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

THE WEATHER.—Sms Onto, July 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETEB, 29'89. WIND, W.N.W. Light, with very fine summer weather. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Unties the direction of Miss Rebecca IMAM THIS EVENING, will *e performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by DEL'CATE GROUND. To he followel by PRINCE CHERRY AND PRINCESS FAIR STAR. To conclude with the Spanish Dancers. itettAL N OFL3tA. DUaitY.L Lees. Itr. E. T. gAAith. Talg zymirso, Will be perfcrmed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Lucy Escott ; Edgardo, Signor Armandi. To ba 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. ; sta Is, 4s. ; private boxes to admit two persons, 108. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office *pen from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. BUCkSt6IIO; THIS EVENING, Will be performed TUE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. Is be followed by a Ballet. fter which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. Followed by THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the Management of Mr. Cuanza UAL THIS EVENING, WM be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with RING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka. Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Welsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADRLPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Ms.dame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HELPING 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; Misses Woolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndham, M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE: Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigsu3: THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE: SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Characters b 7 Messrs. Robson, A. Wigan, G. Yining ; Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Splendour and Magnificence blended with Historical Interest. THIS EVENING, The Grand and Gorgeous Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE m the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, Brothers in Arms ! Brilliant Tournament —the stage and ring in one—real armour — heraldic banners—a splendid stud—men-at-arms, and all the majestic paraphernalia of Royalty and Knighthood. To conclude with the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE, the produc ; of Mr. William Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Vanager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, lull. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGR. Taos DAY —Morning 22 min.aftei 12 E ven ing 4qmin. aft.] ro-lions.or —Morning 13 min.s ft er 1 I Evening 38 rain. aft. 1 PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIVEPENCE-H ALFPEN NY. 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. 71 ) , ) ,§llll, 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 RUSSELL 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 appointme n t s , that they must share his fate, and make way for others with a sounder sense of political morality, and mo re stringent notions respecting th e obli gations and consistency of public men. It may be very convenient for Lord PALMER STON to put off a decision until he knows whether the " irresponsible Prime 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 judgment of a majority of the House of Com mons, Ray, more, it is not for his own advan tage, nor of these among any—who are his colleagues — i f honestly determined to refuse their assent to an ignominious and transitory peace ! It is more than hinted that there are intrigues in operation that may end in his evic tion from the place he laboured so hard to attain, and the substitution of the ex-plenipotentiary who has purchased at so high a • price the favour of all who advocate the adoption of a sioeu ßG getic as inaybreecttihone policy. Vigorous and energetic onslaughts ab ou t to be made under the di of Sir B. B. LYTTON and Mr. ROEBUCK, the Cabinet is threatened with even greater danger from within ; the treachery and defection of the garrison is more formidable than the power of its assailants. If time be given Lord JOIIN RISSELL may con clude arrangements with the Peelites, and the Peace-at-any-Price Party. He 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 without 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 thatprecedence 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 that 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. Hero 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 quite 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 oourse, 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. This, we may be told, would be revolution. Granted—revolution amongst individuals, but certainly not in our " glorious constitution." The LORD CHANCELLOR must, we suppose, be a peer ; yet, singularly enough, he is generally the only one of the Cabinet who . gets into it for ability, and not for belong ing to the aristocracy. All the other mem bers might be, and have been, in turn, plain private gentlemen. S present generation become o competey h accustomed,ll however, asthe 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. W 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 and kept there but from their aristocratic connex ions ; the second, that there are scores of men who would certainly have been tried, li to the had they but been wearers of corone ts, or related wearers of these jewellers' baubles. One of the miserable results of this deference to coronets instead of brains and hearts, is the non representative character of our representatives, taken at least as a voting body, and for the more part as a debating body. N ever was a House of Commons less than now the echo of the people's voice. It has made a set of aristocrats its conductors, and it keeps time and tune to their guidance. The sentiments of the nation are VS LOW:00114 1 4 111711 : 1113,A:r_ lo loath hardly uttered in the bmise. The universal dis- 1 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 equally rejected, 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 believe 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. Tho 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, not 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 Foreigners' 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 pledge themselves to what they may, their sympathies 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 one 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 rigil neutrality I To such an ex tent has this been carried, that not only cereals and live cattle, but also tallow, salt moat, hemp, &c., 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 icing persisted in. Why not block ade or bombard Naples, and seize BoatßL's fleet f Pl?.igNoll C.T,ArIi7nAL oB,D4'PS. 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 Lad 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 mcre 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 more, we strike him with snore cer tainty. He cannot subsist, fill up the gaps in his ranks, or provide himself with munition, but at the priue 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 dune 18. At the General Quarters before Sebastopol. The General-in-Chief, (Signed) A. PUMMEL June 22, 1855. 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. Head-quarters before Sebastopol, June 21, 1855. The Ueneral•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 Graud Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz 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 Panmure, 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 King 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 ac , ederate the passenger traffic between the two countries, passed the committee of the Lords yesterday, and was ordered to be 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.lsth century down to the present day. DUBLIN, July 11.—The splendid transport Pride of the Sea arrived at Queensto , An on 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, July 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. TIM MILEAGE DUTY ON OMNIBUSES.—The mileage duty, last year, was 185,3781. Os. 2d., and of that sum 112,9611. was received in the metropolis. There is a Government hill before Parliament to reduce the duty from 11(1. to ld. per mile from the let 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, is which be declares that he is pursuing his profes sional engagements in perfect health and vigour. CHELTENHAM ELECTION.—To-morrow has been fixed for the 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 sarguine 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 eent. 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 OP SIR R. ABEROROMBY, BART.—We have to record the demise of Sir Robert Abercromby, Bart., the chief of the the of Abereromby, which took place on Friday last at Forglen House, the family seat in Banff er seventhc r or o by L . fourth o ran ae Bssc:dae b t; ranr a yAsff r i t..w o —T n arT e rsyt t h,Leey heldbw by the s,s iiinnEE Midsummer The thislli eldest ecir7s MEETING. _ os daughter yiauqeguatharort WOLVER HAMPTON, arlo7f. shire, North Britain. The deceased was son of Sir G A th b e in e I e : i o n 3r o a f s Tsvno Wednesday.—The n ' 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 tain*l. 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 oustomary at Wolverhampton. The col liers in the neighbourhood of West Bromwich have returned to work at the reduced wages. Loss OF THE SHIP ARBERTON.—The Abberton, Fleming, from Callao to the United Kingdom, foundered in about lat. 40 S., on the 22d May. Crew saved loy the Cypress, Heartley, arrived at Pernambuco. GAVAZZI'S FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.—Last night Sig nor Alessandro Gavazzi 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 among et the laity we observed the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. for the University of Oxford, and ex-Chancellor of the Exchequev. ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL OF THE LARGEST CLIPPER EVER GUILT 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 dimemicns 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 ef,iarance, and flat floor, and full form above. She is fitte 4 for the conveyance of passengers on the most im proveLl style, having three decks, with poop and fore cattle, a nd can afford accommodation for 1,000 souls on board. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MITSIC.—The first of a series of "Reunion's 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 o f management of the A cadem y • and the plan of bringir, g the members, associates, a nd former students into co-operation, for the purpose of public musical per formances, utromises to be attended with excellent effects. At the concert of last night the principal vocalists were Miss Birch, Madame Weiss, Miss Helen Taylor,erb Miss ' Ransford, Madame Bassano Mr. Allen, Mr. Mr. Whitw ortb, Mr , Frank Bodda, and Mr. Wallworth. The solo instrumental performers were Mr. W. H. Holmes, pianoforte ; Mr. H. Blagrova, violin ; and Mr. John Thomas, harp. The orchestra and chorus were large and complete in every department, and composed of the academicians. The concert was conducted by Mr. Lucas. There was a good and varied selection of music, on the whole exceedingly well performed. ATEST 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. " Cbolera 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 Moniteur publishes despatches from Ad• coital Penaud, from the Baltic. A despatch from St Petersburg of the 13th 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 were 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 oufzide. The town was tran quil. The shops had re-opened. The manufac tories had struck work. General Zapa,tero 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. Die 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 Charg6 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 S,OOO men at the present moment. They are encamped at Hasap-den. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Cottrrier de Marseille publishes the follow ing letter from Constantinople, received by the last mail : " The Turkish army of Roumelia, 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 Toultcha, under the command of Hassan and Saly Paellas, 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 are said to be very good troops, but the same praise cannot be given to the five or six paellas 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 flies 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 bo henceforth the basis of the operations of that army. The Austrian general who commands the garrison at Galatz, after having made a tour of insp;ction 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. 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, 1865. " 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 be had taken it out of a bottle be 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 znain 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 left her at 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 makl th:e communication, as the report of the circumstance is in circulation.—l am, &c., "J. B, MARTIN, "Admiral Superintendent, "Transport Board, Sm." The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier arrived at Milan on the 3d. The German .Tournal of Prankfort states that Prince Menschikoff, the ex-commander of Sebastopol, is ex pected at Berlin on his way to one of the bathing places on the banks of the Rhine. The Revue Contemporaine is to become a political or gan, with the French Government writers, MM. Trop long, de Parieu, &c., at its head. The Revue de Party is also to be political, but in the democratic direction. Dr,. Vernon is said to be forming a new journal, to be called E./Wel/if-once. At the Royal Santiago Mining meeting yesterday afternoon it was stated that the ore raised during thi , half-year will realise' 7,3061., but that the loss will still reach 4,990/. The last call has supplied the requirits fun& far oarryisig on operations. The loss in the next sir months is expected to be less, owing to the iwproved. mature of the ground. 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 Debuts, 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 Gth, in the Indepen dance Beige, says : "The arrest of M. Fischer, the Minister and Cabinet- 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 ihe 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 be 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 3cl (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 whi c h were Norwegian, seven from Bremen, an. d one from th e U n it e d States of America. Vessel 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 government 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 scat 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 st ores and the grand orga.niEation of this place they would obtain a more material guarantee that the Russians would not increase their navy for the next ten years than by the fall of Sebastopol. It is true, tlae Allies would have emidemble difficulties to overcome, as defences of ovcry description have been thrown 7 ;,,04, 1 --A e ktr,r4,Ftftri ,, , , p-A , , , ,emmfz::: , ,v..xv. t z, l w a ,,vt,Jmptt, , , *„, i , 7 ,,,,,,... , : g 444 , : ,,, 0 v E1 ,..,,‘,,y ,' ', . up on the Iliw, ati,4 the matte rßtiad the I witie ocutio22-ii Shill II Pit"' city conciderably strongthonatl, There 14 also a strong s ---.4..-- - .. i it garrison in the town. The capture of the place is not, TURKISH CAMP, It OUTBIIIJIC-26".l however, thought impracticable, especially since the J UNE 23. affair of Kertch." A revolt of an alarming character has broken out It seems as if the Turkish army was g°illg : amongst the Siberian regiments of tho line, but down for some time in this pleasant valleY which, as a matter of course, is not permitt ed to be in clear, ice cold water, and full of raagt ep: mentioned in our shackled journals. trees of ever y s p ecies ; the tents have D' A letter from Warsaw, in the Wanderer of and the greater part of the baggage Vienna, says that Prince Paskiewitch has ex- the old encampment at the so-called rcrilb" pressed a desire to resign the civil government of near Balaklava. The wooded ridge w hic o i Poland, and only to preserve provisionally the this valley from that of Baidar, a nd 0 0 ,' , command of the army. The reason he assigns for the Wcronzoff road leads forms our 1)0 0 this step is ill-health, but the real reason, the letter valley of Baidar is still for the greatest says, is that he considers the reforms and changes which the Emperor contemplates making in Poland army only the promised land, at 'whi ch , no ' look from the shady heights and jru oi to be dangerous. c hose , A letter from Odessa of the 26th, in the Frem- Pierawsky's villa. The cavalry and ~ ds, still r.e3si denblatt of Vienna, says :‘, General Chruleff, pany Omer Pasha, indeed, nearly evepurt who is charged with the defence of Karabelnai, has to Baidar and its neighbourhood, uor, his are , removed his best guns from the North fort into the evening every one returns again to 01 But if we don't go down much, there ai' go batteries of the Great and Little Redan, and into who come up. Boys in search of the tho those of the Malakhoff tower which with the Bas- abound' g'n the d and inhabitants °f I, tion No. 2 forms a crown work called Fort Korni- la ]off. These guns are replaced in the Northern , es of in Ko l utshuk w -M oo is s k , onria and Varnewk*oi their deserted hearths, are passing dailY t ° : r e forts by guns which have recently arrived, for out As for the Russians in these parts they of 2,300 guns with which Sebastopol was armed at for us more myth than reality. first there only remain 1,409 fit for service." Lately a Tartar brought au anonyinousl6oll.' to be from a sergeant or ensign in the ,f c o. and addressed to his " Polish brethren, id° most detailed account of all the troops outs of topol. According to this account the artill93, ing the garrison of Sebastopol, amounts t°, , This anonymous account would be rath er the it did not agree accurately enough with daily pouring in from other sources. 11 1 ' This morning at dawn Adbul Vely Bel' 0 Lord of the villages of Uzembasb, Upu, °Tar which were occupied the other day by Oleo, occasion of the reconnaissance undertake n dar, came with his eldest son and several 1011 Turkish camp, to implore Omer ra Bb 0 against the Cossacks and Greek OP immediately after the withdrawal of the the had passed the Tshouliou, and occupied d. lJzembash, threatening the villages with ash he had shown himself hospitable to the ilie which came to occupy Upu, where b ° o f! afraid to be denounced by one of the o°l i t io up to watch the Tartar population, to be f a do to have his wife and remaining family 01 , 0 1 The Donsky Cossacks and the Greek „ p ., whom the defence and protection of tho country had been intrusted, seem to hO c e t b l et fortable maintenance by the Sympathy T o f the allies. The slightest suspicion bas los: give the whole property, the family, sn t', any Tartar into their power. Great Y e e, dread to fall in the category of the " 00 00 Of course it cannot be expected that tbeto plan of operations of the Turkish a rmy sh ° . Bo o in order to save these villages from 0, alt ). sacks. Nevertheless, Omer Pasha o° o Bey to General Della Marmora, with one ,opi camp, in order, if possible, to devise comet 0 both objects may be gained. Accor d lo customs of hospitality, Abdul Vely Belo as a guest to Skender Pasha, who has e'c i •, ( 10 he usual liking for the Tartars, having A .amily came originally from the Crimea , 0 A CRIMEAN THUNDERS/0 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 Dingler, 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 OF THE SUN. SIR, --In 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 sur9ieal 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 f HUMANITAS. 0178 HALF MEASURES AND THEIR RESULTS. Last night we had one of those violen t for which Crimean summers are famous. me most was rather its intensity than melt other thunderstorms there are intervaLsoo flash of lightning—intervals of deep dnAr7og. every flash becomes so glaring and bijou: o lY uninterrupted flashes of lightning impo! ! ! rtf to everything under it a kind of whit iii", too glaring light—something like a 1 13 4,0' borealis. !lad it not been for the OW4? rain which penetrated through the m o ped through sieves, and rather disturbed c),.di templation, it would have been a spleen'ae, the least interesting part in the scene We,, r 0' Turkish soldiers, who, having no tents! 1010 the whole storm, and notwithstanding 0 1, 1 of rain, colossal watchflres, which forrenag, trast with the white glare of the light%o which they squatted, singin,,c, 1311° white, or, at any rate, once white, trous er the storm was over. 018 I( This morning three troops of p came to our valley to act under Ome r had been attached to the Sardinio s lno withdrawn with them from the advocr e y, they had occupied in the Tshouliou 010,01 pened the day before yesterday, the Ilveo Turks withdrew from the heights near came over to this valley. os, Y Before withdrawing the Sardinian O r ' c le o pang with it the 10th Hussars, ma de t'' towards Aitodar, which, however, did v° information. The 10th Hussars vair le , b reo and encamped for the night and the sv': d r 3; o ll n u a s s c a l r e s a , spotr w the t over the little stream which f ils from the south, near Tehorgoun• The re wl f the depot, . t in its old en cam vk ise e --r pinent, are Ai eW to-morrow. thweheerxecetpliteioWnooronzoffinrtoonee. This morning at dawn Skender Past*? by Abdul Vely Bey, started with two fantry, three mountain guns, and a platovtif for an expedition towards the heights O f ac ia order to see whether the Cossack s had 01;,,t, on the three Tartar villages in the trip, had threatened to do after the wit hdraWa / troops, and to assist as far as possible Oil bitants who should desire to escape W it and moveable property. The troops followed the Woronzollor the bridge behind Kamara, and then bjeod` the right on the cross-road, whic h „ 1°„ Tchorgoun. Crossing over the Tohe'""b, lowed the road which leads along its a ot village of Koutshka. Until then no si,ga was discovered. When, however , mishers began to scale the platea u de on one side the gorge of the Upu, other towards the river bed of the Ts" ll li e? j 4 volunteers, who occupied that positio°'oos fusillade, and retired to the heights c°,111,0 bash, where they took up a position 'o'oll intention of defending it. The ohje ct f - tb ef f being to assist the threatened village° he r Greek valour, the Turks encamped on i ," re a they had occupied when they were v' e 0' Abdul Vely Bey went down to - Ur i family and his villagers. t t tl f i Except to Uzembash, which s t o AT'd gorge, the Russians had not com e fiV f6 lager, but as they occupied the heigh'' 'th'i lagers had spent the last two day s ' . 4 10 1 A Damocles suspended over them. himself got the agreeable news that xr"i3 eve, had given the order to arrest Ilia f ol;4 left his house to come to the Turkish a- a Py i sured that he could safely remain, would be done either to him or to .-„„ifo,, although he had sold a good deal of, y/ A - g oil, erected works of Sebasto.34, he wotw o ," or A f assurances, and now he was mahi rr li Vid carry off his family and those of th e n t,s'oe, like to follow. The Turkish trooPs D , rj P it,r Pd for two days, and had orders to rea lsl tL'ere. In the evening suddenly tb° jo7 m.trch back immediately, which sc ° , s st 1 1! AL , dul Vely Bey, who had made ) 0 06 0 8 the next day, had to hurry off i n the first time, alone with his son. r The i'est of the 10th Hussars becto 7 ,4 naissanca was made this morning '7,10V/ Baidar. The troops started at 3 ° the lay down by the Woronzoff roid. 13 , 1 „ g t for i L . leads over to the Baidar river the P-",. - e0 / the left to %verde Telion, while tb° "00 followed the road to Baidar, which eupied. Leaving the Turkish troops in ft,o4t,f/fid, I :- search of the filth Hussars, who, coiloo ,; to the other silo of the valley. at Telion, a 8 ,-nall country hocs`, 4 ' tb buildings, on a p.lateau, not far fv 9 ) ," - e 4 l o i ; the Baidar river unites with the Te' o f to Count Marderenoff. Two trool;001foe guns, and a battalion of Chasseura v 1 8; pe„ t o' while another troop of the 10th be ci direction of the villawe of Kiouskca " n:. h - 10 1 ' Tartars call it, to explore the road . 14 io se; village up to Uzembasli. Shortly after I had reached the a u .d A t ljor 10th the order was given to retiref.",- Fes ther with Colonel Simmons and ADC a y s ill o a ffi ge ce i r n o o f rd th er e b S e t t a t ff er to to th ex e a l rn O i t Telion, where the horses were fed. 0 0i and returned to Baidar. ce ril t69 In the afternoon General Pelissief dite-fj Pasha. In passing one of the 0101'1018 our valley is intersected he bad 2013 i horse fell and threw him forward, and mounted again immediately. 0 F e ,h , T ow ards evening the 10th liusear from Bardar, had a sad office ~,{e05 )0 1 ) Bowles, an officer excelling in his 1/ .1 co°lol l sally esteemed and beloved by 1 ' 1 ; 0 , lt i •J night of cholera after 12 hours' iih i %pt., quite a gloom over the whole regil l ;: 0 0 0 1 to-day ix a field not far from wh e t 'be are encamped. A solitary tree, whole field, marks his grave. strutted last three days have Pa ssed 1 ' a ° to w ~ f, nat except seheacn i n voseat t ar h orgav v e rrtielevl w reee.nr e d : ub t nf h ros e are r nitcthhl e N s eed , s h h : uc e cth h asai f so r iiir ee ,; eei) ( l .l 0 13 re , assumedteCrni De )f The Turkisk troops have hitberth°olBl9 health, but in the 10th Ilussara evi3oWe show itoelf. For the last two daYS' been no fatal case. ....VII ------------ 1.15'41' rim , pa 0f CHURCH RATES, BEDFORD. --""';00 0t hal followed the example of the 0 . 0 , r tej' refused a c hurch rate. The ft, ev i ; peol ii r/ would not accept less than a ' °-1.- 00 ° nit rishioners offered to consent to a 10 0 - 0 0, Penny. A polling therefor e tool‘ V t hel l ip and again st a fourpenuy ra, 'w he t ° t ie follows :--For the rate, 122 ; agar 40 agli4st the rate. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Tho " 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 gage, 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 stunobling 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 dove 4 Diplomacy took up the pen, negotiations were cocnnenced, the alliance of a power proverbial for vacillatimA and duplicity was eagerly sought, and the at tempt wag 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 a.-id the " Knout!' It were needless to say that POLAND And HUNGARY are the boundary here im plied. This was " hadf 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 te.b e scarred by the mere flutter of our pennons and the flapping of our sails ! A powerful fleet was despatchtsd 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 an of the necessaries requisite for a campaign; and if report speaks true, with a contract ready signed for the me ems of its return ; so little was it contemplated even the .0 to strike a blow ! Hence one of the reasons of its inactivity at Varna, where our noble army was first deci mated by inaction, mismanage ', ment, climate, and diseas e. 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 ca ssia, aye, and Finland also into the lists, by which a death-blow would have been struck at the vitals of the system against which we professed to a age this war— instoad of acting thus openly and manfully, as became a free aaad great nation to act, with a paltry deference to the " Holy-Alliance " system v, to the Metternich, or some ‘one's else ideas of Gerruan " conservatism " (ty ranny i n disguise), influenced try such paltry motives, interested and "timid councils," in an evil hour we fixed on a mid, 31ing course, and under took, when "too late," an expedition which, had it beta 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. Hatt the Black Sea fleet not been kept for months anchored in suicidal inactivity by the invisible cable of diploi nacy—had that noble fleet been allowed to do then what it has recently done go well—next or simultaneously to destroy Odessa and secure the isthmus , of Perekop—tho Crimea, cut off from its supplies, was ours, without a .curther 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 resrat of half measure No. 3. Is any further an tlysis required of half-a-de zen half measures, more mari'aing with disastrous results every succeeding step of this wretchedly-conducted war ? Did your space, Sir, a imit, not halt-a-dozen, but half-a hundred instances, mor.l 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 s L uirits off this dreary and h ope 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 al.l 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, betNeen barbarism and civilisa sation, between despotic and liberal institutions—that barrier extending from the Baltic to the Black Sta. 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 TICTUALLERS 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, Cromenstreet, 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 bad 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. HowLAND 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, Speedy v. Poor Rate St. Pancras,' the decision of the justic es i n hi s f avour , and the persistence of the vestry i n l ega l procee di ngs tending to crush an individual." Mr. RUSSELL seconded the motion, which was unani mously ageeed 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 , Pe r u , is stated to have c om pl e t e d t h e quickest voyage , o u t and home, on reco r d. H er outwar d passage occupied 691 days, and her homeward, heavily laden, 78 days. 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. The Chowrin_c*hee, Capt. Ferguson, came into dck yesterday, and will leave on Monday next for Sydney with 2591 statute adults. The Kate has been again chartered by the Government Emi gration Commissioners, and is to be ready at South ameton to convey emigrants to Australia on the 9th of August.