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THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL

... MR. ROEBUrCK'S COMlMITTEED. o EX4DMINATION OF THE IDFAUL OF ABERIDEBN. . The Earl of Aberdeen was tbe only witness exa.- ,fmined yesterday, aud with the noble ealrl's exsamination iC fis Senerally undersltood that the investigation of tthe comn-. mittee dosers. The noble Earl, after describing the emineut po0sition he held as Prime Minister, ia reply to a questiorn froms th& Chairman, wasa ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6233 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

PRINCE GORTCHAKOFF'S REPORT

... PRINCE GOB1UHAKOFF'S REPORT. p (Fromna Supplement to the InZi. Ruase.) - In completion of his telegraphic despatch, published' i- on the 20th inst., relative to the operations before r- Sebastopol, from the 11th to the l5th of April, a re- P- port from PrinceeGortchakoff, of this latterdate, ,-announces that the enemy continue to cannonade the n fortress during the day and to bombard it during ...

Published: Thursday 03 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1693 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

FRANCE

... F.RANCE. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDZNT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. ?? jlsni'eur to-day confirmas the news which I lbave spoken of as in circulation for three or four days past-the resignation of 1M. Drouyn de Lhuys. As to the real causes which have led to the retirement of a minister who, whether as regards independence of character, wealth, personal influence, and reputa- tion for ability, ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 733 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

The Court

... gte Court+ ,~ITho Queen ?? went yesterday-, to the E xhibition. of the Royal Bn11Anic Society, in the, 'hei gent'a-psrk, accompanied by the Prince of W~ales, Princ Y Alfred, the Diske of Size Cob~urg, and the Printeoi o 5, Hohenlobe Langenburg, and attended by the Countess of is Iineborought, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Mejor'-Geui~ia eBuckley, Captain Du Pist, and Mr. Gibbs. I T Baron de ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3784 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BILL COMMITTEE

... IENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COM- I . MUNICA Ti ON BILL COAAMl TTEE. APPROVAL OF THE BLtL. Yesterday the committee met at 12 o'clock, but no business was done till half-past, at which time the room was cleared for the committee to consider their decision on the preamble of the bill. At 1 o'clock the public were re- admitted, when the chairman announced that the cemmittee had decided that the ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 902 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

WHAT IS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY?

... WHAT IS THEF FFICIENCY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY ? (From the New York Courte~r asad Enqusirer.) 'If' the madministrationi succeeds in involving the ehuntry in a war with Spain,' that war must be a noval one. Where are the ships that are to conduct the belligerent operations and also to' furnish protection for American oon. xnerce on every sea egainat Spanish cruizrsre? This is a Iiirtinient ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2115 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: News 

EDUCATION

... I TO THE EDI-TO O- THE DAILY NEWS. SIP,-Will you allow me in your columns to revive a scheme for a general education bill, the leading points of which I brought forward once before in 1846 ? It has, I t conceive, this advantage over the other place at present t before the public, that it does not in any way interfere with existing schools, and avoids flinging the enormous burden of the entire ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 716 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER

... A TRUB BRITISH SOLDIBR. A correspondent sends us the following particulars C of the military experience of Sergeant James Hill, of the ( 23rd Regiment, a gallant Scot hloo has just left Fort Pitt General Hospital. This brave, determiped man escaped unhurt amidst the 1 terrific shower of round, Mi;iD, 24 and 32 pound shot, until EB within siX yards of a battery, when one entered the lower I ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 783 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON THE HEIGHTS ABOVE SEBASTOPOL

... it that mrn perc alto' rhe Leg 5en T rromt Nat to a whs %b3( rH: stat tion har the woe abo shee plut lice calk sior Cza gov tros try ocet dov of i stri He A wit wer rad her neo son teea ph3 Burl was idei mu nol jlot w~e' via Th into inI toe an dei of tht ail Ou Camp, May 7, 1855. The expedition to Kertch has returnod, to the i astonishment of every one. Surely there is a fatality attend- ing ...

Published: Wednesday 23 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1004 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

NAVAL AND MILITARY

... ce ADMIRALTY, MAY 8.-APPOINTMENTS,-Lisijt he Psckwood (1850), tohe e Retribution, 28, paddlewheel D steam frigate, os 40 -horse power, Mediterranean station. i,.¢ting Clerks J. Healer, to the Hloratio, 24, screw Idsteam guard ship of 250-horse power, at Sheerness; and IDW. W. B. Cayney, to the Volage, 22, at Sheerness. I T- PORTSMOUTH, Max 8. s i The Enterprise, discovery ship, Captain ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1233 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT

... WIND ANJ? ? flLU. si?'Z U. ctdft q'V.4I ? 7*1 * L? 01*. ,i,*I 4 din ?? (P3GM tHU oYuIO3? ?w m ?.uCYl1O j OGXPANT?) - - FHlDLTM?? ?? o?uraeot?V?nd. atatee?w?th?& ?? .Kaaahutew.?..4..?..na.. 'NdW.l..A ' Lolhbnry ?? 8W. ?? - Vety?hke.?*' ?? W. ?? Cloudy. F.Cold. I? ?? ?. N.W. .4? CloudF-Col&?. ? ?? * ?? ?? ??*W??V1t4lp. Oowee ? ? . Clouds.. Poole. ? Fine. W.L?1Ud3. - Plymouth ?? Mv. ?? Fine. ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 444 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

A REGIMENT OF BASHI-BAZOUKS

... TO THE IIDIT6R OP THE DAILY VEV'3. Snt,-Early in the 19th century, a regiment of Cavalry-said to huve been stationed in Ireland for more than a hundred years, anod that in remote parts and in small detachments, still-bunting, &e., &o.-was sent to Ipswicb to be drilled. It was inspected by General G., who put into general orders a most savage and brutal denunciation of this unfortunate cofps, ...

Published: Monday 21 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1169 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News