The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-11 00:00:00

CREMORNE GARDENS. —The First GRAND ' FLOWER SHOW for the seon 1;155 of the Royal South London Flori cultura l Society, under the patronage of her Most Gra cious Majesty the Queen, wdl take place un THURSDAY next. The Prizes consist of 60 Gold and Silver Medals. he Gardens on this occasion will open at 12 o'c . lock mil-day. An afternoon Equestrian Performance will be given in Turkish Pavilici, in order to aff,,rd those visitors who cannot . remain until the usual hour for these en tertainments an opportunity of witnessing the unequalled display of horsemanship by the most eminent riders, male and female, of the MADAME CELESTE'S ANNUAL BENEFIT. THEA.CRE ROYAL ADEL VIM - Madame Celeste, Di rectress of this popular establishment, begs to Worm her patrons that her annual benefit is fixed for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th, when a variety of new anti attractive enterta;nments will be pre sented, combining the entire strength of the company. Tickets, places, and private boxes to be had at the box-office, from 11 uritil 5. daily. ROYAL, ()VERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS itIN'EN Will be performed LITCRFZIA BORGIA. Lucrezis, Madamsoe Arga; Orsini, Miss F. Bucliart ; Genero, Signor Bet tini ; Alfon, Signor Fortini. To coneude with a Grand FRENTH BALLET, supported by 3fdl.e. Palmyra, Paolo, +l. Friant, Bz.c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle or boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta Is, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea.. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL. HAVAARS Under the raana4entent of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be perform"d LOVE'S MARTYRDOM. Characters by Messrs. B. Sullivan and Howe ; Miss H. Faucitt ans Ml;s Swan borough. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRUCCEst3'. I r fIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CiUdiLr.s KEAY. TIII3 EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To' ecneinde with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, 3lr. C. Kean. TREATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, will be presented JANET PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; MaJame celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY minTri.:. To conclude with THE CAMP AT CHOBTIA.M. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining ; Miss Marston and Miss Brcrnlay. To be followed by STILL WATERS MTN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss. Masks'', and Mrs. Siebert. To conclude with TUE GARRICK FEVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. 'lhe most Gorgeous Spectacle ever witnessed. THIS EVENING, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms, by J. H. STOCQUELEB., Esq., represents the mag nificent pageantry of France and England in their palmy days of Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the Knights in armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban ners, all shown upon one vast arena formed by the stage and the ring, form the most brifitant coup d'ceil ever exhibited. To conclude with the skilrul ACTS in the CIRCLE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Went. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tom DAT —Morning 22 min.after 11 I Evening 49 min. aft.ll To-MOsaaw—Morning 0 rain.a.fter 0 I Evening 17min. aft.l2 TUB WEATHER.—Sun Orrin, June 10. TIMMOMETIEB, 12i TNII Swam. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.30. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with very fine weather. JUNE 11. 72 —highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. BAROIC.7 — . !38•32. WIND, E.N.E.—Light, wiL:. -lendid summer weather. Ji ~~ ~~~ 9:11g LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1855. The Allied Powers seem to have at length shaken off the apathy by which they were so long oppressed, and to have now resolved to carry on the War with vigour and energy. The result has been the most brilliant, and in one quarter almost bloodless, triumphs. In our impression of Sa turday we announced the attack and capture of the White Works and the Mamelon Tower. We are now enabled to state in addition that they took on the occasion no less than 62 guns, in cluding 8 cohorns, and 400 prisoners. The contest, although exceedingly fierce, was but of brief duration. At 6.30 p.m. on Thursday the signals for assault were given, and within a single hour the national standard of France floated over the Mamelon and the two redoubts in Careening Bay. These important positions remained in their hands, and, should they be enabled to retain them and to turn the captured artillery against their former possessors, it requires but slight pre tensions to extraordinary prescience to declare that the Malakhoff Tower must shortly share a similar fate, and that the desperate resistance of the garrison of Sebastopol itself cannot be much longer protracted. General PELISSIER has thus more than vindicated the high military reputation he had previously enjoyed, and proved that our gallant allies are so fortunate as at last to have got " the right man in the right place." Since he succeeded the brace but less energetic CAN ROBERT in the supreme command of the French army not a moment has been lost in pushing on the operations Of the siege, nor has there been a single failure to damp the ardour of his noble followers. Everything attempted has been accomplished iu the most complete and satisfactory manner. It only enhances the glories of the army of France to state that the Russians have displayed great gallantry, and offered the most obstinate resistance at every point, but all in vain. Despite their proved valour they were unable to withstand the terrific onslaughts of the assailants, and hence the decisive victories which it is our pleasing duty to record—victories which must at no distant period terminate in the capture or destruction of the south side of Sebastopol, and the scanty rem nant of the Russian fleet which now finds shelter beneath its walls. From the French despatches we learn, although our own do not allude to the subject, that the English troops were not idle on this important occasion. General PELISSIER declares that " our Allies"—i.e. the English—" with their usual resolution, carried the works in the quarries, and established themselves there." Our accounts state that " We have lost 400 men in killed and Wounded," and that is probably only the English loss on the eventful occasion. It was but the preceding day that the bombardment of the town and outworks was reopened, and no time was allowed to repair the damages, which the Rus sian' had on previous occasions succeeded in effecting during the nights. This the vigorous activity of PELISSIER prevented. Not a moment was allowed for restoration ; no breathing-time was granted. The defenders were as tounded at the apparently desperate character o f the attack , which, however, proved irre sistible, and the Mamelon remained in the hands of ou r Allies. Nor were th ey contented with this glorious achievement. General PELIS SIER is manifestly one of that energetic school who consider that " nothing I b is done while any thing remains to be accomplished"—who will not be contented with any triumph, if all that is practicable has not been attained. He therefore followed up his first success, and also took Possession of the two redoubts of Careening Bay. The spotia opima in the shape of 62 pieces of heavy ordnance, together with 400 prisoners, remained in his hands. The triumphs in the Sea of Azoff, although less brilliant, are no less important. Taganrog Marionpol, and Gheisk were attacked on the 3d, sth, and 6th instant. The public buildings and numerous Government magazines of provisions have been burnt, and an immense loss of supplies has thus been inflicted on the enemy. In all these transactions the Allies had bu; one man wounded, and that notwithstanding the presence of a garrison of 3,500 men at Taganrog. In these important depots were stored the provisions collected from the districts watered by the Don and a large portion of the Dnieper. From thence the Russian troops in the Crimea, and even in Sebastopol itself, were chiefly supplied with pro visions, and now that these important sources have been cut off, it is by no means improbable that the Russians may be compelled to risk all on the chances of a decisive battle, of the result whereof we cannot for a moment doubt. There may now be something less of arrogance on the part of their diplomatists. They may now be quite willing to accept the terms so contume liously rejected at Vienna, but the hour for re pentance has passed by. Nothing less than the disarmament of all the Russian strongholds in the Euxine and the Sea of Azoff, the destruction of all her ships of war, and an ample pecuniary indemnity for the expenses of the War, will now suffice. Nor will these be all. We must not limit our securities to the vicinity of the Black Sea but must look to the "West as well as to the East, and obtain satisfactory guarantees against the restoration of Bomarsund, or the pursuit of an aggressive policy in the neigh bourhood of the Baltic. We may, ere many days' time have elapsed, receive intelligence from that quarter that will paralyse the friends of Rus sia, and teach the Autocrat a salutary lesson as to the dangers incidental to such a career as that which he had marked out for himself, and the signal punishment that awaits a detected and colt victed plunderer of his neighbours. According to the latest accounts from the Crimea, the force directed against the Russian army in that peninsula may be estimated at some 200,000 men altogether ! We are not, we believe, in any way exaggerating the amount of the aggregate strength of the Allies when we speak of it, in round numbers, as somewhere about 200,000. Let us explain the matter in two minutes by analysing that rather ample sum total. There are, in the first instance, not less than 130,000 French soldiers under the orders of General PELISSIER, according to the statement put forth by the new Commander-in-Chief himself in the address to his troops, announcing the volun tary resignation of the supreme authority by his gallant predecessor. There are under the direc tion of the Field-Marshal, the Lord RAGLAN, as nearly as can be well calculated, under the cir cumstances, 30,000 of our brave countrymen. There arOhe 10,000 picked veterans from Pied mont recently despatched to the seat of war as the Sardinian Contingent, under• the direction of General DE LA MARMORA. There are, besides all these, about 30,000 Turks, under OYER PACECA, either at Kamiesh or at Eupatoria. And a very simple sum of addition demonstrates with arith metical precision the rather indubitable fact that 130,000 French, and 30,000 English, and 10,000 Sardinians, and 30,000 Turks, make up a com prehensive total of just 200,000 at present in the Crimea at the disposal of the Allied Commanders in-Chief. Now, the task entrusted to this somewhat im posing force we cannot for an instant regard as at all disproportioned to its capacities. We cannot for one moment regard it as a labour beyond the reach of its powers of accomplishment. We can not for a minute imagine that what is required to be effected by those 200,000 men—the flower of the French, English, Turkish, and Sardinian armies—is in any respect more than can be readily effected by so considerable a body of heroic and well-disciplined troops, directed by the united abilities of PELISSIER, RAGLAN, OMER, and MAR MORA. What is the precise nature of that task ? What is this new labour of HERCULES ? It may be readily enough explained. The Allies are striving all this while to inflict a blow, a mortal blow if possible, upon the Northern CoLossus by whose vast bulk, and mighty energies, and gigan tic ambition the liberties of Europe are threatened, and through those liberties the fabric of modern civilisation. And at what chink in the armour of that Northern CoLossus is the blow directed ? Not at its heart—Moscow. Not at its head — St. Petersburg. But at what was finely called by Cardinal WISEMAN, during the course of last March, in his eloquent and patriotic lecture upon the War, in St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre—" the only vulnerable point it presented, like ACHILLES —that Crimean heel with which it pressed upon the neck of Turkey!" It is to bring the COLOSSUS of Russia, clad in all its panoply of steel, clashing down upon the dust, wounded and humbled -- that the Allies are, with the aid of 200,000 men, aiming such deadly blows at that "Crimean heel," striking chiefly all the while at what may be called the veritable tendon-Achilles Sebastopol, and yet pressing hard at the same time to the right upon Kertch and to the left upon Eupatoria. No doubt at all the task is difficult, restricted even to these narrow limits, concentrated upon this one paramount object—nevertheless, while acknowledging its difficulty, we believe that it may reasonably be regarded as capable of accom plishment. We believe that it cannot possibly baffle the powers of England and France united, aided as the armies of those two chief nations of the earth are by noble contingents from Turkey and Sardinia. Sixty thousand men were more than sufficient to carry the banners of England and France in triumph up the almost impreg nable heights of the Alma. A mere handfull of the Guards and the Zouaves was enough to scatter the legions of Russia among the ruins of Inkerman. A grand army of 200,000 men, such as that of the Allies now in the Crimea, will be ample, we cannot but believe, with all the fullness of implicit credence, to inflict the desired wound upon the Northern CoLossus at Sebastopol. It may be interesting to compare at this mo ment the relative positions of the two great Euro pean armies directed against Russia within tho last half century. Contrasting for a moment the objects aimed at by the Allied army in 1854-55, and by the army of NAPOLEON in 1811-12, it must be remembered, in the first instance, that while we strike the blow at the heel, NAPOLEON aimed his, and with deadly effect, at the very heart of the common enemy of civilised Europe. We haVe our fleets to fall back upon for supplies, and for retreat, too, in case of any extraordinary emergency, and continually also for reinforce ments. He had no naval armaments to aid him in his operations—he bad to trust only to his land forces, and to that incomparable genius for war which has given him a name among the con querors of the earth beyond those even of the demi-gods of an ti qu it y —b eyon d th e accomp li s h e d Roman an d the daring Macedonian. By reason of which, b ecause he had no Euxine for his base of operations—because he had to attack Russia, not on the margin, but far in the interior —NAPOLEON required a mightier land arma ment than can be well regarded by the Allies as requisite under existng circumstances. That armament he assembled together, and marshalled under his Imperial banners. It has recently been stated in the House of Commons —this wonderful army of NAPOLEON—at some where about half-a-million of men in the aggre gate. Erroneously so stated : for it was consi derably more. It was a legion such as had never before been gathered together by one man, such as probably may never be assembled again by any other—out -numbering the boasted followers of XERXES, and over-shadowing the barbaric hordes of ALARIC and ODOACER. It included, in French troops alone, a grand army of 850,000 men ! and with these 50,000 Italians, under the Viceroy Prince EUGENE ! 60,000 Poles, under PONIA TOWSKI ! 40,000 Bavarians ! 30,000 Saxons ! 30,000 Westphalians ! 15,000 men from Wur temberg ! 9,000 from the Archduchy of Baden 23,000 from the Rhenic Confederation ! 20,000 as a Prussian contingent ! 30,000 Austrian auxi liaries ! and 30,000 Neapolitans, led by their hero of romance, the most gorgeous of the tributary Kings of the new SESOSTRIS, the most chivalrous of the PALADINS of the mightier than CHARLE MAGNE ! Altogether, scarcely credible though it sounds, not half-a-million of men, but as many as 1,187,000 ! If we subtract from that grand total, however, some 387,000 for soldiers in the hospitals, for those absent upon furlough, and for the deficiencies caused here and there by incomplete regiments, we shall approximate more nearly to the actual force collected together in 1811 for the invasion of Russia by NAPOLEON the Great. Yet with even this enormous reduc tion, there is left the appaling balance of 800,000 men with which the Conqueror of Europe crossed the boundaries of the Russian Empire and ad vanced upon its capital. We speak not here at 1 random. The calculation we have made is that authoritatively put forth by BOUTOURLIN. With that mighty mass of warriors NAPOLEON entered upon his Russian campaign. And what is the estimate formed of that campaign by no less im partial an observer than Lord BROUGHAM ? Why Lord BROUGHAM has declared, in his " Statesmen of the Time of George III.," that according to his view, among all the wonderful campaigns ever made by NAPOLEON (and when he closed his career at the age of 47 on the field of Waterloo they had amounted, these campaigns, altogether, to no less than fourteen), this one, the campaign of 1811 in Russia, was the most triumphant, the most completely successful ! And so assuredly it was. The conqueror had advanced at the pas de charge by victory after victory until he had seized the capital of the invaded empire, until he had established his head-quarters in the Kremlin, until he was issuing his Imperial decrees from the Palace of PETER the Great. NAPOLEON only failed after that because of a fatality beyond the grasp of human forethought. His defeat has passed into a proverb. He was vanquished not by man, but by the permission of Divine PROVI DENCE. His victors were the elements. The wind blew, and the snow fell, and the frost came, and his mighty host was all but annihilated. Be cause they were so far within the recesses of that inclement land, and because, with this, the winter began two months earlier than ordinary. It can not be so with us. We are on the margin instead of at the centre of the Russian Empire. Besides which, our fleets in the Black Sea are ever close at hand, while our transports are continually arriving with supplies and reinforcements. The situations are altogether different. And if Russia is less at our mercy now than she was at one time at NAPOLEON'S, we are all the while less at hers, or rather at that of the cold and. barrenness which are her chief internal auxiliaries. Wherefor so let us trust confidently, under the aid of GOD, in the justice of our cause, and in the strength of our arms, while the chief part of our 200,000 men are still beleaguering the fortifications of Sebas topol. If anything was established by the Peace-at any-price party during the late Parliamentary dis cussions, it was that the demands made on Rus sia for the limitation of her fleet could easily have been evaded, and would, therefore, if accepted, have been of comparatively little value. That view of the subject was particularly dwelt on by Earl GREY, in the House of Lords, and his line of argument was also adopted by several of the speakers in the Commons. But it did not, there fore, by any means follow that the Western Powers should have in any degree abandoned the demand, or been satisfied without even the verbal securities required. Had they done so, it would vir tually have been a connivance at the wel-- known schemes of Russia. We could scarcely have remonstrated at any accession to her fleet or ominous signs until the inviolable attack had taken place. It was not because we were contented with the merely personal promises of Russia, though we were at the very time when receiving the most conclusive evidence of her duplicity and insincerity willing to waive every description of real security, that we should also give up the shadowy hope founde 1 on the word of a Government whose mendacity had become pro verbial ! The peace party proved too much for their own propositions. They showed, beyond the possibility of doubt, that in place of pressing too hardly on Russia our Plenipotentiary fell far short of what he ought to have required— that he should have insisted on " material guarantees," or, at least, on the disarmament of every Russian fortification in the Euxine or its vicinity. If the views of Russia were so moderate and inoffensive as she professed—if she were only seeking the " commercial" development so vividly depicted by Mr. BRIGHT-what could she want of these threatening fortresses ? The Hon. Member for Manchester does not arm himself with revolvers and bowie knives when going on 'Change—though by no means "mealy mouthed" in his language to others he does not keep weapons either of offence or defence. He would regard it as a particularly bad investment of the capital which might be so much better applied in the improvement of his machinery or the extension of his works. His friend the CZA.R is also aware that the warlike toys on which so much money hispredecessor has been expended by are not, and cannot be, required for defence. It is only for aggression that he can want either forti fications or ships of war. It suits his purpose, however, to pretend that it is his anxious solici tude for the sick man's health that induces him to keep up these expensive establishments. He wishes to protect Turkey from the nefarious de signs of France and England, and, through his representative at the Vienna Conferences, practi cally asks, " Otis custodiet, ipsos custodes ?"—who shall guard the poor helpless Turk against his treacherous Western guardians ? And this view of the case is adopted by his broad-brimmed friend in the British Parliament, who, notwithstanding his scruples against all offensive weapons, thinks Russia quite right in indulging her amiable weakness, and keeping a large assortment on hand ready to accommodate any pugnacious customer at a moment's notice ! We believe, however, that the public will not be satisfied with this rechavffee of the arguments of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF in Annex A to Protocol THE SUN. 1..,0rD0N, MONDAY EVENING, JUNk 11, 1855, No. 12, which we scarcely thought would be re peated by any English speaker. They see that there is no security in the merely verbal promise that . Russia could, if she thought proper, increase her naval strength at Nicolaieff and other dock yards to almost any extent she thought proper, and that nothing would be known of the violation of her promise until she was actually taking ad vantage of her own perfidy. Then could the new fleet remain under the walls of Sebastopol setting at defiance any force that might be brought, unless we were prepared to undertake a new expedition to the Crimea, and again to open trenches against the stronghold. Having been compelled then to draw the sword, having clearly been convinced that Russia has not abandoned a single one of her long-cherished projects, we must insist on that which will give a real and perma nent peace. Russia is now irremediably offended. She cannot forgive our interference. We must, then, deprive her of the means of offence—must extract the fangs and pare the claws of our fierce opponent. The opportunity is happily afforded. We are no longer bound by the Four Points. Austria can advance no claim on our forbearance. We are extricated from the meshes of the net in which we were entangled, and Ministers can have no excuse for again involving us in a similar diffi culty. LATEST NEWS. FURTHER SUCCESSES AT SEBASTOPOL AND IN THE SEA OF AZOFF The Secretary of the Admiralty presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sum, and has great pleasure in forwarding the enclosed copy of a report this day received of successful operations in the Sea of Azoff : " JUNE 10. " Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, and Captain Sedaiges report that the naval operations against Taganrog, Marionpol, and Gheisk, which took place on the 3d, sth, and Gth of June, have per fectly succeeded. The public buildings and nu mer•us Government magazines of provisions have been burnt, and thus an immense loss of supplies has been inflicted on the enemy. " The operations were conducted with great vigour and rapidity. The allied forces had only one man wounded, although opposed by about 3,500 soldiers at Taganrog." WAR DEPARTMENT, 10TH JUNE, 1855. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan : JUNE 8. The success of last niglt was very complete ; and the gallantry and steadiness of the troops cannot be too highly spoken of. The French succeeded is securing the works of the Mamelon, and those pn its right called the Ouvrages Blanes, and ii those they took 62 guns, including eight cohorns, and 400 prisoners. Nothing could be more brilliant than the ad vance of our allies. We have lost about 400 men in killed and wounded. I have just received intelligence of the con- tinued success of Captain Lyons and Captain Sedaiges in the Sea of A2off. Taganrog, Marionpol, and Genitchi [Gheisk 1] have been attacked. The public buildings a,nd numerous magazines have been burnt, and ony one man wounded. (Front the Moniteur.) PARIS, SUNDAY. The Minister of War has received from General Pelissier the following despatches : " JUNE 6, 10 P.M. " To-day, with our Allies, we opened fire against the external works, and to-morrow, please God, we will take theta. " JWNE 7, 11 P.M. "At 6 30 our signals for assault were given, and one hour afterwards our eagles floated over the Maineion Vert and over the two redoubts of Careening Bay. The artillery of the enemy fell into our hands. " We are said to have taken 400 prisoners. " Our legions occupy the conquered works. " On their side our allies, with their usual reso- iution, carried the works in the quarries, and established themselves there. " All the troops showed the most admirabli devotion and intrepidity." The only later despatch which has arrived simply says :--" We hold our ground. We have lost fewer men than we expected. We took 62 cannon in the enemy's redoubts, and made 13 officers prisoners." DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL BRUAT. Admiral Bruat reports that the expedition against Taganrog, Marionpol, and Gheisk was per fectly successful. The burning of stores of pro visions has inflicted an immense loss upon the enemy. Resistance was only offered at Taganrog, where one man was wounded. VIENNA, JUNE 9, 2 P.M. The following authentic news has been received here ; On the evening of the 7th there was a violen cannonade. The French made an assault and took the Mamelon and other advanced works. The success was complete. The affair was exceedingly brilliant. The Fremden, Blatt has the following : Baron Hess went to Gallicia last night. The Emperor goes to inspeeb the 3d and 4th divisions of the army on Tuesday morning next. Generals Craufurd and Letang remain here. A reduction of the army is expected. As the position of the Russians is now seriously menaced, Prince Gortschakoff will accept battle in the field. Prince Gortschakoff sends to St. Petersburg, dated Crimea, 6th of June— "The Allies opened to-day a brisk cannonade on the left flank of our foitifications. It lasted for three hours without intermission. We replied with vigour, and blew up some powder mag,pines. "From the other points of attack General Wrangel makes no report, nor has anything fresh occurred in the Sea of Azoff." We have no later Russian despatches, so that Gortschakoff has yet to account for his defeat and loss of the Mamelon Vert on the 7th. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, JUNE 12. The Clyde, which left Constantinople on the 31st of May, and the Sinai, which left the same city on the 4th of June, have arrived together. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. The advices from the Crimea, brought by the Sinai, are of the 2d of June. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. By a decree in the Moniteur Rear-Admirals Montagnies de la Roque, De Suin, Charner, and Le Barbier de Tinan are promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and Capitaines de Vasseau Fournier, Aubry-Bailleul, Fabvre, Baudin, and Bonard to that of Rear-Admiral. Another decree promotes eight Capitaines de fregate to be Capitaines de vaisseau, twenty Lieutenants de vaisseau to be Capitaines de fregates, and twenty-four Enseignes de vaisseau to be Lieutenants de vaissseau. The Moniteur contains a decree founded on a report from the Minister of the Marine increasing the officers of the marine artillery from 23 to 31 , 6 and the number of companies from 23 to 25, each company to be 104 strong, instead of 100 as hitherto. The Moniteur contains an official list of all the prizes and medals awarded at the Prize Cattle Show in the Champ de Mars the day before yes terday. General La Mormera writes to the Piedmontese Minister of War, dated Kadikoi, May 25 : "My forces, augmented by two English batteries, a regiment of lancers, and a regiment of heavy cavalry, 600 strong, have arrived at Kamara. Sir Colin Camp bell's corps are on the heights of the extreme right of the lines which cover Balaklava. My troops met with no resistance from the Russian outposts, or the enemy's forces on the right of the Tchernaya. The enemy is strongest in the valley of Baidar. "My forces are now occupying Kamara, a height which commands the Rassian right. " The condition of the troops is very satisfactory, and my men anxious to distinguish themselves." A letter from Marseilles, of the 7th, says :—" The Gange, steam-packet, of the Messageries Imperiales, left this morning for Constantinople, with some superior officers on board, and 215 able-bodied por ters belonging to this port. The Alexandre, steamer, has also left for Alexandria, with 700 passengers on board, of whom 500 are pilgrims, bound for Mecca. Of these, 225 arrived half-an-hour before from Algiers, by the Thabor. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received " Vienna, Bth.—Aali Pacha yesterday had a private audience of the Emperor, at which he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen. Aali Pacha will leave to-morrow for Constantinople." MADRID, Bth.—The Gazette of to-day publishes a circular, suspending the execution of the decree relative to the National Guard. The Government is about to demand from the Cortes the immediate discussion by that body of the constitutional basis relative to the National Guard. BOURSE, JUNE 9.—CLOSING PRIONIL Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 80 94 50c. 3 per Cents 69 80 70 15 Credit Mobilier 932 Roman Credit Fonder 535 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B7 75 Home Debt 3ll RAILWAYS—FOB CASH. fr. c. Orleans 1220 Lyons .. . 1245 Western s 722 50 Rouen Otte 670 Strasburg Mediterranean 1245 Hasre 6lO Northern RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals o: the 2d of June. The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes the following notification from the Military Governor-General of that capital : "On the 19th (31st May) the following telegraphic despatch was received here : "The enemy is still at anchor, and counts the same number of vessels. "The enemy's vessels are getting up their steam• and weighing anchor. " From the telegraph station at Cronstadt two frigates and two steamers are distinctly ♦isible." A St. Petersburg letter, of the Slat ult., states that the Emperor has published a ukase, ordering the formation of six regiments of militia cavalry, four in the Government of Pultawa and two in that of Tchernigow. Each regiment is to be 1,803 strong. THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, June B.—The Bulldog, 6, Commander Alexander C. Gordon, arrived here yesterday after noon, with mails from the fleet, having made the passage from Cronstadt -to this anchorage in 61. hours—an incredibly short run considering the dense fogs she encountered on the way. It ap pears, however, that although very unusual at this advanced season of the year, these fogs are still prevalent in the Baltic. The whole of the fleet, consisting of 16 line-of battle-ships (including three French), six frigates, and 10 gun-boats, is anchored / close up to Cron stadt, forming a perfect line across the bay from, shore to shore. With the view of checking more effectually the coasting trade, which has of late increased to a very large extent in the Gulf of Finland, an order was issued to the fleet, towards the end of last month (leaving, however, a discretionary power with the commanding officers), to burn or sink all coasting vessels captured within certain limits. In pursu ance of this order the Magicienne lately intercepted and destroyed two of these traders, laden with large blocks of granite, all ready cut, worked, and num bered in rotation ; and indeed, judging from the fact that the number 170 was found on one of the blocks, it is not improbable that several cargoes of the same material had previously reached their destination in safety. From this circumstance it may be inferred that the Russians are still busily employed in erecting fortresses on some part of the coast, the exact locality of which has not, how ever, as yet been clearly ascertained. The general impression is that the new fortifications at Swea borg, which we know the Russians commenced building during the winter months, are now being brought into a state of completion. • On Saturday last, Admiral Dundas, accompanied by Admiral Seymour, embarked at noon ou board the Merlin surveying steamer, Capt. Sullivan, and proceeded to reconnoitre Cronstadt. To guard against a surprise, they were attended on the expe dition by the Dragon, Captain H. Stewart, and the Bulldog, Commander Gordon. Although they went in quite close to the batteries, and remained there for nearly three hours, the Russians looked quietly on during the whole time, apparently with the most perfect indifference, anti as all the ships in the harbour were dressed in colours, it is possibly they were engaged in celebrating some high festival, or even perhaps doing honour to an Imperial visitor. The authorities here have' received notice from Berlin that Prince Frederick William of Prussia, only son of his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, intends to honour Dantzic with a visit on the 20th of this month. A letter from Lemberg of the 4th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" A large proportion of the Rus sian army in Poland has received orders to proceed southwards, and the Grenadiers are already on their march to Bessarabia. These troops are in tended to replace the losses sustained by the Rus sians in the Crimea. Several camps are to be esta blished in Bessarabia. The corps which are leav ing Poland are to be replaced by fresh troops and the second levy of Cossacks. Although the state of Poland has not undergone any legal change, the ordinary severity of the laws is much relaxed, and people are allowed to talk a little more freely. The greatest tranquillity reigns throughout the country. The measure of freeing the Jews from military service is attributed to Prince Paskie witch." MARSEILLES, June I.—The park of siege artillery for the army of the East is at length shipped in the Ameri can clippers, Great Republic, Queen of Clippers, Gaunt let, and Alleghanean, but they have not yet sailed. The French steam frigate Eldorado has arrived to tow the Queen of Clippers. In the meantime she is taking on board a quantity of gun carriages. The Great Republic is waiting to receive 400 cavalry horses. Capt. d'Andigne, of the staff, met with a serious accident when visiting that gigantic ship on Wednesday last. He fell from the main deck into the hold, and fractured a leg. While so much time appears to be lost in the despatch of those sailing-vessels our British steamers arrive, load, and sail again for the Crimea. At'a late review of the Turkish army at Eupatoria by Omer Pacha, whilst the troops were resting, the gallant general had a race with Sephia Pacha in sight of the field. What an excitement would take place were Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge to try their horse inanship at the next review in Hyde-park I—United Ser vice Gazette. " GOVERNMENTAL" CONDUCT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUL SIR, —The Lords of the Treasury have just committed a flagrant act of injustice. Clerks to Taxes Commis sioners have, as near as may be, worked through, their entire duties under the income tax for 1854, ending April last, and because the poundage has become 'in creased (by the double duty) those lords have, in the plenitude of their wisdom, issued an order that they shall make deduction from the clerks ! Their lordships may have reckoned without their host, and if I mistake not will so discover. _ _ When the clerks' poundage (which is but three half pence in the pound, and ought to be threepence) was Tendered more paltry by reduction in the assessed taxes a year ago, those thinking Lords had not one word to say about better remuneration to clerks, though their labours were increased by parties becoming liable to the tax who were not before. No wonder, sir, that the penple are daily becoming more dissatisfied, and call for " Governmental Reform." —Your obedient servant, • A CLERK TO COMMISSIONERS. 11th June, 1855. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir W. Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The Council sat two hours and a quarter. _Mr. Van Buren has taken apartments at the Bedfcrd Hotel, Brighton. The British subject arrested at Hamburg on suspicion _ _ of being a recruiting agent has been released. We hear that Miss Edith Heraud will shortly appear at the Haymarket, in a new play, in five acts. - - - Admiral Sir John Ommanney lies at his residence in a state of health which precludes the hope of his reco- very. REAR-ADMIRAL BOXER.—We regret to announce that a telegraphic despatch, reporting the death by cholera, at Balaklava, of Rear-Admiral Boxer, was received in Dover, from the Crimea. Mine. Barbieri-Nini is singing at Mantua, " I Lom bardi," " Macbeth," and other favourite operas of Verdi. Her success is said to be very great. ' At Vienna Mme. Lesniewska, a polish cantatrice, if there be any faith in names, is now singing with very great success. In "La Sonnambula" she is described as perfect. The following are named as the troupe of the Thdatre Italien at St. Petersburg during the next season : Mmes. Bosio, Lotto, Marai, Demeric ; MM. Tamberlik, Calzolari, Bettini, Lablache, Ronconi, de Bassini, Didot, Tagliafico, Polonini, Cecconi. THE MIDDLESEX M AGISTRACY.—The Marquis of Salis bury, as Lord Lieutenant of the county, gave a splendid entertainment on Saturday to the Middlesex magistrates and to the officers of the five regiments of county militia, at his mansion in Arlington-street. About 200 noblemen and gentlemen sat down to a.sumptuous entertainment. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—EXETER HALL.—The last performance of Elijah, takes place on Friday next, the 15th inst. CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIVE SHILLING DAY, June 9. — Admissions on payment, 659 ; ditto by season tickets, 3,015 ; total, 3,674. It is said that Mr. Souls, the late American Minister to Spain, is going to Mexico with a mission supposed to have connexion with the affair of Spain and Cuba. A new opera, by M. Charomonte, given at the Pagi nini (Genoa), under the title of Una Burke per correzione, is the sole operatic novelty for the last week on the other side of the Alps. It was successful on the whole, but the local journals mention the richezza d'instru mentazione in a manner that makes us suspect it to be unusually noisy. Messrs. Sindaco, Mariani, Zacchini, and Mme. Adele filled the principal parts. A Festival is to be celebrated, with full choral Ser vice, in Westminster Abbey, on Thursday, when the Bishop of Oxford is to preach in behalf of the funds of the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement of Churches and Chapels. ETON FESTIVAL.—The anniversary dinner of the noblemen and gentlemen educated at Eton College was celebrated on Saturday, at Willis's. The Earl of Mal mesbury presided, and a very large muster of Etonians supported the noble earl in the chair. Captain Fox Maule Ramsay, of the 56th Regiment, is appointed private secretary to Lord Panmure. and has entered upon his duties at the War Department, in con junction with Lord Giffard. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto, may be expected on the 15th. The Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., . . was sworn into office on Saturday, in his own Court of the Exchequer, before the barons, as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain E. G}. Lo+ . _ sailed from the Mersey for Halifax and Boston on Satur day, at four p.m., with the usual mails for the United States, 175 passengers, and a general cargo on freight. BOY DROWNED.--Yesterday afternoon a boy, about nine years of age, named Edward George, the son of a . paper hanger, residing in Plutntree-court, Shoe-lane, a whilst playing at the river side at Blackfriars Bridge, slipped into the water, was carried down with the tile, and sank near the steam-boat pier. Mr. Ware, the pier master, had the life-boat instantly manned, and the drags were used, but the unfortunate lad could not be found. The "Prophete" has now been several times repeated at La Scala in Milan ; and, according to the journals, its popularity increases at each succeeding representa tion. Lieut. T. Carew, emigration agent at Plymouth, whose province it was to ascertain that proper boats were on board the John, emigration ship, and other needful precautions taken prior to her departure, which it would appear by the Board of Trade report were not strictly attended to, has resigned his appointment. ARABIC.—The French Government has granted a fresh delay of three years for the completion of the two dic tionaries, French and Arabic and Arabic and French, for which two prizes of 5,000 f. each were offered, by a decree of the 29th November, 1852. On the 29th ult. there were 210 cases of cholera at St. Petersburg. NEW BILL ON SPIRITS OF WINE.—On Saturday a Government bill was issued, for the use of spirits of wine duty free in works of art And manufactures. The object is the promotion of arts and manufactures. ILLICIT DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS —On Saturday a bill before Parliament, amended, was printed, for the better prevention of illicit distillation of spirits in Ire land. When justices refuse a certificate to allow sale, the same is to be entered, and an appeal may be allowed. EXPENSES OF THE REGISTERS OF VOTERS. —A. re turn obtained by Sir G. Tyler, M.P., shoivs that the gross total amount of all expenses paid by the several counties of England and Wales relating to the prepara tion and completion of the register of voters for the re spective counties for the year 1854-55 was 10,7791., in cluding 9,7141. for England and 1,065 for Wales. The amount Charged on each county varied from 241. to 9661., the clerk of the peace being sometimes, paid by a fixed salary. Tile King of Sardinia intends visiting Paris and Lon don. He has been advised by his physicians to under take that journey for the benefit of his health, impaired by recent family afflictions. The King is to be accom panied by two of his ades-de-earnti and the Intendant- General of the Civil List. M. Cavour is to join his Ma jesty in Paris. The regency of the kingdom will be con fided to Prince Eugene de Carignan. POSTAGE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND VIC TORIA.—By a Treasury warrant dated the sth of June, 1855, the rate of postage by post between Victoria through the United Kingdom shall be, for any letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, ls. ; exceeding half an ounce, two rates ; excdeding one ounce, four rates ; exceeding two ounces, six rates ; exceeding three ounces, eight rates ; and for every additional ounce over four ounces, two additional rates. The Regius Professorship of Civil Law in the Univer sity of Oxford, recently vacated by the death of Dr. J. Phillimore, has been filled up by the appointment of Dr. Travers Twigs, vicar-general of the Archbishop of Can terbury, and recently Professor of Political Economy in the same University. This appointment, we believe, bas been invariably held by a distinguished member of. the College of Advocates, practising in Doctors' Com mons, and we are glad to observe that Lord Palmerston has not departed from the rule on the present occasion. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening.. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe ; and Prince Albert joined the royal party before the close of the opera, The royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Miss Paget, Lord' De Tabley, and General the Hon. Charles Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz also honoured the performances with their presence. Lady Suffield, Lady Caroline Cust, and Lady Katherine Grey Egerton, and Major Purves were in attendance. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was also present, at tended by Major the Hon. J. -Macdonald. His High ness Mustapha Bey occupied a box on the grand tier. And among the fashionable company in the theatre we remarked—His Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Lavradio, his Excellency, the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Hochschild, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Leeds, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, &c. Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, of the 7th Royal Fu siliers, has been appointed Director-General of Army Clothing under the new organisation of the War Depart ments. The duties of the Assistant Director-General are of a purely civil nature, and while the app ointment of Director-General will always , be held by an officer in the army, that of Assistant Director-General will be occupied by a civilian, its duties mainly co nsisting of the conduct of the correspondence with the contractors and the other departments. Mr. Ramsay, who has been appointed Assistant Director-General, has been in the War-offiee for nine years, and for nearly six years filled the office of Private Secretary to different Secretaries at, War. He was also Secretary to the Army Promotion Commission last year. Major-General Cator retains the office of Director-General of Artillery. WRECK OF THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER.—The Lon donderry o rt, stru c k steamer onon her passage from this p th Me rocksaide Maiden Cy, inside i of Maughold-head, Isle o f M a n, during a thick fog, on Wednesday night, about 11 o'clock, and speedily filled. No lives were lost. The steamer had a full cargo of guano, Indian corn, and other m erchandise, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. The Lyra, from Londonderry for this port, was hailed by a boat from the wreck yesterday morning, and took from her the steerage passengers, who were brought to Liverpool. The cabin passengers had previously gone to Ramsey.e-4-401 4 ,P04 Mercsfry, THE HARBOURS OF THE SEA. OF AZOFF.—Taganrog, at the mouth ef the Don, bad in 1842 a population of 22,472 souls ; Marionpol, on the north shore of th on e Sea a Azoff, had 4,603 in 18 52 ; Be rdiansk, als'o the north shore, 6,498 in 1849. Gheisk (or Eisk, or Jeisk) was built on the south shore since 1849, and opened to foreign commerce for the first ti me in 1852 ; erce of it has already 8,000 inhabitants. The foreign comre Rostow, on the right bank of the Don ° , began in 1837 ; it has already 10,863 inhabitants. An English lady in Paris (Mrs. Vansittart), an or the ad.. mirer o f Madame Ri s tori, has sent her a ticket f ball at the Hotel de Ville on Monday, accompanied with a m h e il n, nd h s avi on n te g lace dress to wear on the occasion. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following g entle undergone the diploma, were the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the Bth inst. eragdomn/tttehde membersnecessa ry oexfatmbi:a etoiloinsege for Messrs. William Sanderson Wyman, Kettering, Nor thamptonshire ; George Newton Swinson, Solihull, on Warwickshire ; Charles Wheeler, Bright-L:lo6,,Bi'e evi g: Kent road ; Charles Muller, Sydney, New South vy and James Walker. North Frodinghatn, Yorkshire. , NEW BILL ON EXCISE DUTIES.—On Saturdsl Was printed, as a Government measure, a bill to impose ibn creased rates of duty of Excise on spirits distill irs t molasses 'United Kingdom ; to allow malt, sugar, and f to be used duty free in the distilling of spirits, allowances and drawback. on such spirit, sugar, and ra t lasses respectively; and to amend. the laws relating,', ! the duties of Excise. On and after the 13th of Oct/. next the increased duty is to be, in Great Britain 8 , . .. 4 , a gallon, and 6s. 2d. in Ireland. There are thirty 1 7 7 0 visions in the bill, which is regarded as a very ie3Perta subject in the trade. 1 ,. logo FORTIFICATIONS AT MILFORD HAVEN..."-Tmw -5r jag works and fortifications at Milford Haven are Mst il ly considerable progress. The Stack Rock is The fort armed, and garrisoned by the Royal Artillery. '''' s 01 s , at Thorn Island has recently been armed with 60- c ,„, den, mounted on traversing carriages, a nd th B ,,,„d. st in lien c, metal, from the commanding position of the isi'" B , wee ? the very entrance of the haven, will be able t ° „ c orns every point of approach thereto. The woricn u spor mands the roads towards Milford ; and when the ' w ig be taut erections on Dale Point are completed, they w hich able to crossfire with the guns on Thorn Island , ''''l are ° they are nearly opposite. The new works atom F t p b r e o i g r r g es u s n in s g ea r n ap b id a l v y e , a an e d le , a b r ei r n a g ng o e n etflietbrelorthes'n un to is atell ' Pembroke Dockyard. Pi ail COW' SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.—The Royal Al al , sfter pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Rivett, left o' B o il. roon with the outward Brazils and River I:1315°00/4 The Avon takes out specie to the amount 0 ' ' ' lis ll jewellery 16,0001., a large and valuable cargo n.,°fheeGgrest and French. erchandise, and 67 passengers. 'Antiericay Western, with the homeward mails from Sou th ti ler O a may be looked for on the 15th. The l' evil s ta ' l OW Oriental Company's screw steam-ship Sulfa: l,l 's ° die oct andria, with the heavy portion of the East - 18 ._ w ith China mail, is expected on the 22d. The the Pedinsular mail, and advicea from Gibraltar: ed $t Sir William and Lady Molesworth e n Countess ,et Mulgrave, Viscountess Palmerston, the dinner, on Saturday evening, the Earl and ‘-' ° "gors ''`' Eight 00a , Y. B. Macaulay, M.P., Viscountsrington, th e of and Lady Adelaide Cadogan,Countess Plf Essex and Miss Johnstone, Viscountess Dallbollo97 Theresa Lewis, Mr. F. Peel, M.P.,Sir Job° sobret Mr. Harcourt Vernon M.P., and LadY M.P. and Lady Shelley, the Hon. Mrs. DY ce voles' Colonel Biddalph, MP M A. M tgonell' . ~ r,, ee Hayward. the par is,l/ of WILFUL MURDER.—In Twyn-Star, in t ' e saet l 4° 7 Llangwynider, Breconshire, two brothers, n 3- heir s' r and Morgan Davies, have been murdered hY 00 bi tar's husband, Joseph Richfrds, commonY kli c snial 1, a t the e a S b i e r e h r o s w b o y p i r d o u n ri w n g o iron-works. the name of Joe Penkefyl (horse's bead) , been W jrinit'lls. for liquor. The Icelpier WRECK OF A STEAMER FOB AUSTRALIA " . . m. 1 114 tI r e schooner, arri red at Liverpool esterdsli'',7o. of 1- ", byha ; she had on board the Y captain an 3 '',, - 0 SYd r3 T, crew of the steamer Brisb ni a ß n o e ri r nh f i r nar o g m d:i G allu la adsci g Sweev7ll3i lA blierill' p ebealliiif°ll.- which was wrecked on the 23d ult., at rev' .near Parnabyha ; the crew were all saved. ,i g Or MADLLE. JENNY 'NEY.—This celebrated si O P - sse r e ' Opera, as Leonora, tirely recovered from her recent severe Royalillness. /plias) appeared on Saturday evening at the perf er fs ante elicited, as on former occasions, APPia" in Il Trovatore, and h i e r „, of the 16 warmest kind. boil er AO, ' BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Saturday. the If ne ws ; steam-engine belonging to Mr. Wood, a nd :jest:lb exploded, killing a boy named Anderson,.Arioall ";sot a good deal of property. The boiler was 071113-" boilerr 70 square ends, and, the front end bursting, t he .pg _ l , - ,.. carried forward a distance of 30 yards destrer A eV r course three brick walls. The boiler:ho „sea n'oebilled. house were overthrown, and portions of I° o ol e, shops belonging to another firm were also ilersolso Anderson was buried in the ruins of the bo iler together with Mr. Wood's son, but the - rescued with only some slight injuries. b y efil icii , EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—An explosiolh eliss, three persons were injured, occurred on , s $u in the cellar of the house No. 1, Harker'Els Ifedl ° ' s : 1 ThePr nnw r haev i op t , e) c unw i ifoaao livedrro , cellar Hepworth o s rwc t iown r keb e gi set: obtained small occupied ntrn C hheai h de nl a l r, evening, vfi e i ase s rbn - ne s yldiw t i nv r og e i hrnkwrs, Robert h C bdcey h hunn o i rl r siwde l no t p o :o n o gege - hei o je c tdohe 1 . . . et . i ! ::: )r w aee ri a r ihn:3,4l : : : :: ' seven that he was following the latter' cuP 9 ', l "": l : l , - I ch he had shut in the cellar oven, to dry, P exP' -d 11°11 such force as to scatter everything in oeles7 s " lis e i s , 0 the window and door to atoms, an d caus e a 5i,,. 08 ,0 0 ,,fr bulge considerably into the adjoining cellar. ,„,',.;'00 0 7,5, was much burned about the head and face. ... I •L' en sot was discovered in flames, and might have w - s pol's -r a more seriously bukaed had not a man throw ° " s ide ,t7 l some water which was in a tub standing ,° l3 , vvv" cellar. The boy, besides being burned, b' 0 broken.—Manchester Guardian. T if ee 9 '„ the D p lS e G tt U y eT se nT ss G ion C s l t , U h E e L l TdYh.—ereWtahiTsrldkiaGyr pr..4:ls;prareii.ei,lll;o,i ley presiding, George Caterer and Thom° faralero labourers, in the service of William B a nwel l7 s 3 the ' s , °.7 .th Watlington, were charged at the instance 0' . o ls " l ae , Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to A ° 3 l d ult. , co cruelty to a bullock. It appeared that onothe so f 05 0 , . fondants were engaged ploughing with tiv hoagie yolle; in a field on Banwell's farm. Appleby bad j ot s s fro or bullocks not accustomed to the work, fe u do 1,0 1 day's labour had concluded, one of them roe si i i ;ios exhaustion. Both defendants tried to n;l 3L ' e v er th e ';:f itS g h e in t d up le . gs Caterer struck it several times ; e il on e s i s ing with a whip, and laying hold of its tail, hi c s l e b3Y - melt in a savage manner ; while ji-Pr toiling its halt the horns, turned the animal's head over ° ° s f a q ) ssi in a very cruel manner. All these Mean a wet° d the beast still lying powerless, with its De 3 „, i ont lt) ; to out upon the ground, Caterer stuffed 3 . : 3 0 ,itn e3 0/0 earth up both nostrils—an act described' r l ' s s tba ° t se have caused the, ox intense suffering. ecliArge'eltit :l i a r : t u s minutes the animal died. In answer to the the au to t o d st e i f t e ff n adding. that their master Banvvell, lia d do ' s o, , . but could be no doubt the ox had been Cr. pmthereeolyx,sgnavoestarilgseniferabledenial toteo %ore, the bench were of opinion the charge faile d disro' s „, ft fell t elit e t, the efendants, and therefore the case must .e,et is decision caused the greatest aston: ul crowded court. of cont il9 tbs t A sergeant of the 97th Regiment, i° the ws 4 i . 11 ,01 01 ' letter to a friend at Maidstone, says :"" sole '",bidg: affair of the 22d March ; it was, w ithou t ~,,, , 110 . 0 an awkward piece of business. Their dead l'ioor fell especially where poor Capt. -Vickers fell. ..,,i - ,solial he gave me aTestament when in Greece, LlDcarri,eper favourite with us all. He bled to death as °l o re, , OP home. The last words he was heard to saYvisi;ooolB' loaded with Russian ball : so you s re my face ! cover my face I' I picked :IP 3° ba d go ,bO O they h be ttecorl of our arms during the night, Ours are mtie r d '' /' w S. theirs. I never saw Lord Raglan till the ont o ra ce gi ve' he came up to see our (Light Division) l ys 01 0 0 1 said, 'Get up another race, and I Wil l . s g „re s ° „ o es t reigns.' Sir George Brown gave two ;A o 'ef r " fl eor other old chap two more ;so we had a c °-r d o ff 13 , e 0 0!, 11 180 yards.. We gave him three cheers, 13 ,, a eoc , l c ; 070 Whatever we should have dune, only for t_ e - i el:i ° t her°' • of England, I really don't know. ' ll°w t l o 63°11; °li e have been! All lor any of us can do , T will. i (tb and that I do- or fight for them, wish I had ten lives to lose instead of ol ,„ AO a nd din t 0 ' ve.o ir i English) should have have them all willins .7, oh br .ge , r OP flou c i c . THUNDER-STORM.—In the thunder -et we st or ti s s d , over Bradford on Wednesday night,' beset'Pr °V l° it Bowling, the residence of Mr. Isaac N'Y e ao o 8 0 0r 9 h i ell it by the electric fluid, and considerable ds`. ° ;lies, w ire .4, o w: 0 or The electric fluid entered by one of the the be , knOeked down, and passing down along uu d ilo°V o es h/ escaped through the window on the g r° d blew tired Id, tore all the bell wires from the walls Re boo P ea all e ' all the windows. The family, who ha d he Ic.itelicsen re' the previousloud claps of thunder, rau to t the l‘it e jors ; , strange to say, nearly every room b il e d ° T he bell' ceived damage more or less. They escap ed of A boy in bed in the attic was awoke bY lightlf. A(1. wires falling upon him and burning ill' s the e td ..,. 0 0,r 0 J e ,/ „ ( 1 ' IRELAND.—THE ADMIRALTY O3Ix" - , l, " 0 mira,lty commission appointed to report 0 03 ot vs plo e, improvements in the harbour of ICing stc ' e r lon di t too b g nesday. Thesobject is to furnish a proyinaoico lead for the large steamers intended for c ° ac et th e s ea a r tween England and this country, to e_en at s ails/ o rb o o , o place with the railway station by a line °t in til t he. t of give greater protection to the ehiPP . A ipfr 'oo ° " Pot °f 0 against the east and north-east wino; bas been„ e ot ° A) plans in question, that of Mr. Gibbol: eP3tablis,i7potoi'el, carried out, but since the pr oposea,_ etw een P a in c llerf • large class of steamers on the line_ u h en eall e , a P oo r and Holyhead, its s ufficieticy has t;cti°ll 0' h 3rb th . tion. It involves simply thene n s ions to w ith t i i e 800 feet long by 60 wide, to ru c u t snye ete t o f be from the water tank, and to he l. _e e l' as tha t 0 1 railway at a • level about the same roilscrthistlood old atmospheric line. The cull?,: r u a b o pt V i bu ilt, t so under a tunnel from the statioisi ! e _ aire ad9 o ,, p let e p il, the way. A part of the pier hue, iesti'lce to.c;_goe op) an outlay of about 45,0001. Ivo id 091600 °f Toetiolla the execution of the plan. The PrO t he coto r oil° 0( 1 f t i °v tr t connecting line of railway froTett"_„. t he b r o , t uo'_i inner side of the eastern pier,oltictiveL'ii,s'iti , 0 .... e v re , 1 0 0 i the other engineer, wouli involvethe so u _ e on ire and pathways of that pier lin...tir_if hulk. 1 : a c ool a e rer , angle of the pier beyond t he d v:'; ,n j so sser ates th e n or', ing pontoon would be a_ ce",ather, 3 , 13 „ A n es .l.,s t! e t) PI L'eerther conterBP.',l, o f the t r is el alongside of it. Toe plan I , the far 0 1 ' 5 a ere: e sr , tion of a "wall, 25 feet high, al u g_d A oglq an tb o sio ls l w h e oho llr " a and shelterto rowing of the entrance to the_,. 0 __ ‘ . ou tic inwards of each of the piers. ~.:-Lit,ior° ' I would roquir! au outrAY 9.f Pl*" extend from t the sea ab t o n u t s t e l tislk; I ‘ N u