The Express. — London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

Ent expreofl. 111180yossibabai4 .Tb• Uprise, Evemiagysper, seaboatlie laimarboaszent, by Tye Alba os the b of palibblim HIGH WATIR AT LONDON BRIM'. Tsai Day—Voisin& Ds Ma ...--Aftionoos. 114 Hos sawoosmoo—Diosts& JI. Da.—.Aftanoos. 11. S . LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. Ws an scarcely seam's any task more thanking t►an that of attempdag to await= the situation of shersholds“ to t h e =rotative necessity of Railway Bekaa, and yet we are firmly oonvinoed that, said its aemmity shall be clearly sea and seseptie measures taken to carry it oat, this vast istiereet will anginas its rapid coarse toward, embanasement and discredit. Considering the =or was amount of property involved, the question mama most important dimensions. The latest pulls amatory nurse Maas that the total amount of capital sad loans anthoriesa to be miss& by railway comp penis. to the sad of last year is ao lees than 3811,3114,3081. Theists' seiwally raised ia286,001,794i., viz., 106,030,8061. on ordinary shares, 49,377,6821. on pretenses shares, and 70,660,0364 oa loans. At the end of NH the railway companies this Maned power, and a perilous one it is, to raise a farther sue of 82,516,614 L by alarm sad loans. With Spree of this magnitude before as, we einem help feeling that the legitimate infiessos of the press men scarcely be employed in a more teapot teat Sold. sad the prospect of the immaase good whisk would be effected by the introduction of a wholesale sad mead system of reform stimulates as to persevere. The apathy of the railway propristery body is so profound that • resistant repetition el the dark facts diselosed in the resent Imbrue sheets of several companies, becomes absolutely asimmery. In truth, the stated strain in the railway world is , tee grave and critical to allow as to be mealy mouthed and nisi in phrmeology. We raisin- 1 dowdy believe that the entire railway interest is in a most anemia aid declining Inancial doe, and that, owing to the wide-spread reign of Wink and jobbery. there are not half-rdosen eimpaaies in the kingdom bet would derives, sigma' advantage from the appoint meet of a Shareholders' Committee of Investigation. As an illostratioa of the Missals that are sure to Sow from a strict scrutiny of this kind, we may re/or to the owe of the London and North Waters Oder pity. At the last half-yearly mestleg, the share holders in this line showed evideat diesatiellisties with the remits attending the eddies system of amisgenesst, and as evident a wish to bidets mer sures et refuse. Instead, bower. of resagaisiag that every member of the board, %deem the Chairman himself, is the salaried servant of the ems pasy equally with the humblest porter or switehman on the line—Lasted of giving bold exposit= to jest somplelat, and issimiag summarily apes an altera tion, here we have tale powerful company, a fi repro meted la its posed meeting, apparently l of uttering a weed of ressesstreace or mime. Whines this faint-heartedass oa the part of railway pro prietors? Do not they appoint and pay their directors fora special service; and, by every rule of PO" are sot the directors subject to summary die. shoal if their seeds of sosdnotiag affairs he lax. die hosed, or in say other way reprehensible r Posi tively, it makes one feel embalmed, to witless the lack ' ci indepeadesee of spirit shown at the majority of Ahem railway meetings. The shareholders, es a body, llipar to regard their boards with a species of sub ' links awe, and the faintest threat from the &testers that say preemies' on the part of the mooting will load to a realisation of the executive, is, apparently, laciest at all times to redoes the repotaat shareholders to gleam. We duelers we. should derive great comfort and hope if we meld only ass s body of proprietors take their digesters rosodiy to task ; swept a resignation when %edited; and rase, without familia& the horrors of this mosseed aaareby. The lows" we are per. ended, would bear good huh in every railway bomd. seem is the esestry. At this London sad North Welters meeting it so happened that the board was sellsiestly prudent to offer no mikes affinities to their esestitsmte very modestly expelled wish to leers bow their affairs were going as, and to emir bin whether Imo merit estmomioal ideas might sot be gleamed from the reessrehes of a shareholders' SOW mines. But this seaside., it was eirefelly im posed apes the minds of meeting, was sot to be a cam runts. of isesedgetice, but to bear the meth mere somplaisant title of " a Committee of Commits doe: Asd what do the shereholders suppose his smelted hem the tenderipeondested inquiries of this meamittee, negative is the male though its powers Toe If we may believe what we hear, the immediate result is the dissevers that great savings are set only peeticable it this company, but that, *sieves, moderate axonal of premium slimily ad ministered. the board have *tad mesas to rodeos the mileage rue of the compsey's engines to the extent of seise 17,000 miles to 16 weeks, the trails receipts of the oompsay skewing during the game period is iserease of 38,0001. Why, we ask, was sot this seems of soosomy sought before t If fewer traits mace tot oily to tarry the pet but Increased traffic, • the greater blame is due to that emotive Which has saly bosoms thrifty whoa shereholdees are aroused by $ falling income. Dees sat this dissever, epsak what° as to the prodigal waste of shareholders 'abases which is this as is ether shapes is eon , lleatly going es. and is it sot celselated to encourage gentleciateremed is railway property throughout the kindest es inaugurate a general system of Wept dist aad seareldag mestiny We have be/ore sea "Comparative &attain of Railway Amounts for the years ISM and 1866." is destriaesy tied lankily compiled by Mr. L. Redpath. Bare those; the Apses are, and saassompaniell by oxplasetory otiolosot. they are to ear tided I. many cases sikeegly suggestive of the existing danger sod promotive Amadei decay of oar railway system. The accounts of the Great Wasters Railway Com , pap we have as hesitation is saying, inspire as twith positive alarm. Hero is a company with the 1100 apical of 21,979,7861.--nearly thesney-moo mitre sterling. The 4 , ordinary share capital missets to 8.236,2764 the " prefers: se share capi tal* to 3,796.3424 and the " mortgage debt" to 9,947,1681. In other words, the mortgage debt of this ;Jemmy, having priority is point of dividend over the " ordinary 1 ' share capital, and subject to dificulty in periodioalresewils, aerially meads this latter capital by so Imo than 1,710,8931. Including Abe preferesse shim, the grand total of debt per watiag s preferential claim spa pelts m odals the ordinary share capital by five Wiliam and .'abttYseeriag Compared with the Ala' Months el 1864, the libertine debt Meows MI el 1.477,1311.; ft that this evil is • Molley increasedMinimises. The total missipti , 'the half-year were 11114.37111.-4; plasely zovolioso ; sod Imo the working esposme—whisi see dews la the pees at 2111,302- 4 / 4 00 .In Ili, • P:blis►ed by ind•dmasi II THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 25, 1855. LATEST NESTS iliollcAiMbito DEPARTUI OF . s t. CZAR FROM NICOLA .FF. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. a... • (PEON OUR OWN CORREerve.-- CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Ocr. 18. Great interest is taken by the Allied armies is the two expeditions that have sailed hence, via., the one for linburn, situated on a tongue of land near the mouth of the River Bug, leading up to Nicolaieff, eourrising of 10,000 use, led the other for &pato ria, consisting of 800 sabres I but no one appears to hint at the chance of any more being started this winter. In feet every officer who does not know that he is going home is employing himself and his esswents in hutting and laying in stores for the ap proaching cold season. The expedition to Kinburn consisted of 4,000 ,Roglish and 6,000 French, the termer number being made up of the Ist brigade of 1 the Fourth Division, 1,000 marines, 60 sappers, with 4 engineer officers, and a small detachment of artillery, the whole under the command of Brigadier-General the Honourable A. Apemen The object of this expedition is to stop the Odessa supplies bring conveyed up the rivers Bug and Dnie per, and thence to Perekop ; and the object of that to Bupatoria, under the command of Lord George Paget, is to harass and out off the convoys coming up to provision the Russian army on the north side of Sebastopol. The French and Russians still keep firing away at sash other, but apparently for no earthly purpose except to annoy each other; and I can assure you, without affectation, that most of us are getting quits sick of the sound of artillery. Omer Paths, who went through this on his way to Hare, has taken with him a large portioo of the Turks who were encamped at Alan, and the re mainder will shortly follow. The French, I understand, have established them selves beyond the Hatch', and are going soon to relieve all their outposts. At Balaklava the fatigues are furnished by the old left siege train artillery and portions of the 82nd and 89th Regiments. The former service is, I hear, very much disgrudedat having this duty imposed upon it; but, in my opinion, very absurdly so, for it stands to reason that when the men of this branch of the army are not employed in particular duties, they ought to east in making roads, and furnishing labour to their skilled brothers, the sappers, who are, of worm, occupied in erecting and repairing huts and hospital. Miss Nightingale is at the Sanatorium on the Might,. having arrived from Scutari, in the Roes show As Thursday night, with all the nuns or shims el matey, from Kukla, Hospital, on the Bos phorus. The latter are gone to the Monastery At the back of the Sanatorium, a wooden screen is to Is put up, to keep off the east winds. There are hem at present a great number of soldiers, but. not many °Moore. It has often struck me that the latter might be separated by low wooden partitions between their beds, and that the nurses might improve the seeking. Perhaps the provisions are not good; if so, the Qt■miamriat ought to be celled upon to furnish better to the sick and wounded. The Oesterrachische air Wpalas of Vienna state'. yesterday, that the /Lapeer Alexander bee left Nicolaieff for Elisabetgrad, situated about 130 English miles to the north of that place. THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA. (sr szscrato vattown.) BERLIN, Warmasnar. It is reported here that Prinoe Gortohakoff has represented to the Emperor Alexander that there are great difficulties in his present position, and asking for instructions as to whether he shall risk 1 a decisive battle or evacuate the Crimea. The Em peror has thereupon sent Generals Benkendorff and Haekelbarg to the Crimea to maks a personal is speedo°, and upon their report future movements depend. Rumour adds that the Cur has sprained his foot in the most serious causer, and is obliged to keep to his room. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (1110111 OUR ORS PARIS. WIDNZIDAT g•TKINO I learn from a good source that the Bank of Francs will not adopt any new measures in its weekly sitting to-naorrow. To-morrow, or the day after, it will re ceive forty millions of gold and silver hich it has bought in Holland. This morning there was pre sented to the Minister of Finance for his signature a ministerial decree, opening, on savant of the dear ness of provisions, an extraordinary credit of five millions of francs designed for distribution among the clerks of the Po3t-ofilee. Every clerk is to receive an additional payment of 100 franca • year. The health of the Empress is now better. She was playing at billiards the whole of yesterday morning. Madame Natoli returned to-day from her journey into Provence. She will give an extraordinary re presentation at the Orand Opera on behalf of the army in the Crimes. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day t a MADRID, 00?. 21. " The commission of the bodpt has approved the bodpt of the Minister of War. It is probable that the general commission will adopt the financial plan of M. de Brail. * The oa•`lssion charged with the tusking of a report on the project of a loan for the canalisation of the Ebro Is favourable to this scheme." OCT. 23. The Sardinians have made up to their hospital, whisk tanks the Sanatorium, a beautiful road. lam 'any that I saanot praise either the direction or the seaklog of our Quartermaster-General's new road keen Selektive to Sebastopol. In the first place, it is parallel to the railway, which, on amount of the horses and mules, will always be an inconvenience. But, then, the Deputy-Adjutant-Quartermaster. Generals may that the same drain does for both railway and road. Let those staff gen tlemen take ears that it is finished in time. The Leander is is harbour, tarrying Admiral Fne mantWs flag. Captain Heath, RN., has resigned kis appointment of transport agent, and is waiting for his successor. His retirement will be a greet loss. Lord W. Paelett has taken the command of the second Wise% Fourth Division, vice Brigadier- General Garrett, appointed to the command of the Sewed Division. The former will perform the divi sional dudes in the &banes of General Spread. The Lieut.-General, Sir H. Bentinck, having gone home, Lint: General iMarkbases successor, General Gar rott, is of course selected by virtue of his seniority, and it is the gess& opinion that he is one of the best soldiers here. Sir Harry Jones was to have sailed with his aide-dirciassp. Lieut. Cowell, ILE.. from Scutari yesterday, and Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd is to eons up to the Crimea and command the regi men. Fitton of the medical staff have just arrived is the hospital steamer Severn, in which vessel more eemteets ought to be provided. I allude to lemonade, aoda-water, flour, &c. " The Wee brings news hem Constantinople the 16th. _ " Awarding to the feat intelligence from the Crimea the Ressiaas were falling beak oa the heights of liabltemle and fortifying themselves. " Caudderable bodies of their army were endea vouring to impede the turning movement of the Allies, who were advancing slowly bat surely. " The Allied troops at Itupatoria have received new reinforcements to each an extent that We town now serves u a basis of operations for a considerable army. " Nominee Busies vehicles appeared, at the lest dates, to be commencing the evaematioa of the tarts on the North. The Allies, on the other hand, con. tinned clearing the town of Sebastopol sad mostruste ing new batteries." Assenting to the same despatches, the Christophe Odom!) will bring back to Fromm Generale Baguet, biellinet, sad Treas. Dovetails from Kars, dated the 20th of lisplma. bee, mamma that the Hungarian General last: ammanded, under the adage of Tail Puha and General Williams, when the two redoubts of the plan were re-taken from the Ituseianu after they had 'suffered a lass which has been eadessted at not less tern 6,000, !minding as many killed as wounded. It is further stated that General Youravielf 'ou tlined the bloke& et Han with eighty pieces of aid that Osier Pasha was expected. The iodating is from Marseilles The embarks done he the Seat madam here. Within a Si, days about 10,000 men have lift our poet, and the local journals amasses that from three to fear thee egad of the 62nd Regiment, the artillery, sod the Map train, arrived from the 16th to the 17th for the same destisatiem" (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORlsse. CAMP. SEBASTOPOL, Om. 12. There is very little progress to communicate from thispart of the seat of war. The movement which it was currently reported would take place in the course of thin week has ended, as it began, in rumour. Yet the arranpinents for an attack • against the . enemy's peritioa on the Meekende heights, in sauced with a corresponding movement en the part of oar allies, wore mentioned on high authority. The third and remaining brigade of the Fourth Division wove to have this time the honour of being in front, part of the Beeped and 'Light Divisions acting as supports, and the First and Highland Divisions being is reserve. One brigade of the Light sad we of the Beeped Weldon were to remain as a gaud for the Embank' part of BebastopoL Bach was the stated distribution of the British foroe, and the 10th instant was generally understood to be the day flied foe the assault. The report was in mime, degree confirmed by a communication, sent from headperters to each division of the army, .dellaing whet amount of necessaries each soldier was to carry with him in ems of a sudden order to move. Every thing, however, has hitherto remained stationary, and at present all talk of the intended attack hes died away. Na reams has been named fee this change of tactics: itl is merely remarked that some fresh isstrustions mast have.been received by telegraph from home, when, it is universally understood, the movements of the campsige are new 'egoists& The brigade of Light Cavalry, whit* was under osiers t premed to Eifpatoria, have been detained by averse weather. During the night between the 9th aid 10thinstanta heavy gale sprung up from the south west, and mutinied all the following day. The tea pasture was high. and the wind had all the characterl eta sirocco. On the 11th the gale subsided, sad was succeeded by rain. To-day the weather has bees' bright and floe. It does sot appear that the delay in the departure of the cavalry was connected with • • • the postponement of the movement against the At St. Rifilwarraidism have bees seised of Mackenzie, heights. for already there is a. very eon ml Mum is *summered's ef lb. late I. rideable form of this arm of the service under Oen. pee. B Cdr . Thy barassw lie the peetnit of that st Eapatoria, and it was even a matter msaessh, sal as she ether a "Tut " as ._, . 84 " 14 . of doubt whether that General would require the aid the of the British reinforcements. In case of General *few, est death. Lisasessaa.GesessliecAwbeamaaadadtbaw. deciding that the Light Cavalry Brigade dm at abs weft esgsgmasat seer Sapseork, is.irgdy were not required at Supatoria, it is said that the end* vs, es Pasereberg. Is is Missal ohm be MU regiments offoolocaol it are not. to mom to the have to appear beam s esusell ef sea Crimes ' but to go at ones to their winter quarters is A umber of Itreasit, Egli* and Piedmeatess the Bosplierni geselems, is. 'Woe ae Gooloo. use • few ••10 a• • The French are still pinkie' on to the right. and pima Moque, la Mal rag, Is. hems el tbs.teMesref flebestopel. have now rushed the. Nita alley of the Belbek The Thies per Oats. eland tads/ at 641.850. for the sad of the moth.; the Foataads.Half pa Conte. at 901. 25e.; and the New Lora at 661. 46a. (Mau Rahway Shares, 1,1901.; Cleat Northern, 6701.1 Btresboug, 9101.; Now Mane, 7631. 76e.; Paris and Lyons, 1,129 f.; Lyons to the Modltarrio Dean, 1,2101.; Western of Eases, 7701.; Bor data and Cate, 6701.; Great Central of France, 6901. ; Lyons and Geneva, 6601.; Bank of Credit 1,166'.; Amides Railways, 726 f. 26e. THE POPE RAISING THE WIND. The following pump is extracted free a Wise whin has jut ben remised in Paris fres Madrid: " We leant yesterday, at Madrid, with esaaiderilile eatoaisluasat, that the Pope had fast sold, at the aura d Bt. Peter at Rose, foe the sue of 80,000 debits, the esagaitiont tiara whin Chen Isabella presented to lam lest epilog!' BT. P1T111831111.13, OCT. 16. The levy announeed to take plasm in the peachier' of Orenburg and Samara (23 ass in 1,000 sea) is calculated to produce 33,000 soldiers. This will bring up the total mount of the militia sadmillied in the coarse of the peasant par to an limn thealeit,ooo mw. exclusive of the inidts.. The Mehl* of Poland has bass already drained of Its last nee, and is now perfectly exhaested. Now bat women and children of Waier age are now loft to de al= agriireltural work. The Grand Ducky of also, is considerably drained of its popubigsu o as peat ambers of pang area have less dialled tato the diihreat regiments ea sedge wise is the south. and the basal hatteklase of disrphealses Ise the de base of the provisos hewsclews reialaresd by fresh Wire. deducted from it, a good round sum would be left applicable to dividend upon the original stock But, in addition, the mortgage intend / prlferenos AO. 2 04 dends, rents and tolls paid to other =span' ant 100 on the Shrewsbury lines, bird tribe me the grand total of charges p 616.6791- all .4 0 total receipts of 686,37114 Th. melt is, that M. magnificent sum of 82,3631. remains available for the half-year's dividend upon the "ordinary share capi tal' of sight millions and a quarter, whilst the basses which this company, with a total capital of twenty-two millions, is able to carry for: ward to the meet half-year, is only emu thoessad three hundred pounds. When so large a capital as this produces so trifling a surplus of profit as 82,3684 ',ter meeting all charges, can we wonder if people ere beginning tremblingly to anticipate a time when this entail margin of gain may pass away alto gether, and when, besides being reduced to the =edi tion of a non-dividend paying company, the interest out the Great Western preference and mortgage debt may be jeopardised? In other words—unpopular as the question may be—bow far is the Great Western Railway Compaq removed from the danger of insol vency ? When we bear is mind the vast aggregate capital of this company, and the wide-spread ruin which its difficulties might beget, we me real cause for alarni,and more for movement on the part of those whose lettersets are at stake. The disrepute into which the Great Western Railway Company is fast sinking is further strongly illustrated by the high rate of per onstage which it is compelled to pay upon its mortgage debt. We append the figures, which speak for themselves : Mortgage Capital. Rats per et. per eau. 1864. 1866. £2,779,082 £3.393,646 676.670 1.162,320 1,341.603 2,627,791 34,600 40,600 34 2.420.930 1,788,180 332,726 281.726 if Total £8,4419,487 £9,947,168 Let the reader remark the unfavourable inerame in the seas for which the company was compelled to pay the high terms of 41 sad 6 par cent., and the decrease in the amount raised at 4 per cent. and below that rate. Under the inflames of the existing mews in the molly market the bonds of this company are now being offered at prices calculated to pay 61 to 6j per seat. per annum, without finding buyers. What a prospeet does this open for the original stockholders, whom steadily diminishing dividend hes now descended to a very pro. blematiceny earned 2 per cent. per annum We will act pursue this paiafnl subject farther, for indeed the stories sweat reprding the straits to which the direst:mg ere mimed to meat preening demands startle belief. We gladly take our leave for the present of the Great Western accounts, and only cite them to urge a half-ruined proprietary to action and investigation. Never let it be forgotten that the railway shareholder,' hope is soundly based upon the growth of traffic; but if growing revenue is to be attended by growing prodigality, the future mast be we of still greater difficulty. Let shareholders be stirring, and capital accounts be closed. WISDOM IN THE WAR-OFFICE. Extract from a latter, dated Camp, Sebastopol, October 8: _ _ - - - " Two hundred of the Army Works Corps have arriied, sent post-haste, part of the way overland, to —build up Bebestopol ! Looking at the bugs skele ton of the alt ,its roofless, tottering walls, and the vast heaps of rubbish and cinders, truly the gallant two bundled appal' to have an Herculean twit before them. end that without speculating on any redoes tics he desk ambers from the shot or shell from the north Moodiness, or, worse than sickest. or the enemy's sbekdrenkennees. Fast as this detachment of the Any Works Corps have come, I fear they will not assereptidt their task before the arrival of win ter, whisk is fast approsehieg also. More men for huts, bet as yet only four consignments of huts, and those seat without any description— so that it appears they cannot be erected, but rout remain in store, nobody knows how long.* VIENNA, Oor. 90. It order to completethe diffweat lines of railroads now is progress, as lee u the important we mot yet actually weasse bet for which all the preli minary work is ed--that from the Bavarian frontier to Bask ea the Trieste sad Vienna liae—it is the isteotise of rummest to form a rum seat ranted hales feed. with t Swint capital ot 60 Milne el /aim Misses is to be raised by a Ism eel mc a use* Ow the repayment, pert Gabe MeMsep of esurmlesft in Upper Austria sad Hessery are to be spasklly mortgaged to the capi ta.'" Is the Mau As a rk we es take the dendos traishrred to the Beek of Anal& me tabu ipssesties of, the govermseat win ;Web the law etedellielltieth it being txpeoted that hamigratioa the value of the property wilt: a : 6l AL time be greatly salmaced. The draft of the law le esagisted, sad has received the imp rill easedoa. The limpsur has come to tows from ficheabrang, sad given sadism' at the Palace of Hof burg to Count Beal, Field-Marshal Baron von Prokesch, sad Coast Rubber& THE NINETY-SEVENTH. TO NDITOIII OF 111 BMW& fint,—Your correspondest's hater from the Crimea iespeetiag the 97th that hawks' wised mash Psis to all senseoted with that gallant sad well sosdasteetarp, I treat yos will, in fairings, give equal to the espy of a letter (herewith se amed). slimes* by Sir William Codriogtos, the Chossil mileinding the Light Division, to Captain Lemc sibs beenght les romaisder of the 97th oat of seism IS Ibs Sth of ilsidsobsr. sad who still is. tam die ousiosod. Sir William Osibingtenb letter *MN that pm earrespondest was is error wimps he staid that tba regiment was seat on that important (Vs a psiewsist. rases et killed and Ira/sada is salkiist proof that the 97th did its duty. Thirteen Mims aad 390 sos-c omm lesiosed saws sad privates wigs Ulm alimielissa . sicessl a VLAS priniles woo dem usgigr i. Rims or weaned. Aa early Ward°a of this and air Wm. Codriag toes letter is your ioarael will greatly oblige your obedient servant. H. V. LOCKYER, Disior-Oseeral s Liesteaaat-Colonel. 97th Regiment. United Berries Gab, Ost. 24. "Light Divisio ( n (, ` im p, Bth °Sober, 1856. "My ism Ilir,—ln Cialigaanib piper there is a letter from the correspoiedent of the Daly New in this amp, in which it is stated that. as s punishment for its most modest in the treselies, the 97th has been told off to load.' We may not, perhaps, in such eonemenisations expect the military reeling of which so lamb ignorant, is shown in this extras, but we may expest truth. The reasons foe entrusting the Was; the =salt on the Radon on the Bth of Ilsptensber to the 97th and 90th Mogi negate were obvioes. sad it was my pride sad =pe fent that a dill:ult. dangerous, and t r %sa sseMe wse so entrusted, by a fair and neesseshio ii', to Major Welsford, leading a part = ',gamest as the first stormiss party. and to Ifengssek. essmanding your mimed. toi let/ft ea dos somethity. poec eweeloM Arms and many of you' i sshpost. Led lighting la and at the Bata. There assreedy rippeires say other. samisi to the nemerk wb I havenhsve quetedr-lassasfisesrellona • * W. I. Comirowar. Liget lb Carta% Oodeasedirrrnth JAllarlp bify—wastrits isinp 0,! I • river. The Ramis= are retiring before them. From every aide we bear that the enemy is falling back by detachments upon Perekop, and the gradually dimi nishing extent of the encampments, which can boob s/erred over the Inkermann heights, appears to give support to these assertions. There is no diminution of fire, however, from the forts and batteries on the north side of the roadstead ; on the contrary, it has been kept up with much more ac tivity during the last two or three days. It has been especially directed against the Malakboff, and the part of Sebastopol held by the French on the west side of the south harbour. The English have not constructed any works to act against the north side; the battery commenced on the former site of Fort Paul, bat afterwards abandoned, has not again been proceeded , with. The French have nearly completed another large work near Fort Alexander, destined more particularly to act against Fort Constantine.' It is to contain an armament of ten mortars. A story is afloat that a few nights ago three boats, taking advantage of the darkness, quietly crossed from the north side, and, entering the Narabelnais port, pro oseded toward some of the sheds on the Dockyard quay. Having arrived at the stairs, some Russians landed, and, finding they were unobserved, removed a certain amount of stores, with which they got back safely to their own side of the roadstead. This feat might be accomplished with the greatest ease, unless the sen tries were on the alert. The guard, which previous to this occurrence was a subaltern's, has been since increased to a captain's guard. Whether captains. such as are now not unfrequently met in some of the regiments, wish little more than two years' ser vice and experience, and mere striplings in years, are much more likely to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of similar deeds on the part ' of so cunning an enemy as the one to whom we are opposed, is a matter for the consideration of military authorities. No tidings have yet reached us of the fate of the expedition which left lately for the north of the Black Sea. Some anxiety has been felt respecting the ships, on account of the gale which prevailed on the 10th instant. It we expected to effect a landing on that or the following day. The troops continue remarkably healthy. Their duties are comparatively light. Excepting the guards for the divisional staff establishments, the usual regimental guards, and those in the part of Sebastopol occupied by the British, they are chiefly employed on fatigue duties ; such as making' the military roads, collecting stones from the batteries, building walls and enclosures for the commissariat stores, or stabling for aw l animals belonging to the Land Transport Corps, draining the oamps, repairing the water-tanks, eel. letting gabionalfrom the trenches or enemy's verba l —these being the only wood issued at present for fuel—or other employments of a like nature. There are, consequently, few night duties, and this is, doubtless, one circumstance which is greatly conducive to the present sanitary condition of the men. The younger soldiers are being in structed in drill, and many of the regimental parade grounds present the appearance rather of what might ,b• expected to be seen at an encampment in Ear bad, than under the walls of l3ehastopol. • The Highland Division are making preparations for, 'hanging their ground saw Samara. The brigade will move about a mile further in the direction of Baidar,and the other regiments will take up positions, though not so far from the site of their present encampments, towards the mama point. In conse quence of the departure of the Ottoman troops for Asia, the greater part of the outpost duties, which were formerly performed by them, will now devolve upon the men of the Highland Division. The following arrangement bee been made, and circulated among the divisions of the army, in case of a sudden order for the troops, or part of them, to take the field: CIIIOI7LAZ MORAIIDI7II. Ilead•quorters, Sebastopol, Oct. 8. In the event of a sadden order to move in light sauchiag order, the division °viand to tsar* will parade (as far as regards the disposal of the soldiers' aocessories) as follows : The roan to be dressed in forego cap, neckcloth. sooteo, braces, trousers, boots, shirt, socks, dolma belt; sad to carry kaapeack complete, comma sad straps, great coat, 1 winter shirt, 1 towel, 2 pair seek., 1 pair warm mite, 1 brush (a set of brushes consisting of three—the man to In told off by throes. and each to carry one brash), soap, sponge, vises of pip cloy knife, fork, spoon, de.; small book, So.; catalog Wogs. The above kit was weighed and fosad to be under 16 lb., ' Hovressek, with ratans; water bottle; shore of map ket tles of company. The remainder Of his kit to be peeked up carefully i• a blanket, to be market with the man's regi mental numb:e and 'employ ; to metal& a list of the articles, sad to be left is map, amending to regimental arrapiesnenta.—By order, (Signed) W. L. PAYLRNHAIL lU.at.•CoL, A O. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam. packet Madrid, Captain Cook, Admiralty spot, Lieutenant Payne, RN., arrived at Southampton yesterday, with the Peninsular mails. Her dates were—Gibraltar, October 16; Cadis, 16; Lisbon, 19; Oporto, 20; Vigo, 21. The Madrid brought 80 pas angers, amongst whom were—Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brassily, from Cadiz; Mr. and Mr.. Galloway, Chevalier and Madame Moyard, and Mr. Flannagoui, from Lisbon ; Mr. Forrester. from Vigo. Her cargo hisladee—specie, value 1,187 L • The. is no political news of importance. The weather bad been rely bad both at Cadiz and Lis- boa, particularly the latter. Very heavy rains had fallen. doing mach damage to the Indian corn that was still out. A dooree was expected daily, mid. biting the exportation of grain from Portugal. The failure of - the grape is general both in Spain and Fa ntail Amoagat the peamagers by the Madrid are MOO gentlemen, sod 30 workmen, from Lisboa, latelyeer played on the railroad, PM asimeodersteeding with the Portuguese government having awed a sawn as of the works. With the exemption of the hilt two dap, the Kadeil has bad strong N.B. winds daring the pussy boss The Madrid exchanged colours with the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Sultan, the 20th October, to the assahleard of Vigo, ea route to Lisbon. O. 15, at Gibraltar : Steam-vessel Prometheus and steam troop ship Rhadansanthus. The steam transport Queen of the South left Gibraltar at 3 p.m. on the 15th for the East. The steam transports Jackal and Earl of Aberdeen—the former outward bound, the latter with offloers and invalids for Bay land—were coaling at Gibraltar. The Fiche steamer, from Lowesto ft , with wooden huts for the Crimea. was at Gibraltar oa the 16th. At Cadiz was the French steam vessel Rodeur, on her way to the coast of Africa. The transactions effected on London this packet have been of a limited amount, owing to the scarcity of mousy. Paper was offered freely at 644 for 90 days, bat short-dated bills were lees abundant, and more looked toe than long. On the Continent paper was also offered, but money was very scarce. - The following are the quotations:—London, 30 days, 64/; 90 days, 641. Paris, 100 days, 527. Genoa, three months' date, 624. Hamburg, three months' date, 48/ ; Amsterdam, 43. Governmeot Three per Cent. stock has been done from 424 to 434 per cent. Bank of Portugal shares from 31 to 4 per cent. discount; ditto of Oporto, 17 to 18Itar cent. premium. Beak of Lisbon astee.i per cent. ditemeat. Tho loionsoi do Qom&Wimple states that the Ear 1 poise IMsta•or W out 160 Aver nobles (•boat W.) to via of Os Sautes •lase 100 eamsaaniaegte. Vbt Court. WINDSOR, Oft 14. Mr. Andrew Buchanan, her Majesty's Misi s t ir to the Court of Denmark, bad en indium of the Qu irt Tuesday, and wu presented by the Berl of Clerenda s . . . _ The dinner petty yesterday included the Duchess of K m ; the Princess Royal, the Eul of Clarendon, Lady Preasu Bruce, Lady Emily Seymour, Baroness de Speth, the gi g % How. Six Richard Pakeehass, Colonel Williams, cusse ei g. tag of 2nd Life Guards ; Lieut. Colonel Holiday, seta. sanding officer 36th Regiment; sad Major Owen (Be* Regimen). The band of t►e 2nd Life Guards wu in Mindle ss during dimmer. The Quota's private band afterwards played in the Castle. The Earl of Clarendon, Sir Richard Pakenhare, eat Major Owen left the Castle to-day. PRESENTATION OF THE CITY ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. WINDSOR, WznirINDAY: Her Majesty the Queen received, at 1 o'clock this afternoon, an address on the throne from ths eon:calk e d the City of London, congratulating her Majesty ea th sionoss samosa of the Beitith way and Auto is mos* tion with her Majesty's allies. _ The civic procession arrived at the Castle at 20 vise* before one o'clock from Slough, the deputation brain tre. veiled from London by • special train on the Great Westin Railway, and afterwards proceeding Wee the lion in • number of carriages to the Coale. The CAI Marshals precated the corporation on bombed. " ' The Lord Mayor (who won him gold robe el 'Ake) eta attended by hie chaplain, the Rev. E. 0. Moon, and alio by the macebearer and swordbaueg. The aldermen present were Meagre. Cater (Sherif), Xi* nedy, tialomons (Lord Mayor Sleet), sad Mr. K. A. Merewether, Town Clark ; Sir John Hey. Bart., Chamberlain; Mr. Brand, Comptroller; Mr. Tyrrell, Besnambraneer ; Mr. C. Piano., Solicitor; W. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark LUr. Sheriff Stone; and Mr. Josiah Tempts, Ham else - OSUMI&11, attended. Mr. Deputy Aitchison, Mr. Deputy Sower, Yr. kier Cork, Mr. Deputy Dakin, Mr. Deputy Godson, Yr. b o p* Harrison, Mr. Deputy Meade'', Mr. Deputy Bath a n% Mr. Deputy Stevens, Mr. Deputy Whiteside, IL J. Chaplin, Mr. H. De Jersey, Mr. G. Walter, Ms.D.Niral‘ Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. D.. Trees, and about 100 otherComea Councilmen, were present. • • •• ' ' . - The Lord Mayor and deputation alighted st the peg entrance to the Castle, and were ushered to the Glad Chamber. Her Majesty was conducted to the throne is StAlone" Hall, Prince Albert being on the Queen's left, and de Duchess of Wellington (officiating for the Dodos d Sutherland as Mistress of the Robes) sad the Dagen d Atholl, Ladies in Waiting, standing on her Ilidoety's COL air George Grey, the Queen's Principal Setreuld Beats for the Home Department, was on the Queues rigd; Earl Sower, Lord Steward of the Household, also otsul en the right; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Cloister* as her Majesty's loft. The other Gentleman is Baffin osenpiod their usual stations near the throne. The corporation we. reenived at the door of St. Goon Hall by the Vice Chamberlain, who conducted the lad Mayor and deputation to the Sovereign. The Ton Iffid (in the absence of t h e Recorder) road :he following adins: " Most gracilus Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's looted dutiful subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and COMM of the City of London in Common Council unaided, his humbly to approach your Melesty, to offer our omen of sincere congratulations upon the succuses which it In pleased Divine Providence to grant to the fleets and satin of your Majesty, and of your Majesty's Wannest alie, during the conduct of the present war. "We feel most grateful to the Almighty Dinsand events that, under peculiarly trying and difficult Won stamen, your lialestr's theta and armies have boss mind with ouch enduring patience and each heroic coup w le uphold the honour sad austsin the reputed= of our tenni country, and to chastise and humble the arrogant oar does of the Emperor of Russia, who seeks to COW in destinies of Europe, to impede the progress of civilisation and to diminish the independence of patios". " Ws rejoice in the firm and steadfast 'Muni sidd your Majesty has made with your illustrious oily ths llr parer of the French, and is the-taloa of throe braes win sent by him to the Crimea, who, aide by side with yen Majesty's subjects, have se nobly withstood the unease If the enemy, and, amidst unexampled difficulties sad prier taus, have advanced from one conquest to another, sad* proud fleet of the enemy he. been destroyed awl kis Misr hold has bliss before the victorious arms of year MON and of your Majesty's illustrious allies. " Engaged sa your Majesty is in cooduting a jun necessary war, we pledge ourselves to maintain yew )lit jest, is its vigorous proem:intim until, by the vilest ellOn engaged is it,it shall be brought to an 'ad, sod by toe whiffil of you Majesty's councils • lasting and hososrable pets shall be concluded. " Deign, therefore, mot gracious Sovereign, to so* oar dutiful and hearty congratulations oa the scans which have continued to crown your Majesty's armies of fleets, and thou of your alike. Ws offer up our booth prayer that your Majesty's Ufa may lug be tiered to phis us in war, to govern us in peace, and to reds over a Po* distinguished for its love of hoodoo, is satapribe oni• moon it. ardent pursuit of sasses, sod its Pisma 6oBl * ll pare Christianity, giving it an unesstapted pout whist we know your Majesty will oily wield to 'Arno whatnot is good and great amongst your subjects, and to furthallt liberty, the happiness, sad the prosperity of nations." The Town Clerk, kneeling, presented the address, Ilia MY delivered by her Majesty to Sir George Grey. The Queen returned the following most Facies' snort " I have received with great satisfaction your loydasi datital eddies". " I rejoin" to know that while you share my of the Justice and nuessity of the war IS whisk we es engaged, you also fully participate in my admiraties for di enduing patience and heroic courage of my breve Odifd and sail,,,, and of those of my allies, and in my thaskfah o to the Almighty Disposer of events for the ausseeoldili have attended the distinguished gallantry and dos*" the combined forces in the Crimes. "I sincerely thank you for your worms of a dente nation, in which I am confident the great body of 1 . 1, people concur, to support me in the vigorous prosesitim du war wail, by the blessing of God on our ors eilife and on thou of our brave allies, it can be coaeletled W lotion sad honourable peace." Sir Frowns Gashes' Mom, Bart, the Lord EWA * Alderman Wire, the mover of the addrso, and 24 1/111r ,, Hokin, the se condersouler of the address, had monk w' honour of being pouted to her Majesty sad Bliki lauds. The sorporatisa thsa retired from tin Paw . I " the Qom". neons el This Curt was attemind by Viscount k the TIMM% ef the Guard; the Earl of Liston!. bli` Waiting ; //imolai Toningtos, Lord in Albert; Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Visiting; Get Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Mensal 101 George Lee, Lientsunt of the Yeomen of the Goatil General Buckley. Equerry in Waiting; Colonel 841 1014 1 Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Theban* ; t 4 17, Howard Vyse (Royal Hone Guards), Shun Slit: I Waiting; Colonel annoy (Scots Fusilier Ourdo). Offieer to Brigade Waiting; Mr. lieneage, 0 " 11 1 Usher is Waiting ; sad Colonel Fitonaurice, A4/01111 the Yeomen of the Guild. • party of the Yuma ol the Gaud was ou Hand the approaches to St. George's Hall, under dst fI P the viand of Major Phibbs, the Eau in Waiting. • guard of honour of the 36th Regiment woe OS the undress!e of the Castle. a • Ann the reception of the address, the esembers Corporation went ushered to the Mane Gallerh luaus was served. A matrimonial alliance between the Maniait Winchester sad the Hon. Him Montague, dssallfa si 01. morel Lord Rckeby, now fn the Crimea, is spokes of. , The Marquis of Lansdowne , the Marquis of Bak the Right Hos. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Mr. Wait M.P., Mr. T. IL tiotiwnos Botoomt, M.P., sod W. &rope, M.P., have respectively given the saw di th. /W . towards the e stab li shing of a Reformatory School ill meaty of Witto. With. the exeeption of Lord Westmotelsod_„,lll- Baron de Bourosesey, all the membe rs of the iimer, corm wise have been spientliag the slimmer is the llowl se um boos away on leave of absence, hats". nom ti !lemma. Several diplomats even i n g pa rt ies will ant week. This w lieratea importer HOTIMSE pared by the begii period t 1 He sow ditto, 698 run off), are estian 7861. Th 1,6961.; 1 4421. Mr. La' offered me Daniel dictment Catberim The pr Mr. Pi Court to that the defence. 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