The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

728 The Senate elected, on the 21st, its four t , eere taxies, three of whom were returned by the Opposi tion. The Madrid journals of the 21th state that the dissension between the Senate and the Government with respect to the railway bills continued, and ex cited great interest. The Senate had nominated a committee to report on the bill presented to it; but the Minister, after holding a council, sent a royal order to the Senate not to proceed further in the matter, as the Government had presented a bill on the same subject to the Chamber of Deputi e s. This order was to be taken into considerauon by tbe senate in the next dare sitting. The Cla noir Publieo declares that the Ministry has resolved to create forty new senators, in order to be sure of u mgiority. PORTUGAL Disastrous news from Portugal is said to have arrived at Madrid. IL Is stated that a rising had taken place at Oporto against the regency of the King Consort ; and the Clamor !Wilco has a letter from Iladajoz, dated the 21st inst., which states that the 13th regiment of infantry had risen in instil-me lion, in the direction of the Dourio, and proclaimed Input Miguel; and that Mignolites of note had &ready brought many recruits to their ranks. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A Cabinet Council is stated to have been hell in l'unatantiu►ple on the Kith nit., at whiPh the last " note " presented by lord Stratford do Medal& waa unanimously rejected. Genera Hawn ay il'llillierm, the new French Arn britonmitir, !Haiti his find official li«it to the Divan on the 15th nit. Shortly afterwards he had a formal re ritption by the Snltan, when he mihlre , iutsl his NI itjesty in berm* forroershie to pence, but expressing the firm intention of hilt Government.to 'secure the full inde- penitence of Turkey. The Sultan replied with great riordialiv, but. insitteil on the withdrawal of the Messiah pretetationit, awl the retreat of the Czar's tromps front die principalities. tkeneral Nliwtian has been retained in Conatantinople by tienoral Vara guity The Aitatrian anti Preamiaa Minilterm de llreck and de Wiltleahniek are recalled. M. de Itrack will mime him post in the Nlmistry at Vienna. It iv sai4l that the ealil4l3 of the reeal of the l'ritamilin Ambassador from Constantinople was the strong sympathy he was known to express in private for the Turks as against the Russians. The flletnas had offered to fnrnish gold and silver from the treasuries of the Chnreh for the nse of the tiovernment. The Sultan declined this offer, not wishing to do anything which would give a religions character to thr war. The lie,lifm were hriug redrilled as they arrived, mid armed with new irmskets (pereir-0.i4 au ), from France, England, and Belgium. Two eompaniest of this corps, drilled by Colonel fr.thglars after the manner of the Chassenrs dr Vinrennes, and armed with the Miniw rifle, did good service at Olti•nitts. Abont 7,1M1t Bosnian and Albs:lien Catholics hsve formed a free corps, and were about to join the 4 MetlYMllr 1441111. Atmther eorrim of Christians ( t sacks) was forming lit Constantinople from the deseentlonts of the tireek refugees in the days of the l'zarimt Catherine. The Porte has revolved for the priNent not to accept the offers made for rinsing it Ihingitrian and un ftalimi legion. The Polish legion, huw•eter, Nill he organised at ones at Scutari, and then proceed to K ars. 11.0,Mo) the [silt for t'onmtan at Alexandria on l'pon revolving neeonnte of the victery at (Btenitza the Sultan stiltlreswil a eongratulatery letter to )mer Praha, anti pre.ented that general with Ilia favourite Lune. General Prim, Lord Woraley, Captains Brithurtt anti Berhert. Wilson, and Lieutenant Iltiek ley, were with Omer Paeha in the hattleof o.ltenitza. A letter in the Patric states that le Tnrkish line of-battle ship of eighty-two Rims, which is at Sinew, mail is to be launched at the a nal of the month, has reveive,l the name 44' th e totenitzw, in memory of the brilliant virtory obtained lay the t man Warps in Wallaelant. Intelligence has bean reveixeal in Constantinople that the greatest excitement prevails in Alfglianistaut. Mat Mahomeal has aleelareal to the sh a h o f that the A tfglians are at war with the Ilatsmians, that he means to at tack them in the slireetion of ehirvan, anti that he is resolved to march through the Per sian tainitiorirs--with the Shah s consent, if the Shah will give it, against it if siteli consent he ru• faaetl. The Khan of Bukhara hi been killed by it hand of rioter►, mostly Atfghans. Ilia ',lave is ta►ken by his lehe tirwul Vizier, an Atfghan Prinee, called 1 hlhirint the Th u nderbolt. Letter + received in front Waramw slate that " the Itn.siana fire making inviotratioos 411* the 1110'4 eNINIISiVe selle for the spring campaign. blorgha l'iv+kiewitseh ham announced that he 111t44114 then to take the eonnitstui of the army in the 3144410. Willi*:liitut pretincyt.; but Indere doing by In: liorvb THE PRESS. that it will he eomposeil of at least 1911,00 ► men reiuly to take the tielil, and of a reserve (of f(M►,(MWI men. Ile is getting up his staff on a eorresponiling scale. Ile has already selected the officers who are to serve as his aides de-camp, imil has appointed Genera! A bram ovi tse h formerly e mm ander. in -chief of the gendarmery in Poland, ac the commandant of his head-quarters. This appointment is considered an ►undoubted indication of the commencement of an important eampaigu." .t number of young Witllachs of good family, who have refused to serve against the Sultan, have been w•nt by l'rince Omtschakotf into the interior of Russia, where they will be forced to enlist as privates in the Russian army. The Prince has also seized and imprisoned the Boyar Kostekar tirazean, the head of of the noblest ramifies hi Wallachia, with three of his friends. _ . There is little news from the seat of hostilities. Some skirmishes are reported to have taken place near Oiur4eve, apparently for the possession of a small island in the Danube opposite that place. On the Ilst the Rite:inns were driven out of the islet by the Turks, and made two timuecessful attempts to regain possession. Three days afterwards, however, the otteman troops were in their turn dislodged: and on the ...With the Russians are stated to have com rneneed building a bridge across the Danube at G inrgeve. The Utaisians have lost two fine vessels in the Black Sea. t trie was the Flondrorent steamer, the same which brought Prince Menschikeff to Constan• tinople, and remained there at his disposal during his stay. It got stranded near flattarm, and being exposed to the Turkish batteries was speedily sunk, and all the crew, together with, it is said, 1,500 Coops who were on board, were taken prisoners and eenveyed to Constantinople. The second vessel was the Joailosle, one of the finest war-ships in the Russian navy, which was lest purely by bad seaman ship, having struck on the rocks near Jals, and been wrecked in snesith water. The Turkish naval division has entered the Mack Sea. A thregian foree of about 6,000 men, meter Colonel Korzanotr, had been n•pnlsell in five attacks made by them against the fort of Sheflttil, which gnards the town of St. Nicolai. A sea attack, which was made against the fort at the sante time by the Russians, was also ansueeossfal. Letters from Odessa state that the Rnssitm vessels in that port were unloading their cargoes, in conse quence of the intimati from the Turkkh Govern ment that all Russian vessels would be considered lawful prizes utter the .20th Nov. The weather there was margnifeent, and there were from :Mtn 400 vessels in that port being laden with wheat ; 1.0 or :10 left every duty after having re ceived their complement of corn. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT oF THE BATTLE OF OT.TEN f.‘sr week we gave an acconnt of the affair at WI described by a military eycvritness. ()fifer Paella's official despatch, conveying to the Porto the tidings of the Turkish victory, has now reached us. The document contains a fell narrative of the military operations which occurred on the '2 nil, :int and 4th of November. It appears in the fonn of a letter to tint Seraskier from the Marshal com manding the Army of the Danube, to the following •• The Itos.:e.o.ion of the island situate in front of Twin kai 11:1‘ing I n eonsitleretl intlivrensable, 4 bati etfectool the pa,sat.:te of troitytt. tool in the nitzlit of the I s t mamo4 to raise tolerably strong tOrtitivarions. on the following .lay, tits Lnd, two battalions of infantry, three pieces of 0111111. M, HIM a 111111111141 01 . 1111. 111011114.4 pollee, w e re eon. reyefl in large IslitiM 10 the hs•ality, unit atimillllitilsll, pro vishins. roil groaf•e‘ 14. .1 . 110% 11411 Seal'ol . l landed when front the batteries of Tartiikiii se opened a fire on the lazaretto situate on the 101 batik. Mier the first discharge file Iliim,ians quitted this peation• and the hum ial troops look possessi,on of the latililing„ which is (4,111114 4.011141•110• ion. with yaniteil 4lmmbots. Withont loss time four it wiwkllll.ll. 111111.. r 1110 ilirertion of staff fetlicers, viatinieneisi raising fortifieations. and fo r which rnepl..4, two tholes:mil ! zillions haul been already prepared. .. the :hit attain other Inrolet *en• item to roil itv the p.ml. .%s 40011 11111.cl'ild 111 . 10p6 Ittul landed on tite left hank of the rilet the 1:11101i;111S 1111104'114 in II 1111,40 V1111441' 14011 all 11010 iliN1011( . 0 tnl*lll , l 0011141, amt 11114/111 10 r. 11* .•'1 1 . i'llSllll'y %VII% iirltalelira to ll pmm o jfro . anti hay hig elte.llllltrreil at lltenit Zit an outporit of cossaek eavithy. they killed live, and tritiitied our Imes with a loss of three men. We found at Tontlii, on the left b ati k. a great quantity of boats, whit+ were 'tent to Turtukai. The ttttt her of boats at one iliapoital having facilitated the con stritetion of the bridge. we were enabled without delay to bdater in the riiriiiieatiiins twelve large guns, which were brought front Sideman. 4ht the :Ini. at 1 p.m., three loat• whims of 1:11%siAll infantry. with eight ei ttttt ions, a regitni•nt emalry, and party of Cossacks, entered the of Oltenit t a. Our trooli•i. Within the works construeted on the left batik, waited them 1 4,4 ferne. Thi 4 smog , night I caused to he eonstrueted a bridge at the combs\ of the Nrgish amt I lamibe. imil flanketl it with redoubts. Yesterday. Nov. t, at II a.m., we hegim to purely,. the movement of the ltussian flares. As anon as their march was well defined. I caused to be embarked /ITIII 1'011%4104 10 the i11Y.110 . 110 a reinforeement ..f one battalion. The vuitt ; ', Infett; 1. had 143%3:1 tna uu t:lvu orvtwd u liatti. of SATttittiAlr guns ralettlateel to face en lorrani any attack which nright he made. The Itnounan forces amounted to twenty trattatiomt, three regiments of cavalry, one of t'ossacks, sixteen mounted batteries. and shteen ma foot. They formed in order of battle, with fourteen pieces of cannon in th e rear of twelve hattntions, and the regiment of l'oessek, z ift lines beyond the reach of o u r guns, awl fronting the centre of our Works. They tulanced. supported by the fire of thetr artillery, and at the ware time two trattaiih ms , w i t h two commons, came on, thre.ttening our left flank. !having commenced the asisaret, another stronger division—_e r , t ,• misting of six battalions with four comm.:, mid ?win g i n the rear three regiments of cavalry strpporting anilontstrip. Icing their left think—took its position' and formed in tiro lines, with artillery, horse and foot, into fehefonx, attacking our right flank. After an exchange of some earmon shots, the centre gave the (assault, whereon they charged holls our wings. The centre attacked three different tilliOll, mot each with a fresh battalion—twice on the left am! once on the right. A wetbdirceted fire from ore fortress at Tun. tiikai 51100 dispersed their right colrtrini—tent the centre gntthmtly fell back. after having Antlered seTerfsty and half its numbers h ,, r , , b• combat. The battery of the island, also rmonnted with powerful gums, tosenzit lop, and eoi n • mantled Ivy Kl nNd l'aeha, did admirable execiwir,n on th e enemy's right ming. The Russians advanced with coolness mid resolution Ahmed to the brink of the trench; and du this account their loss was el Milt Midi erg tic a ilsminnritt men killed and donble the rmmher worirwled. The etigagemerrt lasted four honrs, from moon till I p.m., and during this interval the waggons never ceased to carry off their dead, arid twenty were observed heavy laden etc,' lifter the conflict. With a view of facilitating this duty, as long Its it hiStl:ll, we abstained Irian m o lest ink; the i.ii,.my and from firing a single shot, but finind neverthekss eight himrtred dead bodies on the field. A private earrings. more over. was remarked, and from the pains taken in the search we conjecture it must have been destined to receive the hotly of at general officer. At p.m. a tidal ciatrnsitaa er.stied in the Itnssiaut ranks ; their lines were completely broken and their retreat precipitate. An hoar later some few rallied in the neighbouring villages, but the rentairnh.r fed in disorder. tome of our men lambed forward in pursnit of 01 0 111 beyond thu lilies, but were M 1111 l wawa hack by trumpet to their own quartera. One loss amounted to 1116 men. We Found on the field of battle fire hundred mots kens, gar', cartridge-boxes, comiproents, te. " owr.n." Al A 1.T.1.. The Terrible, with Admiral Sir L. Lyons onboard, arrived at Malta oat the Isth nit. , a n d continued hr•r voyage to Constantinople on the following day. Tire Queen, of 116 gnnn, arrived from England on the 22nd of Nov. EGYPT. The amount of goods passing through Egypt to and from India, brought by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers, is steadily increasing, and the revenue accruing to the Viceroy from this source amounts yearly to a very large sum, as the freight charged is very high. The provisions made by the Viceroy to meet this increasing traffic arm• not proportionate to its wants, as the steamers employed are not sufficient, many are getting quite warn out„ and a Government official may have the use a a steamer for his own purpose at any time without reference to the relnirements of the transit, which often gives rise to great ineonvenience and delay to the passengers. One of the anomalies of the transit ►alministration is, that they will not admit of any wear and tear of machinery, boats, carriages, horses, or ally other of their means of conveyance, but, it' an enaployi be once put in charge of any article, he is made responsible for it nnreservedly. The present director of the transit, Abmlallah Bey, an Englishman, is, however, doing his utmost to keep the transit in efficient working order. UNITED STATES. Serious damage to property, as well as loss of life, had occurred in and near New York, on Sunday, the fah of November, by a severe lntrricane, whieh de stmyed trees, houses, builings, and gardens, to a considerable extent. Yellow fever hail again appeared at. Natchez with fatal effect. The .tmerican Union, from Liverpool, arrived (WM at New York on the lath nit., with the loss of i 5 pa isengcrs and 5 of the crew, from cholera. The Centurion, also front Liverpool, lo.it 13 of her passengers; and the Statesman, from Ant werp, 25. CUBA. Much political excitement prevailed at Ifavatmah at the slate of the last advice*, the sib nik The revolutionary paler, l'ar. del Puebla, hail been again published. Several arrests had teen made, and ru mours of revolt were current. It is stated that a vessel bad appeared off Baracoa, et the east end of Cuba, and hoisted what appeared to be a signet of distress, when, simultaneously with the hoisting of the signal, the fort was attacked by 70 men on hoNe hack, also were repulsed. Some prisoners were made, and they were on their way to Ilavannah when the babel sailed. A British war-vessel had arrived at ilmatinah, being the second within a few days. AUSTRALT.I. BfeMourne journalstoAngtst haw, arrivod by the clipper-ship Indian Queen, which reached Liver pool on Monday. The mercantile accounts are very unsatisfactory, .3evertd extensive failures having occurett, unina to iNII