The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

PASSENGERS' Act AMENDMENT-BILL

The remainder of the morning sitting was in committee on
the Passengers' Act Amendment Bill, and the house adjourned
shortly before 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock. _ _ _

On the motion of Mr. Hayter, a new writ was ordered for
Marylebone, in the room of Sir B. Hall, appointed Chief Com-
missioner of Works.

In answer to Mr. Hamilton, the CHANCELLOR OP THE Ex-
CHEQUER stated that the commissioners appointed to enquire
into the subject of decimal coinage were Lord Overstone, Lord
IVlonteagle, and Mr. Hubbard. He had no objection to lay the
commission upon the table.
In reply to Mr. Mitchel, Lord PALMERSTON said the govern-
ment had no intention to bring in a bill this session to repeal
the act of 1782, disqualifying certain contractors from sitting
in parliament, and rendering them liable to heavy penalties in
the event of their doing so.
In reply to Mr. Bright, Lord PALMERSTON stated that ac-
counts had been received at the Colonial-office of the transac-
tions on the coast of Africa, which were now occupying public
attention, but none had been received at the Admiralty. He
would make inquiry as to what information could be laid
before the house.
In answer to another question from Mr. Bright,
Lord PALMERSTON said the President of the Board of Con-

trol would take the earliest possible opportunity of bringing
on the Indian Budget, but in the present state of public
business he could not fix a day for the purpose.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA.

Mr. DISRAELI, alluding to a statement in Lord J. Russell's
speech on Thursday night, begged to ask the noble lord a
question in respect to it. The noble lord, in accounting for
the expedition to the Crimea, was understood to have stated
that one of the principal reasons of it was the refusal of Aus-
tria to cross the river Pruth. He begged to ask the noble
lord his authority for this statement.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that his authority for it was his
general recollection of the communications which at that time
passed between the Governments of Austria and that of her
Majesty. •
Mr. DISRAELI then put the same question to Lord Pal-
merston.
Lord PALMERSTON said it was impossible for him to
answer such questions piecemeal, arising out of a long course
of correspondence. All he would say was, that he had always
thought the Crimea was the place to strike an effectual blow
against the power of Russia.
In answer to Mr. Laing,
Lord PALMERSTON declined to appoint a day for a dis-
cussion upon the second series of the Vienna Papers.
Mr. LAING thereupon gave notice that he should call
attention to these papers.
THE TURKISH LOAN.
On the report of the resolution respecting the Turkish
Loan,
Mr. STUART WORTLEY expressed his regret at the division

on Friday night, which he attributed to a surprise, and hoped
that it might not be taken in Europe as an indication of the
real sense of the house upon the question of the loan. He
could see difficulties in the form of the convention, and the
possibility of various embarrassments arising out of it, from
the manner in which each party was made to guarantee the
full amount of the loan. But he contended that, admitting
these objections, the position of affairs in Europe required
that the convention should be adopted. He regretted deeply
much of the language that had been used on Friday, bat,
still more, that it should have gone forth to Europe, that the
British House of Commons should only have carried the con-
vention by the small majority of three. He did not himself
venture to say that the rejection of the terms of this conven-
tion would endanger the alliance with France, but he cer-
tainly thought what had occurred would be misunderstood
with regard to the war against Russia.
Mr. BRIGHT denied that there had been any surprise in
the division, and vindicated those who had opposed the con-
vention. He contended, too, that Mr. Wortley had, by his
own showing, established a case for the rejection of the con-
vention. Condemning the terms of the arrangement, he re-
marked that the security which it offered upon the revenues
of Egypt, Syria, and Smyrna, is, in point of fact, the first
step towards a partition of Turkey.
Mr. SERGEANT SirEE made a vigorous attack upon Mr.
Gladstone for his speech on Friday, and accused him of at-
tempting to trip up the government, and of questioning the
honour of France and of Turkey.
Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY vindicated his vote in favour of the
resolution on Friday, and Mr. ALCOCK defended his against it.
Mr DEEDES also vindicated his vote on Friday in favour of
the convention, on political considerations.

Mr. RICARDO said he had opposed the proposition, because
he was opposed to our t ntering once again upon a system of
subsidies. He denied that there had been any surprise on
Friday ; he was so anxious that the war should be carried on
with vigour, that if he thought the course he advised was
likely to interfere with warlike proceedings, he would not have
brought it forward, but he could not believe that the rejection
of the resolution could for a moment peril the French alliance.
SIR DE LACY EVANS contended that the vote had been
arrived at by surprise, and he urged that Turkey had acted
most energetically in this war.
Mr. LA.YARD declared that the course taken by Mr. Glad-
stone and his friends on this question, was unwise, unstates-
manlike, and unpatriotic. The course of Mr. Cobden and
Mr. Bright was consistent, but he could not understand that
of Mr. Gladstone, to whose speech at Manchester he attri-
buted the hard terms to which Turkey is obliged to submit in
order to negotiate the last loan. The present policy of the
right hon. gentleman would effectually answer the designs of
the enemy. At the same time he admitted that the joint
guarantee was impolitic, but he contended that there were
high motives of statesmanship why it should be accepted.
Turkey was extremely sensitive upon all points of finance, and
he gave an animated description of her resources, to shew that
there was no reason to fear that this country would have to
pay the interest upon the loan. At the same time he earnestly
called attention to the progress of the Russians in Asia Minor,
expressing a fear that Kars would fall before them.

Mr. GILLDSTONE, after a powerful reply to Mr. Layard and
Mr. Shee, warmly vindicated the course he had taken on Friday,
and pointed out the inconsistency of Mr. Wortley, in absenting
himself from the deliberations on that evening, and now con-
demning them. He defended the right of free deliberation
on the part of the house, and remarked that not one man
present on Friday had spoken in defence of the arrangement,
except the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. The subject was one of grave importance
and difficulty, and being such, it certainly ought not to be
made the subject of retrospective lectures from gentlemen
who had not thought proper to attend to the discussion. It
was not upon financial considerations that he rested his ob-
jections to the measure, but upon political objections, and
here he contended from political considerations arising out of
the interpretations of the convention, that, for the sake of pre-
sent ease, we were really perilling our future alliance with
France. He entreated the house to remember that for forty
or fifty years we were to be in relations with France, which
this convention involved. Those nations which wished to
avoid quarrels should avoid the occasion for quarrelling ; but
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of it. In conclusion, he hoped that, before the next stage of
this question, the noble lord would endeavour to remove tlus
objections which had been made to these terms.
After some observations from Mr. John Macgregor, Mr.
Kirk, Mr. Laing, Mr. Cayley, Mr. Frank Crossley, Mr.
Muntz, and Mr. Phillimore, principally in explanation of the
reasons for their several votes on Friday,The report was received, and leave given to Lord Pal-
merston and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in a
bill founded upon it.
Mr. PALS asked a question as to the reinforcements in-
tended for the Crimea.
Mr. PEEL declined to give the information, but said our
reserves were going on satisfactorily.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Lord EBRINGTON called the attention of the House to the
present state of the proceedings in the Encumbered Estates
Court of Ireland, and he moved that the delays in the court
had caused such hardship to the former proprietors of estates
sold under its authority have to a serious extent disappointed
the expectation entertained when it was established of its
probable efficiency and usefulness.

A very lengthened discussion took place on this motions
which eventually ended in its being negatived.
Lord SEYMOUR then called the attention of the house to
the course pursued by the Government, in respect to the grant
made for the Ordnance Survey of Scotland in the present
year. He complained that, in violation of two promises to
the house, that the Treasury had sanctioned the 25-inch scale,
which scale was so large as to be useless except to the landed
proprietors, and as the house had been deceived he called upon
it to express an opinion that would put an end to an under-
taking that would involve the country in an expenditure of
millions for purposes not of a national character.
The Lonn ADVOCATE said in reply, that if the papers now
on the table were carefully considered, it would be found that
the Government had pursued a right and proper course. En-
tering into a history of the survey, he pointed out the incon-
venience that had arisen from the changes of scale up to 1853,
about which time the opinion of many competent men was
given that a larger scale than 6-inch should be adopted, and
the larger scale of 25-inch was selected. He then replied to
the allegations that the house had been deceived in
this respect, contending that fair notice had been gi-
ven of the intention to survey Ayrshire and
Dumfriesshire upon the larger scale. There was no
ground fot_ stating that the house had even been taken by
surprise. -"Where the 25-inch scale had been undertaken it
had been continued, but beyond that it would be stopped; at
the same time there was an immense preponderance of opinion
in favour of the larger scale. -
_ _

Mr. HENLEY observed that, by the course taken by the
government, the vote for the survey had been taken without
the house having been made acquainted with the circumstance.
Lord PALMERSTON defended the larger survey as of great
public interest.
After a few observations from Mr. WILLIAMS, the subject
dropped.
Mr. ALCOCK then called the attention of the house to the
state of public opinion on the subject of the Sale of Beer Act
of last session, with a view to take steps to repeal that act—
allowing public-houses to remain open on Sundays after one
o'clock in the afternoon.
Sir G. GREY said it was most inconvenient to discuss this
question, whilst the committee was yet sitting; until they had
reported it could not be considered ; but when the committee
reported, then the house wculd deal with the subject.
The subject then dropped.
Mr. CRAWFORD then called attention to a paper published
in the appendix to the report of the Statute-law Commis-
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discussed by or laid before the other commissioners.
It was then ordered that the committee of supply should be
taken on Thursday.
On the motion that the Limited Liabilities Bill be postponed
till 12 o'clock to-morrow,
Mr. MircHELL opposed it; and the house divided—
For the motion .......... 76
Against it l5

Majority ......... 61
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at 2 o'clock, a.m.

\VEST LNDIES.

The Royal Mail COmpany's steam-ship Tay, Captain S. W.
Sawyer, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, from the West
Indies, with the usual mails, containing advices from Jamaica
to the 28th ult. She brought 154 passengers, and $1,328,436
in specie.

The Island of Jamaica was healthy. Business is extremely
dull. Sales of any magnitude cannot be effected, owing to the
continuance of high prices. Much importance is attached to
mining enterprises. The explorations of the last two or three
years have been remarkably successful. The extensive mid-
land district of Clarendon, running from the termination of
the limestone formation almost to the lines of St. John, has
been found to be one vast copper country.
Exchanges on London, at 90 days, per cent. prem.; 60
ditto, 1 ditto ; 30 ditto, 12 ditto.
At St. Janus, Porto Rico, great numbers are dying from
yellow fever. The troops are suffering very much.

AT THE Police-court, yesterday, a Spanish seaman, with a
name so formidable that even the interpreter could not pro-
nounce it, was fined £5 and costs, or two months' imprison-
ment, for attempting to stab one of his shipmates in a quarrel
on board their vessel, the schooner 14Iaximina, lying in the
Victoria Dock.

ONE Pooß WOMAN ROBBING ANOTHER. —Ellen Pearce, a
poor-looking woman, charged Anne Murphy, a female of
equally destitute appearance, with picking her pocket of 82., iu
St. John's Market,on Saturday night. The case was very clearly
proved, and the prisoner was sent for trial at the sessions.
ROBBERY AT THE GASWORK S. —Yesterday,Robt.llumplaies,
an old man employed at the gas-works, Athol-street, was brought
up at the Police-office, for stealing lead. Cousens, the de-
tective, said that he apprehended the prisoner at his own
house, No. 4,Wilbraham-place, on Saturday night, and found on
the premises two pigs of lead and some lead piping. A wit-
ness deposed that he melted down the lead, and recognised
marks on the "pigs" as corresponding with the mould. A
great quantity of lead had been stolen, and suspicion fell upon
the prisoner. He was ordered to pay 20s. and costs, or to go
to gaol for one month.

SATISFACTORY BO FAR AS IT GOES.—The two notorious
burglars Owen Hall and John Mitchell,who were apprehended
on the morning of Saturday week, trying to enter various
houses in Upper Parliament-street by means of skeleton keys,
were again brought up at the police-court yesterday, and sent
to gaol for three months each. The case was fully reported
in the Standard of last week. John Mitchell ,who was also
apprehended as an accomplice, and a gold watch case found
upon him, was discharged, as no owner had been found for the
case.

SINGULAR SUFFOCATION OP A CHlLD.—Edward Bingham,
a child, 14 months old, whose parents reside at No. 27, Kent-
terrace, Kent-street, was put to bed by his mother at sit
o'clock, on Saturday night. At half-past nine she went to see
how he was getting on, and found the little fellow sunk into
a hole in the bed, his face to the pillow, and quite dead. The
mother bears an excellent character, and there is not the
slightest suspicion of any imprudent act on her part. An
inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict returned of " Acci-
dentally suffocated in bed."

CRICKET IN BIRKENHEAD PARK.—Yesterday afternoon a
match was commenced between the first eleven of Birkenhead
Park and the Birkenhead Victoria clubs. The score, so far as
it went, was—Birkenhead Park, Ist innings, 137 ; Victoria,
Ist innings (for the loss of two wickets), 41. The game will
be resumed this afternoon.

THE HIMALAYA will embark a detachment of the 12th
Lancers, at Southampton, to-morrow (Wednesday), the 25th
instant, and leave for this port, where she will take on board
12 officers, 204 men, and 164 horses of the Ist Dragoon Guards,
and 15 men and 40 horses of the 2d Dragoons.
LAST night some thousands were congregated in the Zoolo-
gical Gardens, the occasion being the annual festival of the
Liverpool Rechabite Lodges. There were some very promi-
nent instances that the principles of Rechab were not strictly
adhered to by the majority of the spectators.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE HABANA.—This handsome and power-
ful vessel—the first of the new line of ocean mail screw
steamers to ply once a-month between this port, Spain, and
Cuba—made a successful trial trip yesterday outside the port.
More particulars respecting the line to which she belongs will
be found in another column.
THE LIVERPOOL REBORN ASSOCIATION. -- The annual
meeting of the Radicals of this town, who are members of
the above body, took place at the Commercial Hotel, Dale-
street, yesterday, at noon. Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Chairman
of the Association, sent a note of apology for non-attendance,
urging the necessity of his presence in the House of Com-
mons to support Lord Palmerston last night, as his reason for
being away. Under these circumstances, the chair was occu-
pied by Mr. Walter F. Macgregor. The business was merely
of a routine character ; but nearly all the speakers dwelt upon
the strong necessity of Liberals looking after the registration
lists, as they anticipated a hard struggle at the next borough
election, which was believed to be imminent. This hint will
not be lost on good Conservatives.

APPLE STEALING BY "PEEP OF DAY BOYS,"—John Revey
and Thos. Lloyd, two young men, and John Darley, a boy, were
brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, charged with steal-
ing apples. Detective-officer Percy said that, in conseque'nce
of the numerous robberies committed at such early hours on
Sunday morning, from gardens in the outskirts of the town,
he and Sullivan were sent to look after the marauders, who
are known as "peep of day boys," in police phraseology. They
discovered the three prisoners prowling about South-hill-road,
Toxteth-park, and afterwards caught them stealing apples
from the garden of the Rev. J. S. Howson, No. 4. The boy told
them that the other prisoners had put him over the wall, and
thrashed him when he wanted to go away from the garden.
They were each fined five shillings and costs.—Several others
were brought up for stealing flowers, and fined in various
amounts, or discharged if they had not previously been before
the court.

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aognetdh2e7b,body o,fvhWo,mp.reSvhiaorursolyektoyessatteurdrdayay,
,anyeovuenrghamdaariniyecilunnutesn4
of a Serious nature. He lived with his wife, at No. 9, Princes-
street, and, according to the statement of the latter and another
female witness, he got dinner on Saturday on board a vessel in
dock, the steward of which had been on such familiar terms
with his wife, that three years ago she ran off to sea with
seco
her nd
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him, leaving her husband. On Saturday evening Sharrock
went home and complained of a pain at his heart. He took
two purgative pills, purchased at Mr. Howell's, druggist, Dale-
street, and two glasses of brandy, and went to bed. On Sunday
morning he took three cups of tea and some bread and butter,
1- and directly after commenced vomiting. About three o'clock
in the afternoon he had a fit, and another about five o'clock.
His wife stated that when he had the first fit she sent for a
surgeon,
was dead. Sharrock said to his wife on Saturday evening, "I
haven't felt well since I got my dinner, and I'll be hanged if I
don't think I've been poisoned by that
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returned a verdict of " death from natural causes." No post
mortem examination was made of the body. The name of the
steward or the ship in which the deceased dined
wahrenhothadknobwenen.
COTTON ROBBERIES.—A very intricate case of cotton rob-
bery was heard at the Police-court yesterday, which
remanded from Saturday. In the first case, Joseph Murphy
and John Wells, two old men, were charged with stealing
cotton from the office of Messrs. Armstrong and Berry, Vir-
ginia Buildings, South Chapel-street. The principal evidence
was given by a boy, named Thomas Murphy, son of the pri-
soner Murphy, who had been admitted to turn approver. He
does not bear a good character, having been in prison for a
week for obtaining money by representing himself as con-
nected with the detective office. About seven o'clock, on Fri-
day morning, Scott, the detective officer, met this boy in the
street, carrying several brown paper parcels of cotton, which
he said he had obtained from Wells, at Messrs. Armstrong
and Berry's office, having been sent there by his father. On
most of the parcels was written, by the boy himself, " To be
left at the Oldham Station until called for, per L. and Y. Ry."
Wells had been employed for twelve years to clean out the
office, and he said he had been twenty years in town without a
stain on his character. He utterly denied that he had seen
either of the Murphys on the morning in question. He was
discharged, as neither the cotton nor the paper parcels could
be identified.—Joseph Murphy, Mielpel Dunne, John Foster,
and Wm. Dowling, were then charged with stealing two par-
cels of cotton from the warehouse of Messrs. Sill and 3leugens,
in Edmund-street, where the two latter were employed.omas
Again the principal evidence was given by the boy
Murphy, who swore that his father sent him to engage a cart
to remove the cotton from the warehouse. The carter, a boy
part of It was
stated that Murphy sold the cotton
to Dunne. All four pri-
Eo4Crs were sent for trial at the Sessions.
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wheregav evidence of carting the cotton
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THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

THE correspondence from the seat of war has lately
been very irregular, but we resume the narrative as
far as can be given from the letters received from the
Crimea. The correspondent of the _Daily News,
writing on the 3rd of July, says :
The event of to-day has been the funeral procession of the
late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, from the head-quarters house
to the "Caradoc," which was waiting at Kazatch Bay to con-
vey the mortal remains to England. There has not been
much fire from the batteries to-day. The French are busily
employed in strengthening their new works on the east of
Careening Bay. The redoubt Blanche is becoming a for-
midable work. The embrasures of the small five-gun battery
at the extremity of the spur have been now turned, and the
arrangements for its armament will shortly be completed.
But still further in advance than this, and at a lower level,
immediately overhanging the water of the Great Harbour,
our allies have commenced anew work. The Russian twelve-
gun battery on the opposite side of the harbout has been
keeping up a very constant fire, with a view to impede
the progress of this work, which promises completely
to prevent the Russian shipping again appearing near
the Bay of Inkerman. The Russian batteries on the west
side of Careening Bay have also been very constantly
throwing shells in the direction of this and the other
French works on the east side. The French have made
a covert approach to the five-gun battery. Our new advanced
batteries in the right attack are making rapid progress. It is
anticipated by our engineers that their effect against the ship-
ping lying off the Karabelnaia suburb will be very destructive.
The enemy has undertaken a work of great labour. During
the last two nights his working parties have been actively en-
raged in filling up the old embrasures of the Korniloff bastion
in front of the Malakoff Tower, and also those of a considerable
part of the Redan near the salient angle. It is quite evident
that a greater elevation is about to be given to the whole line
of battery, so that a more dominant fire may be obtained from
the Malakoff against the Mamelon Vert, and from the Redan
against our Quarry and other works on the right attack. To
complete this operation, great labour will also be required with-
in the work. There has been a cessation of the arrival of the
immense convoys which used to be seen of carts conveying
sacks apparently of grain. The two huge pyramidal heaps
which were collected below the Star Fort have disappeared ;
they have been removed, it is supposed, into some of the large
storehouses which exist nearer to the water, but at no
great distance from the spot where the heaps were first
deposited. There are eight or nine stacks, but compa-
ratively small in size, of bags placed in a row, on a level
piece of ground north of the 12-gun battery. These
sacks are much darker in colour than were those deposited in
the pyramidal heaps, neither have they any cover or protec-
tion from the weather. It is presumed that these do not con-
tain corn or other grain. Some of these have increased in size
the last few days. Vast numbers of waggons conveying
gabions come in daily. Part disappear as they turn to reach
the entrance of the Star Fort, but the greater part are brought
toward the harbour to be transported to the south side. They
are brought over in barges, and are piled to a great height
above their sides. The barges are usually towed across by
small rowing boats. They can be watched from the time of
leaving the wharf on the opposite side until they arrive at the
usual landing-place in the Admiralty harbour. Sometimes
they are brought to the dockyard creek, for works going on in
the Karabelnaia suburb. But the quantities which arrived
daily on the north side are so enormous that it is difficult to
guess in what way they can be employed, unless some very
extensile works are going on in the town or suburbs, which
the outer line of fortifications conceals from view. The
increase in the size of the graveyard, just in rear of the 12-
gun battery, on the verge of the opposite cliff, is becoming
very remarkable. This cemetery is placed at no great
distance from several of the large encampments of square
tents, which have been supposed to be ambulance establish-
ments. The part recently formed is readily discerned and
distinguished from the older part of the cemetery. The former
is composed of immense mounds of dark-coloured earth, at
the eastern end of which can always be seen the opening of a
large pit. The latter is made up of single graves, each bearing
a small cross of black or white wood. The large mounds are
without crosses. At one part of the recently-formed cemetery
is an enclosed grave of some pretensions. Through the pal-
ings which bound it on each side can be seen two white ob-
jects, probably stone tablets, one at each end, and of different
sizes. The recent part of the cemetery now occupies nearly
half the extent of the older portion. Every morning the
fatigue party of soldiers arrive at this grave•field, the men
pile their arms, take off their coats, and set to work in forming
one large pit or excavation. The same party appears to remain
all day. Burials are frequent, and occur at all hours. The
new part is extending up a gentle incline, and stretching in
an easterly direction. At the western end a road passes, so
that the cemetery could not be prolonged in that direction
without interfering with
SEVERE LOSS FROM A SHOT.

A severe casualty occurred this evening among some men
belonging to the 2nd battalion of the Rifle Brigade. It was
caused by the discharge of a single gun from the enemy, and
perhaps this instance affords an example of the greatest num-
ber of injuries inflicted by this means during the siege. A
body of men of this regiment were returning from the Quarry,
and had arrived at part of a trench which for a short distance
is exposed to an enfilading fire. The Russians must have
observed them and fired. Some of the men said that only a
round shot was discharged: others said that both a round shot
and shell were discharged at the same moment. The missile,
whatever its nature, took fatal effect, for no less than sixteen
men were killed and wounded. Two were killed on the spot,
and three subsequently died from the effects of their wounds.
Some of the injuries were comparatively trifling. The
Russians also fired at a party of men belonging to one of the
Highland regiments, who imprudently showed themselves on
the open ground above the 21-gun battery, as they were re-
turning from the trenches. Their object was merely to effect
a short saving in distance, by returning to camp in a more
direct line than that of the covered way, but this proceeding
is highly reprehensible. It not only exposes the men
themselves to needless risk, but also serves to point out
to the enemy the time at which they have been relieved.
The Russians fired two or three shots against the party,
all of which ricochetted, after striking the ground, but no
casualty occurred. Lieut. E. Renouard James, of the Royal
Engineers, was last night engaged with a working party
in part of the Quarries. The position was very exposed.
The men were busy at their work, and Lieutenant James
leaving them, went forward towards the Russian works to
reconnoitre. He did not return, but the men, being intent on
their occupation, did not for a considerable time notice his
absence. When at last it was observed, and the officer could
not be found, it was surmised that lie might perhaps have
returned to camp on some account, and the Sappers came back
without him. No tidings have been heard all day, and there
is little doubt that he was quietly taken prisoner by some
advanced Russian picket. A further search is to be made to-
night, in case he has been unable to return in consequence of
being wounded. During last night there was rain of very
great violence, and there were occasional showers this morn-
ing, but the weather cleared towards the afternoon, and the
night is now fine and dry.
July 4.—The enemy threw a great quantity of grape and
shells in the supposed direction of our working parties last
night. An active fire was kept up from the batteries, chiefly
of shell, against the Redan and Malakhoff works. The
heightening of the parapets in front of the Malakhoff is pro-
gressing fast. The French covered approach, which is being
advanced in the direction of the Malakhoff, also, seems to have
made a good start last night. Nothing was discovered respect-
ing Lieut. James, R.E., and little, if any, doubt exists respect-
ing his being in the hands of the Russians. A very sharp
fire was maintained towards sunset from the batteries on both
sides. The enemy does not exhibit any want of ammunition.
The French works on the east of Careening Bay have been
exposed to a frequent fire during the whole day from the guns
on the north side, and from the Russian batteries on the west
side of the port. Major-General Codrington, who has been
absent on account of ill-health, has sufficiently recovered to
return to camp, and resume the duties of the command of the
Light Division. The day has been fine and dry.
July s.—The usual firing against the working parties, and
shelling on both sides, occurred during the night. The fire
has been chiefly directed against the works of our allies in
progress on the east side of Careening Bay. The 12-gun bat-
tery on the north side has kept up a persevering fire in this
direction. Fort Constantine has also fired frequently from
some mortars placed on the roof. The charge given must be
very heavy, as the shells have to pass across the mouth of the
harbour, and over the Alexander Fort and other works to reach
the French approaches, against which the missiles are directed.
The transport of gabions, the arrival and departure of work-
ing parties near the outworks of the Star Fort, the frequent
burials, and other movements on the north side, continue as
previously noticed. A body of troops was observed to march
from the entrenched camp on the heights north of Inkerman
this morning; they moved in an easterly direction. No change
in position is said to have occurred among the Sardinian
troops in advance of Tchorgoun, or in the force occupying
Baidar. The day has been fine and clear. The temperature
has again become very high, but has been moderated by a cool
breeze from the north-west.

July 6.—A sharp musketry fire occurred on the left about
half-past eleven o'clock last night, but was of brief dura-
tion. Captain Alexander Gordon, of the Royal Artillery, was
killed yesterday evening in an advanced battery of the right
attack. He came out from England in charge of troop-
horses, and after his arrival in the Crimea, asked permission
to remain for a short time in the batteries. His request was
acceded to ; but his services being required at Woolwich, he
was about to return in a few days. When his death occurred,
he was just leaving the works. The enemy had been annoy-
ing one of our working parties, and a messenger was sent to
Captain Gordon, to request him to open some guns on the
Russians, for the purpose of directing their fire towards his
own battery. This was successfully accomplished. Suddenly
Captain Gordon observed a large shell coming towards the
spot where he and some of his men were, and he had barely
time sufficient to warn the men to shelter themselves. He
himself appears to have felt a momentary hesitation as to the
side of the traverse on which the missile was falling, and thus
lost the opportunity of obtaining protection. While he was
still standing up, the shell struck the side of his head, and
he was killed instantaneously. The shell lodged near him
and burst. No one else was injured ; the men had thrown
themselves on the ground, and were safely under cover
of the traverse, immediately after receiving warning of their
danger. Captain Gordon was a valuable officer, and had
acted as adjutant at Woolwich.—The heat has been very
intense, and the atmosphere close, all day. Heavy masses of
dark clouds have been hovering over the mountains, and the
roll of thunder has been heard occasionally. One or two
slight showers of rain have fallen in camp.
July 7.—The fire from the batteries was particularly active
during the early part of last night. As usual, it consisted
chiefly of mortar practice, excepting in front, where the work-
shell, garties were
is constantly used. and against whom grape, as well as
--__.
A letter from Sebastopol of the 3rd, in the Impar-
tial of Smyrna, says :---
The French works are going on constantly on the right, and
also with the English, but the proximity of the enemy's forti-
fications do not allow of any trenc.hes being opened in the day
time, and it is only during the night that the
workmen
can
act. At this season the nights are so short that there are
scarcely two hours in the twenty-four that the works can be
carried on with any degree of activity. Our parallels must,
nevertheless, be carried to within such a distance from the for-
tifications of the enemy that our columns of attack may only
have a distance of from fifty to sixty yards in advance under
the fire of grape, which will be directed against them. We
are still some way from the works of the Place, and the space
which separates us from them being
open and completely ex-
posed in every way by the Russian projectiles, the approaches

go on but very Slowly. The casemated battery at the right
point of the ravine of the Careening Port, which is to act on
the Russian vessels, is far from being finished, and it is, there-
fore, probable that ten days or a fortnight must elapse before
the Allies will be prepared to make an assault with any chance
of success. _

A Teter from before Sebastopol, of the 3rd, in the
Semaphore ofNarseilles, says::

The Russian line-of-battle ships anchored in the roadstead
opposite Fort St. Nicholas begin to- suffer from the fire of the
mortar battery on the side of the k Quarantine Bay. On the
27th a shell passed through the three decks of the Tchesmh,
killing and wounding several men,. and then, bursting in the
hold, set fire to her for a short time. Some days before, a pro-
jectile, fired by a French vessel, bursting in a workshop near
the Artillery Bay, -caused the explosion of a number of loaded
shells, killed several artillerymen, .and caused such damage
that the Russians have not since dared to collect together such
a quantity of articles in one place as they had before been in
the habit of doing. The shells from the allied vessels occasion
much damage in the place and severe losses to the garrison.
Their destructive effects are more feared than those of the
rockets. The number of naval artillerymen in the place has
been reduced from 16,000 to 3,500; there are now only three
artillerymen for each gun. On board the Russian vessels the
rations of vegetables and brandy have been diminished one
half. The captains of them have received orders to economise
their consumption of salt pork as much as possible. An order
from the commander-in-chief has prescribed to the inhabitants
to quit the town. The opinion that the place must infallibly
fall into the power of the allied armies is more and more gene-
ral among the besieged, and that feeling has greatly increased
their discouragement, particularly (luring the last few days.
All this information has been derived from the deserters and
psisoners.

A correspondent, writing on the 7th, says :---

No change has occurred in the general disposition of the
troops, nor has any incident of peculiar interest in the siege
operations taken place since the last mail. The allies are bu-
sily occupied in perfecting their approaches against the Mala-
koff Tower and Redan, particularly the former position. The
enemy is engaged with equal activity in strengthening and
adding to their defences. From the enormous number of
gabions seen to be brought over, it is suspected that the Rus-
sians are also constructing some inner works of large size.
Rumours have been prevailing that the Malakoff was to be
attacked again shortly ; even the date has been named. From
the state of our works, however,- it would appear that some
time must elapse—two or three weeks—before all the proposed
batteries and approaches to be brought against it and the
shipping can be completed. There has also been a talk that
the French were to take the trench duties wholly, so as to set
the British force free for taking the field, but this does not
appear probable. The argument used to defend this supposed
arrangement has been that, being already in possession of so
great an extent of the attacks, both on the left and right, the
French would not find the addition of the centre any serious
tax upon the resource of the vast force they now possess in
the field : while all chance of mistakes arising from a want of
thorough and complete action in concert, would be avoided.
Ii is not likely, however, that, having once undertaken a share
in the great work, the British commander would consent to
abandon it, even although, by operating in the field, his efforts
woult tend to the accomplishment of the same ultimate object.
Various circumstances have occurred to lead to the supposition
that part of the British force would shortly leave for more
active campaigning; but nothing is known respecting the
intended operation, or what troops are likely to move. All
the British divisions of infantry, including the Guards and
Highlanders, are now employed in the siege duties.

REMAINS OF LORD RAGLAN.
The following is the official despatch of General
Simpson, descriptive of the removal of the remains of
the late Lord Raglan to the Caradoc for transport to
England :

Before Sebastopol, July 7, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to acquaint your lordship
that the remains of our late lamented Commander-in-Chief,
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, were removed from head-quarters
to Kazatch Bay, on Tuesday, the 3d instant, and placed on
board her Majesty's ship Caradoc, which departed for England
that same evening. Nothing could be more imposing than
the whole line of this melancholy procession. The day was
fine, and the appearance of the allied troops splendid ; as
many as could be spared from duty in the trenches, and with
safety to their camp, were collected, and the procession moved
from the door of this house exactly at four o'clock, p.m.,
in the following order :—ln the court-yard of the house
was stationed a guard of honour of one hundred men of
the Grenadier Guards, with their drums and regimental
colours ; fifty men, with one field officer, one captain, and one
subaltern, from the Royal Sappers and Miners, and from each
regiment, lined the road from the British to the French head-
quarters, a distance of about a mile; a squadron of cavalry was
stationed on the right of the line, two batteries of artillery
and a squadron of cavalry on the left of it ; the infantry were
commanded by Major-General Eyre, C.B. The road from the
French head-quarters to Kazatch Bay was lined throughout
the whole way by the infantry of the French Imperial Guard,
and of the Ist corps ; bands were stationed at intervals, and
played as the procession passed, and field batteries (French)
at intervals, on the high grounds right and left of the road,
fired minute guns. The procession to escort the body was as
follows:—Two squadrons British Cavalry (12th Lancers); two
squadrons Piedmontese Light Cavalry; four squadrons French
Chasseurs d'Afrique (Ist and 4th Regiments); four squadrons
French Cuirassiers (2nd and 9th Regiments); two troops
French Horse Artilleay ; Major Brandling's troop Horse
Artillery. The coffin, covered with a black pall, fringed with
white silk, and the Union Jack, and surmounted by the late
Field Marshal's cocked hat and sword, and a garland of
" Immortels," placed there by General Pelissier, was carried
on a platform, fixed upon a 9-pounder gun, drawn by horses
of Captain Thomas's troop of Royal Horse Artillery. At'
the wheels of the gun-carriage rode General Pelissier,
Commander-in-Chief of the French Army; his Highness
Omar Pacha, Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army;
General Della Marmora, Commander-in-Chief of the Sar-
dinian Army; and Lieutenant General Simpson, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the English Army. Charger of the
late Field-Marshal, led by two mounted orderlies. Rela-
tions and personal staff of the late Field-Marshal. Generals
and other officers of the French, Sardinian, and Turkish
Armies, a large number of whom attended. British Com-
missioners to Foreign Armies. British General Officers and
their Staffs. Staff of Head-quarters. One officer of each regi-
ment of cavalry and infantry, Royal Sappers and Miners, and
Land Transport Corps ; two from the Naval Brigade, Royal
Marines, Medical and Commissariat Staff; and three from
the Royal Artillery. Personal escorts of the Allied Com -
manders-in-Chief. The personal escort of the late Field-
Marshal (Captain Chetwode's troop of the Bth Hussars). A
field battery of the Royal Artillery. Two squadrons of
British Cavalry (4th Dragoon Guards). Detachment of
Mounted Staff Corps. The escort was under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Dupuis, Royal Horse Artillery. Two
field batteries of the Royal Artillery, stationed on the hill
opposite the house, fired a salute of 19 guns, when the proces-
sion moved off. The united bands of the 3rd, 9th, and the
62nd Regiments, stationed in the vineyard that surrounds
the house, played the " Dead March." The band of the Sar-
dinian Grenadiers was stationed half-way to the French
head-quarters, and the band of the 10th Hussars on the left of
the line. The approach to the wharf at Kazatch Bay was
lined by detachments of the Royal Marines and sailors.
The body was received on the wharf by Admiral Bruat
and Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., and a large number
of officers of the combined fleets. The launch of the
British flag-ship, towed by man-of-war's boats, conveyed the
coffin to the Caradoc, the boats of the combined fleet forming
an escort; and the troop and battery of the Royal Artillery
included in the escort, formed upon the rising ground above
the bay, and fired a salute of nineteen guns as the coffin left
the shore. Everything was well conducted, and no accident
occurred. Thus terminated the last honours that could be
paid by his troops to their beloved commander. His loss to
us here is inexpressible ; and will, I am sure, be equally felt
by his country at home. The sympathy of our allies is uni-
versal and sincere. His name and memory are all that
remain to animate us in the difficulties and dangers to which
we may be called.—l have, &c.

JAMES SIMPSON, Lieut.• General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c.
The following is the order of the day issued by Gen,
Pelissier on the occasion of the death of Lord Raglan

-
Death has just surprised Field-Marshal Lord Raglan in the
exercise of his command, and has thus plunged the English
army into mourning. We all share in the grief of our brave
Allies. Those who knew Lord Raglan, who knew the history
of that noble and pure life, so full of services rendered to his
country—those who witnessed his intrepid attitude in the days
of Alma and Inkerman, who recall the calm and stoic grandeur
of his character during this rough and memorable campaign
—all men of heart, in short, will deplore the loss of such a
man. The sentiments here expressed by the General-in-Chief
will be those of the entire army, itself struck by this unlooked.
for blow. The public sorrow will be augmented for the army
by the regret of being separated for ever from a companion in
arms, whose cordial spirit it loved, whose virtues it admired,
and whose frank and anxious assistance it was always sure of.
PELISSIER, General-in-Chief.
Head-quarters before Sebastopol, June 29, 1855.

To this soldierlike and nobly simple address, we add
the similar and kindred order issued by General della
Marmora to our Sardinian Allies :
Soldiers !—Last night the illustrious Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, expired after
a short illness. His long career, the important services ren-
dered to his country, his heroic courage, and the exemplary
constancy with which he bore with his army the hardships
and privations of a winter campaign, cause his loss to be deeply
deplored. Our army enjoyed his esteem, and he did much to
provide for its wants. Let us unite with our brave Allies in
deploring his death and venerating his memory.

The correspondent of the Morning Herald, writing
on July 7, says :---
Contrary to report, the transfer yesterday afternoon of the
remains of the late Lord Raglan, from head-quarters to the
steamer which will convey them to England, was not a private
but a grand public ceremony; a funeral worthy of a com-
mander-in-chief. Towards noon, the Enniskillen Dragoons
and the 17th Lancers were posted on the eminence facing the
house of the deceased, which, with its white facade and neat
balcony, had a pretty appearance, particularly as there is a
good garden in front, and a few trees on one side, and those
are rarities at present in this war-ravaged part of the Crimea.
The scene soon became highly animated. Here numerous
French officers, headed by a general, were seen rapidly gallop-
ing over the fields towards the above house, their brilliant
uniforms glistening in the summer sun; there a body of Pied-
montese officers, in less showy, but not less handsome, dresses,
in which the darker, but not sombre, hues prevail, was per-
ceived slowly descending the hills. One minute the eyes of
the throng of spectators, near head-quarters, were directed on
Pelissier or Canrobert and their respective suites, and at
another moment on De la Marmora or Omar Pacha. The
former was plainly but suitably attired, and his demeanour,
like his character, is simple and unpretending, whilst noble and
naturally dignified. The gallant victor of the Danube was, so
to write, a mass of golden ornaments, and many an order
decorated his breast. Detachments of French, Sardinian, and
Turkish troops soon arrived and made preparations for taking
part in the mournful ceremony of the day, whilst the British
infantry lined the road all the way from the English to the
French head-quarters, the men standing six paces apart.
Through a mistake on the part of a young officer, a portion
of an infantry regiment was placed for a time with its back
to the road as well as to the other portion of the regiment.
Fortunately, all was set right just before a French battery of
artillery came up, otherwise our gallant allies would have
been treated to a military spectacle somewhat out of the com-

mon—British soldiers on one side presenting arms -to them,
and British soldiers on the other side with their backs turned.
Soon after the arrival-of the French Commander-in-Chief,- the
head of the procession was seen slowly debouching from the
courtyard of the house, and descending the garden slope. An
artillery waggon, tovered with the British flag, from beneath
the folds of which a gun obtruded, soon became the engrossing
object of attention. It was the plain but appropriate hearse
which bore the coffin, the latter being surmounted by the hat
of the field-marshal, and by a crown of flowers, the gift,
I hear, of the French Commander-in-Chief. Every mark
of respect was paid as the procession moved along, the
civilians (English and French) raising their hats, the
troops presenting arms, the bands stationed here and there
playing funeral marches, and the artillery being heard
from time to time. The moment the French gendarmes, who,
from the head-quarters, opened the procession, neared
Kamieseh, (which, as your readers know, is the French naval
station,)nearly all the inhabitants, including the comparatively
few females in it, flocked out to view the procession, which, at
that point, and whilst descending the gentle declivity to the
right of Kamiesch, had an imposing appearance, with its very
numerous Dragoons, Lancers, Artillery, Chasseurs d'Afrique,
Cuirassiers, Bersagliere, and, above all, its truly brilliant host
of officers of the four allied armies, the four commanders of
which rode beside the coffin ; General Simpson and Omar
Pasha on the left, and General de la Marmora and General
Pelissier on the right. From Kamiesch the road takes a cir-
cuitous direction to Kazatch, the English naval station. It
would be impossible to conceive anything more picturesque or
striking than was the appearance of the procession as it wound
along that circuit, passing by a small encampment, a slightly
raised aqueduct, and the hay depots of the French army, and
also as it ascended the heights of Kazatch, and halted on the
left side of the pretty bay, covered with British transports'
and men-of-wars' boats. Along the pier, called Victoria Pier,
were stationed the marines and sailors of several of our
vessels, and at the end of it was the long-boat, destined to
convey to the war steamer the remains of the late Com-
mander-in-chief. The lowering of the coffin took up about
half-an-hour, during which all the assistants remained
uncovered.