The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-13 00:00:00

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&Tlisik Us bra .the oompany ItlO January IR, which agree in announcing that on the
the,_ 6th a most important victory was gained by the
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some part •• • 1•1". 7"k"i, ow .4. Turks, with 15 pieces of artillery, attacked the
ever, is likely soon to 'vim" 23114.5 1.1 mirma entrenched position of Takata, in front of Kalafat,
public speak oat; foe it is impossible to un- and took it by storm. A reinforcement of 18,000
template the progress of event', without coming Rosman, from Karam tried to
retake the
postrtoo,
to the conclusion that, ere long, the administration
but were beaten oat The loss of the Russians in
of India will be exclusively engrossed by the
killed and wounded was over 3,000. The loss of the
Imperial Government. When that time comes, there
Turks is not yet known.
seems little likelihood of any efficient check upon
the rulers of India, unless the people of England take
the matter up. The House of Commons must " pro-
nausea" upon this point, or India will be governed from
Downing-street, according to inspirations received
from the leading local functionaries in Hindostan ; and
the instinct dare local functionaries ever has been and
is to out eat sore work for themselves by territorial
extramioas. This ought not to be; for it is
obviously ualiseaming in the state which aspires
in Europe to the noble character of the resister
of lawless conquerors, to pursue itself in Asia
a course if lawless conquest. Anglo-Indian an-
nexationist. will no doubt always contrast with
Ragan sanexationists in the same way that the
buccaneering hero of ikon's " Pirate"oontrasts with
his ruffianly associate in command ; but the trade
of the one is quite as dishonest as that of the other,
though the former may be less repulsive to persons
of elegant taste.

FRANCE.
PARIS. TaIIZSDAT EVEMINO.

At the bourse to-day the Three per Cent. Rents.
closed for money at 70.50, and the Four-and-a. Half
per Cents. at 99. The Three per Cents. are 10e.
better them yesterday, and the Four-and-Half per
Cents. are unchanged.

GERMANY.

VIENNA, THURSDAY.

. _
Closing prices at the bourse yesterday : Austrian
Five per Cent. Metallic., 911. Exchange on Lon-
don, 12.3. Bank Shares, 1,308. The Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 901. Gold, 281 per Cent. prem.
Silver, 221 per cent. prem. This bourse exhibits
renewed and severe depression.

FRANKFORT, WE:mama.
Austrian Five per Cent. Metallia, 731. Spanish
Three per Cents., 381; ditto, Deferred Three per
Cents., 20Z. Exchange on London, 1181. These
quotations exhibit a further decline.
HAMBURG, WIDSUDAT.
Spanish Three per Cents., NI ; ditto, Deferred,
19. Sardinian, 81. This bourse is also heavy.

RECALL OF ADMIRAL SIR FLEETWOOD
PELLEW.
APPOINTMENT OF HIS SUCCESSOR.
THE Admiralty have, it appears, superseded Sir
FLKETwoon Pausw in his command in China.
This is a bold step, but a very just and a very wise
one, and there can be no doubt bat the result of that
step will be beneficial in its operation upon the entire
Naval Service. Commanders will sea that they are not
to use a legitimate and necessary authority in a temper
inconsistent with the rules, regulations, and pleasant
working of the Nary; whilst the great body of
British seamen will no doubt discover in the recall of
Admire IPzurw the operation of a watchful and well.
directed public opinion, acting through the press,
upon a branch of the Executive Government ready
to respond at ace. to calls based upon equity, and
made for the welfare of the public service. But for
the press, Sir FLarrwooo PELLEw's conduct could
never have been properly made known, and but for
a judicious Board of Admiralty, that officer might
still be pursuing a course in the Chinese waters by
which mutinies might have become a chronic disease
' of our naval service there.

TILE WAR.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The Patrie says :—A private letter from Constan-
tinople, written on the morning of Jan. 1, gives us
some new details full of interest.

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The fact of an important advantage having been
obtained by the Ottoman army at Kala Fat had been
officially announced to the representatives of the
Powers. _ _

Full isformation respecting this action had not
arrived on the Ist; all that was then known was,
that Omer Fiche for several days past had attacked
in succession the different Russian corps, the entire
force of which formed an aggregate of 30,000 men ;
that the Turkish troops had intentionally fallen back
on their centre, bad lured on the Russians as far u
Kalafat, a position now formidably entrenched, but
which at a distance seemed to be abandoned. The
Turkish batteries suddenly unmasked, caused great
carnage among the Russians, while, at the same
time, the Ottoman reserve, that had crossed the
Danube by night and masked itself behind a wood,
took them in flank, and compelled them to retreat,
It was also known that the inhabitants of Little
Wallachia, who had every day been declaring more
and more in favour of the Turks, had powerfully con-
tributed to the success of the Ottoman army.
The same letter gives particulars respecting the
situation of affairs in Asia, of which the Patric pa-
ranters the correctness. The reverses sustained at
Akiaka and Alexandropol are far from being of that
importance that persons seem inclined to attach to
them. Since the appointment of a new commander-
in-chief, and the adoption by the Divan of another
plan for the campaign, everything has changed. A
few successes hays already crowned the efforts of
the Turks, and others are being prepared.
Two other very important occurrences bad taken
place:
A reinforcement of 15,000 men for the army of
I Asia was to be sent by transports to Batoun, if wind
and weather permitted. This convoy, escorted by
numerous forces, had nothing to fear from the

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It is rewound that Sir Limn STIRLING has been
appointed to succeed Admiral Pat Law in command
of the British ships of war on the East India station.
Sir fuss STIRLING will be remembered as formerly
Governor of Western Australia, and also u a Lord
of the Admiralty for a brief period in 1852. It is
saying bat very little to affirm that he must be a far
better officer than the one he is to supersede. We
repeat emphatically that the Admiralty deserve
great praise for the step they have thus taken.

THE BOURBONS AND LOUIS NAPOLEON.

The Count de Chambord, otherwise the Duke de
Bordeaux, otherwise Henry V., the had of .the e:der
Bourbon, is, it is said, about to visit his esusins of Orleans
at Claremont. Whoa the Count de Chambord came to this
country in 1843, these same Orleans made him the object of
especial repreeentatioss at all the courts which he was
likely to visit. ♦ contemporary opportunely revives the
circular subjelaed from the Remo Retrospective, remarking
that" foe 'Ling ' read ' gapers,' in the document cited,
and it will be mos that the government of Louis Philippe
has laid down with enfleleat &IMMO the principles, °beer-
vanes of which may reasonably be mooted of all WW2-
trio which happen, by a (Maltose caumares of atoms, to
be honoured with skits from proteaders to thanes already
occupied by allied seversigu."
We translate the Circular, as follows, from the Rem
Retrospective, p. 179:

" Paris, Jan. 2, 1844.

Bir,—What has taken plies is London during the ro-
ost sojourn then ell. the Bake de Bordeaux has changed
the shunt/on of that Pries. He is no kegs an unfortu-
nate sad iacionsive young Prins, he is a declared Pre-
tender. In this state of things, the Serest and dignity of
Frame lame new duties on the King's goverment. We
do not wish to exercise over the leovesmate of the Doke de
Bordeaux a restless sad twain (troooseisre) surveillance,
which would aggravate the shirtier of hie peoltion, but
we easel beeesierward see with ladillbronee the deacon-
shelter of while ha may be ands the eb}est in foreign
countries. However vain these denteerstions in the event
should rove, they might piss the repesesetatives of the
Hire abroad in as anbefitting 'poultice, mad eight foment,
in the heater, seminal perions sad hopes. We have a
right to input that wherever K. the Duke de Bordeaux
any is future seeks his spyglasses, the attitude of the
scuts allied with Pere will not permit either of theme

Russian ships, no longer able to quit Sebastopol,
either to attack the Turks, or re•provision their army
el Asia, that will soon find itself in a most unplea-
mat dilemma.
ilas second fact was the arrival at Constantinople
-s Maria, sent by Schamyl, and who was the
bum of the most positive assurances of devotion to
the Sultan and his rule, with sympathy for his canoe.
This great warrior, who, with resources very limited,
has kept Russia so long a time in check, had lately been
so badly off for powder and ball, that he was obliged
to be extremely sparing of it. Thus he had ordered
his men not to fire at the common men, but to pick
off the officers. He has now fortunately received,
in spite of numerous difficulties, the ordnance and
storm sent him by the Porte. He now thanks the
Sultan, and wires his highness that he may depend
upon him and on his most strenuous efforts. The
assistance of Schamyl and his gallant band is equiva-
lent to an army.
At the date heading the letter the weather was
less unfavourable, and the wind was veering to the
south. This indication explains why the combined
squadrons were able to enter the Black Sea on
the 3rd.
The Itodependimes publishes a telegraphic despatch
from Vienna, announcing that a battle was fought on
the 7th or Bth inst. near Letati, when the Turks fell
back upon Keefe, with lan of six guns.

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ineonvusienews W node from it. If it should be otherwise
the iambuses*e promos of the repreeentative of the King
would neither be Wog see power* sad you will net hesi-
tate to declare this. Davits yes to On • reading of this
despots* to K. the Waists: of Foreign Afraiss of . ."

THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE T 1
FRENCH EMPEROR.

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lima to these may eases to babied I. the pro&
distant, sad mesas this Hubbard, the beribefi lab
seeteadally ilehaded Desibee, the Wallabies, whist
the graver dime. All the prima eartiaMd ea the
fuser easel& are sin pet epos the Mel he he tame
shied—a eireuxesteaos 'abbe& by the
reseediag to the extrearibiey legiiiisa to &la rib&
alms are mew itifesteil • seen amodeled et ho-
bnobs to • bane =deb may he Mallet to the
hod matess% be ear tidies, polensual by bis him
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ban scabies et tresegaibie% end the rely died la
wing them soda mar, M b engssia, be the age ot
einifinag sebethieg hob their enimialisa whisk nay
he mod es edam* sedan their hilimppelessers. Thirty-
Mae poissons la ell were pissed at the bar, sad ova who
did set bower to their noose ate baled ht the pressor
Om Asa( these is M. Hubbard, who le eirleusly ladir
peed, sad on that mead the Pronwesr-Imperial soa-
slated to erase his aims hat the ladistani, sad he will
be hereafter tried separately. Afoorilag to the 'sidling
eissedy takes, it opposes that Y. gabbard was the
penes who took the patties pate, a bosh talked of is
the timer trial, to N. Bratisae's bean. Although nos et
the bigot reassia the Pablo de lades his ban Weisel
M this trial, the spies occupied by the plans% wilaineee,
a& &near is is groat that veep liar oemobe fur the
'sine public. That ibis is spobled to mama & It
mast, however, be mid hoe mine mash paidis
blessit. The rashes quoin abseils every dhow ; eel
Who, Frames is tor the newest ,deed se isosial ia-
stinttkia Transportation to Oayease—or to Algeria, for
it has bon rawly sasantrail tint assume It
looked urn as the fortune of war; end the justice or in-
justice of the seateses is say portholes ease is set thought
a wisest sagest for faqairy.

The Itedepesidarece Beige publishes the following
telegraphic despatch
TRIBSTE, TusinAt Evirxmo.
The packet boat from Ormetantisigie has arrived
hem with intellianse to /NNW L
The hada el Ile Suites sea published, ap-
ffirdailltalha OnamiOsnmail. which had
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the of M g‘Tionrdations on the
Win lewdby the Four
The eider from the governments of England sad
Prance, directing the Rests to enter the Black Bea,
had been received, but it had not yet been toted
croyttl limynsa the Custom-house had been nearly
by the violence of the sea.
Mestapits Paella, commanding thelmperialauard,
had given in his resigaation, which was accepted.
Two Polish officers have been appointed generals
el brigade in Asia.
Lord Dailey Stuart had left for Varna.
A violent Mena had caused great ravages on the
mad of Smyrna.
Coatradietoey statements still arrive from Vienna
about the taking of Berakel by the Turks. The
Ost-Detsteeles Post publishes a letter from Hermann-
@tat, dated the let int., which contains the follow,

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1854.

• •
trbe Court
WINDSOR, JAW. 12.
A dramatic performance took place this evening
at the Castle. The play selected upon this occasion was
Sir B. Lytton Bulwer's comedy in Sr. acts, tt Money,"
and the parts were filled according to the following pro
rumen
Lord Gloaratore
Sir John Vetey, Bart.. Knight of
the Guelph, F.R.R.,
Sir Frcier..-IBicztt
Stout Mr. Bucksteae.
Graves
Evelyn .. Mr. Chas. 'Kean.
...CaptaulDadlep Smooth
Mr. A. Wigan.
Sharp ••••• Mr.l.F.Cathcart.
Fritts (a tailor) • ' ' Mr. G. Cooks.
tchoAret (an upholsterer)
Mach. (a jeweller and silver-
smith)
itisetitaeco (an architect)
Crimson (a portrait painter) Mr. Cullenford.
Flat
Green
Old Member Mr. Andiron.
Mr. Terry.
Memben of the ••• Club ( Mr. F. Lloyds.
Mr. Heyling.
Servant to Sir John Vemy
Evelyn's Servant Mr. Worrell.
Waiter at the Club
Lady Franklin (half-sister to Sir
John Volley) Mrs. Winstanley.
Georgina (daughter to Sir John) Miss Murray.
Clara Douglas (companion to Lady
Franklin—cousin to Evelyn) Mite Heath.
Director
Assistant Director Mr. George Ellis.
The Theatre arranged and the Scenery painted by Mr.
Thomas Grieve.
At eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered
the Rubena room, accompanied by the elder royal children,
and the following illustrious circle, who had previously had
the honour of disking with the Queen :—The Duchess of
Kent, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess
of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Lady Frances Brace,
the Earl of ilulgrave, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney,
Viscount Jowly°, Lord and Lady Bloomfield. Sir James
Clark, Mejor•Cleneral Sir George Bowles, and the ladies
and gentlemen in attendance. The performance imme-
diately commenced. Refreshments were d in the
throne room. The Queen's private band was in attend-
ance during the performance in a room elms to the
theatre.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations to
witness the dramatic representation :—The Dowager Mar-
chioness of Downshire, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lady Caro-
line and Miss Barringten, the Hon. Lady Grey, Colonel the
Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. and Rev. Francis
aid Lady Elisabeth Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Miss
' Phipps. Captain the Hos. Dudley and Lady Elizabeth de
Roe, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. Nelson and Lady Mary Hood,
the Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere, Sir
terand Lady Cooper, Miss and Mr. R. Cooper, Captain
re. Lowther;;; Col. Hall, commanding officer, and the
Earl of Monnteharles and Lieut. Caulfield, of the lot Lis
Guards; Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles Hamilton, commilisibil
officer, and Lieut.-Col. Onslow sod Capt. de Bath, of the
2nd Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Mrs. and Miss
Bathurst, Mr. and Miss Ricardo, Mr. Gibbs, and Me.
Glover.
The bead of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during
dinner in the Castle.
The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice,
walked in the Home Park this morainic. s
Prince Albert, accompanied by toe Marquis of Salisbury,
Viscount Sydney, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Bloomfield,
and Major-General Sir George Bowles, went out shooting
this forenoon. attended by Lord George Lennox.
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday:—The Lord Chancellor and Lary Cron-
worth ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury ; the
Earl and Countess of Derby, and Lady Emma Stanley;
the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount and Viscountess siney,
Lord and Lady Bloomfield, Major General Sir George
Bowles, and Mr. Gibber,.
The sand of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle
during dinner and performed the following compositionr
Marche Trlomplude. le Chant do Peup e,"
dedicated to toe Duke ead Duchess de Brabant ... '—
Overture, "Sophia Oatkerhsa"
Pentads BPietk•
Walter, " Narragenadt "
Medlar, " II Barkers di Siviglia "•
Polka, Haraoriatea" Bilse.
Cid* itesquer...de, "Cord= Brothers" Prima.
Her Majesty's private bend afterwards was in attendan
and played the following selection
Overture, "Oberon'.
Beketice, Preens Germ"
Lieder, " Beeedaid," "Der Erl Emig"

Weber.
lierold.
Schubert.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-oilicet
Downing-street, yesterday. The ministers present
were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New-
castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James
Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney,
Herbert, and Sir William Moleaworth. The Council
sat two hours and a half.

The Earl of Aberdeen will give a full dress dinner to a
party of peers on Monday, the 30th inst., at his residence in
Argyll-street.
A meeting of. the Finance Committee of the Royal Com-
mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held at the Privy
Council-office yesterday. There were present Earl Gran-
ville (chairman), Sir W. Cnbitt, Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr.
T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Edgar &wring (secretary). Capt.
Owen, R.E., also attended.
The Lord Chancellor arrived in town yesterday morning
to attend the Cabinet Council. His Lordship returned to
Windsor Castle in the afternoon.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning
to attend the Cabinet Council, from his seat, Broacllands,
Hants.
Mr. Tidd Pratt had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Eachequer yesterday. Lord Monteagle had also an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Royal Commission for Inquiring into the State of
the Corporation of the City of London sat yesterday in the
Privy Council Office. Present: the Right Ilon. H. Labou-
chere,ffir 3. Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Wednesday at
his residence in Chesham-place. The company included
the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Granville, the Right Hoe. W.
E. Gladstone, Mr. Panixsi, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. W.
Coulson, Mr. Henry Taylor, and Mr. George Elliot.

SLR FITZROY KELLY is—it is stated—about to
son the bonds of wedlock. Whether any such new en-
gagements may interfere with the learned gentleman's
New Bofors Bill—whether he will hand over his crotchets
to any of his Tory friends, or whether after all his plan is
really to appear before parliament, remains to be seen.

MEETING AT CHESTER OH TILE
TURKISH QUESTION.

In oompliance with a requisition numerously and
reepsetahly visaed and presented to the mayor, a publie
mores ems Yid is the Theatre on Wednesday evening, at
T Verdi. See. after the appointed time, the building was
Sid with a reogerahle aradienoe, there being at least 2,000
before the der it the proceedings. The Mayor
Smith) esenyied the chair.
The Ciwnitag said be hot no time in complying with
the prayer of the requisition as soon as it was presented
to him. He hoped each el the speakers would be beard
patiently. He called arm Mr. Temple to move the first
resolution.
Mr. Tung" of the Ledo, near Cheater, moved the first
resolution, dealig "that it is absolutely necessary for the
ateiareaeata tia Wearer sad safety of Europe, that Russia
eiMuld homaidately ~sate the Danubian principalities,
and giver CisecVer essepration for past injuries and sa-
tisfactory egebeet future aggression." (Cheers)
The ores put Is
amid head the meeting, and carried an
eisaMs.
Mr. Jame, kelp et the masts court of the North
WT
Wales Sheriet. wed the following resolution
That it is the duty end interest of England to assist the
Sultan in *halides full justice from Russia by the strongest
"milks anesmoes, sad without delay." (Cheers.)
The reehatfien wa oleo carried with acclamation, without
a diesendemi ries.
Mr. H. Henan moved--" That a memorial embodying
the sessamoste of this meeting, together with the resolu-
tion aka* peewit, be forthwith forwarded to Lord Cla-
raedss, se Ileeretary of State for Foreign Affairs."
Mr. MADDOCK seconded the resolution, which was
li samarnously.
r Toms expressed his satisfaction at the result of
the mesdeg. It had *weeded his expectations in the num-
ber be sateadrael, as the evening was almost unparalleled
he IN iselmassity. He proposed • vote of thanks to the
Mope foe Ids Miasma is taking the chair ; which Mr.
Gram sessailsd.
Me Maros heftily responded, •and the meeting broke up,