The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

C 011131E.RCIAL and MONETARY 2V_EWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE delay in the receipt of communications from the seat of war in the Crimea, followed by the dreaded intelligence of reverses experienced by the Allies in the assault on Sebastopol, led to a decline in the value of Public Securities, which has not been compensated by any other circumstances of sufficient importance to influence the Money market. The decline, however, was not more than about one per cent., and - the tendency subsequently has been to improvement. The Bank Returns on Friday exhibited an increase in the stock of bullion of £296,658, making a total of more than £lB,ooo,ooo—the reserve of notes unemployed being nearly £12,000,000. The imports of specie during the week have been but moderate, being only £220,000, which was received from America. The exports during the same period are said to exceed £400,000, shipped to the Peninsula and the East and West Indies, in addition to the amounts forwarded to the Continent. The failure of the bank of Strahan, Paul, and Co., has disclosed a series of acts of dishonesty of the most disgraceful character. The three partners are in cus tody, and stand remanded till Wednesday, but it is not believed that the charge against them, of appro priating the securities belonging to Dr. Griffiths, will result in a criminal conviction. It is, no doubt, a case of great moral turpitude, but, under the circumstances, it will be difficult to bring it within the letter of the law. Money for commercial purposes has continued to be easy, the rate of discount for first-class paper being below the minimum rate fixed by the Bank of England. The Manchester market is in a very uneasy state, owing to the stagnation in the Cotton market, and buyers generally holding back ; but it is believed that the lowest point has been reached, and that a resump tion of active business may shortly be anticipated. There have been some attempts to work the mills short-time, but, as the demand improves, this expe dient to reduce the supply may not be necessary. In the Woollen trade there is a fair amount of business doing, and prices are on the advance, owing to the short supply and increase in value of the raw material. In the Hosiery and Lace trades there is nothing new in the condition of business to deserve comment. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 16th of June gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public Deposits £5,586.754; Increase Other Deposits ... 13,307,714; Increase ... Rest ... 3,123,055 ; Increase ... On the other side of the account : £139,547 138,729 8,132 Government Securities.. £12,681,068, Decrease £21,420 Other Securities .. 12,399,704; Increase ... 94,273 Notes unemployed ...... 11,814,200; Increase ... 208,425 The amount of notes in circulation is £19,536,195, being an increase of £85,025, and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,060,716, showing an increase of £296,658, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPA.RTMENT. Notes issued ... £31,350,395 Goverunit. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin &bu11'n.17,350,395 ,Silver bullion £31,350,395' BANKING DEPARTMENT. £31,350,395 Prop. Capital ... i.114,553,0001G0v. Securities £12,681,038 Rest ... ... 3,123,055 Other Securities 12,399,704 Public Deposits 5,586,754 Notes ... 11,814,200 Other Deposits 13,307,714 Gold &Silver Coin 710,321 7-day & other bills 1,034,7701 £37,605,2931 £37,005,293 Our SHARE 'MARKET has been very quiet all the week, with a small amount of business. The news of the disaster before Sebastopol caused a decline to the extent of about a half per cent., but no real stock having been brought to market, prices have returned to the point at which they were previously to this information having been received. The Dutch Rhenish Company held a meeting on Saturday, at which a most satis factory statement of their prospects and position was given. To-day, the market has been rather more active, with prices showing a tendency to improve. We annex quotations :—Caledonians, 31+; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81+ 4 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 13+ ' • London and North-Western Stock, 102+1 2 Sheffield Stock, 26+ ; Midland Stock, 74+ 4 ; South- Eastern, 18 9-16 ; Copiapo Mine, 5 pm. COTTON.—There has been very little business doing during the week, and the prices of middling qualities have been reduced about id. to 5-16 d. per lb., higher qualities remaining without change. Notwithstanding the accounts of improvements in the crop, and a rise in the rivers, the position of the Cotton trade may be considered favourable, as, under any circumstances, there is little doubt that the supply will prove unequal to the demand for consumption. The sales for the week, up to Friday, were only 24,410 bales, of which 3,780 were taken on speculation and 940 for export, leaving 19,690 for the trade. TO -DAY, the accounts by the Pacific were received, with more favourable accounts of the growing crops, and an anticipation of further arrivals this season, from the rivers becoming navigable. The effect on this market was to produce a kind of stagnation, the sales being only 3,000 bales, all to the trade ' • but there is no cha nge i n th e pr i ce to quote. The following is a comparison of present prices with those of the corresponding period of last year : New Orleans, middling fair Upland, middling " fair 1854. .. 5 7-16 d. 6id. .. .. std. 1855 61d. 7id. O'd. SALN.S IMIORTS. bl OCK twsc PT) oN. ,raicEs. Week Previ• ending ously 'June 22 this yr. Week This June 22 ending year. June 22. Sea Island Stained Boweds Mobile New Orleans_ .. Fernains, &c..... Bahia, &c. Maraulmin Demerara,&c Egyptian Com.W.l.&c Surat Madras Bengal 12 30 5401 17580! • • ....! 900 71 5014 X 428840 41 7 3090 189030 4/ 8/ 9910 718940 71 7i 160 26920 7 74 610 29570 7 Si 140 29430 10 330 Co 9 1780 69900 373 71 251? , 27tNg 4i I 20 2E20 - 115476 389416! 373140 } 15081 , 805697 30657 16490 ...., 13245, 9910 1643 14026 16520 ..1 118 3 0 178, 43176 24970 29, 1896. 970 } ....I 112053 101380 24410 37818001 32407 1210284 554440 PRODUCE.—The Sugar market has been dull, but as sales have not been pressed, there is little difference to note in prices. Coffee without change. In Tea little doing, and prices rather lower. Rice in good supply, at declining prices. Saltpetre rising. Guano dull. Palm Oil in good demand at £37 15s. to £3B 10s. per ton. Tallow in good request at 535. for Petersburg Y.C. Jute steady. TO -DAY, the Sugar market keeps quiet, but without change in prices ; the sales are limited to 1,800 mats Manilla, at 345. 9d. for middling clayed, and 325. 9d. per cwt. for superior unclayed. There is nothing to notice in Molasses, and only 30 puns. Jamaica Rum reported, without change in prices. 140 bags Para Cocoa realised 375. 3d. per cwt. The Tea market is not active, but a steady business continues to be done in good medium Congou, at former prices. No transactions have taken place in Rice or Saltpetre. 200 bags Sago Flour have changed hands at 225. 6d. ; 180 tons Campeachy Logwood, at £6 15s. for direct ; and £6 7s. 6d. for indirect ; and 500 tons Calcutta Linseed, to arrive, at 665. per quarter, c. f. and i. Wool --Transactions of the past week are only to a limited extent, arising not from a want of demand but from the want of supply, stock being very near cleared at the public sales, and imports since (from the 15th to the 23rd inclusive, only 263 bales) being so meagre, leaves little or no Wool in first hands to supply present demand. Prices continue very firm, and still tend in favour of the seller. Skin Wools in good request, any offering meet a ready market at full prices. Imports for the week only 240 bales, viz. 128 Portugal, 41 Irish, 53 Scotch, and 18 Coast wise, while the weekly average for the last five months, ending Ist May, amount to above 2,000 bales, which leaves the market considerably deficient for present wants, and more particularly so fcr an increased demand. MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. Mari CHESTER.—In this market there has been no allevia tion of the dullness and inaction that has prevailed during the previous ten days. The depression and utter absence of anything like inquiry at the beginning of the week was most marked, and although extremely low prices were named in some instances, the offers of buyers were at even lower quota tions; and, if the sales of some sorts of yarn since Tuesday have been rather larger, they have been brought about by the acceptance of still lower rates than would have been pre viously acztepted. Prices have been exceedingly irregular, perhaps never more so. Each producer acts according to the position he may be in as regards the cost to him of the raw material, which enables one spinner to sell to a profit, whilst the same prices would entail a loss upon his less-fortunately circumstanced neighbour. At th e same ti me, th e l atter i s b ut little disposed to allow his production from dear cotton to go into stock, Cloth is lower in price, and very dull of sale. Stocks are rapidly accumulating, as p ric e s are st i ll much higher here than in the markets of the Continent or the East.— Manchester Courier. ROCHDALE.—The demand for pieces continues quite as good as it has been for some weeks past. The manufacturers ask rather higher prices to meet the late rise in the raw material. Wool continues firm, and middling and low qualities scarce. HIIDDERSPIELD.—The market hns been rather quieter than last week, still there has been more business done in both the Cloth-hall and the warehouses than on the average of market days lately. The wool trade has Leen moderately busy euring the day. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Fox the first time since the commencement of the bombardment, we have to record an unsuccessful though combined . attack of the English •and French arms, against the Russian fortifications. From a telegraphic message which has been received at the War Department, it appears that, on the morning of the 18th instant, the English troops attacked the Redan battery, while the French, at the same time, assaulted the Malakoff. These two important batteries are situated at no great distance from each other, the latter crowning an elevation a little to the right, or eastward of the former, which, being higher, it com mands : they are separated from each other by a ravine, and if possession of them both can be obtained, ,and kept, will give the Allies complete command of the military portion of the town. The struggle for pos session of points so important as those referred to must have been expected to be a fierce one, and such, from even the meagre accounts received, it appears in reality to have been. Both attacks seem to have been made simultaneously, and from the statements received it would appear that of the En glish on the Redan was successful. The works were stormed and taken, and many of the guns spiked ; but - the attack on the Malakhoff, although made with undaunted resolution and followed up with the most determined bravery, was not successful. Three times the gallant Frenchmen set foot u p on th e b ro k en ram part without being able to obtain a permanent footing, and they were ultimately forced to retire, leaving the Russians still masters of the disputed battery. In these circumstances, the guns of the Malakhoff were brought immediately to bear upon the captors of the Redan, and they were forced to retire, not, however, before they had been exposed to a fearful cannonade and great slaughter. The further intelligence relative to the brave and triumphant conflicts which took place at the commencement of the month, confirms the trath, while they even enhance the value of the I conquests by which those conflicts are reported to I have been crowned. The check, therefore, with which we have at present met, so far from causing des pondency, is more likely to lead to renewed and even greater exertion to overcome the difficulties by which the enterprise has been retarded, not defeated ; a somewhat similar check preceded the previous great success of the French, in driving the Russians from their newly-constructed defences near the Garden Battery, and there is no reason to apprehend that the present will be attended with an opposite result. The other events of the siege continue to wear a favourable aspect, and the troops are buoyant in spirit's and in the enjoyment of good health. The correspondent of the Times, writing from the camp before Sebastopol on the 6th of June, relative to the capture of the Quarries and the. Mamelon, says : An end has been put once more to the long days of expecta tion and the wearisome indolence or sameness of our camp life. For the third time our fire has opened along the whole range of positions. At half-past two o'clock to-day 157 guns and mortars on our side, and above 300 on that of the French, awoke from silence to tumult. As much mischief as possible will be done to the Russian works for some four-and-twenty hours, and then, without further parley, French and English will alike make a rush for the point nearest and most neces sary to their further prosecution of the siege —the French for the Mamelon, ourselves for the pits or quarries which lie be tween our sap and the Redan. If the strategic necessity points to some more decisive action this time, so, on the other hand, the intention of going beyond a vain cannonade is • tolerably plain, and I think with some stout defiance of the risks. Yesterday the late general order announcing the vic tories of the fleet was read before the brigades, and to-night Lord Raglan and General Pelissier have ridden through the camps amidst the hurrahs and acclamations of both their armies. There cannot be any doubt as to the zeal of those whom they command. Our fire was kept up for the first three hours with excessive rapidity, the Russians answering by no means on an equal scale, though with considerable warmth. The superiority of our fire over the enemy became apparent at various points before nightfall, especially in the Redan, • which was under the especial attention of the Naval Brigade. The Russians displayed, however, plenty of determination and bravado. They fired frequent salvos, at intervals, of four or six guns, and also, by way of reprisals, threw heavy shot up to our Light Division and on to the Picket-house-hill. It was a sultry day, with the dull mist of extreme heat closing down upon the valleys, and with no air to rend away the cur tain of smoke which swayed between the town and our bat teries; and at night flashes of lightning in the north-east made a counter-illumination on the rear of our position. Writing on the 7th of June, the same correspondent, in re ference to the attack upon the Mamelon, says : At four o'clock this morning a still and sluggish atmosphere, half mist, half the result of gunpowder, hung about the town, and the sun enfilading, as it were, all the poi n t s o f v i ew f rom his low level in the horizon, telescopes were put out of joint for the moment. The Redan, however, which stands up boldly in front of the hills that slope from Cathcart's Mound, gave some evidence of having yielded to rough treatment, the jaws of its embrasures gaping, and its fire being irregular and in terrupted. By and by there was a glorious change in the weather, which adapted itself to the circumstances most amiably. At nine o'clock a cool breeze, much stronger than usual, sprang up, and continued throughout the day, blowing the wreaths of smoke out of the batteries. The whole range of fire from right to left became visible in a bright sun, that for cane was not a scorching one. On the extreme left, towards the Quarantine, there was very slight firing from the French. The perpetual hiss and crack of shells was still the chief point of contrast with the last bom bardment in April. The enemy either could not or would not keep up a very vigorous reply. About eleven o'clock a shell from the Russians exploded a magazine in our 8-gun battery, and a yell of applause followed the report. Very slight harm happily resulted from the explosion —one man was killed, one wounded, and a few scorched a little. The real casualty of the morning was the death of an engineer officer, Captain Dawson, who had but just arrived in the Crimea rom Eng land ; indeed, had been only two days in camp, and was on duty in the trenches for the first time. As the day wore on it leaked out that something of import was undoubtedly to take place before its close, and that the double attack would proba bly commence at sor 6 p.m. The fire on our side, which had continued since daybreak quietly and soberly, assumed a sud den fury about 3 o'clock, and was kept up from that hour to the critical moment with great activity. Between 5 and 6 Lord Raglan and his staff took up a conspicuous position on the edge of the hill below the Limekiln, where it commands very plainly our 4-gun battery, and looks straight into the teeth of the Redran. A flagstaff was erected with threatening ostentation shortly before be came down, and a little angle of rude wall was as hastily thrown up as a breastwork. The man with the signal-rockets was in at tendance, but there was a passe yet for a while. Sir Corm Campbell was observed to plant himself on the next summit, still nearer to the enemy, the Green-hill. Ills appearance drew some fire, and the shells dropped and flashed close by, but without disconcerting his purpose of having a thorough good look-out place. It was about half-past six when the head of the French attacking column came into view from these two spots, as it climbed its arduous road to the Mamelon. A rocket was instantly thrown up as the signal of our diver sion, and as instantly the small force of our men detached for the post of honour made a rush at the quarries. After one slight check they drove out the Russians, and, turning round the gabions, commenced making themselves snug. The French went up the steep to the Mamelon in most beautiful style and in loose order, and every straining eye was upon their movements, which the declining daylight did not throw out into bold relief. Still their figures, like light shadows flitting across the dun barrier of earthworks were seen to mount up unfailingly —were seen running, climbing, scrambling like skirmishers up the slopes on to the body of the work, amid a plunging fire from the guns, which, owing to their loose formation, did them as yet little damage. As an officer, who saw Bosquet wave them on, said at the moment, " They went in like a clever pack of hounds." In a moment some of these dim wraiths shone out clear against the sky. The Zouaves were upon the parapet firing down into the place from above; the next mo ment a flag was up as a rallying-point and defiance, and was seen to sway hither and thither, now up, now down, as the tide of battle raged round it ; and now like a swarm they were in the heart of the Mamelon, and a fierce hand-to-hand en counter, here with the musket, there with the bayonet, was evident. It was seven minutes and a half from the com mencement of the enterprise. Then there came a rush through the angle where they had entered, and there was a momentary confusion outside. Groups, some idle, some busy, some wounded, were collected on the hither side, standing in shelter, and now and then to the far corner a shell flew from the English battery facing it. But hardly had the need for support become manifest, and a gun or two flashed from the embrasure against them, than there was another run in, another sharp bayonet fight inside, and this time theßussians went out, spiking their guns. Twice the Russians made head against the cdrrent, for they had a large mass of troops in reserve, covered by the guns of the round tower. Twice they were forced back by the onsweeping flood of French. For 10 minutes or so the quick flash and roll of small arms had declared that the uncertain fight waxed and waned inside the enclosure. Then the back door, if one may use a humble meta phor, was burst open. The noise of the conflict went away down the descent on the side towards the town, and the arena grew larger. It was apparent by the space over which the battlespread that the Russians had been reinforced. When the higher ground again became the seat of action—when there came the second rush of the French back upon their supports, for theformer one was a mere reflux or eddy of the stream,—when rocket after rocket went up ominously from the French General's position, and seemed to emphasise by their repetition some very plain command, we began to get nervous. At last, through the twilight, we discerned that the French were pouring in. After the interval of doubt our ears could gather that the swell and babble of the fight was once more rolling down the inner face of the hill, and that the Russians were conclusively beaten. " They are well into it this time," says one to another, handing over the glass. The musket flashes were no more to be seen within it. There was no more lightning of the heavy guns from the embrasures. A shapeless hump upon a hill, the Mamelon, was an extinct volcano, until such time as it should please us to call it again into action. Then, at last, the more hidd en struggl of our men in the hollow on the left came uppermost. " How are our fellows getting on ?" says one. "Oh ! take my word for it they're all right," says another. And they were right so far as the occupation and retention of the quarries was concerned, but had nevertheless to fight all night and repel six successive attacks of the Russians, who displayed the most singular per tinacity and recklessness of life. As it grew dark our advanced battery under the Green-hill made very pretty practice and pretty spectacle, by flipping shells over our men's heads at the Russians. From the misshapen outline of the pits a fringe of fire kept blazing and sparkling in a waving sort of curve, just like a ring of gas illumination .on a windy night ; the attempt to take them out of hand was desperately pushed, the Russians pouring in a most terrific discharge of musketry, which caused us no small loss. Meanwhile the fall of the Mamelon and the pursuit of the flying foe•didnotby any means bring the combat to an end on the side of our allies. The Zouaves, :emboldened by their sumps, anti enraged THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. by their losses, carried their prowess a step too far, and dreamt of getting into the Round Tower by a coup de main. Anew crop of battle grew up over all the intervening hollow between it and the Mamelon, and the ripple of musket shots splashed and leaped all over the broad hill-side. The tower itself, or rather the inglorious stump of what was the Round Tower, took and gave shot and shell and musketry with the most savage ardour and rapidity. Oar gunners, observing the duration and aim of the skirmish, redoubled their exer tions, and gang their -shells into the Round Tower with admirable precision, doing immense mischief to the defenders. Concerning the successful assault upon the Quarries by the the British troops, the -special correspondent of the Daily News, on the Bth of June, writes : As soon as the Mamelon was taken by the French, the order was given by Colonel Campbell for the small force told off for attacking the Quarry to advance. One end of the Quarry, that looking eastward in -a direction towards the Malakoff Tower, was connected with three parallels which the Russians had dug in front of the most advanced works on Frenchman's Hill to prevent our further advance. The large rifle-pit which the Russians contrived to throw up after "Egerton's pit" had been taken from them, was connected with the foremost of these parallels. When the order was given for our attacking party to advance, theaBBth and 7th rushed out from the right of the zigzag approach on the left of our advanced works, the men of the 47th and 49th regiments from the left of the ap proach. While some rushed up the hill towards the Quarry, others took possession of the enemy's rifle-pit and advanced trench. It appeared that the Russians on seeing the attack of the French against theManielon had moved along "heir trenches towards th e right,wh ere they became connected with the trenches or other works on the Malakoff hill, so that the left, that side against which our men advanced, was almost wholly deserted. A trifling opposition met with in the Quarry itself was quickly reduced, and our troops congratulated themselves on having gained an easy victory. Carried away by their enthusiasm, they even advanced towards the Redan, and perhaps, had they been in force, such was the confusion and alarm of the Rus sians, they might have carried this important work. As it was, the enemy returned with comparatively powerful rein forcements, and suddenly opened a flanking fire, which com pelled our men to abandon the Quarry. It was not armed as had been anticipated. A second time our men moved against this work, and took it from the enemy, who bad again entered it • nor was this the last time, f or s till l a t er i n th e even i ng a - third contest for its possession took place, which ended as before in our being victors, but at a severe expense. No less than 18 officers, and a large number of men, amounting to upwards of half the original attacking force, were placed hors de combat, including killed and wounded. Colonel Campbell behaved with the most determined gallantry. lie was struck no less than four times, and once so severely by a musket ball, which providentially was prevented from in flicting a more serious wound by striking the front of his sword belt, that he Tainted. Nothing but the unflinching bravery of the troops could have enabled them to retain the Quarry after they had wrested it from the enemy. The ground at the back of the Quarry was fortunately found to be loose and soft, so that the working party were enabled to throw up some cover in this direction without much difficulty. On the 9th of June the correspondent of the Times gives the following particulars a . -- In the early part of the night there was some heavy fire of musketry; but the guns and mortars played the chief part, keeping up a continued thunder against the Malakhoff and the Redan, which seldom made any answer. The French are getting well on with their batteries on the Mamelon, and have been able to throw a few shot at the enemy by way of notifi cation ; heavy guns and mortars toiling up from Kamiesch at this moment are prabably destined to do the work in it. So soon as these preparations are completed it may be hoped the Round Tower and the Redan will fall into our hands, and the former is the one key to all the positions on this side of the harbour. At this last moment (twelve o'clock) I hear it stated that the Russians are • carrying shot and shell .off to the other side of the harbour—which may mean that they are getting ready for a bolt ; may it prove true ! There has been a vague fiction among the men that Sir George Brown, having disposed of Kertch, some days ago was on the other side of. the Tchernaya, even such a little way off, and ready to eat up the relieving army. It is due to Lance Coporal Quin, of the 47th, to make public the bravery which he last night exhibited and which has already brought him under the notice of Gen. Pennefather. In one of the attacks made by the enemy on the quarries after they were in our position, the Russians ex perienced some difficulty in bringing their men again to the scratch: At length one Russian officer succeeded in bringing on four men, which Corporal Quin perceiving, he made a dash out of the work, and with the butt end of his musket brained one, bayonetted a second, and the other two taking to their heels, he brought in the officer a prisoner, having adminis tered to him a gentle prick by way of quickening his move ments. After delivering him up he suggested to his comrades that there were plenty more to be had. Last night a group of gazers were on the Picket-house-hill, when a shell came among them ; it passed so close to one man as to paralyse his arm, and carried off the head of a navvy who stood behind. There was universal t ioy in the camp at the temporary failure of the telegraph (which is now, however, all right again), the men being afraid lest some Aulic Council at home should inter fere with the present probabilities of success, and infuse un certainty into everything. The correspondent of the Times, writing on the 10th June, remarks :—" A breezy day, but with signs of return ing heat, and an occasional drift of shower. The French, in immense numbers, are at work on the approaches to the Mamelon, in the hope of speedily getting up some heat , metal. The Round Tower and the Redan are just giving now and then sullen assertion of unexhausted purpose, bnCwith so little vigour that the shells which drop and bluster about their ears, throwing up the dry dust in columna, look almost like a useless persecution. Five Russian vp..10 of w., arc in full sight out in harbour, having betaken themselves out of the way of inconvenient missiles from the Mamelon. At midday the small steamer which does the cLlef traffic in harbour was observable in the Dock-yard Creek getting up her steam, and surrounded by quite &flotilla of boats, which were most probably carrying wounded on board of her. The arsenal building, or soi-disant hospital, which stands on the western side, showed all torn and riddled with shot, its windows reduced to shapeless aper tures, and its roof ragged and pierced from end to end, the whole being evidently untenable. Between it and the shore, sheltered under an angle of the building, a gro u p o f R uss i ans were gathered, and there was some slight bustle on the shore, where one or two men of authority were moving about with determined step. The steamer was presently full-freighted, and moved off,lowing the boats alongside, to return in the evening with provisions or munitions of war—a long string of men with carts and animals were toiling up the steep on the north side leading towards Inkerman. There might have been from 1,500 to 2,000 of them. There is little doubt, in spite of the obstinacy displayed, that the garrison are heartily sick of their commission. A Russian officer yesterday feli into conversation with one of our men, and, giving him his card, said, " I wish this was all over, and we were good friends again ; we are all tired enough, but our orders are to fight it out to the last." At the termination, too, of the armistice, theie where some signs of insubordination among the men who were in contiguity with ours. Steady firing - has been going on all the afternoon, but with abated force in the evening. At 9 o'clock there was a marked lull in the discharges, but they grew rapid and energetic again at 11, about which time there was another little encounter between the French and Russian outposts on the Tchernaya. A French division, with artillery, passed over that way in the evening, and their telegraph above the Wor ronzow-road was very busy during the afternoon. The Himalaya came in to-day, with a cargo of horses and 340 men for the Land Transport Corps, from England. The said corps has its strength now increased to 6,000 beasts of draught. He continues under date June H :—To-dny things are very quiet before the town, for the sufficient reason thdt our =mu- nition is not up in sufficient quantity. Most of cur artillery transport is gone down to Kamiesch to fetch up shells for our Allies. We had yesterday a little accident in that department, water interfering with the perquisites of fire. A lighter coming up to the Ordnance wharf at Balaklava canted over, and deposited her cargo of something like 1,000 shells in deep water. But for the diving bell on the spot they would have become a permanent puzzle to the fishes. One may almost say.that the bombardment has ceased, and that " the state of siege" is restored once more. From morning to night there has been nothing from our side beyond salute and re minder. The losses sustained in the Ilamelon are heavy, and yesterday reached 200. Our official returns will also make the 10th of June look, a black day when they are published. The cholera has been prevalent, especially in and near Bala klava, and there is a good deal of the moderate form of it in camp, though the last few days have seen some abate ment, both from the cool winds which have refreshed us and the excitement of late operations. " Another correspondent of the same paper, on the same day; writing of the Malakoff, says :—" I approached as far as I was permitted—that is, within 300 yards, and certainly the Malakoff is a formidable work ; it is, for the south part, what the citadel is for the north ; and whatever skilful engineering and hard work could do for it has certainly been done there. It seems to command everything ,within gunshot, and once taken, the southside of the town included, must be ours. Writing on the 11th he . says : This morning, the bombardment has been much Slower, but it is expected to begin as soon as the works on the Mamelon are finished General Morris, with some regiments of French cavalry, has advanced to Baidar, and is encamped. There are strong cavalry divisions of the enemy there. Under date June 12th he says :—Nothing new, and scarcely any firing. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON. THE MALAKHOFF TOWER AND THE REDAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 22, 2 30 a.m. Lord Panmure regrets to state that he has received infor mation that the English troops attacked the Redan, and the French the Malakhoff Tower, at daylight on the morning of the 18th instant, without the success which has hitherto at tended our efforts. Both the French and ourselves have suffered considerably, The names of the officers who have fallen will be forwarded immediately, but it will be impossible to receive complete re turns of all the casualties before the 30th instant, at soonest. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. BERLIN, June 21.—The detachment of the fleet under Rear- Admiral Baynes, consisting of five liners, two frigates, and ten gun-boats, left Kiel Harbour early on Wednesday, the 20th of June, for Cronstadt. VARNA ' June 17.—The Russians have been repulsed, in an attack on Kars. There is no certain news from Anapa.; but it is reported that it has been retaken by the Russians. Se. bastopol will probably be stormed to-day. The Porte has raised a small loan on the revenue of Smyrna. This despatch was retarded. BERLIN; June 20.—Advices from Konigsberg state that an inperial ukase orders that baptized Jews, who have hitherto been exempted, shall furnish 30 recruits for every 1,000 souls to the Russian army. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 13.—Halil Pasha remains in office. At Kars an attack of the Russians was considered inevitable. The Turks have evacuated Batoum and Chourcuk-su. Nassif Pasha has advanced with his general staff to, Kars. The French Consul has quitted Batoum. The Russian forces have advanced awl encamped near redoubt Kaleb. The recruiting for the British Legion progresses slowly. VIENNA, June.2A—The Oesterreiehische Correspowdenz says : General Count Coronini has gone from the camp in Wallachia to meet the Emperor in the Bukowina, which may be considered as:a proof tfurt his Majesty will not go to the Danubian Principalities. CoNtarkrTiNonx, June 14.—A commercial treaty has been concluded between Turkey and Greece. The Porte contracts a loan of '100,000,000f. under the guarantee of the Western Powers. VIE-Nice, Friday, Noon.—A Russian builentin will appear to-day, announcing a terrible loss of the Allies in an attack on the Malakoff Tower. The exact figures of the reduction of the Austrian army are 145,000 men and 30,000 horses. REPULSE OF THE ALLIES. Runs, June 22.—The Moniteur announces that the Government received yesterday, almost simultaneously, two telegraphic despatches from General Pelissier. The first, dated June 17, is as follows :—The combined movements agreed upon with our allies are being carried out. To-day the Turks and the brigade of Chasseurs made a reconnaissance towards Akhtiar. General Bosquet occupies the Tchernaya. To. morrow, at daybreak, in concert with the English, I attack the Grand Redan, the Malakoff Tower, and the batteries con nected with them. - • The other despatch is dated June 18, and contains the following :—The attack of to-day was not successful, although our troops, who showed very great intrepidity, gained a partial footing in the Malakoff works. I was obliged to order a re treat into the parallels. The retreat took place in order, without our being harassed. It is not possible for me to-day to state our precise loss. THE MASSACRE AT HANGO. Ox the morning of the 26th of May, the Cossack and Esk, two of the British squadron, perceived several Russian vessels among the islands near Hango, and dispatched armed boats to take them. The Russian crews ran their vessels ashore and nearly all made off; one or two, however, were captured, and the vessels were burned. On the sth of June, early in the day, the cutter of the Cossack with a flag of truce on board, and carrying ten Russian prisoners to be set at liberty, pro ceeded to the shore. In that boat (the cutter), was the crew of nine men, Lieutenant Genesee in command, Mr. R. Easton, the surgeon, Me. Sullivan, master's-assistant, three stewards (who went in hopes of buying some provisions), and the ten prisoners. On nearing the shore they found about 500 or 600 soldiers on the beach, and as the boat ran alongside a sort of jetty the three officers jumped upon it from her, when the officer in command of the soldiers called out in English, "that he :would have nothing to do with the d—d flag of truce," and immediately ordered his men to fire. Mr. Geneste, Mr. Easton, and Mr. Sullivan, fell at the first volley. One of the prisoners then held up the flag, which Mr. Geneste had when he fell, but he was instantly sh o t ; some o f th e men then jumped ashorei to assist the others, but only to meet the same fate, for volley after volley was mercilessly poured upon them and the boat, until it was supposed all were killed, when the Russians came down and robbed them of everything worth taking away. The Cossack, after waiting some time for the boat, sent another in search of it, which picked it up a short distance from the land, with one poor fellow in it struggling with one arm to scull the boat, while the other dangled at his side with three bullets in it. When wounded he had fallen to the bottom of the boat, and as the water came in through the shot holes it revived him, and, finding himself alone among his dead comrades, he, with an almost superhuman effort, managed to get the boat to sea, until he was picked up. In the same boat were four of his dead messmates. This deli berate massacre, for no attempt was made to take them pri soners, and both friends and enemies were killed indiscrithi nately, will never be forgotten, should we have an oppor tunity of taking vengeance for the murders. Neither men nor I officers were armed, though some muskets were in the boat. John Brown, ordinary seaman, a young man of colour, the only survivor, after being helped up the side into hi s o wn ship, said, " They are a ll killed." Afterwards, in the sick bay, he made the following statement : " On the cutter, with a flag of truce flying, getting alongside the jetty or landing-place, near the village of Hango, the officers and liberated prisoners jumped out, and Lieutenant Geneste held up a flag of truce to a number of Russian troops, who had suddenly sprung up from the cover of houses and rocks,—about 500, dressed as riflemen, and armed with muskets, swords, and bayonets,—and told them what it meant, and why they landed; they replied ' that they did not care a d— for flags of truce there, and would show them how the Rus sians could fight,' or words to that effect. A volley was then fired at the officers and liberated prisoners, and afterwards on the boat, until all were supposed to be killed. The Russians jumped into the boat, and, after throwing several dead bodies overboard, lying on the arms in the bottom of the boat they found Henry Gliddon, A. 8., who was only wounded; they took him out of the boat and bayonetted him on the wharf ; John Brown, lying beside him, and severely wounded, feigned death; he was dragged from one end of the boat to the other, but luckily not th rown over b oar d . They then took the arms, magazine, colours, &c. The officers were shot down, and the liberated prisoners first. Dr. Easton was the first who fell, and the Finnish Captain took the flag of truce from Lieutenant Geneste, and waved it, shouting A flag of truce !'—which had been preidously explained to them before they fired. The Russians spoke English, and the person who led them, from his dress and appearance, seemed to be an officer. The Russians yelled, and fired on the men before they could defend themselves; indeed, there was not an attempt made." RUSSIAN ACCOUNT. r BERLIN, THURSDAY.—The Invalide Russ. of the 15th de scribes the affair at Hango as in accordance with fair play. The Cossack's boat having effected an hostile landing with all on board armed, the crew were, it is said, suddenly attacked by a body of Russians secreted behind buildings ; they at first defended themselves, but were forced to surrender to superior numbers. Five were killed and one officer ; one surgeon and nine sailors caged, of whom four were wounded. The boat was sunk, and the boat's flag, together with seven guns and coven outlaceoe, taken. On tic following day, a frigt-Ita ap proached and fired on the place ineffectually for two hours. A telegraphic despatch, relative to the above transaction, under date of Thursday last from Dantsic says : The Light ning has arrived with the mails. Lieutenant Geneste, Dr. Eaton, and Mr. Sullivan are prisoners, but wounded. It is said to be the intention of Government to apply to Parliament for a vote of public money, which is to be applied in erecting a monument in commemoration of our soldiers who have died at Scutari. A design for the monument has already been prepared by the Baron Marochetti. This tribute of respect to the memory of so many brave men, the victims of disease and neglect, was suggested some time ago by Miss Nightingale, and Her Majesty is said to feel a lively interest in its realisation. Advices from Odessa give a deplorable account of the ruin and misery of many of the merchants in that town, their trade with the ports in the Sea of Azoff having been totally destroyed by the successes of the Allies in that quarter. Men who a short time ago were wealthy are now reduced to beggary, and are enduring the greatest possible privations. The Journal de St. Peterebourg devotes six columns to an examination of and reply to Count Walewski's circular despatch of the 23rd May, which was a reply to the Russian circular of the 28th April. This new R uss i an d ocument is simply a repetition of the former one, though more moderate in tone. It brings forward no new arguments, nor does it throw any new light upon this vexed question. It attributes the rupture of the Vienna Conferences to France and England, and expresses a hope that negotiations may be resumed, and the blessing of peace so eagerly desired be assured to Europe. GlBRALTAR. — lntelligence to the 16th inst. reports the embarkation of the 13th Regiment on board the steam transport Robert Lowe, and her departure for the Crimea on the 7th inst. The steam-transports Propeller and Eagle arrived out at Gibraltar on the 12th inst. The steamer St. Patrick, in the French transport service, with stores for Mar seilles, had passed en route. The British sailing transports Edmundsary and Emma Pulley left Gibraltar for the East on the 15th. The sailing transport Echunga was being fitted at Gibraltar for the conveyance of horses and mules to the seat of war. The Sea Nymph, from London to Marseilles, with stores for the French Government, arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th; she left the following day with the sailing ship Balance in tow, likewise laden with stores for the French Government. The Spanish steamer Guadalq',liver was shortly to leave Gibraltar for England. • REPORT OF THE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. — From the minutes of the committee, it appears that a series of draught resolutions was proposed by the chairman on the 6th of June, and two draught reports by Lord Seymour and Mr. Drum- Peel. The report of Lord Seymour was carried against tho se mond. Draught resolutions were also proposed by General proposed by General Peel and Mr. Drummond. At length a division took place on Monday, last week, when a motion from the chair, to the effect that those whom the evidence pointed out as responsible for the calamities in the Crimea ought to be named to the house, was negatived by nine to one, Mr. Layard alone voting in the affirmative. A second motion (chairman), imputing to the misconduct of the Administra tion the primary cause of the calamities which befel our army, was carried by the casting vote of the chairman, the affirma tive votes being those of Messrs. Layard, Drummond, Sir J. Pakington, Sir J. Han m e r , an d C ap t a i n Gl a d stone ; and the negative votes those of Mr. Bramston, General Peel, Colonel Lindsay, Mr. Ellice, and Lord Seymour. A vote of censure on Lord Raglan (chairman) was negatived by nine to one, Mr. Layard voting in the minority. The expense of the wit nesses examined amounted to £126 Os. 6d. REINFORCEMENTS Pon TIIE CRlMEA.—Orders were trans mitted on Friday morning to the regiments in England and Ireland under orders for foreign service to prepare for imme diate embarkation, namely, the 15th Foot, recently returned from Ceylon ; the 51st King's Light Infantry, ditto India; 80th Foot and 94th Foot, ditto ditto. Detachments from the various depot companies, and 1,200 cavalry, are to proceed without delay to the seat of war. Orders per telegraph were also transmitted to Marseilles, to be forwarded from hence by special steamboat to the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, to send as many efficient men, not only of the regiments sta tioned in those fortresses, but of the reserve of the Household Brigade and reserve battalions, as can be conveniently spared previous,ly to the arrival of the reliefs of regiments of the line and the Militia. The regiments that will embark forthwith are the following 13th Light Infantry, from Gibraltar; 31st Foot, from the lonian Islands; 48th Foot, from Corfu; 54th Foot, fram Gibraltar; 66th Foot, from Gibraltar; and 92nd Highlanders; from Gibraltar. The above-mentioned reinforce ments will augment the British forces before Sebastopol by upwards of 13,000 men ; and, in addition, four field batteries, a troop of Horse Artillery, and a reinforcement for the siege train are in readiness, and only waiting for transports to em bark. The immediate dispatch of the above-mentioned troops is rendered necessary, on account of the intelligence received from Lord Raglan of our reverses in the attack of the Redan and Malakoff. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, FRIDAY. Very little betting to-day, on the Northumberland Plate, at the w prices enumerated be ow. in consequence of Oulaton's winning the Steward's Plate at Stockbridge so easily, the highest offer against him for the Goodwood Cup was 6 to 4; for the Doncaster St. Leger not an offer was made. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 1 1 :W th s o n n c k ' Bolton— x — I a i k 3 e) t a2ft. taken.of freely. • HO to 8 Mr. Henderson's Rylstone—offered. 100 76 t tt o oo B---gathASllir: S ir C. Canute—]o. 7 taken 100 to 8 Mr. Norton's Courtenay—offered. 1(0 to 7 Mr. Shepherd's Aribbas—take 100 t o 6 . 100 to 7 Mr. Johnstone's Rotherham—take 100 to 6. 100 to 6 Mr. Harrison's The Spinner—offered. .G0ODIV001) CUP. Coon w 6 oo l o n 4 E a T g A e a s I:l l7cr a e r' e l' r s e ° 42 'll6 a t c ° c n e — pt t a a n k c e es 2 f t o o r l ihe Good wood Stakes. The heaviest weight is to be carried by Hermit, 4-yrs-nht.6st. 81h. The lightest by Supplicant, 3-yrs-old,4st. CHESTER REGATTA.—The Chester regatta is to take place on Thursday next (weather permitting), under highly distinguished patronage. The prizes to he contended for amount in value to between one and two hundred pounds ; ;and many of the prin cipal tradesmen of the city have:announced Weir intention tocloke Ittry!nces of busine6s daring theatternpo,n,of Aim regatta. REPORT OF THE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. "Your committee have now adverted to the chief points contained in the replies to above 21,000 questions; mid in no ticing these various subjects they have divided them under distinct heads, in order fairly to apportion the responsibility. ." Your committee report that the .suffering of the army re sulted mainly from the circumstances under which the expi dition to the Crimea was undertaken and executed. The administration which ordered that expedition had no adequate information as to the amount of the forces in the Crimea. They were not acquainted with the strength of the fortresses to be attacked, or with the resources of the country to be in vaded. They hoped and expected the expedition to be imme dfateiy successful, and as they did not foresee the probability of a protracted straggle, they made no provision for a win'.er campaign. " The.patience and fortitude of this army demand the admi ration and gratitude of the nation on whose behalf they have ibught, bled, and suffered. Their heroic valour, and equally ' heroic patience under sufferings and privations, have given them claims upon their country which will doubtless be grate fully acknowledged. "Your committee will now close their report with a hope that every British army may in future display the valour which this noble army has displayed, and that none may here after be exposed to such sufferings as are recorded in these Pages." TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS BY PosT.---Two notices have been issued from the Post-office, relative to the transmission of newspapers and periodicals through the Post-office. One of these notices refers to 3 stamped newspapers sent to British colonies and foreign 3 countries. It contains a table of the rates chargeable for their transmission to various places abroad, and states that from and after the 30th instant, the period allowed for posting . newspapers intended to go beyond the limits of the United Kingdom will be extended from seven to fifteen days after the date of publication. All newspapers must be registered at the Post-office by the proprietor or printer. The other notice contains the regulations under which periodical publications, , including newspapers, bearing a stamp or stamps denoting the stamp duty, may be transmitted and retransmitted through the post within the United Kingdom free from postage. For two sheets of the superficial extent of 2295 inches the amount of stamp to be impressed on the publication is to be Id. • for three sheets, of 3,443 inches, For four sheets, of 4,591 inches, 2d. The stamp must be distinctly visible. The pub ' lication must be posted withi n 15 d ays of i ts date. Many of the present regulations are to continue in force. An irregu larity merely consisting in the non-exposure of the stamp will only be liable to an additional postage of ld. Stamped or unstamped publications, after 15 days' date, may be trans mitted under the regulations of the book post. EXTENSIVE RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—In consequence of serious losses of goods daring the past three years, while in transit on the South Staffordshire Railway, the lessees lately obtained the services of Detective-sergeant Manton, of Bir mingham, by whose skill and activity a well-orgamsed and widely-spread system of plunder has been traced to its originators. Eight men are in custody, including the receiver, the landlord of the George and Dragon, at Walsall. All the other prisoners were employed on the line as stokers, drivers, guard s , or p o i n t smen . The most important revela tions have come out. The statements made by one of the prisoners, who has yoe b been frightful tot e hr o s asliee ns admitted sseotienomxntpeset uidt implicated. .ft an iestaohmr a ig p fteo pi ujy : s i seittnri trains a id jagim s v: h iswod o shu l at v ain. e ll ad d es that dishonestyi had prevailed amongst the servants of the nightly r o i O ge r yi n d Y stations, te oe p u rn ee ne principally a fr l those in charge of them took from a truck a cask of tobacco, a chest of tea, or a package of some kind of merchandise, and buried it in the embankment until arrangements could be made for its safe removal. Casks of Burton ale were con tinually being appropriated, the contents emptied into jars, or other vessels, which the men in charge of the train had with them, and the empty casks broken up and thrust into the fire of the engine. On one occasion no fewer than three trains were at a stand-still in one cutting, all being robbed in one way or other.—Daily News. THE POST OFFICE.—The first report of the Postmaster- General states that a mail for carrying Government despatches was established as far bark as 1481. • James I. established a post for conveying foreign letters, and his son established an , inland post. In 1044 a weekly conveyance of letters to all parts of the kingdom was established. In 1083 a penny post, and in 1708 a halfpenny post was established in London. In 1836 the stamp on newspapers, was reduced from 31-d. to Id., which caused a great increase to the number which passed through the Post-office. From the earliest period to the pre sent day, every time the postage was reduced and greater facilities given to the public, the postal revenue increased. The accounts of the Post-office revenue are perfect from 1685 to the present time. These documents reveal some curious particulars of the abuse of the f ran ki ng sys t em. Among the I items franked by the Holland mail packets in 1695 were some "parcels of cloth for the clothing colonels in Lords Grey and i North's regiments." Al so a pac k o f h ounds. Only just before I the franking privilege was abolished, it was well known that a pair of buckskin hunting breeches was franked by a govern ment official to go by post, and was enclosed in a cover and sent in the mail bag. Lord Canning is troubled with great discoverers and long-range inventors for the improvement of the Post-office. "Crude, ill-considered schemes," says his lordship, " conceived in ignorance of the simplest details of the business of the Post-office, or pilfered from inventions al ready well known, reach me in plenty, generally followed by pressing claims for remuneration." TERRIFIC HURRICANE IN THE UNITED STATES. —The New York Weekly Times gives the following account of a hurricane which took place in the town of Jefferson, Cook county. On the afternoon of the 22nd, a revolving funnel shaped cloud passed swiftly along near the ground about sixteen miles north of here, carrying up large sticks of wood, stones, &c. It described a semicircle towards the south-east, twisting off large trees, and whisking them out of sight instanter. The whirlwind then broke in two and disappeared, but almost immediately formed again and passed directly back north and west with redoubled violence. It struck a heavy frame house, one mile from the Illinois and Wisconsin Rail road, tearing the roof instantly off, and almost immediately afterwards taking the house up the spout with all its contents. Nine persons in the house were drawn up and hurled down in different places. Four of them were instantly killed, and others mutilated beyond any prospect of recovery. The whirl wind then passed over a pest and rail fence, leaving not the slightest vestige of it. It next broke up a barn, and threw it upon the horses and cattle it contained, crushing them at once. The timbers of the house and barn were hurled down to the ground with such violence as to bury them almost out of sight. The house belonged to Mr. Page, whose wife, son, and two grandchildren were then killed. Additional game received from the above locality more than confirmsi the I one above. Accounts are given of persons being carried. 'ro a f' n d aen3 ddee"city, afte rv h ai un ovleag d ne r e ed se:o f f e tA l i nte n umm tl pb i e e esrt a , same afternoon 'severe hailstorm cccurred in this c • describe c h irti e nb n ees h siet u s rl ashedamv roost s o tt w este n trri w fiifie it dc h: :go The t e hh a : t w eo h art i t cp itwo e t t li ed e , :smatdoyattpFapeakeiiiinent.atilletdberaosepvlbenrenyrgeesdinfrgouZirbaepniopeasrtanopirs'teouTe Tins document (which occupies upwards of seven columns of the daily journals (commenced by stating, that the nature of the inquiry, rendered expedient by national exigencies, together with the number of subjects it embraced, had rendered the task imposed upon the committee no easy matter. These difficulties had also been much increased by many witnesses whose testimony they could not procure. There had been other parties left under imputation which the committee regretted they could not find it proper to remove; while, on the other hand, there were reasons of state policy against their proceeding with the inquiry as they could have wished, so that it had been left by them unsatisfactory and incomplete. The inquiry of the committee was limited to two beads—the conduct of the army, and the conduct of the home government with respect to the management of it. In the first place, as to the conduct of the army. The army was employed on an expedition in a distant country, 3000 miles distant from this, in besieging a fortress which they had been unable to invest, and the fatigue and hardships they had endured had been immense. These were increased by insufficient clothing and want of hospital accomo dation. In arriving at that conclusion, the committe had made allowance for the storm of the 14th of Nov., and all the diffi culties attendant upon a new campaign, after so long a period of peace. From the landing in the Crimea, up to the end of Oct. while there might have been many diffi cu lti es to contend with , those were not of such consequence as to warrant any remark. But as the campaign went on, the difficulties and hardships seemed to have increased. Throughout the month of Nov.. the army was totally insufficient for the work it had to perform, while it was otherwise suffering great distress, though not unprovided with fond. It was in the want of clothing and all the comforts which could render it efficient. As the season advanced, the army became reduced to a condi tion melancholy to contemplate. The number of men became still more disproportioned to the amount of work they had to do. They were exposed, under single canvas, to rain and the inclemency of the weather, while they were without sufficient supplies for in any way contribUting to their own comfort or health, or which could have enabled them to carry on the work they were called upon to perform,—under all these suffer ings, unparalleled in the annals of war, the committee con sidered the conduct of the army unparalleled for endur ance and noble bearing, as were the sufferings to which they were now subjected. Then, as to the conduct of the home government the committee considered that the expedition to the Crimea rested with the government at home. So early as the 10th of April, 1854, the Duke of Newcastle wrote a despatch to Lord Raglan to endeavour to ascertain the force of the Russian army in the Crimea, while in another dispatch:of the 29th of June, he repeated his opinion on that point, and referred to the capture of Sebastopol as the only means of bringing Russia to terms. The cabinet then, in fact, appeared confident of the success of the expedition, and of its results. Lord Aberdeen seemed to entertain the opinion that Sebastopol would fall almost immediately on its being attacked, and that their army could either then winter in the Crimea, or return to the shores of the Bosphorus. Sir James Graham said that the expedition had been undertaken at the right time, and executed in a proper manner. On bearing that, the committee were led to inquire what was the informa tion government possessed which induced them to undertake the expedition ; and all that they could make out on that point was, thatqlwamount of the force of the enemy ascer tained was 70,000 men, 8,000 of which was cavalry ; 40,000 of that force being in Sebastopol, and 30,000 in the Crimea. The expedition was, therefore, undertaken by Lord Raglan out of courtesy to the Home Government, and its responsibility did not, therefore, rest on him. The committee also considered the cabinet much to blame in leaving town at the end of the session of 1854, without making any proper arrangethents for the vigorous prosecution of the war. The report went en to state that, with respect to clothing, hospital accommodation, the ordnance department, the surveyor-general's department, the sea transport service and land trrnsport service, the com missariat department and depots, there was gross mismanage ment and signal failure. The report closed as follows : "Your committee, in conclusion, cannot but remark, that the first real improvements in the lamentable condition of the hospitals at Scutari, are to be attributed to private suggestions, private exertions, and private benevolence. A fund, raised by public subscription, was administered by the proprietors of the Times newspaper, through Mr. Macdonald, an intelligent and zealous agent. At the suggestion of the secretary of war, Miss Nightingale, with admirable devotion, organised a band of nurses, and undertook the care of the sick and wounded. The Hon. Jocelyn Percy, the Hon. and Rev. Sydney Godolphin Osborne, and Mr. Augustus Stafford, after a personal inspec tion of the hospitals, furnished valuable reports and sqgges tions to the Government. By these means much suffering was alleviated, the spirits of the men were raised, and many lives were saved. [J CHESHIRE .AND Jr' ll.ES. -- -- " 4 " -- 711t,sry el'L - . THE Chester Chronicle states that a 113 , .. . !, 0 fiel will probably be formed at Hoylake, instead 01 rAr ll Common, as had been previously procse a • onter opo • 1 THERE is no truth in the statement of a c 0 the % a fresh claimant has appeared for the foreshore 1 `" ae tile r on the Cheshire side. tion of the Government to establish a ealnP a : :re gilitti Birkenhead, and that the regiment of La the r e Ar _ ll. i s sa id to ,,Arro el MILITARY CAMP IN WIRRAL. tillery will be amongst the troops stationed en _„ pa i of this regiment is at present garrisoning th e r:;„,,,, DOCK PLUNDERING.—At the Birkenhead 11"k,,01; Wednesday, Mary Gleeson was brought tin, °n n• 0 4 ) ing connected with the robbery of a quantity 0 Ad es• a boat that was lying on the quay of one of the '. 0 Wis cominitted for trial. OF Natlg,,e u id TESTIMONIAL TO THE CURATE er gi , ' N I Wednesday, a large body of parishioners assresestjfig pu rpose cf d P , c e . tb e Rev. Henry - i F n . KRanluptfoardt,efsotriinthnneial and ad rie,,sse ~,,,rislio, sion of his being abou ' t to leave the curacy e't . a p it i r- i. 1 , 5 ';, testimonial was a handsome silver inkstand, 1 2, 10 0 ", a inscription;" and the address contained mans t be ilP;1 exemplary manner in which he had perfor ° 001; ti / Pr o A his office. Mr. Ralph, in reply , begged to , +la st , their handsome present, and af ter a vote 0 ' 0 chairman, the proceedings term inated. _at siglil., 11° CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAT% _uareil6s4o rtbe ' -1.4P- O fl North-Western Company, with respect t0,,f,ih0,P2). directorstlee negot n i a f t i t o h n e s c b o e m t between the a t n h d e tchoemdmi r i e t e t t e a e l : t o ... lige 60 promoting the interests of the Chester and ii_,/ i •r o ei elLe ) Company, have been postponed until the wa st e c7,al merit has been obtained upon the bill for ito.P7ilaak.-,. ea p; ac ec h s eci ' :lt h aooo : o 3:_ e b:o ' cations between England and Ireland. The as F e % s e of House of Commons, and is now before tbe H ° use TRADE OF SOUTH WALES.—The shipp-ingea,..7i- 0 increase e tors, o o n f s , nearlyanand Welsh ports is in a very satisfactory state.. ;aciat,4 coal and iron coastwise and foreign still contT t i s • 1 ,,: p oll exports from Swansea alone will this Year;3terel the reach 500,000 tons, 471 vessels baying e f• 41,0 1 '4) during the month of May with a tOnnag e ° lig 01°"' foreign exports of coal from Cardiff Peri'l's°,,,anse3 the 0 1 The foreign tons tonnage of Newport as rage 0 00, J bee.. during the year, and constwise ton,a a Birkeo ~a. _BIRKENHEAD BEE ' ---.At ''." se V e l ) ;:all RSELLERS. e „, ; ,boa ~ t court' on Thursday, the following ce.a. r a a eacf t , summoned for infringing the regulati9 s ,' , c, °' era i ts i s ` is James Lanagan, Park -street, was fine" Alice E°' Evans, St. Ann's-street, 20s. and co st `' co ld e° sts• a,:a , costs.—George Lunt, Queen-s' reet, 4 'f . - w ial 13/- 0 BIRKENHEAD C ' q .....-11 S .' ,- 1:13 5 1 OMMISSIONEIL-. . .. s I0') , i tes. held on Thursday, in the Comraissioue, _ ab ip r, square, for the purpose of laying the tO; p ogo r s 4 N 9 , e ooo wport ton s lo 7 ooo th , Chairman said that the Finance Committee I v .w ye, , ~c p.., tion recommending that the rates for the e s e r v o; ne rt ee e ' be the same as' ast •the imPr rc erai t ele o a 3 ear—namely, „ a l e se ibe lei* the ei , e li g hting ana a avatching rate Is., end v Ae d bf itileq as in the pound. These rates, as reconine n a 'eloaa ofir u -01 Committee, were then passed without oPPL'', and . g aceer s es t, discussion it was moved b Mr. Hornblaae'bseell',,t pf s , o , lliMOUSiy—" That it is inexpedient for the rA te , °,007, . ~,b i r g , rci li,,,, 1 Birkenhead to levy • a lighting and "" ,p, '.. ' t(P7,,IIiP upon the township of Claughton•eum-GrOe„i' pato tow tv read a communication from the Great Se.' d to tbe t ot , ( London, offerin to the * l'e"s and "11f Pitbille Commissec - •a e seb h ~ about 200 volumes of specifications and in ap i O a ' A t !de be placed in the public free library, or ~1 liediettt r in future be formed.-31 Harrison r-mar - " Mr.es WO , a a z Commissioners would accept the volumes 'ere WO, that the: subject of a free library wa s 4 'l o cbinesi l 'ai inhabitants, and he would do his utrOe'tee r'''',sell tions.—The offer was then accepted, 01. 1" +0 orga'' ‘ ,O - c l er k were na • Harrison, and the law n•e" - er . boi library. a e aTbe iul a 'tb j e A * l''' BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB' big " i t c 0,..tbl the season came off on Saturday, the day • - p e s eicq 0 ,,,,e ,•' - ef propitious, though for the time ' year e-c- ' 35 °4l ' l' of l.O-p 0 ,t• steamer Nun left the Prince's • ~bout ' ma d, o i eP 0 ' ier a goodly number of ladies gentlemen ° ll w *" 11 . ^cli c° ' and , . e c. .41 o, a large yachts were lying, and the race C OMl l3 e C %,9 l i lg . to had entered for the plate :—Spirit, 41 ton% 7 tlfilittli of the Ocean, 7i tons, B sey - , jun. ; P l Nor•s' tile "0 ? Uncle Tom, one ton, Bowen ; -Electric, 7 • - „r 0„ Pct and the White Squall, SutherberrY; but 071- 'it ' e ar'', 9 1 : the,smallest of the craft did not come out. s';' a foae signal gun was fired and the elegant little Y. r 01 ( 1 , e t a t flew with wind and tide far before the steO r e ol '''',,e• F ending. The flag boat which was first Iva : the flOreak.a off Eastharn, and the other was stationed 0 1 '; ‘ ,.s el t i r j es'ai race was mainly between these boats, feld '' e alli c " 110 4 teresting to see their tacking—the 'White 'aclaa. dye' atig the Lancashire coast and the others c ° ,' e l e r ab le " if Cheshire side. The Spray made raft., t.•o4i soon a, Apto pa. she was third •in rounding the first fiag ,i t •it I ', of squad followed her in gallant stye; tbe l ra ye A l t ao the contest, but the others continued to roa° Y e tit" . iA i le 3 eing allowed for tonnyge. The course la Ee ecaac yi t ba a: c i l l e F e-boat and that one off the Dingl e. ' 3 betbr e i> ;le of ._ to the mooring place. Long, however,oo,c 11,,•11„ the Spra:', the issue was apparent,a nd 3t a tile " c ' cheered as the winner.' y 0 .311de D e °' 613.'1 ructs Of t 460 ' 0, a . t . Eastham in the following ordera:.--SPar3Y,,,- 2 l'' "P e r il' 1 4 9' 30 a.; Electric, 2h. 45 30 • SP' 8• e toft. flO Spirit, 2h.47 m. „_. W' ' M. 5. 13i 31-' c ' , ,et nite Squall, 2h. 47 LA 0 'de lug the Eastham flag-boat, the Spray Ina" the 90 0 t o got to the White s aan windward, and crossed cleverly t° o d eo o° o l ran . right across for Garste°'.4.., l°, l eq - ,,10i' to doubleT the Dingle flag-boat a.. first h , r , eli a. ' eh'',. `Di, side with the tide. Had c h o er' the . seamanship of her crew, the ego : - -e hil w ble l ' I.c c '".," as it was, the Spray got the lead, " l a after" l:'l ' V 1 an a ,, t o 1 flag-boat at 4' a. 1m.30 s. The rest l'' e g. '' ;lie fiw ea n() • , ~•'u, . * n order 7 *4 1 ,, , g .14 hhe Squall, 4h. 15 - 0 1 ., ° ,, el t ee lor 'f',,' . Ocean, 4 h. 28 m. 4 s.; Electric, 41i• 9 1 `-; - 11 r5 ,,,, ,, ,°, ! then returned to Eastham, and relf e he 1 ; 11: 4 4 j. k t ifl o6 , order : —Spray, 4b. 19 m. 30 s ; Wil - a • S T: Vic , „ 1' ;0 1- e iej Spray of the Ocean, 4h. 46 m.. 45 s• " -- ,i c doal ) • o o' flag the home run, the Spray kep' tbe ' l e n g "; 0 _ . , ,H ,"*f .- 0 0 :4 1 :, ", -boat for the second t,' '' 1 ' a te B-11- -' 4 r . ''' ime at 5 0. ati bi h te , 4 i Monks' Ferry at 6h.om. 10 s.; the wbee,.„ r ee',.i if t, 611. 18m. 22 • a , the rest were not Ono' . a si 1 " ,efe e' l rived, her owner, Mr. Bower, came c'n bc mr. 0. 1 t o t yl prize, ia a beautiful silver salver, made ll ior er l eiffill 1 CI • rch-street. It was presented to M r ' - 1' 44 g a ff ' fit modore, Mr. Jones, who observed that OR the ea' l os6l had not been graced by such a display °f t ie he' o o ' (4. °.- 0 1 enhead and Liverpool as on the present cc at c — a l pf er for, 0 0 14 , as formerly, have had a band on boar • 1' ~,.. „, much spirit by starting a fresh boat e verl s de eft r t , years past, aud had been successful b f re• ' o . ' 4° e 0 j ai' ie 0 the show sport again next year, and he ha a l aa a a t' r dg e s 'al f , in presenting him with the rize. Mr. 'to: . fl e llY • e l'e ll 'i ° l l' thanks, observing that he thought the Pr''' ,'" ilt s a , ' „„ i iip t s . h a much to himself as to the boat-maker , ri' ere , e lic" sail ,, -maker . , Richard Perry. Three cheere 1 : 1 , b ly 0 the winner, and the company separated, l' i " • • tha aa. day's entertainment. :• e — r i : a u ' o ' o f . I r i ' lTnii3 LATE MB. property considerably exc -4"---- eeding t h h s.l e f p n alpbilli;i°ll ° f:Cee; e ttlffll;lllitl:i ant Adjutart G " defence ijen°:l:resAstomYre 5u4 ,.,.., . 4 - - ene T d r il al to man. It is said that lorfisSihicisitarim;^ G-TuRIN . l E rEss L , A .N P tfo. ' ., couplechDa. t i t s e c l O s of THE Sheriff of Derry hG'::n:silli Londonderry Genehisralsgatnetaphahladel 1 ‘ ori n i P esil l rsr ° :k sti_e i , e eal l t c s n rsu lp r el a sado l Y d_ e i: a et 11 1 11:, ti a : 1 1 : e ,0 51 : 1, , I see 5 e 0 : : :1 1:0 : : .1 . : : 1;i e crv :; s , , 1 I o . , t Paliser, who was obliged to fy fr° - At oohs ill t roli m e . - a _ a CI 17.8. p of , :;,1 , d o i h i, a t i h v e ldtte product ns of_ . E f outhousesntyhe a d 1 - , several writs of fl. fa. 1106 0 e ' 3 f,e ' r'' ) qv I° 4 carriages, vans, ~ a ,. ' • waggons, horses and car, so ltl , A , 1 ., 0, nt o:si,n ii: rriaaonsutenthmiizaA:et:Ne T ‘ichof l ii_. i i iinta e lygEvaitol o chsyf c .attte, o r; ,ri;g ra,..sei :id: _ci:a _ tiit. , ~o_,,l,:icilue,,e_ t;:ev ra .: eee . t : ii:eii;:ci;iii6llive , , : , 1if:55146c40: 1,, 7:0:, ~,,, ..: 2 . a ~nciuded in the list of goods to "e v ' e ll: C' , Ph EXTRAORDINARY FELINE ATTACWL-0.01119,- '16,•*15 o n c ri g l itl e l l t a i r: u ci o e ia r s cumstance that the cat w,'..' 0 ,1 0; s lo this town has a cat which has formed Pu l a ' ;' cr A l ' e e .' I . e ° 0 extraordinary description. Puss som , 4 , y er ';,, i O5 o , ie bones were dis T co h v e e s of preservation. opposite p n as and several l s h fo u r m t a h l e l purpose skeletons constructingonl eofiv.a,,:go-f i : 11 0 : e , l h e e r: it ; posed to be relics of the old Crornwellig: a s , tl' e fbe °' d a underwent a severe and protracted g i . e f g a :i w;ler e o n , ti° Pe stood rd Or • Galway Vindicat 0 , --The I° A cori I or. I t e as , THE CORPORATION OF BEISA"-• case. ei A i ; t -, - ,; c a , 4l , i j delivered judgment on Tuesday in til e ldugite 1 2 .- 0 4 — i t s' GelieralCorporation of l3elfast, de c , es or o ; Ii 131 0 ration had neglected the restrictive eig l ! - , ful i d 11 0/ ,', / ici tl iii under which they were permitted to rai s „ aii ~ isul k u ativ . had exceeded the sum allowedP to be raiset,:swereget, ',ogiFio managel the funds so raised, that ti le: 3,l o- tl' e ..d responsible as trustees for them. He 1101 , ce d I) Y b e 1 .0 ;`Ii , „ members of the corporation mig,ht be rel-e_ o ala „iliw A fr o ture from their responsibility, and that it r st ilj al , )0 1 , 4 , the funds, or a large portion of them, wer'.,,evitloao;lo,li ILL-TREATMENT OF A NVA.IID 111 C il i,ci, 0 p ilft/10,' I tif cation was made in the Rolls Court, P g ' f oat csi 51" the 60'd the case of Miss Paulina Roche,. a w most a le of I 'l o 'o was alleged, had been treated in th.,_„bter i1,f41,40,4 manner by her guardian. She was the _a l '; e ' r b t 11. 1 ; 1 . 1 , , n 7 e r .0 of Dr. John R. O'Bryan, and Mr- I`.' the ) ij. It Queenstown, Cork. Her father died In oaths o. o f t i , which period the minor was only eleven rgoDryaeLer 5 1 v e; left by the mother in the care of Dec_, , i i n for , s , '" ); ov,i Bristol, and a maintenance was allowe . _ 1 t ill it .. 0 fp 1 1 .4 which was to increase from time to to 0,. £lB9 per annum. She was entitled to r e -_', ise d. ; I Q; the greater portion of which had been r aJ delica te ' a st.,loov was a young lady whose constitution wa s t ca re O w l v r; f. fore, it was contended, she required gre?, a d foot] , bil ti c i4 instead of which she was provided with " o. __ o d i ol „ , and was deprived of such necessaries as stle 7 t', oh w as t o: cr : WES likewise deprived of horse exercise, "' 1 ( ; that tir ° o lc 't sable to her health. She also, c orriplain e , , a t Le 0 . t r,V. easions, her guardian beat her severely ; I__ li „ b ildre?ig VI, housekeeper and governess to the y oungo: , _ _ 0 t) „ 1 0 130, led her to believe that she was dependent i u t t e d to 6 ,i 'ii , knee ; and, further, that she was not Pe,r,l_',! otelieg,..6o 0 , him and= his wife, but Was sent down to Lured t bi3 P; o e, o t c te or children and the servants. Having 0".11,,b0us ~416 / for a long period, she fled from her guardi‘,a of (pr e /4A refuge with her uncle, Mr. Robert O'BrY.n, and W 4197 A petition was then presented in Chancery,__t p ro: 0 of the Rolls, on Saturday, delivered a judgt."%;,,,i-,lo' reeghassit:oyt rale:at:1:: 1:::j s',o ii,loCi tia,;(6040 against Mr. O'Bryan, and condemning hi' strongest terms. ......................................... ,ii ---------------o aturel'i'ifflli AT the Marlborough-street Police-cour, 9 avir c; t , 0 1, Cox Coape, of Fitzroy-square, charged with '' pa ile' ii i# l with another to obtain £3OO from a gentleinal.k.,e bce_4), by granting an annuity on estates alleged Tao f,tcogr ously disposed of, was again brought uP• ~1 „ 0 0 +7 0 i pti £5OO each were accepted, and his own recogllls" ~ 0 . ,4 1 $ into for £l,OOO. He was then liberated. ~..,ipi9, J . ,,'',,, , a VIRGINIAN ELOQUENCR.—Mr. Wise, 01, 1 ' 11 , 2 st ' esote 1 : c lt, speech, is reported to have said, respecting II _ . „ 1 „ ) De, has an iron chain of mountains running thrul,,,, to:T o rii e e, which God has placed there to milk the el°, ife itr 0 1 ,,, source of her silver rivers." The Rochester . 4 1, , ;0, 0, jr , , e; marks :—" the figure is borrowed from the Isre. r w _ l OO , al e ! who milk the clouds as much as they do theia,Soo for from the former the most palateable and he w the compound fluid.' 41111 ~,...r~