The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-12 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY-L.LNE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Lucy Escott ; Edgardo, Signor Armand!. To be followed by a Grand CONCERT. To conclude with a Grand Ballet. Prices of admission:—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 4s. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d. ; f our persons , one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatene; THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. ro be followed by a Ballet. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. Followed by THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRAllas THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KDIG HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ea t `)arine, Mr.. C. Kean ; Cardinal Welsey, Mr. C. Kean. TIMA.TRE BiOTAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HELPDPG HANDS. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, &c. To conclude with OPEN SESAME ; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and Keeley; Mis se s Wcolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndham, M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Characters by messrs. Robson, A. Wigan, G. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Rags, Mr. F. Robson. ROYAL STRA.ND THEATRE. under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaaii. THIS EVENING, will Fe performed MARRELD DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by DELICATE GROUND. To he followed by PRINCE CHERRY AND PRINCESS FAIR STAB. To conclude with the Spanish. Dancers. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Splendour and Magnificence blended with Historical Interest. THIS EVENDIG, The Grand and Gorgeous Spectacle called, ENGLAND and PRANCE In the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, Brothers in Arms ! Brilliant Tournament—the stage and ring in one—real armour— heraldic banners—a splendid sttal—men-at-arms, and all the majestic paraphernalia of Royalty and Knighthood. To conclude with the skilful SCENES In the CIRCLE, the produc tioa of Mr. William Cooke. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGI:. Tam DAY —Morning 22 min.aftel 12 I Evening 4Rmin. att.l2 XO-11Mow—Horning 13 min.after 1 I Evening 38min. att. 1 THE WEATEM.—Sum Orrice, July 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. • 60 —highest since noon yesterday. 60 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'89. WIND, W.N.W. Light, with very fine summer waather. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIVEPENCE-HALFPENNY. FOURPENCE. FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, &c., &c., can now be had for Fourpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places, unless the Postmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. :G_. Y~~i 441 (; r k t SAM LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1855. Although Ministers are willing to procrastinate the evil day, and to retain office on terms from which any of their predecessors would have shrunk with horror, they will not be permitted to do so without an arduous struggle. No, the measure of their iniquity is full to overflowing— the public indignation is excited to the utmost degree. It is universally felt that Lord JOHN RUSSEL', has completely forfeited the confidence of the nation, and if his colleagues desire to retain his co-operation, and to shield the most glaring instance of duplicity and insincerity ever exhibited on the part of one holding high appointments, that they must share his fate, and make way for others with a sounder sense of political morality, and more stringent notions respecting the obli gations and consistency of public men. It may be very convenient for Lord PALBIER STON to put oft' a decision until he knows whether the " irresponsible Primo Minister" will suffer him to dismiss Lord JOHN' RUSSELL with as scant cere mony as the latter Noble Lord, when nominal Premier, displayed towards himself when merely a Secretary of State. But it is not for his own honour or the interests of the country that he should remain quiescent under a charge of so serious a character —that he should continue to hold office, not even on sufferance, but by paltry and contemptible expedients to evade the delibe rate 11" A i 'g/seed of a majority of the House of Com mons. Nat, more, it is not for his own advan tage, nor of those amon,, 0 , his colleagues — it any—who are honestly determined to refuse their assent to an ignominious and t ransitor y peace ! It is mo re than hinted that there are intrigues iu operation that may end in his evic tion from the place he laboured so hard to attain, and the substitution of th e -ex-Plenipo ten 'thary who has purchased at so hi gh a price the favour of all who advocate the.ad o Pitou of a C OBURG policy. Vigorous and energetic as may be the onslaughts about to be made under the direction of Sir E. B. LYTTON and Mr. Roznucx, th e er danger from is threatened with even 'great - from within ; the treachery and defection of th e garrison is more formidable than the power of it s assailants. If time be given Lord JOIIN RUSSELL may con clude arrangements with the Peelites, and the Peace-at-any-Price Party. H 3 . may thus be enabled to step into office at the very close of the session, and to conclude a treaty by which all our sacrifices of men and money would be rendered , abortive, by which Russia would be allowed to carry her nefarious plans into practical operation withdut let or hindrance, and our only trustwor thy and faithful ally disgusted and alienated. It is true that such a course would be highly dis graceful and possibly perilous to all the actors, that it would be treacherous and deceitful in the highest degree, and might bring well-merited punishment on all the actors in the dark conspi racy. But, alas, what reliance can be placed in the honour and integrity of the man who, after having stated to the Austrian Minister "that his terms ought to be, and might be accepted, and that he would lay the case before the British Cabinet, and would use his best exertions to put the propositions in such a light that they might hope for their adoption," having, as he himself declared, " certainly performed that pro mise," yet delivered a speech on Mr. DISRAELI'S motion of such a character as to induce the House and the country to believe that he was the most determined advocate for the vigorous prosecution of the War until an honourable and enduring peace had been conquered from Russia ? In making that speech, under the peculiar circum stances of the case, he was guilty of wilful and deliberate deception towards the nation. He was " blowing hot and cold " at the same time— fanning in public the flame of popular enthusiasm to the utmost intensity, but, in the privacy of the Cabinet Councils, inspiring icy doubts into the breasts of his colleagues, and chilling their souls by the precepts of Germanism. What, then, may be apprehended from such a man, sustained by secret influence of a very powerful character. The popular representatives must be on the alert while there is yet time—and guard their cherished Constitu tion from the danger in which it is placed, although possibly not from the quarters recently indicated. The ill-timed candour of Lord JOHN, who wan tonly flung this modern apple of discord into the political arena, goes far to prove that there is something on the tapis, respecting which early and complete information is of vital importance. Mr. DISRAELI has, a second time, come forward to compel Ministers to make up their minds, and to announce a definite and certain line of policy. He will this evening move that precedence may be given to Sir E. B. LYTTON'S want of confidence motion for to-morrow. We do not see how that demand can be resisted, with what face, or under what pretence Ministers could refuse the challenge delivered through the recognised leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition in the House of Commons from one of the most renowned champions of tbat body. It would have been better for Lord PAL MERSTON had he in the first instance complied with a good grace, but we cannot suppose that he has so far fallen as to refuse the defiance thus fiercely hurled at him, and to submit patiently to the charge of political poltroonery with which a persistence in the ignominious course would in delibly brand him. Coronets or competency—that is now very much the question on which the future of Eng land depends. Here we are in the second year of the War still carrying on the Government with a Cabinet and Ministry composed, for the most part, of qnite common-place men—some of them, indeed, claiming to be men of ex perience, but who should rather be described as second-hand materials all the worse for wear. The worse, because their so-called experience con sists chiefly of drilling in official and party tra ditions, not in the acquisition of political know ledge or public principles. A well-seasoned Go vernment man—we speak irrespective of party— is one who has learned to act with his clique, to take general care of the interests of aristocracy,. and. special care of that section of it to which he belongs. Such men are nearly all the present occupants of high office. Not much better or much worse would the Opposition aristocracy be if they turned out the others. The Earl of DERBY would use the old cards over again, quite as much as the Whig or Peelite leaders. Our Governments are, indeed, nothing but a see-saw between two sets of men, professing, of course, op posite political principles, but with a perfect understanding that neither side shall wander be yond the charmed circle. Now, we do not want to mix up this question with names, though we could readily give them ; but does any one doubt that a Cabinet, perhaps half a dozen Cabinets, might easily be formed out of even the present House of Commons, quite equal to the present one ? Take the list of our Ministers, read it over to any one conversant with the members of Parliament, and he could name as each Lord This or Lord That was mentioned, some one of quite equal ability and integrity ; probably the process might be repeated several times. Why, then, with all the shiftings and changes we have had, are none of these men brought for ward ? If a public Company cashiered a Board of Directors for bad management, and placed their opponents in power, and if these latter did no better, or did worse, the Shareholders would assuredly, find out some fresh men belonging to neither of the old Boards, till they got a Board both honest and competent. They would never think to mend their position by shuffling together the two packs of cards and selecting by chance the number required. Why cannot the House of Commons take the same common-sense course. A mistress frequently finds it advantageous, if she must change a servant or two, to make a clean sweep of the servants'-hall, and replace the expelled batch by those who are uncontaminated with the malpractices of their predecessors. Thii, we may be told, would be revolution. Granted—revolution amongst individuals, but certainly not in our " glorious constitution." The L ORD C HANCELLOR mus t , we suppose, b e a peer ; yet,singularly enough, he is generally the only one of the Cabinet who gets into it f or a b ility, and not f or belong ing to th e aristocracy. All the other mem bers mi g ht b e, and have been, in turn, plain private g en tl emen. So completely has the present generation become accustomed, however, to Government by family and aristocratic cliques, that it would no doubt be a greater feat than the capture of Cronstadt to put in office a Ministry unconnected with the families who have so long divided the fleece, and it would certainly be a greater wonder to the nation. V/ e have only to rub the dust from our eyes, how ever, to see how completely we suffer ourselves to be blinded. Two things would immediately stare us in the face—the first, that most of the present, occupants of place would never have been there a nd kept there but from their aristocratic connex ions the second, that there are scores of men who would certainly have been tried, had they but been wearers of coronets, or related to the wearers of these jew ellers' baubles. Its of this deference t o One of the miserable results coronets instead of brains and hearts, is the non rePrasentative character of our representatives, taken at least as a voting body, and for the m ore Part as a debating H people's vo i ce. of the C ommons less than now the echo body. Never was a ouse o f C I guidance. The sentun' its conduct ors, to their , and it keeps time and tune It has made a set of aristo crats entri of the nation are hardly uttered in the house. The universal dis gust, for instance, with Austrianism, Coburgism, and Germanism generally, is never heard of there. It would be uncourtly, it would inconvenience - LEOPOLD and his relatives ; it would show the German people that tke English people sympa thised with them, and not with their detested Courts. It might issue also in a demand for Ministers, who would be not the Ministers of Saxe Coburg Gotha, but the Ministers of Eng land ; it might surround her MAJESTY with ad visers whom no cajoleries and no obstinacy could divert from a straightforward English course, and from utter contempt of the endeavours of German influence to turn them aside. With an outspoken House of Commons, what Minister would have dreamed of sending a Plenipotentiary to Vienna, to discuss those Four Points which all now blush to recollect, especially one, so devoted to the Austro-Coburg policy, as to have swallowed a proposal which the French Government and ours equallyrejected, and which he himself was ashamed till compelled, to acknowledge in Parliament. How very few dare utter the honest sentiments of the people, while those who venture to do it are baited by the subordinates, and jeered, or occa sionally lectured by their master. There is no thing, however, approaching to a manly, general, and steady enforcement of the people's views on the great matter of the day. The consequence has been that the foreign policy of the War has, as we have shown repeatedly, sacrificed more victims than even mal-administration. Had Saxe Coburg Gotha vanished prior to the war in some blessed geological convulsion, we Eelieve that Cronstadt and Sebastopol would have been in our hands last autumn. This would equally have been the case if the representatives of England did not allow themselves to be checkmated by the Coburg nominees of our Cabinet. The titled, then, or the competent, for leaders. This is the fundamental question. Our House of Commons itself will be worthless till it has settled it in favour of the latter ; Administrative Reform, while aristocrats and tools of Germanism are the exclusive masters, would only give a more perfect machine for working out German, net English, views. A Foreign Enlistment Bill, which contained no clause for raising a Polish Legion, was bad enough, and ought to have been contumeliously rejected ; but the grand evil is an aristocratic, family, coronet system of Cabinet making, which makes all the regiments of our army an enlistment for carrying cut a foreign policy, which is at the same time a Foreign‘rs' policy. Disguise it who will, it nevertheless is a fact, and one which cannot too generally be accepted and acted on, that the Allies have nothing what ever to hope from the absolute Courts of Europe ; not even the preservation of a decent appearance of neutrality, unless enforced by fear. Russia is the modern centre of despotism—the baleful orb round which the minor Courts revolve—and pl e d ge themselves to what they may, their symp a thi es will ever be with her, and their secret efforts always at her service. The hearts of the people of Europe, manly and generous, may throb in sympathy with the career of our brave troops—may bound with exultation, or tremble with eagerness, as news of a success or a repulse of the Allies reaches them, but to the crowned vultures on their necks nothing could be more grateful than the Russian cry of victory unless it were the scent of carnage among her foes. Their instincts and sympathies point to Russia as their natural protector, and if Russia were likely to win, Russia would have almost every one of them openly going over to her side instanter. As ono proof among many of this, the recent proceedings of the Neapolitan Government may be noticed. Not daring to follow his instincts and join Russia, the legitimate King of the Lazzaroni is indulging his bent by forbidding the export of any of the productions of the kingdom for the use of the Allied Armies in the East, and this under the hypocritical pretext of enforcing a rigid. neutrality ! To such an ex tent has this been carried, that not only cereals and live cattle, but also tallow, salt meat, hemp, &Tx., are now included in the list of articles pro hibited. Hay and straw, too, have an export duty levied on them, which was not the case before. Unfortunately, matters have been so mis managed that our Government, more than any other, have relied on obtaining supplies from this well-ordered kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the consequence is that want is felt chiefly from their comparative nearness to the seat of War, and remonstrances on the subject have been made by our Government. Of what nature these were we are unable to say ; but, to be effectual, France and England should couple them with threats or a demonstration stirring enough to bring back his senses and the show of honesty to a BOURBON, and to convince him that his exegesis of the law of neutrality partakes too much of the nature of a fraudulent gloss to be orthodox, while its en forcement involves consequences too serious to permit o ~ieing persisted in. Why not block ade or bombard Naples, and seize BomßA's fleet ? THE TROOP-SHIP CHARLOTTE JANE. ADMIRALTY, JULY 12. A rumour of an accident having befallen the Charlotte Jane, troop freight-ship, which ship sailed from Portsmouth on the Bth July with troops for Malta, having appeared in a morning paper, the Secretary of the Admiralty will feel obliged by the editor of The Sun giving insertion to the accompanying letter from Admiral Martin to the Transport Board, which he trusts may re move the apprehensions of those who have friends embarked in this ship : " Portsmouth Dockyard, July 11, 1855. " Gentlemen,—l beg to report that at 10 p.m yester day a respectable inhabitant of Portsmouth (Mr. Crook) called upon me with a piece of paper, which he said a Waterman had given him, stating that he had taken it out of a bottle he found floating in the sea—upon this paper is written with pencil, as follows : " 'Transport Charlotte Jane, off the Needles, July 8, 2 p.m. Her fore and main masts are gone, and there is 12 feet of water in the hold. Two men are drowned, the captain in command of the 50th depot killed by the fall of a spar.' " Had there been any truth in the statement the case would have been urgent, and I immediately sent a steamer to the Needles and to the back of the Isle of Wight in search of the transport. The steamer returned this afternoon without having discovered anything of her. The pilot that took the Charlotte Jane from this port has informed me that she passed the transport at 10.30 a.m. on the Bth inst.,_and that he l e ft h er a t 11.30 a.m. that day steering for Ushant. Although I sent to ascertain the fact, I never had any belief in the statement on the paper referred to. I think it right to make this communication, as the report of the circumstance is in circulation.—l am, &c., "J. B. MARTIN, "Admiral Superintendent. " Transport Board, &c." The Duke and Duchess de Montptensier arrived at Milan on the 3d. m T en he schOikernioffr Journal theex.com of m F a r n a d n e l r efo o r f t states seba that stopo Prince Sebastopol, isex pected at Berlin on his way to one of the bathing places on the banks of the Rhine. The Revue Contemporaime is to become a political or gan, with the French Government writers, MM. Trop long, de Parke, &c., at its head. The Revue de Paris is also to be political, but in the democratic direction. Dr. Vernon is said to be forming a new journal, to be called L' intelligence. At the Royal Santiago Mining meeting yesterday afternoon it was stated that the ore raised during the half-year will realise 7,3061., but that the loss will still reach 4,9901. The last call has supplied the requi-ite funds for carrying on operations. The loss in the next six months is expected to be less, owing to the improved nature of the ground. FRENCTI GENERAL ORDERS. The following order of the day has been addressed to the French army by its commander-in-chief : Soldiers in the battle of the 18th, our eagles were car ried to the works which form the very precincts of Se bastopol ; but it was necessary to abstain from carrying to the furthest a contest whose incidents I had not fore seen would be so bloody, and you returned to your lines in order, the enemy not daring to leave his en trenchments or disturb your return. Our actual situation is that of the day before the combat ; my confidence in your ardour and in our suc cess is the same. The arrivals of every day suffice, and mere than suffice, to replace those amongst you who have gloriously fallen, and whom in your hearts you have sworn to revenge. _ We have gained - ground, and in compsessing the enemy more and mere, we strike him with more cer tainty. He cannot subsist, fill up the gaps in his ranks, or provide himself with munition, but at the price of un heard•of efforts; while we, masters of the sea, inces santly and plentifully renew our means. Soldiers !—You will show yourselves more patient and energetic than ever in this obstinate contest, which will decide the peace of the world, and in which you already have given proofs of self-devotion, bravery, and patriotism, adorning your flag with immortal glory. I need not cite here any one individual out of so many brave men who honoured their names in the heroic con test of June 18. At the General Quarters before Sebastopol. The General-in-Chief, June 22, 1855. (Signed) A. PELISSIEB. In consequence of the fatigues which the troops have to undergo during the great heats, and for the promotion of the general health, every soldier will be allowed, from the 22d of June, ore ration of wine and one of brandy every day, independent of the sugar and coffee ration. The regimental officers will have to take especial care that the brandy is not drunk neat ; it must be mixed with water, to serve as a beverage during the day. Headquarters before Sebastopol, June 21, 1855. The General-in-Chief, (Signed) PELISSIER. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 11. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, the Count of Flanders, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, inspected the troops at Aldershott camp yesterday, on the way from London to Osborne. The Royal party arrived at Osborne soon after 7 o'clock in the evening. The Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur, with the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, had arrived from London between one and two o'clock. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelits dined with the Duchess of Kent at Clarence-house, St. James's, last evening. Mr. Thornton, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Hodgson, a depu tation from the committee of Anglo• Peruvian bond holders, transacted business with Lurd Wodehouse at the Foreign-office yesterday. Summonses were issued yesterday morning to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council in the afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. About half-past three o'clock the following Ministers assembled, viz., Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell. Lord Pa,nmure, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir William Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The council broke up at twenty-five minutes before seven o'clock. The Court, it is understood, will remain at Osborne until the 13th of August, on which day her Majesty and the Prince Consort, according to present arrangements, will take their departure for Boulogne, en route to Paris. The young Prince Leopold is detained in London a few days by a slight accident, which he met with a day or two since in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The sojourn of the Bing of the Belgians in this coun try will, it is believed, extend to the latter end of next week. More than 700 mules have been purchased in the Island of Cyprus for use in the Crimea. ENGLAND AND IRELAND COMMUNICATION BlLL.—This important bill, which is so much calculated to facilitate and acr'e'erate the passenger traffic between the two countries, passed the committee of the Lords yesterday, and was ordered to ba reported to the house. MR. MONTI'S LECTURES.—The lecture delivered last evening at Great Marlborough-street completes the pre sent series. Its object was to trace the progress of sculpture from the 15th century down to the present day D . ÜBLIN, July 11.—The splendid transport Pride of the Sea arrived at Queenstovk non Monday. She was inspected yesterday and was to take on board imme diately drafts of the 9th, 68th, 89th, and other regi ments. VERDI'S NEW OPERA, "LES VEPRES SICILIENNES.” —This opera is now in the middle of " a run," and brings, on an average, 15,000 francs into the treasury of the French Grand Opera nightly. THE BALTIC STAMER.—BRIDLINGTON, Jnly 9.—The Baltic (steamer) floated off the rocks at Flamborough Head with this morning's tide, and proceeded for the Humber. Some of her pasengers had been landed. THE MILEAGE DUTY ON OMNIBUSES.—The mileage duty, last year, was 185,378/. Os. 2d., and of that sum 112,961/. was received in the metropolis. There is a Government bill before Parliament to reduce the duty from Id. to id. per mile from the Ist July instant. MR. J. P. TUTTON, BANDMASTER OF THE BLUES.—We have great satisfaction in contradicting the reported death of this eminent musician on the best authority ; as we have received a letter written by Mr. Tutton him self. in which he declares that he is pursuing his profes sional engagements in perfect health and vigour. CHELTENHAM ELECTION.—To-morrow has been fixed for th• nomination, which will take place in the Town Hall. Mr. G. C. L. Berkeley is the only candidate who has issued an address, but Mr. William Ridler, the manager of one of the local banks, it is said, intends to offer himself, and to go to the poll; but he has not put forth any address to the electors at present. THE WEATHER• AND THE CROPS IN LEICESTERSHIRE. —The mowing grass has greatly increased in bulk ; all pastures have improved, and the corn has shot up rapidly ; the wheat is bursting into ear under the favour. able circumstances of a high temperature ; and we have sanguine hopes that the harvest will prove more abun dant and not so late as was expected at the commence ment of the month.—Leicester Journal. THE LIVERPOOL BANKS.—The Union Bank has de clared a dividend of 3 per cent. on the capital stock of the company for the last half-year. The Royal Bank, on preference shares, has declared the payment of in terest after the rate of 5 per cent. The Borough Bank has declared a dividend of 7 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the company for the last half-year.—Liverpool Courier. DEATH or SIR R. ABERCROMBY, BART.—We have to record the demise of Sir Robert Abercromby, Bart., the chief of the clan of Abercromby, which took place on Friday last at Forglen House, the family seat in Banff shire, North Britain. The deceased was son of Sir G. Abercromby. fourth baronet, by the eldest daughter of the seventh Lord Banff. He was in his 71st year. IRONMASTERS ' QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVER HAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Midsummer quarterly meeting of ironmasters was held in this town to-day. There was a very thin attendance of the firms of the district, and only a small amount of business transacted during the day. The price of pigs has improved, and the quotations of manufactured iron, settled at the pre liminary meeting held a fortnight ago, were firmly main tained. The state of the trade of the districts will be more fully ascertained at the meeting to be held in Bir mingham to-morrow, and where, as usual, the attend ance of ironmasters and merchants will be more numer ous than is customary at Wolverhampton. The col liers in the neighbourhood of West Bromwich have returned to work at the reduced wages. Loss OF THE SHIP ABBERTON.—The Abberton, Fleming, from Callao to the United Kingdom, foundered in about lat. 40 S., on the 22d May. Crew saved by the Cypress, Heartley, arrived at Pernambuco. • GAVAZZI'S FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.—Last night Sig nor Alessandro Gavezzi delivered, in Exeter Hall, his farewell lecture, previous to his departure for America. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the Hall was remarkably well filled. A great number of clergymen and Dissenting ministers were present, and amongst the laity we observed the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. for the University of Oxford, and ex• Chancellor of the Exchequer. ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL OF THE LARGEST CLIPPER EVER BUILT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.—The new clipper Schomberg, belonging to Messrs. Jas. Baines and Co.'s celebrated Black Ball line of Australian packets, ar rived in the Mersey yesterday forenoon, from Aberdeen, and will be immediately placed on the berth for Melbourne, as the Royal mail-ship of the sth of Sep tember. The Schomberg was built by Messrs. Alex ander Hall and Sons, the eminent ship-builders of Aberdeen, and is the largest ship ever built in the United Kingdom, her dirnensicns being as follow :—Length over all, 288 feet ; extreme breadth, 45 feet, and depth of hold 29 feet. Her tonnage is 2,400, new measure ment, and 2,600, old, per register, or about 4,000 tons burden. Her entrance lines on the water are long and exceedingly fine ; she has a beautifully moulded run and clearance, and fiat floor, and full form above. She is fitted for the conveyance of passengers on the most im proved style, having three decks, with poop and fore cattle, and can afford accommodation for 1,000 souls on board. ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music.—The first of a series of "Reunions of the Members, Associates, and Students" of the above institution took place at St. Martin's Hall last evening. They have been established by the com mittee of management of the Academy ; and the ,plan of bringing the members, associates, and former students into co-operation, for the purpose of public musical per formances, promises to be attended with excellent effects. At the concert of last night the principal vocalists were Miss Birch, Madame Weiss, Miss Helen Taylor, Miss Ransford, Madame Bassano, Mr. Allen, Mr. Herberte, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Frank Bodda, and Mr. Wallworth. The solo instrumental performers were Mr. W. H. Holmes, pianoforte; Mr. H. Blagrove, violin ; and Mr. John Thomas, harp. The orchestra and chorus were large and complete in every depat ttneut, and composed of the academicians. The concert was conducted by Mr. Lucas. There was a g ood and varied selection of music, on the whol e excee di n l y well performed. LATEST NEWS. SUCCESSFUL BOMBARD MENT OF THE REDAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 12. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has this day reached him from General Simpson " CRIMEA, JULY 11, 4.45 P.m. " Our fire yesterday had good effect on the Redan. " Cholera is decreasing, and the health of the army is satisfactory." PARIS, THURSDAY, 8 A.M. The Moniteur announces that the last de spatches received from the Crimea are dated the 10th of July, 2 p.m. General Pelissier writes as follows to the Minister of War : " I have nothing new to announce to you to day. The firing has been very brisk during the whole of the day between the English and the Great Redan. This evening that work is very silent, consequently our Allies will be able to ad vance their works." The Monitcur publishes despatches from Ad miral Penaud, from the Baltic. A despatch from St Yetenburg of the 6th inst. states that the British ships bombarded Krasnaja Gorka on the forenoon of the 3d inst. for five hours. They destroyed the telegraphic station and barracks. A private telegraphic despatch from Barcelona, dated the 10th inst., announces that the work- men had left the town, and wore encamped in the open fields with bands of peasants. The National Guard had given its support to the Government, and mounted guard in the town. The troops were outside. The town was tran quil. The shops had re-opened. The manufac tories had struck work. General Zapatero had received reinforcements. He awaited more, to be able to act. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 2.—Sir George Brown sails this evening from this for England in the Nubia. The barracks at Scutari are this day to be va cated by the healthy troops, who will be encamped a little distance off, and the whole of the buildings will be appropriated for the reception of sick and wounded. The deaths are not more now than four and five a day, but cholera is making its appearance. . _ _ - Miss Nightingale is at Therapia, and does not intend to return to England unless obliged. The Oneida arrived here this morning, and sails again this evening for Balaklava with all on board except the officers of the Turkish Contingent. The imperial family has been plunged into deep affliction by the death of the young Prince Djemal- Edden, who expired on Friday last, after a short illness. His remains were conveyed with great pomp to the mausoleum of Sultan Mehemed, and all the great functionaries assisted at this mournful ceremony. Mehemed Bey, ambassador at the French Court, is about to start in a few days for that destination, and will, I believe, be accompanied by M. Musu rus, who has been lately appointed Charge d'affaires at Turin. Yesterday, General Vivian, accompanied by his staff, had a long conference with the Seraskier, at which the Minister of Foreign Affairs was also pre sent. The Turkish Contingent is daily increasing, and consists of about 8,000 men at the present moment. They aro encamped at Hasap-den. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Courrier de Marseille publishes the follow ing letter from Constantinople, received by the last mail : " The Turkish army of Roume]ia, which had been concentrated between Silistria and Rustchuk, has moved towards the Dobrudscha, which is the only point by which the enemy might attempt an invasion, Austria being still bound to protect the Principalities. On the 12th of June, from three to four thousand men arrived at Tonitcha, under the command of Hassan and Saly Pachas, and immediately began to fortify that place as well as Issaktcha. Between the latter place and Matchin, there are from 12,000 to •15,000 infantry and cavalry stationed, with 32 pieces of artillery, and on the river a steam-boat and three gun-boats. These tire said to be very good troops, but the same praise cannot be given to the five or six pachas who command them, and who do not inspire much confidence from their military talents. On the evening of the 17th a report was current at Galatz that the Russian flotilla had bombarded the points where the Turks were throw ing up fortifications, but - this rumour requires confirma tion. The greater part of the Austrian troops quartered at Bucharest, Jassy, and other points of the Principali ties, have evacuated them, and retired towards Gallicia, which will be henceforth the basis of the operations of that army. The Austrian general who commands the garrison at Galatz, after having made a tour of inspection on the borders of the Pruth, has retired to Ibrail. There is every reason to believe that the Russians wish to make a diversion in the Dobrudscha, now that the attitude of Prussia and Austria allows them to dispose, without hesitation or dread, of the greater part of their forces. GERMANY. The German Journal of Frankfort states that Prince Menschikoff, the ex-Commander of Sebas topol, is expected at Berlin on his way to one of the bathing places on the banks of the Rhine. A letter from Berlin, of the 7th, in the Debats, says : "We are assured that, in reply to the last Austrian circular, that of the 28th June, several German Govern ments have declared that, under existing circumstances, they see no necessity for maintaining their troops on a war footing, and that they are determined to disarm completely. The King's physicians have earnestly re commended his Majesty to proceed as promptly as pos sible into Silesia to enjoy the fine air of the mountains. The King has, consequently, decided that he will leave next week for the Chateau of Erdmannsdorff." A letter from Berlin of the 6th, in the Indepen dance Beige, says : "The arrest of M. Fischer, the Minister and Cabitiet- Councillor of Lippe, which has taken place at Cobourg, on the ground of serious offences towards the Duke of Saxe•Gotha and his Ministers, in the question of the nobles and the constitt.tion, is the great topic of conver sation here. M. Fischer, who some years ago under took to sell the German fleet by auction, is by no means popular here. Moreover, he sided with the nobles against the Duke of Saxe-Gotha in a dispute which did not in the least concern him. It is to he presumed that this prosecution for high treason of a novel kind will not be too much criticised by the Liberal party." SPAIN. MADRID, July 10.—The Catalonian deputation has applied to the Cortes for a bill to organise labour. The Government refuses till the insurgents sub mit. The Government is decided to act against the Carlists as well as against the workmen. More troops have marched for Catalonia. RUSSIA. The Archangel Gazette, under date of the 3d (15th) June, announces the arrival at that port of a number of vessels from the Dwina. In the month of May, 13 foreign vessels entered Archangel, five of which were Norwegian, seven from Bremen, and one from the United States of America. Vessels were continually arriving by the North Dwina. A letter, dated from St. Petersburg, says : "People here expect that the Allies will make an attack upon Nicolaieff, in the go vernment of Cherson. This town is in some respects more important than Sebastopol. The latter is simply a fortress for the pro tection of the Russian navy in the Black Sea ; but Nicolaieff is its cradle. Here are the great docks where the ships are built, here is the seat of the Admiralty, here lie immense stores of timber and other materials for ship-building, which it has taken years to accumulate. If the Allies succeed in destroying these stores and the grand organisation of this place they would obtain a mole material guarantee that the Russians would not increase their navy for the next ten years than by the fall of Sebastopol. It is true, the Allies would have evetiderable difficulties to overcome, as defences of every description have been thrown up on the Bug, and the walls round the 1 city considerably strengthened. There is also a strong garrison in the town. The capture of the plaCe is not, however, thought impracticable, especially since the affair of Kertch." A revolt of an alarming character has broken out amongst the Siberian regiments of the line, but which,-as a matter of course, is not permitted to be mentioned in our shackled journals. A letter from Warsaw, in the Wanderer of Vienna, says that Prince Paskiewitch has ex pressed a desire to resign the civil government of Poland, and only to preserve provisionally the command of the army. The reason he assigns for this step is ill-health, but the real reason, the letter says, is that he considers the reforms and changes which the Emperor contemplates making in Poland to be dangerous. A letter from Odessa of the 26th, in the Frem denblatt of Vienna, says :—" General Chruleff, who is charged with the defence of Karabelna,i, has removed his best guns from the North fort into the batteries of the Great and Little Redan, and into those of the Malakhoff tower which with the Bas tion No. 2 forms a crown work called Fort Korni loff. These guns are replaced in the Northern forts by guns which have recently arrived, for out of 2,300 guns with which Sebastopol was armed at first there only remain 1,400 fit for service." The Milan journals state that Royal Commis sioners have arrived here from Vienna to report on the proposed schemes of railway for the Lombardo- Veneto kingdom, to be undertaken by an Anglo- French company. Along with those commissioners was Baron Rothschild, of Vienna, M. Poissat, French engineer, Mr. Talbot, English engineer, and Signor Dingier, as representative of the Milan shareholders. Of the several lines proposed it seems probable that those joining Milan with the Lago Maggiore, at Sesto Calende to the north, and with Pavia and Piacenza to the south, may eventually be sanctioned, as they have great strategical importance in addition to their• commercial value. ARE OUR SICK AND WOUNDED IN THE EAST NOW PROPERLY CARED FOR OR NOT ? To THE EDITOR or Tam any Dr. Hall's report of the state of the hospi tals at Sebastopol, dated 26th June, 1855, it is stated that the great mortality amongst the patients is attri butable chiefly to wounds and " not to any want of either surgical aid or hospital accommodation." This is directly at variance with a letter from an " Army Surgeon"— quoted lately in the house by Mr. Stafford—and which has also appeared in the public prints. Which of the two is to be believed ? And is the man who—as proved be- fore the Sebastopol Committee—so long misrepresented facts and concealed the truth to be any longer trusted with the important charge he has hitherto so ill ful filled ? HUMANITAS. OUR HALF MEASURES AND THEIR RESULTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The "tragedy of errors" represented by the present war has already gone through too many acts, which, if the same set of actors be kept on the stage, are likely to be repeated until the curtain drops. The great error in this tragedy—the great crime—we have committed (for intentional political errors of this mag nitude assume at last the dark hues of crime) is the ob stinate persistence in that system of HALF MEASURES which has, and ever will be, as long as adhered to, a stumbling block in our path. When the Russians crossed the Pruth and cast aside the mask, we should at once boldly have crossed the Rubicon, thrown away the scabbard, and resolutely have declared war even " unto the knife." But what then was done ? Diplomacy took up the pen, negotiations were commenced, the alliance of a power proverbial for vacillation and duplicity was eagerly sought, and the at tempt was made to "form a coalition of sovereigns against the Czar, instead of forming a coalition of peoples against despotism," of forming a permanent European boundary of civilisation against encroaching Vandalism and the "Knout." It were needless to say that POLAND and HUNGARY are the boundary here im plied. This was " half measure" the first. We negotiated, made believe to arm, and war was de clared, without on our part any idea of war. The bar barians were to be scarred by the mere flutter of our pennons and the flapping of our sails ! A powerful fleet was despatched to the North without the indispen sable appliances requisite to insure its success, of either gun-boats or troops. A splendid army was sent to the East, but without any of the aocessaries requisite for a campaign ; and if report speaks true, with a contract ready signed for the means 'of its return ; so little was it contemplated even then to strike a blow ! Hence one of the reasons of its inactivity at Varna, where our noble army was first decimated by inaction, mismanage ment, climate, and disease. Half measure No. 2. Still hesitating, vacillating, negotiating, instead of not " whispering" into the ears of Austria, but loudly calling Lombardy, and Hungary, and Poland, and Cir cassia, aye, and Finland also into the lists, by which a death-blow would have been struck at the vitals of the system against which wo professed to wage this war— instead of acting thus openly and manfully, as became a free and great nation to act, with a paltry deference to the " Holy-Alliance " system, to the Metternich, or some one's else ideas of German " conservatism " (ty ranny in disguise), influenced by such paltry motives, interested and " timid councils," in an evil hour we fixed on a middling course, and undertook, when "too late," an expedition which, had it been properly carried into effect, might have struck such a blow as would have caused the Northern Colossus to stagger on his pedestal of ice, hut which has, as yet, only recoiled upon our selves. Had the Black Sea fleet not been kept for months anchored in suicidal inactivity by the invisible cable of diplomacy—bad that noble fleet been allowed to do then what it has recently done so well—next or simultaneously to destroy Odessa and secure the isthmus of Perekop—the Crimea, cut off from its supplies, was ours, without a further blow, without the siege of Sebas topol and all its "heart-rending and horrible " results, and without the loss of the finest army that ever left our shores. The crowning result of half measure No. 3. Is any further analysis required of half-a-dozen half measures, more marking with disastrous results every succeeding step of this wretchedly-conducted war ? Did your space, Sir, admit, not half-a-dozen but half-a hundred instances, more could be adduced, all tending to England's dishonour, to the destruction of her moral and physical strength, and to hurry thousands and tens of thousands of her gallant spirits off this dreary and hope less 'stage And are "half measures" to be still the order of the day ; or are they, as worthless, at length to be cast adrift ? It is time that England should decide ere all Europe become " Cossaque." To prevent this greatest calamity that would befal the human race, the national barrier must be raised between the East and the West, between barbarism and civilisa sation, between despotic and liberal institutions—that barrier extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The Dwina and the Dnieper mark its limits on the map of Europe thus remodelled. Sooner or later re modelled it must be, and by means not only of new and better measures, but also of new and better men. 11th July, 1855. REFORM. THE EXCESSIVE RATING OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS 1N ST. PANCRAS. On Tuesday afternoon an adjourned meeting of licensed victuallers residing in the parish of St. Pancras was held at the Somers Arms, Wilsted-street, New-road, in connection with the appeal made by Mr. Speedy, of the Boot, Cromer-street, against the recent assessment of his house to the parochial rates. Mr. THURSTON, of the Pindar of Wakefield, occupied the chair. Mr. SPEEDY reported that his appeal, which was fixed for Saturday last, at the Middlesex Sessions, had been postponed till October, when, upon the advice of his solicitor and surveyor, he anticipated a victory. 'A conversation followed upon the system of rating by profits adopted by the parish. The CHAIRMAN said it seemed to him that they as sessed large houses by their appearance, and small houses by their business. With regard to Mr. Speedy's case, the course adopted by the vestry was of an aggra vating character, because, instead of proceeding against him by law, they might, by waiting a little, have exercised their power of raising his assessment in the usual way ; and it seemed to him that the trade of the district ought to combine, and get the question settled upon this case, as to how they should be rated in future. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that the system of rating ac cording to profits had been introduced in a parish at the East-end, but the licensed victuallers combined and suc ceeded in defeating it. It had also been defeated in St. Mary's, Newington, but speedily abandoned by the pa rochial authorities. Mr. HowLANn moved the following resolution : "That meetings be held in the several localities to call the attention of the trade to the particular points and circumstances of the appeal, `H. Speedy v. Poor Rate St. Pancras,' the decision of the justices in his favour, and the persistence of the vestry in legal proceedings tending to crush an individual." Mr. RUSSELL seconded the motion, which was unani mously ageced to, and the meeting adjourned. The Royal Mail steamer Great Western has sailed for Brazil with 8,0601. The Ocean Monarch, a Liverpool ship, built at Que bec, lately arrived at Liverpool from Callao, Peru, is stated to have completed the quickest voyage, out and home, on record. Her outward passage occupied 691 days, and her homeward, heavily laden, 78 data. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON; July 11. —The Warren Hastings, a fine ship of 566 tons, belonging to Messrs. Smith and Co., of London, and commanded by Captain Porteous, sailed to-day for Adelaide, with 244 Government emigrants. Th e Ch owr i ng h e e, Capt. Ferguson, came into dock yest er d ay, an d w ill leave on Monday next for Sydney with 2591 statute adults. The Kate has been agaln chartered by the Government Emi gration Commissioners, and is to be ready at South ampton to convey emigrants to Australia on the 9th of August. THE TURKISH ARMY IN TEE C.R1704' TURKISH CAMP, KOUTSHUK-3 11 SI COMIll JUNE 23. It seems as if the Turkish army was going to sett le down for some time in this pleasant valley, abou ndi l in clear, ice cold water, and full of magni ficent fore' trees of every species ; the tents have be en sent forf and the greater part of the baggage still remaining the old encampment at the so-called Turkish redoubt' near Balaklava. The wooded ridge which sePnr i l this valley from that of Baidar, and through %chi the Woronzoff road leads forms our boundary. T r valley of Baidar is still for the greatest part 0011° army only the promised land, at which they 11 look from the shady heights and from C °l ° Pieraweky's villa. The cavalry and chasseurs accar pany Omer Pasha, indeed, nearly every day d°s:3:. to Baidar and its neighbourhood, but tow,,, t . evening every one returns again to his tent or green P"I, But if we don't go down much, there are often POP.; who come up. Boys in search of the strawberrlri. abounding in the woods, and inhabitants of the tel° li s lager of Koutshuk-Miskomia and Varnowka, l ooking their deserted hearths, are passing daily to and fro. 0 As for the Russians in these parts they are hither for us more myth than reality. Asted Lately a Tartar brought an anonymous letter' ' to be from a sergeant or ensign in the Russian er"'; and addressed to his "Polish brethren," containingbe most detailed account of all the troops outside Of ° e ls ,i. tool. According to this account the army, no t " ing the garrison of Sebastopol, amounts to 93,000113 This anonymous account would be rather suspini°lls if is it did not agree accurately enough with the accOuP daily pouring in from other sources. of This morning at dawn Adbul Vely Bey, "the " ) 3 e ir , Lord of the villages of Uzembash, Upu, and S outeb which were occupied the other day by the Turks o io . occasion of the reconnaissance undertaken towar d° ' t he dar, came with his eldest son and several villagers t° Turkish camp, to implore Omer Pasha's assis ta jbo against the Cossacks and Greek volunteers , immediately after the withdrawal of the Turkish tre°lo( had passed the Tshouliou, and occupied the heigh ts ji Uzembash, threatening the villages with a descent, e i he had shown himself hospitable to the Turki sh tr lo which came to occupy Upu, where he lives, b17e.,,01 afraid to bo denounced by one of the numerous 6.j up to watch the Tartar population, to be plunderew" to have his wife and remaining family carried nog' lo The Donsky Cossacks and the Greek v olunteerPo whom the defence and protection of this part o'4o, country had been intrusted, seem to have made for fortable maintenance by the sympathy of the Tarter"tlo the allies. The slightest suspicion has been snfEei elj ;of give the whole property, the family, and the pers°"the any Tartar into their power. Great is therefore dread to fall in the category of the "suspects." i „ n tell Of course it cannot be expected that the newly - z i gei plan of operations of the Turkish army should be che° oo in order to save these villages from a visit of thev e ll sacks. Nevertheless, Omer Pasha sent Abdu l ,.; Bey to General Della Marmora, with one of his ain t c) camp, in order, if possible, to devise something by,_°frteia both objects may be gained. According to -r-4"291 customs of hospitality, Abdul Vely Bey was non, as a guest to Skender Pasha, who has even more :0 the usual liking for the Tartars, having an idea OP family came originally from the Crimea. _ _ A CRIMEAN THUNDERSTORM. 0 4, .3 - tAY ,00 Last night we had one of those violent thundersh"Ul for which Crimean summers are famous. Wha t 8 "j o me most was rather its intensity than its violence• o f other thunderstorms there are intervals between ° b id' flash of lightning—intervals of deep darkness by albs every flash becomes so glaring and blinding. lif e oti uninterrupted flashes of lightning impart to the 9000 to everything under it a kind of whitish, vivid, fo rs too glaring light—sometbing like a magnificent O ro ' o f borealis. Had it not been for the copious shas y 'L 0 rain which penetrated through the sun-dried hu,„ o f through sieves, and rather disturbed one's clale"iial templation, it would have been a splendid s i g ht. t he the least interesting part in the scene were certaili,llo Turkish soldiers, who, having no tents, kept uP 'l'loo the whole storm, and notwithstanding the violent 01 0 or of rain, colossal ' watcbfires, which formed a curiall° trast with the white glare of the lightning, and a / b et which they squatted, singing and laughing, i ll hoOr white, or, at any rate, once white, trousers. In an the storm was over. ores. ol/ This morning three troops of the 10th wool came to our valley to act under Omer Pasha., 1 0 80 had been attached to the Sardinians, and had 'holt withdrawn with them from the advanced position they had occupied in the Tshonliou valley. Thi a moo pened the day before yesterday, the same day' s sp d Turks withdrew from the heights near Uzembusbf came over to this valley. Before withdrawing the Sardinian corps, and ie pany with it the 10th Hussars, made a dernoust 24 ," towards Aitodar, which, however, did not add 014,1'10, information. The 10th Hussars came back witli,,,;lo and encamped for the night and the whole of Y ee alg e on a clear spot where the Woronzoff-road passes yo over the little stream which falls into the Tchelotl) from the south, near Tchorgoun. The rest of the 6 0 Hussars, with the exception of the depot, which 0' 33 or in its old encampment, are likewise expected to-de to-morrow. Jura u3PO' This morning at dawn Skender Pashoo: - li ° of by Abdul Vely Bey, started with two b 3 " 41- I n :avalrft for an expedition towards the heights of fantry, three mountain guns, and a platoon - order to see whether the Cossacks had made a d s t c b e et on the three Tartar villages in the Upu gorge as had threatened to do after the withdrawal of the Irnfr b r troops, and to assist as far as possible those of the 111 4 bitants who should desire to escape with their faro' and moveable property. to The troops followed the Woronzoff-road dov/P, the bridge behind Kamara, and then branched el; le the right on the cross-road, which leads d° ll oN Tchorroun. Crossing over the Tchernaya, thei r i be lowed road which leads along its right bank t 4 0 0f -ozerabash, village of Koutshka. Until then no sign of the a ,gig was discovered. When, however, the Turkish, o o mishers began to scale the plateau which over 01 on one side the gorge of the Upu, and descends ii other towards the river bed of the Tshouliou, the uopri volunteers, who occupied that position, began 11 1, 1 11 0 1 fusillade, and retired to the heights commanding ifesi bash, where they took up a position with the nl it io o intention of defending it. The object of the exP e to being to assist the threatened villages rather than d his'', Greek valour, the Turks encamped on the plateau " so, they had occupied when they were there before, 00 Abdul Vely Bey went down to Upu to see A bSt family and his villagers. ft ; i l Except to Uzembash, which lies at the 10 0 ,,, ° , gorge, the Russians had not come to an y a lages, but as they occupied the heights above, tm,, - 01' lagers had spent the last two days with the $ fei Damocles suspended over them. Abdul 0,, himselfgot the agreeable news that Prince Gortsv„ j i had given the order to arrest him. Before, left his house to come to the Turkish army, he slued that he could safely remain, and that n° would be done either to him or to his f a m119.., 6 0 although he had sold a good deal of wood for the Poe" erected works of Sebastopol, he would not trust to , tiov assurances, and now he was making nrepar carry off his family and those of the Tartars vili ° „isir i . like to follow. The Turkish troops had taken po,' e f t deb for two days, and had orders to remain for the r ai there. In the evening suddenly the order c A " - e; march back immediately, which was done, aL l ',lot Abdul Vely Bey, who had made his arrangep le d " the next day, had to hurry off in the same wag first time, alone with his son. l6 g J o_ A.' The rest of the 10th Hussars having arrived, ° l i e f ' t naissance was made this morning into the V l , l oe P t Baidar. The troops started at 3 o'clock, an' a il)i e e down by the Woronzoff road. By the briclg A e ,‘' leads over to the Baidar river the Hussars turo °l) 3o o r the left towards Telion, while the rest o f the l y followed the road to Baidar, which was milit itr cupied. 0 ° t 0 t a Leaving the Turkish troops in Baidar, I We ll ,' go, search of the 10th Hussars, who, I was told, 0 4 to the other side of the valley. I found part fs t o ' at Telion, a small country house, with s o i 1:13- 1 0, buildings, on a plateau, not far from the pla c l a d i r l a the Baidar river unites with the Tchernaya, b e ,;"tb to Count Marderenoff. Two troops of the'lotlA guns, and a battalion of Chasseurs were there in j r ;erg while another troop of the 10th had gone {Oro: 0 '0 v i i direction of the village of Kiouska, or Airousket, tti Tartars call it, to explore the road which leads 1' village up to Uzembash. d e: Shortly after I had reached the advanced tro°l 10th the order was given to retire, and the whe',oo,ho ther with Colonel Simmons and Major Fellows, °. '40', 0 as officer of the Staff to the 10 th, who had one ''"11 village in order better to examine the road, retnclhor Telion, where the horses were fed. I left the° and returned to Baidar. 0 11 !,0 In the afternoon General Pelissier came to vi 8 , 1 ,1 0 0 ,10 Pasha. In passing one of the small ditches syr n t ;; ( 1, our valley is intersected he had a s li g ht aoci °e- o il 3 " . horse fell and threw him for war d, b ut h e was ~ and mounted again immediately. re te rli ,i4 Towards evening the 10th H ussars , scar cely r cp t '," from Baidar, had a sad office to perform. A 013 1 ;0 nightlly esteemed ofc hnlera Bowles, an officer excelling in his profession el l " A ;00 1 0 0 sally 0 e a a n ft d er bt hvoendrsh illness. His de °l3 l fi fil y his comrades, di quite a gloom over the whole regiment. Ere a° ooll6 to-day in a field not far from where the 10th 10 are encamped. A molitary tree, the only ° lllO whole field, marks his grave. ,Itlo cl O 01 0 The last three days have passed without 11 0 / 0 0 tt e excet in the weather, which turned to rei° , te llt e ts assumed a rather unsettled character ; fortu o of . 0 0 tents have arrived, for the huts, however skillfn,.loo strutted of green branches, cannot keep o ut ais ' op ell 0 Crimean shower. • elc°t The Turkisk troops have hitherto been ni be rvi health, but in the 10th Hussars cholera Woo° show itself. For the last two days, however, been no fatal case. or fe t ' orl CHURCH RATES, BEDFORD.—The parish °f r St ole,/ has followed th e examp l e o f t h e parish ofPo refused a chu rc h ra t e . Th e R ev . G. Buv° 3 " , fli e " would not accept leis than a fourpenny rate. c e s lo t en rishioners offered to consent to one at tcy °,, jB. l r penny. A p o ll ing th ere f ore t oo k place on T a r : vi ej f e itif and again s t a f ourpenn y r ate, when the nuni,,u e- t paj°' follows : —F or th e ra t e , 122 ; against it, 16 ;'; 40 against the rate. ] all 19 at( G I fit o ea./ Pei THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 12 1855.