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disembark at Balaklava. These troops will raise the
English army up to about 45,000 men.
A letter from Alexandria of the Bth states that the
passage of English troops continued, and that about
16,000 of the Egyptian army had arrived there to
embark for Turkey.
Letters from the camp to the 2nd instant have
reached London, and are published by our daily
contemporaries. They are filled, however, chiefly
with accounts of the preparations and anticipations
of a renewed assault, which we know, by telegraph,
has not yet taken place. The correspondent of the
Daily News writes on that day:—" The last two days
we have had constant mists and rain, accompanied
with a chilling degree of temperature, which went a
long way to contradict the announcement in general
orders on the 21th ult. that summer had come, and
there was therefore no further need of winter
clothing. The rain which has fallen has not been
heavy, nor sufficient to impede the transport of
stores or other operations in the field. We are
progressing fast with our batteries on both attacks,
and hope, when we open fire next time, we shall in a
few hours silence the Russians' lire, although they
have made a battery within 140 yards of the
trenches; but, as we now have 8 and 10 inch
mortars and 68-pounder guns, we hope to be able to
do wonders. We have about 140 guns and mortars
ready, and all of them heavy."
The working of the railway is said to have sur-
passed all expectations.
The use of the submarine electric telegraph is
restricted to the following individuals, viz. :—The
Commander of the Forces of the British Army, the
Commander of the Forces of the French Army, the
Commander-in-Chief of the English Fleet, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the French Fleet.

The signature of any one of the above officers is
required to give authority for the transmission of any
message by the telegraph. The telegraph arrange-
ments are not yet in so complete a state as to admit
of the transmission of any communications except
those which are upon public service.
London, England, 1855-05-19

UNITED STATES.

The mail steam-ship Pacific has brought New
York news to the 2nd inst.

The New York Herald says that the recruiting for
the Foreign Legion of the British army was proceeding
most vigorously at Boston, and that the American
authorities had not interfered further.

A terrible fire broke ont in Boston on the 27th ult.,
by which property to the extent of half a million or
dollars was destroyed. The ship Pharsalia was
entirely consumed, and the Diana, just arrived from
New Orleans, was burnt to the water's edge.
Havana advices to the 25th ult. had been received,
and are generally of a pacific character. Hopes were
entertained that in a short time the blockade of the
island would be raised, and martial law suspended.
Mexican advices report some skirmishes between
the Government and insurgent troops, the former
being generally victorious.
_ _
London, England, 1855-05-19

THE CAPE.

Advices from the Cape of Good Hope of the 17th
of March, respecting the Namaqualand Copper
Mines is still favorable with regard to their ultimate
prospects, although the bubbles got up during the
recent excitement continued rapidly to burst. During
the height of speculation more than 1,600 " centres,"
as the specific localities selected for mining rights
are termed, had been applied for, the rent of which
would have added 32,0001. to the revenue of the
colony, but the probability now was that scarcely a
third of them would be retained. On the 17th of
March, the Governor, Sir George Grey, had opened
the Colonial Parliament with a long .speech, which
appears to have been well received. One of his pro-
positions, however, was of a nature calculated to be
more popular in the colony than at home—namely,
to colonise British Kaffraria with military pensioners
at the expense of Great Britain.
London, England, 1855-05-19

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ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.

IN a Naples letter of the sth inst. we read:—
Viewed from a distance, the fiery mountain presents
somewhat the same appearance as on the occasion of
former eruptions—that is, volumes of smoke, ever varying
in form and tint, issue from the mountain, and darken the
bright sky above. Occasionally huge red-hot stones are
thrown up, and at night a red glare tints the huge volume
of smoke, producing a grand effect. but on the present
occasion the lava streams from the exhausted and hitherto
long-tranquil Somme, which is the detached portion,
almost coequal in height with the circular old cone, from
whence all the modem eruptions have issued. The por-
tion of the mountain at present called Somme was originally
united, in all probability, with*the existing cone, and
hitherto active. The grand eruption of 79, narrated by
Pliny, no doubt materially altered the form of Vesuvius.
From that period history records a series of convulsions up
to the present time, numbering nearly forty, the most im-
portant of which are those of 79, 2tAi, 472, 502, 1036, 1149,
1500, 1031, 1794, 1834, and 1849; the latter having all
issued from the same cone or black crater, which forms a
circuit of 5,800 feet. This portion of the mountain is now
perfectly tranquil.
The King and the Royal Family have visited the eruption,
and hundreds of persons ascend the mountain night mod
day My impression, from the past experiences, is, that you
see more from the sea shore of the Villa Reale than wbe4
on the mountain itself. Nevertheless, I was tempted to
approach the fiery mouths of the eruption. There appear
to be two or three streams of lava slowly creeping on from
apertures which vomit fire and smoke continually—ever
changing in aspect, according to the violence of the tinbter-
raucous action. Hut it is the capricious forms which the
smoke assumes that most amuses the spectator, win at
lighted up by the reflected red of the fire.
The eruption will, in all probability, last some days, until
as on former occasions, the accumulated volcanic action of
the mountain has exhausted itself.

THE RENFREW ELECTION tool• place on Monday,
when Sir Michael Shaw Stewart,.of Ardgowan, Batt,
was returned without opposition.
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SARDINIA.

The amendment to the Convents Suppression Bill,
accepted by the Sardinian Government, and passed
by the senate, declares that those convents, the mem-
bers of which are not devoted to the work of
preaching, teaching, or ministering to the sick, shall
no longer exist in Piedmont as ecclesiastical corpo-
rations ; the estates of such religious houses will be
appropriated to the ecclesiastical fund, from which
the cures receive a portion of their salaries. Member.,
of existing religious communities will receive an al-
lowance. As these articles change the nature of the
bill materially, the President of the Chamber has
appointed three new members in the committee, to
which the consideration of the modifications, which
had become necessary in consequence of the approval
of the three new articles, was referred.
London, England, 1855-05-19

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1855.

WHEN the petty motives and selfish intrigues
which in our day have so grievously weakened
the force of our Executive are forgotten, and
only the broad facts of mismanagement, inca-
pacity, and disaster stand forth, it will be
asked what the Legislature, the representa-
tives and rightful guardians of the nation's in-
terests, did to arrest evils which were clearly
seen, and to change a governmental system
universally condemned. The Ministry is but
the creature of Parliament. While upheld by
Peers and Commons, it stands for good or ill ;
when condemned by them it falls. if weak or
corrupt, Parliament alone is answerable for its
continuance in office, as practically there is no
other power to which it is responsible, or
which can not shorten its existence. And there
can be no greater peril for this country than
the maintenance of a despised or distrusted
Ministry through those influences of faction
which dare not be avowed, but which operate
in secret to prevent the raising of a direct
issue between the interests of an Administra-
tion and the safety of our Empire.

The decision on Lord ELLENBOROUGieS
motion has shown that the efforts of the
Whigs for the last twenty•five years to render
the House of Lords as close as a rotten
borough have not been wholly unsuccessful.
The trick by which the proxies of the Opposi-
tion were lost might have been spared. The
majority was large enough without it. The
best friends of the House must mark with re-
gret how the numerous creations of late years
are swamping that independence of thought
and action which is the first use and firmest
safeguard of an hereditary peerage. But the
effect of such debates is often very imperfectly
represented by the division-list. They tend
to clear opinion, and to bring forth the charac
ters of public men. Lord ELLENBOROUGH is
entitled to speak with authority on Adminis-
trative Reform. In India he resolutely set
his face against any abuse of patronage. The
services of the poorest and most unfriended
officer in the service were a surer passport
to his favour than the most powerful
solicitation of the Court of Directors.
He trampled their letters of recommendation
beneath his feet He recognised merit alone
as a title to promotion ; and it was the know-
ledge of this fact that gained him the devotion
of the Indian army, and raised its ardour to a
higher point than it had ever previously
attained. He was recalled because he
esteemed the highest interests of the Indian
service above the mandates of Leadenhall-
street, or his own aggrandisement, If that kind
of Administrative Reform be really required
for our army which consists in looking only to
its efficiency in the appointments made, Lord
ELLENBOROUGH, of all men living, is the fittest
for the work

From the Lords, then, we have nothing like
active interference to expect. They are satis-
fied with Lord PALMERSTON; they are satisfied
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lON lAN ISLANDS.

The lonian Parliament was opened on the Ist inst.
by the New High Commissioner, Sir John Young.
His excellency referred in language of congratulation
to the tranquillity prevailing in the islands, notwith-
...tending distress consequent upon the failure of the
crops. He also announced the intention of the British
Government to waive a portion of its rights, and allow
the payment of 5,0001. of the military contribution to
be deterred, with the view of aiding the distressed.

THE FIRST FETE 05' THE HURTICULTUUAL SOCIETY
for this year was held on Wednesday in the grounds
of Gore house, which were appropriately prepared
for the occasion. Owing to the late inclemency of
the weather the floral exhibition was somewhat shorn
of its expe,Aed beauties; nevertheless the show VMS
on the whole considered successful, and many of the
plants and flowers Jere in superb condition. The
Queen and Prince Albert visited the grounds early,
while a large and fashionable company assembled
during the course of the afternoon.

OPENING OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
ACCORDING to the adjoined programme the Universal
Exhibition of the Palace of Industry was inaugurated
at cite o'clock on Tuesday by the Emperor Napoleon
and the Empress Eugenie in the presence of about
8,000 persons. The weather was heavy. The cere-
mony much resembled that at the opening of the
Hyde-park Exhibition of 1841.
Prince Napoleon, President of the Imperial Com-
mission of the Exhibition, received their Majesties at
the chief entrance of the building, and afterwards
read an address setting forth the origin, progress, and
character of the undertaking.
The Emperor, after some complimentary words,
said—" In inviting all nations hither I have desired
to open here a temple of Concord."
Their Majesties afterwards, followed by Prince
Napoleon and the Princess Matliilde, placed them-
selves at the head of the procession and walked
through the building. The applause was consider-
able. The Empress wore a low green ball dress of
surpassing beauty.
The ceremony lasted only an hour. Their Majes-
ties left the Palace, the baud playing " Partaut pour
la Syrie." There was an immense crowd in the
Champs Elysees. The Imperial cortege was magni-
ficent. The Emperor's carriage, which contained,
besides his Majesty and the Empress, Prince Jerome
and the I'rineess Mathilde, was quite new, and was
drawn by eight horses.
The Gaieties des Arts were opened at two
o'clock.

During the month of May the price of a single
admission will be five francs. Season tickets are issued
at the dike of the company of the Palace de
l'lndustrie, Avenue des Champs Elysees. Price of
each ticket, fifty francs.
London, England, 1855-05-19

TURKEY.

Advices from Constantinople to the 10th instant
state that what is called the Haradech Paleky (the
poll tax) for Christians has been abolished in
Turkey. The Rayahs are ordered to render military
service, divided into four separate corps, their promo-
tion being unrestricted. Redschid Pasha intended
to leave the Turkish capital for Vienna on the
12th instant.

From Kalarasch we learn that 12,000 Bulgarians
are now employed in the fortifications of Silistria.
English agents have applied for 1,000 oxen of the
first quality, and 540,000 okay of barley, to be deli-
vered in the ports of Mange.lia, Baltschick, and
Varna, fur the English army.

RUSS lA.
An Imperial manifesto, dated St. Petersburg, the
nth of May, declares that it is indispensable to main-
tain the full complement of the army and navy, and
orders a fresh levy of 12 men per 1,000 in 17 of the
western Governments, to commence in June and end
in July. Jews are excluded.
The Invalide Russe says, that from the commence-
ment of the war in the Crimea, up to March 1, the
Russian loss in wounded (without reckoning the
dead) has amounted to 15,123.
The disturbance in the Ukraine is calmed, but not
crushed. The Czas, Polish paper, states that "with
the assistance of military, acting up to the very sharp
orders they had, the disturbance was quieted ; forty
of the rioters lost their lives, and about two hundred
of the more prominent were taken prisoners and sent
to Siberia ; the less piominent got off with a plentiful
dose of the knout. The villages in question remain
?coupled by soldiery, and the whole state of feeling
in Lesser Russia is described as sultry and.
threatening."
Russia has addressed a circular note to the
German Courts, praying them to sustain the policy

THE PRESS.

which has hitherto been pursued by the majority.
The despatch reminds those to whom it is addressed
that Russia had accepted the two first points enter-
tained at the Conferences of Vienna.

Letters from Abo of the 20th April mention the
activity of the Russians in preparing for the defence
of the country, and give particulars of the corps that
have arrived there from the interior. The Grand
Duke Constantine is indefatigable in his exertions to
organise the navy, and has drawn up a plan by which
all the line-of-battle ships are to be fitted with steam
machinery, and ulteriorly the screw.
London, England, 1855-05-19

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DEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
the Great Exhibition of 1851 (fnr Acoustic Instruments)
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex-
treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the
sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, Strand, nearly opposite
Exeter-ball, where the Instrument can be tried, and numerous
testimociale seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir
John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors.
London, England, 1855-05-19

DIVISION ON LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S

MOTION.

THE following is the list of peers who ♦oted, or in-
tended to vote, in person or by proxy, upon the
motion brought forward by the Earl of Ellenborough
on Monday night :

MAJORITY.—PRE SENT .
Lord Chanc'ellor Essex St. Davids
Archbishop of Can• Fortescue • Worcester
terbury Fitz william BARONS.

Granville

Ashburton

Cambridge
Argyll
Buccleuch
Newcastle
MARQUISES.
Anglesey
Breadalbane
Clanricarde
Cholmondeley
Donegal
Hendfort

Grey
Harrowby
Hare wood
Behests/.
Kingston
Minto
Portsmouth
Romney
Spencer
Sefton
St. Germans
Shaftesbury
Somers
Stanhope
Waldegrave
Wicklow
Yarborough
Zetland
VISCOUNTS.
Bolingbroke
Canning
Enfield
Falkland
Hardinge
Middleton
Sydney
Torrington
BISHOPS.
Chester
Chichester
Hereford
Llandaff

Alvanley
Auckland
Byron
Camoys
Calthorpe
Cremorne
Congleton
nacre
De Tabley
Dufferin
Foley
Gardner
Glenelg
Hatherton
Kinnaird
Leigh
Lilford
Lytte I ton
Lurgan
Milford
Monteagle
Mostyn
0 verstone
Petra
Panmure
Poltimore
Portman
Rivera
Stafford
Say and Sele
Stanley of Alderley
Suffield

Lansdowne
Londonderry
Westminster
Winchester

EARLS.
Abingdon
Albemarle
Aberdeen
Airlie

Besborough
Burlington
Bruce
Chichester
Cawdor
Carnarvon
Clanwilliam
Cottenham
Cowper

Cra;en

Clarendon
Devon

Lichfield
Manchester
Oxford
Ripon
St. Asaph
PROXIES.
Galloway
Gainsborough
Gosford
Haddington
Kintore
Leicester
Lindsey
Meath
Radnor
Ripon
Stair
Shrewsbury
Suffolk
Westmoreland
VISCOUNTS.
Clifden
Falmouth
Massareeno
BISHOPS.
Durham
Lincoln
London
Norwich
Salisbury
BUIONS.
Almaden

Van'
Vivian
Wenlock
Wodebouse
Wrottealey

De Grey
Effingham
Elgin

ARCHBISHOP.
York

Cowley
Dunfermline
Dorchester
De Freyne
Denman
Dormer
Elphinstone
Harris
Howden
Howard de Wal-
den
Keane
Leigh
Londesborough
Lovat
Manners
Methuen
Monson
Raglan
Ribblesdale
Stourton
Stuart de Decies
Truro
Ward
Wharncliffe

DUKES.
Devonshite
Leeds
Leineter
Sutherland
Somerset
Wellington

MARQUISES.
Bristol
Camden
Conyngham
Normanby
Northampton

EARLS.
Amherst

Carlisle
Clare

Denbigh
Ellesmere

Fingall
Granard
Glasgow

MINORITY.—PRESENT.
DUKES. Morningtou Blayney
Montrose Mayo Bolton
Cleveland Orkney Colville of Cul-
MARQUISES. Fowls rocs
Downahire Pomfret Colchester
Exeter Sandwich Douglas
Salisbury Strathmore I )ynevor
Ely Sheffield Forester
Bath Stradbroke }'eversham

Sligo Verulam Grantley
EARLS. Wilton Gray
Bantry Winchilsea Godolphin
Beauchamp VISCOUNTS. Kilmaine
Bradford Bangor Kenyon
Dartmouth I ►oneraile Lyndhurst
Derby Hawarden Polwarth
Dononghmore Hereford Plunket
Ellenborongh Hill Reyleigh
Eglinton St. Vincent Redesdale
Howe BISHOPS. Ravensworth
Hardwicke Winchester Rodney
Lanesborough Meath Southampton
Lucan BARONS. Sondes
Macclesfield Abinger Walsingham
Malmesbury Bateman Wynford
Mansfield Berrien
London, England, 1855-05-19

THE PRESS.

Lord Wellesley founded, and of which Metcalfe
was so eminent a pupil. To look forward, to
consider eventualities, without mooting barely
possible contingencies, is one of the best gifts
of a wise official. Thus, on the chances of a
Russian war, Lord Metcalfe wrote in 1830 :
No one, I presume, expects that a Russian army is to
start from the present limners of Russia, and make one
continued march across Central Asia, for the purpose of
attacking us in our possessions in India.
Such an expedition seems next to impossible. The diffi•
culties of marching a regular army through the intermediate
countries, of supplying and teeding it, of repairing losses,
of replacing wear and tear, of preventing the ravages of
disease iu new climates—above all, in the case of Russia,
the impracticability of providing the enormous funds
requisite for such an undertaking—these are obstacles to
the attempt with a large army which seem insurmountable.
Difficulties in some respects similar, and in others of
another nature, would attend the attempt by a small one.
In addition to the reduction by sickness and losses by wear
and tear, a small army might be resisted and destroyed by
the troops of the intermediate countries ; or, if a remnant
of it should reach our frontiers, we should most probably
defeat and capture it, send every man down the Ganges to
Calcutta, or down the Indus to Bombay, and land them all
prisoners at Portsmouth.
The expense of a large army could not be defrayed by
Russia, and a small one we should annihilate.
We must recollect that this was written
twenty years ago, and the Oriental diplomacy
of Russia has since been hard at work. He
then proceeds to indicate an eventuality,
which some persons would argue is taken out
of the category of " possibilities " into that of
" probabilities " :
It may safely be said, I conceive, that a Russian invasion
in the way supposed, while the Russian frontiers are so
remote from our own, is an event so improbable, that it
may be pronounced, as far as anything can, impossible.
if we are ever to be troubled with a Russian invasion, it
must be after an approximation of our frontiers.

So early as 1833 Metcalfe foresaw the danger
of our meddling with the countries beyond the
Indus. When the propriety of leaving a com-
mercial agent at Caubul was discussed, Met-
calfe objected, first on commercial grounds :
The professed object of the proposal is the improvement
of commerce. I believe that commerce will take care of
itself best without our direct interference in the form of a
Commercial Agency ; add, if we sought to remove existing
obstacles, our effoits would be more needed elsewhere than
at Caubul, where the trade with India already receives
every possible encouragement.
London, England, 1855-05-19

DORAN'S NEW WORK.
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LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND

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BIRTHS.

CAVENDISH—On the 14th instant, at Ayott, St. Lawrence,
Lady Emily Cavendiesh. of a son.
CREMORN F. —On the 12th instant, in Great Stanhope-street,
the Lady Cremorue, of a eon.
CUNINGHAME—On the 12th instant, in Thurloe-equare, the
wife of Major-General D. Cuninglafune, of a daughter.
DENMAN—On the lbth instant, at Eaton-place South, the
Hon. Mrs. George Denman, of a daughter.
GAHNIER—On the 11th instant, iu Upper If arley-etreet, Lady
Caroline Gamier, of a daughter.
LUCAS—On the 11th instant, at Bury St. Edmund's, the wife
of hisjor Lucas, of a sou.

DUJARL&GES.
CAVE—TAYLOR—Oo the lbth instant, at Stretton•en-le-Field,
Derbyshire, Mylles Cave Browue Cave, Esq., late 11th Hos.
oars, to Isabelle, daughter of John Taylor, Esq., of the New.
arke, Leicester. _ . .

TOM KILNSON—COCKS—On the 10th instant, at Leigh, Wor•
cestershire, Captain Hill Tomkinsou, of the Royal Artillery,
to Elizabeth Harriet, daughter of the Rey. Henry Boners
Cocks, of Leigh Rectory, Worcestershire.
DEATHS.

BAUMOARDT—On the ith instant, at Paris, Major•Oeneral
13autagardt, C.B.
CORNY—Ou the 12th instant, the Hon. Frederick Lowry Cony,
eon of the late Earl of Belmote, aged 16.
cßorroN- On the 15th ult., in camp before Sebastopol, from a
wound received on the t2th, Captain Uuatavue St. John
Crofton, of the Royal Engineers.
ENNISKILLEN—On the 13th instant, in Eaton•place, Jens,

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Countess of Enniskillen.
FITZ HERBEHT—On the 11th instant, at West Farleigh, An-
thoay Fitz Herbert, Esq., son of Sir Henry Fitz Herbert,
Bert., aged 37.
GWATKIN—On the 13th ult., on heard the Hotspur, off the
coast of England, Major• General Edward °main, aged 72.
OGLANDEK—Ou the 12th Instant, at Parnhain, Lady Maria
Oglander, widow of the law Sir Wm. Oglander, Bart.
PATTISON—On the 15th instant, in Upper Wimpole•street,
Hannah, widow of the late James Pattison, Esq., M.P.
PYN Ekt—Ou the 13th instant, at Stoke, near Guildford, Captain
_ Francis Pyner, SRO Regt., aged 67.

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It has been pronounced by her Majesty's Laundress to be
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London, England, 1855-05-19

EXECUTION OF PIANORI.

PIANORI was guillotined at five o'clock on Monday
morning, at the new place of execution, in front of
the prison of La Roquette, near Pere la Chaise.
Although the morning was wet and cold, and, ac-
cording to laudable custom, no public announcement
of the day of execution had been made, a large
number of people were assembled. The spectators
were kept at a distance from the guillotine by a
square of troops. Up to a lace hour on the previous
night the authorities repeated to hint an oiler which
has been frequently made, that his hie should be
spared if he would discover his confederates. His
only answer was, that he had no revelation to make.
The Abbe Hugon, the chaplain, was with him during
the night, to afford him spiritual consolation. When
the fatal toilette was made, he cried in a firm voice
" Vive la Republique !" at the moment when the
executioner threw over him the thick black veil ap
propriated to the last moments of a parricide. He
walked barefoot to the scafrold with a firm step, and
mounted the ladder without a moment's hesitation.
When the veil was taken otl, he looked calmly round
upon the crowd, and at the moment when the execu-
tioner and his assistants seized him, to bind him to
the plank, he cried " Viva l'ltalie!" A moment
after the knife fell, and all was over. The crowd
then dispersed in silence.
London, England, 1855-05-26

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THE PRESS.

children are sent out of Revel, and everybody that
cannot provide his home with ten days' provisions is
obliged to quit. I don't think they have much cause
for alarm, as nothing could be gained by blazing at
their fortifications, which are manned by 40,000
picked troops. Magieienne and Dragon have ar-
rived. A small excitement is felt to-day by our
having received a rumour that a Russian camp is
being formed near Revel,. on the shore, and a couple
of steamers (Magicienne and Merlin) are sent off to
shell it. A merchant steamer has arrived with bul-
locks to-day, which are being distributed about in
the fleet. The mail is just closing, so adieu.
London, England, 1855-05-26

THE PRESS.

THE RUSSIAN LOSSES IN THE WAR were stated by Lord
Lansdowne lately at •147,000 men. The following are
further details. In the month of January last a report was
presented b the Emperor Nicholas, stating the loss of the
army at 187,000 men, including those who died under the
severity of the long marches and of sickness. A new
report was presented to the Emperor Alexander in April,
fixing the total loss of the army to March 31 at 250,000.
In this report especial stress was laid on the effect of the
marches, and some disastrous incidents were particularised.
It was stated that an entire company (division?) had
perished under the snows between Odessa and Perekop,
and another between St. Petersburg and the south. An
entire battery had been lost in the same manner, with the
men and horses. The guns were found after the thaw,
and are again in use.

GENERAL PELISSIER, lately nominated by the Emperor
to the chief command of the army of the Crimea, is the
nineteenth on the list of generals of division. His promo-
tion to that rank is of April 13, 1850. He is the senior
officer of Generals Bosquet, Noel, and Canrobert, but the
junior of General Regnault de St. Jean-d'Angely, the com-
mander of the Imperial Guard. General Pelissier is Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honour, was not long since in com-
mand of the division of Oran, and has been Governor-
General of Algeria ad interim. He was always one of
Marshal Bugeaud's favorite lieutenants.

Au ATTE;PT to sound the River Hudson just below
the Niagara Falls, in order to ascertain the depth of the
basin into which the waters are precipitated, has been made
by an American gentleman. He thus describes his last ex-
periment :—" Another attempt was made with a conical iron
of about 401bs weight, attached to aNo 11 wire—all freely
suspended, so as not to impede the fall of the weight. I
let the weight fall from the bridge—a height of 225 feet ;it
struck the surface fairly, with the point down—must have
sunk to some depth, but it was not longer out of sight than
about one second, when it made its appearance again on
the surface, about 100 feet down the stream, and skipped
along like a chip until it was checked by the wire. We
then commenced hauling in slowly, which made the iron
bounce like a ball, when a cake of ice struck it and ended
the sport. I am satisfied that no metal has sufficient
specific gravity to pierce that current, even with a momen-
tum &nuked by a fall of 225 feet. The velocity of the iron,
when striking, must have been equal to 124 feet per second ;
and, consequently, its momentum near 5,000 lbs. Its sur-
face opposed to the current was about 50 superficial inches.
This will give an idea of the strength of that current, and,
at the same time, hint at the Titan forces that have been
at work to scoop out the bed of the Niagara river."
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Foreign an 4 Colonial 4ntelligtnte.

FRANCE.
Lord Cowley on Tuesday presented to the Emperor
addresses of congratulation on his recent escape
from the corporations of Edinburgh, York, Glasgow,
Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford. The Emperor
has also received from Prince Stirbey, Hospodar of
Wallachia, a private letter congratulating him upon
his escape. The record of such a fact in the official
part of the Moniteur is remarkable as a recognition
ordinarily reserved for sovereign princes.
The Duke de Cambaceres, grand master of cere-
monies, and the Marquis de Chaumont, the Emperor's
chamberlain, have gone to Bordeaux to meet the
young King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto.
General Canrohert is appointed a Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour. The Independance states
that he has finally decided not to accept the corps
d'armee lately commanded by General Pelissier, but
will simply resume the command of the division he
commanded at the Alma.
HANOVER.

The King issued an ordonnance on the nth
annulling the Constitution as settled the sth Sep-
tember, 1848, and also the Provincial Electoral Law
of the Ist August, 1850. The popular rights are
diminished to the measure of the Constitution
framed by the late King Ernest Augustus (Duke of
Cumberland). The ordonnance states that the
measure has been taken in obedience to the decree
of the Federal Diet of the 12th April,lBss, requiring
the Governments of Germany to bring the State
Constitutions more into harmony with the monar-
chical principle.
The King reserves the right of effecting further
changes in the State Constitution.
DENMARK.
The ex-Ministers of Denmark who have been im-
peached, and who are to appear before the High
Court of Justice of the Kingdom on the 4th of June,
are six in number :—M. Ersted, President of the
Council ; M. de Tillish, Minister of the Interior ;
Gen. de Hansen, War; M. Bluhme, Foreign
Affairs ; Admiral Steen Bill, Marine ; and M. de
Scheel, Justice. They are accused, first, of having
ordered, without having demanded the authorisation
of the Diet, though it was sitting, various measures
causing expenses not accorded by the laws of
finance ; and, secondly, of having illegally solicited
and obtained the royal sanction for the same mea-
sures, and having ordered the payment of other
sums without legal authorisation. M. de Hansen is
besides specially accused of having disposed of sums
not allowed in the budgets of 1853 and 1854. The
High Court of Justice has already been constituted,
in accordance with Art. 72 of the Constitution. It
consists of sixteen judges—namely, eight members
of the Folksthing, and eight members of the Supreme
Tribunal—all elected by the bodies to which they
respectively belong.
London, England, 1855-05-26

THE PRESS.

BIRTHS.

FITZGERALD—On the 13th instant, at Worthing, the wife of
General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, K.C.8., M.P., of a
daughter, stillborn.

HOPE—On the 20th instant, at Luffness, Haddingtonshire,
N. 8., the Hon. Mrs. George W. Hope, of a daughter.
SHAWE—On the 20th instant, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel B. L.
Shawe. Bombay army, of a daughter.
STEWART—On the 21st instant, in Belgrave-square, Lady

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Isabella Stewart, of a daughter. -
THOMAS—On the 18th Instant, at Llanolly-house, Carmarthen-
shire, the wife of Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart., of u son, who
survived only a few hours.

WINNINOTON—On the 18th instant, at Brighton, Lady Win•
nington, of a son, stillborn.

!CARRIAGES.
MENDS—THOMSON —On the 22nd instant, at Leicester,

Lieut. Corn. Robert Hamilton Hiurdfteld Mends, R.N., to.

Emma Marla, daughter of Lieut. Thomson, late. H.M. 87th

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Regt.
TAYLER—BARKER—On the 19th instant, at Kensington

Church, Tom Tayler, Esq., of Eagle Lodge, Old Ilrompton,
to Laura, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Harker, vicar of
Thirkleby, Yorkshire.
WARREN—WYNNE—On the 19th instant, at Bt. George's,
Hanover-square, Captain Thomas Ingate Warren, of Mon-
tague-ter-ace, Bow road, to Madeline, daughter of the late
Captain J. Wynne. of her Majesty's 16th Dragoons.
WILTON- GODFREY—On the 19th instant, at Exeter, Charles

Fred. Wilton, Esq., of Oporto, to Jane Emily, daughter of
Lieut.• Colonel J. Race Godfrey, of Northernhay-house.
WITHERS CIIALLIS —On the 22nd instant, at Enfield,
Francis, son of the late George Withers, Esq., of Liverpool,
to Fanny Maria, daughter of T. Challis, Esq., M.P.
London, England, 1855-05-26

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1855.

WHILE we write, the debate in the Commons
on Mr. DISRAELI'S motion is proceeding. The
division must take place this morning, and the
motion will probably be rejected by a con-
siderable majority. But we are not the less
satisfied of the propriety of bringing it forward,
or of the good service it will do by eliciting
the opinions of those eminent members of the
House who are presumed to represent our
principal divisions of public opinion, and by
enabling the country to distinctly understand
the position in which it is placed.
The Opposition, after a period of forbear-
ance, as we think, too long delayed, has now
taken up its ground. War is so great a
calamity that as long as there seemed a proba-
bility that it might be brought to a conclusion
by a not dishonourable peace, there was fair
ground for declining to challenge the conduct
of Government, or to interfere in any way with
its management of the negotiation at Vienna.
But that negotiation is now, if not nominally,
yet really broken off. We have insisted on
terms which Russia positively refuses to con-
cede. We are committed by the acts of our
Administration, and at this moment we can
rationally or honourably lc ok for peace only
through sow such great military successes
SS will induce Russia to lower her tone, and to
treat on terms which she now firmly rejects.
The question then is, shall we maintain the
farce of negotiation without the slightest
expectation of any satisfactory result from it;
shall we still court the mediation of Austria,
and declare ourselves willing to listen to
" any propositions" which Russia may make;
or shall we say our part is taken, our
terms are known ; we have confidence in
the justice of our cause, and the might of our
arms, and we dare the last dread issue in the
irreconcileable differences of States too mighty
for an umpire—the appeal to battle ?
The Opposition has solemnly declared its
conviction that the latter is the tone v:hich it
is the duty of England to take at this decisive
moment, when the war must assume mightier
proportions and a fiercer and more desperate
character than have yet distinguished it. At
this moment, when emphatically the eyes of
the world are on the British Legislature—
when the courage and sentiments of the
country are to be tested in a decisive manner
—when our Constitution is on trial, and it has
to be seen how far our representative system
is able to combine high principle with ener-
getic action, and to act in harmony with the de-
sires of the people, and with the traditionary
glories and present unquestioned greatness of
our State—the Opposition protests against
language being held by the head of the
Ministry of an uncertain or ambiguous nature.
It says :—Let our resolution on this great
question of peace or war be solemnly taken in
race of the people and before the world, that
whatever turn events may take our course may
be clear, that every State in Europe may
London, England, 1855-05-26

EARTHQUAKE AT BROUSSA.

BROUSSA was visited by another shock on the morn-
ing of the 28th. The oscillations were in the same
direction, and lasted about twenty seconds. No new
building suffered, but the half-ruined edifices were
still further destroyed, and a cloud of dust from the
crumbling walls rose up from the shaken city. The
whole population are living in tents and huts ; the
poor are in great misery, and the French Consulate,
where bread is distributed, is besieged by hundreds
of the destitute. Ahd-el-Kader is living in a mise-
rable hut, without any division but a curtain between
the harem and .selamlik. lie has, however, his library,
but expresses his intention of applying to the
Emperor of the French for liberty to change his re-
sidence from this fated spot.
A letter from Broussa of the 3rd inst. states :

Thank God, the shocks of earthquake felt here daily for
the last twenty days, have now completely ceased. The
people, however, have not yet ventured into the city. A
large slice from Mount Olympus has separated and fallen,
crushing a village, from which the inhabitants had fled
some days before. A great number of thermal springs
have made their appearance, and run into a stream near
Demirdesh. The distress of the inhabitants is unheard of.
Thousands have emigrated to Gemlek and Mudaniah.
London, England, 1855-05-26

DEATHS.

BACK—On the 11th of February, at sea, Lieut.-Colonel John
Back, Madras At tillery, aged 49.
COMPTON—On the 21st instant, at Exeter, Lord Spencer S.
Compton, Captain 15th Hussars, aged 34.
CURTIS— On the 2nd instant, killed while on duty in the
trenches before Sebastopol, Lieut. Frank John Curtis, 46th
Regt., aged 29.

D'AGUILAR—On the 21st instant. in Lower Brook-street,
I.ieuL-General Sir George Charles D*Agullar, K.C.B.
FORBES—On the let instant, on his voyage home from Cal-
cutta, Major-General Wm. Nairn Forbes, Bengal Engineers,
Master uf the Calcutta Mint, aged 59.

GOLBORN E —On the 14th instant, at Kilmainham, Captain
Edward Golborne, late of the 71st Highland Light Infantry,
aged 62.

RIVERS—On the 19th instant, at Hurst, Berke, Lieut.-Colonel
Charles Rivers, R.E., aged 62.
London, England, 1855-05-26

PIEDMONT.

The Convents Suppression Bill was finally voted in
the Sardinian Senate on the 22nd. The votes were-
-53 for, 42 against.
The young Duke of Genoa, born on the 9th of
January last, is dead. This is another affliction for
the King, who has already experienced so many
domestic losses of late.