The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-29 00:00:00

14 0 N MARKET CO trAIERCIAT TNT b:LLTt7ENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Ted's Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was lb r Y excited, and closed at an advance of Id. per at neon all descriptions. The sales were estimated e ur 7 )° ° o bales (3,000 of which were taken for 2 ,50 ; rt, and 18,000 on speculation), comprising 1,0 00 Perham and Maranham at 6id. to 8,1., ttite,t3;nl;r:gtyoptian at 61d. to 91d., and 5,000 Surat 54d. per lb. The Railway Share Mar itavc'osed with a buoyant appearance, and prices advance with to per cent. fr o ,„l„ a biP Marchioness of Londonderry has arrived y et .' °Ydney with advices of Feb. 17. It is not ottseertained if she brings gold. th e ~,w i ng to the Whitsuu holidays the letters from continent are of but little commercial interest. )40 h e following remarks upon the New York b e t :" Market an d it s i n fl uence u pon stocks will ais`elind interestin,,, as the effect will be felt here ph ith * -- " The m one y market is becoming more %Z ell °. Every week seems to add to the rk m - ,1 4 t of capit a l see ki ng emp l o yment. The de °4 the contrary, is gradually becoming less. eo; 44 14111 ' 8 manage to keep up their lines of dis ly a midst th e genera l s t ag nation, but it is only go ing little less partioular in the class of business flier •1t 14 th e eas i es t thing in the world to 4 8 the cate fancy stocks at limited margins, but p re rf a ncy c ulatiOn in stock securities just now are ot eri l n d ull, there is not enough of that business of g to employ m u ch capital. An abundance money in this market for any length of time itvallYY leads , ith e to speculation either in stocks or some c‘te ri . 13 , t1 ". of merchandise, but such is not the k o , present. Th ere are no indications of a ll : W ent of that nature in anything. There at e disposition to buy or sell stocks. Holders bl looking for goo d di v idends and high prices, QuYers, believing that lower prices will soon inao 61(1 back and place their money on deposit hoth el . e bank. Th ere i s a ge neral disposition to do Rh e : b g• Very soon the hot weather will be along, k en ' there Will be a thinning out among business ta ht T here will be almost a universal stampede. Delj ed 3l-8 , 41. financiers and stock-jobbers were com tlit ‘l5 r emain at their posts and look sharp after eth e a r T i ghtY dollar. Between Schuyleresin and felt ' h ide of frauds and rascalities no one cite fi e, and such scenes of anxiety, ex tap er r it, and d es p a i r have seldom been kel l , s etle ctl by any community. Business ki n P a ssed through more mental anguish last iteti:ler than had before been realised in years of tar o : Pursuit of fortunes under all the revulsions tw a : co mmercial history. All that has passed Ith e j i latid the effect nearly obliterated. Hundreds ht hav e 4ve borne in mind the horrors of those days tit), WIl El o managed their affairs as to leave the 1 4 en the hot weather sets in. This eh a u g,h 4 B had its influence upon business. Wt eo kn , " able to see before the fall business i te —6 4v n ees how the European war works, and lit‘tt e e r rt upon financial and commercial terly . ' It is therefore safer to pursue a maq ktin.ilnactivity than to become involved in meir e trfoleeansactions the end of which cannot the i'ettt e h e . e * In the meantime let us hope that t ruay continue favourable fo'r our crop d s : k ett 'at the h arvests may prove a ll the hus ba tr eed , desire. We must look to our supply of k all 414'8 as the means to extricate ourselves from tu ffs or p en di ng difficulties." ter ti P luglish stock market has recovered from the Por k . Itftk. 4 Y depression which occurre d y esterda y lot % : 15 1. 11 just before the close of business—Con -uich opened at 9 2 to 921, and were after ' bie " rp e 91 1, being now 92k The prices for t n o :i to ra .ors settlement have lleen 92 to 92i, preb.,-41 9 4 to 92t. The Omnium is at 4 to The New Annui t y bring s 16 11-16ths to 164. 4 4. S tock has been dull at 2081 to 2091. East ce St ock bas risen to 234 to 236. The New 3 per 8I t o o . h ave been at 911 to 92, and the Reduced at I ` 4 4l‘i ti , j i• Exchequer Bills are Ns. to 195., and — Me 19s. premium. ut securities have been generally quiet, rise a gain :MI Bond-;there has been a decided 11,0)014 I . 1 1 z., 80 and 81g. The ta :' C d o a n t ta 2 n 2 go t ' o ' 1,: l is salati c 'exiean Stock is ma . n ra nee 2 Per Cents. have been 89 4 , a slight ad lniaa , a 21 per Cents. 641 to Sar v_The f ° 11 44 have brought 871. T to ssg. ; ) , 1(4. are the nominal pr ices of forei g n . 21 Gr enada Deferred Bonds, 6:1 to 7i ; Mex . ' Pero "° 22 ; P eruv i an, 67 to 69 ; ditto T hief to e d A lite 4 7 to 49 ; P or t ug uese Four per Cents.. di tto ; Ru ss i an Fi ve per Cants., 98 to 100 : r , 44 4414 - elir- and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; • iTits., xi. Defer re d, 18i to 1 . 8,1 ; Ditto 3 per c uts., I , 1 - to 38 ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4.1 : Th e 1,4817 e, to 41. ti tt4C n glish Railway Shares have been in mo re 14 '448 I e st, and with good support given to the 44 (1 li ons . The South Eastern, North-Western. b lost ..° 4ll British have been the English lines s ad tiealt Sambre and Meuse are better, Dat,4l4° the Scinde Antwerp eg Rhenish and Roth rdam, ns ()Irish and Luxemburgh. Paris and 14 th 4r6 scarc e l y so good. tra llSae+ e ; El°reign Mines there have been but fe w t 14.1 44 : c ue. The Joint Stock Bulks are in re 4111tr 7 e, 4 4 " 01 7 full rates, and the Team and La nd are quiet. 84 4 1811 FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES (From the Oficial Li , t. i ri 14 04 i ,i,,... done . ,-, 208 9i e" ... ''''' . 11 4 1 5 , ! e eb t t : gruced Annuities...... 9 , i t ti 2a i 1 ,-a ,„ Con sols Annuities „ 4 R kr„,.e...it. Annuities ~ ' . ... "itt c . fIA -111 .,.tie1, Expire sth Jan., -. . 1860 3 15-16 lith o "' Years Fs ire 1 nth Oct. 1R59 3 11-16 ki . 30 . . p ...,_ . 9 88. 164 11-16 4113 Lekg Fears, Expire sth April, 1 ) 231 6 q 144, to._, ............................... n_Nei a : I ' lB . tlOOO ' 411 1., tut t 'Toy Account ei6"4.....i...... 0 " Biie, 24a.. .......... 18 16 19 17. ............. , 4,Z.. ............................ . 1),...,. • .......... . ................... .• - 20 1)"40 Advertised • 6 9 pm 1/r azii• ltl eß OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Ditto 5 Cent per b• Small ' k2t_t o , . 99 4°l t ii j ile w ig,5 4.- i 97) . 4 5 ti : razili ' 2,4,, ner Cent • k ,Pt A r ,. 4 : l ,"chi 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 9 55 1 1. i 6 1 5 - ",'ati 3 - 1 , 10 -8 Ronde, 6 per Cent 22 v., At o .. 0 r ~e nt ictiiktafati top the Account . 89 . 11, 1 41 1a ' li n a n ds, 4A per Cent idi tk i .00d, 871 8g b . eh R om , 5 per Cent. 38i • Nritt° for 8 ' 3 p er Cent ,kith R onde, the Account 3B 41 '40 13 ,: the Acc oun t Boi 1i 2k 4 tch ic "'""ends on the above oavable in LONinn • Ditto zell4llß'e. 4 2 Per Cent ~ 1 tier Cent. 12 Gull ••••• 64 3 3 .-, 9 Certificates ..... • Coupyst_ TIIREE 9 0 2 ;C1t 0 0 1 r . bitto:siaih ' ' '' ' 'Account 92i LLO YD'S SIIIPPING—{.THIS DAY.) t 'litto m • • N, May 29.—Wind and weather this day t.t noon, lloilloderate breeze, and cloudy 11 0 11 14 1 P °1 : 17 11, May 28 Wind, N.W. Arrived ‘B* tranaprt, from the Black Sea, and left for Op 4111 1 1 tOn f t , /‘ oi , • 4,4 - TIL&XD, May 28.—Marchioness of Londonderry, PL?l.ly. 4 , t er,t e " 3lll , May 2 g .—Wind, S.W: Arrived— C 0- Ronte Video. 6 (4 TH, May 28 —Wind, W.S W. Arrived—St. ti,),„ja, from auly 2 Mat • G eorge Turner, Ha,vannah ; An G raBn. °aras Wind, N. Arrived—Senator, from (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tit o 3,lay Morning. nOTtli,--4:---Ireperial, from Mobile. "Ai (1.4-- Atarlborou h f Honduras ; Good Intent, aileg rom `-silritish Queen, for Constantinople. DUBLIN, May 28. r , AT. 44, .E. ,1 : • • Julius -44) ' f rom Dort DEAL, Tuesday, 9.26 a.m. wi WY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TE L fl I , R _Arr" 4 * l l ' i lV r • ; tide, two , strong aod cloudy. GRAVEST' o n o , d T . I Tt ay A lo . r l ning. 1 1 '4, li t ' a ,'., my 2 1 8 ;Cttr hours'nP from Gothenborg ; Lavcr n- kes Nykrob n o , , 4 r' , -eu 'iu•--;bot, . ---- Ar t ►r inP, ' i.. ; Falcon Gothe k e r '• Aurora gi' eP ' t° 1 1 , e , i. „.• errs Leone. ve4 ; g o ..., a !''Y . 13 2 0 2 —Lilly EdmuiM, from Frede#cka- Ir. Pul 4 - 61, team]. asses l'i • N • W Fredor.•icka fe • • • ; fresh. r e --E nchantress and John Souchay, from London, . Q442.uatantinople; J. J. Hawthorn, 44% Leith, for Barbactoos. London, for Ce,rdu-, a ,,,f, o pc P ov ey i ,g /A to tb , o r v b ip° rp CO ,er! r , t3 d o.ce, pJ co l IP o in 40 OP h er iv k .0 01" be r it: , o fo- be r oe o 1 ,0 veryooee , 50i th 1) , e 0 , , , 0 0 0 r i 0.1,10 r l ' ' 1) coot ‘' ,t o eo 00' tb° o °ll ; rho r c e ;`ii i k ; ; beri * lo ( lo , 1 4 0 04 1 ' 0' v 49, fer io 7. tt t 1:1 4 0 ° 119 OP ea Att' l o e h o • c e, 0 $ it- A OP 0 it A O.O ,sO VI 4 0 0 id . THE 913N 9 LONDO/C TUESDA.Y BITENING, MAY 29 !epic quist'and rather reseaml; still I am mtlemistalcen if she is net gifted with a 'very lively sense of the ridiculous. In conversation, she speaks on matters of business with a grave earnestness one would net expect from her appearance. She has evidently a mind disciplined to restrain under the principles of the action of the moment every feeling which would interfere with it. She has trained herself to command, and le rued the value of conciliation towards others, and constraint over herself. I can conceive her to be a strict disciplinarian ; she throws herself into a work—as its head— as such she knows well how much success must de ' peed :upon literal obedience to her every order. She seems to understand businesi thoroughly, though to me she had the failure common to many ' heads,' a too great love of man agement in the small details which had better perhaps have been left to others. Her nerve is wonderful ; I have been with her at very severe operations ; she was more than equal to the trial. She has an utter dis regard of contagion ; I have known her spend hours over men dying of cholera or fever. The more awful t.. every sense any particular case, especially if it was that of a dying man, her slight form would be seen bending over him, ad ministering to his ease in every way in her power, and seldom quitting his side till death released him." Further, Mr. O s borne adds—" Hers was a po st requiring diplomacy- of a Palmerston, the eniturance of a the courage of a Cardigan , the tact and Howard, the cheerful Philanthropy of a Mrs. Fry" —observing indignantly in reference to the insinua tions thrown out as to the religious opinions enter tained by Miss Nightingale—" if there is blame in looking for a Roman Catholic priest to attend a dying Romanist, let me share it with her—l did it again and again." Before quitting this branch of his subject our writer remarks : " We all know, et least the most of us alas ! do, islat it is to watch around the sick bed of friends and relatives. We know how the exigencies of a sick room break through all the mere conventionalities of every-day life. Where all have their every interest for the time absorbed in the endeavour to minister to the comfort of the sick one by whom they watch ; where friends, relatives, and ser vants have this one object in view—real delicacy consists in being insensible to everything else. When even in distant passages, they who meet speak in whispers, in the actual room of apprehended death, the very atmosphere of the scene makes all things as pure as the motives that call for sympathy and aid afforded." Continuing, in allusion to the peculiar trials to which, in their attendance upon strangers instead of near and dear relatives, Miss Nightingale and her sisterhood are subjected—" There is not one of that devoted band who does 'not each day pass an ordeal to her every womanly sense beyond all de scription." Well may he exclaim, then— " England and the English army will ever owe a deep debt of gratitude to cheladies who have devoted themselves to this first attempt to introduce the zeal and tender care of well-bred women into the economy of a Military Hospital." As it would be impossible and at the same time alt.gether unnecessary to follow Mr. Osborne in this review of his book upon " Scutari and its Hospitals" through the whole series of his elabo rate descriptions, some of the more striking amongst them may be here grouped together in no unwel come quotations. It is scarcely possible to read un moved the following example of the rapid fluctua tion of— hthoewesaatieyrtroeasr heio sheizioe h s letters ; they have no glance to it s re w ad ife ou a tt e i 'gl4l.sl;il° tit"' r 7 tjefew dozen well written directions of the Rectory, -tdhaeyßtroewseprare for y,tll the ewcalthy yeomen of the village ; they try with curious eyes to recog nise which are the ill-folded, worse directed—' Soldier's Army letters.' He takes these from the rest—there are four of them ; one with hasty hand he gives his wife, thank Cod' his only words ; it is the well-known writing of his son : he turns now towards the counterthere are four or five women there, waiting letters ;' two children with some half-pence before them, are come to make purchases, they seem alive to the nature of the scene, and as yet speak not of what they want themselves. To two women he gives to each a letter; the third with shaking hand he holds up to the light, and seems to study every word of the direction, yet It is written plainly enough, and is intended for .the elderly woman at the counter, with the tall girl—not; yet her daughter—by her side. He has recognised the handwriting of one of the chaplains of the hospital in the East ; he has had letters so directed pass through his hands twice before, and knew well what was told in them. At last he gives the letter to her to whom it belongs; she has not gone many yards from the door before she has opened it—it is short—with a glance she has gathered its tale; turning to: the girl walking near her, she says—' Goa help thee and me Jane :' not a word more is said by either ; they hurry to their lowly dwelling —once there, there is no restraint upon the agony of their grief, no concealment of its cause ; she who was the widow with one son, is childless ; could grief be with e s manywi wife now a w o indeedA of a his e m widow?pte,i comfort, acute, were that poor g i r l w h o had hoped to De the lost on g t l o i b offero urs many crowd a i n officeof real sympathy ; long after the sun has set upon that n day are the hysterical screams of the vounger of the mourners heard; the mother weeps, says little, but in the silent depth of her s , rrow, proves that it is ono time may make endurable , Neighbours i but never can etllice. The rector's wife, a lady from the hall, have been to that cottage—all that true sympathy, all that the teaching of the Christian's book, all that the liberality of Christian charity, could do or promise, has been oifered but as yet it is too soon—the one is stunned in the mother's woe ; the other raves, in the full force of youth's agony, at the sudden crushing of youth's fondest hope." Whereupon Mr. Osborne exclaims, in words of burning wrath and sorrow—" 0 ! war, war, how dost thou in thy utter bitterness of trial curse our race. . . . Men crown thy triumphs with laurel— the cypress of the cemetery, the yew of the church yard, these are the real emblems of thy accursed work." Closing the volume with every sentiment of respect for the pure and lofty charity of which it is the eloquent but humble commemoration,' it is impossible for us not to avow it to be our be lief, as one among the organs of public opinion. in England, that the people of this country endorse with their admiration the thanks for his efforts at Scutari, recently tendered to Mr. Osborne by her Majesty's Government. Equally impossible would it be henceforth not to recognise in an earnest sim plicity the secret of S. G. o.'s acknowledged genius as a rhetorician. IVHITSUN TIDE A 11USEMENTS. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Bellini's btautiful opera of Norma, supported by Madame Arga, Mdlle. Wagner, Signor Arwandi, and Mr. H. Brabant, and a grand ballet, in which Mdlles. Palmyra and Paolo drew a crowded audience at this theatre. Success seems t 3 follow Mr. E. T. Smith in all his undertakings, and his bold attempt to giv& the hest style of entertainment at the lowest possible price, deserves to receive—as we are glad to see it does-i-the hearty support of the public. a panorama' in the proper sense of the tern - r ---is tie illusion of great breadth of landscape rind seiSik!frvnliln which it produces, and this, combined with what we have just alluded to, creates an iinpi . 'ession of iletualitv that renders the effect of the whole Upon the mind at once gratifying and complete. Without entering at 341 into detail or description, for in such a case these are out of the question, we may observe that the view is taken from the centre of the vast plateau, or open ground, occupied by the Allied armies, on the south side of the city. Immediately in front of us, as we enter, the city itself commands first attention. It is supposed to be about a mile and a half distant, and it has; the appear ance of being a handsome, regular, well-bui/tt place, com posed of white stone ; and the towers and spires of the churches, and other conspicuous edifices, rising above masses of buildings, look bright and fresh in the sun shine. The whole of the military harbour is distinctly seen, as well as the two important farts of :Nicholas and Paul, which defend its entrance fram the grand harbour. The other fortifications on this side, most of which have been erected and armed since the investment, are clearly observable ; as also are the Redan batterieo, the Redan Fort, and the celebrated Malakhoff T)wer. Beyond Se bastopol is seen the full extent of the noble harbour, with the strong forts that, defend its entrance from the Black Sea, as well as the numerous batteries that line it on both sides. On the east are shown the batteries, en- 1 -enchments, zigzags, and other approaches of the Bri tisb, on the extreme right of which ar. the renowned Inkerman heights and valley of the Tchernaya, To wards the west are the French works, and along in a southern direction are the Allied camps, enclosed in the rear by redoubts and defences, occupying the heights from Tchernaya to the heights of Balaklava. In the dis tance are the fine range of hills, with their snow capped summits, which close in the view on the east. The whole of this extensive landscape teems with life and motion, and presents a very stirring and picturesque picture of camp life, and the hazardous operations in the intrench ments and batteries. Two of the most prominent groups represent Lord Raglan and General Canrobert, each surrounded by a brilliant staff, occupied in their daily inspection of the progress of - the sieve. The road from Balaklava to the camp is also indicated, and along it supplies and ammunition are being conveyed by the Land Transport Corps. All the incidents of the bom bardment, of which we have heard so much, are por trayed in so fearfully real and lifelike a manner, as to cause one involuntarily to shudder at the sight before us, and to feel grateful for the security from danger with which we can behold what is presented to the eye. The landscape portion of the painting is from the hand of Mr. Burford, the proprietor, the figures having been put in by Mr. H. C. Selons. Both artists deserve the highest acknowledgment of the talent they have displayed. We may add, in conclusion, that the panorama will amply repay an hour's attentive inspection. THE ENGLISH GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION. The delightful morning concerts given by the above musical society re-commenced yesterday morning, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, and attracted, as they have never yet failed to do, a crowded and fashionable audi ence. The programme was very judiciously selected, and embraced four madrigals, seven glees, and a four part song by Mendelssohn. Stafford Smith's lovely madrigal, "Flora now calleth forth each flower," was finely given, as also was Webbe's glee for six voices, " Hence all ye vain delights." A. madrigal (J. L. Hatton) "The Hunt is up," brought the first part to a conclusion. This is a very spirited com position, and was most deservedly called for a second time. An amusing account is given of the ditty itself from " Sir Thomas More's Household Book"—a diary kept by More's daughter, wherein the 4th of Sep tember, 1523, is thus quaintly chronicled :—'' Supped with my Lord Sands. Wound up the evening with musick, Lord Sands sung us a new ballad, ' The King's Hunt is up, &c.' which father affected hugelie. There was some burden 'of hey tantarra, where my lord did stamp and snap his fingers. He is a merrie heart." Mr. Hatton, in his new setting of this old " new ballad," has given it all the dash and jollity which we can imagine the original air to have possessed, from the im pression it made on the grave Sir Thomas More. It was rapturously applauded. In the second part we had some fine compositions, viz., "Sweet Honey sucking Bees," by Wilbye ; and Bishop's " Under the Greenwood Tree." The greatest treat of all remained till nearly the close of the concert ; it was a glee by Greville, entitled, " Now the Bright Morning Star." The melody of tiis composition is exquisitely beau tiful ; in fact, it is perfectly enchanting. The principal ' solo pares were sustained by Mrs. Lockey, Mrs. Ender \ sohn, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. 11. Phillips, Mr. J. L. Hatton presided at the piano-forte. LIFE AND DEATH. " One instance of the sudden change in the condition of the wounded came to my own notice, in a very painful man ner. I had visited a very young officer, at the wish of some of his friends in England ; he was so severely wounded that I had no hope myself that he could recover ; those about him, however, did not take the same view. I had from time to time got him g.me, biscuits, &c., from Vera, which he seemed to enjoy ; sitting with him one afternoon, I promised to bring him the next day some jelly and a game pie he seemed to fancy, and also a mosquito net to keep the flies from him (they were at times in the hospitals a perfect pest). I went ov.n. early the next morning with the things I had promised, walked into the room, and as soon as I had put my load upon the table, I turned as usual to ask him how he was—the clothes were all removed from the bed, on which, under a sheet, lay his corpse ; he had died a few hours after I left him. We cut cff some of his hair, sealed up his papers, &c.,—in ten minutes one of the chaplains had found for me another wounded officer, most thankful for the things I had brought." Speaking of the gentle evidences witnessed by him in the Scutari Hospital, of true " brother-offi cer" attachments, Mr. Osborne has shortly before this remarked—" In no woman watching over her own child did I ever see greater tenderness, pati ence, and st-lf-denial than I witnessed in the care taken of Captain Williams, of the Scots Greys, by Major Nasmyth." As affording a picturesque glimpse of hospital life at Scutari, take the following account of the wounded heroes of the Alma, Balaklava, and Ink ermau : • READING THE NEWSPAPERS. ' It was most interesting to see the avidity with which newspapers from England were received ; many of the sol diers, read aloud remarkably well. I have seen a black whiskered fine-looking man, propped up in bcd, chosen as a reader ; having lost an arm, they had folded the paper for him, so that 'he could, holding it in one hand, get at the battle bit :' cripples of all kind- crept up, and sat on and about the adjoining beds ; as far as his voice could be heard (it was aloud Irish one) you might see men turned in their beds, tryi•:g to drink in every word; on he went, right through the whole, beginning in rather a monotone style, he soon warmed 1:p, and as the m n said—' gave it out well.' Then there would be a hail from a distant bed—` I say let us have it up here now,' and some crippled patient would come scrambling down to beg the paper ; a new reader would be found, and nearly the same scene again and again repeated " As affording us another yet more interesting group, sketched by Mr. Osborne, a group in which his own figure will be recognised, we cai.not resist giving is account of— AN OPERATION UNDER CHLOROFORM. " I assisted at one very painful case, in which a branch of the femoral artery had to be taken up ; there were great dffi cultics about it, so much so, that one of the best surgeons there did not seem to me to/Ike to attempt it ; it was, how ever, done by Dr. 11111 ray assisted by some others ; lam afraid to say the length of time the patient was under the in fluence of chloroform his head was on my knee the greater part of the time, and I had to keep up the administration of this inestimable agent ; at last they succeeded in getting a ligature round the vessel ; I was then left with one of the surgeons, to try and recover him from the torpor, under which he had, without pain, borne a most severe appli cation of the knife, &c. Our only hope, from the quantity of blood he bad lost, was, to get some stimulant taken as soon as we could ; in vain we tried every means of rousing. him ; the pulsation of the heart was so weak, his whole ap pearance such, I had begun to despair. As a last resort, I found out his name, and had him sharply spoken to by it ; so strong was t'T force of habit, that he made just sufficient effort to waken to enable us to order him to drink the wino we gave him, keeping up the same sharp military tone of voice, we got more and more swallowed, and he soon re covered ; I saw him some days after doing well." Here is S. G. o.'s Wouvermans'-like pencilling of— A BATTLEFIELD. • " The grouping of fallen men and horses ; the many heaped up masses of dead moved strangely by the living maimed among them, showing the points where the deadly strife had been the most severe ; the commingling of uniforms of friends and foes, as both lie scattered on the ground on which they fell ; the groups surrounding this and that individual sufferer, hearing his last words, giving to him the last drops of water which will ever moisten his lips upon earth. The stretchers borne from various points, each carrying some officer or private soldier, who now has the startling feeling forced upfin him—" it has come to this—and yet there may be hope of life ;" his excited but overworu spirit, half fainting as it is, yet dreaming a mixed feverish dream of the charge in which ho met his wound, and the thoughts of home that flashed upon the heart, as it seemed to commit that heart to a moment's oblivion of all else. Then comes the first dawn of the hope that life may be spared ; the view of horrid objects passed, seen with a dim med eye—hope of life growing stronger, but with it now the dread of some operation to be undergone—the sound of guns still heard, begetting a feverish impatient desire to know the result of the battle. Again, a partial waking up at the voice of the surgeon; he and his attendants seen as through a mist; the deafened feelings of utter weakness causing all to seem as though they spoke in whispers ; the still further rousing of the mind as the cordial administered begins to take effect ; the voice of a comrade or friend lying close by, himself wounded yet speaking to cheer ; the operation borne bravely and felt the less, as it gives promise of a life just now seem ingly lost to hope ; through it all fresh news ever arriving from amidst the din of the strife still raging —all this has a life and motion and spirit in it, which mocks the real grave horror of the scene." here, again, we are tempted to give two exquisite illustrations from the same hand of the deplorable results "at home" of a scene of slaughter like the foregoing. The one is descriptive of au actual in cident : A BEREAVED MOTHER. " On my return to England, amongst other commissions I had undertaken, was that of carrying to his mother, the sword, papers, &c. ; of a very young officer whom I had visited when dying from a wound at Scutari. I ascertained that she lived at the village of - ; getting out of a train some miles from it, I hired a carriage and set off on my melancholy errand. I was told Mrs. - lived on the village common ; I stopped at a shop on this green or common, and asked which was the house. My busine-s was at once guessed, for I had the sword, &e., in my hand. They pointed out to me the dwelling I sought ; leaving the carriage I walked across the green. After I had rung the bell at a garden-gate, I turned round and saw the people standing at their doors in small groups, at many of the houses near the shop at which I had first inquired, all looking towards the spot where I stood; the nature of my mission had in some mysterious way spread right and left. " Having partly explained the cause of my visit to a ser vant, I was presently shown into a sitting-room, evidently ta t a b f l e t s n and ea ad i ntadl tale different r h e a n d t wha w here our writer, after describing the .isgra, wa y in which the wounded were carried up the Just quitted i t t h te e d ro ty m so l m e o e ul la d d r i e e a s d ; 8 o o l i n i the steep stony road from the pier to the Barrack Hos yet to complete—there were many silent but yet speaking says—" I am told that a certain proofs that it was a house of mourning. I recognised one r i i i i ie ta m l l o w f r S o c f ut p a arhiament was so shocked at one of picture of the poor fellow as I had known him, and another these cases that he actually carried the man him- done at a diffei ent age. There was something in the whole self." Recollecting, indeed, all that was done at aspec a t n a f n f d am at i m i atmosphere of iolifeitlhielardoosma lately s b ee e m en ed ac t t o ed tel h l of the t Scutari by Mr. Osborne and Mr. Stafford, we may s d e i e d ne not Wonde y r gr at the length of time I y had to wait; . t l e c r o e u . lc l l say of them as the former has here said, so beau- understand it well. When the door again opened Mrs.—, tifolly at page 29, of Miss Nightingale and her his m ,ther, a widow, came towards me. Her g rief, nd t y e t sister nurses -4, They will have their reward at three week ' s old, bad evidently written years upon her ;she that day when the Great Preacher to the quick I soon od herself worthry to be e a t n h d e 1 1, a a d ren d t ie o d f one who had been and deed shall practically prove the weight antif ovenloved e v i e n r h are i e n g 1 these itozuresdh.e was ' moments of s ' evere truth of the test—'l was sick, and ye visited me. ' s trolg• to bear up under it, but nature from time to time Of te lirous and ,gentle lady, w ho will hence- would break through all powers of restraint * * * * forth h be gen remembered as the Heroine of Scutari, On my return to my carriage I found the news of what had Mr. Osborne gives an animated description. None , bro ight me to the village was far spread—many were the said one, ' an . a, hereabout so loved Lim ' will fail to read w ith pec uliar interest the subjoined inquiries—much and deep the interest—' 11 , e , was so young,' sketch by the pencil of S. G. 0. of that cynosure not only of neighbouring but of distant eyes— " Mies Nightingalet3 i S NIGHTINGALE. -u appearance is just what you would The other incident we subjoin being one painfully real, though purely imaginary : A BEREAVED MAIDEN. expect in any other well-bred woman, who may have seen 4, His ' foreign' news come to the ' Hall 'or the ' Castle,' perhaps rather mere than thirty years of life ; her manne it is soon knwn in the village ; and now m iny an axious ses sion of positive beauty ; it is a and countenance are prepossessing, and this withou t the pos- r face Inv be seen each day waiting at the shop and ' n post thee not easily forgotten, office,' whilst the clerk, who is postmaster, proceeds to unseal pleasing in its smile, with an eye betokening great self- , the village mail-bag. All important as he is, as the rnesseu possession, and giving, when she wishes, a quiet look of firm I ger to deliver grief or joy to others, he has too his own determination to every feature. Her general demeanour is ',anxiety; his own son is in the army of the East. Within 'HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last evening Miss Helen Fauoit commenced a limited engagement here, when she appeared as Pauline in Bulwer's beautiful play of The Lady of Lyons. Miss Faucit's rendering of the part Pauline is too well known to need a detailed notice ; suffice it to say it was as beautiful and truthful as ever, and the repeated biirstl of applause testified to the success of her exertions' and to the warmth of the audience, who listened to her with breathless attention. Mr. B. Sullivan appeared as Claude, and acquitted himself with his usual excellence. Mr. Bucks;tone does not relax his exertions to provide attractive entertainments for his patrons, and, unlike some of his predecessors, he wisely avoids whati are technically called " off nights." The house was fully and fashionably attended. ADELPHI THE kTIZE. After a somewhat lengthened absence, Mr. Webster, Mr. Keeley, and Madame Celeste re-appeared last even ing in BGurcicault's popular drama, entitled Janet Pride. The welcome that each received was of the warmest kind, and the whole performances went off with the greatest eclat. The house was, as usual, crowded to the ceiling. ASTLEY S AMPHITHEATRE. The boxes, pit, and gallery of Astley's Amphitheatre last evening were in every way 'worthy of boxing night, and although the southern 'side of the water abounds with entertainments of z , .11 sorts and de scriptions, the lion's' share of patronage still falls to " the Royal Amphitheatre." Mr. William Cooke celebrated the festival by the production of a new three act drama, entitled England and Fnznce in the Days of Chivalry. The entente cordiale has already done him good service, but he has not exhausted the subject yet, and he now takes us back to the old times of t!)e Field of the cloth of Gold, when the mome etary shake of the hands exchanged between Francis L and Henry VIII. foram , ' a pleasant epi-ode in a troublous period. Mr. Stocqueler, who has contrnct,d the piece, has introduced the more showy iuciden's by a story of two young English chevaliers, , who are such faith ful "brothers in arms" tbs.., thoul rb, they are both in love with the same lady, they see m to like each other all the more on that account, the rejected one assisting the favoured one in rescuing the lad'' from a third party —one of those decidedly wicked persons who are bated by everybody, especially a.virtuons audience. Into this tale several effective scenes are ingeniously interwoven, and the tournament that takes plan e in the presence of the two kings, and the storming of the bad man's castle, are represented with a.force:Unkno%vii to former times. The spectacle was eminetitlsr succes:3f ul. Into the amusements of the ring a u ew feat has been in troduced. Messrs. J. Cooke and Bi.dges, standing face to face on two horses, one of which follows the other, assume the character of jugglers, and in this capacity go through a series of feats with balls and balanced basins, which they fling and catch with renus.rkable precision. SURREY THEATRE. . Miss Romer commenced her campaign last night in the production of a new opera, entitled Mephistopheles; or, Faust and Marguerite, the music being composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, and the libretto by Mr. Henri Dray ton. It is unnecessary to describe the plot of the opera, asit is precisely the same as the draan atic spectacles of the shine name that have been produced at nearly every theatre in London. Miss Reiner hue done much to im prove the tastes of the habitues of the , Surrey Theatre, and we regret to hear that this will be her last season. The house was crowded from floor to .ceiling, and after the first few bars of the overture, the hilarious audihnce be came a quiet and orderly one, au id the discriMination evinced during the progress of Vie opera would have done no discredit to a more preteintions and polished assem bly. The music of Faust was very nicely' sung by Mr. G. Perren, who, made his first appearance here last night, as also "did Mr. Bowl e 1.., who sustained the part of Valentine. The Mephistopheles of Mr. Henri Drayton was an artistic performance, and richly merited the applause it received . Henri Drayton, as Marguerite, sang and acted the part of the heroine very beautifully, and the minor parts were well sustained. The opera, tia a composition, is .very good ; it is expressive and ines.ning, without being elaborate and scientific. It is also characterised by much sweetness and grace, and abounds with pleasing and elegant melodies. The gems rsf the operalre decid. edly the quintet at the close of the first aot--:-a ballad 81171 g. by Mrs. H. Drayton, " Far from thy kindred, oh ! who will cheer thee ;" a song by Mephistopheles, " E'en as I gaze upon those eyes ;" and the duet by Faust and Marguerite, " Alas ! she mine can never be." ln the last act we have also a very pretty ballet, in which Madame Auriol and Mr. Flexmore dance with their accustomed ability and success. The opera bas been very carefully put upon the stage, and the last tableau- the ascension of Marguerite—brought the curtain down amidst tremendous applause. The whole of the artistes, as well as the composer of the opera, were honoured with a " call." - Planchics fairy extravaganza, The sl ee ping Beauty, in which Miss Featherstone appeared, cuicluded the evening's entertainments. BURFORD'S PANORAMA OF is'EBASTOPOL. . This exhibition, which wa,2 opened in the latter part of 12,4 week, is, in many respects, probably the finest and most successful of any of its kind which Mr: 'Bur ford has previously presented to the notice and patronage of the public. Viewed simply as an artistic anTaieve ment, and apart from the deep and lively interest which attaches to "the seat of war," the panorama of Sebas topol may be said to be a scenic triumph, whilst it affords a more comprehensive and vivid, as well as accu rate, idea of the locality than any series of disconnected 1 views could possibly convey. This, too, it accomplishes in a most natural and easy manner, for the sped.: itor;— imagining himself standing upon some central elevation, upon the spot itself—at each tura of his body comiiiads a well-defined and uninterrupted view of the City of Se bastopol, its fortifications and harbours, the position" of ' the allies, their batteries, intrenchments, and "siege c'Pe -1 rations, and the whole of the surrounding country, , re ceding into the diStance as far as th e e y e c an reacl3- 1 The prominent characteristic of the panorama—and it 4, GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. At this favourite resort of martial sight-seers the great events of the war are admirably portrayed. There are now to be seen life-like views of the great batt!ee of Alma and Inkerman ; the celebrated cavalry charge at Balaklava. ; also a pictorial map of Sebastopol, and a view of the Balaklava Railway. An appropriate and very interesting lecture is given by Mr. Stocqueler, elu cidating the pictorial illustrations of the events of the war. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Woodin, already so favourably known to the public by his " Sketch-book" and " Carpet-bag," at the Regent-street Gallery, has started a fresh " concern" in King William-street, Strand. This new entertain ment he has named " Woodin's Olio of Oddities." It takes a snore ambitious range than Mr. Woodin's pre vious performances. It comprises an entirely new comic entertainment, and a moving panorama of the romantic lake scenery of England. This new speculation of Mr. Woodin's is a decided "hit," and one that seems to be highly appreciated by the public. GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. THE BALTIC.—Mr. Wyld yesterday opened a room in the building of the Great Globe for the purpose of exhi biting a model of the coast of Finland, with Cronstadt and St. Petersburg, which at the present moment cannot fail to be interesting, and, as explained in the occasional lectures, instructive. The model of Sebastopol, with the lecture on the seat of more active operations than have as yet taken place in the Baltic, appeared yester day to be the most attractive portion of the exhibition— the lecturer never having to complain of the want of an audience. THE POLYTECHNIC. The man must be hard to please indeed who cannot spend an evening with profit, as well as pleasure, at the Polytechnic. Taere is something to please all tastes, and to improve all inquirers. Only glance at the carte: A. telephonic Concert ; dissolving views of Einbad the sailor ; Duboscq's illuminated cascade ; diorama illus trating the voyage across the A.Vantic and cities in the 'United States ; lectures on music by Mr. G. Buckland, with vocal illustrations ; and dissolving views of the war ! There was also added, yesterday evening, in honour of the Whitsun holidays, a lecture to the indns• trial classes, by Dr. Lankester, F.R.S., " On plants and animals—their differences and resemblances." This is unquestionably one of the most; instructive public insti• tutions for the people in the metropolis. • THE PANOPTICON. Turning from the " Great Globe, and all which it in habit," the holidtsymakers' attention is arrested by the elegant, oriental-looking building opposite—the Panop ticon—which well repays a visit. There is on view here at present a striking representation of the Erup tion of Vesuvius, that fearful outburst of the' dread vol cano which is now laying waste the smiling vintages, and desolating the peaceful ha mlets at the foot of the fiery mountain. MADAME TA SSAUD'S. Yesterday this establishment• was crowded, both in the morning and evening, with Visitors, and when WP consider the several atttractio►zs of music, the splendid decorations, groups and figures of distinguished persons, of all ages and countr►es, we in ay confidently assert that this exhibition cannot be surpassed by any in the we tropolis. MONT BL ANC continues to draw innumerabls travellers to the Egyp tian•hall, where Mr. Albert Smith, taking the tourist by the band, conducts him in the most safe and agree able manner through all the perils of the ascent of the " monarch of mountains." The universal popularity of this exhibition is "a great fact," of which Mr.•timith may well be proud. HAYMARKET THEATRE. GEORGE TCRPIN'S BENEFIT.—The auuual benefit of the attentive and obliging box book-keeper at this establishmet, Mr. G . Turpin, takes place to -morrow evening, on which occa sion will be performed Bulwer's beautiful play of the Lady of Lyons; a new farce by the talented lesseand e, is n which he himself will sustain the leading part ; variety of other enteitaininents. .We trust tbat the house will be a bumper, for Mr. Turpin does really and trzly " deserve the support and patronage of the public." LAW VACANCIES.—There is much competition amongst the bar for the appointinenla vacated by Mr. Phinn, the Second Secretary to the A diniralty, viz.:—Counsel to the Admiralty, Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, Recorder of Devonpurt, Counsel to Post-office on Western Cir cuit and to the Royal Forests in Hampshire. The first appointment is worth, 5041. per annum. LITERATURE. S. G. 0. Scutari and its Hospitals. By the Hon. and Rev. Sydney Godolphin Osborne. Dickinson, Brothers. 'lke noblest and ghastliest of narratives. Let us confess at once that we almost envy the good man who has written it the recollection of what ever he has gone through in his endeavour to al leviate the sufferings of our heroic soldiers in their terrible pest-houses upon the shores of the Bos phorus. It is not nowadays that the English public need be reminded that in the Honourable and Reverend Sydney Godolphin Osborne may be recognised one of the most genuine, because one of the most practical, energetic, and laborious of living philanthropists. His claims upon the popular respect are by this time, we conceive, pretty widelt known. They require nc specific mention from us. They have long been scarcely less a fruitful source of interest than a theme of general and unaffected admiration. Yet the singleness of purpose, the gentleness of heart, the untiring- zeal and unconquerable determination by which Mr. Osborne's charitable efforts have been hitherto con spicuously characterised, have never yet been brought so directly under the notice of his fellow countrymen as they have been very recently, through the medium of the humane enterprise which conducted him to a memorable and deplo rable locality in the neighbourhood of Constanti nople. In the thin volume before us, embellished with five coloured lithographs illustrative of the enthralling subjects described in the eight chapters of the letterpress, we have the succinct but sufficient record of this somewhat notable un dertaking. If we are not very much mis taken it will be regarded by the future annalists of the present War, as a blue-book not a jot less remarkable in its way than that larger one which a little later on will comprise the whole of the ample catechism of Mr. Roebuck's Committee of Inquiry into the condition of the Army before Sebastopol. It is a lamentable pendant to the description of the horrible mismanagement in the Crimea, this commemoration of the (if possible) yet more horrible mismanagement on the Bospho rus. The frightful story here told of our soldiers' sufferings at Scutari is the miserable sequel of the narrative of their preliminary sufferings at Bala klava. It would be difficult, we conjecture, for even the most callous to glance over the account here given of the former by Mr. Osborne, without profound emotions—emotions of poignant grief, swallowed up before very long in those of scarcely utterable indignation. Altogether, it seems, Mr. Osborne was not more than six weeks at Constantinople. But within the compass of those six weeks how much of good were his kind band and gentle heart, his clear judgment and tender commiseration, his en ergy and benevolence enabled to accomplish ! invited to assume the honourable and respon sible office of almoner of the Times Fund— ,Nlr. Osborne preferred to go, on his own account, untrammelled by any positive engagement. " Within twenty-four hours from the time I made up my mind on the subject," lie says, "I started with my son for Constantinople." Arriving at his . lestinatiou on the Bth of November, 1854, he took tiis departure on his return homewards from the Pinkish capital on the 19th of December. During lie interval between which dates Mr. Osborne co werated, heart and soul, with Mr. Macdonald, the able and efficient Times Commissioner. The Chief Authority, he tells us, was clearly under the delusion " That nothing WAS wanting !" Whereas almost ,verything was found wanting by Mr. Osborne, Ind Mr. Macdonald, and Mr. Stafford, and Miss Nightingale. What some of the most glaring of die deficiencies were, this comment upon " Scutari and its Hospitals" sufficiently indicates. It de .,cribes, without the smallest exaggeration, the state in which the writer found both the Barrack Hos iital and the General Hospital, the condition in ,vhich he left them, and the contrast presented by each to the great French Military Hospital at Pero.. Speaking of the latter, Mr. Osborne can scarcely find adequate words in which to express his amazement end admiration. " The French," he exclaims "are certainly a most wonderful people, at home any where. I found it difficult to believe that the arder, quiet, regularity of service, and perfect ma chinery of this hospital could be the growth of but a few months, and that too in a foreign land. One element was obvious throughout—system. Every oue seemed to have his own particular sphere of duty, and quietly to set about it. Nothing seemed left to chance : there was a certain import 'ince given to even the smallest matter of detail." ; kdding, with marked emphasis, a little further on —" It was not merely that the contrast with our own sad bungling execution was so mani- F.est, but I am in justice bound to say, I never tnywliere saw a system that seemed to me so • perfectly organised and so cleverly carried ovt" As in the management of this same French military ilo :pital at Porn. To which perfection of organi ation and consummate skill of management, Mr. Osborne presents, we repeat, in ghastly contrast, he terrible disorganisation and disastrous misma nagement witnessed by him both in the 'British General Hospital and the British Barrack EloSpital at Scutari. Recounting his expe riences in regard to the latter, lie tells us -,fiat he agreed for a time to take pastoral charge )f a particular portion of the Barrack Hospital— •eniarkirig significantly in another port of his aarrative (as an evidence of the labour requir ng to be gone through by those in attendance non tile sick in that and the adjoining esta blishment) that when he left Scutari " there Hurst have been little less than four miles of ground occupied in, lines of beds" —stretched out upon those beds men, presenting to view almost every nanaginable example of mutilation and suffer n;„. Passing from these t errible scenes d human misery, he informs us that " with the exception of the Priests in attendance 111 the Catholic patients, and the ' Sisters' minis terina to all," he seldom met any one in the wards while he continued to visit them. Wards, these were, set apart for the victims of perhaps the direst scourge of all in those hospitals, the dysentery, or diarrhoea, or Varna-fever, as it was variously :Jailed by the soldiers themselves. Scarcely any thing, we are told, could well be more hideous or more hopeless than the condition into which the hapless occupants of these wards were plunged im mediately upon their entrance into them—without the merest show, it seems, of anything in the ht h way of medical alleviation. O ver the p mige been written with awful appropriateness the super scription placed by Dante over the entrance to the Inferno. Yet, says Mr. Osborne, "In this cruel sce ne of filthy neglect, I can with truth say, I was never called to one dying man who uttered a mur mur against those who thus treated him and his comrades." Nay, he describes them as very diffe rently occupied, namely, as " listening with every sentiment of grateful delight to the invitations, the promises, of Him who left his home in heaven to contend to death, for every penitent who should trust his soul to Him." Besides imparting spiritual consolations to the dying, Mr. Osborne undertook now and then commissions from them of remem brance to " all at home, all inquiring friends," observing, as he records the circumstance—" There was little else I could ever do for them —they said so, and gave a grateful pressure to the extended hand (in one instance the fine dying fellow kissed it)—then, the ' God bless you, Sir.' " A sweet re ward of itself, that benediction of the expiring soldier to the ears of our brave-hearted. philanthro pist. As most of our readers are already aware, Mr. Osborne was not alone in his self-imposed toil of benevolence. There was, for example, his over active and untiring colleague Mr. Macdonald, the Times commissioner. And besides Mr. Macdonald, another volunteer assistant in the person of the hon. gentleman the member for Northampton shire. Alluding to their joint labours in writing " home " for the sick and dying sufferers, Mr. Osborne says : " I found a most zealous assistant in this he work tint g be my f r i en d Mr. Staff rd ; day by day and all d ay , see n with his portfolio by the s ide of the poor sufferers, g i v i n g many hours to the task. Indee d he g ave himself :tiniest entirely to it, sending me each night the letters he had written ; he went to the camp in the Crimea for ten days, and there too he found a field for the same kind labour. Another glimpse we fancy we obtain of Mr Staff ,, rd a few pages later in the same narrative, Nceful SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Daily J.News of this day.) The news which reached, London in the course of yes terday morning and fotencan; Is the most important that has been received from the Critnea since the land ing at Old Fort and the . :3tormia.z of the heights of Alma. At the south-eastern extremity of the peninsular, Kertch and Yenikale have been taken and occupied by a de tachment from the allied armies under Sir George Brown —an operation which makes us masters of the entry into the Sea of Azoff. At the south-western extremity of the peninsular the allied armies have occupied the line of the Tchernaya. On the . Straits of Yenikale the Russians retreated, 'after destroying their fortifications, , without striking a blow. - On the Tchernaya they do not appear to have Offered any serious resistance to the ativance of the alli es . The occupation 'of Kertch by the Allies is a severe blow to the Russians in the Crimea. Between Kaffa (in lat. 45 deg. N., long. 351 d eg. E.) and the delta o f the Kuban (tat 45 deg. N., long. 38 deg. E.), the stripe of land which separates the Sea of Azoff from the Euxine is extremely narrow. Between the bottom of Kaffa Bay (in the Euxine) and the bottom of Arabat Bay (in the Sea of Azuff) its breadth does not exceed ten miles. Between Cape Tchanda (the eastern head land of Kaffa Bay) and the Straits of Kertch its average breadth is about 30 miles. East of the Str a it s it nar rows again to about 20 miles, great part of its surface being, however, under water. The south opening into the Straits is about 60 miles east of Kaffa. The width of the opening (from Cape Takli to Cape Panagia) is about eight miles, but off Ak Burun (20 miles within the Straits) the navigable waterway narrows to about a mile. From ti,e entry of the Straits to Ak Burun their direction is due north ; thence to the Sea of Azoff (a distance of about 20 miles more), their direction is about north-east. A couple of miles north of Ak Burun, in the bight of a bay, is the town of Kertch ; about seven .miles due east of it is Yenikale. Kertch is 'built entirely of stone, and has a population of about 10,000 souls. Its only expert is a little salt ; but it is here that vessels of 'deep draught stop and transship their cargoes for the ports of the Sea of Azoff into smaller craft. Vessels of lesser draught, too, are here obliged to unload a portion of their cargoes into lighters, and take it again at Yenikale. Hence it comes that in time of peace there is always a considerable accuranla tion of shipping at this part of the Straits. We men tioned some time ago that information, to which we were inclined to give credit, led us to believe that this stop. page of deep draught vessels and unloading of smaller ones was, in a great measure, a farce enacted by the Russian authorities with a view to deceive the rest of the world with respect to the depth of water in the Straits of Kerte). If we may lay any stress on an ex pression .in the French despatches (to the effect that " the Sea of Azoff is occupied by the Allied squadron"), the information to which we allude may be re garded as confirmed. Be this as it may, it appears that at Kertch the allies have captured several Russian vessels of 50 guns, have obliged the enemy to destroy several war steamers, and have destroyed a foundry where shot, shells, and Minie balls were manufactured. One source, therefore, whence the defenders of Sebasto pol have received their supplies of ammunition, has been taken from them ; the Russian means of carrying on a communication between the Crimea and the main have been cut off ; and the allies command all the principal ports of the Sea of Azoff—Taganrog, where the iron of Siberia and the ordnance manufactured in the Ural are shipped, and the rising grain depots of Berdiansk and Marianopol. These important advantages were gained on the same day that the allies were allowed to occupy, almost with out resistance, the line of the Tchernaya. These com bined movements appear to indicate a determination on the part of the allied commanders to deal first with the Russian army in the field as a preparatory step to the complete investment and capture of Sebastopol. ro this inference additional probability is lent by the care with which the French appear to have been strenthening the positions of which they obtained possession on the 23d and 24th. Of course while the Allied armies are dealing with the Russians in the field it will be necessary to strengthen the lines before Sebastopol, for the double purpose of preventing their falling into the hands of the Russians, and preventing the Russians from attacking our troops in the rear. The Russian army between Sim pheropol and Baktchi Serai is now closely pressed on its left flank and seriously menaced on its right. It is to be hoped that a few days will bring us news of a demon stration, or more serious attack having been made by Omer Paella from the side of Eupatoria. The necessity under which the Russians are of concentrating their forces, placed between two fires by the Allies, will probably afford an opportunity of striking a blow at Perekop. It ought also to be borne in mind, that the same authority from which we derived the information that the depth of water in the Straits of Kertch exceeds what has been given out by the Russian authorities, added that the Bug between isticolaieff and the sea, is navigable for ships of considerable draught of water. If this be correct, that great arsenal and building-yard of the Russian navy lies as open to an attack as Odessa and IberBon. Genoese, and even under the Khan of Khazeria, the whin seat of power and of wealth was always on this eastern extremity of the peninsula. These facts being well known, it is 'difficult to explain why this expedition was not made et a much earlier period of the war, for the forces which languished during last July at Varna might have long since seized the forts of Yenikale. It is true that the soundings which have enabled Admiral Lyons and Admiral Brunt to plan this successful attack bad not then been taken, and the manner in which they were obtained is curious. A Britiih navaldficer, whose name has, unfortunately, not yet renolied tie, cap tured a vessel having on board a private carriage belong ing to the Russian Governor of Kertch-. With this " material pledge," in his possession, he sent in a polite message to the Governor, stating that the English cruiser was unwilling to deprive him of bin private property, - and would have great pleasure in restoring the carriage to its former owner. The offer was accepted, and the ship's boats entered the Bay of Kertch, with the vehicle on board, sounding as they went. By this means it was ascertained that there was a passage for the small steamers I to within a short distance of the coast, and the Gover nor's carriage made a track for the British fleet. Among the other imenedrataddvautages ,resulting from the occupation of the Straits may he reckoned the inter us,essi a o n f army zoir in y t e h ry e rcurpintlioesn hasof t the t ' large quantities of wheat, flour , a nd oats were found at Kertch and upwards of 60 vessels eng a g ed in this service, supplies edsrawn wh i ch the from th eß of which about half were burnt by the enemy and half were taken. The maintenance of a large army in the inte rior of the Crimea will become a task of insuperable diffi culty,if the whole of its sup plies and food have to be brou ght Crimea it se lf d oes no t p ro d uce corn enough to fee by land ac r o ss th e stepnee north of the Salghir. feed its O with vn s t p h a e re inexhaustible po pulatipopulation, and it w granaries with the inexhaustible granaries of the Sea of Azoff that the Russian magazines were supplied. This circumstance may serve to account in part for the fact that the Rus. sians have apparently not attempted to throw very large reinforcements into the Crimea. The strength of their army must be regulated not only by the numbers they may be able to convey there, but by the means of sup porting them. When people talked loosely of Russia's power to, throw two huruired thousand men into the Crimea, we con t ented ourselves with replying that it is easier to find thet ' weoo w uer men se w, maintain t hv h a e a vn n i2tnu t og h roe e , to'thofdooeo command m necessary e assert nmtaihnn that tt hiotef totsch easier jes t m h ssi e ees i aar r for rdb the s s h t e e A n c eai Allied P owers, h a vin g the ' command of the sea and t he c o a s t , l bat eu, than for Russia to maint a i n 100.000 men interior. There will are very strong reasons for believing out to t sufferin g b ri ! ng f re e st that:' t_ v b e e , rms strength bcuhe. of that Russian army which at one timo threatened s ß ie a g la e k d la in va o , u a r n o d w h n el i d is o e ur s: bra ve tarn below what it was, at_oLe time suppoeed to be. A thin line of Cossacks perpetually threatened our outposts, and even led the Allied Generals to con tract their position within the narrowest, "defensible compass. But what was there behind this screen ! Whenever a partial reconnaissance has been made our troops have come in contact with no enemy capable of holding a position, and it is by no means im probable that the innumerable hordes of Russians sup posed to be wintering in impregnable quarters behind the low range of hills north of the Tchernaya,Wer e as much reduced in strength and numbers as the besiegers of Sebastopol. The last despatch received from General Pelissier announces that the allied forces have now on cupied the whole line of the Tchernaya, and that this operation met with no serious resistance, the Russians having speedily retired behind the hills: This fresh suc cess confirms us in the opinion that the unseen strength of the enemy in the Crimea has been overrated, and that he is by no meansin acondition tooppose simultaneously the combined movements of the three armies at Eupe toria, at Kertch, and before Sebastopol. The greater probability now appears to be, that on. the advance of the allies, in whatever direction they may assume the offensive, the Russians will find themselves compelled to retreat; from inferiorityof numbers and want of supplies and the more so as, the Sea of Azoff being navigable for our steam gunboats, their base of operations may be threatened in the rear. These circumstances confirm and encourage the hopes we have never ceased to entertain of a speedy and triumphant termination to the new campaign in the Crimea, but they do not lessen our enthusiastic ad miration of those heroic soldiers who, by their endurance and their valour. have at last won a portion of that glorious reward for which they have .contended so long and suffered so much. The people of England and the most intelligent nations of the continent of Europe will hail with enthusiasm these indic.dions of renewed and increasing success. The defence of the Russians, though obstinate, is evidently fainter, and the surrender of Kertch without resistance is a proof of the moral defeat of the hostile army. Let us proceed with boldness and with firmness, for victory'is already in our grasp. The ground we now occupy in the Crimea gives us the com mand of the Black Sda and the Sea of Azoff, from which Russia will not dislodge us until the termination of the war—not upon her terms, but on our own ; and the time is probably nit distant when she will regret, far more than we need do, the failure of the late negotia tions for peace. Our hopes of peace lie in victory, our negotiators and conditions are in the camp before Se bastopol, and Kertch is another material guarantee of our ultimate success. Now that affairs on the Euxine have assumed such a favourable aspect, a terrible responsibility will rest upon the Allied Governments if Russia is not effectually humbled. To enure that object—so indispensable to the peace and liberties of Europe—nothing is wanted but a vigorous following up of the advantazes which have been gained. The precipitate retreat of the Russians, ' both at Kertch and on the Tchernaya, indicates that the soldiers are disheartened, and the resources of the Czar nearly exhausted. It would be false generosity to spare a Government which, for mere than two hundred years has been plundering all its' neighbours by-its armies, and introducing .anarchy among them by its intrigues. The cant of the Aberdeenites that it is hereby proposed to carry on the war for an object not contemplated at first can deceive no one. The object of the war was from the first to give security to Turkey, and through Turkey to Europe, against the systematic aggressions and rapac:ons policy of Russia. If the pro gross of the war opens up to us more efficacious means to effect this ptirpose than were at first contemplated, it is the duty of the Allies to adopt them. It must now be apparent even to the most irresolute that the time for each unsatisfactory eomprcinises as were mooted at the o inferences has passed. Presumptuously confident in her ability to throw dust in the eyes of the European powers, Russia rejected terms far more lenient than her misdeeds or real strength entitled her to expect ; Russia must now take the consequences of her own duplicity and arro gance. The Crimea ought not to be restored to her. It is for the Poles and the inhabitants of Southern Russia to determine in what relations they are henceforth to stand to the Muscovite Government. And it is now time that a question which has scarcely been raised as yet should be ripely and deliberately considered. When any private individual disturbs his neighbour by bring ing an action against him which has no foundation in justice, the courts of law decree that he shall pay the costs of both parties. Wars are the litigation of nations. Russia has been carrying on a scandalously unjust suit, and ought by every principle of justice to be amerced in costs. Russia ought to be compelled to pay not only the expense the war has entailed upon her, but the expense it has obliged the allies to incur. In so far as Russia is concerned, this is no more than an application of the /ex talionia, for in every war in which she has been victo rious she has exacted an indemnity from her adversary. If Russia can afford to pay, the mulct will make her more cautious of engaging in unjust wars in future ; if • she cannot, Europe will be effectually disabused of its • exaggerated estimate of the resources of that Colosus " with front of brass and feet of clay." ( Front the Morning Post of this day,) Our uncertain conduct has met with singular suacess in th Csinsea. Indeed, we do not kno 4 that the most decided purs&t of the best undsrstood object cauid have besn rewarded with a more complete result tian that which has followed mea•aires which, if we believe Mr. Disraeli, or Mr. Disraeli's friends, are the uncertain children of an ambiguous policy. We announced yester day two great movements of the aloes, each of which has succeeded as thoroughly as if it had not been the work of armies labouring heavily and painfully under the . vacillating command of a doub:ful ministry cursed with ambiguity of phrase and uncertainty of conduct, but bad been the achievement of a force conscious of following the most decisive inspiration, and proud of winning approval from men .whose determination they un• derstand it to be that they should beat the enemy come what may. Let us be serious. It will be re membered that the occupation of the line of the Tchernaya was expected not to be completed with out great loss, and after a severe conflict. The cons trary has proved to be the case. The telegraph, it is true, gives us but scanty information ; but that informa tion is of the best and most encouraging kind. It tells us that General Pelissier reports that the enemy, not in great force, contested the ground, was beaten, and retreated rapidly to the hills—that the troops of the Allies remained masters of the works taken on the 22d and 23d, and of the line of the Tchernaya won on the 25th. The Russians had made no attempt to retrieve this reverse on the 26th. but had agreed to an armistice for burying the dead. It reports somewhat vaguely that there must be between five thousand and six thousan killed and wounded ; but on this point we shall, doubt less, soon have more exact intelligence. On the same day as that of the occupation of the line of the Tcher naya, a force of French, English, and Turks, under Ge neral Brown, arrived at Yenikale, the Allied fleets took possession of the Sea of Azoff; and the enemy aban doned his position at Kertch on the 24tb, at Yenikale on the 25th, blowing up his magazines, batteries, and steamers, leaving us masters of this most important point without a single casualty. From these facts, or from the mere outlines of them, which we gain by the telegraph, we may learn the folly of the men who believed, or, at least, would have had others believe, in the power of Russia to reproduce, at a moment's notice, the soldiers who fall before us—men ( Front the Times of this day.) T who would teach us that Russia, unlimited and inex he victorious occupation of the to wn o f K er t c h b y haustible in her supplies, laughs at all our efforts to d the allied forces, the command we have thus obtained minish them, and is still ready to meet us in full force a of the Cimmerian Bosphorus and the Sea of Azoff, and every point, This is not so. The constant loss that we the establishment of our powe r u p on anot h er po i nt o f have inflicted on the Russian force has undoubtedly told the highest strategical importance in the Russian torri- on them severely. Our greatly increased strength has enabled us to make two most important movements, tories, are events which augur most auspiciously for the which the Russians have not had force to contest. By success of the campaign in which we are now about to the Sea of Azoff, we command their great road for men engage, and place in our hands another material pledge and for supplies. By taking the line of the Tchernaya, for the triumphant termination of the war. The satis- we have advanced a step to the northward of the city, faction which this achievement will excite in all parts of which vve t s o hall now have strength to encircle,. to i the world where sympathy is felt for the cause of the allies is increased by the fortunate circumstance that in, has and hithn,to shut up frora that external aid friend.aid which The this success has been obtained without h; single casualty. In spite of the warning given to the Russians by the re- be•u h n no doubt, they will details ' of thes s e tood imp s o o rta s nr mgloyvemhents will soon call of the first expedition nearly three weeks ago, the be s in un o ne r ed ands, and very result shows that they had not means to place the Straits an dtici ated from the complete of Yenikale in an efficient state of defence ; they evacu- success Iwhichmarhese anticipated 'bringp to bear on their ated and destroyed the forts which guarded the Sea of succeeded and carried h for:::rd with all the vigour stren k gth T w h h e •ch the A good time for our men is coining. Their Azoff on the arrival of the combined fleet ; and the birth day of the Queen of England was worthily celebrated y understand, and the end of which by planting the standards of England and France upon will 3 be ° for enough to repay even the misery that they the hill which tradition has described as the tomb of havethe deadly troubles that they w s o t h o re r e i n Th f and hin e h ne t r h g e y will g ory . ven gone through--even . ... Mithridatts . of the end. The This result is the more glorious and the more we do not doubt, the beginning These operations are, force of the Allies is now s ufficient to do what it could t at an enormous risk. operation would sooner or extraordinary, as the Russians most long have foreseen that such an earlier , except have encountered and survived. hater be attempted, and there is no point in the vast Sebastopol, shut out from succour, ii surrounded by dominions of Russia the loss of which is more formidable enemies who close id's her perpetua y, weakened in to that empire. Indeed, if the allies proceeded no fur er own garrison, unaibd from without, must fall, after not have attempted Cher than to occupy and hold the Straits of Yenikale p as brave a defence as ever did honour to troops and to and the adjacent peninsula of Kertch, which is easily commanders. defensible by any Power having the command of the The rapidity with which these bold and steady 1310 VG• sea, they would remain in possession of the key to one silents have followed the increased strength of our armies, of the principal approaches to the Russian territories• and the change to the steady decision of General Pe- In 1851 no less than 1,000 trading vessels passed the lissier, will, we hope, satisfy or shame the veriest Straits. Taganrog, Marianopol, Berdianski, and Kertch, grumbler who laments over our doings in the Crimea" all commercial towns, which it has been the p olic y of the A ll that we have wanted from the first has been sufficient Russian Governmet tto protect and foster with the ut- force. We began the undertaking the free-undoubtedly having most care for the last 70 years, exist only by deceived ourselves as to the means required, and we ,lour of trade between the Sea of Azoff and the Euxine. English especially paid a heavy its tri- penalty for our want of the whole exports of the valley of the andDonnpreparation, and for the state of • Don and economical helplessness hutaries, and the communication between the . into which concession to ' trade of that mighty stream a paltry policy bad continued to drive us the Volga, which places the depend on , • Those days are over. The house, the in connexion with the markets of Europe, all Cabinet, the country, that is no exa,ggera- see the necessity that we should this neck of the Sea of Azoff ; so will be felt face the evil isolcil • v, pill off or compromise nothing, but that our occopstion of leertch f sl t lion to assert Kazan and Nishni No• , l e i out a neble and ass s • in the interior of Russia, even to . fillies ~,, ~,_ have 3 1-. , gearrel in company with our On the Asiatic shore of the Straits the 1 "." , ,e begun it, honestly, and frankly, and vogorod. heir fortelieeti, n- qarely. We i 411 . 7 1 - . Russians have also destroyed t. , , ~, foe , . , . 0 AN? our children no Russian war sides may be occupied, and tile allied legacY—we shall leave them no dread of that gigantic so that both will thresten or blockade Anaps, which is :Aggressive barbarism-61st frightful serni•civilisatiou forces spays for the the whole Circassian coast. K, rto b its ' whieb imports the vices of all countries, and the key to , We shall se lf i s a flourishing own o f a b ou t ja 2,ooc , juila. ' importatioli out of the miseries of its serfs. bi tan ts, built entirely of substantial houses. Ti„3 i ts , I "ntVe that Empire a lesson which will la st it many a day are chiefly Greeks and Tartars, • d for —w s shall leave habitants An tyre , e thence that England first time since the commencement of these uperasam noblest battles fought it, the best a . s 1 Russian war filling our troops will find themselves in contact with can bo"st• We " a Yet have the * . what , ' era of the English his may be termed, by comparison, a civilized coinnou ' ; the brightest and proudest chart The climate, though cold in winter, is healthyi lI Y . tory of our own day. and , •••••••••-.••••••"""""" -- --'277_7! genial in this season. The surrounding country, which . is termed by the Russians the district of ' The General Steam Navigation Is-each-al- i Quits PASSAGE.— kOlSk, is luxuriantly fertile wherever it is cultivated •it ''' y' steam-ship Moselle, Captain S. Frost, left is separated from Kaffa by about 60 miles of undulating on)l)baunr-oson Friday last, at 9.25 p.m., and arrived at e , am plain, lying between the Sea of Azoff i Ur rice's Wharf, London, on Sunday last, at and the Black Sea, , the St. a A and the isthmus dividing the Bay of Kaffa from that of 11 a.m., a ft e r a splendid run of only 376 hours. Arabat is not more than 12 miles in breadth. i A LONG B ALLOON JOURNEY . — An American aeronaut A. more favour a bl e p os i t i on e i ther for military or com- lately left New Orleans in a balloon, travelled 310 mile* mercial operations cannot be found, and in the flourish- in six hours, landed his passengers at Port Gibson, Zitia ing da ys of the Crimea, both in antiquity, under the sissippi, and then resumed his voyage.