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The Tenders must be 'delivered at the secretary's Department of tkli Wee, at or before noon, on' Saturday, the 22d instant, and they lutist be enclosed in sealed co• ers,. addressed to "Her Majesty's Postmaster-General," and endorsed, "Tenders for Candles, &c " ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - THIS EVENING, and every evening during the Week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects,. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, po- , - lessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them o'n the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any tee thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex i)ected deaonements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every- night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged ani fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum .Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he aas beft enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con !mums repetition. He , belicrwes that•no.professor of his art * **slang , time or in say' 4daoe ;been ,boggo ed jiti? an ltintrunt of saccess-so-essiXamiyo. • e would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of Perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has 9)ared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, t hat, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppo"- tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher - ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, .or whenever by resortiag to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of tip treduldts. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Prs fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst Many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex- Pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Andersbn to reply at length to a tithe of th eemmunications which reach him on the subject. He regret. that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen Who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily suseeptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions o spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within th Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that thi Public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode Of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the *tunes of the great and learned of - the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for • instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning A dvertiscr of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has Witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to he thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to beer upon the v olution of the phenomena; but the presence of s ubstantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirit. who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate 'jai objects about the room, proved to be too much of a Ties tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account od Rho, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 644: """" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now I n Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations Without apparatus. Barnum. who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New Yank, Barnum then took it for granted that medium. could b e bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply, and honestly remarked, that the money would have been n a ry acceptable to him, for ho was pobr, young (under 211), an 'Sr- Phan, and in very bad. health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose bis life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. Vie inquired into the subject; and now Barnum,, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is exe of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom Alight be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose 1:1 this accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse• silent to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likel3 to be negotiated I Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of tiagland have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross swindle, when 'he finds that the Incumbent of Wortley (the ltev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and Writes it book on the subject, he considers it t" be time for Will to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the ( forging Advertiser of October 3 appe ars a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel. to company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that Which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that eldrit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad Pa/poses. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one Who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their stance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship'• right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out," With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves te be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" bas actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by bins nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, qr Saturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, aid illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery ot.every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate- Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass . perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly d r y, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spir its ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng • land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which ho who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12, The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. - Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. 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T o LOVERS OF FISI-1.-100 GENUINE 111:)ATElts for 65., ,ack,ge Included THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on rec , ipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). -; , --nd full and plain direction, county, an 1 near , st sta tion.—Address THON. LETTIS. jun , Fish Curer, tit. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Sir. Lettis has supplied us with Yar mouth bloaters, and we find the qa tlity excellent.—J. Brashowe, house steward Blenheim Palace. Oct. 20, 1854." • - • - " Mr. Letti.,—As soon as you send. out your genuine bloaters, I shall b.. glad to have a upplr as ;mai ; •those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—.l. F. Courr , Ainhasador's 'Hurt, St. James's Palace.—Oct. 1. 1855." STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GitAVESEND, 2, 2. WFIA BLACKWALL, on the avris.: of the following Trains from Fenchurch-streo, 10 , 3 1 4, we .then permit ting. 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Also for ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, Quarts, Pints, and Half-pints, Imperial measure. 5%, Pall-mall, Oct. 20, 1855. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. rRIESEIVtA R.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an. injunction was g ranted by the High Court of Chancery, and on he 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph rranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou 9and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by 1:oyal Letters Patent of England, and secured oy the heals ot the rah ..e Plsrmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College or Medicine, %-ienna, TRIESEMAR, No. 1, , remedy for Relaxation, `ipergiatorrhree, and gxhanstioi, -rtnin, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state `).," S conseguenced of early srrors it is invaluable. 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The Third Elition.—Just published, price 5v., by ~, st, free .6d ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the ,teal , ufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From - he German of Dr.: PICK FOE =. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing 4 complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. ", or . ficktord ;s known to English yeaders by his frequent practi- .. contributions to German medical literaturi. This - is the first - I,ie. he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-mecti : reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall tetect any the; i equally flagrant evtl which it may he in his p)wer to cor rect"—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' snit • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book ;ould find its way Into the hands of those who staffer from the com flaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would riaved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much rn ney This volume is welt qualified to put an end to the vimpirical system of treating Spermatorrhtea, and to place the treat ment tipiin more rational and physiological basis. it is, therefore, to .1.0 much good." London: H. klalhero, 219, Itezent,qtreet PENALTY FO - 14 1 . SHOOTING- A PHEASANT. At the Winghain Petty Sessions yesterday (Thursday) befort, Mr. M. Bcll (chairman), Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart., end six other county magistrates, a youth of the name of Henry Hoile, shout 17 years of age, and ap parently somewhat deficient in his intellect, was charged with having unlawfully killed certain game, to wit, ore Db.-a-ant, the pr iperty of Mr. Edward R. Rice, M.P. for Dover, at the p,rish of Silmonstone, on the 28th ult. A keeperin the service of Mr. Rice deposed that about a quarter past two on the day in question he was in Mount Pleasant Wood, on the Dane Court estate, when he heard a gun fire. He immediately went to the spot, and saw the defendant on a footpath on Mr. Harvey's land, which joined .Mr..Riee's. Witness asked him what he had been shooting. Defendant replied, " Rooks." The next morning witness went to the cover immediately opposite where he saw the defendant the previous day, and then, within shot of the footpath, he found a cock pheasant dead, having bee❑ shot. It was lying on the ground, not covered up or hid in any way. Witness watched the plain, and about 11 o'clock the defendant passed, but did not touch the bird ; he also came again at 3 o'clock but did not interfere with it. Witness then went up to the defendant and charged him with having shot the pheasant. At first he denied it, but subsequently admitted that he did shoot at the pheasants " to scare them away." Defendant was employed as "rook boy" by Mr. Harvey. Thomas Dawkins. yardsman to Mr. Rice, proved having beard the defendant say, while in custody of the previous witness, that he shot at the pheasant, but did not intend to kill it ; he only wanted to frighten it. He cried very much at the time and said he was very sorry. Defendant—l was sent there to keep things off my master's wheat, and I shot at the birds, but not to kill them. I shot at them with a stone. Sir Brook Bridges— Your master, no doubt, told you to shoot the rooks. Defendant—But there is a terrible many of them other birds, acid I was told to drive all birds off the land. Dawkins expressed his belief that the pheasant had been killed by shot and not with a stone. The Bench consulted together, after which The Chairman told the defendant that the magis trates considered that the case was clearly proved against him. He was liable to a penalty of 51., but they would only order him to pay 11. and 17s. 6d. costs, or one month's imprisonment with hard labour. Defendant—l have no money but what I work for. Sir B. Bridges—lt will be a very good warning to you. Defendant—Will you allow me any time! Chairman—No. Defendant—l.have.got I.s. Chairman—That won't do. Defendant was accordingly taken to prison. ALLEGED BURNING OF A NEWLY-BORN CHILD. A shocking case has been investigated before Mr. Ji;wison, coroner, and a jury at Cleckheaton, in which Eliza Woo(;, of C!eckheaton, a delicate, fair-complexioned, and respect+hle•loiiking young woman, was alleged to have destroyed her offinriug, the birth of which she had unlawfully concealed. The woman resided in a sort of cellar-dwelling, at Moor-end, Cleckheaton, and was em ployed at is worsted mill in the vicinity. She had one child, about two years and a half old, the offspring of her marriage with her bite husband, who died somewhat more than a year ago. Since her husband's decease she formed a connection with a man who, we are credibly in formed, was employed as an overlooker at the mill in which she worked, and after she had become pregnant he married another woman. The neighbours observed her condition, but she never mentioned the subject to them. On the Wednesday of last week, however, they noticed th ,t the door of Mrs. Wood's house was locked, and a Mrs. Wooller saw her in bed, on which occasion she said she ha I been poorly, but was then better. The parochial constable was informed of the suspicions which had been aroused, and eventually Mr. Sykes, surgeon, on having his attention directed to the woman, made such discoveries as can lead to no other conclusion than that the unfortunate woman had not only been confined of a mature male child, but had deliberately destroyed it by burning. Among the ashes of the grate were found eight small portions of burnt bone, some of them forming part of the leg, foot, and great toe. The child was found in the bed, pinned up in a napkin, and much burnt and mutilated. The legs, from the knees, were wanting, and the thighs, buttocks, and abdomen were much burnt, as well as the lower part of the chest. Be fore the discovery of the burnt body, the mother, in reply to repeated questions as to what she had done with the child, said at last, " I burnt it." She said the child, when born, fell among the ashes, and she becom ing senseless, it was burnt to death. Mr. Sykes gave it as his decided opinion that the child was put alive upon the fire, and that the accused then washed it, and thus blisters were produced, and the charred legs came off. After a long investigation the. jury returned as their verdict—" That the child was put on the fire by its mother, and that its death was caused by being burnt." The Coroner—Then that amounts to a verdict of wilful murder against the mother ; and I do not see how you could have come to any other decision.—Leeds Mercury. ANTDCHRISTMAS Box MOVEMENT.—The Cheltenham grocers, to the number of ninety and upwards, have en tered into " a solemn league and covenant" to abstain from the practice of giving Christmas boxes this year, under " a penalty of i 51.," to be presented to the hos pital. As a set-off to the above, the crier was employed yesterday to announce that, in consequence of the " combination" among the grocers, the public of Chel tenham would this year discontinue the custom of eating Christmas plum-pudeing.—Oheltenliara Examiner. I A SERVANT POlSONED.—Yesterday a female servant, residing with a family in Cockspunstreet, Charing-cross, was brought into Charing-cross Hospital in a dangerous condition, having been poisoned by eating a compound of red lead known as beetle wafers, and used for the purpose of destroying those troublesome kitchen insects. Mr. Beck, the resident medical officer, immediately ap plied the stomach pump, and extracted a considerable quantity of the poisonous mineral from the system. It appears that the young woman eat the wafers (the taste , of which she liked) without any idea of their noxious properties. She is progressing favourably. TRE TURKISH CONTINGENT. KERTCH, Nov. 2G.—The arrival of this force at this late season puts an end to the slightest chance of active operations this year on their part against the enemy. General Vivian, instead of heedlessly wasting most precious time in the delicious halls and bowers of the Russian summer palace on the banks of the Bosphorus during the summer months, now comes forth with his men to ensconce them for the winter in the Crimea. Most are still under canvas. Snow has set in, and the Turkish Con tingent will he housed and hutted probably next January. In the meanwhile sickness and the in clemency of the weather will do its ,work of deci mation, far greater than the sword of the hussar or the lance of the cossack, who occasionally show in the neighbourhood. Lieutenant-General Vivian, no - doubt, while Adjutant-General of the Madras Army, was most efficient at the red-tape and pen and-paper business ; but the utter waste and reck lessness incurred in this force completely place his capabilities and ideas on a par with those of the ancient race of generals of 1793, who lel tlieir men to disgrace and defeat. No wonder that robbery, rape, and plundering of all description have become the order of the day in Kertch, from the indecision and wish on the part of the Lieutenant-General to soothe a few old Pashas, by overlooking the most horrible'atrocities ever corrmitted by the hand of mau on the part of the Osmanli soldiers now belonging to the Turkish Contingent. What little remained of Kertch, from its first sack by the Allies, once one of the most beautiful towns in the universe, is now a scene of the greatest misery and desolation, from the atrocious and villanons excesses of every description by the troops under n. -Vivian=-4hearoerfe-estVidooting -of the best houses torn up and burned for sheer want"n ness and a passion for destroying property which ought to have been available for a future day. The arrival from Buyukdere of a fresh supply of those heroes was the signal for a fresh display of the same conduct, consisting of every crime in the calendar, on the unfortunate few of the poor resi dents who could not escape with their more fortu nate neighbours to a secure place of safety. A minute portion of some of their soldier-like propen sities I will now relate for the edification of John Bull, who has the gratification of paying for those scoundrels. A few evenings back two of those heroes, a cap tain and a private, attacked a small house occupied by two old ladies above 60 years of age, and plun dered them of all the money and valuables they possessed. They then attempted a horrible crime, when, an alarm being given, they escaped with their spoil. The next day the fellows came again, when an outcry being raised, one scoundrel drew his sabre, and cut one poor woman's head asunder, while the other smashed her skull with a huge stone. The wretched woman being released from her misery in a very short time, the fellows made towards their camp as if nothing occurred, no looker on daring to notice it for fear of meeting the same doom. Thosemurderersbelongedtearegimentof the Contingent that arrived only a few days back from. Buyukdere, and, though officially reported at head quarters to the Deputy Adjutant-General, Turkish Contingent, Lieut.-Colonel (local) Crewe, a captain in the Madras army, no notice or endeaTours what ever were taken to find out the assassins, though this gallant officer of the Madras army, who never saw a shot fired during his career, if he perceived an officer out of regimentals in the camp dr street, would order bim to return at once to his quarters, under pain of being placed in arrest and ,reported to the Lieut.-General commanding, making a fuss perfectly ridiculous to soldiers, while no notice is taken of assassins such as I have described. It is well known that the wealthy portion of the Russians inter their dead with their rings and jewel lery attached to their persons, and it was brough t under the notice of the authorities that the graves and tombs in the burial-grounds were exhumed and the dead bodies exposed to every indignity by the atrocious rapacity of the Turkish soldiers re cently arrived. A small picket of the 71st High land light infantry, a corporal and six men-250 of whom are quartered in Kertch—were patrolling the town near the churchyard the same evening the woman was murdered, when they were fired upon by those sacrilegious vampires ; they soon re turned the fire, killing a yuz Bashi on the spot and wounding others. Not the least notice was taken by the contingent authorities of the conduct of those men, unless to hush the affair, if pospible, from becoming public ; while the necmommissioned officer and men of the 71st, for -their gallant con duct, were thanked in regimental orders. The morning after this affair, Reschid Pacha, who com manded a brigade of Turks previous to General Vivian's arrival, had the consummate impertinence to send his interpreter with a written order to Captain Hope, commanding the 71st, to place the picket in close arrest, previous to their being tried by a court-martial for shooting one of his officers. The gallant captain, the momeht he read the order, crumpled it up, stating to the interpreter there was no answer, but to tell the Pacha how he treated his orders, and would continue to do the same with any others he might send on the subject. Peaceful measures with these demi-savages will never teach them their duty towards society—nothing, I am convinced, but the strong iron hand of military discipline held over them will ever bring them to order. No temporising ,or half-measures of mis placed affected feeling towards a Turk can make him act towards you in any other way than a half suspicious feelin g that you have some design to wards him, to better yourself out of his superiority as a human being—a fellow little better in intel lect than the larger species of a baboon, as far as his moral or human feelings go, where a Christian is concerned. A slight commotion was caused in the market- place of Kertch on Friday last. The circumstances are as follow :—The provost marshal, Major Guernsey, and the commandant of the siege de fences Major Hill, R.A., were walking in the neighbourhood of the chief pay-office on the heights of Kertch, the former looking oat, as was his duty, for squalls —or, vulgarly speaking, to see what was going on, in the vicinity of the late dreadful mur der. At some distance CT, on a hill, ho espied five Turkish soldiers suspiciously watching a house belonging to an old man, a Russian, and five chil dren ; they soon entered, and, as usual, commenced knocking down the man and children, putting them in fear of their life ; then plundering became the order of the day. The provost-marshal coming up to the house changed the scene. Two of the fel lows, coming out of the gateway laden with the spoil, immediately dropped it and bolted ; the other three were caught in a trap in the yard, with all the articles they could carry away ; two of them escaped, but the third wal secured by the provost marshal, arid taken to the guard, where he re ceived three dozen lashes, which he most richly deserved, amidst a commotion of Turkish officers and soldiers, of all descriptions and grades, who appeared dreadfully annoyed that this person was not allowed to go free as they wished—for as to knock ing down an old man and children, putting aside a little louting, in their eyes constituted no crime. However, the chief leader of the mob outside the prison was a captain of the same regiment, the 7th Turkish Contingent, quartered at Fort Paul, near five miles off from where the delinquents were caught. After the fellow received his punishment he was let free, when an attack was made by a mob of over three hundred, headsd by the above offiCer with a drawn sword ; ston throwing and other missiles were vented,on the unfortunate provost marshal and his assistants, who were knocked down, and would to a certainty have been murdered on the spot, if the former, with a presence of mind as cool (as the saying is) as a cucumber, had not pulled his revolver out, and, covering a fellow that nearly broke his arm with a stone, shot him through the lungs—repeating the dose to two oth er indivi duals by clipping a fellow's ear and shooting a Turkish soldier through the neck, which nearly settled him. The valiant heroes soon cleared the streets. The captain, who caused the row, threw himself flat on the ground the moment he saw Major Guernsey's pistol pointed towards him, who had magnanimity enough not to shoot the scoun drel as he lay on his back floundering like a turtle cut from .R.A., and growling for mercy ; he m erel y took his sword and broke it. The provost-marshal was wounded in in the head and his arm near l y broken ; One of his serjeants was cut and bruise d ; a cor p o ral of the 71st The a alsoffra hadaffray was a h s i s witnesseda rm severely bymaujtor f Captain 'See. Swaby, 39th Regt., Major F. Miller, 80th Regt., and Captain Walker, of the East India Company's service, who all deposed before a court of inquiry that, but for the coolness and intt 4 epidity of that officer, all the Europeans would have been murdered on the spot to a moral certainty. He only acted in self.defence, and they would have done the same. Indeed the latter officer, riding up at the moment, cut down a Turk with his sword, while in the act of felling one of the ser jeants with a stone. Now what follows is a sad reflection on giving unlimited power to parties not, I may Bay, baying common sense to command themselves, let alone a body of men, to say the least of them, as I have already stated, little better. than demi-savages, as they proved themselves. The officer who is in per formance of his duty, outrageously assaulted by a mob of plunderers miles from their cantonments— saving his own life and those of others around him— is immediately placed in arrest for seven days, and .then coolly informed by the Deputy Adjutant- General that the Lieut.-General Commanding can not; allow Whim to serve with this force any longer, and that 'he .must leave for England - at once, and present himself to Lord Panmure for his decision of the else, who it his hoped will take a more honest and just view of it than Getieral Vivian. The officers of the contingent are highly incensed at the decision given against Major Guernsey. He bears with him letters from most of the officers of rank in the force, approving of his conduct, regretting his loss, and indignant at the injustice done him. Not a sentence breathed of Major Guernsey's case in the general orders - OTT:MY ; but iu a few days a letter is sent to the generals of division, &c., requesting them to read it to all the officers under their command. The purport of it is that General Vivian requests and commands that no officer will draw his sword for the future ou any Turk, under any circumstances; but if they commit a crime, their regiment is to be found out, and they are to be handed over for punishment. The Turks being now aware of such an order, place it all to fear, and act accordingly. Turkish prejudices, more especially when mixed up with them politically, are to be viewed in a dif ferent light than when large bodies of troops are congregated together, such as are at present in Kertch, &c., consisting of material scraped to gether from all parts of the Ottoman empire. In atead of our bending to suit their ideas, half bar barous, it should be the object of the officer in command, as far as compatible with the order of things, to bend them to the form of the civilised portion of the army of the two great nations doing duty in Kortch and its vicinity. General Vivian may rest assured—and it is the opinion of the principal generals and officers under his command —that his soothing system, of letting no European whatever interfere for the future with the Turks, as far as punishment goes, for any crime, will go far to render the force nugatory and useless. Their own officers, from their highest paella downwards, are men so ignorant that, if he got the Sultan's do minions, one of them could not sign his name. An English officer would be ashamed to be seen in a tent with one of them, so degraded, and vile, and lost to all decency are the characters of those men, more especially when we know and rest assured that the source of their appointment proceeded originally from a calling so disgusting and so pol: lilted that it can hardly be named or even hinted at. Such are the proteges to be brought under- British rule by mild treatment. I can give the opinion of a French officer who witnessed the affray with the provost marshal. If, says he, a French officer were treated in a similar manner to your provost marshal, more especially in the exe cution of his duty,. I should feel degraded if I did not order out every man of the French army in Kertch, and decimate them on the spot, for inter fering with justice. The destruction of public pro perty fresh from England is disgraceful in the extreme ; only within the last week I witnessed such havoc and waste that it is high time John Bull should open his eyes to the facts. At Fort St. Paul I witnessed the landing of 700 sheep on the beach, per the Tynemouth, from Constantino ple, ordered there by the command of Captain Hall, of the Miranda frigate. No person was pre sent to receive them ; the consequence was, that nearly one half of them wore lost (Captain Hall's duty seems to be chiefly riding with an aide-de camp two government horses, provided by order of General Vivian, through the streets of Kertch) by the negligence of giving an order for the com missariat to receive them. The same vessel brought up 300 bags of barley, which were landed on the beach. No person ever came to receive them. I saw a lot of Turks, each with a horse, the next day feeding out of sacks ; after they had finished, the remaining portion was thrown away, so that out of 300 bags only 120 remained untouched. Any per son walking on the beach for the last fortnight could have perceived several cases of medicine, ex posed to every danger, addressed "The Inspector- General, Turkish Contingent ; " there they remain, and are likely to remain. The same remark ap plies to the purveyor's stores. I witnessed several cases of lamps lying in the same condition, the cases burst opstc• an& any one that chose helping himself to what he pleased. Now, instead of Gen. Vivian showing off through the streets of Kertch daily, with a guard or escort of Turkish Lancers, if ho would give his attention to these trifles, he would far better serve his men and the country , that employs him. In Madras he never saw ser vice, and it is very unlikely while ho is employed here that he will ever have the chance of seeing a shot fired, with his Brummagen brigadiers, as Sir Colin Campbell most felicitously designated them. Major-Gen. Shirley arrived here a fortnight back with the cavalry of the contingent, and after re maining this length of time and losing several of the best horses, it is now found out there is no stabling or forage for them in Kertch. They are at last ordered to Eupatoria, where it is pretty certain they will be hardly allowed to land, and they will most probably proceed to Buyukdere or Varna. Surely such wanton waste of public money must be put an end to—there is no denying it. The head-quarter staff of the contingent are ineffi cient, and not up to their work. General Vivian no doubt must have been delighted to have pleased and promoted his friends from the Madras Army ; but if the country pays for service supposed to be rendered, it ought to have the best men for the money it affords. His staff at head-quarters con sists of the following, where they came from being stated: —Deputy Adjutant-General, Lieutenant- Colonel Crewe, captain Madras Army ; Assistant Adjutant-General, Major Goldsmid, lieutenant, Madras Army • Deputy Assistant Adjutant-Gene ral, Captain Hearne, lieutenant Madras Army ; Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General, Major J. Lather Vaughan, lieutenant, Madras Army ; Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Captain J. L. Parry, lieutenant, Madras Army. All the brigadiers are from the Indian army, the last pro moted is Paymaster of Warley Barracks, and one of the Generals of Division is an Indian officer, who commanded a company in Burmah two years back, but never was under fire in his life. One of those staff gentlemen, who got himself made a Pacha some weeks ago by a commission from the Sultan, to flatter his vanity, had the good taste and feeling to express publicly at Missiri's Hotel, Constantinople, a short time back, that Lord Pan mure had no right whatever to appoint an officer from the Queen's service. Having that opinion surely discretion should have made him keep it to himself. It certainly was rather an awkward expression to use. However, the officers of the Queen's army present treated it as it deserved. Constituted as at present, the Turkish Contingent can never repay the money expended on it in any one way. At a future period I will give you a further detail of its proceedings in Kertch. THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD. A large mumber of medical men, chemists, and phar maceutists, assembled last night at the rooms of the :Filar snarceutical Society, Bloomsbury-square, in order to hear a communication by Dr. Hassall. Amongst those pre sent we noticed Mr. Schelefield, M.P., Dr. Hassall, Dr. O'Connor, Dr. Dillon, Dr. Semple, Dr. Bernays, Pb. D., Dr. Normandy, Messrs. Alexander Ure, F.R.C.S., E. Joseph, M.R.C.S., Jabez Hogg, M.R.C.S., Jacob Bell, Bastick, Curtis, Morson, Hills, Squire, Hanbury, &c. The subject was the adulteration of annatto, a vegetable dye, much used by dyers, painters, soapmakers, and also employed in 'the coloration of milk, butter, and cheese. This communication was of a very elaborate character, and it contained the results of the microscopi cal and chemical examination of 34 samples of annatto. The following ingredients were detected :—Very large quantities of sago, wheat, rye, and barley, in 14 speci mens ; tumeric powder in several ; chalk in a great many (this in some instances amounting to over 60 per cent.) ; sulphate of lime or gypsum in several, salt in a great many, alkali in many; red earths, as Venetian red and ruddle, in a great many, lead in three samples, and cop per in others. To such an extent was the adulteration carried that some of the samples contained not more than 30 per cent. of annatto. Dr. Hassall admitted that alkali was necessary in order to render it more soluble, and possibly a small quantity of starch, but any excess of this, and all the other articles, Dr. Hassall regarded as adulterations. SavlNGs-Bmixs.—Notwithstanding the many causes of distress among the industrious - classes, the deposits and interest due to depositors in the Finsbury BAnk, Sekforde street, according to the accounts made up to the 30th of November, remain nearly the same as at the beginning of the year. During the last 12 months it appears that the deposits amounted to 74,3611., the re payments to 82,5931., the interest to 8,6571., and the capital to 269,3961. The balance in their favour at the National Debt-offibe also exceeds the amount due on their accounts. THE MASSACRE Al' RANG° HEAD. • 1 The following official report'of the eircumstancds, attending the attack upon the boat of • her Ma jesty's ship Coisack, at Hango ba § been fur nibhed by 'Lieut.. Genoste,, at the request of the Lords Commissioners of the Board of Admiralty London, Nov. 29, 1855. compliance with the order of the 22d inst., reccived'frorn you, directing me to transmit to for Mit the infortion'athe Lords' Commissioners of 'the 'Ad.' miralty a full and detailed. account of the circumstances ; attending the landing from the boat of H.M.S. Cossack, at Hango Head, and of the attack made - upon her by the Russian soldiers, I have the honour -to state that,- on Tuesday, sth June last, when lying off Hango Head, in M.S.-Cossack,'l.received orders from Ciipt.'Panaliniee to proceed on shore in the cutter of that ship; with, a flag of truce, to land five Finnish captains,'Russian sub jects, and to communicate with , the Rutsiarf officer' or officers At that place,. to inform him for what purpose I bad come on shore, and alio to acquaint him that we had reeeivednrders to take or destroy-all the Small , Russian coasting vessels or boats found passing and reps' Bing along the coast: - . • Capt. Faaishawe also inforined me that hid , gi-sieis permission to the stewards to go in t 4 bost,'and that if the Russian officer whom I should meet on shore had no objection, and the inhabitants were willing to jell any eggs or poultry to them, I was to permitthem to purchase these articles, but I was on no account . to permit their being, with me to interfere in any way with the performance of the duty on which I -was sent ; nor, if the things which they wished to purchase were not immediately at hand, were we to wait for them, nor . on any account to permit them to detain the boat. Having received my orders I found the cutter at the gangway manned with the ordinary harbour boat's crew. of boys and young hands, she having another fighting boat's Icretv of older and stronger men, wleo were always sentin her when going awayfront the ship for warlike purposes, but whe were not - einfloyedln - thittns • , the Finnish prisoners, wirh their- luggage, .being in the boat; as also the three stewards, Mr. Sullivan, midship man of the boat, and Dr. Easton, who had obtained leave to come with the boat for the pleasure of the pull and his own amusement. The muskets belonging to the boat were in her, as is customary whenever a boat is sent away from the ship in war time in an enemy's waters. The boat's magazine was also in the boat containing its usual complement ; that is, only cartridges for the muskets, two small blue lights for signals, one small rocltet for the same purpose, and one slow match. The - muskets were in the bottom of the boat, under the baggage belonging to the priso ners ; the crew had not their cartouche boxes on, they being attached to the muskets, and with them in the bottom of the boat. As soon as we had left the ship the coxswain of the boat asked nee if he should serve out the ammunition to t ur h es p e u lai m el d e c, n u , ,s ,t a oc nd mer to i t ani t ng l musks nngo taw; a e t hy t a i t s r boa from u l aw d se b b e wi pe l ori were ded, gwoai nr g as is the ly time. with hla flag of truce we should not-require them." In conse quence of this order the magazine was not unlocked, and no ammunition was given out, nor any musket loaded. When a little distance from the ship, and at least a mile and a-half from the shore, I ordered the flag of truce to be hoisted in the 139 w of the boat, it beiog the most conspicuous place, and it remained there during the whole time of our approach to the shore, equally visible as the boat herself. Theflag was of white bunting, attached to the end of a boarding-pike. As the boat approached the shore I examined most attentively with my glasses the beach and neighbouring coast and rocks, to see if I could dis cern the presence of any Russian force, bat nothing whatever could be observed to indicate there being any troops in the neighbourhood. I was not, therefore, sur prised that the flag of truce was not answered, as we had no reason to suppose that we should find any soldiers there. The flag of truce not being answered in any way, and no signal of any kind being made, I of course concluded ' that there could not be any Russian troops in the-neigh bourhood, and therefore proceeded slowly to the shore to fulfil my mission, the flag of truce being still kept in the most conspicuous position. On arriving at the jetty, no person being visible ex cept two women standing at the door of one of the houses, and one peasant who ran across between two houses, I landed the Russian prisoners and their bag- , gage, and giving particular orders to Mr. Sullivan not to let any of the boat's crew leave the boat, proceeded to accomplish the remaining part of my mission by com municating with the Russian lieutenant at the telegraph station, to acquaint him with the reason of my coining on share close to his station, and to tell him our orders to put a stop to the coasting trade, as I have before mentioned. The telegraph station was on the bill, immediately above where we landed on the jetty ; the road to it ran round the bottom of the hill ; in so doing, approaching the houses on the beach, and being under three minutes' walk from tlat.boat. _Pisa Rnosrian _priatumrs 510 ,, Arnp , nied me (in order to be delivered to the officer), as did also Dr. Easton. I also permitted the three stewards to follow me, but ordered them particularly to keep close to me, not to communicate with the inhabitants or attempt to purchase anything, even if offered, until I had given them permission, after having, in the first place, obtained the sanction of the Russian officer. The stewards were dressed in plain clothes, as were the Russian prisoners, and they could in no way be dis tinguished from them. I-beg to state that the stewards being with me did not in the least influence my proceed ings ; that I should have advanced to communicate with the officer at the telegraph station equally whether tl ey had been with me or not ; the consideration as to whe ther they should obtain a few eggs and poultry not being of the smallest moment. My intention was, on finish ing my official communication with the Russia❑ officer, to ask him if he had any objection to their obtaining anything that was for sale on the spot, and, if he had consented, I should have permitted them to do so, but should not have allowed them to go away from the sta tion or detain the boat. On moving from the boat I gave the flag of truce to Lortun, the midshipman's steward, who carried it beside me, high and conspicuous in the air. Being thus in the act of carrying out my obvious and imperative duty, and bona fide proceeding t) find the nearest military authority, with whom the duty required me to communicate, under the full protection of the flag of truce, my astonishment may be imagined when, before we had proceeded 40 to 50 paces from the boat, a heavy fire was suddenly opened upon our small and utterly de 'fenceless party, from all sides, by Russian soldiery, who, having hitherto lain carefully and treacherously con cealed, now first gave notice of their presence as, after a murderous volley, they leaped from behind rocks and advanced on us, uttering the most furious cries and firing rapidly as they came. Of our small party who were on the pier several fell at the first fire ; Lundstrum, one of the Finnish captains, called out in Russian to stop the firing, but was immedi ately shot down with a bullet , through his head ; three of the other Russian prisoners also fell wounded, and o u n n ed,e rshelter withs e Pr. o E f a t s h t e on p , ier le . aped into the water and got The captain's and gun-room steward were both killed. The midshipmen's ste ward, who carrie d the flag of truce, was shot down with a b all in the hip the first fire. I i m mediately took the flag of truce from him, and, hold ing it up in the air, and pointing to it, called out in French and English, and did all I could to prevent them fi r ing on the boat. Of the party who had la n d e d, I was th e on ly o n e left l standing in less than half-a-minute after the fire opened. For a moment the soldiers seemed puzzled, and partially stopped their firing, but immediately afterwards resumed it harder than ever, advancing upon us with frightful yells. Of the poor fellows in the boat many fell at the first fire, killed or wounded, one jumped immediately into the water and got under the jetty, by which means he escaped being hit ; the others seeing the numbers of the soldiers and the impossibility of resistance, not having even a loaded weapon or the powder to load one with, also jumped into the water, and hung on the off-side of the boat, keeping as far down in the water as possible for protection. But even there they were not safe, as a lthough not a blow had been stru c k or a shot fired on our part, and not a man was now visible in the boat, the Russian soldiers continued in the most barbarous man ner to fire through and through the boat, until she was completely riddled, killing and wounding several of the poor fellows who were in the water on the off-side. In the meantime, on shore, the soldiers rushed down, and not having succeeded in killing me with their balls, rushed at me with the bayonet ; resistance from their d when numbers was, of course useless, 20 being me, and many more behind ;at this moraen t, wh t close ero h u e n ir weapons were within a 'few feet of my ,breast, the Rue sian officer ran 'np almost breathless, and just got be tween me and his infuriated sold iers in time to kee p them back and to save my life. I . immediately show e d him the flag of truce, and sp oke to him in French a nd English ; he replied in French, and with a good accent, "Je ne pane pas Francais." By his directio ns I was instantly seized by the soldiers, who at once deprived me of my sword and.glassee, and took the boarding-pike with the flag of truce attached to it out of my hand. They then commenced pulling me off to the houses, I, of course, endeavouring to remain, trying g to make the officer interfere to stop his men firing, who still in the most cold-blooded manner continued to load and fire through the boat, in which 1 10 person was visible, as the killed and wounded men were in the bottom of the boat. They did not cease firing for some time, and then went down and got into the. boat, and took prisoners the poor fellows who were on the other side of her, only two of whom had not been hit. They then took the weapons which were in the bottom of the boat, and which they could not possibly have seen before they got into the boat, as also the magazine ; and with these, and dragging theirprisoners, wounded and unwounded, along with them, came up from the boat to the houses. Mr. Sullivan had also a most extraordinary escape ; he was on the jetty, close by the boat, when the firing WM . menced, and moved up towards the end of it afterward* ; be was not hit, although the balls ploughed up the earth all round him, and was taken prisoner almost at the same moment as myself. I do not attribute out escape to any ordeal or !fish _ _ on the part cif tEe Itusstans ,- - make them prisonerg, as the balls struck all 'rout and they fired at us repeatedly when running in, s ! of the shoti being fired within a few yards of us, aM should certainly have been bayoneted in a few se - comb-4 ha f not the officer arrived at the moment he did. ,• • Uuder the circumstances in which we were attacked, ' and from the nature of the grount it was impossible to estimate with any'degree of accuracy the number - of the Russian soldiers engaged, but I should consider that at • the lowest estimation there were from 150 to 200, be, sides the Cossacks who appeared after the firing was over. It.was also difficult to judge of the exact time that the firing continued, but I should say, that from first tb last it could not have been less, than from seven to Cossack; ma n ner the i n four which dead-b odies h boat eight ;minutes, which although the aim of the Russian soldiers — w — aTt ver y had, ftiltra - cconnts for - the extraordi nary w fd as ua r d id i d a led h , er, i siearwarseafteeacrh warde p roved when the boat .was recovered 'by H.M.S. pierced withoot less than five balls ; and one poor fel low who had been hit in two places in the leg, and had tied his handkerchief round it (ee"--els- —hen lying wounded in the bottom of. the Luise sr warda struck by three balls in the body and be, As I was being dragged by the soldiers towards the . htivaes ' Tencottilt •re t an elderly o ffi cer in the uniform, Of - the Rossi= navy, whom I now saw for tbe first time, • and who, I have since heard, was the lieutenant of the telegraph station ; I immediately addressed- him in ' - French and English; he returned me no answer, but ; shook his fist, in which he carried a cane, in .my face, in the most insulting manner, although I was held by eight 'or ten soldiern -- - Addressing the men who held me, he made them run me up towards the houses, he himielf running beside us, while one of the Cossacks who had now appeared on the scene urged nie forward by repeated blows of his lance in the back as he followed on his horse. Oa our ar rival at the houses, we found two small Russian carts ready at the door of the largest ; the officer in the naval uniform gave directions for us to be bound, which was immediately done, by tying our arms behind our backs with a piece of small rope, the officer himself superintend ir; and assisting with his own hands to draw the cords tighter. Mr. Suliivan and myself were then thrown on our backs in one of the carts, being also tied to the cart itself, and driven off at a rapid pace towards Eckness, with a Cossack escort. The men, after being bound in the same manner, and then tied together two and two, were hur ried off on foot in the same direction, urged forward by blocs of the Cossack lances behind, the slightly wounded and few that were unhurt being compelled to support and drag their more severely wounded comrades with them. During the time that we were being bound the military officer was also present, but the older officer, in the naval uniform, evidently directed - all the proceed irgee. The soldiers who perpetrated this most barbarous out rage were not irregular troops or militia, but belonged to one of the best Russian regiments, the grenadiers of Frederick William of Prussia, as they are called, the King of Prussia being their colonel. These troops had only come down from Eckness to Hango the same morn ing, and had only been a few hours at Hango when the affair occurred. After our men had proceeded some way towards Eckness, the Russians, perceiving that it as quite impossible for the wounded men to march so far in t` eir suffering state (the distance being 20 to 25 English miles), procured carts, in whic'i they were tied, and oonveye I after Mr. Sullivan and myself to that place. To return to those who bad in the first place taken bs carrying at r et flag hli of truce) refrge u n d er th e j etty , t h ey cons i s t e d o f Dr. Easton, one Finnish capt a i n , an d one sa il or f rom th e bo a t, and Lor ton, the mid s hi pmen ' s steward, who ( a f ter b e i ng s h o t down contrived to creep und er th e p i er. These were not dis covered by the Russian than time, mtew, oand h o bad ure mainedr y i n my their side concealment whilt soldiers for t no considering us all killed, and fearing to come out until the departure of the Russian soldiers. Finding at length that the Russian soldiers bad left the place, • they came out. Dr. Easton wishing to dress Lorton's wound, as it was serious, before going off to the ship, they entered one of the Russian houses for that purpose, but unfortu nately whilst they were so engaged some Russian sol diers returned, and surrounding the house, took them all prisoners, and placing them all in oarts conveyed them also to Eckness. Most unaccountably the soldiers still allowed the boat to remain in the same position, with, as they imagined, five deal bodies in her • but happily one man, John Brown, although severely wounded in two places, was not dead, and succeeded during the night in getting off from the shore, and was discovered by the Cossack next morning, as mentioned in Capt. Fanshawo's report. When Mr. Sullivan and myself arrived within two miles of Eckness we found a Russian regiment encamped outside of the town. The of this regiment imme diately cut the cords with which we had been bound, bit not before they had left marks on our arms which were not effaced for more than three weeks ; and they also ex pressed much indignation at our being bound in sounee cessary and barbarous a manner. We waited at this place until the arrival of Gen. Mol lar, the commanding officer of the district, who was ex pected the same afternoon. On his arrival I immediately told him the state of the case, and requested him to send at once a boat with a flag of truce to H.M.S. Cossack, to communicate with Capt. Fanshawe and inform him of what bad happened. He replied that it was not in his power to do so without permission from Gen. de Berg, but that if I wrote to Capt. Fanshawe he had no doubt Gen. de Berg would forward it immediately from Hel singfors. Gen. Mollar remained until the arrival of the men who were prisoners, and then we all proceeded with him to Eckness. In crossing the river to that place I perceived, placed in the same boat with myself, the arms which had been taken out of the cutter, as also the boarding-pike on which we had carried the flag of truce, but from which the flag was now removed. On arriving at Eckness the wounded men were placed in the hospital, and the unwounded in a house in the town, with a guard over them. Mr. Sullivan and myself accompanied Gen. Mel'ar to his house, where he inquired at greater length lila the case. He appeared veay much annoyed with the con duct of the Russian officers at Hango, and I have also reason to believe that he placed the young military cffie car under arrest the same evening, under which be was kept until General Mollar received orders from thehigher authorities to release him. Dr. Easton and the others who had been with him ar rived at Eckness the same evening about 10 o'clock. Di. Easton was allowed to see the wounded next day, but was not permitted to remain with them, as he desired, being removed to Helsingfors two days afterwards. Mr. Sullivan and myself were removed to Helsingfors on the second day after our arrival at Eckness. I imme diately sent my letter for Captain Fanshawe to General de Berg, and was informed it would be sent by the first opportunity, although it was not forwarded for re arty two months afterwards. Mr. Sullivar, Dr. Easton, and myself were kept in close confinement to our room., with sentries at the doors, for five weeks after our capture. After that time we were treated more lenietely and kindly. As we were all separated, I could hear nothing of the fate of those who remained cA my unfortunate boat's crew, until, on my arrival at Odessa, I found the un wounded m ready to go off in the same boat to 'H.M.S. Spiteful. They said that after the first day they bad been treated with mode' ate kindness. Of the fate of the poor wound, d fellows I have as yet been unable to hear anything. The names of those who fell in this unfortunate affair, being already known to their lordThips, it is unnecessary to repeat them in this place ; suffice it to say, that in this murderous attack, 1 Russian prisoner was killed, 3 were badly wouoded, and 1 escaped by leaping under the jetty ; of the total of 17 English present, 5 were killed, 5 were severely wounded, 3 escape 1 by being under the pier, and only 4 others re mained unhurt ; of these four, Mr. Sullivan and myself were taken prisoners on shore, at d the other two were protected by keeping as much as possible out of sight, nearly covered by the water on the offside of the boat. It only remains for me to hope that their lordships, in taking into consideration all the circumstances connected with this melancholy day, will perceive that no precau tion was omitted on our part which is necessary and proper to be used on such occasions :- 1. That the flag of truce was clearly and distinctly ex hibited at a long distance from the shore, and remained conspicuous during the whole time. 2. That the flag of truce being in no way answered, or any signal of any kind being made, and no signs of an armed force being visible, we had every reason to sup pose that there was no armed force on the spot, and in these circumstances we acted in strict accordance with the laws of war in advancing to the shore. 3. That on reaching the shore, no Russian officer or authority being ready to meet us, but we, knowing well that there was a lieutenant of the navy in the telegraph station immediately above us, I was perfectly authorised in advancing under the full protection of the flag of truce to communicate with him (he being the nearest naval or military authority), and so carrying out my im• perative duty, and fulfil my mission, having, of course, taken all proper and necessary precautions that no com munications should be held with the inhabitants without his sanction. All our proceedings being thus in strict accordance with the laws of war, I hope it will plainly be seen that not the smallest pretext was afforded by us to the Rus sian officers and soldiers for their treacherous and pre meditated ambusb,•and murderous and cowardly assault upon a small unarmed party, defenceless and incapable of defence, and under the full and legitimate protection of that flag w hose sanctity has alw a y s b een acknow• lodged in civilised warfare.—l have, &se, LOUIS GENESTE. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. CNIIECH-RATE CONTEST AT NEATEL —A very strong and exciting church-rate contest has just terminated at Neath. There were three days' polling. For . the rate, 165 ; against, 116 ; majority for the rate 49.—Swameet Herald. THE MURDER IN LEICESTEBSNIEN.—An adjourned in quest on the body of John Acres F owkes was held at Snareston on Wednesday, when the evidence o f William Fowkes, brother of the man who was co mmitted for PP osite in all important parti cu lars to that he gave on Mon da y , that the Jury, aft er a very tmrivarldoenr:Mwaos so nday on a charge of ha v ing Committed the o long investigation , returned an o pen verdict , Frum the report wh i c h a ppeared in The Sun on Wednesday, it will be seen that William F owkes swore to having seen his b ro ther John (the prisoner) at the window at the time of th e shooting, and that this Was the strongest evid ence a dduced against the prisoner. At the inquest o n wed nesday he swore that he did not see his brother at that time. He saw a face , and supposed it was his brother from the expressions be bad used that night. He also swore that he saw no smoke when he heard the report of a firearm. He could not tell whether it was a gun or pistol that was fired.