bandits, and having arrested some of them, their comrades
demanded their release. Upon the general's refusal to
comply with their requisition, they left the town in a
body, dispersed themselves in the open country, and
threatened to return to burn the town and kill everybody
they might find in it. Some squadrons sent in
pursuit of the rebels failed to meet with them. The
general has declared the town in a state of siege. The
houses and shops are shut up. A Turkish division and
two field-pieces have been asked for by the governor, in
order to defend the Dardanelles against a possible attack
by the Bashi-bazouks. The frigates Eumenide and
Tisiphone have approached the place, to afford aid in
case of need. Such was the state of things on the 7th,
the date of the latest news.

The Moniteur of July 25 contains the following:—
"After a brisk artillery fire the Russians made a sortie,
about midnight, on the left of the Little Redan. As we
are now quite close to them it took the enemy only an
instant to reach our gabionnades. They were vigorously
received by the Chasseurs-à-pied of the Imperial Guard,
and by some companies of the 10th Regiment of infantry
of the line. The Russians beat a hasty retreat,
abandoning some wounded, and eight killed, between
our ambuscades and the fosse of the place. A very dark
night enabled them to carry off the others."

The accounts from the Baltic Fleet in the Gulf of
Finland mention several detached operations at different
times. On the 23rd and 24th June the boats of the
Harrier, under Captain Storey, destroyed forty-seven
ships, varying from 700 to 200 tons each, in an anchorage
near Nystad. The men were twenty-two hours on their
oars. Captain Storey estimates that he destroyed
20,000 tons of shipping. On the 4th July Captain
Yelverton, with the Arrogant, Magicienne, and Ruby,
proceeded to Svartholm, and anchored close to the fort
which the enemy had abandoned—withdrawing the
guns and ammunition. Svartholm was in good
condition, and a work of great strength, entirely commanding
the approaches to Lovisa; it has had important
additions of late years, can mount 122 guns, and had
accommodation in casemated barracks for about 1000
men, with governor's house and garden, and excellent
officers' quarters. It was blown up. On the 5th,
Captain Yelverton went up to Lovisa in the Ruby
gunboat, with the boats of the other ships. A strong
detachment of Cossacks showed themselves, but were
dispersed by our fire. "On landing at Lovisa," says
Captain Yelverton, "I sent for the authorities, and explained
the object of my visit; some demur was caused by our
not having a flag of truce. I told them they had no
right to such a guarantee, as the respect due to it had
been so grossly violated at Hango. I then proceeded to
the barracks and government stores within the town,
which I destroyed, but did not set fire to them, as by
so doing the whole town must have been burnt. This
precaution was not destined to save Lovisa; for during
the night an accidental fire occurred in a portion of the
town where we had not been, and before morning the
whole place was reduced to ashes."—On the 6th July,
Admiral Dundas caused a 32-pounder to be slung in a
captured wood-boat, at an angle of 45 degrees. The
shot fell into the sea at the distance of three miles.
Moving the boat nearer to Cronstadt, he caused the gun
to be fired again, and threw two shots into the island.
A mortar-battery fired ineffectual shots in reply. On
the 7th, the Merlin, with the French and English
admirals on board, went within 2800 yards of the
Risbank batteries, the shot from which fell short.

In the Black Sea no operations of any magnitude
have recently taken place.

A disastrous affair has taken place on the West Coast
of Africa. A dispute having arisen with the king of
Foulah arising out of the seizure by English ships of
canoes carrying slaves, an expedition was sent from
Sierra Leone in May last to enforce compliance with
some demands made by the governor of that settlement.
It consisted of her Majesty's ship Teazer, with 150 men
under the orders of Mr. Dillet the governor's secretary.
On arriving at Malaghea, after some ineffectual attempt
to open a communication by a flag of truce, the ship
fired upon the town, a considerable part of which was
destroyed. Next day a detachment of troops was sent
on shore. Their advanced guard, commanded by
Lieutenant Vincent, entered the town, when a
murderous fire was opened upon them. The troops were
driven back, and with difficulty effected their return to
the ship, with the loss of Lieutenant Wylie and several
men killed, and a number of officers and men wounded.
A number more are supposed to have been drowned or
to have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

NARRATIVE OF LITERATURE AND ART.

The last month's list of new books appears even more
brief than the war has accustomed us to. Two volumes
of Lives of the Queens of England of the House of
Hanover, by Doctor Doran; two volumes of a history,
by Arthur Helps, of the Spanish Conquest in America,
written for the special purpose of describing the relation of
that conquest to the history of slavery, and to the government
of colonies; two volumes of a curious and striking
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Medinah and
Mecca, by Lieut. Burton, of the East India Company's
service, the third Englishman who has succeeded during
two centuries in penetrating as far as the shrine of the
Prophet; the first volume of an elaborate treatise, by
Mr. H. D. Macleod, of The Theory and Practice of
Banking; a new volume of Chaucer in Mr. Bell's
annotated edition of the poets; a volume, by the Rev.
Thos. Milner, on the ancient and modern history of
The Crimea; two important volumes of biblical
criticism by a distinguished Hebrew scholar, M. Kalisch,
commencing an Historical and Critical Commentary on
the Old Testament, accompanied by a new translation,
and containing the book of Exodus; an ingenious little
book of home travels, by Mr. Walter White, called A
Londoner's Walk to the Land's End and a Trip to the
Scilly Isles; a translation from the German of Bismark,
by Lieut. Col. Ludlow Beamish, of a treatise on the
Uses and Application of Cavalry in War, with
examples from ancient and modern history; a book of
travels by Captain Chamier, in three volumes, which he
calls An Unsentimental Journey through France,
Switzerland, and Italy; two volumes about Kensington,
partly reproduced from 'Household Words' and
entitled the Old Court Suburb, by Mr. Leigh Hunt; a small
volume of Doctor Mann on the Philosophy of
Reproduction; two volumes on the Dead Sea, by Captain
Allen of the navy, indicating a new route to India; a
small collection of original Letters of John Howard,
printed by Mr. Field from the originals in the family
of Mr. Whitbread, the friend to whom they were
addressed; a fifth edition, with considerable
additions, of Sir George Ballingall's Outlines of Military
Surgery; a volume descriptive of a tour in the North
of Italy, by Mr. Street, copiously illustrated, and
having special reference to architectural remains, called
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages; and a new poem,
by the poet laureate, entitled Maud;—these form all
the books published during the past month which it
falls within our purpose to describe. There has been,
besides, the usual amount of serial publications, and
some novels. Of the latter we may mention Display
by Mrs. Maberly, Philip Courtenay by Lord William
Lennox, the Curse of the Village and the Happiness of
Being Rich translated from Hendrik Conscience; and of
the former, a new Quarterly, called the National Review.
Two books among the importations from America may
also justify mention,—the first an elaborate History of
Napoleon Bonaparte, written in a spirit of violent dislike
to England; and the second, a rather curious account
of Female Life among the Mormons, being a narrative of
the many years experience of a wife of a Mormon Elder.