The Press. — London, England, 1854-12-02 00:00:00

1136 Oar soldiers are delighted with the nurses. One poor fellow burst into tears, and exclaimed to me, " I can't help crying when I see them. Only think of Englishwomen coming out here to nurse us ; it is so homelike and com fortable." DEATHS IN SCUTARI HOSPITALS. The following is the return of deaths at Scutari hospitals, from Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, as reported at the commandant's office by the medical author ities : Nov. B.—Privates Joseph Ross, Bth Hussars, wounds — James Millard, Scotch Fusilier Guards, wounds—F. Campbell, 2nd Dragoons, wounds—W. Topham, 57th Regiment, diarrhea —George He wdley, Coldstream Guards, diarrhoea—John Eyres, 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, d'art . - hcsa—George Goldsmith, 38th Regiment, dysentery—Mau rice Scanlan, 24th Regiment, diarrhoea—William C. M'Beath, 2nd Dragoons, vulnus. Nov. 9.—Private James Watt, 30th Regiment, diarr lice'. Sergeant James Buck, 23rd Regiment, vulnus. Privates James Newton, 33rd Regiment, vulnus--John MNamara, R.A., Ascites—W. Barrett, 49th Regiment, diarrhoea. Nov. 10.—Privates Thomas Westlake, RA., Jaundice — Edward Fox, 19th Regiment, dysentery--John Gaifrey, 20th Regiment, diarrhoea—Patrick M'Carthy, 21st Regi ment, diarrboaa—ltaniel Miller, 93rd Regiment, diem boas—James Lacey, 33rd Regiment, wounds—James Thompson, 79th Regiment, diarrhma. Nov. 11.—Privates Thomas Stapleton, 44th Regiment, diarrhoea —W. Lloyd, 77th Regiment, diarrhcea—Williarn I I Cheekley, 6th Dragoons, diarrhoas—W. Gonch, 19th Regi ment, amputation—Robert M`Leeran, 79th Regiment, I I paralysis. Sergeant Thomas Rich, Coldstream Guards, diarrhoea. Private Henry Wood, Scotch Fusilier Guards, wounds. Nov. 12.—Privates James Long, 77th Regiment, wounds—James Taylor, 95th Regiment, vulnus—Stephen Brant, 33rd Regiment, diarrhoea—James Ainsbury, 23rd Regiment, pulmonitis--Richard Burns, Ist Foot, diarr hoea—Thomas Taylor, 23rd Regiment, contusion . Cor poral John Davidson, 49th Regiment, wounds. Privates Robert Quilter, Coldstream Guards, wounds—James Curry (supposed) 95th Regiment wounds—James Price, Grena dier Guards, wounds—Thomas Thompson, 33rd Regiment, diarrhaas—Thomas Whitmore, 33rd Regiment, diarrhoea. Corporal George Ford, Scots Fusilier Guards, diarrhoea, Privates William Middleton, 19th Regiment, dtarrhcea— Richard Revers, Ist Foot, choleraic dysentery. Nov. 13 —Privates William M'lntosh, 93rd Regiment, diarrhcca—Jeremiah Burns, 33rd Regiment, wounds—John J. Monger, 94th Regiment, wounds—Thomas Loveren, 95th Regiment, syncope. Nov. 14.—Privates Joseph Ritson, 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, amputation—W. Hill, Coldstream Guards, wounds—W. Reynolds, Royal Artillery, diarrhcea—W. Dunn, 57th Regiment, wounds—Elijah Townsend, 19th Regiment, diarrhoea—Peter Donelly, 30th Regiment, diarr hea. —id Patrick, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, diarr hcea Colo Garrett Woods, Ambulance Corps, liarrhcea. Private Henry Palmer, Coldstream Guards diarrhms. THE REIN FORC EM NT S. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tamar, with the 66th Regiment, and 125 of the sixth division of royal artillery on board, left Southampton on Saturday for the Black Sea. The 66th will he ex changed at Gibraltar for another regiment, which will be conveyed on by the Tamar. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Gibraltar, with the 54th Regiment, and a company of the 50th, with some of the artillery corps on board. The whole of the troops now proceeding to the seat of war are to be armed with the Minis rifle. During their passage out to the Crimea, those un accustomed to the weapon will be instructed in its management, and wenever acticable, be exercised in firing at a targ e t to be h proisted at the foretop gallantmest. Upwards of 800 men have this week joined the three brigades of Guards from the militia. In con sequence of the large number of men belonging to the household troops who have been recently des patched to the Crimea, a party of the 18th Royal Irish have been placed on duty at the Horse Guards, but the sentinels at Buckingham Palace were supplied by the Grenadier Guards. The main body of the 46th, under Colonel Garrett, landed at Balaklava on the 7th. The regiment was in magnificent condition, and in tie best spirits. Nothing could be more striking than the difference of appearance presented by these new arrivals and the old regiments. On the one side were tattered coatees of a deep dirt colour, and all the unmistake able signs of hard campaigning ; on the other, we had the splendid red uniform unsoiled by a particle of dust, with crossbelts scattering pipe-clay, and boots actually shining. From Malta on the 22nd, the Ottawa and Cleo. patra had sailed with 1,096 men, the Golden Fleece with 571 men. The Arethusa had: arrived from Con stantinople with 192 in'talids. Between the 9th and 13th Mayran's division and 2,3.10 more French troops left Constantinople for the Crimea; 10,000 Turks and 6,500 Egyptians had also taken their departure. There were on Wednesday at Toulon three ships .of the-line and eight frigates filled with troops for the Crimea. In order to make up for the temporary losses which THE PRES might arise in the French squadron, two entirely new ships-of the-line, the Turenne and the Donauwerth, were some time since despatched from Toulon. They left that port on the 6th of the present month, and strived at Constantinople after a rapid voyage of nine days, laden with troops, provisions, and mate tie/ of every kind. At the ironworks of Conches, in the department of the pure, an order for 10,000 shells and 50,000 small cannon-balls is being executed with the greatest activity. The movements of Turkish troops are now repre sented as being directed to ports of embarkation for the Crimea, and not towards the Danube. A corps of 100,000 Ottomans was tube sent to Balaklava from the Bosphorus, and two regiments were also to em bark at Varna with the same destination. It is again also reported in Constantinople that the entire Turkish corps at Tschuruk-Su was to be withdrawn for employment in the Crimea. Colonel Horn, of the 20th, and Colonel Garrett, of the 40th, were to have the brigades of the fourth division, vacated by the death of Brigadier-General Goldie, killed at lnkermann, and by the departure for England of Brigadier-General Torrens, dange rously wounded in the same action. The command of the division has devolved upon General Adams, late brigadier-general to the 2nd British division. Four additional Romish priests are to be forthwith despatched to the East. Two of them are of the Order of Jesuits. THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. Commenting upon the announcement i n the Emperor's letter to General Canrobert that large reinforcements were already on their way to the seat of war, the Debata enters into some details which throw light on the precise nature of the aid thus despatched to the Crimean army, and also respecting the purposed co-operation with Omer Pacha in Bessarabia. In Paris it is reported that the command of the two divisions which are to operate in the principalities will be entrusted to Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers. The following are extracts from the article in the Debats : The Emperor in his letter, whilst addressing to our soldiers of the army of the East just praise and noble felici tations for their devotedness and intrepid constancy, tells them also that he knows perfectly well the difficulties which they have to overcome in this new phase of the siege of Sebastopol. But he announces to them at the same time that important reinforcements are at present leaving France to take part in their labours, their danger, and their glory. Four divisions, of 11,000 men each, have, in fact, been assembled on a war footing, and have set out with their artillery, engineers, materiel of administration, ambulance, and conveyance. A division in our military organisation is so arranged that it carries within itself all the elements of war, industrial labour, assistance, and shelter, that can be required to ensure the strength and health of the troops when on a campaign. In that the English, since they have been encamped by our side, have rendered full justice to the superiority of our organisation. Of the four divisions which the Emperor is sending out to the East, the first two must at the present moment be almost all embarked at Toulon, where ships-of-the-line and steamers of large dimensions were prepared to receive them. The passage to the Crimea is one of from ten to fifteen days in this season. These 22,1KM1 men can therefore arrive at Sebas topol towards the 10th of next month. Prince Menschi koff, in one of his reports, estimated some time back the allied army at 50,000 men only. We believe that at that time it was at least 00,000 strong—a number far inferior to that of the Russian army, estimated at 80,000, and at present increased to 100,000. It has been seen, however, that in spite of their inferiority in number, the English and French, and in particular the English at I nkermann, twice worsted the Russians, when bursting on 'them in deep masses. The losses of the. Russians were enormous ; they have been stated at 10,000 men—an amount almost incredible,And yet quiet real, since they left 5,000 dead bodies on the field of battle. The allied army also lost considerably, but still less than the Russians, because the victors always suffer much less than the conquered. It also suffers daily losses in the trenches ; but the Anglo- French troops have not ceased to receive almost daily, as reinforcements, detachments front Algeria, Corfu, Malta, and Gallipoli. without reckoning the men cured of wounds or illness who are sent from Constantinople to rejoin their corps. By means of these frequent replacements, the allied army must be still at about 00,104) fighting men, without reckoning the others, who receive rations, yet are nut in cluded amongst those who appear on the battle-field, but whose special services are not less indispensable to the suc cess of a campaign. Besides the two French divisions of 22,000 men, a division is to be sent from England of 5,1)00 or 0,000 men. Volunteers from the militia are to be formed into regiments. so as to leave the regiments of the line in garrison in England, and at Gibraltar, Corfu, and Malta, available for the army of the East. The allied army will in that way be raised to 90,000 men ; hut until then we are persuaded that the excellent troops of the two nations will be able, as previously, to repulse the attacks of the enemy. In addition to the two divisions destined for the Crimea, two other French divisions, and probably also an English one, are before long to be embarked to join the army of Omer Pacha, in order to attack the Rusians in the very heart of Bassarabia ; so making a powerful diver sion which cannot fail to have its effect in the Crimea, and under the walls of Sebastopol. IATURDAY, ST. PETERSBURG AND THE CZAR. The Constitutionnet publishes some extracts front a lette r written in St. Petersburg, for whose correct ness t professes to vouch, containing some details as to the state of af f airs in that capital : The Emperor Nicholas, notwithstanding the pre-occu pations of the war, still keeps to his usual habit of taking twittery walks. He may frequently be met in the streets on foot, protected, however, against the indiscretions of curiosity by the police regulations, which forbid any one to speak to him. Although his face has long since con tracted a character of impassibility, it is readily seen that terrible storms have assailed his mind and reacted on his physical strength- He has got much thinner, and his hair is almost white. We have already spoken of the honourable treatment given to two of our officers, MM. de l)ampierre and Lagondie. The two fol lowing anecdotes may serve as a pendant to that trait of character. A Frenchman having been insulted by a trades man in a large way of business, the Emperor was informed of it. He sent for the tradesman and demanded the reason of his conduct. " Because 1 detest their nation," was the reply.—" You have no other motive, and it is from hatred of the French that you have acted so?"—" Yes, sire."—" Well, then, I will give you an opportunity of gratifying that resentment. You shall be sent to the army in the Crimea." On another occasion the Czar was in. formed that some nobles refused to pay a debt they owed to a French tradesmen. He sent orders to them to settle their accounts immediately. It may be remarked that, of all foreigners, Frenchmen are regarded with the least dis like by the Russians. The English are not so well treated, but the Austrians are the object of general animadversion. Every kind of vexation is heaped on them. The conse quences of the war are severely felt iu the capital. With the exception of bread, the price of which is moderate in consequence of the abundance of the late harvest, every thing is excessively dear A bottle of champagne costs from 20 to :25f., sugar is If. 50c. a pound ; salad oil Of. a bottle; a glass of brandy tiOc, ; and other things in the same way. The supply of coal is completely exhausted. The gas works is suspended, and it is found necessary to light the capital with oil, which is very expensive and insufficient. The steam-boat which runs to Cronstadt, as well as the locomotives on the railways, are compelled to heat their boilers with wood. The aspect of the city is very gloomy. At the first commencement of the war the lower classes were rather enthusiastic, while the upper classes, whose fortunes were affected, were morose and desperate. Popular demonstrations were organised in honour of the Csar and of holy Russia. The processions of the moujicks called to mind the manifestations which with us followed the revo lution of February, But this effervesence subsided by degrees, and moreot er the Government began to get uneas at those patriotic fetes, which brought into the streets idle workmen heated by copious libations. Since then a veil of melancholy has hung over the city. The nobility who are much in debt can no longer get credit ; trade is at a stand, and the people are suffering. A number of the largest establishments are closed, and the manufactories which still remain at work have dismissed the half or two thirds of their hands. The principal hotels are going to ruin. The price of rent has considerably diminished. The people hear little or nothing of what is going on at the seat of war. The foreign journals arrive in a very lacerated state, the police cutting out everything that displeases them. The news of the battle of the Alma was not known to the public until four days after the intelligence of it had reached the authorities. The only troops left at St. Petersburg are the 45,000 man of the Guard. Last month there were several reviews, at one of which th irt y -six standards taken from the Circassians were presented to the Emperor. Only one of those standards was, however, genuine, the remainder were of Russian manufacture. This exhibition produced a very bad effect on the enlightened part of the public. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. When at the battle of Inkermann, General Bosquet sent to Sir George Cathcart to inquire whether he wanted rein forcements, the latter, being at the moment hemmed in . by an immense Russian force , is said to have re p lied, " Yes ; but don't hurry yourself." Prince Menschikoff reports to the Emperor that among the Russian officers who fell at litkermann was General A l exan der Ouchterlony, of the Imperial Guard. of his officer (says the Brechin Advertiser) was grandson late Mr. John Ouchterlony, of Montrose. The ggperal, who had distinguished himself in the Emperor's service, visited Montrose some years ago, and was much esteemed for his affability and intelligence. He leaves two sons and a daughter. The Ouchterlony family are lineally de scended from Prince Rupert ; and the general's grand father was a son of Mr. Ouchterlony, of Kintroekat, and his wife Miss Young, of Aldbar. A letter from the French camp before Sebastopol says:— " Recently, in a house to which some Cossacks had set fire, we found in a room, and on the point of being suffocated itit the smoke, a child of about eighteen months old, elegantly dressed, and having it gold cross suspended from its neck. The poor infant smiled upon our Grenadiers, who removed it, and have adopted it until the family to whom it belongs shall have been discovered. It is nowtcuris to see the Grenadiers fondling the baby, and treatg with as much tenderness as it could receive from Its -*her." .11A/VS ••.• • Tin late leader of the Preston strike, Mr. George Cowell, is now imprisoned for debt in Lancaster Castle, whence be has indited an advertisement to the public for their assistance. His debt appears to be only for printing the statements of accounts and weekly balance sheets. Mn. CotoErr has been nominated Secretary o f the British Embassy at Madrid, principally, it is said, on account of his being thoroughly versed in all is t relates to the question of Cuba. _--~ :~~~ blir