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Ncj i "Z.„.:? LONDON, THTJR3DA.Y, JUNE 7, 1855. The debate this evening on the three amend ments before the House will probably be diver sified by a fourth proposition, emanating from Ministers, and based on all the remaining pro tocols relating to the Vienna Conferences up to their termination. The PALMERSTON Cabinet will thus endeavour to make tardy amends for their previous culpable remissness—to take credit to themselves for submitting to the consideration of Parliament that which it had already taken for itself. It is, however, as we have already stated, too late to save them from the general censure which their long mystery and silence have brought down on their heads. They may possibly still save their places—the chief matter in their esti mation—but they cannot retrieve their damaged reputations, or be looked on as they were bit a few short months ago. Something may, however, be done in this re spect if they at length shake off the official reserve, and explain their intentions and objects. clearly and unequivocally. The people will no longer be hoodwinked. They have seen the dan gers of secret diplomacy, that it has been solely through the reckless audacity and ontrecuid mice of Russia that they have been saved from a dis honourable and transitory peace—a peace by which all our sacrifices in men and money would be utterly thrown away, by which the Ottoman Empire would inevitablybe overthrown at no very distant day, and Russia enabled to achieve her nefarious designs to the fullest extent. They, therefore, require to know exactly what is to be done, to receive the assurance that the Allies will no longer remain contented with the Four Points, but that other and more stringent conditions will be added and rigidly enforced. It is also essential that " Her Majesty's Oppo sition" should speak out clearly and unequivo cally; that their bidding for office should be decided and intelligible. Mr. DISRAELI was good so far al he went. Mr. WHITESIDE was admi rable. Every point of his brilliant oration was strietly in accordance with popular opinion, and his keen and unsparing exposure of the Glad stonian fallacies was everything that could be desired by the most strenuous asserter of British honour ; but, unfortunately, others were not equally decided. The pro-Russian speeches of the Marquis of GRANBY, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON, and Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, the doubtful ad dresses of others on the Opposition side, but, be .yond all, the sinister approbation of the Peelites, and some of the Peace-at-any-price party, have, however, engendered doubts that must be removed before the confidence of the people can be be stowed on any side or party. As yet the proposition of Mr. LOWE seems most in accordance with popular feeling. But even that may be greatly improved. Should no thing better offer we must perforce accept it, but we would gladly see a better offer. There is nothing, in fact, in that notice which the Govern ment may not now adopt, and it is by no means impossible that such may be the case. For the Conferences having been closed, there can be no reason to question that the failure has been occa sioned by the refusal of Russia to limit her naval force in the Euiine, and that " the means of obtaining Peace were thereby exhausted." But we look to the future as well as to the past. We ask for definite pledges—for a departure from diplomatic slang —for a declaration that there shall be no peace while Sebastopol remains a standing menace to Constantinople and to Europe, or without, at least, a pecuniary indemnification for the ex penses of the War. Who will go to this extent, not merely in a speech, but by a resolution, bind ing the representative branch of the Legislature and the future Government, of whatsoever party it may be composed ? That is the price at w hi c h popu l a r support can be obtained. We care n o t for the men. We want a di s p la y of e nergy and d eterm i na tion that will e ncourage our own people, and at the same time convince the would-be neu trals that the contest must be continued until a decisive result has been attained. It is also very desirable that divisions may bs taken on each of the substantive propositions now before the House, that the country may be enabled to discriminate between the various phases of opinion, again be and know who may , trusted. The Peelites have committed politick THE SUN, LONDON, THU PISDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1855. Chancery, sufficiently account for the confidence reposed in him by the daughters, who appear to have regarded and consulted him as the family friend and adviser. Of any criminal connection on the part of the Marquis with Mrs. HANDCOCK there is no proof whatever—the evidence indeed leading to a precisely opposite conclusion. The charge of cruelty and unwarrantable control by the mother falls to the ground. The young ladies are shown to have been quite independent of her, both in thought and action ; and so far from accusing her, or betraying animosity towards her, or fear, appear to have regarded her with affec tion, without, however, placing implicit confidence in the wisdom of her recommendations, or im plicitly following them. The allegations that the boy DELACOUR was Mrs. HANDCOCK'S SOII, and illegitimate, are not countenanced by any evidence whatever—the presumption from that given being that he was neither. Throughout the whole affair nothing has been adduced, so far as we can see, incompatible with the Marquis's innocence ; and while we think a little more promptitude in rebutting the charge in the first instance would have been politic, we lay down the pamphlet with the conviction that the license of the Irish bar never ran further riot, or grave accusation was based on more paltry grounds. HER MAJESTY'S APPROBATION OF THE TROOPS. The following has been published to the troops, end refers to the attack already described at length in The &tn suicide, and woe to the party who seeks such dangerous Allies. They at least have cast aside the mask. They have exhibited the treachery that prevailed in our own camp, and proved that none of the party can be trusted—from the Semi- Russian HERBERT, who saved Odessa, to the wily First Lord, who prevented energetic move ments in the Baltic until too late—and then strove to force on what could scarcely be success ful operations. We say nothing of the chief conspirator, who " starved the war," and endeavoured to accumulate such burdens on the people as would render them discontented with the contest and willing to accept any terms which would free them from the intolerable op pression. Ho has uttered his own condemnation. Nothing can purify his forfeited reputation, or • restore the confidence which was so grossly abused. A short time since he was indispensable ; no Go vernment could do without him. Now he would be the Jonah that would insure its destruction, however eligible in other respects, and however ' advanced its opinions on the great questions of the day. The Conference is finally closed. The shadow that so long clouded our prospects is dispersed. We are no longer bound by the injudicious an nouncements that we would not seek the reclama tion of any part of the stolen territory of Russia. She has contumeliously rejected every moderate proposal—has earned for herself a real humilia tion, and that she will doubtless receive, to an extent that may possibly astonish those who reckoned too much on the good offices of the exceI- IentABERDERN and his Peelite followers, or the ridi_ culous twaddle of themembers of the Peace Society. The Western Powers have been compelled to throw away the scabbard. Heretofore they merely sought to defeat the nefarious designs of the Northern despot, to rescue his intended victim from his grasp. Now they see the necessity of insisting on his being deprived of the power of doing further mischief, of the fangs being ex tracted and the claws closely pared. The capture of Kertch, Yenikale, and Genitchi, and our complete mastery of the Sea of Azoff, must be followed by the complete overthrow of Rus sian influence on the Asiatic coasts of the Euxine and in the Caucasian districts.. Already Soujak Kaleh has been voluntarily abandoned, the prin cipal buildings destroyed, and sixty guns and six mortars first rendered useless and then relin quished. The Governor did not wait for the attack, which they knew could not be long de ferred, but forthwith commenced the process of evacuation, and fled before the onslaught could be commenced. If these successes be duly fol lowed up, if the whole of the Caucasian territories be freed from the invaders, a new and almost in superable barrier will be created against Russian aggressions from that quarter. The Sea of Azoff itself is truly an important acquisition. The ample supplies that could be obtained from Taganrog and Mariopol, and the districts watered by the Don, are now almost completely cut off. A long and tedious land con veyance will now be indispensable, and if our suc cesses be duly followed up, as, doubtless, they will be, the military road across the Putrid Sea will also be blocked up and rendered impassable. Perekop, then, will remain the o2tly available mode of communication, and even that may be seriously impeded, and the isolation cf the Crimean army rendered complete. We have a right also to demand that Odessa shall no longer remain a standing disgrace to British vacillation—that Nieolaieff, on the 1;oug, shall no longer maintain its mysterious grandeur —that the mouth of the Dnieper, in the vicinity of Kherson, should be effectually blockaded. These matters, which can all he effected by the naval squadron, will be productive of the most important results, and prepare matters for the occupation and eventual resumption of Bessarabia by Turkey, and its restoration to its ancient al- legiance. But while thus active in the East there should be equal vigour displayed iu the West. Our triumphs in the Euxine should not lead to in activity in the BAltie. There are plundered pro vinces in its vicinity which must also be restored to their legitimate possessors. Finland, Estho nia, Livonia, Courland, must be dealt with. St. Petersburg itself stands on stolen ground, and its so-called owner must be taught the danger of dis turbing the settlements that have been for sometime acquiesced in. The intended plunderer will receive no pity if the weapons to which he so wantonly resorted should be turned against himself, and if he should be severely castigated by the cudgel he has himself supplied. Admiral DuNDAS may now avail himself of the experience derived during the past year, and the country will expect some energetic and dashing exploits, such as might have been achieved if Old CHARLEY had not been curbed and restrained until too late by orders from home. There is an ample field for distinction, and we confidently hope that the now Admiral will not suffer it to be wasted or misapplied. As yet we have said but little of Poland. But it is not, and cannot be, absent from our memory. The course of events is favourable to the procla mation of its freedom—of its complete and per. feet independence. It is fortunate that we are not fettered by German assistance, or prevented from doing that which may be alike just and expedient through any necessity for acting with Austria or Prussia. Let us then avail ourselves of every opening, and prove that, although so long apathetic, we are determined henceforward to act with vigour and energy, to profit by our past experience, and not any longer to suffer our selves to be cajoled or bamboozled by pre ,ended friends, or bullied by avowed enemies. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, or his friends for him, have done well by the publication of the pamphlet entitled "An Inquiry into the Accusa tions made against the Marquis of CLANRICARDE in the cause of HANDCOCK V. DELACOI7R." A vindication of the Noble Lord's character was cer tainly not uncalled for. The public mind had been shocked, and the aristocracy as a body had been lowered in general estimation, by the quasi revelations in this cause. Conduct that might brand a swindler with infamy was openly attri buted or inferentially attached to the Noble Lord —conduct so disreputable, immoral, and criminal that its parallel was sought elsewhere than in the United Kingdom ; and the general voice pro nounced the supposed perpetrator unfit to asso ciate with British Peers in Parliament, or with any assembly of honest men. A vindication, if possible, from a charge of this sort was not only necessary, but could not come a moment too soon. And we are happy to state that a perusal of the pamphlet has convinced as that the Noble Marquis is . a deeply-injured individual. Whatever cul p a Way, if any—and there is no proof of any—may attach to him, it is impossible for us to resist the conclusion that of the turpitude in question he is entirely guiltless, an d th a t hi s p os iti o n, painful as it is and has been, is preferable to that of his unscrupulously-imaginati ve accusers. The long acquaintance of the Noble Lord with the father, and his appointment as guardian by the Court of 1g .zTEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPO.L. War Department, 1.45 p.m., June 7th, 1855. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that the telegraph communication is again open between Varna and the Crimea, and that ho has received ntelligence that.the bombardment of SebastopO re-commenced on the afternoon of the 6th inst. CAPTURE OF KERTCII AND YENIKALE. (From the Second Edition of the Times.) OFF KERTCH, FRIDAY, MAY 25. It will not be in my power to do more than an nounce the complete success of the expedition up to the present date, and the reduction of the forts and flight of the garrison, without loss on our side. For some time back it was believed that General Can robert had incurred the serious displeasure of his Imperial master for the check given to the first ex pedition, which was laid to his door, and it was under stood that General Pelissier would inaugurate his com mand by some very decisive coup. On Monday the prin cipal officers received orders to hold themselves in readi ness to embark on Tuesday, and it was no longer doubt ful-that an expedition was preparing against Kertch and against the Russians in the Sea of Azoff. The command of the British contingent was conferred as before on Sir George Brown. It was intended that the 4th Dragoon Guards and 10th Hussars should accompany the troops, but the Lieutenant-General did not think it advisable to take so many cavalry, and accordingly only 50 Hussars of the Bth Royal Irish were detached for vidette and orderly duties. The troops consisted of the 42d, 71st, and 93d Regiments, and a portion of the 79th Regiment. It is said that the flank companies of the Guards are with the expedition, but I certainly have failed to discover the bearskins or white epaulettes on board any of the ships. They were, however, ordered to hold themselves in readiness when I embarked. Major Barker was placed in command of the artillery, and 5,000 Turks were put on board our ships at Kamiesh, together with a great quantity of trenching tools. It is not un likely that the Turks will entrench themselves in Kertch, and that a number of our smaller men-of-war will be left to cover them. No one ever doubted of the success of the expedition for a moment, and the great est anxiety was evinced to get attached to it in some way or other, though it was known our troops before Sebastopol would be very likely to make a forward movement in a day or two towards the Tchernaya. On Tuesday evening (22d) the Gladiator, Stromboli, Sidon, Valorous, Oberon, and Ardent came round and anchored off the harbour of Balaklava, and the Warcloud sailing transport, with a party of the Bth Royal Irish, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel de Salis, and several others, hauled outside, where t he y remained till Wednesday morning. Several of the men-of war went away to the eastward in the course of the night. The Bahiana (Capt. Greene), with Dr. Alexan ander, Principal Medical Officer in charge of the expedi tion, Capt. Hassard, R.E., Lieut. Anderson, R.E. Mr. Fenton, the photographic artist, Mr. Cockburn, medical staff, the Rev. Mr. Butler (brothers to the Butlers who fell at Silistria and at Inkerman), chaplain to the expedi tion, &c., went out at six o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, and was followed by the Hope (Captain Bowen), with the officers of the Commissariat Staff, Mr. Drake, Assistant Commissary-General (in charge), Mr. Cum ming, Mr. Moore, Mr. Booth, Deputy Assistant Com missary-Generals, &c. The Trent, Captain Ponsonby, with mules, &c., the Whitby Park, the London, the Mariner, the William Jackson, sailing transports, formed a portion of the vessels. Commander Hoseason was in charge, and Lieutenant Geary second in command of the transports of the expedition. The Caradoc, Com mander Derriman, left later in the day, and gave a kindly tow to the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Stella, as far as Cape Elken Kaye, ' where she was cast off with a light heating breeze. Lord Ward's steam yacht London weighed anchor still later, and ran from Balaklava to the eastward about noon, but her speed soon enabled her to make up for lost time. The masters of the mer chantmen received a sealed rendezvous from Captain Heath, which was to be opened only in case they parted company or did not find the fleet. It was the same as on the lat occasion, namely, lat. 45 deg. 54 min., long. 36 deg. 28 min. As we started out past Cape Aia, we saw a group of Cossacltsperched on astupendouscliffabove 114, looking down at the flotilla. There was not much to note on the voyage, and whatever did occur must be reserved for the present. as I have neither time nor favourable opportunity for describin g it. The day was most favourable, the sea as smooth as a mirror. The general rendezvous was fixed at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning (24th), and orders were given that if vessels were too late to reach it by that time they were to make for the Straits of Kertch. We were unfortunate enough not to arrive in time, and the captain, seeing that it would be useless to make for the rendezvous, steered right for the Straits. We approached Cape Takli, which marks the western extiemity of the land at the straits. At half-past ten o'clock a thick black smoke was visible, floating in the horizon towards the northward, sufficiently indicating the position of the fleet. As the vessel proceeded on her course, passing through the straits, which are about seven and a half or eight miles broad at the entrance, a group of people could be made out in the balcony of the lighthouse at Cape Takli, and a few wandering Cossacks were gallop ing through the meadows,. half concealed by the rich rank grass. A. few poor, houses were scattered hereand there over the expanse pf rich green, which was freshened into extreme verdure-and intensity of colour ing by the salt marshes, which penetrated the sea bank of clay, and ran into the sea from the level land be hind. The tops of the ridges which intersect the level. land on the western sides of the straits are covered with tumuli, large and small—most of them very sharp and well defined. On approaching Kara Burnu it was evi dent that our vessels were engaged with the forts and earthworks at Pavlovskaya, which guards the entrance to Kertch and Yenikale. Frequent puffe of white smoke, followed by faint echoes and booming reports, which rolled heavily along the shore, told us- that the contest was tolerably smart, but it certainly did not last very long, for at 1.40 a huge pillar of white smoke rushed up towards the skies, opened out like a gigantic balloon, and then a roar like the first burst of a thunder-storm told us that a magazine bad blown up. The action grew slacker, the firing less frequent. At 2.15 another loud explosion took place, and a prodigious' quantity of earth was thrown up into the air along with the smoke. , A third magazine was blown up at 2.25 ; a tre mendous explosion, which seemed to shake the sea and air, took place about 3 o'clock, and at 3.30 three several columns of smoke blending in one, and ae many explo sions, the echoes of which roared and thundered away together, announced that the Russians were beaten from their guns, and that they were destroying their maga zines. They could be seen retreating, some over the hills behind Kertch, others towards Yenikale. The allied troops commenced disembarking a' once, and the 1-eats of the fleet were ordered out and landed them on the beach between the Salt Lake, north of Cape Kamusch Burnu, and the cliff of Ambalaki, a hamlet on the hill-side in the little bay between Kamusch and Pavlovskaya Bat tery. The heavy steamers lay outside. The transports were anchored off the Salt Lake to the south, and the gun-boats and lighter steamers lay , off the smoking ruins of the Russian earthworks. As we passed slowly through the fleet I could make out the Royal Albert, the Princess Royal, the Agamemnon, the Algiers, the St. Joan d'Acre, the Hannibal, the Malacca, the Terri ble, the Sidon, the Highflver, the Tribune, the Vesu vius, the Medina, the Beagle, the Viper, &c., the transports Trent,' Europa, Warcloud, Bahiana, St. Hilda, Mariner, William ackson, &c. The French men-of-war—Napoleon, Montebello, Phlegeton, Pri mauguet, Pomene, Mogador, Asmodee, Caffarelli, Ulloa, Roland, Berthollet, Calliope, &c. Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Stewart were on board the Vesuvius, and Sir George Brown, after seeing the troops landed, went on board and held a conference with them. As we anchored a most exciting scene was taking place towards the westward. One of the enemy's steamers had run out of the Bay of Kertch, which was concealed from our view by the headland on which Pavlovskaya and the battery of Cape Burnu are situated, and was running as hard as she could for the Straits of Yenikale. She was a low schooner-rigged craft, like a man-of-war, and for a long time it was uncertain whether she was a Government vessel or not. The gun-boat dashed after her across the shallows, and, just as she passed the cape, two Russian merchantmen slipped out and made towards Yenikale also. At the same moment a fine roomy schooner came bowling down with a fair breeze from Yenikale, evidently intending to aid her consort and despising very likely the little antagonist which pur sued her. The gun-boat flew on and passed the first merchantman, at which she fired a shot by way of mak ing her bring to. The forts at Kertch instantly opened and shot after shot splashed up the water near the gun. boat, which still kept intrepidly on her way. As the man-of-war schooner bowled down towards the Russian steamer the latter gained courage, slackened her speed, and lay-to, as if to engage her enemy. A sheet of flame and smoke rushed from the gun-boat's side, and her shot flying over the Russian tossed up a pillar of water far beyond her. Alarmed at this taste of her opponent's qua lity and by the sudden intimation of her tremendous ar mament the Russian at once took to flight, and the schooner wore and bore away for Yenikale again with the gun-boat after both of them. Off the narrow straits between Yenikale and the sand-hank, which runs across from the opposite land, a great number of gun-boats and small ccapt were visible, and as the English gun-boat ran up towards them a Russian battery opened on her from the spit on which the town is situate. One of h er consor t s , h owev er, which had followed her early in the chase, was now close at hand, and the gun-boats dashed at their enemies, which tacked, wore, and ran in all direc tions, while the gun-boats chased them as a couple of hawks would harry a flock of larks. The action with the forts became very sharp, and the Russian forts on the sandbank began to take part in the unequal con test. Sir Edmund Lyons, however, soon sent off the light steamers and disposable gun-boats to reinforce the two hardy little fellows, and the French steamer's also rushed up to the rescue. The batteries on the sandbaDle were not silenced without some trouble, but at last they blew up their magazines, and the fort at Yenik ale followed their example. The gun-boats kept up a running fight along the coast till it was dark. At about half-past six o'clock the batteries in the Bay of Kertch ceased firing, the Russians blew•up their works and abandoned the town. Dark pillars of smoke, tinged at the base with flame, began to shoot up all over the hill sides. Some of them rose from the Government houses and stores of Ambalaki, where we landed, which were set on fire ; others from isolated houses further inland ; others from stores which the retreating Russians must have de stroyed in their flight. Constant explosions shook the air, and single guns sounded • hero and there continuously throughout the night. Here a ship lay blazing on a sandbank on the left ; a farm-house in flames lighted up the sky on the right, and obscured the. pale moon with volumes of inky smoke. -All the troops whose services were required were landed at Ambalaki ere dusk, and bivouacked on the ridge about it. Each of our men landed with two days' provisions, but without rum ; some of them carried their tents. A small body of Riissian cavalry, with two guns, made a reconnaissance of them, from a considerable distance, era evening, but did not attempt to interfere with their proceedings, and the men set to work to enjoy themselves in Ambalaki and its neighbourhood as well as they could. The French had, however, nearly all the fun tothemselves, and our men, as they came down for water to the brackish springs by, the sea shore, grumbled audibly at the pre cautions which seemed taken for the express purpose of securing everything to the French and Turks. The bulk of the inhabitants had fled, but a few Tartars gave themselves up and received protection. A respectable Russian family, in a very comfortable house a little way from the sea, seemed inclined to follow the same course at first, but terrified probably by the fires aro'ind them, they left ere night set in. The enemy did not show in our neighbourhood, and it was reported that all their troops - bad abandoned both Kertch and Yenikale, and had marched towards the interior. Our cavalry pickets and videttes were not, I believe,dis turbed till morning, nor could they see anything of the enemy, who had evidently been greatly disheartened, and had retreated with much precipitation. As there was nothing to be done at sea, the ships being brought to anchor far south of the scene of action with the gun boats, which still continued, it was resolved to pay a visit to the uninteresting land in our vicinity, and to land at the nearest spot, which was about one mile and a half or two miles from Pavlovskaya Battery. A row of half a mile brought us from our anchorage. where the ship laid, in three fathoms, to a beautiful shelving beach, which was exposed, however, only for a few yards, as the rich sward grew close to the brink of the tideless sea. The water at the shore, unaffected by the current, was clear, and it was evident that it abounded in fish. The land rose abruptly, at the distance of 200 yards from the beach, to a ridge parallel to the line of the sea, about 100 feet in height, and the interval between the shore and the ridge was dotted with houses, in patches here and there, through which the French were already running riot, charging down the bill, breaking in doors, pursuing hens, smashing windows — in fact, "plundering," in which they were assisted by all of our men who could get away. Towards the Salt Lake some large houses were already in flames, and store-houses were blazing fiercely in the last throes of life. On the ridge above us the figures of the French and English soldiers, moving about against the horizon, stood sharply out, lighted up by the rays of the setting sun. The Highlanders ' in little par ties, sought about for water, or took a stray peep after a " bit keepsake " in the houses on their way to the wells, but the French were ever be fore them, and great was the grumbling at the comparative licence allowed to our allies. The houses were clean outside and in--whitewashed neatly, and provided with small well-glazed windows, which were barely adequate, however, to light up the two rooms of which each dwelling consisted, but the heavy sour smell inside was most oppressive and disagreeable ; it seemed to proceed from the bags of black bread and ves sels of fish oil which were found in every cabin. Eaeh dwelling had out-houses, stables for cattle, pens, bakeries, and rude agricultural implements outside. The pion-els were admirably described by Virgil, and a reference to Adams' Antiquities will save me a world of trouble in satisfying the curiosity of the farming interest at home. The furniture was all smashed to pieces ; the hens and ducks captives to the bow and spear of the Gaul, were cackling and quacking piteously as they were carried off in bundles from their homes by Zouaves and Chasseurs. Every house we entered was ransacked, and every cupboard had a pair of red breeches sticking out of it, and a blue coat inside of it, Vessels of stinking oil, bags of sour bread, casks of flour or ham, wretched clothing, old boots, beds ripped up for treasure, the hideous pictures of saints on panelling or paper which adern' every cottage, with lamps suspended before , them, were lying on the floors. Driiles dressed themselves in faded pieces of calico dresses or aged finery laying perdu in old drawers, and danced about the gardens. One house, which had been occupied as a guard-brine, and was marked on a board over the door " No. 7 11ardone," was a scene of especial confusion. Its inmates had evidently fled in great disorder, for their great-c )ats and uniform jackets still lay on the floors, and bags of the black bread filled every corner, as well as an incredible quantity of old boots. A French soldier, who in his indignation at not finding anything of value, hal with great wrath de vastated the scanty and nasty-looking furniture, was in forming his comrades outside of the atrocities which had been committed, and added, with the most amusing air of virtue in the world, " Ali, Messieurs, Messieurs ! ces brigands, ils ont voles tout !" No doubt lie had set tled horoure.bly with the proprietor of a large bundle of living poultry, which hung panting over his shoulders, and which were offered to us on very reasonable terms. Notwithstanding the great richness of the land, little had been done by ran to avail himself of its pro ductiveness. I never in my life saw such quantities of weeds or productions of such inexorable ferocity towards pantaloons, or such eccentric floe era of such huge di inensioiis, as the ground outside these cottages bore. The inhabitants were evidently graziers rather than ag riculturists. Around every house were piles ,of a sub stance like peat, which is made, we were informed, from the dung of cattle, arid is used as fuel: The cattle, however, had been all driven away. None were taken that I saw, though the quantity mutt have been very great which fed in the fields around. Poultry and ducks were, however, captured in abundance, and a party of Chasseurs, who bad taken a huge wild-looking boar, were' in high delight at their fortune, and soon de spatched and cut him up into junks with their swords. There were some 30 or 40 houses scattered about the ridge, but all were pretty much alike. The smell was equally disagreeable in all, in spite of whitewash, and we were glad to return from a place which a soldier of the 71st said "A Glasgae beggar wad na tale a gift of." FRIDAY MORNING. The French moved off from the bivouac at 5 o'clock this morning, but their advanced guard started some hours earlier. They took the road towards Kertch, going to the northward, and not following the sea coast line. Our troops, consisting of the 42d, 79th, 93d, and 71st Regiments, Barker's battery, and 50 of the Bth Hussars, under Lieutenant-Colonel de Salis, preceded them on the right in the same direction, and the Turks seemed to form the rear and left of the line. Sir Geo. Brown commanded our contingent. The main body of 'the fleet remained at anchor off Ambalaki, bat the gun-boate were busy from day-break in chasing various Russian craft over the flats about Yenikale, and in silencing the batteries built on a sand-bank running out from the mainland of Taman, on the east, towards the Cape of Ak Burnu. In this object they seemed to succeed completely, for not a short has been heard since a quarter past 10 o'clock up to this moment (11.25) at which I am writing. The Admiral is on board the Banshee, waiting impatiently .for the intimation from Sir George Brown that the troops are in Kertch and Yenikale, and that the light-vessels are to advanCe ; and the Highflyer has been sent forward half way to Ak Burnu apparently as a repeating ship. Several prizes have been towed down alongside us, but they are only small 50 or 70 tore schooners. One - large vessel north of the Joujnaya.Bank has been burning all night. The shore batteries are silent, and from one great exploSion which took place about half-past 10 o'clock a m. on the bank it may be inferred that the Russians have abandoned them, and blown up their magazines. There is no sign of an enemy in any .direction now. All the small gun-boats and trading vessels between Kertch and Yenikale must become prizes to the gun-boats, for there is not a breath s of wind, and the day is intensely hot. •It is probable that the Russian steamers may have succeeded in towing some of our merchantmen into the Sea of Azoff while our gun-boats were threading their way and sounding over the banks. The men will, I fear, suffer intensely from thirst on their march, as water is neither good nor abundant on the route, and they have no rum. In consequence of the rapidity of their march the spirits could not be landed in time, and the Commis sariat officers were ordered to remain-X/13 board the Hope till Sir Edmund Lyons received intelligence from Sir George Brown that the squadron might advance to Kertch. All the water in the soldiers' canteen must be brackish and unwholesome.. In this brief preliminary ac count of the expedition there will be found nothing more than a record of appearances, for up to the present time I have had no opportunity of , knowing what really took place, and have had no communication with any one , who was engaged with the enemy. It is probable I may be able to furnish some particulars ere the post is despatched from the fleet. 12 O'CLOCK. Sir Edmund Lyons has just weighed in the Banshee, and is standing towards Kertch. The greater number of the men-of-war steamers are following him. There can be no doubt but that the Allies are in Kertch ; Yenikale will soon share the same fate. The official despatches will not only anticipate this meagre letter, but will in all probability contain much more exact and interesting intelligence. The large vessels and line•of battle-ships remain anchored off Ambalaki. HALF-PAST 12 O'CLOCK. The columns of the Allied troops are now visible advancing over the hill on which Yenikale is situate.. Kertch has therefore fallen without a blow., We are now masters of the Sea of Azoff, and Anapa and Taganrog must fall when we please. The garrison of Sebastopol is deprived •of the chief source of its supplies, and the army of Asia and of the Caucasus can no longer send it reinforcements or provisions by wa y of the Sea of Azoff. All the light vessels have pushed on into 'the Sea of Azoff. The troops are now encamping outside Yenikale. Kertch is almost un touched. It is a very fine looking place from the sea. The Austrian flag is flying in front of one of the principal rows of buildings visible from the sea. The completeness of our victory is more and more apparent FRANCE. • PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENINO, The following private telegr a p hic despatch has been received to-day : " MADRID, sth.—The Cortes have to -day voted the 12th basis of the Constitution, which authorises the So' vereign to open and close the Parliament. It is consi dered probable that some reform will take place in the decree presented yesterday relative to the national guard: The'MonitelAr publishes two decrees extending to the 31st Dec. next, the period during which ves sels may enter Vre nch p orts, free of navigatioi! dues, with cargoeki of corn, flour, potatoes, on aucL other articles of food, According to prec eding de crees, the period in qt;estion was to expire the 31st of July. uement , coMmandant O f Brigadier-General Jacq the military subdivision of t he Creuse and Correzei: at Tulle, has just been transft.. , rred, by an Infert decree, to the reserve of the General Staff. J 3- 16 ' i succeeded in his - former post b y Brigadier-Geaer3 de Bousingex. General of Division De Joly is Dl pointed to the command of the 17th Military rral,vision (Corsica), vice General. Talandier, transfe to the reserve. a n family Prince Joseph Napoleon Bo na p arte a have arrived at Marseilles from Rome- the The Simois steam-packet left Marseilles 0 0 ~, 4th for Constantinople with troops on board. she also took out an English Colonel, with despatC .-_ for Lord Raglan, as well as M. de in, equerry to the Emperor. • de a re ' L arg e quantities of projectiles o f all k'n o e now being daily sent from the arsenal at .1339°,(A,.. to Bordeaux, whence they are conveyed t o seilles for the East. Cell' The Algerie frigate has just left Toulon for v al. stantinople, with troops, horses, stores, and 11.- sions on board. crni noon The Lord Mayor of London visited the v e 7 -1 :. n ooll Exhibition of Manufactures yesterday all' ° ',"o ill with a select party, and attended by six footo l Os the gorgeous livery of the Mansion-house.,49 of morning his lordship, Lady Moon, them oliTtbeig the London deputation, and the ladies of o pt families, accompanied by several gentlerenvis, nected with the municipal commission 01 A they set off by railway for Fontainebleau, wh er : will purpose spending the day. The whole pa'v return to Paris at about eleven to-night. BOURSE, JUNE 6.—CLOSING ri, Cash. fr. c. End of liontlu 94 50c. 4i per Cents 94 3 per Cents 7O 30 70 50 b, Credit Mobilier B9O Roman ............... .... Credit Foncier 530 Austrian ............ „.• Belgian Fives ...... - Piedmontese BB Rome Debt ......... Ir• RAILWAYS-7On CASH. 1 220 ---. fr. c. Orions .. Western 7OO .Rouen ............ • t o; - ' Cate 660 Strasburg - .......... 51)9, 5 0 Mediterranean 1195 Havre ......... . ...... 5,, Northern isiol4o• RUSSIA. n eso , A Vienna Gazette quotes a letter from - ..`, 1 , 00 stating that the fortifications of that place a ' - li a ad in th a state to bid defiance to any attack by o, o ' , of 56 at it is guarded on the land side by a c 4 .;t1 .35' sop,ooolounmdeenr,GthenaterharLeubdeeerns.conceutrated. 3 ' 1 til e A letter from Odessa of the 2 6 t 11, ' ll ar il telex Austrian Gazette, says :—" By, th e ch whi c h now unites Nicolaieff to Kiev- bYlreljloolo' , information has been received that tbe 0 pre ment of troops towards the Crimea is fer, tl3 C ow sent suspended, but artillery and provis'°tioo mile to be directed on Perekop. Ti to on . the high road from Perekop to Charo n, 5 00 icolaieff are going on with great activitY tro o e the direction of General Knorring• °r at) 9 PL under the command of General Virangei- It 17 vancing in the direction of Bakshi-Scr3" otioo said that he will only leave a corps of obser f t o t before Eupatoria, and will with the rest e v p ear s roops join the main body of the Russia ll t riji ,,, / est 9 '; ebastopol. A semaphore and bps l' e si - o pol: bushed between this place (Odessa) and Se b39- _ SPAIN. irr ivea . .. The Madrid journals of the Ist 113" le in i t. The Gazette contains a royal decree dec la f r ler ° ' state of siege the towns of the provinoo °ArAletic,is' which belong to the military districts 0f,., 0 Of V 3; and of Castilian de la Plana, and the 0 4 Gel l ' A talonia, _which are attached to the Capto-`-'-bota ral of Valencia. The Gazette announce ~"0 detachment of the Queen's forces had, o f t" - hours' pursuit, come up with at Galamoclo, coil' 29th ult., the band of the Carlist chief gar ce i;or e es sisting of 34 horsemen, and had killed 2of i t .', 15 1 . 5 9 ' and wounded 2 of its men ; that at Me ri r l ','pe J,,,,, guela, and Ricla, 8 insurgents and at v tpo ' cla,..- The had made their s4braiss3.on, and that at — s , , Bello 6 insurgents had been taken prisollsr a ppec Gazette adds that a new band had raacl°la det ll ,4o ante in the province of Soriet, and that,. it• J. is meat of Queen's troops was' in pursuit ol_eiliaoeeore same journal states that a rigorous groat tlol,i -exercised on the French frontier, a" o f the of was no fear of a rising in the provinces ea for of pozcoa. A letter -states that the fegivist e ,„ v iecl 200,000,000 reals proposed by th e ` . +o be ya rd Finance (the real is worth 5 sous), is "ad, r,,, - be only on tax-payers who pay 500 rea ls 3 s tis "- annually, and that 8 per cent. joter° allowed for it. Of 17 111 i : The Cologne Gazettesays:—" Th e I“iiieg is expected expected the his Majesty to arrive here in - the elle. t re o 2 s a after Th e passin g Prince ofa review p ru ssi 5 0 f i 0 : bar :: ii : : 1 :: : 11th three weeks nexedan ty to this place, and is bpatrheieneged.,, to Spire, Sd'.l ccelliPtti duties. : Ostend for sea city weeks to discharge r b ci l : to 5 ° The Prince intends aftell° I, W° 10" —_.— 4 it o A letter ' from Berlin of the 3d sgs:: 0015,0 receiv d • this day from Stockholel L''', - t be i'-`',o l the e diatSwedish Government hag ordereui ; belie:oo mobilisation of the landwehr. I" do tia t3 0 1 Deo te that e th this measure • is connected with the to newly entered into between Swed en all a d t * l3 Powers, and w ith t h e mission of parou -e to 0'11.51 wilitptio stroem at Vienna." tici coo - t tll° splo elections e ipn c p t ßo i o sa n i vt s iaorn o i a f iviihtahvoe: rinaeuseseratn ttbearrn3st hi 1 0 :100,t eteec i r , 010,,,i ! liii l e, C a adu l a h l T dt a t e hm h ts e h, e b e e old deputies, both of the gill'ssol.o°',ool' tivesbeen returned. h In Lower Bavaria, I f the ir'" anal tchareroiepdptohseitieolnecotifoennovfl-3. ° 6 • e :111k , st' v Li .-------- f fine • ) L lij The Austrian flotilla, consisting 0 a ~, tioa 00 vessels (a frigatey three corvettes, °13„000A three war-steamers, cast anchor at •"'" 25th ult. --------- fA, 0" WEST INDIA - 4 ,0 , .., ------- , yop„- ,O,IP SOUTHAMPTON, Tf71159-4". li k- tb ; • V ie ' By the Royal • Mail steam-slat, to, O i. oth t Valler, we have dates, from 17-011'.„,LaersfrViyo05.4' Havanna, 13th ; Jamaica, 12th ; -",i" st. ' ~.., Barbados and Trinidad, 12th ; oi l ' +n . 21st. pt s . 4 .• it erel P 19 1 ," The Tyne brings $2,451,689 °nilex-e/56 _A: count, $90,000 on account Of th° tottes9, eigi"'" dends, $14,000 value in precious °,hinewf At s sisn e at n rcT. sr g frahe e pae r hsar s oee , r im, ii and isaabsiu, ist a tki cargo, 4 1 0 Arriii4o.l3 othe tleeh:tepowyliasetlilcoapwlrinnfeec.wivposarbuwit --coitig;l:;:voi sijh London pu matterspdi o n n g ;51w, fe I P a. at lar 9 g o e t ti l e - ,ote 1 ,0 At Jamaica, beyond the fact tha it , 00)4, do et l l healthy, there is nothing to notice. D o be . t o and fair dhamaaydosubinve efraoefreabatlsisisEdre•°: 60 ;(e ci lle ' A/139°' i V ev -A ,rop s or cent. premium. 1 , t the sc a 0 1 , 1/ ye Advices from Grenada state t-;bea , I r , frlll not so favourable as could be I/1 010 0 f .1 1 3 r quence of the unsettled state a . lth o 11 tli tio o v et Legislature stood adjoured. tint' o ed las i e n h e a x n t. ts, hLuitttaleobeunstiifnueisssuepsprsrof Alliorairehrotlieed c° 1 l (r y os j , and provision was in them arket. otileril '.,0 tinned healthy. 'th the clq , P British Guiana, together lo de svOLI e India islands, was healthy. Trn t ioe • ri ls V f th e though the average importationa e°l3 was a fair supply of shipping. ,vetlieg ° The Plata arrived out ou the e Jo/ of May. ___-- goa ,re Oa c' d _--------- ~ ......- ~,f4 „ rt IS • all'. ad; w oe ll iir RELEASI OF THE EV% JA L . „rrober fl. fa , 4 ~, IRA Dr. Giles (who, will be Oroitiogo`lN 0 - 0 - f V. victed at the last fordOx Assizes 0! of I:rlity .60c1 in the marriaqe register too n lc i a; el; AtitO:01,04:01 charged from Oxford Castle a Q of u t e h e e n' p s e w rs a e r v r e a r l n t. g . eturbset o j3 e o d i 3 h t 1 01: 0 1: 1 0 0. 1; r 0 „ : 1 ell , " °11 0 th ; bell °` - 10 9° ' 0 - 4' by memorials from large nual ciously P 00, 0 co gentlemen, her Majesty WO g r ci p ` oo to P r. ( ' of ht tend her royal mercy and Po the veil ° expiration of three months from viction. eifftoirstsoilodf GENERAL ORDER. Head-quarters, before Sebastopol, May 21, 1855. The Commander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in sublishing to the army a despatch which he has received from the Minister of War, expressing the Queen's most gracious approbation of the conduct of the troops engaged in the attack and subsequent defence of the rifle pits in front of the advanced trench, right attack, on the night of the 19th and morning of the 20th April; her Majesty's deep cancers at the loss that:was sustained ; and at the death of that distinguished officer, Col. Egerton, 77th Regiment ; and the deep sympathy which her Majesty feels in the suf ferings of the bravo officers and soldiers who were wounded on the occasion ; and which Lord Raglan takes this public mode of communicating to them. " No. 111. " War Department, May 7, 1855. "My Lord,—l have received and have laid before the Queen your lordship's despatch, No. 260, of the 21st April, and I have received her Majesty's commands to express to you her gratification at the manner in which the Rifle Pits in front of the approach from the advance of the trenches on the extreme right were attacked and carried by assault on the night of the 19th ultimo by a detachment of the 77th Regiment under the command of Colonel Egerton. " Her Majesty regrets to learn that this gallant exploit was not accomplished without the loss of a considerable number of her bravo troops ; and I am especially to express the sorrow with which her Majesty has received the intel ligence of the loss which her service has sustained in the death of Colonel Egerton, to whose distinguished bravery and ability your lordship bears so high a testimony. " Her Majesty has received with high satisfaction your lordship's report of the gallantry of those of her officers and men who were e ngaged on this occasion, and I have it further in command , to desire that your lordship will con vey to those of her officers and men who were unfortuatoly wounded her deep sympathy with their sufferings.—l have the honour to be, my lord, " Your lordship's obedient humble servant, (Signed) " PANMUItE. "Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c." By Order, (Signed) J. SIMPSON, Chief of the Staff. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The success that has attended the production of the grand pictorial representation of the siege and bombard ment of Sebastopol at these attractive gardens has ex ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the enterpris ing lessee. For ourselves we must say it is the most perfect illusion we have ever seen, and it must be pro nounced to be the chef d'ceuvre of Damson. The dioramio views also of Balaklava, Eupatoria, Odessa, Cathcart's Hill, Hclsingfors, Cronstadt, and Revel—by Phillips— are exceedingly well painted. At dusk the siege takes place, the celebrated Southby furnishing the munitions of war. An attack is made on the English entrench ments, which is gallantly repulsed by our brave troops, assisted by a reinforcement off' French artillery, infantry, Zouaves, &c. A. tremendous fire is kept up from all the forts, replied to by the French and English artillery— round shot and " whistling dicks" flying in all directions. The fleet in the distance takes part in the bombardment ; finally, the enemy is repulsed at the bayonet's point. We cannot do better than advise a " Visit to Sebasto pol." The gardens last night were literally crowded, and all seemed high:y delighted with the entertainment. Their Royal Hi7,lmesses Prince Arthur, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, accompanied by Miss Hillier and Madame Rowland, paid a visit to the Crystal Palace yesterday morning. Yesterday evening the Earl and Countess of Derby gave a grand banquet to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cam bridge, and a select party of friends, at the family man sion in St. James's-square. Some small sums of gold continue to be sent to Paris, and, as the rate of exchange there still shows a drooping tendency, it is probable some larger remittances may soon be requisite. There is no impression, however, that they are likely to reach an amount equal to that of our ordinary arrivals. DEVONPORT.—It has been officially announced that, in consequence of the pressure of work in the several departments, the artificers are not to be drilled during the present summer. In futuro no work is to be done in Government yirds on board transports hired into the service. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Royal Mail clipper ship Donald INPKay, Captain Henry Warna, sailed yes terday afternoon from the Mersey with the usual mails for the Australian colonies, between 500 and 600 pas sengers, and a very full c;.irgo (2,550 tons) of merchan dise on freight. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—On the 6th inst. a. Leicestershire shareholder took out the share No. 11,000, making the amount subscribed for by members, since the formation of the society, in September 1852, 550,0001. The withdrawals on this capital of half a and upwards have been under 12,000/., and the amount of land sold exceeds 104,0001. The annual meeting of the Hospital for Married Women, Soho-square, was held yesterday ; Mr. J. Martin, in the absence of Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., in the chair. The report was read by the secretary, which included an appeal to the public to give further support to this charity. In 1852, the number of cases were 92 ;in 1353, 126 ;in 1354, 111. Of upwards of 700 cases, 361 had been discharged cured. TRADE Museum.—A meeting of gentlemen interested in the application of science to arts and manufactures took place at the Such ty of Arts, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of examining the animal department of the Trade MoFeuni, recently formed under the jlint authority of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhi bition of 1851 and the Society of Arts. At the monthly meeting of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S., president, in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected members of the institution :—Mr. J. S. Coleman, Mr. Win. De Lannoy, Mr. George H. Colonel 'W. K. Loyd, R. Bentley Todd, M.D., P.R. S., and Mr. George Ady. D RURY - LA NE.—A' crowded audience assembled last night to witness the data of Mine. Gassier in the cha racter of Lucia, in the Bride of Lammermoor, and we are happy to record that she was altogether successful. Her singing was marked with the greatest care, and her method of phrpsing in the most difficult passages was finished and pleasing. Signor Arrnandi sustained the arduous character of Enrico with his usual ability. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Monsieur Levassor, the well known comic actor and singer of the Palais Royal, has commenced a series of entertainments, which he calls " Soirees et Matin6es Reereatives et Comiques," at the above theatre. He is assisted by Mdlld. Teisseire, a clever performer from the Gymnase, who has not been in England before. They give dramatic scenes, and sing comic songs, accompanied on the pianoforte. M. Levassor has a great deal of humour, very much in the style of our Mr. Wright, of the Adelpbi ; it belongs, that is to say, to the broadest farce, and it is necessary to be familiar with Cockney Parisian life to be able to understand and enjoy it. M. Levassor, consequently, will he in London what Mr. Wright would be in Paris, popular chiefly among his own compatriotes. On the whole, M. Levassor's entertainment is very clever and amusing, and we hope it will be successful. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE STRAND.--Last night at a few minutes before 11 o'clock, a fire, attended with the destruction of several thousand pounds' worth of pro perty, broke out in the extnsivo range of premises be longing to Mr. J. Clarke, known as the Metropolitan Light Company's warehouse, situate at No. 447, Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph-office. The building is five storeys high, and the ground-floor contained several thousand lamps, ciiandeliers, and candelabra, of a most costly description, while the whole of the show rooms were filled with expensive work. The fire could not be extinguished until the flames had gone completely through the house, and bad done a serious amount of damage. The damage done is covered by insurance in several offices. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT DRIT ATN.--At the general monthly meeting, held on Monday, June 4, 1855, the Duke of Northumberland , K.G., F.R.S., pre sident, in the chair, J. S. Coleman , Esq., William de Lannoy, Esq., George H. Ingall, Esq., Colonel W. K. • Lloyd, R. Bentley Todd, M.D., F.R.S., were duly elected members of the Royal Institution. George Ade, Esq., was admitted a member of the Royal Institution. Thanks were voted to H. Bradbury and J. P. Lacaita, Esqrs., and to Professors Faraday and Tyndall, for their discourses on the evenings of May 11, 18 . 25, and June 1. The presents received since the last meeting were laid before the members. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. —Last night the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians held a conversazione, and on the occasion there was a numerous muster of men distinguished in different branches of science. The rooms of the college were abundantly provided with philosophical appara,tiv, and other objects either of curiosity or novelty to keep alive the interest of the visitors, among whom were — Sir David Brewster, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's, the Venerable Archdeacon Hales, the Hot. Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Headlam, M.P., Sir Benjamin Brodie, Professor Quekett, Sir R. Murchi son, Colonel Sykes, Sir James South, Sir James Ross, Sir R. Westmacott, Professor Brande, Professor Car penter, Professor Grant, Mr. C. Hawkins, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Bishop, Dr. Nei l Arnott, Mr. Knight, R.A., Mr. Justice Cresswell, Professor Flem ing, Pickersgiil, R. A , Mr. Tooke, Sir F. Dwarris, Sir H. Ellis, Sir T. Phillips, Mr. Shadwell, Mr. Brough ton Mr. Bell, Mr. Pilcher, Professor T y ndall, Professor Gladston, Mr. R. Jebb, the Rev. T. Barlow, Mr. J. Barlow, Sir J. Forbes, Mr. Reuter, the Wardens of the Society of Apothecaries, and from 250 to 300 other gentlemen. GRAY'S-INN, June 6.—At a pension of the Hon. So ciety of Gray's-inn, holden this day , Edward Dundas Holroyd, Esq., M.A., w as called to the degree of Bar rister-at• Law. LINCOLN'S -INN, June 6,—The undermentioned gentle. men we:e this day called to the degree of Barrister at lLaanwd,bEyscith.e; 11 Hon. Society of Linco ln's-inn, viz.:—F. W. E. Stiffe, Esq. • W. T. M'Cullagh, Esq. ; R. S. Bor land, . F S . c \ l v at . er E , a E rl s e c , i. E ,• W. Angell, Esq. ; C. . c F a r . th da E d i s z q , . R, •,q J. P.Yeatman, Esq. ; G. Udny, Esq.; e. K. Aston, Esq. ; and C. A. L. Lorenz, Esq. INNER Temere3, June 6.—The undermentioned gen tlemen were this day called to the bar by the hon. So ciety of the Inner Temple :--Walter Robinson, Esq., Thomas Arthur Farrell, Esq., Bernard Gustavus Nor ton, Esq., Peter Rothwell Crook, Esq., Charles Brom Murch, 8.A., Esq., James Scott Ogle, 8.A., Rig., Ben jamin Henry Walpole Way, Esq., John Boyd Kinnear, Esq., Henry Bret Ince, Esq., James Mackonocbio, Esq., George Toddy Tomlin, Esq., William Reynold Deire Salmon, Esq., Gregory Charles Paul, 8.A., Esq., and W illiam Patchett, 8.A., Esq. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Black Ball clipper Indian Queen, Captain M‘liircly, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., arrived in the river on Tuesday night, after a very rapid passage of 78 days from Hobart Town, from which port she sailed on the 17th of March, with 50 passengers, and a small box of specie, in addition to the following cargo-2035 bales of wool, 164 bales and 10 cases of leather, 71 casks sperm oil, 5 hhds. skins, and 3 cases brushware. The Indian Queen brings advices from Melbourne to the 13th March—three days later than previ ously to hand, up to which date neither the Red Jacket (out 75 days), nor the Lightning (out 66 , days), had arrived. 1 The arrival of English news was looked forward to with much anxiety by the inhabitants of Mel bourne, the latest advices from England being De- cember 10. An open air meeting was held at Melbourne on the 24th of March, for the purpose of considering, the extraordinary conduct of Government in post poning the trials of the Ballarat rioters. Resolu tions condemnatory of the course pursued by Go vernment were passed, and a subscription entered into for a defence of the remaining prisoners. The insult offered to the jury by the Attorney-General was also censured, one of the speakers, Mr. Aspi nall, stating that it was understood the Attorney- General intended to resign as soon as he was able to pass a measure prohibiting trial by jury. Another large nugget of gold, weighing 481 b., had been taken from a hole at Ballarat. A letter from Geelong, dated 12th March, says : —" The improvement noticed some time past in provisions continues to progress. Rates are tend ing rapidly upward., and merchants are determined to hold rather 'than credit any important sale. Prices.—Belmont candles are now worth 2s. per lb. ; is. Bd. per lb. is a fair quotation for English cheese, and there is also an advance on many other articles of daily consumption. Tho first quality of flour has realised 451. 10s., and wheat has been quoted . a.t 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9 d. A meeting, presided over by the Governor a Van Diemen's Land, Sir .Henry Young, was held at Hobart Town on the 10th of March, at which a committee was appointed to raise subscriptions in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Nearly 1,0001. was con tributed at the meeting. Mr. Perry was elected to a seat in the Legisla tive Council, for Hobart Town, on the 167,11 of March, by a majority of 176 over his opponent, Dr. Bedford. The gold mines at Fingal, worked by the Laun ceston Company, was not productive enough to pay expenses ; but persons of experience in the Victoria mines were quite sanguine of success as to • the result, feeling assured that at a quarter depth the gold will ho found in great quantities. The miners propose goitm to the depth of 100 feet. . The harvest in Van Diemen's Land bad been completed and got in with little difficulty.. For labour the wages generally paid had been 12s. per acre and rations. The Launceston Examiner says the Archbishop of Canterbury had extended the leave of absence from the colony of the Rev. Dr. Brown for six months longer, in order to have the benefit of his expe rience and assistance in the preparation of an act for the better management of ecclesiastical afTair3 in the Australian colonies. Advices from New Zealand to the 27th February have been received by the Indian Queen. The New Zealander of that date says : " Commerce has for someweeks past been subservient to politics, and we have neither a sale to report or c hange to note. There has been but one arrival during the week, and that an American whaler to refresh. Three vessels have sailed, all with colonial produce for the Melbourne market. The exports were 400 tons of po tatoes, 30 bushels of wheat, and 3 tons of onions." RUSSIAN AVARrCIOUSNESS. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. SlR,—The y following passage in Gibbons's immortal work may now interest your readers. It occurs in the 55th chapter of the " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," in a masterly sketch of the early history of the barbarian Pt,issia :—" In a period of 190 years, the Russians made four attempts to plunder the treasures of Constantinople ; the event was various, but the motive, the means, and the object were the same in these naval expeditions. The Russian traders had seen the magnifi cence and tasted the luxury of the City of the Ca3sars. They envied the gifts of nature, which their climate de nied," &e. A. 0. F. Temple. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sin,—lf ever there had been a doubt in the minds of men of common observance that the late Government was Russian, Mr. Gladstone's speech must have cleared it up ; and it has become self-evident that, if the coun try had the benefit of All the Talents in administrative capacity, with the whole country to back them, some thing more than incapacity must have been the main cause of our disasters. It resolves itself into nothing less than a traitorous betrayal of our cause to Russia, and the consequent suicidal destruction of 20,000 men. And such men ! Soldiers of discipline and experience such as never before left these shores. One is inclined to ask why the Kertch expedition never before was planned and carried out, whereby the Russians long since must have been starved out of the Crimea, and the Crimea invested, in place of Sebastopol, which we have been unable to invest. lam credibly infoi med that Admiral Dundas had planned such an ex pedition, and was prevented from carrying it into effect by Lord Aberdeen's Government. Lord Hardwicke can prove it. Call upon him to do so. In olden times an impeachment would have been insisted on. Such things now are not done. But it is V) be hoped that the press, that has done so much, will not lose sight of the men who have sold their country to Russia. Mr. Cobden says it will entail exorbitant expenses on England. So it will. Whose fault is it ? We are ready to pay. The chance is now open to us, and jus tice to our allies, as well as to ourselves, renders it necessary that the voice of the people should not only be heard, but be attended to. They have been constant and patriotic, while our leaders have openly betrayed us, and unblushingly avow it. I believe it is an undoubted fact that Admiral Dundas was prevented by the Government from attacking the posts at Kertch and Sea of Azoff. It would have been too hard a blow on Russia, and was stopped. Yours, Scc., JUSTICE. June 5, 1855. STAR CLUB.—The fourth meeting of the members of this club for the present season took place on Wed nesday at Fenton's Hotel. There were present—Mr. Lee, Esq., M.P., James Pilkington, FAT, M.P. Mr. M.P., Mr. Oliveira, M.P, . Digby Seymour, Esq., y Appleton, Secretary to the American Embassy, the Mayor of Blackb urn, Mr. Westmacott, Lieutenant 0. Greene, Mr. Barnes, M.P., &c., &c. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yester day a special Court of Sewers was held at the Court house, Greek-street, Soho, Mr. Jebb in the chair ; but the business transacted, viz., the allowing of deficiencies and compositions on distinct rates, the making of im provement rates, the hearing of appeals and summonses, receiving presentments of nuisances, &c.—was not of sufficient interest to warrant a lengthened report. THE COTTON SPECULATIONS IN LIVERPOOL.—It is a common rumour at Manchester that a, well-known banker of c leared 30,0001. out of the cotton speculations e rpo o . A cotton broker is said to thatcity h a a t s alr eady Lv have realised 40,000/. FIRE AT DUNDEE. —A telegraphic message was re ceived in London yesterday to the effect that a serious fire had broken out in Trades-lane, Dundee, that morning, by which five large flax warehouses were totally burned, together with a large amount of property. On Tuesday the settled estates of the Earl of Kings ton, situate in the counties of Limerick and Cork,' were set up for sale in the E n cumbered Estates Court. Lot was 1, containing 196 acres , and producing 176/. a year, sold for 3,125/. No. 2 was about equal in extent, and fetched 3,2001. Lot 4 produced 5,100/. It contained 396 acres. The lots sold produced 24,7851. every moment. As we passed Pavlovskaya and the bat tery at Cape ak Burnu, we could observe a considerable number of large guns still in position, and they, as well as the guns of the Kertch and Yenikale batteries, are in our hands. The boats of the fl eet are busy all along the coast. The loss on our side is said to be very insignia cant, but up to this moment (3 o'clock) we have held no communication with any of the ships.