The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

R 1 1; ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC Rai, ONIGEI at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (tut Saturday). tse e et.4l. ;Area, es.. cia„_ry, IN. ""' ud.; , chars -4', Ls. The Mornine Representations -.Man Han, Piceadit.l• and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. I .Y. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL 'BANK .....-001' i of ENGL g : ND. . The Direct 11), Bl shopsgate-street, London, 11th April, i l i iis ß s. roprietors of DT cie . ,s , ors of the National Provincial Bank ef Englare . E E , - ; eftb e i 4 \ OTICE; Th'at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINeI 1 0th e t th is Society will be held on THURSDAY, the tle t e e 4 4„he_let, at the hour of Ts: eve Lyndon.erecesel athe Company's 10 , e e ! es .e, Hisho psgate-street, in the City of sae, eg By order of the Court of Directors. . . xt 2e,, 30s - V:l3-. Mana ger. DAN. ROBERT.sI - ON, Agent and twelve fore chair will be taken at fwelve o'clock precisely (not ne.) LET- -- I I GitEn WESTFAN , COALS.—Best, 245. ; In 1 Da Se '• °ll,l s 22s Th •G • t Western Railway Com ptiOns Da vy can note ' • per son+ e rea . • bere ttes oW execute orders for Rwabon Coals, equal to the finest ew e '," Cosi*, at 243 per ton, and for excellent and economical Yron L 6 slope' • or th e l at tlY Cannel), at 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles 8 ' 6j. Wes t , ad daletoe Station. Addrves to the Superintendent, Great to ' , Weston, Railway, Paddington. stelae' 9. C°lt N WA.LL RAILWAY.—NOTICE OF Thir n `iA.T.r.,•-,I IS/ paid un ; Snot 21 . „ ye _ • e inth Ctel- 2/. per 201. Share, makb:g oa 1 ,, ,,a 4,4 IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the Corn ..--3 od IN, riwaY Company have this 'clay made a Call of 21. on each -S s od ' t 10i , of 2(11 ' e ach, and 21. per share on each B or Guaranteed Share • each -- ea ace he, upon the respective shareholders in the said Company, --0 ef, , , u „,:, 3PPOlnted such Call to be paid on or before the 31s . t.d . ey I ele;erssl next, to either of the undermentioned Bankers, eame.y . - leless N ' ?, I Ye, 'Mills, and Co., Lombard-street, London. lises re : e r attls and Co., Fleet-street, London. 0 40. Ode , ...weed, - se ~ " ' ,,- and Co., ruro, Falmouth, and Red • 11111 c o •, I Lams, o., ed, ee l d i rnsvail, r eese - t k r e , l4 , rea toe several shareholders in the said Company are hereby bak t ' l° id Pa such call accoedingly. to 4 °' By order of the Directors. Trlire si W. 11. BOND, Secretary. 14, , eth March, 1855, 'be dat e °t at literate of 4 per cent. on this call will be allowed from sloe • PaY/nent f r ..Interest ' , ee of Income Tax. I being made pay 'cg the wlll cease from the date of the cal ;t. A etre". whole amount pabl np until the said call be paid. cell, d t ;,g,' or 5 per c net will to enforced in every race on the unpaid 4 e, Int ere :,g the time the said call shall remain in arrear. s. 6 ci 1, 1 , 4 , , at . the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on . 19 1.„.n....yDad in anticipation of calls. .... 19 3 : 11 cal ls :z° shareholder is entitled to transfer his shares until all ... si 0 -41°1111t Paid P a id. A. receipt will be given by the Bankers for the ..... so 0 .... 2 0 6 "--------------._________ ..... 19 0 NATIo v ..... 20 9 ' , AL PROVIDENT .. .... 0. 0 For ee.L.441, Graceehurch-street, London. ..... 19 6 An nuities, ''' u tual Assurance on Lives, &c. -. • 19 6 Chai r , DIRECTORS. • 6 So -au-SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. -•.. 19 0 Zeh e b -4114-Chairman CHARLES LIiHINGTON, req. ..... 21 a ThogZeelbee e, - I .... g 0 ' - e altle, e e''' . Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. 1i .... 17 6 kit, rti Miller Ch '. Robert ShenPard• Evl• es- 9 lo h el Crow]e Chn s ty , net)", Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. •.. 1S • eh, rl P eite ath e Y„. l':an. ..... 0 0 0 el Gr lu o ic.sti. , William Tyler..Eeq. .. eeee , i Ouija Witetham, Esq. . e .,.. : 1 GY• ' A 9 ' - '"" 1 , /19q, 2 " .... a.. T . , • , on q , / ,.., PHYSICIANS. YoeHodgkin,M.D. s e 'AI.D., F .L.S. F 1 T h o m as ~ • 11 4 Peitt tlin p TRUSTEES. lti,, t1 11"0,,,„' 4 1. Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. - .4"' - 's.i, Esq ar p . I harles Lulhington, Esq. --IfessN. liro - u:n • and Co.,nd Bank of England. ( , Janson, oe i Ceps',. SOL ICITOR -Septimus Davidson, Esq. , „gee rove 41 /it t „, "'TING ACTUARY-Charles Ansel], Esq., F.R.S. - I C liie e ‘ e - ,," the Rep ort of the Directors for 1854: - _....-----' Ass e - e'ifr oe . 1.302 1 e i e rin g tii policies ;cued during the year NCI ' r" r ' u al Me e t s "' or •• £583,074 0 0 doe 'e, {Pie" itero•llMs thereon 19,624 8 8 Engl9.ll ehl he as free the commencement of the institution • tt ‘lcts eetn ber 1835 .. .• . •••• • • • • •• - 17,494 --• - "r f a ,n ines n n le'fOrce .. • • ........ • • • 13,175 Each -° . . ... Owe - From Pre- A pill 11 t o stem,. erdeducting£33,3ol 'tieallowed)• . .£177,C99 5 9 • ye.,--- V . •• • • • : ete e a „ itel eaterest .on in- _ o 44,073 7 i Atl i , P April 1 D eat ret urned - --£222.072 13 4 I . .4e,reeeern, to members in abatement of 240 lit I taill .ll 4u tit of b ee ' t ; " ........... 4. • " • ' ' • • e • • • ', :: 126,564 0 0 ,1 Unc,e, r : ~,, inn Deo , s•el added to sums assure, .• • ni. April 6 b i ii'stice nic i hr claims by death from the co 441,369 11 11 c teeee ro of the Institution .. i I / 114 Te ar Of eei ts disbu rsements in eic e , P over the 117,669 6 0 - aslo .. • .... ' th e th e i the capifal stock of the Institution to 1,092.166 98" 4 pal 6 ' e t e _ !t division Of p rofits made no to Nov. 20, 1852, q April !6 . of s tee ction, surplus Delle,,Tillm e ;ailed from 6to 89 per cent.•on the o .., . . rielnel amount n unaA p ri ert ",lo the t rog',ed b4?ording to the ace of the member and the t ime the st y the,,, 0 4 . 4 , '• la force ; and the bonuses ranee(' in like man ner e•l•ede,” Der cent. on the amount of premiums teceived during te "tie 4 li ve Year (; tili S. s , l' o n]. tb.,7' s e premiums fall due on the Ist Apr ,ii next are n ee,Tl l . 6ii . ` t te r e ,l'e, ctus - ', 4 n , st be paid within 30 days of that time. n k ' Ole o '' and other information may be obtained on opplica- e s sr Mee co evil 4 eit 2 a 18- ', , „,,,,... s: es, JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. i n ), e eelit . , re fv/Ic A LLS O -- di •ced 4ll Lite as ~,, N 3' B EA ST INDIA PALE ALE, .., i ,, ~ic , • - yeeiall y :Idea by BARON Pwl , 6 ' it et „ atet th _ ordered for SCUTARI, recommended tprit... edxal profession, A 6 eies etteee rnost eminent members of e m . . ____ 13D1,, rea l , :....,,asks (18 Gallons and upwards). imperial Inceeuee- Gil I `Ste 'I.AttRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., (leer, Wine, ana e , rel iant Ale only. "' 3 ' 5 %, Pall -Mall, who bottle Allsopp's Pale . 4/011 i . til 0311 1 16 lISTA I , S. , prl „.9 14 11 - 41,,, ENTS • for the DRAWING-ROOM, i b ) ! Ink-lltre..:7"•ltY, and DINING -ROOM, consisting of a re'vral tt ta Aga . Al m ildi, eeretent of Vases, Figures, Groups.Caedlesticks, Obelisks, in Italian Pi f wi ce- 6 thee e lter, 74tittful inlaid Tables, Paper-weleets. Stce April 1 Le -"ecterthle, Bronze , Derbyste ‘, 460 4 et l by we), • 149, Strand, er, 2 JAMES TENNANT (late Ma 01 April 16 li t e o_ tZfk o, • Collections of Shells, "Minerals , . se t leerells, .„7,4pnges elementar c y li i te the interesti study ea o s t 10 114 kh ti, 0 ,7 1e , , ,_ . :Tria greatty fa 10, 50, to 10 0 gun' en 2,5, u ulogY, and GeologY, ff kpril- 1 IVir ------- . 1 . ,2. 11 ~ o l)-l t ,. 1- ,' of the SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, . 7. l a cers wi'th,-,pw"--,,,;,,y GLOBE A large model of the country around 1 th e '4 ' ''''.llolln t I E . mann Balsklava , and the Tchernaya, 10 it sb e , kettle, Of!t the ner English, 'French, and Turkish Armies), and of sit e ie . l , wo rk . i ester-square. Open from tal l v) le e '• at the Great Globe, Le c rn leCer " n t• Admission One Shilling. 01 It it tel IPril I N ti e R . " 4 , AnN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM - ... tr k;ltte - 6 1 - "IsTED at 4, COWNTIZY-eTREET, LEICESTER- si April et k -, lip, - Pen (for Gentlemen only) daily from beV-part 11 till Sr Ade;,tf, p a , A till la- A le EW SBICERS' 9 f LVIITUREI.: h . Iti ........_./ le te sn ee, .. , ...S., ate., at 12, 2, 4,-4tid'll'alF •:Past 7 la" - _the evening.. ee, ege ge f este ttit e 'e• A new catalogue, containing lectures on the most tu vie es ee .. fe e , e branches orerhyslology-breer, le a t eet illustrated ; price India ::i "Y Post Sd. extra. tched 1, , at tb 1 1. °YA1 • 4 P OLYT ou ar • PATRON--T 7 b M L—, NIC INSTITUTION. 'T. Dutlreat Trnprove e , ,--eell. P RINCE ALBERT. EA STER n ot i rmye tb o ~,,... MelltS and Novelties evitbem & i extra charge. ~,...on to NEVV DISSOLVING VIEWS' Ite,,,tt&MA, illustrati a splendid Moving ;IL 11. Se2l•c a n d A, d illustrating an entertainment called SAM SLICK, at ter. e t t ett e, _ e a , depleting the Passage from Liverpool across the 41 ,, ,, le Tele arnbracing Views of the Principal Cities of the United it: .. •i:. - eh e tl . i ° , dded te the Other attractions of the Institution, and G I: tVe It daily at T e.,51, s e e,.." ~,,,hree and Eight. •we teee,.." ee.CTIII RE, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, FSO.. with w ,eile: ~.e.eTRATION of OLD ENGLISH and PATRIOTIC bl IVCiTtyri e ve llalgis at re Gam• b ees on ore alf-past Seven. e ' 4,l ,I, R . pt ...EMISTRY, and the TELEPHONIC Cr a- (0 iii ill teerverfce It t te_Eset.; on the ELECTRIC LIGHT, with Cztt ee . (lON- ( ~,,,, Y : by Dr. BACEMOFFNEZ. St: . "`"g the AIIAS, and upwards of 2,010 objects arts' ecienee, and Manufaztures. t i sktritr, ATI"" Ss r. ,11. Lai reat '' 0 CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— ch , 11 Fee t necceess of the new dance, La Varsoviana. Music by e 0 e itt te, "° teill --anc ed every evening Doing the course of this week at N‘ l' i tet p r, .atISIC will be la ed .- b Laurent's Orchestra: -Over- I Pie t ogee Ssehutz •Veit p 3'La y n e 1 musard ; Welieu an lee, e, e, Stra us • a zes: -len a ,anee, . telee t `eeeeb e ,'s , Donee Harmonie (Ist time). Missler ; Le Pro gt 46,111Ekb:4! Quadrilles : Vive l'Empereure Bergman i Bonjour 'ek ''''ane ''''all • Le Julf d V ise (Ist time), Boneeterre ; a ,,,,58 : ti ers, e l „. e en et "lne t ie Fi e „... •e.surent ; schottische, Dom Marla, Tolbecque ; 0a,i,.• A. owns tl Automne (Ist time), Pilede ; Marionette, Pilodo; - li eite. 4., hr ee, ,,e,inotte ; L e a Musette, Matthieu; Gallop, Dover Ex- 1 L l ttet ; l ion eetue• rrincipal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Boefleourt. All ~, `grn i ,, i lo oi the l t tive to Innate to be obtained at the music repository io n , srbaiiiini)goors open at Eight; commence at half-past. - 1 • 1 1,, 4 ~.. • . n o n , v ESEND ST A R ; 4 'l •-t p:,' l zr leaekt PACKETS. , I et3, mi : 3 eall at the Greenhithe and ?'uroeet Ple.:rs. . a , pttolt T he Piers as underlined (weather Dern:totting • , ~, `,..,,,..&, ERRACE PIER, GRAVESIVAD• t 'k e A at ta. • N Ter ,4 ,: --------- e-----____ • SUNDAYS. , • : ' I he% E ei t . • z. 4: , 1 e l . : . ea ,i) a• ... CO e a ee jm es, 0 at 4E i , .. 2 ,:..-‘, Tune 4' 3 . 1 8 —. tb ....., th ,i 04 •-• ,t. ... c... , e ..„ •-•.e.„.1 0- 4 0 _ a% •-• —1 , 7- 48 _ _ , ..._ .... --,,_ -- 1 —3% - - - - a C 1 . .-. - v., Cite e , Tlari ' ll'otal hogs---- se get s -er oe arch-street Station to all parts of London w . w le an k:1; Iva M . Tr e ,,,.. A ' l4 '. ItL ACKWALL, on the arrival of the ft 1- at - ' 4 fro t Witt Days. 111 the Fenehurch-street Station. cttt, sl t' .. • fle te ,;e4 e 5 e ; el SUNDAYS. .1% ..., "' i g , t 4 ..,- church ' , 3 5 1 4 ct .t . 15 .."*". ' 2 Street 1° id ti 4 3 - ----.. t•• A 2 4 "' 0 v • i it ' t' a , It Ir tl --..... m ----- . ....... --- ......... 4 ,, -.. i -- It - - t. I Pills g, . s--- --„ .e..,,,..... . ,_....... .., .... -- 5 -,• - --,-- - di 1 iliiP — 1% „ T 0- v. : er fro rt 4 00i tho ,7,....0rnve5,1:_ay.c,,,,1 _ . a Fore Cabin. Saloon. e . irf , l ig f ... ',',lert cl ra ;!u 11,1 / ; L , rl ( l To,,,in n .. 104. .. Is. 2.1. r. P l a. l ''' 4 ' l ' T ' e 'ertl a^lt, ;, '"_!• -•• 4 12.16 1 0 3 ? li i; lblj 'O l3 ffell* 11 sou013 j 0 00 pfo I,hf 4' 2 ttgl i ' n t efr fOC f ° %scl" f th. o °4 ' unJerlined GRAV (weather pernai tting EEk ''" , :tRUACE PIER, ES EAD te a, Ir}------- ---22 • SUNDAYS. iit he , iz. 1 ,. . . . , c at . Z 1 , I 3 1 ' t ' . I % t t 1 `) •‘,. A , i ;: ; „.„ Tillie i ..,, ... .... r .... .... 71% ...... ..... ..... '' Ill,' l,' 4 thl b , % N^.- ------- ftora t e l w ar 4eB, rav eseto 41 1ci c' Zcl pee 4 0 11 01tP, n d 4447 k ,Wa1l or Rook tick et! , trth; 0.....1.240rmediate Piet / fatal ° r of k J ' Os.. Months. 5, al. 1855 r.• Tease : P o i r e rt,llOE Fore Cabin. 84 •. 104. .. Is. with Bd. , Os. rs.. 6d. .. Os. . 04. ; Six Months, a Collectors on boa 3travesend. 3 7 . Os. ; ,ard the bit . km, ettalirtilliirr .. fur y AND -..., olg NER vo ET sNE3S. DEB__ _ 2 -v, 04 t r • thiary b„, INDIGESTION. tt...._ 'range/tents, Constipation, and IltemorrholdS, is. .A.T tyi n each, by post Is. 6d. lil ltY: ``Abate "l`'xiA.T , DRINK, AND AVOID. tar t lltia multi curantnr morbi." *10; r , 8.,-,e) %Position of the princi al causes (over and careless 11,,, , 4- quait,.. 6f the above harasQini3 and distressing ill th',, Ret 114 ~' intelligible and p ll g ex osition of how we should ev clay (it t hein . t -" 1 ar 1) tables for every meal ..e•y ,am ri,„ , o which is added, dietcomaints, `4les, "eer • alstrnations for the regimen and observance of art. OUt of ,_ `.. twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous Tagit ra 2. 1111 ,e *l i t e , AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. 41elpie, Lust bath no w I hold him lost, fitti„ 1 .4, 84 ; and all desolat. if'He that . bath no child, Of re, t : It „ ~?, and all sPrile,- 4iTectlCl"age, its expectations and NecessitlesDevelopment Arie,oh,'''••••4l,4.irt6---Love Matches —Precipitate, impelled, and retarded teatt:,Patibilitykl„,,lncongruitles•—Mutual Unsuitableness —Mental 4 .Pter 4 , t , - -, Th e „ - ~,'"1 IllYsical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter "ellkikeing t':.,'„Of Gestation—Hereditar Resernblance--Mode of •se 4,lll.iit'reacY. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas '''ee%---Lw of Divorce, &c., ece. 0 4A Q , --ill? A ND ITS INFRINGE3IENTS. I` 'Whit, A Lecture to Young Men. fitlb, Tr 46,1)3.8810ns hurt the body—w heardprove, Ot t il Jeett Li fe `, 4 r!s refined as Athens ever " liet4 Dasslo4, s Pii.,ertinage, from infancy to old age. The advent f %.1311 ~.°lielnest an ~,,rlastity and its infringement. The canlialties o -thediatt„,n, dissiPation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, e• Advocacy of early marriages, 8;c. e On Recr 4. mch lattzt et Diseases, their ,elf-managernent and Cure. ! r i elli te and 1.„,,11, 001.0 —A, eemp'; (he isive and popular exposition th,-1-'g "PeciATilitarY di seases—tl eh. nature furl treatment. cora trlC,,,,,..rY dere,.."`Y Pritnary and secondary symptoms, all forms of ”e3s ttheseelents, stricture and spermatorrlicea ;with 250 en .... The prescriptions. vas is urt TlLA,bo;en 5. IlitrY De ran ' It, HRETUR A, and RECTIIM.--comprising Constipation, and llmmorrholde. tltt ZN•jei.,„ 6 a hil 7, companions to the preceding, -..3lEtiT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. Jucundo Vlvere." a11erv,,,." 'Pell' Words to fair faith."Shakespere.. ' 2, riaternestersrow ; Mann, 39, Vorr,1 1 1; or of trotber f.; 11 :'. 111 "lIA RLi CITLVERWELL, ilttt Att,h necessor, anci-Tw 1.1 ' cr,slrague of the 411.,_ti tria,lll:a°,Lthe above, 10 e , , 8 - n ' t ' y " "l v ' '• r lA(i74llelgtienigit-street, London. , Ili fittg hi the with on therbabo;Pe 'matters daily, from Ten till v eVellings, from Soren till Nine. oir i o l er N 0 . 19-512.1 PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE SECRET MARRIAGE; or, Contrasts in Life. By bliss F. WILLIA3I4. Hurst and Blackirtt, Publishers, sue.:**iors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlbarougn street. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait, MEMOIRS OF TUE LATE Br. HON. RICHARD LALOR SHEIL By TORRENS 3PCULL A GH, Esq. Puhlished for H. Colburn, by, his success.ss, llurst and Blacket 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price Five Shillings, fcap. Bvo , cloth gilt, MR. W. ELFE TAYLER'S NEW WORK, GEOLOGY; its FACTS and its FICTIONS ; or. the Modern Theories of Geologists Contrasted with the Mosaic Record of the Creation and Deluge. By W. ELFE TAYLER, 4 Author of "Rippolytus,4 " The Dead Sea," "Popery and its Crimes," &c. _ " There Nre no calculations n.ore übtful than those of the geolo '—Old Red Sandstone. Houlston and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster-row. gist." FALLACIES of the FACULTY. People's- Edition. Price 2s 6J. "What is the English practice of Physic? Having first, in almcst evert- case, daly dindnishei income, the rood and drink, and wasted capital, the blood and the elements of the blood, no man is considered a competent physician wto does not further multi ly by a general rule of three the normal expenditure of the heall)y holy. The result? A long illness, a long attendance, and a long hill."—Dr. Dickson's Leqructive Art of Realm;. 7 , larshall, Etna CO , 'Statlooer's Court, and all booksellers hi town and country. zest nublisited, price 55., by past, free, ss. 6d., =7, STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. F:11. COURTENAY,- /tretriber of tlie‘Roy.l College of Surgeons of Engl!nd. " We believe Mr.,Courtenay's experlenc 3 in the treatment of stric ture durin,r the last'Avrenty ye:lrs has equalli d, if, indeed, It - hal not surpassel, that of , any of-his contemporaries. It is, therefor, no mat!er of stunt'sl that he enjoy the-reputation of befog is most dexterous and skilful - ffianilau atar lr urethral instruments; aod a heft it is rem;.mbe , ed that the lamentdd. Listen used, to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeab`e to them, was the most difficult in the whole rairse of surgical operati ons , it must be _no slight source of cn stiF,itionon Mr. :*ourtenay's part to have achieved ,the reputation he has in tilts res ,ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater contldente entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra.'--Medical Circtfar. - LOnclon : IL Bailiiere, 219, Regent-street. DOG STEALERS, TO THE LOVERS OF DOGS.- _ - Mr. nISHOP, of Band street, the staunch supporter of those faithfal friends to man, begs to call the attention of ladies and e'en iletnin to the SO :I E l'Y for the PROS ELUTION of DOG STnALERS and their confederates, held at his house, which has done much good. The impurity and audacity with which the dog stealers have cf late incr. wird their avocations, to the great annoyance of the owners, and the want of proper constables to check so great an evil, has induced %Ir. Bi.•hop to make it known that, as soon as funds can be rai , .eci, it is interned by the committee to appoint active officers to carry cut the objects of this most useful society. Subscriptions and donations will be thankfully received by Mr. Bishop, treasurer, or H. C. Eliott, Esq., solicitor to the Fociety, 69. Lincoln's-inn-fields Bankers—Sir William Call and Co , Old Bond-street. GREAT NEWCASTLE FIRE !-MILNERS' "HOLDF AS r" and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, with 1•ll1- ners' New Patent Gunpow.'er Proof `Locks. The strongest, best, and cheapest safe•guards in the world against Fire, Robbery, or violence. The late fearful explosion and wide-spread devastating Fire at Gateshead ar.ti Newcastle destroyed property of the value of one million, (*averting a large area s.f warehouses (filled with sulphur, nitrate of soda, peat charcoal, and otht r highly combustible stores), whole stacks of oflies, houses, &c., into a perfect volcano of fierce, coneer.trated, ineinera leg, and long-enduring furnace heat, in which not Ondy combustible things, but even bricas, stones, and iron were burnt up and fused. Sales of the ordinary kind, iron doored strong rooms, were alike melted, torn asunder, their contents charred and destroyed. But amongst the many instances ofpreservation, Thomas Milner and Son have pleasure in giving publicity to the following gratifying testimonial:— "Newcastle-tip n-Tyne, Oct. 19, 1854. " Gentlemen„—We have great pleasure in stating that. whilst oar offices were completely destroyed and burnt down in the great fire which, on the .6th inst., reduced a great many buildings in Newcastle upon-Tyne and Gateshead to wiles, two of your large Flo!dfast' Safes, in our , offices, have been the means of preserving our books, bills, and other valuable documents, although these safes were ex posed for about n'ne to ten hour.; to an immense heat, and du; out of the ruins in a red-hot state. On-opening them we found our princi pal hoe& s and bills in a good state of preservation. ' Some of the papers, were singed aud discoloured, but we are happy to say they can VA used fur the main purpose they wereintendod for. - We feel it our do ty to state those facts, and will thank you to make us new safes to soecification.—We are, gentlemen, yours truly, "S.. LEIDEMANN AND CO. Messm Thomas Milner and Son " idILNERS' PHCENIX SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL. The most extensive in the world. • LONDON DEPOT, 47e, MOORGATE-STREET, City. lENNA CONFERENCES.= All nations hive been waiting for the result of this tribunal on their rights. isPamerous dieters have crossed public expectation, and the Spring mar pass b lore nvltters are s , tisfactorily decided, but the feints of negotiation between E. ='O3E3 and &wand the public of this and v e il other countries have been decisive and satisfactory. The let Point—That E, Mosas shall have no fortifications, or and BoN shall protect all persons prevent the public from buying from exactions the best Spring mid Summ r fett 4 e VW/ tY.Ait.ll,llAfs soring,a DreSs ht BrAtescs and SW's, send 'Sh.nmer Attire. Carried wh,re the prices are everybody's unanimously ! advantage.—Enshusiast'eally re- The 2APo:nt—That E. 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The Eastern expedition, its causes, its object, the military operAtions prepared for sustaining it, the diplomatic negotiations entered upon for obviating or terminating it, are now facts that are matters of discus sion pending their transition to the page of history. In order that these facts may be usefully discuised and seri ously judged, we are now about to ,state them in thei r a most scrupulous exactitude. Such course appears to us to be both frank and useful. Public opinion is prompt to take alarm and prone to error in the midst of emotions and events such as those of which it now feels every day the reaction. The best mode of reassuring it is by enlightening it. In what manner was the Eastern expedition con ceived! What are the expectations and the data that dictated its plan ! What are the causes that modified it ? Why was the Anglo-French army landed in tkie Crimea instead of acting on the Danube and making a campaign in Bessarabia ? How must we explain the long resistance of the besieged in presence of the ardour. and heroism of the besiegers! Such are the points we wish to examine in the first part of this work. We shall brin g to this examination only som e cer t a i n f ac t s , authentic documents, and truth of military science and military history. The imperious and decisive circumstances that Com manded' France to draw the sword after 'a peace ..of forty years aye present to the minds of all persons. 'unable to obtain the admission cif her supre macy over Turkey by the terror of her protocols, had endeavoured to impose it by force. She had 'violated trea ties, invaded a territory, disdained. Lt• - id Ihreatened Europe. Her armies were occupying the Principalities, were advancing, on the - Danube, and bad even marked out the halting places of a victorious march on the Balkans. The admirable spirit of the Turkish nation was not sufficient to thwart this plan. Russia found an unexpected obstacle, it is true, in the heroic devotion of a people which she thought had fallen, and whose resist , aim; made her remember that it had conquered Peter the Great. But the struggle was an unequal one. The whole world, breathless and excited, awaited the issue with anxiety. Germany, uncertain between her habits engendered by the Holy Alliance and the counsels ten dered by her own dignity, did nut know yet whether she ought to submit any longer to the arrogance of that do mination which weighed upon her, or finally reject it. It was frein the West that the signal of resistance went forth. France and England, loyally united, did not hesitate to send their fleets and armies to the East to defend there the integrity of the Ottoman Em pire, the respect due to treaties, the equilibrium of Eu rope, and the cause of civilisation. The exalted will which presides over the government of our country, and which bad resolved on 'this war as essential to its honour, after having vainly endeavoured to prevent it by honourable conciliation, then traced out instructions for the illustrious marshal, in whose hands the swcrd of France was about to be placed. In those instructions, bearing the date of April 12, 1854, we read the following passages : "In placing you, marshal, at the head of a French army, about to fight at more than 600 leagues from its native land, my first recommendation to you is to be stow the greatest care on the health of the troops, to spare them as much as possible, and not to come to an engagement unless you have made sure of two-thirds at least of the favourable chances. "The peninsula of Gallipoli has been selected as the chief place of debarkation, because it is intended to be, as a strategical point, the basis of our operations— that 'is to say, the 'place d'armes,' where we can place our de pots, ambulances, and provisions, and whence we can easily advance'br re-embark. That will not prevent you on your arrival from stationing, if you deem it advisable, one or two divisions in the barracks either to the west of Constantinople or else at Scutari. " So long as you are not in the presence of the enemy the dislocation of your forces will be cf small moment, and the presence of your troops at Constantinople may produce a good moral effect ; but if, by chance, after ad vancing on the Balkans, you should be constrained to beat a retreat, it would be far more advantageouS to re gain the coast of Gallipoli than that of Constantinople, for the Russians would never venture from Adrianople to Constantinople, leaving as they would on their right a choice army of 60,000 men. If nevertheless there should be a wish to fortify the line of Karassu in front of Con stantinople, it should only be done with the intention of allowing it to be defended by the Turks alone, since, I repeat ip, our position will be more independent, mor e formidable, by being on the flanks of the Russian army, than by being blocked up in the peninsula of Thrace. "This first point established and the Anglo-French army once united on the shores of the Sea of Marmora, you will have to come' to an understanding with Omer Pacha and L or d R ag l an res p ec ti ng th e a d o pti on o f one of the three f o ll o wi ng p l ans : 1. Eith er t o marc h an d taso.l. ki ln Russian . 2. Or to s pi ze the Crimea._ 1 Or to land, say a t Odessa, or at any other spot on the Rus sian coast of the Black Sea. "Ir, the first case, Varna seems to me the important point for occupation. The infantry might, go to it by sea, and the cavalry more easily perhaps by land. In no case ought the army ever to remove too far from the Black Sea, in order that it may have its communications constantly open with the fleet. ti In the second case, the one concerning the occupa tion of the Crimea, it is necessary above all things to be sure of the landing place, in order that the disembarka tion may be effected at a•distance from the enemy, and that this place may be capable of being fortified quickly, so that it may serve as a support in case of a retreat. " The capture of Sebastopolought not to be attempted unless you are provided with at least half a battering train and a great many sacks of earth. When you ap proach that place, do not neglect to seize Balaklava, a small port situate four leagues to the south of Sebastopol, and by means of which communication may be easily kept up with the fleet during the continuance of the siege. " In the third case, that in which an enterprise should ba resolved on in conceit with the admirals against Odessa. * " In every case my principal advice is, never to divide your army, but always to march with all your troops united ; for a compact mass of 40,000 men is always an imposing force ; broken, it is worth nothing.. "If, however, you are obliged to divide your army, make arrangements for reuniting it on some spot in 24 hours. " If on the march it forms several columns, fix upon a point of reunion sufficiently distant from the enemy.to prevent any column being attacked singly. " If you repulse the Russian-, pi oceedloo farther than the Danube, unless the Austrians join in the movement. "As a general rule every movement ought to be con certed with the Commander-in-Chief of the English army. It is only on certain exceptional , occasions, as when the safety of the army is concerned, that you should act on your own sole decision. Marshal, I have full confidence in you ; I am con vinced that you will remain faithful to these instructions, and that you will bring fresh glory to our eagles." Thus, as we see by this extract from the Emperor's instructions to Marshal St. Arnaud, Gallipoli had been chosen as the place of debarkation of the Anglo-French army. We must urge the important considerations which led to this choice. The first principle in a maritime war is to fix upon a point of assembling which is protected from the attacks of the enemy, easily defended, easy of access for disem barking and provisioning the troops, which will allow the army to move in advance or fall back: upon its base of operations, if forced to do so, and which, in case of defeat, shall afford shelter and a refuge to the fleets. ' The peninsula of Gallipoli satisfied admirably these conditions for a well-conducted naval war. Situated at Cie entrance of the Daidanelles, it was easily provisioned through the sea of Marmora and the Thracian Gulf. A weighty reason, drawn from the respective situations of the Russian and Turkish armies, made it necessary to possess this place. The Russians, by crossing the Danube at Routs chouk, by advancing on Adrianopole, and by leaving the Turkish forts, and even Constantinople on their left, would be able to precede us there, and to close the re treat of our ships engaged in the Black Sea. There was in that a great danger which the foresight of the Allied Governments provided against and prevented. Another consideration prescribed the previous occupation of Gallipoli. At the period the expedition was about to leave, that is to say in April, 1854, inquiries were anxiously made whether our military forces would arrive in time to cover Constantinople. A defensive war then appeared much more likely than an offensive one. What was endangered—and indeed already violated —was the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and that was what we were about to defend and reconquer. Had the Turks lost a single battle on the Danube the Russians would have been able to reach the Balkan in three days' march, and would have had the road to Constantinople open to them. The occupation of Gallipoli entirely covered that capital. The two Allied Governments were fully alive to the fact that even had a Russian army entered Adrianople, it would not have been able to advance upon Constantinople, leaving an army of sixty thousand Eng lish and French on its right flank ; and this foresight is to be found in the instructions of the Emperor. Thus, in every respect, and in anticipation of nearly all casualties, the peninsula of Gallipoli was admirably selected as the place of debarkation and the base of ope) rations , . From this point we were able to protect the Turkish capital and to control the movements of our fleet ; we advanced without exposing our flanks, and we kept up our communication with Toulon and Marseilles. But the Anglo-French army had hardly arrived at Gallipoli when the scene began to be changed. Although the Russian scone., had been seen in sight el Verne, tilt heroic deft ace of Siiistria had broken the onward im pulse of Prince Gortschakoff. The struggle, instead o! being removed into the centre of the Turkish em pi re , was kept up on the Danube, with various c h anges o f f o rtune, The generals in chief of th e expe di t i on were and withdraw rtyapionttaniatuoi omoemTnr tflhtnt:i farl then under the impression that they should be able to r arrive in time at the scene of action, perhaps in time to save Silistria, but in any case in timoto loin the TUrkish army, and hold the Balkan against tie iluesians, having, as it were, the two wings of their arny protected by the fortresses of Shumla and Varna. This plan was as bold as it was prudent. The wisdom of it was, moreover, pointed out by existing circumstances, and by the imminence of the danger. In fact, the Russians had taken Silistria, the fall of which was announced as inevitable in the reports of Omer Peelle, the fate of the Ottonan Empire might have depended upon the issue of ore general engage ment,may e The French and English armies wen bound to foresee rind prepare for this. There was their post, because there perhaps would he the denoucincittof the strife, and the'final decision of fete. These apprehensions were falsified ly events._ The the tie:oh tveda: reirrea o .mso t i eify h s n get What nvlbmoeo s iry: r i yao d l: rt e sreagche o t oitwo f (ruu, rwhe t ly h adodht e meisnt : ii vlep a hebeu n eaAr u rrr setn b l courage of the Turkish army, and the presence of the allies, sufficed to force the Russians tortoise the siege, t s advancing. daih n evn E si r agett p e v hnee t , e m t h army have cwinigsd. done by entangling itself it a country laid with its communications cut df, furrowed by large water-courses, and infested by petilent disorders ? It is net victory that it would have sought, but deazu tion without contest, and death withoutcompensation. It has been said that after the retreat of the Russians we ought to have acted upon the Danube and entered into Bessarabia. Let us put the mater in the most straightforward manner possible. Wi6ont the co-ope ration (contours) of Austria, our army could not advance upon the Dareebe without incurring the risk of a most fatal catastrophe. We must not forget that our base of operations was the sea, Losing this we risked every thing and compromised everything. .Military £thence and common sense both entered' their protei%Against un derakieg operations with 60,000 Anglo• French and 60,000 Turks in en unhealthy hudimpricticabto coun try, having no means of transport, wit:mut any reserves of artillery or organised parks—no depots Of eatables or munitions at Shumla, Varna,' or Silistria. All these re= . sources, indispensable atethe commencement of a cam paign, cannot be improvised in a few days,' when those who have the management of affairs are 800 leagues dis tant from their country. These resources might have failed us completely. We should have found ourselves in front of an army of 200,000 men waiting for us on th:ir own ground ; or else retreating before us, trying' to entrap us into a still more dangerous position, giving us no other alternative than that of a most disadvantage ous battle or an impossible retreat. A simple re connaissance of two days in the Dobrudscha which cost us more than a most murderous combat, is a proof of what we have advanced. Generals-rn-chief, who, igno rant of the dangers attending such an undertaking, should have allowed themselves to be drawn- irate the commission of such an irreparable fault would, we have no hesitation in saying, have endangered the responsi bility of their command. , Again we repeat it, a campaign beyond the Danube and on the Pruth is not possible without the co-opera tion of Austria. Now, a Government does not make war when it desires it, unless forced to do so by incon trovertible circumstances. It takes care to Hake war t o h n e l y when t i t . is ß a r b e l a e k t i o ng do w s i o th . R A us u s s iA tria sh w e a s w n a o nt i e r d ea' to ly b e e t sure of Germany with its 500,000 . men in arts. Her dignity, her interest, the example of the Western Powers excited her to action—her prudence warned her to wait and arrange the composition of her military forces and herpolitical alliances before committing herself to the struggle. But what could the associated generals do at Varna after the retreat of the Russian army ? Could they re main in a state of inactivity vehicle would have brought on discouragement, and by which the prestige of our flag would have inevitably suffered Such an attitude was forbidden to our generals, both by military honour and political interest. Having once taken a position on the great theatre, there was no retreat ; something must be done ; our soldiers must have a goal to strive to reach ; our enemies must have something to fear, Europe must feel the ambitious desire of following us, while it would he our duty to give her the opportunity of honouring us and admiring us. Thus then we come to the question of operating upon the Crimea. -An expedition rgainst Sebastopol might probably hasten the catastrophe of the war. Such an expedition had a determinate end. It might possibly put into the hands of tho Allies a province and a fortress, which could be used as a guarantee and a means of exeaange in the event of negotiation for peace. Deeply influenced by these considerations, the generals in command of the forces deliberated upon the plan, but delayed for a time to put it into execution (arretereat l'execution). However, the expedition having been made the subject of deliberation at Paris and London, and treated at last as a fact, Marshal St. Arnaud received --not instructions which could not be transmitted through such long dis tances of space, but hints or advice of the following nature : " Ho will make himself thoroughly acquainted with the nature and amount of the Russian reeves in the Cri mea ; awl net wisetapar _those forces are tpo forieidable ;_ and land in a spot which may serve as a . basiis for future . operations. The best place seems to be Theodosia, called Kaffa now. This spot, however, is objection able, as being forty lea gues f rom Sebastopc l ; b u t it o ff ers great advantages. I n t h e fi rst place, the bey i s l arge an d safe. The Alps of the s qua d ron are there in per f ect sa f e t y, and the same remark applies to the barques wh i ch b r i ng supplies to the arm y . In the next pl a ce, our army, once established on th e spot, may use it as a proper base of operations. If w e occupy the extreme east of the Crimea, we can repe l all the reinforcements coining by the way of the Sea of Azoff and the Caucasus. We make our way onward towards the centre of the country, at the same time that we have its resources at our command. We take possession of Simpheropol, the strategical centre of the peninsula, and have the road open to Sebastopol, on which probably there will be a great battle. In the event of this being against us, we may retwat upon Kaffe, and nothing is compromised. If it is in our favour, we can b es i ege Sebastopol, and by i n festing, it completely we shall comp e l i t to surrender in a tolesebly Unluckily thi s a d v i ce was not taken. short int erva l." Whether the generals-in-chief had not sufficient troops to un ileatake thi s l ong journey in the Crimea, or whether they exp ec t e d a speedier result from a bold and iloex pected co u p d e ma i n, they resolved, as if k now well known, to land a t some few l eagues di stan t from Sebas topol. Th e g l or i ous b attle of the Alma s eemed to prove that they were right. Bat in the -moment of victory coud they saw cl ear ly enough that without a port they have no bas e o f operations. Influenced by Viet irresis tible inetinet o f preservation which never deceives those who listen to it, th ey di rected their course to Balaklava, on the south of S e b astopol. It was clear, too , th a t the army con!d not li ve i n the enemy's coun t r y w ithout being in direct com mun i cation with the fleet. south But the conseque nce o f retreating towar ds the_ was to give up the n or th ern heights— i n o ther words, to abandon the idea of i nvest i ng the f or tification. The Anglo-French army, in fact, was not suffici 3 rltlY nume rous to invest the place completely h . I t was necessary to limit our operations to the southern potion of town. To accomplish this th e E ng li s h toot possession of the harbour of Balaklava ; th e F renc h, looking fora point d'appui for the purpose o f di sem b ar king their stores a nd ammunition, found v ery prov id ent i a lly the port of liamiescb. The soldiers, wh o are genera lly right, called this " Providence Port." Sebastopol, it is well known, is not surrounded with walls and earthworks. It is rather s great fortifiedto 20 camp, containing generally an army d 15 from by the Russian siege-works by numerous batteries, and more especially . the an fleet, which, skilfully stationed in every thousand men, protected at the commencement of the inner harbour, had its batteries directed upon l e. ave nue by which the Allies could approach thel pp it was practi cab;e to attempt an assault, but still suc h s an enterprise the somewhat adventurous, inasmuch as would have been At this period—that is to say, when the Anglo-French Allied forces had not sufficient artillery to silence that impossible to An of the enemy. Doubtless, nothing f d w en a e s ralsand soldiers '3 g months have manirested such as those who for the last six . mon fatieues, and sufferings of their character in the perils, e Anglo-French army, of success could !lave this long siege, but nothing abort Tile responsibility of cons justifiecra coup so audacious, all and prudence wand imposes prudence before . compose . things, deliver - of 50 000 men at most, placed on a saislt with an army , ' ' tillsry ammunition, reserves—not having rock, wanting i ar . , prescribed to the generals-in-chief not to the as its rear secured by entrenchmeuts in care of a check, and having no refuge but its ships. That would have been to risk the fortune and the fate of the expedition, and nothing should be hazarded at a distaece of $OO leagues from one's own country. The coup de main, which the generals thought possible after the battle of the Alma, escaped them, and it only remained to proceed with the siege after the rules of the military art. At the very commencement of this diffi cult enterprise the Russians took two measures, very effi cacious for themselves and very regrettable for us. The first was the stragetie movement of Prince Menschilester, who, instead of shutting himself up in Sebastopol, marched towards Simpheropol, afterwards took the field, and kept up his communication with the fortress ; the I second was the bold resolution to sink most of the ships' of war, a measure which enabled the enemy to render the port inaccessible to our fleets, and to acquire for the defence of the place from five to six hundred guns thus set at liberty, together with their ammunition, and to employ their seamen as gunners at the batteries. Thus, although the guns of the town at the Arf,t presented a fortaidahle aspect, new batteries were raised, as if by en chantment, and our feeble siege artillery could not ex tinguish the fire of the . besieged. From this moment it became apparent to all that Se bastopol would not be taken until after a long struggle, that the aid of powerful rainforcetnente would be re ouired, alai that poseibly murderou s battles might have have to be fouglit. This situation was a serious one. The generals in-chief contemplated it with that calmness which exalts a character to the level of the most difficult . responsibilities. This is a proper occasion for speaking RaglAD I tui kifiltOrY of General Caurobort and Lord W ill - - _..-......, speak of them. Their part in this great, scene has been worthy of the two countries of which they wield !the swords. Placed face to face with immense obstacles, they have estimated them only to triumph over them by their courage, perseverance, and devotedness. The army, sustained by their example, has borne all without com plaining ; exposed to all the rigours of a terrible winter, having to preserve therm from the cold, the snow, the torrents of rain, nothing but pits, and small UAW abri ; it has refused no sacrifice fir the honour of the flag and the country, or to gain the confidence of the chiefs whom it had learned on the field of battle to loVe and honour. In order duly to appreciate the immense difficulty of the enterprise which the generals-in-chief had conceived and executed, it will not perhaps be useless to explain to those who are ignorant of it, in what consists a siege properly so called, and how the siege of Sebastopol is placed .beyond the application of those principles of which the science immortalised by Vauban is the ad mirable summary. Let us first say that Sebastopol, a tams strongly.fortified towards the see, is not regularly fortified on the side, Its enclosure is defended by a sisal: low fosse, the earth from which has been thrown up to wards the place to forin a parapet. On the first plan are found abbatises and trans-deoup, and the batteries, the fire of which crosses-in front of those defences, rise gradually one above another, receding towards the centre of the town. More, the port is traversed by war steamers, which, forming so many moveable batteries, may be employed to flank and protect all the defensive works. The operations of a siege before the as , anit May be divided into four principal phases—first; the investment; second, the operiine•:of the trenches; third, the construc tion of parallels and batteries, and the - opening of fire ; and fcurtb, the crowning of the covered way, and the establishment of breaching and counter batteries. First, the investment—that is to . say,,the surrounding of the place on all sides:--so that, during the siege,.it can receive no reinforeernents of men nor supplies of ammueition and provisions. According to the ordinary geneial rides, it is calculate] that the besieging /army ought to number five or six times as many more as the besieged: Sebastepol, as has before teen said, could not be invested at all, and the number of the besiegers was at most only double that of the besieged. We do not reckon the army 'of observation which is employed in holding the (Russian) army of succour in check. Second, opening of the trenches. —This is ordinarily per formed at a distance of from 300 to GOO metres from the place ; the trench is, as is generally known, a ditch dug in the ground, the earth Irmo which is thrown towards the fortress. In this way a parapet is formed to shelter the soldiers from the fire of the enemy. At Sebastopol, the Russians having employed large guns .taken from their ships, and having enormous range, the trench could not be opened nearer than 900 metres. Instead of find; ing a soil easily excavated, pur soldiers found almost everywhere rock, so that they were obliged to use - petards to blast it morsel by morsel, and to employ bags of earth, which, piled one on another, formed parapets. It will be seen that this was a slow, painful, and perilous process. • . • _ Third, opening of fire.—Generally, engineers work to wards the most salient points, because these are the weakest ; and the trenches enveloping the attacked fortress in front take the form of several semicircular lines, connected with one another by zigzags. These semicircular linos are called parallels. The batteries are raised in front of these lines, which, embracing the *tit tacked front in the form of a semicircle, give the fire a converging direction. The besieged have not this ad vantage, as may be easily conceived, for a besieged 'town may be regarded as forming the centre of a circle, of which the besiegers occupy the circumference. At Sebastopol, on one side, the nature of the ground, broken up by ru‘ged ravines, and on the other de velopment of the enclosure, which presents but few salient points, have prevented, in great part, those favourable arrangements just explained. Fourth, crowning the covered way.—When the be sieger has reached the salient point of the covered way, which is carried round the fosse, he encloses this work by extending the trench along the crest on each side of the angle. This is called crowning the covered way. Breaching batteries are constructed there, by means of which the wall has to be knocked into the ditch, and heaps thus made OR which the besiegers are to mount to the assault. Generally by the time this critical moment is attained almost all the enemy's guns have been dis mounted, the carriages broken, and the ammunition ex hausted. Nevertheless, as sometimes there remain some guns on the flanks of the bastions of the attacked front, a counter battery is established either in the crown of the covered way or on the counterscarp of the ditch, 4 to extinguish the last fire of the enemy. Thus we may assume that when the assault is attempted, the entire artillery of the place has been destroyed, and that the garrison, decimated by the enemy's fire, exhausted by excessive work, enfeebled by want of nourishment, and discouraged. by the absence of news from without, will not longer oppose a serious resistancP. At Sebastopol nothing like this has taken place. As fast as one gun has been dismounted another has been set up in its stead ; when one man has fallen his place has been supplied by another ; as soon as one garrison has been exhausted another has succeeded it. -Provisions have been abundant, and battering in breach could have no result, as the obstacle ordinarily opposed by the wall is replaced by palisades, trous-de-lout' and abbatises, and because the epaulernents being of earth the balls have tone them little harm. - in the ease. of a regular attack directed against a fortress of the 'first order, and this attack directed against two demi-huies and a bastion, the front of the fortification would embrace not more than an extent of about 300 metres ; and the attack in front would have a development of about 8,000 metres. At Sebastopol the extent of the attacked front is more than 3,000 metres, and that of the attack has a develop ment of 41 kilometres. It musttie added that for the guard of this immense extent of trenches the army has had to furnish nearly 10,00 through a period of six months,omen, and day and night, that during a rigor ous winter, in the midst of snow and rain. This will give some slight idea of tea fatigues of our soldiers and the difficulties of the siege. The history of modern states does not present an ex ample of a more difficult, more glo rious enterprise, or o ne which by the very grandeur o f the obstacles it pre seats, agrees more nearly with the importance of its object, and that of the states engaged therein. The siege of Sebastopol has scarcely any analogy with any other in our military annals. To attack . a place which is not invested, when the enemy , superior in numbers, Tay recr uit himself with more provisio ns and ammunition, and when be keeps the field, is an act of audacity which could be attempted only by England and France united for an object necessary for Europe. The siege of Dantzic has been much admired as one of those in which heroism united with science triumph e d o ver the greatest difficulties of an obstinate and formid able defence. Dantzic, prot:mted by the Vistula, the embonchere of which in the Baltic is closed by the fort of Verihselmunde, was in a situation equally unfavour able to a complete investment ; still it was possible to take a position on the river between the fort which closed its mouth and the town, and so to intercept its communication with the sea and invest the place. This is what was done under the orders of General Lefebvre. But yet although the place was enclosed within our lines of attack, notwithstanding the presence in the neighbour hood of the Emperor Napoleon, who covered the siege at the head of a numerous army, and paralysed the succour of Prussia and Russia, Dantzio resisted 51 days from the opening of the trenches.. At a later period, after the ' retreat of Moscow, the town, occupied then by the French, did not capitulate until after a defence, which lasted a year, against a combined.attack by sea and land. We might multiply examples, but the f orego i ng w ill suffice to show that the Anglo-French army in the Crimea has performed there all that was to be expected from its courage and the ability of its chiefs. It has not Only exhibited constancy and firmness in the midst of sufferings and perils • by adding the glory of Inker man to that of Alma it raised still higher the honour of our arms. We ought to hope that the end of its noble efforts will be attained ; but unanimous opinion already acknowledges, and history will one day repeat, that it has merited the admiration and the gratitude of the world. We have explained the military conduct of the allied governments since the commencement of the Eastern expedition. With the same precision and impartiality we shall treat of the negotiations, their various phases, their reasons, and their aims. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- Traffic return for the week ending April 7, 1855 £13,899 8 11 Corresponding week last year Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 132,148 9 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 139,978 3 0 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending April 1, 1855 £20,796 8 2 Corresponding ding week last year 17,127 12 8 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic re turn for the'week ending April 8,1855 £19,430 810 Corresponding week last year 18,424 12 6 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 8, 1855 £4,546 15 7 Corresponding week last year 4,148 3 8 Increase in 1855 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending April 7,1855 £5,351 10 7 azresponding week last ye ar 5,904 9 4 £552 13 9 Decrease in 1855...... Loss OF THE BRIGANTINE POMONA.—The captain and crew of the brigantine Pomona arrived in Cork harbour on Friday evening, having b een providential l y discovered, and taken off that ve ssel as she a s after was :: sinking stat e . The Pomona was ' to Halifax with A cargo of molasses,l°lsddf or u her departure from the form er plar,isch .. and encountered a l n e day so, completely continuance of severe weather; h nd crew lost all control disabled her that the efficearacleaar breach over and into over the ship, the "end m ade it WAS evident to all on beard her at every wave, that t he he could not i floata many hours longer, when fortu over,A in lat. 33.16 deg-7.20 deg. /lately they vieraod. Ow lath of last month, by the ship to tble west longitude, Tetzleborough, taken off the wreck, and brought in --- --Cork txontinvr. larb97"! ~~—'Cil/~— e FPRICE 53). OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, APRIL 12. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosures of which tile following ara copies, ad dressed to hia lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, March 27. My Lord, —Adverting to my despatch of the 24th inst., I do myself the honour to state that the following officers have been brought to my notice as having distinguished themselves on the night of the 22d, and morning of the 23 I, in addition to those whose names I have already sub mitted to your lordship; Major the Hon. James Lyon Browne, of the 21st Regiment, brother of the Hon. Capt. Browne, of the Royal Fusiliers, who, it has already been my painful duty to report, fell upon this occasion ; Capt. Butler, of the 20th ; and Captain Rickman, of the 77th. I am happy to say that Captain Montagu, of the Royal Engineers, who was taken prisoner, was not wounded, and that Lieut.-Colonel Kelly, of the 34th Regiment, who also fell into the enemy's hands, is not severely wounded, though he received some injury both in his head and hand. Major-General Lyre, the general officer of the trenches, highly eulogises the dispositions of, Lieut.-Colonely and laments the loss of his services. The Major-General also speaks in the warmest terms of the conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Tylden, Royal Engineers, who received a contusion, which, however, I am glad to be able to assure your lordship does not incapacitate him from continuing those exertions and displaying tilos° qualities which render him so valuable an officer. There was a suspension of hostilities for about three hours on Saturday, for the purpose of burying those who had fallen in the late encounters, and it was evi lent front the number of bodies of the enemy, and of the French, to whom the last sad offices had to be paid, that the loss sus tained both by the French and the Russians had been very severe, particularly that of the latter. Some French, t. o, were found lying close to the Mamelon, a proof that their gallant spirit bed carried them up ,to the enemy's en trenchments. Nothing of importance has since occurred. The siege operations continuo t 9 progress, and during the last two nights the interruption Irma the fire of the enemy Las been , in considernbio. . . _ _ _ The enemy are very assidnotuiin th'e improvement of their defences, and in the establishment of a trench in the front of the Mamelon, towards which our ally is advancing by serpentine sap. Th 3 weather continues very fine, and the appearance and health of the troops are manifestly improving. Dr. Gavin, of the sanitary commission, and Mr. Raw linson, civil engineer. have arrived, and are earnestly ap plying themselves to the discharge of the duties they have undertaken to perform ; and I will take care that they re ceive eve ry assistance it may be in my power to afford them. I enclose the return of casualties to the 25th inst. The Himalaya has arrived, and has been disembarking her horses yesterday and this day in Kasatch Bay. Since writing the above, I have received the official report that Captain A. E. Hill, of the 89th Regiment, was severely wounded, and taken prisoner last night whilst posting his sentries in front of the advanced trench on our extreme left. I have, &0., The Lord Panmure, &e., &c. ' RAGLAN. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CrISUALTIES FROM THE 23D TO 25Tft OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 19th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 44th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. Royal Artillery--2 rank and file wounded! Total-4 rank and file wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURTI Adjutant-Geueral. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM 23n TO 25pr MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE: WOUNDED. Royal Artillery Gunner and Driver Samuel Bowers, slightly. 4lth Regiment of Foot—Private Richard Griffiths, se verely. Royal Artillery— Gunner and Driver Ralph Murray slightly. lath Regiment of Foot—Private Charles Aistin, slightly. 'J. B. BUCKITALL ESTCO URT, • ' Adjutant-General. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, is expected to hoist his flag on board her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton, at Spithead this day, and sail in command of the remain ing ships of the fleet which are ready for sea to the Downs to salute the Emperor and Empress of the French on their crossing the Channel to England on the 16th inst. A. re quisition was presented yesterday to Mr. Nance, the. Mayor of Portsmouth, to call a special meeting of the town council, " to take into consideration the most desirable means to be adopted to do honour to her Majesty's Ally his imperial Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., on his ictended visit to this country." A portion only of the seamen of the Trafalgar, 120 guns, Capt. A. F. Greville, have received wages on account of the pay due to them. They were paid yesterday by the pay master of the ship, assisted by the clerks, under the super intendence of Capt. J. J. Tacker, Captain Supolintendant of Sheerness Dockyard. In consequence of recent orders issued by the Admiralty Board to the paymasters of her Majesty's ships• stating the manner in which these pay ments are to be Made, end the want of time to make up the books and set oft the allotments, the seamen, instead of paid the amount of waves due to them, have been paid on account, leaving a balance in the hands of the pay master, who, for the purpose of paying the ship, demanded and received 14,5001. Not more than half that sum can be paid for the want of the exact sums received by allot ments. This drawback, or rather stoppage, has caused very great discontent among the blue-jackets, who are granted' 15 days' leave of absence. When the weather permits this ship will be taken into the fitting basin. The Pensioner Guards from the Benbow receiving-ship for Russian prisoners of war who have been borne out on the books of the Devonshire have been transferred to the Tra falgar for duty to return stores, Ste. The Hastings, 60, Capt. Catlin, is in Portsmouth har bour with not mach more than half her complement of crew. The Pembroke, 60, Capt. Seymour, is in a simil ar state from the same cause; othe r wi se b o th would be ready for sea in a few hours. The old 42-gun frigate, having been fitted in dock as a shell depot for the Baltic fleet, was removed tinder the sheats yesterday, to be masted and finished by the riggers of Portsmouth dockyard. The Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar, is thoroughly com plete now at Portsmouth, except iu the engine department, but will be able to join the fleet in a few days. The Odin, 16, Capt. Wilbox, is being coaled by the convicts in Portsmouth dockyard, and having had her new cylinder covers fitted, will be able to rejoin the fleet in a day or two. f ilo Driver, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, toge ther with the Pelter gunboat, left Portsmouth yesterday evening, to join the Baltic fleet. The steamvessels Merlin and Firefly have left for the Baltic. The Tyne storeship, Master Commander Peter Welling ton, will sail to-day from Spithead for the coast of Africa and Brazil stations. The following officers are ordered a passage in her, and she also takes out stores for the two squadrons :—Captain Seymour, to join the Tortoise, as the Governor of Ascension, vice Kitchen ; Commander Has well, to join her Majesty's 'ship Plumper, vice Wharton; Commander Thurburn, to join the Madagascar, vice Finch ; Captain Lambrick and Lieutenant Munroe, Royal Marines, to join the Tortoise, with six sergeants and 42 men. THE GUN-BOAS. The steam gunboat Cuckoo. 3 gun s, Lieutenant A. G. E. Murray, left Sheerness for the Baltic direct on Tuesday morning last. This vessel is noted for her exploits in transporting, the French troops up through through Lofts Channel to attack Botnarsund last autumn. She was the last home, and is the first t o t a k e h er d eparture. On her arrival at Sheerness last autumn, Captain Spellman, of the Russian Finnish Artillery„ who was a prisoner from Bo marsund on parole of honour, took the opportunity of being introduced to the commander and officers of the Cuckoo on board, and paid them a very high compliment on the accuracy of their firing in passing up and down the Lofts Channel, within 1,000 yards of the batteries, many of the Cuckoo's shots doing great execution. The undermentioned gun-boats are under sailing orders at Sheerness immediately the weather moderates (the wind having for the last three days blown very heavily from the N.W. to W.N.W.) :—The Magpie, tender to the Orion, Lieutenant Prim; the Snap, tender to the James Watt, Lieutenant Wise P • the Lark, tender to the Exmouth ; the Badger, tender to the Hogue ; the Pincher, tender to the Blenheim, mate in charge Mr. Stewart ; the Gleaner, ten der to the Ajax, mate in charge Mr. Bogle ; the Snapper, tender to the Edinburgh, mate in charge lifr. Villiers. The Grinder new steam gun-boat, having been coppered and all her works below completed, and bilge pieces affixed externally to give her more bearing, will be removed from dock at Portsmouth this day to be masted and for com mission. The Geyser and the Magicienne are at Sheernesstotak in e the Lark, the Gleaner, the Snapper, and the Badger tow when the weather permits. TRIAL OF THE CORNWALLIS. The trial trip of the new engines and propellerngh toll: Cornwallis, 60, Captain S. S. Wellesley, t Pl y Monday last was not very successful. The blew smartly from north-west, and In t w ots s only could be got to keep her head to it. About two sary to stop the engines 3 wind A: th e time tllyyinagnstwheerree.d by y f t t b er out of her, and at times it was n ec . es_ nnitty was experienced found impossible altogether. On returning 's d n fli i d and the main without in passing between Drake's .1_ rubble bank in foulingHa dropping h e . r s ti starboarda m t transport moaze, the anchor . the port anchorvi paCiriVf!Ormlhafpete A t below th e sto e k , stthanopeoritrearnechor, which brought her up and other vessels. Mr, Trick 6 ett chief engineer . c ,Thel and she a s s a h ig n e n n t e a h l s e s n t f: l i n i t s! . t s u i g . and Inspector of machinery f rom v , this ship is ated tha t ono went out in there Cornwallis. It i s S t e... caus e of the psent failure i ii one tt • at a. nbuable the that thefresh water used for testing t tight. working 5 f ee t diameter, whyilepite.hracetdo,fsthhee Ahamn ness of the boilers had left a sediment whi c h impohdeedti.t-h-e -working of the pistons. However, the f 9 feet, and it is therefore on im a n of o well of her machinery. The Co;P:iioNsysei bi occasions: havingto get of i' d i 1 l e u f e e ci ! i t Is will l3lle'eu9' have outo,is sailing, and subsequent] been built for moving the screw ; an d f or ra t() go into look. DEPARTURE OF THE ARGO. The Hyde, winral Sc rew C ompany's steamship Argo, Captain horses leave Southampton thi s d ay w i th troops and tillsfor the Crimea. Sh e h as on board in all 305 sr -201 of whom, with their horses iim4 =~~~ I - - e---- - e--d"' rnents, constitute an entire field battery, consisting of four guns and two howitzers, with a full complement of ammunition and every other necessary. This company is under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor and the f o ll ow i ng o ffi cers : — Capta i ns J . R . Gibb on, R. F. Crawford, H. Fitzhugh, and C. H. Smith; Lieutenants. A. C... Johnson, E. Vaughan, E. A. M. Lloyd. A. D. Burnaby, H. D. Majendie; Assistant-Sur., •geon J. Baker, Acting-Assistant Surgeon F. W. Peskets, and Veterinary Surgeon J. Mason. A company of Royal , Art illery, under the comm an d o f C a pt a i n _Milner, is also conveyed by this ship. There are likewise 190 horses, thll whole of which arrived at Southampton from Woolwich ( during Tuesday night. After reaching the railway station they were removed direct to the docks, where a frpacious shed was arranged for their rece pti on . At six o'clock a commencement Was made to get them on board, and by noon the whole were shipped without the slightest diffi culty or injury. The effective measures of the dock corn. n o a r b duce l n e a dev , e a r n y d di Meulty to be removed, an d men , am munition found an easy and ra pid access to the Argo. The ab sence of Brigade Generals and of any gentleman connected With th e " rou ti ne " depart• Ph3ornsYes e, meat during the embarkation did not in an y wa y detract from the business-like and easy manner in which th e whole work was managed. The a .mirable arrangements were also home out on board, and so pleased Were the gentlemen connected with the Admiralty department at Southampton with this portion of the embarcation that a letter was addressed to Captain Hyde by the Admiralty auth or iti es , eulogizing the p rom ptn e ss, regularity, and expeditio n die. • played on the occasion. The Argo has been victualled for six mouths. ' MAIL FOR THE EAST. Mails for the troops in Turkey, Greece, the Crimea, and the sick and wounded at Scutari and Smyrna, the fleet in the Black Sea, and the transport vessels employed in the East will be despatched to-morrow evening tics, Marseilles. The Great Britain, steam-transport, Captain Grey, em barked the baggage of the East Kent Militia at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and will receive the troops to-murrow. This ship's accommodations for troops are the surprise and wonder of all who have inspected them ; for awl aft, be low, she is as open and airy as a barrack-ward, and the space between becks as lofty as some. She has numbered hammocks and berths for upwards of 1,5u0 men. Eo ship has such spacious, airy, and healthy troop accommo• dation as the Great Britain. OUR ARTILLERY 1N THE CRIMEA. The follovvirg letter 11 7--"'-- om a Prussian Engineer has bee s u ir a ,_ dd F re o s r sed five te m a on co th n s t ethe Allied bym ea contemp orary :-- Armie s means h o a f ve artillery. carried on their attacks on Sebastopol ..Ac eirding to all report., when they first sat down before the piaw, its s , ,uthere side was nearly open and defen l ess , a .d the Russians gained time for the construction of some earthwork", chiefly through the delays of their ene iniee. On the 17th of October the Engl is h an d F rench having erected a number of batteries, and armed them partly with heavy ordnance, opened fire, and sneeeod:.•d in inakieg some impression on the badly devised and worse executed stone towers, hut et the end of the day their guns were nearly silenced. The blame was cast upon the French ; their breastworks were said to he weak, their magazines not sufficiently protected, and their antis unable to cope with the heavier metal of the Russians. After the failure of the bombardment regular parallels were opened against the place, and trenches were carried forward considerably, and some new bat teries constructed and armed • but to all a p pearance th e fortress is still as far as ever from being taken. A result so contrary to every expectation would endue rally lead military men to inquire whether the resources of modern artillery were duly made UPI of by the be. siegers in this memorable contest ;" or whether there were natural and insurmountable obstacles which pre. vented these resources from being effectively employed. Nor can there be any harm. in this particular case, by openly scrutinising the'scientific merits of proceedings which, however recent of occurrence, are historical facts already; for never were siege operations conducted with greater publicity than those for reducing Sebastopol. Tbat the work undertaken was, from natural causes, a very difficult one nobody will deny ; but to consider it impossible would involve a severe stricture on the con duct of the commanders who still persevere in their endea vours. On the other side, not a few unavoidable causes, which prevented the artillery of the allies from making a more sensible, as. well as speedy, impression on the fortress, may be pointed out. Amongst them the great extent given to the siege works appears t 3 occupy a most conspicuous position. The French undertook to attack the western part of the town, whilst the English directed their separate efforts against the eastern porno ~ In both cases the whole line of the Russian fortifications was embraced.- To•inquire ( whether this multiplicity cf points of attack originated from a contempt for the e firth works hastily thro A n up by the enemy, or from other causes, is irrelevant for the present purpose ; evi dently it must have been possible to contract the lines, and to concentrate the efforts for reducing the place. After the experience gained oa the 17th of October, every artillery officer in the allied camps must have been aware that the Russians were superior in the number and calibre of their guns, and that they wanted neither men nor ammunition to serve them properly. In consequence of the affair of Balaklava the English, moreover, were excluded . from the use of the most convenient road for carrying- stores to the camp, and the difficulties of bringing up in front of the town more numerous and heavier pieces of ordnance were immensely increased. How then could the Allies hope speedily tee obtein a superiority in artillery fire all over such extended lines as they still persevered in occupying 1 It may be said that as siege works advance they wilt of themselves 'contract laterally, that the second parallel will of ne ce,seity be' shorter than the first, and the third still shorter than the second. But a second parallel cannot be opened with a reasonable hope of gaining much by so doing, nor even of maintaining it intact in the face of a numerous and active enemy, before the ricochet and en filading batteries have done a good deal of the work allotted to them, that is, destroying the traverses and dismounting the guns of the fortress. - Besides, it is not enough to open a second parallel; it must also be armed with Runs of large calibre, part of them very heavy, in order to be capable of withstanding the shock of acharge of powder even heavier than one-third of the weight of the solid ball which must be projected with great force. In the face of the immense - difficulties in bringing up the great guns for properly arming the second and third parallels, would it not.have been better for the allies to have given up one of their lines of attack, and to have directed their combined forces and energies upon one or two points of either the east ern or the western parts of the town ? By such a con centration the besiegers might not only have reasonably expected to be able to silence the Russian artillery at those points by means of such guns as they could bring into position, but the ruinous labour of making, watch ing, and defending uselessly extensive lines of trenches, would have been lessened by at least one half. The British army would have escaped being decimated by incessant watching, exposure, and fatigue ; Russian sorties might far more easily have been guarded against or repulsed, End the necessity of interrupting the progrees of the siege for want .of guns and am munition either totally obviated or greatly di minished in duration. It need scarcely be men tioned Rheuyssiwaneywe works that aPlaccw'rectill:lawtasidgcaih.e.ge,:as -11:1--, that in order to blockade that part of the town where the direct attack was abandoned whitb had better never have been undertaken—a chain of closed redoubts ghoul I bare been . established. But which part of the town--the eastern or the western---should have been attacked directly and which one blockaded ? On this question there could exist but little doubt, if any, after the battle of Inkerman. It is but natural for a strong garrison' to try to proceed from de fensive to offensive operations at that spot where de fence is weakest and most difficult, and the Russians attacked the heights of Inkerman under great 4 lisadvan- . tages, with a view to prevent the English from approach ing nearer in the direction of Mount Sa.pone, on the eastern side of the Careening Bay, and from thereby out flanking Fort Malachow. This pelt of th,sir lines of de fence was so weak and insufficient originally that thee, , never ceased in their efforts to strengthen it until they ae. tually succeeded in establishing new and advanced fedi& cations for its protection. By permitting them so to do, the French now appear to have lost the very spot for placing to the best advantage an enfilading battery,which would have been of the greatest service, .zuit , only bi. cause its well-directed fire would have, ep read annoy ance over a great extent of the enemy's works , but 'also because it was not liable to be masked by the a'diance Of the direct attack upon Fort Malachow, would have been kept in constant play to the veil end of the siege. and.consequ.ently Secondly, a large proportion of the Fratch,arti . llery have a c n oris i t n e ca d p o a f bl o a rd o n f an s c t e an o di lc n o g i n . p a ara s t t t r ie nis l; a charge psmallpear s o calibre,tfo powder . wc i preCISO f f r u o l, m b t u h t i t qu i te un ro a u t g tai ho n u a t b l t e nh • oei.l3 : ei :- .og i- ue i ta ji, l annctiod r t gunn i i.rie sta tiviu keng: urd se s f b a o l k ° 7l th w ee n ca ,: , fa b l i g i t : lities of the Lancaster o rna g k ro e o a d asrwaenhendame tes effective is"toi popularlydhe ae v hea a sprungfiring wl proved from ee were f seeal io id obn's r ti avg i and tb h a r 1 the n.elvae dr di was C ow . der , an: the Lancaster g d _se:Nu Mien s ham. tonal disad oa:lyl e t :e losi l l s a rages let v f pr: :t u t l C d e m shooting at very distant objects • these hi oni gunallesef se.greaosi eefsnpo:aeutfa9o:: ntlat:bgwntYtPei:et:e:gl'a t ec. rhsa as r ea l dist in c t tauntfibci correct t 9ll T na i Bfe n bnntbrp s ll:l t le,iy a l nclit n l endBc. e el t u e rtf al.v : i n ch ieoeu m f fnia e i l :'it° ta at iriv r i 33Y1 y d:ey(1 matterssl:lre.stHoyAi al a s , er, and a null 5 sisnotof defects. the very best results have been expected om the greatest accumulationl ra this bu In siege of e: ations, strongly gar r i soned an e men . ts, keptsortte r s e . d arr s i o e d o p o e n n a t g o a i r n e s c t e i a v e f o r r e t i r n e f s o s r c e s o . all possibl e precautions ought to be taken against a d ß y , ti e t w h ar e do g e d withno t g grape -shot, t fl o e se l d o artilleryscour tti e g g rou w 11 11 :1 in advance of the trenches, nor that redoubts were con structed at the w i ngs of the parallels, in order to pre vent the enemy from getting in between them, and taking the more advanced one in the rear. It would be invidious to follow up every shortcoming of minor importance, but it must be Mentioned that the reports are ominously silent about the existe i n e ce. fl o: bullets of the enemy, and about vfi s hs i ia m bni i : l : blinds or screens for the embrazures to keep protections in the against the pieces of burst shells flying however,tla the iPho affnttdect oppositefight inginons said is going on in the dark, not a i batteries. The most unaccountable thing, is tbatalthough the far greater means employed on during the whole siege about ti p a art ny C' werd has been • either side for making distic? _y time.ni t g li bt eselines to be written e d n u g e ag respect ma fo consum materexthtreaordin y works hope, and sir, you will in a spirit of candour, mili the aryb ri ra ti . s ov h peotaer n o i fl o it n h , 4ye ef oo d oirp : s f your obedient sermnt, 14°' r