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London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1853.

however, given into custody, and brought before
Alderman MUSGROVE to answer for his offence.

But here comes the almost incredible part of
the story. With singular forbearance the injured
lady offered to accept an apology, and withdraw
the complaint. It is probable that a natural
repugnance to appearing in a police court, and
having her name exposed, was the cause of this
unparalleled leniency. The valorous TRACY, how-
ever, rejected the offer, refusing to make the
slightest concession. Nay, more, when before
the Alderman, the following day, he aggravated
his original offence by instructing his advocate—
a gentleman by Act of Parliament—to put ques-
tions tending to show that the complainant had
acted as if she had been one of the unfortunate
creatures who walk the streets for a precarious
and degraded subsistence. Such was the nature
of the cross-examination, that, on leaving the
witness-box, the unfortunate lady fainted away,
and was compelled to be carried out of court.
For this aggravated outrage, or rather series of
outrages, the high-minded Tracy was fined 405.,
or a month's imprisonment. It is scarcely neces-
sary to add that the fine was immediately paid,
and that the defendant was dismissed, rejoicing
at the decided cheapness of his frolic.
The following day, another respectably-dressed
person, who was named Joint ANDERSON,
and who described himself as an artist, was
charged at Worship-street Police Court ; but, for-
tunately for himself, not before Mr. HANimmL,
for wantonly insulting two young ladies (sisters),
and assaulting one of them. • It appeared that
having been at the house of a relative on Tuesday
evening, they had returned by omnibus to the
neighbourhood of their destination, and were pro-
ceeding a short distance on foot. This was an
irresistible temptation to ANDERSON, who endea-
voured to push bet Ween them, wanting them to
take his arm. They made no answer, but endea-
voured to proceed, while he continued " forcing
his conversation on them." At length he
forcibly separated them, declaring that they should
take his arm. One of the sisters (who appeared
with a severe bruise and swelling on the right
temple) at once said that if he would not desist
she would give him into custody of, the first con-
stable she saw. As he still persisted, the sisters
ran to the opposite side of the street, but were
followed by ANDERSON, who struck them both,
knocking down and severely injuring the one who
had spoken. Fortunately, a gentleman was at-
tracted by the screams of the sufferers. He asked
ANDERSON, who was walking rapidly away, what
was the matter, and received the careless reply,
" Oh, they're drunk ! " His protection was, how-
ever, claimed, and he at once gave the scoundrel
into custody. It was outside the boundaries of
the City, and therefore an apology and even com-
pensation was offered. Intoxication was the de-
fence set up. The presiding magistrate, however,
inflicted a fine of 51., or, in default, two months'
imprisonment. The fine not being paid, the
valiant- ANDERSON was conveyed to the House of
Correction in the police van.

Now, we ask, could any merely pecuniary
penalty be an adequate vindication of the law in
either of these cases. It is scoundrels like TRACY
and ANDERSON who render it unsafe for respect-
able females to go even a short distance, unat-
tended, after nightfall. There is, perhaps, no
continental city where females of any class would
be subjected to such wanton outrages ; and well-
dressed ruffians like those above alluded to, should
be treated with even greater severity than drunken
tailors or shoemakers. Nothing but a good flagel-
lation will remove the propensity thus strongly
developed by the par Mobile fratrum, TRACY and
ANDERSON, and it would materially assist the
efficacy of such punishment if a hearty drubbing
was administered by the indignant spectators.
Oh ! for one hour of the sturdy draymen of BAR-
CLAY and PERKINS. The vicinity of Bankside is
the locality in which such heroes as TRACY and
ANDERSON should be turned loose, with ample
notice of the conduct of which they had been
guilty, but for which they had not been adequately
punished.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 29.

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—Lord and Lady John Russell and
Mr. Gibbs.

The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the
Castle during dinner, and played the following pieces :
March, Armee, on Melodies by the King of Hanover.
Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von
- Windsor"
... ... Otto Nicolai.
Morgengebeth der Zigeuner (Op. jH.R. H. the Duke
Casilda) of Saxe Coburg.
Walzer, "La Figli a del Reggimento" Guernsey.
Selection, " Rigoleitti" ... Verdi.
Galo, Masquerade, " Corsican Bro-

thers"
Prasca.
Polka, " Bonvivant"... Herzog.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and
played the following compositions :

Overture, Selection, "Marco Spada" Auber.
Adagio, Minuetto, Trio, e Finale
(Sinfonia) ... Beethoven.

Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, attended by the Gentlemen in Waiting, skated
on the ice in the Home Park this morning. Several
officers of the regiments quartered at Windsor had the
honour of joining his Royal Highness.

The Queen, accompanied by Lord and Lady John
Russell, walked down the ice, and remained a conside-
rable time.

•
Lord Raglan has been invited, and is expected to-day.
The Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Sir James
Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Gran-
ville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Ernest
Bruce, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, travelled from Lon-
don to attend the Privy Council, in a special train, on
the Great Western Railway, and arrived at the Castle
soon after two o'clock. Luncheon was served to the
noblemen and gentlemen soon after their arrival.
At half-past four o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir J. Graham,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, took their de-
parture, and returned to town by a special train on the
Great Western Railway.

A deputation from the leather trade had an interview
yesterday with the Right. Hon. E. Cardwell, at the
Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Jas.
Powell, Mr. Boutcher, Mr. T. Lawrence, Mr. T. Hep-
burn, Mr. W. H. Cox, Mr. James Bevington, and Mr.
T. Powell.

Count Pourtales, charged with a special mission from
his Majesty the King of Prussia, arrived in London on
Sunday night.
ARIINDEL.—The Duke of Norfolk, with his accustomed
liberality at Christmas, caused two fat oxen to be dis-
tributed amongst his labourers in his employ, besides
bread, fuel, and clothing. The Earl of Arundel and
Surrey has been staying a few days at Arundel Castle,
on a visit to his noble relatives. Lord and Lady Edward
F. Howard are stitl'at the castle. Lord and Lady Foley
were expected to return to the castle on Monday. Lord
Manners took his departure from Arundel Castle last
Saturday.—Brighton Gazette.
We have pleasure in hearing that his Grace the Duke
of Devonshire has, for the purpose of enlarging his ma-
rine residence at Kemp Town, purchased the adjoining
mansion, lately occupied by Colonel Peile. The duke
continues at Kemp Town, we are happy to say, in the
enjoyment of good health.—Brighton Gazette.
FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON. The
Duchess of Montrose has taken her departure for Lon-
don ; Lady Chantrey is among the fashionables staying
at the Pier Hotel ; Sir Ralph and Lady Howard are
prolonging their stay ; Sir Thomas M‘Mahon has left
for London ; Col. Purvis and family are passing the
winter at Hastings ; Lady Bonham and son, after a stay
of two months, took their departure last Saturday for
London. Captain and Mrs. Vandarspar arrived on
Saturday last. The Rev. Dr. Cardwell and family took
their departure last Saturday. Miss Burdett Coutts is
among the latest arrivals at the Bedford Hotel. The
Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington left
last Saturday. Captain Piper, 46th Regiment, has
arrived at Stanbrook House. The Baroness Braye is
daily expected in Brunswick-terrace. Admiral Ryder
Burton, K.H., and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, have
removed to Regency-square. Mrs. and Miss Wood-
ruffe have arrived at 11, Montpelier-crescent. Mr. and
Mrs. John Curling 'have taken their departure. The
arrivals include Sir William Fraser, Viscount Wellesley,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Cardwell, Rev. W. and Miss Harness,
Rev. Mr. Middleton, Hon. G. S. Osborne, Colonel
Phillips, Colonel Daniells, Captain Webster, Colonel
Clinton, and the Rev. Thomas Ward and family.
Brighton Gazette of yesterday.
DINNER TO Ross S. MoORE, ESQ., M.P.—The
friends and supporters of Ross S. Moore, Esq. M.P.,
propose to invite him to a public dinner in the Tontine-
rooms, Armagh, on Wednesday evening, the 11th of
January next, and already a considerable number have
signified their intention of being present.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

By telegraph we learn that the Moniteur, of this
morning, announces that, according to the latest
advices from Constantinople, the Divan was in per-
fect harmony with the representatives of France,
England, Austria, and Prussia, as to the conditions
on which the Porte could with honour concur in
the re-establishment of peace.
The intelligence of the acceptance by the Porte
of the Note of the Vienna Conference is con-
firmed by despatches received in Paris on Wed-
nesday at the Foreign-office. Turkey has ac-
cepted the propositions of the allies ; but of the
intentions of Russia nothing certain is known—
certainly not by the French Government. The
only Power that is believed to be deep in the con-
Memo of the Czar, and to be cognizant of the
manner in which he will receive these advances, is
Austria—and Austria is silent. The Austrian
Minister gives no indication, makes no sign, and
affects—for no one believes that it is anything but
affectation—to be ignorant of the designs of the
friend and protector of his Imperial master. This
sinister silence gives rise to misgivings that even
at this eleventh hour Austria is playing the game
she is so well accustomed to, and that her policy,
as of old, is one of duplicity. The conduct of the
Cabinet of Vienna is exciting much uneasiness.
It is said the Moniteur will on an early day con-
tain a communication explaining the present po-
sition of the Powers on the Eastern question, and
probably announce the acceptance by the Porte of
the Vienna propositions.

A private letter from St. Petersburg, of the 19th
inst., asserts positively that the exchange of rati-
fications of the treaty, offensive and defensive,
between the Shah of Persia and Russia has taken
place.

The following is from Constantinople, dated De-
cember 15 :—For the last two or three days the
representatives of the Four Powers have had fre-
quent conferences, at several of which Reschid
Pacha was present, for the purpose of elaborating
a new and last note which shall sufficiently safe-
guard the interests of Turkey, and at the same
time contain such concessions as should satisfy all
the reasonable expectations of the Czar. Not that
much hope is entertained that at the eleventh
hour the Czar will show himself reasonable, but
the Ministers of the Sultan wish to be consistent
throughout the course of negotiations, and to ma-
nifest to the last moment that conciliatory and
moderate spirit which has characterised their en-
tire proceedings. Should this last effort fail, the
Porte will have demonstrated its pacific disposition,
and the Powers will be irrevocably engaged to lend
their energetic support to Turkey. They will have
the more reason to do this, since the unfolding
of Russian designs in Asia and the entrance of
Persia into the quarrel.

A Russian war schooner was, on the evening of
the 15th inst., driven by stress of weather to take
refuge in the Bosphorus. The captain took the
precaution to throw his guns overboard, thinking
to make the Turks believe that the schooner was a
trading vessel. The Turks have taken provisional
possession of it, placing forty men on board.
A rumour was in circulation at Constantinople
that a superior English officer was to arrive shortly,
for the purpose of studying the ground around
Adrianople, in order to decide on the best ground
for encamping an English-Franco expeditionary
corps, should it be necessary to send such a body
there.

On the 12th inst. Constantinople was perfectly
tranquil; every kind of provision continued very.
dear ; the price of bread had tripled. In the even-
ing of the day on which the affair of Sinope became
known, a band of about 30 Greeks went through
the Frank quarter, crying, " Long live the Em-
peror Nicholas." The Turks, who reside there in
great numbers, looked with contempt on this kind
of provocation, and allowed these noisy agitators
to pass without notice.
Though the inhabitants of Constantinople are
much affected by the awful disaster at Sinope,
everything continues perfectly quiet. As the Sul-
tan was going to mosque, some thousands of women,
the relatives of the unfortunate crews destroyed at
Sinope, presented themselves on his passage. These
poor people are deprived of all resources—hus-
bands, brothers, and fathers, their sole support,
having perished in the late action. The Sultan has
given orders that the salaries of the deceased be
continued to their families during lifetime.
The Porte has contracted a loan of 30 millions of
piastres—about. 260,0001.—with three important
banking-Louses at Constantinople. One of them is
the firm of Baltazi. It is thought that this money
has been raised for the purchase of ships.
The news from Asia mentions that the Russians
were driven back at Alexandropol. Selim Pacha
gained a brilliant victory in the neighbourhood of
Laffah.

Letters from Trebisonde announce that Daniel
Bey has also been victorious at Terek.
A letter from Aleppo, 19th ult., says :—" The
Arabs of the Desert have raised 5,000 men to take
part in the defence of the country. The inhabi-
tants of Aleppo have received an authorisation to
form a regiment of volunteer cavalry, and in a
few days after 1,200 horsemen were completely
equipped. They have chosen as commandant the
Bimbaschi Ahmet Effendi, an officer of great expe-
rience, who has already served against the Russians.
Soliman Pacha invited the Consuls, Pachas, and
all the inhabitants to be present at the departure of
the troops, and in order to give more eclat to the
affair Azmi Pacha appeared with an escort on horse-
back and preceded by a band of music. Soliman
Pacha delivered a very expressive address to the
troops."

The Journal de Constantinople expresses itself
as follows relative to the interruption of diplomatic
relations between England and Persia :
" In consequence of a serious difference, the represen-
tative of Great Britain in Persia demanded in an ener-
getic note prompt satisfaction from the Persian Govern-
ment. The Shah seemed inclined to grant it, but the
Russian Embassy, by its intrigues, succeeded in turning
him away from that course. In consequence, the repre-
sentative of her Britannic Majesty at Teheran considered
it his duty to interrupt all diplomatic relations with
Persia. The extreme agitation which now exists amongst
the Affghans disquiets not only Persia, but even Russia.
Something was said some time back of an Affghan Em-
bassy frdm Dost Mohammed Khan to Persia ; that
Embassy has arrived at Teheran. Dost Mohammed is
an implacable enemy of Russia, and opposes with the
greatest resolution the policy of the Czar in Persia, and
in the rest of Asia. His Ambassador is charged with a
mission of the greatest importance, and the Prince of
Affghan desires ardently to have this mission crowned
with success."

A private letter from Brailow announces that
a brigade of the 7th Russian division, commanded
by General Selvane, having quitted Nizir Kenni,
to attack Amouchda, an island in the Danube, had
got engaged in the marshes, from which it could
not extricate itself without severe loss.

A letter from Erzeroum of the 4th inst. an-
nounces that the Shah of Persia had dismissed all
the English, French, German, and Italian officers
serving in his army. The Russian army in the Cau-
casus had been reinforced by 15 regiments of Don
Cossacks, under the command of General Kre-
chatiky.

The Ottoman Government has published its
account of the disaster of Sinope, which does not
much differ from details already given. The Moga-
dor and Retribution had brought to Constantinople
110 wounded Turkish seamen and soldiers, the
survivors of the massacre. 1,000 men had been
found on land at Sinope, 120 were made prisoners
by the Russians, and about 3,000 men were slaugh-
tered. Of the Turkish squadron, seven went to the
bottom under the Russian fire, with the dead and
wounded on board; two ships blew up, and one
was saved. Of their commanders, four survived,
four died on the decks of their respective ships, or
went living to the bottom with them, and two were
taken alive. An English merchant vessel which
happened to be at Sinope was fired into and sunk
by the Russians, though she had hoisted the flag
of her nation, and one of her crew was killed. The
others, with the captain, were saved and taken on
board the Retribution—an ominous name, it may
be, for Russia. Among the commanders killed
was Ali Bey, of the Navik frigate, who, having seen
the impossibility of resisting the Russians, em-
barked the few survivors of his ship's crew on board
the pinnace. They were fired into by the Russians,
and the boat blew up side by side with the frigate
to which she belonged. It was the same Ali Bey
who formerly commanded the Fagli-Illah when she
conveyed to Sardinia the Italian Legion of Hun-
gary. The Divan has ordered sixteen points of the
coast of Anatolia, in the Black Sea, to be
fortified.

The Paris correspondent of the Times thus com-
ments upon this brutal affair :—" The private
letters from Constantinople confirm the details
given in my letter of Sunday week last of the affair
of Sinope. The scene of war and desolation that
presented itself on the arrival of the steamers from
Constantinople was horrible indeed. Nothing in
the warfare of the most barbarous period, and on

a similar scale, could surpass in cowardly ferocity
what has taken place there. That monument of
cold-blooded and wanton vengeance will never, I
hope, be effaced from the memory of Europe. The
massacre continued even after all resistance
had long ceased, shows a savageness of nature
which feels no generosity for the conquered
brave nor pity for the helpless and unoffending.
When the Retribution and Mogador arrived on
the spot, they found every house destroyed, or
still in flames, and the town almost utterly
annihilated, mangled bodies and limbs floating
about or rotting upon the beach, and the
dead and dying scattered among the still burning
fragments that strewed sea and shore. It is
stated that, even after the docks and ships were
destroyed, the Russians poured an incessant shower
of grape and canister on the poor wounded wretches
who were struggling amid the waves and :.triving
to reach the shore, as if the thirst for massacre
could not be stayed while one human being sur-
vived. There is scarcely a letter of the many that
have been received from Constantinople that
does not speak of this massacre and confla-
gration, of the treacherous ferocity of tne as-
sailants' and the desperate heroism of the vic-
tims-' heroism,' one letter says, that recalls the
most devoted courage of ancient times. Of the
effect produced at Constantinople by the sad tidings
it is superfluous to speak. Crowds of people col-
lected in the streets and accompanied the families
of the victims of Sinope to the residence of the
Capudan Pasha, on whom the fault is laid of having
sent to the Black Sea a squadron so weak and so
unprotected when it was known that the Russians
were prowling along the coast of Asia Minor. Their
clamours reached the ear of the Pasha, and one
account says that he considered it prudent to con-
ceal himself, lest he should fall a victim to popular
vengeance." _

A letter dated Constantinople, the 15th of De-
cember, says :
"The expedition of General Prim is for the present
terminated, and the General himself embarks for France
on the 25th, but with the intention of returning
here in the spring to witness the important events which
will undoubtedly take place. The flames of war are
such" as can only be extinguished with powder. The
disaster of Sinope has somewhat disconcerted these
valiant Mussulmans, but it has added to their courage
and their desire for vengeance. I have noticed the gross
inaccuracies in most of the foreign journals respecting
General Prim, and I only hope that sensible people will
not give credit to such absurdities. General Prim
remained with the Turkish army only a simple
spectator, though in his character as a soldier he
has faithfully and zealously executed the mission in-
trusted to him by his Government. If he has left a good
name behind him, he is indebted for it to his own pru-
dence, and to the gallantry of the brave Omer Pacha
and his Generals. The snow and frost have suspended
all operations on the Danube, and all we can now do is
to wait for the favourable season."

It appears that the General has dealt very
sharply with the famous Gortschakoff bulletin of
the battle of Oltenitza, which he says will be
laughed at by every corporal who may read. He
aays•:

" I have just come from the head-quarters of Omer
Pacha, where I have passed four months. lam a mere
soldier, and I went to Schumla simply in the character
of an amateur. I consider, therefore, that I am an
impartial observer of what goes on under my eyes. The
question of orthodoxy and Holy Places does not inte-
rest me the least in the world, but I do feel desirous
that my fellow-soldiers of all nations should know in
truth what is taking place on the Danube, and not be
misled by the reports of the Russian generals."
General Prim then takes up the assertions of
Prince Gortschakoff one by one, and refutes them.
He convicts General Dannenberg of great incapa-
city, and General Gortschakoff of boldly attempting
to foist on the world a story as absurd as it is un-
true. He says :—" At the moment when the
Russians commenced the attack (on the 4th Nov.),
the redoubt was open on both sides, for want of
time to complete the works, so that twenty men
might have entered on the left and fifty on the
right hand. Had the general commanding given
himself the trouble, as he ought to have done, to
make a reconnaissance, lie would have discovered
the weak points of the Turkish position, and might
have attacked with great chance of success, and
without losing so many brave soldiers as he did.
But General Dannenberg doubtless thought that
he bad only to advance his infantry and artillery
to drive the Turks into the Danube."