The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-21 00:00:00

AT • o EL UJ A L &ND INTELLIGENCE. Th e r , CITY, Two o'CLocx. Cotto n k -r • 4 ° Pied w it -k ret at Liverpool, on Saturday, tida ,„ an upward tendency, and prices of t al d l 4t 2 0 o,ere extreme. The sales were estimae gp 6r ) t bales (2,000 of which were taken for P e ' r an d 8,000 on speculation), comprising 4,-stiaal and ,Maranharn, at 61 , 1. to 6P. ; 4 iV iltian ' at 61d. to Bd. ; 8,000 Surat, at 3id. 11) ; Tll . a p ri( ! lso Sat Islands at is. to is. 7d. per all The 150 Share Market was very active, ' 'tea, a—al lee of to 1 per cent. on Friday s ;• I'lle (at:-..I4WaY Illeetillg3 announced are the follow- N I L,rth ea Pally. Date. Place. "' e l' kto a" Cardio an . M a y 25, 3, Park-st., Westm. viit t , ' Rolyhead ... ..... .. . May 24, Euston-square. qV a rid •,,,._ ditto ......... May 28, ditto. • lfo rd '`llghk ....... m a y 21, London. C r LitieelliMligh Peak ... May 24, Derby. okleatlirtiililuir. ........... . m ay 25, King's-cross. k kill tlVe8 t: 11 •• ............. May 25, King's-cross. , ilk' i lley t r tn °I. Canada, . ..:. May 29. London Tavern. t c , eti ny It4 lTeti eu ..... m ay 31, Dublin. 14,1811r44 Gin S.& N. m ay 29, , L0nd0n. tqatind ii't all ' l rfalifa,x,. May 25. Bradford. ; 1 / 41 ; 8 1 4d ,lackwall M ay 29, Landon Tavern. 14, 11 km 7" h- Weste; n May 28, Euston-station . . i let r , B ter •R'l,°llth-Western May 31, Waterloo Station. ' h iill'A d iita i - 'eff and Li c May . 25, Manchester. l' P `' 'll- la ... n . I 23, London Tavern. ,Noe),.• ...................... I ay 25. Derby. k'N% '"'. ................ May 8, Great Gerirge-street ',Ad " tii ...... ........... 113 Y . . 15A, St. Helen's-pi. va , l 4 , revv a an , u ......... ~& lay 2b, to "q ),') q Quebec, Vttrqi , ati l ": . • .............. June: 7, Parliament-street. ent-street. I,rt.t.(,ifla'' tile . .. a . ; ...... It ' aY y 2 2 6 9- 17, Gracecharch.st. a Zivtl of-R'll'kervaat 1/' ... May 26,' Albion Tavern. 1 'l4,l;iitz,ilanad .. . al .. Ma a v 28 Lausanne. ~...teed from •••.. .. ............ M ay 22, Bi UPS* . , „ _ hl'eettieet litrmi n i gua.in state that con , ideranie b a Nse, Prev ailed last ll'eek in the iron districts ti, l c e of . of M e ssrs. Thomas th e , ell 4 s the failcure Oki„KL 4 4 l 111 of West Bromwich, and the fur tt.o"a t 5 th e disasters which it will occasion. ti 41\ '141, 8 assertion th: is t the Dudley and 'West s ' l ; th 'etk Pt % ete, t , would los.e heavily by the suspend k -P , 11 .P a 4 s; art i upon :it, which being fully an i la t, i ' 4 ir,i t : t - " Il ed, confi; I ence was soon restored. dip, 4 ' l ' . T 1 --qc tic concern; having a wealthy pro rl.,, le reserve fun( l is sufficient to meet all r'ati„' enti e gl t , '"ly 8, ,g e nnies, an d. the note issues are coin kici-5.,,,re v:4;1. Muses.. Davies au ,l Sons' liabi i,V),ooo4muelY ostin rated between 200,0001. 11 4 1° S. The nteetii ig of creditors will take /t itit, 4 eeo nh , i ti lki tkr4 ti t - "8 from Ne iv York are satisfactory kt te lest e ° theStoCk m rArket. From the Banks' kA, l et ea °4l . Pleted, we learn that there was a i ' o illst, 4 ti l e , 41 the items c 4 Specie and discounts, I N.;, 4l itor rl il L i lll g the heavy . 13 hipments of theformer. la g ?„ 8 ' stearop,.. i were expected 4 ei ar , -, _u )wever, 'Y large an counts of the precious 11 1 k urili g th 1 v ewes e week ending May 4 there 44 1% 1 :4 of , 4 8 of expo is over imports to Skil 11 (li e „' 8, 701 dollar -s. The shipments of kil t' th e ' l l sis s far had be ;n limited, owing prin tt eiat.L. .ort supply .A tl lte r sets. of breadstuffs at the The ci a , .e ch ee. . le rep orts of the growing 441t;1114d 'lng, .culture is stated to be 1 1 ;,'N'. v' ' l ce of what d ; was at the same time lt o lthi I I / P 4 411:1 t .° l ll. ell)e 4 es Baines 7h as arrived in 69 days 4 tt e t elit tp rlie, having lei I March 12, but at • the d Ae ,h e ". rit irtg the le t ters had not been e g ttOlit a f las 160,000/. in gold on board. 4 t, 1 .4 th at r° ,, lll St. Peter sburg state that it, was ,t,:,e4t4-..,:julint Nesse] rode had resigned. A '1 . 1 ; t e(li r '', l :l Stat e , l ' te rf 11 ' 4 e Por e D, apartment, but this did C , xutit Tolestoi, had been t ( Nk e ete With iga The Russian Go ot4 ,t 6 the Cou; 2t. LI Vj l and "4 Ba in 't ka, 4 allowec l the free export of corn A O thin 3 Sweden, 'but with the existing AreNe I '4ll be of no avail. tN a fre Probably kt i, h BtN lllll ,e4 al ) : T urin asser t. that the Italian States qi '4 r 'fli ed at the, equivocal . attitude of 4'4 ' teed to the (I . kotliglieh ; Nr , lti,, 'to,-;k Mark et has been very firm , o , t. ,14) 4,1,1 . °e f lie 'Rough wifb . rather less business 4 dpo although i 1 1 48.1, 1 'qxts from the Crimea appearing t ' t (b '' Erred: % %11 1 ,,„ , with the abundance of money, ' . 1 ": 1 ''' ' A - : t ,' gonso Is have been at 9U to ' h ie (.1 P e r Ce nt s/It I are now about 90.1#. 1,,,, e 89 1 an, O li ura. li t h e ' g• iavo been 89g to i, and the kZ ili uta, r i , --e Um L'e qt ter Bills are 4s. to 7s. t ied' ' h e 30 -1441 11 as risen to 2 awl 2i A 'a Stock le ara' a * t is at 16 i 4 ' to . k, had , e i s a , 11 nui y ; b `e(l i 4 1 , u al of . tii : 2 . 29. , N. g ° 410 / Turki sh t s !uess has again been frail: c'' 111 14 4 . 4 1exi e , unt ls, Wpb .ich live improved to 2 1, 1 : 11 4, 44 has 44 Eit °ek is better, Ith Ve b beep a u . being 214 8° 141 T hr ees es ti d 4 °ter l 88. Russian 5 per 1 4t ees are a , ellt in rt 4 18i. but at 3,1 al , 98, being firm. Spa %ti. foll uot e h A 's, 1 and the Nilv Deferred q ll (4 . 4 ` ) in g ar ' Per Cents. are 92k. 4 ' o.„ 2i t 2 r i e , ° ada b e ~t c h e n'D:ertinal prices of foreign 1 1 } 7(it s c) - `i ; p ep e rred Bonds 6to Gi ; Mexi" 'litk l ' 13 .' 11 47 to 49. 4 ° 1 , 41 ', 137 to 69 ; ditto Three Ii b ' II • , ortt; , •Four per Cents., h h . fl) 11) , -Na ti p . I oese l'ititli N .-a h 4 .4 .,,,,, e Pe r Cents., 98 to 100 ; I )l 't h , , Qv, Defer -Lialf pe; ,:, C ents., 87 to 89 ; ~,,t ti 4,4 to a., cii 18i to 18/ ; Ditto 3 per i lt l re 'mie ,-,171 Ditto Certificates, 4t041 ; h . No' marks, ': t° 4 1. ,Alti, g'it .o r; ,- 1 1 4 4 ' 1 4 Ppea r „ -1 w ay tabares opened with an 'io ti l te a !',ver a i - ., e, but has been rather flatter a4 q at, --) high .ngtanneel,, however, the principal kN ilot,„llliet, and °/ 1 Sa turday. The Canadian 44 .trq, 44. the i n i • .... • Antwerp . 41, %11 l are 1 Qau likewise. kli 1 41 1 , ' l °por i;I 3d. Eastern of France t h t R 41 4 Ili t itip te 1404 4tlet, sine e ne2l 4 11b ' 4 4 A l a . " -eel ; ed ; banks firm, with a ti B% ib :lllab rali ° Wont and Westminster, and I ttl h . ' e W et. a ) and ti le miscellaneous under 'kqtt p Crystal: Palace are weaker. I, 4 11bi ----- ------_-, went , rl4 ' I PS DA Y.—CLOSING PRICES, f. ' . 074, LA. ~t p ,,,,91 , 1 % 1 ° Qe , th Otic t 2 / / i,' flu•, Tit, dm , t tl! 4i : 4 , , t i lltkNiti:ii,,,i'l- t : '' '. t A t ti. Blllil l4l ll t '—liel titi ell a 8 ....: . 1.... ....:::: 88999031 1 4,1;,411,titt kt. !:,a118,.....;°::15' t3ll;:i7P. rili'BB.l 1-63 g 4 :‘ , .." . tui . t; ot ii .:: ..... 229 , . Vt p 4 1:...... ' Bl -a37,. 9Ol ,t4' t !I, h ~ te, 2th. ........... ININ, "•,.... 0, 1' 4 ho CIit tICIONT S DAY 1 i l ,!' It il l , % Ms. 6 FUNDS THL. N, ki , 4q a a t . Per Cent 54 Ge t i , 4, 1 4 i %. 2 .. ..... . , .._ , , , 211 a t) . ' B4 8,5 far " Per Cert Z t 98 rB It toNA l 3 qent • •• -- 1 , . I' h Il*r G ent • .......:... •••••• 88 14,0 h ‘ S il , q er , e , .lit ...• .. 37* i 1 , ti l l t 4 i i, 8 tti t ,!:......q' 3 Per C e nt IBA 81411,h, itNl:Lgtte t . C . rt:' • . ....... ... ' 3it "14:„Izirtt;VOlgr ce n t - Con p. not fun. 4 ), u,t e l B fls -Q . l a i tlnt,... ..... Oc °I a q' ' 1 t'er Ce ."..- -•— ' 1 1 11 , 1 14, 4 , 1 per rit....... ...... ... , ti N, 4te 4 ea til , ent . 13i 12 4 . 13 1) 0 8134 1(1: 11 . Ty, ° ah(Y " al , Yams Ir. I.m..int tP. t 2A'l).-e -r cent 9lf. 2'c 93f 62Ac ex 251. 10c yei 1 ,,,... 4 3 / 4 il , e f Cent. Z. 5 f r . - - 1 1/ Ch. " ;'' 4.j, cent Ex: 25 fr. N. e t ,"; 4::' ,, 1 1', , .., twilit .: . C: " ' , eaten IPi! l8 e: R -...,.. 92H 0,,,, ~ TIEREE O'CLOCK. . 51 ; ',.;•... ... ' 4, 4 .„ ...... lii4. ..• - .............. 9044 3 788 8 7 8 ,\ '--,--__ , Iti, i, -11''80.10-zEy TB IeAT RE. 4t,!i1l t .14. t.,---______va____ ~t Pt , :,t'lll%. ?"-"WICI('S BENEFIT. ive ii,itm..bi.,) ; sue. porfortnanms at this ever-attract , 11 1 1 Ll IsN he b enefit of Mr. Creswick, one of the ~t ll these' The bill of fare is excellent. In adiii k iNipervi'es of Miss Fitzpatrick —one of the e O I N t , t t i 14, 1 , , Z: 1 pert actres.es of the day—we h tire those 4 4 4 % T:, Plextnore and Madame Auriol, w 41 ' P t h -t ` t ballet divertis , ement: entitled Les 'l:i (' Ill)1, a t th e i s l l'tl llt t' Th - ballet will h e a bumper there cannot .. ip 11 1 k) he t i 1e frecllenters of the Surrey Theatre w . lll kilt,,tilv-11,3t461:initeell" to hear that on and after Whit evl t v ie,. 8 h ave been aga:n fortunate in secur -14. the: 4 the celebrated Flextnore and Madame el)ander of the reason. dilAlpolt Ve h iltk '------„ k‘•44Qte Prie4 Eil,keporo X Burford will, pro ., tt I , : _ hy ,e..... . L.—, r. 011i' s 'ti oti 'vvi , of In his large rnt . unda. Leicester- A on ly the iNslt tro 4, '-'eoastopol, prng n( t 411 1 N 4 VI ,theZrnPrnents, the m attack of the allied tt l . l.P t t lav, 'tanned fleets, but also the fields of th:l'ti 'vtliltihrlCev4unntitrilikerinan t,p).tlot Rrea., Xi The public will no k , lt,,,vtil y ' ety to the production . and the enidiroeubbteaku)otik 9'N '4 :'ri account f the fame 1 1,, Ity ° Phil i , h . . ° ~ltiL 11 1 Etr, ~,Ls istorical and natural interest. to (e o l 104 44 n-i ' r AtAc artist, f th s ' , l. ht tllte e R --On Saturday, accordin g open to Lil,A th, .uent, the Palace was thrown _ 4 , IN t i i iltNt,,„l,l'llal e tTance-fee of the other days °' Ar" et lior i - ,,' 1 l of the nq. piym.-nt In consequence, rael4i,,Went to te 'uildin.g, of whom 10,201 lb, ‘,4 .t the doors I , , ; , , tu bg . Nottng old Eastn. Jun:l r:►st !ia.-12rrnel krming. Wolvorh ;tour Valley :.rkenhcl. Lamest , thestiire Junct Chesh. & lAA e,50 and £25 Con Do., tlyth `Fyn' origin, £25 (issd. at £4- ristol and Facto; hledonian carmarthen and Ca digan ihester & Holyhea ,ork and Bandon ;(ork, Black, & Pat Cornwall rieff Junction Publin&BelfastJto , Dundee Perth& A teen Junction New...,.. ` 7 ast Anglian :astern Counties ',astern Union, A Stock Ow., B Stock... Do.; New 5.... ~st Lancashire liuburgh & Minh. and Peehle , - Edin. Prtt, 4 Dnn. (nth & Clyde 'Tut runless ' ?o. Extension Ilasgow S Wei ,roat Northern `so., A. Stoct ) 0 ., B. Stock.... d.Stb.&West.ilt Text 'Nestona.. Stour Val. R: Gila. 5tk....... uth - Past, .neaster k rox Do., Thirds ... ►o. New Thirds t,. awl o • WEL, ksont;. otatiti BE. Mack Br;gtitik,S.C 4 ,ind.iind N. We , o. Fifths , 0,1(1/.S1.1.;ASiii ( 0. Eighths..... ..' Ral d . 4 c1: 20 [JDoawing& Colors.. I. Lachlan" . & varteit.Sh ,r .k. TA/I;.i Do. 4 Shares, No. • 0 ,, Maw. & u gidland ' .o. Der . , ' G, West, (Ili. i")o. Half Shares_ e wcaSti e Cavils] , • vrpt.Aberg & Hrf 'Jewry & Enniskine , '7 elvi7 Warren oWarrenpoini .nd Restrev or. 4060!1, • ortim.Connties U Vora) British North Devon, No. ) No. 2 'o., A Deferred Do. , B Gnarant.•c d Eastern—Berwie! Do. do. Extension .. (I.N.E. rural, Do. Le•kds Do. York North London Do.,New .SLE. Wstrn.,Hami stead, and City Jn . North Staffordshire. North Western _ _ S, Wystrn.Jun N'aneatori, flinek:e And Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester,,•. Volverharapton Portsmouth Scottish Centro)._ Scottish Midland „ Artropsiiire Union . South Devon South Eastern South Wales Irrksh. & Ri v. Dul. Staines,Wok. &Wolk Stockton k Darli Sti. - kton h Harder Taff Vale . 1)0. £lO =hares. Pref., No. Thames Haven Do, and Railway Vale (» Neath... Waterf I. & Kill: onn Watertord&Lime - . West Cornwall..., West End of Londe , and Crystal Palace. West London. Wimbledn & Croydon FOR . 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Shs.late Char leroi and Emile:tines guar. 3 p. a. & red. at 22i/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 241. 3 p. c tidy (fmy. B. & Am s. NorwegiauTrunkPre Paris and Lyons ))itto Bonds ... • Paris and Orleans. Paris and R 011111... l'Arisrlaen &Cberbrg Bonen and Havre Loyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Metiws, , 0. 5 p.'cent. Pre? Scir.d :southern of France St. Andrew's ',tut Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 51$ per c. Pref Western of France._ kroFt. of Switzerland ....... Zealand .T OINT-STO, A ~,,ri,BllA British Colonial Ban and Loan Company t urith‘h N. American f - lliartd. Bank of Asia link. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud Scottisl , 2n , l Amstrallan Chart t<ond. Chart. bk, of kustral ;9, • itto Now London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminstz National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland New South Wales.„,, , Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Rojal Australn.Bkg. 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LOS - 110 •• '''' • • . -4 f . - iP 1 2 pi 5 7 2 - 3 6 - - 351 - 353 13 - 13 .IA - 26.1 - 46 -- 47 39 - 41 3 . 2 - PI 2B d - •,& ih4 8 -Si 2 - 21 • pm 4 d 54 61 18 - 18, B .k so - s 2 i d - par i id 17 18 20 id par De' 32 = 34 40 - 70 - 72 7 9 ••• r..*: .fdno., 40n. this day. 21 i 20i 2 4i i 87i 63 : 1 i 3 13i 11 7514 54 921 2i 1i 961. 671 6i 78i S - 17 1- 1 10[1 99i 83/ 4i 25 i 714 i 1 4 511 74 , 31 4 134 49 i i2i 29 Si 8 67i 121 60/ 1 60i 28i #0 a 331 x d 4fi fi 13 * 8 18j ; $ 9452 53 11 i i 21.1 i 1 i THE SUN; LONDON, M'ONDAY EV'ENING; MAY 21, 1855. rt: , r , rrn - Tt . ,, .tr, LITERATTIBE. lIALLwAIN. LotsBllo COMpaillt tostn, this daT. ess Lids day. War Waits. By Gerald Massey. David Bogue. We are disappointed. It is at once matter of surprise and regret to us that better lyrics of battle than those before us should not have emanated from the young and gifted writer of the " Ballad of Babe Christabel." We will not say that they have been penned too rapidly—for poet can scarcely dash his thoughts on paper with sufficient swift ness, however glib his rhythm or swift his skill in penmanship. Poetry being in truth not merely a "faculty divine," but so to speak a species of "di vine fury," a " celestial madness. an a'strlont an afflatus. Wherefore (let us repeat it) we will not say that these " War Waits" have been penned too rapidly. ' But we will ven-' ture to observe that they have been printed with too much precipitation. At least some pause, however brief, is advisable bet Ween composition and publication. At least there should be some moderate interval before even the 'most "unpre meditated verse" be permitted to make its public appearance. It may be extravagant to insist upon the nine years recommended by Aristotle. Nature herself points the moral of rational delay by those nine months intervening between conception and delivery. Miraculous gourds, it is true, may be grown in a single night, but apart from an actual miracle, a lusus naturce, a genuine phe nomenon, there is usually, we all know, a certain lapse of time between the seed and the sprout, between the bud and blossom, between the burgeoning and the efflorescense. As in Nature, so should' it be in Poetry ; unless, indeed, one aims at the producing of a mere abortion instead of a matured offspring of the intellect—a nine days' wonder instead of a full-grown and perfected crea tion, endowed with a vitality calculated to render its existence prolonged, at any rate, if not abso lutely perennial. As with every other general rule there are in this one also, as a matter of course, extra ordinary exceptions. Exceptions no less extraordi nary, however, in the records of literature than that marvel of classic theogony which relates how in an instant Minerva, fully armed, and resplendent with all the attributes of her divinity, sprang into being from the brain of Jove. The birth of a Pallas of Letters is very far, nevertheless, from being an incident of particularly frequent occur rence. Poets, equally with leaser mortals, would do well to take a hint from that Psalm of Profes sor Longfellow's which recommends how we should, all of us alike— " Learn to labour and to wait." It should be here remarked, no doubt, if only in simple fairness, that Gerald Massey propitiates criticism at the outset, in a few lines called the " Author's Note," prefixed to his " War Waits," :where be observes—" These rough-and-ready war rhymes can scarcely be looked upon as poetic fruit maturely ripened, but rather as windfalls, shook down in this wild blast of War." Mere windfalls in reality they undoubtedly prove to be, windfalls whirled down prematurely—crude, and bruised, and soiled with all imaginable disfigurements. Not as with those autumnal droppings of fruit celebrated by Alfred Tennyson, where he talks, in " In Memoriam," of the sudden gust that " Round the garden swept, And tumbled half the mellowing pears." Here—as Napoleon used to say—the pear was not ripe. A matter of regret to us, looking, as we will confess we did, for better " War Waits" than these at the hands of the author of " Babe Christabel." Mr. Massey writes with shrewd sarcasm at the beginning of his little bro chure of gc Waits" "7I dedicate them to the memory of John Bright, who fell so recently and so gloriously fighting the battles of the enemy. Nevertheless, grievously in the wrong, as we be lieve the honourable gentleman to be in his views in reference to this righteous war against the Russian Autocrat, we very much qu .stion whe ther the tone adopted by the young lyrist in these bellicose effusions, can be regarded as in Any way calculated to alter the perverse opinions entertained in this matter by the member for the city of Manchester. They breathe throughout the veritable lust, and madness, and intoxication of battle. Such an exul tant passion for the mere animal frenzy of fighting as might not unreasonably be reprobated by the most lax professors of belief in the benign principles and dogmas of Christianity. Take " The Fifth of November at Inkerman" for example : and hear Mr. Massey rejoicing at the overthrow of the Rus sians as— " Still'on they came with face of flame, and storm and shot and shell . — ! up ! like heaven scalers, as we hurled them, back to Hell." Adding a little fuither on— " And at a bound and with a sound that madly cried to kill, The Lion of Old England leapt like lightning from the hill. And there he stood superb, tlero' all atat Sabbatle of the Sword, And there he slew, with a terrible scorn, his hunters horde on horde." Immediately afterwards, our enemies come in for krather strong words, and the missiles flying about for rather peculiar epithets.—Ex. gr. " All Rell seemed bursting on us, ad the yelling demons came— The red-mouthed cannon's fury•tongues lickt all the hills aflame ! And whistling shell, and sneering shot with devilish glee went past, Like fiendish feet and laughter hurrying down the battle blast." . Further on the hideous delight in butchery generated by combat inflames our author's imagi nation to such a degree that, scanning the Sea of Battle with his mind's eye, he cries out — "But as 'twere River Pleasaunce did our fellows take that flood, With a royal throbbing in, the pulse that beat voluptuous , blood. The Guards went to the fight in grey, but now they're gory red, Christ save them, they're surrounded Leap your ramparts of the dead," &e. Surely all this is little better than wading, with a grin and a shriek of Holy Names, knee deep and splashed, and blackened, through the blood, and brains, and bowels of some Human Shamble-house. It is in precisely the same spirit Gerald Massey cele brates the glorious cavalry charge, led by the belted earl of the nineteenth century, on the famous field of " Balaklava "—remembering which, our pcet " Victoria, Victori." sings : " We weep not for the Heroes, whom we never more more shall see, [Rather weak, not to say somewhat inane and mawkish.] _ _ We weep we were not' with them in their ruddy revelry.' An expression smacking rather of the smacking lips of cannibalism. Yet one which is repeated with even a ghastlier relish in the verses "After Alma," where our soldiers are apostrophised as— " Brave hearts, with noble feeling fiusht In ripe and ruddy riot." In a similar strain, moreover, we find the following line in "Liberty's Bridal Wreath," put into the mouths of our veterans— " We fought till our shirts grew red " as though they were in truth merely 'slaughter-men wallowing to the hips and shoulders in the san guinary filth of an abattoir ! Nay, in another of these same "War Waits," the one entitled "Before Sebastopol," we find our warriors represented not only as coatless but shirtless, and even stark naked, as well as stark mad, in the midst of battle— " One thrilling shout for England, He I Then naked for the fight, men, Dash in like fire upon the foe, And God defend the right, men." Nevertheless Gerald Massey can, whenever he lists, sing sweetly and melodiously about the conflict ; as in that exquisite refrain about " Alma," where he writes— _ " Let joy or sorrow be in our camp, 'Tie an exultant story, How England's chosen o nes we nt up Red Al.ua's hill to glory. Ah, Victory ! joyful Victory ! Like,Love, thou bringest sorrow ; But, 0 ! fur such an hour with thee, Who could nut die to-morrow I" Others amonghis refrains, however, are by no means as successful. Instance that one— " Sing, 0 ! for a jubilant carouse Awaits us in our far land, When we shall thrust up conquering brows, And take our Country's Garland." To say little of the inelegant "thrust up," nothing can well be more weak or jarring than the italicised penultimate in the line preceding. Nothing, if we except perhaps a still more unfortunate penulti mate at page 18— " Wild voices wail across the sea,— They cry from many a woe land,— [Observe the inevitable awkwardness of the rhyme, in its forced accentuation I] Revenge ! remember Sinope ! Revenge ! re meinheryoland !" There is something very fine in, the simplicity of the opening of " The, Battle March"— " Now, glory to our England, As she rise s , c alm and grand, With the ancient spirit in her eyes,— The good can Mr. Sword Massey hand mean by. saying ! But what possibly a little further on— " May she sit down i' the green o' the day ' And sing h er peaceful psalm !" What on earth is " the green o' the day ?" And what in the name of all our most authoritative grammarians from Ruddiman to Lindley Murray, what is the significance of those unhappy nouns dis torted into impossible verbs at page 1 and page 22. " And again shall she ban= the world up high." And secondly—. "0, thou among the nations, for thy might shall yet he themed." Something better than all this we had expected froth Gerald- Massey. Something better than this he had himself given us the right to anticipate from the author of the "Ballad of Babe Chris tabel." He will infallibly he himself among the most energetic to protest—when a little time shall have elapsed-that these raving " War Waits" are altogether unworthy of him as the lyrist of un questionably the largest proMise in the—increasing and still increasing —crowd of our young Poetic Adventurers. The Story of the Legion of Honour. By W. Blanchard Jerrold. G. Routledge. A timely and otherwise very acceptable republi cation. " The Story of the Legion of Honour" had already been told by Mr. W. B. Jerrold some what in the manner in which it is here related its original appearance having been fragmentary through the columns of a morning contemporary. Collected together in the little volume before us, the chapters of the heroic tale have been not in considerably enhanced in value by numerous ad• ditions and emendations. The narrative is suffused from first to last with that roman tic interest which invests, as by a sort of necessity, everything relating to the marvellous history of the Emperor Napoleon the Great—that career of miracles, beginning with the birth of the hero on the carpet embroidered with classic figures from the Iliad, to his death under the lurid glare of a comet, and in the midst of the roaring of a mighty hurricane. It will be remembered that when the unfortu nate Duke of Newcastle resigned the seals of the War Department to make way for his. .successor in 'the person of a gouty valitudinarian, he inti mated the intention on the part of her Majesty's Ministers to create a new " Order of Merit," im plying by so many words, however, as he did so, that this Government order was proposed exclu sively as a military reward, and not broadly, and nobly, and magnanimously as a military and civil, recompence. Remarking this, Mr. Blanchard Jerrold has wisely 'recalled to' the recollection of the multitude, the glorious and inspiriting " Story of the Legion of Honour"—the star of Napoleon— the precious reward held out by the great conqueror alike to the drummer and the marshal, to the statesman Mad the manufacturer, to the admiral and the midshipman, to the prince and the pea sant. The writer relates succinctly, but most pic turesquely, the three chief incidents of this memo rable institution—its original creation—its solemn inauguration—its distribution to the grand army on the heights of Boulogne. Speaking of the last-mentioned occurrence as an eye-wit ness, what .says the Duchess d'Abrautes ? " I saw him inspiring with adoration the ' con scripts just snatched from their families, and while decorating the veterans with the rewards of former glory, inspiring their juniors with emu lation to reap fresh laurels"—(adding, 'as if with a foreknowledge that, in spite of Bourbon-Legitima tists and Orleans-intriguers, in spite of the Landed kings of Europe and despicable traitors like Fouche and Talleyrand, there would inevitably come, sooner or later, the perpetuators of the heroic dynasty)— Toe Empire was then proclaimed, and _Napoleon th,e First reigned in France." The idea of his glorious " Legion" had first been spoken of to a group of his friends (savans mostly, such as Denon and Arnault) on the evening of a Monday in the February of 1802, in one of the saloons of the First Consul's beautiful home of Malmaison. The project for the creation of the order was first read by Rcederer to the Council of State, on the 4th of May, follow ing,. The project was carried 'on the 14th from the Senate to the Representatives. It was there upon formally accepted by both brandies of the Legislature. Yet it was not actually carried into execution until two years later, namely, in the year rendered memorable by the foundation of the Empire, and by Napoleon's double coronation at Paris and at Milan, as tiextt Imperator. On the 15th of July, 1804, the Legion of Honour was inaugurated by a grand religious and military ceremony under the dome of the Invalides, where high mass was cele brated, the ,Cardinal Caprara officiating. On the 16th ,of August, Napoleon distributed his now order of merit to his veteran soldiers at Boulogne. Mr. Blanchard Jerrold relates these more promi nent incidents in the annals of the Legion with graphic ability, and crowns his narrative with a record of the effects produced throughout France, and ' ultimately throughout Europe by the decoration. As a pendant to which his tory of Napoleon's imperial order of the Legion of Honour, the writer submits to public view, at the end of his little volume, sundry thoughts and suggestions as to the proposed- new Order of Merit to be instituted in England. A nobler model for such an order could not possibly be found than the Legion of Honour. The proposal that it should beqr up.kn it the effigy of Victoria, just as the de coration of the Legion is emblazoned with that of Napoleon, is to say the least of it most reasonable. Not so, surely, as Mr. W. Jerrold himself thinks, the notion of its being designated either the Order of the Bee or the Order of King Alfred. The bee and the violet are the emblems of the Bonaparte just as the lily was that of the Bourbons. While to have the order decorated with the effigy of Queen Victoria, and yet at the same time called by the name of King Alfred, were, to say nothing more of it, assuredly rather incongruous. Why not have the Order of the Oak—a starn or cross having at its centre the effigy of its royal founder—and as its motto-- Howbeit, as goodMistressGlasse saith, "first catch your bare"—so may we leave ulterior arrangements like these uutil the necessity for the institution of some such comprehensive Order of Merit shall have been fairly admitted by her Majesty's Government. Thorney Hall ; a Story of an Old Family. By Holine Lee, author of " Maude Talbot." Smith and Elder. " Although this story cannot be compared in inte rest or in power with its brilliant predecessor, it has distinctive features and characteristic energy which separate and set it apart from the common place and ordinary. The records of an old family have always a peculiar charm for the thoughtful. A magic spell seems to attract there the attention and enchain there the interest where the great and glorious of other days have existed. All of paltry or trivial appears to have passed away or never to have been in the spot which Time, the uprooter, has not effaced but rendered solemn by his flight, and which the destroying angel of death has made . sacred in his passage, as from thence were removed those whose memories were not subject to decay or oblivion. It was with the homage great minds have aver yielded to their sway, and the knowledge of their influence on the noblest elements of our nature, that the mighty conqueror invoked the shade of ancient glories, and summoned the spirit of the past, when he exclaimed to his army in the Valley of the Nile, " Soldats du haut de ces pyramides quarante siecles‘ vous coutemplent." Yet not only in what is grand and sublime do we suppose those who have gone• before us to have had priority ; they have reigned paramount in all that can charm the eye, delight the sense, and fascinate the taste of man. As was trtily remarked by an author and orator of the present day, "The past is embodied in the beautiful." It is this that renders its pre sence so alluring in fietioc and entrancing in song— that surrounds historical romance with so enduring a lustre, and flings over the twilight of fable and the fancies of tradition the rainbow hues of glory. In the present instance the story is concerning those who (although of good family) are in a me diocre position, and some, indeed, were of a humble and simple style. The narrative is retrospective, as is best suited to its tenour ; and the reminis cences are related by Grisell Randal, whose brother Hugh is the hero, and by whose courage and con stancy the stigma was removed froni the annals of his race, and whose dream of youth was realised, when in manhood he stood the possessor of the home of his forefathers. He began life the son of a watchmaker, without friends or fortune, and in maturity ho had created for himself a position in regaining his hereditary domain, and became famous by resuming his ancestral rights. More difficult and laborious is the task of him who re makes and remoulds than of him who originates and designs. To retrace lost steps and turn back again the tide of fortune is as stupendous an ordeal as to conquer 'new kingdoms and discover new worlds. The career of Grisell, his sister, is not f without its struggles and sufferings in the world feeling as his were in the world of action ler life was devoted to others, and few appreciated_l of as she deserved to be. fo Her home was ll troubles of all sorts—vexations unending , i pep!ex ng, and overwhelming. The too stern doctrines home again. Her sister of her father drove away the eldest son in despair, never to return thattorght-hearted, returned to the Marian, anafdteri paternal abode, having lived long with an aunt, there desolation to Grisell's heart. only to bring heroine was placed in an awful The unfortunate position, for Henry Langley , to whom she was en gaged, captivated by the fresh 'young beauty of yours; 7, a M s /r ian, and instantly remarked to Gri ter were an apt representation s h e and her wiz sell hade o A dangerous idea . to creep f su nshine and s . i n to the mind, and , take root in the brain of man Bedford and Bletchley Tinckghamsh. Olydesdal a .1. . Col. 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Lund_ 13# -- 13i1 133 i 1* 8g 2i 1 P 173 21 20i 1. so circumstanced. As evil weeds did the thoughts I grow up amid the flowers of hope in Grisell's ex istence, and cast their blighting influence on the summer of her heart. But it is in seasons of deep and utter misery like this that the true worth of noble characters appears, and the superiority of the spirit in its innate aid integral majesty to all that can make the flesh weak is best developed and most fully seen. 'From the first moment When her sorrow overshadowed her she was equal to the emergency. " Whither should Igo ? Not to any living being could I have told the wild thoughts within me, so I wandered away to Mother Nature. Over the fields ripening for the harvest, through quiet woods I went." After hours of self-commu nion and reflection Grisell returned borne in the Still solemn twilight. " Creeping slowly along the dim and ancient streets, my thoughts wandered away from myself into the past. How short a time we have to suffer after all ! In those quaint houses, whose fronts were pencilled by clear moonlight touches, how many generations had moaned through their brief hour and gone to their rest. In a few years my heart, which ached so now, would be dust also—the little sum of my miseries would be ended." It is not those who give way to their passions and indulge in the pomp and cir cumstance of woe who best display the force of their sentiments or the veracity of their attach ment. It is when passion is surmounted•by prin ciple, and grief is subdued by the adamantine chains of self-government and right feeling, that the fervent expression of the heart's devotion is sublimed, exalted, and made perfect— that " earthly love doth then show likest Heaven's." Thus Grisell shone superior to her fate, and rose high and lofty in her calm self-command, and pure self-sacrifice to the lover who' deserted and the sister who betrayed her. In her defeat so well sustained she was hap pier by far than in the victory so ignobly won. Her plans succeeded for their welfare, and one hour of peace and reconciliation was spent in the old home, by the family who were never to be re-united on earth. Some years afterwards they received a summons from the wanderers, for Mr. Langley and his bride had left England directly after the mar riage. Grisell and her aunt went to them. "We talked gaily of Little Sunshine's merry days, we wondered if we should find her changed, but neither of us could imagine a line to have fallen on her fair brow, or one rose-leaf to have faded from her bright cheek." The reality was very different from the vision. " Meeting but for one brief heart clasp on this side of eternity. Alas 1 it was no longer Little Sunshine of the bright May morning who greeted us, but a faint rayless lingering on the hill-tops, dying in a still warm twilight, with the roseate flush of love upon it. She opens her eyes and smiles, then closes them, and sinks softly to sleep. Oh, Little Sunshine Ito wake in this weary world never—never more." A brighter ray illu mined the life of Grisell when she returned from her sister's grave in foreign lands, to see her brother reinstate himself and family in the halls of their race. When first coming to London together, the enthusiastic Hugh pointed out to his sister where stood Thorney Hall, and whispered "Grisell, if there should ever be a Randal of Thorney again." " Dreams; brother Hugh, dreams," answered she. Years went by from the day when the pilgrims on life's highway lett the proud place which bad for generations belonged to those who owned theirname. Again the b other and sister came that way, and Hugh now exclaimed, " Dreams, Grisell, dreams." The whole truth flashed into" her mind at once. "Randal of Thorney, said I, yes, Randal of Thorney once more." The fruit of that day's harvest was not lost, though once it was threatened with .de struction, and the brother and sister are left there together at last. Each had married, but had buried their partners ; and, to use G-riselrs words, the windings in life's high road had made them once more fellow-travellers. Looking back from the eminence of years on the path they had trod there was much to be thankful for, many to la ment, and rich materials for thought. The pre vailing feeling was a holy calm, for the retrospect was softened by sorrow, and sanctified by affection. " Death is a true refiner.- From our memory he purges away the dross of little faults, which in life we perhaps saw with too quick an eye, leaving us nothing but the sense of vacan c y an d te recollec tion of how good our lost ones were, and how we loved them." The same idea may illustrate the genius of the work, which is a chronicle and record of the mighty ones laid low, and the young ones early gathered. No scenes of the work-day world were to interest and awaken those who were for ever more informed that their day of action had gone by. " What remains was summed up long i ago by a great king—all is van ity." Th e i r ex i s t ence was henceforth iu the world within, whose vital principle was kindled at the shrine of memory. Thus their present held communion with the dream land of the past, whose golden vistas looked up to the spirit-home of the future. MR. LA YARD AND SIR J. GRAHAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the forms of the House of Commons do not permit me to answer the speech made by Sir James Graham last night, I trust that I may be excused in taking a somewhat unusual course, but, considering the grave charges brought against me, not, I hope, an un becoming one, if I request yon to insert the following statement in your columns. Sir James Graham said (T quote his words from the report in your journal) "Captain Christie had served well and honourably, and was recommended to me as competent to fill the situation to which I appointed him. I believe that the first time any question was raised about his fitness was when the hon. member for Aylesbury referred to hirn in ' this house. .. My only fear that I have yietled some what too much to clamour with respect to this officer. I ordered on inquiry to be instituted, after the debate to which I have alluded, by the commander-innhief on the naval station as to whether, in his opinion, Capt Christie had effectively and well discharged the duties of the post that had been assigned to him. Two faults, and only two, were alleged, to the best of my recollec lecti m, in reference to the manner in which Capt. Chris tie had performed Lis duties. The fiat related to the dis cretion exercised by him with regard to the transports outside the harbour of B ilaklava on the dayof the storm, the I,4th of November. The second question which arose, and one to which the hon, member had alluded, was whe ther Capt. Christie had not made a serious mistake with respect to ordering a portion of the Turkish troops which were conveyed from Varna to the Crimes to come to Ba laklava instead of to Eunatoria. Now, having received this answer to my inquiries, instead of handing over Captain Christie to the committee of which .the hon ourable member for Aylesbury is a member, and over which the honourable and learned member for Sheffield presides, I thought it was more just upon the whole, mild infinitely better, to submit the conduct of a gallant officer to the constituted tribunal of his brother officers—(hear, hear)—who should investigate the charge and pronounce an opinion upon his professional conduct. This course I thought it better to adopt, rather than to subject Captain Christie to the ordeal to which I haVe referred." The speech in which I spoke of Captain Christie's age and consequent incompetency to discharge the duties as• signed to him was made on the 19th of Febraary. On the 23d of the same month Mr. Gladstone, speaking in the name of hi s co ll eagues, Mr. Sidney Herbert and Sir James Graham, who had just left Lord Palmerston's Government because the Sebastopol Committee was to be appointed, while they bad been led to believe that 3.1 r. Roebuck's motion only ir.ferred a vote of censure on Lord Aberdeen's Administration, thus allude I to the care of Captain Christie. I quote from Hansard : " I heard the hon. member for Aylesbury the other night state that, whatever else might be obscure, it was quite clear that it had become the -duty of the Govern ment at once to proceed to the dismissal of Capt. Chris ti.e, the head of the transport service, on account of his inefficiency. Well now, how stands the case as regards Capt. Christie ? Let me point out the facts to the house, for they show that the Governmen t are beforehand with you in all cases which are at all clear. The hon. mem ber for Aylesbury said, and he made it a part of his case in attacking the Government, Why do you nit dismiss Capt. Christie ? Why do you not put him out of office ?' Now, had Capt. Christie been put out of office ? He had, then, already been dismissed by my right hon. friend near me (Sir J. Graham). But is that all ? Capt. Christie was on his way home ; he had r ached Malta, when my right hon. friend, hearing that Capt. Christie had been chargeable with mismanagement, sent to stop Capt. Christie and made him return to the East, in order that he might take his tr al by a, court-martial. The hon. member said Capt. Christie had been guilty of misma nagement, and in that respect his opinions agreed with the presumptions of the case as it came befor e my right hon. friend. The Sebastopol Committee was nominated the same evening as and after Mr. Gladstone's speech. A comparison of the two speeches above q uoted, and of dates, will thus prove beybond question :'—lst. That, so far from " the first question of Captain Christie's fit• snes"s" having been raised by me, he had been dismissed by Sir James Graham before I had spfiken of Captain Christie. 2. That, instead of, " having instituted an in quiry into Captain. Christie's conduct after the debate" Minded to, he had done so before. 3. That, instead of Captain Christie having been dismissed partly in consequence of anything I had stated, the Govern• merit, of which Sir James Grahatn was a member, claimed credit to themselves for having done so before I had drawn their attention to Captain Christie ; and 4, that whereas hands James Graham states he ordered Captain Christie tos in the triedram by t a e existence' s S te e n b e a e : , court-martial in the Crim g e e a n , tie t t o nai s l ave p c e a c t pta th in at c i h t r e is v t e i r e ordeal of passing through my topol Committee, that Committee was not . in th he irecteectx nor did the fight hon. his conduct to be investigated. tow o lb u ne l d md be, at z ei a Qa t sle t fd h o e ra mti tine dhe whenpübic a m ec t u h r e ac m y i, , o er n y a myself witnessed in the Crimea, I was led in the heat of debate into an inaccuracy a very peculiar nature arising glect which I hada s n u d bi n ec e : on which I could have no of Mr. Christi e — an personal knowledg e —th e a ge poAant it6elf, inaccuracy which, how ever unite ;deeply regret, as it has been tba cause of rarn to an old and gallant officer now no more, and to his relatives and friends'. In his anxiety to screen himself; and threw the odium of what has occurred upon me, Sir James Graham has not hesitated to state calmly and deliberately that w hi c h he ought to have known of his own knowledge to be absolutely false. it ; :r Against Captain Christie I had -no personal ittlinga whatever. . I knew him.- and had every reason to be lieve sto his hi fitnessto be an forh amiable, p ot deserving,'formed and a g n al u la nf nt av m o a u n r. . A able opinion ; but to that opinion I had act given pub lie expression until after Sir James Graham had directed Captain Christie to be superseded. If any injustice, therefore, has been done to Captain Christie, it has been done by Sir James Graham, who sacrificed a pUblic ser vant to what he terms public clamour. He alone is, consequently, answerable for the results. I am informed that Mrs. Boswell wrote . more than one letter to me regarding her brother. I can only say that I have no recollection of having received any com munication from her on the suiject, nor was I acquaint ed with her name until Mr. Fergus mentioned it, after I bad spoken last night. I trust that no one will syppoas matter the of ca this j k u i d n.. g. d me I capabl e confid e n o t f l yleave a want o ment 'and justice of the public.—l am, Sir, your obe tfhcios ur st te a s t client servant, A. H. LAYARD. courtesy in statement o 9, Little Ryder-street, May 19. THE NIGHT CONFLICT ON THE Ist.-- GENERAL CANROBERT'S REPORT. The Moniteur contains the following report from General Canrobert, addressed to the Minister atWar alici le dated May 4 : Monsieur Marechal—My telegraphic despatch of the 2d gave you the account of the taking by main force, and the occupation by our troops, of a work of counter approach which the' enemy bad raised in front of our left attacks. This work, which was of very considerable extent, was composed of two broken lines, separated by, an interval of 40 metres, and the extremities of which were supported by some natural obstacles of the ground. It was in communication with the lunette of the Central Bastion by a deep trench, and bad been mounted with nine hand mortars, the fire from which seriously annoyed our works. This advanced position was of very great importance to the enemy, as from it they could perhaps have destroyed one of our recently -completed batteries, as well as the works around it, and would have had a cross fire on our attacks on the Flag Staff Bastion. It was therefore necessary for us to prevent the Rus sians from establishing themselves definitively in this place d'armes, and an attack on it was resolved on, as soon as the works should have reached a height sufficient to protect us from the fire of the place, or at leaskshould do so paitially. According to orders received from me, General Pelis sier prepared the general arrangements for the attack, the execution of which was confided to General de Salles, seconded by Generals Bazaine, de la Motterouge, and Rivet, and Lieut.• Colonel Raoult, major of the trenches. At ten o'clock on the night of the Ist, at the moment when a very bright moonlight enabled a movement to be made in order, the troops, form e d i n t o t wo co l umns , l e ft our parallels. The left columns,composed ofsix companies of the foreign legion (Ist Regt. Col. Vienot), eight com panies of the 43d, under Commandant Becquet de Son nay, and ten companies of the 79th, under Colonel Grenier, were ordered to turn the work by the right, which was defended by several battalions. These troops, which were led.on by Gen. Bazaine with much skill and vigour, rushed on the enemy with an irresistible impe tuosity. Col. Vidoot also led on the foreign legion with remarkable gallantry. A ball bas deprived the Emperor of this brave officer, who fell, sword in hand, at the head of his men. The centre column, under General de 1a Motterouge, whose naine has already figured in the most honourable manner in the operations ot the siege, was composed of two hattali'ms ot the 46th, under Colonel Gault. One of these battalions, once led on by the colonel himself, advanced without firing a shot on the front of the work, and resolutely rushed on the enemy at the point of the bayonet. The other battalion, following close, imme diately crossed over the first enclosure, and the whole regiment then advanced on the second, which it carried with a courage of which its cokoiel set the highest ex ample. The 93th, marching in support of the 46th, rushed in its turn on the enemy,,and gave brilliant proofs of valour under the orders of its c'ilonel, de Bregeot. The right column, formed of one company of the 9th battalion of Foot Cnasseure, under Capt. de Villermain, an officer of tried bravely, and two companies of the 42d, under Capt. Raton, carried the work on the left. eneiny, driven from every part, and pursued at the point of the bayonet, abandoned the work and re tired in disorder, strewing the ground with their slain, and leaving a number of prisoners and a quantity of arms in our possession. The loss of the Russians was very considerable. We took possession of the nine hand mortars, which had been placed in position. As soon as the work was occupied, the engineers com menced operations to turn the parapets, in order to se cure the position from the fire of the town, and to unite it by a communication with our parallel in th e rear . These works were execut e d i n the manner agreed on be forehand, but under such a fire of artillery as certainly never before proceeded from any place. The officers of engineers, and particularly Lieut.-Colonel Guerin, dis played a coolness, an energy, and a skill, which were the admiration of all ; they were seconded with the greatest devotedness by The sub-officers, the sappers, and the workmen of the different corps, among whom those of the 14th Regiment of Infantry was specially pointed out tome. - Scarcely had the Russians re-entered the place when the violent cannonade which I have before alluded to commenced from every point of the fortifications. The workmen, the_troops, and the trenches in the rear, re ceived a complete storm of projectiles of every kind ; but our artillery, skilfully directed by General Lebeuf • opened a fire from such batteries as could be brought to bear on the spot. The works were thus continued until daylight, when the enemy's work was definitively in our possession,. • -- - - - At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the 2d, a Russian column of about 3,000 men made a sudden sortie on the work which we had taken from them, and the defences of which were ) 6EII in an imperfect state. It was guarded by two companies of the 2d regiment of the foreign legion, one company of the 43d, a weak bat talion of the 46th, and a still weaker one of the 98th. These battalions, which remained on duty during the day, had suffered severely in the combat of the pre ceding night. The assailants commenced by a sharp fire of musketry, and some of the most daring of them scaled the parapet ard threw themselves into the work, where they were killed or teken prisoners. While the foreign legion, the 98th, and the 46th, ener getically commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Martineau Des. chesnez, were repulsing the enemy, two companies of the Ist regiment of voltigeurs of the Imperial Guard, who were in reserve in the second parallel, resolutely rushed forward, tinder the command of Capt. Genty, and threatened the right flank of the enemy. A company of o t h i e t h l e o B t 11 0 t b h a t r t e a g l i i m o n e n o t f o f o t t h s e e u u n r s d , e a r n c d hte%f -e odecolatpaainllioens de Courson, joined in this movement, which so nobly marked the debut of the Imperial Guard amongst us. A battalion of the 431, under Commandant Jeanningros, stepped another Russian column, which was endeavour ing to descend from the Flagstaff Bastion. The artillery o f th e place supported the assailants by a continued fire, but our batteries opened in their turn, and, in the cud, prevailed over the fire of the enemy. At length, after several vain and fruitless assaults, the Rvssians decided on making aretreat, which they effected, leaving the ground covered with 'their dead'. This bril liant affair confirmed our possession of the work. Our losses in the 24 hours amounted to 11 officers killed, amongst whom, in addition to Colonel Vienont, was Commandant Julien, of the 46th, an officer much dis tinguished in the army for his bravery ; we Kadin all 22 officers wounded, and 158 men killed, and 600 wounded. A short suspension of hostilities, the conditions of which were previously agreed on between General Count Osten-Sacken, the Governer of Sebastopol, and myself, took place yesterday, in order to bury the dead. This double combat, of which I now furnish you with the details, is characterised in the most satisfactory and honourable manner by the qualities of ardour and impe tuosity which are peculiar to our troops. Never did th i ey , give more striking proofs of courage. I owe particulars the direction of these brilliant affairs, particularlyofGeneral praise to the generals and superior 'officers chargedwi t h e General de Salles, whe, under the orders of still and precision prepared the day This success has advanced us at one o a great towards the Central Bastion, and has . pro duced precision the operation which he e xe w c i u t t h e b d m i un n u d tb ls e o n y ig a h r t ds influence on the spirit of the two armies. The ; their en- The sanitary stateof the troops isis. excellent perfect in every ergy is unequalled ; situation their thing.— regieAccept, &c. wit h C e A v Ne rl i YOßEßT. ct, and they are we l l supplies LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) awl weather this day stn noon, ri"D°l.7' May irs 2 and hazy. N.N.E ; light a , 20.—Oscar, from Aamburg, for Monte 20.—Wind, S. E. Arrived —York- Lon on, or f New York. Sailed—Riga, for Mack from the Black Sea. s A. c NvEs, May 2 0. — Win( •. • Arrived — .alarron, from Port-au-Prince ; George Stockharn, Trinidad de Cuba. FALMOUTH, May 20.—Wind, E. Arrived—Euphosyne, from Rio Grande ; Pi iscella, Sierra Leone; Helen and Frances, Ffavamiah ; Marlborough, Honduras. Off Port V 1) (Ij o vf r o v u E T R r d a M y a y -Goddess, from St. Kitt's. PLYMOUTH, May 20 E.S.E. Arrived—Ame rica, from New Orleans ; Apurimal (Peruvian man-of-war steamer), London; Loa, do. do. SOUTHAMPTON, May 20.—Arrived—Washington from Bremen, for New Yolk. SWANSEA, May 19 . —Wind, N.W. from Cuba. CLYDE, May 1 9.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—gateFen° , top, John A n d erson, from Trinidad. Sailed—Lord War r for M e lb ourne ; City of Manchester, Calcutta • Sate Kearney, Si ngapore and Penang Arrived—Pearl, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) M orning. LIVERPOOL, Mond ay Wind, N. Arrived—MilHades from Alexandria , ; Sisters , Se v ille; Iris, Li s b on ; J o h n 'Kuox, Matanzas; Sunderland, St. John's, N,B. QUEENSTOWN, May 10. Wind, S. Arrivßd—Anna Eliza, from Samsoon ; Ma-- Webb, A . Alexandria ; Alice, Havre. WATERFORD, May 19. Wind, W.S.IV. • from Havre Columbus, Af r i ca ; Elizabeth, Hamburg. (BY SUBMARINE ND A BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 11 a.m. Wind, N. E. ; tid e l ow water ;'weather cloudy. Arrived—Annette, ; Arrived, May 21 —Nephews, from Dunkirk ; Hoax; Bowie ; Christian, Restock. t. I 4 10 22 all all 2i 2 101/ 22i 13i L - 11 L