that cared about effecting a policy on the life of any one proceeding to the Crimea except at exor bitant rates. Reverting to the deaths of the officers and men the difference occurred in this manner. The moment sickness entered a regiment it caused disorganisation, the menbecame careless, and it was impossible to prevail upon them to take the slightest care of themselves. The officers adopted common precautionary measures, and this simple fact of itself accounted for the differ ence. Such was the care of the officers for their men, that their horses, actually their own private property, had been slain in bringing up provisions for them ; and this he need scarcely say was, in the position that the officers were placed, a great loss. Having vin dicated the conduct of the junior officers, and said that the best feeling prevailed amongst them, the noble earl then moved for the returns. (Throughout his speech the noble earl addressed the house in a most indistinct manner.) Lord PANMURE said he had no objection to the returns moved f)r by the noble earl. No return had come home from Lord Raglan complaining of the manner in which the subaltern officers had acted. He could gather from the observations of the noble earl that some slur had been thrown upon the officers, but at the proper time he should be prepared to vindicate the conduct of those gallant men. So far as the conduct of the war was concerned, he believed it had been carried on with as much vigour as it was possible. He would endeavour to obtain the returns the noble earl had moved for. The Earl of GRANVILLE suggested that the re turns should be moved for in the ordinary manner. The Earl of ORKNEY was understood to withdraw his motion. Their lordships then adjourned. officers must be on the sick list fourteen days before they may be removed from camp ; or if any such order existed in the camp, and by whose authority ? Mr. PEEL was quite ignorant of such an order. SHERBURN _IIOSPITAL. the harbour or not. Between the time of hi s landing at Balaklava and the commencement of sieg e operations, &c., he had an opportunity of seeing how tb e troops were occupied in camp. They did not Appv tr to be doing anything beyond simple military del oy at one period of the time, for about a fortmigt it, and it struck him they might have been Ed vantageously employed in ma'sing a good road Vie tween Balaklava and the camp—but, of course, he could rot say that they ought to have been so occupie d. It often struck him as being very injudicious that latl , e vessels, chartered at an enormous expense by the Go vernment, should be kept in harbour for weeks at a time merely as stores, when the cargoes might have been landed and placed in depots at Balaklava, and the ships been allowed to continue their sailing 'lay. He was given to understand in the camp that thvre4 was a divisional order against the men going beyond a cer tain distance to fetch brushwood or fuel for their fires. After sickness broke out there was great difficulty in obtaining medicines. He understood that by some: mistake the medicines had been accidcetally left at Varna and had not been sent on to Scutari. If& presumed the duty of superintending the landing of pro visions devolved upon Captain Christie and Commi isary- General Fild er. _ _ Mr. MOWRRIY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Dapartment whether it was the intention of the Charity Commissioners to propose a new scheme for Sherbarn Hospital, in the county of Durham ; and, if so, whether any, and what, progress had been ma le to wards the approval of such scheme ; the mastership of the hospital having been vacant more than a year, nearly a year having elapsed since an inquiry by the commis sioners' inspectors, and vacancies having, in the mean time, occurred among the recipients of the charity, which it had been impossible to fill up ? Sir G. GREY said a new scheme had been prepared, and would be shortly promulgated in due form. The committee adjourned at a quart:r to four &Clock until to-morrow. TATTERS ALL'St, (THIS EVENING.) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 10 to 1 agst Pharsalus (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fandango (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Marc Antony (taken) 50 to 1 agst Weathercock (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 apt St. Hubert (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grxculus Esuriens (taken) 25 to 1 agst Oulston (taken) 2000 to 3A agst Sir George (taken) NOTTINGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Lady Vernon Black Pepper . Four ran. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP Jack Leeming Miss Allen ~Vtiitelock Fire ran. LITTLE JOHN STAKES. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly More four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BLACKBURN took the oaths and his seat for Stir. lingshire. LONDON AND SOUTFLWESTERN RAILWAY BILL. Coroner Garnet Slane fi!ly Mr. CHAPLIN moved the second reading of this and recalled to the recollec;tion:of the house that the second reading was moved early in February, bet a pledge having been given in a former session to make a particular line, the house refused to sanction the second reading until the opinion of the shareholders had been taken upon the question of fulfilling that pledge. That qeestien had been submitted to the shareholders, and although the directors had been anxious to carry out the proposed line, the majority of the shareholders were yet against it, and they had no alternative but to repudiate the pledge. That pledge, which Pas given by a former board of directors, had the effect of greatly reducing the value of the com pany's stock, while the system of extensions had so much reduced the dividends that the shareholders took the affairs of the company into their own hands, and refused to sanction any new lines. They regretted most sincerely that the pledge had ever been given, and their inability to carry it out ; but, consi ler ing the number of lines which were about to be esta blished between Dorchester and Exeter, they felt that it would he a ruinous step for the company to attempt to make the line which Parliament bad pledged them to.' Under these circumstances, and apelegisimg for the in ability of the directors to enforce the pledge, he hoped the house would allow the bill to go to a second reading. Mr. HILDYARD said a large district of country had been deprived of railway accommodation by the breaking of this pledge. The Great Western Company would have made a line, but the South-Western Company having pledged themselves to make a better line. Parliament rejected the one proposed by the rival company. It was preposterous to plead de pression in violation of the pledge, because at the last half-yearly meeting the chairman congratulated the shareholders upon their being able to divide five per cent., but he declined to give them any advice as to the pledge, and the shareholders agreed to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. It was therefore not the shareholders but the directors who were ;.es'pon- Bible for the violation of the pledge ; and since it was solemnly given, he hoped, the bill would be read a ,second time, and referred to the same committee to whom the pledge was given, in order that a clause might be inserted in the bill prohibiting the company from dividing dividends until they had made the aban doned line. Mr. LABOITCHERE observed that the com pany had undertaken to do a particular thing for a valuable consideration and it would be a mockery and a delusion, as well as a violation of all coin mereial honour, if the excuse of the chairman was al lowed to prevail. The company should have thought of the test before they gave the pledge, and he hoped the course suggested by the hon. and learned gentleman op posite would be adopted by the house. (Hear.) Mr. BANKES said not only had the public interest been slighted by this company, tut the interests of pri vate individuals in the locality of the proposed line bast been seriously jeopardised. Mr. HUTCHINS bad no wish to vindicate the con duct of the shareholders who had repudiated the pledge, but he denied the responsibility rested with the directors, b ecause they had fulfilled the wish of the house to sub mit this question to the shareholders, who had refused to sanction the new line. Ten ran. GRAND STAND STAKES. Eva Helmet ... Poor Maria Mr. WILKINSON wished to point out the moral of this case. Instead of simply accepting the pledges of parties to make a line, who were supposed to have a vested interest in the district where the line was to be made, Parliament should first ascertain whether or no the parties were sincere in making it and able to carry it out. After a few words from Mr. DEEDES, the bill was read a seeond time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. DEEDES then gate notice that tomorrow he should move the suspension of the standing orders, with the view of referring the bill to the former committee. PETITIONS. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sun days. kr. W. A. WILKINSON preientcd a petition from Deptford in favour of Sanity ry Reform. Mr. WYSE presented a petition from Safford, pray ing that steps might be taken for the restoration of the Kingdoms of Hungary and Poland. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from a Friendly Society in Manchester, in favour of the Friendly So cieties' Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the letter-press printers of Manchester in favour of the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. SEBASTOPOL CON"AIIrTEE. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK it was agreed that a message should be sent to the Lords, requesting per mission for the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Cardi gan, Lord Lucan, and Viscount Hardinge to attend and give evidence before the committee appointed to inquire into the state of the army before Sebastopol. WIDOWS OF OFFICERS. Lord A. PAGET gave notice that this day fortnight be should move an address praying her Majesty to be graciously pleased to direct that the widows and chil dren of officers killed in action, or who had died of disease while engaged against the enemy, should re ceive the value of their commission. NEWSPAPER STAMP. Mr. COWAN wished to know if it was intended to proceed with the Newspaper Stamp Bill to-morrow, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not yet been able to make himself master of the subject, and therefore he should propose to postpone the bill till to-morrow week, when he should be prepared to state his views with regard to it, and to fix a day for taking the discussion on the second reading. WEST INDIA REGIMENTS. Colonel WYNN wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to relieve the 36z,h, 67th, and 69th Regiments, which have been stationed in the West Indies for four year!. Mr. PEEL said the war had quite deranged the order of recalling regiments serving abroad. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Mr. DUNLOP asked the Lord Advocate whether it was the intention of Government to introduce an educa tion bill for Scotland this session ; and if so, whether it would be brought in before the 28th inst., on which day the Schools (Scotland) Bill of the hon. member for Perthshire stands for second reading, and what course the Government intende to pursued in reference to th a, bill ? The LORD-ADVOCATE said, in answer to the first question, that it was the intention of the Government to bring in an Education Bill for Scotland. With regard to the second question, Government could not give their support to the bill mentioned by the hon. member. COFFEE FOR THE ARMY. Colonel NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War if he was aware that green coffee was served out in the hospital at Scutari on the 17th day of February. Mr. PEEL said he was met aware of the circum stance ; adding, that he thought it highly improbable. MILITIA SE RJEANTS. Colonel NORTH wished to inquire if the Govern ment would reconsider their decision not to allow those serjeants of regiments of militia who aro pensioners from the army, and who have volunteered to accompany their regiments upon foreign service, to count that foreign service towards increase of pension. Mr. PEEL said the Government could net assent to the proposal of the honourable and gallant colonel. - SICK LIST IN THE CAMP. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE asked the Under-Secre tary for War, if any order had been isseed from the Horse Guards W the arm/ in the Crimea, stating that SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDA.T. The TYRO STARES of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, iSst 31h. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (12 subs.) Mr. J. J. Henderson's St. Arnaud, by Pyrrhus the First, Bst 71b Mr. Wilkins's The Baroness, B,zt 31b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Byrn's Keepsake, Bst 31h. (Kendall) 3 Betting-7 to 4 agst Keepsake, 3to 1 each agst The Baroness and St. Arnaud, 4 to 1 agst Van Dunck. Won by a head ; half a length between the second and third. The SCRAMBLE HANDICAP of 5 Bove each, with 30 added. Half a mile. (6 subs.) Mr. Wood's Kennyside Hero, by St.' Leon, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Bretherton's The Young Hack, 6 yrs, 7st 81b, _ ,_. (Charlton) 2 Betting—Even and 5 to 4 on Kennyside ilero, 7 to 2 agst any other. Won easy by a length and a half; Yeutick was a good third. The LIVERPOOLSPRINO Cur (handicap) of 100 sovs, in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60 sovs added ; the second to save hi 3 stake. Mile and three-quarters. (38 subs.) Mr. J. J. Henderson's Prince Plausible, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Tatton, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Meore's Noddy, 3 yrs, sst (Ford ham) 3 Betting-2 to 1 agst Sir James Graham, sto 1 each agst Prince Plausible and Noddy. Only the favourite backed for money. Won. by two lengths ; three lengths between second and third. The OPTIONAL SELLING STARES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. One mile. (3 subs.) Mr. Sharpe's Royal George, by Verulam, 6 yrs (201.) Bst 81b Mr. Wilson's Puncture, 3 yrs (201.), sst 11b(Snowden) 2 Mr. Jones's Skit, 5 yrs (201.), 7,t 121 b ... (Lawrence) 3 No betting. Won by three lengths ; bad third. The winner was sold by auction after 46/guineas. The GRAND NATIONAL STERPLICHASS (handicap) of 20 soul each, b ft, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake. Winners of any steeplechase from the time of declaring the weights, once 01b, and twice or more 101 b extra. About 4 mires. (54 subs., 14 of whom pay 5 soya each.) Owing to the steeplechase being injudiciously rip pointed to take place at 3.40, and the provoking disre gard of punctuality which retarded the proceedings, it being some time after four o'clock before the horses were even saddled, our reporter was unable to forward parti culars of the race by the 5 p.m. train ; we are therefore compelled to give only the following brief return : Mr. Sargent na Wanderer (it b), aged, 9st 81b (Henlon) 1 Mr. W. Barnett's Freetrader, 6 yrs, 9st 41b (Meaney) 2 Mr. James's Maurice Daley (h b), aged, 9st 61b - (R. James) 3 Won by two lengths. Miss Mowbray fell at Beecher's Brook, and broke her back. The AINTREE PLATE of 60 says., one mile, was won by Mr. Megson's Medal. Eight ran. The Taw, STAKES did not fill. The weather was fine, and there was a large attend. ance of general company. DERBY RACES' (Monday next)—We are requested to state that the committee of Derby races have decided upon letting the present nominations for the Harrington Plate and the different Stakes, stand, and that if the re quisite number of horses go to the post to run, the money announced in the lists and advertisements of the meeting to be added, will in every case be given. Entries for the LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE, March 31. Weights to be published on the 10th inst. Voyager, aged Wanderer (hb), aged I Massa Mu ngo , age d Gradeley Lass, 6 yrs WETHERBY STEEPLECHASES, MARCH 19. The WEST RIDING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added. About four miles. Forfeit to be declared on Monday next, the 12th inst. If the highest weight accepting be under list 31b it will be raised to that weight, and the others remaining in, in proportion. Age et - 16 Peter 1 11 3 Oscar Diana (h b) b g by Clarion dam by William the Fourth Cuddle-me-tight (late Perion) Age st lb Wanderer, by Verulam a 9 7 Maley a 9 3 br m byßlackstrap a 9 4 Billy (h b) Rebecca (h b) 6 yrsa 9 4 Hussar (h b) a 9 2 Stafford (h b) a 8 10 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The General Screw Navigation Company's fine trans port Crcesns (No. 191), Captain Hall, was piloted into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by Mr. Richards, and moored alongside of Portsmouth Dockyard, where her freight of military invalids from the seat of war were carefully disembarked, under the personal inspection of Major-General Breton, Lieutenant- Governor of Portsmouth, Staff Surgeon Odell, and the usual other officials. They consisted of the following : From the Royal Artillery, 23 ; Royal Sappers and Miners, 2 ; sth Dragoon Guards, 1 ; 6th ditto, 1 ; 4th Light Dragoons, 2 ; Bth Hussars, 1 ; Grenadier Guards, 9 ; Coldstream Guards, 4; Scots Fusilier Guards, 4 ; Ist Regiment of Foot, 1 ; 3d, 1 ; 7th, 4 ; 9th, 2 ; 14th 3; 19th, 4 ; 20th, 6; 21st, 2 ; 23d, 1; 28th, 2 ; 30th, 4; 33d, 6 ; 38th, 1; 41st, 6; 44th, 3; 47th, 4; 49th, 3; 50th, 3 ; 55th, 7 ; 63d, 4 ; 68th, 1; 77th, 5; 88th, 9; 90th, 1; 93d, 1; 95th, 6 ; Rifle Brigade, Ist battalion, 4 ; 2d ditto, 2 ; Ambu lance Carps, 1 ; died OR the passage, 3, and 1 child. The majority of these invalids were wounded in the leg ; several have lost arms, &c., bat all looked well, and seemed to have benefitted from the careful medical atten tion of Dr. Finley, the Acting-Assistant Staff-Surgeon in charge of them. There were only six bad and help less cases requiring removal on stretchers ; the rest were convalescent, and walked out if the ship to omnibuses and vans prepared for their accommodation, on which they were conveyed to quarters in the Clarence Bar racks ; many marched out and walked, creating a lively interest in the eyes of the inhabitants as they ambled along with their kits. The Crcesus now takes out the Royal Wiltshire Militia to Corfu, Colonel Lord Methuen having represented the want of adequate accommodation for officers and men on board, the Resistance old soalmg troop-ship which was selected to carry them out to their destination. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Jennetr, will go into the steam-basin at Portsmouth to-day, to refit her machinery. The Rhadanianthus steam-transport arrived at Ports mouth yesterday from Woolwich with machinery for the ships fitting out. The Deva sailing-transport, No. 96, arrived at Spit head on Tuesday evening from the Thames, and went into harbour yesterday to load with victualling and other stores for the seat of war. The Penelope, IE, paddle-frigate, Captain Sir William Wiseman, was suddenly ordered yesterday to prepare instantly for the reception of 250 of the Royal Artillery and convey them to the Cape of Good Hope. The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Gordon, having coaled, went from flatnoaze into Ply mouth Sound yesterday (Wednesday) morning, prepara tory to sailing'for Spitiread. Dr. Young, Asibtant-Surgeon of the Arr)gant steam frigate, is appointed to the Tyne sailing store-ship. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. Mr. HEYWOOD moved for a select committee to in quire into the best means of affording to the nation a full and equal participation in all the advantages, which are not necessarily of an ecclesiastical or spiritual cha racter, in the public schools and universities of Eng land and Ireland, and of improving the educational system in those great seats of learning, with a view to enlarge their . course of instruction in confor mity with the requirements of the public service. The hon. member reminded the house of what was done in this question last session, when a vote was passed which allowed dissenters to study in private halls ; but in his opinion Protestant dissenters were entitled to er.joy the same privilege as the members of the Church of England. For that purpose he thought the form of religious worship used by the house might be very properly introduced into the Universities, and then their gates would be open to students of almost every de nomination. It might be said that this question would be taken up by the Oxford Commissioners under the new act; but he did not think it would while there were many oaths enforced in the universities which ought to be repealed, but which the Ministers themselves would nut repeal, and therefore they might be well made a subject for inquiry before this committee. The fact was, the edu cation given at the universities had an eye too much to religion, whereas, it it were made more practical and ' scientific it would be more advantageous for the country. Indeed, he believed many of the disasters which had overtaken our army at Alma, Inkerman, and Be laklava would have been avoided, if the young men who officered it had received a more practical university education. Modern languages and modern science had become quite of as much importance ai an cient languages and aecient science, and it was essential for the interests of the country that the young men of the higher classes should be made more acquainted with those two branches of education. Now, tins motion would facilitate the attainment of that object ; it was couched in precisely the same terms which the late Sir R. Peel had used when speaking upon the subject of opening the universities, and whilst it ' proposed ta do an act of tardy justice to a large portion of the community, there could be no doubt that it would greatly promote education amongstan important class of the community. Mr. EWART seconded the motion, as one who had been educated at Et is and C imbralge, and knowing from experience the great room there was f ir improvement in those great institution,. The GA- lege of Eton might be safely thrown open to Di-.- seaters, while the system of education which prevailed in our public schools might be vastly extended and im proved. ! The best authorities of the day were of that opinion, and the time bad arrived when it was the duty of the Ligislature, as it would be the interest of the country, to make the change shalowed forth in the present motion. Lord PALMERSTON said this was a most interest ing question, an:l ought deeply to entertain the attention of every member of-the house. No one could , iispute the justice of abolishing as much as possible religious distinctions in the universities, but he was afraid this motion was not calculated to accomplish the object, nor was it likely to lead to those modern impreire ments in education which the mover and seconder of the motion supyosed. The commission acting under the Ox ford University Act had full power to make; many of the alterations suggested;- while, with regard to Cambridge, a bill would be brought in this session extending to that university, mutatis mutartdi, the same provisions to be found in the expired act, and therefore it appeared to him that a select committee would be a waste of time. There was no necessity for a committee to dis cover the evils which prevailed at the universities, they were already known to the hon. member who had made this motion, and if the commissioners acting under the new measures did not attempt to apply arennedy, then it would be open to the honourable mem ber t' deal with the subject in a future bill. With regard to schools, there was no denying that there was great room for improvement in •the system of education taught in them, but he should be sorry to see the dead or classical languages sacrificed to a study of a more practical character—while he doubted whether boys could be ma le good Latin and Greek scholars, besides becoming well versed in French, Italian, German, and matheMatics, within the brief spaee of siX yearn, (Hear, hear.) - That would be attempting too =rich ; but, nevertheless, he knew of his own knowledge, that at HArrow the modern languages had been introduced into the studies, and he should b' hope that example would be followed by other schools to advantage. Mr. PACKE was surprised to find this motion seconded by a gentleman of Eton. Our pui)lic schools had produced some of the most distinguished men who had been in Parliament, and that fact, he thought, was a sufficient answer to this motion. Mr, MIALL reminded the house that when the present Government was formed, the noble lord at the head of it told Parliament that its various members were re markable for " sufficient liberality." !(Hear,, hear.) Now, the noble lord had not displayed that sufficient liberality which ought to satisfy the house or the country. Now, this question lay in a nut shell. Either the Universities were national institutions, or they were not ; if they were, they ought to be opened to all parties in the State, and made of national advantage. It was upon that ground that he should give his vote in favour of the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. HOSIERY TRADE. Sir H. HALFORD rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to restrain stoppages from wages in the hosiery manufacture, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE.-(TITIS DA Y. ) (Continued from our first edition.) Mr. Layard was next examined. He stated that he had been to the Crimea, and saw the landing of the army. cavalry artillery wTehe were re landed infant ry landedand a bn y Emnegal p ins o sh r portion o boats. ova trse f t . n e h i e la a er r gh t artillery li e s a r e yts flat-bot tomed on n td d . totned boats. Our transports were, without any excep tion that he saw, vessels of largo tonnage, and were far more numerous than the French. The French brought with them means of carrying the sick and other appliances, but their transports were extremely ssuali.tAt Varna the French had constructed large flat bottomed boats, admirably adapted for landing cavalry and artillery. We had but few, and bad to make up the deficiency by paddle steamers. At Eupatoria lie heard there were stores of flour, but that; they were di vided between the French and the English. The Kangaroo was there at the time, and was laden with sick under sailing orders for Constantinople, but in con sequence of the delay of the medical man coming on board, a number of the unfortunate fellows died. Ho saw the condition of almost every regiment on its land ing. The troops were without their tents the first night. The weather was rather rough, and the wind blew strongly. There was some sickness then amongst them, but not to any very great extent. The French army were transpoe.ed by the navy, and that was the reason why he presumed they were able to bring baggage animals and other means of land transport in their chartered transports. We brought no baggage animals, and only a portion of our troops were on board naval vessels. He was on board the Agamemnon when Balaklava was taken possession of. The houses were taken by various individuals, and he saw the names of the occupiers rudely chalked up over the doors, such as " Lord Raglan, " Lord Lucan," and so on. At first there appeared to be no per son in charge of the town, or of the landing of troops or provisions, but afterwards a kind of town major was appointed. He thought Captain Keith was harbour master. There was a wharf erected for the landing of the siege artillery—but that was the only one. The harbour was in a very filthy condition. He left the Crimea on the 17th of November, after the battle of I n k erman ; th e b a d wea ther had not set in at that time. During the storm which arose, the hospital marquees were blown down, and the sick were exposed to the weather. A number of the tents were scattered to the winds, and the camp was very much damaged. He could not say the troops were in a very bad condition when he left, The sanitary condition of the camp was very un satisfactory, and deal horses were lying about in all directions. He thought the camp, altogether, was very badly massaged in this respect, and the medical officers admitted that some person was required whore especial duty it was to look after the sanitary condition of the camp. He had frequent opportunities of inspect ing the French camp ; and Katniesh Bay was well conducted. Wharves were erected and depots of stores and provisions were formed ; and every house was turned to some useful purpose. He had often spoken to different authorities at Balaklava as to the pro priety of forming similar depots there. He was not aware of the formalities required for the issue of provisions. He was on board the Har binger, and he found her in a very disgraceful state. The harbour also was in a very confused and irregular state, vessels lying about in all directions. Before the storm he had often beard remarks from Admiral Lyons on board the Agamemnon that the anchorage in the harbour was very insecure. At the time he left there was no very great cause cf complaint as to the condition of the men beyond perhaps the want of fuel and the supply of unroasted coffee. He heard com plaints about the inferiority of engineering tools sent out, and also that the fusees of the shells were very bad, and rendered the latter quite useless. His impression was that a large number of the tents were very bad in deed—in fact, they looked quits old and worn out. We bad no carts brought over from Varna ; the French had. It struck me that a number of houses in Balaklava might have been advantageously made use of for depots of dif fer.ent kinds. Captain Christie had the entire direction of the transport service, and it rested with hitn, he pre , sumed, whether a vessel WAS allowed to remain in .._ 2 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. t SOUTH-EASTERN. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held in Manchester on Tuesday to consider the question re lating to the election of new directors; Mr. A. Kay was voted to the chair. • The CHAIRMAN having explained the objects cf the meeting, A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. C. Child and Mr. A. Beattie, directors of the company, entered into explanations of their views, and that of other members of the board, with regard to the policy that should be pursued in respect to other companies, and the means that should !le adopted to improve the property of the company. Those explanations appeared to be satisfactory to the propriet ors present, who, it was stated, represented nearly 2,000,0.Q0/. of the stock of the company. Resolutions were passed in favour •of re-electing Mr. Rich, Mr. Beattie, and Mr. Gilpin, the retiring direc tors ; and of electing Mr. Cross, Mr. lloyes, Mr. Mel lor, and Mr. G. Thompson to fill the t acancies at the board. It was believed that the adopthan of this mea sure would put an end to.the discord which has hitherto prevailed at the board, and enable the mAnabers of it. to direct their attention to the developmenc .of the traffic and the cultivation of friendly relations with neighbour ing companies. The proceedings concluded with votes of .thanks to Messrs. Child and Beattie and to the chairi.sian for their exertions in promoting the interests of the share holders. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. The half-yearly meeting of this co►repany was held yes terday at the Euston station, Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., in the chair. The report stated that the traffic returns for the past half•year exhibit in the aggregate an increase, as coin pared with the corresponding period of previous years. There is a decrease of 4,5931. in the receipts from pas sengers, and of 2,1751. from parcels, as compared with the corresponding period of 1853, bat there is an increase of 6,8001., in the goods. The total traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to 122,1551., and the expenses to 70,2061., or 57.47 per cent., leaving a balance of 51,9491. in favour of the rail way. The receipts from traffic by the seam-boats during the half-year amounted to 22,3381., and the ex penses to 21.3311 x, •leaving. a balance of 1,007/. The directors regret that the expectations which they formed in the early part of the year 1854, founded upon esti mates prepared by the officers of the company, have not been realised, owing principally to the increased rate of working charges. The net balance to the credit of re venue amounts to 16,7881., after - deducting debenture interest Mid interest on advances. From this mini the directors recommend a dividend of 7s. 9d. per share on the first preference shares, leaving a balance of 5131. for the next account: Mr. H. Lee, _the engineer, reports that a small portion of the permanent way will require to be relaid during the current half-year, and a further portion in each succeeding year. The total receipts on capital account amounted to 4,304,7801.; and the ex penses to 4,333,2481., leaving a, balance against the company of 28,4681. The net revenue from the railway and steam-boats, including 1,332!. from last account, amounted to 54,189/: From this is deducted 23,7071. for debenture interest to the 10th of January, and 13,6931. interest ou advances, leaving 16,7881. avail -able for dividend. The CHAIRMAN explained that it was not the inten tion of the directors to submit the accounts to that meeting, as they wished the proprietors to appoint a friendly committee of shareholders to confer with the directors on the subject of the accounts. The e-I,llton had made a special ' report respecting the eum of .120,0001. which was paid by the London and North- Western Company in respect to a certain number of preference shares in December, 1851, with the option of converting that amount into a loan. It was the opinion of the board that a committee of shareholders should be appointed to inquire into the matter and report thereon. Ho then made some general observations on the work ing of the traffic, and stated that if the second prefer ence shares had been taken up they would have been able to pay a dividend upon them, instead( of paying the amount as interest on lands to that extent. A long discussion ensued on the state of the accounts, in the course of which it was admitted that they were not clearly stated, and that some revision was absolutely requisite to explain them. The outstanding liabilities of the Company were estimated at 440,000/., and the assets at 467,000/. The sum borrowed from the London and North-Western Company, including the 120,0001., was 340,0001. Mr. JamcsoN, M.P., explained that the 13,0001. paid for interest en advances would have paid 3 per cent. on the second preference shares if they had been taken up. They were greatly indebted to Sir S. IN Peto for his assistance in lending them at times frorcr 100,000/. to 200,0001. to relieve the company from difficulties. • The CHAIRMAN, in reply to some obserratievs respect ing the London and North-Western. Company, stated that their conduct to them on all occasions vvas most li beral and kind. At the time that he (the chab•man) joined the company it was beset by heavy claims. IL , ere was one claim,for 80,0001., which he settled for ;,000:,., and there was another claim amounting to between 200,0001. and 300,0001. which he settled for 5,0001. No thing would be snore gratifying to him than that a com mittee of five bona fide shareholders, having a stake in the company, should investigate" anything they liked with regard to the affairs of the company. It was then agreed that the meeting should be ad journed, for the appointment of a committee of share holders holding not less than 20 original shares each. The meeting then adjourned to the 27th inst., for the appointment of a committee. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at Manchester; Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., in the chair. The report was adopted, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum for the half-year was declared, the retiring directors were re-elected, and 1,5001. was voted as a provision for the widow and six children of their late respected secretary, Mr. Dunston. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The half-yearly Meeting of this company was held yesterday at Liverpool—Mr. E. W. Hassell in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for passenger traffic were rather in excess of those for the corresponding period of last year, but in the goods department there had been a falling off of about 6,0001. The traffic account showed the receipts to be 157,1291., the expenditure 67,8991., leaving a balance of 89,2301., out of which the directors recommended a dividend to be paid at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum, which, with the proportion payable to the Lancaster and -Preston Company, and the interest of loans, would require 86,1361., and, after adding 3,0001. to the renewal fund, a balance of 2051. would remain to be carried to next account. The CRAIRMAN having moved the adoption of the re port, Mr. H. GARNETT proposed an ameudoent, that the dividend should be 8 per cent. instead of but, after some explanation, he withdrew his amendment. The report was adopted, and the dividend was de clared. CORK AND BANDON. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this clmpiny was held at the London Tavern yesterday; General Chatterton in the chair. The CHAIRMAN expressed the various suggesticns tltht had been made by committees of shareholders in London, Dublin, and Cork, in respect to raising money to pay off the debts due to the Lean Commissioners and other par ties. He concluded by moving a reslution to the effect, that debentures bearing interest at 5 per ceut., at five years' data, be offered to the registered shareholders in amounts bearing a proportion to the stock respectively held by them in the capital of the company, and ad journing the meeting to the 18th inst. Mr. G. D. FERGUSON seconded the motion, which was carried, and the meeting adjourned. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. The working expenses and other outgoings of this com pany's railways in the fortnight ending the 24th of Feb. have amounted to 10,3731., including the clearing away of the snow. The expenses for the three previous fort nights have already been stated at 28,2321, so that the total expenses for the first four fortnights of the half-year have been 38,6054., or at the rate of 66.81 percent. upon the railway traffic carried in the whole period. The pro portion of the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrinc ham Railway Company's receipts accruing to this com pany for the period from the Ist of January to the 24th of February, amounts to 2,6021. and the expen , liture and other outgoings during the same period to 1,4181., or at the rate of 54i per cent. RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the office, Broad street; Sir J. D. Paul in the chair. The report stated that9,4lBl. was the amount received during the year 1854. The amount of compensation paid during that year was 4,0481., including two f►tal cases, one of 5001. to the widow of a mail guard, killed on the 19th of June last ; and another of 2001. to the daughter of a poor woman who met with an accident which caused her death, and having paid id. for an as surance ticket. The sum of 4211. was paid to seven persons injured in the collision at Croydon on the 21st of August ; and 4491. was paid to six persons injurel by the falling in of part of the Bramhope tunnel in September last. The total compensation paid from the formation of the company to the present time amounts to 16,2211. The report was adopted, and the directors were autho rised to extend the operations of the company. WESTERN OF FRANCE. A general meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held on Monday, March 5, in one of the large rooms connected with the terminus in the Rue St. Lazare, M. Rivet, the president, in the chair. In con sequence of the question of the amalgamation with the Rouen, Havre, St. Germain, aril other lines being about to be brought under consideration, the meeting was an unusually numerous one. After the usual preliminaries had been gone through, M. Coutin, the secretary, pro ceeded to read the report. This document commences by giving an account of the state of the works. The section from La Loupe to Le Mans, a distance of 88 kilometres (55 English miles), was opened on the let of June last, and the expense will not exceed the original estimates. The section from Le Mans to Laval was advancing, though not altogether as rapidly as the Ilealcl could have de-ired, in consequence of the supplies of rails not h av i ng been delivered at the periods agrccd on. The rails were , however, laid on a distance of 3 5 . kilom. (22 English miles), and every hope might be entertained that the Tole section could be opened on or before the is t° 4 July next. Th e whole line to Rennes would be ore l3 oo in the spring ed 1856. With respect to the branch ud„, Le Nans tolVl:eoidon, all the preliminary surveys terminatai, and the ground purchased and great pant of the line. The works were so far ado::: , between Le 31.aris and Alencon as to be ready to rec the rails; theyhad been commenced between AlenV n 4 t n o S4ez, and would be completed to Argentan towards end of the present year or the beginning of the ce,),. paid for c n a . ,, The forgemasters were at present sending initheir supPllei, of rails, and orders had been given for the various at be of the stationary stock. The rolling•stock 00.0 Western line consisted at present of 50 locomotives ~,c1 carriages, Ist class ; 10, mixed ; 50, 2d class ; 116 ' class; 27 luggage vans, 680. for goods or cattle; tr 'l, __ i r Sheffield ' N.E. Stoke-on-Trent ... N.E Frost. Lancaster Carlisle Whitehaven Leeds Holyhead .... Dublin E.S.E. Liverpool Lowestoft N.E White frost. Cambridge S.E. .southampton N.W Fine. Poitsmouth Poole Winchfield W.. Yarmouth N.N,E... ... Fine. Bristol S.W.. Hard frost. Plymouth Exeter ... .. Cardiff E. --•• Fine FreA• Gloucester Swansea S.E. , Fin*. . Haverfordwest ... S.E., Fine. Boston N. Frost. Gainsborough N.W ... Foggy. Great Grimsby ... N.W Fine. Derby N.E. Frost. • Leicester N.B. ..... .... :Hard frost- Nottingham .. Leamington N.N.W Fine—Cold..„. , Shrewsbury.... N.E. Frost - ---511°r York Dundee Atherdeen. . S. . Fine. Perth Edinburgh S. Glasgow Sunderland N.W Frost. Newcastle Whitby Scarborough Hull N.W Foggy. Dover Stroed N. , Fogg3r. Tunbridge _2O, • I. / e i B IR T 11 S. OF A SON. Of ° ' .l On the 4th inst., at Upper Claptorio t he E. Moffatt. _ Or A DAUGHTES. -p 0 20 0 On the 6th inst., at the Admiralty ito til Lady Cochrane. _. e- 1e; . MARRIED. scf fe ri r- On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Flanover, GeWsr Hendrey, Esq., of Belgrave-street south!„ I : of ' Elizabeth, dauhter of Abraham coward, Pfs` ,. to ton-square. f uw. o. On the 24th of January, at Colombo Island ° Stit'aol George, second son of the late Samuel Colombo, island Malta, to Mary, fourth daughter of Liettf *Dil Bainbridge. ~ DIED,. On the 6th inst., at Chapel House, Ealing , ho g Hemsley, late of the 40th Regt. ,:j g WO K E ofo O Hn n i g t thh h b e e u 6 7rt t y h o i ie n n it ta .. ci e L a atontor,iiisaatpiahei Clapham-common, ccookf:ftzro.enly7Arsioiatea* a m g r o e . d . ja t 80. 1: e e 4 s t Sams, a inst., s s : . a , 10' 94 0 Willis, .4. of Wanstend-parli, Van Diemen's Land. po r.s el ti r - g a e t a S , 6 0 6, n . th e a e p a e , Richard 0 0 : t t h h e e o 2 t B h th in u s i t t , , a a t ', t 'F4arekh.rowl:s33tr:e,tto, Grosfe . 000, o ath 1 NVIII . CIIAP Esq., age d 91. ' o n 0 0 Oa On the 10th IFO, ult , nt the Hospit al at ICula Is 6 froto or phorus, to which 'place he had been nvall(15.11, /V°oo Crimea, Staff Surgeon, first clas s, John 'ga r , t io Medical Officer in charge of the Ist division or army before Sebastopol. ------ 'lre n O '" li) - ---_____:7-- ------- - 10 1 LONDON : Printed a. , 1 Publishj •by DIVR-01. YD of No. 112, Stran , i, L :.-iatir, at Tice Suo ° . 1 : 0 00 9 5 2 4 0 Strand, in the Precinct of t he Savor, i,n„ . ,1 J ,...,._L1 4 1 Atiddiciox,'Thitigay, karat B', 180; -- • T5‘ 4 • Lt tRT t 8 , 4 ea, 2s,‘: (; al e"dillY• Lt;)„,,, k Of BtoPreparace r d cg i l Zted by the it . r ‘ead ° Me _rld; 77, so o 4 u t jtwesbury. riUtii ; 4, 2iti; rOLITA N‘4 l )a. l the , tpqk „ , \tk. he li, ,5!,.!,. ,iala , - s zuggeszv VAIIS , oae.,..ter gII4JU. ,•• • -- 011 , ~, ,e, ;rucks ; and 123 others. In the course of the Pre ons e i ere, 110 . 3, i rear 20 new locomotives and 200 goods Wags ,4)4 l , o l st'Z b r r i g i v , would. be deliverei. - The report then gives an 0 0 )w . 1- krat t ,: that c i, n te e) )f the world 3g during the past year. On the i nsin, ci " er , it l f w a kiti B ar are p a hi :he augmentation In the receipts had been On si de- 4 'le: 4 t h se Y v' e s „ t i h ,°' tble, amounting to not less than '44 per 'cent., the P o i, 4 1 , tabZ Persons ?mat items of this increase being corn, cattle, an' b e e te:llai'" th stl 'rem the North, the transports of this latter article e a lti tee r t ls we e , k ar eits Jetufe , ng more than doubled ;on the two Tertiaill," T i o e s; ealt ekt 's the r , however, the we had been a falling off, partly in c , l e gi 44 Y 6 t4 t e ld , t) t lite a, pence of the dearness of provisions, which *11. 0° 7 t he "4 4 4' d e Lg the 5 ;pare money for Sunday excursions, and partlf, °' o r. 4 thcl - 1 - i ' p e w a ° I I . ard opening of the line to Auteuil, which took away tat, ~2. tam number of passengers. The total of the Va. 4 ma Receipts amounted to 8,063,744f. _... And the expenses to being a ,fraistion more than 26f. 16c. p 6 er '23 sit i r ° e B ' f" 7+l7: b e l ' k : 4 N' E T 1 bcird proposed to declare a dividend of 26f. 15ao 9 1 11 0 c 1 ; • pert y 8 when the sf. already paid - were deducted, evon e la er e , to ' ltt 4) ,, l ,te r' eli -- ;„ 7 :, ( -'h e a ( sum to be given at present of 21f. 15e. per su'i - L i o f k iit g ' i c zon I ea paid at the offices of the company from 0 ' 1 . . 1,5 0 ' l 'reet;' , , v - 0 ;he present month. The dividend of 26f. 1 Pl; 4 l o st .;;Ole e h e ecte of 94 per cent. on the paid-up capital.' - 1. "- c0 of I . ,''' , e l 2 R ,..tael >art ea * the report refers to the important el. ll ,, e3ll ta pia :,4!4er,,,,:: lei he ama l gamation, now for nearly two years on I LI° cer o• e eel," lei, is , 6nd the ea L etements for and against that course °' i r til . Gr e Zw, oft, ;ceding are sat forth with great impartiality. r i n, e ,: ;, er 'ei ) ,,V;i c e ' ioia of the \'%',e,stern line was undoubtedly exe" le- atioa• Ile - i n ' eemuch as it had not to -apprehend any conil' e f oe , ear s, ,': tom river convey ance, from the ordinary lead s 4 1' 00 4 "4"43 1,11:: , )(meting vessels, e the sea being too great a %% ne e, e) do it much har.'n. But, in some other ripe at , t was less fortunate; as on the right, on the left , 3 i i v r # tk lt, 1 )4 ~ ront, it was menaced by competition from other l l ' ,ed ~ t Wl c. eaRl roes. On the one hand was the Orleans netwot,, so A ti qst - il i o l t ,7 l m the other that of the atealgamated Norman 1 111 tp ! so t,Nt h :ZY at 1, ;hat the whole question for the Western ConaPa nl 0 ile• ,11 1„ t hi,,` ) ,,'",ne Ade was this--would it be better to remain Ina ,co l ~,l;',l l 'ith6l - ' 2 l ~'' .ated position; or to form part of the amalgrana t i e _ le e; ''', 4 ll4',; , lar es ' . 4 ?any just mentioned ? The danger of ieolation " 6 ,1, 0 4 >. Y ' 'Min g ;too such peweeful companies was too evidea t v t) ;. it h 5 - )nee create alarm ; and in additlons, the Governole,de of „ insisted on having, the line of Brittany of ;# 1 e7 ` 1 1,, lost ,90‘,,.. )00 kilometres (564 English miles) executed :- Oa' '‘V 4l l , ITT lelay, either by the amalgamated company or 0 11 ;1 i 4, w h e r ,retet , the NVestern Company, could scarcely hope ' - t ° 4 - t 0 ,0 : 11, e % se i" ''' alone so great a work, and, on the other ha, ocla l o p itif t't,teo.2 , ° ' 1 E not consent to allow a competing company t°,,, s e e si r % . , 4 I V PT l e Te ti with the certainty of doing it injury. Undt r " - t ' be ie . 1 . 1 ,1 1,: i ,,,G, c cumstancee, the Board . conceived that it was: P r ga i9 lt,' Pr e * terest of the Western Company to join the a ln e tl e i ,°', Ith„ iej l Yhei r 7 time and with it to execute the lines 01 11 ?",,,,eo l ', ' "lle r :,„ and eeteete Out of the 300,000 shares which the ale elPool G company was to possess, the Western Compo ° Y,,, 14 GW obtain 70,000,- or one for one ; and as the -P e teros l '' , 4. , Ol ee would be executed by means of bonds at fix , al l 'ore l , Ato v ,,-il\r, the dividend would be greater to the exis Wig, IV a t 4 , reei:• ll .l: than if a number of new shares were cre: ) ,° ,''' o D all 4,'14 1 , 1 ' e i !"eie , report here enters into long calcu'eations, bi io, l ".olite' i %l t ,', (jt, an, receipts f0r,1854, of the various lines'of them P s4 be Pe ° i:. t o -(for a - c f 0 3 1 / 4 ,74 10 . compady, to show that the dividend to each p....,.5 0 ,,, t , Not, • shares must be at least 40f. for the present ,0` tri,itr at t :', T e infinitely saperlor to - what the Westet u lines €0":, c oo' if acting by itself ; and -this, without taking iv - s co . 01' AT deration the revenue which would.,eventuallY 0 04 . „ i 't, b eceae i from the new lines. - The report terminates by e % P o f th ° , ete l he' v °L . 'Y a hope that the meeting -would decide in favac r 11 . q () lte & kee't i n g Vtv St't Atai (-• amalgamation. - el eelet; ,1 , 1 i .tllott * --1 The accounts were then approved of by t he - Ite" 4 -I,'h k" 5 1 %), 111 0.\%- c the dividend of 26f. 15c. per share (minu's the 5f • :le ' l i V,,opr'' a illici paid) was agreed to ; and the question of the n re " 1111' 1 , ~',1 11) 1 4 4 ,1 ' l 4, °-41 the c ' t P tion was passed by 1,063 votes to 35. . , e tr oy; The proceedings then terminated. .4, ta ' riki l ke - \ i-ite , ti S ,i ,e„,,, COUNTRY - 1 11.4REETS. k t 'il 4 .',: ei 4c) , ,,_,. 0, ~e 4 4 ,y pi n okii EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—M AE ' OPi etl'-ait/ir There were in the market to-day, 16 sacks °ye t ,'" Or' eke e la,teibt weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-----" " • ‘.1i4t t., 14 0 1 oat 01. Os Od, and oat 0/. Os. 'I kt 14 - _ il ea Ili 4 1 , EDINBURGH. HAY AND STRAW 111 k 4 4 fic e ,is 'P o l ot, , 2\ • Maneet 6. There was a large supply of at of all elescrilil- - r ti t l'h "lir 6 1a t 4, 1 at ea, the market. The prices to-day were as follow ;";;; 0 11 ) e° 'hi. IV '''' ' c Oat straw, from Gs Od to 8s Oa P r er kemple of ;`,"6s°' , C l ,,,AD,, t 'i t er P4b , trot ; wheat do., 5s Od to 7s 6d ; barley do., Ss qi - h o ar 4, .' th e 'Yer tt lar i IN b e 'ch Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Oct to Od pee' . 1 3t 1 - kd Y), 44 th( ....... e 5, ,o, tea Ctercl„e DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MAIO' o'o Va e , i Yn. -. ` l ! Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Seaate,d . ; Sill el '. 4t ' I I, i imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto - —s Oa e...s oe, l e e oi ),N eh #.,. Flour, per ditto —s Od —s 0" -" ' 'N't Al', ‘ 3 A Pot-barley, per ditto -= s Oa - s Od yh ei k , ' 111 e arse, --- - 1/ 011' ) - I Reiss COAL MARKET.—MARou 7. ~ 1,, ~,^ise ~, IN Prices of Coal per ton at the close of thoinat e' 0 . , era; evles , Qt . • • I:thte Orn , Guirla s. -d. Wallsend. A * 1 4 $ . 'all , c l Carr's Hartley . . 18 C Belmont ............... - '''', l4 0 1 1; Ise l ' 11 ' . 'enr il Chester Main 'l6 t Braddyll ............ 4.--'' 0 0 *44,4' ,1 Cornet Davison's West Hartley 18 l. Eletton .............. - , "''''S o $ , qte:', to b e o Howard's West Hartley Remelt ...........•••'':l .l9 ' I ' , 4 6, ° Pen at Netherton 18 '0 Kepioi Grange ..... ~•• $ , Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 0 Russell's Hatton -4-e ..1 ! I , ' , I , Ravensworth Hartley l7 o'Seuth Hatton ....... ..-4::::',f i v 0 • , e tt S ti, Tanfield Moor l6 f Stewartei . . .......--• • ls S e i te i ,, it Tanfield Moor Butes 16 f Hunsvick ; ........... ...'''s) , ' ta r eltek, Walker Primrose l6 0 Hartlepool .........••,,: , ~/g, / ' :,,,,. ) ,,tar . • rt -". ,.ti West Hartley 18 1 Haugh Hall . ....... ..," ~ 1" , $ 3e q , s ttllt r N ,, ,,'kt Grey's West Hartley l7 C !Cellos .., ..... „,,..' • el g , ~ ,t ip er,,) 4,r eet 4 ee Wylam 19 0 South Hartlepeeo l .-"'' ' L S / ; , et es of *ho g a ,, South Re11ee....,..-• ' : , ",, 1 ' , 1 1l „ 'kV, Wallsend, Sze. Toes .... ''''' I. 0 e, l , e il i",, , eh Ili Bell and Brows 17 0 Whitworth .....,....-'''..: I e te','„ 4, el I, la; Herten - •17 0 South Durham .....-•" . .,P I '''tio a 't th c ,i? th Heaton ... ee ' , 't f ::0 ' Pcl Hadley l7 - 0 Carr's Merthyr . e .e" ~. ' lll 3, r 'tlb 2' Riddell l7 0 Anthracite Steant....."' ~ l' ee t h e Ptal It e 't;‘ , ', ''' , l , ) -rl eleee Eden Main 19 0 ' eee th ti (,),. e %‘ ll NO % m u le At' A k t „ , .N, (1, . WIND AND WEATHER li.Ert" ) • , tt" 4 t . '' 1 . le, el 2 ••• DLL 0 1. i,:4 :, t klt b 4eitill i s u u ''‘,' 4,.' l '' ht' kln i l ' .. illations. WEDNESDAY, li g. Course ef_Wind. State of W ee I S l l l tlace tee e l , l Greenwich .. . Calm Foggy. e et a rm 0 , 444 ‘ ''te ? l, i 'tkai t l e rieh e '„` ). Lothbury Manchester ' l,_ lq o °43l. 1 ' larYPll?rt . . , , . • °l4eli, _ 1 i, l k - l oi t etk eli, 0 ;. V 1 11'-s---- ---- 4 = s. . 141 1 i 1j.,,.i"... \ ! 41 i