The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

THE WAR. THE SIEGE 'OF SEBASTOPOL. INTELLIGENCE from the Crimea up to the latest dates represent the army before Sebastopol •as still in the enjoyment of general good health.; although Cholera still lingers and lurks among its ranks. Happily, however, this scourge does not appear to be productive of any alarming amount of mortality ; and as it induces an unslackening vigilance on the part of the medical and other sanitary authorities, the proba bility is that the vigilance so,excited may be instru mental in maintaining the general good health re ferred to. Several of the inconveniences and annoy ances peculiar to the Crimean summer have begun to occasion complaint among the troops. Heavy drench ing rains and fearful thunderstorms ; oppressive heats and tormenting myriads of flies :contribute their alter nate and serious, though differing degrees of affliction to the men exposed in the trenches and the camp. Notwithstanding all which, and in spite of the pro tracted nature of the operations of the siege, the spirits of the men are still buoyant, and the only anxiety expressed among all ranks is a rooted desire to bring matters to a conclusion by a combined as sault. The progress is still slow, but decidedly in the right direction. In reference to the last-named subject . the corres pondent of the Daily News, writing from the camp before Sebastopol, on the 10th inst.., says . : Connected with the operations of the siege, I have to report little more than the continuance of the same stand-still state of things that disgusted and discouraged every one when I last wrote. To be sure, the same resultless and fitful snatches of cannonading are kept up by day, with the variations of musketry by night; and having stated this, I have left little untold. We hammer away, spasmodically, at the everlasting Redan, which returns quite as good as it gets ; or helps our neighbours, the French, by practising on the equally retribu tive Malakoff—in either case without making the smallest measure of headway towards the Russian Troy beyond. On the night before last, rather a brisk affair took place between the latter and a strong party of the enemy, who sallied from the Malakoff to essay the destruction of the French approaches towards that redoubt. It will be remembered that our Allies, soon after their own and our defeat on the memorable 18th, commenced a sap from the Mamelon to its vis-a-vis the Malakoff. As this work has been prosecuted with more or less success every night, it has at present penetrated over half the distance between the two redoubts, and at its further extremity is within some three hundred and fifty yards of the Russian embrasures. To stop its further advance, therefore, the enemy made a strong sortie on Sunday night, but after a sharp fight were driven back into their own works with considerable loss ; the attempt was repeated soon after,but was again repulsed after another determined struggle. During this second scuffle occurred another grand illustration of what an untravelled Milesian would call that " most beau tiful" system of blundering, in which there seems to be an understood rivalry between our allies and ourselves. After the affair of the 18th, I may remark, our artillerymen in the twenty-one gun and other neighbouring batteries had received orders to train their guns at night on the approaches to the quarries on the one hand, and on the space between the Ma melon and Malakoff on the other—in this last case, dithout the smallest arrangement for signals with the French. Accord ingly, on Sunday night, when a strong force of French de ployed out from the Mamelon to support those who were already engaged in repelling the enemy, our twenty-one gun battery opened fire on them, and kept it up most effectively till a breathless messenger arrived to g ive notice of the mur derous mistake. The well-timed blunder, I learn, afforded the enemy most valuable aid, and, had it been much longer con tinued, would have resulted in the repulse of our allies, and the destruction of their hard-worked sap. With such general ship, what armies could succeed ? Speculation as to distant and colateral operations are rife among the different branches of the service ; and these occasion much interest in the camp. Con cerning these, the correspondent of the Morning Advertiser, on the same day as the preceding, writes : An expedition to Odessa, and one beyond "Makenzie's Farm," are still talked of. How far the destruction of that large trading town, and the setting it on fire, would be con ducive to British interests, is for the people of England to say. There is, however, one point to be considered: Odessa has long been, and is still, one of th e great d epots of the Russian army, both for men and provisions ; consequently a place of consider able importance to the enemy. Certain movements of our troops, early yesterday morning, gave rise to the impression that an advance was resolved upon; and as there was some sharp, although short firing, in the direction they had taken, we were led to believe that some skirmishing had taken place. The way taken by those troops was along the heights on the left of the plains of Balaklava—heights well defended by bat teries, several are marked—and thence towards the Tchernaya, which, however, was not crossed. Having rode out yesterday, about three miles beyond the bridge some ten days ago, with out meeting with any obstruction, and without perceiving so much precaution as was now manifested, we inquired whether there was anything stirring, and were told that the Russians, there was reason to believe, had advanced nearer to Balaklava. If such be the case,as it no doubt is, their object would appear to be to check any onward movement on the part of the Allies, who, on their side, would be but too happy to bring the foe to anything like a general engagement. It is impossible to estimate too highly the advantage to the Allies of having possession of the river and of the pretty country about it. The night before last it was reported that the Russians were making an attempt to regain the Mamelon, some sharp firing having been heard for an hour or so. Sucn, however, was not the case ; but it appears that, in the obscurity, a number of French soldiers who were carrying gabions mistook the Russian for the French lines, and did not discover their mistake until too late. After a gallant resistance, twenty of the Imperial Guards were taken prisoners. Emboldened by that little success, theßussians made a partial sortie, but soon retired. There can be no longer any doubt that in a variety of ways the French gendarmes arc becoming very officious. In Ka miesch, moreover, there are—so it is generally believed—so many French police spies about, that the traders there are almost afraid to open their mouths. Not a newspaper is to be seen—not a word of politics is to be heard. Even the passing events of the war, when referred to, are narrated in a whisper, and only amongst friends. As for the French soldiers, they are kept in the most profound ignorance of all that is going on in their native country ; and I have had, in my own person, experience that, in the transmission and delivery of letters, the Kamiesch Post-office is not to be trusted. Writing on the 12th inst. from the camp before Sebastopol, the correspondent of the Times says, in reference to the reconnoitering expedition in the direc tion of the Tchernaya, and the general operations : Nothing new to-day. The French and Turks have finally returned from their reconnaissance, and the country about Baidar is again in the hands of the Cossacks. The quantity of cattle driven in by them is very great. The beasts, though not of the large size we are accustomed to in England, are finer and better fed than those obtained in Asia Minor; at least, as we see them after a voyage across the Black Sea. An attack on the Russian position is considered all but hopeless. Nature seems as if she had constructed the plateau they occupy as a vast defensible position, which 50,000 men may hold against four times their number. Of the reduction of Sebastopol proper before the winter I have no kind of doubt. That the Russians will hold out with all the obstinacy of their character, even after the destruction of their ships and the capture of the Malakoff, may be expected; but the possession of a new position, com manding the harbour and the bridge of boats which crosses it, must eventually cause the enemy to retreat. The Russian generals, though brave, and determined on an obsti nate defence, may fairly receive credit for the possession of prudence and forethought. As long as a place can be held with a chance of success, or even of damaging the enemy, they will hold it; but all their proceedings give reason to believe that they will not allow their troops to be cut to pieces merely for the credit of having made a desperate resist ance, and held, without advantage, for a short time longer an untenable position. When they see that their retreat is seri ously endangered, it is not improbable that they will alto gether abandon the southern side, which they can hardly hope to hold should the allies be able to command the harbour. They, no doubt, count at least on being able to prolong their resistance until the winter sets in ; if that be impossible, they will most likely withdraw to the northern side, which it may be impracticable to lay siege to before the spring of 1856. What may be done during that time to strengthen the works we may judge from the industry and skill with which they have laboured in the defence of Sebastopol proper. To-day Major-General Barnard was appointed chief of the staff, in the place of General Simpson. Rumours prevail that a new Commander-in-Chief is to come out from England. Whether this be true I have not yet learnt, but it is to be hoped that the peninsula and Waterloo, at 23 or 24 years of age, will not be the only qualification. It seems to all here that the best school for Sebastopol is Sebastopol itself, and that a man who has been here six months is likely to be a more efficient general than any one who may be sent out in reliance on vague reminiscences of campaigns in the field 40 years ago. It takes some little time to be cognizant even of the ground, and with autumn drawing on there is no time to be lost. A general of established reputation may give a lustre to the Brit ish name, but, after all, thebest reliance is on skill and energy, and there are not wanting men at present before Sebastopol on on whom the command might devolve with satisfaction to the army, and with reasonable hope of a creditable fulfilment of duties Commissariat, both in the Crimea and at Constantino ple, is making laudable preparations for a regular s u pply o f p r ovisions dupng the coming winter. Depots are to be estab lished at Ismld and Sinope, and a regular transport service will he organized between various places on the coast and the port of Balaklava. The same correspondent, writing on the 13th, says, referring to the Russian resistance : Last night the Russians kept up a tremendous fire. It has been blowing a gale for the last 24 hours, and the wind bore the sound of the heavy guns towards us, so that the very ground shook. I am sorry to say that the battery which the French have constructed between the Mamelon and the Ma lakoff has been knocked to pieces by the powerful fire of the latter fort. A colonel and about 30 officers and men were put hors de combat, and the siege works have received a decided check. In fact, as the allies advance to the actual defence of the pi ttee , th e y must expect t o meet more elaborate works, and laetacles heaped on one another with all the care which nine months of preparation admit. Even now the enemy are strengthening the Malakoff every day. It is not what it was on the 18th of June, and a fortnight hence it will not be what it is now. The battery at the White Works, however, s till goes on, and its effect will be proved in a few days. On the subject of the effect produced on the Redan by our fire, the correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the 10th, says : A powerful fire was opened against the Redan at 3 a.m. this morning, from both the left and right British attacks, and was continued about nine hours. The Redan answ ere d quickly and vigorously. Our practice was most excellent. Three of the most powerful mortars in the Greenhill attack were constantly discharged together, and the effect produced by the shells falling within the Redan at short distances from each other mat strongly marked. They reached the ground almost at the same instant, and clouds of dust rose after their explosion. Frequently the shot from the French man's hill batteries were noticed to pass right through the embrasures of the Redan, ploughing up the cheeks of the opening as they passed along. Yet it is doubtful whether much damage was done to the enemy's guns. Often when our artillerymen had supposed that certain guns, from their continued silence, had been knocked over, these guns would sud denly appear in their embrasu?es, and open fire. Even late in the evening, after the fire had been renewed in the afternoon against the Redan, the guns appeared able to reply whenever it suited the purpose of the enemy that they should do so. It is fully evident that the enemy possesses some means of speedily drawing the guns away from the embrasures and placing them under safe cover, where they can be loaded and kept ready for use, and afterwards of speedily replacing them in the embrasures. What kind of " blindage" is used cannot be distinguished. After a gun from the Redan had been fired the space in the embrasure was often observed to become vacant, and only re-occupied just before another discharge took place. But though the guns may have remained for the most part uninjured, it was seen that the artillerymen suf fered severely. Behind the hollow between the Redan and Malakhoff hills part of a broad road is visible. This road emerges from behind the Redan hill, passes in front of the barrack and part of the dockyard wall, and is lost to view be hind the Malakhoff hill. Along this way men bearing stretchers and ambulance waggons were observed to pass and repass in unusual numbers. Nor could it be understood how the requisite number of men for working the guns could re main within the Redan, and great loss not occur among them from the discharge of such an overpowering weight of metal. Writing on the 14th, the same correspondent says: For several days and nights before the 10th inst. the enemy had been most troublesome to our advanced working parties, reducing their progress in fact to a nullity. It was therefore resolved that a smart cannonade fora few hours should be administered by way of corrective; and accordingly about 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, our batteries opened a pretty brisk fire of shot and shell on the Redan and its neighbouring works, which was kept up without much intermission till noon. The Redan offered no reply till 8 o'clock, when it commenced a sharp fire, but after continuinc , this for two hours, ceased and withdrew its guns, nor to o k' further notice of our attack, though we opened again at 4 p.m. and blazed away for another couple of hours. Every night since then, however, the Russian guns have been as busy as our own, and to hear and see the fire of both one would hardly imagine that a " bombardment" is not going on. Latterly they have adopted the practice of peppering our working parties with cohorns, small thin shells which they fire with little powder from pigmy mortars behind the Redan, and which, as the report is hardly heard, and the usual peculiar shell whiz wanting, fall plump into the middle of a party without the smallest warning. A few days ago an excellent infantry captain, on duty with his party in the trenches, suggested to an artillery officer in command of one of the batteries that we should try the same practice, as it proved so mischievous to ourselves. After consultation and some discussion with the general for the day, it was agreed that the suggestion should be carried into execution ; and a couple of cohorn mortars were accordingly brought from a distant battery and got into position, when it was first remembered that there was no ammunition wherewith to work them anywhere nearer hand than Balaklava ! Accordingly no cohorns have as yet been sent in answer to the daily and nightly scores which play havoc amongst our own men. I venture to think there can be no harm in calling this bad management. Thus, by help of our own neglect, a combined fire of cohorns, bouquets, and shells—with fireballs by night to hell) their aim—the enemy have as yet been able to retard our advance work very con siderably. Last night, however, the French and our own guns kept up a brisk fire for the greater part of the night—the former, besides their practice on the Malakoff, throwing rockets from the Victoria Redoubt into the town and the ship ping. Nearly a hundred of these last-named fearful missiles were discharged in the course of the night, darting away on their deadly errand like avenging comets. Since I last wrote, we have taken possession of a portion of St. George's Monastery, to be converted into a sanitarium for sick officers, for which no spot within the whole range of our possession is half so well adapted, either by beauty or healthiness of situation. Cholera and fever have both greatly abated throughout the camp ; but dysentery has set in to work much of the mischief of the other two, and, I regret to say, is becoming increasingly prevalent. A roasting sun by day and damp heavy fogs overhanging and permeating every thing by night, need strong constitutions and a careful regimen to resist them ; nor have we reached the climax of either yet. Our thin single tents, instead of sheltering from the heat, appear to concentrate its rays, and certainly subject all who live in them to the daily atmosphere of an oven ; nor are they proof against the murky disease-laden air of night either. Already, I believe, the disproportion between the number of tent-dwelling patients and those residing in huts, which are received into the regimental hospitals, has been very marked ; nor is it likely to be less, as the present heat rises to its climax during the coming fortnight. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 26. Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by Lieutenant-General Simpson, Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in the East : BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, July 14. My Lord,—l announced to your lordship, by telegraph on the 11th, the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Vico. of the French army, which melancholy event took place on the afternoon of the 10th instant. It is impossible for me to find words to express my regret at this sad visitation. Lieutenant-Colonel Vico joined the English army as joint commissioner the latter end of May, 1854, and had, up to the time of his death, never been absent from his duty for a single day. At Varna, where the cholera raged and carried off hun dreds—at the landing of the allied armies at Old Fort— at the Bnlganac, where his colleague, Lieutenant-Colonel de Lagondie, was taken prisoner, and from which time he had the sole charge of the communications between the French and English head-quarters—at the glorious battle of the Alma —at that of Balaklava—at the stern and bloody fight of Inker man—in fact, at every place, and on every occasion where he thought his services could be of use was Lieutenant-Colonel Vico to be found. I know that the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan held him in the highest estimation, and placed the most implicit confi dence in him ; and, although my acquaintance had, compara tively speaking, been but a short one, it had been long enough for me to appreciate the many excellent qualities with which he was endowed. A pious Christian, a brave and gallant soldier, a single hearted, upright man, a kind and generous one who thought no personal sacrifice too gre a t f or th e public go od, he has gone from us, beloved and regretted by every Englishman who had the advantage of knowing him and enjoying his friendship.— I have, &c., JAMES SIMPSON, Lieutenant-General Commanding. BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, July 14. My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit the numerical and nominal returns of casualties in this army, from the 9th to the 12th instant. Captain Maunsell, of the 39th Regiment, wbo was killed in the trenches on the 10th instant, was ,a most gallant and me ritorious officer, and his loss is much regretted. I enclose also the return of casualties in the Naval Brigade on the 10th instant, the day we opened fire upon the Redan, considering which circumstance your lordship will rejoice to find that the list is not heavier ; the two men who are re turned as killed, and wounded dangerously, respectively, received their injuries by the accidental bursting of the guns they were serving. The weather, which had been oppressively hot since the date of my last despatch, has since changed to a far cooler and more agreeable temperature. The health of the army continues good, and their confidence and cheerfulness are unabated. There has been no change in the disposition of the allied ,roops since my last despatch.—l have, &c., JAMES SIMPSON, Lieutenant-General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. The total casualties are-1 officer, 1 sergeant, 13 rank and file, killed ; 3 officers, 3 sergeants, 102 rank and file, wounded. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. The Moniteur of Wednesday announces that the Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Pelissier, dated July 23, 11 p.m. The enemy appears to have taken alarm last night, and opened a very brisk fire on the right and left of our lines of attack. Our batteries replied as briskly, and with success. I have good news from Yenikale. Everything there is go ing on well, under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel Osmont, who has taken measures to prevent any disorder at Kertch. WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 26. Lord Panmure has received the following communication from the Crimea, dated the 25th of July, 6 p.m. : Cholera has not increased since my last report, and the army continues in satisfactory health. The Moniteur of Friday announces that the Minister of War has received the following despatch from the Crimea, dated July 25, 3 a.m. : After a brisk cannonade the Russians made a sortie, about midnight, on the left of the Little Redan. As we are now quite close to them it did not take the enemy one minute to reach our gabionnades. They were vigorously received by the Chasseurs-a-Pied of the Imperial Guard, and by some companies of the 10th Re giment of Infantry of the Line. The Russians beat a hasty retreat, leaving some wounded, and eight killed, between our ambuscades and the fosse of the place. A very dark night enabled them to carry off the others. This affair does honour to Lieutenant-Colonel de Taxis, of the Infantry, and to Captain Lecucq, of the Engineers. General Bisson was on duty in the trenches. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. BERLIN, Tuesday. An Imperial Russian ukase forbids the Jews to settle as agriculturists or to purchase land in the Governments of Tchernigeff and Poltawa. It is reported that the local boards of administration in Poland are to be dissolved and incorporated with the govern ment offices at St. Petersburg. Marshal Paskiewitsch is understood to have expressed a desire to withdraw from office. Political offenders are subjected to martial law in Poland. THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTSIC, Friday Afternoon. The Lightning has arrived. Captain Vansittart, with the Magicienne, Arrogant, and Ruby, attacked and silenced a fort at Friederickshamm on the 20th. Three men were wounned. The Press, of Saturday, says :—" A diplomatic paper has been confidently circulated at Vienna which throws a strange and new light on recent negotiations. It is stated that a treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Western Powers, was proposed by Austria on conditions which, though rejected by France and England, were declined solely on grounds relating to the particular circumstances of each country. It is said that the details, when known, will not prove flattering to the self estimate of the resources of England and France." We e United Service Gazetteunderstand that General Simpson th telegraphed to the General ) Commauding-in-Chief at the Horse Guards, to the effect that he declined the services of Major-General Knollys to succeed him as .chief of the staff, and would prefer an officer of experience to do_the duties, to be selected from the staff already stationed in that country. Major-General Barnard has been appointed. It is likely that General the Earl of Westmorland, now Colonel of the 56th Regiment, will succeed Lord Raglan as Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards. Lord Westmorland, who entered the army in 1803, served with great distinction in Egypt, the Peninsula, and Italy. He has a Peninsular medal with four clasps for Roleia, Vimeira, Talavera, and Busaco. GENERAL SIMPSON.—We have reason to believe that the rumours which have been current during the past week of General Simpson's resignation of the command of the British forces in the East are premature, although not without some foundation. Our advices from the seat of war lead us to fear that the health of the gallant General is giving way under the arduous duties imposed upon him. A consciousness of failing strength has prompted General Simpson to express a desire to be relieved of his command ; and, therefore, although he has been formally confirmed in the appointment, it is probable that he may shortly return home. The accounts of the progress of the siege are not satisfactory. The Russians have, within the last few days, considerably strengthened their works of defence, which we are assured on high military authority are extremely formidable, in spite of our terrific bombardment." —The Press. THE MISTAKE OF THE ISTH OF JITNE.—A non-commissioned officer, writing home to his relatives in Devonshire, under date of the sth of July, Camp before Sebastopol, thus refers to the mistake of the 18th ult :—" Sebastopol is still standing in the hands of the Russians, but I don't think they will have it much longer, for now we have them blocked in every way. We made an attack on the 7th of June, and the French took about 70 guns and 509 prisoners. We took all the intrenchments, and are in possession of them now. On the 18th of June we went to storm the town, but there was some misunderstanding about it, and we did not succeed. The French were told off to take one battery and the English another. The French did not take theirs, but the English did, though they could not keep it on account of the French not taking theirs?' The re mainder of the letter refers to matters well known, but the foregoing extract is not without importance, as showing the sen timents of the troops with reference to a much-debated event. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY. The Earl of HARDWICKE moved, " That, in consequence of the proceedings upon the Fibre Company's Bill having been suspended by reason of the introduction of a general measure upon limited liability, and as there is now little prospect of such measure passing in the present session, it is expedient that the said bill be allowed to be read a second time." This bill had passed the House of Commons, had come up to their lordships' house, and now stood for a second reading. It was well known that the supply of paper had fallen off as the desire for its use had been extended. The result was an enormous increase in its price, and the Government revenue had fallen off in consequence of the diminished supply of the raw material from which it was manufactured. Lord REDESDA_LE opposed the motion, which was supported by the Earl of DERBY, and the Marquis of CLANRICABDE, but after some discussion it was negatived without a division. The Metropolis Local Management Bill, the Dissenters' Marriages Bill, the Stage Carriages Duties, &c., Bill, the Chi nese Passengers Ships Bill, the Court of Jurisdiction (Prince of Wales) Bill, the Convention with the United States Bill, the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts Conso lidation and Amendment Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, the Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts Amendment Bill, and the Militia Officers Qualifications Bill, were read a second time. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Dissen ters' Relief Bill, the object of which was to enable persons in holy orders to become laymen. The Earl of DERBY could not pretend, at a moment's notice, to enter into a subject of so much importance, and to agree to the principle of a measure affecting episcopal authority, in the presence of every member of the episcopal bench. The bill permitted a clergyman,claiming to be a dissenter, to be absolved from all episcopal authority. But suppose a clergyman had committed grave misconduct, which rendered him liable to ecclesiastical censure, was he, from claiming to dissent from the doctrines of the church, to release himself from the penal ties of his iniquities ? The bill proposed to permit such a person to take his seat in the House of Commons, or to go to the bar. But suppose, after professing himself a dissenter for three months, he came back to the Church, was he to retain his seat in the House of Commons, or would he regain his clerical character? The bill proposed an entire alteration in the system of the Church of England, and he would oppose its second reading, if he stood alone. He did not bind himself to oppose the principle of the bill in a future session, but he protested against a bill of so much importance being brought in in this hasty and hurried manner, and he should accordingly move that the bill be read . a second time on that day six months. _ _ _ After some remarks from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord GRANVILLE, the bill was withdrawn. The Treasurer of Counties (Ireland) Bill, and the Sale of Spirits (Ireland) Bill, were read a second time.—The Public Libraries and Museums Bill was read a third time and passed. —The Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill and the Crown Suits Bill passed through committee.—The report of amend ments upon the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Bill was agreed to.—The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill and the West Indies Relief Loans Arrangement Bill were read a third time and passed.—The Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill passed through committee.—The Mortmain Bill was withdrawn. Their lordships adjourned at 9 o'clock. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. defer the committee for three months.—This led to a lengthened discussion, and, upon a division, the amendment was negatived by 70 to 47, and the house went into committee upon the bill. Before the clauses had been gone through, the chairman was ordered to report progress. The order for the second reading of the Powers under Im provement Acts Regulation Bill was discharged.—The Cus toms' Tariff Acts Amendment and Consolidated Bill went into committee pro forma', for the purpose of receiving amend ments.—The lords' amendments to the Edinburgh Lands Bill were agreed to.—The Ledbury Prebend Bill was read a second time.—The Inverness-bridge Bill was read a third time and passed.—The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Acts Continuance Bill was read a third time, and passed.—The Church-rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill was withdrawn.—The Office of Speaker Bill passed through committee, as did also the Joint Stock Banks ( Scotland) Bill, the Island of Tobago Loans Bill, and the Passengers Act Amendment Bill. The house adjourned at six o'clock. THUR. The Speaker took th e chair at SDAY 12 o'clock. Petitions were presented by Mr. Horsfall, from Liverpool, and by Mr. H. W. Wickham, from the shareholders of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, against the Accidents on Railways Bill. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.—On the order for going into com mittee upon the Limited Liability Bill, Mr. MIINTZ, in moving to defer the committee for three months, denounced the whole policy of the bill, the principle of which, he argued, was unsound.—ln the course of the subsequent discussion, Mr. W. BROWN reiterated his objections to the measure. He might say from his own experience in transactions which he had bad with France and the United States, that, whensoever he had come in contact with parties who were established under the principle of limited liability, it had always injured the credit of those parties in his estimation. He was reluc tant to part with the advantages this country now possessed, unless he could be assured of some countervailing advantages to be obtained from a new law.— The discussion having continued some time, Lord PALMERSTON said, I really do entreat the house not to waste time in discussing whether we should or should not discuss these bills, but to go at once into committee and discuss them there, where those who object to the bills may state the grounds of their objection, and those who are in favour of them may state the grounds on which they support them. My own opinion is— and no one denies—that these bills are of the utmost interest and importance. I confess lam quite surprised that gentle. men who have been the strenuous and successful advocates of the principles of free trade should now turn round and try to defeat these bills, which are based upon those very principles. I will say in a few words that this contest lies between the few and the many. It is just one of those instances in which, I won't say the prejudices, but in which the opinions of the few are to be set against the interests of the great bulk of the com munity. There is nothing,l am persuaded,that would tendmore to the general advantage of the public than the setting free, as these bills will do, small capitals, that they may be turned to profitable employment. The present law prevents that being done. There is, consequently, a great quantity of small capital looked up, which, if these bills were passed, might be em ployed for the benefit of those who possess them, and also for the advantage of the community at large. It is a question of free trade against monopoly. I don't say it offensively, but that is the real fact. You may disguise it as you will, but it is a principle well understood by every man in the country, I can assure you ; and I tell the House that I feel so strongly on this question that I will urge the House to go on day by day, and morning after morning, with these bills, and if it is attempted to talk these bills out, and to consume time by long speeches, the country shall at least see with whom the fault rests, and who it is that would deprive the nation of that advantage which I contend these bills would afford, if passed. Of course, at this time of the session, if gentlemen are determined to waste time by long speeches, and prevent business from being done, the consequence may be that we shall have to sit, perhaps, into the month of September. I can assure the house that no exertion and no determination shall be wanting on my part to give the public the benefit of this change in the law during the present session.— Mr. MITCHELL remarked that with regard to what had been said by Lord Palmerston, he thought they were observations altogether uncalled for ; and more improper observations he had never heard fall from the lips of any minister. The com mercial members of that house were far from deserving the character of obstructors of public business. Their whole deportment in the house was most unobtrusive. Why had the noble lord allowed those bills to sleep ? They were in troduced before Whitsuntide; and yet the noble lord chose to occupy the time of the house by the discussion of two bills which he knew there was but little chance of passing— the Tenants' (Ireland) Compensation Bill and the Scotch Education Bill—and suffered these bills, which he now deemed to be of such vital importance, to lie dormant. And, when honourable members wished for time to express their opinion upon them, the noble lord sought to intimidate them by threatening to continue the sittings of the house from morning to morning till thelmonth of September.— The debate still continued, and in the course of it, Mr. BOUVERIE said he, on the part of the Board of Trade, pro tested against their being intrusted with the odious power of granting charters. He thought that this question, apart from the general one of limited liability, was one which the house ought speedily to decide, and he therefore trusted that hon. members would support him in going into committee.—Mr. CARDWELL agreed with the hon. gentleman in thinking that nothing could be more objectionable than that the Board of Trade should be intrusted with the arbitrary power of grant ing charters, but when Lord Palmerston said that these were important measures and that the house would incur great responsibility if they did not carry them through this session, he (Mr. Cardwell) might be permitted to ask, if this was a question of such cardinal magnitude and importance, why were the bills only introduced, without a speech, the night before the Whitsuntide recess. And why, since the Whit suntide holidays, had not a single evening been afforded to the house for the purpose of investigating the subject. (Hear, hear.) He wanted to know why they had been occupied so long by the Scotch Education Bill, which was thrown aside in the other house ? and why had they been occupied so long with the Tenants' Compensation Bill, which was dropped as soon as they had got through the controverted points of that measure. He also wished to know, if this was a measure of such great importance, why they were not asked to go into committee upon it until the day after the other house would not read a bill a second time ? Ultimately the amendment was negatived by 123 to 42, and the house went into committee ; but, it being near four o'clock, the chairman was ordered to report progress before the first clause had been discussed. PASSENGERS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.—A great number of the clauses of this bill were agreed to, when the chairman re ported progress : the house then suspended its sitting until six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. SALE or BEER BILL.—Mr. H. BERKELEY brought up the report of the committee appointed tip inquire into the working of the act of last session relative to the sale of beer on Sun days, and gave notice that on Monday he should move for leave to bring in a bill to alter the law upon that subject. THE RECESS.—In answer to a question whether, in the event of circumstances arising during the recess calculated to put an end to hostilities, the noble lord would consider it his duty to call Parliament together before ratifying terms of peace, Lord PALMERSTON said if during the recess any cir cumstances should occur which in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government would render it desirable or necessary to call Parliament together sooner than the usual period, they will feel it their duty to do so. He could not at present answer such a question more precisely. The Turkish Loan Bill was read a second time. EDUCATION.—The House went into a Committee of Supply on the Education and other Civil Service Estimates.—Sir G. GREY, in moving a vote of £396,921 for public education, explained the various items, the details of the application of the Parliamentary grant, and the condition of the schools. — After a discussion of at least four hours, the vote was agreed to. ;The vote of £215,200 for public education in Ireland was the subject of another long discussion, but was ultimately agreed to. Two more votes having been agreed to, the CueruniAli reported progress. The house went into committee on the Excise Duties Bill, and the several clauses were agreed to after some discussion. —The Public-houses (Ireland) Bill, and the Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill were read a third time and passed. —The order for the second reading of the Nuisances Removal (Ireland) Bill was discharged.—The Joint Stock Banks (Scot land) Bill, and the Island of Tobago Loans Bill were read a third time and passed. The remaining orders were then disposed of, but some few o'clock, 19 members upon the minutes pa esp p a c s r, t , when two the house was onlyco tln being out motions at remained twenty present. 0 THURSDAY. The Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill passed through committee. —The Dissenters' Marriages Bill was committed pro forma". —The Stage Carriages Duties, &c., Bill, the Convention with the United States' Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Con tinuance Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, the Militia Officers Qualification Bill, and the Treasurers of Counties (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. SALE or SPIRITS (IRELAND) BILL.—The house having resolved into committee on this bill, some discussion took place ; the bill was ordered to be reported without amend ments, and the House resumed. The Crown Suits Bill was reported.—The Merchants Ship ping Act Amendment Bill and the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill were read a third time and passed.—The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill was read a second time. FRIDAY. Lord Brougham laid on the table a bill for the removal a religious disabilities. THE SLAVE TRADE.—Lord WODEHOITSE moved " that as regards the Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill, inasmuch as several engagements entered into between Her Majesty and certain chiefs of the Sherbro country in Africa for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade cannot be carried into effect until the said bill is passed, the circumstances which render legislation on the subject-matter of the said bill expedient are of such urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same necessary."—The motion was agreed to, and, the standing order having been suspended, the bill was read a second time. _ . . .... The Stage Carriage Duties, &c., Bill, the Convention with United States Bill, and the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Conti -...... nuance Bill were read a third time and passed.—The Militia Officers' Qualifications Bill was reported, with amendments.— The Treasurers of Counties (Ireland) Bill and the Crown Suits Bill were read a third time and passed.—The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill went through committe. Their Lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Turkish Loan Bill was brought in by Mr. Wilson, and read a first time. Inns TENANT RIGHT.—The house having gone into committee on the Tenants' Improvements Compensation (Ireland) Bill, commencing with the 18th clause, Lord PAL MERSTON said that, considering the state of the bill and of the session, he thought it was the duty of the government to state the course which, in their opinion, it was most advisable to pursue with regard to this measure. The government under took to conduct the bill through the house, on the assumption that those who entertained opposite opinions would consent to make concessions, and the government were prepared, with a view to the final settlement of this question, to yield theirs to the general feeling in Ireland, and to propose what they thought both parties might consistently consent to as a com promise between extreme opinions. They had hoped that a bill might have passed, which would be, on the whole, so far satisfactory to the parties, that it would not inflict any injury upon either; but they had been disappointed in their expecta tion, and, considering the stage of the bill and the further dis cussions it was likely to undergo, it could not be rationally expected that it could pass into a law this session. Other bills, which had a better chance of passing, required the atten tion of the house, and, however reluctant he might be to give up the hope that this great question might be brought to a close this year, he thought he should best consult the con venience of the house, and the progress of public business, by submitting to the force of circumstances and withdrawing the bill. He moved that the chairman report progress.—After more than two hours spent in what some members termed " a coroner's inquest" upon the bill, this motion was agreed to. L.kw OF PARTNERSIIIP. — The house then went into com mittee on this bill, when Mr. BOUVERIE said, as they had only an hour to proceed with the bill, he thought it would be more convenient if he were to postpone the committee till Thursday. This led to a long discussion, in which several members urged the government to withdraw this bill, as well as the Limited Liability Bill, for this session ; but Lord PALMERSTON declined to do so, and after a further discussion the committee divided upon an amendment moved by Mr. W. BROWN, that the chairman leave the chair , which was nega tived by 89 to 41 ; the Chairman then reported progress. The Inverness Bridge Bill, the Encumbered Estates (Ire land) Acts Continuance Bill, and the Turnpike Acts Con tinuance (Ireland) Bill severally went through committee. At six o'clock the house resumed, and some petitions having been presented, was counted out in ten minutes afterwards. WEDNESDAY. The Acts of Parliament Amending Bill, the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, and the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill were withdrawn. FACTORY LABOUR.--Mr. I. BUTT, in moving the second reading of the Bleaching, &c., Works Bill, stated the circum stances under which the bill originated, the undisputed evils it was designed to remedy, and the mischievous consequences that would result from postponing it. He read extracts from the evidence taken by the commissioner appointed last year, describing the protracted labour exacted from children of both sexes,—sometimes for 18 hours a-day,—and the effects it pro duced upon them. He proposed to extend to bleaching-works the same restrictions, in respect to the labour of women and children, as had been applied to factories.—Mr. KIRK moved to defer the second reading for three months.—Sir G. GREY said, without going into the merits of the bill, he thought it inexpedient to proceed further with it at this period of the ses sion.—Several members having spoken, Sir J. PAKINGTOY suggested whether it was worth while to proceed with a dis cussion which could lead to no practical result.—The debate, however proceeded, Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. CIIERTHAM oppos ing the further progress of the bill, which Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported and Mr. I. BUTT declined to withdraw.—Mr. BRIGHT insisted that there was no ground for legislation upon this subject, and that the condition of persons employed in bleaching works in Lancashire was enviable, After some further discussion, the second reading was ulti mately carried by 74 to 69. THE CITY CHURCHES. — On the order of the day for going into committee upon the Union of Contiguous Benefices Bill, which had come from the Lords, and under which the removal of some of the city churches might be sanctioned by the church building commissioners, Mr. FELLATT raovcl to FRIDAY. The speaker took the chair at noon. THE TURKISH LOAN.—The house resolved itself into a committee upon the Turkish Loan Bill, when Mr. GLADSTONE, after characterising the convention as a nove lt y i n inter national law, the principle as incurably bad, and the provisions sanctioned by the bill as inconsistent—the first article sti pulating that the guarantee of England and France should be conjoint, and the third and fourth that the interest should be remitted and the proceeds of the loan paid to the Bank of England—addressed certain questions to the government. He wanted to know, he said, whether the bill would confer a legal right upon the subscribers to the loan to receive the interest at the Bank of England. If so, who was bound to satisfy that right on the failure of a remission of the money from Turkey. Whether the British Government would be bound to pay the interest out of the consolidated fund; and, if so, whether there was any similar liability on the part of France ; and whether the subscribers were liable to go upon the French government at all. If not, there was no joint and several liability. Then, assuming that there was a con joint guarantee, and supposing after peace Turkey failed to pay, and one of the two guaranteeing governments believed she could pay, and the other thought not, would the former be entitled to go against Turkey separately to enforce its own guarantee. Then, if one obtained an equivalent in territory, would the other have a similar right. He raised these points of difficulty, he added, with the view of guarding against embarrassments hereafter.—Lord PALMERSTON proposed that, as the discussion came upon him unexpectedly, it should be deferred, so that the other business fixed for the morning sitting might be preceeded with. He moved that the chair man report progress, and this was agreed to. LAW or PARTNERSHIP.—The house went into committee on the Limited Liability Bill, when, on clause 1, Mr. WIL KINSON proposed to leave out the words, " other than an in surance company."—Mr. BOUVERIE opposed the amendment. Insurance companies were at present able to protect them selves and to limit their liability.—Mr. HENLEY said, if this was a free trade measure there should be no restriction at all; for example, there was no reason why banks should not be allowed to trade on the principle of limited liability.—Lord PALMERSTON said there was a great distinction between banks and the joint stock companies contemplated under this bill. The functions of a bank were those of trust, and they were en- trusted with the safe keeping of other people's money, whereas the functions of these companies were the active employment of their own capital. In other countries where limited liability was adopted, banks were excepted.—Mr. CARDWELL said, that although there were specialities attending the business of the banking and assurance companies, he saw no reason why they should be excepted from the operation of the bill.—Mr BRAMLEY-MOORE was of opinion that the legislature ought to afford protection to persons having claims on assurance companies, many of which did not know whether they were solvent or not during the first eight or ten years of their formation. Although he was opposed to the principle of thebill, he would not, under the circumstances, give it any opposition further that was necessary to make it a measure that would operate with safety•to the interests of the community. He then re ferred to a statement of the operation of the principle of limited liability .in the United States, and said that in the course of one year (1841) there had been no less than 33,739 bankruptcies, involving property to the extent of $441000,000 ; that only $4?,697,00i) were yealtieti, and that the ,average amount of dividend did not exceed one cent per 100 dollars. After some further discussion, the amendment was withdrawn. —Lord GODERICH moved to leave out the words "having a capital stock of the nominal amount of not less than £2O 000 divided into shares of not less than £25 each."—Mr. BOUVERIE objected to the amendment because there was a series of un dertakings which it was not desirable to invest with the dignity or character of institutions. It was the intention of the government to meet the cases contemplated by the amend ment in the Partnership Amendment Bill. He admitted, how ever, that £20,000 was too high, and was prepared to fix the amount at £lO,OOO. With respect to the shares he would fix them at £2O. After considerable discussion and a division, the words fixing the amount of capital were expunged. None were inserted in their place, and the house was proceeding to discuss the question, whether the value of the shares should be fixed at £5 or £lO, when the time of adjournment arrived, and the sitting was suspended till six o'clock. DECIMAL COINAGE.—In reply to a question by Mr. J. B. SMITH, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his belief was that the commissioners recently appointed to inquire into the subject of the decimal coinage would enter upon the in quiry with unprejudiced minds. Entertaining the utmost respect for the abstract resolution of the House, he still con sidered it quite open to the government to take any course they might think proper hereafter, and their wish was that the commission should treat the question as one wholly un decided. OMAR PASIIA.—In answer to a question respecting a ru mour that Omar Pasha had resigned the command of the Turkish army, Lord PALMERSTON said Omar Pasha had re turned to Constantinople to hold personal communication with his government, but he had no intention to resign his command. The Office of Speaker Bill was read a third time and passed. —The order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on the third reading of the Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill was discharged. TirE Tuixisn LOAN.—The House went into committee on the Turkish Loan Bill, and, after some remarks from Mr. WALPOLE on the omission of the word " severally" in the translated copy of the convention as a translation of the French word solidairement, the CIIANCELOR of the EXCHE QUER proceeded to reply to the objections and queries sug gested by Mr. Gladstone at the morning sitting. He de fended the principle of the convention, and stated the arrangement between the two governments in respect to their several liabilities. The bondholders, he said, would look for their interest to the Bank of England ; in the event of the guarantee being called into activity, it would be the duty of England to make good any deficiency ; but the govern ment ha 4 entered into a separate agreement with that of Franco for the immediate repayment to England of half the money so paid. Payment of the interest into the Bank of England did not diminish the liability of France, or increase that of England. With regard to the remedy against Turkey, in the event of the default of payment, he observed that, in an international compact like this, we could only rely upon general good faith, the sole remedy in such cases being the ultima ratio.—Mr. GLADSTONE complained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not answered his ques tions, which he reiterated with great copiousness. —The LORD ADVOCATE said, in his opinion, the interpretation of the con vention presented not the slightest difficulty: A joint and several guarantee gave the creditor a security equally against both the parties guaranteeing. The place where the inter est was to be remitted made no difference. If the creditor was not paid at the Bank of England, he might go either against the government of England or that of France.—Mr. WALPOLE again urged the expediency of introducing into the bill the words "severally" or "separately."—The Som- CITOR•GENBRAL said that the word " solidairement " was a French law term, and that the corresponding ex pression in our law was "severally." His attention had been called to the matter for the first time that day, and he proposed to amend the first clause of the bill, which autho rized Her Majesty to guarantee "in conjunction with His Majesty the E m p eror o f the French, by substituting "jointly with His Majesty the E m p eror o f th e F renc h , and severally." In reply to Mr. Gladstone, he gave an exposition of the legal effect of the bill, which, he said, created no special obligation to the creditor binding on England separately; even if there had been a special engage ment to the creditor on the part of England, it would only give him a right to resort to England in the first instance, but would not alter the nature of the obligation of her co-surety.— The discussion then assumed more the character of a debate in committee upon detalls and collateral points, Mr. Labou chere and Mr. Cardwell justifying their votes on Friday week, and Mr. Disraeli indulging in a lively attack upon the absent Colonial Secretary. Lord Palmerston offered a general defence of the whole measure, and the clauses of the bill were agreed to, with the amendment prop ose d by th e S o li c it or -G eneral. The Customs Laws Consolidation Bill passed throtgh com mittee.—The debate on the motion for going into committee upon the Grand Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill was adjourned.— The house went into committee on the remaining clauses of the Passengers Act Amendment Bill, which were agreed to. — The order for going into committee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill was discharged. SALE OP BEER.---Mr. H. Berkeley obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the act of the 17th and 18th of Victoria for further regulating the sale of beer and other liquors on the Lords'-day. The bill was read a first time. Mr. Peel obtained leave to bring in a bill to suspend the making of lists and the ballots and enrolments for the militia of the United Kingdom. The house adjourned at half-past 1 o'clock. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE RED JACKET OR Wednesday, the magnificent clipper-ship Red • Jacket, Capt. Milward, of Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's White Star line, was telegraphed off the port, and soon after noon her mails and papers were land e d. Sh e l e ft M el b ourne on the 2nd of May, and touched at Rio on the 20th of June. She encountered calms and adverse winds, yet she has made the homeward passage in little more than eighty days ;—though longer than her former run, this voyage again demonstrates her sailing capacity. She has brought 270 passengers, and 138,000 ozs. of gold. The news is considered most favourable. There was in the colony plenty of gold, plenty of employment, good order, and increasing prosperity. We borrow from the Melbourne Argus the following summary of news : The general condition of the country may be pronounced prosperous. In 1834 alone, 460,000 acres of land were pur chased for agricultural purposes : large quantities of land in all parts of the colony are being constantly brought into the market, while the demand for agricultural labourers is con siderably greater than the supply. For the week ending April 14th to the week ending April 28th, the net immigration into Melbourne amounted to 6,071 persons. GOLD.—The price of gold at Melbourne is 725. 9d. per ounce, The favourable anticipations from the employment of puddling machines and operation by machinery on the au riferous quartz kdes, mentioned in the last accounts, have been so far realised. The receipts by escort and shipments during the first four months of 1855, were : Receipts by escort 585,141 oz. Shipments 679,141 The export duty upon gold of 2s. 6d. per oz., which came into operation on the Ist May, continues to excite strenuous opposition, and the conviction grows that it must soon be aban doned. Two new fields, named Yandoit and New Bendigo, have been discovered near Mount Alexander, but their value has not been yet ascertained. The statistics published relative to the Victoria banks, show that, the finances of the colonists are at last improving, and these facts are corroborated by the diminished number of failures, and by the increased confidence amongst the mercan tile conimuuity. Since the lait report, on the 9th instant, the improvement has been maintained ; and of several staple articles there has been a considerable advance in prices. The winter rains have now set in, and this advance may be checked ; but as the im ports are very small, there is no expectation of a decline. The general impression is that provisions, especially, will be scarce, and highly remunerative, during the whole of the present year. e r s portion are inina o more the othr country i legitimate population, and patr proportion tm o i oi w nn e et r so e , The falling off in imports, and the cessation of building ope rations in our seaport towns, has caused the migration into thus deprived of employment. Numbers of th ese h ave en gagedrto d r ilaa pursuitse de interior the producers a and the consumers. We may anticipate, henceforth, that the ex ports will be more nearly equalised with the imports, and it is believed that in a short time the exchange will be in favour of this country. • In addition to this, we have the satisfaction of stating that facilities of trade at Melbourne have been very greatly im proved, and that the expenses have been much diminished. The two railways from Williamstown and Geelong to Mel bourne are still prosecuted; and communication by electric telegraph with Geelong and Port Phillip Heads has been established. The deficient supply of breadstuffs is causing attention to be turned to Chili, where the stocks are understood to be sufficient. The question of public education has again been occupying the attention of the Legislative Council and the public, but no definite plans have been agreed upon. The first term of the Melbourne University was opened in due form on the 13th of April. The annual endowment is £9,000. The building has been commenced on a grant of forty acres of land, in a most favourable position, adjoining the city; £55,000 have been already voted for its erection, and a further sum of similar amount will be required. There are at present 16 students. Loud complaints are made by the miners of the want of police protection. At Ballarat a movement has been com menced for organising a voluntary association for the defence of property. On other gold-fields robbers have been promptly punished by flogging, under the authority of Judge Lynch. The question of Chinese immigration has become a very serious one. There are already in the colony nearly 20,000 Chinamen, who are reputed, by those acquainted with China, to be of the lowest class, many of them, in fact, convicts. The immigration is entirely a male one. Not one woman has arrived amongst them, and the men are charged with the most revolting crimes. It is believed that the Legislative Council will adopt some means of checking, if not preventing, further immigration. INSURRECTION AT TRIPOLI. nhtt t 000ahwneTwh Turkishcal i hs i v. t E i hi pay uea T fry, h e The Arabs raised t r tr a ha b e s taca l r ir nx ' o e ep r s e s , insurrec tion. aondod:ie: added of Turkish troops sent against them were driven back into 7 00 totallyOmu ar t nm o df ar 2 ec: , d o ma o Ot failure The Turkish army sent against him was engaged in a battle, which it was said lasted two days. The extermination of the Turkish army, which has almost all fallen into the ecyi Arabs,lbGo,with theylivtilhee syrualfffmilvoet were riiseientog:f c a s ol c 7, 11 a lic o f Tripoli of the Arabs, is the result of the action. Gourma is at the head of fifteen thousand determined men, and fourteen pieces of cannon taken from the Turks, and intends laying siege to the city, which is without means of defence. TRIPOLI, July 15.—The wreck of the Turkish army which has submitted to the rebels arrived this day. The Turks are completely beaten, and their artillery, flags, provisions, music, and military chests are taken, and scarcely a man has escaped, except those who were not absolutely engaged in action, and who have arrived here in flight and disarmed. After this victory the artillery taken in the field of battle was em ployed against the citadel, which surrendered ; the forces would from thence be directed against T ri p oli, which is likely to surrender, there not being more than a thousand soldiers to defend it. Her Majesty's steamer Inflexible is ordered - to Tripoli from Malta, no doubt to protect our subjects there. The French steamer also returns. [JULY 31, 186-5. FUNERAL of the LATE LORD RAO TICE Caradoc, bearing the remains of the late Marshal of the British Army, arrived at Brisl and the funeral commenced on the following As early as six o'clock in the morning, the body from the Caradoc to the deck of the Sta, place. This was at once announced by the in church bells in every direction, and by the firi! Brandon-hill and other points. An immel flags were displayed, half-mast down, along route of the procession ; and many of the hoi principal edifices were hung with black a funeral decorations. At half-past eleven o'cloi the basin under a salute of nineteen guns. placed amidships under a temporary canoP: deceased Field-Marshal's coronet resting on it, guard, consisting of fifteen artillery-men and men. On the quarter-deck stood the personal Field-Marshal, accompanied by Colonel Bag' thorpe, and other near relatives. As she nv the harbour, a double line of fifty row-boat. mourning and manned with crews in uniform solemn procession. At the Quay-head the mayor and corporat , up to receive the body, and to convey it On There was also the hearse, with its nodding P 1 of black horses, and the squadron of Blues, of the 15th Hussars, a battery of field arta' , hundred strong), the enrolled pensioners of th, few of the heroes of Inkerman, Alma, and Bala; A shed at the Quay-head had been converted canopy, handsomely decorated, and from thigl „ cession took its departure, a sa l u t e of' nineteen r o g fired as it left the Quay. Fi rs t came a par ty of tiLifelliiil,4 clearing the way; then some so ldi ers w ho 1 30. `:,, e 61 1 ' Crimea, and behind them two howitzers. To 0 1 )i1 ly e the band of the 15th Hussars, pl a yi ng th e " De` of of, 0 11 0 ! " Saul," and then the ad v a nce d guar d o f the e' Immediately round the hearse the procession 0 5 0 , .14 'ibe the plumed canopy bei ng borne in front, and of the deceased, carr i e d b y hi s servant on Predort,,, special guard of artillerymen walked on eithj e Met''' hearse, and close behind came the remaindetV,pb e Blues. Then followed the mourning coaches,o7oo staff and relatives of th e d ecease d , and to theEe'AY wrr,t rest of the military. Th e c i v il part o f t h e Pi 1,0314 followed—The mayor and corporati on , i n tv e ' , ris t riages ; then the Society of Merchant V e otal t tte o l carriages, with their ba nner i n front, borne by 5 , p _ ol _ 4 o l l men ; after these " the C or p ora ti on o f the poo r ' r clergy, and closing all, a lo ng co l umn o f citizens, deep. 10 4 / The procession must have been nearly two ra; p i le iy the distance traversed nearly five miles. Al° l3 °, good order prevailed, and the most seemly and re A 111 duct was observed. No difficulty was experiellee'l the line of the procession clear, though tlje etf,, r people assembled was very great, and the 8. e r•F points are narrow and tortuous. Not only the Pa , e tor 4 i windows were filled with spectators, but the li lic c ' ) :,rt, rigging of the ships along the Quay had their I. ter occupants. At the fishponds the funeral proc and the hearse, attended o n ly by th e mourning„ce ceeded to Badminton. Ther e th e b o dy of ": { be Raglan was interred on Th urs d a y a t t wo o'elee' t to diate relatives of the deceased being alone presen the ceremony. A WELSH CHARACTER• eartil° THE following singular case was tried at the - ..., , on Thursday, before Lord Chief Justice Cal:0 101/ 0 PRICE V. THOMAS. _ .,10 sfep The plaintiff in this action was a most shiE":400 0 1 He was the celebrated D r . P r i ce, o f E g l wys ilian, o ft hair, and peculiar c os t ume h ave l ong b een a th e° , Told among all who have seen him, especially in c0ar50.01 4 0 stood at the barristers' table, with the white s ic diliepoi 4 horns of three of his Wel s h moun t a i n goa ts 91 6 0b 15 , „ oil and long black haired skin of another lying 00 ill 0.0 5 0 et is Joir him. His iron-gray h a i r f e ll on hi s shoulde o ' .o o l- ,".•40" 4; cfg l o uor c ilanl k yy s ,g , fifr ( a l lei. l o eie s i l nla . , ii td a ou l irwl m nhh o e iid s st t ebu t rl o pien h a 1 Nes i s ,nti, waistwith ii over scarlet, sa ; jateunrrdlniaennd, the d A oory s 1 oe i a 6 e j Ili : r obil s sr: of beirj: bearing a different form of a dog. The wl'i s "thri e l were scolloped—alternate green an d sc arlet, ' 11 0 11 0 " tons, and the wristbands of his shirt were all, h 4 . ' 1 ' 1 04 scarlet waistcoat was similiarly scolloped. , e oerP, r tio , 4 eagle-eyes of the doctor, his Welsh idiom, al'°f l c oati" ance were the subject of close attention by all ' age d ? noticed two or three of the learned counsel a c ter. 04 ing a likeness of this remarkable " Weisiicges sus yr The action was brought to recoverds, seaslaid in t i) plaintiff in the loss of 137 goats and kiof the defendan) culars, worried and killed by the dogs, the Mr. Coleridge opened the goats gel / Pleadiergsertain 4 , defendant's dogs worried and kill the defendant kene, the plaintiff; and the second, that disposed to word' 0 , dogs, well knowing them t° be e , 4 , destroy goats, &c. Gro ve , r Mr. Evans, Q.C., stated the case ; Mr. . ~,,, Mr. Giffard appeared for the defendant. ° 7 : te te' ts ll Mr. Evans, Q.C., in stating the case, said the 4 0 0 ried on the business of a surgeon at Eglwysilia o ; o so, i first being A he had a farm of about 33 acres, part of which i iii, e 4i: land, upon which and upon his other land he haf.esf. 1852, a herd of about 70 goats. The defendant eitiodo farm adjoining ; indeed, his farmhouse was an, u t bot% roof as the plaintiff's. The plaintiff complain e; 10 66 , ant and his sons, in spite of his repeated remo s tise dt:4o their dogs to worry and kill his goats, Which to: of about 20 or 30; and this had induced Pt i , t pr. T . ',"A i present action. The jury would observe tTh e did somewhat singular in his style of costume. ode° ill the common style, having an idea that the inore ._, and dress an 4 the style of the olden time wer e A OW: ill a descendant of the Cymri. But all this ha d with the action. His Lordship.—No ; certainly not. exa O m n ia b e e d in t g ile d p i a r g ec e t a e , d an to d kiss a tlen th g e th b , book, The first witness called was the plaintiff. p r ice P , exclaimed, " My Lord ! I do not like these thwr l icb' ' o° The Judge : Take the oath in the manner W J A, sidcr most binding to your conscience. to c i l r it Another Testament was thereupon handed - • i i "• i 1:f i n P g r ,.. .to os s ell3 , e i ,. having satisfied himself by an examination 0 r ce kissed the book, and proceeded with his eviden%o o oll of which was that his farm adjoined that of once 01 0 that his flock of goats, which he kept froo al u teooo their cheese to that made from the m ilk o f CO 0 11 ,0# stray from the craig on his f arm t o th e landsior e b o oll who, with his son, freque n tly se t hi s three sh er : g ell 4 1 mastiff upon the goats, worrying them so 010 05 0 died ; that he had frequently remonstrated T d e e 9 1 / ' who, notwithstanding, still continued to set ' - iorof e er 0 goats ; and that from June, 1852, to December_Aile I and several batches of kids were killed, the 1 ;011 i I plaintiff set down at £250 12s. 6d. Plaintiffetoth w i I able amusement by his description of his " 1 70 the names of which—titles derived from Weis' ill i I ec t were most difficult to pronounce, and were pe r __4 0 able. He appeared to have kept a minute seipliV i fk transaction in connexion with the worrying 31 1. 1 . 0 ctg, 4 , It goats by the dogs of the defendant ; and e 1",,, tii" •Jl* 4 / entries were, by permission of the Judge, read ' 4 f i t 4, in support of his case. 4 .h 01 , ' In cross-examination by Mr. Grove, Q.C., .4 - 4, 4 ,40 4 . milted that he had frequently shot at the d,e . "' n t t O/4 He had hit the mastiff once or twice, but had i ! - 01. 4 '' /i' t He had also shot at the dogs of other persons) 'i„ frig .e,' , seven of them for chasing his goats. He had persons) N actions against his neighbours for their allowied t 1 his goats. Defendant had been a witness tote' i plaintiff, but his brother ; but no threat hadZse" Or him on that account against the defendant. ' o f I him would not attribute such a thing to him. 1 V o , h dr Mr. GrOve.—Never mind that. You d° fl tsf e , motives even those that know you may iraPil i i e r teeo Plaintiff, to Mr. Grove.—l have thrown th . I , kids into a pond on my farm. a l. r The Judge.—Dead or alive ? _, 0. , I Mr. Grove.—Not until after death, my 10rd.% jorl o k .1 0:g Plaintiff.—They were starved to death, 03 ;„ 0 0 , 10 0 ,V Harriet Clive, who had ordered them to be hpfsatrio) x The Judge.—Do not mention that now. 4 4P ' d r be a case for the next assi z e s . S u ffi c i en t for vP 0 0 '. thereof. 00. 4 ,4, Mr. Grove.—You have had, I believe, ~ ..i a i . ' . quaintance with the law ? ,r fot Plaintiff.—Very little, very little. fe rf d id ' The Judge.—Fortunately, he h as n o w tbe ' :,e - ance of Mr. Evans. 0 1 ' o Abeperjury Grove.—Were you not, Mr. Price' di perjury ? 14 0 ' ' r ot Plaintiff.—Yes, and acquitted. ' ~ pl oa e to The next witness called was the plaintiff 'iod u tr o la F i. excited nearly as much interest as her fathe r ed: A i...4st was about twelve years of age. A large bri ta o odr t i PA" almost hid her very intellectual countenane e _',4o re A i were covered by a peculiarly cut and scalloPe,;o to 1, Mr. Rees, the court interpreter, was sv gy o pe r , e evidence into English. 4 .„h or vr ag )0 to ch ili 'Ws? ' The Judge.—Ask her if she goes .40 _., knows anything of religion, or can say the . _ do Witness.—l did not go to church nor t ° i d's 1 7 .0 IP" been taught religion. d s the bat 14 1 ir The Judge.—Ask her if she understaa. es s, ii Wito . 0 0 Mr. Rees interpreted the question to _., A tj . 4 Dr. Price vehemently declared the (1 1 ' 4 " i 0 v i l/ 01 wrongly put. if YOU lik o , e ljt ' IP - i le Mr. Rees.—Put it yourself, then, broug ht f'T Plaintiff (warmly).—She has been ~,,...is t ian. er Christian religion, and is a first-rate lA' , Frili 04 make a splendid Christian. s (L au ghteri,, L ad t o j Mr. Rees asked witness if she knew I ,!4 ) ent.°:pt,, lg ti, anything about future rewards and at ha d lef' o fsr: . tv She replied violently, in Welsh, at 5 th 2 1 ` fu tarel e fir" as 14) to "" not know, the Lord's Prayer ; and „ iii go punishments, those who are wicked w , do say." g C 00) Question.—What is your name ? anw-'The hes Morg . Witness,—Gwenhiolen Hiaryl D ir [The literal interpretation of thisvain' 1 0 115 0 of Glamorgan."] f the plain b . 0 0 0 Question.—Are you the daughter 0 , am avo ..., . 0 Witness (in Welsh).—He saYs dscribe To viar r4P ilt nto es t h (Laughter.) She then went o ~,„ sions on which the dogs of the defer't 4 o3l that,r io t V 74 '0 0 p ro r i killed her father's goats. Once she o f d e fe r „ ull 'l l t vP- P one of the oats was beaten byi _.. bleat rag E hela ' jc °fir s , animal, sties aid, ran towards her , She ~ to° r 9, head to her head and " cried mum' Id die , sii' fer be er f" some time, and then, fearing it NY Ol ,_ an dran 4o ll l 'xi n , , i 0 A 0 apron, wrapped the goat's head I She corrohore` Her poor goat died that evening. °".. 4 . 5. h 2 fr if as to the injury done to the other F. o4 ' . _„ . nja pto e ol Other witnesses gave similar eviu r d a t the r-14/ For the defence it was set up thatand Oa 00 the ~ 1 A oats, ___ fr set his dogs upon the plaintiff's g.___, cor araoP 40 died of the mortality at that time ref mountains bel ir s mountains among the . herds of go ~ 0 The jury, after being locked al) P 34" s £l 5 . verdict for the plaintiff —Damage 44, 0 bl i t th e it4 l l . t ti 4"' i 4 t s- tzat) tn . 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