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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1855.

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS.
PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING.
The following important despatch has been re-
ceived from General Pelissier :
" SEBASTOPOL, JrrLy 9.

cc on the night of the Bth the Russians made
a grand sortie against the Mamelon Vert and

Rifle Pits.

" The enemy were repulsed with great loss.
" The losses of the Allies are very trifling."

The startling and apparently inexplicable con-
duct of Lord JOHN RUSSELL has for the time being
attracted public attention to the exclusion of all
other topics. That one who was regarded as the
boldest j and most unflinching advocate of war
until an honourable and enduring peace had been
conquered should suddenly become a convert to
race at any pike, or on any conditions, seemed
pamingstra,ng° _ ;),
but that a person who bad
previously, during a long life, maintained an un-
blemished reputationshould
ex-
traordinary duplicity was be guilty of such
It would indeed be truly astonishing.
incredible on any less con-
elusive evidence; but, the
Noble Lord is condemned
out of his own mouth.
"guilty," by declarinc, thee has
himself pleaded
. e nature of his views,
11 at the very time when made the speech which
mainly led to the rejection of Mr.DisitAELf emotion,
and which went far to appease the
sinned by the vague yet significantall-iet: given
by the Premier as "to the means of :tea 'yen
being as yet exhausted," and the propriety-fe not
any honourable
"not closing the doors against . of
solution of the existing difficulty." •

We now know how imminent was the peril I
from which we escaped on that occasion. Lord
JOHN RUSSELL has himself told us ; and, how-
ever incredulous on other matters, we may yield
implicit credence to these revelations—that he
strenuously urged the acceptance of the Austrian
Fropositions, which he thought—although infe-
rior to the plan of limitation suggested by the
Western Plenipotentiaries—" might be a mode of

concluding the War with honour to the Allied
Powers, and that it would give—not a certainty—
but a very fair prospect of the duration of peace."
He still continues of the same opinion !—yet he
has neither voluntarily resigned nor been required
to give up his place in the Cabinet ! These
simple facts open a wide field of conjecture.
They indicate that the Peace Party is still power-
ful in the Cabinet—that the spirit of Peelism still
prevails in her MAJESTY'S Government. Lord
Join" could not remain in an Administration
where his opinions on such a question were wholly
opposed to those of all his colleagues ; nor, even
though an assenting party to his own disgrace,
would he be permitted to do so unless the con-
flicting elements were nearly balanced, and there
was a strong probability of the others being
brought round to his views at no distant period.

When starting for Vienna the Noble Lord was
well aware of the sentiments of his colleagues, and
also of those of the real but irresponsible Prime
Minister. He knew that he was expected to clutch
at any proposition, however impolitic or injurious
to the honour and interests of his country. He
did so. The plan deliberately approved of by the
Cabinets of Paris, of London, and of Vienna was
contumeliously rejected by Russia ; his instruc-
tions were thereby exhausted ; but notwith-
standing that fact, and though perfectly cog-
nisant of the primary duty of a Diplomatist,
he felt himself at liberty to state to the Aus-
trian Minister that " the terms ought to he,
and might be accepted, and that he would
lay the case before the British Cabinet, and would
use his best exertions to put the propositions in
such a light that they might hope for their alop-
tion." Would he thus widely have exceeded his
authority, have ventured on such an unparalleled
step, unless certain of the most powerful support
at home? Would he have thus usurped the func-
tions of the whole Cabinet, unless convinced that
he was sustained by influence which could not be
disregarded? He was certainly over-ruled—the
decisive demonstrations of public opinion showed
the hesitating Ministers that the conclusion of so
ignominious and (touse Lord JOHN'S own language)
so " unpopular" a Treaty would be the signal for
tb eir own expulsion from office. They would not
brave that danger, but they lavished praises on the
' conduct of their insubordinate colleague, and still
wished for his co-operation, although knowing that
he was seeking to obtain that which they did not
consider would be a safe or honourable peace !
These circumstances show the imperative neces-
sity of vigilance and determination on the part of
the popular representatives. There are sinister
influences in operation that must be brought to
light and properly guarded against before the
prorogation. We cannot rely on a Ministry so
thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Germanism or
,urgism when the members of both Houses of Par-
Ea! nent are dispersed in every quarter, and there is no
efficient check ou the Government, no means of pre-
venting a disgraceful and injurious compromise.
The clue supplied by Lord JOHN RUSSELL should
T2tierefore be closely followed up. The labyrinthine
windings of Ministerial intrigue should be clearly
manifested, and the proceedings of those who,
without any constitutional status, and without re-
,sponsibility, control the operations of the Cabinet,
be unsparingly exposed. The doctrine of Royal
impeccability is limited to the person of the
SOVEREIGN, and could not protect others from the
unpleasant consequences that might follow undue
:meddling.

Why, we ask, have not the papers relating to
the last Austrian proposition, of which Lord J.
RUSSELL approved and still approves, as yet been
produced to Parliament ? Surely no clerk in the
Foreign-office is now ill. Such excuses cannot be
too often repeated ; and although the discussion
that must follow may be inconvenient, Ministers
must make up their minds to submit to the in-
evitable annoyance, and should do so with the
best possible grace.

Mr. ROEBUCK has given notice that he will this
day move a Call of the House for Tuesday the
17th instant. This is as it should be ;it proves
the unflinching determination of the Hon. Gen-
tleman to no loop-hole for evasion, but to
compel every popular representative, if not to
record his sentiments respecting the conduct of
Ministers, at least to be in attendance in his
place in Parliament, and to have the opportunity
of so doing.
It is to be regretted that there should have
been so urgent a necessity for so doing—that the
Hon. Member should be compelled to resort to so
stringent a remedy, to awaken his fello Iv Repre-
sentatives to a due sense of the magnitude of the
emergency, and the vast importance of the ques-
tion about to be brought under the consideration
of Parliament. But no alternative remained.
Honourable Gentlemen had already started in
pursuit of their respective hobbies—

" By mountain, stream, and sea ;"
and even many of those who would be contented
to relinquish their personal amusements were yet
only too happy to avail themselves of the excuse
afforded by the advanced period of the season and
the heat of the weather to avoid giving a vote
which must either seriously damage their chances
of re-election or open an unpleasant prospect of a
speedy appeal to the country. Mr. ROEBUCK
was therefore compelled to resort to the onerous
but efficient instrument that enabled him to
enforce the attendance which no sense of
duty or of responsibility would otherwise have
insured.

It is now a considerable period since so decided
a step was taken, or the " touchstone" that so
clearly tested Parliamentary sincerity was resorted
to. In the olden time,
Feu RTR Was King," "when GEORGE the
and the struggle for Catholic
Emancipation was going on, " calls of the house"
were by no means unfrequent. The late DANIEL
O'CONNELL frequently threatened, and occa-
sionally adopted, a measure that had so great
an effect in throwing open the portals of
the Legislature for his own admission, and that of
his co-religionists. But recently the proceeding
has fallen into desuetude, and few young mem-
Evers have had practical experience of the
potent enchanter, whose irresistible will it is im-
possible to withstand.

The ceremony itself is interesting and impres-
sive. At the appointed time the roll of
members is called over, and every per-
son who does not answer to his name
is forthwith consigned to the tender mercies of the

Ser jeant-at-Arms, or his deputies, whose business
it is, without a moment's unnecessary delay, to
bring the recusant to the bar of the House to
answer for his contumacy. Unless the explana-
tion be satisfactory, or the apologies ample-, the
absentees will then be sent to the cellars,
unused since the time of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN,
from
therefore lle whence
e they will not be discharged
until they have made adequate submission,
d.
an
paicl the customary fees. Absence
will
entail not merely personal in-
convenience but
considerable expense, penalties
which will not lightly be incurrod by honourable
gentlemen.

Mr. ROEBUCK will, therefore, be certain of
ob-
taining the consideration for his motion which its

importance so eminently deserves. It is
one on which not merely the fate of a Mi-
nistry, but the welfare, honour, aye, and
the stability of the British Empire greatly
depend. It will then be decided whether
the British Constitution is to be sacrificed to a
spurious spirit of Germanism, and whether the
popular representatives are worthy of the confi-
dence reposed in them by their respective con-
stituents—whether, in fact, they insist on legi-
timate Parliamentary control, or the irresponsible
government of an irresponsible Administration,
framed according to the " Coburg" pattern, whose
decisions on all points must be received even
without remonstrance. It is truly a weighty
issue, but we abide the event without fear or
misgiving, hoping and believing that the ancient
British spirit will be revived, and lead to results
befitting the gravity of the crisis.

The window-breaking on Sunday seems to have
given rise to quite an excited state of feeling
among the denizens of Belgrave-square and its
vicinity, and to have an importance attached to it
which it by no means deserves, and which may
be designed, but must not be permitted, to serve
as a pretext for measures of undue severity or
restriction.

The fact is, a few hundred idle and mischievous
boys, finding the Park too quiet for their tastes,
by some sudden impulse—possibly stimulated by
a few designing persons—took their departure and
marched in a direction where plate glass was
plentiful, the police weak, their visit unex-
pected, and stones handy. What wonder
if the flesh was weak and the young
rascals indulged in their riotous humour as they
did ? Had a street engine played on them, or
a few horsewhips been vigorously and resolutely
applied by the idle flunkies and grooms in-doors
—in short, had a dozen men like Admiral SEY-
MOUR been forthcoming, the laughing gamins
would have fled to some other locality where the
police were in force and ready to disperse them.
The greatest wonder of all was the want of man-
liness we have alluded to in the tenants of the
houses assailed ; had they been cool and re-
solute, the police would have arrived before any
mischief had been done:

The attempt to fasten blame on Sir GEORGE
GREY for the apparent absence of the police is,
under all the circumstances, as foolish as it is selfish
and unjust. The Home Secretary had learned
what some people never will by experience wha.
to do and what to avoid ; and it is not too much
to say that had he shown equal discretion on the
preceding Sunday no disturbance, and probably
no second meeting, would have taken place. This
much is quite certain, that in the exasperated
state of the popular mind. the presence of a large
police force on Sunday was in the last degree un-
advisable, and could only have resulted in blood-
shed, and a disturbance and fractures, to which
plate-glass breaking were child's play.
Property must unquestionably be protected,
and such outrages as that on Sunday prevented.
There can be no question as to that. But let u:
have no mischievous exaggeration, nor over-parade
of a grievance that for Belgravia's sake cannot be
said too little about. Its apparent helplessness
looks ugly. Let Belgravia instead take a home les-
son on the subject. How excited it gets, how
injured it feels, how revengefully-disposed it is
when its property is injured. Good gentlemen
and sweet ladies, we say, think how a poor man,
whose chief property is himself, his liberty, and
his enjoyment, must feel when silly young aristo-
crats presumptuously interfere with both, and do
their best, however unintentionally, to make him
miserable. Think of it, and teach it your chil-
dren. Teach them what you were not taught—
a wholesome sympathy with their kind—so that
good men shall not have to shudder at a gulf so
awful as your G. DUNDASES of the present, reveal
between you and the people. Do that, and
say as little about glass windows as you can.
The law will protect you for the future.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Alhambra has
ta,ken. out 59,558/., principally for Lisbon and Cadiz.
The specie from New York to-day amounts to
1.60,000/. The stock-market was steady but inanimate,
and the prospects of the harvest were still very favour-
able.

MONSTER SHELLS.—At the Lowmoor Ironworks,
Bradford, there are shells being manufactured for the
Government which measure a yard in diameter and
weigh upwards of a ton.
It is said that the Bank of England have in contem•
plation the opening of a branch at the 'West-end, and
the Italian Opera House has been named as the probable
locale of the new bank.

REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.—It is rumoured in
the City that Baron Rothschild has assigned over all
future interest in his contract with Government ; so
that, should he be unseated by the Committee, he will
still be qualified as a candidate for re-election.
CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—The select committee
appointed to inquire into Baron Rothschild's qualification
met again yesterday, and continued the examination of
Mr. Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury. The pro-
ceedings are still conducted with closed doors. Mr.
Bramwell, Q.C., was in attendance to address the com-
mittee on behalf of the Baron, but the committee, with-
out absolutely rejecting the learned counsel's application,
decided that they would not hear him then.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship, Great Western, left this
day with the outward Brazil and River Plate mails, 81
passengers, and a full cargo. Also specie to the amount
of 8,0601., and jewellery, 23,2651.
MR. JUSTICE MAULE.—It has been stated in some of
the literary papers that Sir W. H. Maule, who has just
retired from a judgeship in the Court of Common Pleas,
is the oldest Senior Wrangler of Cambridge now living.
This is a mistake. There are now living three who are
in this respect the seniors of Sir W. H. Maule, namely,
the Bishop of Ely (Dr. Turton), Lord Chief Baron Pol-
lock, and Mr. Baron Alderson. Dr. Turton was Senior
Wrangler in 1805, Sir F. Pollock in 1806, Sir E. H.
Alderson in 1809, and Sir W. H. Maul() in 1810.

Tan GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The diorama illus-
trating the events of the war was yesterday honoured
with a visit from the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal and Princess Helena, and the Prin-
csss Charlotte of Belgium, attended by the Countess de
Bavay, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, and the Rev. Mr.
Gibbs. Their royal highnesses. on leaving the Gallery,
expressed themselves to Mr. Stocqueler and the pro-
prietors much pleased with the exhibition.
THE CROPS.—The provincial papers report on the
corn and other crops in a most satisfactory strain. The
apprehensions which were at first entertained owing to
the extreme cold weather, protracted as it was to th©
end of May, appear to have been dissipated by the warm
and genial weather which set in with the month of June.
Crops of all kinds, it is now stated, will in general be
good, and not much later than usual.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—At a session of the
council, on Saturday last, a donation for the hospital,
out of the residuary estate of the late Charles Konig,
Esq., was received from Dr. Brown, Mr. Konig's acting
executor, and a legacy to the hospital of 5001., by the
late Mrs. Caroline Coming, was announced. The council
determined to unite the professorships, hitherto distinct,
of Chemistry and Practical Chemistry, and appointed
Dr. Alexander W. Williamson, professor of chemistry,
as successor to Thomas Graham, Esq., now Master of
the Mint. Bunell Lewis, Esq., A.M., Fellow of the
College, professor of Latin in Queen's College, Cork,
and Edward J. Routh, Esq., A. 8., of Sf. Peter's Col-
lege, Cambridge, Senior Wrangler, 1854, were named
to be examiners with the professors of Latin, Greek,
stathomatics, and Natural Philosophy, for the Andrew's
Scholarships, to be awarded in October next.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen-
tlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma, were admitted members of the college
at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 6th
inst.:—Messrs. Jonathan Crocker, Launceston, Corn-
wall ; Theodore Davis, Clevedon, Bristol ; Frederick
Fergusson, Charlemont-terrace, Dublin ; Harry Ernest
John Coates Laud, Spanish Town,
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John Lord, Bury, Lancashire ; William Massey,DerbyshireSwark-
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members on the 9th inst. :—Messrs.'
undergone the necessary examin •having
examination, were admitted
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Worsley Henchley, Army ; George Parsons
Wall rislannan, county Galway ; Charles Carne, Caledonian.
terrace, Islington ; George Ridings, Mercantile
,Marine ; Samuel Westwood, Birmingham ; Charles
Alfred Hemingway, Dewsbury, Yorkshire ; William
Ashmead Pruen, Bristol ; Henry Brook, Army; Fre.
derick William Wilson, Clarendon Villas, Notting-hill ;
William Parson, Godalming, Surrey ; Thomas Perkins,
Smith, Yorkshire; and James Rune, Clarendon Villas,
Brook-green.