The Express. — London, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

- rio expreoo. TO 13011RISPONDINTO. haveremsal. baleadoi -Tbo twos,' Larks tomb. yew, art b• at the 011 to, lb, Ilsatt by Tire Ake to the day a pablhollea. ZION WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEM DAT-AillefaS. 41. Hi Hap Te4ssazaw—Maniall , -aftinholles 414 511•6 LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 90. Tea relations of the Great Powers become daily more complicated and perplexing. A time appears to be drawing nigh which will " crave wary walking" from those who guide the destinies of England. To judge by the toes of that portico of the London Press which is influenced by Ministers, we are on the eve of a breach with the United States. In a good cause we would not shrink from such a quarrel from any doubt ci the ability of England to weather the storm ; bet there are other considerations which would make us regret it. We are at this moment waging a war to assert the great principle of national independence, in alliance with Franco. The cause is just and honourable ; the union of the French and English nations is most desirable; the present Ruler of France has cooducted himself loyally towards us. It happens unfortunately, how ever, that at this moment parliamentary government is suspended in France, and the political press gagged. That, we haws all along maintained, is the concern of the Preach people. It is their right to choose their own rulers and form of goverment hes from foreign interference. It is the duty of all ether States to recognise the de facto Offiniialiat of Francs for the time being, its mere existents being a proof that the French people acquiesce in it. But we cannot conceal from ourselves that those feelings of delicacy which prompt the English people to abstain, in such circumstances, from too hoe criticism of the institutions of a friendly nation, have had the effect of making many I Liberals among as lees forward to assert OM great principle' of constitutional liberty gee which the liberties, the prosperity, and the power et England are bleed; and that advantage is takes if this by the enemies of popular freedom se to ammo a tone when speaking of free institalisas in which they dared not have indulged a few ,e ago. Suppose us hurried into a war with the dmassratic republic of America, it is obvious that this disbar state of affairs would be increased. The puha fret- Wiwi against a people with whom we are at war would be carefully turned to account by the itemise of free institutions, to make them distasteful to the English mind. On the other side, the American people would, in the event of a war with England, be exposed to similar demoralising lean emcee. They would enter into that war as the allies 1 of the most backward and benighted despotism is Christendom—se the abettors of territorial lapin and unprincipled intermeddling in the doomed" sew corns of foreign nations. It is impossible that they could continue to fight in such fellowship without having their devotion to the principles of Vas peat founders of their Republic cooled and weakened. The faith of the only two great free nations in the world in that liberty which has made both great would be shaken; the two great models looked up to by the freemen of all those nations which aspire to raise themselves to theatres level would, by their lapse into absolutist heresies, shake and undermine the faith ci freemen throughout the world. Now we feel convinced that there is nothing in the relations of England and America, oe is the state of public feeling here and on the oda/ sids the Atlantic, to render a war between the. conefriss inevitable, if the Government' of both countries IA animated by those patriotic sinthnents and principles which ought to regulate their modest. The main question at issue in the angry correspondence which has passedbetwoen the two Governments relates*** Goaded of Mr.Csratrrox in the matter of talking* halhoelga morello. 'Thin is not the real ground of =.dust England with the party in the United under the blesses of which the Government at Waite.= apron to be acting. That party's enmity to England arises from its conviction that England is hostile to its filibustering projects of foreign aggression. Bat it shrinks from sppsaliog to the American people on such a ground, and there fore catches hold of the Clestrrox story as more likely to tell on the patriotic feelings of Americana. If both the English sad Malted States Governments Measly desired pew, the Crum rros difference Gould be easily settled. We cannot acquit our Government of levity and rashness in having authorised recruiting operations in the United States, without having taken care previously to ascertain the exact nature of the American law on that head, and the wishes of the Cabinet at Washington. But we have the authority of the high-minded and patriotic editor al the Now York Courier and Acquirer for stating that the English Government, on ascertaining the views of President Pince and his Ministers, frankly COD. seated to stop its operations and expressed its regret at having unintentionally given umbrage. The letters of the Attorney-General of the United States, quoted in the article in the Charier end liagoiror to which we refer, and the concealment of the emissaries made by the British Government, betray a die position on the part of President Pumas Cabinet to drive matters to extremities. And we regret to add that the conduct of oar own Cabinet, in giving its sanction to or parte and irritating etatementa of the ease in no less than three newspapers, proves that it is equally wrong-headed. This bad blood between the Cabinets at Washington and StJamee's does not, we fear, date from yesterday. We have loog been cognisant of the fact that the ommications be tween our Foreign-offee and the American Embassy have been animated by anything but a cordial spirit. Unwarrantable aristocratic superciliousness on the one aide has been met by unwarrantable personal susceptibility on the eller. This de plorable state of affairs is the may owes that seriously endangers the salmi* relation of two great peoples, allied in blood. snood to eadi other by Editors of ties of social and hominess sen maxim's, each unable to conquer the other, but oral able to inflict incalculable harm on the other. Will the English and American peoples allow themselves to be dragged into a war by the sordid self-seeking calculations of factions, and the personal suscepti bilities of their respective Cabinets foe the time being P It is for the peoples of England and the United States to forbid the unholy war that seems to be impending over them. In another column we frankly and fearlessly—as becomes freemen--repreeent to oar American brethren the influences which are insidiously working upon them, and the means which t►ey peewee of counteracting these influences. In con• . eluding the present remarks we would as emphatically appeal to our own countrymen to exert themselves to' arrest the headlong career of cur tieveransent. The reckless manner in which Ministers, by their organs in the press, are precipitating a gee:rel with demo. otitis America, contrasts painfully with the mulish, passive resistance, which they and their onoodals cot lopes so long opposed to the national determina tion to arrest the ambitious aggressions of Russia. If Ministers really feel themselves driven to the verge of war with Amerlea, let them submit their owe to the British public, not by anonymous, garbled state ments in newspapers, but by the legitimate lOW of convoking Parliament, and submitting the *hole of the diplomatic correspondence which has passed between them and the Maseisen Government to its , inspection and judgment. The English people will be mad if they allow themselves to be involved in a war with America otherwise than with their eyes open, and full oognissnoe of all the details of the dispute. The English people ought not to allow themselves to be victimised by secret diplomacy. It would be easy to show how much reason both countries have to dread war, from interested consi deration. We need not remind our own country men how materially our principal textile manufac tures, and every branch of our commerce, would suffer from an interruption of amicable relations with America. We need not remind the citizens of the United States that this country was prepared for naval war than now, and that all their most important ports are utterly defenceless. But we prefer appealing to higher principles. We know that the kindred natioas resemble each other in this, that threats of danger and suffering only make them cling more undauntedly toe purpose. We adjure them, therefore, not out of regard to meaner tonal , aeration, but by the generous pride which both take I in promoting civilisation, and that liberty which is the only basis upon which true civilisation can be reared, t to exert themselves emulously to check the head ; strong pride of both their Governments, and preserve , penes between two nations sprung from the same asteestiors—the glorious freemen of the seventeenth matary. THE COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. Ws learn from a reliable source that the offios of Secretary of State for the Colonies has been offered to Lord ELonc, but declined by him in favour of Lord Joan RusseLL. As the position in which it has pleased Lord Joan RUSSELL to place himself makes his having a seat in any Cabinet that could hope to enjoy the national confidence out of the ques• I I Son at present, we trust we may accept this expression of diffidence on the part of Lord ELGIN SI nothing more than a decorous solo egisoopari. There are at present only two other public men besides Lord ELGIN in the field whose antecedents give them the slightest claim to the appointment—Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Doke of r NEwcAsrLa. Bat the conduct of the one in reference to the war, and of the other in the Conferenon at Vienna, are too fresh in the recollection of the people to admit of the nomination of either being tolerated. Lord H&UOWBY has been spoken of, but if be knows anything of Colonial affairs it is a secret that has hitherto been most sno oessfully kept. Of Lord Ewer's views with regard to foreign affairs nothing, unfortunately, is known with certainty, but nothing positive is known to his discredit. And his experience as a Colonial Governor, and his eminently secoessful administra tion in Canada, speak volumes in hie favour. he EMBASSY To Vizxxa.—A report has reached us that Sir Hamilton Seymour is appointed to the embassy at Vienna. We most sincerely hops it may be true. It is sot creditable to government that our beet living diplomatist has been left so long unem ployed. Sir Hamilton's spirited and judicious con duct at St. Petersburg is not his only claim to publics confidenos; he showed equal segacity and firmness when in Italy. EXPULSION OF THIRTY-FOUR REFUGE] FROM JERSEY. (iIo ov& r, MONDAY NUM'. LATEST FROM ABROAD. NEW RUSSIAN LEVY. ps 131113.111ATIOSAI. museaken, Vl!' sus 11/101110 7 (fox ass own ooaawirolmutx4„: HAMBURG, TemAv. A *splash, dated yesterday, which his been re ssivid ben from St. Petersburg, states that an ukase i orders the levy of ten men for every thousand souls over the entire empire, with the exception of the provinces of Pskov, Poltava, Tohernigov, Charkoy, Ekatherinoslav, Hherson, and Thais. GROWING DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE NOBLES IN RUSSIA. (mot ova owl HAMBURG, Ocr. 28. A telegraphic despatch has been received hers from St. Petersburg, laying great 'tress upon the fact that the Noway Journal contains a circular from the newly-appointed Minister of the Interior, Lanskoy, informing the nobles that the Emperor has pledged himself to respect all the existing privileges conceded to the nobility. This appears to confirm reports that have from time to time crossed the frontiers of Russia and been whispered about, that the war is very unpopular with the nobles, who have to bear all the expense. The result is stated to have been the formation of a strong coalition, and although this has not yet, perhaps, 'sus ed the form of a conspiracy, it may nevertheless, have induced the Cur to issue the above declaration as a sort of concession to an ininential and numerous order, whose ostensible pound of complaint was that the present Emperor on coming to the throne had neglected to confirm the privileges of the nobility, which was invariably done by his predecessors. This is generally considered here the solution of the declara tion, which otherwise appears uncalled for, and comes, at all events, rather post Pawns. The Channel Islands mail-packet has arrived. She Wisp intelligens that the whole of the thirty- 1 four refugees who signed the declaration which appeared last week in the Daily News have been ordered to leave Jersey this week, by order of the British government. Amongst the expelled are Victor Huge and his sons. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1855. ODESSA AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF TER FLEET. ODESSA. 00T. 16. The first thing I did on Sunday morning was to rush down to the beech, to see if any alteration was wmptible is the position and number of the enemy's lest, when great was our joy and surprise to ascer tain that they were all gone—vanished, disappeared, and nothing but a dark cloud of smoke on the eastern horizon Wallow in what direction they had proceeded. The news soon spread, and the inhabitants began to return to their habitations, and see still flocking in every hoar, busily teamed in withdrawing from the cellars and vaults those valuables they had planed there for safety. Last night 10,000 men that were 'tattooed here were sent to Otohakoff, and to-day several batteries of heavy and light field artillery have followed. It is said that the destination et the fleet is Kinburn. This little fortress is inhabited ex elusively by the garrison, who in times of woe occupy themselves profitably with the herring fishery. The entrance to the limas is too wide to allow the gnus of the fortress to prevent the approach of a naval facet to effect which the presence of Boating batteries is absolutely required. A large number of these are being fitted oat at Nioolaieff with all possible expedition, under the personal in spection of the Grand Doke Constantine. It is ad mitted here that if the enemy mos obtain possession of Yinbern, they will have but little difficulty in retaining it I for if the Russians were to make any attempt to regain it, they would have to approach it by the narrow slip of sand, several miles long, at the end of which Kinburn is situated, before reaching the fortress, and during their march they would be ex posed without any protection to the fire of the gun boats lining the coast. Notwithstanding the serious fears and expectations entertained of an immediate bombardment. 00010 sasses occurred which were absurdly ridiculous. For instance, the fugitives were eeen running about in all directions seeking in vain the office for passports, which had shut up shop and walked off long since. Then the customhouse authorities on the lines out side the town added much to the delay and confusion by demanding payment of duty on everything pass ing, for Odessa is a free port. The obstreperous mirth and gayness of the Russian character were very conspicuous amongst the soldiers, who, though nearly koocked sap by active duty, long marches, and uninterrupted watching for four days and nights, lost nothing of their usual noisy laughing and exaberanos of spirits, for which they are so con epitomise. LEGAL CHANGES nr IRELAND. The shadow withal' the again 'heap sada before ft is of this shape. Chief Berea Pigott, it Is said, resigns as the grated of ill health ; Mr. Attorney Cionml Keogh sweep& him melds! Judge of the Court of Badinage ; Mr. Fitzgerald, Ow presses &Bettor, takes Mr. lEgogb's ones; and Issas Bets, QC., M.P. for Yentbal, beedoes Bolleiter Osenel is were of Mr. Fitnersid.:—Dtibltig Express. The illiress of the Bishop - of London is of the rut tare of paralysis, tbousit it is saki tint lds 'mottoes s wit seriously Wooed by it. TM lower @Urinal*, ere ehislly slated. Them is little baps el hie Lordship's wallets resovery, eves should lb. stsssitit et big soastitaties sury Lisa t►rcelh t►. pressor attack. ILINBURN AN!) THE RUSSIAN COMMUNI- CATIONS. VIENNA, Oa. 26. The latest despatches received here frotit Nicolaieff state that no serious fears are entertained for the safety of that plea and Rherson. Both may have.to submit to a similar fate to that of Bweaborg—a bom bardment at long range, by which the principal buildings may be battered to pieces, but beyond this the Russians have nothing to fear for their flop" or military road communicating with Perelrv. It can not be denied that at the present moment the forces of the Allies are not sufficiently numerous to endanger the Russian line of retreat, which is, moreover, too distant from the sea foe them to expect any support and assistance from their fleet. .... Generals Btackelberg and Benkendorf are said to have reported favourably on the state of affairs and the health of the army in the Crimea. The above appears to confirm the telegraphic despatch from our Berlin correspondent in the Espress of Thursday last, stating that the above named officers had been sent by the Emperor to the Crimea, and that the evacuation or further occupation of the Peninsula would depend mainly on their report. FOREION REFUGEES ON BRITISH TERRI- TORY. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The question of the refugees has led to communications between England and several of the continental governments. The French Government entertains the same views on the subject as Austria, and it is certain that M. de Persigny has received orders to support the representations of Count Collo redo at the Court of St. James. It is thought that England will, on this ocoasion, be disposed to satisfy the wishes of the continental Powers. The latter, it is said, demand that the Alien Bill of 1848 shall be brought into effect, and that a clause shall be added to it enabling the Government to expel, as a measure of policy, any suspected foreigners who may give rise to well-founded complaints on the pert of the Governments which are on friendly terms with England." THE RELATIONS OF FRANCE AND THE TWO SICILLES. The following is published in the Notateur of this morning:— "On the 16th of August last the French ship of war La Gorgon*, at anchor in the port of Messina, celebrated there the fit. of the Emperor. The Mi litary Commandant of the place, although apprised of the celebration by the Vice-Consul of Franco and by the Civil Intendant of Messina, did not comply with the usage customary between friendly nations, and did not hoist the Neapolitan flag. "The Oovernmsot of the Emperor having com plained of this want of courtesy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Two Siam; has, by order of his Sovereign, forwarded to the Mi nister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty at Naples a note, which happily concludes this disagree able incident. "The Neapolitan Government expleasce its regret that the Military Commandant of Messina should not have complied with the intimation given him by the Civil Intendant ; and it gives the assurance that formal instructions will prevent in future, in all the pert, of the Two Sicilia, the omission that has occa sioned the just complaints of the Government of the Emperor." THE WAR. A letter from Varna, of the 18th, in the • foorsaiof Frankfort, says:—" It is probable that the Allies will also attack the Russians by the side of Bessarabia. The Allied Generals know from positive information that when Russia shall have lost the Crimea, she will no longer be able to march another army of regular troops into Bessarabia, bat will be obliged to have recourse to the militia of the Empire The coasts of the Black Bea from Odessa to Nicolaieff are already lined with 40,000 of those militia, and others are arriving every day. Turkish troops are constantly leaving this place for Enpstoris. some of the Bashi-Bazooka of the corps of General Vivien and a detachment of the Anglo-German Legion have arrived here.' RUSSIA. A letter from Posen, in the Poet dazpt Gazette, says:—" According to the last letters from Warsaw, preparations have been recommenced there for the reception of the Btaperor Alexander, and they are on such an extensive scale as to lead to the °occlusion that his Majesty will spend part of the winter in the Polish capital. The precise period of his arrival is not yet known, but it is expected that he will remain In the proximity of the scene of war until the close of the present campaign t and it is now again said that, if peace is not concluded in the course of the winter, he will bead the army in the spring?' A letter from Berlin. in the Colorw Gazette, says : —" The greatest dissatisfaction is manifested by the higher classes of Bt. Petersburg. The situation be queathed by the preceding gen:Boast is borne with impatience, sad little thanks are offered to the Ger man Powers for the purely non-interventional and diplomatie attitude which prolongs the war. Still OW mid concessions are dreamt of. Russia is sliest as yet pa the Boned duty question. It is evident that at resent a suppression of that duty would be but of slight advantage to her.' THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION LATE ELECTIONS. AND THE Asa proof that the Prussians themselves consider their oonstitution as nothing more than a political farce, may be mentioned the significant feet, that at the late elections, out of 75,497 registered voters in the circle of Dantsie alone, not more than 6,020 could be induced to appear at the poll and give their votes. PIEDMONT. The King of Sardinia has issued a decree, enacting that the warm clothing required for the Sardinian troops in the Crimea during the coming winter, and not comprised in their ordinary kit, is to be delivered to them gratuitously. Among the articles mentioned are worsted gloves and stockings, blankets, camp hoods, large boots, &o. By another decree a levy of 13,000 men, the usual annual number, is authorised I for 1865. SPAIN. MADRID, Ocr. 27. The Bing is in good health. The Tarragona fan don is destroyed. Its leader has been made prisoner. The Government has communicated to the Cortes a bill relative to the theatres. The cholera is sensibly decreasing. A letter received in Paris from Madrid states that the Minister of Finance, M. Bruit, has, with the consent of his colleagues, decided that half the produce of the sale of national effects during the year 1868—that is to say, 109 millions—shall be employed in paying off the debts of the State, and that in this arrangement the holders of the passive.bonds shall not be forgotten. This intelligence will be very welcome among the numerous foreign creditors, under this head, _whose complaint, have hitherto found a deaf ear when addressed to then Elpsnish Government. It is true that since 1861 the Government has employed 376,000 reals every month in purchasing portions of the foreign passive debt; but this was not sufficient. The resolution of M. Broil inspires hope that a greater degree of satisfaction will now be given to the holders of this debt. THE CRIMEA. In a letter from the Polish frontier, dated Oct. 19, to the Augsburg Gazette, we read : "The only good troops left in the neighbourhood of Odessa are four regiments of cavalry ; the other troops consist of reserves and the Smolensk militia. The artillery is comparatively very numerous, and t w been recently augmented by reserve batteries brought from Southern Russia. "There are now at Nioolaieff 14 battalions of infantry, chiefly composed of the reserves of the 10th Division of Infantry, and 6 battalions of the Second Division of Artillery with 72 guns and more than 2,000 artillerymen. "Kherson is not so well defended b7lar, for it con tains only a few battalions of infantry with some artillery and Cossacks. But at Perekop there are 21 battalions of the grenadier corps. It is distressing for Russia to be compelled to scatter her forces over all the points of disembarkation. This is the reason why she is reinforcing the small garrisons with militia." The I'Venadersblatt states that, after the capitula tion and occupation of Kinburn by the Allies, the offer was made to General Kooning, the commandant of Otchakof, to withdraw with his troops, with the honours of war. The general refused, but, seeing the impoesibility of holding out, blew up the fortifications of the place. A letter from Bebutopol to the Ost-Deutsche Post s ays that the new French floating batteries are en tirely built of iron, and covered with a shell of the same metal, uoder which the chimney is lowered and concealed during an action. Trials have been made against this shell with 64-pounders, but they only produced a slight dent, the projectiles themselves re- 1 bounding far away. When shut, the batteries look like a tortoise, broader in front than behind. The front battery is armed with 30 guns of the heaviest calibre. The portholes are in their turn closed by lids, that open of themselves at the moment the gun is fared, and then shut instantly. A small orifice in the lid enables the gunner to take aim. TURKEY. (AMY • CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 18. The entire of the Turkish Contingent, which wu encamped near Bayukdfire, has at length, with the exception of • portion of the cavalry, sailed for Luta. The oontingent is ultimately to number 30,0013. Two batten.. of British artillery, two thousand French, and two thousand English regular soldiers, together with three thousand men of a Polish cavalry corps, are to be incorporated with the contingent. The artillery, the Anglo-French 4,000 mu, and the 3,000 Poles are intended to enforce order, in ease of necessity, amongst the Mtuaulman troops. General Boatman has gone to England, and the command ache bashi-basouks has been given to Brigadier-General Smith, second in command of the contingent cavalry under Major-General Shirley. It is now finally determined that Gen. Shirley, with the whole of the cavalry under his orders, shall pro ceed with the rest of the contingent to the Straits of Yenlale. The town of Yenikale will be the head- quarters of the force under General Vivian. Sir John btewart, Bart., aide-dacamp to General Vivian, is detained at Para by illness. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. OT 111.1147111 C (pima ova owx ' SOUTHAMPTON. TOIIDAT ?loam's*. The La Plata arrived this morning. She left St. Thomas on the 16th.] Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 781,970 dollars, of which 16,0% dollars are on ac- count of the Mexican dividend. Amongst her pas sengers are the Governors of St. Lucia and Antigua, General Helene, president of Bolivia ; and an ambas sador to Hogland from the Emperor of Hayti. At Port Royal were her Majesty's ships Terma gant, Imaum, and Daring. The Arab had left. The Atrato had arrived at St. Thomas on the 16th inst. Her Majesty's ship Eurydice had left Oreytown for Bluefield.. The West India Islands are, generally speaking, in a healthy state, although a few cases of yellow fever have appeared lately at Barbadoes and Martinique. Appearances are very favourable OA respects the crops, and the planters are much cheered at the rise in the sugar market. Tag 93an week the °Seers of tbe 93rd Highland Risings', stationed is Deeds* Bar. reeks, 'standout wrest, of their retuned heroes from Iron Alma sad Balaktava at diases Is Use Bsitish Hotel. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. MOM ovx Ow. 00111311VOIDINT4 • • ir • PARIS, MONDAY EVINING. The important news which I sent you last week' that General Combat had been charged with a mission to Stockholm, is confirmed to-day by the Moniteur, which simply announces hie departure, without saying for what purpose. The ostensible object of the journey is, however, to convey to King Oscar the insignia of the Legion of Honour; but no one can doubt for a moment that had this been the only purpose of the mission, some less important personage than the ex-Commander-in- Chief of the army of the Crimea would have been selected to fulfil it. There can be no doubt that General Canrobert's instructions are to exercise a certain amount of pressure upon the Court of Stock holm with reference to the war. According to the Independanat Beige he is to demand winter quarters for the Allied ships in the Swedish ports. Several foreign journals speak of a diplomatic mission from St. Petersburg to Stockholm, in order to counter balance the influence of General Canrobert. If the following correspondence in the Conatster tionnel can be relied upon, the campaign in the Crimea is nearly at an end for this winter : - - writing on the 18th, informs us that the Allied troops who had advanced beyond the Setback, whore they were, it was said, to take up a position, have received orders to return to their former encampments on the Tchernaya, and in the valley of Baidar. He adds that the bad state of the roads, which will soon brooms perfectly impractiftble, es pecially for an army with artillery and a large ntatirisi, is the sole cause of the adjournment of the plan which was said to have been resolved, to pursue the Russian army, and force it to accept a decisive battle. It is believed, then, that nothing more will be dons during the winter than to attack vigorously the forts on the northern aide of fiebutopol, so as to destroy them and expel the Russians. Preparations for that pur pose are accordingly being made, and the enemy is endea vouring to prevent them by inersasiog his fire more and more every day against the town. This news is not calcu lated to satisfy the bops that had been entertained of an early affair; but we must take into account the difficulties of the ground, and if there has been wet weather in the Crimea as is France, a modification of the plans of the cam _ , . paign may have been necessary. After all, the General-in - Chief confided to no one what be projected, and so what is said now may be merely conjecture. What can be affirmed is that our base of operations is a good one, and that the Allied Generals have the advantage over their adversaries of having no need to fear either for their communications or for their supplies. The following despatch was received to-day : VIENNA, Ocr. 28. General Prince Gortchakoff has received, through Genera) Elmekelberg, fall powers from the Emperor either to defend or abandon the Crises aceordieg to eireaustanost, without Wog considered responsible for his determination. The Bourse opened very well. There was a talk of diplomatic attempts to renew negotiations for peace, and the presence at Paris of the Ministers of Bavaria and Saxony was looked upon ea significant in this point of view. The telegraphic despatch given above, announcing that Gortobakoff had re ceived full powers to evacuate the Crimea if he thought it necessary, was regarded as a peaceful symptom. The Rente, however, did not maintain a rise of 10c. with which it opened, but closed weak at Saturday's price, 641 r. 30c. Credit Mobilier fell 281 r. 75c.; Austrian railways, 15fr. French railways were all lower. The Minister at War has decided that in all dis tricts where the price of meat exceeds Hr. the kilo gramme, the difference shall be made up to the troops from the war budget. The King of Sardinia will, according to present arrangements, arrive in Paris by the middle of next mouth. In all probability he will be present on the 15th, at the closing of the Universal Exhibition. His Majesty will be received at, the Tuileries, and not at St. Cloud, it being apprehended that in his conva lescent state he would find the latter residence too cold in November. There is a talk of a grand bunt ing party at Fontainebleau ; but this of course must depend on the weather, the King of Sardinia's health, and other circumstances. I am told seriously, by a person who does not readily lend:an ear to canards, that an interview lately took place at one, of the northern towns of France between the Emperor Napoleon, King Leo pold, and Lord Palmerston. The day after the official fete to close the Universal Exhibition there will take place a grand musical cere mony in the transept of the building. A concert of 1,250 musicians, conducted by M. Hector Berlioz, will be given there. The following is a part of the programme of this monster concert:—the chorus of Handers "Judas Maccabeus;" the Overture of " Freischutz," executed by 100 violins; the benedic tion of the daggers, from the " Huguenots," and also the quatuor of the monks, sung by 80 ban voice.. M. Berlioz will produce on the ooession a Te Deum of his own composition, as also a grand triumphal march. There will be concerts in the Palais de rlndustrie for ten succeeding days afterwards. A letter from Constantinople, in the Monitory, states that orders have been sent from that city to Smyrna for the immediate execution of the two Greeks who a short time since assassinated a sailor belonging to the French brig Olivier. Cardinal Wiseman was received yesterday by the Emperor at St. Cloud. Abd-el-Kader has arrived at Constantinople. The works of the Pont d'Arcole are advancing rapidly towards a conclusion. On Saturday tri eoloured flags were hoisted on the left and right of the key-stone, with " A la Ville de Paris,lBss," in scribed on them in letters of gold. Foot passengers can now pace over, and as the usual trials of strength by means of an immense weight of sand and stone have been successfully gone through, on Nov. 1 the bridge will be opened for general traffic. The body of•Villars, the actor of the Gymnase, who has been for some days missing, has been found. On Friday, as a boatman of Bas-Meudon was fishing in the Seine, he perceived the body of a man in the water Having got it out, he gave information of the fact to the nearest commissary of police, who found the features so swollen as to be scarcely dis tiogaishable. Oa the body were a blue frock coat, black silk waistcoat, and grey trousers, with varnished leather boots. The pockets of the trousers were turned inside out, so that at first suspicions were entertained of a crime having been committed ; but u, after a most careful exami nation, the body presented no trace whatever of vio• leave, that idea was given up. A white pockethand kerchief, marked with a " V.," was fouod in the coat pocket, and that circumstance, joined to the fact that the clothes answered exactly to the description sent to all the police agents, led the commissary to believe that the body was that of Vinare. On the body being taken to the Morgue, it was there identi fied in the most positive manner. The belief amongst the friends of the deceased is that his mind had be come affected, and that in that state he made away with himself. KARS AND ITS DEFENDERS, --*-- (11031 Ora OWN QOI BRZEROI7II, Oct 9. No news hie been received from Ran sines ti t date of the let inst. A rumour, however, is enn u i here in the city that the Russian general, attar tb a defeat on the 29th of September, had demag o g reinforcements from Alexandropol, with the im m i x of making a second attack upon Kars. In the absence of other news, I send you the bo o , lation of the despatch written by the Muchir of g m Ito the council of war here : u On the dawn of the 29th of September, the R as . sian army advanced in four columns on Kars. A s was ascertained that the movement was not, like th e last attack, a feint, General Williams and leg e . Peas, the general of the army of Arabistan, took s u possible precautions for receiving the enemy. A s d u latter approached within range, our batteries o p ened a fire upon them, which was answered on the oh m side. The contest was carried on with spirit en be sides. The enemy several times succeeded in fon* an entrance into the city. Five times they gm* to get possession of the Inglis Tabia, and spik e d e Q of the guns. After each success, however, they were driven out at the point of the bayonet. Oa moats were filled with Russian corpse,. At lag the enemy, worn out by continual slaughter g every point, took to flight, leaving four thowaad two hundred dead before the walls, one gun, use, &c., after a contest which had continued for men hours." Other letters from Kars tell us, that cm the mom lug after the battle the Turkish soldiers picked 1p more than four thousand Russian muskets, and Met the inhabitants of liars collected three thousand more. This proves that seven thousand Rangier" were killed or wounded. The fire of the Turks OM. sioned great slaughter in the rinks of the ellen during their retreat. Altogether, there ma am* be any exaggeration in eaying that the low d fi g enemy must have amounted to about sight or alas thousand men put hors de combat. Thirty-tes bat. talions of Russian infantry were engaged. The Muchir adds, in hie letter, that his lam amounted to about eight hundred killed andammisd, Amongst these were two colonels, two makes, obi several subalterns. Two colonels and a nuke 4( inferior officers were wounded. Amongst the ho. elan prisoners are two officers, both wounded. Here we are preparing immense convoy, of p.. visions and ammunition, to be sent to Kurd* orders for their transmission are received from eat place. As the Russian cavalry did not 'atria tie affair of the 29tb, it is enabled to enfcroe thebloads of Kars. It would, therefore, be imprudent to despatch provisions as long u the enemy ruin there. The Turkish army does not include any cavally, and is therefore obliged to limit its operations to the defence of the city. We have no definite news with respect to Ow Pacha in these parte. Letters from Trebicocd, olds 3rd instant, report that he had arrived in Chan* and that be had lately received reinforcements boa the Crimea to the amount of 6,000 men. In my last letter I told you that the battle of Li took place on the 30th of September. This vase mistake, copied from letters sent from Bars. Ths error in the date has since been rectified. The English officers attached to the staff of Germol Williams are working to complete the intended ford. fioakions and to construct nr w ones. In a little ties we shall be able to boast of being in a strongly bn tified lace. --- Another courier from Kars arrived here yesteeday. He brought I. tters from Titbit Pemba, the Commode` in-Chief. He says that the Russians left 9475 sea dead in the entrenchments. He reports also that about six thousand killed and wounded merest:del away on 2,400 care, and that the total lots of the Russians is calculated at 20,000 men. About 12,000 Russian muskets were picked op on the field of battle by the Turkish soldiers, and by the inhabitants el Kars. These were sold in the city for fire pintas (tenpence) each. The soldiers have ?roped s great harseet of booty. Some have obtained it watches, rings, money, &c., as much as 70,000 piegrai One of the least fortunate made as mutt u 1,000 piaatresls spoils taken from the Russians. The oesy in their Sight left on the field knapsacks with pea visions for three days, cloaks, &c. Many of the soldiers have as many as four of these coverings to protect themselves from the cold. Amooga the killed on the side of the Russians are 275 officered all ranks. The damage done to the entrenchmesb during the battle were repaired in the night follow: ing, and the next morning every man was st hie pest read to repulse a second attack. Marfa the Turkish officers of superior rank who dist"- guished themselves were Kerim Bache and Colt Puha. Colonel Zaccaria Bey, a Circamdas, ws severely wounded. aTha, needs This, n.co communication,although nfi rmation,likes certified t T ifi ar ed ici, 7 sen Talit pch We are in hopes daily of the arrival of a acacia free General Williams, whose account will be to* worthy. OTCHAKOFF AND THE ALLIED FLIRT• • October 18, half-pet 9 es , "The Nicholas battery, situated on the right leak and at the mouth itself of the Dnieper limo, 0 the low point of a promontory, and separated fro the fortress of Otchakoff, which is on an animate, was exposed quite uselessly to inevitable destruetioth hod the enemy's vessels bombarded it, and we OOP quently blew it up today, at six o'clock in the mow ing, after having withdrawn the garrison from it. Al eight o'clock a steam frigate and a gunboat of the enemy left the Liman ; ten steamers and six gellhol have advanced further up the limn. "At two in the afternoon two screw ships of PI line, one of 80 and the other of 90 guns. ar from the fleet, made sail in the direction of 0= the remainder of the fleet continued at the 1921 moorings as yesterday. et "There are no operations, neither by see, e° the liman, nor on the spit of iinbure " October 19, 35 Miff. Past 7 P. " Since the transmission of yesterday's tekfeet despatch down to the present moment, the et% has undertaken nothing important. Th e fleets/ lies out to sea at some distance from the mouth of the limau, has not changed its position. These:nen° eels and of the same number are in the limso; eLI of the gunboats, while taking so undinge,lll l Prs' the mouth of the Bug. To-day, in the totem" 4 mortar vessel., 11 gunboats, and 2 steamers et tacked from the fleet, have joined the vessels antWe! in the Otchakoff roads. We count in 488 now of different ranks. on "The the spit e ne o m f yKhiansbiunrenre. increa the sed lion on this point." is enfileutragofnholl. open' BORSCINSKY, THE LAST BOHEMIAN MARTYR. _ 13 t e rm E co vau fl u d g ; t1 . 516. !_. —‘ BRESLATJ, Om 28 . B o T r s h c e i ofsokr y m . er w ß h o o l: Bohemian m fu olk ii , in J g oh a a l u i required by law, was converted to the L ti1 . ._ .. . 11 ' Church, and had to endure such severe pettletrfl for commience eake—a statement of w hich apPer: in the Daily News of the 16th of June--aftertlou'll been imprisoned in his former con vent at Y.. rs!! ever since, and fed on bread and water, by aeon of the catholic ecclesiastical authorities, has O tis THE CAMP AT SIIORNCLIFFE.—The movers gale of disguise, and making a short stay at Giird s , tit Friday severely tested the buitdiess as Stionseliffe, erected fugitive has at length found an asylum irith.... foe the troops. The contractor bad sows fear for the church Rev. Mr. Ro t the clergyma n of Peters to effect his escape. After crossing the fron..t,ietatbwo v. wo ay, (which is is au reposed position), hat it stood the gals well, as did also the bets. Au iron storehouse in course of erection fell down, end with the exception of some glows events, safe from further moleetation on Wo near Niesky, io Prussian Lusatia, w h ere he . ia p i et t 7 which were blown off, ao damage was done oa the camp. his vindictive persecutors. mid In emi loft her faa Na ins Fri