The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1855.

EXETER HALL.-Sir HENRY BISHOP.-
MONDAY.--Mr. MITCHELL begs to announce that a Se-
coed and Last EVENING CONCERT, upon an extended scale, of
Sir Henry Bishop's Vocal Music—Solos, Glees, and Quartetts—will
take place under Sir Henry's personal direction and superintendence,
on Mon lay next, April 16th, commencing at 8 o'clock. In addition
to the engagements of Masters Sullivan, Cook, Malech, and Norton,
Mr. Francis. Mr. Benson. Mr. Lawler, Mr. Howe, Mr. Buckland,
and Mr. Land, the services of the eminent tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves,
Miss I.lir, 11, MISS Ileywoed, and a select Chorus of 200 voices, will
be added on that occasion. Sir L'enry Bishop will preside at the
Pianoforte. Conductor, Mr. Land. Programme of the Concert.
Part I.: 'Blow, gentle Gales,' Quintette ; Allegiance we swear,'
Miss Birch, Solo and Chorus; ' Come forth, sweet Spirit,'
(address to the Moon), Glee ; Lo I here the gentle lark,'
Miss Birch (flute obligato),- Mr. W. S. Rockstro (by desire),
Song ; Hark ! Apollo strikes the lyre' (harp obligate), Trio ;
Sons of freedom ' ( Pity and protect the slave), Miss Hey-
wood (her first appearance in London), Song; 'Foresters sound
the cheerful horn' (coral obligati), Glee; Tell me, my heart,' Miss
Birch, Song ; Under the greenwood tree' (by desire), Glee ; Where.
art thou, beam of light?' Quartette ; The winds whistle cold,'
(nee and Chorus. -Part : Now tramp o'er moss and fell,' Miss
Birch, Solo and Chorus ; Sleep, gentle lady' (by desire), Glee; As
it fell upon a day,' Miss Birch and Miss Heywood, Duet; The huge
globe has enough to do,' Trio, &c.; ' The elsough and crow' (5y de-
sire), Trio and Chorus ; Bo mine, dear maid,' Mr. Finis Reeve.
Song; Fill, boys,' Sole an i Chorus ; My pretty Jane,' Mr. Sims
Reeves, (by desire), Song ; Mynheer Van-Dunck,' Glee and Chorus ;
God Save the Queen.' Reserved seats, not numner- d, 51; W,.st
Gallery. 35; Area 2s ; a few re-erved and numbered stalls, Ts 6d.
Tickets and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Lib-
rary, 33, Old Bond-street; at the principal Librares a id Music-
sellers; of Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside ; and in the
Office, at No. 6, Exeter' Hall.—The Afternoon Vocal Concerts will
be resumed shortly at the Hanover-square R,orns.

mere money-dealers, who look to no object in the
negotiation of a loan but their personal profit, are,
of course, in favour of a simple creation of 10 or 15
millions of Consols, as the most marketable stock ;
but we trust that Cornewall Lewis will take a more
statesmanlike view of this important operation,
and will bring forward his loan on the conditions
which are least likely to be permanently onerous
to the resources of the nation.

(From the Times City Article of this day.)
FRIDAY EVENING.—The expected notice from
the Chancellor of the Exchequer that for the pur-
pose of, arranging the preliminaries and fixing the
amount of the intended loan, the Premier and he
will be ready to see the Governors of the Bank on
Monday next at the Treasury, together With any
gentlemen who may be desirous of contracting for
it, was communicated to the Stock-Exchange this
morning, almost immediately after the commence-
ment of business.

Subsequently there were various reports as to
the sum contemplated to be raised, ranging from
10,000,0001. to 20,000,0001. The general impres-
sion was that it will be for about 15,000,0001., and
that a very large portion of it. will be in Consols,
as the most marketable security.
The effect of this announcement upon prices has
been a further considerable decline, and Consols
are now 2 pet cent. lower than at the beginning of
the month. Th." closing ..quotation
.last evening
was 914, and the first transactions to-day were at
91i to /, whence, upon the receipt of the Govern.-
m eet intimation, they dropped to 91±. A slight
reaction then took place, and the last official prices
were 91i for money, and 911 for the 10th of May.
At a later hour there was renewed depression, a
large sale for the account having been effected, and
the market being extremely sensitive, not only in
consequence of the loan, but also from a general
feeling that momentous news may now be looked
for from the Crimea at any moment. The latest
operations were at 90/ to 91 for money, and 91 to
for time. Bank Stock left off at 210 to 2114 ;
Reduced, 90 ; New Three per Cents., 901 to ;
Long Annuities, 3 15-16 ; India Stock, 227 to 230;
India Bonds, 11s. to 145.; and Exchequer-bills
(June), ss. to Bs.; (March), Is. to 10s. premium.
By the public at large the confirmation of the
opinion that a loan would be adopted in prefer-
ence to an increase of taxation has been received
with great satisfaction. The principles which ren-
dered this course desirable were fully stated in the
Times of the Ist of January, and nothing has
since occurred to weaken the arguments then em-
ployed. The rule that is indispensable in the con-
duct of every permanent commercial undertaking,
of avoiding all violent perturbations by a system
of averages which spreads the cost of bad years over
a lengthened term, is alike essential in the ma-
nagement of the financial affairs of a nation. Inas.
much as the existing generation have brought the
pressure of the old national debt upon each
individual to be less than three-fourths of
what it was when it first fell upon them,
while in the course of five years from this
date further reductions will be in pro •
gress, which will operate as if a fresh
total of 110,000,0001. had been paid off, it can-
not be alleged that the title to relief at present
has been forfeited by a neglect of duty during the
past. Under these circumstances, if the energies
of the people had been damped by a determination
to heap taxes upon them for every farthing which
the exigencies of the time demand, there would
have been room to suppose that the Government,
while professing that the war must be carried on
with vigour until the objects for which it was deli-
berately undertaken are fulfilled, were really de
sirous of preparing for a hollow peace, and the
notification of to-day has therefore been received
with additional favour from the assurance it con-
veys that iu that respect there is nothing to be
apprehended.

(Prows the Daily News of this day.)

Government have taken the plunge. The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer has intimated to the mem-
bers of the Stock Exchange, through the medium
of the Ruik of England, that the Premier and him-
self will be ready oii'Monday next to see anygentle-
men who are desirous of contracting for a loan for
the service of the present year ; and that they will
then inform them what amount will be required,
and will settle the preliminary arrangements.
There can be no doubt that in adopting this reso-
lution Government love met the wishes of the
great body of the public. Much, no doubt, will
depend upon the terms on which the loan is to be
raised ; but. the public feel that industrial enter-
prise, and commercial operations in general, will be
less disturbed by raising a loan than by increasing
taxation to such an amount as would render it pos-
sible to defray the expenditure of the year by the
revenue collected within the year. There will be
less danger of labourers being thrown out
i of em-
ployment. But the announcement of the intended
loan is welcomed for other and higher reasons. It
is understood to be tantamount to a declaration on
the part of Government that they have abandoned
—if ever they entertained—all idea of patching up
a premature and precarious peace ;
.and that they
are alive to the importance of carrying on the war
with vigour, and on a scale commensurate to the
magnitude of the intersts at stake.

POLICY OF NAPOLEON 111.

(Prom the Daily News of this day.)
In the name of the free men of England let it
be distinctly understood that the brilliant and cor-
dial reception, which is preparing
for the Emperor
and Empress of the French, is meant as an expres-
sion of the good-will and esteem which the people
of England bear to the nation which has accepted
these illustrious guests of our Queen as their Sove-
reigns. We honour the sagacity, firmness, and
loyalty which—so far as the public has the means
of ascertaining—have characterised the part taken
by Napoleon 111. in the Oriental struggle. We
admit the humanity with which he has exercised
the absolute power which he has acquired in France.
But we should be false to our principles—and to
the great interests of humanity which we advocate
and defend—did we not, on this, as on all suiting
occasions, express our deep and enduring regret at
his havingsubstituted Autocratic for Parliamentary
government in France and at the means he em-
ployed to do so. Material welfare, the successful
cultivation of art, science, and literature, and the
ascendancy of the law, are great blessings for a
' nation. But of infinitely more importance than
all of them is civil liberty, the only stock upon
which they can be permanently engrafted. For
the sake of the Emperor himself—endowed as he.
is with many admirable qualities—we regret the
relation of antagonism in which he has placed him-
self to the supporters of Parliamentary government.
The French nation has attained to that grade of
moral and intellectual developement in which a
free press and popular representative institutions
same time the monarchical *
become a necessity of existence for a people. No
the political circles of Paris—un-
absolute government Can be permanent in France.
the most powerful of France. And
party is—
if we
ewstetliroena,
excepty
the only family which has a sufficient hold on
that
publicof
th reir iNn da establishptooleons.
This its elfas
a Conviction dynasty
i strikess
even the casual visitor, who, standing:,
~ on the Pont
regarding-de Jena, turns from regarding- the column of
the Place Vendome and Statue which the
sur-
mounts it, to the dome of the Inva il'desch
may now be regarded as the sepulchral monume
nt
of Napoleon I. It is confirmed by
that as the basis of French ' •
Jurisprudence the Code
Napoleon has inextricably entwined its ramifica-
tions with the pursuits of all classes in France, dranee, an
that admission into the Legion of
Honour, founded
by Napoleon, is the one' great ambition of every
Frenchman. The claims of all earlier
dynastic
families in France have become obselete. When
Louis Philippe, in his desire to court popularity,
brought back the remains of Napoleon I. from St.
Helena, he confessed by the act that
represen-
tatives of that monarch could alone
bethe
entitled to
the character of legitimate Sovereigns in. France.
Matters standing thus, there can be no doubt that
a patient and loyal adherence on the .
part of L
Napoleon to the principles of Parliamentary"ls go-
vernment, after his election to be President of the
French Republic, would have enabled him to ob-
tain for his family an authority analogous to that
with which the office of Stadholder invested
for
centuries the family of Orange in the United Pro-
vinces. A constitutional monarchy, in accordance
with the social relations and
public opinion of
France, might thus have been founded
esdeve-
lopedtablish
his for and perpetuity, In his over-haste to
his family permanently, Napoleon 111. has
a s
snatched
at unconstitutional power and constructed his Go-
vernment on a less secure—on a tottering and
ephemeral basis. It is not easy—especially for
foreigners--mto see how he is to extricate himself
from the false position he has taken up. But no one
who knows France and Frenchmen can doubt that
the permanent occupation of the French throne
can only be secured to his family by laro
con.coes-s
sons to the spirit of the age. That these cog
lleess'n

will require to be made cautiously and gradually
may be admitted, but made they must be if the
authority of his family is to be rendered secure, and
France spared the misery and horror of new revo-
lutions. It is only by identifying himself with the
French people that he can obtain protection for the
House of Napoleon from the ill-concealed hosti-
lity of the old absolute dynasties ; and to identify
himself with the French people he must concede to
them a real share in the management of their pub-
lic affairs.

Such truths will probably be unpalatable to the
Emperor, but they are pressed upon his attention
in no unfriendly spirit. The best service that Eng-
lishmen can render him is frankly, though respect-

fully, to express their real sentiments on the sub-
jeots now adverted to. He will meet with many
during his visit who will address him in more
honied accents ; but, if success has not blinded him,
his own innate sagacity and dear-bought experi-
ence must have taught him how little courtly flat-
terers are to be trusted. Many will bow low to
him, and affect to be gratified by his notice who
hold very different language in their private eon-
ciliabules. It would edify him could he learn how
the prospect of his visit has been canvassed in cer-
tain exclusive circles—what devices have been re-
sorted to for the purpose of deterring him from
paying it. When he elevated the Empress to a
share of his throne—the wisest and most genial
step he has taken since he assumed the ptupla—he
boldly declared himself a parvenu. The word sticks
in the throats of our exclusives, and they are scan-
dalised at the idea of the parvenu's being invested
with the Garter—an act hailed as a proper tribute
to the French nation by all free-minded English
politicians.
On the probable consequences of personal friend-
ship, as the result of personal intercourse between the
sovereigns of France and England, it is not worth
while wasting a thought. We all remember the
affecting domesticity of the intercourse between
Louis Philippe and our Queen, and his paternal
effusion towards his young royal friend of Eng-
land. And we remember that while that grimace
was being played off by the late Ulysses of Euro-
pean Kings, he was stealing a march upon Eng-
land by the atrocious Spanish marriages, his son
was pursuing a policy which had nearly led to a
war between France and England. The only
entente cordiale that it is worth a farthing is the
entente cordiale of the nations. That has increased
since the dethronement of the Bourbons, and is

likely to go on increasing. It can only be con-
firmed and augmented by the increased communi-
cation and extended commercial relations of the
two countries. It is independent of the personal
feelings of rulers of either from the time being.
Muttered apprehensions of danger to our impe-
rial visitor are heard from some quarters. These
exaggerated or affected alarms are utterly un-
worthy of notice. England is the only asylum in
Europe where political exiles of all opinions can
find safety. For any one sect or party to attempt
to gratify its animosity by offering insult or vio-
lence to an opponent on this soil would be a crime
as atrocious as for him who has taken sanctuary to
stab his enemy in the church. The asylum would
be desecrated by such a deed anal its privileges
destroyed. This is well known to all political re-
fugees amongst us ; and self-regard, in the absence
of higher motives, will suffice to tie up their hands.

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD BEFORE
SEBASTOPOL.

[ANOTHER ACCOUNT.]
MARCH 26.—Early on Saturday morning a flag
of truce was sent in by the allies with a proposition
to the Russians for an armistice to bury the dead,
which were lying in numbers—five or six Russians
to every Frenchman and Englishman—in front of
the Round Tower and Mamelon, and, after some

delay, an answer in the affirmative was returned,
and it was arranged that two hours should be
granted for collecting and carrying away the dead
on both sides. The news spread through the camps,
and the races which the Chasseurs d'Afrique had

got up in excellent style were much shorn of their
attractions by the opportunity afforded to us of
meeting our enemies on neutral ground. All the
ravines leading to the front trenches were crowded
with officers hastening on horse and foot down
to the scene of so much hard fighting. The
crests of the hills and the slopes in front
of the batteries were covered with men, and
they dotted the deadly interval between the bat-
teries, which had been before occupied alone by
thousands of tons of shot and fragments of shell
discharged by French and English and Russians
during this protracted siege. The day was beau-
tifully bright and warm. White flags waved gently
in the faint spring breeze above the embrasures of
our batteries, and from the Round Tower and
Mamelon. Not a soul had been visible in front of
the lines an instant before the emblems of peace

were run up to the flagstaffs, and a sullen gun
from the Mamelon and a burst of smoke from
Gordon's batteries had but a short time previously
heralded the armistice. The instant the flags
were hoisted friend and foe swarmed out of the
embrasures. The Riflemen of the allies and of
the enemy rose from their lairs in the rifle pits,
and sauntered towards each other to behold
their grim handiwork, The whole of the space
between the Russian lines and our own was

filled with groups of unarmed soldiery. Passing
down by th Middle Picket Ravine, which is now
occupied by .the French, and which runs down in
front of the Light Division camp, I came out upon
the advanced French trench, within a few hundred
yards of the Mamelon. The sight was strange be-
yond description. French, English, and Russian
officers were walking about saluting each other
courteously as they passed, and occasionally enter-
ing into conversation, and a constant interchange of
little civilities, such as offering and receiving cigar-
lights, were going on in each little group. Some of
the Russian officers were evidently men of high
rank and breeding. Their polished manners con-
trasted remarkably with their plain, and rather
coarse clothing. They wore, with few exceptions,
the invariable long gray coat over their uniforms.
The French officers were all cn grande tenue, and
offered a striking contrast to many of our own offi-
cers, who were dressed d la Balaklava, and wore
uncouth peaddresses, catskin coats, and nonde-
script paletots. Many of the Russians looked
remarkably like English gentlemen in " style"
of face and bearing. One tall, fine-looking old
man, with a long gray beard and strangely shaped
cap, was pointed out to us as Hetman of the Cos-
sacks in the Crimea, hut it did not appear as if
there were many men of very high military rank
present. The Russians were rather grave and re-
served, but they seemed to fraternise with the
French better than with ourselves, .and the men
certainly got . on better with our allies than,with
the few privates of our own regiments who were
down towards the front. But while all this civility
was going on we were walking among the dead,
over blood-stained ground, covered with evidences
of recent fight. Broken muskets, bayonets, cartouch
boxes, caps, fragments of clothing, straps and belts,
pieces of shell, little pools of clotted blood, shot—
round and grape—shattered gabions and sandbags,
were visible around us on every side, and through
the midst of the crowd stalked a solemn procession
of soldiers bearing their departed comrades to their
long home. I counted 77 litters borne past me in
15 minutes—each filled with a dead enemy. The
contortions of the slain were horrible, and recalled
the memories of the fields of Alma and Inkermau.
Some few French were lying far in advance towards
the Mamelon and Rouid Tower among the gabions
belonging to the French advanced trenches, which
the Russians had broken down. They had evidently
been slain in pursuit of the enemy. The Russians
appeared to treat their dead with great respect.
The soldiers I saw were white-faced and seamed
ill-fed, though many of them had powerful frames,
square shoulders, and broad chests. All their dead
who fell within and near our lines were stripped of
boots and stockings. The cleanliness of their feet,
and, in most cases, of their coarse linen shirts was,
remarkable. Several sailors of the " equipages'
of the fleet of Sebastopol were killed in the attack.
They were generally muscular, fine, stout fellowsaea,
‘ with rough, soldierly faces. 11'3
Russianscr to
off all the dead which lay outside our lines
the town, passing down betweenthe Mamelon
of all this
and the Round Tower. In the
midstanmo n
whicht ot
stern
,evidence of war a certain
conversation began to sprin. g up,
tl badinage. Some of
fhelißvuelsy-
sian officers indulged in a lithe%
we were coining in
them asked our officers w,, when we thought of
others
to take the place,"
a aood look at
going away•" . of
? Some congratulated
gettingus upon the exc
had of
view, except
lent opportunity
Sebastopol, as the
One
was not in their opinion
wechance of a nearer
on officer
similar occasi _
asked a private
very probable..
lish how man
Engy
into the trenches ? men we sent
eonfidentiallY in " Begorra, only 7,0Q0 a night d
a wake covering party of 10,000" was the ready
ar,3ll;iy. The officer laughed and turned away. At
one time a Russian with a litter stopped by a dead
body, and put it into the litter. He looked round
for a comrade to help him. A Zouave at once ad-
vanced with much grace and lifted it, to the infinite

1 amusement of the bystanders, but the joke was not
long-lived, as a Russian brusquely came up and
helped to carry off his dead comrade. In the town
we could see large bodies of soldiery in the streets,
assembled at the corners and in the public places.
Probably they were ordered out to make a show of
their strength. The Russians denied that Prince
Menschikoff was dead, but they admitted that Ad-
miral Isturmin was killed. He was one of the
principal officers engaged in the destruction of the
Turkish fleet at Sinope, and the Czar had rewarded
him by giving him an order of St. George of higher
distinction than that worn by Prince Menschikoff,
and of a class which is generally accorded only to
successful generals who have conducted an at my
and closed a triumphant campaign. A distin-
guished-looking man, who complained that he was
likely to be deprived of his cruise in his yacht this
year by the war, was pointed out to us as Pr nce
Banatinski.- Owing to some misunderstand ng,
a little fusillade 'began among the riflemen on the
left during the armistice, and distured our atten 'on
for a moment, but it was soon terminated. Gen ral
Bosquet and several officers of rank of the allied a iy
visited the trenches during the armistice, and aff
officers were present on both sides to see that
men did not go out of bounds. The armistice
over about 3 o'clock. Scarcely had the white j
disappeared behind the parapet of the Mame
before a round shot from the sailors battery wi
slap through ore of the embrasures of the Rua
work, and dashea up a great pillar of earth insi
The Russians at once replied, and the noise of can!
soon re-echoed through the ravines. It was cun
to observe the masses of shot and shell in

Le.
,on
>us

ravines which had been fired by the enemy at our
men on their way to and from the trenches. It was
impossible for them to see us, but they poured their
shot and shell right
.into the path from the Round
Tower, the Mamelon, and the ships. Five dead
Russians and two dead Zouaves were lying far in
rear of our lines, in the middle picket ravine.
Every look at the rifle pits satisfies me that the
Russians mean them as rudiments of advanced
works against us, and that they are likely to prove
very troublesome. The Mamelon is a serious ingre-
dient in calculating the chances of an assault. The
work on the east of it is also very dangerous. The
Russians have already begtin to arm them with heavy
guns, and their fire will prove, I fear, extremely
harassing. If these points' could have been occu-
pied our engineers, no doubt, would have seen the
importance of their possession to us ; but the fact is
I believe, that the engineers complain they cannot
get enough of hands for the essential work of the
attacks we actually possess. In addition to the
trench which the Russians have made to connect
their pits with each other, they have thrown up
three trenches at right angles, which would enable
them to enfilade any party attacking the Mamelon,
but those trenches are of course enfiladed by the
French approach at right angles to it. They will
very speedily be able to disturb our works from the
redoubt over Careening Bay. It is thought that
the silence of their guns may be accounted for with
great probability, without supposing they are short
of ammunition. It is very likely they are engagel
in making a line of defences in rear of their present
works. Our new batteries are completed. The
armament will be hi them in a short time from
the date of this letter.

OSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP TIGER.

COURT-MARTIAL.

Several witnesses were examined before the court-
martial after our report was despatched from Portsmouth
on Thursday, but their evidence did not disclose any ma-
terial fact.

At half-past six o'clock the Court adjourned until
Friday.

SECOND DAY.
Mr. Wilkinson, recalled.—To the bast of my belief
the master was within hearing when I reported eight
fathoms. lam not aware that the master remonstrated
with the captain respecting the way in which the ship
was conducted during the 24 hours previous to the
wreck, nor am I aware that he did so with the first
lieutenant. I did not hear Baker report the land, nor
yet the look-out. I am not aware that land was reported
before I took the watch. The captain did not tell me
to acquaint the master that the ship was to go on when
in eight fathoms, and that the course was to be altered
when at 51 fathoms. After the ship was on shore the
sails were not used to get her off, as there was no wind.
President—Could the ship have been abandoned, and
the people rescued in the boats, instead of being given
up to the enemy, with due regard to the men wounded ?
Witness—Not after the enemy opened fire.
President—Why was the pinnace not hoisted out ?
Witness—l don't know. There was nothing to my
knowledge to prevent her being hoisted out ; she wits
perfectly ready to be hoisted out at any time.
By the Court—How long time elapsed between the
time Captain Giffard was wounded and the surrender of
the ship ?
Witness—When he was carried down below he ordered
the flag to be struck. I heard it myself. The flag was
to he struck, and the Russian colours hoisted. Captain
Giffard was carried down immediately after he was
wounded. He did not consult with the first lieutenant
as to the surrender of the ship that I am aware of. None
of the officers or men objected to the surrender of the
ship, to my knowledge.
By the Court—What measures were taken to let the
other ships in company know after the ship was on
shore ?

Witness—By firing 24,ponnders at intervals, and
musketry occasionally. I heard the gun-signal answered.
Just as I had reached the top of the bill to the left of
the Russian battery I saw for the first time the Vesu-
vius. The infantry and cavalry of the Russians were
about 150 yards in the rear. I think any attempt to get
the ship off would have been useless. The cliff completely
commanded our deck. Ido not think the ship was on
fire when we struck. §he was, burnt and blown up
atter we left her, either by our own ships or the enemy.
There were no men wounded by musketry.
By Lieutenant Royer—What were :Ala usual arrange.
ments respecting the boats of the Tiger ?
Witness-Ihey were always ready to be got out at
any. time.
Lieutenant Royer—On the morning of the 12th was
there any obstacle to get the pinnace out ?
Witness.—The second gig was in the pinnace, and
the ship's campany were employed other ways.
By Mr. Edingtos—Do you recollect any conversa-
tion to have taken place with Lieutenant Royer or your-
self with regard to the captain having ordered mo to go
into five fathoms' water ?

Witness—l had no conversation with you on the sub-
ject, and Lieutenant Royer was on the quarterdeck
white I was on the bridge.
Lieutenant Hamilton was recalled, and his evidence
of yesterday partially read over.
President—Describe what was done to get the ship off.
Witness—When I went on deck I went forward to

the forecastle,' and thcrla id was riot seen for feu- r or five
Minutes. When the fog cleared away sufficiently we oould
see a high cliff flow 100 to 150 yards off. The captain
then ordered the musketry to fire, and a howitzer signal
to be fired. I heard a -report on the quarter and on the
how, from a ship apparently close to us, and reported it to
the captain: The hands were then turned up, and ordered
to get out the paddle-box boats. The port paddle-box
beat was got under the port bow, to take the small
bower anchor out, and the sheet cable was put into the
other. When the anchor was laid out, I afterwards
came on deck and atten,led to the capstan. We hove,
and reversed the engines at the same time. The engines
had been reversed when we were getting the boats out.
The ship slowed about two points, and I thought she
was coming off, and encouraged the men, when Captain
Giffard whispered to me that the anchor was coming
home, and to tell the men to heave steadily. A Cossack
passing fired his musket at 113, and the captain ordered the
hammocks to be got up, and put at the forecastle. Parties
ware sent to different parts of the ship to get coals and bal-
last out, and heave the main deck guns overboard. The
starboard bow anchor was placed in the paddle-box boat,
the sheet anchor was thrown
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gelded that to Lieut. Royer. I consider the best defence
against the enemy was
No officer, to moyukndowledge,
.marle under the circumstances.
guns on robjected to the ship being
surrendered. eeks were completely commanded
cavalry •
by the
in
about bout 3,000 infantry, besides artillery and
six
gun%
and
a_the cliff. When I landed, the enemy had
ano-
ther battery of 12 aguqnusai•gtoeirnc,gf
daonwhno.urlavftheernlcsaail aGniol:
fard was shot there were five men shot down on deck,
and I thought theta was no use firing the gun, so I
ordered the men to take Captain Giffard and the wounded
below. Neither I nor any other officer of the ship was

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consulted respecting the surrender to the enemy, before
' surrendering. Ido not think our fire did much damage
to the enemy. Capt. Giffard gave Lieut. Royer orders
to strike the colours, and he did not make any objec-
tion to my knowledge. When the ship surrendered we
could see only about throe or four cables' length off. It
was about 20 minutes after the enemy commenced firing
that the ship struck.
By Lieutenant Royer—When you received orders
from Captain Giffard to clear the boat, how long was it
before he was struck down ?
i`'Fitness—Not
Leutenantitoyaebr_ llovetowwo
loorngthwreoeurditiltutes.
clear the boats ? have taken to

Witness—We could not have got the bower anchor
out of the boat at that time without purchase.
Mr. Delany, boatswain, sworn—l think every effort
was made to get the ship off. Everything was done that
could be done. I consider the best defence was made to
• prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy.
Lieutenant Royer—Were you employed in shackling
the hemp cable to the port bow anchor, under the port
bow, and did the boat get adrift ?
Witness—Yes.
Lieutenant Royer—What caused the difficulty of your
getting back ?
t• and the
Lieutenant Royer—What caused the boat to go adrift?
anWchoitrnhesasn—giNtiVizeouhtadmafedwe
ithahnedaysyi.n the bdo,
Witness—Slewing her ; and the current took her
away from the ship. I have been at sea 25 years. In
my opinion the force of the current was 34 to 4. The
inner jib was not loosened ant hoisted on the morning
of the 12th of May when we were employed getting the
anchor out. I got a coil of new rope up, to get a pur-
chase to hoist the guns out ; I also got two blocks. The
tackle was got up to get the pinnace out. I believe the
ship was set on fire. My station was where the fire
rose, in the carpenter's storeroom, on the starboard side.
I did my best to put the fire out, but it was not put out.
It was, however, kept down. The fire was about two
feet from the magazine bulk-head. I did not hear or
know of any one reporting the land during my watch.
gad it been reported I think' I should have heard it.
During the whole time I was on deck the weather was
very foggy,
John
Quin, sworn—l was gunner of the Tiger the time
sahf tee 17sahse w;aseckwtekeldc.amlecoonnsiddeecrkevabout
in
g 1 Owas minesduot
that ought to have been done to get her on. I also con-
sider a proper resistance was made to prevent her falling
into the hands of the enemy, after the guns being dis-
placed as they were. The fore pivot nun could have
been brought to bear on the enemy, but it had to be run
aft to lighten the ship forward.
John Smith, recalled—l was on deck at the time the
wreck took place. I have been 25 years at sea. As far
as I know, everything was done that could be done to
get the ship off after she struck. The best was done to
prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. I did
not hear the land reported, but heard the leadsman re-
port 10 fathoms when the ship was stopped. If the land
had been reported I would have heard it. The weather
was very thick and foggy.
Richard Mallet, recalled—l was captain of the main.
top watch on the morning of the wreck. The best was
done to get the ship off and to prevent her falling into
the hands of the enemy.
Mr. Doraville, surgeon, sworn—Captain Gifford was
not on the sick list at the time of the wreck. He had an
attack of ague two days before the ship went on shore,
but on the day previous he was in his usual health. His
usual health was indifferent.

Mr. W. J. Olive, sworn—l have served about two
years in the Black Sea as master of her Majesty's ship
Bellerophon. I left the Black Sea last December. My
expe7ience between Odessa and Sebastopol is only one
short voyage, and the currents I observed were from the
north-north-east. They were about a knot in strength
off 0 le:sa. In making a pas age from Sebastopol it
would depend on the wind what currents I would allow
for. I should not expect a current until near Odessa,
and then I should not expect one of about three quarters
of a knot an hour.

Ey Mr. Edington—Was it at the full of the moon
when you inaeo your obsE-rvation respecting the strength
of the current, or the middle quarter ?
Witness- I cannot say.
Thy President--The evidence for the prosecution is
no v closed.

LiLuten-.nt Boyer—l do not think I can have my
defence prepared before to-morrow, and should like if
the court wou!d grant me till then to prepare it.
The court was then cleared, and on its being rc-
op 'ned,
Tde President, addressing Lieut. Royer and Mr.
Edington, said, the court has taken into consideration
your request, and agreed to grant it.
Lieut. Royer and Mr. Edington requested leave to go
on shore, which was granted.
The court then adjourned till to-morrow (this) morn-
ing.

PEACE AND WAR MEETING AT NEW-
CASTLE-ON-TYNE.

On Thursday evening a densely crowded meeting was
held in the Lecture-room, Newcastle, it having been an-
nounced that Mr. George Thompson would give a lecture
on the causes and objects of the war. Several " friends"
of both sexes, and other members of the Peace Society
were present. The chair was taken by Alderman
Dodds. Mr. Thompson addressed the meeting at great
length. He viewed the history of the Mahomedan rule
in Turkey, as well as the occurrences of the last few
years, and challenged any one to show from the blue-
books a single line either in the secret or other cor-
respondence, in support of the assumption that Russia
required from Turkey anything beyond what was ac-
knowledged as due by existing treaties. Russia,- he
said, had shown a spirit of great moderation, and was at
the present time disposed to treat on terms which the
Allies would do well to accept.

Mr. Jos. COWAN, jun., in reply to Mr. Thompeon,
said, that while admitting that the blue books did not
contain a single line inconsistent with the strongest pro-
fessions of moderation, the words of Russia must be in-
terpreted by her acts, and these had been of the most ag-
gressive character. (Hear, hear.) He concluded" by
moving, " That this meeting, having listened to Mr.
George Thompson's lecture on the right and wrong of
the war, cannot adopt his conclusions ; that, while re-
probating the 'mismanagement which hm disgraced the
war, from its commencement to the present time, this
meeting considers it right to resist wrong, regards the
war as just and necessary, repudiates the negotiations of
Vienna, and demands that the integrity of the Turkish
empire be left untrammelled by any protectorate ; and
that measures .be insisted upan for restoring the inde-
pendence of Poland."
Mr. JULIAN HARNEY seconded the motion.

Mr. GEORGE CHARLTON moved, as an amendment,
"That this meeting, deprecating the evils of war, and
deploring the dreadful sacrifice of human life attending
the prosecution of the present war, would express its
earnest hope that the negotiations of Vienna would
load to the conclusion of an honourable,and permanent
peace." _ - _ -

The amendment basing been seconded was put to the
vote, and negatived by a considerable majority. The
original motion was then adopted, after which thanks
wera voted to Mr. Thompson for bis lecture, and a simi-
lar compliment having been paid to the chairman, the
meeting separated.