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London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE STRIKE—ANNOYING ONE OF MESSRS. TROLLOPE'S
WORKMEN—IMPORTANT CASE.—Walter Newman, a
bricklayer, out on strike, was summoned for annoying, &c.,
Thomas Rees, a non-society man, in the employ of Messrs.
Trollope, builders, of Buckingham-gate.
Great interest was felt in the case, the court being much
crowded by society and non-society men.
Thomas Rees, the complainant, said he lived at Hermi-
tage-street, Paddington, and was a non-society man work-
* for Messrs. Trollope, of Buckingham-gate, as a car-
penter. I know the defendant by sight by his having
followed me a month ago. On the sth of the month, at six
in the evening, I was proceeding through Hyde-park after
my work was over, and when about the centre I found de-
fendant was following me. I heard him halloo "There he
goes." There was no one but defendant, and he
kept addressing me. I went through the Marble
Arch and crossed at the Edgware-road. The defendant
then came up with a card in his hand, on which were
pounds, shillings, and pence, and threw it in my face two
or three times, and when he did so he said, "You ought to
support your fellow-men, you old devil. You have no
right to lake the bread out of other men's mouths." He
continued to follow me, slapping me in the face two or three
times with the card. A gentleman got out of his carriage,
and I said, " What shall Ido with him and the gentle-
man said, " Give him in charge." Defendant then said he
worked for Messrs. Trollope, and •was one of the new
hands. The defendant said if I continued to work at Messrs.
Trollope's I should work nowhere else. Messrs. Trollope's
people are out on strike, and I am one of the new hands.
Defendant has never worked there. _ _

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Cross-examined—Had seen defendant before. I believe
the gentleman is in Paris now. The people said it was
Lord Pembroke. I had a saw in my hand, and I said if he
molested me I would use it. A man who was with de•-
fendant said if I did he would use his fists. I don't remem-
ber using bad language. The defendant is, I believe, a
bricklayer.
Mr. Bingham said he was sorry to see a man with suffi-
cient strength and intellect to secure constant employment
so ignorant of his own interests and the rights of others as
to imagine that the rate of wages could be regulated by
brutal and tyrannical force

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The defendant was then fined £5, and ordered to enter
into his own recognisances to keep the peace towards the
complainant.

THAMES.

AN UNGRATEFUL THlEF.—David Kirkland, a respect-
able-looking man, a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was
brought up on remand, before Mr. Yardley, eharged with
stealing a silver watch- and a silk mantle, the property of
Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the landlord of the North Country
Sailor public-house, in High-street.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for the prosecutor, said that
a watch and a mantle had been missed from the prosecutor's
house while the prisoner was lodging there, and the mantle
had since been traced to his possession. The watch, how-
ever, had not been traced, and he would confine himself to
the charge of stealing the mantle, worth 10s.
A young woman, named Mary Ann Hamilton, of No. 3,
Cross-court, Cross-street, St. George-in-the-East, said that.
she pawned a silk mantle for the prisoner on the 20th of
August last, and received a loan of 7s. 6d. upon it. She
gave the money to the prisoner.
A pawnbroker produced the mantle, which was identified
by Frances Percey, a young lady, the daughter-in-law of
the prosecutor. It belonged to her mother, and was stolen
from a box which was kept unlocked.
The prisoner said he was guilty.
Mr. Wilson was called upon to state what he knew of the
prisoner, and he stated that Kirkland introduced himself
as a townsman of his, and he knew something of his family
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He put confidence in the pri-
soner, and gave him lodging until he could obtain employ-

Mr. Yardley—What would you have charged him ?
Mr. Wilson—Only 6d. per night.
Mr. Yardley—And how much does he owe you ?
Mr. Wilson—About 13s. or 145., sir, which probably I
should never have asked him for if he had bleu honest.
The prisoner—l worked at. Pimlico, and meant to pay
Mr. Wilson.

Mr. Yardley—Why did you rob him ?
The prisoner—l was in liquor—l was drunk.
Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse whatever—not the least.
The prosecutor behaved very kindly to you, and you have
'robbed him. There is very little doubt that you stole the
watch as well as the mantle, but the mantle is the only case
before me, and for stealing "that I sentence you to be im-
prisoned, and kept to hard labour, for three calendar
months. Let Mr. Wilson have the mantle, and 7s. in
money, found upon the prisoner.

PROTESTANT IMMUNITIES IN

AUSTRIA.

The Wiener Zeitung of 10th inst. contains an
" Imperial Patent relative to the internal constitu-
tion,
school and educational affairs, and political
position of the Protestant Church (Lutheran and
Calvinist) in the Kingdoms of Hungary, Croatia,
and Sclavonia." The official document being of
the highest importance, we subjoin a compiled,
analysis of it :
Paragraph 1. The representation and administration of
the Evangelical Church, as well of the Augsburg as of the
Helvetic Confession, shall, as in olden times, have three
foundations. These shall be parochial, " districtual," and
" superintendential" communities.
2. The organs of church government shall be the Pres-
bytery and the local Assembly (Konvent) for the parochial
communities ; the Consistory of Elders of the Assembly. of
Elders for the districtual communities ; and the Superin-
tendential Convention and Superintential Assembly for the
superintendential communities. The supreme authorities for
the superintendencies of both confessions shall be the Ge-
neral Conference and the Synod.
3. Whenever the members of these ecclesigstical assem-
blies are called on to give a vote they are to follow their
own conviction, and not to consider themselves bound by
the instructions received from their constituents.
4. The right of superintendence will be exercised by the
Imperial authorities in the usual legal manner, " unless the
Emperor should on particular occasitms make exceptions."
A department, with employes who shall be members of the
one or other confession, shall be formed in the Ministry for
Ecclesiastical Affairs.
5. The Consistory of Elders and the Superintendential
Consistory are to be the lower ecclesiastical courts, and the
General Conference of the superintendencies of the one or
other confession is to form a higher court. A supreme
evangelical consistory will be established as soon as the
Emperor has received the opinions of the various superin-
tendents on the subject.
6. • As soon as the Protestant ecclesiastical courts are esta-
blished the Imperial authorities will cease to have right of
jurisdiction in matrimonial matters.
7. Until laws relative to matrimony are published by the
synods of the two confessions those now in use are to remain
in force.
8. It will at some future time be determined what fees
are to be paid to the ecclesiastical authorities.
9. In all matters of discipline the protestant clergy are
to be subject to the ecclesiastical authorities ; but such
matters as contracts, debts, inheritance, &c., must be referred
to the civil courts.
10. If a clergyman is arrested for a misdemeanour or
crime, notice of the fact must, without delay, be given to the
superintendent whom it may concern. when sentence is
passed by a civil court on a clergyman the circumstance
must also be made known to the superintendent.
11. The right of the crown to superintend the protestant
schools is to be exercised by members of une or other of the
two protestant confessions. Should a school become morally
or politically pernicious, the polies of the district and a re-•
presentative of the superintendency are to examine into the
matter, and, in case of need, to close the school.
12. The protestant schools are for the future to be under
the direction and inspection of their ecclesiastical organs.
13. Protestant children are bound to study all the secular
subjects taught in Roman Catholic schools. No books can
be used in protestant schools which have not been approved
by the general conference and by the Ministry for Ecclesias-
tical affairs.
14 and 15. The head master is responsible to the Impe-
rial authorities for the state of his school. Any seminary
in which the prescribed subjects are taught can lay claim
to the rank and title of a public school.
16. If a Protestant school is established at the expense
of the state only Protestant teachers can be employed in it.
Paragraphs 17, 18, and 19 treat of the qualifications ne-
cessary for teachers, and of their right to grant certificates.
20. The different Protestant communities have a right
to acquire property in any and every legal way.
21. Moneys bequeathed for the establishment of founda-
tions are not to be employed in any other way.
22. Disputes as to the employment of Church and school
property and donations to be settled by the ecclesiastical
authorities.
23. The two Protestant confessions shall—in the sense of
par. 10 of article 26 of the synodal propositions made in the
year 1791—manage their own church, school, and "foun-
dation" property ; but the Ministry for Ecclesiastical
Affairs shall, if necessary, be atliberty to inspect the books,
enemata, &c,
Paragraphs 24 and 25 need no notice.
26. The Lutherans are to have superintendencies at
Pesth, Presburg, Oedenburg, Eperies, Szarvas, and Neu-
Verbasz, and the Calvinists at Pesth, Comorn, Papa, Sasos-
Patak, Debreczin, and Neu-Szivacz.
The paragraphs from 27 to 30 treat of matters of inferior
importance.
31. Each 'parish has a right "freely to elect" its own
rector, vicar, and schoolmaster.
The paragraphs from 32 to 41 treat of matters of detail.
42. The general conference of either confession, which is
to be formed of the representatives of the different superin-
tendencies, is to meet periodically in order to discuss mat-
ters of general interest ; but it is neither to interfere with
the synod nor with the authority of the superintendenciea.
43. Either confession can hold a synod once in six years.
All the laws made by the synod will require the Imperial
sanction.
Paragraph 44 treats of the convocation of the synod.
45. The sittings of the ecclesisastical authorities are not
to be public.
46. Protocols must be kept by the ecclesiastical authorities,
and submitted to the inspection of the Imperial authorities
before they are made public.
Paragraphs 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51 treat of the formalities
to be observed in the election of the different clerical autho-
rities.
Paragraph 52 ordains that every teacher and ecclesiastical
employe shall " swear inviolable fidelity to the Emperor and
to his house."
63. The superintendents of both confessions are to re-
ceive a certain yearly allowance from the State Treasury.
54. The ecclesiastical authorities to have the support,
and, in case of need, the assistance of the civil power.
In paragraphs 55, 56, 57, it is said that " the further
the
development of the Protestant Church must be left ttl
eocleaisitCal authorities," and that it Will IA the duty. of the
next synods to communicate to Government their wishes.
58. The supreme command of the army is charged to in-
troduce the new law into the military frontier districts.

THE -§Uls,_.:LONi)"o,pl,4 FRIDAY , EVEN IN SppTEMI3ER 16, 1859.

DONCASTER STAKES.

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SCURRY STAKES

NURSERY PLATE.

Cheesecake
Restes
Jenny Longlegs
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PARK HILL STAKES

DONCASTER CUP.

LATEST BETTING.
DONCASTER CUP.
11 to 8 on Underhand (taken)
• 7to 2 agst Newcastle
sto 1 agst any other .
CESAREWITCH.
15 to 1 agst Polestar (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst Artless (taken)
30 to 1 agst Prioress (taken)
100 to 3 agst Clydesdale (taken)
100 to 3 agst Jordan (taken)
100 to 3 agst Knight of Tourney (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Jade (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Gleesinger (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Gala colt (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Mazzini (Lcken)
DERBY.

1000 to 35 agst High Treason (taken)

T HIH D EDIT I ON.

SUN OFFIC.E, Seven o'clock.

DONCASTE.I? .RACES.-(THIS D.iY).

[BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
MATCH.--7Miss Whip colt beat Lady Eveline colt,

Gladiolus
Maid of the Mist
Eskdale

.Walked over.

:ORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

Doncaster Cup—Gamester, Uralian, Paul, King at Arms,
and Wild Rose (11 o'clock last night).
Nursery Stakes—Butterfly, Horror, Lady George, and
Oliver.

Town Plate—Blackthorn, New Brighton, Raspberry,
and Brenhilda.

Park Hill Stakes—Canty Bay, Boomerang, Miss Whip
filly, Barbatus, Marionette, Lady Blanche, Spiletta, Miss
Finch, Nicosia, Sequidille, and Miss Eleanor.
Don Stakes—Promised Land and Gamester.

1 consultation with Majors Fi her, R.E:, and Richard Parke;
R.M., and Coniniatidant Tribattif, having reported to Cap-
tain bhadwell thatthey could. held; their present position,
but that it was im_possibld to storm without reinforcementi;
received from that officer the order to retire.
17. This ofieration was effected with a deliberatiOn and
coolness equal to the gallantry of the advance, under cover
of, the night, which had now clegell. in, the force being sent
dewo..to, the boats by detachments,.carrying . the wounded
with them, and eventually the whole; were brought;off by
1.30 a.m., of the 26th; Commanders Commerell and Reath
beinetlle'last on shore.
' 18: I have already stated' that' the Lee and Kestrel had
sunk im their positilms frorn'the effect. of the enemy's; fire ;
and I regret to add, that in proceeding down the river!after
the termination of the action, , the Plover was groUnded
Within range of the forts, and the Cormorant in eirdea-
ri
vouring to remove, was also . found to, have take the
ground.' Under these circumstances I desired the o cm
and men to be removed from them for the time, in or er 'to
obviate the loss which might occur, should the enemy be
enabled to reopen their fire. :. .
19. The Kestrel, I am happy to say, has since been re-.
covered ; but nOtwithstanding every exertion which was
subsequently made, under the direction of Captain Willes,
to recover the three" ether vessels, the Plover and Lee
proved to be so hopelesslynground, that it was impossible
to move them ; , while the Corniorant, which got afloat;com-
paratively uninjured on the, night of the 27th, was again
unfortunately grounded, within range of the forts, on mov-
ing down ; and on the following day such a heavy fire was
opened on ' her,' that although afloat, ' she sank at her
anchors, and the officers and men employed in removing her
were withdrawn as she went down. • . _

20. The firo of the enemy being remarkably well directed
and sustained, occasioned the squadron considerable less,
amounting to 25 officers and men killed, and 93 wounded,
of which 54 are slight. Among the former I have to re-
gret the loss of Lieut. W. H. 'Rason, commanding^ the
Plover, a very promising young officer, and Captain Theo.
M'Kenna of the Ist Royals, who was attached to me by the
Major. General commanding the Forces in China.
21. In the subsequent attack on shore 64 officers and men
were killed, and 252 wounded, of which 90 are slight:
Amongst the former I have to regret the loss of Lieut. A.
Graves of the Assistance, Lieut, C. IL Clutterbuck, and
Mr. T. 11. Herbert, midshipman, both of this ship ; of
Lieut. Hamilton Wolrige of the Royal Marine Brigade, and
Lieut. 11. L. T. Inglis, Royal Marines, of the Highflyer,
attached to the 2d Battalion.
Amongt the severely wounded are—
Captain Shadwell, C.B, of her Majesty's ship Highflyer.
Captain Vansittart, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Magi-
cienne.
Acting Lieutenant C. E. Buckle, of her Majesty'sa ship
Magicemie.
Mr. A., J. Bumiston, Master of the Banterer.
Mr. N. B. Smith, Acting Mate of the Chesapeake.
Mr. A. Powlett, midshipman of the Fury.
Mr. George Armytage, midshipman of Cruiser.
Mn W. Ryan, gunner of the Plover.
Lieutenant George Longley, Royal Engineers.
Colonel Lemon, Royal Marines.
Captain W. G. R. Masters, Royal Marines, her Majes-
ty's ship Chesapeake.
Lieutenant J. C. Crawford. Royal Marine Artillery, and
The Rey. H. Huleatt, Chaplain to the Forces.
22. The loss on the part of the French amounted to 4
men killed and 10 wounded, including 2 officers, one of the
latter, I regret to state, being Commandant Tricault.___

THE DISASTER IN CHINA.

(From the Gazette of this eveithig.)
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 16.
A despatch, of which the following is a copy, has been
received by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
from Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., Commander-in•
Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India
and China Station :

23. My warmest thanks are due to Staff-Surgeon Wal-
ter Dickson (b) , of this ship, Dr. John Little, of the Royal
Marine Brigade, and the medical officers of the force gene-
rally, to whose unwearied exertions I have to attribute the
present satisfactory state of our wounded, and I avail my-
self of this opportunity of bringing under their lordships'
special notice the very high terms in which Colonel Lemon
speaks of the services of Dr. W. J. Baird, senior Assistant-
Surgeon of the Brigade.
24. It is a more grateful duty to request you will bring
under their lordships' notice the valuable assistance I re-
ceived from Captains Shadwell and Vansittart, in com-
mand of the respective divisions of gun-boats. Lieutenant
John Jenkins is highly recommended by Captsan. Shadwell
for the way in which he fought the Banterer.
Captain Vansittart speaks highly of Acting Commander
R. J. Wynniatt of the Nimrod, Lieutetir.nt A. J. Innes of
the Forester, Lieutenant J. D. Bevan of the Kestrel. and
Lieutenant W. H. Jones of the Lee. whose able conduct in
covering the landing, after he hat' been obliged to put his
vessel on, the ground to prevent her sinking, had also at-
tracted my notice.
To Commander A. Wedishouse of the Cormorant Lieu-
tenant C. J. Balfour of the Opossum, J. D. Bread of the
Haughty, and tl. P. Knevitt of the Janus, my thanks are
also due for the manner in which their vessels were fought
and handled.
My thanks are also due to Major Fisher, Royal Engi-
neers, whose men being distributed as riflemen in the gun-
vessels and guu-boats, was himself present on board the
Plover. .

Chesapeake, Gulf of Pechili,
July 5, 1859.
Sir,—l request you will inform the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, that having on the 17th ult., arrived off
'
the Island of Sha •lui-tien in the Gulf of Pecili, where I
reported in my letter, No. 66, of the llth ult., the squadron
had been directed to rendezvous, I proceeded on the follow-
ing day to' the mouth of the Peiho River, with the object
of intimating to the local authorities the intended arrival of
the Hon. Frederick Bruce, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary.
and Envoy Extraordinary, and Monsieur de Bourboulon,
Minister of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the
French, and of reconnoitring the existing state of the de-
fences of the river.
2. These last appeared to consist principally of the re-
construotion, in earth, and in an improved form, of the
works destroyed last year, strengthened by additional
ditches and abattis, as well as an increased number of
booms of a very much more formidable nature, a descrip-
tion of all of which will be found on the annexed plan, fur-
nished by Major Fisher of the Royal Engineers. Very
few guns were seen, but a considerable number of embra -
sures were masked with matting, evidently with a view of
concealing others.
3. Having sent an officer on shore to communicate with
the authorities, he was met by a guard, apparently of coun-
try people, who prevented him from landing, informed him
that there were no officials nearer than Tient-sin, and on
his acquainting them with my wish that the obstructions
at the mouth of the river should be removed, in order to
enable the ministers to proceed to Tient-sin, a promise was
given that a commencement should be made for this pur-
pose within the next 48 hours.
4. On following. day I moved the whole of the squadron
up to the anchorage off the mouth of the river, placing the
gun-boats inside the bar. On pToceeding to examine the
entrance, on the 20th, and finding that nothing had been
done towards removing the obstructions before referred to,
I addressed a letter to the Tantai, at Tient-sin, acquaint-
inghim with the object of arrival, and requesting free com-
munication with the shore. To this an evasive answer was
received two days subsequently.
5. On 21st I received a letter from Mr. Bruce, acquaint-
ing me that M. de Bourboulon and himself had come to the
conclusion to place the matter in my hands, and requesting
me to take any measures I might deem expedient for clear-
ing away the obstructitns in the river, so as to allow them
to proceed at once to Tient-sin ; in consequence of which I
acquainted the Tantai, that the Ministers having arrived,
and the obstructions still existing at the mouth of river,
I should proceed to remove them, using force if necessary,
the responsibility of the consequences resting with those by
whom I might be opposed. To this communication no reply
was received, and consequently on the 24th I took the force
inside the bar to prepare for operations, and gave further
intimation that after eight o'clock in the evening, if I re-
ceived no satisfactory reply, I should feel myself at liberty
to take my own course.
6. On the same night the parties named in the margin,*
under the direction of Capt. G. O. Willes, cut one of the cables
of the boom, marked D in the plan, and blew two away with
powder. These last, however, were found reunited on the fol-
lowing day, the supporting ogs of wood to which they were
cross-lashed being probably moored head and stern. Capt.
Willes availed himself of this opportunity to examine closely
the construction of the inner boom (plan E), and he found it
to consist of large baulks, well cross-lashed together, form-
ing a mass of timber not less than 19 feet wide, and about
3 feet in depth. The opening shown in the plan might
have admitted of the passage of a gunboat, but the strength
of the current would, at any time, have rendered such a
passage a matter of exceeding difficulty and doubt. Under
these circumstances it was clear that no other mode of at-
tack was left open to me, except that on the front of the
works, and a subsequent endeavour to carry them bystorm,
should I succeed in silencing their fire.
7. The morning of the 25th was occupied in placing the
vessels in position (see plan), the Starling, Janus, Plover
(Flag), Cormorant, Lee, Kestrel, and Banterer, being on a
line parallel to the works on the South Fort, and the Nim-
rodin the rear of the line, with her fire bearing on the
North Fort. The Opossum, under Captain Willes, was
placed in advance, close up to the stakes, and the Forester
and Haughty in reserve, in rear of the line, the former
having directions to move up into the Plover's position,
should that vessel advance in support of the Opossum.
The vessels on the right were under the direc-
tions of Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell those on the left under
Capt. N. Vansittart. The strength of the tide and the
narrowness of the channel (about 200 yards) had rendered
it a matter of extreme difficulty to take up the position above
detailed ; and the Banterer and Starling, the vessels on the
extreme right and left of the line, had both taken the ground,
the former, however, in a good position. the latter in one
which incapacitated her from taking much share in the
action.
At 2 p.m., I directed the Opossum to open a passage
through the first barrier, which being effected by 2.30, she
moved up to the second barrier, suppoy the Plover,
closely followed by the Lee and Haughty, which vessels I
ordered in for that purpose.
On the arrival of the Opossum at the second barrier, the
forts opened a simultaneous fire of not less than between
30 or 40 guns, of calibres from 32-pounders to 8-inch, on
which I directed the ships to engage. The Plover took up
a position close to the barrier. The Opossum, Lee, and
Haughty, in succession, astern of her.
At 3 finding that the ships inside the barrier,
especially the Plover and Opossum, were becoming disabled
by the enemy's fire, they were dropped out into fresh posi-
tions outside of if, where, having received assistance in men,
they renewed the action.
In consequence of the Plover's disabled state, I shifted
my flag to the Cormorant; and at 4.20 a severe wound I
had received about an hour previously compelled me to call
Captain Shadwell on board the Cormorant, and entrust to
him the more immediate command of the squadron.
At 5.40 the Kestrel sunk in her position ; and it became
necessary to put the Lee on the ground to avoid the like
result.
At 6.30 the fire from the north forts ceased altogether,
and half an hour later that on the south side was silenced
with the exception of that proceeding from one gun in the
outer or south bastion, one in the curtain on each side of it,
and one in the flank of the centre bastion, also one in the
detached fort to the south.
At 7.20 a landing was effected opposite the outer bastion of
the south fort,the portion which appeared most injured by the
fire of the squadron, and where the attack could be best
supported by the guns of the vessels. The force consisted of
a detachment of Saprers and Miners, under Major Fisher,
Royal Engineers ; a brigade of Marines, under Col. Thos.
Lemen; a division of seamen, under Captain Vansittart,
assisted by Commanders John E. Commerell and W. A. J.
Heath, the whole under Capt. Shadwell's direction, accom-
panied by a small detachment of French seamen, under
the command of Commandant Tricault.
They were encountered by a heavy fire proceeding from
those guns I have already named as not completely silenced,
as well as from gingalls and rifles ; but notwithstanding
these and other serious obstacles presented by the character
of the ground to be crossed, and the nature of the defences,
150 officers and men having reached the second ditch, and
about 50 having arrived close under the walls, had the op-
position they experienced been that usual in Chinese war-
fare, there is little doubt that the place would have been
successfully carried at the point of the bayonet.
Captains Shadwell and Vansittart and Colonel Lemon,
R.M., having been disabled the advance, the command
in front devolved on Coranigolor earamerell, who, after

The Nozagavy, French gun-boat, not being armed in a
manner which enabled her to share in the attack, Monsieur
Trieault, Commandant of the DuchEglut did the honour to
attach himself to me from the commencement of the action
until he landed. _ . .

Mr. J. W. M. Ashby, my Secretary, besides being on
duty with me, took charge of the signal duty when my
Flag Lieutenant took command of the Plover.
To Commando. J. E. Commerell and W. A. J. Heath,
for their conduct during the operations on shore, my warm-
est acknowledgments are due. Com. Commerell brings un-
der my notice Lieutenants Gebrge Parsons and John C.
Wilson, of the Chesapeake, and C. E. Buckle, Acting, of
the Magicienne' Messrs. George, S. Peard, John Shortt,
and Viscount Kilcoursie, Mates, and Messrs. George
Armytage and C. L. Oxley, Midshipmen.
To Colonel Lemon my warmest acknowledgments are
also due for the way in which he led the brigade. That
officer strongly recommends Major Parke, who commanded
the First, and Captain Masters, who commanded the
Second Battalion, and brings under my notice the assist-
ance he received from Captain P. M. C. Croker, Brigade-
Major, Lieutenan;, L. Rokeby, acting as his Aide-de-Camp,
Lieutenants and Adjutants John F. Hawkey and H. L
Evans, and Lieutenant John Straghan. The' conspicuous
gallantry of Sergeant-Major Woon and Qua7termaster-
Sergeant Hailing also attracted his notice.
Major Fisher, Royal Engineers, speaks highly of the gal-
lantry of Lieutsnant• T. N. Maitland, R.E., in endeavour-
ing to get the scaling-ladders up, a service, in which Lieu-
tenant Longley, R.E., was engaged avid unfortunately
wounded.
To Captain J. 0. Willes my warmest thanks are due for
his exertions in re-embarking the tore,e when it became
evident that the attack aad failed, OA which service he re-
remained till Commander Commerell reported to him that
the last man was re-embarked.
He speaks highly of Lieutenant J. C. Wilson and M.
John St. John Wagstaffe, Assistant-Paymaster, -on that
occasion (the latter of whom accompanied him throughout
the day). Upon Captain Willes also devolved the arduous
duty of directing the gallant attempts which were subse-
quently made to recover Vile Plover, Lee, and Cormorant,
and when that became hopeless, to effect their destruction,
and to his unwearied teal, I am indebted for carrying out
the repairs of the gun-boats, all of which have been placed
on the ground for that purpose.
He speaks highly of all the officers and men employed
on this service, ar.d especially of the gallantry of Libute-
nant N. P. Knevitt, of the Janus, in laying out an anchor
for the recovery of the Cormorant, under a heavy fire, and
of that of Mr. Oscar Samson, Second Master of the Star-
ling, who recovered that vessel under a sharp fire froM the
enemy, on her floating; of the efforts made by Lieut. Wil-
son and Mr. S. R. Broome, gunner of the Chesapeake, to
destroy the vessels which were no longer recoverable;, and
of the energy displayed by Mr. W. D. Strong, Master of
the Cruiser, in raising the Haughty, which had sunk.
He further calls my attention to the exertions of the
carpenters of the Assistance, Cruiser, and Magicienne,
under the direction of Mr. It. Pickard, of this ship, who
in effecting the repairs of the gun-boats, with the arti-
ficers of the squadron, had many difficulties to surmount.
From what has preceded their lordships will be well able
to appreciate the devoted gallantry displayed by the officers
and men on this occasion; and although it has not pleased
God to clown our efforts in the execution of our duty with
success, I yet feel entire confidence that those efforts will
obtain from their lordships that full measure of approba-
tion they have so well deserved.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) J. HOPE,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
To the Secretary of 91. e Admiralty.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.)

CROWN OFFICE, SEPT. 15.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
County of Salop—Southern Division.—Sir Baldwin
Leighton, Bart., in the room of the Hon. Robert 'Windsor
Clive, deceased.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 16.
sth Regiment of Dragoon-Guards—Cornet Joseph Here-
mon Persse FiizPatrick to be Lieutenant, by purchase,

vice Hay, promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—Cornet Hamlyn Huntingdon Harris
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Orde, who retires.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Ernest Courtenay Vaughan
to be Second Captain, vice Boulton, who resigns; C3ren•
tlemen Cadet Henry Metcalfe to be Lieutenant ; Sergeant-
Major John Barnett, of the Royal Horse Brigade, to be
Riding Master ; Sergeant-Major George Dann, of the
Riding Establishment, to be Riding Master.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Ray-
mond Herbert White to be Captain and Lieutenant Co-
lonel, by purchase, vice Loyd-Lindsay, who retires; En •
sign and Lieutenant Christopher Peach Pemberton to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice White; John
James Hugh Henry, Marquis of Tullibardine to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pembeikon; Lieu-
tenant and Captain George Hay Moncrieff to be Adju-
tant, vice White, promoted.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles J. R. Tyler to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted Ensign
Theophilus Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Tyler.
4th Foot—John Henry Gordon, Esq., late Captain 4th
Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Treeve,
who has resigned.
11th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis W. Osborne
has been permitted to resign the Adjutancy only.
13th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Argent, from the
eye,
who Riflemen, to be Quartermaster, vice Landrey,
who exchanges.
14th Foot—Captain John Owens, from the 33d Foot, to be
Captain, vice M'Kenzie, who exchanges.
18th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Augustus Chap-
man, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Campbell, who exchanges.
20th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Webster to be Lieute•
nant, by purchase, vice Hoblyn, who retires.
33d Foot—Captain John M‘Kay M'Kenzie, from the 14th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Owens, who exchanges.
withL:wBidetthh:PothunteneFxGanoohase:lhasttan:
34th Foot—Quartermaster Terence Rowan to be Paymas-
ter, vice Percy, deceased.
35th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Beamish to be
Lieut.-Col.j,orwTithhowomuhtaso purchase,
Tretires.otir
to be v
fulli cme
payajor; Brevet-Colonel
wiataintpaunErd...
ihßr.a se Hutchinson,
vee,t vice Beamish ; Lieutenant John Davis to be Cap-
Cat
ogoFv: joesci.!T:l Archibald* Neil Campbell,Lieutenant-Colonel, vic
4489
fromtohhu tFFFoot—Lieutenant-Colonel
purchase,httChapman,--e
Captain G. K. Chatfield to full-pay beted. ThdearetedsththraetiloOnthoi,
and not 9th January. 1857, as stated in the " Gazette"
of 17th February, 1857,
60th Foot—Captain James Henry Archer, from the Royal
64thwC F ahnoadexicalUlß PBiftg. Regiment, to be Captain, vice M,Gill.
aci—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Neville
Hill Shute, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Sibley, deceased ; Captain and Brevet-Major R)bert
Mockler to be Major without purchase, vice Sute;
Lieutenant David Mortimer Murray to be Captain,*ith-
out purchase, vice Mockler • Ensign Wilham Henry
A!3he to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Murray ;

une!'allelio-7Lieutenant J. C. Wilson, Mr. S. H. Broom,
gunner, and 8 seamen. Magieienne—Mr. F. W. Egerton,
acting mate, and 6 seamen. Cruizer—Mr. W. Hartland,
boatswain, and 6 seamen.
t At this time Lieut. KUM of tbe Plover, was killed, and
I placed Lieut. George A. Douglas, my flag lieutenant, in
temporary command of her.