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WAR MISCELLANEA. The CnoLEteA in the Arm...
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THE LAST OF THE VIENNA CONFER ENCES —THE...
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PRINCE ALBERT ON RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT....
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T H E W A R. Whether It Be A Coincidence...
-nt aiost . wipOTfc ( ia € e , rI * eat the boats again , * conMuanded « KL « fficarecLa 3 Tb « forft * altho ugh I was aware that , from tbs- ^ enemy , having had 'time to make preparations , At rWOvfcUbe aJiazardous-enterprise . The ships accordingly jresuwed !* heir Are upon the town , and the ; boats proceeded . . LLa » tea » nt Cecil W . Buckley , of this ship ; Lietttanaut iHugh T . Burgoyne , of the Swallow ; aad sMr . 'Jfahn JRoberfcs , .-gunner , of the Ardent , volunteered -toilanAaloae . and ifire the stores ; this offer I accepted , . knowing- the . inraainent . risk there would ; be fin landuig . a rparfyin-pregen . ee of such a superior force , and , out ;© f ^ aarShot of the ships . This very dangerous service they most gallantly performed , narrowly escaping the , Cossaekg , who all but cut them off from their boat ; at . the
, 8 f « ae time Lieutenant Mackenzie pushed on and burned , the remaining vessels , the enemy opening a fire from ipuKfield-guns and musketry , placed almost within point-^ blft uk range of the boats . Everything being now effeo-. £ ually accomplished , the boats returned . Although ^ several of them weTe struck by grape and case shot , most iurfeunately only one man was slightly wounded . Lieut . JUaekenzie speaks in high . terms of the coolness and atxeettent behaviour of : all employed under his orders ; - a & d . < I trust I may be allowed to bring to your notiee . the conspicuous merit of Lieut . Mackenzie himself on this . occasion , when more . than ninety vessels , and also corn ffer the Russian army of the value of 100 , 000 / ., were ^ destroyed , owing to bis gallantry . and ability , with so / tsaftjeg a losses one man slightly wounded . of Azoffour
tSince the squadron-entered the Sea , . days tBgc , the « neniy has lost four steamers of war , 246 mer-.. QhAnt-vessels , also corn and flour magazines , to the value a £ atuteast 150 , 000 / . —I bave , & c , » ( Signed ) E . M . Lyons , Captain . • Rear-rAdmirftl Sir -Edmund Lyons , & c . Her Majesty ' s ship , Miranda , at anchor above Yeni-Kaleh , May 25 , 1855 . "Sir , —I hare the honour to inform you that having , yesterday afternoon , taken under my orders the ships jjjamed in the margin , * I , in pursuance of your orders , . passed the Straits of Kerteh , and anchored for the night J ust out of gun-shot of the batteries of Yeni-Kaleh . At . 7 , p . m . the en « my blew up the magazines and these batteries with a tremendous explosion .
.. At four o ' clock this morning I sent Mr . George Wil-4 & ms , master of this ship , to find and buoy . a channel through the-atraits on the Yeni-Kaleh side ; and I desired Lieutenant Armytage , in the Viper , to follow as near . possible , and endeavour to pass the straits and get into a position to threaten the retreat of the Russian garrison of the forts on the Chesura Spit side of the strait , by commanding the neck of the spit ; at the same time I sent Lieutenant Aynsley , in the Lynx , to pass round by the Taman Xake , and take up a position to command « the rear of the Russian forts . This service was ably
. performed by these officers ; and , on their obtaining . the ^ assigned positions , the enemy , as I had anticipated , exploded his magazines , abandoned his works , and made . a ^ ptecipitate retreat under the . fire of the Viper ' s guns . ; JJr . Williams now returned , having found and buoyeda sixteen feet channel , and I immediately weighed , and , -with the vessels under . my orders , proceeded through the Straits ofYeni-Kaleh ; thus we became complete masters of the Sea of Azof . —I have , & c , ( Signed ) JE . M . Lyons , Captain . . Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons ,. & c . QJPERATIOHS IN THIS STRAITS OF KERTCfl . — 'DESPATCH yKO » t « IR EDMUND LYONS . Royal Albert , Straits , June 2 , 1855 . , Sir ,- —Innay letter , No . 398 , of . the 2 Gth ult ., I stated 4 & attwe had captured fifty of the enemy ' s guns . — Itnow < l & PP £ ars thaUmorc than a hundred . guns have fallen into our hands in the different sea defences , many of them of .. fooa-vy calibre , ¦ . and remarkably jwoll cast . Those . which ' \ . 1 » fxy not ibo required Xor the land defences which , jtho rAllied armiesfivre now , constructing , will be shipped And sent to England and France . Jjt > jhas-been ascertained , from the Custom-ihouae returns , tliat tho , enemy , on evacuating K © rtch , iQnithe 24 ih , tultimo , . destroyed 4 , 106 , 000 lba . of corn ,. and 6 O 8 , 0 QO ; lba . iOf flour . This quantity , taken together with what has , J «; en destroyed by the Allied squadrons in the rSea . of Utasaf , comprises nearly four months' rutionajpr an army , ojf IQOjOOO men ; and it , seems that shortly before jQur , arrival the enemy had commenced sending towards ! jSfibA 4 topol daily convoys of about 1500 waggons ,, pa . qh ttftntaxoing half a ton weight of . grain oriflour . r .-Sir George Brown . confidently expects that by . the 7 lh imtt . Xenir & alekwill bo , in such a atato of defoneo as fully , tp juabify hia leaving it in charge of the Ottoman troops -now h « re , wider the command of Ifudji Rescind Paobji , » ad $ Jmt ( t ) w British and Frenqh forces will bo at liberty toiproooad to the attack of Auapa and Soujak-Kuileh , in . order : to drive the enemy , out of his loat holds on tho cooat / of Circaswa . " — I > ain , i & c , E . Lyons , Roar-Admiwl . , Toitho rfl « onBt < ary of tho Admiralty . * Vesuvius , Curlew , Swallow , Stromboli , Ardent , ^ Medina , Wrangler , Lynx , Recruit , Arrow , Viper , Snake , Beagle .
rENJCtWESH , Q £ 'JB'ICyBai 3 JK . ILliBD ANJ > WOUNUBD ON OWJE 7 , TH ,, AHD 8 amQE ' , JUME . KatJiBD ^—¦ Capt . 'Muller , 2 nd Battalion Jtoyals ; Lieut . Lawrence , 34 th Regiment ; Lieut . Stone , 56 th \ Lieut .-. Gol .-Shearman , G 2 nd ; Major Dickson , . 62 nd ; Lieut . Jtf *< aaelL 62 nd ; Capt . iJEcaster , 62 nd ; iMajor ^ ayley , 8 Sth ; Gapti Gorisett ,: 86 th ; Capt . iWJray , , 88 th ; Lieut . Lowrey Royal -Engineers . Wounded . —Capt . 31 . Adye , R . A . ; Lieut . Evans , 19 th'Regiment ; Lieut , and Adjt . radfield , 20 th ; Capt . Pennefatber , 30 th ; Capt . John Peel , 54 th ; Capt . Westhead , 34 th ; Lieut . Saunders , 34 th ; Major Villiers , 47 th ; Capt . Lowndes , 47 th ; Major AnnstroDg , 49 th ; Capt . Le Marchant , 49 th ; Lieut . Young , 49 th ; Lieut . Eus-. tace , 49 th ; Lieut . Dickson , 77 th ; Capt . Maynard , 88 th ;
Lieut . Kenny , 88 th ; Lieut . Mackesy , 97 th ; Lieut . Bellew , 2 ndBatt . 1 st Royals ; Lieut . Stewart , 2 ndBatt . 1 st Royals ; Lieut . Irby , 47 th Regiment ; Capt . Ambrose , 3 rd ; Lieut .-Col . Campbell , 90 th ; Capt . Hunter , 47 th ; Lieut . Boyd , 17 th ; Lieut . Trent , 48 th ; Lieut . Breedon , 3 rd ; Capt . A . Gordon ; Lieut . Legg , 2 nd Biitt . 1 st . Royals ; Major Mills , 7 th Regiment ; Capt . Turner , 7 th ; Lieut . Jones , 7 th ; Lieut . J . F . Jones , 7 th ; Lieut . Waller , 7 th ; Capt . Dixon , 41 st ; Xieut . Scott , 55 th ; Capt . Ingall , 62 nd ; Capt . Gilby , 77 th ; Lieut . Grier , 88 th ; Lieut . Anderson , 9 Gth ; Assist .-Eugr . E- J . R . Keen . Mr . Rawlinson is going on very favourably . The loss of the English on the 7 th and 8 th amounted to—non-commissioned officers , drummers , . and privates , killed , 122 ; wounded , 510 ; jnissing , 15 .
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War Miscellanea. The Cnoletea In The Arm...
WAR MISCELLANEA . The CnoLEteA in the Army . —By the latest Report from Dr . Hall , dated June 2 nd , it would seem that the cholera is decreasing . The complaint , however , has attacked the . Sardinian Contingent , the English and native drivers of the Land Transport Corps , and the brigade of Guards encamped on the heights near Balaklava . The cavalry . division up to June 2 nd was free . Reform Your Army Clothing . —A letter in the United Service Gazette contains the following , with regard to the late . expedition to the Sea of Azof : — " The army advanced , and , though unopposed by the Russians , they had to contend with a power not to be trifled with . The
sun was pouring its rays down upon them with an intensity which soon made itself . felt . The British soldiers , having rigid stocks about their necks , with closebuttoned coats and heavily-laden knapsacks , were completely overpowered , and large , numbers fell out of the ranks , overcome by heat and exhaustion . The Royal Marble battalion , eight hundred strong on landing , was reduced on reaching Kerteh to thirty . The Highlanders were not much better . The Trench were in tolerable order , but the Turks in first-rate condition , hardly a man of them being left behind . The French and English , having no tents , were exposed to the heat by day and . heavy dews atJiight , and it is feared that much sickness will ensue . "
Russian Levies in Poland . — Orders have been secretly given , says a correspondent of the Daily News , for a general levy of every Pole capable of bearing arms . Poland has already contributed more than a hundred thousand men since the breaking out of the war ; but this is not considered sufficient . A . Scrupulous Dutch Governor . —The French war frigate , La SybiUe , recently entered the roads of Amboyna , in the "Moluccas , to revictual and obtain further medical assistance lor some of . her . craw attacked with cholera . The Governor , however , refused to admit the crew into the hospital , on the ground that , should they recover , they would be able to act against the enemy , in which case he would liave been instrumental in breaking the neutrality . The commander of the Sybille has oomjuaincd to the Governor-General of Batavia .
rTnis FottEiON Lkoion . —From two Government despatches to the . Governor-rGeneralof Canada , which have been publialied in the Quebec Morning Chronicle , wo , learn that it is tho desire of Lord lUmmure lo confer . upon the officers and men of the Foreign Legion certain grants from the waste lands in ihe neighbourhood of Lakes Huron and Ontario . One million acres , it is calculated , would suffice to give " . fifty acres to each private ; one hundred acres to each non-commUisioned officer . ; two hundred to ouch officer ; five hundred to a few superior officers . " So far , so good ; .. but how about the English soldiers ?
aiEPUNNUiTiUNO Cronstadt . — " On Saturday week says , tho Times corroapondout ) Admirul Dundno , accompanied by Admiral Seymour , embarked at , noon on board . the . Merlin surveying . » teiunor , Cuptuiu Sullivan , and proceeded to reconnoitre Cronntuilt . To guard aguinat n surprise , they wore . attended on the expedition by the Dragon , Captain II . Stewart , and tho Bulldog , Commander Gordon . Although they went in quite close to tho batteries , and remained there for nearly throe hours , tlxo Jtusujans looked quietly on during Lho whole time , apparently with the .. most perfect huliuuronco ; and , aa all the shipa . in the harbour wore dresaod in colours , it ih possible they . wore eu ^ fatfed in celebrating noum high festival , or oven perhaps doing honour to an Imperial visitor . " Thero is no other news of importance from the Baltic . Wo still continue to toko prizeu ; and it
becomes every , daytmore evident that the mistaken prm _ ciple on which we acted . last year , of respecting private property , is abandoned . Adjhiral Boxer has died at Balaklava of cholera . and Rear-Admiral of the . Blue , Charles Howe Premantle ' has been appointed to succeed hi * , as Superintendent of the Transport Service . He has just completed his fifty-fifth year . ' _ ma The Russian Army in the Crimea . —In a despateh from General D ! Autemarre , dated Kerteh , May 28 we read as follows : — "We may compute at 6000 men the strength of the troops charged with the defence of the peninsula of Yeni-Kaleh . General Wrangel , who commanded them , had repeatedly demanded reinforcements . A letter from Prince Gortschakoff , which has fallen into our hands , informs this general that not only will he not receive the reinforcements demanded , but that he ' will have to send on all his cavalry to Sebastopol . ' "
The Last Of The Vienna Confer Ences —The...
THE LAST OF THE VIENNA CONFER ENCES —THE AUSTRIAN PROPOSALS . A further paptsr , containing the final protocol of the Vienna Conference , has been laid before . Parliament . Count Buol having requested the Plenipotentiaries of the other Courts to assemble at his office on the 4 th of June proceeded to state that , as a last resource , Austria wa « prepared to make another pi-oposition intended to settle by way of compromise the disputed point of the limitation of the naval forces of Russia in the Black Sea . In the eleventh Conference , held on the 19 th of April , H . Drouyn de Lhuys had suggested that , as Russia peremptorily objected to treat with the other great Powers on the limitation of her . own naval forces , an expedient might be found to meet this difficulty by bringing about a direct arrangement between liussia and the Porte to adjust the balance of their respective forces , which arrangement should have the same validity and effect as the general acts of the Conference . Upon this hint , which certainly does no credit to the sagacity or firmness of the negotiator , the Austrian Cabinet set to work to construct its final scheme , to the following effect : —It proposed , in the first place , that the great Powers should bind themselves to respect the independence and . territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire , and should bind themselves to consider everv
act or event of a nature to infringe upon it as a question of European interest . Secondly , that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Turkey sbould propose , by common agreement to the Conference , ths equal amount of the effective naval forces to be kept up by them in the Black Sea , such amount not to exceed the number of Russian ships now afloat in the sea , and this agreement should form an integral part of the General Treaty ; the Straits to remain closed , ; but each of the other Powers to be authorised by firman to station two frigates in the Black Sea , and in case-of attack the Sultan to open the passage to all the naval forces of his allies . —Times .
Prince Albert On Responsible Government....
PRINCE ALBERT ON RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT . The annual dinner of the Trinity Corporation took place on -Saturday evening last , at the Trinity House , when Prince Albert , in proposing the health of Ministers , made the following rather significant remarks ;—" Gentlemen , —T . he . toast' \ rhich I have now to propose to you is that of her Majesty ' s Ministers . ( Cheers . ' ) It there was ever a time at which her Majesty ' s Go vennueat , by ' . whomsoever . conducted , required the support , ay , not the support : alone , but the confidence , good-will , and sympathy of theirfellow countrymen , it is surely the present . ( J ^ nud . cheers . ) It is notithe way to success in war , to
support it , however . ardently , and enthusiastically , and ut tho sometime to tie down and weaken the hands of those . who have to oonduct it . ( Cheering . ) We are engaged with a mighty enemy , who is using against us all those wonderful . powers which lurvo sprung up under the generating influence of our liberty and our civilisation . You . iflud him with all that force which unity of purpose and . action , impenetrable secrecy , and uncontrolled despotic power , Jwvo given , while we htive to unoot him tinder a state of things intended tor peace , . and for tho promotion of that very civiiisufioJi , the oftwpripg of public discussion , of tho friction 01 parties , and of the popular control on tho government
and tho state . Tho Queen has no power to levy troops , nor . has ahe any at her command but such an oiler tneir voluntary flervices . Her # ov-ornmcnt cuu tnko no measure for tho prosecution of tho war which it has »" beforehand to explain in Parliament . Her R " ° * f und licet can make no inovonicntH , nor oven prpare for nny , without . thoir being publicly announce " iu tho papers . No mistake ,, however trilling , uan oc 01 "' no want or woaknesu oxinl ; , which is not uf . <>» " « « ^ nounccd and even sometime .- ) oxaKgcrattd witn " of morbid HUtLsfncfcion . ( . Loud and continued c / iccrinj-j Tho Queon ' a unibiwaudor eau outer into no " <* > ° ™ tionu without tho Govormnorit having to dojo . mi
by entering into all tho argumontM which tliin . gotiutor , in order to bo micowisful , ought to uo "V to abut up in tho . iiinovinoat i-ocohsos ol »>» '"' ' ( Laud cheers . ) 2 SIuy , at tbouioat critical -powtioii . w »"
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Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16061855/page/6/
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