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act of 1845 was an act of clear, though of tardy and in-
complete, justice. (Hear, hear.) He maintained that
if there bad been no compact between the Government
and the Catholics of Ireland at the time of the Union
justice and sound policy would now dictate such
a compact. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) In 1807, Napoleon,
well knowing the influence he should gain by having the
Irish Roman Catholic priests educated in France,
offered to restore all the endowments which had been
estranged from them in Spain and Portugal; to induce
them to go over to France to be educated. That offer
was rejected—as it ought to have been —by the heads of
the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, who would not
accept any favour from a ruler who was then an enemy
' to their country. He would rely on the report of the
commissioner's appointed to inquire into Maynooth for a
refutation of every charge advanced by the hon. mem-
ber for North Warwickshire against the college ; and as
to the charge of the evidence having been unfairly
altered by the witnesses after they bad given it, they had
the written statements of Lord Harrowby and Mr. Twiss,
that no undue or unfair alterations bad been made in the
evidence. The hon. and learned gentleman then read
extracts from the evidence of Dr. O'Hanlon, and other
witnesses examined before the commissioners, to show
that the doctrine taught at Maynooth, so far from being,
as was charged against it, that Catholics were not
bound to keep faith with heretics, that oaths and
promises were as binding on the consciences of
Catholics in their dealings with people of a different
creed to their own, as if those dealings were with their
own co-religionists. If it became sinful, as the honour-
able member for North Warwickshire said, to extend aid
to Maynooth, what was to become.of our engagements
with the Catholics of our colonies ? (Hear, hear.) He
would ask the honourable member what result he ex-
pected from his bill if he succeeded in getting it ?
The hon. member said be expected it would diminish the
influence of the priests over the flocks; but he could
assure him that the people of Ireland would not with-
draw their confidence from their priests even if this bill
passed—their fidelity to their faith bad withstood the
terrors of the penal laws, and would not now shrink
from any further persecution. On these grounds he
called upon the Government to resist this attempt to
reverse the liberal policy adopted of late years by this
country towards Ireland. (Hear.)
Mr. WHITESIDE congratulated the hon. member
who had just sat down on the fairness and moderation
he had evinced in his speech. The right honour-
able gentleman the Secretary for Ireland put the
question as one of political importance, irrespective
of the religious part of the question, and that
was the ground on which be (Mr. Whiteside) would wish
to treat it. He referred to a petition presented to the
Irish Parliament from Roman Catholics, protesting
against the College of Maynooth being made an ex-
clusively Catholic seminary, and praying' to have it
thrown open to the education of all classes. That was
a temperate, wise, and judicious course, and did honour
to the Roman Catholic laity of Ireland, and it was to be
regretted that that course was not adopted. The hon.
and learned gentleman then at some length went into
an historical review of the educational system pursued
at Maynooth from an early period up to the year 1825,
with the object of showing that up to that period the
Principles inculcated in that establishment were of a
Jesuitical character. He contended that if those prin-
ciples were taught there now it ought not to be
supported, and if they were not the matter ought to be
inquired into, with a view of ascertaining what really
was the foundation of the educational system. So much,
continued the hon. member, for Maynooth, its politics
and management. He had read over very carefully the
report of the Maynooth Commissioners, and he should
feel very much obliged to any hon. gentleman if he would
point out anything of which he could conscientiously ap-
prove. He (Mr. Whiteside) denied that it was a place
of literary or religious education. The commissioners
themselves said that the books used in the College were
wholly unsuited to the institutions, laws, and customs
of the realm, and that was the reason why no catalogue
had been made. How, then, if it was maintained at the
expense of this country could we expect obedience on the
part of those who received their education at Maynooth
when what was taught them was by no means in conso-
nance with the spirit of the law ? The honour-
able gentleman then went on to make some very
severe strictures on some of the books which were
contained in the library of Maynootb. It was
useless to say give to the Catholics every advan-
tage, for if they did so they might depend upon it they
would ultimately undermine the principles of the Chris-
tian Church. The Roman Catholics, let what would be
said, had taken advantage of the liberties given them,
and, in spite of all that had been urged by his hon. and
learned friend, he could not but think that the Roman Ca-
tholic Church bad done all in its power, and by its great
wealth, to thrust its doctrines upon the whole of Europe:
The hon. and learned gentleman then went on at con-
siderable length, to quote authorities, for the purpose of
proving that the education carried on in the college of
Maynooth was inconsistent with the Protestant religion,
and calculated to produce the worst results. Added to
this, the canon law of R-)me taught us Maynooth was
directly at variance with the law of the land, and such
being the case, was it to be said that the grant ought to be
made. After all the authorities that he had alluded to,
was the house satisfied that the doctrines taught in May-
nooth, and the works written by the professors there,
were calculated to further the cause of religion and good
order. His firm belie?was that Maynooth must be re-
formed before any good results could be obtained.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND Was
surprised at the different subjects dragged into the de-
bate by the hon. and learned gentleman. The hon. gen-
tleman had asserted that all the principal offices, both
in the law and in the state, were filled by Catholics. He
asserted, without fear of contradiction, that the heads of
every public department in Ireland were Protestants.
Of the twelve judges only three were Catholics. The Lord-
Lieutenant, the Chief Secretary, and the Master of the
Rolls were Protestants. Then as to the Canon Law in
Ireland that had not prevented him or any Roma,'
Catholic in Ireland from availing themselves of the
benefits of education in any of the Protestant establish-
ments in Ireland. Much had been said about opening
the University of Dublin to the Catholics, but in
all the statements that had been made upon that subject
it bad been forgotten that the Roman Catholics had been
excluded from ail the remunerations connected with that
university. (Hear.) Much bad been said by the hon.
gentleman about the monastic establishments in
Ireland. What, he would ask, had that to do with
the establishment at Maynootb, or the subject
they were now discussing ? The honourable gentleman
had said it was dangerous to write a book.
unfortunately, the lion. and learned gentleman himself
had written one, and in hip opinion the one he had
written was more to be deprecated than the one written
by the author he had adverted to. The ground upon
which he put the validity of the grant to the College of
Maynooth was, not that the grant. was public
money, but that it came out of funds raised by
Catholics, Protestants, Dissenters, and every
religious denomination ; and if the grant was now
to be refused—he could not say by a Protestant Parlia-
ment, for it was not so—it wonlil be telling six millions
of the Catholic population of Ireland that, after the
grant had been in existence for fifty years, the
Parliament of Great Britain, in the year 1855, had,
at the suggestion of the Protestant members, re-
fused the grant. He trusted the house would not so
far stultify itself as to adopt any such proposition.
He concurred with the observations of the hon. and
learned member that there was much that ought to ne
altered and improved in the College of Maynooth. It
was like the Universities in this country in that respect ;1
but was it to be said that on that account it was altogether
to be set aside, which would be the effect of the refusal
of the grant. Had the Catholics of Ireland called upon
the Legislature to abolish the Universities in this country
in consequence of great improvements being required in
them! They had done no such thing, and why Protestants
should now oppose the grant he could not tell. What
good, he would ask, would the hon. member for North
Warwickshire gain by this bill ? Would Catholicism be
retarded, or the Catholics of Ireland become members
of the Protestant Church No such thing. Catholicism
would pursue its even course in spite of all that bad been
done, and was doing, .by the hon. member for North
Warwickshire. Was it to be said that the Roman ca-
tholic religion, which had braved the attacks of Crom-
well and those associated with him, was to fall
under the attack of the hon. member for North War-
wickshire. Such an assertion would be laughed at in
Ireland, and by all those who had any intelligence in
this country. The effect of the house adopting the pro-
position of the hon. member for North Warwickshire
would be to alienate six millions of the Irish people, and
give a great check to their support in the war that was
now taking place between this country, aided by France,
and Russia. Had the hon. member for North War-
wickshire forgotten that the great Power that
was now assisting this country in this war,
and without whose right arm this country would
accomplish nothing, was one of the greatest Catholic
Powers in Europe (Hear, hear.) He trusted that the
house would not for a moment tolerate the proposition
of the hon. member for North Warwickshire, but would
at once accede to the grant, and thereby insure the
support of a people that had never been sparing of their
blood in support of England. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. T. CHAMBERS described the arguments used
by the learned gentleman who had sat down as the com-
mon characteristic of the tone adopted by those on his
side of the argument, which, if it (lid not represent the
Roman Catholic laity of Ireland, rather misrepresented
and slandered them. The house of Commons
would net be alarmed at the pOSsibility of the
Roman Catholics revolting by the repeal of the act
of 1845, The learned Attorney-General for Ireland
' bad abstained from entering into the grounds on which
the opposers of this Motion resisted it. The report that
had been presented to the house did not alter the state
of the case, and from what had been said abaftbut as it its
value was gone, and no longer looked upon
garbled testimony. The religious statistics of Ireland
showed a difference between the present time and 1845,
and there was a social statistical revolution going
on daily in Ireland which, if it continued for 10 years to
come, the declaration of the learned Attorney-General
for Ireland could not be sustained. If this grant were
withdrawn to-morrow the Roman Catholics would have
no ground of complaint, because they would be on a reli-
gious equality with Protestants and others. The grant
was made for the sake of race and conciliation, but
there had been no time when there had been PO much
open aggression on the laws and constitution of
the country ; as during the past ten years, for which The
ultra party of the Jesuits were to blame, and he charged
the College of Maynooth as the cause of the assumption
of the ecclesiastical titles. The power of the priesthood
in elections, the holding of synods, and the multiplica-
tion of monastic institutions were all attrinutable to that
cause. (Hear, hear.) He contended that every man
who opposed the grant advocated the religious
freedom of the Roman Catholics, and the best
thing that could happen to the Roman Catholic laity
would be to give into their hands the management of

their Church and the education of their priesthood. The
grant would not be withdrawn this session, perhaps not
during this Parliament, but it was necessary for them
to look at the number of petitions sent to this house
against it, and by that class of persons who
have carried most of the social revolutions in this coun-
try, and who must ultimately succeed in it, believing as
they did the teaching of Maynooth to be a vicious
teaching.
On the motion of Mr. MACGUIRE the debate was
adjourned to Wednesday, the 27th June.
DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.

This bill went through committee.
PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP REGULA.
TION BILL.
This bill also went through committee.
GOLD AND SILVER WARES.

Mr. WILSON moved that leave be given to bring in
a bill for excepting gold finger-rings from the operation
of the act of the last session relating to the standard of
gold and silver wares, and that leave be given to bring
in a bill to abolish the offices for assaying and marking
wrought pate at York, Exeter, Chester, and Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.

Agreed to.
The house adjourned at a quarter t) G o'clock.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD-
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

( From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR-DEPARTMENT, JUNE 6.
Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches
and their enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord
G.C.B.
Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your Lord
ship that a portion of the Allied Armies took up a posi-
tion yesterday on this side of the Tchernaya, the left of
the French resting under a redoubt established upon the
edge of this ridge overhanging the valley, and opposite
the Inkerman heights ; the right extending beyond
Tractir ; and the ground more to the right, behind
Chorgouna, being occupied by the Sardinian troops,
aided in their advance by the 10th Hussars and 12th
Lancers and the Horse Artillery, under Col. Parlby.
Omer Pacha at the same time moved. forward to:4th°
low heights in front of Balaklava, and thus afforded
support to the French Divisions before him. These
were commanded by General Canrebert, who pushed
forward across the bridge of Tractir, and drove the
enemy, who were not in great numbers, off, and having
cleared his front, he withdrew to this side of the river,
where he now remains.
Sir Colin Campbell advanced the Royal Marines from
the high ridge on our extreme right to a point corn-
manding the old Baidar-road ; and Colonel Parlby, with
the.regiments I have mentioned, reconnoitred the country
on the immediate right of General La Marmora's posi-
tion, and patrolled along the Woronzow-road, in the di-
rection of Baidar.
The appearance and bearing of the Sardinian troops
are highly satisfactory,_and I anticipate the greatest ad- ,
vantage from their additimi to this army under their dis-
tinguished leader General La Marmora, whose zeal for
the service and ardent desire to co-operate with us lam
happy to have so early an opportunity of acknowledging
and recording. Nothing of importance has occurred in
the British trenches since I wrote to your lordship on
the 19th inst.
The death of Colonel Egerton, of the 77th, on the
night of the 19th ultimo, as already announced to your
lordship, prevented me receiving in due course the offi-
cial report of the conduct of the officers serving imme-
diately under him, and it is only a few days ago that I
learnt that Captain Gilby was the next in seniority to
him, of the 77th, on the occasion, and that he had highly
distinguished himself.
I deem it an act of justice to a most deserving officer
to bring his conduct under the notice of your lordship.
I enclose the returns of casualties to the 24th inst.
Your lordship will regret to see that Lieutenant Wil-
liamspf the 17th has been severely wounded.
I have the greatest pleasure in announcing to your
lordship the brilliant success which attended an attack by
the French army of some ambuscades at the head of the
Quarantine Bay, and in front of a cemetery near it. The
attack was made on the night of the 22d, and the ope-
ration was completed on the following evening. The
enemy had collected a very large force on the first occa-
sion to resist our Allies ; but, notwithstanding, the
French were enabled by their brilliant gallantry and de-
termined resolution to maintain themselves in the pits
at the head of the bay on the 22d, and on the 23d to
occupy the whole with less resistance on the part of the
Russians, who are stated to have sustained a very se-
vere loss.
The French were necessarily exposed to a very heavy
fire, and were assailed by vastly superior numbers. The
achievement they accomplished redounds therefore
highly to their renown, and is bailed with satisfaction by
their Allies.
An expedition, composed of British, French, and
Turkish troops, sailed for Kertch on Tuesday evening
and Wednesday morning, and I hope soon to be able to
announce the landing of the corps, and the result of its
first operations. It is commanded by Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Sir George Brown, and has been conveyed in Eng-
glish and French ships, under the command of Admiral,
Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Bruat, whose exertions to
carry out this important service have been most con-
spicuous.
The 31st Regiment has arrived from Corfu.
I am much concerned to have to report that Major-
General Buller has been obliged by the failure of his
health to leave the army. He has been constant in the
discharge of his duty since he joined this army, distin-
guished himself both at Alma and Inkerman, and per-
severed in taking his turn in the trenches until driven
by illness to withdraw.
I regret the loss of his services exceedingly.
I have, &c.,

RAGLAN.

The Lord Panmurc, &c., &c., &c.

Enclosure 1.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 18TH TO
THE 20TH OF MAY, INCLUSIVE.

2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of -Foot-1 drummer, 2 rank
and file, wounded.
3d Foot-4 rank and file. wounded.
30th Feot-1 rank and file, wounded.
34th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded.
41st Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
47th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
55th Foot-1 rant -and file, wounded.
88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
Royal Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file, wounded.
Total-2 rank and file, killed; 1 drummer, 13 rank and
file wounded.
J. B. BUCKNALL EBTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 2.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, F ROll
THE 18TH TO THE 20TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

KILLED.
MAY 18.
41st Regiment of Foot.
Private William McGoldrick
MAY 19.
47th Regiment of Foot.
Private Thomas IMurphy
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 3.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 18TH TO 20TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
MAY 18.
2d Battalion, let Regiment of Foot
Drummer James MoLeish, slightly
Private Thomas McDonald, slightly
34th Regiment of Foot.
Private Robert McAtteer, slightly
90th Regiment of Foot.
Privato James Fletcher, severely '
MAY 19.
2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot.
Lance-Sergeant Michael Sweeney, dangerously
34th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Wood, slightly
88th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Hagerty, slightly
MAY 20.
3d Regiment of Foot.
Private William Cates, mortally
Private" Cornelius Brown, severely
Private John Toombs, slightly
Private Peter Jordan, slightly
30th Regiment of Foot.
Private Patrick Ducey, severely
55th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Burke, severely
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Second Corporal Wm. Swan, severely
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 4.

RETURNOF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL NAVAL
BRIGADE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, ON THE 18TH
MAY, 1855.
WOUNDED.
Thomas Smith, A. 8., Queen, slightly
Total-1 wounded.
STEPHEN LUSHINGTON,
Captain Commanding Naval Brigade.
The Military Secretary tu B. E. Lord Raglan,
Commander-hi-Chief.

A RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL
NAVAL BRIGADE BEFORI3 SEBASTOPOL, ON
THE 19TH MAY, 1855. •
KILLED. _

Frank Edy, Quarie-r—m—Jter, Queen.
WOUNDED.
Richard Rook, Ord., Queen, slightly.
Total-1 killed
1 wounded

2 casualties
STEPHEN LUS HINGTON.
Captain Commanding Naval Brigade.
The Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan,
Commander-in-Chief.

Enclosure 5.
A RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 21ST
TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. •

2d Battalion tat Regiment of Foot-5 rank and file,
wounded.
, 14th Foot —1 rank and file, wounded.
17th Foot-1 officer, 2 rank :and file, wounded.
23,1 Foot-2 rank and file, wounded.
3Ath Foot-1 serjeant, killed; 3 rank and file, wounded.
39th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded.
47th Foot—l rank and file, wounded.
49th Foot-3 rank and file, wounded.
55th Foot 3 rank and file, killed.
57th Foot-5 rank and file, wqunded.
62d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
68th Foot—J. au* and Alo, killed.

97th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-4 rank and file, wounded.
Royal Sappers and .►liners-2 rank and file, killed; 1
rank and file, wounded.

Total-1 serjeant, 6 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 31
rank and file, wounded.

J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 6
_ _ •

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 21ST TO THE
24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED.
MAY 21.
17th Regiment of Foot.
Lieutenant R. E. Williams, severely.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOETRT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 7.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
THE 21ST TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
KILLED.
MAY 21.
38th Regiment of Foot.
Sergeant James Flaherty
68th Regiment of Foot.
Private Wm. Hardyman
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Private Neil Campbell
MAY 24.
55th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Moran
Private John Juices
Private Charles Howe
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Private Richard Walsh
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-GeneraL

Enclosure 8.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 21sT TO THE 24TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED
MAY 21.
17th Regiment of Foot.
Private Edward Maguire, slightly.
23d Regiment of Foot.
Private John Jones, slightly
Private James Goodwin, slightly.
38th Regiment of Foot.
Lance-Corporal Owen Meehan, slightly
Private Thomas Burke, slightly
49th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Hare, dangerously
Private James Kennedy, dangerously
57th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Baisey, slightly
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Private Alfred Hino, slightly
William Welsh, dangerously
John C. Weeles, slightly
MAY 22.
2d Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private John McDonald, severely
Peter Sealy, severely
George Davidson, slightly
39th Regiment of Foot.
Private Patrick Neville, slightly
47th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Dillon, severely
57th Regiment of Foot.
Private James Lewis, severely
Private William Reid, severely
62d Regiment of Foot.
Private Adam Nixon, severely.
MAY 23. •
2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private James Stewart, slightly.
17th Regiment of Foot.
Corporal William M'Connell, severely.
39th Regiment of Foot.
Private Michael Ryan, slightly.
57th Regiment of Foot.
Corporal James Burnes, severely.
Private Timothy Sheehan, severely.
97th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Dempsey, slightly.
MAY 24.
2d Battalion, let Regiment of Foot.
Private Henry Bottomley, severely
14th Regiment of Foot.
Private Thomas Clary, severely
38th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Comer, slightly
49th Regiment of Foot.
Private Patrick McMahon, severely
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Private Robert Wall, severely
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Private George Wood, slightly
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 9.

A RERURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL
NAVAL ,BRIGADE, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL,
DURING THE WEEK ENDING 26Til MAY, 1855.
MAY 22.
WOUNDED.
John Arnold, L.S., Leander, slightly
MAY 23. '
WOUNDED.
John Smith, A. 8., Leander, severely.
Total-2 wounded.
STEPHEN LUSHINGTON,
Captain Commanding Naval Brigade.
The Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan,
Commander-in-Chief.

Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose the Fort-
night Confidential Reports of the Generals of Division
and Brigade to the 20th instant.
I have likewise to transmit, for your lordship's infor-
mation, a letter from the Inspector-General of Hospi-
tals, showing the extent of the cholera to the latest
period.
I earnestly hope that the disease is not gaining
ground.—l have, &c.,
RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c. &c. &c,

gallantry that animated every one in the expedition
but the duties they had to perform were very arduous.
and I should be doing injustice to them and to
own feelings if I were not to say that no Commander-
in-Chief was ever more ably assisted than I am 131
the captains and those under their command—one
and all follow the admirable example of the zeal
one and talented second in command, Rear-Adrnira
Stewart, and they could not possibly do better. Then,
was, however, an incident during the day that called
forth the admiration of both fleets, and which deserves
to be particularly noticed. Lieutenant Maillop,
whose gun-vessel, the Snake, was not employed
like the others in landing troops, dashed past the
forts after an enemy's steamer, and although he
soon found himself engaged not only with her but also
with two others who came to her support, he persevered,
and by the cleverness and extreme rapidity of his manoeu-
vres, prevented the escape of all three, and they were
subsequently destroyed by the enemy, and the Snake
had not a man hurt, though shot passed through the
vessel.

5. Yesterday Admiral Bruat and I accompanied the
combinedlsteam flotilla, named in the margin,* into the
Sea of Azoff, and despatched them, under the orders of
Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, on the interesting and
important service they have before them.
r 6. Had this expedition been deferred but a short time
longer there would have been many and great difficul-
ties to overcome, for the enemy were actively employed
in strengthening the sea defences, and in replacing the
sunken vessels which had been carried away by the cur-
rent during the winter months.

Of the 40 vessels sunk last year some still remain, and
a French steamer touched upon one of them yesterday.
It appears that the enemy did not succeed in destroying
the coals, either at Kertch or Yeniltald, so that about
17,000 tons remain, which will be available for our
steamers.

7. It will be evident to their lordships that the rapid
operations which I havo had the honour and happiness
to describe to them could not have been brought to so
satisfactory a conclusion if the most perfect understand-
ing, and the most hearty good-will towards each other,
had not prevailed throughout the allied fleets and
armies.

I am, &c.
(Signed) EDMUND LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief,
The Secretary of the Admiralty,
London.