The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed Donizetti's Grand Opera. called LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Characters by Madame Gassier, Signor Gassier, and Signor Armand'. To concede with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by Mdl,e. Palmyra, Mane. Paolo, .N.f. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stalls, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10 s. 6d.; four persons, one gainea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. TILEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatene. For the BENEFIT of Mr. SIMS REEVES. THIS EVENING. Will be performed BERTA; or, The Gnome of Hertzberg. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with the last act of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kies. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ea ,harine,, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPLU. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Ms.dame Celesta THIS EVENING, Will be performed HELPING HINDS. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby. & c ; Madame Celeste Mrs. Keeley, dec. Followed by FOREIGN AFFAIRS. To conclude with TELE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. g o dl e ss Magnificence and Majestic Effect. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippodramatic Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY; or, the Brothers in Arms. knights in armour, tournament in the Field of One gigantic arena formed by the ring and the th Ca e pa Clo s t o h n o ed f Go l d. steds stage 1 Dazzling brilliancy and vivid reality I Each night the unique ACES in the CIRCLE, arranged by Mr. William Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. inn. Hlatt WATER Al Lori DON r T .13 DAY —Morning 40 min.after 7 Evening Btnin.aft. 8 vir —Morning 42 min.after 81 Evening llmin. aft. 9 TEE WEATHER.—Einsr 077101, June 23. TaIIItIiONZTIE, IN THE SWAMI. 72—highest since noon yesterday. CO —lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. BAROMITEB, 30.22. WIND, N.N.W. to N.W.—Light, with dull and sultry weather. 1 / 4 .1)i g, ~~~~~, 7 z LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1855. THE ATTACK ON THE RED AN We have the best authority for stating that up to three o'clock this afternoon no further in formation than that already published in The Sun of yesterday, in connection with the recent attack on the Redan Battery, has been received at the War-office. The rumour, therefore, respecting the despatch said to have been received by the Government, containing the names of several officers killed, and also stating the loss of troops to amount to 4,000 is totally devoid of truth, so far at least as the actual knowledge of the Government is con cerned. It was impossible to suppose that the elaborate Report of the Select Committee on the State of the Army before Sebastopol could be quietly shelved, or that some means would not be adopted to bring well-merited punishment on the heads of those legally and morally responsible for the fearful disasters therein set forth, and established beyond the possibility of doubt, by the evidence produced before the committee, and now in the hands of Parliament and the country. On Mr. RoEnucK the duty naturally devolved of taking the initiative, not only as the party on whose motion the Com mittee was obtained, but also as its Chairman, under whose auspices the important inquiry was conducted ; and ho has not shrunk from the arduous task. Last night the Honourable and Learned Gentleman gave notice that, on the 3d July, he would move the following resolution : - " That this House, deeply lamenting the sufferings of our army in the Crimea during the winter cam paign last year, and considering, in accord ance with the Committee, that the conduct of every member of the Government engaged in the management of the war was the first and chief cause of those sufferings, this House does hereby censure the conduct of every member of the Cabinet." This is a direct and positive censure, not only on the ABERDEEN Government, but on every one of its members—on every man who neglected the obvious duties imposed on him by his position as a member of the Cabinet, and tacitly connived at the gross mismanagement or culpable indiffer ence of those whose apathy and indifference or inefficiency, if mot positive leaning to Russia, produced these truly melancholy results. It aims, therefore, not merely at the Peelites who have already retired, but at Lords PA.LMERSTON and ' JOMN RUSSELL-at every member of the existing Ministry with the exception of Lord PANMURE, Sir G. C. LEWIS, and Mr. V. SMITH, who were se lected to fill the vacancies occasioned by the secession of Lord ABERDEEN, the Duke of NEWCASTLE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Messrs. GLADSTONE and SIDNEY HERBERT ; and should it be carried, it is difficult to conceive how any of the inculpated members can retain the positions which they now occupy. But, as we have already stated, the House of Commons is not necessarily limited to the diluted and too lenient Report. It has the evidence placed before it in, extenso, and is therefore just as competent to form its own judgment as the Committee. It is not in the position merely of a common law judge, who must pass his sentence strictly in accordance with the verdict of the jury, but rather of a Lord Chancellor, who, while acting on the facts brought under his notice by a Master, may yet pronounce a judgment much more vigorous and energetic than the conclusions arrived at by the subordinate officer to whose care the inquiry into the various circumstances was entrusted. In like manner Mr. ROEBUCK may, if he think fit, take exceptions to the Report, and, in calling for the judgment of the full court, insist on the views which he brought forward with remarkable energy and force before the Committee. The conduct of the Commander ill-Chief—Lord RAGLAN—is still open to com ment, and the General who " did net keep the Administration duly informed of the actual con dition of the army under his command," who had not the "head to conceive what was necessary, or the hand to execute the thing needed, even if it had been foreseen," may not yet escape with impunity from the consequences of his inefficiency r apathy. But withbut travelling beyond the Report, there is sufficient to call for the punishment of every member of the late Cabinet. Disastrous results of mismanagement, the sufferings and privations of our gallant army, the losses of so many valua ble lives, the worse than useless expenditure o f so many millions of public money, are all detailed, and if in every instance these evils are not traced to their respective sources—if the Committee re frain from explaining the causes in every in stance, striking chiefly at the minor fry, while the Leviathian culprits are treated with greater Con s id era ti on, t h ey have ye t di s tinctly declared that " the suffering of the army resulted mainly from the circumstances un%ler which the expedition to the Crimea was undertaken and executed." Adding, "that the Administration which ordered that expedition had no adequate information as to the amount of forces in the Cri mea. They were not acquainted with the strength of the fortresses to be attacked, or with the re sources of the country to be invaded. They hoped and expected the expedition to be immediately successful, and as they did not foresee the proba bility of a protracted struggle they made no pro vision for a winter campaign ! What heavier censure could be inflicted than this ? The heavier, too, from the manifest bias of the Committee, and its leaning to the side of the Government. We cannot for a moment suppose that the Committee will shrink from supporting those to whose hands it delegated the arduous and important duty, and we earnestly hope that Lord RAGLAN may not escape without such notice as will insure the immediate appointment of a more vigorous and energetic Commander to lead the troops to the triumphs which their bravery will be certain to achieve, if they are only allowed fair play and a clear field. The nation must not suffer itself to be dispirited on account of the temporary reverse sustained on Monday. It is true that our own troops, as well as our gallant allies, have suffered very severely —that many brave and distinguished men have perished—we shall not say without any adequate equivalent, for what could be an equivalent?—but without any compensation, however trivia], for their irreparable loss. It is true that almost for the first time the French and English have completely failed in attaining the object on which they had set their hearts, but we must submit patiently to the fortune of war, or rather bow reverently to the will of the MOST HIGH. It is impossible, in any war, to hope that all things can be couleur derose—that every movement can be invariably successful. But so great, al most miraculous, have been our previous triumphs, that we have begun to expect too much from our troops whenever matters are left in their hands, and they are allowed to meet the enemy hand to hand. The despondency following any failure is, therefore, in the inverse ratio of our previous hopes, and we read with too great dismay of the deplorable losses sustained in the first defeat ex perienced by the Allied Armies. All that can as yet be known is that on Mon day morning—a glorious anniversary in the Bri tish annals—a combined movement was decided on against the chief outworks of Sebastopol, the Redan and the Malakhoff ; that the assault on the former was entrusted to the British, while the French undertook the dangerous on slaught on the key to the defences of the Russian stronghold. Both were repelled, and with fearful. destruction of human life. It i s said, and we believe but too truly, that we have lost no less than 4,000 in killed and wounded, including from 60 to 70 officers. The destruc tion in the French ranks has been scarcely less deplorable. We have to deplore the deaths of Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, Lieutenant-Colonels YEA and SHADFORTH, and the severe, if not fatal, wounds of Brigadier YORKE and General JONES. While our Allies are said to have also lost two of their brave and experienced Generals, and many gallant officers. Still painful as the weighty infliction may be, we must not despond, but firmly resolve to avenge the deplorable destruction of so many of our faith-. ful defenders, and to exact more onerous terms from the despot, whose insatiable ambition and grasping cupidity has been the primary cause of these heartrending calamities. At first the assault was successful ; the aisail ' 1 ants obtained a footing within the works ; bul they found that the enemy, with direful sk: had availed themselves of the temporary respite accorded to increase the obstacles to the occupation of the Redan. When the British troops had fought their way into the fort they found a new and unex pected impediment which they had not the materials to pass. They were exposed to a murderous fire not only from the defenders of the position, but the guns of the Malakhoff and neighbouring re doubts were also turned against them, and the carnage was truly terrific, while they maintained their ground with the firm and unflinching reso lution for which Englishmen have so greatly distinguished themselves on all occasions. Even tually they retreated in good order to their own trenches ; and it is, at least, some consolation that, although they have been foiled, they have not been thrown back from any position they had previously achieved. We must, therefore, as we have said, bear our heavy trial with forti tude and submission, in the earnest hope that a time may speedily arrive when we shall retrieve all disasters, and accomplish the objects on which the hearts of the people are so earnestly set. The speeches and resolutions at the great meet ing at Sheffield on Wednesday last, on the subject of Administrative Reform, were of a highly satis factory nature, and very encouraging to the ad vocates and promoters of the movement. In the first place, both speakers and requisi tionists gave unmistakeable proof of being thoroughly in earnest in the work in hand, and determined to persevere until it was accomplished ; and, in the second, they exhibited a thorough appreciation of the nature of the reform required, and of the means by which it may best be achieved. Fervid as was the tone of the meeting, there was no room left for doubt as to its aims, and these were eminently practical and constitutional. Thus, while in the first resolution " the disasters to which the country has been subjected in the con duct of the present war" are ascribed "to the inefficient and practically irresponsible manage ment of the various departments of the State, ag gravated by an undue amount of secresy, a n d urgently demand a thorough change in the Ad ministrative system," in the second the remedy is indicated. It is "to be sought in the introduc tion of enlarged experience and practical ability into the service of the State ;" and this not to the exclusion or sole advantage of any particular class —for, in the words of the resolution, "while they disclaimed every desire of excluding the aristocra tical classes from participation in the councils of the Crown, they felt it their duty to protest against the pretensions of any section of the com munity to monopolise the functions of administra tion." This, it must be confessed, is clear enough, and to the purpose. The remedy being thus indicated, we come to the best mode of application. How well this is in the main understood and felt may be gathered from the general agreement to sink the question of the suffrage "for that night only," so that all risk of disturbing the unanimity of the meeting might be obviated ; and this agreement, it should be understood, was come to by an audience the great majority of which was in favour of an ex tension of the suffrage. In the same spirit the remarks of Alderman CARR. on this head were received—" Let them throw down the apple of discord let them throw aside the Tories who had come to help them — let them turn away from the Whigs who had come to assist them, and the result would be failure—let them complicate the question with would get nothin suffrage and th e y g--Plet them THE SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINtir, JUNE 23, 1855; go on in a straight line for reform in the Admi nistration and they would get it." Equally to the purpose and well-received was the reprobation, by another speaker, of an old, degrading, and in jurious practice, to which we recently drew at tention, that of constituents seeking places through their representatives from Ministers. It was well said " If you wish your members to be inde pendent men you must not ask them to go and cringe to Ministers for places," for, from cringing for favours to subserviency, more or less modified, the step, we make bold to affirm, is inevitable. The men of Sheffield, it will be seen, have ac quitted themselves manfully, and it is to be hoped that the universal feeling will everywhere find interpreters as outspoken, and guides no less judi cious, than at that place. Administrative Reform, now sailing right royally to port, will, in that case, soon make it. THE HANGO MASSACRE. RUSSIAN VERSION. The following appears in the Journal de St. Peters burg of the 13th : " The Commander of the Forces in Finland, Adjutant- General von Berg, reports a very successful skirmish which took place not far from Hango Udd, between our volunteers of the second battalion of the King of Prussia's Grenadier Regiment and a part of the crew of the English frigate Cos sack. The affair took place as follows :—On June 5, at noon, the frigate Cossack appeared in the roads off Hango Udd, and sent oil a boat, which came ashore in the vicinity of the tele graph, and landed a small party under the command of some officers there. Ensign Sswertschkoff, of the King of Prussia's Grenadier Regiment, to whom this portion of the coast is en trusted, having been early informed of this enterprise of the enemy, concentrated some men of his detachment behind a building opposite the landing-place, and another portion, under the sub-officer, Peter Pawloff, he detached along the beach to cut off the retreat of the English. The enemy, at tacked on a sudden, defended himself but feebly, and laid down his arms-. The success of this affair must be ascribed to the coolness and the foresight of Ensign Sswertschkoff. " The loss of the enemy amounts to five killed ; there were taken prisoners, one officer, ono surgeon, one marine (garde marin), and eight sailors, of which latter four were wounded. " In addition to the above our troops made spoil of the flag of the boat, seven muskets, and seven cutlasses. The boat itself, with one cannon on board, was sunk. "On the following morning the English frigate came in close to llango Udd, and fired at the buildings for about one hour and a half, but without doing them any great harm." THE NEW RUSSIAN JOURNAL AT BRUSSELS. We have received the specimen number of Le Nord, a journal intended to appear daily at Brussels, as the advocate of Russian interests. The number in question—issued on Wednesday evening— commences with a long article setting forth the objects of the journal, and its general character. While openly avowing the end of its existence to be the defence of Russia, a denial is given of the statement that it is the direct organ of the Mus covite Government. True its projectors are chiefly Russians, but " we did not know that a journal to be impartial, and other than an organ of the Russian Government, must neces sarily originate with Englishmen or Frenchmen." The aim of the journal is to dispel existing prejudices against Russia; to correct the misstatements of travellers ; to prove that Russia is abreast in the walks of civilisation with the other countries of Europe, and that it contains elements of social order, which cannot but be of the greatest service in other nations. In succeeding pages of the journal we find communications from London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, &c. There is also an article written to palliate the Hango mas sacre, and offering by its bitterness an amusing comment upon the sugary promises of the programme. The " London Correspondent" sends a communication, purporting to be the copy of a placard distributed over the United Kingdom, headed " Why continue the war?" and urging an instant acceptance of the Russian terms. The handbill in question, if it exists in England at all, was probably issued by the Peace Society ; but we meet it for the first time in the columns of Le Nord. The letter from St. Petersburg chiefly consists of a recital of the movements of the Imperial Family. Taking this as a " specimen number," Le Nord is a respectable pro duction, but not calculated, either in its leading article columns or in its correspondence, to create in the minds of English and French readers any profound admiration of Rus sian literature or Russian enterprise. The regular issue of Le Nord commences on July 1. THE FRENCH DESPATCHES. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the following despatch from General Pelisgier, giving an account of the attack on the Mamelon " Head-quarters, June a " Monsieur le Marechal,—l had hoped to have been able to complete by a detailed report the news of the storming and occupation by our troops of the Kamtschatka. Redoubt (Mamelon Vert) and of the Volhynia and Selinghinsk Redoubts (Careening Bay), forming the principal exterior defences of Sebastopol—news which was forwarded to you by my telegraphic despatches of the 7th and Bth of June ; but General Bosqnet has not yet been enabled to collect the mul ' titudinous incidents which are requisite to send a report of this brilliant combat, which assumed the proportions Of a battle. I confine myself therefore to-day to sending you a summary, postponing the definitive report till the next mail. "On the 7th of June, at half-past 6, I gave from the Vic toria Redoubt, where I had established myself with my staff, the order for a simultaneous attack against the redoubt of the Mamelon Vert and of the Careenage, according to arrangements respecting which I had previously given instructions to Ge neral Bosquet ; while our allies on their side advanced against the so-called ' Quarries,' which was the point of attack agreed upon for them. • " The troops engaged belonged to the division of Camou, Mayran, Dulac, and Brunet. They were supported by two battalions—one of Grenadiers, the other of Gendarmes of the Imperial Guard—and by a regiment forming part of the divi sion of the Turkish army under the orders of Omer Pasha, posted in reserve on the right. " The intrepidity with which our soldiers traversed the considerable distance which separated them from the re doubts, the invincible energy with which they fought, under a hail of balls and bullets, to force an entrance and there main tain themselves against the renewed attacks of the enemy, who in numbers returned to the charge, offered a most grand and stirring military spectacle. " One hour after the commencement of this struggle, which will remain one of the most glorious episodes of war fruitful in great military events, our eagles were definitively planted upon the three conquered redoubts, 62 guns fell into our hands, with 400 prisoners, of which number 14 were officers. " Our allies, following the combined plan of operations, had carried the works of the Quarries with the same vigour and the same success. They maintained themselves there during the whole of the night, under a terrible fire, and despite fre quent sorties by a portion of the garrison, with that indomit able firmness which is one of the salient traits of their military character. " Daybreak found us both, after a night of agitation and intermittent fighting, established in our respective conquests, busily employed making final arrangements and constructing batteries against the place. I need not point out to you, M. le Marechal, the import ance of the results obtained ; they are considerable as well in a material point of view as with regard to their moral effect and the security of our future operations. The siege opera tions on the right, which were behiudhand, are now as far advanced as thoie on the left. The enemy is shut up on all sides in the town, and when the redoubts wo have captured are armed an.l placed in a good state of defence, it will be im possible for them to attempt those great sorties which might, in determined cases, compromise our siege works, and even our ports of Kamiesh and Balaklava. " Successes of this value, achieved by such efforts, are not to be obtained without considerable sacrifices. To-day, during a suspension of arms, we render the last duty to the fallen, and I cannot yet make out a list of the killed or wounded. I will send you shortly a full and detailed official report on the subject. " I can already point out some who met a glorious death, and who excited our lively admiration and regret. Colonel de Brancion was killed while planting the eagle of the 50th Regiment on the Kamtschatka Redoubt. Colonel Hardy fell while leading on the 86th. I regret to add that the day after the victory, to which he greatly contributed, General de Lavarande, still young and full of promise, was killed by a cannon ball. "We continue to reconnoitre the country on the Tchernaya, pushing forward our cavalry, supported by infantry. On the night between the sth and 6th a squadron of the 6th Dragoons surprised some Russian videttes just at moon-rise and sabred them. " The news from the Sea of Azoff is excellent ; the allied flotillas have destroyed immense stores of provisions at Gheisk, Marioupol, and Taganrog. The material losses of the enemy are incalculable. " Altogether the situation of affairs is excellent ; the ardour of the allied armies is really extraordinary ; hope, founded upon success, is general. I have the firm conviction that it will not be deceived. " PELISSIFR." The Moniteur also publishes the following order of the day, addressed by General Pelissier to his troops : " Soldiers,—The combat of the 7th of June is a brilliant victory, from the eclat it throws upon our arms and from the greatness of the results obtained. You have deserved well of the Emperor. " By courage and intrepidity you have captured from the enemy the three redoubts, armed with a powerful artillery, which formed the principal external defence of the town ; 62 guns have remained in our hands ; 400 prisoners, of whom 14 are officers, are in our power. " A later order of the day will proclaim to the army and to our country the names of the corps that took a glorious part in this struggle and the names of those among you to whom the reward of valour is due. I content myself to-day with telling you that your task has been nobly done. In concert with our brave allies, we have made a decisive step in advance towards the object which, you may rest assured, our persevering efforts will not fail to attain. "Soldiers ! My confidence in you is unli m it e d , an d your Commander-in -Chief is proud to think that you place yours in him. " The Commander-i n -Chi e f , " PELISSIER. " Head-quarters before Sebastopol, Jane 8." A POTH ECARIES' -HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passe d their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, June 21 :—David Kay, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Frederick Holmes, Catton, Yorkshire ; Jephtha Thomas Hussey, Hindley, Lancashire ; Wm. Woods Harding, Brompton, Kent. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier embarked at Carthagena, for Italy, on the 15th inst. It is related that the Western Powers, in order to give the Austrian Governmen t a proof of their displeasure, will desire the Porte to request the Austrian army of occupation to leave the Danubian Principalities. The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 19th inst. states, on the authority of letters from Turin, that the Western Powers will enter into no negotiation for peace, until the military operations in the Crimea have been attended with some result. LATEST NEWS. RUMOURED CAPTURE OF THE REDAN AND MALAKTIOFF. The following is from a letter from Paris, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— "As I write I learn that a rumour is actually afloat to the effect that another attack was made on the 19th, which also failed, but that on the 20th the troops returned to the struggle, and that after considerable loss the Redan and Malakhoff were at last taken. I cannot vouch for the cor rectness of this story, for I do not know that it rests on any official information ; but nothing is more probable, and like the unfavourable rumours which the silence of the Moniteur occasioned or encouraged, and which led people to foresee dime ter, the present may be but the anticipation of future success." MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, JUNE 23. The English steamer Astrologer, which left Constantinople on tho 14th of June, and the postal steamer Carmel, which left on the same day, have arrived. The advices from the Crimea are of the 12th. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22. The following intelligence has been received here, dated Constantinople, June 14 : A commercial treaty has been concluded be. ,weep Turkey and Greece. The Porte contracts a loan of 100,000,000 f. under the guarantee of the Western Powers. VIENNA, FRIDAY NOON. A Russian bulletin will appear to-clay announc ng a terrible loss of the Allies in an attack on the Malakhoff Tower. The exact figures of the reduction of the Aus trian army are 145,000 men and 30,000 horses. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 21. The Geyser has passed, towing the Blazer and Hurley. The Tartar has arrived at Nyborg tow ing the mortar boats Manly, Sinbad, and Mastiff, The Tempote and Pigeon have arrived at Cux haven, and are coaling. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress visited the Theatre dee Variotes last evening to witness Les _Petits Mysteres de Paris and the Fosse Aux Ours. The Empress will leave Paris for the Pyrenees, it is said, on Sunday. Her Majesty, who takes with her the Princess d'Essling and very few other persons, will remain in the south about a month. M. Fould, the Minister of State, has been occupied during his stay in the south in pre paring the residence of Biarritz for the reception of the Imperial party. It appears at present doubtful that the Emperor will be able to accompany her Majesty, as was at first intended. An Imperial decree in the Moniteur ratifies a convention entered into by the Minister of Public Works with the Orleans Railway Company for the execution of a railway from Fantes to Chateaulin, with a branch line to Napoleonville, on payment by the State of a subvention of 25 millions of francs. The Chaptal war steamer left Marseilles on the 20th for the Crimea with troops on board. Amongst the officers who took their passage in this vessel General Ponteves, appointed to the command of the grenadiers and gendarmes of the Imperial Guard, Colonel Dieu, nominated head. of the staff of the 2d division of the reserve-corps, and Colonel Coffi nibres, of the engineers, placed at the orders of General Niel, commander of the engineer corps in the Crimea. The Vauban steam-frigate left Mar seilles the same day to join the squadron of Admiral Bruat in the Black Sea. 80 - GUISE, JUNE 22.—CriOsiNg- PRICES. Cash. fY. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 92 50 92f. 50c. 3 per Cents 66 40 66 70 Credit Mobilier 947 50 Roma n Credit Foncier 550 Austrian Belgian Fives — Span oh Throes Piedmontese B7 Home Debt RAILWAYS—?OR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 752 53 Rou m Cette 650 Stra gburg Mediterranean. ll7O llawl) 637 50 Northern RUSSIA_. We have received the St. Petersburg journals o: the Ist and 2d of June. The Invalide Busse publishes the following de spatches from Prince Gortscha.koff "SEBASTOPOL, May 27 (June 8 ) "After two days of most violent bombardment, on the 26th of May (7th of June), between 6 and 7 in the evening, three French divisions attacked and occupied the Kamtschatka, Selinghinsk, arid Volhynia Redoubts, as also our battery situate betweiela the Selinghinsk Re doubt and Bastion No. 1. "The Kamtschatka Redoubt was retaken by us, but the reserves of the enemy again took it by storm. After a sanguinary combat, the battery alone remained recon quered by us. "Our loss is about 2,500 in kilrfed and wounded. " Our troops fought admirably; the proof may be found in the loss of the enemy, wtlich exceeds our own, in the capture of 275 French soldiers and 7 officers (now prisoners), and of two small guns taken from the French during the fight. The enemy penetrated as far as the bridge of Careen ing Bay, and to the ditch of the Kornileff Bastion, where they lost a great many met. SEBASTOPOL, May 28 (June 9). "The cannonade continues with. great violence, and is chiefly directed against the Kornileff Bastion and Bastion No. 3. The enemy has demanded a suspension of hosti lities for burying the dead. The Invalide Russe publishos the following de spatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated the 31st of May (12th of June) : " On the 30th and 31st of May (11th and 12th of June) the fire of the enemy was weak in the day time, and, at times, even ceased complately. The bombard ment was not more active at night. On our side the losses were moderate. . . " The enemy is not throwing up any works in the Selinghinsk and Volhynia redoubts, but they are recon structing the Kamschatka redoubt. " The Anglo-French squadron, with a portion of the troops that had occupied Kertch and Yenikale, has ap peared near the Takil Lighthouse, with the intention it is presumed, of making for Anapa. " Nothing else has occurred on other points of the Peninsula." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in the Silesian Gazette, says :—" Count Buol yesterday sent off a courier after the Emperor. Despatches arrived here from London and Paris, the contents of which must be relative to military affairs, as Gens. Letang and Crawford were immediately informed of their contents. These despatches are said to refer to the reduction of the army, the Austrian Government having informed the cabinets of London and Paris of its intention to do so, and these despatches be ing sent in reply. Meanwhile, furloughs are being delivered to the 'troops in Styria, Carinthia, etc. The Western Powers are said to attach most im portance to the reduction of troops in Gallicia and Transylvania, and they are endeavouring, the rumour goes, to retard that operation. According to positive information, there are at present 190,000 men and 60,000 horses in Gallicia and the Bukowina, and 120,000 men in Transylvania. Ou t of t hat number the int e ntion is to accord furloughs to 120,000, which would leave nearly 200,000 men, to prevent the Russians from diminishing their forces in Poland." TURKEY. TRIESTE, 21.--A packet has just arrived with accounts from Constantinople to the roth. The state of things in Asia was still critical. At Kars the entrance of the Russians was considered as ine vitable, there being no proper means of resistance. It is positively stated that Batoum and Tschou roucksou have been evacuated by the Turks. Some corps of Russian troops have advanced as far as Redoubt Kale, and the interruption of the trade with Persia is considered probable. Halil Pasha retains his portfolio as Minister of Marine. The accounts from Athens are to the 15th. The Mi nistry is completed. The Turkish Ambassaor was expected. TILE SERTC.FI EXPEDITION. KERTCH, MAY 2S. Trrr P. , ..C7TN7f7 rr Before I proceed to narrate the evcuts which have occurred since my last letter was despatched, I must be permitted to express the sentiments of abhorrence which every civilised being must experience on surveying the scene of destruction and barbarous violence presented by this unfortunate town, and to protest against any imputation on account of the sacking of Kertch being attached to Englishmen or to any British subject, with the exception of the Lieutenant-General, whose apathy or neglect permitted the perpetration of dis graceful excesses. Whenthe Russian army, numbering some 2,500 men, abandoned Kertch on the afternoon of our landing at Ambalaki, a large caravan of the inhabitants, with such pro perty as they could collect in their trepidation, moved out after the soldiery, and proceeded to Mekschelki, in the Bay of Kasantip, leaving behind them their houses full of furni ture and such cumbrous articles as they were unable to move. The Tartars, the Jews, and a few of the poorer Russians re mained behind, but the nobles and Government employes, with few exceptions, fled precipitately. When the allies en tered Kertch the following morning the population made their submission, and ordered bread and salt to the conquerors, in accordance with the Russian custom, and they were assured that they would be protected, and that their lives and property should be spared. The troops marched on to Yenikale, leav ing behind them a few sailors and soldiers to guard Kertch, and to destroy the Government manufactories and a private establishment,for making Minie balls and cartridges. In the afternoon of the day on which we occupied Yenikale the crews of some merchant ships from Ambalaki landed and began to break into three or four horses which had been closed and fastened up, and to pillage the contents. As they could not remove the heavy furniture they smashed it to atoms. Towards evening Turkish stragglers from the camp and others who had fallen out of the line of march flocked into thp town, and perpetrated the most atrocious crimes To pillage and wanton devastation they added violation and murder. The Tartars who were in the town hailed the arrival of the Osmanli with delight, and received them as liberators, and as brethren to whom they were bound by the ties of religion, of language, and of hatred to the Russians. They led the few Turks from house to house, pointed out, as victims to their cupidity and lust, those who had made themselves obnoxious to their ignorance or fanaticism, and gratified their ancient grudges to the Russian tradespeople and merchants. The French patrols endeavoured to preserve order, and succeeded to some extent, but not till they had killed and wounded several Turks and T; stars. One miscreant was shot as he came down the street in triumph waving a sword with the blood of a poor child whom ho had had hacked to pieces. Others were slain in the act of com mitting horrible outrages. Some were borne off wounded to the prison or the hospital, and at last respect for life was established by its destruction. There was not, to be sure, a general massacre. Even savages would have re frained from slaughtering the inhabitants of a town which had submitted, and thrown itself upon their mercy. It was with difficulty, however, that the French controlled the excesses of the Turks, and of some of their own countrymen. Some English merchant sailors next day aided in the work of pillage and destruction. On a remarkable conical hill at the back of the town are two buildings, one of which is 'said to mark the resting-plaee Mithridates—the other, 6f modern date, but incorporating some of the pillars of an ancient temple, which were found on the site. is built after the model of the 'Parthenon. It has been used, if not originally intended, as a museum, and was full of cinerary urns and of antique relics collected amid the ruins of the ancient Bosphor, of statuary, and of the contents of tumuli which were opened in the neighbourhood. A series of terraces and steps of fine dark granite leads from the market place to the hill on which the temple stands. Let us ascend them, passing through the groups of Tartars and Russians, who rise as we approach, and bow obsequiously with uncovered heads. On coming close to the building, it is observed that the doors have been forced open, and that some of the ancient Greek marbles and tablets which stood against the walls outside have been over turned. On the white panel of the door some indignant Frenchman or. Russian has written in pencil the following admonition, which was only too much needed, whoever were the perpetrators of the ruin within En entrant dans cette temple, oil reposent les (souve nirs ?) d'un siecle passe, j'ai reconnu les traces d'une invasion des Vandales. Helas Francais ou Anglais, faites la guerre ala (posterit6 ?), mais ne la faites pas a l'histoire. Si vous avez la pretention d'être nations civilisees, no faites pas la guerre des barbares 1" It is imposible to convey an idea of the scene within this place. The museum, or whatever it was, consisted of a single large room, with glass cases along the walls and niches for statuary, and rows of stands parallel to them, which once held the smaller antiquities. At the end opposite the door a large ledge, about 30 feet from the ground, ran from side to side, and supported a great number of cinerary urns, most probably dug out of the tumuli which abound in the neighbourhood. It was reached by a winding staircase through one of the pillars at the end of the room. One might well wonder how the fury pf a few men could effect such a prodigi ous amount of ruin in so short a time. The floor of the museum is covered for several inches in depth with the debris of broken glass, of vases, urns, statuary, the precious dust of their contents, and charred bits of wood and bone, mingled with the fresh splinters of the shelves, desks, and cases in which they had been preserved. • Not a single bit of anything that, could be broken or burnt any smaller had been exempt from reduction by hammer or fire. The cases and shelves had been torn from the walls ; the glass was smashed to atoms, the statues pounded to pieces; it was not possible to do more than guess at what they had once contained. On ascending to the ledge on which the cinerary urns had been placed the ruin was nearly as complete. A large dog lay crouching in fear among the remnants of the vases, and howled dismally at the footsteps of a stranger. The burnt bones which the vases contained were scattered about, mixed with, dust and ashes, on the floor, and thero was scarcely an urn or earthen vessel of any kind unbroken. Here and there a slice of marble . , on which were traced one or two Greek letters, could be disco vered, and the slabs and pieces of statuary outside the build ing were generally too large and too massive to admit of their being readily broken; but, on the' whole, the work of de struction was complete, and its only parallel could be found within some of the finest houses in the town, such as that of the Governor, where the ruin was equally indiscriminate and universal. One sentry placed at the door would have pre vented all this discreditable outrage, which will no doubt be attributed by the enemy to our Generals and our troops. For all I know, the Tartars may have joined in the destruc tion of the museum, or the Turks may have been its sole authors, but the blame will no doubt be attached to the civilised States whose officers and soldiers took the most active part in the operations against the enemy. The Governor's house, • a large and fine :building in the French style, on the Quay, has suffered severely, and not a single article of furniture in' it remains intact. The floors of the saloons are covered with fine fragments of costly mir rors. The locks, of solid brass, the hinges, and the window fastenings of the same material, are broken off or destroyed —not a single window is left entire in the whole mansion. Legs of sofas, chairs, tables, bits of bureaux, of library shelves, cushions of ottomans and fauteuils ripped up, and the gilt leather and damask coverings torn into shreds, lie in litter, mixed with the flocks and feathers of beds and pillows over the house, and State papers, documents connected with the go vernment of the province, passports, &c., are scattered about for an inch deep in some parts of the building. Empty bottles in all the rooms show that, the rioters discovered the wine cellar early enough, and the discovery no doubt contri buted to their fury and destructiveness. AN INFERNAL MACHINE. The dockyard magazines at Kertch contained - quantities of military and naval stores—boiler plates, 'lathes, engineers' tools, paint, canvass, hemp and chain cables, bales pf great coats, uniform jackets, trousers and caps, knapsacks, belts, bayonets, swords, scabbards, anchors, copper nails and bolts, implements of foundry, brass, rudder-pintles, lead, &c. The French have been busy for the last few days in taking the clothing, &c., out of the storehouses and destroy ing it. The valuable stores have been divided between the allies, according to their good fortune and energy in appro priation. Numbers of old boats, of large rudders, covered with copper and hung on brass, of small guns, of shot, shell, grape, and canister, - were lying in the dockyard. An infernal machine of curious construction attracted a great deal of at tention. Like most devices of the kind it had failed to be of the slightest service. It consisted of six vessels of wood shaped like two cones, placed base to base, each about 2A feet long by lA feet in diameter at the base, and of several similar vessels of a conical form, and of equal dimen sions, loaded to float with the apex downwards, the base being provided with a cover, to fall on a prepared fuse and ignite the charge upon contact with any floating object. These vessels were attached to each other by wires, and when placed in the water would look like a line of buoys ; but the wires were carried to the poles of a galvanic battery within the Russian magazine on shore, and there is no doubt but that, had there been no failure, had we given the enemy proper knightly warning of our approach, and had we gone in shore in proper order, sent our ships exactly against the line of the machines, and had the battery not missed fire, there is no doubt that then the machine might have occasioned some inconvenience and damage to our vessels. In the centre of the Dockyard-square there is a funnel of a steamer riddled with cannon shot in all directions. I counted twenty three holes in it. This has been set up like a triumphal pillar, and has been stayed upright by the funnel chains in the midst of an ornamental enclosure of stonework. There was an inscription giving the history of this funnel, but it had been destroyed or removed, and I can only record the two stories I heard of it —one, that it is the funnel of a Turkish steamer destroyed at Sinope (was there any such steamer 1) the other, that it is the funnel of a Russian steamer which bear those marks of a desperate engagement with Turk or Circassian. DESTRUCTION OF THE RUSSIAN STORES. On Friday night the work of destroying Russian stores be gan, and the French hurled over several guns into the sea, tore up the platforms, and exploded the shells found in the magazines. The corn which the enemy intended to destroy by pouring lime-water over it is still fit for use. Parties of boats have been sent in all directions to secure and burn prizes, and to fire the Russian storehouses and hag on the sandbanks, and by day the sky is streaked with lines of smoke, and by night the air is illuminated by the blaze of forts, houses, magazines, and vessels aground on all the flats for miles around us. The magazines of Kertch are still blaz ing, the Englishman's manufactory is in ruins, and the other Government stores will soon follow. It is intended to remove as many guns as possible, laud to destroy the remainder. Thero is nothing doing at Yeuikale except throwing up earthworks and demolishing parts of the old fortification in order to strengthen them. THE INHABITANTS OF KERTCH. There were plenty of Tartars in the streets, dressed in black sheepskin cap or white turban, with handsome jackets and wide breeches of dark silk or fine stuff, and gaudy sashes round their waists. These fellows are of the true Calmuck type with btillet head, forehead villanously low, dark, piggish, roguish, twinkling eyes, obtuse obstinate noses, straight lips, and globular chin. Unlike most people, they improve in looks as they grow old, for their beards, which only attain amplitude in age, then give a grizly dignity and patriarchal air to their faces. Groups of men in long lank frock-coats, long waistcoats, trousers tucked into their boots or falling down over slipslod feet, sat on the door steps, in aspect and attire the very image of a congregation of seedy Puseyites, if such a thing could be imagined. Most of these men wore caps instead of hats, the clothing was of sober snuffy hues, to match their faces, which were sombre and dirty and sallow. Their looks were dejected and miserable, and as an Englishman or a Frenchman came near they made haste to rise and to salute his mightiness with uncovered head and obsequious noddings and gesticulations. These were the remnants of the Russian population, but there were among them Jews, who might have stepped on any stage amid rounds of ap plause, in garb and face and aspect so truly Shylock-like were they, cringing, wily, and spiteful, as though they had just been kicked across the Rialto; and there was also a sprink ling of Armenians and Greeks; they were all lean and un happy alike and very sorry specimens of Muscovite bourgeoisie. Tartar women, scantily covered, were washing clothes in the sea, like tamed Hecates—withered, angular, squalid, and ugly lu taco and 1'902. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, No. 111. within: and the: name a great VII , against it, and besieged it, and built hu]- warks against, it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and be by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered _that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words not heard. * * Bread is not to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet fa vour to men of skill : but time and chanco happeneth to them all."—Eccizsuirns, chap. ix. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sro,—Whatever of change there may be under the sun, it is palpable there is but little in the amount of estimation entertained for Wisdom—without a balance at her banker's. One would think the sentences I have quoted above were written for, or prophetic of, our own model constitution ; and they were so-in the sense that events ,repeat themselves, and Wisdom is ever self-con sistent. About a century ago there was a poor wise man in OUR little city, of the name of William Pitt. . Being a poor man, and not born a lord, he was despised accord ingly by that oligarchy among whom the Government was apportioned as an inheritance, and they kicked him out of place and power. But the time (like the present) being one of difficulty, and the vessel of the State fast drifting, from their incompetency, towards the breakers, the poor wise man was feund indispensable as a pilot, and he de livered the State. Now, in one thing the old policy has been improved upon by the modern dominators, and that is in grafting the poor wise man upon their own stock (as a lord or belted earl), and straightway he and his race, instead of adorning the illustrious poor, are of the hereditary legislators of the land, who array themselves in the cast plumes of his wisdom. Many a poor wise man has done thus in the last three centuries, and not a few have been translated as I have mentioned. There was Wolsey and Cromwell, and Russell and Raleigh, and Bacon and Blake, and Somers, Churchill, Harley, Yorke, Harcourt, Stanhope, Clive, Duncan, Legge, Hood, Howe, Kenyon, Nelson, Abbot, Law, Best, Brougham, and a host of others. Now, these were poor wise men, who served the State (or a clique, which is equally efficacious), and, not being easily kept down or dispensed with, were bought off from poor Wisdom, and, as a noble successor of one of them said (in substance) on a late occasion, "We, their descendants, sit in this House by virtue of the honours achieved by their merit and services." Yes, they succeed in transplanting the man and the stock, but they cannot transfer the wisdom also. Na ture is, after all, too strong for them, and takes her re venge of the men and the system. Look at any of the present representatives of these poor wise men (where the line has not already become extinct), and make the comparison. See what creatures they become after two or more descents—as memorable for want of wit as their ancestor for the possession of, t. " Hereditary legislators, know ye not, Who would be wise themselves must toil to team?" This occasional infusion of new blood (though politic) has been found insufficient to arrest the deterioration that great wealth, peculiar privileges, and the non necessity for exertion inevitably tends to. On a privi leged caste, with hereditary distinctions independent of merit, nature has set the brand of dissolution and decay. By the sweat of his brow man is to eat bred, and labour (in moderation) is a condition of efficiency, nay even of health and continuance. Yet in this country Govern ment is claimed and exercised by such a class, and we see with what results. The so-called aristocracy have been tried and found wanting. Monopolising all power —filling all offices—on whom can they now cast the burden of inefficiency and failure ? The Times, in a series of articles, has lately been writ ing against this, and uttering opinions that I have ever advocated. They were once called extreme and revolu tionary, but in the hour of danger axe found to be salu tary. But, sir, it is in vain to cry out for the infusion of new blood ; empty is the declamation that the fault is with the people in not sending fit men to represent them, if, at the very threshold of the House of Commons crouches a treacherous but not inexorable law, that lets pass the needy scion of nobility, but springs upon and excludes the untitled intellect, the integrity, and the pa triotism that comes without the endowment of 3001. or 6001. per annum—the sop to the Cerberus that guards the gates. I have said, not inexorable law, and for other causes than the one I have stated. It winks at fraud, contriv ance, and chicanery. It yields to the fictitious convey ance—it is dazzled by a colourable qualification; that is, where its malignity is not evoked by party rancour, per sonal venom, or the fear that the entering member is likely to prove a troublesome or unmanageable inmate. So it allows to pass the members and nominees of the Reform and the Carlton—the passive and pliable holders of rotten revenues and no income ; while to the inde pendent spirit, the chosen of a constituency who love and confide in him, this moribund monster, who was supposed to be dead but only sleepeth, starts up with mischievous vitality to shut the gates against his useful ness and devotion. How, then, can it be ascribed to the people in' the choice of their representatives, that 'the political government of the nation is thrown into the hands of the aristocratic families," because "the con stituencies have not returned to Parliament a sufficient number of men competent to dispute or share that influ ence," seeing that the people's choice is limited to the plutocracy or the landed interest ; and that when they have chosen, without regard to either a man whom they know, esteem, and trust, their choice is disregarded and set aside ; and without giving them an opportunity to amend it by a new one, an irresponsible tribunal forces upon their insulted helplessness an individual whom they have thrice rejected and refused their confidence, while the Septennial Act, fit alter ego of such a law, fixes him there for six long years of life. Is such a transaction likely to encourage constituen cies to disregard rank and wealth, and honour with their confidence merit and capacity alone ? Does it not rather promote cliqueism and clubbism, caballing and zontrivance, and throw the Government of the country into the hands of faction, incapacity, and selfishness ? If* " to raise the character of the House of Commons is an indispensable preliminary to the improvement of the Government," can that take place until the interior is open freely to the virtue and intelligence of the na tion, freed from all test:, obstructed by no oaths, and requiring no other passports than the unbiassed choice of a constituency entitled to be represented ? I ever affirm that I and my constituents were sacri ficed. I was the only member petitioned against in whose case bribery, treating, or intimidation, was not even dared to be whispered ; for my election, though a contested one, did not cost 201., and yet, sacrificed upon the altar of this iniquitous law, the pall of oblivion seemed spread over the scene, and not a member was found to claim for the people of this country freedom to choose their own representatives. Is Reformer but a name when a candidate becomes a member ? Is the Radical party without heart or with out honesty ? They have 'seen all this, and a new Re form Bill. introduced omitting a clause for the repeal of this law which the former one contained, and not a voice among them was lifted up to characterise or supply the omission.. And when, the other day, a member (though of somewhat equivocal politics, yet deserving thanks for this) moved for leave to.expunge this obsolete and thrice-condemned inconsisteney from our statute book, it was attended to by very few members, and lost by a majority of, I think, but one vote. Again, I ask, where was the Radical party, or is it become re duced to this ? It is time for the people to act for themselves, and to speak out in public meetings their wishes and their will. If Administrative Reformers will turn their strength in this practical direction they will entitle themselves to universal co-operation from all who desire the right men for the right places. Let them denounce the fetters that shackle choice, and they will speedily be struck away. But if, disregarding the means of political regeneration, it shall pretend to accomplish ends without them—if it shall profess to aim at effects, yet be studiously regard less of causes, then such administrative reform is an im posture or a sham, 'which the nation and the association will speedily find out. I believe there is honesty in it ; let it be directed by gocd sense; in which hope I beg again to subscribe myself, Your faithful servant, Temple, June, 1855. S. CARTER. * See Times, February 8, 1855. MR. PEEL'S NEGATION OF THE EXISTING ABUSES IN OUR MILITARY SYSTEM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SIR,—Mr. Peel, in his miserable attempt to refute the arguments adduced by Mr. Layard as to the necessity of reforming the abuses in the army, dictates his opinions on military matters in an authoritative tone, but ill borne out by the result of the ill-grounded and absurd arguments lie has brought forward in his futile endeavour to prove what is not the case—to show that black is white, and that the efficiency and best - energies of our army are not smothered under the weight of nepotism, favouritism, venality, and an undue degree of influence exercised by the " governing class." To prove how ill qualified is Mr. Peel to deal with the subject he has broached, I will winnow a few of his arguments with a military sieve. The result will prove the quantity of dross they contain—how very fevv of truth, and how much of his "chaff" ca n be easily scattered to the winds. grains To begin with case No. 1. Colonel -Woods ther e a sol dier who has seen some service, and of him I will - fore only say he is a lucky fellow to be related to th e Commander-in-Chief, otherwise his m erits might long have remained ignored. How Mr. Peel can find an equality between the "spheres of deputy-adjutant-general at Dublin and assistant-adjutant-general at Belfast," lam at a:loss to guess. By the same rule a full colonel at the former would be equa l to a lieutenant-colonel at the latter place! Then, with regard to the case of Major-General Cun ningham (not Colonel, as be is irreverently designated by Mr. Peel), it is stated he was advanced to that rank " because he served as assistant-adjutant (general?) to the first division." A very forcible recommendation indeed! But what previou s services, will it be asked, had this young officer ever performed to entitl e hi m t o th e l a tter position on the staff ? And supposing he were in that situation, creditably to have got through his work, what has he since ser ve d, to qualify him for the different and more i m p or t an t d u ti es of far more apprenticeship quarter master-general to an army in the field ? I will tell you what his services have been : he married the daughter of the Commander-in-Chief! Did a Plutarch now exist to draw parallels between eminent persons of the present day, he might in the lives of General Cunningham and Lord Eustace Cecil gnd matter fclz• A " parallel:" the latter, as it appears, . having obtained promotion for, an attack of the liver, the former for one of the heart?! ~e Mr. Peel says that young generals are just wh at now want ; that Major-General Cunningham is young, and therefore that " what is, is right." Mr. Peel must, however, learu that it we want youthful commandersi, we want such as have not only wo oed and won far ladies, but who have likewise fairly won their spurs-r' such are the Duke of Cambridge, pyre, Buller, Mark ham, Mitchel, Slade, Mayne, Edwards, and ther?. I could name men still in the vigour And prime of life, and whose merits might perhaps be revealed, did circuits' stances only allow them the same fortunate chance that has raised our present hero to such a pinnacle of fame. We come to the case of Lord Hardinge's son ; it is bad enough, but not near so bad as that of his son-in law.. Colonel Hardinge is said to be a fin e young ruan he has also before seen service in the field ' • but how wa s he _enabled to see that service ? Why, by a direct in fringement of all established rule. Mr. Peel says that the regulation in his case was dispensed with, "because he was abroad ;" but I am certainly " abroad" in endea vouring to find out by what rule it was thus annulled ! And to justify one abuse this profound logician adduces the toleration of another equally flagrant, which bar pened 40 years before 1 - Thus one crime begets another until both perpetrator and conniver come to a disrbee ful end. Again, because—as alleged by Mr. - Peel 01 I have never seen the rule)—it is the " recognise d P ra " . tice to allow the Commander-in-Chief in India, when_he resigned his command, to recommend an officer for Pro: motion," whereupon, the son of Lcrd Hardinge (Who we! not commander-in-chief) is allowed the benefit of that rule ! Having thus obtained a step to which he bad O right—by being placed in a position where he bad like wise had no right to be—the son of Lord Hardinge 'vs!. next shuffled into the macadamised path to advan ce s ment, by being posted to the " Guards." -Ai l j i : a h , now plain sailing, and Colonel Hardinge ha s 11-- - come into port, after a •tolerably successful verikel. accomplishing in nine or ten years what others 17_, fortunate and less favoured, though may be equellY me torious, have taken half a century to perform l i family The above is only a slight analysis of a sing - 1 , a "job." Did time and space admit, the shallow felseu,?_°o of the whole of Mr. Peel's negation or easejustifiesl% (whichever it may be called) might with eq ual eil b ee exposed to view, but as every word and every.sn t andmig h p t e b r h e a thus a e r e t f e u d t i e e d u ; e it as would was entail rider r e fu t s a t e c i o re t.3 l o i l; speech itself. eel , t o bii One word of advice to Mr. Peel. L et him stick future own traffic in "red tape," but let him f t ;f attaC k ' f i o n e g . that thin ae r p e r d ev ‘ e ' d lin h e eschew "le veritable rouge;" let him bo la ''' . a before a Irk n k o e t wis on: or ban , whose cause he attempted on Tuesday soldier so (piety,. soldier, but to the soldier's widow and i"mweehlifcheeneeev:hr, flincb e i to tile Let Mr. Peel beware, such is the advice of an ORA. „A. • OLD SOLDIER ANXIOUS FOR REF June 21. likewise, P.S.-LThe "colonels of the Commons'? call hoe it appears, occasionally make mistakes, but t f hg.: lling s. been more civil, and have administered leassepi°r.ingeyreoluynga gate abuse, since their embryo hero—the " lord"-1;as proved to be no hero at all, bet , rn , w ithal, poor liverless "Buckram" boy—a shrewd 9 11 , 1 1 a ches who prefers the ~ trenchers" a t St. James' to the r at Sebastopol. THE PRUSSIAN OR COBURG CRITICzr 'S,. THE BRITISH OONSTITUTION LETTER IL TO THE EDITOR OF THE St% t,. Or I ° Siß,—lf an individual, whether in P ar ordinary s ub. the press, or in private life, 'Was upon an ject to lay down as facts propositions which are such edire . c oy opposed to the truth, any opinion founded ourlll the propositions with which he might choose to t ol public would be deservedly treated with contlP silence ; but on so momentous a subject as the - o t the British Constitution the published opinion of th Ir e re • of her Majesty must always command, if nOt irucier, spect, üblic examination of the mast itringent Cur s , to Thee is no royal road to truth anymoreos ~Ittest cience ; and no man whose reputation is h..,:plress value will deny that the statement's his BOYal P. ° „oSed Prince Albert was pleased to make were directlY o fo P r r e im . to facts, both in letter and in spirit. It is t h , e ; S he ha ° possible to believe that the opinions with Nv l " nn such favoured the public have been hastily formed upon statements, or are not the result of other Co t to ead with which it has not been thought exPediell lighten the public. er ~ wbentr r But " there • is nothing new under thd snn. Nola love the anstocracy, or more correctly the oligarchy, -sort °Wil l° always performed in this country the part of the . .. b lie is in " Sindbad the Sailor," have perceived that the P a! b s s assailing any scific abuse, the first pathetio„s_Pfdeneder always bean "The Constitution is in danger, 3 7 3 o f the attliemispßt;dipliaewieg this cuckoo cry all the bigotry and igne rarl u c e abus e ' but o tion, country has too often rallied to protect enorme _stint t othyealrHighness so aSstatloeo agodoedviae that Englishmen of all classes love their con s rie ceer and will rally round it when attack ed either by prince or peasant, he has not thought it unbecoming il?, ,i The sition to attempt to alarm them by exclainueoar hoof Constitution is on its trial ;" but when, Wh ere 'o ant e his Royal Highness, acting upon the ada ge, inform iefer`, ignotum pro magnifica" has not been pleasenb i have the public, except by those statements Wit i- the O w clearly shown to be at direct variance Wi t " both in letter and in spirit. 31 1 v Is ' • • • 4, 0 her ..,,a it right, is it d ecent, that the Congo" ! s oy .. : Ed jesty should thus endeavour to alarm the 0- 00 n o t ". to inform the despots of Germany " that or 10 tr atbo tion is on its trial." when the truth, the whole WI; and nothing but the truth is that it is our oligerctriA. bat tern a government, which is not only upon it a ve dict 0 0 which has been tried and found guilty by th e bs s 0 ° . 99 men out of 100, although Lord Sey ra f c'u v r erhis ol t his best to conceal the verdict by a mass 0- h as fig 9 e , How is it that no member of Parliament t he pr ° dared to question the Government respectin.gsty no so mulgated opinions of the Consort of her A l3 ,i_ e ter fere °c : momentous a subject, or the unconstitutiona!n-iows is . 1 0 of royalty to keep Ministers in their places T o ,ocl ,t,......0 that the press, with the exception of The sun t heY , Examiner—" among the faithless faithful t_ervation, have feared to touch the subject ? ' For the Dols d ca ilia b an ~.„.0) of the servile Spectator in praising the s peech iolo , seeks General 0 it the Truth !—or of the abbe, w ho c. usque ad nauseam the part of the Attorn y • , of Devil, are not worth consideration. „:4001,0tt5,, , His Royal Highness is far too goo d f aaa:r..„ a l spe , ec . ii!.. to know that the absence of praise o severe an d hit y t:` except from two such --. is the an . hr v o e vir i' obloquY, of all sarcasm ; and if he fancies he c 1 'baeratell ebargirlith the press of the country by deli r wea kness , 0 0 , " with exaggerating our mistakes or_oruitish nabsn .L sea, morbid satisfaction," or induce the B he will find Ilicd cept a German liberty of the press, e peculiarly ill-timeo , mistaken ; and such observationtshaer Sebastop9l Repc when even Lord Seyincur, in were in.formed of t he ures can declare "that the Ministers Is 'nap r s and private so G dition. of the army from Publ ic r -,,e .--I au') ` 3c. ' 'll • ILX -31.1% long before they heard it °Pt Y June 22. ......._._____ - l GBN CiI on 117°11 a i l i NAVAL AND .1111:_5_,„,---- th on Mini; ,o, + d at Plymou was ma sted fitted as an hospl The frigate Alarm w i n g been and the Caledonia , 12N dock on Monday. . . cool Militia, e a ship, will be taken out the 3d. West Midx i btion re Four companies of t d. at Plymouth ergemba . c. _d 00 Turnham-green, arri ve of the regiment is exPe tc ill' Thursday. The remainder ~0 a . 'o. ao. to-day. an so non-coo , On Wednesday between 50 a .„ o _ ol . A .r tillerf _ 0. 0 04 ; • sof the .n y cers and gunners and driver f these men wero ,_,Liehocl charged from the service. Most 9 r , an d i n the v l e . e a s a leg , qo in the battles a the Alma and Inke a nr a ' rixi, e ther __,. j 0 before Se•aadtopol. Some hav e : lost d • bas lost both his .a_l7tl e , g a g, one poor fellow, nam ed t av w l hile in the act a toitt ot ~aria t met with this sad ac b fired at the enemy', when 0 0' u e t ) which was about to e ,; v ed. a P 0 ea way He has ree'' receive and carried both arms a . oers . 2s. per day. The non-commissioned . 11 :, 0. a-daP_l,b t , ls. 6d. a-day, and the gunners from 94. ti' ',,esferdsl,o,o of The following appointments were maw -, to t he v teilx lt ; , ii Admiralty ::--E. H. Howard, lieutenant,j Foliar. - en:olfd., Wellington, additional for disposal ;E. • to tail 1. %a ster •to the Alarm ; Robert T. Rayner, PaY 0 . he sansP ido Charles J . Card, assistant -paymaster, t , no isgard. son 6 its ro und Lawless, surgeon, to the F On Thursday the Commandant of Woo lw ichs_nd d0_.., , l e o a v , his half -yearly inspection of the corapanic._: stb,y.t: b, y of the following battalions at Woolwich ' psia cl i e ra d l cus . . ft 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th, which Nv Aertillerf biArtiller:f lc (t order in front of the Royal 1 , th e d Ile r ° A detachment of gunners and drivel:ll7.oo ._. vira a Woolwich yesterday to join a companYl o ,od U __A e rs have Captain F. H. Chancellor's compani_, o der ..,; • tvln e it is said , n'" t ees company (14th battalion), air WO proceed to Sheerness, to replace those co ern S ' 'nB embarked for the Crimea. gesP f ont a the 0 0 v aS Another fine screw steam-vessel, nano o po she .0 for the p been purchased by the Government, hors's' lie l ' ii of hero fitted as a transport for the conveyance vi sag , j r, 3 5t taken into basin at Woolwich on Wedue ._ WO. 4 jio undergo the alterations required. l e ft em Iced pa On Wednesday a draught of 215 Me rl ~n d e ret r a t roi ' 4 India Company's depot, Great WarleY , ..'_, 10 ,. 11 Sy lg e' , same day in the Roman Emperor, for .".:-_"" c o looe j o i A r. at the depot, 1,120 strong, were reviewed a , tied e 0 0 0 0 the Deputy Chairman of the Court of Director!too t tation from the board. It is stated they lu 3),000 men. r alt! ai 1 o 1 c l a M vo lNl arir . ( T : D r: lA w TE REINFO r m e e c n en rtse tr inar FOR .0g to tho r r ; : f ti cc: Re ..----- EmENTs, ere transmitted yesterday rto rni CI TO CPO , g I'o6o s' o t ' to p England and Ireland under orders for he 1.5il Fo 0 , e for immediate embai-kation, vi°•! the Light 1 1 ►o• Y returned from Ceylon ; the 51st Kin . , ditto. 0 0 try, ditto India ; 80th Foot and 94th Foot, ditto . d. I, g tachments from the various depot companes, all_ar. 0 Ordersapr e er t op telegraphroeeed without s d o e ltaryantsonsitihtet es; at of c o ' o illi '.' to th ° Li ° I : t be f o rwarded from hence by special steara-boat,:,„l, cos t ve m. rnors of Malta and Gibraltar, and to the Lord -°''' n' e flicie z ssioner of the lonian Islands, to send its rowl roes,' men, no t only of the regiments stationed in those f ° tot but of the reserve of the Household Brigade and tenons, as can be conveniently spared resier,eo e l 0 arrival of the reliefs of regiments of the line rear© The regiments that will embark forthwith sr? ~.1-I',.t io() ing, viz. :-13th Light Infantry, from Gibraltar" ~;51;11 Foal, from the lonian Islands; 43d Foot, from Corfu , ° n o . o'o from Gibraltar ; 66th Foot, from Gibraltar; and ' Landers, from Gibraltar. ~„t tiq°, The abovementioned reinforcements i ll SoPifoo o iea i. , British force before Sebastopol by upvvards of 13, _ A rtil and, in addition, four field batteries, a troop of llofs:diness lery, and a reinforcement for the siege train are in reollosc° , and only waiting for transports to embark. The ,oditer• regiments are placed under orders for service in tom)' -%d Dat. ranean and Crimea, viz. :--56th Foot (Foulpadou ',„ , c ud t o on 60th Rifles, 96Th Foot, 3d Bo.ttalion Rifle Brigaav, 98th Foot. 10 The immediate despatch of the abovementioned tray, rendered necessary on account of the intelligence V c do from cord Raglan a our reverses in the attack oil tile and Malalthetr.