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38 TO COBRISPONDENTS. it is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive. Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde pendent of the merits of the communication. We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do not avail ourselves. Cemmuntcations should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the difilculty of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics ion, but aq a guarantee of his good faith. c - . 7" tit 1!) rtgg+ LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1854. POSTSCRIPT. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. From a multitude of conflicting reports as to time and number we gather as a certainty that the com bined fleet, or part of them, actually entered the Black Sea on the 3rd inst. The tempestuous weather which had previously prohibited the movement had by that time fortunately subsided, and enabled the ships to leave their Beycos anchorage. The accounts of another Russian defeat have been received' through several distinct channels, and what was a doubtful rumour on Thursday is now looked upon as an eventuality. The most detailed state ment of the affair is derived from a telegraphic despatch, received vid Belgrade, to the following effect : "On the 6th of this month a Turkish division, 15,000 strong, with 15 pieces of artillery, attacked the intrenched position of Citale, not far from Kala fat, and took it by storm. " The Russians lost 2,500 men. "A reinforcement of 18,000 Russians, marching from Karaul, was forced to retire with a loss of 250 men." The news that an important advantage had been won by the Ottoman army at Kalafat was officially announced to the representatives of the powers at Constantinople. A reinforcement of 15,000 men for the army of Asia was to be sent by transport to Batoun, if wind and weather permitted. This convoy, escorted by numerous forces, had nothing to fear from the Rus sian ships, which were no longer able to quit So• bastopol. An envoy sent by Schamyl had arrived at Con stantinople bringing the most positive assu►ances of devotion to the Sultan and his rule, with sympathy for his cause. This warrior, who has kept Russia so long in check, had lately been so badly off for powder and ball that he was obliged to be extremely sparing of it. Thus he had ordered his men not to fire at the common men, but to pick oft' the officers. lie has now received, in spite of numerous difficulties, the ordnance and stores sent him by the Porte. He thanks the Sultan, and assures his highness that he may depend upon him and on his most strenuous efforts. The assistance of Schamyl and his gallant band is equivalent to an army. Accounts from St. Petersburg of the 4th inst. have arrived, but they communicate nothing in the shape of an official intimation of the way in which the Emperor views the new attitude of the Western powers. It is stated, however, that extreme irrita tation against France and England prevails. THE PARIS Moniteur contains a letter addressed by the Emperor to M. Ducos, the Minister of Ma rine, appointing hi►n Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and thanking him for having, on so reduced a budget, prepared resources which will allow the Government any day, the moment it may become necessary, to double or even triple the naval forces of France. ORDERS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT LODIENT for four new steam-frigates to be put in commission. Similar commands have been forwarded to other ports. AN IMPERIAL DEcitEE authorises the exportation of potatoes and dried pulse from France to Algeria, in terdicting, at the same time, the exportation of those articles of food from the colony until tho 31st of July, 1854. M. ARMAND BEETIN, the well-known principal pro prietor of the Journal des Debuts, died on Thursday of quinsey. The death of M. Bertin will excite as great attention as would that of almost any political man of eminence. The press suffers a great loss by the death of a gentleman whose talents, liberality, and general conduct placed him properly at its head. M. Bertin must have been nearly 60, and in appear ance somewhat resembled M. Lablache, being as handsome and portly, although not quite so large. THE PRESS. THE DUKE DE CREVREUSE, son of the Duke de Luynes, also died suddenly in Paris on Thursday last. THE AmowkscE for the ROYAL FAMILY of PORTUGAL has been voted in the Cortes without any dissentient voice. The King has a conto per diem, about 85,0001. per annum ; the Infante Don Luiz, 3,0001.; and each of the other princes about 8501. THE Hon. 11. H. Cuva, M.P., while attending a meeting of the committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway on the 6th inst., was seized with illness of an alarming nature, which has re sulted in an attack of pleurisy. Mr. Clive has con tinued to grow gradually worse ; and on Tuesday evening it was stated that his recovery was almost hopeless. IF THE DONCASTER MEETINGS bear out their paper promises, that place will this year rank higher in the racing scale than it has ever yet done. The stakes which have already closed for 1854 show the follow ing entries:—Trial Stakes, 13 subs.; Handicap, 78; Steeplechase, 38 ; Betting-room Stakes, 26 ; Hopeful Stakes, 55 ; St. Leger, 158 ; Champagne, 33 ; Muni cipal, 7 ; 200 Sovs., 8 ; Park-hill, 31; Doncaster, 110 ; Foal Stakes, 6 ; Don Stakes, 7; Filly Stakes, 10; Two-year Old, 30 ; Scarborough, 12; a match. The deaths of Messrs Allen and H. &ebbing, two of their very stanchest supporters, have reduced the number of St. Leger entries from 164 to 158, but still there is a very goodly company left—to wit, 35 fillies and 123 colts. A RULE Nisi, preliminary to a criminal informa tion, was yesterday granted in the Court of Queen's Bench against Mr. Harrison, printer of the Times, on behalf of the Hon. Mr. Scott and seven other directors of the South-Western Railway Company, on account of a recent leading article in that paper in which the proceedings of the board were severely im • pugned. WAR-OFFICE, JAN 13. [From Last Night's Gazette.] 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Henry Orme to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barnes, who retires; Captain Frederick Sitwell, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice Orme, who exchanges. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frank Garforth, from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Francis Willoughby Garforth, who exchanges. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Alexander Edward Fraser to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Forteacue, who retires ; Charles George Tottenham, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fraser. 13th Regiment of Foot—Captain George Abercrombie Robertson, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Honourable Einilius John Weld Forester, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Henry Kerr to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Rohertson,wbo retires ; Ensign Noel Hovenden Bryan Vardon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kerr ; Philip Edward Victor Gilbert, Gent-, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vardon. 21st Foot—First Lieutenant the Honourable William George Boyle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires; Second Lieutenant Henry King to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyle ; Edward Isaac Haddock, Gent., to be Second Lieutentnt, by purchase, vice King. 35th Foot—Sergeant-3Tajor Michael McLoughlin to be Quartermaster, vice Cole, who retires upon half-pay. 41st Foot—Ensign Alfred Taylor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted ; Walter APClellan Lambert, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor. 42nd Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable George Henry F.sse'x Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wedderburn, who retires; Ensign George Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant; Rothes Lennox Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fraser. 43rd Foot—Ensign Lord Eustaoe Henry Brownlow Gas coyne Cecil to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Bury, who retires ; John liardoe Bowes Elliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Cecil. 44th Font—Lieutenant George Nathaniel Micklethwaite to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Warren Glubb, who retires; Ensign the Honourable Henry Handcock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Micklethvraite ; Geo. Evatt Acklom, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Handcock. 88th Foot—Lieutenant William Francis Willoughby Gafford', from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Frank Garforth, who exchanges. 70th Foot—Ensign Samuel James Lyle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong, who retires ; Charles Gran ville Stuart Menteath, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyle. 77th Foot—Lieutenant William Fortesene Scott, from the Ist Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Galway, retired upon half-pay. 82nd Foot—Ensign Charles Newton Biggs to be T.ieute nant, by purchase, vice Luard, who retires : Arthur Platt Hensley. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Biggs. Kith Foot—Captain William Henry Orme, from the 3rd Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Sitwell, who ex changes. 87th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin Swift, M.D.. from the 98th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Staunton, de ceased. 08th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Henry Stewart, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Swift, promoted in the 87th Foot. UssrrscHED.—Captain Jonas Pasley Hardy, from the 58th Foot, to be Maier, without purchase. Colol3l3SAmAT. — Deputy Commissary-General Henry James Wild to be Commissary-General. SATURDAY, Assistant Commissaries-General Charles Williams, William Fletcher, and William Fisher Mends, to b e Deputy Commissaries• General. Deputy Assistant Commissaries•Ueneral Edmond John M`Mahon, Montague William Darling, Edward Brick- land, and Kean Gabon, to be Assistant Commissaries. General. _ _ Commissanat Clerks Arthur West, Walter Thompson McKinstey, Robert Grey Donalson Selby, James Stewart Calder Sutherland, Charles Foster, James Bailey, Matthew Bell Irvine, George Joseph Wrentmore, and Horace Travers, to be Deputy Assistant Commissarieb• General. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet John Richard Mascall to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE WARDEN or TIM STA.NNARIES. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Regiments of 111 i• litia—First Lieutenant Frederick Martin Williams to be Captain ; Second Lieutenant Robert Edyvean to be First lieutenant; George William Cultue Soltau Symons, Geut., to be First Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIONZD DT LORD LUDT/I:RANTS. Warwickshire Militia—First Regiment—Ensign An gustus Frederick Harrison Shaw to be Lieutenant; En sign Archbold Mackdonnell Rawlins to be Lieutenant. 2nd Regiment—John Digby Winfield, Gent., to be Lieu. tenant. . • _ _ West Kent Regiment of Militia—Edwin Balfour Kim• berley, Gent., to be Ensign. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, Jais.lo. BANKRUPTS. —JAmEs HART, Borougb•road, Southwark, engineer—JOHN ltliAn, hart-street, Bloomsbury, licensed viv tualler—Wic. Mania Smclia, Dudley, Worcestershire, hatter— JOSEPH THURMAN, Birmingham, woollen draper—THONAll Pit; Haaelbury Plunekuett, Soutersetshire, girth web manufacturer — JAILER HOWARD, Great Grimsby, Iducolnshire, shipowner— JOHN ROTHWELL, Southport, Lancashire, grocer—Wu. FALLA, Hulme, Lancashire, builder—Jens KA; Prestwich, Lancashire, calico manufacturer. SCOTCH SEQU EST RAT lON S.—J Ali s RElD,Coupar•Angus, I'erthshire, bootmaker—Wli. BENNET, Dundee, merchant—WE. TREADWELL, Port Glasgow, wine merchant — THus. MONTEATH and WM. MONTEATH, Devonside, near Tellleoultry, woollen manufacturers. Friday, January 13. BANKRUPTS. FRILDERICK MAYSTON, Great Yarmouth, draper—PaznErticic CRATER, Wolverhampton, chemist—Jas. FIELDING, Derbyshire, cotton spinner—J CrEoo, Liver— pool, licensed victualler—SrzmEn Davis, York, furrier—Fak• DERICI MILLER, Newport, corn merchant—Timm/A CURTI. BIRD, Lee, Kent, baker—Joutuk WoonitELD, Hogley-green, Yorkshire, fancy woollen-cloth manufacturer. THE Gazette de France publishes the following extract from a letter dated Rome the 25th ult., written by the Countess Sophia Kisseleff, and it guarantees its authen ticity :—" I saw the Holy Father yesterday. What a bless ing! He deigned to bear my confession, and he gave me absolution. I demanded for you also a blessing, and told him that, you had made me question a table. We com mitted an enormous sin, and I shall ask pardon from God for it all my life. The Holy Father condemns all these practices, and these communications with souls. It is the demon who takes all these forms ; it is, as the Holy Father says, the sin of pride ; it is desiring to know what it is forbidden to seek. The condemnation of such things is in the Bible. What a happiness it is to be a Catholic, and to be able to come to one who can absolve you! I supplicate you, dear friend, to say everywhere as far as you can that the Pope condemns all these practices of sorcery. The tables are a manner of entering into communication with the spirit of darkness." THE STEF.ETKF.EPFALS of Paris have jnstbeen organised into one division, composed of four legions. Each legion has three battalions, each battalion three companies, and each company four sections, making a total of more than 2,500 persons, men and women, employed every day in cleaning the streets. The boulevards have lately been im practicable for ladies, or men who are not prepared to plunge ankle-deep in mud, and it has been seriously pro posed to construct a number of Chinese bridges, to enable foot passengers to cross. THREE lirsotzeiwns of the daring gang of mounted highwaymen who stopped the Id'lvor gold escort, and plundered it of nearly 10,11(101. of treasure, suffered death on the scaffold at Melbourne gaol, on the 4th of October, in the presence of a large concourse of persons. A Cr.rvEn SITARI'ER has been victimising the provincial hotelkeepers in France. He makes a tour through various towns, stopping always at the chief hotel, where he represents himself as the avant courier of a troop of forty mountain singers who are about to give a series of con carts at the place. Of course their patronage is eagerly sought by the host, whose offers after much bargaining are accepted, and the soi-disant delegate of the minstrels pro ceeds to hire a concert-room, and order decorations, for which purpose he borrows divers small sums of money from the landlord. After being sumptuously entertained for two or three days he suddenly disappears, leaving a large bill unpaid, and with no inconsiderable amount of borrowed money in his pocket. Is order to escape the innumerable " compliments of the season " addressed to him in his official capacity. and with the view of an official acknowledgment in the shape of argent eumplurtf, the Buirgornaster of Brussels had ad vtr tised in the newspapers his intention of appropriating in charity a half-franc for every letter leas than a thousand which be should receive during the Christmas week. lie has now announced the result of this ingenious advertuas went. Only seventy-four complimentary letters have been addressed to him, and lie has accordingly distributed., " with great pleasure," 403 f. among the poor. In addi tion, he acknowledges the receipt of 979 f. in money, 5,100 kilogrammes of coal, 200 of rice, and 38 of bread. fn' private subscription, which lie has appropriated to the same charitable purposes. 1 k