The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-19 00:00:00

THE PALMERSTON MINISTRY. THE Government is just now in that state of transition which among fowls is described as moulting. No one from its present scrubby appear ance can guess what its plumage is likely to be in a few weeks hence. It has lost its old feathers before its new ones have begun to spread, and while shivering from 'a sense of its destitution it still continues to pluck itself bare. Lord Palmerston, with a kind of instinct that he cannot get rid of his old garb too soon, is pecking away, as Premier, that system of policy which he cor dially approved as Home Secretary. Lord Aberdeen had no more faithful adherent in his Austrian policy, and Lord Aberdeen has no opponent more ready to cast it off. It was to be the salvation of Europe. It is a mere illusion of pacific dreamers. Lord John as Secretary of the Colonies is equally ready to discard all the notions he held as President of the Council (we think that is the place he occupied under Lord Aberdeen, though lately he has shifted so often that we do not pretend to be positive), and more recently as Minister plenipotentiary. They have discarded their old sentiments with their old offices, and with a kind of unnatural cruelty for which we can find no parallel in gods, men, or brutes, they are eager to hiss their exploits in their old parts that they may have an opportunity of condemning the whole performance, and of reviling the actors with whom they played in amicable concert. If war were a mere affair of the mimic scene, as our Premier by his jocularity seems to suppose, this sud den change would be of no great consequence. But it is of vital consequence to the nation, and may influ ence our state for years to come. Lord Aberdeen, to give dotage its due, was consistent. He was all for peace ; but his successor has not yet been able to make up his mind what he is for. A Premier in search of a policy rightly describes his position. He is becalmed, and whistling for a breath of wind to bear him in some direction or another, no matter where. At this moment the policy of England is at the mercy of any chance current which may set in to influence it. It is open to a bid from oppressed nationalities, or from the houses of Hapsburg and Hohenzollern. We are in the midst of war and of discontent at the same time, and the people seem hardly to know which is most their foe—their own Government, or the Power with which they are at war. Those persons are greatly mistaken who imagine that the ferment will subside until its cause is removed. The very cry for Administrative Reform is some pre sumption of a grievance experienced. A blind man may feel an injury though he knows not who in flicts it, nor can see his way to a remedy. The wrath which is indiscriminating is the most dangerous ; there is no conjuncture more threatening to the safety of a free State than a people enraged against the Government which is the creature of its will, and de pendent on its breath. Among us there is a certain class of politicians, reared in those doctrines of expediency which have been too prevalent of late, who imagine that the whole art of Government is to yield to popular impulse, and that they are sure to be right, or at least safe, if they follow its latest changes. They are under a fatal mis take. The people are content to be honestly governed, but sooner or later they will discover the fraud which, pretending deference to their wishes, profits by their trustfulness, and drives a lucrative trade in political chicane. Since the Reform Bill the Liberal interest, as it is called, has proved itself the strongest in the country, and no marvel, therefore, that abuses have clustered thickly round it ; but this sham must have an end, and it is one favorable omen for the cause of good government that the Opposition, whenever it is called to power, will come in unfettered by pledges, bound to no interest, and free to follow that course of action which it judges best for the public advantage.—The Press. HOUSE OF COMMONS " PARTIES." WE shall perhaps excite some not very favourable surprise when we express our wish to see an increase in the number of " parties " in the House of Commons. Those who are in the habit of paying much attention to what passes in Parliament will no doubt think we have " sections " enough, and too many, for the public good. But it is indeed a "Public Good " section that we desire to see originated and increased, both in numbers and in zeal. We have a " Ballot " section, a " Chartist" section, a " Tenant Right" section, an " Anti-Maynooth " section, and an " Anti-Church-Rate " section—one of the most mis chievous and successful of all, perhaps. We would not impute wrong motives to any of the sec tions which we have enumerated. No doubt each would protest that the pfeuliar VIPWR they severally advocate are, in their opinion, precisely those bile most connected with the public weal. They are of a tem perament to make us dispair of enlisting them in any other cause while their crotchets are unsuccessful. But we do most earnestly appeal to those quiet, unob trusive, and reflecting members, who sigh over evils which they think it hopeless to endeavour to remedy, because there is no " party " to bring them perse veringly before the attention of Government, to bestir themselves, and to show that united action is not confined. to demagogues and others, who fight tooth and nail for measures, many of them hurtful, and all of doubtful good, Why is it that gigantic and notorious evils are seldom noticed in the House of Commons P It is to the House of Lords we must look for any endeavour to remedy what we may term home evils. In the House of Commons every man imagines himself capable of directing an empire, and nothing which is not on a grand scale, or which will not excite popular applause, can secure attention. It is useless to point out even the greatest social evils to men who are disposed to shine in discussing affairs of war and diplomacy (of which they know nothing) to the entire exclusion of subjects which they can com prehend, and which are of the highest importance. One or two such subjects occupied the. House of Lords last week. Lord Lyndhurst, with much earnestness, called the attention of Government to the very great evils brought upon the country by the " ticket-of-leave" system. He, as well as Lord Campbell, had confidently predicted that the result of this measure would be a great in crease of crime. He was, therefore, not surprised at results which must have produced a profound sensa tion when h e narrated them to the House. From the evidence of one of the Inspectors of Police, it appeared that there were not less than forty convicts who had been liberated by ticket-of-leave, residing at this time within a stone's throw of the Bow-street Police-court, where they plied their thievish vocation, and instructed others in the same. In fact, it has been shown by the officers and others who have good means of forming an opinion on the subject, that those criminals who obtain their freedom by the " ticket-of-leave" system are ge nerally the worst and most dangerous class of thieves. It is only by the most detestable hypocrisy that they, or the greater part of them, obtain their liberation ; and having done so they are in position to inflict greater injury on society than ever. They can teach their pupils not only how to steal, but what course of conduct to observe when in prison, so as to secure the good word of the chaplain, and thus to obtain a " ticket-of-leave." We have on a former occasion ex pressed our opinion that the mere expense of re-pro secuting these men would amount to more than their keep in prison. Mr. Jardine, in the observations quoted by Lord Lyndhurst, said : " Society is not safe with the present system in operation. It might be a desirable thing to clear the gaols of these men, but it was a bad thing for the public when they returned to a life of crime, having escaped more than half the punishment which it had been thought proper to award to them for pre vious offences. The expense even of re-prosecuting these men when detected must amount to a formidable sum." We confess it is to us inexplicable that this tho roughly vicious system could have been allowed to continue so long notwithstanding all that has been said about it. It is one out of many questions to which we have endeavoured to draw the attention of the House of Commons, and which deeply concern the public welfare ; but which, as they are common- Place, and within the abilities of most men to deal with, are, for that reason, almost totally neglected. Our American friends have lately formed a " Know- Nothing" party—composed of men who know nothing but what is genuine American, in men and measures. We should be glad to see a party among ourselves, and especially in the Legislature, who would "know nothing." but what bore directly on the physical, moral, and religious welfare of the people —a " Public Good" party, as We have termed it—men who would give vigilant, earnest, and constant attention to those non political, but most important points which practically affect the daily lives of thousands, and which are almost daily brought before us in the newspapers, and in our streets.—English Church»zan. THE LATE BANK FAIL9M — The Times of yeste r d a y sa y s : —it was mentioned on Friday last that the revelatio n s d a ily taking place in connexion with the affairs of Strahan, Paul and Co., seemed likely to put their failure before the public as one of the worst upon record. At th a t ti me there was no sus picion that it involved anything beyond misconduct such as comes within the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy, but it is now actually reported that certain securities belonging to customers and deposited under lock and key have to be accounted for, and that the members of the firm admit their inability to produce them. tinder these circumstances, the case seems as if it would become far more painful and notorious than could possibly have been feared. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. THE intelligence received from the army engaged in the siege and bombardment of Sebastopol continues to be of a hopeful .and inspiriting character. The suc cess of the Allied arms has been unchecked in any substantial degree,•and work after work of the Russian advanced defences has fallen before the vigorous as saults of the French and English forces. Following up the advantages thus gained, the Allies have been enabled to obtain full possession of the whole ridge and slope to the north of our position and the east of the town between the Inkerman attack and the Careening Harbour, including the Quarries, from and in the neighbourhood of which several smart encounters with the Russians have been sustained. Possession of this quarter gives ready command of the ships in the port, and also affords means of seriously damaging some of the permanent works of the fortress, including the Malakhoff Tower and Battery ; it further enables the Allies to cut off one of the communications between the town and the interior, forcing that communication completely round towards the north. Anticipatory of the consequences of thus narrowing the means of com municating, the Russians appear to be concentrating the troops external of Sebastopol to the north and east of the town, and by some parties it is thought that in this quarter they mean to make a formidable oppo sition to the Allies, and that here a decisive battle will ere long be fought. _ _ The — ridge immediately to the south and east of the Careening Harbour is occupied on its lower slope by houses, and on its upper extremity it is crowned by the Malakhoff Tower, and the batteries by which it is surrounded. Opposed to these last-named formidable works, at the distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, the English constructed the Victoria redoubt, and from this point the Victoria attack has been carried forward by the French, and is directed against the Malakhoff Batteries and Tower. This attack, though among the latest constructed, is considered to be of the most im portance of any at this point of operation. Major Chapman had anticipated its importance last Decem ber, but its construction could not then be effected, and we are only now in possession of some of the re sults of this work. Descending nearer to the Malak hoff Tower, and about 500 yards in front of it, is the Mamelon, which is described as commanding the Tower itself, by which all the other works of this part of Sebastopol are commanded. The conquest of this hill is the great and decisive result of the brilliant but sanguinary conquest of the 7th of June ; its occupa tion by the French destroys the Russian line of out works, and gives a degree of certainty never obtained before to the operations directed against this essential portion of the place. The Malakhoff Tower itself, being one of the few works in masonry originally con structed on the land side of Sebastopol, was ruined by the bombardment long ago ; but it is now surrounded by a very high semicircular parapet of earth, pierced with twelve embrasures, and surrounded by a ditch. From the Tower to the Careening Bay there runs a long line of parapet, broken half-way by a battery of 16 guns on two faces, flanking the curtain between this point and the Tower. Another battery of twelve embrasures on the hill above Careening Bay is con nected with this work by a further parapet which ex tends to the sea. It is supposed that the works taken on the 7th June are outside this line, which must be seriously menaced by the position we are now enabled to attack it from. On a ridge separated from the Malakhoff Tower, by what is called the Middle Ravine, stands the Redan Battery, and occupying a portion of the same ridge stands our Crown Battery, fronting the apex of the Redan, which was further defended by abattis in front and by a strong post of rifles occupying an abandoned stone quarry in front of the work. The quarry, of which advantage was taken in the construction of the work, and from which it is designated, is on the slope of the Redan Hill, below the line of abattis which stretched across it, and about 300 yards from the most advanced trench of the zig-zag in front of our second parallel. The new work was placed behind the exca vation, and had a high and solid parapet. Around it the enemy had rifle-pits connected with the quarry by trenches, and one of these, within fifty yards of our advanced trench, had its parapets of sand bags loop holed not only at the top, but within two feet from the level of the ground, by which means our working par ties were for a time considerably annoyed. The rifle, pits and the Quarry Work were connected by a covered way with the Redan. At the opening of the third bombardment our zig-zags bearing towards the Redan had been so far advanced that it was necessary to crown the Quarry, as otherwise the enemy would have looked clown into our trenches ; but this operation again would not of itself have sufficed to ensure our progress, as the Quarry Work was in turn commanded 10, ti,., munioion. Hence the i,ooc.3ity of taking butli simultaneously. Four days before the opening of the third general bombardment, it was unknown in the camp whether the Quarry Work was armed, but it was evident that it had been prepared for at least ten heavy guns. This is the post which was carried by ' the British forces on the ith of June, and it will be seen the several attacks of the besieging armies are advancing pani passu on parallel lines. The French carried the outworks of the tower, and the English the quarry in front of the Redan. But though these ope rations are distinct, all help one another, and are essen tial to the success of the common enterprise. The British works on the left of the right attack cannot advance so rapidly as those on either extremity of the lines, partly because the ground in front of Chapman's Batteries falls abruptly away, and partly because the Russian works against which our engineers are ope rating are commanded by other works on the flank and in the rear. To take the Redan would be unsafe and useless until we know that we shall not be driven out of it by the guns of the batteries about the Malak hoff Tower. The importance of the works already taken is proved by the fact that they mounted no less than 63 guns. To this Russian chain of forts and field fortifications the Allied armies oppose another chain of batteries and lines of approach, now extending in one unbroken line from the Quarantine Harbour, outside the Bay of Sebastopol, to the Careening Har bour within it. This chain will daily enclose the gar rison within a narrower verge, and, in spite of the skill and courage which have undoubtedly been shown in the defence of the place, General Osten-Sacken cannot anticipate that its fate will be permanently averted. The Allied armies have acquired a hold upon the shores of the Crimea from which Russia cannot dislodge them. According to accounts which have been transmitted by General Pelissier to his government, it appears that the ground and works captured by the Allies on the northern shore of Careening Harbour, give to their guns complete command of the few ships of war belonging to the enemy in the harbour of Sebastopol, and afford practicable means for destroying the bridge of boats which sustains the communication between the town and the fortifications on the north side of the enclosed bay. If this be true, a very important advantage indeed has been achieved. If the harbour be, as it is represented, dominated by the Allied guns, the destruction of the bridge of boats is not the only advantage to be anticipated from the recent successes. The boom protecting the entrance to the harbour may also be destroyed, and if an entrance for the fleet could thus be opened, the most important results might be immediately anticipated. Under date of May 27th it is stated : There was heavy cannonading at several points along the line of siege works during the night. At half-past 1 a.m. several concentrated volleys of musketry were fired on the right, above the Careening Bay ravine, and these were imme diately followed by a tremendous discharge of shells from the Russian redoubts in that position, as well as from the Mame lon Vert and the batteries about the north side of the harbour and Inkerman. The shelling continued for nearly an hour. The French quickly found shelter under cover of their gabions and trenches, and very few casualties occurred. Two men killed and three slightly wounded are stated to be their total loss, as well from the shelling as from the musketry. It is difficult to account for so small a number of casualties, con sidering the immense discharge from all the Russian batteries around the French works. This morning the troops were assembled at their respective camps, in brigades, to hear read to them the gratifying intel ligence of the taking of Kertch without any loss to the troops who formed the expedition against it. The announcement was hailed with loud cheers—so loud and hearty that they must almost have found an echo within the squares and streets of Sebastopol itself. The news was also communicated to the men in the trenches ; but no cheering was permitted there, lest the enemy, anticipating an attack or some move ment, might be induced to open fire. The French have sent three battalions more than the ordi nary reinforcements on the right this evening, and they expect to be ordered to attack the ambuscades in front of the redoubt nearest to their works on the right of Careening Bay. May 28.—The rain ceased early last evening, and a clear moonlight night followed. The expected attack on the right was not made, and no more than the ordinary amount of fire occurred elsewhere along the lines. The Russians are still observed to be very busy about the graveyards ou the north side of the harbour. At the highest of the three grave-fields—the term " yards" is hardly appro priate, as they are not enclosed—as many as seven carts were observed to be standing at one time to-day. Several parties have also been noticed making fresh graves. These observa tions confirm the written evidence, said to have been disco vered at Kertch, of the amount of disease and fatal injuries prevailing in the garrison of Sebastopol. The French have extended their trench in front of the ad vanced Inkerman redoubt, the guns of which bear in the direction of the East Inkerman Light, down to the valley near the head of the Great Harbour. This trench is now car ried partly across the Valley of Inkerman, and terminates at the bank of the Tchernaya river. The object of this work is not very apparent, as the former works fully commanded the passage of the valley, unless it may be supposed to be connected THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. with future operations of the army in the plain. Should this force push forward n the direction of Khutor Mackenzie, with a view to turning - the position of that detatched portion of the Russian army now occupying the Inkerman mountain, and the operation succeed, the trench might be extended completely across the valley to be connected with works on the other side. A tete du pout for infantry has already been made to cover the large bridge across the Tchernaya near to Tchorgoun, and other steps have been taken to secure the position in the plain, in case of-an. attack in that direction, and to render it tenable in case the army having advanced should find it necessary to fall back upon it. Our reserves have been increased to-night in the right attack, and, it is stated, at the request of the French general, so that some attack or sortie is again looked for. The Times' correspondent, writing on the 29th, says : There is •very little indeed to write of since the last mail left. The _guns in front are very quiet on both sides; per haps, after the calm, a storm may come, but there are at pre sent no-signs of it. Talking of storms, the 27th and yesterday were days of extreme heat, and the lightning and thunder, accompanied occasionally with heavy showers of rain, made the camp unusually wretched. I rode along the French lines, which are now advanced so close to the Tchernaya that our soldiers water their horses there without any molestation. The river abounds in tench and other fish, but our people cannot muster a rod or a bit of tackle in the whole of the camp, and the French are equally unsuccessful. On :the 30th he writes:— Miss Nightingale, being convalescent from her late severe attack of fever, and being recommended change of air by her medical attendant, Dr. Hadley, principal medical officer of the Castle Hotel, Balaklava, under whose care she has been throughout her illness, was carried down from the heights, accompanied by that officer and the Rev. Mr. Parker, and put on board the Jura for England, where it is hoped she will speedily recover, and be able to resume her duties in the East. Writing also under date of the 30th ult., the correspondent of the Morning Post says : Nothing of much note has occured to-day; the disembarka tion of troops seems to be the greatest work. The 72nd Highlanders have arrived, and commenced to disembark to day; they are 30 officers and 607 men, under Colonel Sharpe. This regiment came out here in the the Alma steamer—her total numbers amounts to 40 officers and 1,057 rank and file. The troops which have to-day landed are-6 officers, 5 ser geants, and 194 men, from the Saldanha ; 6 officers, 6 sergeants, and 194 men, from the Cambria; 3 officers, 5 sergeants, and 115 men, of the Artillery, from the Candia. He continues under date May 31 :—To-night, the 63rd, and a few men from other regiments, are to embark for Kertch, to strengthen the expedition. The French also embarked some more during yesterday. The arrivals of troops still continue as during the last fortnight. The Prince Alfred, with 4 officers, 30 men, and 61 horses of the Royal Artillery; and the Indiana, with a field battery of 221 men, and 189 horses, with General Bentinck, has arrived. In reference to the Kertch and Azoff expedition, he says under date of June 1: The Alma steamer sailed last night with the 63rd, and drafts of the different Highland corps for the expedition numbering about 600 men. The French have also been embarking a number of men for the same purpose this morn ing at Kamiesch. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from the camp before Sebastopol, on June 2nd, says : The belief that the chief places on the peninsula of Kertch will be entrusted to the safe keeping of the fleet, and that the greater part of the land force sent to Kertch and Arabat will shortly return to co-operate in a movement towards Simphe ropol with Omar Pasha's force at Eupatoria, and General Can robert's army in the plain, is gaining ground. The delay in the opening fire is attributed to the necessity of waiting until these movements can be undertaken, so that all may b done in concert, and a part of the Russian army on the north heights diverted from operating at Sebastopol, When the fire opens, the Kamschatka redoubt on the Mamelon-hill, and the quarry work below the Redan, will be the two principal objects of at tack at first; and, after a few hours bombardment, it is under stood that these works will be assaulted, the former by the French, the latter by the English. No one feels any doubt about the assault being successful; the main difficulty will be to retain possession until the daylight shall have re-appeared. The fire has been slack along all the lines during the last few days ; both the Russian batteries and those of the Allies have appeared to be reserving their strength for a more important struggle. As usual for some time past, what fire there has been, has been most continuous on the extreme left, where the works of the French almost touch the crenelled wall of the town. A new device of the enemy has been loading some field pieces, which are placed at the lower part of the Mamelon hill, and directed against our advanced works, not only with the usual round shot, but also with a quantity of grape. This was very deceptive at first, for the loud whiz of the round shot prevented the small grape from being heard in their flight, and moreover, as the chief impetus was given to the shot, it flew past first, and afterwards, when all danger had apparently kone by, came the pattering of the grape. We have had very few casualties in the trenches, and such as have occurred have happened principally from rifle balls. The correspondent of the Times, writing on the 3rd of June, says : Hot again, but with a fresh breeze. Some 10-i n ch mo r tars and a stout allowance of ammunition are ordered to go up to the squadron. The Ordnance wharf at Balaklava is in a glo rious state of repletion, and enables us to afford the usual divertissement in the evening, without scruples. As regards, however, the means of heavy transport, there seems to have been some kind of limit placed to the number of railway wag gons, which might with advantage be much more numerous than they are, and the more so since the animal power for Commissariat purposes is, in spite of Colonel M'Murdo and levies on Europe and Asia far and wide, a long while in making itself equal to the want. A man of the 07th went over to the Russians to-day, and appears to have indicated pretty accurately where they might with advantage direct 4.1,...z.r a— alzurier VI snot ana shell came whizzing over the heads of the relief as it went down at night to the trenches; however, they were pitched a few yards too far, and the enemy took nothing by the move. - - He says, writing June 4th : We, on the other hand, did ourselves some mischief last night. A lot of carcasses, destined for the Russian store buildings, turned out too antiquated to be trusted, and per sisted in knocking our own men over in preference; they fell short, and exploded in our advanced trenches. Rumour as serts that they are of fabulous and incredible date, going back to the beginning of the century ; and the cases being actually rotten from age, it may be presumed that they had no busi ness to be here at all. Some men were killed and injured by their default, and Colonel Mundy, of the 33rd, was one of the sufferers, but his wounds are said not to be dangerous. Another officer (Lieutenant Morgan, of the 28th) met with a severer fate, as he was going out to post his sentries early in the evening. The tale goes that he observed in the uncertain gloaming a dark object, and taking up a stone, experimented upon the nature of it. The dark object thus appealed to ac cepted the invitation, and, firing a volley, put two bullets through the challenger's leg. Since nightfall there has been some heavy firing, both on the right and left, and a great deal of musketry on both sides. On June sth, he writes : There were some slight losses in the trenches, it seems, — no great wonder, considering the proximity of the combatants. Some of the Russian muskets were loaded with slugs. A lieutenant of the 48th, Mr. Trent, was slightly wounded in the arm. Last night, too, as if to crown the tragedy of Captain Christie's sudden end, and close the lips of two hasty censors, Admiral Boxer expired of cholera, in the harbour, after a short illness. He had been very much depressed by the death of a nephew bearing his name and attached to his person, which took place from the same cause three days pre viously on board ship, and had given only too painful tokens of those feelings which have been so often denied existence. Harsh judgment and unkind reflections may well be disso ciated from the memory of a veteran who has perished at his post, and whose activity at least has so often been the theme of wonder upon the spot, as natural de ficiencies of age have been the subject of vituperation at home. There is here but one common sentiment of regret, not merely for an old man's unexpected decease, but springing from sympathy with one who had human trials and imper fections, and whose hard effort amid hurrying circumstances was swept out of sight in the undistinguishing flood of national disappointment. The marines, who so long held the post of honour on the mountain top above Balaklava, have taken ground five miles in advance of their previous strong hold, where they still serve in the van. The Sardinians, who deserve and find unsparing commendation for their soldier like appearance and apparatus of campaign, crown the summit of Canrobert's hill, and spread over many an undulating rood in advance of it. The French, with their favourite General, Bosquet, at their head, have crossed the river, and now enclose within their extended lines the bridge by which the armies passed after descending from Mackenzie's Farm. DREADFUL STATE OF SEBASTAPOL. The correspondent of the Daily News, in reference to the condition of the garrison, gives a fearful picture. On the 26th ult. he writes—The Russians have been burying an unusual number of dead on the north side the last few days. These burial places on that side the harbour are exposed to our view, and with a good glass not only the recent graves can be distinguished, but also the parties at work excavating or performing the last rites of sepulture. On the 28th he again remarks—" The Russians are still observed to be very busy about the graveyards on the north side of the harbour. At the highest of the grave-fields—for the term ' grave-yards' is hardly appropriate, as they are not enclosed—as many as seven carts were observed to be standing at one time to-day. Several parties also have been noticed making fresh graves." These, he properly remarks, are not to funerals of soldiers killed in battle, as they are almost invariably, buried where they fall ; and his conjecture, which is more than merely feasible, is that they are those of victims to disease, as well as to the cannon ade which has been poured upon the town. MOVEMENT ON THE TCHERNAYA. KAILAICA, June I.—Matters on either front against Sebas topol and against the Tchernaya remain much as they were. It is now a week since the movement in advance was made from the Balaklava lines, and ever since that day the allied troops have been arranging and completing their camps in the new position ; fresh corps and detachments have been drawn up, but no attempt has been made against the Russian lines opposed to us. There is no saying how delicious the new ground we have conquered is—how luxuriant its vegetation— how bright its flowers—how pure and perfume-laden the air : and even if the advance is not to be followed up for the present, we have gained enough by quartering a large part of the army on healthy soil, and procuring for the cattle a stock of fresh grass, which is likely to last them at least a month. Whe ther or not an advance will be made is a matter of doubt. The fact is, that the Sardinian, French, and Turkish troops are entrenching their encampments along the whole line from Kamara to Inkerman. The Tchernaya and its banks, and the village of Tchorgoun, are for the present debateable ground, under the fire of either of the two armies, and therefore less free to the adventurous spirit of the marauding parties of Zou ayes and French light infantry, who, when off duty, either de scend to fetch water or bathe, or steal into Tchorgoun to ran sack the place for hidden treasures, of which, however, to this day, none have been found. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. THE FALL OF ANAPA. ADMIRALTY, June 12. Intelligence has just been received that the Russians have evacuated A naps, and are supposed to have crossed the Kuban. The Circassians are In the place. LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 12. Lord Panmure begs to transmit a list of the officers who were killed on the 7th and morning of the Bth of June : Captain Muller, 2d Battalion Royals ; Lieutenant Lawrence, 34th Regiment ; Lieutenant Stone, 55th Regiment ; Lieut.- Colonel Shearman, 62d Regiment ; Major Dickson, 62d Regi ment ; Lieutenant Machell, 62d Regiment ; Captain Forster, 62d Regiment; Major Bayley, 88th Regiment; Captain Cor bett, 88th Regiment ; Captain Wray, 88th Regiment ; Lieu tenant Lowry, Royal Engineers. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 13. Lord Panmure begs to transmit a nominal return of officers wounded between the •4th and Bth instant. The loss of the English on the 7th and Bth amounted to — non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates, killed, 122 ; wounded, 510 ; missing, 15. Capt. M. Adye, R. A. ; Lieut. Evans, 19th Regt. ; Lieut. and Adjt. Padfield, 20th ; Capt. Pennefather, 30th ; Capt. John Peel, Capt. Westhead, and Lieut. Saunders, 34th ; Major Villiers, Capt. Lowndes, Lieut. Irby, and Capt. Hunter, 47th ; Major Armstrong, Capt. Le Merchant, Lieut. Young, and Lieut. Eustace, 49th ; Lieut. Dickson and Capt. Gilby, 77th ; Capt. Maynard, Lieut. Kenny, and Lieut. Grier, 88th ; Lieut. Mackesy, 97th ; Lieut. Bellew, Lieut. Stewart, and Lieut. Legge, 2nd Batt., Ist Royals ; Capt. Ambrose and Lieut. Breedon, 3rd ; Lieut.-Col. Campbell, 90th ; Lieut. Boyd, 17th ; Lieat. Trent, 48th ; Major Mills, Capt. Turner, Lieut. Jones, Lieut. J. F. Jones, and Lieut. Waller, 7th ; Capt. Dixon, 41st ; Lieut. Scott, 55th ; Capt. Ingall, 62nd ; Lieut. Anderson, 96th ; Assist.-Engr. E. J. R. Keen ; and Capt. A. Gordon. A supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday contains despatches from Lord Raglan under date of 29th May and 2nd June, with enclosures from Admiral Lyons, Captain Lyons, and Lieut. M`Killop, descriptive of the operations in the Sea of Azoff, particulars of which have already been published. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. PARIS, TUESDAY.--The Moniteur announces that the Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Pelissier, dated Crimea, June 9th, 11 p.m.:—" The situation is the same as yesterday; all the demonstrations of the enemy against the captured works have been fruitless. They have abandoned the so-called battery of the 2nd of May. They have also completely abandoned to us the right shore of Careening Bay. The vessels in port have sought refuge in Artillery Bay, where our large mortars can reach them." The Times' correspondent at Vienna telegraphs on Tuesday, at 9 a.m., that two works close to the Malakoff Tower were taken on the Bth, with 63 guns. The slaughter was fearful. Despatches received at Marseilles say :—" The allies were fortifying the Tete de Pont on the right bank of the Tcher naya. The Admiral has demanded more troops in order to act against Anapa." General Bosquet's corps was to invest Sebastopol on the north. General Morris, after a cavalry reconnaissance of the Rus sian camp on the Tchernaya, estimates the force at from 80 to 100,000 men. General Pelissier is forming magazines and means of supply for a moving field army on the banks of the Tchernaya. General Conrobert commands the advanced guard. There are 50,000 allied troops in the Raman, valley. Water and timber are plentiful. The aqueduct, cut off at the commencement of the siege, is now restored, and well supplies the want of the camp. The Russians on the Tchernaya are provisioned by way of Kaffa, but can only receive reinforcements by Perekop. Fifty pieces of artillery have been sent to Kertch by Lord Raglan. It is said the Austrian army will be reduced by 100,000 men. Considerable drafts have already been made from the Galician corps. The Moniteur of Wednesday announces that the Minister of War received, on the 12th of June, the following despatches sent by the Commander-in-Chief : JUNE 10, 11 30, P.m.—The combat of the 7th of June was more advantageous for us than I had at first announced to you. It placed in our hands 502 prisoners (of which number 20 are officers) and 73 pieces of cannon. JUNE 11, ELEVEN P.M.—We are consolidating ourselves in the new works. We have been able to fire with the Russian mortars on their ships, which have ;one still further off. We are preparing new batteries. The - fortress of Anapa was abandoned by its garrison on the sth of June. It is now occupied by the Circassians. Russian interests iu that quarter are very seriously compromised. The Moniteur publishes General d'Autemarre's report of the capture of Kertch and Yenikale. A despatch from Varna, dated June 13th, says that the French troops have been recalled from Kertch, probably to assist in some great blow against Sebastopol. VIENNA, FRlDAY.—"General de la Marmara, the younger, has died of cholera at Balaklava." bah THE BALTIC FLEET. A letter dated Elsinore, May 24, says :—" On the day before yesterday 12 new prizes, taken by Admiral Dundas's squadron, cast anchor at Elsinore, accompanied by the Geyser corvette, taking them to England. Among these prizes seven were sailing under Mecklenburg colours, four under the Danish flag, and one under that of Holstein. Two of these vessels have been left in charge at Elsinore; the others left with the Geyser for England." BERLIN, June 14.—The squadron under command of Rear- Admiral Baynes, numbering 15 sail, anchored in the Great Belt on the 13th inst. FIRING ON A FLAG OF TRUCE. DINTZIC, 15th June.—The Vulture has arrived with mails. Three infernal machines exploded under the Merlin while re connoitring Cronstadt. The Cossack's (21 screw corvette) boat was fired into while landing Russian prisoners at Hangoe under a flag of truce. Twenty-four were killed, only one man surviving. Three officers were killed—Lieutenant Geneste, Easton (surgeon), and Sullivan. A:correspondent of the Daily News says :—" The Vulture, Captain Glasse, has arrived, with despatches. She left the fleet on the 11th anchored off Cronstadt. On the 6th inst., bum, of the cossucx, wan a nag of truce, whilst landing seven Finlanders taken in prizes. Six teen English sailors were killed. On the Bth the Magicienne fired for an hour, with great effect, on a body of horse artillery, sufferin,g herself but slightly. On the 9th inst., the Merlin and Firefly, in reconnoitring, ran against some infernal ma chines, which exploded, but only damaged their copper sheath ing. T•here had been no alteration in the position of the fleet." EXPEDITION TO THE SEA OF AZOFF. From the Sea of Azoff the news also continues of a highly encouraging character. As before stated, the various towns and harbours which are scattered about the shores of that " Russian Lake." have succumbed to the power of England. Contrary to expectation the Russians have also evacuated Anapa, one of the most important seaports possessed by them on the sea-board of the Euxine. The success which has attended this expedition has naturally given rise to much rejoicing, and has elevated the spirits, while it has excited the expectations of the army in a very high degree, and other expeditions are talked of as probable, and even imminent. Among others it is stated, in military circles, that it is the intention of the Allies to effect the landing of a large force on the south side of Kerkiet Bay, Gulf of Perekop, and it is believed the demonstration will be made near Karkasat ; this is for the purpose of checking in detail any advance of Russian reinforcements for Sebastopol, and of cutting off their retreat from the Crimea. The reinforcements that are now being sent out, together with the regiments at Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonion Islands, and the newly-raised Foreign Legion, will form the British contingent of nearly 18,000 men, France and Turkey will furnish nearly 80,000, which, with the British, will constitute a formidable force of at least 98,000 men ; this force, it is expected, will be sufficient to cut of the communication between the mainland and the peninsula by the Isthmus of Perekop. In the meantime the siege is prose cuted with unabated vigour. Naval operations against Petropaulovski, the Russian stronghold in the Pacific, are about to be renewed ; and, if successful, to be extended to the fortified settlement at the mouth of the river Amoor, and the island of Taghalan. It is reported that Portugal is on the eve of entering into the Western alliance, which will be ratified when his Majesty mounts the throne next September, and that the Portuguese government will then contribute a contingent to the Allied orces. A DEPUTATION from various dissenting bodies had an inter view with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial-office, on Tues day, to urge objections to the grant of £500,000 for religious purposes, contained in the Victoria Government Bill. ANOTHER SHIP OF WAR, of the largest dimensions, is about to be laid down in the dockyard at Pembroke. She is to carry 130 guns, and one pivot-gun, and is to be called the Howe, in the room of the ship of that name, of 120 guns, broken up a few years since. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—The London Gazette contains the reports and a financial statement of the Patriotic Fund Committee. The receipts have been £1,051,445. 1,847 widows have received relief, and in connection with them 1,802 children. Each week 70 or 80 widows are added to the number receiving relief. _ A NEW DOCK was opened at Portsmouth Dockyard, on Tuesday, by the entrance into it of Her Hajesty's new yacht for the purpose of being coppered. It is 50 feet longer than any other of Her Majesty's Docks, and has consumed the fol lowing materials in its construction :—Three million bricks, 152,359 cubic feet of stone, 94,783 cubic feet of timber, 729 cwt. of ironwork, and cost in the aggregate £63,000. LORD HARDINGE has punished Ensigns Sanders and Neville of the 30th regiment, who were the prime movers in the practical joke upon an Ensign of the 50th, stationed with them at Fermoy, by promoting two junior ensigns over their heads, and has intimated his intention to countenance the same treatment until they shall be favourably reported upon to head quarters. THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES.—FrOM all quarters at the north and west, and the middle states, the accounts of the growing crops are full of promise. If the season should continue as favourable as it has been hitherto, a much larger aggregate of breadstuffs will be raised this year in the country at large, than was ever known before. The mouths of the croakers will be stopped with abundance, and prices will come down.—New York Journal of Commerce. W - E believe that it is the intention of the government to introduce, on an early day, a measure for the consolidation of the acts relating to the militia in England and Wales. In taking this step the government has undoubtedly exercised a sound and wise discretion, for disgraceful as is the general condition of our statute-book, there is scarcely any branch of our law recorded upon its pages which is in a more confused, perplexed, and unsatisfactory state than that which relates to the militia.—Morniag Post. PERJURY.—On Monday, at the Central Criminal Court, London, Louisa Harrison was acquitted on a charge of perjury, alleged to have been committed by her in identifying a man named Mallett, who was accused, tried, and sentenced to death, a short time ago, for robbing her, and using violence in the commission of that crime. Harrison had represented that a second attack had been made on her recently, but the police found that she was imposing upon them, and the government, besides giving Mallett a free pardon, caused Harrison to be charged with perjury. APPREHENSION OF A SECRETARY OF A BRITISH CONSUL. -- BERLIN, June 11.—There is a rumour here that the secre tary of our consul, at Cologne, has been arrested, while engaged hi conveying despatches for our government. It is stated that Mr. Curtis, our consul there, had sent in a written protest against his secretary being taken and examined b e f ore a magistrate without himself being permitted to be present, but without avail ; doubtless, he has not failed to communicate the particulars to Downing-street. It appears that the secre tary was apprehended when about to leave the town w ith des patches, and some suspicion of his being concerned in recruit ing matters for the Foreign Legion, appears t 9 be -at the root of the matter. LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILLS. WEDNESDAY. TIIE Committee re-assembled, Mr. Labouchere in the chair, when they retired to consider a communication from the Board of Trade. On their return, the chairman stated that while the Board of Trade could not proceed with the clauses until the preamble had been agreed to, they had decided that the following ought to be the clause with reference to the Town Dues : - - " That nothing contained in, or to be done under, the pro visions of this act, shall be held to prevent any dues now forming part of the Borough Fund from being dealt with by Parliament, in like manner as if this act had not been passed." Upon this, Mr. Scott, on behalf of the Liverpool Corporation, said they could not proceed further with the Bills, as the clause proposed by the Corporation was amply sufficient for the purpose, and they could not consent that their right to the Town Dues should be prejudiced even by implication. The Chairman said they were unwilling that the Bill should be thrown up. They would proceed with the preamble, and as they did not wish to prejudice the question of the Town Dues, they would reconsider the proposed clause when they came to it, striking out the words in the preamble which stated that the act passed with the consent of the Board of Trade. This was done, the preamble so amended was agreed to, and, having gone through some of the clauses, the Committee adjourned. THURSDAY. On the meeting of the Committee, Mr. Alexander applied on behalf of the St. Helen's Railway, Canal, and Dock Com pany, against the operation of the bill, and be proposed cer tain clauses to exempt vessels using the Garston Docks from Town Dues and all other dues not applied to harbour pur poses. After some consultation, the Committee decided that the proposed clauses did not apply to the bill under considera tion. A proposal from Messrs. Bibby to alter a clause so as to put judgment creditors upon the same footing as bondholders, was refused assent to. The Chairman announced that the Committee had rgreed to pass all the clauses, with these exceptions—First of all, the clauses which referred to the Town Dues. Then the clause that he understood the promoters of the bill were not yet in a condition to submit, about the manner of constructing the works, according to an agreed general plan, and the length of time, and the specified sum. And he did not see in the bill any of those general clauses with regard to harbour dues, saving the right of Parliament to legislate in these matters — a clause which the Board of Trade had desired to be inserted in all bills of that nature passed during the present session. After a brief discussion on this point, the Committee retired to consider the clause referring to the Town Dues, and on their return announced that they would accept the clause proposed by the Corporation, as follows :—" Nothing con tained in or to be done under the provisions of this act shall be held or implied, directly or indirectly, to confirm, alter, or prejudice the right of the Corporation to any dues now form ing part of the borough fund of the borough, or the position of the Corporation or any person in respect thereto, but the same may in all respects be dealt with and judged of in like manner as if this act had not been passed." The Chairman said the committee had received another clause from the Board of Trade which they desired to see adopted. It was as follows :—" Unless Parliament shall other wise determine, the Corporation shall complete, within two years from the first day of September, 1856; and they are hereby required to complete the docks and works in connexion therewith at Birkenhead, authorised by the said several Acts relating thereto, so far as the same are in force, or such other docks or works as shall be approved by Parliament in the meantime, as most favourable for the commercial purposes of the port of Liverpool." It was agreed to leave the further discussion of these points to the next day, and the Committee adjourned. FRIDAY. The Committee reassembled, and, after some delay, Mr. Burke said, that, with respect to the clause as to the execu tion of the undertaking, there was some difference with the Board of Works as to the details,—the clause approved by the Board of Trade provided that unless parliament should other wise determine, the Liverpool corporation should be compelled, within two years from the first of September, 1856, to com plete the docks at Birkenhead, authorised by acts now in force, or such others as should be provided by parliament in the meantime, as most available for the commercial purposes of the port of Liverpool. The Board of Works clause was, that unless Parliament should otherwise determine in the mean time, the Corporation should, immediately after the Ist of September, 1856, proceed with the con s t ruc ti on o f th e docks at Birkenhead, authorised by the acts now in force; that the Corporation should be made subject to all the lia bilities of the trustees with regard to the construction of the various docks and works, and that the Corporation should wholly complete such docks and works according to the plans subsisting before the Ist of September, 1858. The Chairman said the clauses were not inconsistent with each other, but they would pass the one first read, and leave it to be amended afterwards, if necessary. Upon the clause pledging the Dock Trustees and Corporation to prosecute a bill in the next session, for the construction of works in a manner most available for commercial purposes, for assimilating the rates between Liverpool and Birkenhead, and for transferring permanently the Birkenhead Docks to the Liverpool Dock Trustees, it was intimated that such a clause being struck out in the House of Lords would be fatal to the bill upon the question of privilege. It was, therefore, suggested that that part relating to the assimilation of rates should be omitted. This was agreed to, and the amended clause passed. Upon the clause for the transfer of the Birkenhead Docks to the Liverpool Dock Trustees, the Committee were pressed not to adopt that proposed by the Board of Trade. After some consultation, the Committee agreed to the clause pro posed by the Corporation. for a clause to reserve the right of Parliament to include the e o e n n the tii e general i s t a t e v e i a g n c d l a c u o s u e n , s a e i t e h f e d i c s c h u a s i s r i m n t prespsliancge fecting harbours, in accordance with the recommendations of b ß e ir tlj !enhead and Liverpool Docks in any general legislation af the Harbour Commissioners, and Mr. Scott arguing against connecting the promoters in any way to the inference that they would not object to interference with the Liverpool Town Dues. Ultimately it was found there was no difference be tween them, and a clause, including the Liverpool Dock Trus tees and the Liverpool Dock Company, was passed. These were all the clauses, but the Chairman would not sign the bill, as it had been arranged that this bill should not be passed until the Committee also passed the Dock Com pany's Bill. The committee proceeded to consider the Liverpool Docks Bill, and, having been absent in consultation, The Chairman said—Though the committee have come to no formal decision it may be for the convenience of the pro moters that they should indicate what they are disposed to do. They are disposed to give the £326,000 for the purchase of land. They also think that the £70,000, the £77,000, and the £50,000 are reasonable, but they want some explanation from the engineer before they give any more money. Mr. Hartley, the engineer, then entered into some explana tions, stating that £22,500 was necessary for the north pas sages of the Huskisson Dock, which were in a state of half completion. For the £232,000, part of the docks, the 500 feet lock, and the open basin would be completed within a year, and the lock would be made available as a graving dock, but not as an entrance for large steamers. He thought it more important to complete No. 2 and No. 7 docks than the graving dock. He proposed to use the long lock as a graving dock. The 500 feet lock would be available for the largest steamers as a graving dock in about a twelvemonth, and would relieve the Huskisson Dock of the present inconvenience, by accommodating the Cunard and Collins steamers. Mr. Charles Turner said he did not think it probable they would do more this year than complete the warehouses now in course of erection, and that would require £50,000. If the Improvement Bill passed, probably they might lay the foundation of some new warehouses, but otherwise they would not lay the foundation of any more new warehouses this year. As to the Harrington Estate, it was now occupied by the timber trade, and until that was gone they could do nothing with it. The committee retired, and upon their return, said they could not come to a decision, and adjourned till Monday. SALE OF THE SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. LANCASIIIRE AND YORKSIIIRE.—A special meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Manchester, Mr. W. Stuart, the vice-chairman of the directors, presiding, to con consider the expediency of purchasing the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway.—Heads of the proposed agreement were read, from which it appeared that the purchase was to take effect from the Ist of January, 1855, the share capital of the Crosby Company being taken at £224,000. The Lan cashire and Yorkshire accepted the liabilities of the Crosby Company, and the purchase-money would be paid by the creation of shares at 21 per cent. for the first, and 3} for the two following years, to be converted into Lancashire and Yorkshire ordinary stock from the Ist of January, 1858. The Chairman moved, and Mr. Fielden, a director, seconded, a resolution approving the proposed arrangement, which was denounced in strong terms by Mr. D. Price; whilst several shareholders expressed a wish for an adjournment of the meet ing, that the shareholders might have better information and more time to consider as to their bargain. Mr. Ainsworth moved, and Mr. Hobson seconded, an amendment adjourning the meeting till the half-yearly meeting in September, for that purpose; and this wss carried, with only five dissentients. The Chairman demanded a poll, intimating that he should use on behalf of the original motion a large number of proxies ; but, after a long discussion, the amendment was withdrawn, on an agreement that the meeting stood adjourned till the 12th of July. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOI7THPORT.—A special meeting of the company was held in Liverpool on Wednesday, to take into consideration the report of the committee appointed to negotiate terms with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, for the purchase of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport line and property. The report stated that an agreement had been entesraelde of theintobyliane on thecommit oltefeolo%diinrgecttoerrsmasn:LThshareholdersatthe for the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company shall become the purchasers of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Company's line and property ; shall assume its entire engage ments and liabilities ; and shall pay to the proprietors of this t company u l po ss n. s, h 3 e i s share per e c a e n p t i . t al for a dividend ea r o s f 2 18 1 5 p 6 e r a I c l e d n t iB f s o 7 r respectively, and from and after the 31st of December, 1857, the same dividend as that payable to the holders of Lancashire and Yorkshire ordinary stock." On the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Healey, a director, the report was adopted, and the agreement with the Lancashirepand York shire Company confirmed. SUICIDE.—On Saturday Thomas Sheldon, gunsmith Mot ley-court, Shoreditch, London, fi xe d a d e t ac h e d gun - barrel, loaded, in a vice, and placing himself in front of it, he tired the touchhole with a lucifer match attached to a ramrod. His head was blown to atoms. DEA.TH OF THE BET OF TUNIS.—Our Malta correspondent announces the decease, on the 30th of May, at Tunis, of his Highness Si Ehmed, Bev of that regency, from apoplexy, at the age of 52, after reigning 18 years ; his cousin Si Imham med, heretofore holding the appointment of Bey of the Camp, has succeeded to the beyship, conformably to an arrangement made for regulating the succession some years ago, with the concurrence of Great Britain, France, and the Sublime Otto man Porte. The new Bey, who is 51 years of age, has ap pointed his own brother Sedak to be chief of the camp, to the great delight of the military, with whom he is a special favourite. Under the new rule it is hoped that the system of vexatious monopolies will be abolished, and the rich resources of the country, of an agricultural and commercial n ature, be more widely developed, with benefit and advantag e to its in dustrious population, who have too long been .abandoned tc the tender mercies of Jew monopolists. [JuNi 19, 1856. GRAND FETE AT P- - ce c EVEN those who are familiar with the Irsg ll ,l/ ordinary fetes given at the Hotel de Ville can , s fr e k,n.c if an idea of that which took place on Monday, le our of the King of Portugal. At the grand entl;,, fully designed fountain fell, with refreshing o°l7o,,etbefi. wilderness of flowers. On the staircase, nr i and a alg lW. floral decorations abounded in marvellous profusion, toe n ful decorations we r e to be met with at eve"' nts,holle, geous salon. The novel feature of the arrange of youis,°4 was the conversion of the fine open court o forr a o into a grand salle, surrounded by arcades. I_ A t ;worn,' moment for the city of Paris to show the I ,o ru alac e„ ," friends the magnificence of this famed civi° Looriiboo splendid hospitality for which the prefect an. rr ifffl Paris are celebrated. The Princess Mathilde a on half-past nine, and Queen Christina soon after., struck by the extreme beauty of the court of 1 4 2, ‘ t is ly warmly expressed their admiration. At Pat early rooms were already filled, the company haying i '''' t :he 1104 with wonderful rapidity. The King of Portugw str asi o :o Oporto, and their suite, arrived at ten o'clock. , co o j o struck up a march as the party proceeded, an k tberifr strain until the young king and his quadrille not" to open the ball. His Majesty danced with tbt: pig?' thilde, having for ris-d•vis the Duke of OW° Haussmann. It was almost half-past eleven w_, lleti tollie party left the ball, but the Princess Mathilde itu her Majesty's fair daughters, the Princess ;Ot t Lady Mayoress, and the younger branches of 11°,100. mained for some time longer in the part of the Toitheop for the more honoured guests : and at the reque 6 , foot , ' cess Mathilde, another q u adrille was danced 1 1 JP space left open to allow the waltzer and practisets to figure them. fn 44 THE United States mail steamer Baltic, CaP -i u itb' sailed for New York at 11 30 a.m. on Saturday' ,tis sengers and the usual mails. • 1* P l 7 O r s eil 4 STAMMERING.-An advertisement of 3013-l e ssecilof another column, respecting his mode for th,e ! to tal, awkward defect, is well worthy attention. 11 ' d ilia testimonials of his success, and we understan f Ift visit this town. Ore librO a THE Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone Passe lie P .:o rt .4 pool on Friday, on his way to London, to ta spe c/ Layard debate. Mr. Gladstone, w ho had he ee sir k i ol! vacation at the residence of his father-in -1 1;ort„iV Glynn, Harwarden Castle, Fli n t s hire, made a Zo,, n" tri l in this nei g hb our h oo d w ith hi s brother, -'' ; Gladstone. L: sfos P e 0 1 ; "TILE " GRANITE STATE."-Much attenoon t a fol t o, on the river, on Saturday, by the appearanc e ,,, b ° ,•ell IX steamer, the Granite State, of 1,000 tons , "„,. ta - es 0 ,,' r o Friday, from Philadelphia. She is a fine spec„ s ntl i t'oli can naval architecture, and is more than usuni" r dias ll of r fastened in a manner very superior to the ' 1 00 614 American steamers. We believe it is the ie t, for fe d owners to tender her services to governnl i el/ A s d o s - o r a t THE Southport, dedication a on Friday,of the connected with the war, unless they should - I :, for her in Liverpool. , pa 1 , o o s theers eer e ) l an address by the chaplain of the lodge , ty, f e , o o* Mocatta, who also, in the course of the the - o r sermon at Christ's Church, on behalf of 0 f .. Masonic included, Strangers' Charity. The banquet, in the eve n yrir ded by Mr. James Hunt. a Jobs , 0 c , A BIGAMY CASE.-A stonemason, narn e ifit, fti was charged, at the Police-court, on Saturdakpr ce He married Isis first wife, Isabella Scott, at See' . efl oo in 1848 ; and the other, Anne Donnelly, a t ,ol ll / d (lea Ireland, last December. The prisoner, wn e ,,, - , for was, that he never Pved with his first wife, w`"" o coli,li the production of further evidence. ,„, Ol e , ' to'? THE BRIGANTINE WATCHMAN, bound I'o7oo-el Wick, during a dense fog, on Thursday , dr iseto e lid Pentland Skerries. A boat was immediately 000)&11,4 three of the crew jumping into it, were end, ealr dde"o9 the vessel's heal, when, as they oclieved, sh e is It 9 over and sank. The three survivors sueet' - es se/..;,0, I Brough, where they reported the loss of the er „,„, n t iol l o f f quently appeared, however, says the Nortil,, e- b e elifi a the Watchman, instead of heeling over, In w e eeslo . t sea from the rock, and that the crew had s le e r ed e r filq ing her into Scrabster Bay, but littled in.i . , 11- c age, l o9 MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-On Wetn ie j FOSWP, William Holdsworth, a clerk in the Liver P e e":, the P s d drowned whilst bathing in the Mersey, beyontio fit,fol at New Brighton. The body of the deceased a sslf,4l morning, in a large hole, near the place. It t he W t, o f' tide at the time, and there is no doubt that rd tbA a 0 the wave had carried him out of his depth' , de,e05510 unable to swim, he had thus perished. 11100100 has left a wife and five young children, was "' deP s / Mr. Ralph Knowles, the head of the ship- letter i the same establishment. rsa Sl lo l l/ nn Thil,, (1 3 WAR MOVEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL. - - 9 )3 u. ing the steam-ship Oneida embarked 111. borse,„ o ,,, il i f the 4th Light Dragoons, under the supernten"%e IP, j dee" 19.. 4 mander Bevis, R.N.' The embarkation was t be tr ourif two hours. The Sarah Sands sailed for Cork a l e o j eo ing to embark the 17th Lancers. On Saturil e d at,,ei Assistance went into the river, having cra b° r ele J lington Dock basin 108 horses, and sailed yeste . 00 ,00,-1 town en route for the Crimea. The war tr a o 'oo 4 l Queen, Lilias, War Spirit, Parsee, and AnteleP e , a sce,, o f fi surveyed as to their capabilities for the con ve) roe , e , ....,,,i for regiments in active service in the Crimea- a v .- I" Lord Raglan, 1,980 tons, has been engaged ns co jk se r s ' r conveyance to Gibraltar of the 3rd Royal l'a li s for w. On Tuesday 44 naval volunteers left Liverpee' 0+ ° ?0 polis. • ( 0 ;;;IS PARENTAL CRUELTY.-Twowretched-loolon. lice P IP Patrick and Jane White, were charged at the 17 1 ° de „tlf Saturday, with cruelly ill-treating one of their c . ,' 4 4 4 about seven years of age. The child, whonAtriti court, presented a most miserable appe avanee, Dr , i c e ' '01 4 .0 half-starved and covered with filth. Police- 0 0400 that the child was most infamously ill-trey,„7. 01/ . : t 0 , t iff mother and stepfather, and when he took P; e d e' a st o bS lying in the street gutter, having been t .,% r e ity titre house by her unnatural parents, of whose e;fi e ld sr ft re m t, were related by the neighbours. Mr.lfs'ion e f ,:,;efs9 ° would remand the prisoners for the P,rn ii - ust b e :„ - r ilfrot deuce, and in the meantime the hil" - nna" -. P . V c then a af ter oi o amined by a medical man. Yesterday , ~t, all Ol were again brought up at the Poll e•c e-: ' fre e " .l e , c 1 tes 1 ni s , her of neighbours had given additional each eoln elf 00 0 sufferings of the poor child, they wer_, e ‘ ,,,oni s Lo f ( 1 ,0/ 1 r prison for six months. The mother soliheu - has - g ' the examination of the witnesses ; but fi l ler s eon" A ,l iii iiit„. if tabled a reserved sullen look, occasionally steri. u' o lfr Iv- il ...I , nantly at the magistrates and his unfortunarce.ce f , orl THEFT BY AN OFFICE-BOY.--At the t he l o pleY, a r turday, Michael Burke, an office-boy, in the,e arg etis° or Bingham and Co., of Fenwick -street, was c ' Sep ing some money belonging to his emploYer e ;oVo/ 0, money having been lost in the office, the 1° 0 '0;1 ' l b , petted, Mr. Bingham placed three marked s„ PS be to pla pocket of his coat on Friday, and then 1 11111 ,v0 01 of t g er,d, the office. Shortly afterwards one of tbl e g $ cep missed, and as the prisoner denied all knoll/ . csa lo jr bery, Inspector Murphy was sent for. 0 11 :il b ° ,4o o c 0 he discovered a sovereign and 15s. in a 5 '1,1 6 . 5 ' c e c'oid ~ amongst some coffee. The prisoner, on ,t'' ‘ ,),ol l n re ll/ de' the robbery, and said that the silver was t u , a ' a e d ,c a o ll3 oll vereign he had stolen on Thursday. The,..;.-- 1 .1tIl e ,1 0 1! THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION SCHOO-ri; vid„, ‘ ,." - 0 ff," 1 4 amin ation of the Lower School, in connexr a sa l ;ll o , 0 ' oco t, nit's Institution, took place on Wednes d , 3 Ltureren tf jd s e :4s distribution of prizes being made in the "" t he ifi - , A ,0 1 ' cord stitution, which was filled to excess by j310 1 ;d,, ,tll9 pupils and friends of the institution. r tribo v ti, a t , , pied the chair. The prizes having been dis iks.,P i „ ij° ,,k. :I A 0 1 9 sang some holiday songs, after which Dr (}he at her'', quest of the chairman, presented the priec i rdthe - ,- f ift , e l/ with a portrait of himself, painted by no the , ,‘ schools. Mr. M'llveen, in acknowledg7rthe 6 ,'" e ct tiro should ever look upon it, apart from its W'' fi d res Fol ," . 1 ,11 1 with feelings of the greatest kindnes s tbonr s ' 00 1 ',e gentlemen who assisted him in his daily .- o bablY to Pa% er many of whom the institution would Pr tha sr te d ,- ,1 efficient a condition as itwas. Avote n t. •ra o33 ( 09 , „ to man, and some music from the juvenile' C 01) .9 0 9 ceedings shortly after nine o'clock. vier i i.- a ___Tro the,..._mer,.,; or, IMPORTANT MERCANTILE TRIAL. - - , JAw„,,11 , 40 $ 1 court, on Tuesday, the case of Pilkingt °ll ,;,;; 3 for Q - ij o ecv e fh before Sir W. P. Wood. This was a In° ' - froin c ,j 3 e a tri, against the defendants to restrain WO w hich l a dsS/ freight of a barque called the Rattler, of, the del. W ag 0 Ledger was the sole registered owner, t h e 'rhe e leje spsW port of Melbourne, bound for London. ~ s o d di_ ,ye 14 , requiring money for the necessary 8110'1 co Ole , ef;do of the ship, applied to Messrs. Train an a n d Wils% 0V 1 ) 1 ( correspondents of Messrs. Pilkington a n Tra s ....ea of 0' Messil• guilt dip pool, for the necessary advances. - un t 0 fr eig pe advance the money upon having the am° _ the ' a jd AO 0( drawn by Milne upon Ledger, and also on .ei 00,, 5 .00 0 . g ship, it being further agreed that the ve s ' nr the, i , e dtP r . signed to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilsonq t he ve: 4 0 11 1 4 13 0 ,' London, for the collection of the freight an i5.4 ,1,5 1 iril , the inward business of the ship. £1, 446 • r for 1 50 0 0 / 0 to Milne, who drew a bill upon. Ledge _,, ca .„ ~ 0 ( 1. 10 payable at ten days after sight, which was_f',l,.jugtee'oscoe.lllo Train and Co., and by them remitted to rl i e ee d s 00 1 otibi son, who now held the bill. Milne also sig:',,,, u g„f tli c e ek at the foot of the ship's freight list, conn e n `.'„,tl l .,: e p Messrs. Pilkington andlWilson for the CO cl'w .4 and the transaction of the inward business viii r ia„ i i_ t; to be held as security for payment of the 1011 p l a g e . r . (/:171 ments drawn upon Ledger. The defendantf;dstiT le, to accept the bill when presented by the the, oi_ isw,, eopil o o arrival of the Rattler off Gravesend, on tne, -07110 0 ;: a i i , London agent of Messrs. Pilkington an b ill I'4 . Milne, the master, of his liability upon hir ed, antics 1 4 Ledger, of which acceptance had been reln„ ra, the 01 . d the ship's papers on behalf of his employ e ' t o r,.) Milne had refused to deliver up the ship! K,,t so p t d,q 4 ,(r threatened and intended to receive the trea t° 01 0c . 1 4 1 the security of the plaintiffs and deprive au ting I , filc." o o o l mission in collecting the freight and trans theren ll° hear e l f o l I business of the ship. The plaintiffs had A fter i i t , i ; bill, and 110 W moved for an hsjunetion. tbo_it 0 ; 0? arguments on both sides, the Vice-Chancellorrtcluee D1;0: - ce ;/ least such a case had been made out ' to , th t be P o - sc s t o the injunction to prevent any dealing evi rties 0 1 .-e f f the 1 13 as s e ' Pr e t to j the se was decided, and the rights 0 __,...ter , c e The r mo ney had been obtained by the _' . "_` - ' o f blt'af ) for prosecuting the voyage upon the tern kaer_o,4o;, , bill and the security upon the freight. ..; 1 _'..,. , PyToev, 0 1 , thority which laid down the propositionintelgo o t f lot {o i ; not pledge the ship except throug,l th e a de was 0 , ill of Admiralty. The order ultimately nl _, in 1 0 .),,, , fendant Ledger should be at liberty to P.' in imi.iv.i. to 01 le If f week without prejudice, he undertaking for oa ts. to o o of the Court as to further payment e d e fenda%ctia , granted in the meantime restraining t t the il ' ja te le ,/ ceiving freight. In default of paymen ~,. 00 tio to continued, and a receiver to be aPPointeu;uquest the foloy FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Saturday an inquest in o p 1,. 4 The kw ea fee the body of Robert Shannon, who decen s i o Cl o t - iO r K extraordinary manner on Friday. , ijoiv 0 4 00, ~ ostler in the employ of Mr. Lacy, Grea t ur e, ILA* 7 4 • man oM ea rt,l9 been assisting in loading a cart with . the that the horse had been securely placed ill of stereo moved a leg which held up the back Par t fos ter7o V o l belly-band of the horse not having befe_anure,ktorepd,l tilted, and the whole weight of cart alia,_M are o0 ; 00 , two tons) fell on the deceased, crushing_TZ and s is ' 1 t o o horse was hoisted into the air by the n ;),,;fore.lo" violently that several minutes elapsed. do ge , 4 r from no f WO tolv quieted, and the ostler removed house °f„ .mo. He was promptly taken to the _. , _,,, a ccw he died almost immediately. A verdict ol was returned at the inquest. <