The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1853.

THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRAIV CE
AND ENGLAND.

The French steamer which left Constantinople
on the 15th of October reported the return from
Constantinople to Besika on. the 7th of the Gomer
French steam-frigate, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Barbi er de Ti nan , second in command,
followed on the Bth by the Mogador steam-frigate.
Of the British fleet the only vessels remaining at
Constantinople were the Retribution steam-frigate
and the-NyFasp steam corvette, whilst the Spitfire
steam-surveying vessel was employed sounding off
the Prince's Island, in the sea of Marinora ; the
French line-of-battle ship Friedland had moved no
further down than Gallipoli. At five o'clock on.
the 26th the Caradoc steam-vessel, despatched on
the 23d from Constantinople, arrived at Malta with
a communication of importance from Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe for Lord Clarendon, said to relate
to a note to hand from Vienna on the 22d, with
which, after hurriedly coaling, the Caradoc pro-
ceeded at 9.30 of the 26th to Marseilles, where she
arrived on the 28th of October.
On the 21st the Sampson arrived at Besika, Bay
from Constantinople, bearer of firmans from the
Sultan for 'the combined fleets to pass up the Dar-
danelles, and accordingly, at three a.m. on the 22d,
the Sampson towing the Albion, the Retribution
the Vengeance, the Gomer the Henri Quatre, and
the Mogador towing the Jupiter, started from Be-
sika Bay for the Bosphorus ; at five a.m. the Na-
poleon took the Vile de Paris in tow, and "walked".
away with her in such a way as. to excite general
admiration. By eight the French were well away,
and the Britannia in tow of the Furious was just
leaving her anchorage, followed by the Rodney in
tow of the Firebrand, the Tiger with the Trafalgar,
the Bellerophon, with the Inflexible, and the Are-
thusa and Sans Pareil in tow of the Niger, which
was some time getting her screw to work. The
wind, which had been increasing from daybreak,
blew at the same time very fresh from the north-
ward, which, being right ahead, no ship got to her
destination save the Ville de Paris, which reached
the inner Castles at about nine a.m.' so well did
the Napoleon do her work. Of the first detach-
ment, the Vengeance and Jupiter reached the an-
chorage destined for the British fleet, whilst the
Albion and the Henri Quatre were obliged to come
to an anchor below it. The other French ships,
with the exception of the Valmy, brought up in
the Dardanelles further down ; and as the Charle-
magne made no progress with the Valmy, and the
towing-cables having parted, she proceeded with-
out her, leaving the Valmy outside the Strait, not
more than four or five miles from her former an-
chorage. The Britannia could not contrive to get

further ahead than just below the outer castle-of
Europe, and the several other ships anchored near
the Valmy. Had the Firebrand made better pro-
gress with the, Rodney, some of the ships following
might have done better, but these having to keep
station with a slow coach ahead, they had no op-
portunity of showing their power.
With the exception of the Albion, Vengeance,
Sampson, and Retribution, English, and Henri
Quatre, Jupiter, Gomer, and Mogador, French,
proceeding right up the Bosphorus, the intention
was for the French to anchor off Nagara, and the
British below Chenab Kalessi, where Sir William
Parker anchored on the occasion of the last visit of
the English fleet to the Dardanelles. When the
Caraioc passed down the Dardanelles on the 23d,
the ships had topmasts struck and upper yards
down, as the weather was very tempestuous. Thus
the passage up the Dardanelles of the combined
fleets, so long talked of, has been at length rea-
lised, and every future move will be watched most
anxiously. Why the whole combined force or at
least a larger one than four line-of-battle ships and
as many steam-frigates, should not have at once
proceeded to the Bosphorus, cannot be understood
by the Turks, whose patience has been sadly tried
during the ast four months, and cannot be ex-
pected to last much longer. . It will be the height
of injustice to accuse them of fanaticisni should
any untoward recontre with the enemy occur, and
which is very probable. The line of Ottoman
merchant steamers running between Constanti-
nople and Batoum, calling at the intermediate ports
of Sinope, Imboli, Samsoon, and Trebizond, have
been all armed to enable them to make re-
sistance, and, if necessary, to act offensively as
well as defensively, and six Ottoman frigates
are cruising off Varna. Should the Russians
move from Sebastopol a naval force, not alto-
gether superior to them, there is enthusiasm
enough amongst the Turks to urge these latter
to try their fortune by sea as well as by land. A
body of volunteers from the easternmost parts of
the empire have reached the camp at Schumla,
armed with bows and arrows, in the unerring use
of which they are notoriously expert.
Before the departure from Besika Bay of the
combined fleets, that of France had been reinforced
by the Serieuse.frigate and the Mercure brig-of war,
and that of England had received by the Maltese
brig San Paulo, and the English brig Zephyr, a
timely supply of victualling stores from the Malta
dockyard, whose arrangements under this head
have been very excellent. The Leander frigate,
which arrived at Malta from Plymouth on the 24th
of October, took in a further supply, with which
she left for the Dardanelles on the 28th, to be fol-
lowed very shortly by the Queen and London ships
of-the-line, Leoward, Valorous, and Vulture steam
corvettes, and Agamemnon screw line-of-battle-
ship, all of which were soon looked for at Malta to
reinforce the fleet. The Fury steam corvette
reached Malta at half-past 4 p.m.. on the 31st of
October from Marseilles with overland despatches
from London, with which, after coaling, shb left at
half-past 7 on the same night for the Dardanelles
and Constantinople. The Ardent, with despatches
from the same quarter, received at Malta by the
Vectis, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet, on the night of the 29th, and by the Indus,
belonging to the same company, on the afternoon
of the 30th, left on the morning of the last men-
tioned day, likewise for the Dardanelles and Con-
stantinople.
The Levant steamer, leaving Constantinople on
the 25th of October (two days later than the Cara-
doe) was then , hourly looked for at Malta, and
would proceed on her voyage to Marseilles on the
2d of November.—Chronicle.

to-day retain is simply in so far as it may serve to mark
the continued existence of a system which we would
all of us gladly see abolished at once, and for ever.
The Lord Mayor of London, is not the first citizen of
London. In point of fact, we know that any emi-
nent merchant who may at the present moment be
carrying on his business in the city would consider
his nomination to the office a mere insult. The

constituency by which the Lord Mayor is ap-
pointed does Lot consist of the leading citizens of
London, but of knots of petty tradesmen, well
drilled into effective electioneering platoons by
skilful managers. The system which he is called
upon to administer is one which has ceased to
command the slightest atom of respect—it is
synonymous in public opinion with corruption,
prejudice, and self-interest in the most abject form.
To render the Lord Mayor's show of yesterday at
all agreeable to the apprehension of the spectators
it would have been necessary that the three Com-
missioners now sitting in inquiry upon the abomi-
nations of the Corporation should have formed part
of the display. They should have passed in their

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three plain carriages next in order to the rolling
gewgag which contained the city's ruler for the
current Sear, so that the bane and antidote might
have been present at the same moment to the
public eye.
But, if we turn from the inner meaning of
this vulgar show to its mere outward presenta-
tion, we find the upholsterer in charge signally
in fault. If it means anything, it means not
what exists to-day, but what existed three, or
twice three, centuries ago. If we are to have
fooling at all, let us have what in Shakspearian
phrase would be called "glorious fooling,"—good
old antiquarian fooling. The Lord Mayor's show
is not one of those pomps- which can be made to
accommodate itself to the times in which we live.
When Lord Aberdeen accepted the seals of office,
which were symbolical of the fact that the interests
of the British empire had been intrusted to his
keeping, no one thought of his being paraded
through London in fine clothes and a gilt coach.
When the Lord Mayor is hitched into the chair of
a police magistrate for a period of twelve months,
during which time he must rely upon his very in-
telligent and gentlemanlike clerk for the law which
it is the chief object of his office to dispense, one
would think that the Thames had been set on fire.
What a train of gaudy carriages and smug sheriffs 1
What vulgar pomp and ceremony ! What a solemn
sacrifice on the altars of beadleaom ! It does not
contribute -to the edification or amusement of a
single person. Crowds collect to see it pass by—
but crowds collect in London upon the smallest
inducement, without any particular result in the
way of enjoyment. A wrecked cab—a row be-
tween two applewomen —an advertising van,
would produce the same result. The only le-
gitimate inference of which we are aware from
the gathering of the rabble upon Lord Mayor's
day is, that it would be prudent to avoid giving
cause for any such assemblage in days to come.
And then the feast ! The Lord Mayor's dinner is as
great a delusion as the Lord Mayor's show. It
would be difficult to pass on it a severer criticism.
What a waste of money for what a result ! Many
thousand poimds sterling, for which it would be
difficult to find a worse use, are sacrificed, in order
that some hundreds of people, who might have dined
comfortably at home, may dine badly or not at all.
The old display, which art least amused our anti-
quaries, is at an end, and in its place we have
painted women and allegorical gold-diggers. Alder-
raan. Sydney, or Lord Mayor Sydney, was very
heartily greeted by the populace yesterday, not for
any peculiar veneration of the man or of the office
might
have filled, but simply, as a theatrical manager
tght
have been who had indulged the mob with a circus
display. The shivering woman, drawn by six
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The emblematic figure of California, too, was well
imagined as an appeal to popular sympathies ; but
for our parts we think Batty does these things bet-
ter in the circus. We trust that by the help of her
Majesty's Commissioners this may be the last public
exhibition on Lord Mayor's day. It is an undeni-
able nuisance to the city, and redounds but little to
the honour and glory of its chief officer or its inha-
bitants..—Times.

NAPA-I. IN TELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.

The fleet at Spithead has received orders to be ready
for sea by the 11th, but no sailing orders have been

issued.

The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Key, was paid
wages at Spithead yesterday.
The Rhadamanthus steam transport, Master Com-
mander Belam, steamed into the factory basin yester-
day to land the machinery of the Caesar, 90.
We are happy to say there are no more new cases of
cholera on board the Bremen ship Ann. M. Vanden-
berg, the Consul for the Hanseatic Towns at this port,
has taken every precaution to prevent the spread of the
malady. Large quantities of chloride of lime have bert
injected into the ship. .
The Topaze, Belgian Royal steam vessel, which brought
the Belgian Royal family to this port on Sunday night,
left for Ostend at 5 o'clock this morning.
The Tribune, 30, screw steam-vessel, Captain the
Hon. S. T. Carnegie, tried her speed again to-day at the
measured mile.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 9.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant William F. Gregory (1853) to the Duke
of Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
• Master William Stanton (1852) to the Dauntless, 24,
screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Acting Assistant Surgeons.—Thomas M`Catley (1853)
to the Princess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship at Ports-
mouth : Edward H. Evans (1853) to the Diamond, 28,
at Sheerness ; Andrew M‘Mann (1853) to the Frolic,
16, at Portsmouth ; Robert Burrows (1853) to the Vic-
tory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth.
Midshipman Juhn Swinburne, to the Victory.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master Sallanger,
returned to Woolwich to-day, from Leith and Burntis-
land, where she had conveyed the furniture of the late
Admiral Sir Charles Adam. •

Captain Edmund M. Lyons (1850), son of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Edmund Lyons, has been appointed to study
steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, and will
join here on his return from being present at the em-
barcation of his father as second in command of the
British fleet on the Mediterranean station. _ _

Two serjeants, two corporals, and 50 privates of the
Woolwich division, were marched to the Royal Dock-
yard station of the North Kent Railway, headed by the
band of the division, for the purpose of being conveyed
by railway to Portsm(mtli, to do duty there until they
embark for service at sea. The detachment was under
the command of Lieutenant Holland, who will return to
Woolwich to resume his duty.

THE LOSS Or THE ROSE STEAM-CRUISER. - We have
already announced the loss of the Rose. We extract
the following details from the Charlotte Town Islander,
Oct. 10 :—" The steamer. Rose, engaged by the Admi-
ralty for the protection of the fisheries around Prince
Edward's Island, under the command of Lieut. John
Jenkins, R.N., left Tracadie Harbour—where she had
been coaling—on the evening of the 28th of September,
bound to Charlotte Town, to join the senior officer on
the station. About midnight a strong breeze sprang
up from the eastward, gradually increasing in violence
as the night advanced. At 2 o'clock a.m. altered
course to ESE; gale increasing. At 4 a.m., finding
ship could not make headway against the storm,
tried to wear, but the ship being unmanageable
under steam, forestaysail and trysail were set to pay
her head off, sails immediately split, and a heavy sea
at the same time carried away all her port sponsons and
her paddle-box, with a ton of coal on deck. In con-
sequence of this it was 7 o'clock before her head was
brought to the wind, • They •.then steered before the
wind to prevent the ship being swamped and all hands lost
—the vessel at this time on a westerly course, with a
tremendous sea and heavy squalls of wind. At 10 a.m.
a sea struck her stern and stove in dead lights, flooded
the cabin and gun-room. At 1 the land was sighted,
but owing to the rain and heavy spray, could not make
it out—altered course to WNW, to run for Richmond
Bay, at same time threw two large brass guns and all
the heavy moveables on deck overboard. Finding ves-
sel would not steer, and that she broached-to, they
hoisted staysail, which split immediately, the vessel
being now quite unmanageable, in consequence of the
heavy sea, and making much water. The vessel drift-
ing bodily on the land, they tried to get her head on
for the shore, but all head sails being blown away, let
g 9 kedge anchor over stern, to bring her head to the
wind, which having been done, cut hawser and steered
for the land, the ship at this time being half full of
water. At two o'clock, while running before the wind,
the connecting-rod of engine broke, and the engine
stopped, the second sea carrying away wheel, funnel,
and steam-pipe, which were all washed overboard.
About ten minutes after the vessel struck on a reef, at
the east entrance of the harbour of Rustico, the sea
making a complete breach over her. After striking
heavily for 15 minutes she became quite stationary,
with four feet water in her hold, a total wreck. That
with great difficulty all hands effected a landing on Rus-
tico Island, having first succeeded in landing a line,
and by means of it and a dingy they were landed sepa-
rately one by one. The vessel has since been con-
demned and advertised for sale. The crew, consisting
of 4 officers and 29 men, with the materials they suc-
ceeded in saving, crossed the island in 18 carts, arrived
at Charlotte Town, and embarked on board Calypso,
18, Captain Forbes, in port, and sailed for Halifax on
Thursday morning, the 6th October."

THE NORTH_ WEST PASSAGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, —The interest evinced by the public and
yourself in the recent completion of the geogra-
phical question of the North-West Passage induces
me to think that you may be disposed to give in-
sertion to the accompanying brief sketch of the
proceedings of Lieutenant Creswell from the time
he left the Investigator, in Mercy Bay, till he
arrived in England as the bearer of Capt. M'Clure's
despatches.. This sketch is, I believe, necessary to
complete the record of these events up to the pre-
sent time.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, Rear-Admiral.
Northbrook-house, Bishop's-Waltham, Nov. 7.

" Before Captain M'Clure left the Investigator for
Melville Island, he arranged for Lieutenant Gurney
Cresswell to follow with the more sichly part of the
crew. The party consisted of Mr. Wynniett (mate, now
lieutenant, invalided home), Mr. Piers (assistant-sur-
geon), Mr. Miertsching (Esquimaux interpreter), and
24 petty officers, marines, and seamen.
" April 15th, at 5.30 a.m.—They left the ship, the
remaining part of the officers and ship's company giving
them three hearty cheers. There was one sick man on
the sledge from the time they left the ship until their
arrival at the Resolute. The wind blew strong from the
with snow-drift ; but, as all the requisite ar-
rangements had been made for their start, Lieutenant
Cresswell did not. postpone it. At 6 p.m. they sighted
the eastern land of the bay, and found by it that they
had made a good course. Shortly after leaving the ship
Corporal Farquharson and Joseph Tacey broke down,
the former having pains in the chest, the latter suffering
from a fall shortly before leaving the Investigator. They
encamped on Point Back, about 10 miles from the ship.
On the 16th they started at 6 a.m., but travelling proved
very heavy, and the men already showed signs of weak-
ness. The 17th they rounded Cape Hamilton. The ice
had been thrown up by tremendous external pres-
sure, between which and the land they had to drag
the sledges. To accomplish this they were obliged to
double-man the sledges--taking two over at a time. As
soon as they, found a chance of pushing their way
through the hummocky barrier that lined the shore, they
struck off on to the sea-ice, and encamped about two
miles from the land.

"April 22d.—They sighted Melville Island. Their
daily journeys varied ; sometimes the sun gave them a
look to cheer them on their way ; but, generally speak-
ing, the weather was gloomy ; the men suffering from
weakness and fatigue, and the difficulty of drawing the
sledges increasing from day to day. The ice was ex-
tremely rough and hummocky. One day they came
upon a large field of ice from which the wind had blown
away the snow, and the weight of the sledges appeared
comparatively nothing. They were passing rapidly
along, when one man was found to be missing. It was
a poor fellow who had showed symptoms of mental im-
becility, but until then had travelled with the rest. The
detention was grievous, but unavoidable. They sent
back to search for him, and found him in a pond of
melted snow. From that time great difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting him along. He was always throw-
ing himself on, the snow to lie down. They dared not
put him on one of the sledges, as already the weight
was great enough for their enfeebled party, with one
man totally unable to walk and their needful baggage.
" April 30th.- --At 6.30 a.m., just as they were
beginning their day's march, two men were seen
coming towards the tents from the eastward.
They proved to be Mr. Pita and a seaman,
with a sledge and dogs ; he had been sent out by
Captain Kellett to assist them in, and land some stores
in Winter harbour. He was much surprised to find this
party so far advanced in their journey. Lieutenant
Cresswell wished him to land the things,. as they did
not require any immediate assistance. At this time
Charles Anderson, being unable to walk any further,
was taken on the sledge. Notwithstanding this extra
weight, they made excellent progress, the men being in
high spirits on the strength of being so near the
Resolute.

"May 2d.—They started at 11 p.m., and arrived on
board the Resolute at 4 a.m. on the following day.
Captain Kellett and M'Clure met them on the floe.
Captain Kellett gave them the heartiest welcome. The
journey from the Investigator was made in 16 days, the
distance 170 miles.

" The day following (May 4) Captain McClure set off
on his return to his ship, and was accompanied by the
surgeon of the Resolute, with instructions to examine
into the health of the crew ; Captain Kellett, as senior
officer, having determined that, if 20 ablebodied men
volunteered to remain with Captain M'Clure, that daunt-
less officer should be at liberty to stay by his ship and
attempt to bring her through, should the season render
it possible.

"It was Captain Kellett's strenuous wish that a party
of the Investigator's men should go on to the North
Star, at Beech), Island ; but as, out of 24, only two
were not affected with scurvy, he was obliged to aban-
don the design. Captain Kellett placed the Investi-
gator's despatches in the hands of Lieutenant Cresswell,
with directions to proceed to the North Star in com-
pany with Mr. Roche (mate), with a party of 11 men,
the boatswain of the Resolute, and Lieutenant Wynniett,
of the Investigator.
"On the 13th of May they saw two musk oxen.
Lieutenant Cresswell and Mr. Roche went in pursuit.
They wished to have shot only the cow, but having
wounded her, the bull would not allow them to approach
her ; they, therefore, had to shoot him also. The sledge
being very heavily laden, they could not take more than
the hind-quarters of the cow away with them. Such is
arctic life. For 18 months before quitting the Investi-
gator nearly starved, and now leaving 800 or 900 pounds
of excellent fresh beef for the wolves and foxes !

" On the morning of the 2d of June they arrived on
board the North Star, Captain Pullen, at Beechy Island.
The journey was 300 miles, and had occupied four weeks
to accomplish it.

" On the Bth of August the Phcenix arrived, com-
manded by Captain Inglefield. At that time Captain
Pullen had been away a month- froin the North Star to
communicate with Sir Edward Belcher. By the time
he returned the season was rapidly advancing, and the
opinion of the most experienced was decided that Cap-
tain Inglefield, in the Phcenix, should no longer delay
his return home, without further waiting for Sir Edward
Beicher's arrival at Beechy Island.
"On the 23d of August the Phcenix left Beechy
Island. She touched at Disco, at Lievely taking in
coals, and at Hollesteinburgh, where they put in to
complete their astronomical observations. At both
places they met with Esquimaux, and joined with them
in the dance and song. The women were clean and
neat, and peculiarly simple and modest in their conduct.
" On the 4th of October Captain Inglefield and Lieu-
tenant Cressweil landed at Thurso, at the extreme north
of Scotland. Fifty-three hours' travelling brought them
to London. On Friday, October the 7th, they arrived
at the Admiralty with tidings that the geographical
question of the long-sought-for north-west passage had
been satisfactorily solved."

DEATH FROM CHOLERA IN HORSEMONGER-LANE PRl-
SON.—Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest touching
the death of Eliza Brooks, alias Lovelace, a prisoner,
confined there under remand, who died from malignant
Asiatic cholera. Mr. John Keene the governor of the
prison, stated that the deceased was about thirty years
of age, and an unfortunate female. She was com-
mitted by Mr. Combe, one of the magistrates at
Southwark Police-court, on the Ist instant, for at
tempting to commit suicide by casting herself into the
River Thames. That was the second time she had been
in custody for a similar offence. Elizabeth Harvey
identified the body of the deceased, whose real
name was Eliza Lovelace, but she once lived with a
man named Brooks. Witness added :—I heard of
her being confined in this gaol last Thursday, and I
came and saw her. She then complained of
being cold, and that she had no appetite, through
the effects of being in the water. I saw her again
on Monday, having received a letter from the go-
vernor, stating that she was very ill. I then found her
in the infirmary. She was then sensible, and she said
that she did not think that she should live long. Every
kindness was used towards her by the prison authorities.
Mr. William Harris, surgeon to the gaol, said the de-
ceased came under my charge on the 4th instant, suffer-
ing from diarrhoea. • I did not think her weak, nor that
there was any cause to expect cholera. It was the
second time she had been committed for attempting to
commit suicide. I ordered medicine, the attack being
at first very slight. On the sth instant she was better,
but on the next day she was brought into the infir-
mary to me, and put to bed. Jane Weston and another
female prisoner and the matron attended her. I under-
stood she had purged and vomited a great deal during the
preceding night. She had also suffered from cramps in
the legs. She made no complaint when unlocked by the
turnkey. I saw her in a state of collapse—cold, pulseless,
,and clammy. The purging was not frequent, but copious,
and of a rice colour. The vomiting was incessant, and I
reported her to be in great danger. The Coroner—What
is your opinion of the cause of death ?—Mr. Harris—
Malignant Asiatic cholera. The Coroner—Was she
medically treated for that ?—Mr. Harris—Yes ; I gave
her brandy and water at frequent, intervals. Her thirst
was intense. The Coroner—Have you anything to ex-
plain as to the origin of the attack ? - Mr. Harris—No,
I have not. Diarrhcea, was not prevalent in the gaol.
We, however, have had a few cases, but none exactly
cholera. There was a serious case of diarrhoea on the
22d of September last. Ido not attribute it to the state
of the prison, which has been recently properly drained.
I do not think the disease was caused by the locality or
diet. I think she died from natural causes. The jury
found their verdict, " That the deceased, Eliza Brooks,
alias Lovelace, died, from malignant Asiatic cholera.
Tim STRIKE OF FUSTIAN DYERS.—After a period
of 17 weeks of enforced idleness and privation on the
part of the turnouts, this strike, so far as the masters are
concerned, may be regarded as at an end. Since
Mon-
day last, the men have been offering themselves, in con-
siderable numbers, to return to their w
work upaonndthtoe
masters' terms,—viz., no advance of ages
accept 10i hours for the days work, ill Overtime,
whenever required, instead of making the overtime day
to consist of only seven hours, as heretofore.