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In our articles, under the above heading, of
12th and 13th of last March, we pointed out
manifold advantages and the groat political import-
ance of the proposed canal from Rassova to lilts-
tendji. Oar -readers will remember that, on the
terms of the late treaty of peace being made public;
we at once treated the pretended abandonment by
Russia of the left bank of the Danubeand her ap-
parent sacrifice of territory in Bessarabia as a per-
fect sham. It was plain to us that our tricky and
faithless enemy, while plausibly affecting to yield
much, had, conceded nothing but what she might
easily recover whenever it suited her to resume
her aggressive policy towards Turkey. The pro-
ceeding of Russia on the Danube since the peace,
her destruction of the fortifications of Ismail, her
occupation of Serpent's Island, and her retention
of Balgrad, in Bessarabia, have fully justified our
suspicions, and ought to have opened the eyes of
the most credulous believers in Muscovite honesty.
A glance at the Prussian military map of the
country lying between the Danube and the Black
Sea (as published by Mr. Wyld) will convince every
dispassionate man that so long as Russia retains
Bessarabia the true lino of defence for European
Turkey is from Rassova or Chernavoda to Kue-
tendji. In support of this opinionme extract the
following passages from an able paper originally ad-
dressed to the Admiralty by Captain Spratt, R.N.,
and which was lately read before the Royal Geogra-
phical Society, and also at the recent meeting of
the British Association at Cheltenham :

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army in 1817. Medal, with five clasps, and also the Water-
loo medal.
James Platt, the same age as Floyd ; entered the 16th Lan-
cers with him, saw the same service, and received similar
decorations.
Hugh Bailey, aged 66 ; entered the 27th (Enniskill,ens) ill
1812 ; went to tho Peninsula in 1812, and served there until
after Toulouse, when the regiment wont to America ; again
served under Wellington in 1815, but was not at Waterloo;
quitted the army in 1825. Medal; with one clasp.
Michael Wroe, aged 67 ; entered the 87th Regiment iu
1812 ; wont to the Peninsula the same year, and remained
there until 1816, quitting the army in ]835. Medal, with
five clasps.
Joseph Hutchinson, aged 70 ; entered the 3d Lancashire
Militia in 1807, and volunteered for the 36th Regiment in
1809 ; went to the Peninsula in 1811, and served there till
the close of the war, quitting the army in 1827. Medal, with
five clasps.
Henry Draycott, aged 66 ; entered the 12th Light Dra-
goons in 1895 ; served in the Peninsula several years, up to
1816. and left the army in 1846. Medal, with one clasp, and
the Waterloo medal.
John Cahill (sergeant), aged 34 ; entered the 82d Regiment
in 188 ; went to the Peninsula in 1812, and served there
until 1814 ; went to America, returned, and served on the
continent until 1816 ; left the army iu 1832. Medal, with
four clasps.
Thomas Pickford, aged 77; entered the Derby Militi‘ in
17:49, and in 1803 volunteered into the 39th Regiment ; went
to
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the
met ioa, bitPeninsul returned Peninsula 1811,rinrned t
and servooendtiotehoet in n 5 ;ft reuntilllBll4o,then
to the
army iu 1819. Medal, with six clasps.
James Sheldon, aged 66; entered the Gth Enniskillen
Dragoons in 18 ; went to Belgium in 1815, and was pre-
sent at Waterloo, for which he has the medal.
John Abbott, aged 69 ; entered the 6th Regiment in ISC6;
went to the Peninsula in 1808 and served there until 1816,
quitting the army iu 1823. Medal, with four clasps.
Charles Whaite, aged 67 ; entered the 211th Light Dragoons
in 1808; went to the Peninsula in 1809 and served there
nutaall.was over, quitting the army-in 18181 when his regi-
ment was reduced. Was present at Tarragona, Villa 'Franca,
Castalla, and in Catalonia ; but has no modal.
William Butterworth, 75; entered the Royal Horse Artil-
lery in 1804 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809, served there
until 1812, and left the army in 1816. Medal with two clasps.
Daniel Sutten, aged 75 ; entered the 39th Regiment in
18J3 ; first served in the Peninsula under Beresford, and re-
mained there until the close of the war, quitting the army
in 1817. Medal with eight clasps.
Moses Wiggins, aged 78; entered the 82d Regiment in
1804; afterwards joined the 88th, and with that regiment
went to the Peninsula in 1308 ; served there until 1814, and
quitted the army iu 1815. Medal with nine clasps.
William Johnson, aged 71; entered the 69th Regiment in
1803, and in 1810 went to the Peninsula with the 61st ;
served with it there until 1814, and left the army at the end
of that year. Medal with five clasps.
Edward Farrell, aged 71 ; entered the 18th Hussars in
1811; went to the Peninsula in 1812, and left at the end of
1813; was present at Waterloo, and quitted tke army in
1818. Medal with three clasps, and also the Waterloo
medal.

" Being under the impression that the future deve-
lopment of the wealth of the countries bordering OR
the Danube will lead to the adoption of some mode of
transit across the Dobrudscha istiamm, and to the estab-
lishment of a port of refuge on this part of the Black
Sea, I communicate my ideas of what seems most
practicable at that locality, after a thorough examina-
tion of the country and survey of the harbour of Km.
tendji.
"As a completion of the project a breakwater would
be required, first on a small scale, and enclosing a sheet
of water as a mere mercantile harbour. Hereafter some-
thing on a grander scale might be carried out by an out-
lying breakwater, and thus eventually form a magnifi-
cent naval Station or harbour of refuge outside the mer-
cantile one, if desirable.

" Galatz would then come to Kustendji, and Odessa
would have its rival as a military and mercantile depot,
if the advantages offered by the locality were thus pro-
perly developed.
"Tile mercantile or inner harbour could contain 200
or 300 vevels, if the upper part were deepened by
dredging. As the bottom is sand there would be no
difficulty in obtaining five or sixfeet of additional draught
of water—say in all 27 feet. *
" Having in the foregoing succinctly sot forth the
principal engineering requirements for the establish-
ment of this Simple and comparatively inexpensive,
yet moat important, link of communication between the
Danube and the Black Sea, and shown the local re-
sources for converting Kustendji into a commercial de-
pot of importance, I am induced to venture furkher, and
to touch upon its high strategical importance in a mili-
tary point of view.
" First, then, as Kusteudji stands on a promontory,

John Cooper, agel 66; entered the sth Regiment in 1815;
went to the Peninsula in 1809, and served there until he lost
an arm in 1813 ; left the army is 1814. Medal, with four
clasps.
John Howarth (Bolton), aged 64; entered the Artillery in
1812 ; went to Holland iu 1813 ; was present at Waterloo,
and left the army in 1818. Waterloo modal.
Charles Minister, aged 60 ; entered the 39th Regiment in
1810 ; went to the Peninsula soon after, served thee until
the end of the war, and left the army in 1827. Medal with
four clasps.
Benjamin Harribell, aged 66 ; entered the King's Dragoon
Guards in 1812 ; fought at Waterloo, and has the medal.
Charles Haughton, aged 60 ; entered the Rifle Brigade
(95th Regiment) in 1813; fought at Quatre Bras and Water-
loo ; left the army in IS3T. Waterloo medal, and ono for
distinguished good conduct.
Richard Blee, aged 70 ; entered the Bth Dragoons in 1800;
served as an orderly to the Marquis of Wellesley is India,
and has the Indian medal.
Thomas Radford, aged 72 ; entered the Royal Horse Artil-
lery in 1803 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809, and served
there until 1814 ; was at Waterloo ; quitted the army in
1823. Medal, with four bars, and also the Waterloo medal.
John Rathbono, aged 65 ; entered the 20th Light Dragoons
in 1809, went to the Peninsula in 1809, and served there
until 1814. Medal with one clasp.
John Hughes, aged 69 ; entered the Royal Artillery in 1803;
went to the Peninsula in 1809 ; discharged in 1814. Medal,
with fourteen clasps.
Edmund Bythall, aged 76; entered the Militia in 1803 ;
volunteered to the 7th Regiment in 1807 ; went to the Penin-
sula in 1808 ; discharged is 1815. Medal, with five clasps.
William Scott, aged 75 ; entered the 95th (Rifle Brigade)
in 1798 ; went to the Peninsula in 1808; discharged in 1821.
Waterloo medal.
Thomas Winton, aged 63 ; entered the 38th Regiment (at
the age of 15) in 1807 ; discharged in 1815. Mdal, with
seven clasps.
Joseph Turner, aged 58 ; entered the 15th Hussars in 1813;
discharged in 1838. Waterloo medal.
Joseph Woodward, aged 65 ; entered the 36th Regiment in
1807 ; went to the Peninsula in 1808 ; discharged in 1816,
Medal, with five clasps.
William Kershaw (Sowerby Bridge), aged 69 ; entered the
43d Regiment in 1809 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809 ; dis-
charged is 1816. Medal, with ten clasps.
Chas. Grimshaw, aged 61 ; entered the 39th Regiment in
1806 ; went to the Peninsula in 1808; discharged in 1814.
Medal, with three clasps.
Wm. -Ken-worthy; ngcdls7l- entet•ea the 40th Regiraeut.4
1812; went to the Peninsula in 1812 ; discharged in 1831.
Peninsula and Waterloo medal.
George M`Mullen, aged 60 ; entered the 88th Regiment in
1807 ; went to the Peniusul aiu 1808 ; discharged iu 1822.
Medal, with six clasps, and good conduct medal.
Samuel Mottershead, aged C 4 ; entered the 7th Fusiliers in
1812 ; went to the Peninsula in 1812 ; discharged in 1833.
Medal, with three clasps.
Wm. Wilson, aged 69; entered the 7th Fusiliers in 1812 ;
went to the Peninsula iu 1S12; discharged in 1833. Medal,
with one clasp.
John Greenwood, aged 66 ; entered the 6th Regiment in
1806 ; went to the Peninsula in 1512 ; discharged in 1826.
Medal, with *maven clasps.
John Henslaall, aged 73 ; entered. the Royal Artillery in
1801; went to the Peninsula in 1808 ; discharged in 1819.
.Medal, with three clasps, and Waterloo medal.
James Jervis, aged 75 ; entered the Militia in 1803 ; vo-
lunteered to the 11th Regiment in 1109 ; went to the Pen-
insula in 1811; discharged in 1814. Medal, with one clasp.
Adam Russell, aged 62 ; entered the army in 1811 ; went
to the Peninsula in 1813 ; discharged in 1818. Medal.
James Smithies, aged 70 ; entered the Royal Dragoons in
1804 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809 ; discharged in 1816.
Medal, with three clasps, and Waterloo medal.
John Pover, aged 74; entered the 48th Regiment in 1793;
went to the Peninsula in 1809 ; discharged in 1811. Medal,
with eight clasps.
John Adams, aged 70 ; entered the let Dragoon Guards in
1805 ; discharged in 1827. Waterloo medal.
Robert Hohne, 62 ; entered the Sappers and Miners in
1809 ; discharged in 1815. Peninsular medal, with six clasps.
Wm. Artingstall, aged 70 ; entered the Ist Dragood Guards
in 1809 ; discharged in 1818. Waterloo medal.
John Smith, aged 72 ; entered the 6th Regiment in 180/

it seems to me that a semi circle of earthwork redoubt7s;
with entrenc'aments in its rear extending from the sea
cliffs on either side, would speedily and easily, with a
few guns of good range and calibre, render Kustendji
very formidable by land. The crest batteries gn the
cliff 4, if properly armel, would make it equally formid-
able by sea.
" Secondly, I would suggest the construction of simi-
lar inexpensive fortifications over Chernavoda (near Ras-
soya) ; likewise at certain points on the chain of lakes and
swamp which extends more than half-way across the
isthm us, and especially on the abrupt and highland on the
south side of the Kara Su Valley. An enemy advancing
from the north, and requiring to maintain his communi-
cation with Moldavia or Bessarabia by the Dobrudsoha,
would be Usk, to be cut off by the Turkish forces at
Kustendji and Chernavoda.
"The swampy islands on the left bank of the Danube
render it impassible for an army to cross that river at
any point between Hirsova and Silistria. This conside-
ration increases immensely the strategical importance of
the proposed line of defence across the Dobradscha Isth-
mus for the s ipport of Silistria and other Turkish posi-
tions on the right bank of the Danube."
We understand that eminent Dutch engineers,
probably the most competent authorities on such a
subject, declare that it will cost less to construct a
canal from Rassova to the Black Sea than to deepen
and keep open the Sulina Channel: We have little
doubt that the commission for the improvement of
the Danube, about to assemble at Bucharest, will
arrive at the same conclusion, and will recommend
the Western Powers to relinquish the costly project
of rectifying, deepening, and dredging the Sulina
Channel. The proposed canal will much more
effectually secure the objects of th© Allied Powers.
It will confer inestimable benefits on these regions,
devotope the natural riches of Wallachia and Bul-
garia, and put it out of the power of Russia again,
by coup de main, to obstruct the trade of the
greatest river of Europe.
Tire firman conceding to an international com-
pany, designated the Abd-ul-Medj id Canal and Rail-
road Company, composed of Turkish, English,
French, and Adstrian capitalists, the right to .). •
the canal in question bears date the 20th k, ay,
1856. It contains three clauses, which well merit
the attention of the commercial public. One esta-
blished free ports and entrepots at both extremities
of the canal. Another provides that all nations
shall be treated on a footing of perfect equality ;
while the third secures to the company the option
of constructing a railroad from the Danube to the
Black Sea :

went to the Peninsula in 1808 ; discharged in 1815. Medal,
with eight clasps.
Peter Foran, aged 65 ; entered the Coldstream Guards in
1811 ; went to the Peninsula in 1811; discharged in 1816.
Medal, with four clasps.
John Bradley, aged 70; entered the 7th Fusiliers in 1804;
went to the Peninsula in 1810 ; discharged in 1823. Medal,
with ten clasps. •
William Kershaw, aged 67 ; entered the 7th Fusiliers in
1806 ; went to the Peninsula in 1808 ; discharged in 1814.
Medal, with ten clasps.
William Wrigley, aged 74; entered the 53d Regiment in
1807 ; went to !the Peninsula in 1807; discharged in 1814.
Medal, with six clasps.
William Scholes, aged 73 ; entered the army in 1806;
went to the Peninsula in 184 ; discharged in 1814. Medal,
with eight clasps.
Joseph Wilton, aged 70 ; entered the 29th Regiment in
1803 ; went to the Peninsula in 1808 ; discharged in 1815.
Medal, with three clasps.
John Hitchou, aged 71 ; entered the 7th Light Dragoons
in 1803 ; served in the Peninsula from 1808 to 1814 ; dis-
' charged in 1821. Medal, with five clasps.
William Moore, aged 74 ; entered the Royal Artillery in
1800; went to the Peninsula in 1811 ; discharged in 1815.
Medal, with two clasps.
Henry Thornley, aged 76 ; entered the let Foot Guards
in 1803 ; served in the Peninsula from 1808 to 1811; dis-
charged iu 1814. Medal, with three clasps.
Robert Fitton, aged 71 ; entered the 48th Regiment in
1803 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809; discharged in 1824.
Medal, with seven clasps.
Thomas Rain, aged 74, entered the 48th Regiment in 1807;
went to the Peninsula in 1209 ; discharged in 1811. Medal,
with four clasps.
Samuel Haslam, aged 67 ; entered the 32d. Regiment in
1811; wont to the Peninsula in 1811; dischaiged in 1818.
Medal, with four clasps, and Waterloo medal.
Abel Unsworth, aged 64 ; entered the Royal Horse Artillery
in 1808; want to the Peninsula in 1809 ; discharged iu 1836.
Medal, with ten clasps, and Waterloo modal.
Thomas Taylor, aged 68 ; entered the 85th Regiment in
1808 ; went to the Peninsula in 1811 ; discharged iu 1832.
Medal, with one clasp, and good conduct medal.
Samuel Smith, aged GO ; entered the Royal Artillery in
1812 ; went to the Peninsula in 1812 ; discharged in 1832.
entered the Royal Artillery in
Medal, with four clasps.
James Wilson, aged 67;
1801; went to tho Peninsula in 1811; discharged iu 1825.
Medal, with six clasps.
John Skerratt, aged 73 ; entered the Grenadier Guards in
1800 ; served in the Peninsula from 1809 to 1811 ; dis-
charged in 1821. Medal, with three clasps, and Waterloo
medal.

WATERLOO lIHROES RESIDENT AT ROCHDALE, 1856.
Edmund Law, Church Lane, Royal Artillery driver.
James Farrow, Whitworth, 23d Welsh Fusiliers.
James Hopwood, Buersill, 23d Light Dragoons.
James Lord, Cut Gate, 3d Foot Guards.
John Brierley, Bagslate, 3.1 Foot Guards.
George Morton, 33d (or Wellington's Own Regiment )
William Ashton, Royal Artillery driver.
Richard Bentinck, 23d Welsh Fusiliers.
John Swift, Cronkeysha.w, 51st Light Infantry.
Edmund Holt, Royton, 15th Lancers.
John Thwaite, Oldham Road, 2d Life Guards.
Samuel Whittam, Birches, 52d Infantry.
Samuel Shore, Heights, d Foot Guards.
Abraham Whitworth, Piufold, 51st Light Infantry.
John Turner, Brick Croft, 52d Infantry.
John Lord, Oakenrod, Royal Horse Artillery.
Robert Butterworth,-Heights, Royal Horse Guards Blue.
Thomas Bentley, Royton, Royal Horse Guards Blue.
John Ashworth, Mount Pleasant, 51st Foot.
Abraham Greeubalgh, Mount Pleasant, Royal Artillery.
We may remark that several of the "heroes" spoke of
their being entitled to clasps which they did not possess;
the gonend explanation being that they had not made ar-
plication fcr them.

THE INQUEST AT GREENSIDE.—Lagt Friday we gave
insertion to a report of this inquest, which had been pre-
viously published in the locality. We are informed by
the coroner, J. W. Fayed, Esq., that the wards in which
he i ; made to declare that a clearer cage of murder 1 ad
never come to his knowledge were never used by Lim.