The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

THE WAR. THE 'SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. THE intelligence communicated to our readers last week, from the camp before Sebastopol, announced the first reverse of fortune which our arms have met with since the Allies landed in the Crimea. Narratives of other and as deadly conflicts had previously reached us, but in all preceding instances the muster-roll of calamity had been anticipated or accompanied bytidings of victory, and.the notes of sorrow which theeasualties evoked formed little more than plaintive cadences in the general song of triumph. In the recent case, the " Io triumphe" was absent from the strain, and the wa ili n g sorrow alone rung its unwelcome note upon the ear. From the unusual and quite un expected nature of such intelligence, the effect pro duced by it, if not overwhelming, was for the moment stunning, and excited fancy exaggerated the real severity of the blow. The losses sustained by the French and English armies in their simultane ous though unsuccessful attacks upon the Malakhoff and Redan Batteries on the morning of the 18th ult., were greatly overstated, and the effect of the tempo rary repulse was contemplated as something much more serious than better information, received since, has shown it to consist of. Full details of the various incidents connected with those sanguinary struggles have not yet reached this country ; but official de spatches have furnished us with the intelligence that the first estimate of casualties ranged somewhere con siderably above triple their actual amount, the whole number of killed and wounded in both the French and English armies being under 3,500, instead of upwards of 10,000, as at first stated ; and judging from the data supplied, the result of the misadventure upon the position of either the besiegers or the besieged amounts to nothing. The Allies have lost no ground ; they have only, for the time, failed to secure two important advantages they aimed at the acquisi tion of, and which, without doubt, they will ere long achieve, if they have not already secured them. According to the latest accounts, the Allies are con tinuing their preparations for a more effectual attack on the important positions which they have in the first assault failed to make themselves masters of. The health and spirits of both armies, on the whole, continue good, although cases of cholera are reported in the French and English lines; still, the general condition is such as to afford lively ground of hope as to the ultimate result of the campaign, Writing from the camp before Sebastopol on the 12th of June, the special correspondent of the Times Through the occupation and arming of the White Batteries, situated on the edge of the ridge of Mount Sapoune, the head of the harbour is more or less in our power. These new works will likewise be able to act against the two strand batteries which the Russians have behind the Mamelon, and which, not being much commanded by any of our works, could hitherto do a good deal of harm without being exposed to much danger. The construction of the French works on the Mamelon brings us to about 500 yards from the Malakhoff works ; it gives us a footing on the plateau on which these works lie ; it furnishes us with the means of approaching the rear of them, and at the same time of operating successfully on the annoying batteries in the rear of the Mamelon, which, taken thus in a cross fire, cannot long resist. The Quarry is scarcely more than 200 yards from the Redan. The battery which it con. tains already will work successfully on the 6-gun battery in the rear between the Redan and the Malakhoff Tower works . and from the advanced posts our riflemen will be able to pr e vent a good number of the guns in the Redan from working Several of them seem abandoned, and not a shot is fired from them. But, for all this, the keeping of the Quarry was, especially in the beginning, not at all an easy thing; not so much, perhaps, from the attempts of the Rus sians to retake a point of such vital importance to them, but rather on account of the fire to which it was exposed from other Russian batteries besides the Redan. The Garden battery on our flank, the 6-gun battery in the rear, and the Malakhoff works could touch it on nearly all sides. The Russians continue to fire on the Quarry, al though, against all expectations, they have not renewed the attempt to take it back. The French in the Mamelon had to maintain themselves under a not less heavy fire than the Eng lish had in the Quarries. Some parts of the Malakhoff works, the shipping, the strand batteries behind, and even some of the Inkerman batteries can bear upon them, and they suffered considerable loss in the first days after their instalment there. Our position on the Tchernaya is still the same, except that two regiments of French cavalry and some infantry have pushed forward in the direction of Baidar, which is occupied. Only a part of the Turkish troops is on the Tchernaya, the other part still remains in front on the extreme right, where they have been helping the French to construct their new works on Mount Sapoune. They were, however, chiefly em ployed as covering parties. There are rumours of a large Russian cavalry force having come down from Eupatoria, and being in the south now, but hitherto no trace of it has been seen, except some distant watchfires. On the other hand, it is confidently asserted that Liprandi's corps has gone from this neighbourhood to the north in the direction of Simpheropol. Yesterday General Lavarande and several other French offi cers, who fell in the affair of the 7th, were buried. The same correspondent, writing on the 13th of June, in reference to Russian requests, says : To-day a boat with a flag of truce came out of harbour; its object, I hear, was to request the allied commanders not to fire on some of the vessels in the harbour, as they had been converted into hospitals. There is a strong suspicion that several of the houses in the town on which the yellow flag has been hoisted during the bombardments, are nothing less than powder magazines protected in this manner, so that any con cession made in respect to supposed hospital ships would not be very palatable to our gunners ; hitherto, however, no order has been given in this respect. And in regard to the progress of operations he continues :--If possible, the fire on both sides was even slacker to-day than yesterday, principally in the fore noon; sometimes half an hour and more passed without a single shot from either side. But if there is slackness in the firing, there is activity enough in the works. Not only in regard to men, but likewise in regard to material, our loss during the last bombardment was very small indeed, especially in the right attack, which suffered much during the bombard ment in April, only one gun has been dismounted ; the left attack was not less fortunate. This speaks very much in favour of the advanced batteries which have been constructed since then, and which could face and subdue the fire formerly concentrated on the right attack from the Mamelon, Malakhoff Tower, and the Redan. The capture of the Mamelon, and the diversion which the French batteries constructed there will snake on the part of the Malakhoff works facing them, will put the right attack into an even more favourable position at the re-opening of tile fire, for it will be freed from the annoy ing cross fire which it had to endure hitherto from the Mamelon. I must not forget to tell you of the quantity of ammunition which fell into the hands of the French in the White Batteries. These works, which had no communication with the other Russian works except by sea across the Careen ing-creek and the harbour, had to be provided with a large store, in order not to be in want of it should the communication be interrupted. Consequently, large exceedingly well con structed powder magazines were found after the capture of these batteries, and about 500 rounds of shot and shell, which still remained after a twenty-four hours' bombardment. On the 14th he observes still further on the slug gish repose which characterizes hostilities on both sides, evidently a portion of that calm which presages a coming storm To-day the Turkish troops, who have been since the attack of the 7th in front, have been withdrawn, and, with the ex ception of some battalions which as before remain about Omar Pasha's head-quarters, all the rest have taken up their old posi tion on the heights torards the Tchernaya. There is nothing new in front ; the fire is as slack as yesterday, and the ac tivity in the works greater than ever. The Russians, as you may easily imagine, are by no means behind us in strength ening their position. Our late successes seem not to have dis couraged them, and everything shews their determination not to give way except step by step, and to sell every advantage as dearly as possible. They are very busy just now in strength ening the rear of the Malakhoff works. Besides these new works they have entirely repaired all the old ones, which look as if they:had been constructed but yesterday. This afternoon a large body of Russians, about 10,000 men , were observed from the Mamelon going into the Red an . Whether they in tend themselves to make an attempt to retake the Quarry, or whether they apprehend an attack on our side, or whether they were simply reliefs, is, of course, impossible to say. At any rate, precautions have been taken to receive them should they attempt anything. Most of the English and French troops have returned from Kertch. The Highland Brigade has taken up its old place on the heights, and the other regi ments have gone up to the front. The Turks and some few English and French troops have alone remained here, besides a part of the steamers. He states under date June 15— A council of war was held to-day at Lord Raglan's quarters, in which Omar Pasha took part. In consequence, the Turkish army received the order to be ready to march at a moment's notice. This looks like a movement in advance on the Tcher naya line. On the 16th, the special correspondent of the Daily News, in regard to the movements of the enemy on the north side of Sebastopol, and within the fortress, says : Yesterday afternoon a considerable force of the enemy was observed to leave the north camp, and to march along the heights towards the great roadstead. They were afterwards seen to cross to Sebastopol. A steamer brought over a portion of these troops, and at the same time had a barge crowded with soldiers secured to each side. This vessel, after disem barking the troops at the landing-place near Cape Nicholas, returned to the north side, and subsequently again convey e d a similar number ac r o ss . Between thirty and forty large rowing boats also crossed with troops. No soldiers were observed to leave the south side, so that there was no reason for supposing this merely to be a relief of the troops in garrison, and they were considered to be reinforcements in anticipation of an ex pected attack. It was calculated that five or six thousand had one across up to the time when the darkness prevented further observation of the enemy's movements. Just before midnight a very sharp musketry fire occurred near the Mamelon redoubt. It lasted about ten minutes, and was aecompanied by a vigorous discharge from all the bat teries. The alarm was sounded in the French camp, and strong reinforcements moved down to the support. An enormous number of gabions, carried in country wag gons, have been brought from an inland direction, and stored in convenient positions on the north shore. Two convoys, apparently of grain, have also been seen t o move along to the site of the principal magazine depots below the Star Fort. It is commonly rumoured in camp that th e R uss i an army near Simpheropol has q nitted that position and moved t owar d s Perekop, leaving their stores of provisions to be available for the use of the army defending Sebastopol. I have not heard on what authority the assertion rests. Desertions from the enemy have been rather numerous during the week, and according to the reports of these men, the rations of the sol diers have been already curtailed. News had reached the Russian troops that ICertch had fallen, but the account was contradicted by the Russian officers. One deserter said, also, that all the guns had been taken out of the ships; and there seems some probability of this being true, notwithstanding the threatening attitude these vessels have assumed; for guns have been observed to be removed out of some of the forts. Two guns only remain out of the six which were mounted on the roof of Fort Paul ; the other four have been taken away lately. The amount of sickness is described as being very great. Tile tents supposed to be appropriated - to hospital purposes on•the north side have been in many parts separated from each other, and made to occupy a greater space, as if some infectious disease were prevailing among them. The men-of-war ships remain in the position men tioned in my last letter. They are drawn up nearly in line, as if to sweep with-their guns the Malakoff hill, in ease it should fall into our hands, and at present are out of range of our guns. There have been two, if not more, houses in the town set on fire, apparently by the carcases thrown from the Greenhill attack. In each instance the fire seemed to be con fined to the house in which it commenced, but the houses were of a larger size than have hitherto been destroyed. Some of our men have suffered from the explosion of the small mines which the Russians have buried in various directions. On the night of the 11th instant one of these exploded as a party were moving near the Quarry work. One man of the 55th Regiment was blown to pieces, and four or five others of the same regiment were also wounded. A stretcher carried by one of the men was thrown a long distance off. A stamp of the foot on the part of the tube above ground suffices to cause the explosion. Many of them have been discovered and dug up. Some seconds-elapse before the explosion takes place, even after the tube has been trodden upon, and its contents set free to pass to the chamber containing the combustibles. To this circumstance General Airey owed his preservation on the day of the last armistice. His horse trod on one of these mines, but being in a -canter at-the time was sufficiently ad vanced for the general to escape unhurt. The tail of the horse was singed. In the instance also mentioned above, when some men of the 55th Regiment were injnred, the sol dier who-happened to tread on the tube was in front when the box exploded, and fortunately was uninjured. Lieutenant- General Brown returned to camp last evening, but is not yet in orders to resume command of the Light Division. - - - In speaking of the alarm of the preceding night, he .continues The attack last night appears to have been of a very deter mined character. The Russians advanced against the French works in front of the Mamelon from both sides of the Malak off. Their skirmishers were, however, notwithstanding the darkness, observed, and the enemy found our allies fully pre pared. They were compelled to retire after about ten minutes fighting, and must have suffered immense loss. Not only the line of musketry fired from the French advanced parallel, but also some field pieces which had been brought forward and were kept ready loaded with canister and grape, poured a deadly fire into their ranks. The severity of their loss was best shown by the fact that they fell back after their first fail ure, and did not repeat the attempt during the night. The attack was made just at midnight. The French casualties were very few. Both the English batteries on the right at tack, and the French works on the other side of the Careening Bay ravine, opened against the enemy as they pushed forward to the attack, and kept up a fire against them as they were re tiring. There is little doubt that this attack was made by the fresh troops who had been observed to cross from the north side during the previous afternoon and evening. The en counter must have tended to dispirit them considerably. With much regret we learn that cholera, of a malignant type, has manifested itself in the English camp. Concerning it, the correspondent of the Morn ing Post, writing on the 15th, makes the following statement : The cholera is playing sad havoc amongst the Guards. Already the deaths have amounted to nearly 100. The Grenadiers have lost two sergeants and 35 men, the Cold streams one sergeant and 18 men, and the Scots Fusilier Guards two sergeants and 25 men. THE EXPEDITION TO THE SEA OF AZOFF. The exploits which have crowned this expedition with a success whose brilliancy is second only to the vast importance of its results, have, nevertheless, been so much by strategical skill, and so little dependent on the agency of martial prowess, as to present but few points of observation to the unprofessional spectator. The correspondent of the Times, in allusion to this, expresses compunction at his own weakness in having been allured into following an enterprise which presented him with so poor a field for artistic illustration, and regrets that he did not rather continue at his post in the camp before Sebastopol. Off Yenikale, on the 11th of June, he writes The mode of defence adopted by the Russians has left one nothing to write about. Corn ricks blazing, batteries and forts blown up, and stores and magazines gutted and burnt, offer but little variety of detail. We have inflicted great ruin on the enemy, but they have emulated our best efforts in destroying their own settlements. Our haste to attack has not exceeded their precipitation to retreat. The reduction of every place in the Sea of Azoff, except Arabat and Temrouk, without the loss of a single life, has been an extraordinary and gratifying success ; witnessing the assault and capture of the Mamelon, and the attack on the Quarry-pit and the Redan, to seeing any amount of corn and flour on fire, or the ex plosion of deserted magazines. The effect of this expedition on the garrison of Sebastopol will probably be more immediate and important than the possession of the Mamelon and Quar ries, or the spiking of the guns of the Redan. They run the risk of starvation ; they must know the precarious chance of supplies of material and provision from this time forward, and they will feel that our investment, however wide its circle, is becoming terribly complete. It is understood that there are difficulties in the way of making a successful demon stration against Perekop, but difficulties are not insuperable, and the Allies have had leaders who knew not the word "im possible." Of the road to the west of Perekop we know no thing, but it is said to exist, and to be in fine order for military purposes. However, the approaches to this road from east and west are not of the easiest or the best. The Crimea is morally lost to Russia if the Allies determine to carry out their successes to a legitimate result. Already the Tartars have, as far as they dared, evinced their hatred of the op pressors whose final conquest of the Crimea does not outrun the memory of men still living. They have seized on Rus sians and brought them in as prisoners. The other night a party of Tartars carried a Russian captain and an officer of the Commissariat, or a paymaster of a regiment, bound fast, into the Allied lines at Yenikale. They reported that the Cossacks, in parties 30 and 40 strong, were ranging through the villages and driving away all the cattle at the distance of 30 versts from Yenikale. The intelligence of the destruction of Anapa has had rather a perplexing effect on the authorities, who do not seem well ptepared for the enemy anticipating their intentions, and for such eccentric operations of war as those of the Russians, who delight to do the work of hostile fleets and armies, and to burn and blow up their own forts - and settlements. However, the embarkation of the troops goes on as usual. All the English forces are now embarked, except the 79th Regiment who are in garrison in and about the Quarantine station, near Kerth, and the 93rd Regiment, which still remains at Yeni kale. The Turks have been reinfored by 2,000 men, who were landed yesterday. The French force is all embarked, except about 2,500 men. lam not aware whether the French will leave any officers behind them. Sir George Brown has ordered Lieut. Anderson, Royal Engineers, and Lieut. St. Clair, 21st Regiment; who has been acting as interpreter, to remain at Yenikale, where they will be attached to the Turkish head-quarters. The whole expedition will return to Balaklava forthwith, with the exception of the 71st Regiment, which has been ordered to disembark again from the Valorous and Sidon. Sir George Brown wishes that the two French battalions should be left behind, but it is not very likely that the French general will view the proposition with any great favour, for it is quite certain that General Pelissier sent most positive orders to General D'Autemarre not to attack Anapa. The embarka tion of English and French and the landing of the Turks go on actively, and the expedition will return to-morrow. The same gentleman, writing from Kertch, on the 13th of June, says :--- The mission of the fleet and army having been ac complished, the force is on its way homewards. Sir George Brown and his staff are embarked. The Admi rals are at Ambalaki. The troops are on board, with the exception of those who are ordered to remain in garrison. at Yenikale and Pavlovskaia, and we leave the road steads this afternoon for Balaklava and Kamiesh. It has been decided to occupy Pavlovskaia, because it is in a fine position to command the entrance to Kertch and Yenikale, at a place where the channel is narrowed by one of the sand banks from Taman to the breadth of a mile and a half. The Snake and Viper, followed by several other boats, got up to Yenikale on Thursday evening, and the guns of the batteries there were nearly all silenced before night set in. In the morning the forts on the spit began to fire, and might have proved troublesome had they been well fought. The Viper, however, found out the channel, and pro ceeded to the north, so as to enfilade the entrance to the fort and to command the road to the mainland. Then, the Rus sians, as they ever do when their line of retreat is threatened, lost heart, and abandoned the work, which ran, indeed, great risk of being taken in reverse on a blank curtain. The officer in command came forth in his carriage, which was drawn by two horses, and several mounted officers followed him. As they drove along the spit they were within sight and range, and the Viper plied them. furiously. Every time her shot struck the earth near the carriage and knocked up the dust the officers took off their hats and bowed in bravado, but they quickened their pace nevertheless, nor did they seem much to care what became of the infantry. It is calculated that the latter were about 800 strong. They got off without much, if with any, loss, and probably swelled the troops seen at Tem rouk. The Russians fired badly, fought badly, and retreated. Rarely, if ever, were the agencies of electricity more extensively adapted to the purposes of war than at Yenikale. One of the gunboats which lay off the fort—a mere hulk, without masts or cordage, of 150 tons burden, with embrasures through her sides on the deck for 9 guns —was found to be filled below with the most complete series of galvanic apparatus, attached to vessels full of powder, which would explode on contact with the keel of a vessel. The shock, no matter how slight, would create a contact which would have the effect of completing the electric current, and discharging the submarine battery. Our attempts to prevent outrage and destruction are of the feeblest and most contemptible character. If a sailor is found carrying any articles—books or pictures, or furniture—they are taken from him at the beach and cast into the sea. The result is that the men, when they get loose in the town, where there is no control over them, break to pieces everything that they can lay their hands on. We do not interfere with French or Turks, and our measures against our own men are harsh, ridiculous, and impotent. The Austrian consul was found to have a large store, which he concealed in magazines painted and decorated to pass as part of his dwellinghouse. It was all destroyed. Amid the necessary destruction private plun derers found facility for their work. The scene presented by the town can only be likened to Palmyra or some other type of desolation. Along the quay there is a long line of walls which once were the fronts of storehouses,magazines,mansions, and palaces. They are now empty shells, hollow and roofless, with fire burning luridly within them by night, and streaks and clouds of parti-coloured smoke arising from them by day. The white walls are barred with black bands where the fire has rushed out of the window frames. These storehouses belonged to Russians, and were full of corn—these magazines were the enemy's—these mansions belonged to their nobles and governors—and these palaces were the residences of their princes and rulers, and so far we have carried on war with all the privileges of war, and have used all the con sequences of conquest. In the whole lengthened front facing the sea, and the wide quay which borders it, there is not an THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. -edifice , untouched but one. This is a fine storehouse, with a grand semicircular front, ornamented with rich entablatures and a few Grecian pillars. The windows permit .one -see massive mirrors and the framework of pictures and the glitter of brasswork. Inside the open door an old man in an-arm chair receives everybody. How deferential he is ! how he bows ! how graceful, deprecatory, and soothing the modulation of his trunk and arms ! But these are nothing to his -smile. His face seems a kind of laughing clock, wound up to act for so many hours. When the machinery is feeble, 'towards evening, the laugh degenerates into a grin, but he has managed hitherto with nods, and cheeks wreathed in smiles, and a little bad German and French, which enables him to inform all comers that this house is specially under English and French protection, to save it from plunder and pillage. The house belongs, on dit, to Prince Woronzoff, and the guardian angel is an aged servitor of the Prince, who, being paralytic, was left' behind, and has done good service in his arm chair. In concluding his account of the expedition,• under Mate June 14th, he says : The French fleet have returned to Kamiesch, with the ex ception of a few small vessels left at Yenikale and Kertch. The English fleet remains at Ambelaki. The Arrow (Lieut. Joliffe) and the Recruit are on guard in Kertch Bay; the Furious, Sidon, Gladiator, and Valorous were, up to last night, anchored at the entrance to the bay, and the Sphinx was sta tioned at Yenikale. As Ak-Bournou and Pavlovskaia are such commanding positions, it is intended to renew the in trenchments of the Russians, and to form new lines in addi tion to them. Half of the 71st regiment, a battalion of French infantry, and 3000 Turks will be marched round from Yenikale to execute these works, and when they are completed they will be garrisoned by 2000 men. This position will to a great extent command Kertch, and will be perfectly se cure so long as the sea is open. It will, in fact, form the left of the allied position—the centre being represented by the fleet, and the right by the works at Yenikale. The embarkation can be covered by the fleet, or at least by, the smaller and lighter vessels. All the guns at Pavlovskaia Ak-Bournou, Kerteh, Yenikale, and the Sandbank batteries are taken or destroyed. the cannon at Arabat are described as being so light that they could barely reach our ships at 1,200 yards. The guns at Anapa have had the trunnions knocked off, and are rendered useless. There is a rumour that another expedition will start in a few days for a very im portant purpose, and that it will be on a large scale. The Orinoco is discharging the horses of the Carbineers at Bala klava. The Colombo ran into harbour this evening, and Sir John Campbell and his staff will, probably, disembark. This steamer ran into the St. Jean d'Acre and inflicted some injury on herself, such as the loss of her bowsprit and jibboom, and of figurehead, &c. By some mistake, the Land Transport Corps were sent round to Kamieseh. The Trent, which is laden with horses for their use, has returned with the expedition, and did not land any of the cargo she carried up to Ambelaki. The weather is exceedingly hot. The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing on Friday, says :—"lf Russia has male and female spies in Paris or London, I suspect that we are not entirely deprived of a similar advan tage at St. Petersburg. lam assured in another quarter that accounts have been received which describe the state of Russia itself to be menacing to its aetual rulers. The peasants are ground to the earth by exactions and thinned by the conscrip tion, and the nobles do not conceal the scorn they feel towards their present Emperor, for what they term his vacillating and pusillanimous conduct, while his brother is constantly exalted to the skies as a hero, and as the only one worthy of swaying the destinies of the empire. These accounts speak of a revolu tion as not at all improbable, with the object of driving Alex ander 11. from the throne and raising Constantine to it. As for the numerous armies which, we are told, Russia intends hurling on the Crimea, it is ascertained as a fact that it is out of her power to maintain there more than 150,000 men at the utmost, and this at the greatest sacrifice, simply because she cannot feed them. The Crimea is a monster which has devoured the Russians, and will yet devour them. We are suffering in some degree from sickness, but the Russians are dealt with more mercilessly. were generally serious, many of them being occupied in writing home in case of their death, while a general feeling of relief prevailed in those regiments which were not fixed upon for the assault. About eight o'clock, p.m., there was, a tremendous fire of musketry on the right, which broke in upon the occasional roar of cannon almost as suddenly as a clap of thunder, which for a moment it almost rese m bl e d. I t was caused by the Russians threatening to make a sortie on the Mamelon. This continued with unabated violence for ten minutes, and then died away almost as -suddenly as it had began. A general order appeared in the evening, exhorting the regiments to keep their order, and not to scatter when au an entry had been effected, which showed that success was as positively expected at head-quarters as elsewhere. The regi ments were-to parade at one o'clock, a.m. The cavalry, at two o'clock, were stationed at about - twenty yards apart across the whole of the line, immediately in front of the camps, to prevent any one passing down to see the assault. The plan of operations was as follows :—The French were to attack the Malakoff Battery, six regiments of the 3rd Division, viz., the 9th, 14th, 18th, 28th, 38th, and 44th, were, at the same time, to assault the Garden 'Battery, while the 2nd battalion of the 4th Division, and part of the Light Division were to make a simultaneous attack at the opposite angles of the Redan Battery. I cannot give you the names of all the different regiments engaged of these two divisions, but among them were the 17th, 57th, and 21st regiments of the Fourth Division, and the 7th, 33rd, 34th, 55th, 95th, and Rifles of the Light. The rest of the Fourth and Light Divisions were to act as supports and as reserves, and to move up immediately an entrance was effected. Sir John Campbell was to com mand the attack. It commenced about half-past two, a.m., and the first mistake was in the fire not having been kept up with its full vigour during the night. In an attack, too, of this sort, it might be reasonably supposed that a torrent of shot would be poured on the batteries till the very moment that oar men were ready to scale them, so that not a Russian would be able to move from cover ; but nothing of the sort took place, and some of the Russians actually stood on the parapet to fire at our men as they climbed over the abattis. I will, first of all, describe the attack upon the Redan. The men rushed gallantly on, and reached the abbattis, which was of a very formidable description. Sir' John Campbell ad vanced at their head—the act of a brave man, but hardly that of a good general, as the result proved, for he was shot, and fell dead, almost at the commencement. The men made repeated efforts to climb the abattis, but could not succeed, a few only getting over, and being shot in the act. Three times did the gallant fellows rally and return to the attack succeeding each time in climbing the abattis, and even, some say, of entering the Redan ; but they were without support, and were a mere handful in comparison to the numbers within the battery. Indeed, I should say that the whole of the regiments I have enumerated were not engaged, each storming party consisting only of from one thousand to fifteen hundred men, who were not supposed to take the battery without assistance ; but Sir John Campbell being dead, there was no one to give orders to the supports and reserves to advance, they therefore remained inactive, while the storming parties were almost swept away. After the third attack alone, finding they were without support, did these gallant fellows retire, having for half an hour faced a perfect storm of musket bullets, round and grape shot; for a great many of the guns of the Redan, that had been either silenced and replaced, or else never properly silenced, opened upon them. The loss cannot, at' present, be accurately ascertained; it is, however, somewhere about 1,000 killed and wounded. Among these is Sir John Campbell, the colonels of the 57th and 7th, and an immense number of officers. The 57th has suffered most severely, hardly an officer escaping without a wound; indeed, the regiment was nearly annihilated. The 34th and the Rifles have suffered also very severely. The men are greatly disheartened ; it is their first reverse, and all, officers and men, attribute it entirely to no support being sent them. General Jones is wounded, but not dangerously. I will now proceed with that on the Garden Battery. Here the troops made a dash, took three small redoubts in the Garden in front of it, but were unable to penetrate farther; they have lain the whole day in the grave-yard and garden, which are both immediately in front of it. Here they have been exposed to a heavy fire from various quarters. The Quarantine Battery has been playing on them, the Redan has had a gun constantly firing at them. which has demolished many a headstone in the grave-yard; but more than all, they have been annoyed with grape-shot from a four-gun battery, near the Quarantine. Their loss was stated to me by wounded soldiers returning, to be about 100 killed and wounded. They expected to take the Garden Battery as night came on. The French have also failed in their attack upon the Mala koff Tower; they never were even able to approach it, as the shipping threw shell and shot into them, and cut them up as fast as they left the Mamelon. They were, I believe— although of this I am not certain—supported by the Guards and Highlanders, who are said to have suffered severely. The French loss is estimated at 1,200 killed alone. They continued their efforts until 11 o'clock, a.m. General Pelis sier declares that the Malakoff shall be taken cost what it may, and I believe the same is the case with us with respect to the Redan. I observed, in the afternoon, three three deckers of the Russians, moving over to Fort Constantine, and my supposition was, that they were intended, in case of a successful assault taking place to-night upon the Redan and Malakoff, followed, as it would immediately be, by the capture of the town, to ,open fire upon the south side. Two large sailing-boats have been moving about the harbour all day, apparently only for amusement; but, of course, with some pur pose or other, though certainly none was apparent While the I attack of the French continued on the Malakhoff, a flag was flying there. I could not see- with my glass what it was, ex cept to decide it certainly was not Russian. I have since been told it was a blank flag. What the import of this may be, I do not know; it could hardly be that which generally attaches to it—of no quarter. About twelve o'clock at noon, a species of whirlwind passed over the camp, levelling some of the tents, filling the air ,with dust so thickly, that it was impos sible to see twenty yards, besides completely blinding one with the force with which the particles entered the eyes, even when sitting in a tent. It was succeeded by a short, though heavy biloWer of rain. It is baid—Lhoughwith what truth I know not—that a letter has been intercepted from Liprandi to the Governor of Sebastopol, urging him to hold out as long as possible, to enable him (Liprandi) to make his retreat from the Crimea by Perekop. . Some ships have passed Sebastopol in that direction, and it is said they are in tended to take Perekop, and thus cut Liprandi off. The special correspondent of the same journal, writ ing on the 19th, says :--- The attack commenced yesterday morning about four o'clock, the troops having been brought up to their positions on the previous night, in as complete silence as possible. Early in the morning Lord Raglan and Gen. Pelissier took their stand near the ravine facing the so-called Careening Port of Sebastopol. The approach of the troops destined for the at tack was soon perceived by the Russians, who were the first to open fire, making sad havoc among the French and English troops, and almost literally cutting off to a man the sth Reg. 'of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. To enter into all the details of this day's memorable fight is not possible at present, for the accounts are still conflicting, and the dense smoke arising from the sanguinary contest prevented even near specta tors forming a correct idea of what was going on. Since the siege of Sebastopol commenced there has not been a more furious bombardment than that of the last two days, nor a harder fought battle than that of yesterday. The Malakoff Tower, the possession of which would have placed the fleet in the power of the Allies, is principally an earthwork on a pla teau, well fortified and entrenched, with a deep fosse, and hence its great strength. - Some of the main approaches to it are defended by the Russian men-of-war lying opposite, and, for the most part, near the ravine to which I have previously alluded. That fleet, prisoner as it was within the port of Sebas topol, did great execution yesterday, and, unfortunately, its fire could not be silenced. Some of the outward works of the Malakoff Tower were taken, and the French flag was hoisted for a time, but neither the English troops, who also made good their way into the little works of Fort Redan, nor the French, who were near becoming masters of the Malakoff, were duly supported, and hence the necessity of falling back, followed by hosts of rifle balls. The most daring bravery was manifested by the English and French divisions, altogether some 40,000 strong, engaged more or less pro minently in the action. One of our gallant generals was par ticularly noted for his enthusiasm, as he frequently declared to his men that he would enter Sebastopol or die. P.S.—lt is believed that the Quarantine batteries will be attacked in a day or two, it is to be hoped with greater success than attended yesterday's efforts. THE BALTIC AND WHITE SEA. BERLIN, Thursday.—The blockade of the ports of the White Sea was effected early in June. The Grand Duke Nicholas has reviewed the troops at Helsingfors and Abo, and was expected at Sweaborg. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 21.-2,000 wounded, among whom is Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, have arrived here. Cholera has re-appeared. A despatch from Bucharest announces the electric cable of the Danube is not yet in order. In conse quence of a break upon the Austrian Brit the despatches from the Crimea have, since the 19th of June, been sent by Giurgevo to Cronstadt and Hermannstadt; yesterday Hermannstadt commenced transmitting to Giurgevo the despatches which left Paris since the above date. A long and violent storm and an entanglement of the wires between Giurgevo and Bucharest have impeded the transmission. Under date of Hammerfest, the sth of June, the Moniteur says :—" The French frigate Cleoptttre has just arrived at this port. She awaits two steamers of the Imperial navy to con tinue her route to the White Sea. Three vessels of the British navy had previously touched at this port on their way to Archangel. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. The Moniteur announces that the Minister of War has received the two following despatches from General Pelissier : CRIMEA, June 21, 11 p.m.—We are actively making approaches towards the Malakhoff Tower. The enemy ap pears to be exclusively occupied in repairing and strengthening his works. A little cholera still prevails, but it does not spread. The general health is good. - June 22, 11 p.m.—l have no new facts to mention. I send you by the ordinary mail a detailed report of the combat of the 18th. The following is a list of the loss we suffered :-37 officers killed, 17 prisoners, 96 gone to the ambulances ; non-commissioned officers and men killed and missing, 1,544: gone to the ambulances, 1,644. PARIS, Thursday.—The Moniteur announces that the Government has received this morning the three following telegraphic despatches, addressed by General Pelissier to the Minister of War : CRIMEA, June 24, 11 p.m.—l have nothing new to an nounce to you. We are pushing our approaches against the Malakhoff and the construction of the advanced battery, which will complete the investment of the port. We are also drawing closer with our left attack. There are still some cases of cholera. June 25, 11 p.m.—l have not anything to announce to you to-day of particular interest. The works indicated are pro gressing. June 26, 11.30 p.m.—l have not any news to communicate. VexNA, Thursday, June 28 :—Sir George Brown, General Pennefather, and General Codrington are sick. Ali Pasha and General Scarlett have arrived. Three hundred of the Foreign Legion have arrived from England. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 29, 1.30 a.m.—Lord Panmure has much pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him : "The French and English are proceeding with their approaches against the enemy's works, and are erecting new batteries, to be armed with heavy guns. The enemy con tinues to repair the damage done during the last attack. Very little fire on their part. We retain possession of the round Russian fort in the Cemetery, whence they were driven out on the 18th, and the Mamelon, at the gorge of the valley which divides the English Left Attack from the light of the B9uth Harbour," THE MARTIAL SPIRIT in LANCASHIRE. MANCHESTER assuming to itself an important position in the physical and intellectual status of Lancashire, observers who go no deeper than the surface may not unfairly consider that the tone of feeling most loudly enunciated there is neces sarily to be received as that which animates the county, par ticularly on topics of important public interest. Viewed in this light, the "peace at any price" doctrines of the "Peace Society," finding their most vehement and pertinacious advo cates in some of the political circles of Manchester, might not unreasonably be supposed by many as the prevailing sentiments of Lancashire. No conjecture, however, could well be more fallacious as regards the general feeling of the county ; and experience shows it to be little less true of that which animates the population of Manchester itself. If proof of this latter view is wanted, it will readily suggest itself in the liberal, indeed munificent contributions of Manchester towards the Patriotic Fund. As regards the county generally, other and more palpable means of demon stration are readily available. The county has now not fewer than six regiments of militia under arms, nearly all full in 'numbers and, efficient in drill, while a seventh is in course of formation. Of these, the Ist regiment is in Corfu, and, to the credit of the county, it was the first militia regiment which left the British shores for foreign service. The 2nd is doing garrison duty in Glasgow. The 4th, which is stationed at Berwick-on-Tweed, has long since volunteered for foreign service and is now under orders for Malta. The camp at Aldershott has within its precincts the sth, daily expecting orders for the Mediterranean. The 6th, though not long em bodied, has already expressed its willingness to go abroad; and the 3rd, mustering 900 rank and file, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday last for Gibraltar. Besides the regiments referred to, we can also boast of a militia artillery corps, now in garrison in the new fort at Liverpool. These regiments, let it be remembered, fairly represent the feeling of every class and rank of men within the county. The officers include representatives of the landed gentry, of the ' possessors of mineral wealth, and of its commercial and mann factu-ing interests. The non-commissioned officers and pri vates have volunteered from the pit and the anvil, from the plough and the workshop, from the loom and from the spin ning factory. Their martial ardour is fanned and recipro cated by all classes. Whether their march is through the rural districts or the crowded cities, they are uniformly hailed as objects of interest and attachment, and in all quarters the population has been emulous to do them honour. Nor is the martial ardour of this important county confined to the raising of efficient and numerous corps of militia—no district has contributed more readily, or with greater alacrity, to swell the ranks of the regular army, and week by week the population of her sea-ports have sent their valuable contribu tions to the Royal Navy. With such unmistakeable testimony to the contrary before him, who shall take upon himself to say that the peace dogmas of Messrs. Bright, Cobden, and. Sturge, represent the feeling of Lancashire, or find an ap preciable echo in the bosom of its people ? THE DOCK COMMITTEE; AT the weekly meeting, on Thursday, there were present— Messrs. Charles Turner (chairman), Shand, Robinson, Brock lebank, Eyre Evans, Barber, Lockett, Bold, Holden, Hubback, Rounthwaite, Rankin, Smith, and James Holme.—The tender of Messrs. M'Cormick and Co., to excavate the work at the Queen's Dock and Basin, and to convey the earth to the north end, was accepted. A letter from Mr. William Rowland, relative to the contract entered into with his father, for the construction of the road to the Point Lynas Lighthouse, was referred. The following report from the parliamentary sub-committee was then read by the solicitor : The parliamentary sub-committee have now to report their proceedings before the committee of the House of Commons on the Dock Bill, and also on the bill prosecuted by the Corpora tion for the purchase of Birkenhead, and its results * * * It may be well to notice briefly the clauses in both bills, as ultimately passed, affecting the present or prospective rela tions of the Dock Trustees to Birkenhead. By the Corporation Bill, section 17, the Birkenhead Docks, so far as now completed, and to be from time to time here afterreompleted by the Corporation, out of the £500,000 which they take power to borrow for that purpose, are to be placed under the immediate management of the Liverpool Dock Committee, who, by the next clause, are to keep se parate accounts, and to account annually with the Corpora. tion for the surplus receipts, if any, beyond the expenditure. By the 19th section, after reciting that it is expedient that the Birkenhead Docks should, with as little delay as possible, be constructed and completed in such manner as may render them most available for the commercial purposes of the port in connection with the Liverpool Docks, and that the same dock rates should be charged at Birkenhead as at Liverpool, and that all the docks should be placed permanently under the same control and management, and be consolidated with, and become part of, the existing estate of the Liverpool Docks, it is enacted that the Corporation, either alone or jointly with the Dock Trustees, shall prosecute a bill next session for obtaining the requisite powers for accomplishing and giving full effect to those several objects. By the 20th section the Corporation are required, unless parliament shall otherwise determine, to complete within three years, from September next, the Birkenhead Docks and works, as at present authorised by the existing acts of parlia ment, or such other docks and works as shall be approved by parliament in the meantime, as most available for the com mercial purposes of the port. In the existing state of things, your sub-committee are satisfied with this result, though still retaining their own conviction that the carrying out of the Liverpool Dock scheme was desirable under any circumstances. They also attach great importance to the termination thus effected of the parliamentazT strife which for ten - years has been conti nuous between Liverpool and .Birkenhead. The present deci sion of the Commons' committee, moreover, insures the passing of a valuable Liverpool Dock Bill this session, with ample means for enabling the trustees to complete all works now in progress, and to purchase on favourable terms all the land which it is now desirable to purchase on the Liverpool side, and including also improvements of the existing docks and basins at the south end of the town, which are now greatly required for adapting them to the increased size of ships. (Signed) ROBERT RANKIN, Chairman. Dock-office, 28th Jane, 1855. The CHAIRMAN said that the report itself was so full, that it required very few explanations. The £850,000 that had been given them would enable them to do all they could pos sibly have done under any circumstances during the next two years. What modified scheme they might go before the committee of the House of Commons with next year would, of course, be a matter for future discussion. Mr. BARBER having asked a question about the new Hus kisson lock, • Mr. JOHN HARTLEY said there was nothing done with the lock itself. They had expended about £3,000 in making preparations for the work, laying down the engine, &c. Mr. SMITH did not see that things were so straightforward as the chairman's remarks seemed to imply. He believed that the view they had in going to Parliament was this :—that it was necessary to purchase the land from Lord Derby to give accommodation for the timber trade. Unless there was a chance of so appropriating it, it appeared to him that these docks were quite unnecesary. He would take this opportunity of correcting an impression that seemed to have got abroad, that there was an intention on the part of that committee to drive the general trade of the port to the north end The timber trade was merely to have been removed there, and the grand scheme was to have enabled that trade to be worked there as expeditiously and cheaply as possible, and to have got hold of the Brunswick and Harrington Docks for general purposes. That scheme was now quite overthrown. But he did not think that was all. He had not the bill in his hands which had reference to the Corporation, but there were clauses in that bill which they had heard referred to, and from which there was no doubt that the Corporation had power, if they were willing, in the transfer of the Birkenhead Docks to that estate, to make a consideration, in the way of bearing clauses, until the docks developed themselves. Suppose the Corporation were willing, when they transferred the docks to them, to make a discount of £300,000, they would then have the Birkenhead estate, costing them about £900,000. These clauses told them that those docks were to be com pleted with as little delay as possible, either upon the plans of Mr. Rendel, or some other plans. In five years from that time the Birkenhead property would be part of their estate, costing, perhaps, £2,000,000 of money. According to that they had no guarantee that they would have such a revenue from the Birkenhead estate as would pay the interest upon the outlay. What then would be the position of their estate P They were empowered to spend £300,000 for land which they could not lay out a farthing upon, and they would have a cost of £14,000 or £15,000 annual interest entailed upon them. The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the Birkenhead Docks, Mr. Smith was under a mistake. The amount of money that ought to be paid by the committee was one of the arguments he (the chairman) had frequently made use of. He had always contended that, whenever they took the Birkenhead Docks, they should deal with them as they had dealt with the Liver pool Docks,—that they should not be called upon to spend money upon works until there was trade for them. Mr. SHARD then moved the adoption of the parliamentary committee's report, which was seconded by Mr. Rankin. Mr. Evalis said he questioned very much whether it would not be better to withdraw the bill altogether. Of the £850,000 granted them, he considered that £200,000 were to be altoge ther thrown away in purchases of land. The example of the Harrington Dock Estate ought to teach them the folly of that. There were £12,000 a-year interest gone upon that as clear as possible. He was quite opposed to making any further pur chases of land, when they had two hundred acres available at the south-end. Mr. LOCKETT concurred with Mr. Evans. Mr. SMITH felt sure parliament did not intend to give them anything more to spend upon this side, but a very large por tion to be spent upon Birkenhead, which they would not be able to do anything with for the next seven years. Mr. JAMES HonME said this discussion opened the whole question of the Dock estate. It had been represented by some portion of the press and the public, that they were going to saddle them with the interest of four millions at once; but it was nothing of the sort, even had the whole of the north scheme been carried. The motion was carried by 13 to I—Mr. Evans only voting against it. The report was accordingly adopted; and this closed the general business. THE RED JACKET.—On Friday, Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson received a telegraphic despatch from Cork, stating that the Red Jacket had arrived at Melbourne, and that she was advertised to sail for Liverpool on the 24th of April. On Wednesday, a boatman, named Robert Farness, found the dead body of a man, in a decomposed state, floating off Crosby Point. The corpse was naked with the exception of calico drawers, on the waistbands of which were the figures 3 and 91, in black marking ink. MILITIA BALL.—On Wednesday, the officers of the Lan cashire Artillery Militia, at present stationed with their regi ment at the north end of the town, gave a grant ba ll, which was very numeriously attended by the ton of Liverpool, HEALTH OF THE Town—The medical officer reports that the health of the town continues in a very satisfactory state.' The deaths registered in the borough during the week were 192, while the corrected average of the same w eek for the preceding seven years is 226. In St. Peter's ward n o death was registered during the week. From zymotic diseases ti t le . deaths were 48. Of these, scarlatina caused 9; measles, typhus, 0; diarrhcea, 5; small-pox, 4 . Consumption and diseases of the kings caused about the average mortali, the deaths being 66, The mean temperatur week was .50 degrees. [Ju COURT AND IT was announced on Saturd. resigned, and would be succeed( Q.C. THE QuaEN has appointed M.A., Fellow and Assistant-T 1 bridge, to be one of Her Maj 4 SChOOl - S. GOVERNORSHIP OF GIBE. believe (says the Globe) that Li some time past in command succeed Sir Robert Gardinei as Chief of Gibraltar. THE QUEEN and the Royal F , Palace, in the enjoyment of exo the anniversary of Her Majesty of flags, ringing of bells, and of place throughout the metropolis - Two FORMER MINISTERS O. Baron Brunow and M. de Kisse, mission. The former, it is said, sentative of Russia at Hesse Da Diet ; M. de Kisseleff will go to M. de Boutenieff, who returns ' council of the empire. ILLNESS OF THE EMPEROR Saturday alludes to a report ti seriously ill, but is unable to sta on the rumour. It also remark of Prussia is probably drawing the accounts of his health have THE LAST LEVEE OF THE SE.e. on Wednesday in St. James's Pal of lilac and silver moire antique, The petticoat was white satin trimmed with lilac and white diadem of emeralds and diamon , THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FBA-. arranged at St. Cloud for the recev Prince Albert, who are expected ' The chateau will form a delightf The interior is very beautifully tapestry, Sevres china, and othe is known to appreciate so higl, will afford an agreeable promenad the chateau being so near Paris, be desired. The Queen will cei reception. The Queen of Englan , cally•renowned palace will be events of the many which have m. niscences.—Morning Post Paris I ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT AT Queen and Prince Albert honour. with their presence at dinner of royal highness's apartments in Duchess of Kent and the Gras Strelitz were present. After dinm had an evening party. The Prir past nine o'clock, attended by During the evening, a seance dr, the following is a programme : ADELAIDE; OU, LES 0 Scena Comique, executf LE BON 0 Chansonnette Villageoise, cha. LE PERE BON Chansonnette Comique, ch: MADELEINE ET Duo Bouffe, execute par Madllt JE SIMS ENRHUME Scene Comique, executE MADELEINE; OU, VAN' Ballade, chant& par . LA MERE 1H "La Gazza Lad: executee par M (THatre Italian - MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-- rietta Somerset, eldest unmarried of Beaufort, with Mr. John Mora. Lady Caroline Morant, of Brock( celebrated on Tuesday, at St. They were honoured with the pi nesses the Duchess of Cambridge the Hereditary Grand Duchess of the church was crowded with ra , Lady Henrietta was attended by was attired in a dress of rich white two magnificent Brussels point la, skirt. The corsage was ornament bridal bouquet was of orange blosso , her neck a costly necklace, enarn , and locket. An orange blossoi veil completed a toilet which was perfect taste. The toilets of the versal admiration. They wore white glace silk, fully trimmed wit silk mantles, with marabout sill and white bonnets, trimmed wit buds. The bride was given away and bridegroom left town early will pass the honeymoon. We sents have been exceedingly num , some gifts of a very costly chat royal family. The Duchess of B night, at her residence in Grosven , auspicious event above commemorat SUGGESTIONS have been urged for the establishment of a branch and the question is under consider& A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayore, sion of presenting a bust to the Re' the parishioners and admirers of ti BY command of the Queen, a ph. street, London, has been sent to group the heroes who were at the i and the trenches. A GOLD MEDAL of the 2nd class French Government to Capt. Ber chant vessel Princess Royal, for has .- crew of the French barque La Mara, which had foundered in her voyage A TERRIBLE CoNrLAGRATIor i " Mr. Coniston, tailor, Westminste r ' night, when all hands were on the • barely time to effect their escape fell,bringing down with itthe party leaving the sides of all the apartmen standing in them undisturbed. The thousand pounds. STOPPAGE OF THE MADRID NIA' Messager de Bayonne, of the 28th Norte, which reached Bayonne froi yesterday, was stopped at one o'cloci , men, at a short distance from Burgos. travellers to be without any appiTY tended to possess themselves of the in need. Accordingly, after takh carriage, they rode off without coin, Strict orders were given by them to spot before three o'clock a.m., threa , next time he passed if he did not co: Lord Howden, the English Ambassal ..,,, stingers. IN . - ra e i o l' '/4 d6 AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT la , ' f ;l.- t' t oc a 0 A fte 0 made, on Saturday, in Portsmouth d „ ~,g ld„ t e r ip; decker Royal Sovereign, built as a sailing e ot . the Queen; this was the drawing out h t e,o so li , tion amidships a distance of 23 fe;l 3 Ol e ecol iO4 mechanics which was aecomplished 0 1, the: tbe 9 , antes under the directions of Mr. go', 'l_ , rot of t o f, to the master shipwright. At a 0 01 ' o dre" - ii ght o i v mass of timber, weighing many 1 1 V ° b e as (0 1 " launched " the required distance In pt y to h t o jy°, 4 required position to a mathematical n2 c- . Re"; r 1 the bow ship pwl lengthened of all the numerous beholders. l''f.);:ref ef- 04 11 ,110' was that thus moved; the bow Will sailt Ifo, e v ' l , of her originally-intended character , iiio 1;0 1) :, g w th h e i n ch ed is b vr the bl b u o ff w , a s u ix d r ees " fda.„ apt al e. : oo ti: ' l4 : 25 feet), and Duke of Wellington, to I Ins- " ii o , their converted character of stean lo- There I ' o o • ,840 'beltl4 0 A CHINESE ARTIST AND POE I ' .--- A ...efi- 1 this country, in company with the t" - so ieu m li ; e :. , a ße n v a . ti D ve r. o H f C eff an er t , on a , C b h u i t ne w se h g os e e nt f l e e7; oll l ,f cr e l i i c o. , 5 o w province of Szechuer.. His age ' s , l l a jectslos, d ip i , ' with fluency three of the principal ''' of r, e tiO /i ifri: Kwanhwa, or mandarin, the dial° t e nln; fteP . 1.4 Canton. His mind has received gre 3 ce i e stiP ti as°, 11l rature and accomplishments of the t • t bn IT 0 )0 1 01, 1 • a ls ' • to cli' 1 0 v is not only a Very clever Chines e , the b l 5 t gr l `. Of musician, and well acquainted n''''' has P e j o ; "Dol°4l as developed in China. Although he ...rep ar tor44 4 devoted to literary pursuits, and his ins r ill ' co c V i ro poems, which he intends to Pabl isi Vi?seo coliFiti ° 'l,o 1 Thursday he visited the British lios6 e o ti o 1 ,4 Dr. Hefter, and examined the large y t hat, ' a , 1 0 forms part of the great library °J ill Ch, lll Or o f Heller, who has resided ten years brought him to Europe, perfe ct4 ' ~41, 41. fl Canton. —Daily News. 0 0 fi j prol J; A Lisbo j oy t pe oi ,e , ,i• MATRIMONIAL TRAGEDY.-- ~),. We' 1 0 .,, 0 the ) 15th, contains the following: — ~,010, „ ,e- g e, All Augusto, of the little village of "" g nler e yea s ide j Beira, married some time nearly'a 3' o l l o ' o. bl e o ftil e ,con, e 4 linda, and, although he was ;'!„,ia g0 1 , 1 01 ot P 4 spea.— - em „,,,,10 very happily together. At the begP, s ess' ri de ateT i o 4 came, by thesleath of arelative, into P o nth y s p d Pe 01,,,,00 fortune, and this so puffed him LIP, fo,1 04 ;010 to P ; f', off all communication with his wife so.ii ant tiiiieioleLeV ordered her not to see them. Thouiline to ile /l b ', .onio husband, she went in secret from w o, ir f r on l , - efi c ' e 'ef l 4 l father and mother. A few nigh ts ! ' her .Tho S'.; r o Aoi t i was raging, hearing some one ran to the window, and saw her nl ivoi en of ot t j t i ° o ther ' : O 5 ,' to ' D e / to give her shelter. The young_ dere d he i r i. ,03 ,1 „9 0 /11 open the door, when Augusto or, ... juo,, c gls',„ly ~, attempted to snatch the key from . o_e a '• pa le u2il r eP t ei rudeness, the young woman bro u N s e,.., n d 0 0 ! be r „oe ,t , the key into the street. Her h., _if, ii t in d tl ie r ro' ci l , 1 ,3. i loaded pistol, and discharged t " 6- l oded, all e * V e ea . II young woman fell, mortally Wound to to re e o l ptot cc.6' ing at the moment, had only s „.... a fter .0 ,... , 0 ,1 1 " °1- ' of inte i r r e4s ' l e ejj f" Augusto took to flight, but was f' r. ' 3 81 , 010 .., J‘ ht, o, LAUNCH OF AN AIISTRA LIA.N . :,/ 6 ",,, , a 1t 0. :7 0t, 13 1; I was performed on Saturday the ,!!,'‘,,"_ss, invested with some peculiar ar ts na'. 0 s o f lot builders of London, and other P f or f o ra co p , e j , occurrence on the banks of sels of 'war' of 3 . ol c P re engaged to construct ves first instance t i ts vi toe present is, we believe, the to be bu ilt ,i 3to pro 01' n this country a ship of war. resolv e- s ot o r e , 9,0? The colony of Victoria, having from t o tee ' g, li A, measure for its own defence t need in use' ifi be cons r w eb° . 0 ,11 ordered a war steamer to Co',of Li ,-.. J. , 0 ,0 t , 3 Messrs. Young, Magnay, and u.. Mr. ' - 'OO ' 0 fetter which is timber built, designee' " . l ieaso res l6 , ; P I , together in the strongest inannye,t;__ being 0;1 p; e atures . .. e ts t . the length between perpent ,nriDehes b 'er . ;;, , , extreme breadth of beam 27 1 e' „ d i e d f . ro:l rg e i. i i i,i armament, which is to be 501).- u wog . . bu t ' o i )li two medium 32 broadside guns e ar , 3:1, 1 e tl r, i • i arsenals, is one pivot 32-pounde r r i d cwt. ; I , c ese? .. ; t meat can be doubled if necess w 3 • Will be v .lr ; g iselere4 constructed on very fine lines, ta i l' , Con x o f , r , , masted schooner, and her future er" c ipetion: poll; J; V', R.N., entertains the highes% r., so .hors_ p vet:ocf/ qualities. The engines are to o b wer : ' to b e 7e l ;se l o tli ef e c l , of working up to 600-horse P r .,_ .ch is the the so, e n a c 4 .1 factory of Messrs. Rennie. 1-1 at navY P l the P l i ; Lfi , ; I ', prove the foundation of a greSaturdaY , La P i : ic p '' and which was launched on of raoks-roproiot immense assemblage of persons . 1, nthe eP I) a nits Talbot " Victoria," and the launch was fnl manner. Talbot bestowed upon the ship 140111 1 ULI 3L Y 3 , 1855, cz / _ DFA SirlOS• . „ ,•-•••—,---;—'" ';" 1 rat es .1 t ie ' lt eq. !day that Mr. o t by •J, kai ,i, ate, ded on the bench . k ltsi l , . 4 4 ,1 , 4, 1 . ho the Rev. Alex. B„,e':elr ~,, ~ R .-- ; I Tutor of TrinitY u,'.'f.„ l , 'll. Fora 0, )jesty's Assistt .1 0- .ttl ] i have les It ,l'`A r tALTAR.--Ve -vey- .1 , 4 i , - ..ieut.-Gen. James:O. b 4 th ei ,,ue lof the troops a ' ' 'kill 't l s Governor and CO ' ',li; 1 5 „ . b . , • • ~ ~,o tt 4 . fac A tt i, . Family continue3„,',,,,4o •IA kee l cellent health• l' u l u i . i l i , l / , D v's coronation, thetr;o 1,4,N, Sir other loyal den:1011,5.50 Ntii?! is, as well as at troia..,4, ~,,,eSt,) ,I? 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',N'44.414i,i oi n gadribi, 0 li i IF!, ir , ; ,, ,,Zv 44 4 lock 3. 0, polAieoli° ti,klo4 The ipY $ 0 t a rgOS. , 3 59 4 l", W t a 4 11 al rehensice ~ e , liv , fre m 't horses , s ei % Pyp,tir ! it '''.°4;/ , ;kit, c ing the ° . 01 0 01 11 . c o t ) h iN 4r. aniittinrod floo.ocli ii„,!ti ,: 1i Wh y ' ;o the gti‘ in ~,e ill) t be Yr k t t 7eatenialJlP' e et , 1. 1 ' ; 4 , 0 „Kt, 0 i *:ai, ti l ,' comp. , 0 , 0 Nc o Lssadors, 00311011/90:,:eicovri4 tkl,,,,tki:tilititltlit.i.o:ll r l5 ~,art..L,4l 11 e 't s t r ,4 tell RUSSIAN DESPATCHES. The Invalide Rune publishes the following despatches from Prince Gortschakoff : SEBASTOPOL, 4th (16th) OF JUNE. From the 31st of May to the 4th of June (12th to 16th) the fire of the enemy against Sebastopol was weak; our daily losses were moderate. On the 31st of May (12th of Jane) the enemy's squadron having left about 2,000 men, chiefly Turks, at Kertch and Yenikale, returned to the Black Sea. On the 3d (15th) of June the enemy's squadron, which had been to Kertch, arrived off Sebastopol. On the other points of the Crimea where our troops are stationed nothing of importance has occurred. SEBASTOPOL, STH (17TH) OF JUNE. On the sth (17th) of June, at daybreak, the enemy re-opened a furious cannonade against the left half of our line of defence ; at two p.m., their fire slackened against the third and fourth sections, but commenced with renewed violence against our right flank ; that is to say, against the first and second sec tions. Our batteries replied briskly. At nightfall the can nonade somewhat slackened ; in general, it was heavier to day than on any previous occasion. This morning at day break a division of the enemy, about 15,000 strong, crossed the Tchernaya, near Tchorgoun, and pitched its tents between the villages of Koutschka and Schoulu. SEBASTOPOL, 6th (18th) OF JUNE, 2 P.M. After 24 hours of the most murderous cannonade and most fearful bombardment, this morning at daybreak the enemy assaulted Bastions 1,2, 3, and the Kornileff. (Bastion 2is the Malakhoff, and Bastion 3 the Redan.) Driven back on all points, with great loss, the French retreated, leaving 600 prisoners in our hands. Prince Gortschakoff adds :—The heroism of all the de fenders of Sebastopol, from the General to the private, has reached the highest point. THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, Friday.—The Vulture has arrived with the Mails. The fleet is off Cronstadt. Forty-six infernal machines have been discovered and destroyed. One of them exploded on the poop of the Exmouth. Admiral Seymour and Captain Louis, who were examining it at the time, were severely injured. The Vulture met Admiral Baynes's squadron somewhere near Nargen Island. THE SEA OF AZOF. The Moniteur of Sunday publishes the following despatch from Admiral Bruat to the Minister of Marine ON BOARD THE MONTEBELLO, June 15. Monsieur le Ministre,—l have already had the honour of informing your Excellency that, immediately on receipt of the news of the evacuation of Anapa by the Russians, I sent to the spot Rear-Admiral Charner with the Napoleon and Primauguet, while Admiral Lyons sent Rear-Admiral Stewart with the Han nibal, Highflyer, and Spitfire. Admiral Lyons proposed to me to proceed together with our other vessels to Anapa, and it was agreed that we should leave on the 13th of June to cast anchor in those roadsteads, and then return to Kamiesch. The health of Gen. Brown, which had slightly suffered from the fatigue of the last few days, obliged Admiral Lyons to postpone his de parture; but he followed me the next day, and I saw his ves- Eels arrive before Anapa at the moment I was weighing anchor for Kamiesch. whi le ithavehaslebfteen decided a strong to add aen Turkish garrisonFreh and a an English t Yenik E a n le g ,to h regiment, so as to hasten the completion of the works com menced at Cape St. Paul. These troops, supported by the steamers stationed constantly in the Straits, are sufficient to drive back the Russians should they attempt an attack on this extreme point of the peninsula. Since I have been to Anapa I understand the necessity there was for the evacuation of that place by the Russian garrison, Anapa was doubtless safe from a coup de main, and its fortifi cations offered a deep ditch, a high escarpement in good con dition, well kept parapets, 94 cannon, an d 14 mor t ars; b ut the place is provided only with a few wells of brackish water, and, once shut in, this cause alone would have compelled the garrison to surrender. The success of an attack against the fortress was therefore certain as soon as the army and fleet could act together. The Russians left only ruins behind them ; although the evacuation was hastily made, and they broke up everything, knocked the trunnions off the 94 guns and 14 mortars, blew up most of their powder magazines, set fire to their barracks, and made five considerable breaches in the walls by blowing them up with gunpowder. I think they meant to facilitate the retaking of Anapa when circumstances should be more favourable. At this moment the place is occupied by Turkish soldiers and Tunisian horsemen. The authority of Sefer Pasha, who was sent by Mustapha Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the army in Asia, was immediately recognised by the Cir cassian chiefs. The readiness of this submission is easily explained. Sefer Pasha is himself a Circassian chief. He formerly distinguished himself by his energy of resistance to the Russians. When, in 1820, the treaty of Adrianople finally handed over the fortresses of Anapa and Soudjak Kaleh to the Russians, Sefer Pasha retired to Constantinople. At the demand of the Russian Ambassador he was exiled to Adria nople, whence he was not recalled till the present war broke out. His memory was cherished in the mountains of Circassia, and the respect we saw the Circassians pay to him leaves no doubt upon the great influence he may exercise to the advan tage of the Ottoman policy.—l am, &c., BRITAT. THE ASSAULT ON THE MALAKHOFF AND REDAN BATTERIES. Writing from before Sebastopol on the 18th of June, the military correspondent of the Morning Adverti s e r says, in relation to the sanguinary conflict which took place on the Malakhoff and Redan Batteries, during the early part of that day grieve that I have this time to report a serious reverse to our arms, the first that they have yet sustained, and one that I sincerely hope will prove to be their last—a reverse the more to be regretted that the loss has been very great, and that although the men did all that men could do, the reverse or defeat, for defeat it has undoubtedly been, is greatly attri butable to want of forethought, to mismanagement, and, to coin a word, to misgeneralship. I will here briefly state what you will, long ere this, have heard by telegraph, that the Eng lish have been repulsed in an attempt to storm the Redan battery, with the loss of from 1,000 to 1,200 men killed, wounded, and missing ; and I will then proceed to give you a detailed account of proceedings since my last letter. The First Division, that is the Guards and Highlanders, were ordered to march from Balaklava to the front, on Satur day, the 16th, at four a.m., and it was generally believed that the bombardment would commence somewhere about that hour. On Sunday morning, at daybreak, the bombardment com menced, and was kept up with great vigour till late in the afternoon. It was then a good deal slacker, and continued so during the whole evening. The firing was admirable; in deed, it did not appear that a single shot was wasted, every one, as far as I could see, bursting just on the embrasures, or immediately over the Russian batteries. These, as usual, replied but very feebly to us, the Garden, Redan, and Malakoff, having greatly ceased their fire ; indeed, there is now not the least question as to the immense superiority of our fire over theirs. In the afternoon it was generally known that the attack would take place next morning, but the hour was not specified. The regiments were also told off. As evening approached, there was a general feeling of surprise at the slackness of the fire ; " surely," was the cry, " four and twenty hours is short enough to silence the Russian guns, even with the heaviest fire possible, and even should they be silenced before that time, it is necessary to keep up that fire without the slightest abate ment, for former experience has shown the marvellous rapidity with which the Russians can remount their guns." I went in the course of the evening into many of the regiments chosen for the assault, and it was the general anticipation that it would be a bloody thing; but not the slightest doubt was ex pressed as to the success of the attack, which was everywhere looked 'upon as certain. The men stood in knots deba ting the probable .events of the morningl (The officers i