The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

'POOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

portant facts relative to his survey of the Euphrates, for 1200
miles, in an iron steamer, which will, I trust, be published;
more satisfactory evidence cannot be imagined.
" I am far from stating that there is no local attraction in
iron ships, or that the compasses are not liable in certain lati-
tudes to considerable variation, but I believe it will be diffi-
cult to disprove the assertion that, with proper care and
proper corrections, iron ships may be, and are, navigated
as safely as wooden ships ; and I feel that the statements of
Dr. Scoresby, at the British Association, tended to give an
erroneous impression as to the relative safety of the two
kinds of vessels. _

THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA.

DEFEAT OF 50,000 RUSSIANS.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,

"Dr. Scoresby has said that the corrections, as usually
made, are delusive, and seems to recommend that they shoulp
not be made. This looks almost like a wish to deprive iron
ships of that which long experience in many hundred ships
proves to be highly beneficial.
" I am happy to notice that a committee has been formed
by the British Association to investigate this subject; but to
render this inquiry still more practical I hope to form another
committee in this town, who will take measures to arrive at
facts by collecting the evidence of all the commanders of
steamers and other vessels, both wood and iron, employed in
this port.
Dr. Scoresby said much about the importance of arriving at
the truth. I am of the same way of thinking, and am not
afraid of the truth; but to allow partial statements, and the
wrong application of known facts in science, to go forth to the
public unanswered, will only lead to error, and tend to foster
the prejudices of those who have been opposed to the intro-
duction of iron as a material for ship-building—one of the
greatest improvements in navigation of modern times.—l am,
dear Sir, yours very truly, " JOHN GRANTHAM.
"Thomas Court, Esq."

The following important and interesting London
Gazette Extraordinary whs published late on Satur-
day :

" War Department, Sept. 30,
_1854

" His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day
received a letter, of which the following is a copy,
addressed to his Grace, by direction of the Earl of
Clarendon, accompanied by a telegraphic despatch from
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Her Majesty's 4mbas-
sador at Constantinople, of which a copy is also sub-
joined :

" Foreign Office, Sept. 30, 1854

" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to
transmit to you, for the information of the Duke of New-
castle, a copy of a telegraphic despatch from Viscount
Stratford de Redcliffe, dated Constantinople, Sept. 23,
and forwarded by Her Majesty's Consul-General at
Belgrade, under date Sept. 30, 7 a.m., containing intel-
ligence of the storming, by the Allied forces, of the
entrenched camp of the Russian army, on the heights Of
the Alma, in the afternoon of the 20th inst.—l am, &c.,
" E. HAMMOND.
" Colonel Mundy, &c. Br,c." .

" Orange Court, October 2, 1854.
"DIY DEAR SIR,— At the British Association Mr. Towson
differed with me as to the state of the compasses on board
the Sarah Sands, but as my information was general, I conld
not clear the mattter up at the time. I now hand you a copy
of evidence taken on board that ship this morning, and I
trust the information may go forth to the public. In ad-
dition to the following evidence, Captain Thompson, who
commanded her for seven years, states that from the time
she started till her return from the Pacific (five years) her
compasses never varied. Mr. Gray, then, at his own wish,
swung the vessel, and made some alteration, as the too com-
passes varied from each other one-third of a point. Captain
Thompson thinks that she has not been quite so correct
since, and he was troubled with some variation on the coast
of New Holland, but he does not know whether the deviation
was anything unusual. Captain Wesley's later experience,
however, seems to confirm the opinion that she has from the
first remained the same.—l am, dear Sir, yours truly,

Copy of a Telegraphic Despatch from Viscount Stratford
de Redcliffe to the Earl of Clarendon, dated Constanti-
nople, Sept. 23,1851, and transmitted by Her Majesty's
Consul-General at Belgrade, under date Sept. 30,

"JOHN GR:INTHAM

"The report that the compasses were not correct when she
went ashore last summer in a fag in the Straits of Belisle,
may have given rise to the report named by Mr. Towson, but
which has since been shown not to have occurred, as will be
seen by Capt. Illesley's evidence.
" Evidence of Captain Illesley, formerly first officer, taken
on board the Sarah Sands, October 2, 1855:—"Has been on
board the Sarah Sands ever since she was built. Compasses
On main deck and poop have always varied from each other
under five degrees. The vessel was half swung at Mr. Gray's
desire about three years ago, and a magnet was taken out of
the main deck compass. No other change has been made,
and the compasses have remained the same from the begin-
ning. She was in the Pacific for two years, in and out of
several ports, and while in the Straits of Magellan, the com-
passes were proved by an azimuth compass on shore, and
found to be quite correct. At the Cape of Good Hope com-
passes varied a little, but not more than is usual with wooden
ships at that place. Deviations also observed in the St.
Lawrence; compared them with logs of an experienced cap-
tain, who bad made twenty-two successive voyage up the St.
Lawrence in a wooden ship, and who found the same devia-
tions, and says that they corresponded at all points. In June
last got ashore in the Straits of Bellisle, while in a fog, and
surrounded by ice. Thought the compasses might have been
in part the cause, but this voyage, when coming out through
the Straits, steered the whole way by compass,and found them
perfectly correct."
The Rev. Dr. SCORESBY, in the course of some observa-

seven a.m.

" The entrenched camp of the Russians, containing
50,000 men, with a numerous artillery and cavalry, on
the heights of the Alma, was attacked on the 20th inst.,
at one p.m., by the Allied troops, and carried by the
bayonet at half-past three, with a loss on our side of
about 1400 killed and wounded, and "an equal loss on the
side of the French. The Russian army was forced to put
itself in full retreat."

The Duke of Newcastle feels it his duty, in publishing
this telegraphic despatch, to caution the public against
expecting any details for several days. He fears none can
be received before the 6th of October. Everything which
is received by the Government will be published im-
mediately.
War Department, Sept. 30, 1864.

tions, thought the statements he had already made would
anticipate most of Mr. Grantham's objections. (Hear,
hear.) Afterreplying to several of the statements contained
in the letters, he concluded by expressing his concurrence
with Mr. Grantham's suggestion for the appointment of a

fair committee, composed of men of different views, to in-
vestigate the question. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to
Dr. Scoresby, for his interesting and valuable statement,
which he hoped would be the means of exciting that spirit
of inquiry which must result in great good to the com-
merce of the country. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. TURNER, in seconding the preposition, observed
that the mercantile community were very much indebted
to Dr. Scoresby for the very valuable information he had
furnished with respect to this difficult subject. (Hear.)
Mr. Jona' LAIRD, the eminent iron-shipbuilder, of
Birkenhead, corroborated what Dr. Scoresby had stated
with respect to the advantage of having vessels well shaken
and vibrated before an attempt was made to adjust the
compasses. Before he resorted to that practice, he fre-
quently found that the compasses had to be re-adjusted
before the vessel went to sea. He also acknowledged the
correctness of the reverend doctor's statement with respect
to the great liability to deviation in ships proceeding
southwards. He thought that Dr. Scoresby was well en-
titled to their thanks for raising a question which by the
aid of science would, he had no doubt, lead to the adoption
of a more improved principle of regulatink ships' com-
passes than by the Professor's system of fixed magnets,
although, in fairness, he must say that in some cases in
which that system had been followed there had not been
the slightest deviation. (Hear, hear.)
The vote of thanks to Dr. Scoresby was passed by ac-
clamation ; and, after that gentleman had responded, the
usual vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

SURRENDER OF THE GARRISON.

TILE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—At the municipal elec-
tion, on the Ist of November, the following members retire:
—ln Everton Ward, Mr. Robert Aked ; Scotland Ward,
Mr. James Thomson ; Vauxhall Ward, Mr. Edward
Bradley; St. Paul's Ward, Mr. J. R. M`Guffie ; Exchange
Ward, Mr. Thomas Littledale ; Castle-street Ward, Mr.
Hugh Hornby ; St. Peter's Ward, Mr. Harmood Ban-
ner ; Pitt-street Ward, Mr. J. Gladstone, jun. ; Great
George Ward, Mr. Thomas Wagstaff; Rodney Ward,
Mr. Thomas Fleming.; Abercromby Ward, Mr. Hugh
Neill ; Lime-street Ward, Mr. James Johnson ; St.
Anne's Ward, Mr. Raymond W. Houghton ; West Derby
Ward, Mr. R. M. Beckwith; South Toxteth, Mr. John
Stewart ; North Toxteth, Mr. Thomas Boyden. Mr.
Bradley's election will be warmly,` and doubtless, success-
fully opposed by Mr. Bains, of the " Black Ball Line," a
change which will greatly facilitate the conduct of public
business. Mr. Banner's re-election is to be opposed by
Mr. Frodsham, and Mr. Houghton by Mr. Kitchen. Mr.

Jas. ifolme is spoken of as thenex t to fill the municipal chair.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL SEssiox.—An adjourned meet-
ing of magistrates was held at the Court House, in Preston,
on Thursday, for the purpose of further considering the
Militia Laws Amendment Act of 1854, and the propriety
of referring to the committee appointed by the annual ses-
sion the completion of the contract entered into on the part
of the deputy-lieutenants for the purchase of a site for the
storehouse of the sth Royal Lancashire Militia, at Burnley.
R. Newsham, Esq., was in the chair, and only about six
others were present. The clerk having read the agenda
paper, Mr. C. R. Jacson briefly alluded to the necessity of
completing the contract for the purchase of land for the
erection of a militia storehouse, at Burnley, for the sth
Royal Lancashire Militia. The clerk of the Lieutenancy
had put into his hands a representation to the effect that
the place already existing was insufficient and insecure for
the keeping of the arms and accoutrements of the militia
regiment. After a discussion as to the form of a resolution
submitted to the court by Mr. Jacson, the following was
agreed to :—" That the court approves of the site for a
storehouse for the sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire
Militia, selected by the lieutenancy, and approved of by
the lord lieutenant and the commandant of the said regi-
ment ; and that the deputy-clerk of the peace be instructed
to effect and carry out the purchase thereof, at a price not
exceeding £1,150 ; and that the necessary assurance there-
of be made to Ralph Holden and James Foulds, Esqrs.,
two of Her Majesty's justices of the peace, as trustees for
the county.
THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—On
Tuesday morning, a numerous and influential company as-
sembled at a public breakfast, in the Holy Trinity Church
Institute, at Birkenhead, to meet the Lord Bishop of New
Zealand. The Rev. Dr. Baylee, Principal of St. Aidan's
College, presided, and there were present nearly all the
clergy of Birkenhead and the vicinity, 9.s well as some from
Liverpool. The Bishop of New Zealand, in the course of
his speech, said : —" What was wanted was more systematic
effort ; and the observations which he made with respect to
Melanesia, were true also of India, and China, and Africa,
and all other parts of the world. They could not expect
to provide a sufficient number of &located teachers from
England to instruct 500,000,000 of heathen. They must
begin in the directly opposite way from that in which they
had begun already. The Church in the United -States had
almost died out for want of bishops, because of the difficulty
and expense which were inseparable from coming over to
England to be ordained ; but now that that church had
bishops of its own, it was not only extending itself over
the whole of the United States, but had its missionary
bishop in China. Their system admitted of their sending
out missionary bishops into all parts of the world. He
did not know what the objection was to our doing the
same thing, but he believed it was that no Bishop could
hold authority without the sanction of the Queen, and that
the Queen could not give authority out of her own do-
minions. Whatever the cause was, there could be no doubt
of the fact that the missionary work was paralysed, and
must be comparatively ineffective, so long as we were only
able to send out mere catechists, or even presbyters, who
were unable to give to the natives the same powers which
they possessed themselves. When he first went to New
Zealand, the catechists and lay agents whom he found
there told him that they could not do any good because
they were unable to administer the sacraments—that since
the ordained missionaries had come out, the natives
thought less of them, and would not listen to them, be-
cause they saw they had not the powers which the
ordained missionaries possessed. Upon that representa-
tion, he had proceeded, with the cordial assent of his own
feelings, to ordain the greater part of them ; but now he
had another difficulty to contend with—for when he said
to any of the native teachers ` Why don't you do this or
that ?' the answer was, ' The people wont listen to us ;
they tell us they would rather have an Englishman, for
they think that Englishmen can teach them better than
ourselves.' Yet these same men—if there were no ground
of comparison—if there were no English missionaries with
whom the comparison could be made—would be useful and
effective teachers of their own people. The simplest way
then—and that which he believed would be the most
effectual —was to send out two or three European mission-
aries—a bishop—and one or two chaplains—and to let these
gather all the best and most promising young men into
one central spot, and after giving them the best training
that they could, send them out as ordained missionaries to
the native tribes around them. He believed that by doing
this—by planting ` the tree whose seed is in itself,' instead
of sending out barren stocks, to wither and to die—the
Church of England. even with its present means, and with
its present number of men, might adequately, under God's
Providence, discharge its missionary duty. They knew
perfectly well that the two missionary institutions in this
country, in connexion with the Church—St. Augustine's
College at Canterbury, and the Church Missionary So-
eiety's Institution at Islington—hardly found it possible
to spud out 20 or 22 missionaries annually, and that at an
expense of £3,000 a-year, because they were intended not
for 20 but for 100. How -then was it possible, he asked
again, to supply English teachers for the five hundred mil-
lions of heathens who were scattered abroad in all parts of
the world ? How, indeed, was it possible to supply them
with teachers At all, except in the way he had suggested ?
They wanted simply the powers of the episcopate. They
wanted neither its ornaments nor its emoluments ; they
wanted only the powers of ordination and confirmation,
and they wanted these because they considered them es•
sentially necessary to carrying out the missionary opera-
tions of the Church."

" PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING

fast we addressed our

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nation f

thanksgiving for the abundant Natural gifts
has caught from the distant theatre of war tl

of vict

Despatches of the

of Ser

received on Saturday by the government from her Ma
jesty's ambassador at Constantinople by way of Belgrade
stating that the intrenched camp of the Russians, con
taining 50,000 men, with a numerous arti

,nct cavalr.

The following Supplement to the London Gazette
Extraordinary was published on Sunday :--
" WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 1.

on the heights of the Alma, was attacked by the allied
troops at 1 p.m. on the 20th of September, and carried by

" The Duke of Newcastle has this day received a Tele-
graphic dispatch from General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., of
which the following is a translation:—

the bayonet in an hour and a half, with 7a
loss of about
1,400 British troops killed and wounded, and an equal
loss on the side of the French, the Russian army being
driven into full retreat. In the course of yesterday a
further despatch was received by the Duke of Newcastle
direct from Lord Raglan himself, confirming this intelli-
gence, and stating that the heights above the Alma had
been carried after a desperate battle by the valour of the
allied forces. Lord Raglan estimates the main body of
the enemy at from 45,000 to 50,000 infantry, and adds
that two Russian General officers and two guns were
taken on this occasion by the English army. Thus far,
• ••A _ AA_ L LI - - _

" COPY OF A TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM
GENERAL LORD RAGLAN TO THE DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE, TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEL-
GRADE (NOT DATED, BUT EVIDENTLY WRIT-
TEN FROM THE CRIMEA ON TUB 21sT OF
SEPTEMBER).
" 'The allied armies yesterday attacked the position of
the enemy on the heights above the Alma, and carried it
after a desperate battle, about an hour and-a-half before
sunset. Nothing could surpass the bravery and excellent
conduct of the troops. The position was very formidable,
and defended by a numerous artillery of heavy calibre.
Our loss, I regret to add, is very considerable, but no
general officer has been wounded. The main body of the
army of the enemy was estimated at from 45,000 to 50,000
infantry. A few prisoners, among whom are two general
officers and two guns, have been taken by the English

CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL.

then, our intelligence is positive, and the
Alma may be ranked with the most brilliant achie
ments of the two valiant armies which met and fought

for the first time side by BIG
this exploit, gallant and momentous as it undoubtedly is,
seems to be already surpassed by the magnitude of its
immediate consequences. Telegraphic despatches of a
less certain and official character, but nevertheless of high
probability, have been received by way of Varna and
Bucharest, stating that the fortress of Sebastopol itself
surrendered on the 25th ult. to the allied armies, together
with all the vast stores of war it contained, the fleet, and
the Russian garrison. It will be scarcely possible to re-
ceive the official confirmation of this intelligence through
Constantinople and Belgrade for a day or two, but it
purports to have been conveyed to Varna by a steamer
which met at sea the steamer conveying the news to
Constantinople ; and, from the rapidity with which com-
munications of less importance have twice before been
received from the seat of war, it is by no means impos-
sible that such an event as this could be known in the
time. The public must form their own opinion for the

present as to the credibility of this
enabled to say, that it is regarded with great confiden
in the highest quarters, and when the same despatch
reached the Emperor of the French at the eamp at Hel
faut, he instantly announceed to the troops ti '
topol had fallen.
With reference to the intelligence of the final defeat of
the Russians by the capture of Sebastopol, the Observer
of Sunday says :—" We have received despatches by way
of Varna and Bucharest, dated 28th of September in the
latter town, announcing that Sebastopol had fallen into
the hands of the allied forces, after a combined attack by
sea and land. It is impossible to vouch for the perfect
accuracy of this statement. We can only give it as it
reached us—adding, however, that it comes to us from a
perfectly reliable source, and that we are disposed, upon a
balance of evidence and a comparison of dates, to believe
that it will turn out to be correct. This news purports
to be derived, in the first place, from a French steamer,
despatched to Constantinople with this intelligence from
Sebastopol, which was met by another French steamer in
the Black Sea, en route to Varna. Varna is distant from
Bucharest somewhat more than 100 miles, a distance that
could be traversed by couriers under 24 hours. The news
therefore is possible—nay, it is highly probable. The in-
telligence published in the Gazette, by authority, last
night, of the defeat of the Russians on the river Alma,
and their retreat upon Sebastopol, would tend to confirm
our information rather than otherwise. This battle took
place on the 20th of September, and the Russians were
then in full retreat. It was quite possible, and was likely,
that the next three or four days saw them pursued by our
victorious army into the very gates of Sebastopol ; and
that the news of the surrender might reach the capital of
Wallachia by the 28th, or in little more time than it
would arrive at Constantinople, from whence it could not
be conveyed to London in less than six or seven days.
We therefore look confidently for a confirmation of this
news—even though it has not reached us in as direct a
manner as we could wish. We are the more disposed to
believe it, perhaps, because it tallies with our own previous
calculations—but we believe it nevertheless ; and sincerely
hope that it will turn out to be correct."
The Sunday Times says :—" The Duke of Ne
received a dispatch from Vienna, on Saturday afternoon,
announcing the capture of Sebastopol, and communicated
it to Sir James Graham. The latter called a Board of the
Admiralty, and acquainted it with the news."—The same
journal states that the tenor of the dispatch was that Se-
bastopol was invested on all sides on the 25th, and after
a short but sanguinary contest was compelled to surrender.
The Russian fleet, it is added, immolated itself in the
harbour. The allied naval force is stated to have mainly
contributed to this result.

at Sebas.

According to a Telegraphic message received from
Vienna, on Saturday evening, the battle on the 20th was
followed by another on the 22d, on which day Prince
Menschikoff was, attacked by the allies in the Plain of
Kalantai, on the Katcha. After a sanguinary battle,
which lasted some hours, the Russians were totally
defeated, and pursued to their entrenchments before
Sebastopol. In this dispatch it is added that, on the 25th,
Sebastopol fell into the hands of the Allies.
The probability of this intelligence is much strengthened
by the following dispatch, which was forwarded from
Paris, on Saturday, to the Emperor Napoleon, at Boulogne:
" THE CONSUL OF FRANCE TO HIS EXCELLENCY
THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
"BUCHAREST, SEPT. 28.

THE LANDING IN THE CRIMEA.
(From the supplement to the London Gazette of Friday.)

A.TU'ItDAY, SEPTEMBER. 30.

Downing-street, Sept. 30.
Two despatches, of which the following are an extract
Lnd a copy, have been received by the Duke of Newcastle

from Geneiml Lord Raglan, G. C.

Extract of a deapatch'froni General tord Raglan, G.O

to the Duke of Newcastle

Varna, Aug. 20, 1854

"The embarkation is proceeding rapidly and success-
fully, thanks to the able arrangements of Rear-Admiral
Sir Edmond Lyons and the unceasing exertions of the
officers and men under his orders. It is impossible for me
to express in adequate terms my sense of the value of the
assistance the army under my command derives from the
Royal Navy.

"A French steamer coming out of the Bosphorous met
another coming from the Crimea, which announced that

" The same feeling prevails from the highest to the
lowest ; from Vice Admiral Dundas to the youngest sailor
an ardent desire to co-operate by every possible means is
manifest throughout; and I ani proud of being associated
with men who are animated by such a spirit and are so
entirely devoted to the service of their country."

she was carrying to Constantinople the intelligence of
the capture of Sebastopol.

" Camp above Old Fort Bay, Sept. 18, 1854.
"My Lord Duke,—l do myself the honour to acquaint
your Grace, that the combined fleets and their convoys

"The steamer from the Bosphorous touched at Varna
to announce this event, of which we expect hourly an
official confirmation."

appeared in the Bay of Eupatoria on the 13th inst., and
in the course of the following night proceeded some miles
to the southward, where the allied armies commenced dis-
embarkation early in the morning of the 14th,—the

French in the lxiy below Old Fort, the English in the
next bay nearer to Eupatoria, and before dark the whole
of the British infantry and some artillery, and most of
the French troops were on shore.

"Shortly before dark the weather unfortunately
changed, and it became hazardous to attempt to continue
landing either troops or guns.
"The surf on the beach impeded the operation the fol-
lowing morning, and since, on more than one occasion ;
but thanks to the great exertions of the navy, under the
able and active superintendence of Rear-Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyons, who was charged with the whole ar-
rangement, every obstacle has been overcome, and I am
now enabled to report to your Grace that the disembarka-
" SUNDAY FVENING. I tions have been completed.

The following despatches relating to this auspicious
event were received in the course of yesterday :

"A telegraphic despatch from Bucharest of the 28th
announces the capture of Sebastopol on the 25th by the
allied armies. The details are wanting.

"Another despatch announces that the garrison sur-
rendered as prisoners of war.

"Another and fuller despatch from Bucharest of the
28th announces that Sebastopol was taken on the 26th,
with all its munitions of war, together with the Russian
fleet.

" I should not do justice to my own feelings, or to those
of the troops I have the honour to command, if I did not
prominently bring to the knowledge of your Grace the
deep sense entertained by all of the invaluable services
rendered by Her Majesty's navy.

" The garrison, to which a free retreat, after laying
down their arms, was offered, preferred to remain as
prisoners of war.
" This intelligence is confirmed by a despatch dated
" VIENNA, SUNDAY.—A dispatch has been received by
the English ambassador, announcing that the allied armies
had carried by assault the entrenched camp of the Rus-
sians on the heights of Alma, defended by 50,000 men.
"A Turkish dispatch, through Omer Paella, announces
the capture of Sebastopol, with all its munitions of war,
together with the Russian fleet. The garrison were of-
fered the liberty of departing, but they preferred remain-
ing prisoners of war.
" The English ambassador confirms the capture."
By the Russian party at Vienna the announcement of
the capture of Sebastopol was considered premature,though
it was not doubted that the Russian arms in the Crimea
had met with a signal reverse. Thus, a despatch, dated
Odessa, of the 25th ult., states that " several battles had
taken place in the Crimea, in some of which the artillery
of the fleets shared ;" that "Prince Menschikoff had left
the Alma and fallen back towards the heights of the
Katcha ;" that "he had been joined by General Chomatoff
coming from Kertch, with 6,000 foot and a regiment
of Cossacks ;" and that "on the 22nd there had been a
battle, the decision of which was expected on the 23rd,
and in which the Russian loss had been considerable, one
general and two colonels having been killed, and General
Chomatoff wounded." _ _

" The spirit by which both Officers and men were ani-
mated made them regardless of danger, or fatigue, and,
indeed, of every consideration but that of performing an
arduous and important duty ; and that duty they dis-
charged to the admiration of all who had the good fortune
to witness their unceasing efforts to land horses and car-
riages with the utmost expedition and safety, under fre-
quently the most trying circumstances.

- "I have, &e.,
" ilia Grace the Duke of Newcastle, tiie

RAGLAN

THE Srn Joni; HARVEY STEAMER, bound for Me-
laide, was passed by the Norma off the Ottway. The
Norma also saw the Albatross, one of Gibbs, Bright, and
Company's Eagle line of Australian packets. The Sir
John Harvey arrived at Adelaide ou the 18th July.

BLACKBURN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The anniver-
sary of the above society was held on Thursday, in a field
near St. Peter's church. The attendance on the ground
was much better that usual, and the show of cattle, pigs,
horses, poultry, &c. was as numerous as was anticipated.
The usual prizes were given. At the close of the exhibi-
tion, about one hundred persons dined at the Bull Hotel ;
the Mayor, W. Dugdale, Esq., in the chair. His worship
was supported by Lord De Tabley, and James Pilkington,
Esq., M.P. The vice-chair was occupied by H. B. Hollins-
hea, Esq. " The health of the members for the county and
borough," " Prosperity to the Blackburn Agricultural So-
ciety," " The successful competitors," " The health of Lord
de Tabley," and other toasts, followed in quick succession,
and the meeting was kept up for several hours.
BLACKBURN PROTEST A.NT AssocIATIoN.--Theinaugural
meeting of the Blackburn Protestant Association was held

on Thursday, in the new shed erected by the late Mr
William Yates, ironfounder, Eanam. The spacious build-
ing was decorated with flags and appropriate mottos, and
between two and three thousand persons were present.
The Rev. Mr. Sharples, the senior incumbent of the town,
was called to the chair. The Rev. C. Robinson, incum-
bent of Holy Trinity Church, and secretary] of the asso-
ciation, moved the first resolution :—" That we desire for
Englishmen and for all the subjects of the British crown,
that they may enjoy liberty, prosperity, and happiness to
the fullest extent, and for the British empire that it may
be powerful, respected, and invincible, the support of free
institutions all over the earth, the propagator of .sound
principles to its utmost extremities, and the refuge.for the
oppressed of every clime." The Rev. W. G. Pengelly, of
St. Michael's, seconded the resolution, which was sup-
ported by Mr. Fenton, a working man, who had been
instrumental in forming the association ; and carried nem.
con. The Rev. Ache, of St. Mark's, Witton, moved
the second resolution :—" That national greatness and the
highest welfare of individuals can only result under the
Divine blessing from the general prevalence of truth,
justice, and scriptural piety, and that these cannot prevail
as they should do unless the empire be governed in the
spirit of the constitution, and it be the general aim to
promote the truth of God and his glory, and with them
the best interests of man for time and for eternity."—H.
B. Hollinshead, Esq., briefly seconded the motion, after
which the chairman introduced the Rev. T. D. Gregg,
D.D., Chaplain of St. Nicholas, within Dublin, who ad
dressed the meeting at great length, and the resolution
was carried unanimously. The Rev. H. Stowe, of Mellor,
moved the third resolution :—"That finding the funda-
mental principles of the constitution departed from, truth
and falsehood confounded together, the principles estab-
lished by the spirit of our forefathers set at nought, and
the institutions raised by their devotedness and cemented
by their blood shaken ; liberty curtailed in a great variety
of ways ; apostacy but too prevalent in high places, de-
moralization and idolatry simultaneously extending,
pressure on various classes heavily weighing and dangers
such as our fathers had no cause to apprehend imminent
on the commonweal, we conceive this time come when pro-
testants should constitutionally organise themselves to
maintain their liberties, their institutions and their prin-
ciples, and that we hail the establishment of the Blackburn
Protestant Association as demanded ,by the circumstances
of the times, and as calculated to proTote,,according to
its measure, the best interests of society. —Mr. Thos.
Highitm seconded the resolution, which was supported by
Mr. G. Bury. Thanks were then voted to Dr. Gregg,
and the Rey. Chairman terminated the proceedings.

iVe believe, however, that these Russian despatches
front Odessa only contain a portion of the truth, and that
their real object is to conceal the magnitude of the events
which they pretend to describe. 'We have heard of similar
battles before, the decision of which was postponed till
the day afterwards, and we believe it has invariably been
found on such occasions that the Russians had been
signally defeated on the first day.
BERLIN, SIINDA.Y.—The French Admiral Deschenes
has received orders at Kiel to collect his ships in Kiel
harbour, and to take them back to the Gulf of Finland.
The Turkish Minister at Vienna received information
last night that Sebastopol has been taken. The details
are unknown.

PROCLAMATION AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE

Shortly before ten o'clock on Saturday night, the Lord
Mayor of London and several of the City authorities pro-
ceeded to the Royal Exchange to proclaim the victory. His
Lordship ascended the steps of the building, and the trum-
peter having sounded his bugle, a considerable concourse
of persons assembled in a few seconds. His Lordship then
addressed the crowd and said—

" Gentlemen and Citizens—l have the honour and proud
gratification to announce to you that a splendid victory
has been obtained by the Allied forces. Before I go
further I think I ought to call upon you to give three
cheers for the Queen."—[This appeal was at once responded
to, and cheers were also given for the Emperor Napoleon.]
"Gentlemen, I have received a despatch from the Duke of
Newcastle, in which lie informs me that an important
victory has been obtained by the Allied armies in the
Crimea. I feel that in making this announcement I am
discharging a most gratifying duty. A few months since
I was called upon to proclaim a declaration of war against
Russia, and I have now the high satisfaction of proclaim-
ing that the Allied forces have obtained a signal victory
over the barbaric forces of the enemy with which we are at
war. I cannot help adding that I feel the interests of
humanity, and the happiness of the whole human race are
deeply concerned in this victory."—

His Lordship then retired, and the substance of the tele-
graphic message was posted on the walls of the Mansion
House.