The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1854.

! place in the commercial affairs of the country, the
telling-note shall again be sounded in Preston,
Ten per cent., and no surrender." As the AUTO-
,
CRAT had different terms in which to convey his
opinions to other nations, and to his own mise-
rable serfs, so did the would-be despots of Pres-
ton adopt tones suitable to the atmosphere in
which they were to be listened to. One
for the House of Commons, deprecating
any discussion likely " to interfere with a cordial
reconciliation of all classes ;" the other for the
camp meetings outside Preston, promising, ou the
first favourable opportunity, a revival of their war
cry, or " telling note," of "Ten per cent., and no
surrender !"

Something should be done to obviate the dis-
trust that must continue between the parties ;
and, as we long since stated, it will only admit of
a legislative remedy. The question is not merely
one of wages between masters and working people,
but is of national importance, and demanding
immediate attention on the part of Parliament,
more especially of the popular representatives.
We could not see the operatives who have behaved
so admirably in some respects crushed—we could
not ask the masters to fling away the fruits of
their dearly-bought victory without some kind of
security for future peace. The matter is one of
considerable difficulty, but the events of the last
eight months furnish the necessary data for ar-
riving at the correct solution of the important
problem. It may not be right to legis-
late while the passions of the quondam bellige-
rents are still excited, and the wounds given and
received during the continuance of hostilities are
still rankling, but there could not be a more
auspicious time for instituting the inquiries that
must be made before the matter can be finally
disposed of. We shall not now put forward any
suggestions as to the nature of the enactments
that should be made ; but this we will say, that
never was there a case more urgently demanding
strict and searching investigation by disinterested
and unprejudiced persons.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, MAY 23.

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the whole of
the Royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday evening
at six o'clock from London.

The excellent band of the Royal Marine division at
Gosport was commanded by her Majesty to be in attend.
ance at Osborne this morning (Wednesday) to serenade
at a quarter to seven on the lawn.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Ann Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray,
left town at 11 o'clock yesterday morning for Osborne,
Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal
Highness travelled from London by the South-Western
Railway.

A deputation of the vinegar trade, consisting of Mr.
Charles Pott, Mr. R. Burnett, Mr. Underwood, and
Mr. Pouncett, attended by Mr. T. Browning, had an
interview with Mr. Wilson yesterday at the Treasury.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Hume, M.P., the
Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Roebuck,
M.P., Mr. Masterman. M.P., Mr. Sadlier, M.P., Mr.
Hubbard, M.P., and Mr. Willcox, M.P., had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at
his official residence in Downing-street.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of New Zealand, Ceylan, and
Hong Kong. Despatches were sent last evening to the
Governors of the West Coast of Africa.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFB.—Yesterday, at the hour
of 11 a.m., George Frederick Darcy, Earl of Durham,
led to the hymeneal altar, at St. George's, Hanover-
square, the lovely and accomplished Lady Beatrice
Hamilton, second daughter of the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Abercorn, and niece to the Duke of Bedford
and Lord John Russell. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell, in the presence of
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and
Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Had-
dington Lord and Lady John Russell and the Hon.
Miss Lister, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale and Lady
Charles Russell, Lord and Lady Haddo, Viscount Hamil-
ton, the Rev. and Hon. Douglas and Lady Ellen Gor-
don, Lord Aberdeen, &c. The happy pair left town for
Woburn Abbey, to pass the honeymoon.
THE HOOD MEMORlAL.—Yesterday being the anni-
versary of the birth-day of Hood, the poet, it was an-
nounced that the inauguration of the Hood memorial at
Kensall-green Cemetery should take place, and in that
expectation many persons were attracted to the ground.
The ceremony, however, did not take place, the work
not having been completed, in consequence of the con-
tractors not having delivered the granite pedestal on
which the memorial is to stand. A. few weeks must,
therefore, elapse before the work is completed.—Morn
lag Advertiser.
LETTERS FOR THE MAURITIUS, &C.—General Post.
office, May, 1854.—As letters for Mauritius and Re.
union, when specially addressed to be sent by the over-
land mail, can at present be conveyed by British mail
packets no further than Ceylon, whence they must be
forwarded as opportunities offer, they are liable in this
country only to the reduced rate of postage now charged
upon the correspondence of Ceylon, viz. :—For a letter
not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; for a letter
exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce,
ls. ; for a letter exceeding one ouncs, and not exceeding
two ounces, 2s. ; and so on, according to the scale in
operation for charging inland letters. A French transit
;ate of sd. for each quarter of an ounce must, however,
be 'added to the above postage upop all letters for Mau-
ritius and Reunion which are intended to be sent by the
overland route, but are not specially addressed via
Southampton.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23.—The packet brig
Brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here last night from
Madeira, after a passage of 18 days, bringing 35 passen-
gers. The French steamer Neustrie arrived here this
morning from Havre with a full cargo of continental
merchandise for shipment by the American mail steamer
Hermann, for New York. The Hermann will leave on
Wednesday (this day), taking out 240 passengers and a
full cargo of about 500 tons of general merchandise.
BINOCULAR PHOTOGRAPHS.—Last night Mr. Alfred
&nee gave a soirée at 7, Finsbury-circus, to a numerous
circle of distinguished scientific men and eminent artists,
when many striking specimens were exhibited of the ap-
plication of his binocular system to painting and other
works of art. There were several daguerreotypes and
photographs of remarkable beauty and execution. The
landscapes by Mr. Price gave full development to Mr.
Smee's improvemeut, and, instead of the usual sharp
outlines and flat surface, were characterised by the soft
melting roundness of nature. The company seemed
highly gratified by their evening's entertainment.
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—To the series of views
taken from the banks of the Danube and the coast of the
Euxine a picture of Odessa is now added. The spectator
looks directly upon the town from the sea, so as to have
nearly opposite to him the flight of steps leading to the
statue of the Duke de Richelieu, the Governor under
whom Odessa attained its prosperity. The situation of
tho imperial and quarantine harbours at the two extre-
mities of the city are clearly shown, so that the direction
of the attack, which spared as much as possible the city
itself and the mercantile harbour, while it avenged the
insult offered to the flag of truce, is rendered comprehen-
sible at a glance.
A COLOURABLE OFFENCE.—A correspondent states
that the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, one of a party
travelling in Italy, was recently arrested there for wear-
ing a white hat, and having in his writing desk a pen-
wiper which assumed the shape and colour of a cockade.
His books and papers were all seized and submitted to
examination ; but, after three days' detention, he was
liberated, and his papers restored, upon the payment of
the expenses of his imprisonment, and the keep and
charges of his military guard.
THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The anniversary meet-
ing of this society was held yesterday at twelve o'clock,
in Willis's Rooms, Vice-Admiral Bowles in the chair.
In the report it was stated that the funded property of
the institution has been considerably augmented, and
the number of pupils has increased from 193, at the cor-
responding period of last year, to 217 at the end of last
quarter—the largest number that the school has con-
tained since its first establishment. A handsome and
commodious library has been fitted up for the use of the
pupils, who have access to it in recreation hours, under
proper regulations. The report was approved of; and
the meeting adjourned.
THE UNITED STATES NEUTRAL FLAGS.—We read in
the Moniteur The Government of the United States
of North America replied, on the 28th ult. to the com-
munication made to it by the French Minister of the de-
claration of the two great maritime powers of
Europe, relative to neutral flags during the present
war. In this reply Mr. Marcy expresses, in the
name of the President of the Union, the wish that
the maxims adopted in concert by France and Eng-
land should become for the future the rule of con-

duct of all civilised nations. The Secretary of state be-
sides declares that his government has a firm wish to
observe strictly, and to cause to be observed, the duties
of neutrality. He mentions that the laws of the country
severely prohibit any American citizen, as well as every
one estabiished on the territory of the Union from fitting
out privateers, or enrolling men to take part in foreign
war. Mr. Marcy adds that there is no fear of any at-
tempt being made to infringe these laws, but that, in
case the expectation of the government of he Union on
this subject should be deceived, the President would
think it his duty to use the power with which he is in-

•
vested to cause them to be respected."
THE CHILD MURDER AT STEPNEY.—Yesterday even-
ing Mr. W. Baker held a coroner's inquest at the Grave

Maurice Tavern, Whitechapel-road, respecting the
death of William Seago, aged six years, who was mur-
dered by his stepmother, Mary Ann Alice Seago, on
Sunday. The evidence given at the inquest was a mere
repetition of that taken at the police office. The police
officer who took the prisoner into custody stated that,
when he mentioned the nature of the charge to her at
that time,
she protested her innocence, and said the de-
ceased had fallen off her lap and struck his head against
a tin box. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder
against Mary Ann Alice Seago," and the coroner issued
his warrant for her committal to Newgate for trial.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COIRMEBCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at about, 4,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export. The market closed
very heavily, with prices of all kinds slightly in
favour of buyers. The sales comprised 4,500
American, 30 Egyptian at 6d., and 300 Surat at
3d. to Rd. per lb. Railway shares were steady and
firm.

The Government contract for rum has been
taken, viz.-20,000 gallons St. Croix, by Messrs.
Simmonds, and 6,000 ditto, by Messrs. M. J. and
C. Woodhouse, both at about 3s. ld. per gallon ;
and 60,000 gallons at Liverpool, by Messrs. Bushell
and Co., but the exact price has not transpired.
The Tea market is unfavourably affected by the
quantity of low-conditioned sorts on offer. Com-
mon Congous have been sold at 11d. to Hid., and
Ho-Rows at Is. 3d. to is. 3/d., ex Hohams ;
Monings and Wopacks have sold somewhat irregu-
larly, but the latter class are in somewhat better
demand, especially the finer grades. Oolongs are
ld. to 2d. cheaper. Scented teas are in better
request.
The Australian trade. is not particularly brisk
just now, but upon the whole it is in a very whole-
some ccndition ; and although the advises which
the Overland Mail is to bring, and which are to the
25th March from Sydney, &c., still report an ex-
cessive supply of goods, there is every probability
that as the arrivals became smaller the tone would
improve. The present rates of freight to Australia,
per ton of 40 feet, for fine measurement goods, are
thus given in the Weekly Shipping List :—Ade-
laide, 80s. to 955. ; Hobart Town, 85s. to 955. ;
Launceston, 80s. to 90s. ; Melbourne or Geelong
Wharves, 100 s. to 110 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong,
70s. to 85s. ; New Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Port-
land Bay, 110 s. ; Sydney, 70s. to 85s.
The ship Aberfoyle, which left Geelong, Port
Philip, on the 7th of February, has arrived with
21,117 ounces of gold. The steamer Australia is
making a very long passage, and her arrival is
anxiously looked for.
The steamer Ripon has arrived with the South-
ampton portion of the Overland Mail, but her let-
ters will not be delivered until later in the day.
The Overland Mail telegraphed yesterday is not
expected to reach here before the Ist June, owing
to the derangements of the screw-propeller of the
Simla.
There was a slight improvement yesterday after-
noon in the rate of exchange for bills on Amster-
dam, but Hamburgh, Frankfort, and Trieste were
a shade lower. Paris was at the previous rates.
The dollars by the steamer Magdalena have been
all sold to-day at ss. ld. per ounce ; the bar silver
not having yet found a purchaser. The gold by
the Highbury and the Kangaroo from Australia
has been delivered, and it is stated by Messrs.
Haggard and Pixley that it will all be taken for
the Continent.

The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East
India Company during the fortnight ending yes-
terday was 92,2321., chiefly on Bengal.
Scarcely a day now passes without the position of
the money market being brought under discussion
in the City, and from what we hear this morning
the demand for discount accommodation is increas-
ing. The bankers, generally, are stated to find
ample employment for their assets, while the Bank
of England can obtain more than its minimum,
price upon excellent bills. Under these cir-
cumstances the belief grows stronger that
there will, either to-morrow or at no distant
period, be another per cent. added to the exist-
ing charge. It would be difficult to say whether
this step ought to be so early adopted, because a
single week may have changed materially the posi-
tion of the Bank, but we should have imagined
that the recent steady importation of gold from
Australia and the United States, with the supply
of silver from Mexico and South America, would
have eased the Bank so far as to enable it to avoid
further immediate interference with the rate. Last
week the balance of specie imports was estimated
at 300,0001., notwithstanding we shipped some
400,0001., which ought to have gone some way in
reducing our liabilities; but it is only justice to
explain that there are many circumstances to be
taken into consideration, and that the China
exchange is quoted so high in the advices
telegraphed yesterday by the Overland Mail,
that silver will have still to be freely sent
as the most profitable means of remittance.
The corn market is duller to-day, but the arri-
vals are on a scale that must absorb heavy.
amounts. We scarcely expect an easy money mar-
ket just now, from the causes here enumerated, as
well as from the drain upon us for the war, but if a
steady rather than a fitful line of policy be pur-
sued by the Bank, we apprehend nothing in the
shape of a pressure or a crisis. There are ample
means at command, and there is scarcely any specu-
lation.

The annual meeting of the National Bank of
Ireland took place this day, when a very satis-
factory report was presented. The net profits of
1853 were 48,303/. 2s. 11d, and the reserve fund was
20,6021. 17s. 111 The directors declared a divi-
dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable
in July next. The report was adopted.
The decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
with regard to the rate of interest upon the bills
falling due next month has not yet been announced,
and it is stated that the right hon. gentleman has
been again in communication with the Bank of
England. As money seems tightening, it will be
necessary to act with great caution, and hence the
delay.
Public securities are quieter this morning, but
Consols have been done at 881 and 89k for transfer,
and 881 to 89 for account. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been 88a to 4, and the
Three per Cents. 871 Bank Stock is firm at
203 to 205. Exchequer Bills have been is. dis-
count to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds 7s.
discount. There is very little time business doing.
Foreign Stocks have been almost nominal. Por-
tuguese per Cents. have been dealt in at 38i,
Sardinian at 82, and Danish Five per Cents. at
1004.
In the English railway market there is a mode-
rate business doing, and prices are fairly main-
tained. French Shares are rather heavy.
Mines are heavy, the Banks quieter,
Companies higher.
and the eGLoladn d

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Official Lie.

Rusiness done
'lank Stock 203 5
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7i I
3 per Cent Consols Annuities B9 A 8i 9A
New 31 per Cent. Annuities BB4
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 . 4 9-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 4 5-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 13-16
India Bonds, £lOOO ...
Ditto, under £lOOO 7 d
Consols for Account 6th June B9 8k 9
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
21000
2500 ld 2p

Small . . ... .. .......
Exchequer Bonds Scrip
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 3B
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... 23i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols
Ditto Juno Account en 9

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.

THE LOSS OF THE TIGER CONFIRMED

The Jo arnal d'Odessa states, on the 12th of May,
that the Tiger, of 1,275 tons burden, and mount-
ing 10 guns, which stranded at seven wersts from
Odessa, was forced to surrender before the Vesuvius
and Niger could come to her assistance.

Her captain (Giffard) lost one leg, a midshipman
both, and five men were wounded. Two hundred
and twenty-six prisoners were taken.
The Russians had two officers wounded and two
soldiers killed.
As the vessel could not be removed she was set
on fire, and sank the same day. Some of her guns
were taken as trophies to Odessa.
We find the following in the Press of Vienna
on the same subject :—" We have received direct
accounts from Odessa relative to the recent events,
and communicate them to our readers without
changing anything. The inhabitants of Odessa are
now in the greatest uneasiness. The Russian
batteries have cannonaded an English war steamer
which, on her return from the mouths of the Sulina,
was driven by stress of weather into the roadstead
of Odessa. Some say it was the Tiger, others the
Niger, and one version is that it was the Retribu-
tion. This vessel made signals of distress and
hoisted the white flag, but the Russians paid no
attention to it and fired Led-hot shot at her until
she caught fire. Notwithstanding the shower of
balls the vessel approached the shore, and the crew
were able to land. The vessel is now in the l ort
of Odessa in a very bad condition, and the clew
are prisoners of war. Several line-of-battle ships
and corvettes of the combined fleets have shown
themselves before the port. The inhabitants are
in great alarm, not knowing what may happen.
At the moment I am writing, a vessel with a flag
of truce is approaching the port."
PERSIA.
RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM.

We learn from St. Petersburg, under date of
May 16, that an ultimatum has been sent to Persia,
and a reply demanded within two months.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Mav 11.—Our ears have be-
come so accustomed to the firing of salutes, and we
have had so many false alarms within the last few
days, that, yesterday morning, when the guns from
the ships in the harbour were fired, scarcely any-
body felt inclined to stir. The evening before
everybody had made a rush to the terraces
and flat roofs of the houses ; and the same
occurred twice before. However, this time it
was not the wolf's cry, for the Caradoc was
at anchor off Tophana, and all the Turkish
ships of war stationed there had manned
their yards, and were thundering a welcome to his
Royal Highness. In the forenoon the Duke of
Cambridge repaired to the British embassy at Pera,
where lie was received by his Excellency Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe. All the persons of note here
had gone to meet him at Tophana. In the after-
noon his Royal Highness proceeded up the Bus-
phorus, and was received at the Imperial palace of
Ferie, immediately adjacent to the Sultan's resi-
dence of Tcheragan, by Ciamil Bey, the in-
troducer of Ambassadors. A similar ceremo-
nial was gone through to that already 'de-
scribed on the arrival of the Prince Napoleon.
To-day there was a grand reception held by his
Royal Highness at his palace of Ferie, on the Bos
phorus. All the corps diploniatique repaired there.
The British troops being stationed at Scutari, and
encamped on the Asiatic side, it is to be foreseen
that his Royal Highness will spend most of his

time there. We are looking forward to a grand
review and field-day. Now that Marshal St. Ar-
naud and Lord Raglan, the two commanders-in-chief,
are here, and the Ouse of Cambridge, Prince Napo-
leon, and the whole off their staff, we may expect
an early active moment towards the seat of war.
The French are expected to march up to Adria-
nople from Gallipoli very shortly. Until the artil-
lery and cavalry have arrived, a general movement
of the British troops cannot take place. The City
of Loudon, which arrived here the other day from
Malta, brought Brigadier-General Airev and
twenty-three staff officers. This steamer likewise
brought a great many horses, and a portion of the
equipage, of the horse artillery. They were
all landed at the barrack of Couleli, on the
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. A great
number of transports have arrived with
horses and ammunition. They have also
been landed at the barracks of Conlon. and Selitnie.
The steamers and transports are still detained
here. This has given rise to a general belief
that troops will immediately be sent to Varna—
a most natural, and I should say, true conclu-
sion. The fortifications of the Bosphorus are being
inspected, and it is now said that considerable
alterations and improvements will be made in them
Behram Pacha (Colonel Cannon) has arrived
here from Schumla, accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, Colonel Ogilvy, and several Turkish officers.
They are all sent by Omer Pacha to compliment
Prince Napoleon, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord
Raglan, and Marshal St. Arnaud on their arrival.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who is detained
at home by indisposition, was not present at
the presentation of the corps diplomatique to-day.
The heat is increasing every day, and many per-
sons are suffering from its effects. There is a close-
ness in the atmosphere which causes a dry feverish
sensation, and were it not that the nights are cool
much illness would be the consequence among those
not acclimatized. As yet, however, the real sum-
mer has not commenced. In another month the
climate will be tropical, and the stifled inhabitants
will fly from the capital to their villas on the Bos-
phorus or in the Islands. Pera in June and July is
like London in September ; no one remains but the
shopkeepers, and many of those might be absent
without much loss, so small is traffic at that languid
and sultry season. Whether the events of the war
will have any tendency to change the usual
state of things it is difficult to say, but certainly a
country residence will be more than usually desira-
ble this year, as the town is crowded to suffocation,
and the summer bids fair to be more than usually
sultry. Steamers ply daily between Constantinople
and the villages adjacent, and as the head-quarters
of diplomacy are transferred to the cooler spots,
there is little necessity or inducement to remain
within the limits of the stifling town.

THE COMBINED FLEETS IN THE BLACK

SEA.

MALTA, May 16.—The Vulcan steam troop-ship,
and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
vessel Euxine, which arrived last night from Con-
stantinople, bring dates from that city to the 10t14,
and from the fleets blockading Sebastopol to the
sth of May, from which the following intelligence
is gleaned

On the evening of the 25th of April the several
Russian prisoners taken in the merchant vessels
captured by the English and French vessels of war
were put on board a Sardinian brig and sent to
Odessa, from the offing of which, at daylight on
the 26th, both fleets took their departure, to the
no small delight of the inhabitants of the town,
who could not be brought to give credit for the
moderation which, under the circumstances of the
case, has been shown in sparing it as the English
and French admirals have dune. Next morning a
strange steamer was reported, but at a great dis-
tance, whereupon the Arethusa and Sampson were
sent in chase, and though, after a while, the steamer
disappeared, still they had the satisfaction of find-
ing that they had come up in time to oblige her to
abandon a n English merchant brig which she had
just previously captured, and was towing for a
Russian port. Three prizes were taken that morn-
ing by the English ; and in order that the force
might not appear too imposing on reaching Sebas-
topol, for which the fleets were steering—and by
way of enticing the enemy out of his strongholds—
the Queen and Marengo, ships of the line, received
orders to part company from the rest. On the 28th
the offing of Sebastopol was reached ; and on the
26th, cruising closer in, with a strong breeze,
the Sampson and the Arethusa (the light infantry
of the British fleet) were sent in to reconnoitre,
and on their return reported one three-decker, ten
other sail of the line, four frigates, and four or
five steamers afloat. During the day the Tiger and
Furyjoined, having been back to Odessa for a
reconnoitre, and steamed round by the coast of the
Crimea, without falling in with a single vessel.
At about five p.m. on the 29th, when the fleets
were about 25 miles distant from the port of Se-
bastopol, a steamer was seen, an,l coming from
that direction, which left no doubt of her being a
Russian. The Tiger was ordered down upon her,
when she soon went round, and stood back again
to port, into which she got by dusk, the Tiger
having chased her nearly within shot of the bat-
teries, followed at a distance by the Inflexible and
Vauban, to guard against it being any decoy or
snare, which no doubt was the case, since from
the Tiger's deck five steamers were
.observed to
have their steam up, and the four frigates had
run up their topsails ready for a start. The ap-
pearance of the Inflexible and Vauban in the dis-
tance no doubt spoiled the sport, and induced
them to weigh the odds as to the result, if they
(the Russians) put out to sea. It is to be hoped
the next decoy will be a little bolder, and venture
out a feiv miles further ; for the mere nabbing of
transports and merchant craft is not altogether the
work which either the English or French seamen
would prefer. On the sth of May tho Agaztenazion

was taking in at sea a quantity of gunpowder for
the Circassians, and would leave on that or the
following day with a small steam squadron, under
the command of Rear-Admiral Sir IllunundLyons,
composed of the Sampson, Retribution, Firebrand,
Charlemagne, Vauban, and Mogador ; proceeding
in the first place to Kaffa, in the Crithea, to destroy
a small dockyard thereat, and where it is hoped
several steamers will be found and taken; after carry-
ing out which service, this steam squadron will pro-
ceed to the coast of Circassia, fuere land the ammu-
nition, and endeavour to destroy by cannonading and
bombardment the forts which the enemy still holds.
If this be found impracticable without a laud force,
this is to be supplied, on application, without delay,
from the nearest Turkish garrison or station. The
Terrible, which joined Admiral Dundas from Con-
stantinople on the sth of May, brought several
Circassian chiefs, who will accompany the expedi-
tion. They speak most confidently of the earnest
desire of the majority of their fellow-countrymen
to rid themselves of the Russians. On the same
day there was some great-gun exercise at Sebasto-
pol, creating much noise and smoke.

- The hills close to Sebastopol were tipped with
snow, and those at a great distance had a good thick
coating. Very'cold weather continued to prevail,
with stronger breezes than one would prefer in the
vicinity of an enemy's coast.

THE DANUBE.
REPORTED FALL OF SILISTRIA.

On the 16th inst. the last Russians left Little
Wallachia.
The Widdin correspondent of the Lloyd writes,
that Sami Pasha has received official intelligence
of the fall of Silistria.
A private letter states that Silistria on the 20th,
was still in the hands of the Turks.
The Presse of Vienna has the following :
" Omer Pacha has caused to be published at
Schumla a bulletin on the affair which took place
on the 28th ult. near Nicopolis. According to this
document, Sali Pacha, after having passed the
Danube on the 28th at Nicopolis, demolished the
works of the tete de pont of the Russians, took two
pieces of cannon, beat and pursued the enemy as far
as Tourno w and occupied Islas. These accounts are
confirmed-by our private information, but never-
theless a bulletin was published at Bucharest on
the 30th ult., in which it was announced that a
victory had been gained over the Turks, and a Te
Deum was even sung on the occasion of it. A letter
from Orsova confirms the details of the affair which
took place on the 10th near Giurgevo. Said Pacha
crossed the Danube at the head of 1,500 men, at-
tacked and destroyed the enemy's batteries, and
drove back the Russians as far as Giurgevo. The
Turks took two pieces of cannon from the batteries.
Said Pacha, after having set fire to a quantity of
timber and other materials, collected for the pur-
pose of constructing a bridge, recrossed to the other
side of the river."

The same journal says :—" We have to-day re-
ceived a letter from our correspondent on the Lower
Danube, which announces that another very obsti-
nate and sanguinary engagement took place on the
12th, near Oltenitza-Tourtoukai. 800 irregular
troops crossed the Danube for the mere pleasure of
fighting, and attacked the quarantine post. The
combat lasted some time without success, and the
Turks at length retired with the loss of 200 killed
and wounded, after taking several pieces of cannon
from the Russians."

SCHITMLA, May 5.—" The only news of any im-
portance is that the Russians have suffered a

defeat in a small engagement which has just taken
place in Little Wallachia. In withdrawing from
that country the Russians naturally stationed a
rear-guard on this side of Krajova, to cover their
retreat, guard their hospitals, and observe the
movements of the troops at Kalafat. On the
28th of April, Skender Bey (Count Ilinski)
was reconnoitring at the head of a regiment
of Ottoman cavalry, when he met, near Radovan,
a body of the enemy's cavalry, superior in num-
ber. He did not hesitate to attack them. Skender
Bey is a very brave and intelligent officer. The
Ottoman cavalry, when well commanded, are good.
In this engagement the Turks proved the victors.
They captured sixty horses and made twelve
prisoners The exact number of killed and
wounded is nut known. On the Turkish side the
loss was not considerable. Skender Bey will be
promoted and decorated. On the 2d of May a re-
c3nnoissance was made on the left bank of the
Danube by a body of 300 Arnauts. They sur-
prised an entrenched outpost of the Russians, who
at that time still maintained their line of obser-
vation on the Danube, in front of Nicopoli. The
300 Arnauts had to contend with four of the
enemy's battalions and a battery. They fought
with great desperation. Only fifteen were made
prisoners ; the rest seem to have been cut
down. Transylvanian papers say that the army
which entered the Dobrudscha on the 23d of March
is composed of the troops of the sth corps d'armee,
and of one division of the 3d. The corps d'armee
of General Luders has only three brigades of in-
fantry with the army of the Danube ; add to this
the 7th division of the 3d corps d'armee, and you
have a total of five brigades of forty battalions,
besides four regiments of cavalry and some Cos-
sacks, who must also have crossed. Thus you have
in the Dobrudscha a total of 30,000 or 32,000 men.
Up to the present we can form no idea of what the
Russians are about. You will do well to contra-
dict all accounts of other engagements on the
Lower Danube, as none have taken place there
since the 23d of March. Hirsova, Tultscha, and
Matschin are not strong places, but open towns, in
front of which a few earthen outwarks have been
thrown up. It is therefore no matter of astonish-
ment that the few Turkish battalions stationed
there evacuated them on the 23d March."