The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-22 00:00:00

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The Proprietors, foreseeing the probability of a large demand, adopted the precaution of producing the Paper in du plicate, and with the aid of two machines working night and day— each machine, too, throwing off about 1,000 copies every hour — they anticipated that even their most sanguine expectations would have been kept pace with. They were, however, doomed to a dis appointment which, however agreeable to themselves, was, they are nevertheless aware, productive of the greatest annoyance to the public. For the future, the Proprietors feel satisfied that their arrangements will insure the due delivery of a quarter of a million copies of the Illustrated Times into the hands of the public before the evening of Saturday in each week. No. 3 of the Illustrated trat Times (price 2d., stamped 3d.) is now ready. Office, 148, Fleet street, Strand. TLLITSTRA.TED TIMES, No. 3, price 2d., stamped 3d., for To-mossow, June 23, contains the following highly-interesting ENGRAVINGS :—The French carrying the Mamelcm, and the attack on the Malakhoff—A Deserter mth English Lines before Sebastopol—The Recruiting Station of fr t o he Fo•e reign Legion at Heligoland—Bird's-eye View of the Island of Hou goland—Rassian Officers and Circassian Chiefs in the neighbourhood of Anapa —Recruiting Parties: "Who'll serve the Queen ?" by Phiz —English Recruits, by Phiz —French Conscripts, by Eu.stache say—Portrait and and Memoir of H. Drummond, M.P.—Splendid New Butterfly from Bomeo—lllustrated Rebus. The Illustrated Times contains full particulars of the fearful slaughter of the French and English troops in the successful attack on the Mamelon and the Quarries, with all the information received respecting the Hango Massacre, including the evidence of the . survivor and the Official Despatches, together with numerous original articles, and all the news of the week, foreign, parliamentary. domestic, and relating to the war.—lllustrated Times, 2d. ; stamped, 3d. Office, 148, Fleet street. A full supply of copies of Nos. 1 and 2 of the Illustrated Times, with Gratis Supplement, is now on sate. TNDISPUT A.B LE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE BY INDISPUTABLE PO LICIES. 71, Loinbard-street; 24, Connanght•terrace ; and 38, Denbigh- street, Belgrave-square. At the Seventh Annual General Meeting, held at the London Tavern, on the 15th inst., LORD VISCOUNT TORRINGTON' IN Tax Cams, the following Report was received, and unanimously approved : " In submitting their Annual Report to yonr consideration, the Board are enabled again to present a statement, showing a highly satisfactory advance is the business of the Company. " At the last annual meeting it was seen that the progress of the company had be en greater in that than in any previous year, and it is gratifying to observe that the new business of 1854 has again ex ceeded that of the, previous year, while the business of the current year exceeds that of the corresponding months of 1854. This large and steadily-progressive amount of business has been obtainei not wit',standing the obstacles to the extension of life assurance arising, fro.n the pressure of a war taxation bearing heavily upon the means of all classes of the community. While the premiums of the new bytinr.ss of 1354 exceed those of 1853, the expenses have been less. " At the close of the year, embraced in the accounts now pre sented, the revenue of the company was a little ander, and now con ; siderably exceeds, 20.0001. per annum. " At the last annual steeling a reduction of 25 per cent. was made upon the premiums of all participating policies of five years' standing, and it is recommended that the same rule of reduction shall b, continued, which will embrace all the participating policies on which five annual premiums have been paid prior to this date. " The claims of last year have been greater, as was to have been expected, than in the preceding year, bat considera"ly under what the expectancy, upon which the calculations of the Office are founded, would have warranted us to anticipate. "Great as the success of this Association has hitherto heel, the Directors would again remind the Members that their own interests as well as the general benefit of the community may be greatly pro moted by the exercise of their Individual influence. "TORRINGTON;Chairman. " London, 72, Lombard-street, June 15, 1-855." ROYAL OPERA, DRURY.' ANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lncrezia,lame Arga; Orsiai, Miss F. lltillart; Genero, Signor Bettini ; A1t01250, Signor Fortin'. To conclude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by 3ldbe: Palmyra, sldlle. Paolo, al. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes arid pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. Gd. ;. sta ls, 4s. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s„ 6d.; four persons, one g uinea. Boa-office open from 10 to 6 daVy. TTIE.A.TILE ROYAL lIATMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstene. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AS YOU LIKE IT. Characters by Messrs B. Sullivan, Howe, and Compton ; and Miss IL Faucit. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Truder the Management of Mr. Cuaar.ra Kr.tu. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka- Mr 4. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrees, Bitcdsme Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed lIELPING HANDS. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &e.; Madame Celeste Mrs. Keeley, &e. Followed by FOREIGN A.FFAIII.3. To conclude with TEM PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATME. Lessee and Manager, ?Sr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENTNG, Will be performed THS SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Charact2r , by Messrs. Robson, A. Wigan, G. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. To conclude with POOR PJLLICODDY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HONEST L JITTER. Followed by 'TWAS I. After which, CHERRY AND FAIR STAR. Principal character by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To be followed by I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Boundless Magnificence and Majestic Effect. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippodramatic Spectacle called. ENGLAND and PRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms. Caparisoned steeds, knights in armour, tournament in the Field 01 the Cloth of Gold. One gigantic arena formed by the ring and the stage ! Dazzling brilliancy and vivid reality 1 Each night the unique ACTS in the CIRCLE, arranged by Mr. William Cooke. Bozrofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. EqUeVliall Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR Tess DAY —Morning 50 min.after 6 Evening 13min. aft. 7 " ro. , iG„„—Mornin g 40 inin.after 7 1 Evening 8 min. aft. 8 WEATHETI.—BUN 077101, June 22. Tantatolurza, 13 TUE SILIDIE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 50 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day, at noon. BAROMITZE, 30.33. WIND, N.E.—Light, with very fine summer weather. • 4.* • • • gb t , rr ~) LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1355. At twenty minutes past one o'clock this morn ing, just before the rising of the House, the ques tion was put on Sir E. B. LvrroN's amendment relative to Administrative Reform. There had been no previous discussion--a few members only remained to witness the termination, of the pro ceedings that had occupied the evenings of Friday and Monday, and produced such intense excite ment not only in official circles, but throughout the whole length and breadth of the land. The enthusiasm inside the house had, however, subsided for the time being. It was known that Ministers had unconditionally accepted the amend ment, and that there would therefore be no division. The whippers-in on either side had graciously accorded " leave of absence," and the wearied legislators had, with few exceptions, availed them selves of the permission, and Maried away in quest of amusement or repose. The ominous question, pregnant with the fate of so many Government ouvriers," was therefore put to "a beggarly account of empty benches." It was anticipated that it would have passed sub silentio. But not so. One zealous red-tapist, like ACHATES, "faithful to the last," still lingered near the tomb of buried job bery, and uttered a loud anl sonorous "no" at the This ebullition a que stion. deeply-excited feel ing, whether inspired by midUe devotion at the shrine of BACCH US, or sorrow at the probable fate of the younger children and daughters of the oligarchy—attracted but little sympathy. A hearty burst of laughter was all that the laconic but heartfelt protest produced, and the amend ment, now put as a substantive motion, was agreed to without a division. It is, as we have stated, impossible that any body of men can be more firmly pledged on any point than Ministers now are on the great question of Administrative Reform. In this instance " the good beginning " has more than half accomplished the great desideratum so urgently demanded. We are faithfully promised; at no distant period, " a careful revision of our various official establishments with a view to sim plify and facilitate the transaction of public business." There are no exceptions. None can hug themselves in conscious security at a supposed exemption from the common lot. Every department and every grade, from the highest to the lowest, falls within tht scope of the resolution —" judicious tests of merit" will be introduced in every quarter, not merely for the neophytes seeking admission within the charmed circle, but for those who have already penetrated to the innermost shrine and become, the very hierophants of the mysteries. All " obstructions to the fair promotion and legi timate rewards" of merit must also be removed, so that "the largest available proportion of the energy and intelligence" of the country may be secured for the public service. The widest field of competition will be opened, and no man can ascend a single rung in the ladder of promotion who has not pre-eminently deserved the distinction. Ministers have solemnly and deliberately pledged themselves to accomplish this wqnderful reformation, and it will be for the sincere and zealous Reformers out of doors not only to aid and assist them in carrying out the arduous task, but to stimulate and encourage them should there be any symptom of flagging, or any relaxation of their efforts. As yet we- have only words—it is vox et preterea nihil. Deeds must speedily be added, all framed on a sound and judicious principle, and calculated to advance the final victory over corruption and jobbery. For this purpose the most complete information must still be sought after, and every appointment, and still more, every promotion, closely canvassed. Never were the labours of the Association more needed. "The pressure from with out" cannot be relaxed for a single moment, lest an impression should be produced that the public have again become apathetic and indifferent on the subject, or that the newly-born zeal has, in any degree, cooled. It may, for a time at least, be impossible to banish nepotism. The monster may occasionally rear his hideous head in some of the departments ; but the instances will be comparatively rare, and there cannot again be so flagrant a disregard of public opinion as heretofore. The man appOinted or promoted must be able to bear some, at least, of the tests, and not altogether "a bad bargain" to her MAJESTY. A searching exposure and unsparing denunciation, in every instance, will, however Gradually, lead to further ameliorations, until (letur digniora, will be the motto fairly inscribed on every official appointment. This will, however, be a work of time and labour ; we cannot hope to attain perfection per saltum. Every valuable result requires toil, and that must be be stowed by the patriots who haie so nobly stepped forward, and they must still receive the unanimous and cordial support of the country. Above all, every voter must purify himself. He must firmly resolve not to apply to his represen tative for any favour as to the price of the vote he has given. How can he expect the man whom he expects to solicit Government on his behalf to abstain from doing so on his own account, or that of his immediate relatives and friends—this wholesome purification, with the indispensable preliminary of a real and thorough cleansing of the Augean stables, and the introduction of " the right _men into the right places." The laudable endeavour recently made by some of the most distinguished writers of the pre sent ago to 'waken the Literary Fund from its tong torpor to something like activity, has, we -,Tieve to say, as yet proved altogether ineffectual. The Executive of that Society has been in a man ner hibernating, to adopt the humorous figure of ipe.ech indulged in by " Boa," in season and out of season, uninterruptedly almost from the period of its foundation. It is still snoozing comfortably between the blankets. With 30,0001. in hard cash, and the title-deeds of other property to the value of 2001. per annum, stowed away in its strong-box, and the key under its pillow ! With its old charter, primed and loaded with all man ner of detonative clauses and protective conditions lying at its elbow in lieu of a blunderbuss I It still slumbers on, undisturbed even by the " cold pig" so very unceremoniously adminis tered to it the other morning by Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, as Chairman of the Special Com mittee. " Beyond all question," as he him self protested while administering the dose to this incorrigible Sluggard among our Charities, " the Literary Fund has overslept itself." Neverthe less, energetic though his attempt to rouse the delinquent from its long somnolency undoubtedly was, it turned out on Saturday to be wholly in fructuous of the good intended by its originator. Yet, in the very hour of disappointment, while we are still lamenting over the failure of this first effort to dissipate the dreaming and dozing of the Literary Fund Executive, the most disheartened among us may gain new hope from the assured vivacity with which Mr. DICKENS declared at the close of his animated remarks on the 16th instant in Willis' s Rooms, that because of the very profound ness of the lamentable trance into which that Literary Fund Executive appears to have lapsed —" It ought now to be knocked up, and, please GOD, we must get it out of bed some way or another !" . Well—we believe this. But not yet awhile. A very different course must be adopted from that which was recently followed by the Special Committee—if its members, and their well wishers (among whom we would have ourselves enumerated) seriously hope to witness the expected tableau of the Sleeper Awakened. The well-intended effort made by Mr. C. DICKENS and his colleagues altogether ap pears to us to have been too great, too tarried, too much at random, to have ren dered it possible for it to prove in the end effectual. Too much was attempted—so that after all, in the haste and flurry, the " cold pig " got scattered. The Report aimed at the achieve ment of au impossibility ; iu other words, it sug gested the accomplishment by one machine of what could.'alone he effected by the aid of several. We cannot but regret an error of judgment so remarkable that, because of it, nothing was gained, for the simple reason that everything was at tempted. The Special Committee, in fact, pro p)sed, through their Report, that not only should the re-organised institution assume to itself more comprehensively than ever the character of an eleemosynary establishment, by disbursing large!y to needy men of letters henceforth both loans and annuities, but that it should at the same time undertake to combine within itself the appliances at once of a club-room and of a library—developing its energies, in fact, by experiment after experiment, until it might ultimately expand into a Hall or College for the service of Literary men and the honour of Litera ture. Lord JEFFREY'S description of the analogy discoverable between the diverse capacities of the steam-engine and the trunk of an elephant was nothing to this. Rending an oak and pick ing uP a pin by the same means and almost in the same breath, were nothing to the miracu lous adaptibility of the wonderfully incongruous powers proposed, by the Report of the Special THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIIJAY LITINE 2), 1855. Committee, to be combined within the all-embrac ing purpose of the suggested " Literary Institu- tion of Great Britain." ,An association the ad ministrative body of which would have, on the one hand, to grapple with the calamities of a mul titude of sorrow-stricken applicants, and on the other, to minister to the thirst of a crowd of insatiable tea-drinkers, while endeavouring to appease with intellectual food the appetites of a hungry swarm of famished book-worms and raven ous gobemouches. No wonder the amendment proposed by Mr. MILNES was carried by the meeting on Saturday instead of the original mo tion proposed by Mr. DICKENS, that the Report of the Special Committee be adopted—the amendment savoured with this notable preference acknow- ledging with gratitude the labours of the Special Committee, and recognising the value of some of their suggestions as subjects for further delibera tion : but, at the same time, rejecting the advice that any new charter should be ap plied for, on the score that the proposals con tained in the Report involved an entire alteration of the nature and intentions of the Literary Fund Society, and that its means are in adequate to the attainment of the very incongruous purposes we have already enumerated. No wonder, we say, that an amendment so exceed ingly rational was carried—rather than a motion so generously intended, but so injudiciously com bining in one scheme the incompatible projects of a Library, a Charity, a College, and a Club ! It was the old wonderful feat all over again—that of " vaulting Ambition overleaping itself"—the most astonishing of all known summersaults ! The Special Committee had success already within its grasp—had it been content with re stricting its earliest efforts in the way of reform to matters which would have necessitated no new charter ; had it endeavoured to improve the Lite rary Fund Society in its strictly eleemosynary cha racter; had it refrained, as yet at least, from any inopportune attempt to expand a simply charitable establishment into a manifold, or rather multiform, institution rivalling at one and the same time the French Academy, and the Book Society in St. James's-square, and the Pall-mall Athenmum, although sustaining meanwhile upon a larger scale than ever its original character as a bene volent association. Again, we cannot but earnestly express our' regret that the Special Committee should have de feated its own object so completely by the adop tion of a Report too daring to admit of its aim being regarded as within the limits of immediate practicability. Nothing could well be more ad mirable, more humane, more generous, than the proposal, through the Report, of loans, instead of gifts, to the literary applicant for secret assist ance. As to Mr. MILNES' objection that such loans could never be sued for in a County Court by a society undertaking " to do good by stealth" —that of course ! The objection we venture to re gard as altogether valueless, seeing that loans like these would be numbered amongst the most sacred of all debts, namely, " debts of honour." And as Sir EDWARD LYTTON, with a noble reliance upon the purity and elevation of the literary character, observed, on Saturday, we might confidently ex pect that ninety-nine out of every hundred of these advances would be faithfully reimbursed. However, it were idle to talk just now of the ad vantage of substituting loans for gifts as among the benefactions to be hereafter diffused by the Literary Fund Society, seeing that, for a time at least, the hope of instant reform in that Society has been dissipated by the humane but mistaken temerity of the Special Committee. Nothing is left for us at present, thanks to that unlucky over-rashness, except to await the dawn of some just possible future, when the over-slept Literary Fund Executive may at last be knocked up in earnest, and, as Mr. DICKENS has reminded us, "please GOD, we must get it out of bed one way or another "—either to commit an involuntary suicide by jumping out of windows, as the Bishop of OXFORD suggested, or to bestir itself rationally by setting its house in order betimes. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the youthful members of the Royal family, intend, according to present arrangements, to leave Buckingham Palace on the 9th proximo for Os borne, and it is said the Queen will stay a month at that marine residence. Her Majesty purposes to visit Paris soon after the removal of the Court to London in August, but the precise day is not yet determined on. Yesterday the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a sumptuous banquet "to the bishops and univer sities." Inlthe forenoon a sermon had been preached at St. Paul's, by the Bishop of Hereford, on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Yesterday the Earl of Eglinton gave a grand ball at the mansion in St. James's-square. The guests com menced arriving at half-past ten, and continued to pour in until nearly one o'clock, by which time there were upwards of 600 of the elite of the aristocracy and fashion able world present. Her Serene Highness the Here ditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by the gentlemen in waiting aad Lady Caroline Cast, arrived at a few minutes past eleven o'clock, and was shortly followed by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Ma jor Home Purves and Lady Suffield. FORGERY AND FRAUD.—Yesterday George Wheatland, master of the ship Britain's Pride, was charged at the Thames Police Court with obtaining various sums of money by means of forged bills. He was remanded until Wednesday nest. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE BY THE CRIMEAN NATVlES.—Yesterday nine navvies and a woman named Ann Maria Pooley were placed before Mr. Norton, at the Lambeth Police Court, charged as above. The policemen were so seriously injured that the prisoners were remanded in case fatal effects should ensue. FOREIGN SHIPPING.--A. return moved for by Mr. Wilson, M.P., shows that the sums paid, in the years 1853 and 1854, for the difference of rates and charges due to corporations, companies, or individuals for foreign vessels, which, under treaties of reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom at the same rates of charge as British vessels, amounted respectively to 44,473/. and 52,7911. ASSAY OFFICES.—It appears that the rams chargeable upon the public revenue in 1854, in respect of the local Assay-office in York, Exeter, Chester, and Newcastle, being an allowance of 11. per cent. on the duty received on plate. amounted to about 601., and the sums received on behalf of the public revenue for the duty on plate to 6,1121. A coroner's i - quiry has been concluded at Penkride, by the committal of a quack doctor, named Thomas Morris, charged with the manslaughter of two unfortu nate men, viz. :—Thoma3 Henehawe, a licensed vic tualler, awl Joseph Day, a sheep shearer, and general farm-servant, both residents of Penkride, who sought the impostor's advice, and partook of his deadly decoc tions. THE CAPTURE OF THE MAMELON AND QUARRIES. ANOTEpt CAMP $E FORE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 7. At 4 o'clock this moraing a still and Elu Wish atmo sphere, half mist, half the result of giinpowder, hung-about the town, and, the tam enfilading, as it were, all the points of view from his low level in the horizon, telescopes wore put out of joint for the moment. The Redan, however, which stands up boldly in front of the hills that slope from Catbeart's Mound, gave some evidence of having yielded to rough treatment, the jaws of its embrasures gaping, and its fire being irregular and interrupted. Captain Peel came by, on his way up from the trenches, about 5, very dusty and powdery. His reckless and dauntless seamen had been making beautiful practice, and had mot with what must for them be considered a very moderate proportion of loss, having to record two deaths only and 14 wounds during the 15 hours, and, with one exception, the last we re not very serious. Though delivering a capricious discharge of shot and shell, the Russians in the Redan were making their contempt of danger conspicuous, some few of them ap pearing in front of the work, and one or two mounting on the parapet. By and by there was a glorious change in the weather, which adapted itself to the circumstances most amiably. At 9 a cool breeze, much stronger than usual, sprang up, and continued throughout the day, blowing the wreaths of smoke out of the batteries, and carry ing off the solid little round nebula) extemporised by bursting shells, which can only he compared in their ex pansion to the genie who, in the " Arabian Nights," comes out of the iron pot se,led with Solomon's seal. The whole range of fire from right to left became visible in a bright sun, that for once was not a scorching one. On the ex treme left, towards the Qrtarantine, there was very slight tiring from the French. The perpetual hiss and crack of shells was still the chief point of contrast with the last bombardment in April. The enemy could not or would not keep up a very vigorous reply. All the early part of the day we had the work very much to ourselves, but, since it has been very much the habit of the Russians to knock off work in thebotter part of the 24 hours, no very im portant disclosure was contained in this fact. As last night, so this morning, for the fun of the thing, they launched a good many heavy shot int o th e rav i ne w hi c h leads up to the Light Division, and the same avant garde of mis chief came careering round the shoulders of the hill below the Lime-kiln where we stood to gaze. ,bout 1l o'clock a shell from the Russians exploded a magazine in our S-gun battery, and a yell of applause followed the 7 eport. Very slight harm happily resulted from the explosion,-one man was killed, one wounded, and a few scorched a ail). The real c.sualtv of the morning was the death of an Engineer officer, Captain Dawson, who had but just arrived in the Crimea from England; indeed had been only two days in camp, and was on duty in the trendies for the first time. As the day worn on it leaked out that something of import was undoubtedly to take' place before its close, and that the double attack would pro bably commence at five or six p.m. An immense con course of officers and men were gathered all the afternoon round the flagstaff on Catheart's-hill, and streamed along the spines of the three heights which wind towards Sebas topol from the English encampment. The fire on our side, which had continued since daybreak, quietly and soberly, assumed a sudden fury about 3 o'clock, and was kept up from that hour to the critical moment with great activity. The affair itself came off but little after the anticipated time. Between five and six Lord Raglan and his staff took up a conspicuous position on the edge of the hill below the Limekiln, where it commands very plainly our 4-gun battery, and looks straight into the teeth of the Redan. A flagstaff was erected with threatening ostenta tion shortly before he came down, and a little angle of rude wall was hastily thrown up as a breastwork. The man with the signal rockets was in attendance, but there was a pause yet for a while. Sir Colin Campbell was ob served to plant himself on the next summit, still nearer to the enemy, " commonly called," to use a legal phrase, the Green-hill. His appearance drew some fire, and the shells dropped and flashed close by, but without disconcert ing his purpose of having a thorough good lookout place. It was about half•past six when the head of the French attacking column came into view from these two spots, as it climbed its arduous road to the Marnelon. A rocket was instantly thrown up as the signal of our diversion, and as instantly the small force of our men detached for the post of honour made a rush at the Tiarries. After one' slight check they drove out the Russians, and, turning round the gabions, commenced making themselves snug ; brit the interest was so entirely concentrated upon the more exciting scene, full in view upon the right, that they had to wait a good while before attention was directed to their conflict. The French went up the steep to the Mamelon in most beautiful style and in loose order, and every straining eye was upon their movements, which the declining daylight did not throw out into bold relief. Still their figures, like light shadows flitting across the dun barrier of earthworks, were seen to mount up un failingly—were seen running, climbing, scrambling like skirmishers up the slopes on to the'body of the work, amid a plunging fire from the guns, which, owing to their loose formation, did them Iss yet little damage. As an officer, who saw Bosquet wave them on, said at the moment, " They went in like v clever pack of hounds." In a mo ment some of these dim wraiths shone cut clear against the sky. The &Mayes were upon the parapet firing down into the place from above • the next moment a flag was up as a rallying-point and defiance, and was seen to sway hither and thither, now up, now down, as the tide of battle raged round it; and now like a swarm they were in the heart of the Mamelon, and a fierce hand-to-hand encounter, here with the musket, there with the bayonet, was evident. It was seven minutes and a half from the commencement of the enterprise. Then there came a rush through the angle where they had entered, and there was a momentary confusion outside. Groups, some idle, some busy, some wounded, were collected on the hither side, standing in shelter, and now and then to the far corner a shell flew from the English battery facing it. But hardly had the need of support become manifest, and a gun or two again flashed from the embrasure against them, than there was another run in, another sharp bayonet fight inside, audthis time the Russians went out, spiking their guns. Twice the Russians made head against the current, for they had a large mass of troops in reserve, covered by the guns of the Round Tower. Twice they were forced back by the onsweeping flood of French, who fought as if they had eyes upon them to sketch the swift event in detail. For 10 minutes or so the quick flash and roll cf small arms had declared that the uncertain fight waxed and waned inside the enclosure. Then the back door, if one may use a hum ble metaphor, was burst open The noise of the conflict went away down the descent on the side towards the town, and the arena grew larger. It was apparent by the space over which the battle spread that the Russians had been reinforced. When the higher ground again became the seat of action,—when there came the second rush of the French back upon their supports, for the former one was a mere reflux or eddy of the stream, — when rocket after rocket went up ominously from the French General's posi tion, and seemed to emphasize by their repetition some very plain command, we began to get nervous. It was growing darker and darker, too, so that with our glasses we could with difficulty distinguish the actual state of affairs. There was even a dispute for some time as to whether our allies were going in or out of the work, and the Staff themselves were by no means clear as to what was going on. At last, through the twilight, wo discerned that the French were pouring in. After the interval of doubt our ears could gather that the swell and babble of the fight was once more rolling down the inner face of the hill, and that the Russians were conclusively beaten. " They are well into it this time," says one to another, handing over the glass. The musket flashes were no more to be seen within it. There was no more lightning of the heavy guns from the embrasures. A shapeless hump upon a hill, the Mamelon, was an extinct volcano, until such time as it should please us to call it again into action. Then, at last, the more hidden struggle of our own men in the hollow on the left came uppermost. " How are our fellows getting on ?" says one. "Oh ! take my word for it, they're all right," says another. And they were right, so far as the occupation and retention of the quarries was concerned, but had nevertheless to fight all night and repel six successive attacks of the Russians, who displayed singular pertinacity and recklessness of life. As it grew dark our advanced battery under the Green-hill made very pretty practice and pretty spectacle, by flipping shells over our men's heads at the Russians. From the mis-shapen outline of the pits a fringe of fire kept blazing and spark ling in a waving sort of curve, just like a ring of gas illumi nation on a windy night ; tiae attempt to retake them out of hand was desperately pushed, the Russians pouting in a most terrific discharge of musketry, which caused us no small loss, and as it canoe up the gorge, contending with the fresh wind, sounded in the distance like water gulphed simultaneously from a thousand bottles. Meanwhile the fall of the Mamelon and the pursuit of the flying foe did not by any means bring the combat to an end on the . side of our allies. The Zouavea, emboldened by their suc cess, and enraged by their losses, carried their prowess a step too far, and dreamt of getting into the Round Tower by a coup de main. A new crop of battle grew up over all the intervening bellow between it and the Mamelon, and tho ripple of biusket shots plashed and leaped all over the broad hill-side. The combatants were not enough for victory there too, but they were enough for a sanguinary and prolonged contest, a contest to the eye far more violent than that which preceded it. The tower itself, or rather the inglorious stump of what was the Round Tower, took and gave shot and shell and' musketry with the most savage ardour and rapidity. The fire of its mus ketry was like one shelf of flame, rolling backwards and forwards with a dancing movement, and dwarfed as it was by the distance, and seen by us in profile, could scarcely be compared to anything, small or large, except the notes of a piano flashed into fire throughout some rapid tune. Our gunners, observing the duration and aim of the skir mish, redoubled their exertions, and flung their shells into the Round Tower with admirable iirecision, doing immense mischief to the defenders. It was dark now, and every one of them came out against the heavens as it rose or swooped. From Gordon's Battery and the Second Parallel they streamed and plunged one after another into the enceinte up to which the Zouaves had won their way unsupported, heralded every now and then by the prompt and decisive ring of a round shot. The Russian defence, rather than their defences, crumbled away before this tremendous fire, but on the other hand, the attack not being fed, as it was not designed, began to lan„eUish, and died gradually away. It was a drawn battle so far ; but there- may be another story to-morro w. I learn that one volunteer accompanied the French in their attack on the Mamelon—Commander Der riman, of the Caradoc,—who conducted himself en vrai Zouave —skirmished up to the outer defences of the Round Tower, and escaped by half-an-inch having a bullot through his bead. His services and his insignia were neither suffi cient, however, to convince some of the more suspicious of his fellow-combatants. Ho was twice marched off as a captured Russian between two French soldiers. 12 r.m. It is now blowing great guns. There was a heavy thun der storm to-day, visible over to the south-east ; and to night, as last night, there has been a rival display of heaven's artillery. The French are putting the now front of their position in a state of+ defence, and employing an immense number of hands. We derived one advantage at least from the fleet outside—namely, that the presence of a large mass of Russians in the rear of the Mamelon was communicated to the Generals, and the attacking columns proportionately strengthened. On the other side our men are still in their warm berth under the Peedan e repelling the attacks of the Russians. There was but one embrasure left in a comfortable state in the Redan at the end of the evening, and the Quarries are too close under it for heavy guns to be brought to bear, To-morrow, with a new point d'appui on each side, we shall have to choose between fighting, as of old, for per mission to keep what we have got, and taking on one side the Malakhoff, on the other the Redan. JUNE 8. During the night repeated attacks, six in all, wore matte upon oar men in the Quarries, who defended their new acquisition with the utmost courage and pertinacity, and at a great sacrifice of life, against superior numbers, con ti nua lly replenished. The strength of the party told off for the attack was in all only 1,000, of whom 600 were in support. At the CQUID29IICOMIAIt 209 only went int and another 203 followed. More than onthi there leas a fierce ; hand-to-hand fight in the position itself, and our fellows had frequently to dash out iu front and take their assail ants in flank. The most murderous sortie of the enemy pladf about 3 in the morning ; then the whole ravine was lighted up ivith "a hlaie of fire ; and a storm of shot was thrown in from the Strand Battery and every other spot within range. With a larger body in reserve, it is not doubtful that they could have been into the Redan in a twinkling. 'this is as...e.rted freely both by officers and privates, and the latter express their opinion in no com plimentary manner. They were near enough up to it to see that it was scarcely defended, and one officer lost his life almost within it. Generally speaking, the Russian gunners were not very active through the night; indeed there was little for them to do, and they are evidently shy Of throwing away ammunition. On the other hand, their fatigue parties viere,,as busy as bees, repairing and strength ening their shaken defences, and the sentinels outside our advanced works were near enough to hear the sound of their tools and see the light of their tobacco-pipes. The French, on, the other hand, were losing no time in the Mamelon, in which, by the hy, they found only seven guns, five of them spiked. When morning . dawned, with the wind blowing even stronger than yesterday,. the position held by both parties was one of ex pectation.. The French were in great force within and on the outer slopes of the Mamelon, and also in possession of two out of the three offsets attached to the Mamelon on the Sapoune-hill. Their dead were teen lying mixed with Russians upon the broken ground outside the Malakhoff Tower, and were being carried up to camp in no slack suc cession. In the rear of the Mamelon their efforts to in trench themselves wore being occasionally interrupted by shells from the ships in the harbour and from a battery not hitherto known to exist further down the bill, whi:e, on their left front, the Round Tower, showing still its for midable platforms of defence and its ragged embrasure above, fired upon their working parties in the western face, and upon their reserves in the background. The morning brought out on every side, along with the percep tion of advantage gained, and a prey lying at our feet, all the haste and circumstances of the scone, with its painful admixture of death and, sufferine . . On our side 365 rank and file and 35 officers had been killed and wounded. On the French side nearly double the number of officers, and a total of not less than 1,500 men, probably more. It has been stated as high as 3,700, but there may be error in the statement. 12 o'CLocx. At this last moment I hear it stated that the Russians are carrying shot and shell off to the other side of the har bour—which may mean that they are getting ready for a bolt; may it prove tiuo ! LATEST N NI T pq • UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON THE MALAKOFF TOWER AND THE REDAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 22, 2.30 A.M. Lord Panmure regrets to have to inform the Editor of The Sun, that he has received informa tion that the English troops attacked the Redan and the French the Malakoff Tower at daylight on the morning of the 18th inst., without the success which has hitherto attended our efforts. Both the French and ourselves have suffered considerably. The names of the officers who have fallen will be forwarded immediately, but it will be impossi ble to receive complete returns of all the casualties before the 30th inst., at soonest. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL PELLISSIER. PARTS, FRIDAY MORNING. A despatch of the 17th, from General Pelissier, states that General Bosquet occupies the Tchernaya. On the following day General Pelissier writes that the attack on the Redan and Malakoff Tower was not successful, although our troops at one period set foot in the latter tower. The return to our former position was effected with order. It is impossible to-day to state the exact amount of the losses. DANTZTC, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. The Lightning has arrived with the mails. Lieutenant Geneste, Dr. Easton, and Mr. Sul ivan are prisoners, but wounded. The fleet was lying off Seskar Island. Diatrhcea is prevalent in the fleet. BERLIN, JUNE 21. The detachment of the fleet under Rear-Admiral Baynes, consisting of five liners, two frigates, and ten gun-boats, left Kiel harbour early on Wed nesday, the 20th of June, for Cronstadt. VARNA, JUNE 17. The Russians have been repulsed in an attack. on Kars. Thero is no certain news from Anapa ; but it is reported that it has been retaken by Ur.) nits- sians. Sebastopol will probably be stormed to-day. The Porte has raised a small loan on the re- venue of Smyrna. This despatch was retarded. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day : "VIENNA, 21st.—The Emperor of Russia bas just made the following diplomatic appointments :—Prince Gort schakoff to be definitive ambassador at Vienna ; M. de Titoff, ambassador at Stutgardt ; and M. Fonton, am bassador at Hanover. No recent news has arrived from the Crimea." " BERLIN, 21st.—Accounts from Moscow state that the Grand Duke Michael Paulawitch left that city on the Bth on a tour of inspection to Bobrownick, Kiew, and Bezoleteweki." The Momiteur publishes the following decree : " Napoleon, by the grace of God, and the national will, Emperor of the French, to all whom these pre sents may it mcern, greeting, " Taking into consideration Arts. 24 and 46 of the Constitution, " Have decreed and do hereby decree as follows : " Art. 1. The Senate and the Legislative Body are conveked for the 2d July next. " Art. 2. Our Minis.kr of State is charged with the execution of the present decree. " Given at the Tuileries, this 20th day of June. " NAPOLEON." "Counters;gned, ABBATUCCI, Minister of State ad interim." The official journal, after giving the above decree, remarks in its non-official part :—" There is no thing in this convocation but what was anticipated, for at the close of the last session the Government gave the senators and deputies to understand that financial measures would necessitate their speedy reassembling." The Emperor yesterday gave an audience to M. F. Rogier, the Belgian Minister, who presented to his Majesty General Griendl, the Belgian Minister of War, Major Meyers, his Chef-dc-Cabinet, and M. J. Greindl, his son and private secretary. BOURSE, .lIJNE 21.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 41- per Cents 92 75 93f. 63c. 3 per Cents 66 65 68 25 Credit Mobilier 950 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 371- Piedmontese B7 Home Debt — RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. C. fr. Orleans 1195 - Lyons ....,... 1230 Western 752 50 Rouen Cette 650 Strasburg Mediterranean; 1180 Havre 632 50 Northern ...... 912 50 Cherburg SPAIN. MADRID, 20th.—M. Camba, Governor of Puerto Rico, has been replaced by M. Monbramiente Lemery. M. Bruil will read his financial plan to the Cortes to-morrow. The proceedings in the Congress to-day have been without interest. Tran quillity is maintained. THE PRINCIPALITIES. VIENNA, June 16.—A sad event which has just occurred at Jassy and been reported here by tele graph has produced a great sensation in this capital. The Grand Boyard, Constantine Balsh, step-son of the reigning prince, has been killed in a duel by Count Stelberg, a major in the Austrian hussars. We do not yet know the details or the cause of this affair, but the victim has left a young widow, who is considered to be one of the belles of Jassy. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa of the 9th, in the Ost Deutsche Post, says :—" We learn from Sim pheropol that the division of dragoons of Gene ral Montresor has left Karessan Baidar for Korteh, and on the 7th established its camp on the side of the Mountain of Mithridates. General Chomutoff has, it is said, entered the Peninsula by the Isthmus of Arabat with 22,000 Cossacks, 7,000 infantry, and 40 guns ; and has effected a junction with General Wrangel not far from Abei-Bevy. General Osten-Sacken has left Se bastopol for the camp between Belbeck and the Tchernaya. Liprandi commands all the troops on the right bank of the Tchernaya. The rein forcements which he. sent to Kertch were iin• mediaiely replaced by detachments from the 2d corps d'artnee. In the hospitals of Sebas topol some cases of typhus and of scarlet fever have broken out, but, with that exception, the sanitary condition is as good a' it can be in a garrison of 60,000 men. A great many of the inhabitants of Kertch have gone to Simpheropol, which circumstance has increased the dearness which previously prevailed in that town. Since the capture of I( ertch by the Allies, the Rus s;ans are labouring More actively than ever in fortifying Perekop on the side of Kherson. Last week the 11th brigade of artillery passed through igicolaieff on its way to the Crimea. The harvest promises to be magnificent in the south of Russia. Wheat has accordingly undergone a considerable decline, but the price of meat and oats has risen." A letter from Galatz of the 6th, says :—" The Russians have placed the mouths of the Pruth and the Danube in a good state of defence, and have collected a number of small armed vessels which will render good service. At the mouth of the Pruth there are 18 gunboats and 2 war steamers of 4 guns each ; near Kilia there are 12 gunboats and 12 steamers ; •near Tchetal, in the Black Sea, 12 gunboats a r e stationed as an advanced post ; and at the mouth of the Sulina the Russians have formed two strongly entrenched camps." RATING OF MINES BILL.--Bill No. 2, brought in by Mr. Kendall and others, prescribes the mode and rate of assessment of the occupiers of mines to the rates for the relief of the poor. Tile annual rateable value of the mines is to be estimated at the sum which for the year ending the 25th of March immediately preceding such assessment shall have accrued to the lord for the rent royalty or toll in respect of such mine, or the value thereof in money where the' same shall be rendered in kind, CIIICKET.-THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY s TWO matcho P m, a T s EI E concIudedNOTTING}.NCOMMERCIAL on e x r. v u —n ednesday, s a h; and o w in g d fielding n the ali course of the that has b day thereeen seen for was some of the finest h m The catches made by A. Clarke we re extraordinary ea i r n s - . stances of cleverness, and were duly rewarded by several rounds of applause. The final score was as follows : Nottingham 118 and 57. The Eleven 101 and 25. A QUEER OATH.—The following oath was administered to a little boy, ten years of age, in the lowa Legislature, chosen to do up documents :—" You do solemnly swear to support the constitution of the United States, and of this state, and to fold papers to the best of your ability, so help you God." ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.—A numerous meeting was held in Sheffield on Wednesday, the Mayor, Mr. W. Fisher, jun., in the ohair, upon the subject of Adminis trative Reform. The first resolution was moved by Mr. Fisher, sea., and expressed an opinion that the disasters to which the country had been subjected in the conduct of the war were attributable to the irresponsible management of the various departments of the State, and that a thorough change was necessary. To this resolution an amendment was proposed by Mr. Saunders, adding an opinion that there was a necessity for an ex tension of the franchise. The original resolution, how ever, was carried. The second resolution was to the effect that the remedy for maladministration was to be sought in the introduction into thC State of enlarged experience and practical ability, and that the meet ing protested against the pretensions of any section of the community to monopolise the functions of adminis tration. After a long discussion the resolution was unanimously agreed to. A petition to the House of Commons embodying the spirit of the resolutions was adopted. The meeting was adjourned till Monday, on which day resolutions will be proposed upon the subject of the Conferences at Vienna. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. • JUNE 8. I have to tell you to-day of one of the most gallant affairs which have occurred the bravery and gallantry of the English and French troops shone in their of ti glory. You will have heard, of course, by telegraph, of the tak ing of the Ma melon by the French, and of tho Quarries in advance of the Great Redan by the English, yesterday . _ evening at 7 o'clock. The day before it was no mystery that something great was impending, and everywhere one could see those un mistakeable, although silent signs, which are always its forerunners, but the first active preparatory movements began at 4 o'clock iuthe afternoon. The 12 Turkish battalions, which were encamped mid way between Balaklava and the front, were under arms by that time ; they had nothing with them but their arms, even their great-coats followed on bat horses. Omer Pasha and kis staff were in advance, while the troops, dressed out in their best clothes and white trousers, followed in co- lumns of battilions. Near tho road leading up to the rear of the Fourth Division, just where the French camp runs, on the extreme right of the English, the troops halted for a moment on an open spot. Nearly-at the same time with them a column of French Guards:advanced from the road which crosseß over from the great road of Karriesh, and passed on towards the ra vine, to the left of Frenchman's-hill, where already the Zouaves, Chasseurs, and the French Infantry were waiting to advance. In our camp everything was likewise on the alert. The Light Division, which occupied the sides of the ravine, had already turned out the volunteers destined to take the quarry, while the volunteers of the Second Division were gradually airiring. All looked as if they were going to a merry party rather than take a position defended by heavy siege guns. They were talking and laughing away, while the French were cheering the Guard which was arriving, and singing a chan,son, in chorus. it was a little after five o'clock when the first battalion of Chasseurs passed down the gorge which leads towards the plateau crowned by the Mameion. Just about this time General Pennefather arrived with his staff when the air rang with hurrahs, caps flew up, and whenever he stopped for a moment he was surrounded by the soldiers, who seem to love him like a father. As the cheering did not cease, he winked as if to ask them to listen for a moment, and then said, smiling, " Leave the cheering till you have taken the place," which was succeeded by other cheers and cries of, "We will take it," and "Never fear us," &e. The passing through the narrow rivine took a good deal of time, and it was nearly six o'clock when the first column of English volunteers fell in with one loud cheer. As you may imagine, every one of the remaining soldiers followed with intense interest the columns vanishing out of sight, and crowds hastened to the heizhts to see what was going .on. No one seemed to entertain the slightest doubt but that the attack would be successful. This con viction of the certainty of success, without taking away anything from the interest felt in the attack, dissipated a great deal of that anxiety which naturally prevails on such an important occasion. The Mamelon and the Quarry are the keys of the Malakhoff Tower and the Redan, and both the latter are nearly sure to fall with the possession of the former, but certainly cannot be taken , without theM. While the French and English columns proceeded 'through the ravine—the first to the Intrance of the plateau leading up to the Mamelon, and the'second to the trenches on our right attack—the Turks marched down towards Inkerman, and occupied the position formerly held by our Second Division, and so gallantly defended in the Battle of Inkermau. This was partly ter support our right wing, partly to serve as a reinforcement to the French, who intended to take the Ouvrages Blanes, which opposed them on that side. Expectation was every moment rising to a higher pitch, when, just about 7 o'clock, three rockets were fired from the French trenches to our right, and immediately after wards a brisk fusillade was heard in all directions, and soon after the French were seen rushing up the Mamelon. The Mamelon is, as its name indicates, a mound crowning the plateau which forms the western shore of Careening Creek. The plateau on which the Mamelon lies is crowned, moreover, by the larger mound on which the Tower of Malakhoff is situate. This plateau forms a continuation of the crest now occupied by the French advanced trench, so that in leaving the most advanced rifle-pits the ascent to the Mamelon begins immediately, but very gradually. The distance, which is not above 505 . yards, Wits - overcorim in a moment, and in a few'reinutes afterwards the French were close to the embrasures and the parapet. Having no scaling ladders there, a stop occurred for one moment, and the furious musketry which was heard, and two guns fired at the, very moment when the French were already in the embrasures, showed that the ascent, if short, was hotly contested. But the smoke of these guns had scarcely with drawn when the French were already seen on the parapet, and the musketry was heard inside the walls—a sure sign that the French were in. ' The victory, however, was not yet won, foi the Russians, reinforced from the Malakhoff Tower, attacked stoutly on their side, supported at the same time by the heaVy guns of the Tower and the eight-gun battery on the other side. They possessed themselves of the trench connecting the Ma melon with the Tower, and opened a heavy musktry fire. One could see quite plainly how the reinforcements ran out of the Malakhoff and hastened to occupy the advanced trench. The French, taken by surprise by this unexpected rush, were obliged to fall back half way down the hill, where they remained under cover until the reinforcements came up, and a second rush as fast aathe first put them in possession once more of the Mamelon. A steady light shown at one of the embrasures, and followed by a signal of three rockets, stopping the firing of our guns against the Mamelon, announced the fact. Not content to keep it, a good number of the French began pursuing the enemy and advancing against the , Malakhoff Tower. It was on the plateau behind the Mamelon and the connecting ridge be tween this latter and theMalakhoff Tower that a fearful mas sacre took place. Notwithstanding the quick firing of the heavy guns of the Tower, and the enfilading fire of the Russian eight-gun battery to the right of the Mamelon, and not withstanding the fire of some of the ships in the harbour, our gallant allies succeeded in reaching and ascending the Malakhoff Tower—at least, a part of it, but it was impoi sible to keep it. A powder magazine or a mine exploded inside, and the French, after having spiked seven of the guns, retired to the Mamelon, which they kept, notwith standing all the exertions of the enemy, and still keep. I do not wish to interrupt the narrative of the taking of the Mamelon by inserting simultaneous events which took place in the Quarry and on the French right towards the Ouvrages Blanes. Our troops, as I said, went down to our right attack (Gordon's Battery), and occupied the advanced trench. At the Paine time that the French hastened up to the Marne lon our gallant fellows, with the 7th, 88th, 34th, and 31st in advance, gallantly carried the Quarry. In order to form an idea what the Quarry is I must give you a description of the locality. The ravino,of I“raaelaia, through which the Woronzoff-road runs, separates the Redan from the Malakhoff Tower and Mamelon, and the Woronzefaroad separates our right from the left attack. The Quarry is on the aide of the steep hill which is crowned by the Redan, about half-way between our most advanced trench of the right attack and the base of the Redan. Not only this latter, but likewise the Malakhoff Tower, and even a part of the eight-gun battery, can sweep over it. Not withstanding' all these difficulties, the Quarry was ours in just the time required to go there from the advanced trench ; and an officer of the 7th, whose name I could not ascertain, and Captain Meynott, of the 88 th , w ere the first on the parapet, for the Quarry had been converted into a regular rifle-pit. But from the exposed position of this place, and from its importance, it being the key of the Redau, it was one of those spots less difficult to take tb,in to keep. During the whole night the Russians were eut ing one series of continual murderous attacks, sytanow. being able to make any impression on our g allant to" Neither shell, nor grape, nor bullet, nor haaoneet al to form a anything against them. It is scarcely pose] ou r soldiers w ithout complete idea of the awful situation in which were. c any dif- ould do of Caing Oulhe extreme right the French t ook, ficulty, the Ouvrages Blanes, on th e east side two re C areen ments of Bay, which were afterwards occupied by Turks: you must not expect nett post. I give you th l e n de th ta e il p s r o es f s t u h r o e so of aff ti a m ir e l features. on this occasion only their general d k t annonado an musketry During the night the c the Inkerman batteries were ceased for one moment ; even a u u n d til ev t e h n e t n g Ouvrages Blanes, which they enfilade. busy firing at the French in the • This morning the bonst e mlment on our side was resumed again with great vigour, and continued the whole day much I sible, and conne cted them with their former a dvanced The French repaire d the Mamelon works as as pof- trenches, so that they can go up now without difficulty. We on our side connected likewise the Quarry with the advanced trenc h of our right attack, and stren g thened it. T French, I hear, want to wait a few days until they' b u t every night st rong p ar ti es are going Gown our again; side as well as on theirs, in order to be ready attack i e o a osanst any attack from the Russians, and to be preps , ed to take advantage of any opportunity wbioh cony occur. The spirit of the men, notwithstanding the fatigues ana dangers of the position, is really heroic. Death seems to have lost all his terrors from being a daily companion, and his appearance , in whatever shape he may come, is no longer an event. To-day, for instance , by a curious coin cidence, Capt. Bingham H. Edward Muller, of the Ist Royals, was carried, to the sound of the Dead March in - - Saul, to Cathcart's-bill, td repose at the side cf it the her t of Thiserinan, and while the procession passed w 117 the reliefs going down. So long as the funeral convoY and the marching t ro ops were alongside everything was silent, impressed by the solemnity f the ent ; laut ai soon as the corpse passed they fell again to mom singing and laughing. JUNE 9 (MOBNING). The night passed quietly—that is to say, as far as attacks: on either side were concerned—but the shelling was exces sively heavy during the whole time. Russian prisoners and deserters represent their los f s in these battles as enormous. 25 , 030 men are spoken oas their loss since the reopening of the bombardment ; 15,000 alone doting the attack the other day. There is a truce to-day for the burying of the dea d on both sides. A PICTURE OF WAS AND IS• -------4—_ The photograph js in daily use now under the bright sun of the Crimea. We who ha ve been sitting at houae un der the grey sky, which has hid den the summer hsun from us till now, plea se ourselves with thinking of the sun - p i c t u res which may be gratifying the eyes of our • °f ' the countrymen in old Tau rida, and with seeing in have mind's eye " the groups which we sho uld like to brought home when our victorious ar:nies return. There was the 'bright, handsome town of lertch, en° day lately. What a picture it must have been when the townspeople were about their ordinary business, and the' ladies were abroad in the streets, shopping and reski n gi: visits, to talk about what was doing at the other end of the peninsula, as if 'it were in a far country —so cenfie dent were they of safety while the Russian army laY between them and the camp of the Allies. 1),151 by d3lle they had seen long trains of waggons pass by, laden wit, supplies, which would, as they were informed, nabi' their defenders to tire out the invaders. They ' o '7 told nothing but the good news, and were elate vita pride in the resources of the Czar, and looked with con tempt on the folly of the infidels who atternpted ilence: against Holy Mother Russia. Some of them e ° bably counting the days which would suffice 0 dr s , v„ e n, away the foe, and leave the road clear for the noble ta. bring their households down for their annual bathing on the south coast, which they justly considerry. the Paradise of the*world. In a woraent, a gee ° , x , a w e ith. turned all eyes towards the heights,• where a hes;l iieur e glittering arms, were passing over the ridge, dies „ r e - t ile irg down upon 'the town. Before the gag I°. `" eg filling' rech their homes, they met parties of the envie)" 4- rate 4 the streets ; and when at home they.foundrTj'eeen unspoiled by bloodshed, but in all standing wide, and British soldiers corn° 4 e fe , e t !aeon with spoils. What a picture it must ." wee:en ing from the dream of security, board the Another picture was presently to be seen 0 ° in. r ich ships. Sailors dressed in gaudy ball 03 .,,,y, or re9 r ic h Russian uniforms, while heaps of plate and piet.o v.r.ttla put up to a mock auction, where the treasur.s r ; j u icer nothing because of the difficult of carriacc• A l in dy to We salver to be had for five shill'Yte and n ` 3--- I be because it h • It '' botinc ed, wae so eavy ! Mirth and fun a rose a 1 cause nobody was killed or hurt ; and shouts asucces.. batteries and magazines were blown up in rill ielg i in the. sian by Russian hands, and exploded harmless y air. A singular picture it must have been l A. , „ v et else a rude a Next day, there was another, on the verge of ' J oe hot precipice at Simpheropol. Behind there was tb, w ith barren steppe, sloping gradually down to the nor 'h oe; not a house upon it—nothing but the wild therirre by th 0 the nests of the night hawk, and peoled beechonlYwoods stalking cranes. Before and below were pre, e here t ( ' on the slope far beneath, and the the 1 brooks were leaping seawards, and Tartar wdwe'llegs' peeped from their ledges or the hill-sides and b s e s tli bigl it i. the gorges of the mountains the blue se; line r ° , o eind, on the horizon. Instead of looking before o!:biteots the scouts of the army and of the anxious n €ll ~0 were gazing eastwards, on the watch for tin Pee,iea from the Sea of Azoff. For a day or two they l e h :;e0-• They were probably told that sup!) in vain ; and then the news could ne 1 ! t way, cealed that no more supplies would come tr e _ o feete I come from the north, across the Putrid Sea. ver the few hours more, a herr eman would come scouring ° flupit . steppe, to tell that no more aid would arrive from_ Terea chi—that the enemy had burnt the stores and °''P o f t ee the ships, and had the command of the P' eag e e look ed Putrid Sea. The blank faces of the multitude wh ico r,' on one another-in dismay must have road ° 3 Pico which the potent sun himself could not stamp s° its would lruc., in ti, as despair on the minds of ail who saw it. o f ge o If this was a icure of despair there was one tro pf , the Tchernaya, tell us of the sly hope, net very far t off, Those Who a,ttended the alley of Sardinian, French, and English, altos wept the : bor se 4 peg w here th e yed' were knee deep in grass and flowers, and wh ere o f tie poor quadruped which survived the harclshiPiso clove r ' winter might now grow sleek, enjoying the life cog a d after picking up barley from' the mud, and dr° ii 3o r, the night with tail turned to the midnight blast. h i s hag' change to the soldier is not less than that to „ e ,rdel ° Under the spring sunshine and rains the ne ssr :f e et P* nature will, serve those whom she had about the camps are growing their vegetables a . : ve re * probation. - And the good fellows see, not ° l)lY e of Bar meat, cooked or raw, but there is Soyer promise of vegetable dainties, after a long veers- thepry, p U to S 0 "e eye turning their very salt meat and biscuit into a l et , . an3rl a ieth e e and promising dinners fit for noblemen wb B r h ce of ; 4 ° more sunshine shall have given them the r es°e t„rn With gardens. The hospital patients no longer . L , wit t loathing , from their food, but watch its cn i e i 'rar ar ' hungry eyes, and say of their broth and rice al 0 , 0 0 u i ; coffee that these are the things that will s et t heta t i again. Soyer is the magician who hat ° d 1 13 g .11 charmed cup which renews their strength. Dor pict ure welcoming him as a guest would mare a Pr e tty tbe o i e le enough ; but one would rather see him anW e i r ee 0 01- and shrunk soldiery, who say that his is the t tog etbery tine, and that he is worth all the physicia u harbour beloWt Not far from the spot, down in the . en be fore there is a spectacle which assuredly was never : e t° ebse -the returned prisoners and deserters sent ll' e seve re ! topol. The sending those men back has be ef new pe w P i ) ; blow to Russia than taking any number °l.,,,fea frier, Boners. Those poor wretches cannot butsrele'n../0 bono: telling what it is fatal to the Czar that, p ~. .!'i . o n, eV! hear. They tell that the Brifsh soldier le n,. ' aro , 11 0 no slave. They tell that no one in all th e c i t lig oaj ee p t been taken from home against his will--thacf those tens of thousands has been dragged fr 1 31 to tb ° W 3 at midnight, bound and shaven, and driven ef o w like a beast to the slaeghter—that everytb man ° as; ° gle: considers himself of the same species with speak what r te and his Sovereign—that every one may e ,, aer , a nd ihei has to say, and lives under the protectioh " i ts a re a r law of kindness. They tell what prieeuttering ,?vc,oe camps of the Allies —levying n o taksvay. their Op wises instead of threats, and givingferio-`O, for the comforts to sufferers, instead 0f pilfering Church, C b , il e re it , l own profit, like the Popes of th, s i n the o f They tell of the solemn Sunday Bnerdviceleo at the bedscit camps, and what the clergy saY oirecton—i a to L. more must have spread in the otet_rou in the Ukraine ;t provinces of Russia. The insurre i the dying. If what these men spy has it is spreading B C : a f t o' 3 not put down. On the c oll o ! . y e . ~„ taortv araew to be out DUI' the landowners are hastenine ca. The clergy are o f ne i. way of the impending "n3onf the , Teach : readied Or Vilit,,, exasperated p bf:ioaro their turn first, at the han ds . n , they most escape .00 tre, and the nobles know I t t l e a t to dwell steadily up00.0;.„5 horrible for the mind's eye is enough to kte 7 .. well upon. There is no need to d . n on our side, the seeds of . tr e f f4 the serfs have done with t that, without aey 11 from"gour camps into the doroiaol fie p lotting affection are carrie the ideas and feelings sent I r . '; I t a _ clergy, or m eet a fate _. of the enemy, and that more for the success of the rig h elevated eitY' vs send to burst on t e.setae jectiles which we , striking sP, °ear,. present a more group in that city can th returned Pi le L ' i ca . into the heart of the hostilehrtgairne than those which cluster round 0 , „ l i v e the orient t o his report in , iietening with amaze env :, boe' t pious invaders are really like. . ht eMil.9 P" ' ilf e boo There is another picture which wig be re-ented to the eel eit taken on the spot, so as to p - ~ is imp reSSi ig .iii.. eye ; but none is less needed, because it • • a Florenc° thar, Lord Raglan has visited or e 3" • every heart. s,ckness Who cannot tell-- Le v ete tsheee m en i a l k t e e r i ral I NO ingale in her ~ • ri in te e 0 who can tell what be knows must have bee . 00 we . r ran's heart when he entered her presence owe jl l 4. to the Crimea, as we now know, not ° P ilo verti t ' ie b A (I went, but in obedience to the orders Or -:., a has i .a, lie witnessed the horrors of the winter, a:le the ", before his eyes ever since,, wherev.er ot7ero eiteirisfr., the graves of his soldiers. If all the b'P b it • I il ' ore have sickened at the details of , be, wh°Dis how must it have been with his aroy weolee passed forty years in superintendirl e.soe ia _ ever bon, has seen it fail, and all his toll : e s wa rfar e e vme de sale misery, and death, worse than ruefeelings b .„l nae • inflicted, what must have been host t al l A cl' sia rl ' i ' that woman who -,e daring set at nough eed pr s, pediments, whose simple settee confonaue'd a rl l 3 ort , it T e t a e pedantry, and whose devotedness redeenThe ee ave , ehe to ''eee. 'f, le whom a cruel negligence was sending the sorer el'en'S old general lon , ago gave a limb to ba d w t oe w h o l a y pale and" debilitated before limn , ~ m ast oc h. given her life. His characteristic " ° 3l t e tion'' ha s ired• nearly given way before a pressure of " r— erg' d in ei adtuirAtion, such humbling gratitude as -,,a,reten rain man has seldom felt towards a woman so " ia joio t ° t i l e so careless of praise, so unconscious of ber eell as of gratitude of the great and powerful, as well ee. lowly and helpless. 115 t " 113- te°' The general commanding in this great wtttruecte all. felt that he was rendering his homage te; the one - n a tare. The honours of years, sex, rani: , - , 3 the (14;'"„1. humbled themselves at that moment befor ~. n orY P ec e of youth, womanhood, simplicity, and v°'`_'elfe•elis'eye vice, rendered effectual by sense and the s eed t he s 'ip of devotedness. Such a picture does notl: wsooth.to, to paint it. There is a source of light and_ oee re f s .e i j a every human heart which will render it °vele et t his "' fully. Sun pictures fade, of or later n..ues. lose nothing by the lapse of ages.—Daille c` --=-----=-----'""---;;.--.. NEWTON ABBOTT. II grand fete and ga-,;',,, b pi); I dai °ill ta'w place on Tbursday and Friday, 28th and .4 °' ite'r instant, in the Bradley Woods, the seat a t?1,0i0. Frederick Sandys Wall, in aid of the Dawlish aedhe i‘inct mouth Dispensary and Marine Infirmary. BY t ';',., 0 0 permission of Colonel the splendid Band of t 0 0 ,.11 V Hussars from the St. David'sD Barracks, de l as i° , in attendance ; also four other first-rate bands 01133toir sSahnodusldoftpheerswoenasther prove favourable, no doub t w ell will be present. The town is to be decorated on the occasion. kin a esi DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REDIAINS.--.Whil.3 ri'''' • the CaTationg for the purpose of constructing sewe r •ulcer,' square opposite Nolan's Hotel, Galway, tine 1100,0-I,ich discovered spveral human skeletons, sonie 0 f lo a s tlY were in a perfect state of preservation. Tbe" g't the remains of mortality are suppossd to be relics 0 or e old Cromwellian wars, whsn Galway underwent a o , e fe and protracted siege, as the place where the bonLT'd., discovered is not far from where the old wall 10 ' L Okla rinaicator. -... 1