Colored News. — London, England, 1855-09-15 00:00:00

tatoments of the I This Mr. J. C. Mr. J. R. M'Colloch Et uiews. )f the United King tatistics cor f the circ Other t of coal sinc )ted by Mr :tor of Co all made of ten vc Mineral 6 the ind f thii ritl Vatloc raj otli Chaim )blt a xsted it igo of ditto f als to t cites it at 31,500,000 10 ; Mr. Braithewait Mere a Wee ( 'er, and the exp, lthr b iltelud Great Britain am elv to f DerZii of int, id. tha neon it of I nment john Fr; cett, 185 twofold purpose of conveying assistance to, or gaining in telligence of, one more adventurous than themselves, and of t advancers been ascertained that he with his companions fell a sacrifice. But it is not only a graphic picture of daily life in the Arctic regions, with its hardships, its dangers and hairbreadth portrayed h ffixtion which he iy which he felt lly towards Lady ,d toward daring enterprisc tnd withal by the of Ron Correspondence of John Hotcard, the Philanthrophist. By the Rev. J. FIELD. Longman and Co. HERE are a few letters written by Howard—which escaped ly to his friend tnd father of d are only f Mr. I imuel Whitb to politician. Mr. D too sligt At Var it to Varna chano r. Londoi lish then Crimea ill begin General ff and 1 c the I i) EPTEMBER 15, 1855. !ir retreat, and also of presenting an opportunity to the Circussians I other mountain tribes to aid him if they are so disp sed. Tne ne letter adds that the most confident expectation exists at Con - - ntinople of the Malakoff Tower being soon attacked and taken the Allies. )n the 11th of August, at Constantinople,. the Turkish General imo, Omer Pacha, was formally invested with the insignia of the der of the Bath. This event is of too extraordinary a character t to raise great interest in the United Kingdom, where the ongest feeling of admiration for the subject of so great an honour universally entertained. Regarding the worthiness of Omer eha there is but oue opinion, and all our readers will concur in expressions used by the English Ambassador on Um !asion in question. The ceremony took piece at Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's official Manna n♦ "Pt—. were present, besides the members of neral Vivian, Commander-in-Chief of nt ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. F. W. r Majesty's naval forces in the Bosph o - William Paulet, C. 8., Military Com r respective staffs, end various persons e different brrnches of Her Majesty's Ali Pacha, his Highness Ali Ghaiib tan, the Capitan Pacha, the Seraskier • with several other appointments in the The Grand Vizier 'oreign Minister, :ate, likewise honoured the solemnity ccelleney M. Thouvenel, the Preach .o, Envoy Extraordinary of Sardinia, Sovereigns allied with Her the present war FALL OF S EBISTOPOL. and perseverance of hours more the Russian garrison üburb and the southern portion of magazines and principal works, sett es, and then endeavouring to withdi our from this terrific scene of devai ►astopol. The catastrophe surpasses eding scenes of this gigantic cent mien, combined with a fourfold atts 1 valour, though with unequal succ marked out for assault. The extr( as directed against the work called first carried by the impetuosity of sequently driven back by the fierce The second and principal assault of Malakhoff, which was carried by sto he fate, not only of the day, but of tade by the British forces on the Gi rn that the salient angle of this for e to the town in many place the bridge across the harb( n and defeat. So fell Seb 'Tibia interest all the precl Le columns of the allied an uggled all day with equal mat the principal points ;ht of the French attack wt the Redan, which was at ies, though they were subs 1 determined hits fall tl ge. A third attack was m clan, and, although we lea' ale work was at one mome mist be added that they ) of the Russian batteries ant carried and occupied by our iro; were subsequently driven out of it which commanded it, and this ch ie exultation which will be felt in ermination of the siege. The Fre tiled, in the fourth pl ace , th e C en ish themselves in the work. We h ) attacked the defences of Sebastopol th the same undaunted gallantry rry the place or to perish in the atterr these several attacks were unequal le spirit and contributed to the gl is glorious victory belongs of right L. since the Malakhoff Tower, the afore the vigour of their assault; 1 which is the noblest bond of men ogether, the names of all those f Sebastopol deserve to stand Bid( tidious distinctions shall sully or leE entry at the triumphant tc lumns on the left also assa Atery, but failed to establi doubt that evegy man whc d eventful day fought wi. ide unquestionably defended the p tion, and on more than one point t besiegers. But it was the courag town and the port at the mercy of r-war and steamers in the harbour v unk, or destroyed, either by the fir le orders of the Russian authorit Leh was the fate of the It aperial Government had e Id incessant labour—that fk Tv existence of the T ur ki . of Vienna as ( )ted w} hich eY ite the mi a a fort Lt to key but, who history ifo, ho had Albert-1 for hir the Arc this b arduoi not ext lobe. f aRI ofti and threatened the independance of Eu pedition to the Crimea offered the incalculable inscribing within a few square miles of the enemy's territot e horrors of war, and of staking the strength of four empires tgle point, the result of our victory is as boundless as the gi tells the world that the alliance of England and of France ood the test of warfare by the sufferings of the camp and the p the field. It assures mankind that their united policy can im will and execute its resolutions even though th e ti m id s oaf, and th oug h men o f baser minds may abandon the eau air country in her hour of need. We owe our success in no sl !gree to the unwavering firmness with which the Emperor o 1 reneh has pursued this enterprise and adhered to the policy stated it. But we owe it no less to the clear and unanimous tion of the people of England, whose mind was made up that Ling was to be done. In the course of these events, which h L so suddenly on our wonted avocations, we have had muc am and much to bear. At times the tedium of suspended excite cut became almost intolerable, and more than once the faint carted or the factious lost confidence in the result. Yet what is Le fact ? What is it we have done ? A year has not yet elapsed Ivanta enabl