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ANAPA.

This town, which is the last, is also the most im-
portant of the towns and fortresses on the littoral of
the Black Sea abandoned by Russia since the cola
mencement of this war. The town, situate on the
north-east coast of the Euxine, at the northern ter-
mination of the Caucasian range, forty-seven miles
south-east of Yenikale, is inhabited by a miscella-
neous population of Circassians, Tartars, Greeks,
Jews, Armenians, Russian', and others, to the num-
ber of about five thousand. The adverse relations
of its masters with the tribes inhabiting the moun-
tain country in its rear have almost neutralised the
great advantages offered by its situation, and
prevented its growth. Its exports are at present
grain, tallow, butter, hides, peltries, wax, &c. It is,
however, as a military post that it has been most
prized by Russia, most deplored by Turkey. The
fort, built by the Turks in 1784, was taken by the
Russians in 1791 and in 1807, and only given up with
the greatest reluctance. In May, 1828, a detached
Russian corps, a- sited by the fleet, and com-
manded by the redoubtable Menschikoff, laid
siege to Anapa, and w►th great difficulty sur-
rounded the place with a strong line of circumvalla-
tion, intersecting the neck of land on which Anapa
is situated, and extending on eadi side to the sea.
In a few days the works were advanced to the glacis,
and three breaches having been made, the governor
was summoned to surrender. The garrison had con-
sisted of three thousand men ; they had defended the
fort for forty days; Navarino had destroyed the fleet
which might have brought them relief, and nothing
remained but to surrender. Upon the conclusion of
the war Anapa was not restored ; at the peace of
Adrianople it was ceded to Russia, with all the coast
towns and flortis from the Koubaa to Fort bt.

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Nicholas. At any other time the transfer of this
military position from the Russians to the Circas-
sians might have been deemed an event of con-
siderable importance, but its evacuation at the
present moment is peculiarly interesting as a sign of
the severe pressure under which the power of Russia
is visibly collapsing.
London, England, 1855-06-16

SOHO.

THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new
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Royal Letters Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It
is packed in a case, Li inch deep, thus dispensing with a bonnet
box. Prices moderate. Also every kind of Bonnet in the best
Paris taste. Light Bonnets, w'th flowers, at 10s. Gd.; Glace
Bonnets, with Bowers, 16s. 6t1.; Mourning Bonnets, with
flowers. 12s. 6d.—At J. and E. SMITH'S Show Rooms, 151,
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JR. ALFRED WIGAN begs most respectfully
111 to announce that his BENEFIT will take place on
FRIDAY, the kind of June, when the Comedy of THE
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL will be performed. Joseph Surface,
Mr. Alfred Wigan ; Charles Surface. Mr. G. Vining ; Sir Peter
Mr. Emery; Sir Oliver, Mr. F. Vining, and Moses, Mr. F,
Robson ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Alfred Wigan ; Lady Teazle, Mrs.
Stirling (her first appearance this season). With the Fares
of POOR PILLICODDY. Principal characters by Mr. Y.
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THE PRESS.

GRANT—On the 6th instant, at Ballindalloch Castle, Lady
Macpherson Grant, widow of the late Sir John Macpherson
Grant, of Ballindalloch, Bart.
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INDIA.

The overland India mail reached Trieste on Tues-
day, with advices from Calcutta of the 4th of May;
Madras, 9th of May; and Bombay, 12th of May.
The accounts states that Nepaul and Thibet are
treating for peace, and that. Munglo, the chief of the
Burmans, has revolted against the English.
There is nothing new from British India. Lord
Dalhousie's health is indifferent. Trade was very
depressed and limited.
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF 1853-4.
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ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE
Lessee and Manager, MR. ALFRED WIGAN.
On Monday and during the Week the performances will com-
mence with PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs.
F. Robson, Emery, G. Vining; Misses Marston, and Bromley.
After Wilk') the new Comedy, In Three Acts, called STILL
WATERS RUN DEEP; in which Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery,
G. Vining, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. A. Wigan will appear. To
conclude with THE GARRICK FEVER.

-6;;ViiiiiTy: for the BENEFIT of Mr. A. WIGAN. THE
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Joseph Surface, Mr. A. Wigan;
Lady Teazle, Mrs. Stirling ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. A. Wigan.
To conclude with POOR PILLICODDY.
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UNITED STATES.

Two mails from New York itivearrived this week.
The Baltic reached the Mersey on Sunday, having
sailed on the 30th nit , brought besides the mails 247
passengers, and 1,880,1100 dollars in specie on freight.
The Arago arrived at Southampton on Thursday
night, with dates to the 2nd inst., bringing 500,000
dollars in specie, and 240 passengers.
The piratical expedition against Nicaragua at-
tempted sailing from New York on the 28th ult., but
was prevented by the authorities, and the scheme is
said to be entirely abandoned.
The Kane Arctic expedition was to leave on the
2nd instant.

The last advices from California are dated May Ist.
The mining accounts are reported favorable, but
business generally dull.
Mexican dates are to May 10th. A victory had
been obtained by Government over the insurgent
troops.
Santa Anna had not returned from an expedition
to Michoacan. Robberies and executions were daily
taking place, and there were no signs of ameliora-
tion.

Havannah news to the 25th ult. states that the pre.
valance of yellow fever and smallpox had created
great excitement. The siege of Cuba ceased on the
23rd.

CANADA.
The Canadian Parliament, which was prorogued
on the 28th ult., adjourned without definitely con-
cluding a proposition to donate lands to soldiers en-
listing in the Foreign Legion for the Crimea. A
further grant of 5,0001. for the Paria Exhibition was
voted.
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THE PRESS.

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England, and its comparison with that of other
countries, and quoting somewhat largely from official
returns to prove their accuracy, he brought forward
against the boasted merits of the actual system the
deficiencies in quality as well as in quantity of its
education, repeating that seven hundred school
masters and mistresses could not sign their own
names, contending that, although these might be
the superintendents of infants' schools, still the fact
itself was a proof of the unsatisfactory state of edu-
cation in the country. He quoted authorities to
show that the maintenance of many schools fell on

clergymen with small incomes, that the buildings
were in consequence unwholesome, the books defi-
cient, the teachers illiterate, and of a low moral tone.
After further evidence of the present want of educa-
tion, he proceeded to defend his rating clauses. He
brought forward official authority to prove the urgent
necessity of a further supply of funds; that, while
our best schools might be adduced as a model to
foreigners, those which could not avail themselves
of the annual grants were almost wholly ineffective,
and a positive disgrace. He feared that the demands
made by the clergy for the support of their schools
upon the national society much greater than could
be supplied, and the clergy had to submit to a strain
which they could not near much longer. Education
could not be maintained except by extraneous assist-
ance, and how was that to be afforded unless through
some such measure as the one he proposed 7 He
denied that his scheme could be stigmatised as pau-
perising the country; the United States, Holland,
Scotland had free schools, and he would ask the
Scottish members if free schools had pauperised
Scotland? Complaints bad been made that the at-
tendance was not compulsory ; this was a proviso
which no private member could venture to introduce,
and it would be premature till there were more
schools to attend, and the instruction was better
worth attendance. He believed that the indifference
of the peasantry in sending their children to school
arose from the general badness of the schools, and
that when the quality was improved the attendance
increased. After disposing of minor objections, he
replied to that which de:lared his object to be the
secularisation of the schools. His plan recognised
the religion of the children, and left the control of it
to their parents. When parents objected to the reli-
gion taught in the schools the objection itself was an
evidence that the child would receive religious in-
struction at home. Enforcing the same religious in-
struct ion to all would only lead to organised hypocrisy.
He concluded by defending his proposal of local
boards, arguing that a large local expenditure could
not be satisfactorily arranged by a central body. He
hoped that the constitution of the Committee of
Council would be changed, and that it would be con-
vetted into a distinct department of the State, repre-
sented by a responsible Minister of the Crown.
' The debate was adjourned till Monday, on the
motion of Mr. EWART.
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RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

The order of the day for reporting this bill created
a discussion on Tuesday in the Lords. Its object is
the repeal of the act which prohibits the assembling
of more that twenty persons for public worship in a
private house. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, its pro-
moter, urged the necessity of such a measure at a
time when infidelity was making rapid progress, and
the proportion of those who attended no place of
worship whatever was so fearful. He urged the ad-
vantages which had already accrued from the opening
of rooms for worship in the worst parts of the metro.
polis, especially by the London City Mission, which
had supplied the inevitable deficiencies of the Church
of England, and, he contended, preserved the king-
dom from anarchy. Yet thousands of the meetings
thus held by its agents were in direct violation of the
existing law, which was a barrier to religious liberty,
and in opposition to the spirit of the age.

The Bishop of LONDON would not consent to the
repeal of the law, though he would consent to its
modification.
The Bishop of OXFORD said that the object of the
present law was to prevent secret and surreptitious
meetings, for which purpose places of worship were
required to be registered. There was no difficulty
in their obtaining the requisite licence—the system
was simple, inexpensive, and easy. At a meeting of
the bishops held the day before it was unanimously
decided that they must oppose it.
The Earl of CARNARVON thought that, by the bill,
all the lines of demarcation which now existed be
tween the Church and dissent would be swept away.
The Duke of ARGYLL denounced the retention on
the statute-book of a law which could not be enforced.
After some further conversation,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the arguments
used against the bill had failed to convince him that
it was unsafe or injurious to the interests of the
Church of England.
The Earl of RODEN was in favour of a measure
which would enable churchmen and dissenters to
associate together in common worship.
The division gave a for and 00 against the bill.
London, England, 1855-06-16

THE NEW AGITATION.

Tun week has witnessed the first organised
meeting of the new society for obtaining
" Administrative Reform," and the probability
of good or evil resulting from a rival Executive
is discussed with vivacity in every circle of
the metropolis. Pros and cons can easily be
said about this new movement. All the gene-
ralities against agitation of any kind can
readily be used in this case. Solemn dealers
in platitudes and artists in sneers could
find it easy enough to lecture heavily, or joke
lightly, about this new agitation. Our Premier
would undertake to banter down the whole
society ; he would quiz MORLEY and Co. as
" queer fellows," and Mr. HAYTER would, per-
haps, boast that with some more slices of
Cabinet pudding ha could stop all their
mouths. But with Crimean losses, more

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THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

Ix consequence of the near approach of the so-called
Rinderpest, or cattle plague, which has been for a
long time past committing fearful ravages amongst
the flocks and herds in Russia, the authorities in
Memel have taken the alarm, and considered it ne-
cessary to take some energetic steps to prevent the
introduction of the dreadful pestilence into Prussia.
They have, therefore, just published a proclamation
totally prohibiting the importation from Russia of
horned cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, and poultry
fresh skins of oxen, and other animals; horns, un-
melted tallow, fresh beef, furs, manure, and stable
implements that have been used. The following
articles are prohibited if there is reason to believe
they are the produce of infected or suspected dis-
tricts: raw wool, dried hides, and the hair of ani-
mals, with the exception of hogs' bristles. All per-
sons who from the nature of their avocations may
be fairly supposed to have had personal contact with
infected cattle, such as cattle-dealers, butchers, gra
rim, drovers, tanners, leather merchants, and poultry-
dealers, will not be allowed to enter the Prussian
territory, and should special reasons exist far making
exceptions in particular cases, they must remain for
some days before their admission under the surveil-
lance of the authorities, submitting to such regula-
tions as may be considered needful for the general
security. In order the more effectually to maintain
a control over travellers and goods arriving from
Russia, they will only he allowed to cross the fron-
tiers at the stations of Nimmersatt, 13ajohren, Lan-
gallen, and Paschenkrug, all the others being for
the present hermetically closed, except to goods and
passehgeie going across the frontiers into Russia.

A MonEr, of the monument propogrd to be erected
on Windmill hill, Gravesend, to be called " The Alma
Tower," is shown in the town, and the project has
been laid before {be Town Council,
London, England, 1855-06-16

SUNDAY TRADING.

The committal of the bill for the prevention of
Sunday trading was opposed on Wednes,lay by Mr.
MASSEY, who asserted that the Sunday traders were
poor persons with small shops, dea'ing in perishable
articles. Families confined to a single small room
would by this bill be compelled to purchase their
food on the Saturday night, when it would be spoiled
before Sunday by the close atm,4phere. Even wbere
Sunday trading most prevailed it was commonly over
by eleven o'clock. The population of London had
greatly improved within the last century, and its
further improvement should be left to work its own
way without legislative interference, which was uni-
formly unsuccessful.
The bill was likewise opposed by Mr. W. J. Fox,
Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Maguire, Mr.
Wilkinson, Sir J. Walnisley, and Mr. Heyworth, upon
the ground that it restricted the procee.lings of the
poor, and left those of the rich untouched—that if it
prohibited trading it should also prohibit labour—
that wages were often paid too late on the Saturday
for the poor to make purchases—that it was confined
to the metropolis—and was unnecessary when the
Sunday was in general so well observed by the lower
orders. Mr. Daufaxosn, who likewise opposed it,
said that he would support an honest bill for shutting
up the clubs on a Sunday.
Lord Stanley, Mr. Ker Seymer, and Sir J. Shelley
supported it, observing that it permitted perishable
articles of food to be sold before nine o'clock in the
morning ; and that although sqmetimes wages were
now left unpaid till late on the Saturday night, the
passing of this bill would alter the practice—ihat the
amount of trading which would be effected was
quite enough to authorise interference—and that it
was for the general interest of the working as well as
the trading classes that Sunday should be perfectly
observed. A vivid description was given of the
famous Sunday fair at Houndsditeh by Mr. SEYMER.
After Sir 0. GREY had observed that some of the
objections were reasons for going into committee as
referring to matters of detail, such as the hours on
Sunday morning when trading should altogether
cease, the going into committee was carried by
168 to 51.
London, England, 1855-06-16

THE WAR.

A despatch from Varna, dated Wednesday, June
13, says that the French troops have been recalled
from Kertch, probably to assist in some great blow
against Sebastopol.
General Morris, after a cavalry reconnaissance of
the Russian camp on the T Ilherna, estimates the
force at from 80,000 to 100,000 men. In another
reconnaissance, the general captured two pieces of
cannon, besides a quantity of spirits, floor, and
tobacco.

It is [intended by Government to reinforce the
reserve battalions at Malta, which consist of com-
panies belonging to regiments serving in the Crimea,
as frequently as possible, from the depot companies
at home. The commander at the seat of war will
be thus enabled to augment his army in little better
than a week, should occasion require, by communi-
cating by telegraph to the War Department, from
whence an order will at once be forwarded by
telegraph to Marseilles, and thence by steamer to
Malta.

A contract is about to be entered into for a large
supply (50,000) of Minie and other rifles, it being
intended to establish a depot store for small arms
at Malta. _ _ _

Accounts from Constantinople, of the 4th, state
that Abd-el-Kader was expected there.

An Imperial menial manifesto, dated St. Peters-
burg, June 2, orders that., in case of the decease of
the present Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantino
shall be Regent during the minority of the Crown
Prince. The Regency is to continue during the
minority of the second son, should the eldest die.
The Empress is to be guardian.
London, England, 1855-06-16

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appropriate Bedding and Mattresses. Common Iron Bedsteads,
from 16s. ; Portable Folding Bedsteads, from 12s. 6d.; Patent Iron
Bedsteads, fitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking, from
17s. 6d.; and Cots from 20e each. Handsome Ornamental Iron
and Brass Bedsteads, in great variety, from 21. 133.6 d. to 151.155.
BATHS AND TOILETTE WARE.
WILLIAM S. BURTON has ONE LARGE SHOW-ROOM
devoted exclusively to the DISPLAY of BATHS and TOILETTE
WARE. The stock of each is at oncc the largest, newest, and
most varied ever submitted to the public, and marked at prices
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WILLIAM S. BURTON has SIXTEEN LARGE SHOW
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London, England, 1855-06-16

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London, England, 1855-02-10

Tuesd. Wed.
1100 11

altitirplitan tirktts.

(Reported exclusively for "T uz Passe.")
CORN-EXCHANGE Since our last report very moderate
supplies of English wheat have come to hand, eetetwiee and
by lavoksarrisge; hems., the chow of samples has been small.
The demand, however, has ruled far from 'wive, at lest week's
currency. Tito hupurto of foreign *heat have fallen to *MO
extent.. Importers haOug moony refuse.' w sell except et an
improvement of front is to di per quarter, the business passing
has been trilling. bine malting barley bits changed hands
oteadily, at lull prices; but grinding and distilling qualities have
given wily la per quarter. In malt very• little has been doing, on
former terms. On Monday oat* were very dull and cheapen ;
but the demand has since improved, and the quotatione have
been itrus. Beatty and peas hate ruled very dull, and dour has
commanded vory htti intention. Floating cargoes of grain
have been held at full rates.
London, England, 1855-02-10

NUMBERS OF THE CRIMEAN ARMY.

On Thursday Mr. Gladstcne was more than once
required to produce his authority for stetting that
28,000 men were tit for duty in the Crimea. The
demand seemed rather to perplex the right hon.
gentlemen, but Lord JOHN RUSSELL came to his
assistance, observing that the current statement of
only 12,000 men meant rank and file actually on
duty, while the 28,000 included the cavalry, artillery,
officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, and
rank and file employed on other services.
London, England, 1855-02-10

THE PRESS.

In the United States Senate a message had been
received from the President, urging the adoption of
measures to suppress the hostilities of the Indians
along the overland route to California, and submitted
to the Military Committee, who would report a bill
without delay, organising a force of 3,000 mounted
men.

Mr. Soule has resigned the Spanish mission, and
the Hon. John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, has
been nominated and confirmed to fill the vacancy.

In the Assembly at Albany a bill has been intro-
duced for the suppression of gambling, particularly
policy playing.
The labourers on the canal near Rochester struck
for higher wages, demanding tis. a day. A serious
riot occurred at Buffalo among the railway labourers,
which resulted in the death of one man and the
wounding of several others. The rioters were in
possession of the railway, and the sheriff had de-
cided on employing a force of British soldiers against
them.

The followinr, extract of a letter from New York,
dated the 16th of January, appears in au Irish
paper :

While I write, a melancholy procession is passing
beneath my window. Thirty thousand fine-looking men,
all starving, aro going down Broadway, to hold a meeting
in the City Park, w try and induce the Americans to give
them work; they won't have charity, they say.
London, England, 1855-02-10

TURKEY.

The Sultan intends raising a national loan, by
voluntary subscriptions, in Turkey.
Omer Pacha has withdrawn his resignation. Is-
mail Pacha, who continues under his orders, arrived
at Ibraila on the 31st ult. Soon after his arrival he
issued a proclamation as Commander-in-Chief of the
Danubian army, in which it was announced that a
great contest would probably take place on the Lowet
Danube.

Vely Pacha, the present Turkish ambassador at
Paris, is replaced by Mehemet Pacha, a son of Res
chid Pacha. Vely Pacha is appointed governor of
Broussa. _ _

Much progress has been made towards clearing up
the diplomatic differences existing between Turkey
and Greece. The two Governments appear finally
to have come to an understanding which will lead
to the re-establishment of relations.
It is reported that 70,000 men are to be raised in
Moldavia and Wallachia, the expense of their uni-
forms. maintenance, ,Lc., to be paid out of the re-
venues of the Greek convents, which have been
confiscated.
London, England, 1855-02-10

THE PREMIER'S POSITION.

- - _
" THE position of Lord PALMERSTON at this
" moment," say his friends, "is singular,
" perhaps unique. He has crowned a long
" life of social and political success by the
" attainment of the highest post open to a
" British subject. He is First Minister and
" Leader of the Commons, the representative
" of a popular policy, backed by the support
"of a large portion of the press. He has the
" advantage, moreover, of exercising these
" high functivs during a time of war, when
" faction is merged in patriotism, mea
" sures of organic change are not demanded
" by any section of the people, and when a
" highminded Opposition would rather see
" the Ministry strengthened than shaken. He
" is neither the servant of the Court, nor the
" friend of despotism abroad ; and if Perlia-
" went should not prove sufficiently submis-
" sive, he need have no fears or scruples in
" appealing to the people by a dissolution.
He will not be called upon by his supporters
.‘" out of doors to reform abuses, to attack
London, England, 1855-02-10

126

the Cabinet and in the House, the equivocal
form of bluster. At no time can he effectively
address the House without great preparation.
He is quite unequal to the task of habitually
conducting great debates, and of closing with
command important discussions.
The hopeless condition of our army et thtit
moment is mainly oceasioned by his neglect
of his duty at the Home-office in regard
.to
the Militia. He promised fa Fclottaty,
just a twelvemonth ago—that the Irish. and
Scotch Militia should be called out, but he
neglected to take the proper steps for
carrying this most necessary measure into
execution. War was declared on March
28th, 1854, and still Lord PALMERSTON
remained inactive. it was not until Mid-
summer that the promise made in February
began to be redeemed. Hence, when regi•
Inents of the line left Ireland early in the year,
English militia regiments had to be sent to
supply their place, and, through the improvi-
dence and delays of the Home-office, that
force was rendered unavailable from which an
army of reserve might most advantageously
have been formed.
Justice has been done to the policy which
framed and carried the Militia Act. It is now
acknowledged that that measure of Lord
DERBY'S Government was dictated by wise
foresight and due regard to the probable
necessities of the country. That it has not
been more effective in actual practice, and
furnished a powerful army of reserve, is solely
chargeable to Lord PALMERSTON'S neglect of his
duty. It is no wonder that the mental re-
source which, as accounts came thick and fast
of the terrible reduction of our army before
Sebastopol, could devise no better scheme for
its relief than the enlistment of a foreign
legion—did not discern at the commencement
of the war the expediency of organising the
entire militia force of the United Kingdom.
Had that step been taken, reinforcements
might have been sent to the army in the
Crimea, which would have kept it above its
work, and spared that sacrifice of life which
has resulted from fatigue without necessaries,
and exposure without rest. And at this time
another army might have been in readiness to
embark at the proper moment for the Crimea,
and take part in the operations of the spring
campaign. Lord PALMERSTON was in effect
War Minister for England, and the failure of
our army before Sebastopol, to whatever cause
it may be attributed, is not more conspicuous
than the failure of the Home-office in organis-
ing the Militia. It was a saying of GUICCIARDINI
that " avarice doth the more creep upon a man
" the older he doth grow," and this is espe-
cially true of the avarice of power. Lord PAL-
MERSTON was offered an honourable retreat :
he has grasped the Premiership, and his in-
competency to rule in the Home-office is to be
accepted as a proof of his ability to administer
the government of England at a great crisis
of her fortunes like the present. A great
crisis!—for while warring with Russia, it is
equally our duty and our interest to lose no
ground in honourable rivalry with France.
London, England, 1855-02-10

FEBRUARY 10, 1855•

that every man who was engaged in that disastrous affair at
BidaWave, and who was fortunate enough to oome out
of it alive, must feel that it was only by a merciful decree
of Almighty Providence that he escaped from the greatest
apparent certainty of death which could possibly be con-
ceived. (Loud cheers.)
The noble earl concluded by repeating his acknow-
ledgments for the honour that had been done him.
London, England, 1855-02-10

SAVINGS-BANKS' STOCK.

ACCOUNTS presented to the House of Commons, put-
swat to act of Parliament, state that the gross
amount of all sums received by the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt on account
of savings-banks and friendly societies in Great
Britain and Ireland, from their commencement in
1817 up to the 20th of November, 1854, amounted to
70,829,7571., and the gross amount of all sums paid
to 31,720,905/. The total amount of stock standing
in the names of the commissioners amounted to
33,009,2181., the amount of Exchequer Bills to 58,0001.,
and that of Exchequer Bonds to 1,000,000/. The
sums paid for the purchase of such stock, funds, and
Exchequer Bills amounted to :33,018,9061.; the gross
amount of interest or dividends received thereon by
the said commissioners was 24,070,2501.; and the
gross amount of interest paid and accredited to
savings-banks and friendly societies by the said com-
missioners (including interest up to and due on the
20th of November, 1854), 26,901,3561. A balance of
174,6831. remained uninvested on that day. The ex-
penses incurred by the commissioners for clerks'
salaries and other incidental expenses during the
preceding year are estimated at 4,7011. The total
amount of stock transferred and paid to the commis-
sioners within the year 1854 was 198,1581.; the
money paid (including commission), 851,6611.; the
amount of immediate annuities granted', 47,648 ; and
the amount of deferred annuities, 1,0271. The gross
amount of moneys received and paid by the commis-
sioners on account of " the fund for the military
savings-banks" from the 9th of September, 1845, to
the sth of January, 1855, was 208,123; and the
total amount of stock bought and transferred,
232,6161.
London, England, 1855-02-10

THE PRESS.

" 225 per 1,000 were on on average upon the
" sick list, and their annual mortality Wad at the
" rate of 161 per 1,000."
Do these figures bear any proportion to the
frightful consumption of life which we have
lately witnessed, and still witness, in the
Crimea? Is it not notorious that whole regi-
ments have been swept away by disease since
the siege of Sebastopol commenced ? The
63rd has disappeared altogether; the 46th,
which left this country in November 1,000
strong, had okily by the last accounts some
thirty men fit ?Or duty. But we need not
multiply details with which the whole world is
conversant, although we must express sur-
prise at the bold attempt of the late Secretary-
at-War to impose upon the credulity of his
hearers by citing an historical precedent
which tells so fatally against himself.
The boldness of Mr. GLADSTONS is still more
remarkable. He asserts not only that the
reports as to the condition of our army have
been grossly exaggerated, but that we still
have an effective force of 30,000 men before
Sebastopol. Another Cabinet Minister, Sir
WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, has since deliberately
repeated this statement. How are we to re-
concile this estimate with a late report of
their own chief medical officer on the spot'
Dr. HALL states that the one-half of our sol-
diers now doing duty ought to be in hospital,
and that there are actually in the camp but
five or six thousand effective men, the remnant
of the finest army that England ever pos-
sessed. It will require all Mr. GLADSTONE'S
ingenuity to reconcile these startling dif-
ferences to the satisfaction of the country.
London, England, 1855-02-10

RUSSIA.

According to Russian accounts, the total forces of
Russia now in the field amount to 695,000 men, and
before the lapse of six months a reserve force of
t/00,000 bayonets will be established. These troops
are distributed over a vast space of territory in Eu
rope and Asia.
The Prussian Gazette, in a despatch from Warsaw,
dated Feb. 5, states that an order has been received
that all the Russian forces in the vicinity of Cracow,
and on the Austrian frontier, should retreat with all
despatch into the interior of the country.
Large reinforcements are being sent to the Crimea.
Two grenadier divisions, 15,000 riflemen from Siberia
and Oaenburg, and fifteen battalions of reserves,
garrison Perekop. A third corps, under General
Read, occupies the second line of Bessarabia ; its
eolumns reach to Chotegon. The fortresses of Ismail,
Kilia, and Bender have each been reinforced with
N,OOO men. General Sievers is reorganising the
Baltic corps.
Despatches received in Vienna on Thursday state
tha► the Grand Duke Michael is lying ill of ague at
Cliersun. The Grand Duke Nicholas is at Sebas-
topol.
M. Bontkoff is appointed " Secretary of the Em-
pire."
The English missionaries to the Jews in Poland
were banished. Their printing and bookbinding
establishments, library, and chapel have been appro-
priated by the Government, and offered for sale.
London, England, 1855-02-10

THE PRESS.

The accounts which are received here as to the health
of the army become more dismal day after day ; and they
are only too drearily confirmed by the rate at which the
arrivals of sick take place, and by the condition of the men
when admitted into hospital. Only two days ago I met an
officer holding a high position in the service, who had just
returned from the Crimea. He spoke without the slightest
reserve of the state of matters there—said that as an
organised efficient force the army no longer existed, that
all discipline and order had disappeared, that the men had
ceased to salute their officers as they passed, and it was
quite a conmon thing to see them selling indispensable
articles of warm clothing in order to buy nn. It would
take many mouths to bring back to a proper state of
efficiency those who were still fit for duty, so thoroughly
demoralised had they become. As for the sick, not only
the regimental hospitals, but the tents were full of them,
and many of those who still stuck to work were quite unfit
fur it. It was impossible, lie declared, to believe the state
of the army as to disease, unless one went up and examined
into it closely.
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