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London, England, 1855-07-11 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

RE-OPEb-ING OF THE

BOMBARDMENT

OF

SEBASTOPOL,

WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 10.

Lord Panmure yesents his compliments to the
editor of The St and has great pleasure in
transmitting the eiclosed intelligence which has
thin day reached hin from General Simpson:—
" CRIMEA, OTH JULY, 1855.
" To-morrow I intend to open a heavy fire on
the Redan.

" The health of the troops is satisfactory.
" Prince Gortschakoff proposes to me that we
should exchange prisoners of war at Odessa."

PERPIGNAN, JULY 10.

A despatch, received to-day, brings news from
Barcelona of the 10th.

The strike continued. The troops were still
in their barracks ; the General had not left the
fort of Atarazanas. The houses of the manu-
facturers, merchant 3, and National Guards had
been marked during the night with different
signs, doubtless to point them out to the ven-
geance of the people. Meanwhile the artisans
and workmen who had been compelled to suspend
work had resumed it.

Troops continue to arrive. Those sent from
Madrid were hourly expected.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
We have received the following telegraphic de-
spatch from Trieste :
TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11.

The steamer Australia arrived here this morn-
ing, at 4.30 a.m., in 1101 hours, from Alexan-
dria.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 6.

The Indian mail leaves Alexandria to-day, with
intelligence from Calcutta of the 4th of June, and
Bombay of the 10th of June.
Tranquillity prevails throughout India.
Lord Dalhousie is at the Neilgherries.
Business was moderate. Exchange at Cal-
cutta, 2s. lid.
The money market was easy.

FRANCE.

TUESDAY Ey zal-ztra
THE SORTIE OF THE BTH.

The Times Paris correspondent says :—" I yes-
terday transmitted a telegraphic despatch from
General Pelissier announcing a sortie of the Rus-
sians against the Mamelon and other works, and
their repulse ; and another account purporting
to proceed from Brussels, adding that the loss
of the Russians was considerable. As if every-
thing since the 17th was destined to be a blun-
der, the intelligence thus announced is founded
on a mistake. The error however is not mine,
nor that of the Patric, which also published it.
It is solely that of General Pelissier, who actually
did transmit the despatch so I repeated it. The
absence of that important information in the
Moniteur of to-day was generally noticed, and
no one was more surprised than myself at finding
nearly the same unimportant announcement which
has figured for some days past in the more promi-
nent columns of the official organ. On inquiry I
learned that in the course of the afternoon of yes-
terday a despatch, dated at a later hour than the
one of the Bth 1 alluded to, was received from
.
General Pelissier, wnich he corrects the error he
had committed, that error consisting in his having
taken a mere demonstration of the Russians for a
sortie. It is true that a good many shots are said
to have been exchanged between the parties, but
nothing occurred that deserved the more imposing
character of a combat. I have no doubt that the
General expected a sortie, and the demonstration
made was taken by him for the commencement of
is
general attack. I confess that the explanation
appears defective,
and therefore not quite satisfac-
tory, but such as it s I give it as received.
The Morning Post correspondent says :—" I
have little to add to the telegraphic news you re-
ceived last night. It appears the Russians at-
tempted to carry some advanced works of the
Allies by a general attack on their lines about
the newly conquered ground. The enemy was
repulsed with considerable loss. The whole
affair was over before midnight on the Bth.
No doubt we shall hear of similar attacks in
which the Russians have indulged throughout
the siege, and always with considerable loss.
Such a useless expenditure of life and ammu-
nition is surely a proof of great resources, and a
continual supply on the road. Prince Gortschakoff,
knowing he is about to be again attacked, yet makes
a sortie which he could scarcely expect to succeed
from past examples, unless, indeed, the Russian
General's late success induced him to believe the
allies had lost courage. In this, however, he must
have found himself grievously mistaken, for the
enemy was soon beaten back, and with great loss."
The Patrie publishes a letter from Kars, of the
17th ult., stating that the Russians had lost 120
men in the engagement which took place near that
city on the previous day. The Turks had 13 killed
and 17 wounded.

English non-commissioned officers and soldiers
were seen yesterday walking arm in arm with
French non-commissioned officers and soldiers on
the Boulevards and in the Champs Elysees. They
were invalids of the army in the Crimea, who met
in Paris, comrades of Alma and Inkerman.
The decree for raising the new loan will appear
in this day's Moniteur, and it is said that Monday
next will be the first day for subscriptions. 65fr.
is spoken of as the figure ; but that of course must
depend on the state of the market at the latest
moment.

BOURSE, JULY 10.--CLOSING PENES.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 92 90 92f. 85c.
3 per Cents 65 30 66 15
Credit Mobilier 915 Roinan
Credit Foncier..,... Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... .. 94 Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B7 Home Debt 291

RAILWA Y S—FOR CASs.
fr. C. f C.
Orleans .. 1192 53 Lyone,< .......... ...... 1188 75
Western 760 Rouen
Cette 637 50 Strasburg
Mediterranean 1197 50 Havre ............... •.. 635
Northern

ITALY.
TURIN, July 6.—The Piednontese Gazette to-day
publishes a list of the Council, named by his Ma-
jesty far the administration of the Ecclesiastical
Chest, established in accordance with the provisions
of the bill of leLst session for the suppression of col-
Lain religious communities, &c.
Yesterday his MajeAy received, at a private
whiass MthaejebsetyartehreoKf
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el
audience, the Cavalierc de Mello, Aide-de-Camp to
Victor Emanuel. from
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THE "GERMAN" CABINET DIVIDED
AGAINST ITS Lam'.

The question which Sir E. B. Lytton is to ask the
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in the matter of religion ; it is so in all secular business.
We see it is so in art, where a man must be a devotee to
excel ; it is so in whatever arena man is pitted against
man. The vigorous, unwavering, unrelenting blow
anticipates the doubting one. Above all things it is so
in the matter of war, which least of all allows the indul-
gence of doubts and the luxury of a double mind. This
was the fatal weakness of the Cabinet which commenced
the war, and which could not be persuaded that there
would really be war. There was the full intention of
fighting on the one side, and the intention of not fight-
ing on the other side, if it could by any manner of means
be prevented. So it came to pass that, while the Rus-
sians were fully prepared for war, we were not, and in-
deed are not to this day. Nobody can even say that we
are quite serious in the war till we have got, for ex-
ample, a sufficient fleet of the particular sort of craft
fit to do the work in the Baltic. So we are not yet up
to the mark, and are as yet only half awake. But what
prospect is there of more resolution and energy when
there is at least one of her Majesty's advisers—rumour
says several—.who take upon themselves to repre-
sent the voice of conscience protesting against the
national part in the war ? At this moment England
labours under the imputation of implacability, of quick-
ness to shed blood, of revengefulness, and other crimes
of war, not merely at St. Petersburg, at Brussels, and
at Vienna, but among Queen Victoria's own constitu-
tional advisers, and in the Government charged with the
prosecution of the war. A man may or may not be
right in this opinion. We do not claim for England a
perfect freedom from national vices. Doubtless, she has
sometimes rushed too hastily into war. But whoever
thinks this of any particular war ought at least to wash
his own hands of it, and should not undertake to conduct
the war all the time that he thinks it a great sin.
What is this but to introduce the vacillation of all
Germany into the Lritish Cabinet ? The conduct of
some dozen European Courts has been remarked upon
in no measured terms in this country, and now, it ap-
pears, they can reply that precisely the Faille difference
of opinion exists in our own councils, and that even the
Queen of England cannot dismiss from her presence ad-
visers who openly condemn the war. It i 3 true that
their loyalty, their regard for their party, or more selfish
considerations, may induce them to render an outward
co-operation, but as English gentlemen they are not in
the habit of concealing their opinions, and they think
England in the wrong ; that is, they think she has
spurned a good opportunity of peace. It is very usual
to charge on the English character, and in particular
on the press, that leisurely, hesitating, and self-em-
barrassed way of conducting public affairs which has led
to so many failures. John Bull is supposed to be a man
liable to be dists.rbed by some odd crotchet at the mo-
ment proper for action, and to fall into a reverie
when he should be striking a blow. It is true he is
very angry when roused, and when he finds his orders
have not been executed ; but be relapses shortly, on
some new consideration, into his ordinary somnolence,
and leaves the work still to be done. As for the press,
the general charge against us is that, whatever Govern-
ment does, we are sure to find fault with it ; or, at all
events, be prepared with some unsparing comments on
its failure. It now appears that all these things usu-
ally charged on the British public and their organs are
really en the Cabinet. The speech is already composed,
the phrases already invented, the periods already turned,
the drama of the Vienna Conference already worked to
its catastrophe---in fact, everything is prepared for a
shundering philippic on the colleagues who rejected the
Austrian proposal; in the event of any considerable re-
verse in the war. If our arms prosper we shall never
hear that speech, and it will fare worse even than the
speech of Cicero, which was never spoken, for it will
never even be read. But at the first signal reverse the
mine is prepared, and the explosion will certainly fol-
low. It cannot be agreeable to the Cabinet to know
that it meets with such a mine under its feet, and with
the match always lighted that may at any moment lift
it into the air. But, if it is unpleasant to colleagues, it
is dangerous to the nation, and most certainly detri-
mental to the conduct of the war ; fur there cannot pos-
sibly be single-minded determination, promptness,
energy, and what is meant by a " will in the work,"
so long as one, if not several, of the men employed hate
their work, and have a bad conscience about it.
It is repeatedly declared that every member of the Ca-
binet is responsible for the conduct of the war, inasmuch
as all the principal measures and appointments are Cabi-
net affairs. Here, then, is a quantity of dead, neutral, cr
positively reluctant material, which a decided Premier or
War Minister has to move and work through at every
such question. The force of mere objection is terrible,
and still more that of mere inertia. We know that
there is at least one Minister, and, till it is contradicted,
we shall believe that there are several, who dislike the
war, not simply because it is war, but because they think
the cause a bad one. What a dead weight they must
be in the meeting of the Cabinet, and how little pre-
pared for those vigorous, comprehensive, and far-sighted
plans, without which war cannot be successful l It is
now evident that we must prepare for another winter
campaign, for the contingency of a march up the Cri-
mea to Perekop, for a blow at Odessa, for more opera-
tions in the Sea of Azoff and up the Don, and for seve-
ral other still more important enterprises. But all this
assumes that We wet win Lao, at leo.oo a year
become fiercer and fiercer every day. What sort of co-
operation in such schemes are we to expect from a Mi-
nister who thinks it our fault that the war is not already
over and the quarrel made up ? For our part, having
hugged the delusion of a compromise as long as it was
possible, and longer even than was agreeable to the bulk
of our readers, we are satisfied there is nothing to be done
hut to give it up altogether. Our hest course is to give
up all idea of peace, and prepare ourselves for a long and
a desperate struggle. It is by arms that such a quarrel
will be decided, and the sooner we see that the better
for all parties. But the presence of Lord John Russell
in the Cabinet after the recent revelation suggests a
constant doubt on this point. He represents the weak
thought that Russia will give up her prey on the first
resistance—just the hope she would gladly infuse into
us. She herself has been preparing a whole century for
this struggle, and would have us believe it a mere half-
year's affair, and so suspend our endeavours to make up
for the long-lost time.—Times.

DR. HALL-THE WOUNDED-AND
MANLY CONDUCT OF THE " TIMES."

A conversation which occurred last night in the
House of Commons will afford the best comment upon
the utter fruitlessness of investigations into the def3cts of
the various military departments. Mr. Staff3rd in-
quired of Mr. F. Peel whether Dr. Andrew Smith had
yet retired from the direction of the medical department,
and whether Dr. Hall still retained the post of Medical
Inspector-General of the Army in the East ? The po-
pular fallacy was that Dr. A. Smith had long since sub-
sided into the more congenial shades of private life, and
had at the present moment given himself up with re-
newed enthusiasm to entomological pursuits. This was
our own belief, for we could not but remember that
when Dr. A. Smith was under examination before the
Sebastopol Committee three months ago he himself an-
nounced that his connexion with the medical department
had terminated. It had occurred to us that under the
pretext of retaining his post until the nomination of a
successor this gentleman would be left month after
month in the discharge of duties for which, after the
disclosures made before the committee, he could scarcely
be considered as qualified. It is too much to say that
the responsibility for the delay lies with Dr. A. Smith
himself. The truth appears to be that the place is not
made of sufficient value to attract the services and devo-
tion of high medical and administrative talent. This
combination of professional knowledge with individual
force of character and habit of -command is not very
common, and should command liberal remuneration.
Our rulers, unfortunately, have regarded the question
from a different point of view, and have been lost in
amazement for many months past that there are not
hosts of select claimants for the responsibilities of a
most onerous office, when the advantages to be derived
from it are not equal to the emoluments of a private prac-
tice of the most ordinary description. Nor can it be said
on this occasion that the Government are labouring
under the difficulty of which so much has been made—
namely, that it is hard to saddle the public with a heavy
permanent charge in return for a temporary service. As
far as the head of the medical department is concerneJ,
even if we were to make peace with Russia to-morrow,
we should still require for the office the best medical
man who could be obtained. Herein lies the real im-
pediment. It will be quite in vain to look for a more
competent successor of Dr. A. Smith until the post is
rendered worth the acceptance of a man who must
abandon private emoluments and the realities and hopes
of private success for the public service.
The next point regards Dr. Hall, of whom Mr. F.
Peel has nothing better to say than that since Lord
Panmure has been at the head of the War Department
no complaint has been made against him. He was quite
aware, he admitted, that the Sebastopol Committee had
declared that they could not reconcile Dr. Hall's report
of the state of the hospitals at Scutari with their actual
condition at the time. Mr. F. Peel deals with the ,tric-
tures of the committee in the gentlest manner. We will
endeavour to refresh his memory by help of the fifth re-
port of tbat committee, page 20, questions 15,134-
19,835. They report that, after examination of the
whole testimony and its confirmation by Dr. Dumbreck,
the Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, they are
"totally at a loss to comprehend the report of Dr.
Hall, more especially with regard to the Barrack Hos-
pital, the scene of so much misery and suffering." Such
is the expressed opinion of the committee, to which, no
doubt, Mr. F. Peel refers, but the facts mentioned by
them in confirmation of it add tenfold force to their cen-
sure. The passage in the report goes on as follows :
" The Duke of Newcastle states that the disgraceful
condition of the hospitals was first brought under his notice
in the middle of October.' Dr. Hall was at Scutari from
the 3d to the 234 of that month. Dr. Hall's report seems
to have misled both Lord Raglan and the Government at
borne, and to have oeca4ion ,d mush deLy in measures
afterv,vrds for fly:re:fled), of m:gld, has e
U.. al' al !e,,i,s4.l'tier In 111, it'
l-nirsiv, gt aver C,1:',,g0 (13.11 lt,ts seldom been
pubbe Wheel. it ear:twit be surgott.Ai
that the occasion upon which Dr. Hall misled the Com-
manding General and the home Government was no
light one, but involved the welfare and lives of our un-
fortunate tioldiers. Absolute neglect is bad enough, but

4
howmuch graver is tne charge of having " misled" the
military authorities at'..the seat of war in tho Crimea and
in England by a false report ! Dr. Hall's subsequent
conduct, when Lord Panmure had assumed the seals of
office, constitutes his justification. Now, let us see
what this-'conduct" has been ; and in the course of the
few remarks we shall offer upon it we must rectify a
misstatement in which we ourselves are concerned, and
which was made last night by Mr. Peel in the House of
Commons.

Dr. Hall, it may be remembered, informed Lord
Raglan that every arrangement was made for the recep-
tion of the wounded after the affair of the 18th, and
that, in point of fact, so successful was the foresight
exercised, and so perfect the preparations, that the
suffering inevitable upon such an occasion was re-
duced to its minimum. How stands the reality of
the case ? A few days back we published a letter
written by a military surgeon from before Sebastopol on
the 20th of June. This gentleman was actively con-
cerned in the care of the wounded, and he writes in
terms of the greatest indignation at the utter want of
medical preparation, although the assault bad been so
long expected, and so much time had been given for all
necessary arrangements. He describes the " ward"
which was given over to him at 5 a.m. on the 18th as
with most questionable accommodation for 14 patients.
No convenience of any kind, such as is commonly found
in such places, was forthcoming—not even a vessel for
holding water. The wounded meri were soon brought
in. One orderly, who knew nothing of the work, was
assigned to 14 men ; but worse, far worse than all, was
the agonized scream for water, which had not been pro-
vided. During the whole of the 18th there was nothing
for the poor creatures in the shape of food. On the
night of the 18th the wounded men were still brought in,
and deposited anywhere. They were admitted by the
orderlies,,not seen by the medical officer, and conse-
quently their wounds were not dressed until the following
morning. On the 18th, until 9 o'clock at night, nothing
was given to them but a little hard biscuit and tea. Such
is the statement of a military surgeon actually engaged,
which should be read in connexion x‘ith the roseate pic-
ture of Dr. Hall. Now for own share in this matter.
Mr. F. Peel stated to the House of Commons last night
that he had written to the Times office, and bad asked
for the name of the writer of this letter, and that his re-
quest had been refused. Here is our reply :—Lord
Panmure is perfectly welcome to the writer's name, on
condition that be will pledge his faith that his statements
shall he fairly and publicly investigated, and that the
writer shall not-be made the victim of official vengeance
if his statements are true. But we were cautioned in Lord
Panmure's own office that "flesh is weak," and we de-
clined to hand over an honest man to the tender mercies
of Dr. Hall. If the pledge be given, our correspondent's
name shall be forthcoming—he has himself offered it—but
we know Dr. Hall better perhaps than our correspon-
dent, and will not betray him to his ruin. If Lord Pan-
mure or Mr. F. Peel will promise that our correspondent
shall not suffer for his breach of the regulations in
addressing us instead of wasting his time in appealing to
Dr. Hall, we will give up his name, but we will not
sacrifice a gentleman whose only crime is his humanity,
to the strictness of the regulations or the vindictiveness
of Dr. Hall.—Times.

FAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCB

The Avon, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel (tender to the
flag-ship at Devonport), arrived at Sheerness on Monday,
at 6 p.m., from Devonport and Portsmouth, with super-
numeraries. She left for Woolwich yesterday at 7 p.m.

The steam-vessel Janus, late Lieutenant-Commander
C. C. A. Kane, has been put out of commission, and
placed under the charge of the captain-superintendent as
a steam-vessel of reserve. She has been removed to
Blackstakes moorings.

The screw steam-transport Countess of Durham, No.
237, has arrived at Woolwich to take on board stores, &c.
The Kite, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, recently arrived
at Woolwich, has been completely stripped of every
portion of her rigging, and is at present in the inner
basin waiting for, new boilers.

GI3N-BOATS AND FLOATING BATTERIES.
The gnn-boat which is ordered to be built immediately
at Sheerness Dockyard is laid down in No. 5 dry dock.
The keel will be trimmed and on the blocks this week.
Her dimensions are 100 feet long between perpendicu-
lars, 21 feet 10 in. breadth, and 6 feet 6 in. depth of
bold : to carry .3 guns, end draw only 4 feet of water.
She cin he finished easily in two or three months, but
want of timber and sawyers appears the only delay.
Meteor, floating-battery, 16, Capt. Seymour, is lying
over on the west shore. We hear there is something
dEfective about her ecrew. Report says it is cracked.
DiverE proceed from her Majesty's dockyard to examine
her this morning ; but the result of their visit has not
transpired. Should it be really the case, no doubt she
will be sent to Woolwich to repair, as the fan, through
the construction of this vessel, cannot be taken out with.
out docking.
Glatton, floating-battery, 16, Capt. Arthur Cumming,
is over on the west shore. She is provisioned, manned,
and we may say ready for sea, waiting definite Admi-
ralty orders. Her guns, with the Meteor's, are lying
ready for shipment as soon as ordered.
Trusty, floating-battery, is in No. 1 dry dock still.
Her rudder has been unshipped, and is now being made
larger. A number of mechanics Ire working at her,
completing her intern-11 fittings below and on deck.
Eurotas, frigate, is in No. 2 dry dock, being converted
into a screw, and to carry some very heavy mortars.