The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, JULY 28. .

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Princess
Royal and Princess Alice and the Earl of Aberdeen,
drove to Newport ye•terday afternoon.
The Countess of Desart and Lord Alfred Paget were
in attendance.

The Duchess of Sutherland arrived yesterday on a
visit. . The Earl of Aberdeen left Osborne this morning
on his return to London.

Mr. Samuel Gurney, jun., Mr. T. S. Prideaux, manag-
ing director, and Mr. William Bevan, solicitor, on be-
half of the Smoke Prevention Comp-my, had an inter-
view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday to explain to
his lordship the principle of the self-closing valve for con-
suming smoke.
Mr. Archibald had an interview with the Earl of
Clarendon on Thursday at the Foreign-office.
The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday after-
noon from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne, Isle of
Wiht.

Despatches for the (1-overnor of Canada were sent last
evening from the Colonial-office.

CLERKENWELL PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.

The 154th anniversary of these schools was held at
Highbury-barn on Thursday evening last. Alderman
Challis, M. P., presided. Nearly 100 gentlemen sat down
to a very excellent dinner. Among them there were—
Messrs. R. H. Jones (treasurer), W. H. Judd, R. Phil-
lips, Stephen J. Aldrich, F. Lightfoot, G. H. Johnson,
G. Boulton, J. Nunn, E. Jones, E. Paget, W. Blogg,
Wills, P. Shedden, Boulter, Rev. Mr. Ford, &e. &c.
These schools were founded in the year 1700, when
they consisted of only 25 boys and 20 girls ; and, after
the year 1720, of 60 boys and 40 girls. In the year
1830 the present spacious schoolrooms were completed ;
and, enlarged accommodation being thus provided, about
600 children have from that time been in daily attendance,
receiving the inestimable blessing of a sound scriptural
education. In 1830 the number of clothed children was
105 boys and 70 girls ; in 1850, 110 boys and 80 girls ;
and at the present time, 110 boys and 90 girls, being
a total of two hundred children clothed by this charity.
From a statement circulated in the room we quote
the following extract :
" By a reference to the statement of accounts it will be
seen that the expenditure. exceeds the receipts by nearly
301. The committee, therefore, solicit the liberal aid of all
who are dessirous of perpetuating the great benefits which
this ancient and valuable institution confers on the chil-
dren of the humble classes in the extensive parish of
Clerken well." .

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity and Per-
petuity to these Schools," made a forcible appeal to the
company on their behalf.
The children were then addressed, in appropriate
terms, by the Rev. J. Ford. The health of the chair-
man, the clergy of the parish (the absence of all of whom
save the Rev. Mr. Ford, one of the curates, was severely
animadverted upon by one or two of the speakers) the
patron, the churchwardens, &c., &c., followed, and a
respectable collection was commenced. Messrs. George
F. Smith, Kenny, and Ransford enlivened the evening*
with several appropriate songs.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Mining Journal of this day.)

The mining market has been rather quiet this week,
and although many quotations of prices are named, we
hear comparatively of few actual transactions. Alfred
Consols have been done at 221. 10s. to 221. 15s. ;
West Alfred Consols, 251. to 261. ; West Basset,
291. to 31./. ; North Basset, 151. to 171. ; South
Frances, 2501. to 2601. ; Condurrow, 1201. to
1301. ; South Tamar, 10/. ; Great Baddei;n, 21. ;
Bell and Lanarth, 21. ; Sortridge Consols, 1/. 17s. 6d.
to 2/. 2s. 6d. ; Bedford, 8/. 15s. to 91. ss. ; South Cara-
don, 2801. to 2901. ; Gonemena, 101 10s. ; North Ro-
bert, 91. 10s. to 101. 10s. ; Cwm Darren, ss. ; Devon
Great Consols, 4001.
During the week, shares have changed hands in the
following mines :-Alfred Consols, Altgoed Consols,
Bedford United, Condurrow, Devon Great Consuis,
Great Polgooth, Hingstoo Down, North Wheal Basset,
South Tamar, South Wheal Frances, Treweatha, Wtst
Providence, Wheal Lovel, General Minin; Company
for Ireland, Lackamore, Mining Company of Ireland,
Wicklow.

In Foreign Mines, the market has somewhat im-
proved. National Brazilian have maintained the ad-
vance—shares changing hands at 2/. Cobre shares also
rose 21., in consequence of the very satisfactory report
at the meeting the closing price was 46 to 48. Copiapo
111 to 121 ; St. John del Rey, 27 ' • Imperial Brazilian,
31 to 4 ; Fortuna, to prem. ; Linares, 101 ' • Pont-
gibaud, 17i to 164 ; Royal Santiago, 4 to 5 ; United
Mexican, 31 to 4.
The Gold Mining Share Market remains quite neg-
lected, and is characterised by complete inaction. There
seems at present no prospects of a favourable change,
although we receive accounts that American companies
are obtaining favourable returns from quartz mining.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, with the Royal Family, not-
withstanding what has been said to the contrary, will
visit Balmoral about the 15th of September next, and
remain there about three weeks, when the Court will
return to Windsor for the winter. Her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, since her arrival at Frogmore
on Thursday week, has taken her usual drives in the
vicinity of Windsor. On Wednesday her Royal High-
ness was visited by her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge and Princess Mary, to whom she gave a
grand entertainment. The band of the Royal Horse
Guards were in attendance. The royal dttchess will
take her departure from Frogmore on Thursday next,
for her new residence at the Isie of Wight, where she
intends to remain about two months.

The prorogation of Parliament will, we have reason to
believe, take place in the third week in August—most
probably on the 15th of that month, the annual Mini-
sterial whitebait dinner which precedes the termination
of the session being given on Saturday, the 12th proximo,
at Greenwich.

THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DINNER.—The minis-
terial whitebait dinner is announced to take place on the
12th of 'August. As this is the ceremony preparatory
to the cl,ise of the session, we may in a very few days
afterwards expect to find Parliament prorogued.
PARIS BOURSE.—The final accounts from the Paris
Bourse last evening, show no material variation,
although the tendency was rather towards a decline. At
Vienna the state of the money-market is comparatively
steady, but less so than by the previous report.
ST. PETERSBUROH.—From St. Petersburg the letters
are to the 21st inst., but they contain nothing new.
The Odessa accounts are to the 17th, at which date busi-
ness had nearly ceased. Some parcels of wool, however
had been purchased to be sent by land to Germany, a.1!1
from the Sea of Azoff shipments of produce were still
taking place.
AUSTRALIAN REMITTANCES.—Among the remittances
from Australia considerable parcels of sovereigns
nue to be included. According to the advisesm Syd-
yesterday, the Washington Irving baxilthBh6i _g nrse received
500/. These
ney with 3,700/., and the Rodney
vessels respectively had also 13,734 wand 7,950 ounces of
gold on board, which, with 3 200/. (sovereigns) and
71,359 ounces of gold by the Indian Queen and Rose-
bery, from Melbourne, makes an additional total on its
wa
v of more than 385,000/.
i:NGLISHAND AUSTRALIAN COPPER COMPANY.—The
following memorandum is from this company :—" The
English and Australian Copper Company have received
adVices from their managers to the Ist of June last,
Smelting Works.—The quantity of copper made during
the months of April and May was 221 tons, and there
remained upwards of 5,000 tons of ore on hand. The
Burra Burra Mine had been paid all the copper due to
it in respect of ore delivered to the end of July. 64 of the
mules lately arrived at Adelaide had made their first trip
from the port to the Burra Mine, and the muleteers had
performed their duty in a very satisfactory manner. The
Malacca had been despatched for inother cargo of mules.
Cartage was scarcely procurable, and labour was as
scarce as ever. The managers say, under this head, 'We
require, first, cartage power; secondly, furnacemen ;
thirdly, labourers and mechanics. We are unceasing in
our efforts to ship off large stocks of ore we hold, and
our only chance of obtaining cartage power was by the
importation of mules."'

ABATEMENT OF INCOME TAX ON INSURANCE OF
LIVES.—On Monday an act received the royal assent to
continue the act of the last session of Parliament for
extending, for a limited time, the provision for the abate-
ment of the income tax in respect of insurance on lives.
The act is continued until the sth of July next year,
and is applicable with respect to the rate of is. 2d. in
the pound.

CLOSING THE ROOMS AT LLOYD'S.—Notice has been
given to the members of Lloyd's of a ballot to be taken
on Wednesday next upon the question of closing the
rooms on Saturday at two o'clock. Considerable differ-
ence of opinion is said to exist among the underwriters
on the subject, many being of opinion that the whole of
the business can be transacted by that hour, while
others allege that, as several of the letters are not deli-
vered until two o'clock, and even later, it will be im-
possible to effect insurances in those cases until Monday
morning, a delay of 44 hours, and that, as merchants
' are not likely to incur the risk of such a delay, some
diversion of the insurance business from London must
take place. It is understood that the several marine in-
surance companies act with Lloyd's in this matter, and
will also close their establishments on Saturdays at two,
if that hour be adopted by Lloyd's.
SECOND COURT• MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT PERRY.--
WINDSOR, Friday.—A seccnd court-martial has been
ordered by the Commander in-Chief to be held on Lieu-
tenant Perry, and at 11 o'clock this morning the court
assembled at the Sheet-street Barracks to take the neces-
sary preliminary measures. After the court had deli-
berated about three-quarters of an hour with closed doors,
Adjutant M'Alister announced that it was opened, when
the warrant of the Commander-in-Chief was read for
summoning the court to try Lieutenant Perry undei. the
Mutiny Act. The names of the members composing the
court were then read over by the Deputy Judge-Advo-
cate, when it appeared that Lieut.-Colonel Edw. Perry
was appointed president, and Major James W. Dalgetty,
unattached, Deputy Judge-Advocate. Mr. Darvill,
town clerk of Windsor, as solicitor to Lieutenant Perry,
applied to be furnished with the particulars cf the charges
intended to be brought against his client, but that gentle-
man was told lie would be furnished with them at a
future period, and in sufficient time to prepare the de-
fence of Lieutenant Perry, but that at the present stage
of the proceedings no information whatever could be
rendered. Thus up to this time Lieutenant Perry is
totally in the dark as to the charges that may be brought
against him. The court was adjourned to 11 o'clock
this day (Saturday.)

LATEST FOREIGN NE‘VS.

THE WAR.

THE DANUBE.

RUSTCHUR, July 19.—0 n the 12th Omer Pasha
reached Rustchuk.
_

Thirty English sailors, under Lieutenant Glynn
and Prince Leiningen, Have taken direction of the
Turkish flotilla at Giurgevo.
Thirty English pioneers, under Captain Page, of
the Royal Engineers, are assisting in completing
the fortifications of Giurgevo.
A letter from Orsova, in the Press of Vienna,
says :—" On the 21st the Turkish troops left their
positions near Giurgevo, and it is saidthat this for-
ward movement has taken place for the purpose of
taking possession of Bucharest. Up to that time the
Anglo-French troops had not arrived at Rustchuk,
but some English sappers and miners were expected
every hour, in order to throw a bridge of boats
over the Danube near that place. Prince Gortscha-
koff, in anticipation of the approaching arrival of the
Anglo-Grench troops on the Wallachian territory,
is advancing towards the Danube at the head of
two corps d'armee and 160 guns.
A letter from Bucharest, of the 16th, says :
" The son of Prince Menschikoff arrived here the
day before yesterday from St. Petersburg, with, it
is said important orders for Prince Gortschakoff.
Immediately after his arrival he proceeded to the
Russian head-quarters. It is positively said that the
Russians will shortly resume the offensive and will
attack the Turks in their positions at Pampajni.
The hospitals will be again removed to Bucharest.
The reoccupation of Slatina by a considerable body
of troops leads it to be presumed that the Russians
are preparing to strike a decisive blow in Lesser
Wallachia."

REPORTED RUSSIAN VICTORY IN ASIA.

There was a rumour in Vienna yesterday of a
great victory obtained by General Audronikoff
over Kurschid Pacha (General Guyon), near Arda-
gan, but details were wanting.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE TURKS FROM
THE PRINCIPALITIES.
Telegraphic despatches from Vienna announce in
a positive manner that the Turkish troops are on
the point of withdrawing from the left bank of the
Danube, obedient to au order issued on the demand
of the Austrian Government.

NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND
PRUSSIA.

The Lithograph Correspondence of Vienna, of the
24th, says :—" We have said that the negotiations
between Austria and Prussia, caused by the recent
Russian reply, have been brought to a close. We
are now assured that in the course of them no dis-
sension occurred between the powers, both stand-
ing by the convention of the 20th April. As soon
as the Western powers shall have made known
their opinion on the Russian reply, which has
been communicated to them, Austria and Prussia
will immediately proceed in concert with those
powers, and ou the basis of the Austro-Prussian
treaty to the ulterior measures necessitated by
the re-establishment of the equilibrium of the
powers, the integrity of Turkey, and universal
peace. With respect to the Russian proposi-
tions, what is certain is, that they have completely
tliriappointed those who hoped that they would lead
to dissensions between Austria and Prussia. Both
Powers admit that Russia manifests intentions in
favour of peace, but they are convinced that the
occupation of the principalities by Russia menaces
the integrity of the Porte."
The Press of Vienna gives an entirely different
account of the result of the negotiations. It
says M. de Manteuffel has set out for Berlin. He
does not appear satisfied with the result of his mis-
sion. It is known that the principal object of it
was to induce Austria to support the last overtures
of Russia to the Western Powers. It has been
erroneously stated that the reply of Russia had
been communicated to the Cabinets of Paris and
London in the form of a collective note. The com-
munication was made simply in the form of an
Austrian note."

The Berlin papers, of the 26th, state that Lieut.-
Colonel Manteuffel had, on the 25th, an interview
with the King of Prussia in presence of Count de
Waldersee, the Minister of War, Generals Pemker
and Scheeler, and the Austrian General Mayshofer.
He also dined with the King, and afterwards was
engaged in deliberation for several hours with His
Majesty, the President of the Council, and the
Minister of War.
Count Bille-Brahe, the Danish Minister at Vi-
enna, left that capital, on the 24th, for Copenhagen.
It was supposed at Vienna that he was gone to
prepare negotiations for the accession of Denmark
to the Austro-Prussian treaty.
Any lingering hopes, says the Paris. correspon-
dent of the Morning Chronicle iu his letter dated
yesterday, which may have been entertained that
Prussia would in the end give in to the general
opinion, not only of Europe, but of her own sub-
jects, are daily vanishing, and it is now pretty cer-
tain that a treaty will be entered into between
Austria and the other Powers, to which Prussia
will be no party. It is stated in high quarters
here that the terms of the treaty are so far settled
already, that in the course of a week or two it will
be signed and promulgated. In the meantime, the
Austrian troops continue to be concentrated on the
frontier, but there is no truth in the report that
they have entered the principalities.
The Pays says that the occupation of the princi-
palities by Austria is so completely decided on, that
the order has already been given for thei occupationkoff
being effected on the 25th. Princies
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THE BATTLE OF GIURGEVO.
The following account, nist,
fdraotmedtßhousotocrhruoksp,
correspondent
of
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the
battle near Giurgevo,
Times :
" I left Shumla for Rustchuk on the sth and arrived
on the evening of the 6th ;_ the distance is 65 miles.
2,000 infantry are encamped at Raegrad, the half-way
station, and 3,000 cavalry in a village near, where forage
is more easily procurable. For the last 40 miles the
road follows the windings of a stream, which readers it
a more eligible route for the march of an army than any
of those to the eastward, where water is very scarce.
The crops towards the Danube are more advanced than
those about Shumla, and reaping has commenced. The
peasants brought sheaves of corn and laid them in the
middle of the road before we came up, as specimens of
the first fruits. They expect, of course, a small bak-
sheesh in honour of the occasion. I found at Rustchuk
that the Russians still remained on the left bank of the
Danube. Their force was estimated at 6,000 infantry
and two battalions of cavalry, quartered in the vil-
lages of Giurgevo and Slobodshi, a portion of them
living in tents. They had batteries for eight or ten
guns, which bore on the town, and Minie riflemen
constantly lined the bank, to fire when a cluster of
soldiers or other opportunity occurred for a long shot.
The town of Rustchuk extends for a mile along the bank
of the Danube, at an elevation of 90 feet ; the banks are
so steep as to render any fortifications unnecessary be-
yond bastions with earthen parapets to cover the guns,
of which there are a tolerable number. On the land side
it is surrounded by a rampart and ditch, with masonry
revetments. The ground here rises to a small eminence,
crowned with redoubts. A small bay near the centre
of the river front forms the harbour, where a steamer
and plenty of boats were lying. The opposite side of
the river is flat for half a mile inland, when it gets
slightly but abruptly elevated towards the village of
Slobodshi. The town of Giurgevo is a mile and a-half
below Rustchuk, on the left bank, and still further down
is the island of Mokan, which the Turks gained posses-
sion of on the sth, killing 20 of the Russians. Opposite
to the harbour and boats was the principal Russian bat-
tery • 100 yards in the rear of it a creek runs nearly
parallel to the river. It is generally fordable, and loses
itself at both extremities without joining the Danube.
After the siege of Silistria was raised, and the Russians
commenced retiring, Omer Pasha proposed crossing the
Danube at Rustchuk and Silistria, and sent 25,000 men
to each of these towns. He expected to be at Rust-
chuk, where the first attempt would be made, about
the 9th, and ordered everything to be prepared, but no
further steps to be taken till he arrived. During the
night of the 6th, however, the Russians withdrew all
their guns, and so few men were to be seen on the left
bank that Hussein Pacha, the commander of the forces
in Rustchuk, determined at once to effect a lodgment
At half-past 9 a.m, four companies of infantry, under
the command of Bekir Pasha, accompanied by Bthram
Pasha (General cannon), and Captain Bent, Royal En-
gineers, landed a little below the Russian battery,
without opposition beyond a musketry fire. General
Cannon a lvanced with some skirmishers along with Cap-
tain Bent, who was the first Englishman to land ; and
they drove the enemy across the creek with, considerable
loss ; but the Russians, who in reality were 800 strong,
here made a stand, and the Turks had to rait-.) on the
river ban k They established their left in the battery; their
right was in less danger, for the creek gets deeper in that
direction. The Russians cameforward very bravely, but the
Turks defended the battery with determination, and,
alter a few minutes' firing at very close quarters, the
former retired among the reeds and brushwood, whence
they continued their musketry fire with considerable
effect. General Cannon now returned to consult Hus-
sein Pasha, who overlooked the whole field of action
from the Rustchuk bastions, and be sent two battalions
over, and ordered the gun-boats to keep up a vigorous
fire. A quarter of an hour after the party under Bekir
Pasha started, another body of 500 men, commanded
by Colonel Balfour Ogilvie, aide-cle-camp to General
Cannon, accompanied by Colonel C. Hinde, aide-de-
camp, Captain Arnold, 3d Madras Native Infantry, and
Lieutenant Meynell, her Majesty's 75th Regiment, pro-
ceeded in the steamer for a mile and a half up the river,
and landed on the left bank. Seeing during the pas-
sage that Bekir Pasha was likely to be hard pressed,
Colonel Ogilvie determined to effect a junction with
him. He threw out 50 skirmishers in front, under Capt.

Arnold, Colonel Hinde commanding the advanced and
Lieutenant Meynell the rear guard. The enemy opened
a severe fire of grape from two guns they brought up
and their infantry annoyed his left fl ,nk by an incessant
musketry fire. After descending the river• fur a mile,
the Turks took a Russian battery close to the bank, and
Colonel Ogilvie, finding that Captain Arnold had got so
•iiuch over to the left front that he could not see him, as
the ground was covered with high reeds, ordered them
to wait till Captain Arnold should fall back, for he had
riven him directions to rejoin the main body at this
point. After half-an-hour, however, Colonel Ogilvie,
who could not see anything that was going on down the
river, and being anxious to join Bekir Pasha. pushed
An down the river, leaving Lieutenant Meynell with
50 men to keep the position till Captain Arnold-returned.
By this time the steamer had made another trip, and
iOO more men came down the bank and joined Lieute-
nant Meynell. After a march of a mile and a half, over
ground occupied by the enemy, and commanded by their
runs, at grape and canister range, the gallant party
,ender Col. Ogilvie effected a junction with Bekir Pashas,'
end this timely reinforcement raised the spirits 01.
the Turks. Captain Arnold's detention was afterwards
explained by the accounts of those who were in the Rust-
chuk bastions, and could see the whole engagement'
Re had actually advanced with his fifty men on a
Rus4an battery more than three hundred yards in'
land, in which there were two guns, driven them out of
it (the enemy retiring their pieces), and held possession
till overwhelming numbers forced him back on Lieut:
Nleynell. Here they retained their ground for about
two hours, without any reinforcement being sent from
the town, until three fresh Russian battalions came down
the heights. one of which joined in the attack. At this
point the Turks, now far outnumbered, were driven out
cf the battery to the river bank. Captain Arnold and
Lieutenant Meyuell were both killed ; their bodies were
found in the battery, which renders it evident that the
gallant fellows had fought where they stood till the last.
The remainder commenced retiring down the river,
under shelter of the bank, which is here about 7 feet
high, but the enemy, keeping above them, continued
loading and firing, while our men, from their positi
whole
could offer no resistance. It seemed as if the
party must have been destroyed, when 300 men, under
Lieut. Burke, Royal Engineers, who had been landed
from the steamer, commenced marching down the river'
and the enemy drew up to attack them. Here a re"
petition of what I have just described took place;
the Turks found a tempting, but fallacious shelter,
behind the bank, and the Russians, from above,
stabbed them with the bayonet, or discharged their
muskets, the muzzles almost touching the heads of our
men. Most fortunately, the bank soon ended, and the
ground became level with the river's edge. The Turks
could now form line, and face their opponents on equal
terms. They slowly retired for 100 yards, and then'
though much outnumbered, showed such a resolute front
that the Russians durst not charge.

The attention of the Generals on both sides was noW
directed to this action, for while Hussein Pasha
.de-
epatched the steamer to bring off our men, 500 Russia",
cavalry and two guns descended from the village ,_°`
Slobodshi, and gailopped in the same direction. 111
Russians bad the start, and the result was watched
with intense anxiety, when, to the surprise of the
Turkish General, the Russian cavalry halted a quay
of of a mile in the rear. It was now expected that On
steamer, which had two guns on board, would bring (),n
our men wut difficulty, but she became enveloped
smoke an lute
am ; one of the enemy's shot had reteirel
her totally useless, and she drifted back across the river.
Ile position of the Turks was now to all appeal-a:II t
hopeless ; one charge, and they would all be drivhe
int , the river by superior numbers, when
enem's infantry slowly retired behind the cavalry!
and the whole of them proceeded to Slobodshi. T owa rda
.
sundown the party were brought back without melegta,.
lion. They lost about 70 men, among whom was
Berke, who commanded the expedition. All this
time
i .
the firing was kept up at the bati ery where the us.
landing was made; a quarter of a mile below it the R d
outmade had brought up two battalions and two guns, nt
made desperate but unsuccessful efforts. to reach ou
ho its and take the battery we were defending in the rear
By 5 p.m., the Turks had retrenched themselves, whini
would have been effected long before had proper arrangun
merits been made, and a sufficient supply of tools bee
„,
sent over. I had returned to the right bank at about
p.m., an 1, as Hussein Pacha, accompanied by G?nerat
Cannon and his staff, was going over to the other side,...
shout 8 p.m., I took the opportunity of recrossing. r
Turks were busy completing and extending their.
.et
trenchments, all firing had ceased, and we passed the nigns..
there without any further attack.' In the morning thellu
sian infantry had disappeared ; their cavalry, drawn
,tlePr
on the rising ground, drew off slowly an
daybreak, and the Turks commenced the melancholy
task of burying the dead of both sides which were strewn
over the battle-field. I have had no opportunity
.11
mentioning that about 12 o'clock on the 7th Eftlese'
Pasha ordered another crossing to be made. from the.
island down the river, which was effected with
_haridelil.
any' opposition, and a strong retrenchment formed'
hour alt.
So many exaggerated reports are in circulation regard'_
ing the killed and wounded on both sides, that I pith
giving my own estimate, which tallies very much .5 am
that of other Englishmen I have consulted, and „!!!`,
sure is nearly correct. I reckon that there were 21/0.
Turks killed of those who landed highest up the rive!"
that in the battery opposite the town there were 5.
killed ; and on the extreme right 70. The wounded,
a
m informed, amount to about 600 ; total, 900. Of the
Russians, about 30 were killed up the river, 70 near the
battery opposite the town, 50 on the extreme right, and 4n
in the battery taken by poor Arnold and by shell from t,u.,"
Rustcbuk bastions ; total killed 190 ; taking the weunde'
in the proportion of 4 to 1 this gives 760—total 950. Oil
lifference of the proportion between the killed an
wounded on the two sides is thus explained : The Turks
who were killed when under the river bank were nearly
all shot dead ; the wounded had no means of retiring,
and the Russians returned to massacre those who WI
still living. It is but justice to add, that this sharnefe
linhumanity might be partly owing to the exasperati
occasioned by the Turks having not yet entirely discarded
the disgraceful practice of decapitating the dead. In thio
hard-fought action, which lasted for nine hours, 18
soldiers on both sides displayed great courage. The
Turks, who made good their lodgement and slept
the field, may with justice claim the victory ; but it
an action for which no necessity existed. The Russians
were evidently retiring from their position, and it ''an-
not be considered good generalship to force the Pas-,
sage of a river 700 yards wide and gain two acres 0'
ground at the expense of nearly 1,000 men when°
many square miles might have been occupied the' foliose
ing day without firing a shot. Had the Russians been
retiring in disorder, it might have been worth win'.
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tmheediriarteetrineatetn;tibeunt,
to
.hazard something for the purpose of harassing
theem and on
thhaed
mu:re/iron;
of the second day after the action 'not thousand inehr:
men had crossed than were there on thea evening eft"-
(4p, it was fought. The
passage was, moreover, effentel
without any preconcerted arrangement, and boat luai,
after boat load crossed without engineer 'officers to rag;
out an entrenchment, or tools to form a parapet.,
b•est excuse that can be made is, that from false
tion Hussein Pasha imagined the Russians had ici,°--to
pletely abandoned their position; that he had °B.Julcl
send over a few troops, and that the few men wlhas
see scattete 1 over the left bank would retire. the
Omer Pasha will say of it I do not know, but I have
best best authority for stating that he had issued positive 1,
au°
structions that no attempt of the sort should
.belo
until he himself had arrived, We are all expecting:li be
with anxiety, as until he comes nothing further wl•The
done. What will then take place no one knows' t I
Russians are encamped about eight miles distant, bnrg,,,
do not think they will await the approach of a.riaoo,/
force, and it is not impossible that in a short time
I address you further from Bucharest."

THE BALTIC.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin, last -'OO
says the combined fleets were in Ledsuncl on -
25th. nt 1050
Admiral Corry left Copenhagen in the Da—
on the 27th.
stranded
It is reported that a French liner was s'
in Kiel harbour on_the 28th. TT that
i 5
It would appear by the (Irma Journal (‘-ra that
a Swedish port in the Gulf of Bothoi3)',,t of
Captain Hall, of the Hecla, and Captain Soo' ,Zieif
the Odin, intend paying shortly a vigt to .'.10,1
Charlestown (New Carleby), a town in of
not far distant from Gamla Carleby, the 508-eoa
the severe losses experienced by the Vulture and
the above named Odin. war steamers. In fecto,'the
journal states that Capt. Hall, who is 11°' if of
commander of the steamers cruising' in the G 7, ea
Finland,h declared that lie expected be reillteula
thenvt saeneuwmhbaetr owfassmatellehrebodaetns,eainndstV
frigate,euch
Ti Ie same
72j mglrunnasl a(dndasmteh that
otth e - sitedra!
G umbodahohnen, and stated gthivaetu)6l)aetreollal °Pere-
ti
tions would commence towards the end of the noon
sent month, and that 140 gunboats .vfould e"
arrive from England. A n bag
The Royal College of Health of Sweue- jai
officially declared that Liverpool is infected !Test
cholera, and that all the English ports on the,:iag
from the Scottish frontiers are suspected a %ale
infected with the epidemic ; consequentlY,
underconl i coming g from t
quarantine
lse
less Btr
iorepgourtlastwioinlls,bme polraeceodr,

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BARO SOUND, July B.—By a private letter '4A
St. Petersburg, we hear the Emperor has
ukase which coinpels all the English residents dLito
those now living in the city to live anYwror-roir
the great road to Moscow. Before we Cron'
stadt on the 2d, every effort was made to cllf
sc.-dlto
some of the infernal machines which are 9,3:1,e0t
have been laid down, but after the most dirbst.
searcht to within 3,000 yards of the Risballs.„ol
ery, none were found. It is known that nearse"-
hundred Moscow
were made at a Government fa tort 0,
cow at the beoinninof +I • Ades
silt of copper ,0, g this year.
and are made explodelediitifilger7ry itill'e°3fhPiP99:bi;et;
tgoioueis
tom striking them, or by means of galvaei° -
connected with the shore. One of theul
ut
ke a hole in the St. Jean d'Acre's bottonl 3'ooB
25 feet in diameter. The sufferings of tht.?,Pet;Olo
along the coast must be very great, esPecia"Y —o3l°
tue want of salt. A few days ago a b°ll't coo of
alongside one of the feet, braving the 0102

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