The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

THE CRIMEAN MEDAL.

Admiral Hamelin, French Minister of Marine,
has addressed the following circular to the mari-
time prefects, the governors of the colonies, &c. :
" Gentlemen,—ln consequence of a first communica-
tion, conveyed in rather vague terms, and made by
Lieutenant-Colonel Claremont, Commissary of the Eng-
lish Government, I had announced on the 15th of March
and 12th of April last that the medal instituted by her
Majesty the Queen of England would be granted to all
the officers and seamen belonging to ships of the State
which had served in the Black Sea or the Sea of Azoff
at the period of the landing of the allied armies in the
Crimea and subsequently. It appears from more
explicit indications, supplied on the 10th of May
last by Lieutenant-Colonel Claremont, that the English
Government only grants the commemorative medal
in question to those who took purt in engagements or
actual military operations, from the landing of the army
in the Crimea, until the capture of Sebastopol. Those
restrictive conditions should necessarily be extended to
the personnelof the French navy. Such was the object
and spirit of the circular os the 24th of June, 1856, the
different clauses of which are in every respect conform•
able to the rules adopted bg the English Government for
the concession of the medal to British seamen. I was
anxious to give you those explanations in order to pre-
vent the applications that might be made by officers
and seamen to form part of the Black Sea fleet, but
who do not posses the qualifications mentioned by the
British Commissary.
"Paris, July 28, 1856."

ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—Mr.I39.ron
Bramwell will attend at chambers on Tuesday and
Friday until further notice.
AMENDMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW.—The Lord
Chancellor's bills to amend the criminal law have been
printed, and will, it is understood, be brought forward
at an early part of the next session.
A grand Protestant synod which is to establish an in-
dependent organisation of the Protestant Church, is to be
convoked by the superior ecclesiastical council of Berlin,
and will assemble in that capital in January next.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday,
2.50 a.m. —The Peninsular and Oriet.tal Company's
steamer Ava, Captain Field, has arrived with the India,
China, and Alediterrane-,n mails.

A telegraphic despa•ch from Stockholm, received at
Copenhagen on Saturday last, announces that the
cholera has entirely disappeared from that city.
M. do Per4gny and I'd. de Rayneva!, the French am•
bassadors at London and Rome, passed through Droi,-
den on the 31st ult,, on their way from Carlsbad to
Paris.

A FANATIC.—A letter from Rome announces the death
of Princs Charles Doria, who every year was accus-
tomed to distribute a sum of 40,000 f. in alms. He wrs
a saccone, and, not content with what he gave himself,
used to go, barefooted, dressed in coarse sackcloth, wi h
a thick cord round his waist, about the streets, imploring
charity from the passers by for the poor.
We understand that General Chesney, as commis.
sinner of the Euphrates Valley Railway Company, ac•
companied by Sir John APNeill, the engineer•in chief,
and a staff of engineers, left Ir-t night en route for Con-
stantinople and Syria, to obta;n the firwan for the con-
cession for the railway, the preliminaries having being
previously arranged with his Highness the Granu Vizier
when iu this country. Tho mission bas secured the
sanction and concurrence of her Maje-ty's Government,
and is assured of the countenance and support of the
British Ambassador at Constantinople. From the ad-
vanced stage of 'the negotiation, it is expected that
General Chesney and Sir John M'Neill will only be de-
tained a few days in Constantinople, end that they will
proceed with the engineering staff to make the necessary
surveys of the line between the Meditsrranoau a❑d tLe
Euphrates.

THE AMERICAN MAILEL—LITERPOOL, Sept. 3.—Tlie
United States' mail steamer Atlantic sailed hence t:-
day for Halifax and Boston with 119 passengers and a
large cargo ; and the British and Not th American mail
steamer Arabia sails for the same destination to•morrow.

THE SALE OF POIEDNS.—The law relating to the
sale of poisons will undergo revision in the next session.
There is an act in force requiring a person to enter in a
book the sale of arsenic, and the regulation should be
extended to all poisons.
We regret to announce the death of General Sir Henry
Frederick Campbell, K.C.8., G.C.H., Colonel of the
25th Regiment, which took place yesterday at his rai-
deuce inLowndes-square, &ter a protracted illness. This
venerable and gallant soldier was in his 87th year, and
was within a few days of 70 years in the service, which
he entered Sept. 20, 1786. After serving in Holland
and Flanders iu 1793 and 1794, Sir Henry, then a colo-
nel in the army, proceeded to the Peninsula in command
of the Second Brigade of Guards, and was present at
the passage of the Douro, capture of Oporto, and action
at Salamanca. A severe wound, received at Talavera,
compelled him to return to England. In 1811, how-
ever, he rejoined the army as maj,r-general, and again
commanded the Guards at the siege of Ciudad
Rodrigo. Shortly afterwards succeeding to the com-
mand of the Ist division he accompanied the army in its
advance into Spain, and was present at the battle of
Salamanca, capture of Madrid, and siege of Burgos, for
which servioes he was made a K.C.B. Sir Henry
was twice married, and numerous families are placed
in mourning in consequence of his death. Among them
is his son, Colonel Campbell, Col. the Hon. C. J. F.
Stanley (brother of the Earl of Derby). Col. Brownlow
Knox, M.P., Col. Moorsom, and Mr. Henry Currie, of
West Horsley-place, Surrey. By the death of Sir H.
Campbell the colonelcy of the 25th, or King's 0 nn Bor-
derers, is placed at the disposal of the Duke of Cam-
bridge.

n 56,

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

The screw steam-ship Kangaroo, Capt. Ewing,
arrived in the Mersey at noon to-day from 1• hila•
delphia, after a capital passage of little over 12 days
from the Delaware, having left on the 22d ult.
We have files of Philadelphia papers to the 213 t,
inclusive—two days later than previously to hand,
and by telegraph from the other towns of import-
ance in the United States to the 20th ult., one day
later than to baud by the Asia.
The Kangaroo brought 31 cabin and 100 steerage
passengers, $12,000 in specie, and 15,683 bushels of
wheat, and 650 barrels of flour as cargo.
The Africa (steamer) and David Crockett, hence
at New York and China, at Baltimore, from Liver-
pool, on the 20th ult.
The only news of interest by this arrival is con-
tained in the Washington correspondence of the
Philadelphia North American, as follows :

" It is calculated that there is at this time a majori,y
of the members of both Houses i❑ the city, but there is
❑ot a sufficient number to engraft the Kansas restrictive
proviso on the Army Bill. The extra session, it is thought,
will not extend beyond Saturday, and may probably ter-
minate on Thursday. There is no truth in the statements
alleging a disagreement in the Cabinet concerning the
policy of an extra session ; that step was resolved upon
before leaving the capital on Monday, and was so given
out in well-informed circles, with the President's autho-
rity. The democratic members, and others, who had
arranged their departure, doubtless expressed dissatis-
faction at their compulsory stay or return. Senor Esca-
lante, Spanish Minister here, has sent his resignation
borne, being unwilling to serve under O'Donnell's Go-
vernment, unless it should be aided by the Progresista
party, of which he is a leading member. This step is
regretted by the embassies hire, among which he is de-
servedly popular. Mr. Lumley, late British Secretary,
1 a sing received no authority to represent the Legation,
will leave the city temporarily."
A despatch from Washington, dated August 20,
says :—" The members of Congress received their
pay under the new bill providing for their com-
pensation, -viz. $3,000, commencing from the 4th
March, 1855, and ending 4th March, 1856, and at
that rate for every day from the last-named period
up till to-day. The members who have been volun-
tarily absent during the session certified upon
honour as to the amount of time they lost, for
which a pro rata deduction was made from the
salary. A bill for a line of steamer; to run be-
tween New York, Plymouth, and Hamburg passed
unanimously the post-office committee of the house,
and will be acted upon early next session. There
is a general good feeling towards the project."
Details of the recent dreadful storm appear in
the papers to hand. The telegraphic accounts which
came by the Asia being very meagre, we annex the
following from the New Orleans Picayune of
Aug. 14

" LAST ISLAND INUNDATED. - SHOCKING
LOSS OF LIFE.

"The rumour which prevailed yesterday of the de-
struction of Last Island in the late storm is probably
too true. We have only some general reports of the
greatness of the disaster, and a few vague particulars of
the loss of individuals and families. The accounts
brought from Thibodaux and Berwick's Bay by the
Opelousas Railroad last evening are confirmatory of the
inundation of the island, the destruction of the buildings,
and the probable loss of a great many lives, reaching
perhaps to six or seven score. In the meantime, the
anxiety to learn the particulars is very great, and the
means of communication between the city and the scene
of the suffc ing are very slight.
" Last Island is an island in the Gulf of Mexico, which
has been for some years made a summer residence for
planters and their families from the interior parishes of
Lafourche and Attakapas, and some from the city. It is
distant from the main land at the mouth of the Bayou
about 20 miles ; the nearest land is five or six miles dis-
tant. The island is about 25 miles in length, and from a
half to three-quarters of a mile wide—only three or four
feet above the level of the Gulf. It is exposed to the full
sweep of the waters and the southern breezes, which
have made it a desirable retreat in the summer months.
This year the island is reported to have been well pa-
tronised, and the anxiety is therefore intense to learn
who were expcsed to the storm, and what losses we have
to deplore. _ _

" The ordinary access by the pity is via the Opelousas
Railroad, to Bayou Bosuf, and thence by steam-boat to
the island, going and returning twice a week by the
steam-boat Star. The Star appears to have been wrecked
in the storm, and the reports below make the wreck the
only refuge of all that remains of the submerged island.
By the arrival of the Opelousas cars this afternoon we
hope to have further details, and pray that the accounts
heretofore may have been much exaggerated.
"In the meantime we subjoin such items as we have
been able to gather. The following letter will show the
excitement caused by the reception of the intelligence of
the disaster at Brasher City, and the promptness with
which steps w ere taken to send relief to the survivors :
" Brasher City Hotel, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 7 a.m.
"Editors, Picayune—Mr. John Davis has just got
here from Last Island in a small sail boat, and reports
Last Island entirely swept of all the house; by the storm
of Sunday night, and that 137 lives were lost by the
disaster. This is the amount hurriedly ascertained at
present. _

"Berwick'a Bay, Aug. 13, 1856.
" In great baste we have just sent the Major Aubrey
to the assistance of the sufferers who are now clinging
to the hull of the steam-boat Star. She starts hence in
one hour, only waiting to wood at this place.
" Respectfully yours, " EUGENE DALY.'
"Mr. Davis, above referred to, we a:e informed, is
the keeper of the oyster saloon beneath John M'Don-
nelrs restaurant, in Common-street, in this city. He
succeeded in getting his wife, we learn, into a place of
safety, and then started to procure aid. He was accom-
panied to Berwick'o, we are infor.ned, by the engineer of
the steamer Star, which he left on Tuesday morning.
"The depth of water on the island, referring as %se
understand it, to the highest portion, is reported at five
feet. Toe wreck of the steam-boat Star is stated to be
lying on the island, near where the hotel of John Mug-
gah formerly stood.
"The rise of the inundation is said to have been of
unparalleled rapidity, the height of 5 feet being reported
to have been attained in two minuteq. Although we
were to read hours instead of minutes, it will not be
difficult to understand what a wild excitement and
fearful havoc it must have caused, with no succour at
hand.

"All the houses on the island were swept away, and
it is particularly reported that most of those staying at
the hotel were drowned.
"A list of reported victims, we are informed, was for-
warded to Masher City or Ber wick's Bay, but we have
not been able to find any one in the city who has brought
up a copy of it with him. We have, however, heard
the names of a few of those alleged to have been drowned,
and give them as they have reached us, but without
vouching for their correctness :—Mr. Hart, of this
city ; Win. Rmhelle, of Pattersonsville ; Mrs. CJIDO
(name probably otherwise spelt), of Pattersonville ; J.
Muggah (coproprietor of the hotel), wife, five chi Pren,
and brother ; Mrs. (11a.skell and two children of Franklin;
the bar-keeper of the hotel (name not ascertained).
" It is stated that there were about 400 persons on
the island at the time of the disaster ; and the number
surviving, on the wreck of the Star is estimated at from
250 to 275.
" Meet of these reports, with numerous others to be
traced to no reliable source, were current throughout
the city last night, and naturally created great excite-
ment, which will not be allayed until we have fuller and
minute particulars of the disaster. It may be safely in-
ferred, however, that the worst of it as a whole is given
in our version of it, and that efficient aid has been for-
warded to the survivors. The fact of a list of those sa-
crificed having been Made up, shows that on the spot the
survivors were collected, and in a posiion to aid them-
selve-i, at least to some extent. We hope to see those
belonging to this city back by this evening, and enabling
us to give a complete and exact account of the sad occur-
rence."

(From the New Orleans Bulletin of August 14 )

" PAINFUL RIIIIOUR OF A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.—
It is stated en the authority of the engineer of the steam
boat Star, plying between Tigerville and Last Island,
that the latter place has been compleAy submerged, the
sea hiving been driven over the island by the late
southerly winds, which have been blowing a gale for the
last three days. The island had become a favourite re-
sort, particularly for the planters in the Attakapas and
adjacent country, as well as for many of our own citi-
zens ; and at the time of the catastrophe there must
have been a large number of residents located there for
the summer. We learn that 137 lives were lost. This
is frightful, and we shall wait with painful solicitude for
further particular.;
" We learn that the proprietor of the hotel, Captain
John 3luggah, and family, and the wife of five children
of a gentleman by the name of Comes, were among the
lost. The disaster occurred on Sunday night.
" The Caillou islands were also inundated, and great
destruction of life and property reported.
" The steamer Star, which was at Last Island at the
time of the overflow, was resorted to by the residents as
a place of refuge, but she soon went to pieces. She now
lies a wreck on the site of the hotel.
" DISASTERS BY THE STORIE.—The Belize packet
steamer, Capt. Labarthe, is reported to be whore be-
tween here and the Belize. The steamer Ophelia went
to her assistance on Tuesday, but had not returned last
evening.
The steamer Star, plying from Tigerville, on the
Opelousas Railroad, to Last Island, is reported to have
been driven ashore, and efforts were being made to pro-
cure a boat to take her place.
" The ship Bowditch, Capt. Smith, which cleared on
the 3d inst. for Tigo and a market, with a cargo of staves,
is reported as being d;stnasted of Pass a l'Outre and had
six feet of water in her hold. The ship Ellerslie, Capt.
Coutts, hence for Pensacola, in ballast, was ashore a few
miles above the Passes."

A letter dated NWYork, Aug. 20, says :
" During last night and this morning we were visited
by one of the greatest rain storms that has been known
in this neighbourhood for a long time. The streets have
been more thoroughly cleansed by this outpouring of the
elements, in a few hours, than could be done by contract
in twice as many months. The wind blew a strong gale
from the eastward at the time, and much anxiety is ex-
pressed in relation to the fleet of vessels at Quarantine,
it being feared that many of them have been driven
ashore. As the most of them have their cargoes on board,
ald no men to work ship, they are in .a very helpless
condition in case of a aqua'', Of course we hays had the

usual accompaniments of flooded cellars, trees prostrated,
&c.

" The emigration from the ports of the United King-
dom last quarter was less by net,rly 6,000 than the emi-
gration (66,111) in the spring quarter of 1855, and was
less than half the average emigration (113,141) of the
corresponding quarters of the eight years 1847-54.
"CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—The following news from Kan-
sas was received here this morning :
" The Free-soilers have discovered that the organised
plan of the pro-slavery party is to concentrate men, arms,
and ammunition at different points in the territory, for
the purpose of makinv, a sudden and general attack im•
mediately after the adjournment of Congress, and expel
al the Free-state settlers. Twelve fortified block-houses
have been erected at different Pro-slavery points, which
are well supplied with cannon, rifles, and ammunition,
garrisoned pricoipally by Missourians.
" On the night of the 12th inst. a company of Free
state men attacked_the fort at Fianklin for the purpose
of securing arms, when a fight ensued between them and
the forces stationed there, which la-ted four hours. One
Free-state man was killed, and one seriously wounded.
Three Missourians were wounded. The Free-state men
captured a block-house, took one cannon and 50 stand of
arms ; the latter included many of the rifles seised at
Lawrence in May by the Pro-slavery men.
" The Missourians retreated to camp Worthington,
south-west of Lawrence, and it is feared there will be
further disturbances between the parties, although
quietness now exists."
An extra of the Leavenworth. Journal, on the 4th, has
the following call to arms :—" The border towns are
greatly excited, and a general muster of Missourians is
demanded by the Pro-slavery leaders in the territory."
(A LATER DESPATCH.)

Additional intelligence from Kansas, this afternoon,
states that before the attack on the fort at Franklin, the
Free-state men applied for the dispersion of the Pro-
slavery force that had gathered there, under the procla-
mation of Governor Shannon, which was refused.
A. meeting was held at Kansas City, on the 15th, at
which it was resolved to send 2,000 men immediately
into the territory.
A meeting was held at Lexington, on the 16cb, and a
resolution was passed that they would send their quota
of men, to help to settle the difficulties, by the first boat.