The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SMSO7Ir.

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TO TH$ LONDON oLsarni 07

PILIDLY.)

WAR DEPARTMENT, 811. T. 3.

Lord Panmure hu this day received a dispatch
and its enclosures, of which tha following are copies,
admired to his lordship by General Simpson.

Before Sebastopol, August 21.

My Loed,—ln my despatch of the 18th instant, I
was unable to give u detailed an account of the part
taken by the Sardinian troops in the battle of the
Tchernaya as I could have wished. I have since
received General La Marmora's report, of which I
have now the honour to send you a copy.

The killed and wounded of the Itussien army ex-
ceed, if anything, the number I originally mated.
As armistice was grunted, to enable the enemy to
bury the dead, mad Tait quantities were oarded

A"'fit's Karon the 'batteries of the Alllss has teen
very effective, and the result attained has been sr&
tient to enable the works against the plasm to pro-
gress satisfarstorily.
I beg to enclose the list of casualties to the 19th
instant.

rltor M'Clowas, 93rd Highlanders, who was re-
pa by me as missing, in my deepatch of the 11th
August, I have since ascertained was attacked whilst
posting his sentries in advance of the trenches,
wounded severely, and made prisoner.—l have, &c,
JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding.
The Lord Penman, &o.

GENERAL LA MARMORA'S REPORT.

Ltantninx AlUlT.—Hesd•quarters of
the Expeditionary Forest in the But,
Kadikoi, August 17, 1866.

Sir,—The interest which you are so kind u to
evince in everything relating to the Sardinian ex-
peditionary army makes it imperative upon me to
inform your Excellency of the share taken by the
troops under my command in the engagement on the
Tchernaya yesterday.
Upon receiving the report of Colonel Dessaint,
attached to the Preach head-quarters, which you
were good enough to communicate to me on the even-
lug of the day before yesterday, and by which we
were led to expect very shortly an attack on the line
of the Tchernaya, I at woe gave orders that my
troops should be under arms yesterday morning at
an earlier hour than usual.

At break of day our outposts stationed on the Ma-
melon which commands Tchorgoun were enveloped
in a well-sustained fire of artillery, which proceeded
from three batteries posted opposite to the breast-
works by which our outposts were covered, and on
the two Mamelons further to the right, which form
the two banks of the Boohoo. They were at the same
time vigorously charged by three Russian columns,
which came on with fixed bayonets, and attacked our
breastworks in front and rear. The men composing
these columns carried ladders with them, to scale the
parapets. The preconcerted signal of alarm was
immediately given ; and the troops took up the posi-
tions which had been assigned to them in anticipation
of this attack.

I begged his Excellency Hosman Puha to bring
up the Turkish troops which were stationed furthest
o 8; and I ordered the 4th battalion of Riflemen (Bar-
saglieri) to the support of our outposts, which only
consisted of three companies, in order that these latter
might be enabled to hold their ground as long as pos-
sible, and thus give us time to complete our arrange-
ments.

Attacked in the rear by the enemy's artillery, and
charged by three columns of infantry, the outposts,
after an hour's firing, fell back, the reinforcement. I
had sent to them greatly facilitating their rennet.
At the same time, I made every effort to silence the
enemy's guns. In this endeavour I was assisted by
the Turkish field-pieces from Alson, and by the Eng-
' lish battery, with which you were good enough to
reinforce us. Several of the enemy's ammunition
waggons exploded between 7 and 8 o'clock.
In the meantime the Russians had stationed fresh
batteries near the centre of their position, and had
opened a most effective fire of artillery on the tete-de-
pont at Tractir, and on the French positions on our
left. A column of infantry, under cover of this fire,
attacked the Mamelon, which formed the extreme
right of General D'Herbillon's division. This first
column had crossed the Tchernsya, and surmounted
the steep ascent of the Mamelon in spite of the fire
of the tirailleurs, when it was vigorously attacked by
the French troops in support, and hurled back,
broken and disordered, into the Tchernaya.
As I considered, from the subsequent disposi-
tions of the enemy's forces, that he only intended
to make a demonstration of artillery before our
position, while he concentrated his infantry chiefly
on the extreme right of the Third Division (Fau-
cher's), on which point a second column was now
advancing, I ordered a portion of my bth Brigade, '
under the command of General Mallard, to march
to the support of the right wing of the Pesach, and
I posted two of our batteries in a position from
whence they could maintain an oblique fire upon the
Russians. At the same time I requested the English
cavalry to move down into the plain to be in readi-
ness to charge. I had given similar orders to my
own eavalry.
When the soldiers of my sth Brigade arrived at
the Mamelon they found that the enemy's attack
had been already repulsed; but the fire of the two
batteries of the 2nd Division (Troths) appeared to do
great execution on the second Russian column,
which, checked in frost by the French troops, and
harassed in the rear by the fire of our batten.* and
the musketry of oar battalions, fell back in the
greatest disorder. I then ordered some of our batta-
lions to advance under cover of the riflemen (Ber-
saglieri); bat I was requested to countermand this
movement.

The enemy, repulsed at all points, commenoed his
retreat. One column, which appeared to me to con-
sist of a division, retreated by the valley of the Boa-
lion. Another division, the one which had attacked
our outposts and the French right in the morning,
fell back upon the zigzag Mamelon ; while a third
division followed the road which leads to Mackenzie's
Farm.

I took advantage of this state of things to reoccupy
with my troops the zigzag Mamelon ; in which
design I succeeded perfectly, in spite of the imposing
force which the enemy still retained on that point. In
the meantime, three battalions of Turkish troops
advanced into the valley of Tcborgoun, to replace the
battalion of Cialdini's brigade, which wee occupying
the heights of Karlooka.
Later in the day, I crossed the Tobernaya with four
squadrons, and marching in a parallel line with the
sting Mamelon, came upon the old Russian redoubt,
whence I could easily discern, at a little distance before
us, a very fine array of regular cavalry, supported by
horse artillery. It was distributed in twelve separate
bodies, and must have been composed of at least fifty
squadrons. This cavalry did not fall back on
Mackenzie's road till the whole of the infantry and
artillery bad effected their retreat.
The loam sustained by our troops, a portion only
of whom was engaged, were very inconsiderable.
They amount to about two hundred men placed hors
de combat; and I impute the fact of our not having
lost more men mainly to the works with which we
fortified our position, and to the batteries of heavy
guns which you were so obliging as to lend us for
their defence. It is, however, my painful duty to
announce to your Excellency that Count Monte-
veoehio, the general commanding the Fourth Brigade,
is mortally wounded; a ball passed through his
shut

IPray accept, General, the amurance of my high
consideration.
The General Commanding-in-Chief the
Sardinian Expeditionary Forces,
(Signed) LA MARMORA.
To his :7acellne,
the General Comanding-
in. Chief the English Army.

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*rosaries' Mara et Camarillo on August 13
, naint--1 aim worded.
fl tar? Bain et an °Seer serving In the
mew who us ms, wordratot 13.—Contsaimariat : Deputy.
Asakramt Conmarierry.OsnaMMWM B. Mane. etighrly.
Ni,„km oana, %kr kern Annie 17 tol9, inclusive.-
3rd Dattntlen Germadier Clamrda- rank an file "laded. let Bat-
talion amestrem osirds—.l rank and Al. kilMd ; I rank and Ala
wm„,ftd. 1R onsisiks lea, rtOUlei Guards—l rank and Ala
killed; I ellivre, l rot and Ile, wean In- lea Sinai'', let Font—
I rank rat kin aramded. fad lattalks lag 8001--I Neiman killed.
led FUSS-1 rook arl Ile killad ; 3 oaken. 3 oaallamat. 7 Task and Al.,
womll6l. ark hint-4 rank and Al. aratOrlorl. 7tlt real-2 rank
ma Si. passisl. tlu Tont- I rank and file killed ; 3 rank snafus
esesisa. %71k lemet—li rank and wevadad. Nab noe—
-1 ME sad fie killed -

...Ad • 6 rualTh--"snallleWalnaded.
Seth Foot-1 awymmt. Snail and file wounded. 49th Foot-1 rank
and AM killed; l megeant, 7 rank and dl. wounded. 63t1 noe—
-1 rani and Ile wounded. 57th Poot-1 we rank and Alf
wounded. 67nd loot-1 rank and Ile wovoded. Rik Foot-5 rank
and file wounded. 711 rad root —I rank and Ile killed. 77th Prot—l
geese. 10 reek and Me wounded. 79th Fact-1 rare and Se Iliad;
rink and Se wounded. Seth Foot-3 rank snit Se kilt ;
drummer, 5 rank and Ile wounded. italth Foot—l rank
and Ale
wounded. 93ed Foot-5 rank and Ile wounded. 93tb Foot-2 rank
and Ale wounded. 17th Foot—l ofileer, 1 yank and Se wounded.
let Battalion Rifle Brigade- rank and file wended. Bid Buttallem
Rile Brigade-2 rank and file killed ; 1 drummer, 21 meek and file
wounded. Royal Artillery—l akar, 3 rank and Se kited; 2
°Seem I sergeants. 44 rank and die wounded. Royal Peppers and
Ilitnera-3 rank and file killed , I rank and ale wounded. Total :-
1 Weer, I seneent, 33 rank and file Lied; 6 *Seers, 12mrgesana
dr, 31l read and Ike wounded.
Nominal Itetarn of Olken who have been Killed from Übe 17th to
the 19th August, Inclusive.—Aoguet 17: Royal Artillery—Captain
Anthony Wiled.
Nominal Return of Moen who have been Wounded hoar Me 17th
to the 19th August, Inelueive.—Augnet 17 : 3rd Foot—Lieutemants I.
B. Dennis, mortally; B. 2. Midterm, allginly. SS Foot —Lieut..
Conrad B. I. Baumgartner. slightly. 7701 Poot—Loutenase R. P.
Arrameceig, dightly. Royal Artillery—Brent Major C. 6. Remy,
severely.

Align& 18.-97th Foot-Lleut and Adjutant W. Denman, mortally
(since dead).
AO/oft 19.-lat Battalion State Fuer Guards-Captain P. Basis!,slightly. Ileysl Artillery-Lieutesant C. E. Stott, slightly.
Nominal Relent of Non-commissioned Ofßoon and Privatesled
from the 17th to the 19th August, incluiiive.-August 17 : 7iad Bette.
ULM let Foot-Sergeant Join Armstrong. 3rd Foot-Privets George
Wilson. 18th Foot-Printe Joseph Clarke. 23rd Foot-Corporal
John Shave. 29th Foot- Private Joseph Mulhorn. 31st Peet- Frt.
vane William Potter, James (Moen, Edward Nene, Henry Rielisrds.
34th Foot-Private John Maycoca. 47th loot-Private Hugh Malty.
49th Foot-Private John Morrow. Royal Artillery -Gunnereßiele.-d
Armstrong, James Keith, J. Watson. J. Yates, J. Minelea. Royal
Sappers end Miners-Private. Willies Collins, Henry Manses.
August 19.-9th Foot-Privates Brian McCormick, Thomas
bloGualicon. 23rd Foot-Private Thomas Remo. 33rd Foot-Caepoeei
John Mara. 89th Feot-Privates Patrick loran, John Houck. hid
Bettelice Ride Brigade-Corporal Denali Shea, Private David Tian.
stall. Royal Sapper@ Led Miners-Prime Michael McNamara.
19.—1et.1 Battalion ra:lst!talll2 °Wirtalion, t.
u.TIPriGTIBLIN
robs Rube. 42nd Foot-Private Patrick Hanrelism. 72nd Pont-
Private Aleastider Law. 79th Foot-Private David Marshal.
Nominal Return of Noo.Commissioned Mears and Privates
Wounded from the 17th to the 19th August, inclusin.-Aggeet 17 :
Brd Foot-Sergeant James O'Shea, slightly. Privates Hugh Banter,
mortally; John Hughes, slightly; Lewis Tuswel4 dangerously;
All.n Noxell, slightly; Dennis o•lCeele, severely; Edward Rourke.
slightly Charles Morrow, slightly. 4th Foot-Privates William Doo.
lan, severely; Robert Edward', &lightly; James Hunt, slightly. 7th
Foot-Privates Richard Hooten, slightly; George spear, &Subtly.
18th Foot-Corporal Michael Rouie, severely. Privates John Lawler.
slightly; William Hamilton, severely; Thadeus Singleton, slightly.
23rd Foot-Privates Patrick Whelan, slightly; Minsel Vaughan,
Jamessubuy .; .Wrs.ill;revAerredlej; severe)
eWlYoodal; jol,hnalighPliarym. erliStballgkruhLy;
jwili:etotirtlgesanodnkyunr.tiatit.g....ligPwr-"rserhictisaygticith,ligFshtalom.hulinyhn:llut4,asysi.ighp.tMlyuicimtlhoe,kr3‘hy.hi;Wtel'al:trootlig-tihyP:ifi:nvagerteti;ZtEll.
slightly; Lewis Prince, slightly. 84th Carlittettoogitig-hPritlyve; ter DatviiklusLaDaltim"Yer:
severely; Daniel Curry, slightly. 38th Foot-Private Hugh O'Neill
slightly. 41st Foot-Sergeant James Anderson, slightly. Coe-
pond Francis Dowling. slightly. Privates William Greg,
slMhtly ; Andrew Erwin, slightly • Henry Turner severely.
40th Poot-tiergeant William Grogan, severely; Lazice-Corpond
Thomas O'Brien, severely. 47th Foot-Privates Michael Caulfield.
dangerously ; John Kelly, ,lightly; William Fitzpatrick, severely ;
John Cooney, severely. 49th Foot-Primes Patrick M /Gann, dan-
gerously; George Ball, severely; Daniel O'Neil, severely; Michael
Mullins, severely. 33th Foot- Privates Jana Aitken, dangerously;
Michael Mann/am ,slightly. 57th YOOI-Bergeant William Widths.
dangerously; !mate Nicholas Rowe, severely. 6nd Foot-Corporal
William smith, slightly. 68th Mod-Private Cornell= Reardos.
slightly. 77th Foot-Pince. Edward Smith, dangerously; Michael
Walsh,
slightly; Dennis Tobin, slightly ; Samuel Mitchell, slightly;
Patrice Mitchell, slightly; Robert Story, dangerously; Nell el•Vicker.
*evenly; Owen Sullivan slightly. 88th Foot-Private John O'Brien.
97th Foot-Pr:sate James Joyce, slightly. 2nd battalion.
Ritleßrissele-Corporal J. Rowe, slightly; Bugler J. Eite, slightly;
Privates Henry Wilma, slightly; septlnus Bland, dangerously;
John Little, slightly ; Thomas Bone, slightly; Charles Jacobs,
slightly; Samuel intuition*, slightly; George Morgan, slightly;
M.Carthy, slightly; Edward Kent, slightly; Adam Brock.
bridge, gllghtly ,• 1 how's Robinson, severely; Frederick Carden.
severely • Frederick M'Evoy, severely; John White, slightly.
Royal Artillery-Sergeant Joseph Mansfield, slightly; Corporal Rbt.
Sprowl, slightly; Bombardiers Andrew Todd. severely ; Edward St.
Clan severely ; Henry Stanley, slightly; A. Findlay, severely; John
Cale, @lightly; Waiter Tborburn, severely; Charles Ford, slightly.
Ousters William Lalge, slightly ; Jonathan Baundereon, slightly;
Alfred Edmonton, slightly ; William Phelps, severely; John George,
slightly; J. ha Horlgsn, slightly; John Harrold, sightly; Thomas
Watkins, slightly; Richard Williams. slightly; Bonet Bettleld,
slightly; John ullisan, severely; James Armour, severely; Wills.
Mondry, severely; M•Kee, severely• John Lewis, "lightly ;
William The/capon, slightly; William Whi'Uow, slightly; William
Spew, slightly; Robert Taylor, slightly; Patrick felines, severely.
Royal Sappers and Miners-and Cocoons' Henry B. Smith, severely;
Fdward billnize, severely; Privates Peter Denney,
Lasii:lVrhnrai Lloyd, slightly.
August 18.-4th Foot-Private C. Latcham, severely. 9th Foot-
Privates Jos. lisckenwall, severely; Gilbert Stenson, severely;
Kenai M'Evoy, severely. 19th Foot-Prints Lido's,
slightly. 2th Foot-Privates William Joyce, slightly; Michael
O'Neill, slightly ; Job Whitmore, 'lightly. 21st Foot-Printe James
M•Kenzie, severely. 23rd Pool- Canoed David Gibbs, dingerously;
Privates Edmund Dwyer, slightly; Thomas West, slightly; John
Moor y slightly. 28th Foot-Private Patrick Cantwell, severely.
14th Foot-Pilvates Peer Donnelly, severely. Joseph Caroline.
slightly; Thomas Thornton. slightly. 38th FOot-Private Joseph
Boot, severely. 48th Foot-Sergeant Michael Moran, slightly. 57th
Foot-Private William Wright, slightly, 88th Foot-Private Adam
Sloweroft. slightly, 77th Foot-Privates William Dickey, slightly;
Henry Brooks, slightly. 85th Foot-Drummer Michael M'Carra,
severely ; Privates John Beery slightly; Michael Fuly, dangerously;
• Henry Purcell, severely; Michael Gorey, severely, let Battalion
Rifle Bilged.-Private Isaac nta99n, slightly. 2nd Battalion Rite
mods-Privates John Wenn, slightly; William Graham, slightly;
Samuel Collins, slightly; William Phillips, slightly; Thomas Len.
nerd, slightly; Peter Sutton. severely. Royal Artidery-Corporals
John Ackland, "evenly; William Madden. slightly. Bombardier
William Simpson, slightly. Gunners J. M'Gennio, severely; It,
SCAT'', slightly; Thomas Murray, slightly: Thomas Sedgewick,
severely; John Il•Cullock. severely; Henry Tome, severely; John
Smith. slightly; Henry Wardle. severely. Royal Sappers end
Miss-Laoce.Corporal Joseph MEW slightly.
19.-3rd Bananas 011111 rear Guards-Priests
Hartle, Henry Liszlibeeerely. Ist Kennon Coldstream
Guardt;-Privates J. Brows. • &Gillespie, slightly; J. Seeks.
slightly; J.White,dangeroodg; T. annoy, severely; J.Cope, severely,
Ist Balislice Boas Fusilier Gelierds-Corpotal James McDougal, den.
serously ; Privates John Brown, Keenly ; Henry Dieters, slightly.
tat Batlike Ist Foot-Corporal W. Sullivan, severely ; private
Benjamin Booty, slightly. 17th Foot-Corporal Matthew Hogan.
slightly; Penske Thomas MoKowen, slightly; Beery Chula's.
slightly. 19th Foot -Pinata John Kerry, slightly; William
MeCrecklis, slightly. 28th Foot-Private Thanes Jackaon, severely.
38th Foot-Printes Matthew Hedy, slightly; James Rowe, slightly;
John Cooks, severely ,• Thomas Lowe, severely. 42nd Foot-Privates
Peter Ingram, severely; John Ordains. slightly ; John Williamoh.
slightly. 44th Foot -Storre9t Oscar Rely, slightly. 47lii Foot-
Corporal Thomas Keels, slightly; Private Archibald Heiden, slightly.
49th Foot - Privates William Faulkner, slightly ; Edward
Rider slightly ; John Tredcy, slightly. 49th Foot-8-rgeant
Rdmied Pollard, severely; Lence.berm ant William Hunter,
slightly; Prisons William Stinson, severely; James Watts:
dangerously. 69th Foot - Lanco.Corporsi Raft. Donoghue.
severely ; Privates Joseph Kelly, slightly ; Thomas McKeevenny. se-
verely. 79th Foot-Privets William H.stie, severely; James
ideMillas, slightly; William Kelly, slightly; Charles
jaißtebudW°d.ou9dsdaleliaNik.'
loch, slightly ; James Liodsay. slightly; Thomas Leath.
slightly ; Junes Gortley, alien ; Alexander axwell, slightly.
99th Foot-Private James ton, slightly. 9id Foot-Privates
Edward Neil, slightly ; John Latch, slightly ; Peter Cathro,
slightly; Thomas Middleton, severely Thomas Griffis, slightly.
93th Foot-Corporal Patrick Reese. slightly; Lame Correia! John
Byrne, severely. Id Battalion Rifle Brigade-Private John Wilden,
slightly. Royal Artillery-Sergeast Thomas Fletcher, Plightly
Naval •
Brigade. August 111.-
o.,,Gunnen.„Semuttutlayl
;Sims,ao,9nseverAlommuNy ;
yd
A Lot of Canaille' In the Revd
John
seWyearellacte,ly ; ;
LoeJoseph
veiel
Wounded: Mass! Stanley, A. 8., Rodney, severely ; George atiawer,
.11146:F. Acting Mate, Roles), slightin
William Pearsoa, All. Rodney. slightly
Hovan
on,
A. 8., Rodney. slightly;
rightly; Francis Cotter, A.R., Olen!. g _ t
19
A List of Camaltles la the Royal haval Brigade, Angus .-
H,dat.atti,
A.m.;
80„.7;
severely:
onjosterlh7,tcolti,...Cowanit;usoech.:;l&Qicutritd.
gl y. Ord.. Queen. slightly; James Atkins, A.R.. Al.-
bion, slightly; Tomas LSWII42Or, A. 8., Bodoev, slightly; William
usl • William Nash, A. 8., Lon-
don,m,deever;eily,,.; Charles WA.alsha.:
itedleattnygottisea,mtlaya, Albion, severely.
co 9

GENERAL LA MARMORAI ORDER OF THE

DAY. AUGUST 17, 1855.

_ -
Soldiers!—Yesterday, for the first time, you en-
countered the enemy. to combat whom we came to these
distant regions. Your attitude has fulfilled my hopes and
won the sub gums of our brays allies. The telegraph has
ancouneed to Europe that you hare contributed to the
victory of the 'lnherits's. Tne King will be satisfied, and
the Ratko filled with joy. I thank you for your fine coo-
-1 duct ea this glorious day.—The General in Chief.
LA IllAittlOßA.

1 rank and Ile Idlled ; reekani la wounded. 19th
Foot-1 rank red apended. 10% foot--d ran k and 111 e wounded.
Met Poot-1 risk nod Ole weended. sM Po a-3 reek end file
killed; 10 tanked lie wonaleg. Forie-1 reAk and ha red;
a.llie.w47llll=-7toollies2ll6oltrot-egrolo.
I ark sal aanallet. last-1 rusk airl IL, killed. Nth
Pain-1 11.1111•11 drink and Me weeded. Seek Foot-d
rook sod lb sombd. 44tIost1 essream, tsiek sad 'ONdaso, wooded.
43rd Prat-1 rook sod W /WM ;- I rank end lie wonaded. 441 k
Poso-1 atoms wsoodisd. 4/6 wagnent, 1 nine and Ole
oorded: qlk Fost-I roolisol Ale killed; t rusk end wcanded.

gb, expreoo.

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LONDON, TUESDAY,

OUR Generals in the Crimea have been sorely
annoyed by the surveillance which the newspaper
press has exercised over all their operations. They
forget that they owe to this publicity a comparative
exemption from acts of iojustioe to which the Rus-
sian 0 Is are frequently 'ejected. The authori-
ties in St. Petersburg, after twisting and turning the
news of the battle of tb. Tchernaya into every possi-
ble shape, and alter 'finding that by no legerdemain
anything could be made of it bat a defeat, have set
themselves to invent excuses for the disagree-
able fact. Prince 001TCHAKOM it would emus

L to be made the seepe•goat. The Si: Pe-
tersburg correspondent of Lo Nord has been
instructed to write to that journal, that " an imps-
tient desire of measuring hie strength with the
enemy hurried Prince GORTCUAKOI7 on beyond the
_ _ _ _ . _

. _
limit of prudence." In Rossi* this false accusation is
certain to be believed, for there no one dare publish
the fact that Prinos GOATCHAXOP7, instead of being

and inexpressible. do not muse the poverty of the
poor creatures they employ—they only tarn it to
account. There is some truth in 'what they
allege—that the we/thwart whoNt erg half
starved under them, would `pm entirely :dtary
without them. Still it iv rather In . the
rq.,
great bulk of these traditlan the destit nof others,
to give themeelves,intsenlipet span the Soignee, airs
of philanthropy. A right-minded man would shrink
from specula ling upon gains to be squeezed out of
fir- The habit of exacting much work for almost
no Po; meat cannot fail t 3 render the heart callous.
An illustsation—we trust au extreme one—of the
liind of men who trade upon the seeds of the desti-
tute, was presented on Saturday last in the Police
Court in Worahipstreet. A poor miareetrees, by name
ham IzzAcsox, bad been occasionally employed bye
person of the name of °woman, in Fashion-street,
Spitalfields. When eh* ceased to work for him he
was indebted to bee in the sum of ilfteenponoe.
For two mortal months did she continue to make
applications to him for payment of this paltry sum,
but in vain. On Wednesday last she again applied
for it, but was once more told to "call again.* To
her remonstrances that she had worked hard for the

money, and was much in need of it, GRINBURN re-
plied by seising hold of her, and with dastardly
violence sought to eject her from his shop. One of his
workmen —Anitawax I.azazus —endeavoured to stifle
her cries by placing his hand upon her mouth. They
continued thus to maltreat her, notwithstanding the
threats of an indignant crowd, until a policeman in-
terfered and rescued her. Her clothes were torn and
her body bruised in the angle; sad when she reached
home she was obliged to betake herself to bed sad
send for • mugeon. Her assailants, when brought
before the Magistrate, did not attempt to deny that
the money she claimed was due, or that it had been
withheld from her for two months. They only al-
leged that she had been "civilly requested" to call
for it on the Saturday, and had refused to quit the
place. This dishonesty in withholding the paltry
sum earned by exertions beyond what nature could
bear was aggravated by unmanly abuse of
man's superior strength. Mr. HAMMILL very pre-
perly imposed& fine of 101. on mho' the delinquents
—one-half to be paid to the poor woman—with three

harried away by an impatient desire of battle, merely
carried into eff,ct instructions received from St.
Petersburg, in a letter from the Emperor, which was ,
read to the trcope before going into action. It is
true that a somewhat similar trick was tried by 1
Sir JAMES (human, when he attempted to 1
throw upon Sir CHAIU.ES NAPIER the whole
blame of the reaultless campaign of 18M, while
Sir CHARLES bed been merely acting in conformity to
the instructions of the Admiralty. But the disin- 1
genuons finesse of Sir JAMES having been exposed;no
other Minister will attempt to repeat it. Our Ad- 1
minds and Generals are henceforth safe from such
unworthy treatment. Not so with the Admirals and 1
Generals of Russia. Others of them have experienced 1
the same treatment as Prince GORTCHAHOPP before
now; and others will experience it hereafter as I
often as obedience to the commands of their Go
vernment leads to disaster and defeat. The much-
decried publicity, for which England is indebted
to its newspaper press, secures to our Corn-
menders 17 sea and land fair play at the hands of '
Government, and secures to the public that efficient 1
service which can only be rendered by men who are
sure of having justice done them provided they do
their duty.
It is as well, however, to note that in the present
CM any sympathy for Prince GORTCHAXOPP would
be entirely thrown away. " Even-handed justice has 1
commended the contents of his poisoned chalice to his 1
own lips.' He has merely been treated by his
Government as he has himself treated a braver
and a better officer. Among the Russian '
officers who fell at the battle of the Tcher-
nays was General READ. "Dead men tell I
no tales:" and accordingly Prince GORTCHAKOPP has 1
molvtd that General READ shall bear the blame of 1
his failure. " I then proceeded," says the Pawl, in I
his report published in the Inrolide Busse, "to that I
redoubt [the redoubt on the Telegraph Hill], to ex-
amine the ground in person, to give my final instruc-
tions for the operations of the troops, when I was
startled by a violent platoon firing on our right wing.
General READ, with his two divisions, had attacked
the Fedukhine heights. It is impossible for me
to explain the motive which determined that ,
General to make the attack contrary to the adopted
plan, without having received my orders to do
so, for very soon afterwards he himself and the
chief of his staff were killed." Now, singularly
enough, no notice is taken of this grave charge
against General READ in the abstract of Prince.
GORTCHAKOFF'S report which originally appeared in
the Inralide Reese. General READ, it will be recol-
lected, was not killed outright, but was conveyed to
the French camp, and lingered some time before he
expired. The full report of Prince GORICIIAKOPP,
published in the Iftralide Russe, has, therefore, all
the appearance of a second and amended edition, re-
pined aft, r the PEINCE had ascertained that death had
incapacitated the man upon whom he now seeks to
throw the blame of his repulse from contradicting
him. What a picture of courtly baseness and false-
hood does this shifting of the blame from shoulder to
shoulder present ! The parasites of the Court first
accuse Prince GORTCHAKOFP of rashness, whereas it
appears that he simply carried into effect the posi-
tive commands of the EMPEROR; and the only way
the PRINCE can devise of warding off a misrepresenta-
tion 'rch he knew awaited him, is, not to tell the
real truth, but in his turn to invent a lie against a
dead officer. And it is pretty clear that such false-
hood and dishonesty is not confined to the soil of
Russia, but that it would flourish as luxuriantly in
this our own land, were there not a public opinion to
keep it in check. Selfish cruelty and falsehood are
the vices of slaves. They prompt the Russians to
slander the absent and the dead, and to turn their
guns on their own wounded, abandoned on the field
of battle, rather than that the enemy should have the
credit of relieving them.
There is another important lesson to be drawn
from the report of Prince GORTCHAROPT. The allu-
sion made by General Pstuenta, in his order of the
day issued after the battle of the Tchernaya, to his
desire to economise the blood of his sol-
diers, betrayed a lurking uneasiness lest
he should be accused of not having followed
up his victory with sufficient promptitude.
The elaborate report of Admiral BRUM', published a
short time afterwards, has much the appearance of
having been got up to meet such a charge by anticipa-
tion. And now the report of Prince GORTCHAKOPP
shows how the Russians have been able to turn to
account the failure to pursue them. In a tone of
braggadocio the PRINCE declares that he made a stand
upon the Mackenzie heights, but that the enemy
" dared not attempt "to assail him. Whenever the
Allies have grappled with the Russians in earnest,
the latter have shrunk from the contest ; but wh
the Allies have failed to follow up their advantage
the Russians have had the audacity to claim a semi-
victory. The Muscovites mast be dealt with as the
old doggrel advisee dealing with a nettle:

months of hard labour in the Houe of Correction in
default of payment. This is a horrible picture of the
ruffian callousness engendered by the prevalence of
extreme want in an over-crowded population. As
we have said before, legislative enactments and
partial efforts are Sing to remedy such a state of
things. But they who hold this view are not there-
fore exonerated from the duty of attempting to remedy
it, because that they can see the futility of associa-
tions to protect needlewomen, or any other suffering
class. If they see that that is not the right way to
go to work, it is their business to discover what the
r right way is. There are too many needlewomen, be-
cause women are only taught to use their needles.
Might not something be done by industrial schools to
teach them more varied employments? The specu-
lators in indigence would not long carry on their
heart-hardening trade if they had no customers.
Cannot people be made to understand the difference
between low-priced commodities and cheap commodi-
ties? The articles produced by heroines of the " Song
of the Shirt" are low-priced, but, as they cannot
stand wear, they are not cheap. If the public would
cease to deal in low-priced articles, the trade in
human exhaustion would necessarily cease. These
hints are thrown out not es solutions of this vital
question, but as indications of the mode in which its
solution must be aimed at.

Cbt court.

OSBORNB, SIPS 3.

The Queen and Prince Alberi;Thrifiloce 0T iiiaTep,
Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, atttnded morning
germs at Whippinghant church yesterday. The Rev. J.
Prothero officiated.
Lord Palmenton hes returned to London.
Baron Liebig has arrived on a visit to her Majesty.
Major• General the Hon. Chas. Grey has succeeded Major-
General Routine as Equerry•in-Waiting.

Despatches were 'revived at the Colonisl•of&e yesterday
from the Governor of Canada. Dispatches were sent to the
Governors of Ceylon and Ihng Keg.

If you pally touch a nett;e,
It will bute sod stag pm still ;
(hoop it, lake a me of mottle,
Aad the rogue obeys year will.

Wz are as thoroughly convinced of the danger of
interfering, by legislative enactment, between em-
ployers and employed, as any idolator of capital can
be. In the ease of the distressed needlewomen, and
is all similar cases, our sympathy with the victims is
increased by our hopelessness of seeing any means to
assist them devised. The contractors who remune-
rate at such a miserably low rata the lowers of shirts

THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1855.