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      reference tpthe convenience of each , other , so that the railirays may no longer be separate and independent lines of jomniuiucaiion . The next clause affords a simple and a less lostly mode ofcarrying these object * into Effect bjy an appeal bo the constituted authorities at the instance of any person who thinks himself aggrieved . As a protection to > the public , b © believed the present measure would prove as efficient as the original measure would have been . The Speaker then left the chair * and the bill passed through committee pro farm A .. } . -

      Hobsb Transports—Sir J . amees Gbaham , in answer io ^ ir John Walsh , stated that accounts had just been repebp ? ti : oF the arrival of some of the horse transports at Malta ; an ) ith > ty although the weather had been somewhat rough , noli horse had Wn lost . Sir James added that the Bima-?< r ^ st eamer was beiing fitted for the conveyance of 500 horses to the East . £ ^ T « i |^ * € r 6 TBi ^ EaPoSi > BNTS . —Lord LbVAlsrai asked " whether ^^ ^ stelHners taken up for ^ conveyance of her Majesty ^ -trwps to the Eas t were not engaged ejtolusively for $ *! & ¦ accommodation of those troops ; and wfietter fine circjdins ^ nces are known to the Board of Admbralty , under which tfce person who reported to the Times newspaper the Cpndifi ^ n of the troops landed at Gallippli , appears to have 6 bt ^> hipl » passage on hoard such steamers from England to Malta ; and fromltfalt ^ to Gallipoli . ™ ' Mr . * BSRNAij OaBOENE answered , that wh « h steamers with ther the oard of

      had c ^ ftfied equisitionsof B Admiralty itrwad ^ ot usual to ask what other persons -were to be conireyed . s > He had inquired into : the incident referred to by I ^ p > i ; d 3 X < b'vainei and he found that the gentleman spoken of w ^ not ; Conveyed in the vessel which conveyed the troops to Mjttlta , ; r , Whether he went with the troops from Malta to £ niuhp oj ^ he conldnottelL ;^ Buanq 5 S 8 . --TCjn the motion of Lord Redbsjdale , the ftirowinj ^ resolutioh was agreed id , on Tuesday , as a sessional order : — " That this House will not read any bill a Second time after Tuesday-, the 25 th of July , except bills of aid bi '« tltJt > lv-or anv bill in relation to whit ^ li the CTonsa

      ^ S | VM ^ iej ^ ve ^^ b « f <> rtf the secoad ^ readmg is moved , that tifae ^ icjpctinistances which render legislation on . the subjectin ^^ of > the . tome ; expedient , are either of such recent ij ^ jgatii&f&fetacreased urgency aa to render tie immediate ^ o sUea ^ on of &e w > ^ ^ Mp ^^ MP ^ m ^ ¦ jmjmjajjjj . wentQijt * * he cpritinjied W «^ k ' m the £ twihght , through which the snowy . * ' ^ ffii ? CT » c ^ i . * ia ^ thjS - ' order will , it is : hoped , be to expedite bttBiMiBfM ^ notsingnaie as to the result .. ' ; . " - r ' v £ ' - $ i $ ¦ ¦ £ & >*; : ' . ; ' -r ¦" ' ¦ - .- ' i- * . ¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦

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      . - : <¦ BTOpiiiapJNTAli ESTEMArJSS . On Monday Mr . Gladstone will make another finan-6 iad s ^ teinent . Thd supplementary estimates for fvear 1854-55 have been printed . •; . ' ' < %$ & ! < $ ^«^ $ n ; D ' p ^ en jjal ^ stimate of the charge ih ^ w ^ prp b a ^ ly b ^ mcurred for the pay , clothing , and ffici&htalexpenses of a further augmentation of 14 , 264 of Additional numbers to be voted , 14 , 799 , of all ranks . o Additional charge , land forces , 300 , 000 /; , of all ranks . - ; WarOfflce , May 3 , 1854 . Sidnb ^ Hebbkbt . - Frithe Navy . —Wages to Seamen and Marines . — 'Service afloat : To defray the charge of wages which shall come in

      and other stores for troops , &c , 5 O , 0 l > OZ . ; forage and stores for horses , 60 . 000 Z . ; pay and contingent expenses of officers and agents for transports , 5000 ? . ; provisions for troops embarked , 18 . 000 J . —total , 8 , 096 , 700 * . The whole charge amounts to the sum of fonr million five hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and thirtyone pounds . J . R . G . Graham , Admiralty , May 2 , 1854 . W . Cowpkk . For the Ordnance . —Pay , < fc ., Ordnance * Military Corps —Pay of field train officers , and additional

      son-commissioned officers and artificers , royal artillery , to complete the equipments for the field on foreign service , 10 , 313 / . ; additional pay and allowances , foreign service , 11 , 020 ? . ; travelling expenses , carriage of baggage , &c .. 20 O 0 Z . ; for the purchase of horses , 30 . 00 OJ . —total , 53 , 333 / . Barrack'Supplies , g-c . —Barrack supplies , & 0 , 000 f . ; great coats , 44 , 621 / . ; boots , shoes . &c , for troops in the field . 22 , 1181—total , 96 , 734 / . 2 £ stoWis / wreente . —Salaries and allowances to officers and clerks at sundry stations at home , £ 000 / . W ^ e * . —Woolwich , 104 , 190 // - -

      Stores . — -For the supply of small arms , 30 , 000 / . ; for the supply of . iron ordnance , « &c ., 33 , 000 / . ; for ^ he purchase of ordnance stores , " . of everV description , as under , viz . .-gunpowder , 8250 / . ; timber ,. " M 245 Z .. ; miscellaneous stores , 325 , 380 / . ; materials for -packing , carriage Of ammunition , Btbres , &c , 13 , 000 / . ; for the building of ordnance vessels , 6000 / . —total , 455 , 875 / . Works , Bvildings , $ c . —Special engineer services in connexion with the expedition , 20 , 000 / . ; for the erection of barracks at Aldershott , 10 , 000 / . —total , 30 , 000 / . General total , 742 , 132 / . . W . MONSBLL ,. Office of Ordnance , May 3 , 1854 . T . Hastings .

      courae of ipayment , in the year ending on the 31 st March , 1856 j for 6000 seamen to be employed in her Majesty ' s fleet far six months additional , provision having been made fbrthe jsame . for six months-onJy in the navy estimates , 11 O , 0 OML ; to meet the additional pay , beyond seamen ' s pay , to-coast-guardmen and seamen riggers employed in her Majesty ' s fleet , 51 , 700 / . ; to defray the charge of wages which , shall come in course of payment in the year ending on the 31 st of March , 1 855 , for an additional 6000 seamen , to be employed in her Majesty's fleet , 220 , 000 / . ; to proyufo for the balance of pay due to the representatives of the officers and crews of ner Majesty ' s ships Erebus and Terror , employed as discovery snips in the Arctic Regions , up to the 31 st of March , 1854 , 80 , 000 / . —total , 461 , 7007 . VicteudsjbrSeamen and Marines . —For provisions , &c , for RAAA imikfi Tni < on a / 1 rKfiAnal wau ^/ I n ^ ai <* < m # \ 4-l * n *¦ . » 4 . V . — Ol . i

      vvvv *** v « , » j * vu «* u c « uiA * UAVUCt& fnJJ ll # U . V * OLA . mvlM . vMLD LI / LXXt 7 UiOl / of March , 1865 , 60 , 000 / . ; for additional victualling stores required , and for freight of provisions , atid for increase in the prices of several species of stores and provisions , 50 , 000 / . ; for provisions , victualling stores , &c , for an additional 6000 men , to he employed in her Majesty ' s fleet for one year ending on the 31 st of March , 1865 , 1 € 0 , 000 / . —total , 2 Q 0 ' ft 00 & - Admiralty-office , 5000 / . ' , Her Majesty's establishments at home , 20 OOZ . ¦¦ Wages * P artificers , & <; ., employed in her Majesty ' s establishments a > home , 47 , 000 / . Wage&-Uf artificers , &o ., employed in her Majesty's oatablishments abroad , 1000 / . Naval Stores , § c ., for the Building and Repair of Ships , < f < J . —For the purchase of coal and other fael for her Majesty ' s steam vessels , 160 , 000 / . ; for the purchase of stores required to replace those issued to the fleet , 40 , 000 / . ; for the purchase and repair of steam machinery , 252 , 674 / . ; for the purchase of et « am vessels , run-boats . &c , 244 , 657 / . — total , & 97 , 831 Z . New works , improvements , and repairs in the yards , &c .

      700 QZ . Medicines and medical stores , 30 , 000 / . Miscellaneous services , 6000 / . Army and Ordnance Departments . —For expenses in transportingtroops and horses , classed under the following heade , viz .: —Freight of transports on monthly pay , including Steam vessels , or for the purchase of the same , 2 , 610 , 200 / . ; freight of slaps hired for conveyance of troops , &c , including rations , 108 , 000 / . ; coixls foratoum transports and freight ships , 160 , 000 / . ; freight of stowea for army and ordnance services , 25 , 000 / . ; mess of military officers and civilians on passage , 15 , 000 / . ; conveyance of troops coastwise , 5000 / . ; paBBago money for military officers and civilians , 500 / .: fitting transports and freight ships , 5 0 , 000 / . ; boddiug , blankets ,

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . The telegraph and the admirals in the Black Sea have taken care that the public shall not want for exciting sensations this week . We have not only had . our breath taken away by the ^^ announcement of a " splendid defeat" of the Russians , which defeat has benefited the evening papers far more than it has the Turks * but We-have had a . running fire of messages announcing the bombardment of Odessa . This is a fact ; whatever thesplendid defeat maybe . The history of its origin is noteworthy . When the : captain of the Furious reported that his flag of truce had beenfiredatby the Bussian batteries at Odessa , the British , and Frenc& admirals immediately consulted as to how best they shonld rjeply to this outrage on the law of nations . Their minds were speedily made up , and on the 17 th April the vanguard of the fleet steamed close to the port and tried the range of their guns by throwing a few saells . * ' This appears to have been repeated the

      next day , as far as we can make out . Then we come to the telegraphic messages ; first , the Bussian account from Vienna , statuig that the bombardment took place on the 24 th , and that an attempt to land 1800 men had failed ; next the date is altered to the 22 nd , and the wire reports that the magazines are in flames paine Russian ships barnt ; after a , cannonade of two hours . Then the Paris Monifeur furnishes an authentic statement from some quarter—not entirely to be taken for granted however ; It asserts that " official accounts from Odessa , dated the 23 rd of April , announce the bombardment of that town by time ships of the combined fleet . At the departure of the courier the cannonade had been continued for ten hours , and was still going on . One of the Russian batteries had been completely destroyed , and several vessels in the port were burnt . " This is the only authentic news at present . It is also stated that the fleets have bombarded the batteries at the

      distance from the spot * The French commander and his men opened instantly a brisk fire , and having killed two of the Russians , betook themselves hi all haste to their boat , which they found unfortunately stranded . The Russians came on in numbers , and woulcf have necessarily captured the whole French party , ' had it not been that the affair was descried by people ou board the Magellan , who , by means of a shell , launched at all risks and all hazards , but with admirable precision { lulled several of the Russian party , without inflicting the slightest injury on their own friends ' The confusion produced by so unexpected a reception , enabled the captain and his men to right their boat , embark , and regain their ship . The first shell from the Magellan was

      followed up bv several shots from her long guns , which , it is understood , did good execration , and dispersed pele-mele the Muscovites . The army of Bulgaria consists of 440 , 000 men , regulars and irregulars . Of the former there are 95 , 000 men , including the garrison of Sophia . At Widdin and Kalafat there are 20 , 000 ; at Varna , 8500 ; at Rustchuk , 7000 ; at Silistria , 11 , 000 . At Shumla there are now 55 , 000 men , and 320 guns , of which 138 are for field purposes , The number of guns in position are said to be insufficient , but as the arsenal at Constantinople is turning out 20 per week , this want maybe soon remedied . The remainder of the troops are in garrison at Sophia , Turtukai , and in the passes of the Balkan .

      King Otho ' s rebellion does not prosper . All the despatches of a late date are unanimous in so describing it . Peta , the head-quarters of the King Otho's insurgents , nas been taken by storm ; two of their principal chiefs , Tzavellas and Karaiskaki , have been thoroughly beaten ; the third chief , Grivas , has fled . The rebels were defeated even at Mezzovo With the exception of the Piraeus , all the coasts , of Greece are rigidly watched . English and French ships are stationed at Pafcras , Vanet 2 a , Stylide , and Negropont ; they suffer no vessel to come out without sending a party on board to make an effective search . Pirates , however , are swarming ia the Archipelago . When Peta , the centre of the Greek insurrection , was taken , on the 25 th , by Osman Pacha , documents , it is said , were found on the body of Tssavella ' s secretary ! who perished in the combat , which entirely compromise the Greek Government .

      Sulina mouth of the Danube . So much for the fleets . On shore we have no reason to believe that anything had taken place of an offensive naturelike that reported so loudly on Wednesday . That report was dated Vienna , Wednesdaymorning , and ran thus : — " The following report circulates in Bucharest : —Omar Pasha advanced with 70 , 000 men towards the Dobrudscba on the 18 th or 19 th of April , and a battle took place with Luders' corps between Silistria and Rassova . During the night , Omar Pasha had detached a division in the direction of the Black Sea , and when the battle was at its height the next day this corps attacked the Russians in their rear .

      causing unexampled confusion and consternation . General Luders retreated towards Gzernavoda , and it is said that the Russians lost many guns , ammunition , stores , and baggage-waggons , and even their military chest . " On the 20 th , a Turkish flying corps crossed the Danube below Silistria , in order to destroy the Russian strand batteries . They advanced to Kalarash , where there was hard fighting for some hoars . The Turks fought like lions , but being terribly overmatched , were ultimately forced to retreat . " But there is every reason to believe that this battle did not take place as represented ; and . indeed , it is obvious that the battle referred to was the check given to the Russians on the 20 th at Czernavoda . But the

      evacuation of Lesser Wallaohia by the Russians , and then- retreat behind the Aluta , are facts . The Turkish gurrison at Kalafat were already moving down the Danube . A report in a Brussels paper Btatcs that ain Austrian corps has entered Lesser Wallachia , and wonder is expressed why they should have made that movement . We do not believe the report ; but certainly , if Austria means to act with the Western Powers , in what better direction could she operate than in the right rear of the Russian army ? It seerns also true that Silistria has been bombarded , but probably only from the opposite shore of tho Danube . The dashing onset of the Turks near Kalarasch , may refer to an attempt to clear ixwny the batteries directed aguinat Silistria .

      The following are some details respecting tho apparition of the Russian cavalry at Kostemlje . The steamers Sidoii and Magellan were both anchored in that port , and the cupUiiu of tho latter with some of his men act out on a shooting excursion , Having arrived at a wood in tho neighbourhood of the town , tho party encountorod some troopers belonging to a regiment of Russian cavalry in ambush nt no grvat

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      The following war-tax is now being levied at St . Petersburg . On the tradesmen and merchants of the 1 st guild , 300 silver roubles ; on those of the 2 nd guild , 160 ; and on those of the 3 rd guild , 106 . All housekeepers without distinction are assessed ten per cent on the actual rent they pay or receive . The Montenegrins are now fairly afoot . Prince Danilo has called upon all who are not afraid to face death to join him in making war upon the Turks in defence of the " orthodox faith , ' This is clearly the work of Kovaleflsky , the Bussian agent in Montenegro . It lias been confidently asserted that Austria intends to prevent the warlike Danilo from doing much mischief hi the Herzegovina .

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      The Greek Government is in a fix . M . Paikos , the Foreign Minister , has been found to be a gentleman who does not write in his diplomatic notes what is exactly true . In a note to Nessel Bey of the 7 th March , M . Paikos asserted that the Turkish troops , on the 26 th February , bad crossed the Greek frontier in pursuit of the Christians of Arta . ' Mr . Wyse , British Minister , and M . Forth Rouen , French Minister , distinctly state , after the fullest inquiries , that the statement of M . Paikos is not only erroneous , but the reverse of the fact . The truth is that a body of Greek light troops , tinder Lieutenant-Colonel Skilodimos , did , on'the 26 th February , Cross the Turkish frontier and fight under the walls of Arta to relieve Karaiskakis I bo that it was an

      infringement of Turkish , not Greek territory . Besides this , the Ministers of the Western Powers charge M . Paikos with keeping back the notes of the Four Powers from the knowledge of the Senate and Chamber . Prince Napoleon , who arrived at Syra on the 25 th , left that place an hour afterwards on his way to Constantinople , M . Jean Soutzo , Secretary of the Greek Legation in Russia , has brought to Athena 200 , 000 fr . from St . Petersburg . It is expected that 500 , COOfr . will be sent from Bucharest Subscriptions are opened in Russia .

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      The Prussian Chambers broke up last Saturday , having agreed to the Minislerial loan . At the close Baron Manteuffel made a speech , in which he repeated the strange assertion ^ that Prussia , in accord with the Western Powers [_ who are at war j will seek to maintain peace . Ill the Second Chamber Count Schvveria , greatly to the disgust of the Russian party , made a farewell speech , in which he distinctly stated that the Chamber liarf granted the loan because they were convinced the Government would follow a certain direction in foreign policy—of course an anti-Russian direction . Prussia , he said , could do nothing great , even if she were forced to enter the fight sword in hand , unless the people and the Government were firmly united , unless the Minister bad the confidence of tho nation ; and ho boldly declared that tho onl y way to win that confidence was to give freedom of action and mature development to the Constitution . ' . Tho treaty between Austria und Prussia has been ratified ; and Baron Hess ia again in commission to do diplomatic

      duty at Frankfort . S Tho marriago of tho Emperor of Austria was ft splendid affair ; a magriiJiceiitly-gUded sepulchre . T-he young Empress — alio is only sixteen — arrived at tho Schonbrunn on tho 22 nd of April . Hc-r mother accompanied her ; and shu rested there that night in order that she might enter Vienna in state tho next day . On tue 23 rd sho went with hur mot her , tho Duchess Louisa oi lluvuriii . in irrarid procession to an institution founded vj to

      Maria Theresu , culled the Tlioresianuin , where , according an old custom , sho assumed tho wreath and tlio diadem . From thence , escorted by a gay cavalcade of tlio knights , nobles , uud hired troops of Austria , aho passed througu

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      412 THE LEADER . [ Saturdat ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 6, 1854, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2037/page/4/