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TEE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 26 1855.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

INSTRUCTIONS TO LORI) J. RUSSELL
ON PROCEEDINq TO VIENNA.

(From the Times of this day. )

Although several weeks have now elapsed since the
occurrence of the last great events at the siege of Sebas-
topol, this interval of time has undoubtedly served to
consolidate the position of the allied armies in the Cri-
mea, to remove many of the causes of apprehension ex-
cited by the return of summer, and to advance by slow
but certain steps the operations of the siege. Of all
these grounds of satisfaction the most important are the
health of the army, the success of the sanitary measures
adopted in the camps, and the favourable climate we
have found in the souther!) districts of the Crimea,
Among the exaggerated perils and objections which
were at one time conjured up in this country to bring
the Crimean expedition into disrepute, it was roundly
asserted that the climate was of Arctic severity in win-
ter and pestilential in summer ; whereas it was perfectly
well known to those who had examined the subject that
this region enjoys the average temperature of the south-
ern coast of Great Britain. The army has, of course,
acquired a degree of stability and vigour in campaigning
which was not to be expected when first it took the
field ; and we are confident, from the numbers, the con-
dition, and the valour of these troops, and the large
amount of their field artillery, that the allied armies are
able to ermiunter with the most confident expectations
of success any force the enemy can by possibility bring
against them. The delay which has occurred has had
the advantage of converting our invasion of the Crimea
into an occupation of several of the most important
points in the Peninsula. Eupatoria,, Kamiesch,
Balaklava, and Yenikale are now fortified stations,
which we shall hold during the whole continuance
of the war. We apprehend that the Russians them-
selves can entertain no hope of renewing the r_ttack
of Inkerman, or of shaking off the grasp which
the iron hand of war has placed on one of the richest
portions of the Imperial dominions. Had Sebastopol
been carried last autumn by a coup de main, we should
at once have effected our primary object in the destruc-
tion of that fortress, but we should not have proved in
so remarkable a manner the inability of the whole power
of the Russian empire to repel the adversaries who have
now established themselves on the Crimean coast. We
trust, however, that this firm position of the allies will
enable them at no distant period to extend their active
operations beyond the Belbek, and that it is merely a
question of time at what moment it may be most expe-
dient to commence such a movement against the en-
campments from which the enemy still continues to
throw reinforcements and munitions of all kinds into
Sebastopol.
The temporary silence of the batteries, which has suc-
ceeded to the furious bombardments and assaults of the
first half of the month of June, denotes that the besieg-
ers are conducting their approaches to the key of the
position with greater caut'on and regularity, and that
we shall probably hear no more of a profuse expenditure
of life until our guns have been brought so near the
walls as to subdue the fire of the enemy. The report of
Prince Gortschakoff on the action of June is a careful,
though not, strictly speaking, an accurate account of
that operation. The Russian General overrates the
forces engaged by the French and English armies and
the losses they sustained ; he does not clearly show that
the failure of the attack tiy the French columns was
mainly caused by the want of simultaneous action, and
that the engagement on the extreme right; in which
General Mayran fell, was, in fact, over before the co-
lumns under General Brunet and General Autemarre
advanced. He entirely omits the remarkable fact that
the attack of General Eyre's brigade on the extreme
left enabled a handful of British troops not only to
penetrate into the houses and gardens at the bottom of
the ravine, but to remain there all day ; but, with these
exceptions, the report gives a tolerably connected view
of this action, and it enables us to form a more correct
opinion on one or two points of the means of resistance
of the garrison. _ _

The following official paper was issued yesterday :

The Earl of Clarendon to Lord John Roggen.
Extract.) Foreign Office, Feb. 22.
. . _

The Queen, having been pleased to eonfide to your
Lordship, in conjunction with the Eirl of Westmoreland,
the duty of conducting on her Majesty's behalf the ne
gotiations about to be opened at Vienna, I have received
her Majesty's commands to convey to your lordship such
general instructions for your guidance as may serve to
pace on record the views of her Majesty's Government
with reference to this important crisis in the affairs of

Europe.
It is a duty of no ordinary character which her Ma-
jesty has intrusted to your lordship. In common with
her Allies her Majesty most anxiously desires to see
r.eace restored to Europe in such a manner as to afford a
easonable assurance that it will long remain uninter-

rupted ; but this can only be expected if the conditions
of that peace are such as to afford a sufficient guarantee
for the future security of Turkey. If, however, such
a peacs cannot be arrived at, it is her Majesty's most
earnest desire to see the Great Powers of Europe arrayed
in a combined effort against the spirit of encroachment
and wrong by which the councils of Russia have been
animated ; not only because such a league would most
probably lead to an early termination of the existing
contest, but because an assurance would thereby be ob-
tained that the termination of the ,aar would place on a
solid and secure basis the general interests of all Europe.
As regards the subjects to come under the considera-
_ _ _

tion of the Conference, her Majesty's Government are
of opinion that they must be taken in the order in which
they have hitherto stood, notwithstanding that the third
basis is the one, the satisfactory development of which
is likely to meet the greatest obstructions ; but it will
be in vain to stipulate that the Danubian provinces
shall be withdrawn from the exclusive protectorate of
Russia, or that the navigation of the Danube shall be
set free from the obstructions which impede it, unless
effectual precautions are taken to'render the Turkish
Empire an integral part of the European system,
and sufficient restraint be imposed upon the military and
naval power heretofore exercised by Russia in the Black
Sea, and the overbearing influence which, by reasons of
that power, she has acquired over the councils of the
Porte.

But although much may be urged in favour of making
the third basis the first for consideration, such a course
would be open to objections of a serious nature, and her
Majesty's Government have reason to believe that Aus-
tria and France would both demur, although on different
grounds, to force into discussion at the outset the impor-
tant stipulations involved in the development of the
third basis. Nevertheless, it will be for your lordship to

judge whether, before entering into negotiation With

the Russian Plenipotentiary or before the third basis
comes into discussion in the Conference, it would be ex-
pedient for the three Powers to come among themselves
to some general understanding, subject, indeed, to be
modified by future circumstances as to the form which
that basis should ultimately assume. The end in view

is the formal recognition of the Turkish empire in its
character as an independent and self-existent state, as
a member of the great European family, and as an essen-
tial element of the balance of power in Europe. One of
the means by which that end is to be acvmplished is the
‘brogation of Russian supremacy in the Black Sea. How
this is to be effected with the least inconvenience to the
Powers of Europe is the problem to be solved.
It might be brought about by a common agreement
that the maritime Powers should maintain in the Black

Sea a force adequate to counterbalance the naval forces
which Russia has hitherto maintained, and, if uncon-
trolled, may again hereafter maintain in that sea. But
this would be nothing more than an armed trace, liable
to be interrupted at every moment by chance collisions,
and entailing on the maritime powers a perpetual expen-
diture to keep up, at a distance from their arsenals, an
efficient force in the Black Sea, while Russia, having her
arsenals at hand, and her harbours of refuge always open,
would be relieved in a great measure from the costs to
which the other powers would be exposed. It may well
be doubted whether, after a few years, Great Britain
would continue such an expenditure.
This object might be effected by a twofold process ;` by
reducing the maritime force of Russia in the Black Sea
within reasonable compass, and by opening that sea,
with the consent of Turkey, to the maritime forces of
other nations. Her Majesty's Government would much
regret that the Porte should be so impressed with a
sense of its own comparative weakness as to be prepared
to abdicate its power to C'efead the Turkish Empire
against even a limited display of hostile force. It wculd
be better for the nations of EurJpe that the Porte should
be encouraged to rely on its own resources, though left
at liberty to call in the aid of friendly powers to coun-
teract the menaces of its powerful neighbur ; but the
raduction of the Russian naval force in the Black Sea

It clearly appears, in the first place, that in this, as in
all the preceding instances, the Russians succeeded after
the bombardment in re-establishing the defence of Se-
bastopol in its primitive state, and, though it is not
denied that the works were severely damaged by the
fire of the besiegers, means have constantly been found
to repair the lines and to construct new batteries, even
under a heavy fire. This is one of the principal circum-
stances which distinguish the siege of Sebastopol from
all ether sieges in history, and which show the uncom-
mon skill with which the Russian engineers avail them-
selves of the new system of fortification they have created,
while the Russian troops display equal energy in the
execution of these plans. Sebastopol may be said to be
defended by the spade as much as by the sword, and re-
peated experience has now shown that in works of this
nature the utmost damage caused by a bombardment
from siege trains even of unexampled magnitude and
power may be repaired within a few hours by an active
and resolute garrison. That, of course, is a peculiar ad-
vantage which works rivetted with masonry can never
possess, and the contrast which has lately been drawn
by a writer in the Edinburgh Review between the speedy
fall of the towers of 13frmarsund and the protracted resist-
ance of the earthworks of Silistria and Sebastopol is a
most instructive lesson in the art of defence. To render
the bombardment of Sebastopol of any use at all as a
preliminary to the assault of the place, it must be fol-
lowed instantly by the attacking columns, for the inter
val of a single night has on more than one occasion suf-
ficed to counterbalance the effect of one of these gigantic
operations.
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within such bounds as might, in co-operation with an
equal Turkish force, suffice to provide adequate protec-
tion for peaceful commerce, would have the further in-
direct advantage of preventing at any future period the
march of Russian armies on Constantinople,
or at all
events of rendering any such operation one of extremeha.
zard ; for, as far as present experience extents, the sup-
port of a powerful fleet, capable of co-operating with the
advance of armies, and affording the means )f providing
them with requisite supplies, is essential to the success
of aiy movement on the Turkish capital.
The imposition, therefore, of adequate restrictions on
the naval power of Russia in the Black Sea, would give
to Turkey the material protection of which she stands
in need ; while her recognition as an essential element

On the 18th of June, however, the Russians em-
ployed another resource, for which they deserve con-
siderable credit. Although the capture of the White
Works ou the 7th of June had enabled the French on the
right to command the Careening Bay, our allies do not
appear at that time to have brought guns of a heavy
calibre to bear on the port, for it is stated that six Rus-
sian steamers-of-war advanced to the Careening Bay
point at the commencement of the action and opened a
severe fire on the French in the ravine where their re-
serve was placed. General Pelissier had alluded to the
same circumstance in his report, and it indicates some
ingenuity on the part of the defence that this last rem-
nant of the naval forces of the enemy should have been
thus employed. We have very little doubt that, before
the attack is renewed, batteries of a far greater range
will have been established in such a manner as to com-
mand the port, and that it will then become practicable
to sink or burn from the heights these maritime auxilia-
ries of the garrison. In fact, as we dral nearer to the
town, and avail ourselves of the command of, the sea at
both extrern:ties of the line of attack, the communica-
tion of the garrison with the northern side of the har-
bour, from which the garrison draws its most important
supplies, will become more difficult, and the shipping
which is still afloat ought to be altogether destroyed.
Although none of the measures that have yet been em-
ployed against the place are of a decisive character—
and we are free to confess that there has been more
novelty of invention in the defence than on the side of
the attack—yet each of the steps that has been taken
exhausts and destroys some portion of the defence ; and
this steady progress ofthe besiegers has never been thrown
back by any positive success on the part of the enemy. The
only advantage, indeed, which the Russians can boast of
is that of having resisted our attacks ; but they have
failed themselves in every sortie, in every attempt to
force our lines, and in every attempt since the
17th of October to subdue our fire. Our military
efforts, like our political resolutions, require only to be
conducted on the principle of Lord Lyndhurst's wise
and brave advice—" Persevere." On many accounts

in the balance of power in Europe, would afford her a
moral guarantee under the safeguard of which she might
fearlessly carry out those plans of internal reform and
social re-organisation which have been so earnestly
pressed upon the Porte for many years. '
Taking the bases in the order in which they stand, the
first point to be placed oh record is the enire abroga-
tion of all former engagements between Rapsia and the
Porte, in regard to the provinces of Moldevia, Walla-
chia, and Servie. Not that those provinces are again
to be brought into immediate subjection to the Porte,
but that Russia shall ne longer have to plead special
treaty engagements walk herself as justifying
the siegle
interference with the sovereign power, in regard to the
relations between that Power and the established autho-
rities in the province ; and that those provieces should
not look to Russia as the arbitress of their distinies, and
pay that court any deference to her which
should be re-
served for the Sultan alone. There would ben° occasion
to interfere, at least ia principle, with tins system of
local self-government established in those
provinces, or
to place the rulers of the provinces in more direct de-
pendence on the sovereign power than they now are.
It may be a question for discussion whether the tri-
bute now paid by the provinces to the Treasury of the
Porte should be augmented. But the nomination of the
Hosnodars and the attributes of sovereignty in the Prin-
cipalities, as far as other powers are concerned, would
rest with the Sultan, and the agents appointed by foreign
powers to watch over the commercial interest of their
subjects would still require the formal recognition of the
Sultan for the legal exercise of their several functions.
Remaining thus under the suzerainet6 of the Sultan, the
provinces would be bound by the treaty obligations of
the Porte with foreign Powers, no less than the other
portions of the Ottoman dominions, and appeals for in-
fraction of treaty rights would be addressed to the Porte,
as they now are, by the representative of the aggrieved
power at the Court of the Sultan, who must, therefore,
ave authority to give redress.
Again, as regards the second basis, the abrogation of
the rights of Russia to interfere with the freedom of the
navigation of the Danube might be most effectually se-
cured by the retrocession to Turkey,
in the first instance,
of the territory at the mouths of the river which she re-
nounced at the treaty of Adrianople, subject to the con-
dition that the retroceded territory should be placed by
the Porte under the safeguard of the Great Powers of
Europe, acting in concert with the Porte for the preser-
vation of all the navigable channels of the river from the
exclusive domination of any one power, and for the re-
moval of the obstructions which now impede and have
long threatened to render the channel of the Danube al-
together unserviceable for the purposes of commerce.
A mixed commission, in which England and France
should be represented, should be appointed to regulate
all matters belonging to the navigation. But if Russia
enters upon the discussion with a sincere desire to meet
the reasonable wishes of the Powers most interested in
the navigation of the Danube, there may be ground to
expect that those questions will receive a favourable so-
lution by the establishment of a syndicate authority, in-
vested with the necessary powers for the destruction of
the obstacles now existing at the mouths of the river, or
which might hereafter grow up there.
This basis which remains to be considered is one pecu-
liarly calculated to call into action the sympathies of
Christian nations, and therefore likely to be attended
with more than ordinary difficulties in the discussion and
settlement of it; for the object in view is to reconcile
and bring in harmony for secular purposes the conflicting
passions and prejudices of Islamism and Christianity.
Then, again, it is almost needless to remark, much
abnegation and self-control are required on the part of
the Christian Powers in their dealings with the Porte in
behalf of the Christian subjects of the Sultan.
It would tend greatly to the peace of Turkey if the
Powers of Europe would mutually renounce all sectarian
prejudices as applied to the subjects of the Sultan, and
look upon all Christians, whatever ritual they may be-
long to, as entitled to an equal share in the religious
privileges and immunities which the Sultan may, at the
instance of the Great powers of Europe, consent to ac-
cord to them.
It would seem desirable that the Sultan should by his
own act abolish all legal and other distinctions between
his Mahometan and Christian subjects, and formally
communicate to the powers of Europe the
successively
sivbelyy
which this shall have been done.
Ihave thus briefly touched upon the several important
be
points
broughtveh ichb ,eiffo the
tiie Conferences
assembled
proceed, will
Plenipotentiaries.
The intimate acquaintance which your lordship pos-
sesses with the various points to which I have adverted,
will suggest to you the fittest arguments in support of
the policy of her Majesty's Government, which is to re-
store peace to Europe on a solid foundation. The blood
and treasure which have been so freely expended in sup-
port of that policy would be altogether thrown away, if
the only result of cur efforts should be a hollow truce,
to be broken whenever a suitable opportunity should
arise for the attainment of the long-cherished objects of
Russian ambition—the subjugation of the Ottoman em-
pire in Europe, and the enthronement of a Russian
prince in the capital of Turkey.
Your lordship will communicate this despatch to
Lord Westmoreland for his instruction and guidance.

the Crimean expedition is highly favoured by the salu-
brity of the country and the eflioiency of the army; the
supplies requisite for the troops are now thoroughly or-
;anized, and the lessons of the past year are not thrown
away. We therefore expect the result with patience
and confidence, persuaded as we are that the expedition
only awaits the direction of its leaders to bring this great
enterprise to a victorious termination.

FUNERA.b OF THE LATE FIELD MAR-

SHAL LORD RAGLAN.

BRISTOL, Wednesday Evening.—The funeral of the
late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan commenced this day.
The people of Bristol have done honour to the reputation
of their ancient and loyal city by their attitude on this
occasion ; indeed the exertions of their chief magistrate,
himself the son, the brother, and the father of British
soldiers, could not be over estimated. As a spectacle
the ceremony naturally fell short of the funeral of the
Duke. The gorgeous funeral car, the heavy masses of
troops, the lorr:ly, and even regal adornments, and the
courtly solemnities which imparted an unapproached
grandeur to the funeral of Wellington were absent, but
still, as a manifestation of public veneration for a brave
and chivalrous warrior, it could scarcely be surpassed.
The morning was ushered in by the firing, from many
points of the city, of the dismal minute gun and the
melancholy chiming of the muffled bells. The body of
the deceased hero was transmitted from the Caradoc
to the Star as early as six o'clock in the morning, and
was placed on a bier covered with black cloth and crape,
and surmounted by a catafalque of the same material.,
on the deck of that vessel. At a little before 11 o'clock
the mourners boarded the Star as follows :--Lord Rag-
lan, the Hon. Colonel Begot, Colonel Kingscote, Lieut.-
Colonel Somerset, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Burghersh,
Lieut.-Colonel Nigel Kingscote, the Hon. Captain Cal-
thorpe, the Earl of Calthorpe, Commander Derrirnan,
RN., Commander Maxse, the officers of the Caradoc,
&c. At eleven o'clock the Star commenced slowly
steaming up the float, attended by a guard of honour of
about fifty boats, all uniformly manned, the different
Yessele anchored in her course firing minute guns. The
naval procession was opened by the boat of the commo-
dore, Mr. Edward Morgan, superintendent of the Cus-
toms. Every board was painted in funeral colours—
black, with blue stripes—and each bore an ensign at
half-mast. The boats formed two lines from the lar-
board and starboard bows of the steamer to a long way
behind her. The crews rowed with muffled oars, and
upon the Star reaching the quay the two lines joined at
the end, and formed two sides of a triangle, thus pre-
venting any of the numerous boats on the river from
nearing the ship. On the quay where the landing had
been appointed to take place was a spacious shed for the
reception of the body and mounters, in the centre of
which was a bier, and the roof and sides of which were
richly ornamented with festoons and draperies of black
cloth and velvet, interspersed with rosettes of black
crape. The quay to a considerable distance from this
point had been barricaded, so as to prevent intrusion.
The procession in this manner having come up to the
Quay-head near Princes-street bridge, the embarkation
took place about 12 o'clock. The mayor and corporation,
Society of Merohant Venturers, the Corporation of the
Poor, the clergy, and the other public bodies and citizens
who intended taking part in the proceedings of the
day, had taken up their positions in Queen-square, where
the ground was kept by a strong body of police drafted
from the central, Clifton, Bedminster, and St. Philip's
divisions, under the command of the superintendent, ,
Captain Fisher, R.N. The military pensioners and
Land Transport Service Corps proceeded on to the large
area which forms the end of Princes-street. The artil-
lery took up a position on the Grove, opposite Redcliff-
parade, and a little below the Sailors' Home. The ap-
pearance of the quay at this period was exceedingly im-
posing—the decks of the shipping, the windows and roof-
tops of the houses, and every available spot from which
a view of the ceremony could be obtained, were crowded
with spectators, while the melancholy nature of the oc-
casion was attested by the half-masted flags, and other
signs of mourning, which were visible all around. The
Morning Star, a ship of colossal proportions, was placed
in deep maritime mourning, and 'forming a grand ter-
mination to the angle of the quay. As the body was
being landed, the battery of artillery before referred to
as having taken up a position near the Sailors' Home
fired, at intervals of a minute, 19 guns, the heavy boom-
ing of which was heard reverberating amongst the dis-
tant hills. The coffin having been placed in the hearse,
the funeral part of the procession was formed, and pro-
ceeded, accompanied by the military, to Princes-street.
Upon its arriving at the end of the lower avenue to
Queen-square, the mayor and corporation, and other
public bodies, joined, and the procession then proceeded
in the following order :
Body of Police.
Detachment of Artillery, with howitzers.
Troop of Hussars.
Band of the 15th Hussars, playing the "Dead March."
Troop of Royal Horse Guards Blue.
Two Mutes. Two Mutes.
Attendant. Page with board of plumes. Attendant.
Eight bearers with truncheons.
Undertaker. Master of the Horse.
THE BODY,
'ln a hearse and six horses richly plumed.
Ancient domestic mounted, and bearing on a cushion of
crimson velvet and gold the coronet, orders,
and Field-Marshal's baton of the
deceased lord.
Mourning coach and four horses plumed, with • 0
o ci; the chief mourner, Lord Raglan.
Mourning coach and four horses plumed, with
H the Aides-de-camp of the deceased Field- tc?, "° 0
Marshal ; viz., Lieut.-Colonel Lord
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Burghersh, Lieut -Col. Somerset, z
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Lieut.-Col. Kingscote, and, o
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the Hon. Capt. Calthorpe. 1.1
18 Mourning coach and four horses plumed,with thetl a,
5,t1 Commander of the Caradoc, Commander E
Maxse, and medical officers:of the
deceased. 1-4
Mourning coach and four horses plumed, with
members of the deceased lord's
el) household.
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Pe Troop of Royal Horse Guards Blue.
Troop of 15th Hussars.
The Staff of the Bristol District.
The Enrolled Pensioners of the Bristol District.
Large body of Artillery, with side arms. ,•J
Police.
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SPWater Bailiff' Exchange Keeper, Market Constable, 2
City Crier, &c.
Carriage with t\he Town Clerk and City Solicitor of
Bristol, D. Barges, jun. and W. Brice, Esqrs.
4
t Carriage with the High Sheriffof Bristol, R. Phippen,
Esq., and the Under-Sheriff, W. 0. Hare, Esq.
3 The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol, J. G. FT,'
Shaw, Esq., in his state carriage, with the rp,
4 Sword-bearer of State and City Treasurer.
The Aldermen of Bristol in their carriages. •
The Town Councillors of Bristol in their carriages.
Fifty Sailors, uniformly dressed, and bearing the
Banner and Insignia of the Society of Merchant
Venturers.
Carriage with the Master of the Society of Merchant
Venturers and the Treasurer, W. Claxton, Esq.
Carriage with the Wardens of the Society of Merchant
Venturers.
Carriages with the members of the Society of
Merchant Venturers. . .

z:, Carriage with the Governor of the Corporation t.. 1
ca
~. Pof the Poor, Dr. Rogers ; and the 0
P-1 Deputy Governor, J. Protheroe, Esq. G.
Carriages with the Court of Assistant of the ass
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Corporati m of the Poor. 1-7
5 Carriages with members of the Corporation of F,
Val the Poor. "."-

The Clergy and Ministers of Religion.
The President, Officers, and Members of the Bristol
A Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association. ~.i
The officers and Members of the Bristol District of E
P 1 Odd Fellows, M.U., wearing mourning scarfs. 5.
ta The Officers and Members of the
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3 Ancient Order of Foresters, wearing mourning ti
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cs scarfs. bq
PT-I Citizens, six abreast. "F
A detachment of Artillery, with Field Battery
of four Guns.
Detachment of Police.

The procession was of immense length, and its appear-
ance was both solemn and imposing. With the excep-
tion of the military, every person engaged in it was
habited in deep mourning, and the military themselves
wore crape scarves, and hat bands, and had their ban-
ners deeply craped. The state liveries of the mayor
and high sheriff, and all the ornaments of the mayor's
state coach, were covered with the same material,
as were also the maces, staves, and batons of office ;
and there were mourning rosettes on the handles and
hammer-cloths of the different carriages.
The procession thus formed proceeded at a slow and
solemn pace through the city, passing along Princess-
street, the Broad-quay, Clare-street, Corn-street, the Ex-
change, Wine-street, Dolphin-street, Peter-street, Castle-
street, Old Market-street, West-street, &c. Everywhere
the thoroughfares were densely crowded, but the dispo-
sition to pay due respect to the occasion was manifested
throughout the entire route and by every class of citizeps
from the highest to the lowest. The shops, the banks,
and the warehouses of the city were closed, the bells of
the different churches chimed muffled, and of the thou-
sands of ladies and gentlemen and members of the mid-
ple class who thronged the windows in the line of route
very few were to be seen who did not wear either partial
or entire mourning. Many, especially of the gentler sex,
were observed to be deeply affected, the funeral cortege
probably recalling the memory of some beloved relative
or friend who, like him whose mortal remains they saw
being borne to their last peaceful resting-place, had fallen
in a far distant land, whilst battling for the honour of
their country and Queen. Many an ejaculation of sym-
pathy, too, was to be heard from amongst the crowd,
sometimes expressed in homely terms, but always
breathing a spirit of patriotism and sentiments of respect
and gratitude towards the mighty dead.
Some of the houses along the line of route had been de-
corated with funeral emblems, much in the same way that
many of the house fronts in the metropolis were decorated
during the passage of the Duke of Wellington's funeral to
St. Paul's Cathedral. Some of these were very imposing.
At the Albion Tavern, Princes-street, the house front was
literally covered with mourning decorations. In the centre
was a large allegorical picture from the pencil of J. S.
Lennox of "Time removing the Hero." Old Time was de-
picted heralded by angels, and bearing the body of Lord
Raglan from earth to the abode of bliss, while Britannia,
Hibernia, and Caledonia are seen mourning the depar-
ture of the aged warrior. Ranging along the entire front-
age of the building were draperies of black cloth, inter-
mixed with crape and velvet, on which were inscribed
" Peace to the soul of the departed brave," "His body
sleeps, but his name liveth evermore." Surrounding the
allegorical picture were clusters of the flags of England,
France, Turkey, and Sardinia, partially furled, " with
bands of laurel, in silver, encircling shield, ineeetbed
" Eupatoria," " Inkerman," " Alma," " Balaklava.7
Intermixed with these decorations were wreaths rbde
festoons of bay, cypress, mourning yew, alas, deco.
The Pactolue, English screw steamer,
biscuit, ammunition, 70 horses, five officers, and 66 non- Ship and Castle Tavern, Marsh-street,
d nations were
transport service, arrived from Oran on, the 12th, with with the national colours of the allie
th names of the
'in the French
mourning banners inscribed with
large black tablet
commissioned officers and privatee and- different Crimean victories, and on a..
I 'left for the ;
Cilknaea OA the lith • were the crust and motto ;402:1 Aftisa e .11
; rated in an appropriate and costly stylee.nnterspersed

and the inscription, in large white letters, " Rest,
warrior, rest." The premises of Messrs. ffyam and Co.,
outfitters, Mr. Sprackett, chemist, and a large number
of houses, were likewise decorated in a similar manner.
On the procession reaching the suburbs of the city,
the roads and thoroughfares were even more densely
crowded than in the city itself. At every 'vantage point
stands had been erected, whilst the houses were crowded
from roof to ground-floor. At this time the cavalcade
is on the turnpike road to the Fishponds, at which place
the public bodies will retire, and the funeral will be-
come, until it reaches Badminton, a private one. All
the bells of the city are now tolling and chiming muffled.
The shops are all closed, and minute•guns are being
fired from Brandon-hill and the shipping.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHELMSFORD RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

A Scurry Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, gentlemen
riders ; professionals 7lb extra, Three-quarters of a
mile. 5 subs.
Mr. Whitfield's Cato, aged, lOst (Mr. Batson) 1
Captain Lane's Strutaway, 4 yrs, 12st (Mr. Cameron) 2
Mr. T. Stevens's Nonsuch, h b, 6 yrs, list 2lb

(Mr. Elwes) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Nonsuch, 2to 1 agst Strutaway,
sto 1 agst Cato. Won by half a length ; about three
lengths between the second and third.
The Maldon Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for
two-yr-olds ; colts, &t 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners
extra. Optional selling weights, &c. Half a mile.

6 subs.
Mr. Drewes's Miss Morgan (401.) Est 111 b (H. Bray) 1
Mr. Jones's Woodcock (60/), 7st 71b (Wells) 2
Mr. Grace's Orderly (401), 7st (Lee) 3
M. Stevens's Swalcliff (401), 7st 31b (Prior) 4

The betting opened at "evens" on Swalcliff, but at
the close 25 to 1 was laid against him, and 5 to 4 on
Miss Morgan. Won by a neck ; three lengths between
the second and third ; a head between the third and
fourth. The winner was sold by auction far 91 guineas.
The Cup Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft. Certain penalties. The
second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 15

subs.
Mr. G. A. Macleod's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
(T. Cliff) 1
Capt. Wilson's Tom Burke, 3 yrs, Est 121 b... (Quinton) 2
Mr. Barnard's Warwick, aged. 7st 51b (Arthur) 3
Legatee, and Corhampton also ran.
Betting-6 to 1 agst Warwick, 3to 1 agst Tom Burke,
7to 2 agst Jenny Wren. Won by five lengths ; a
length between the second and third ; bad fourth. Toni
Burke run out at the top turn.

The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ;
four, 9st ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, Oat 91b. Two

miles.
Mr. Thelluson's Rataplan, 5 yrs (J. Prince) 1
Mr. Robimon's Newbold, 4 yrs (Quinton) 2
Mr. T. H. Blackman's Wait-a-While, aged ...(Owner) 3
Batting-100 to 4 on Rataplan offered. Wait-a-While
made the running until entering the straight, when he ran
out, his rider having lost his stirrup at the back of the
course. Rataplan galloped in an easy winner by twenty
lengths ; was a long way in the rear.

The Marks Hall Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added.
Optional selling weights, &c. Gentlemen riders ; pro-
fessionals 61b extra. One mile and a half. 5 subs.
Capt. H. Rhys's Master Horton, 4 yrs (401.), 9st 131 b
(Mr. C. Baynton) 1
Mr. G. Hobson's Minos, aged (1001.), list 61b (Owner) 2
Mr. Cross's Calisthene, 3 yrs (40/.), 9st 31b (R. Sherwood) 3
Mr. Moore's The Medal, 4 yrs, 10-t 61b ...(Kendall) 4
Betting-6 to 5 agst Master Horton, 2to 1 agst The
Medal. Won, hard held, by a length ; two lengths
between the second and third. The winner was bought
in for 128 guineas. _ _

The Stand Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for
two-yr•olds ; the second to save his stake. Three-

quarters of a mile. 10 subs.
Mr. Pattison's Little Bird, 7st 61b. (Wells) 1
Mr. Fisher's Maid of the Morn, Bst 21b.... (Hughes) 2
Mr. H, Boyce's Adamant, 7st 81b (G. E. Sharpe) 3
The followiig also ran :—Diego, Sirocco, f by Epirus
—Problem, c by The Hero—Latitude, and Swalcliff.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Diego, 9to 2 agst Adamant, 6to
1 agst Maid of the Morn, 7to 1 agst Little Bird. Won
by half a length ; a head between the second and third ;
half a length between the third and fourth.

The Town Plate Handicap of 50 sous ; for tbree-year-
olds and upwards. One mile.

Mr. F. Fisher's New Brighion, syrs, 7st 111 b (Hughes) 1
Mr. Morris's Caliph, 4 yrs 7st 9lb (Barham) 2
Major Bringhurst's Fulbeck, 3 yrs, Gst 9119..(T. Cliff) 3
The following also ran :—Warwick, Gondoline, Pha-
robi, and Pyrois.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Caliph, sto 1 each agst New
Brighton and Gondoline. Won easily by three-quarters
of a length ; bad third ; Gondoline fourth.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Eparninondas (taken)
Bto 1 agst Surgeon• General (taken)
100 to 1 agst Quince (offered)
25 to 1 agst Syvagee (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
7to 4 agst Baroncino.

MARLBOROUGH RACES.

TUESDAY. —The Town Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25
added, for twc-yr-olds and upwards, one mile, were won
by Mr. B. Land's Englemere, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, (Land,
jun.,) beating Topsy, 4 yrs, second ; Roebuck, 4 yrs,
third ; and Bianca, 4 yrs, Sbelah, 2 yrs, Arabia, 2 yrs,
Hercules, 3 yrs, and Speed, 3 yrs, not placed.
The Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 25 added,
for two and three-yr-olds, about three-quarters of a mile,
12 subs., were won by a neck by Mr. T. Parr's Coroner,
2 yrs, 7st 3lb (T. Aldcroft), beating Mr. E. Parr's Stork,
2 yrs, 7st 51b, second ; Mr. J. M. Stanley's colt by
Thistlewhipper—loce, 2 yrs, 7st, and Mr. J. Clarke's
The find, 3 yrs, Bst 61b, who ran a dead heat for the
third place ; Baron Rothschild's Waterwitcb, 2 yrs, Est
111 b, and Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 2 yrs, Est 91b, also
started, but were not placed.
The Members' Plate of 25 sows, added to a sweep-
stakes of 3 sovs each, for three-year-olds and upwards,
optional selling weights, &c , were won at two heats by
Mr. B. Land's Englemere, 3 yrs (801.), 7st llb (G. May),
beating three others.
The Savernake Forest Stakes (handicap) of 20 sovs
each, h It, and only 5 if declared, with 50 added, winners
extra, one mile and a half, 16 subs, 12 of whom pay
5 sows each, were won by a neck by Mr. G. Drewe's
Vulcan, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Bray), beating Mr. J. Bennett's
Lady Alicia, 3 yrs, fist 31b, second ; and Mr. Stanley's
Veteran, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, third.'
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes
of 3 sovs each ; for two-year-olds and upwards, optional
selling weights, &e., was won at two heats by Mr. B.
Land's Dartford, 3 yrs (301.), 7st 111 b (Land, jun.),
beating eight others.

TUNBRIDGE RACES —We are requested to state that
the stewards have postponed the time of closing the Tun-
bridge Handicap and Hop Handicap, until Saturday
next at one o'clock p.m.