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      jtfmosMunapoxtance ,. I sent the boats , again , commanded ft mi , nfficared ~ as ¦ before ^ although-1 was aware . that , from th&MnBmy -having - liad . time to make preparations ^ it . would-. be aJiazardous enterprise . The ships - accordingly j esumfidiitheir fire . upon the town ,-and the boats proceeded . . Iiieutenant Cecil W . Buckley , of . this ship ; Lieutenant Hugh T . Burgoyne , of the Swallow ; and KMr » John Roberts , rgunner , of the Ardent , volunteered to laod' alone .. and . fire the stores ; this offer I . accepted , Jtnowi . Bg the imminent risk there would be in-landing-a ^> arty in-presence of such a superior £ breer andout of . gun-shot of the ships . This very dangerous service they most gallantly performed , narrowly eseaping ~ the Cossacks , who all but cut them off from their boat ; at the -. same time Lieutenant Mackenzie pushed on ^ and burned -the remaining vessels , the enemy opening a fire from . four ^ field ^ guns and musketry , placed almost within pointeffec

      blank range of the boats . Everything being now - tually accomplished , the boats returned . Although ^ several of them were struck by grape and case shot , most for tunately only one man -was slightly wounded . Lieut . Mackenzie speaks in high terms of the coolness and « xeellent behaviour of all employed under his orders ; -aad . I trust I may be allowed to bring ta your notice-the conspicuous merit of Lieut . Mackenzie himself on this occasion , when more than ninety vessels , and also corn ¦ for-ithe Russian army of the value of 100 , 000 / ., were destroyed , owing to bis gallantry-and ability , with so . ^ r ifting a loss-as one-man slightly wounded . .:-Since . the-squadron entered , the ; Sea of Azof ,-four days lago , tbe ^ nemy has lost four steamers of war , 246 merchant -vessels , also corn and flour , magazines , to the value of ^ tieast 150 , ^ 00 / . —I have , &c , ( Signed ) E . M . Lyons , Captain . i-EfiarrrAdmiral -Sir Edmund Lyons , &c .

      Her Majesty ' s ship , Miranda , at anchor above Yeni-Kaleh , May 25 , 1855 . " Sir , I have the honour to inform you that having , yesterday afternoon , taken under my orders the ships named in the margin , * I , in pursuance of your orders , passed the Straits of Kertch , and anchored for the night just out of . gun-shot of the batteries of Yeni-Kaleh . At 7 p . m . the enemy blew up the magazines and these batteries with a tremendous explosion . .. At four o ' clock this morning I sent Mr . George Wil--Oi&ms , master of this ship , to find and buoy a channel through the straits on the Yeni-Kaleh side ; and I desired Lieutenant Armytage , in the Viper , to follow as near as 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 Tarnan Lake , 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 precipitate -retreat under the fire of the Viper ' s guns . . Mr . Williams now returned , having found and buoyed a sixteen feet channel , and I immediately weighed , and , with , the vessels , under . my orders , proceeded through the Straits of Yeni-Kaleh ; thus we became complete masters of the Sea of Azof . —I have , &c , ( Signed ) E . M . Lyons , Captain . . Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons , &c .

      OPKBATIONS IN THE STRAITS OF KJEKTCH . DESPATCH BTROM . SIR BDMDND LYONS . . Royal Albert , Straits , June 2 , 1855 . . Sir , —nln . my letter , No- 398 , of the 26 th . ult ., I stated ' 4 &at we had , captured fifty of the enemy ' s guns . It now ( appear * that more than a , hundred guns have fallen into our hands in the different sea defences , many of them of heavy calibre , ' and remarkably well cast . Those -which way . not- be , required - for the land defences which ¦ tho Allied armies . are now constructing , will be shipped -and sent to England and . Franco .

      , It lias been ascertained from the Custom-house re--4 unn , 3 , that tho enemy on . evacuating Kertch , on the 24 th .. ultimo , destroyed 4 , 166 , 000 lbs . of corn ,. and 508 , 0000 ba . rcfvflour . This , quantity * taken together with what , has tfreen destroyed by the Allied squadrons , in tho : Saa of , l 4 aof r comprises nearly four months' rationa ^ or an Army . of 100 * 000- men ; and it seema that shortly before . our . arrival the enemy had commenced sending . towards ? J 8 « b « atopol daily convoys of about 1600 woggons «« aoh < ftonfc * iningihalf a ton weight of grain orrflour . ;

      . / Sir George Urown confidently expects that by . * he . 7 th iagk . Yeni-rKAleh'iwill bo in . such a atate of defence as fuj ^ ly , tx > justify his leaving it in chttrgo of tlio Ottoman fcroppa mow here , under-the . command of Hadji Keschid Paoha , mid 4 hftt the . British and- French forces will bo at liberty tthproooed to fcho attack of Anapa and Soujak-Kaloh , in wclerto drive 4 ho enemy . out of his la » fc holda on tho ooust of ; Ciccaaaittv--I , am , &a , K . Lyons , Roar-Admiral . Ta / tlie Secretary of , tho Admiralty .

      r&XGUJISH OFFICERS-KILLED AND WOUNSBP ON SHE 79 ? H —AMD &BH . OB . JCNB . ¦ fittBBD . — -Gapt . i Muller , 2 nd Battalion Royals ; Lieut . Lawrence , 34 th Regiment ; Lieut . Stone , 5 Sth ; Lieut .-Gol . ^ Shearman , 62 nd ; MajoraSHckson , . 62 nd ; JLieut . MadielL 62 nd p Capt .-. Eorster , tf 2 nd flMajoriBayley , 88 th ; Capti GorbetVSSth ; Gapt : < Wray ,: 88 tfi ; .-Lieut . Lowrey Royal . Engineers . ¦ . Wounded . —Capt . > M . Adye , R . A . ; Lieut . Evans , 19 th Regiment ; Lieut , and Adjt . Padfield , 20 th ; Capt . Pennefather , 30 th ; Capt . John Feel T 34 th ; GaptiWesthead , 34 th ; Lieut . Saunders , 34 th ; Major Villiers , 47 th ; Capt . Lowndes , 47 th ; Major Armstrong , 49 th ; . Capt .

      Le Marchant , 49 th ; Lieut . Young , 49 th ; Lieut . Eustace , 49 th ; Lieut . Dickson , 77 th ; Capt . Maynard , 88 th ; Lieut . Kenny , 88 th ; Lieut . Mackesy , 97 th ; Lieut . Bellew , 2 nd Batt . 1 st Royals ; Lieut . Stewart , 2 nd Batt . 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 Batt . 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 ; Lieut . Soott , 55 th ; Capt . Ingall , 62 nd ; Capt . Gilby , 77 th ; Lieut . Grier , 88 th ; Lieut . Anderson , 96 th ; 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 ; missing , 15 .

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      WAR MISCELLANEA . The Cholera 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 ATwrsr 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 ponring 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 heatand exhaustion . The Royal Marine battalion , eight hundred strong on landing , was reduced on reaching Kertch to thirty . The Highlanders were not much better . The French 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 at night , and it is feared that much sickness will ensue . "

      Russian Levies in Poland . — Orders have been secretly given , says a correspondent of the Dally 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 Sybllle , recently entered the roads of Amboyna , in the "Moluccas , to revictual and obtain further medical assistance , for some of her crew attacked with cholera . Tho 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 liavo been instrumental in breaking tho neutrality . Tho commander of the J 9 ybille has complained to tho Governor-General of Batavia .

      The Foreign Legion . —From two Government despatches to the Governor-General of Canada , which have been published in . the Quebec Morning Chronicle , wo learn that it is the desire of Lord Eanmura to confer upon the officers and men of the Foreign Legion ccrtuin grants from the waste lands in the 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 ouch nonr-comniiasioned officer ; two hundred to ouch officer ; five hundred to a few superior officers . " So far , so good ; but how ubout tho English soldiers ?

      Reconnoitring Cronstadt . —" On Saturday week ( anys tho Times correspondent ) Admiral Dundus , accompanied by Admiral Seymour , embarked at noon on board tho Merlin surveying , steamer , Captain Sullivun , and proceeded . to reconnoitre Cronstadt . To guard againut a surprise , they wore attended on tho expedition by tho Dragon , Captain II . Stewart , and the Bulldog , Commander Gordon . Although they wont in quite oloao to tho battorioi ) , and remained there for nearly three bourn , the JRuaaians looked quietly on during tho whole timo , apparently with tho most perfect indifference ; and , an all tho shipn in tho harbour wcro . dressed in colours , it in poipiblo they wore engaged in colebrutiug Homo high fo . 4 f . ivul , or oven porhupu doing honour to an Imperial visitor . " Thero ia no other newa of importance from ? ho Baltic . Wo still continue to take . prizes ;¦• and it

      becomes every ^ dayimore evident that the mistaken ciple on which'we , -acted , last year , of respecting prj property , is abandoned . Admiral Boxer has died at Balaklava of cho ] and Rear-Admiral of the Blue , Charles Howe Frema has been appointed to succeed him . as SuperinteB of the Transport Service . He has just completed fifty-fifth year . The Russian Army in the Crimea In a spateh from General D'Autemarre , dated Kertch , Ma ' we read as follows ' . — " We may compute at 6000 * the strength of the troops charged with the defenc the peninsula of YtenHvaQeh . General Wrangel , who < manded them , had repeatedly demanded reinforcem < A letter from Prince Gortschakoff , which has fallen our hands , informs this general that not only -will In receive the reinforcements demanded , but that he ' have to send on all his cavalry to Sebastopol . ' "

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      THE LAST OF THE VIENNA CONFERENC —THE AUSTRIAN PROPOSALS . A further paper , containing the final protocol of Vienna Conference , has been laid before ^ Parlian Count . Buol having requested the Plenipotentiaries o other Courts to assemble at his office on the 4 th of J proceeded to state that , as a last resource , Austria prepared to make another proposition intended to s by way of compromise the disputed point of the lin tion of the naval forces of Russia in the Black Sea . ; the eleventh Conference , held on the 19 th of April Drouyn de Lhuys had suggested that , as Russia perc torily objected to treat with the other great Power the limitation of her own naval forces , an e : dient might be found to meet this difficulty bringing about a direct arrangement between Ex

      and the Porte to adjust the balance of their res tive forces , which arrangement should have the £ validity and effect as the general acts of the Confere Upon this hint , which certainly does no credit to sagacity or firmness of the negotiator , the Aust Cabinet set to work to construct its final scheme , to following effect : —It proposed , in the first place , that great Powers should bind themselves to respect the dependence and . territorial integrity of the Ottoj Empire , . and should bind themselves to consider eact or event of a nature to infringe upon it as a ques

      of Evnropean interest . Secondly , that the Plenipo ; tiarie 3 of Russia and Turkey should propose , by comi agreement to the Conference , the equal amount of effective . naval forces to be kept up by them in the B ] Sea , such amount not to exceed the number of Itus ships now afloat in the sea , and this agreement sh < form an integral part of the General Treaty ; the Str to remain closed , but each of the other Powers to authorised by iirman to station two frigates in the Bl Sea , and in case of attack the Sultan to open the pass to all the navaLforces of his allies . —* T . ime $ .

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      PRINCE ALBERT « ON RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT . The annual dinner of the Trinity Corporation t < place on Saturday evening last , at the Trin House , when Prince Albert , in proposing the hea of Ministers , made the following rather signific remarks : — " Gentlemen , —; The toast which I have now to prop to . you is that of . her Majesty ' s Ministers . ( Cheers . ' ) there was ever a time at which her Majesty ' s Go vornnu by ¦' whomsoever conducted , required the support , ay , the support alone , but the confidence , good-will , audsy pathy . of their fellow countrymen , it is surely the prest ( Laud cheers , ' ) It is not the way to success in M ar , to hi port it , however . ardently and enthusiastically , and at same time to tio down and weaken the hands of th who haveto conduct it . ( Cheering . ' ) Wo are engaged w a mighty enemy , who is using against us all th wonderful powers r which have sprung up under 1 generating influence of our liberty and our oivilisatl You .: flnd him with all that force which unity of pi pooe and > action , impenetrable secrecy , and unc ( irolled despotic power , havo . given , while wo h £ to . meet him under a state of things intended peace , and for 4 ho . promotion of that very eivilisutlc the offspring of public discussion , of tho friction parties , and of tho popular control on tho govcrnnw and tho state . Tho Queen has no power to levy troo ] nor haa < jho any at her ; command but such as oflor th voluntary services . Her government can tako no me sure for tho prosecution of tho war which it has J beforehand to explain in Parliament . Her arm und fleet can make no movements , nor evou p > pare for ; any , without their being publicly announc inthopapera . No . mistake , however trifling , can occi no want or woaknewa oxiat , which ia not at onco uounced and even Boractimert exaggerated with » I " of morbid satisfaction . ( Loud and continued c / tceru >} The QiKion ' a ambaasudor can enter into no "'« . tiona without tho Government having to dofo » d " by entering into all tho arguments which thm " gotiutor , in order to bo succoaaful , ought to bo « to ehut up in tho innermost rocewaoa of bin «> oa { . Loud ahetirs . ) Nay , at tho most critical poaitiou , ww

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      * Veaiiviufl , Curlew , Swallow , Stromboli , Ardent , t Mefllna , Wrangler , Lynx , Recruit , Arrow , Viper , Snako , * -Ber » le .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1855, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2095/page/6/