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London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

John Handyside Baxter, bookseller, Dundee, Aug. 18,
at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
William Archibald and John Patersesi, spinners, ,Alloa,
Aug. 14, at twelve, at Thomas's Royal Oak Hotel, Alloa,

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ViOna, he is not so now. In tha course of In
speech Lord J. Rus.:ell expressed a wish that Lord
Palmerston would publish the despatch in which he
stated his reasons for thinking that Count Buol's pro-
posal should he closed with. It is devoutly to be de.
sired that the P miller would take him at his word.

To many these cowardly, base, inconsequential argu-,
menu of Lord John appear no more than the. mere
matinderings of dotage. This is a mistake—they are the
uttetanee of a low, short-sighted cunning. Lord John
broke with his own party when he abruptly retired from
the Aberdeen Cabinet ; he lost his last. hold on the Inde-
pendent Liberals by his conduct at Vienna ; and he is
now assiduously spinningthe spider-web threads that he
flatters himself are to connect him with a new party.
His yesterday's speech is a programme issued for the
approbation of the "nefarious combination." It is an
indirect appeal to the Aberdeeeites, Peace at-any-price
men, and Disraelites who voted in the minority on the
Turkish loan. It is meant quietly to say to them—
" Gentlemen, 'these are my viewe entertaininz them,
shall I do for 'your leader ?" It will not do ; England
could never tolerate a Government so composed and so
led. ' •
The few supplementary sentences devoted by Lord
John to Italianpcl.tics may appear irreconcileahle with
this view ; but, if narrowly scrutinised, they will be
found in perfect keeping with the rest of his un-English
speech. Lord John had act a word to say about the
lawless and anarchical condition of Naples, or of the
'oppression under which Venice and Lombardy are groan-
ing. He adverted exe:usively to Tuscany, from which
the Austrians have withdrawn, and the States of the'
Church where there are French troops. And he hinted
in no equivocal terms that it might be expedient to in-
corporate Tuscany and the States of the Church into the
Sardinian territories. In throwing out,this suggestion,
Lord John was doing the work of Austria as subser-
viently as when he returned in breathless haste to London
to urge upon the Cabinet the acceptance of C 'tint Buol's
peace proposals. Sardinia, on account of the constitu-
tional policy of its Government, is at present an eyesore
and perpetual source of apprehension to Austria. But
were the Sardinian' Government to stoop to hold Tus-
cany and the States of the Church by:.the gracious con-
sent of Austria, not by the call of- this people, IV would
be degraded into an accomplice and dependent of the.
allieedespotisms. Lord John Russell recommends that
Sardinia may be pat in possession of Central Italy, in
order that King .Bombs may no longer.be disturbed by
the neighbourhood of French troops, and that the appre-
hensions of Austria about its Veneto-Lombard posses-
sions may be set at rest..
Most earnestly do we pray that the soil of Italy may
speedily be cleared of all alien soldiers, of whatever na-

tion. But we are not such ninnies as to wish for the re-
moval of the French from Rome in order that Austria
May be left the preponderant and unchecked military
power in the Peninsula.

OFFICIAL PAPERS ON THE AFFAIR
OF HANGOE-1JD1).

Yesterday a further series of official letters re-
lating to the attack on an English boat's crew at
Hangoe, on the sth of June, was presented to Par-
liament :

REPORT OF LIEUTENANT GENESTE.

"Helbingfors, July 8,_1855.

" Sir,—ln obedience to your order, on Monday, the
sth of une, I proceeded to the landing place at Hango
Head in the cutter, carrying a flag of truce, in order to
land Russian prisoners and communicate with the officer
at the telegraph station. We arrived at the pier, and
no person being on the shore, except two or three women
standing near the houses, I landed the Russian prisoners,
and in company with them and Dr. Easton, proceeded
towards the houses to communicate with the people,
and with the officer of the telegraph. The three stewards
also accompanied us, in order, if possible, to purchase
fresh provisions. But all the boat's crew were left in
,the boat, with strict orders not to land, as you had
directed. We also carried with us a white flag of truce
on a boarding pike, Norton, the midshipman's steward,
carrying it beside me. We had only proceeded about
50 yards from the beat, when suddenly Russian soldiers
(who had lain concealed behind the rocks and houses,
and of whose vicinity we were completely ignorant) rose
and fired on us and the boat from all sides. Taking the
white flag from the steward Norton, who was shot down
by my side, I endeavoured with it in my hand to prevent
the soldiers from firing at the boat, and so called the at-
tention of their officer, who came near me, to it. How-
ever, I regret.to state that the firing did not cease until
many of our people had been hit. As we were com-
pletely surrounded by soldiers, it was impossible to effect
our escape, the soldiers being within a few yards of the ,
boat on every side, and seeing the inutility of makipg
any resistance, not having a loaded musket in the beat,
and the greater number of our small boat's crew of 11
men being killed and wounded by the first fire of the
enemy, not a shot was fired ,on our bide. We were
all seized by the soldiers, taken to the houses, and
without a moment's delay placed in carriages, which
appostrai to to be ready for us. and transported to
Eckness, where we arrived the same afternoon. I re-
gret to have to state that we have lost 6 of our men
killed, and 4 have been wounded badly, nearly all the
others having slight scratches. One Finnish captain
was also killed and two Russian captains wounded. The
wounded men were carriedsto Eckness, and placed in
hospital there. I enclose a list of the killed and wounded.
The fate of several of the killed I know only by the Rus-
sian report, as we were hurried away too quickly from
the scene of action to ascertain it for ourselves ; but I

fear their report is too true, as we have six men missing,
and they report seven dead bodies at Hang° Head,
which would be correct with our six men and the old
Finnish captain, whom we saw shot down and bayonet-
ted. We remained at Eckness during Tuesday, and en
Wednesday Mr. Sullivan, myself, and the four un-
wounded men were removed to this place, leaving the
four wounded men at Eckness, with Dr. Easton to at-
tend them. The wounded men were all doing well when

we left Eckness. One of them, Gliddon, lad to un-
dergo amputation of his right arm, near the shoulder,
which had been successfully performed, Since our ar-
rival at Eckness we have received every attention and
kindness from the Russian general and officers that our
position would admit of. The wounded men have been
treated with the greatest care and consideration. I -re-
quested General Moller, the officer commanding at Eck-
ness, to send a boat on the day following this unfortu-
nate affair, to the ship, with a flag of truce, to inform you
what had happened, but he declared it to be impos-
, Bible. I do not know how this letter will reach
you, but the General will forward it by the first
opportunity., As we were taken prisoners under a flag
of truce, I presume we shall be shortly released, but am
at present in perfect ignorance of their intentions with
respect to us. I send this letter opened and unsealed;
I am, &C.,
" LOUIS GENESTE, Lieutenant.
"To Captain Fa,nsbawe, H.M.S. Cossack."

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preach was objectiol
displayed, if her sign.
"You may, perly
ivader any cireumstio of
-6f the boat to have avoided approaching within\gulAtee
until his signal hail been recog.nised from the,sh&eet,bo:-‘e.ea.,
other circumstances may be 'stated in explanation, •
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if not in justification, of his conduct. General de 13e0g 11.
in his reply to my letter of the 15th ult., has remarked
that the landing of the prisoners to be released .was not
an occasion of sufficient importance to render necessary
the use of a flag of truce, and that they might have been
released without it on any island near the coast. I 'may
therefore observe, that 'the officers of the Cossack hail •
actually landed on the main land, as well ae on the islands •
near Mingo, about a fortnight prior to the sth June. They
had found tho shores nearly deserted, and well adapted
for the purpose suggested by General de Berg, and they
injured nobody. On their return with prisoners, they
could not certainly know that a military force was to be
present, but they had reason to sucpect it, and the flag •
of truce was necessary as a precaution. It was also the
wish of the prisoners to be landed near Mingo. Timely
warning to the boat would have prevented the catas-
'trophe, but wilful neglect of the flag, and concealment
by those en shore could be nothing but gross treachery.
"I have next to compare the statement of Lieutenant
Geneste with the third version of the feet, as presented
to your Excellency by your own officers.
"It is asserted by them that the flag of truce was not -
observed, and I repeat again, withoutsfear of contradic-
tion, that it was hoisted. To whom. then is this avant of •
observation at a telegraph to be imputed, and is it under
such circumstances that Lieutenant Geneste is to be
alone responsible, and to be regarded as a prisoner 14de .
droit'et de fait r'
"I regret to state, however, that I have less reason
to qUestinte the vigilance of yiiiiilifEeen than to dispute •-
thehassertioneof your witnesses. The mis•statements of
theiseaman BroWn have been thought by your Excellency
to be sufficient to demonstrate the falsehood of his testi-
mony ; but'ameng the statements collected-by the aide-
ele-earop of his Majesty the Emperor, it is alleged that
the;crew of the Cossack's boat at the commencement of
the:attack upon them threw overboard the
with which she is supposed to have' been armed. -You
may perhaps be surprised to learn that the bhat in ques-
tion was not fitted with one, and has neve:. mounted one - -
upon any occasion. qua (caonon)
" I ave myself forced to the cenelusion that wilful
falsehoods have been invented in vindication of a decided
outrage, and it is not unimportant to inquire fur what
purpose the carriages and horses mentioned by Lieut.
Geneste had been previously collected.
"Some stress is laid on his avowed intention-to entlea-
your to communicate with the officer to the telegraph,
and witheihe neoole, and to purchase provisions„ but in
the absence of troops same little explanation Co the
nearest a.uthor3y, or to the nearest residents, was at
least desirahle nutl natural on behalf f, the prisoners.
intended to he released. A moment of forbearauce on
the part of the officer who planned the, ambush would
have been sufficient to afford it, and you are well aware
that acts of courtesy, and even gifts of ordinary re- .
fresliments, ale net uncommon on occasions of truce.
The Cossack was in no sense short ~ of provi-
sions, nor had she been long without refreshments,
ands.l cap disceYer nothing in the statement of Lieut.
Geneste to justify the inferences which have been =
wrested from there. .
" Thp only other circumstances to .which it can be now-
necessary to allude, are the general accusations against
officers under my orders, which are attempted to be
established-by the statements in the latter portion of _
your letter.
"Adopting the same course which has been found
convenient by yourself, I muse be permitted to divide
this latter subject into two distinct heads, which have
not been kept clearly in view by your Excellency, viz. :
"Ist. The abUsive use of flags of truce by the British ,
navy.
"2d. Disobedience to an order iesued by me on the
29th May."
Upon, the first of these two points I have to remark
that, before any justification of the attack on the Cos-
sack's boat can be admitted upon such grounds, it will.
be at least necessary to show the existence of some
general abuse prior to the sth June, but up the present
moment no single instance has been advanced which can
Le established by y our Excellency.
" You have now transmitted from the magistrate at - •
Raumo a statement of occurrences at that place on the
2nd July. As yet I have received no report from the
officers of her Biitannio Majesty's ships, but I discover
in the report of Mr. Peterson a proof acknowledging
that, before the commencement of an attack, conditions
of surrender were offered under a flag of truce, and that
the place was not defenceless.
"Of the transactions connected with the detention of
boats near the coasts of the Island of Oesel, I had re-
ceived full reports from officers of her Majesty's ships
before I had the honour of receiving your letter ; and as
regards the clothes and money of the prisoners who were
released; I enclose extract from the report from the .
officer who detained them.
"I need only observe, further, that my order of 29th
May was never intended to prevent the officers from in-
tercepting an active trade with Stockholm and the ports
of Sweden, which is attempted to be carried on by boats
from the coast of Russia.—l have, &c. '
(Signed) "R. S. DIINDAS.
"H. E. Prince Dolgorouky, Minister of War ,to his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia, Peterhoff:"

ACTS OF PABLIAIIIIINT.—Up to the present period only
81 public acts have been issued. It is expected that the
session will produce about 130.
PATOR (JP `aura.—The (mutation of gold at Perla is
about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10.'id. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange
at Paris on London at short, being 25.05, it follows that
gold is about 0.48 per cant. dearer in Paris than in Lon-

don. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is
4251 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13.54 ; and, the exchange at Hamburo.' on
London at short being 13'6, it follows that gold is o'4l
per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1101 per cent. ; and, the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23-40
per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67
per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making, al-
lowance for charges of transport and difference of in-
terest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the im-
portation of gold from the United States.
ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.--A return has just been
issued by the Board of Trade of the number and nature
of the accidents and the injuries to life and limb, which
have occurred on all the railways in England and Wales,

Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, from the Ist Jan. to
the 30th June, 1855. The total killed in England and
Wales was 99 ; the injured, 132 ; in Scotland, 6 killed,
and 14 injured ; and in Irelard, 8 killed, and 12 injured.
The grand total of the three is 113 killed, and 158 in-
jured, of which 3 were passengers killed, and 107 in.
jured from causes beyond their own control ; 7 were
passengers killed, and 5 injured, from their own miscon-
duct, or want of caution i 18 were servants of companies
killed, 21 injured, from causes beyond their own con-
trol ; 45 were servants killed, and 16 injured, from their
own misconduct, or want of caution ; 15 were persons
killed, and 2 injured in crossing at level crossings ; and
25 were persons killed, and 7 injured, while trespassing
on the lines. As compared with the corresponding half-
year, 1854, there is an increase this half-year of 13 killed
and 39 injured. The length of railway open on the 30th
June, 1855, was in England and Wales, 6,174 miles ;
in Scotland, 1,047 miles ; and in Ireland, 897 miles—
making a grand total of 8,118 miles. On the 30th. June,
1854, the grand total of railways open wae, 7,813 miles.
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