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then proceed with irresistible success to protect the
Sunday from desecration." With the principle of this
we heartily concur; and much, we think, might be'
done, even without the aid of Parliament,- towards.
carrying it out. The force of public opinion is capable
of effecting much : let all those, then, who are anxious
to put a stop to the desecration of the Lord's-day,
endeavour to bring its force to bear upon the employers
of the poor. Many evils, besides Sunday-shopping,
are increased, if not actually caused, by the late pay-
ment of wages upon Saturday night : let them endea-
vour to put a stop to this ; and, if they fail, then let
them invoke the assistance of the Legislature. And
if, at the same time, they can procure the boon of a
Saturday half-holiday for the over-wrought labourer,
so much the better : and then, if they still find it ne-
cessary, they may justly apply for an act to prevent
Sunday-trading. But, as things are at present, we ,
agree with Dr. CUMMING, that Lord ROBERT I
GROSVENOR and his friends are beoinnino• at the 1
wrong end.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MOR ICING..

How strangely has the tide of feeling changed, and turned,
and flowed back on itself, within the last few days, in refer-
ence to the events - which have of late been unfolded
in the Crimea. A fortnight ago, the worlds of London and of
Paris, of France and Britain, were so elated with success, that
they seemed to scorn the earth they deigned to trend upon, and
would listen to nothing but tales of strife and daring; which
they looked on as synonymous with triumph. A cheek in the
onward flow of fortune brought them as suddenly round to
chafe at disappointment, and to throw censure on the• men
whose brows they, but the day before, had loaded with entam-
bering laurels. To judge by general appearances, it would
seem as if the glorious achievements of the 18th of June had
been for ever effaced from British annals on the fortieth anni-
versary of Waterloo. Consequent on this unfounded belief;
the impatient public was not slack in giving utterance to sus-
picions and insinuations—to reproaches against the generalis-
simo into whose hands they had entrusted the fate of their
army, and the result of the campaign, if not,- indeed, the abso-
lute issue of the war. The futile worthlessness of praise or
censure so elicited has been too frequently evinced to call for
demonstration; but, in the ease referred to, it has met with an
illustration so sudden and severe, as seldom falls to the lot of
ordinary dogmas. On Friday morning it was unexpectedly
announced, that even the iron constitution of Lord RAGLAN-
was not proof against the anxiety and vicissitudes incident to
an arduous campaign, conducted under circumstances whose
influence, moral and physical, was most depressing_. The an-
nouncerrient stated further, that other distinguished. officers,
companions in arms of the gallant general, were so much
prostrated in bodily health, by the same debilitating influ-
ences, that their recovery was doubtful ; while it was more
than merely hinted that Lord RIV.GLA:N! ES indisposition was
something more than merely evanescent, and that, in fact-
danger, in his case, was imminent. The effect of this-intelli-
gence was stunning. It recalled to men's minds the-stern
reality that we are now engaged in a conflict which will.
tax our energies—for a successful- issue to which we
must lay aside narrow jealousies and vain-glorious self-
conceit, and selecting our commanders with prudent
wisdom, place in them a liberal confidence, and a firm resolve
to strengthen their hands, instead of by the expression.of
illiberal prejudices and the application. of undeserved censure
distracting their attention, weakening their influence, and
diminishing their authority. All this, when danger threatened,
was instinctively felt, and as promptly acknowledged; but,
alas ! the recantation came too late.. Saturday, at a little
beyond noon, brought the inhabitants of London acquainted
with the fact that the spirit of the gallant commander of our
army in the Crimea had, on the 28th ult., quitted its
mortal tenement, and gone to
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns.

Among the displays of the present as of many previous
sessions; in Parliamentary eloquence, of which that illustrious
assembly and the nation may be justly proud, those of Lord
LYNDHURST stand conspicuous: While the attention of the
Commons. has been in a great degree taken up with personal
altercation,, and displays of sectarian spleen mingled with the
miserable jarrings of party animosity, the House of Lords•
has manfully vindicated its- claim to consideration as a
reasoning and legislative institution of the state.' On a
previous occasion, Lord LYNDHURST) in one of those masterly
-reviews of state policy which he is so well competent to
draw up, gave such a delineation: of the bearings of the
present war with Russia as extorted from the Earl of
ABERDEEN, the then Prime Minister,. a declaration of his
intention to prosecute the war with vigour. That the noble
Earl did not, in fact, redeem the letter of his promise, was no
fault of the venerable and learned Lord; and that the Earl
of ABERDEEN failed-to exact from the CZAR " security" for'
a- lasting peace, cannot be charged against the convincing
eloquence under which that nobleman- writhed, and was-
content to promise anything. On Tuesday last, Lord,
LYNDHURST, whose powers of eloquence- appear to grow
with his advancing years, again came forth--like an intellee—
tual-giant to grapple with the duplicity, of Austria. The
oration he delivered on this -last occasion, -so studiedly free
from: invective—so cautiously stripped of exaggeration—so
soathingly courteous—so calmly descriptive of a case too
disgraceful and dishonourable to admit of sarcasm, was, in
all respects, so powerful and conclusive in disabusing the
public mind of the gross- delusion practised .in setting up
Austria -as a bulwark against- Russian aggression in the
East, that it can never more be adventured upon in an
assembly, of educated men— After fully exposing this delusion,
which at one time or another influenced every member of the
Peace-at-any-price party—Lord Annnrann---and Mr. GLAD.
STONE being scarcely less its dupes than Mr.. -COBDEN and
Mr. BasonT.---his lordship proceeded to show the inconclu-
siveness and fallacy of the. treaty with Austria entered into
on the 2nd of December, and, gave-strong-reasons for believ-,
ing that even in it the Austrian Government was never sin- ,
cere, but calculated on its evasion by some of the negotiating ,
pixstienrsfusing one or other of its conditions, while she her-
war tidg'44 tur, thin ......m."escape_Dut_ or ri.v..,...................t.. in -1
a few lucid remarks he showed how the Austrian Cabinet had
tacked and trimmed, till having completely hoodwinked the
English Government, and when the Austrian.parpoies were
fully served, that fickle power turned coolly round, and
declared she should now fall back " to a neutrality treaty,"
and followed up this resolution by reducing_her army, and
falling off-from even pretended lellowship with the Western
Powers. At the conduct of Austria, viewed.through the clear
and searching lens furnished. by Lord LYNDHURST, every true
son of England must be prepared to adopt the burning
language-which SHAIESPEARE puts into the month of the.
indignant Conn./wn :--
War t war ! no peace t peace is to me a war.
0 Lymoges ! 0 Austria.! thou dost shame
That bloody spoil; thou slave, thou wretch,. lifer, coward
Thou little valiant, great in villany !
Thou ever strong upon the stronger side
Thou fortune's champion that dost never. fight
But when her humorous ladyship is by
To teach thee safety !—thou art perjured, toe,
And sooth'st up greatness. What a fooLart- thou—
A ramping fool to bray and stamp and swear,
Upon my party ! Thou cold-blooded slave,
Haat thou not spoke-like thunder on my side?
Been sworn my soldier? bidding me depend
Upon thy stars, thy fortune, and thy strength ?
And dost thou now fall over to myjoes?
Thou wear a lion's-hide I doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs !
Before concludingjais address, " the old man eloquenti':-(his
lordship is in his eighty-second year,), gave utterance -to the
following prophetic -admonition. "Now, my Lords, what is
the policy that I recommend ? Persevere ! If you,,da not
persevere, you not only fail to obtain; the objects for which the
war was undertaken, but you will disgraee yourselves In the
eyes of the world. Character is power. If the terms pro-
posed had been accepted, Russia would have ascended in the
scale of power. She would have been regarded by Eastern
nations as irresistible. No one would have dared to oppose
her will. If you turn to the West, the influence she has ac-
quired in Germany would have increased. a thousand-fold.
The chains of the lesser German States. would have been
rivetted yet- more firmly, and a severe blow would have been
struck at the progress of civilization." How, toweringly noble
is the language of the High. Steward.of Carataidge, contrasted
with that lately used on the same subject by the member for
the University-of Oxford I , -

The sad intelligence pressed with a foreboding gloom upon
the general mind, and ingenuity was vainly racked to find
immediate consolation for the sorrow thus inflicted—a sorrow
mingled with sincere repentance for the harsh opinions previ-
ously entertained, and not entirely unmixed with anxious
apprehension for the future. His lordship, who was born in
1788, and, consequently, was in his sixty-seventh year, had
seen a great deal of military service, having been Aide-de-
camp and Military Secretary to the Duke of WELLINGTON in
the Peninsula and at the battle of Waterloo, in which engage-
ment-he lost an arm. He received the appolatmeut of Blaste.r.
General of the Ordnance on the death of the late Marquis of
ANGLESEY, in April of last year; and in the following
November was created Field-Marshal. He was the youngest
son of the fifth Duke of BEAUFORT, and was raised to the
peerage in 1852. In 1814 he married EMILY HARRIET,
daughter of the third Earl of MoRNrNGToN, and is succeeded
in his titles and estate by his son RICHARD HENRY FITZ-ROY
SOMERSET, born in 1817. The intelligence of the melancholy
event was immediately communicated to Her MAJESTY, who
was mach affected by the sad news. A dinner-party had been
invited to the Palace, for the evening of that day, but it was
instantly countermanded by the QUEEN.
The melancholy death of the commander-in-chief naturally
calls for a consideration, however brief, of the actual condition
of the war fn the Crimea at the particular juncture when that
event occurred. The brief, yet startling, announcement has
followed with such rapidity on the repulse experienced by the
Allies in their great enterprise of the 18th of June, that we
are as yet unacquainted with the details of that sanguinary
conflict, and have not learned, except inferentially, what re-
sults have arisen in consequence of it. By the failure, so far
as can be made out from the circumstances which have since
transpired, it appears that the garrison of Sebastopol did not
gain anything, while of the Allies it is not unfit to say that,
apart from the personal regrets occasioned by the slaughter, they
merely did not gain everything they wished. The importance
of the positions assailed was such, as- to ensure a resolute de-
fence of them. Had they been gained, the conquest of the
town and its other defences could. scarcely have been delayed,
and it is not a common occurrence in war for such valuable
defences to fall before the first assault. The failure, however,
on that occasion must be takan as indicative of a degree of
ignorance on the part of the- allied commanders, as to the
means of defence possessed. by those positions, greater than
they would willingly have admitted.. Some knowledge has,
now been gained, albeit at heavy cost, whereby more ae--
curately to estimate the: resistance to be overcome. The
works intended for defeating that resistance, and rendering,
the success of the next attack more certain, have been steadily
pushed forward; andneither the French nor the English general
appears to have considered that repulse as fatal to future suc-
cess in the same quarter. Had the failure of the attack on
the Redan and the Malakhoff been of such a nature as to pre-
clude hope of capturing the town from that side, an, altered
plan of operations would have indicated the belief. Without
further loss of time or men, the commanders would have di-.
rected the alternative of seizing the heights and proceeding, at
whatever cost, with a line of investment towards. the north ;
but no decisive movement of this description has as. yet been
undertaken, while on the contrary every exertion has been-
used for completing, strengthening, and augmenting, the means
of attack still at the points first indicated, and. there is there-
fore every reason for believing that to the !WO% of those ex-
perienced warriors there has occurred no reason for departing
from the original plan. On the other hand,, it cannot be denied
that, considering the time they have beenbefore the place, that
with possession of such a point of observation as that afforded
by the Mamelon, some familiarity with the condition of the con-
tiguous andoverlooked batteries at the,Redanand the Malakhoff
m• ht have been attainable. If science could not accomplish
this, artifice might surely have aided in acquiring information
relative to fortifications not five hundred yards distant from our
entrenched lines ; and, if both these means had failed, experi-
ence of the men they had to deal with should have shown how
severe a resistance was to be encountered and repelled.
Another and an important fact forces itself reluctantly upon
observation in this contest, and that is, the small use made by
the Allies in applying scientific invention to forwarding the
objects of the beseigers. Every day brings us acquainted with
the discovery of exploding instruments, and the destructive
secret agencies employed by the Russians ; yet, on our side, ex-
traordinary aids derived from science appear to have been
carefully excluded from our munitions of war. Under any
view of the case, the death of Lord RAGLAN has occurred at
a momentous juncture of affairs ; what effect it may
produce upon the ultimate result of the campaign, it
would be indelicate and might be impolitic to say ; but the
plans have been so far matured and worked out in concert with
General PRLISSIER, that the successor of his lordship will not
likely now think of changing them. Activity, combined with
prudence—energy, with resolution and judgment in carrying
them out—are now what is wanted, and in General SIMPSON,
who is understood to be that successor, it is confidently be-
lieved these qualities will not be wanting. In the meantime
let it not be forgotten, either at home or abroad, that the ener:
eating heats of a Crimean summer, and its sunshine, destruc-
tive alike to vegetable growth and inimical to animal health,
will, in all probabilitY, be found not less fatal to our army than
were the sweeping blasts and frozen storms of its winter,
unless they are carefully guarded against.
The longest day has passed; and, with that interesting
period, the usual indications of a closing legislative session
have begun to make their appearance. Lord PALMERSTON,
the most "jaunty" of political Huns, has already, suo mar:,

One of the great shows of the past week has been the
second. Drury-lane performance of the Administrative Reform
Association, on Wednesday, on which. occasion the leading
character was cleverly enacted, by Mr. CRA.BLES DICKANS..
The display in this, as in the form= instance, was notcof a
character to advance in any degree the practical weight of the
association in public esteem, True,. Mr. Dwunts, in a.happy
strain of banter- and good-hnmoured sarcasm, administered
wholesome reproof to the flippancy and audacious arrogance
of manner too frequently exhibited by Lord PA:4'NERSTON,
while treating subjects of grave importance in the House of
Commons ; yet he went but a small way towards.bringing the
egotistical, vanity and gross blundering of his. coadjutors in
the movement within reasonable bounds. So long as the.
foundation on which their case for administrative reform is.
made to rest on such reckless assertions as those to which Mr.
LAYARD has been so repeatedly brought to book without
improving him, or on such flimsy suppositions as Mr.
LINDSAY adventured his case upon, so. long viilLthe pnbllc
treat the movement and the movers of a popularßandal- The
scope of the Association's programmeis so comprehensive.that it
can be made to include nearly everything or with equal, facility
evade grappling with anything; in the .one case assuming the
virtue of every graceful act, in the other repudiating
any of their fallacies which may be exposed. Recent events,
and still more recent exposures, make it quite clear that
great room exists for improvement in the administration of
our military system ; but more than his simple word for it
will be required to induce general belief in the averment that
the honourable mention of Corporal Qtnivrt, in a late despatch
by Lord RAGLAN, was in any way brought about by the de-
clamations of Mr. LAYARD. The exigencies of the service
show clearly the kind of men who are wanted in particular
situations, and a very moderate share of capacity will be suf-
ficient to point out to a commander the means by which such
men are excited to action. To these concurrent causes
it is not too much to attribute the mention of the case referred
to as much more likely than the diatribes of Mr. LAYARD.
The probability of a protracted and sanguinary war has
seemingly been the means of sharpening the Ministerial wits
in more ways than one, and accordingly we find the War
Minister increasing the pay and augmenting in various ways
, the consideration in which the private soldier is held; but in
• doing this we are by no means reduced to the conviction that
• these concessions have been made in obedience to the behests
of Mr. LAYARD and his friends. If that gentleman is not
above the drudgery of such labour, he will find that during
the last great European war similar provision was made to
ensure the service of the common soldier ; and that even
after its close a considerable gratuity was bestowed upon
the soldiers who had fought at Waterloo, long before Mr.
LAYARD could have piped a very potent note upon hie showy
reed of Administrative Reform,

' commenced his "slaughter of the parliamentary innocents." I CHURCH UNIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.;'
Many matters, no doubt, still remain, sufficient to occupy the ; sa,
legislative attention for a long period, even after the virtual TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD..
Sra,----You printed, a few weeks ago, the report of the Lou.Lon-
measures ; but of the remaining four it is believed the ministry
refer to it as affording abundant proof of the necessity which
will make no very desperate effort to prevent one or two from
exists for the formation of such bodies, and for the purpose of
falling into the "limbo" of parliamentary vanities. Among
the measures depending upon the of individual mem-
expressing my surprise that no such organisation bas been
hers, the one which at present occupies the greatest share of -established in our own diocese. Church Unions have already
done much, and especially towards the revival of Convocation .
public attention is the motion of Mr. Romsocic, for a vote of
and whenever their efforts in this respect are crowned withcensure on the government, for the share its members had
in the gross mismanagement which has been proved to have success, as I doubt not that sooner or later they will be, the
led to such fatal suffering in the army before Sebastopol. This ,necessity for their own continued existence will have passed
motion, which' was to have come on to-morrow, is now fixed for away. But, in the meantime, they are both useful and neces-
sary, for the double purpose of calling the attention of Church-
that day week. By its terms the House will be called on to
men to such measures as may directly or indirectly affect the
declare that "Ministerial responsibility" is something more
than a theoretical phrase ; and that it cannot be evaded by
Church's interests, and also of organising support or resist-
the convenient trick of making three or four gentlemen enact ante, as each may be required.
the character and sustain the obloquy of scapegoats, while I have said, that the last report of the London Church
U
the remaining ten or eleven of their colleagues steer clear ofnion demonstrates the necessity which exists for such bodies
as that from which it emanates. It refers to various measures
the charge and escape all blame. In this particular instance
introduced into Parliament, and all more or less affecting the
the constitutional peculiarities of Britain are indeed upon
interests of the Church ; but I need only refer to one of these
their trial—the eyes of Europe are upon them. The Parisian
i
journals already teem with speculations on the subject. Most in order to justify my assertion : I mean Lord Shaftesbury's
of these organs of opinion reiterate, less or more directly, the bill for free trade in religion, by which he would repeal the
sentiments uttered by PRINCE ALBERT at the Trinity House statute which prohibits the meeting of more than twenty per.
sons for the purpose of worship. This bill may be good or
dinner. The Debuts spoke out more pointedly than is its
bad; but that is not the question, It affects the Church most
wont on such hazardous questions, tracing in the Adminis-
nearly, and, such being the case, it seems but fair that Church' Reform movement, and the Sebastopol Committee •
inquiry and its concomitants, an agitation which, in character, men should have an opportunity- of expressing an opinion
is the first step towards a revolution. For this proceeding
about it; and, by petition or otherwise, of supporting or oppos-
the Editor of the Debdtthas been called before the "Direction ing it. And yet I suspect that the great mass of Churchmen
de la &trete Generale," and there he received instructions not would, like myself, have remained in utter ignorance of its
to resume the subject under any circumstances; and he was unostentatious passage through the House of Commons, had
warned not to reply in his journal to remarks upon the matter it not been for the notice which was bestowed upon it by the
in any other Parisian paper. On Wednesday last, the Consti-
report in question. And, even with regard to measures, the
introduction of which is generally known, as those for the
tuticmel and the Pays each published an article on the sub-
ject, taking up the defence of the English Puimcz CONSORT abolition of Church-rates and the legalisation of incest, the
and attacking both the Debt-its and the' English press. So, if Church 'Union may be, and frequently is, a most useful agent
we cannot have a censorship at home; it appears, that the in exciting opposition, procuring signatures to petitions, and
government of our good and faithful allies• will accommodate the like. Itifran old and true proverb, that " what is• every
us with as much of theirs as they can conveniently spare. body's business-le-nobody's. business," and its truth, has' been
In the meantime, the probable result of Mr. Rogp.vcm'a strikingly exemplified in the past history of the Church of
motion is keenly and anxiously canvassed at home. Most England. Deprived of her Convocation, deprived o: her Dio-
cesan and Ruri-decanal Synocita---deprived, in short, of every
parties believe thatcthrough the exercise of tactical manoeuvres;
body which might legally and constitutionally look after her
Lord PALMERSTOrr will contrive that it shall suffer shipwreck
interests, and elicit or direct her opinions,—she has been left
by a similar course of navigation to that which proved so
fatal, to Mr. Mitaaa- GIBSON'S motion in relation to the' to the tender mercies of any, ministry,7or even private member,
Vienna Conferences. who might take it into his head to legislate in her behalf ; and

in many instances measures-most detrimental to her wellbeing
have been passed, almost without a whisper of opposition from
Churchmen at large, simply because there has been no recog-
nised body, whose duty it was to take the- matter up. Being
the- duty of every one in general, and of no one in particular,
it has-'been neglected altogether.
The Church Union, it is true, is but an expedient, a sort
of provisional committee. It-is an anomaly, but the anomalous
state of the Church has rendered it necessary;. and when, if
ever, the Church's Convocationis fairly restored; and permitted
to exercise those powers which, by an act of execrable tyranny,
have been so long- kept in abeyance, we shall no longer need
it. Not only will the limited functions, which 2,15-present it
discharges; be more effectually discharged by Convocation
itself, but, to a great extent, the very necessity for discharging
them at all will cease. To exemplify my meaning,. let me
again refer to Lord Shallesbury's bill. It aims at repealing
one of the legal or act-of-parliament safeguards of the Church.
At present no man can get up a congregation of more than
twenty people• without; declaring himself a dissenter,. and
obtaining a licence 'for the room or - they
meet as a place of dissenting worshig., Lord Shaftesbury's
bill, howeverrwould enable any number of men to get up any
number of congregations- in any parish in opposition to ,•the
lawful ministerthereef, and yet retain the status and all. the-
rights of-Churchmen. Against this the Church protests; but
give her back her Convocation, and she would cease to proixst.
Give her back her own undoubted rights and. means of defence;.
and she would care little for being deprived. of such protection
as an act of parliament can afford. Cut her bonds, let her go,
free,. and she will be quite capable to defend herself, and to
deal as well with her- avowed foes as with her own rebellious•-
children. She wall l care little, whether it be lawful for twenty
or twenty thousand to meet in opposition to'her ministers.;
for she will have power to cast. them out, to-sever all connee-
tion between herself and them... But, I repeat, so. long as she
continues in her present anomalous position, so long is the.-
Church Union necessary : and I cannot but express my sur-
prise that nothing of the kind has been got up in this neigh-
bourhood. One would think that Liverpool, second only to.
London in importance, might well support a Church Union to
itself--I am, Sir, dec.
' -ann. h.., 11355..

A Liu AT

DISGRACEFUL • CONDITION OF ST PAUL'S

CHURCH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,— Permit me, through your paper, to draw public
attention to the state of St. Paul's Church. Circumstances
have removed me from that part of the town, but old
associations occasionally at distant intervals d.-aw me thither
on a Sunday morning. Yesterday was an occasion of this
nature, and whilst. I was- most gratified at the solemn and
impressive manner in which the senior minister, who always
officiates in the morning, performed the services, and the
marked and decided improvement in the attendance,. I was
perfectly shocked at the condition of the building itself. If
something be not quickly done, it will positively be in ruins.
I shall not enter into details but will merely notice two
particulars. The ceiling, under the portico, has in a great
measure fallen down, and the-dropping of the plaster renders
ingress or egress a matter of danger. On going into the
south aisle," found it flooded with water, which bad penetrated
through thaceiling of the gallery, and in the gallery itself some
pews were filled with water from the ceilingund roof. Some,
grave mismanagement is here at work, and it is not too
much to ask, are there no means of ascertaining what has.
become of the hundreds of pounds voted at the Parish Vestry,
for the repairs of St. Paul's, and not only voted, but charged
in the churchwardens' accounts ? Is there no tribunal before
which those in office can be called for not applying public.
money to the uses fore which it was entrusted into their.
hands P—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, July 2, 1555

PARISHION EL

BRIGANDAGE AT SMYRNA.

SMYRNA, June 16.—The abduction of Dr. M'Craith, an
English physician resident here, by a band of brigands .on
Sunday last, is now the engrossing topic of conversation. On
Sunday a band of some 30 robbers, armed to the teeth, estab.
lished themselves. about half a mile from Bournabat, on the
road side, and waylaid a number of persons, whom they robbed
of money, jewellery, &c. They also detained others- for, the
purpose of obtaining ransom; but let them all escape with the
exception of Dr. M'Craith, a M. Manuc, and M. Marcopoly, a
son of a Greek, merchant in, Smyrna. It appears, that two
brothers Marcopoly, with two friends named Devris and Castor,
were returning on horseback into Bournabat„ about seven
o'clock on Sunday evening,. when they were- stopped at the
road side close to a cemetery by ten or twelve. Greek, robbers,
armed with double-barrelled guns, pistols,, and, yataghans.
While they were detained in the cemetery, they saw Dr'.
Wrrith brought in by other robbers. Hp had, also been
stopped on the road, while on his way to attend a Mrs.
Fisher, an. English lady residing at the neighbouring vil-
lage of Hadjdar, in her approaching confinement. All the
party were threatened with immediate- death if they did not
keep quiet, and when, on an omnibus. passing which plies to
and from Bournabat, Dr. Wraith. attempted to call for
assistance, he was stunned by the blow of the stock of a
pistol. After some time the robbers. appeared to think it
useless...to detain Messrs. Devris,, Castor, and G. Marcopoly,
but carried. off Dr. M'Craith and IL Marcopoly. After tra-
versing two, fields they fell in with four other robbers, who
had under their care M. Manuc and three other persons.
The latter were allowed to depart, Dr. M'Craith, M. Mann;
and M. H. Marcopoly being carried. off across a plain some
eight miles in width to the mountains, where they arrived at
midnight, and sent M. H. Marcopoly back with letters from.
Dr. Wraith and M. Mantic, saying that the robbers de-
manded £l,OOO each for ransom. He fell in at daylight with
Colonel Storks, Hamid Bey, and a large body of armed police,
in pursuit of the robbers, and delivered his letters, but abso-
lutely refused to act as. a guide, or to give information as to
the whereabouts of the band, under fear probably of their
menaces and vengeance, and when forced to proceed, it is
now believed that he led the pursuers intentionally on a
wrong tract. Here, then, had been a band of some twenty
or thirty robbers lying perdu close to the principal place of
resort of the Smyrna merchants—the RiChmond of Smyrna,
in fact-7-occupying themselves for some hours in plundering
wayfarers, and at last proceeding with their captives across
a broad plain unpursued. It appears that Dr. Goolden, one
Of the medical officers of the Civil Hospital, was passing
the spot of Dr. Wraith's capture a very few minutes after-
wards, and was told of it by some peasants. He. instantly
galloped into Bournabat, and endeavoured to excite the people
to engage in pursuit, but all in vain. No one would join him,
so he returned to Smyrna as fast as he could and gave the
alarm. Colonel Storks at once waited on the Pasha, and suc-
ceeded in rousing him to action. The second in command,
Harald Bey, was sent off with some 80 men in the direction
taken by the robbers, and orders were sent to the Pasha of
Magnesia to send others to take them in the rear. Nearly
all the members of the medical staff armed and started at
midnight also in pursuit. A great part of Monday was spent
by detached parties scouring the mountains in various direc-
tions, and one party came up with the robbers, but after re-
ceiving a volley which wounded one man, they threw down
their arms and fled. So much for the Turkish police. It
now became a question whether a party of English soldiers,
convalescents, should be engaged in the service. Colonel
Storks was quite ready to lead them,. but the English and
French consuls, and the family of Dr. Wraith, were opposed
to any such measures. They argued that the first object was
to save the doctor's life, afterwards to pursue the robbers. It
was accordingly arranged that the Turkish troops should be
withdrawn on Tuesday, and the ransom sent to the robbers
by a shepherd. By that time, however, they had shifted their
quarters, and it is supposed that the ransom has not yet
reached them. Yesterday they are said to have been seen
about seven hours' journey from hence, with Dr. Wraith on
a donkey, and his friends confidently anticipate that he will
be restored to them as soon as the rails= is roveivel—Cor.
respondent of the Daily News.