The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-10 00:00:00

LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10 1855.

DECLARATION OF PiI.OFITS.
INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COM-
PANY.—Chairman, Lord Viscount TORRENOTON.—The
nest Division of Profits will be made in June, 185 e, and those
assured on or before the 31st of December, 1853, will partleloate one
year eerier than those assured after that date. A reduction of 25
per cent. has been made on the premiums of all Policies of 5 years'
standing. ALEXANDER ROBERrSON, Manager.
72, Lombard-street, London.

• ES TAT
TALISHED 1837.
BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY.

Empowered bySpecial Act of Parliament.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION,
Empowered by ffer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman.
Every description of Lifo Assurance business transacted, at the
lowest possible rases consistent with security to the assured.
E. 11. FOOTER, Resident Director.
.k.NDREIV FRANdIS, Secretary.
1, Princes street, Bank, London.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCFIANGE ASSURANCE
. CORPORATION,
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL.
Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor.
'George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., its:11)-G ,vernor.
Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq.
f.nimond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville.
rolin Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
%lexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq.
Alexander Druce Esq.. Abraham George Robarts, Esq.
inversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
William Tallow Ilibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq.
.Tames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace:734. -
Lancelot Holland, Esq. I Charles Baring Young, Esq.
MEDICAL REFEREE—SaMUeI Solly, Esq., F.R.S.
Notice.--The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre-
ssiums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th October.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor-
poration OR advantageous terms.
The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and
nayment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital-
stock.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation
:n profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation.
The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per
Cent. per annum on the suns assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums
aid.
Any sum not excee ling 10,000/. may he assured on one Life.
The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees,
and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no
Pxpense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the
militia within the United kingdom.
LOANS are granted on Life Polilics to their full values.
This Corporation a:lords all the advantages of modern practice,
with the stability of an office safely con,tituted under Royal Charter
and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of
nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in
existence.

ROYAL EXCIT ANGE, LONDON.
JOHN A. HIGII.A.3f, Actuary and Secretary.

UAII,DIAN FIRE AND LIFE
NY( ASSURANCE C3MPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London.
DIRECTORS.
FRANCIS HART DYKE,
HENRY HULSE BEREN
John Dixon, Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Batt
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, En
T.Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John Itarvey, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq.
John Labonehere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

Esq., Chairman.
t, Esq., Deputy-chairman.
I:tewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
im Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Titßoc'', Esq.
Henry Vigne, Esq.
LTORS.
A. W. Ilobarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.

AUDI

LIFE DF.P ART NlENT.—thuler the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
'he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1860, when
11 participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
t Christmas, 1,459. will he allowed to share in the Profits.
At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total
evyrsionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exeeedrd 913,000 .
At Christmas ltst the Assuranees in force amounted to upwards
el 4,241,0007. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more
than 200,0001. ; and the T.ife Assurance Fund (independent of the
Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,71)0,0(10/.
FOREIGN ItlSßB.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
snd West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
—nited States of America, have been materially reduced.
_ _

INVALID LIVES.--Persons who arc not, in such sound health as
,ould enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
nay have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.

LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to hare
iltairied in each case a value not under 50/.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
md registered.

Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for
'olicy Stamps.

FIRE DE PARTMF.NT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip-
lon of property, at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by tills Company.

THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF A ONE
_HUNDRED POUND _NOTE.

At the Liverpool Poliee-court, on Saturday, Mr.
Mansfield was occupied for five hours in investigating
the following strange case, which arose solely from tho
gross carelessness of four different persons, through
whose hands a bank-note passed, the value of which
none of them could tell to this day. At the north end of
the town Mr. Thompson. an extensive railway contractor,
has an office situated in Blackstone-street, and in the ad-
joining Highfield-street is the shop of Mr. Jas. Kelly, a
wholesale and retail provision dealer. Mr. Thompson's
clerks and Mr. Kelly have frequently been in the habit
of changing bank notes and gold for one another. On,
the 16th of November Mr. Drensfield, Mr. Thompson 'e
cashier, sent an Irishman, named Brady, also in Mr.
Thompson's employment, to Mr. Kelly's with a 201.-
note to be changed, and to pay out of it to a Mr. Lumb,
ro
who accepanied him, about .161., and then to purchase
some tools. He did not mention to Brady the value of
the note, and the latter, having been frequently in the
habit of changing large notes at Mr. Kelly's, never looked
at it, but walked into Mr. Kelly's shop, and said, '• Please
change me a 100/.-note." Mr. Kelly, who knew Brady
well, was busy at the time with two customers, so he,
without looking at the note, handed Brady 1001. in gold.
Brady paid some money to Mr. Lumb, made his pur-
chases, and took hack to Mr. Drensfield, in a bag, 821.
3s. On seeing this, Mr. Drensfield said, "How did you
bring me so much change ?" " It's out of the 1001.-note,"
said Brady. On this, Mr. Drensfield looked at his pocket-
book, and found that he had a 100/.-note ; but supposing
that Mr. Thompson might have given him a 100/.-note
for a 20/..note, be altered his cash-book, and determined
to wait and ask Mr. Thompson about it. We must
hero state that on the day in question Mr. Thompson,
before leaving the office, gave Mr. Drensfield what
he considered 1401., in one note of 1001., and two
notes of 201. each ; but neither he nor 11renefield looked
carefully at the notes, and neither could swear exactly
AR to what they were. On the night of the aforesaid 16th
of November Mr. Kelly balanced his cash, and could
find no 100/. note, but discovered that he bad a 201.-
note over. This puzzled him exceedingly. He searched
everywhere for the 1001 note he supposed he had re-
ceived from Brady, but he could find nothing of it. He
communicated with the police, and, in company with
Detective officer Sullivan, waited upon Mr. Drensfield
and Mr. Thompson on the afternoon of the 17th ult.
To these gentlemen Mr. Kelly said he had lost a 100/.-
nete,.but mentioned nothing about the extra 20/.-note
in his possession, while Mr. Drensfield and Mr. Thomp-
son, feeling assured, from Mr. Kelly's statement, that he
had really lost the 100/.-note, said nothing about the
821 3s. they had received from him, believing that, in
mistake, Mr. Thompson, who passes hundreds of bank
notes through bands, had given Mr. Drensfield a 1001.-
note for 201., neither of them being able to tell ether the
numbers of the notes or their am unt. matters went
on till last Thursday, when a man tamed O'Grady, Hy.
ing in the same house with Brady, and having heard
him talk about the change he got from Mr. Kelly for
the note, gave information to Mr. Kelly, and the detec-
tives immediately took Brady to the Bridowell, where
he was closely questioned, and almost frightened out of
his life, by Mr. Kehoe, inspector of the indoor police.
He did not get to bed till twelve o'clock, and having to
be at the office before six o'clock on Friday morning,
and feeling a " sinking " after his fright at the police
office he took a glass of whisky and a pint of ale before
breakfast. At the office a dispute arose between him
and a Mr. John Thompson, a nephew of his master, in
the course of which Brady's face was rather damaged,
Smarting with pain, he rushed off to the police court,
and told a piteous tale to Mr. Mansfield, who granted a
warrant for the apprehension of Thompson, and a man
named Maud, a timekeeper in Mr. Thompson's service.
In the meantime, Mr. Kelly and the police considered
that this would be a good opportunity to investigate the
mystery of the 1001. note, and Mr. John Yates, jun., was
engaged on the side of the complainant, and Mr. As-
pinall on behalf of the accused. The above facts were
evolved in the lengthy speeches of the advocates, and
the voluminous evidence of the witnesses, after hearing
which Mr. Mansfield said that the whole case had arisen
from the gross and culpable carelessness with which busi-
ness men managed their money matters, and which was
almost incredible. He thought there could be no impu-
tation upon the conduct of Mr. Drensfield ; and, with
respect to the assault, Brady, who appeared to have been
the aggressor, had not sustained injuries which called for
special notice. He must, therefore, dismisa the case.
Mr. Aspinall maid that Mr. Thompson was thoroughly
convinced as to the honesty of all his servants, and Brady
need be under no apprehension of losing his situation.—
Liverpool paper.

THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LivEnrooL, Saturday.—The
British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Asia,
Captain Edward G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey to-day
with the usual mails for the United States and British
possessions in North America, 130 passengers, and a full
cargo of valuable merchandise on freight.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday.
—The Violet is in the inner dock, awaiting the arrival
of her emigrants. The Maitland, for Sydney, arrived
here this morning. She will sail for her destination the
latter end of next week. The Robert Small will also
sail for Sydney en the 21st of January. This vessel was
chartered by the emigration commissioners this week.

DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS.

(From a Supplemcnt to tile London Gazette of Friday.)

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 7.
Despatches, with enclosure 4, of which the following
are copies, have 'been received from Admiral Sir Edmund
Lyons, Bart , COmniander-in.Chief • of her Ma-
jesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean and
Black Sea.
REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF CORN, &C., IN GFIEISK-
LIMAN.
Royal Albert, Kazatch Thy, Nov. 24.
lordships are aware that when the small
gun-boats were no ionizer required at Kinbourn I sent
them hack to Captain Osborn, to afford him the means
of destroying, at the latest period of the season, the har-
vest of this year, which I understood to be collecting in
the neighbourhood of Gheisk-Liman, for the purpose of
being transported in the winter months, partly to the
enemy's army in the Crimea over the frozen Gulf of
Azoff, . and partly to his army in the Caucasus by the
military road.
2. The enclosed cony of a letter from Captain Osborn
will show their lordsiiips that in the-, as on many former
Occasions, he has fully justified the confidence I have
placed in him. The skilfulness of the arrangements made
by him, and the admirable manner in which they were
executed by himself, by Commander Kennedy, of the
Curlew, and by the officers and men under their orders,
completely frustrated the efforts of the lar*se force that
was brought against these in defence of the stores,
which the enemy appears to have considered safe from
any naval attack, in consequence of the shallowness of
the water.
3. The effects of this brilliant enterprise, in the de-
struction of so much corn and forage at the commence-
ment of winter, cannot fail to be severely felt by the
Russian armies both in the Crimea and the Caucasus.
4-Commander Kennedy; in reporting his large share
in the proceedings of the day in the command of the
Curlew, states to Captain Osborn that at one place alone
the rows of stacks were six deep and extended two miles,
and it appears that for economy in transport and stor-
age the straw was cut near to the ears of the corn.
5. As the ice is now forming on the shores of the
Sea of Azoff and the squadron is withdrawn, I feel it
to be due to Captain Osborn to record that, under cir•
cumstances of great difficulty, occasioned by unusually
tempestuous weather, he has most ably continued
through the summer, and brought to a successful close
in the autumn, operations successful in their nature and
extremely detrimental to the enemy, which commenced
auspiciously in the spring under the direction of the late
Captain Lyons of the Miranda ; nor is it too much to say
that both commanding officers were supported through-
out, by as dashing and as intelligent a band of young
officers, seamen, and marines, as over shone in the
British navy.—l am, &0.,
(Signed) EDMUND LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief.
The Secret try of the Admiralty, London.

steam slor,p Vesuvius. off Gheisk, Nov. 7.
Sir,—After dark on the evening of the 31 instant, the
squadron under my command was assembled and
anchored in 16 feet water, off Gheisk-Liman, and I
made arrangements for the morrow to operate against
the extensive collection of corn, for Age, and fuel, belong-
ing to the enemy, stacked along its shores, so as to dis-
tract the attention of the large farce which, from pre-
vious observation, I knew to be in the neighbourhood.
Under Lieutenant Ross, of the Weser, I placed the
Curlew in the temporary charge of Lieut. Mimi!, and
the Ardent in charge of Mr. Tilly, Second Master, each
vessel having sufficient men left in her to weigh an
anchor, or fight a gun, and man a few boats, giving
orders to Lieut. Ross to close in on the northern face
of Gbeisk, and to be prepared to co-operate with me in-
side the Liman.

The Veetivius I left in the offing, denuded of every
available person ; embarking officers and men as in the
annexed list, from the Vesuvius, Curlew, Weser, and
Ardent, with their boats, we lef; d.t daylight, towed by
her Majesty's gun-boats.

Recruit, Lieutenant G. Day.
Boxer, Lieutenant S. P. Townsend.
Cracker, Lieutenant J. H. Marryat.
Clicker, Lieutenant J. S. Hudson.
By 6.30 a.m. the flotilla was off Voclina, three miles north
ofGlofira ; here long tiers of corn•stk cks and much fuel
was stored along the coast, with a Cossack guard for its
protection ; I immediately detached Commander Ken-
nedy with the boats, covering him with the gun-vessels,
and in a short time all was in flames, and the party
cleverly re-embarked at the moment that a large body
of Cossacks rode up from Lazalnite.

The town of Gloara became the next point of attack ;
it was greatly changed in appearance since visited by
Captain Rowley Lambert in July last. Corn-stacks,
for some miles in extent, might now be seen along its
southern and eastern face, placed close to the water's edge
ready for transport ; and between the rows of houses
tier on tier were to be seen.

An entrenchment had been cut along the edge of the
cliff commanding the spit ; large bodies of dismounted
cavalry were seen lining it, and armed men showed in
the rear of every house,

To endeavour to flank the defences, as well as destroy
the corn stacks stored on a high hill east of Gloara, I
despatched Commander Kennedy, with the boats of her
Majesty's ship Curlew, a paddle-box boat and cutter of
the Vesuvius, the whole towed by the Clinker, Lieut.
Hudson, with orders to turn the spit end, and then attack
in that direction, a'ter giving a certain time to allow the
enemy's attention to be divided by the other attack.
The gun-boats Recruit, Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker
opening fire on the entrenchments with Shrapnell
and on the corn ricks with carcases.
As the enemy could only be dislodged from the ex-
treme west, acd the carcases did not well answer, and
moreover endangered the whole town, I despatched
Lieuts. Day and Campion with the small force of marines
available, a howitzer boat and two rocket boats, to aid
more effectually in carrying out my object.
Lieut. Campion, with Mr. Verey, gunner, charging
at the head of the marines, supported by Lieut. Day and
the seamen, all being under a sharp fire of musketry,
succeeded in driving the enemy, with considerable loss,
out of their trench work, and captured a small brass
piece, and then steadily forced them back, with loss,
from store to store, until the whole of the vast quantity
of corn, stacked ready for thrashing and transport, was
in flames.

The gallant manner in which Lieut. Campion led the
marines deserves to be brought under your notice.
Seeing the enemy collecting a number of men, ready
to charge our men if they advanced beyond a ravine on
the east face of the town, I recalled my force,
the satisfaction of seeing all embarked, with only one
man wounded. and had

The vessels off Gheisk were now seen to be engaged,
Lieut. Ross, of the Weser, having, placed them in capi-
tal positions ; and as the enemy moved down.large bodies
of troops, e:-Tecially cavalry, to resist his landing, and
opened fire on him, he very unwillingly had to tire on
the town, to dislodge them.

The proceedings of Lieut. Ross were ably executed,
and he fully succeeded in keeping in check a heavy body
of cavalry which might have much incommoded the small
force under Commander Kennedy, who, by the most
exertions,us
ffpst,owt)
ls;
who were
pehrtaeodfis reachedc:i,nieg i
very judiciously executed the duty I had entrusted to
nont the fs,au
feorso( tn
itsnl'a raegPreed
sntfi,unihnd;-
him with the gun and the 'carcase rockets of the ship's
sihntergre theno f troops,
boats, setting every store in flames except one large Go-
vernment building considerably in the rear.
Commander Kennedy speaks in the highest terms
of his party, for the shallowness of the water obliged
the crews of the boats to be rowing and wading through
the water from noon until midnight, the season too be-
ing now very cold.
Throughout the night the stores were burning fiercely,
a sheet of flames extending fully two miles, but the town
of Glofirs, except where the troops had used the houses
against us, remained untouched.
At an early hour on the 6th November we weighed
and proceeded into the Liman, steering towards Gheisk ;
the valuable Fiervic'es of Mr. George Perry, Acting
Master of the Vesuvius, and Mr. Parker, Second Master
of the Recruit, came here into play ; and, at an early
period, I had the satisfaction of seeing all the gun-boats
anchored just in their own draught of water, within long
gun-shot of the east extreme of Gheisk and the neigh-
bouring steppe, along the edge of which, fur four miles,
.corn and hay was stacked in quantities far beyond what
I had conceived to be possible, and at the base of the
steppe, as well as that part of the spit commanded by
the town, timber yards, fish stores, boats, &c., in num-
bers were accumulated.
To attack upon as many points as possible was, I
thought, the only way to foil the troops that had now.
had 36 hours to prepare for us ; the gunboats Grinder,
Boxer, Cracker, and Clinker, were left to cover the
landing party. To Lieutenant Ross of the Weser, I
signalised to prepare to land, and divided the force in
the Liman into three bodies ; the left under Lieu-
tenants Day and Townsend, consisted of boats and men
of Recruit and Ilax,r ; the centre I entrusted to Cont.
wander Kennedy, haling under him Lieutenants Hamil-
ton, Campion, Mairyat, and Mayne, with all the boats
of the Curlew, Ardent, Grinder, and Cracker, and port
rocket and gun-boats of the Vesuvius, in charge of the
officers named in the margin ;* the right division under
Lieutenant Chetham Strode, and Lieutenant Hudson,
consisted of the starboard gun-boats of Vesuvius, and
those of Clinker, together with some marines, Mr. It.
Farquharson, midshipman, in charge of the latter.
Lieutenant Ross, on the west side of Gheisk Spit, had
the boats and small-arm.men of the Weser, with a small
force from Curlew and Ardent, under Lieutenant
and Mr. Tilly, Second Master, in readiness to co-operate.
The different parties pulled in and effected a landing
at appointed places, fully a mile apart ; the Russian
troops, within light breastworks, attempted to prevent
them, but failed, and in a few moments a screen of
flames and smoke rolling from our men towards the
enemy, prevented the latter seeing where or how to
manoeuvre in order to cut off any of our small detach-

rnenti.
On the right and centre the enemy mastered strongest,
and at one time observing a column of 1,500 Coseacks
moving rapidly off the left, I directed Commander Ken-
nedy (who by that time had connected his firis with
those of Lieut. Day) to re•embark all but the marines,

and with them to proceed to his right, and I reinforced
him with the marines of the Recruit and Weser, under
Lieut. Campion. This answered perfectly; the enemy
arrived do late to save anything on the left, whilst our
men steadily worked towards the right division, under
Lieuts. Strode and Ross, who, in spite of a heavy but
badly directed fire from the houses on the heights,
steadily held their ground, and effectually destroyed at
great ace..imulation of materials for boats and ship build-
ing, fish stores, cavalry camp gear and granaries.
When everything but the town of Gheisk was de-
stroyed, I ordered the embarkation to take place, and
detached some boats to cover Licut. Ross, between
whom and his boat the enemy were throwing a body of
men, who, by their uniform, I believed to be regular in-
fantry.

By 2 p.m. everything was finished, and all the parties
safely re-embarked on board their respective gun-boats,
the casualties amounting to only six men wounded in
all, one of there dangerously and another severely. •
Nothing further being left within our reach in Gheisk-
Liman, except the store of corn *hieh escaped on the
previous day at Glofira, I, therefore, ordered Com-
mander Kennedy with the moiety of the boats to re-
turn to their respective ships, and remained with the
Recruit, Ardent,.Boxer, and Cracker's boats to finish
what had escaped east of Glofira.
On the 6th the weather, which had favoured us most
providentially, changed ; fogs and strong breezes came
on, but directly I was able the rocket boats and car-
eases were again employed upon Glofira until the fires
extinguished yesterday were relighted, and another ex-
tensive accumulation of corn in flames ; I then weighed
and returned to the Vesuvius, reaching her the Earns
afternoon.

I despair of being able to convey to you any idea of
the extraordinary quantity of corn, rye, hay, wood, and
other supplies so necessary for the existence of Russian
armies both in- the Caucasus and the Crimea, which it
has been our good fortune to destroy.
That tbeee vast stores shoull have been collected here
so close to the sea, whilst we were still in the neighbour-
hood, is only to be accounted for by their supposing
that they could not be reached by us, and judging by
the position the squadron under the late Captain Edmund
Lyo❑s took up in May last, the Russians had established
a camp and fortified their town only to meet a similar
attack.

During these proceedings we never had more than 200
men engaged ; the enemy had, fr,ra the concurrent tes-
timony of Lieutenants Ross and Strode, and my own
observation, froin 3,000 to 4,000 men in Gheisk alone.
Where every officer exerted himself to the utmost, and
did all and more than I expected of them, it would be
ins idious for me to mention one more than another ; it
was their coolness, zeal, and example, that rendered
steady many of their youog,r men, who for the first
time were under fire, and but for their general intelli-
gence and zeal the enemy would have easily frustrated
our operations. _

The zeal, good conduct, and gallantry of the men were
deserving of every praise.
Commander Kennedy, my second in command, gave
me most valuable cooperation, and from him, as well as
the reports of the other officers, I feel justified in placing
before you the names of the following warrant officers
and men, who, under fire, behaved remarkably well,
viz. :—Mr. Richard Very, Acting Gunner of her Ma-
jesty's ship Ardent ; Thomas Kerr, Gunner, Royal Ma-
rine Artillery, her Majesty's st.ip Vesuvius ; Peter
llanlan, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Curlew ; David Barry,
A.B her Majesty's ship Crackrr.

_ .
The enclosed plan, illu,trative of our operations, by
Mr. Geo. Perry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, will, I
trust, be of use, and I beg you will allow me to call your
attention to the unvarying zeal of that officer.
I have, &r.., ,
(Signed) SdERARD OSBORN,
Captain and Senior Officer in the
Sea of Azofi.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bare.,

RETURN OF MEN WOUNDED DURING THE
OPERATIONS OF THE 4TH, STH, AND 6Ta NOV.,
1855, .IN GFIEESK-LIMA.N.
Thus. Aliddltton, Vesuvius, Gunner, R.1.f.A., slightly.
John Cook, Vesuvius, Ord., slightly
Peter Iranian, Curlew, A. 8., dangerously
Thomas Cuddehey, Curlew, Private, RAI., severely
John Burke, Recruit, A. 8., suveroly
Robert Atwood, Weser, Private, R.M., slightly
(Signed) STIERARD OSBORN,
Captain and Senior Officer.

A RETURN OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF HER
MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESUVIUS, CURLEW, AR-
DENT, AND WESER, DETACHED AND EM-
PLOYED DESTROYING THE ENEMY'S RE-
SOURCES IN GHEISK•LIMAN, DURING THE
iTII, STH, AND 6TH NOV., 1855.
VESUVIUS
Gig—Captain S. Osborn, Senior Officer ; Mr. G. D.
Perry, Acting Master.
Rocket Boat—Lieut. Chetham Strode ; Mr. Joseph
Scott, Gunner.
Paddlex.box Boat—Mr. R. R. Armstrong, Mato.
Paddle-box Boat— Mr. Gilbert King, Assistant• Surgeon;
Mr. It. D. Farquharson, Midshipman.
Boats' crews, all small-arm mon and Marines.
CURLEW.
Gig—Commander J. J. Kennedy.
Pinnace—Lientertant Mayne
Gig—Lieutenant Miall.
Pinnace—Mr. George Morant, Midshipman.
All small-arm men and marines.
ARDENT.—Cutter, Rocket-,boat and Gig—Lieutenant
Campion ; Mr. Verey, acting gm-mei. 20 Blue jackets and
11 Marines.
WESER.-11 Marines belongirg to Weser.
(Signed) SHERARD 03130111,1',
Captain and Senior Officer.
In consideration of the services mentioned in the above
despatches, Commander John James Kennely will be
promoted to the rank of Captain so soon as he shall be
qualified ; and Lieutenant Hubert Campion has been
promoted to the rank of Commander.

* Mr. Armstrong, mate ; Mr. Scott, gunner; Mr.
Verey, gunner.

T LIE WAR.

LORD HARRY VANE, M.P.
At the Darlington Fat Cattle Show dinner, on Thurs-
day, Lord Harry Vane took the opportunity of addres-
sing his constituents on the war. His remarks were not
very favourably received, and were evidently not in
unison with the views of his hearers.
The noble LORD said :—ln the earlier part of the eve-
ning he had alluded to the great calamity of war. On
one of the flags which decorated the walls he saw writ-
ten " Peace and Plenty." Peace, unfortunately, We
.have not. In a meeting of this kind he should think it
improper to step out of the salutary regulation which
ordered that no subject of party politics should be intro-
duced. Farmers being neither Whig nor Tory, but men
of all shades—Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals—they
had nothing to do at these meetings with their politics,
and they would do him the justice to admit that no one
would more strictly abstain than himself from introduc-
ing party questions. But he found that at every meet-
ing recently held, whether in connection with agriculture,
science, or social improvement, at such meetings as re-
formatories, allusions had been made to the present state
of things in connection with the war ; and, as a public
man, in a meeting of his countrymen, many of whom
were also his constituents, he could not forbear from fol-
lowing the example so set. He merely gave it as a mat-
ter of opinion, but in his view we might originally have
avoided the war. Others might entertain different
views, but he had always thought so. His hon. friend
the vice-chairman had alluded to him as having served
diplomatically in foreign countries. He had done so, it
was true, but he did not put the circumstance forward as
accounting for his particular views, and as it was rather
beside the question to discuss how the war was brought.
about he would pass it over. We were now engaged in
war, and he would be the last to advocate any departure
from the utmost fidelity to our engagements. He would
not now make peace without certain conditions, but he
certainly would say that he could be no party to what
he thought was a popular delusion—the advocacy of
an indefinite war without any definite purpose. He
looked with some alarm at the opinions entertained by
some persons, and expressed at public meetings. It ap-
peared to him to be no part of the mission of this coun-
try to enter at all hazards and at any time into an inde-
finite state of war, to settle every question at the can-
non's mouth or the bayonet point. Having engaged in
war, it was necessary to conclude that war upon certain
definite conditions. The subject was of a grave charac-
ter, and he thought it his duty, as others had done in
different parts of the country, to state his views upon it.
Entertaining, as he did, extremely decided views on the
matter, he could not but seize this opportunity of stating
them to his constituents, more especially as rumours
were afloat of certain negotiations and certain proposals
which the Emperor of the French was alleged to have
in some measure countenanced, but the great obstacle
to the consideration of which was said to arise from po-
pular feeling in this country. (Some symptoms of im-
patience and an indistinct murmur began to be mani-
fested ; but the noble chairman, remarking that he did
not catch the observations made, proceeded.) To have
stated what would be acceptable to all was something he
could not hope for or expect ; but, as a public man,
meeting his constituents on a public occasion, he had
thought it right to state what were his views on this
point. (Applause.) Had another opportunity presented
he would have availed himself of it, for the subject was
most prominent in the thoughts and in the mouths of
all. His views had been stated with the utmost good-
will and with the greatest deference to the opinions of
others ; but he felt that if we were to carry on a svar for
indefinite purposes, and if we were to go on heaping UP
mountains of debt with the prospect of a doubtful issue
to a protracted war, those very interests which were now
deriving a temporary benefit by reason of high prices
must in the end greatly suffer, and those who now per-
haps heard him with little favour would come round to
the opinions he bad. expressed.

SIR ROBERT PEEL.
• Sir R. Pee], Bart., 31. P., who is the Captain of the
Anglesea troop of the StafferdAhire Yeomanry Cavalry,
entertained at dinner. on Wednesday at the Queen's
Arms Hotel the noncommissioned officers and privates
of his troop, and proposed the toast of " The Army and