Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-24

Of their extreme right, and another unsuccessful
attempt was made 10 take the pits from tho Rus
slams After some hours heavy firing Of artillery
and small arms, both parties withdrew. Three I'M
successful attacks were made by the french ere
morning Their loss was about 100. The British
batteries on the 18TH continued to throw shot ana
shell into the Mamelon and new redoabt.t
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
Recruiting still goes on with great yigor at oid-
ham The 9th regiment Of Royal Lancashire mill
tia has now been nearly completed, and V about 70
be called out The Aberdeenshire militia Is iast
assuming soldierlike appearance. More than 500
men In all have been enrolled. Nearly 800 men oil
the Northamp tonshire militia have lett Dublin Tor
England for the purpose OF being dlsemoodied.
Ten officers and Ats men Of the Goth regiment
have arrived in Dublin from England, en- route Tor
Templemore.
The Lords of the Admiralty have decided that
the entry Of foreign seamen for a continuous SER
vice of ten years SHALL for the future, be discon-
tinued; they will however, be permitted to volun-
teer for short periods of and IL months, TO serve
in the gun and mortar vessels and floating batteries
attached to the Baltic and White sea fleets.
Sixty English soldiers, taken prisoners by the
Russians, are said TO be in deplorabie condition
at Veronege, from the want of clothing.
A verdict for 81 600 has been obtained in the
Court OF Assze, London, against Cardinal WISE
man by priest Of his own persuasion in an action
for libel The authorship OF the libel was not deni-
ed, nor any justification pleaded
The screw steamship Great Britain had arrived
at Spithead, from Malta, with 10 invalid soldiers
and sailors, III officers and four grooms from the
seat of war. .
A deputation Of Yorkshire newspaper proprie-
tors from Leeds have had an interview with the
Chancellor of tho Exchequer for the purpose OF
laying before him their unanimous views In iasor
of half penny stamp on newspapers to iree me
post, and Of half penny stamped cover TO entitie
unstamped copies Of registered newspapers to a
single transmission throughout the post.
The Board of Trade returns for the month ended
March 9Th have Just been published, and showed,
compared with the corresponding month OF last
year. the unprecedented decrease ofneary IL, 800
900 sterling, furnishing strong evidence OF the
rapid contraction of business throughout the
country.
The returns Of the quarters revenue, made TO
the Slst Of March, show increase OF "a 384, sos
and on the year Of f6, 624 sterling. Inc ouik
Of this apparent increase arises from the double IN
come tax.
On "Wednesday, in Greenock, street preacher,
named John Orr, (Angel Gabriel was sentenced
to sixty days Imprisonment, for breach OF the
peace His case created great sympathy, ana,
about hal.past eight in the evening, large con-
course of men and boys, numbering about 1000
assembled in the streets, with the intention, it is
supposed, of releasing him. The crowd first at.
tackled Roman Catholic chapel the windows Of
which they entirely demolished. The police were
mustered, but their endeayors to preserve order
were unsuccessful One of them was severely in
iured. The military were sent for from Glasgow,
but before they arrived tranquility was happily
restored In order to prevent a fresh outbreak
however, a company of the I'd Lancashire militia
we're despatched.