The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-26 00:00:00

SALES BY AUCTION. A very LARGE ASSEMBLAGE of HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE, from various parts of town and the suburbs, a few Books, Lamps and Chand e liers for Oil, Gas, and Candles, a Church Stove and Pulpit, &c., removed for convenience of Sale. MESSRS, BULLOCK will SE LL, TO-MOR ROW, at 11, at their Great Rooms, 211 , High Holborn, handsome MODERN FURNITURE, includ ing brilliant plate glasses, large carpets, marble-top and marqueterie commodes, drawing and dining room chairs, couches, tables, and fancy items in great variety, library bookcases, Arabian, four-post, and other bedsteads and bed ding, wardrobes, drawers, marble wash-stands and glasses, glass, china, superior plated table requisites, and an infinity o f f urn i s hing appendages.—May be viewed, and catalogues had. Freehold and Copyhold Houses and Lands, in the village of East Barnet, Herts, half a mile from the railway station ; at upper Northfleet and Gravesend, Kent ; Four Life Poli cies, with Bonuses, in the University Life Assurance Society ; a Post Obit Bond, payable on decease of a gentle man, aged 79 ; and a Leasehold House (44 years unex pired), in Great Coram-street. MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed, by the Mortgagee, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in about a month, in lots, a MOIETY or HALF ',HARE of the FREEHOLD GRASS FARM, Layfields, with residence, garden, orchard, yard, out-buildings, and 43 acres of land, let on lease at 1061. per annum ; and of the Freehold Alehouse, Prince of Wales, let at 19 guineas per annum ; also a Moiety of a Copyhold Baker's Shop, dwelling-house, yard, and buildings, with large front garden; of three Cottages and Gardens ; and the entirety of Two roadside Plots of Land, held of the Manor of Chipping Barnet and. East Barnet, at trifling annual quit rents. A Freehold Residence and Garden, on the high road, at Upper North fleet, Kent ; Eight Freehold Houses, in and adjoining the Darnley-road, Gravesend ; a Leasehold House, 24, Great Coram-street, held for the remainder of a term of 96 years, and underlet to a highly respectable tenant ; a Post Obit Bond for 3001., and four valuable Policies, for sums amount ing to 1,4501., to which bonuses equal to nearly 3001. have been declared as additions. Particulars are preparing, and may be had iu due time of A. R. Steele, Esq., solicitor, 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and of the auctioneers, 211, High Hol born. 70 THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. GENTLEMEN, —I have received within the last few hours the melancholy announcement of the death of Sir William Molesworth. I assure you that I receive this intelli gence with deep and sincere regret, not only for the loss of one to whom I, with many other of his constituents, was indebted for in valuablo services to the commercial interests of the borough, but for the loss that must be of importance to a Government in which he held so high an office, the onerous duties of which he was pre-emi nently qualified by his talents, his character, and his industry to fu!fil. Had I not been absent from England, and unavoidably detained for some days longer, I Acuid not thus early address you; but in order that my numerous friends may iv .t remain in doubt as to my intentions, while at a distance from them, and encouraged by your reception of me on a former occls!on, I take this early opportunity to solftit your suffrazes, to fill the vacancy that has so unexpectedly occurred in the representation of cur borough in the Commons House of Parliament. I an• well known to many of my brother electors in the several cl;stricts of the borough, as having taken part in efforts for Its prosperity and improvement; and I continue to enjoy an ilenttty of intaest therein with all its inhabitants. _ _ _ ... The Political prlrici*s I profess are the same as those .I had the honour to lay be , i)re yen when r addr?ssed you at the General Elec tion of 1852 ; I am an advocate for an Extension of the Suffrage, for the protection of the Voter by the Ballot, for every step towards the perfecting of Religious Liberty and Equality. and the >on-endow ment by the btate of any Religions Sect whatever, fur a Reform of the defective system of Administration in our Public Departments; and, in common with the great bulk of the Nation, I feel that no Go vernment should be supported that does not unflinchingly, unequivo cally. and by every means that it can command, prosecute the present legitimate War to suchn termination as shall leave no doubt of the security arid future progres of CiviliaaVon. As a large Employer I am always anxious for the well-doing of the Working Classes, whether as regards their Religious, Educa tional, or Material improvement. If these principles and sentiments be such as to justify you in re turning me as your Representative, yea may confidently rely upon my acting up t) them upon all occasions, and upon my untiring zeal in pzomoting, and watching over, the Local Interests of our Borough. I am, Gentlemen, your moat obedient humble servant, G. SCOVELL. Paris, October 24, 1955. THEATA E ROYAI , DRURY•LANE. LeTiCe, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIES EVENING, Will ho performed M salami) ran MONEY. Characters by Mr Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Roxby and A. Young° ; Mrs. F. V.atthews, 141135 74. Oliver, and Miss 51ason will appear. To be followed by _NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed gar, Stuart, it. Sullivan, O. Wild, C. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Glyn, Mrs. helby, Mies De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, &c. VIENTRE ROYAL, lIIYMARART. Under lie Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENINt). WM be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After wb!ch, a New SP.-!NISii BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers F. 'Rowel by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, a Popular BAELF.T, by the Spanish Dancers. To t4on:lnde with SHOCKING EVENTS. ' ,IOICAL i'I:I,IOESS%3 TLIEATRE,-,,OXFORD-STREZT. [Ma Mana,4ement of Kr. CIIAILZII THIS EVENING Will be preeenta4 Jitrnar. NOT BY APPEARANCES. After which. KING HENRY VIII. gneen Katharine, Mra. C. Keaa ; Cardinal Wolacy, Slr. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. TILEATRY2 'ROYAL ADE.LPLII. Proprietor, Mr. E. W& ter.—Directress, Madame Ce7eate. THIS EVENLNQ, win he perfOrtne.,l RORY O'NfORE. Characters by 3fessrs. Hud son, P. ficdford, PeThy, Pars. die, J. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Mary.:Ceeley, Kite Kelly, Wyndham, &a. After which, A MORNING CALL. To conclude with OPEN SESAM.K. OLY.XPIC THEATRE. uhf EYNNING.. Wii be presented, TO 017,LVIE BENSON, in which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, Leslie, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Tcrnan will appear. After which, STILL WATERS 11.173 T DEEP. To conclude with CATCHING A 3IER3fAID. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, tB, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal retie : Tlll3, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint vents; MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two tarts,by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illnatrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF AN-UOUR WITH TILE SPIRITS, be ng the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. 11s. 61. and U. ls. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Ig.; Gallery, 6,1. No Half-price. Mx-office open from 11 to b daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. PLI 7 '.X . MORE'S (le Dansaur Comignej BENEFIT. and Last Appearance at this Theatre ; also of that celebrated Danseuse, Mdlle. AITRIOL, will take place on THURSDAY, Nov. Ist, 1 855 . Drama, Ballet Comique, Concert, Farce, Ballet Ex traordinaire, Ilelo-4rama, Se c., Sec. Tickets to be had of Mr. Fleamore, (6. Hercules-Buildings, Lam beth, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily, from 10 until 3 o'clock. =mu STRAND THEA.TRZ. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING. Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. To conclude with NITOCRIS. At3TLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Leann and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Vivid delineation of the daring deeds of the Allies. • THIS EVENING, The triumphantly successful Military Spectacle, The PALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Capture of the Malakhoff —Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, with magnificent materiel combi of wa—Stud of Trained Horses —4OO Auxiliaries. Stage and ring After which the WONDERS OF THE CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cookes Sant du Pont." To conclude with the farce of JONATHAN. ilox.eince open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. w " t rAttostrian Director, Hr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn 7 min.aft. 2 —Evening 25 min. aft. 2 To-Nloßaow—liorn. 46 min.aft. 2 --Evoning 7 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER.—Sn N OFFICE, Oct. 26. TEIERII63IETER, IN THE SHADE. 59 - hilliest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and durin g th e n i g ht. 55—this day at noon. BanoNorrEn, 29•22—a fall of nearly an inch since yes tordy. trw. S.W.—Moderate, with cloudy, dull weather, snd heavy rain all the morning. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1855. While the secret plans of the Crimean Generals fill us with mingled curiosity, fear, and hope, an d while we are willing parties to the ignorance, when our knowledge might endanger their success, there are other secrets'which we do wish to know, and the knowled ge o f w hi c h might give us at home something to do. Certain concealed pr o f esse dl y for the advantage of the public service, would, there is reason to think, serve the country better by being made public. We have not a shadow of doubt that the Allied Generals, if unshackled, - will give the best pcssible account of GORTSCIIAKOFF and his army, also of KherSOLI, Nicolaieff, and Odessa, WO should not even despair of their makin; Ismail and Bessarabia uncomfortable winter quarters for the foe. Much less, indeed, than this may be all they will be . able at this season to accord_ push, but with unlimited orders they will do Tke Eoldiere all that courage and Akin call dos THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26 1855 t .., CrIEN -6 , 4 14 Av A.5444A, of the Malakhoff and the Redan, and the com manders at Kinbourn, are equal to anything. What we need is political combinations worthy of the hour. Several factions are combining to force on the present Premier an abrupt termina tion of the War, or to eject him from office. To Conservatives they allege that the War, if con tinued, must soon become a War of principles. We must have a " Conservative peace, or a Demo cratic war," as they are pleased to phrase it. To the people they say, despite fifty glaring proofs to the contrary, that dear bread, and six per cent. for money, are the fruits of the War. The latter we cannot now stay to refute, if refutation can be needed by those who remember inte rest as high and higher without war not quite ten years ago ; or by those who know that a deficient continental harvest, with one not more than an average of our own, are suffi cient to account for the price of bread ; that in America it is nearly as high as it is here, and that even sugar, which, so far as Russian con sumption goes, ought to be cheapened by the war, is rising as well as tallow itself. As to the awful threat held in terroran over the heads of all good Conservatives, our only fear is lest it should prove a threat merely. We can but wish for a Democratic war—for a war of 2yrinciples. Un principled war, or, to use the mildest term, war inspired by poor and low principles, by a tempo rising expediency rather, can issue in no elevating and stable results. Let us ask every reasonable man in England and France whether a war for the Princes and Courts of Europe, or for the peoples of Europe, is most needed ? I Which of the two classes, the rulers or the ruled, most need an intervention in their favour ? From BOMBA in the South, to his brethren at Vienna and Berlin, who will say that any of them are worth—may we say, " powder and shot ?" Will any one, on the other hand, disgrace his British name by denying that the groaning Italians, the down-trodden Hungarians, the almost murdered Poles, nay, even the cheated Prussians, are wor thy of some help at least ? Our only fear, how ever, is, that Lord PALMERSTON is too Conserva tive iby far to allow the War to become, if he can prevent it, the liberator of the nations. Splen didly, indeed, would his reputation and that of our Imperial Ally go down to posterity could they have the courage to burst the bonds of dy nasticism, and reinstate the peoples of Europe in their natural rights. Paltry as have been the results of Sir CHARLES WOSD'S costly addition to the Baltic mismanage ment of the previous year, yet the country is so far satisfied with achievements in the East that it will not discontinue the War from want of suc cess. It understands, too, that the means of de cided success iu the Baltic, as well as the Euxine, are so clear now, that even Sir CHARLES WOOD dares not, under peril or losing (awful for a Whig) his place, betray the country another year. He must smash the forts and burn the ships to which ho has given another winter and spring, we suppose, lest the work of conquest should be too easy. What the country now wants for its encouragement is effective political combinations. Another campaign. must be commenced with greatly improved administration of the army and with a vastly improved adaptation of our navy to the nature of the war. That is settled ; we want to see the campaign commence also with the aid of nations who long to join us, but whom we have hitherto not used ; and with the casting off those who have been " Allies to a certain extent"—the alliance, to wit, of the drag chain with the wheel. We refer especially just now to Sweden and Norway. Their KING has no such guilty reasons as Austria and Prussia for a traitorous and mali cious leaning to Russia ; the Western Powers can serve his purposes much better. His people are openly enthusiastic in the cause of the Allies. They regard Russia :as their subtle and sworn enemy. They remember how she has wrested the Baltic Provinces and Islands successively from Sweden, partly by force, partly by fraud. They have not forgotten Bomarsund. What they want is some adequate " material guarantee that when the War closes, and when Sweden shall be left to confront Russia as an independent nation, she shall be, in a territorial and military sense, in a fair condition to bid defiance to anything Russia could do. It was said at one time that Sweden demanded a Polish campaign on the part of the Allies, as the surest means of reducing Russia to be no more than a fair match for her. If so, it was the soundest wisdom. Stript of Poland, as in all reason and conscience Russia should be, she would be no longer a terror to Sweden any more than to Germany. It would seem likely that Sweden might also ask a permanent treaty, offensive and defensive, as against Russia, with the Allies ; it would be but prudence to grant it. She could hardly fail to require the restoration of Finland and the islands of the Baltic, with the destruc tion of the forts in the Gulf of Finland which were not placed in her hands ; and this would be but justice to her, and to the Finns and islanders. To put Sweden into this position would be to secure the brave and free Scandinavians as a last ing bulwark against the cupidity of the CZARS. They have. been as stea4hily advancing, even in Lapland itself, against Sweden, as in the provinces against Turkey. '';'hey covet an unfrozen port in Norway, and, the territory of both Sweden an d Norstay too. They ~would thus b ecome troubles erne naval neighbours to us, or to France, accord:Lug as events might dispose them to aid either of us against the other. They would ac guise, too, the services of a large number of real sailors to man the fleet, instead of the land lubbers who have- never yet dared to meet a French or English ship. Near Sweden can easily enable us to place her in the position iadicated. She has an army which could more than threaten Finland ; but she has, especially, that splendid fleet of gnn-boats, of which we have h ear d so rmich adapted , to the navigation, and navi ga t ed by sailors who are familiar with the waters. She could supply, at a n hour's notice, what would take our Admiralty a sad long while to prep are . hug:Supported by our floating batteries these naval light cavalry could render Sweaborg and Cronstadt an easy prey to the broadsides of the former. Th e re t u rn of the Swedish envoy from Paris, the asser t e d mission of another thither, the hopes we visit of our Admi ra l to Stockholm, suggests should be g l a d t o c h er i s h. W e ar e confident that a hearty alliance with Sweden would be bailed by this nation as a guarantee of a bolder policy) a more effective war, and, therefore, of a more speedy, honourable, and lasting peace. People on the Continent, wheSeaby our papers the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Lord CARDIGAN going abcut England receiving honours for their bravery, and for the excellence of their leadership, as k with surprise, "BUT IVRY ARE THEY AT HOME ? Do they not conti nu e t o receive pay ? If th ey were privates would they be allowed to continue to receive pay without doing duty ? You Eng lishmen are complaining, and justly, that th e generalship of your army does not do justice to the qualities of the men in the ranks. Good leadership is not, according to your own accounts, so common that you have any of this precious ' quality to spare. Then why aro not these good leaders in the field ? See the great and good example set to the ranks of the army by Miss NIGHTINGALE and your ladies. She and some of them have suffered by fever, and have been reduced in strength ; but immediately she at least was convalescent, instead of returning home and gathering incense, she returned to her post—one of more real danger than the trenches ; in hospital wards' crowded with fever and dysentery patients, amidst the groans of the suffering and the dying ? " And your leading military men keep at home amidst luxury ? " Can these laudations of them be real or true, or are they the mere outcries of weak and igno rant people, and must not the truth be that your War Department is glad to have them away I" These are natural suggestions. In either case what a display does it make for the Administra tive Reform of our army. At a time when the country is heavily pressed by its War taxation, here is either valuable service wasted, or the hard earned resources of the country paid for services not given ! Why, first and last, the country can scarcely have expended less than twenty thousand pounds on Lord CARDIGAN to bring him up to his position, for which the return is one half hour's charge ! Did BONAPARTE let MURAT, his first cavalry officer, go about the country receiving Mayors' addresses and Corporation adulation after a single charge, whilst the war was going on, and the Russians were in force in the field ? Yet we are in all probability paying to these two officers, who are doing nothing, twice as much as was refused to the Royal Society for the Advance ment of Science, on the plea of the necessities of the War ? On that plea Sir GEORGE LEWIS and Messrs. RAYTER and WiLsoN, of the Treasury, are making candidates for clerkships pay fees, the wretched expenses of the examinations, by which the majority of them, the rejected, will be made to feel that they have thrown their money away. Real and economical service is depressed, whilst vast sums are expended on what the Administra i tion itself treats as outrageous shams. These aro 1 surely cases, amongst others, for the Adminis trative Reform Association. It is time for the Currency Reformers to be up said doing ! There is consternation in the ranks of the Bullionists ! It is seen that the Act of 1844 cannot possibly be maintained—that it is to all intents and purposes inconsistent with the vigorous and energetic conduct of the just and necessary War in which we are engaged, and that we must either submit to a dishonourable and temporary peace on any conditions which Austria pleases to suggest and Russia to accept, or enter into a complete revision of our monetary system. If we seek to " maintain the integrity" of the bullionist standard we must inevitably submit to the degradation of the national standard. "The flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze" must be tarnished in order to save the prejudices of the Currency quacks, and to gratify what we are told is the Englishman's " liking " to have gold in his pocket, although the smaller denominations of bank notes would be for all practical purposes much more convenient, as a circulating medium, for conducting the domestic trade and commerce of the country. Never, perhaps, was there a time when agita tion on this all-important question was more urgently required, when public opinion could be more effectually brought to bear on the Govern ment and both Houses of Parliament. The Act of 1844 will, virtually, expire next year, and clue provision must he made for an adequate sub stitute. Even the great organ of the bullionists has been compelled to acknowledge that there are points in which it requires alteration. What, then, shall be the nature and extent of • these much-required changes ? Are all promises to pay on demand less than 5/. sterling to be peremptorily eschewed ; or, may we be allowed a small-note currency, similar to that in opera tion in . the Sister Kingdoms ? Are we to have a really national note issued by the Government, under the control and direc tion of Parliament, receivable in payment of all fiscal charges, or to confer a monopoly on a trading corporation which has shown itself to be far more concerned for its own profits, than for the safety, honour, and welfare of the SOVEREIGN and her dominions ? And is one of the most valu able Royalty —one be permanently of the brighte s t jewelsable prerogatives n the British of c r Crown—to w surrendered to a by no means worthy substitute? We can scarcely doubt the nature of the responses which will be returned from all parts of the country, and which must penetrate to the most secret recesses of Downing-street. The manage ment of the monetary concerns of the country must be transferred from the Bank Parlour to a Board responsible to Parliament and the country f.r its proceedings. The Times, in its City Article of this day, sounds the note of preparation for the rapidly approaching contest. It is already setting its shoulders to the wheel to obtain the best terms for the moneyocracy. " Fas est ab hoste doceri." The Currency Reformers should follow the example of their most energetic and most powerful oppo nent. If they wish for a successful termination of the conflict, they should lose no time in acting on the public mind. Agitate ! agitate ! agitate ! That is indispensable under existing circumstances if they would not see the golden opportunity lost for a long succession of years, or possibly for ever, and a substitute for the Act of 1844 foisted on the country, which would operate as seriously to the detriment of the industrious classes as that which is now happily approaching to its termination. Let the people remember that it has been proved by an unexceptionable witness that the last great war in which England was engaged could not possibly have been carried on but for the suspension of cash payments. Tho Minister of the day persevered too long before he adopted the necessary step. Great loss was thereby occasioned to the country. But that would he altogether averted if timely measures no v, s 'o , were taken, b e f ore a ll t h e b u lli on h a d l e f t our shores. Th e o b v i ous course to be adopted in the present of u, and instance2i. te which u hibe would to relieve oobtainan issue a la e rg e proportion of the • sovereigns now in daily use. Their reception by the community would furnish a useful guide for the t . legis ai 1 on that must ensu©. With that and the suspension of the Bank Charter Act, similar to that authorised by the celebrated letter of the 25th October, 184' , we could manage to await without difficulty the Parlia mentary investigation that must ensue, and the rate of interest might be reduced withi n li m i ts consistent with the prosperity of the trade an d commerce of the co untr y , and t he welfare and happiness of the industrial portion of the com munity. What about the costs of the War ? "Rather early," some may say, "to enter on a considera tion of the subject. When the pride of Russia is effectually bumbled, and her power is reduced to such dimensions as are compatible with the safety of Europe, then will be the time to talk about costs." It may be as well, however, for the public to establish their opinion on the matter, and fortify their understandings in preparation for the assaults that will be—indeed, are now being made on them. Russia has broken the peace by invading Tur key, and has satisfied all reasonable men of the existence of a long-premeditated design on her part to ride rough-shod over law, freedom, and civilisation in Europe. France and England rushed to the rescue, in conformity with the obli gations their position and interests imposed upon them ; and it would be somewhat audacious to say that they are not entitled to insist on having the expenditure they and their allies have been, and will be, put to in the vindication of the rights of nations refunded. Pragmatic individuals and political trimmers are, however, to be found who would have the public take another view of the matter. These domestic traitors, in further ance of a conspiracy they have entered into to put a stop to the War, at whatever cost, have re course to sophistry, in order at once to gull the nation, and divert the odium a naked revela tion of their miserable aim would bring down upon them. " Russia," they propound, " will not pay the costs of tho War if she can help it. To pre vent, therefore, that further slaughter of our brave troops which a continuance of the bloody struggle will necessitate, would it not be wise and humane not to insist on the payment of costs ? Ts do otherwise, would it not be to sell our soldiers' blood for gold ?' " Plausible enough, humane reader, is it not? Yes, we admit ; but diabolically inhuman. Russia, we grant, is not likely to pay " the costs of the bloody suit" if she can help it. But the object of the War is so to reduce her over-grown pride and strength that she cannot help paying them, were it only from a regard for her own interests. To let her off scot free would be to " sell our soldiers' blood" for the profit of knaves. It would be to rob the glorious ' sacrifice of our slaughtered heroes of its efficacy— to cast away the pearl of safety (from barbaric outrage) to swine. It would be to plunder the bereaved parent, the widow, and the orphan of that righteous consolation that soothes their re gret for the dear ones they have lost—the reflec tion that they fell fighting for the liberties of Europe, and that their blood was not shed in vain. It would be to stultify the patriotism, humanity, and wisdom of our times, and write us down heartless ingrates, inhuman spendthrifts, and con summate asses to boot. When the grand object of the War is attained, and not till then, Russia will be prepared to pay the costs ; and until that time arrives hostilities must be carried on with the utmost vigour. This is pretty much the real logic of the War, and it is very simple. PORTRAIT OF MR. RUSSELL, "THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT." There he sits—sketched off to the very life by the magic pencil of the sunbeam—that wonder ful historian of the war, The Times "Special Correspondent" before Sebastopol. Who is there in England but has some interest in scanning his effigy ? Who that does not entertain some rational feelings of curiosity as to the aspect of this daring Critic of the Camp—no longer a vague mysterious entity, but a substantial representative of Journal ism on the great battle-field of European civilisation. Talk as we may about the inconvenience of hav ing our military plans and operations analysed in the face of day by the adventurous intellect of a civilian—it is scarcely possible to overrate the advantages accruing to the common interests now at stake, to the grand cdise now at issue in this momentous struggle between the East and the West, between the Allies and Russia, from the vigilance of a keen and impartial observer lik e , e r person ' the one here presented to our view in his strongly sdoefininich e l da ly nd i ' l v li i a v m id it i u n s d s i e v l i l d in ua h li i t s y o . wnlptroipsscarcely who may be herein recognised by his numerous friends, and let us add, too, by his innu merable admirers, as a man of this age, so essentially a type of his class as .to have assumed, permanently, a foremost rank among the eminent public characters of our gene ration. As such the portrait-sketch, lithographed by M. and N. Hanhart, after a drawing by J. a Lynch, from the original photograph by R. Fenton, now in the possession of the Messrs. Agnew and Sons, the enterprising art-publishers of Man chester represents scarcely so much W. IL Russell as The Times Correspondent, scarcely so much The Times Correspondent, indeed, as what shall we say—CAPrArif PEN. Yes ! there, in that graphic limning, is the veritable imper sonation of that hitherto merely mythic, or purely imaginary being, Captain Pen Capped et /a militaire, coated as a civilian, booted (vigor ously) like one accustomed to the saddle on the miry roads of Crim Tartary, bearded like the pard, or, what is pretty much the same nowadays, like any wandering gentleman in the far East--there he sits—that Champion of the Soldier and In telli gen cer of the People —watchfully observant from his camp-stool, perhaps, of some incident of the contest, the chivalrous execution of which his hand will be the first to celebrate, or the blundering design of which his judgment will be the first and foremost to arraign. Slung at his side--no sword—but a telescope, or, may be, a pouch with a scroll of paper, destined by its luminous perspicuity of statement, or by its rhe torical brilliancy of description, to contrast almost painfully with the bungling and incoherent Des patch transmitted by the same mail from head quarters, signed and sealed by an unlettered Com mander-in-Chief. Every one we are persuaded will examine with interest, many with admiration, the effigy and the sign -manual of this bold, manly, uncompromising, patriotic Correspondent. Every one must assuredly so do who recalls to mind for one instant some few of the great things which have been accomplished, beyond all doubt chiefly through the instrumeStality of Mr. RussELL, acting in his very delicate and responsible capacity as The Times Correspondent. It will be remembered how nobly out-spoken were his words of indignant remon strance as the dread Crimean winter closed in upon the British army encamped before Sebas topol, without those provisions for its Com fort, the want of which his prescience recog nised from the first as being calculated to prove so dismally and deplorably destructive. It cannot be forgotten how resolutely, moreover, from first to last, his pen has dealt with the whole series of delinquencies by which these two memorable campaigns have in so many in stances been most lamentably illustrated—his reprehension being no less severely articulated in reference to the wielder of the Marshal's baton, or the potterer over the inkhorn of some obscure or subordinate Commissary. Neither can it very speedily pass away from the popular remem brance—the recollection of those brilliant chap ters of contemporary history, in which the groat deeds of the War against Russia are acknowledged, far and wide, to have been the most picturesquely and the most durably commemorated. For, as suredly, such must be the almost universally unanimous opinion pronounced over that earnest narrative, in which the glorious storming of the heights of the Alma, and the magnificent cavalry charges at Balaklava, and the desperate hand-to hand struggle at Inkerman, and the deadly night work in the trenches, and the final assaults upon the Roden and the Malakhoff have been told, so to speak, in characters of blood and tears, by the nervous pen of The Times Correspondent. THE SUCCESSOR OF GENERAL SIMPSON.—We believe there is no longer any reason to doubt tfn.t Sir William t telegraphic General cum r uLu g n t i Codringto n has been appointed to succeed Gen. Simpson Corninander-in-Cliief of our army in the Crimea. A o e n ati o o n n t i‘ o lo th ud at ay eff i e a c st t . w . 2 3 Bl o l 2 . a w rizi A tte a d . verlijcr. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. The Queen, with the Princess Royal, walked in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince went out shooting. The following have been invited, and are expected this afternoon :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Portuguese Minister and the Countess de Lavradio, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and Major-General Sir Richard England. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches from the Governor of West Australia, and also from the Governor of Ceylon, were received yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Duchess of Inverness entertained Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood and a select party to dinner on Wed nesday evening, at Kensington Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining a succession of visitors at WoburnAbbey„Beds._ The Marquis of Blandford and Lord Alfred Churchill during the last week have been staying on a visit to the Doke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have gone on a continental tour. The Earl of Southesk is having made great alterations and improvements at Kinnaird Castle, the ancient baronial residence of the Carnegies. The Earl and Countess Bruce are staying at Savernake Lodge, near Marlborough, Wilts. There was a review of the Marlborough troop of the Wilts Yeomanry Ca valry a few days since on the lawn at Savernake, at which the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury and a large party were present. The officers of the corps, in cluding the Earl Bruce, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord Ernest Bruce, Major Ward, &c., dined together in the evening. Lady Mary Fox has joined the circle assembled at Wercyss Caste, N.B. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham has returned to Netherby, from visiting the Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo House, N.B. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood left the Admiralty yesterday afternoon, to remain a few days on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere, after a tour of visits in Ireland, in the course of which they visited the Duke of Devonshire, at Lismore Castle ; Lady Dover, at Gowran Castle ; and his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, at Dublin, have returned to their seat near Windsor. We regret to hear that the Bishop of London is se riously ill at his residence at Fulham. Its lordship has very lately returned from a visit to the Continent. Ma. Macaunev.—lt is understood that Mr. Macaulay retires from the representation of Edinburgh at the next dissolution of Parliament. Lord Melgund is spoken of as the successor to the great essayist.—Aberdeen Tournal.i Some further amounts of gold were taken to the Bank yesterday afternoon, and it is believed that the total thus retained out of the recent arrivals is about 300,0001. In the discount market yesterday increased ease was observable. In the Stock Exchange money could be obtained on Stock at from 2,i to 3 per cent., and on other Government securities at 4 per cent, Miss Kate Saville, nieets of Miss Helen Faucit, ap pears on Saturday evening at the Old Wells Theatre, as Pauline Deschapelles, in Vie Lady of Lyons. Mademoiselle Taglioni has just arrived at Vienna from Berlin, for the purpose of performing a limited number of nights at the Karnther-gate Theatre. The Grand Opera at Paris is in a dilemma ; some of Its brightest ornaments, Mdms. Alboni and Cruvelli, and M. Roger, intend leaving Paris about the end of De cember, and the director knows not what substitutes to obtain. MRS. CITATTERLEY'S DRA3IATIC READINGS. —On Wednesday evening, in accordance with public announce ment, Mrs. Chatterley read Much, Ado About Nothing, in the lecture hall of the Bristol Athenaeum, to a nume rous and highly respectable audience. THE LATE SUPERINTENDENT MAY.—Tho statement which has appeared in most of the journals to the effect that the late Mr. John May, Superintendent of the A Division of Police, was appointed to the Force by Sir Robert Peel as "constable," and from which rank he passed throngh the different grades to that of superin tendent, is not, we are told, correct. Mr. May was ap pointed by Sir Robert Peel, on the formation of the Police Corps, to the office of superintendent. By way of advertisement for foreign artists who may be tempted to give concerts at Berlin, a journal which appears in that city every Monday morning, called the Fire-Bnoint, publishes the list of 80 grand indigenous concerts expected during the ensuing winter. This num ber does not include the concerts of M. Radersdorff, nor those of Liebig chapel, nor those for charitable pur poses, &c. It is understsed that the Honstrable the Court of Directors have, to a considerable extent, acceded to the suggestions conveyed by the Bombay Government, for equalising the rank and furlough-pay of the Indian navy with that of the military branch of the East India Com pany's service. These alterations will considerably in crease the furloug,h•pay of certain ranks in the Indian navy. -Overland Mail.. _ _ _ 'fhe Nubia, which brought home the East India mail the day Won) yesterday, made the passage from Malta to England in Ices than nine days, including a stoppage at Gibraltar. During her voyage from Southampton to Alexandria and Each, which occupied about a month, she conveyed 314 passengers. Tho Nubia will shortly be placed on the Indian line. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL Thursday.— Letters for the Asia, for Boston and Halifax, will require to be posted at the General Post-Office before eight a.m. on the 27th instant, with late fees until nine a.m., and finally at the landing stage until teu a.m. A ship letter bag for the Eagle clipper, for Melbourne, will be made up here the same day, letters to be posted before ten a.m., and with late fees to 10.80 a.m. AUSTRALIAN MAIL SHIES.—The Royal wail ship Emma, Captain Underwood, of the White Star line, which sailed from the Mersey on the 21st ult., for Mel bourne, with the Australian mails, was spoken by a vessel arrived in, the Clyde, on the 11th of September, in lat. 10 N, long. 25 W, 21 days out. The Favourite, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, reports having paesed the Royal mail ship Lightning, of the Black Ball line, on the 25th of September, 20 days out, in lat. 12 N, long. 28 W. The Royal mail ship Shaliman, Captain Amos Robertson, also of the White Star line, has been spoken (and letters sent home) on the 29th of August, out 40 days, in lat. 24 S, long. 27 W, all well. THE COAL FOR THE WEST INDIA STEAMERS.—SnMS considerable time since the owners of the colliers running between Wales and Southampton raised their freights, and from that period the West India Company have had nearly the whole of the coals for their coal depot at Southampton brought all the way by rail from Wales. Long trains of coal waggons arrive at the depot daily, containing sometimes 100 or 150 tons. The consump tion of coal at Southampton by the West India Com pany's steamers is upwards of 3.000 tons per month. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, STOCKWELL—A lecture was delivered here on Tuesday evening last, on " Popu lar Superstitions—their Causes and Remedies," by Mr. Simpson, of Tunbridge Wells, late librarian to the Islington Institution. The design of the lecture was to explode the belief in fortune-tellers, apparitions, dreams, and similar superstitions, which still find a place in the minds of the uneducated. The subject was ably dis cussed, and afforded considerable instruction and amuse ment to a large and highly respectable audience. Sin WILLIAM Mouswoura.—The executive com mittee of the Ballot Society held a meeting on Wednes day, at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street, when it was unanimously resolved, on the notion of Mr. Prout, seconded by General Thompson—" That this committee, deeply lamenting the death of Sir Wil liam Molesworth, Bart., M-P., remember with gratitude the many and invaluable services rendered to the cause of complete freedom of election by his speeches and writings in favour of the vote by ballot. That, through out a long Parliamentary career he invariably supported the motions of Mr. Grote and Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley ; and that, when raised to the Cabinet, he not only con tinued to support the vote by ballot, but delivered one of the ablest speeches ever made in its favour. The death of this lamented statesman is a loss to the whole country and its dependencies, but the friends of the ballot have especial cause to lament his untimely end." ARRIVAL OF GENERAL MARICHAII.—A.mong the pas sengers who arrived on Wednesday at Southampton by . the Indiaii mail-steamer Nubia was the celebrated Indian officer, Major-General Markham, who commanded at the assault of the Redan on the day of the capture of Sebastopol. He has arrived home in ill health, arising principally from a change of climate from India to the Crimea and from a hurried journey through India, Egypt, and Turkey. His legs are so swollen t!.at he can hardly walk. Although not 50 years of age he looks almost 70. His face is very thin, and is literally black with exposure to the sun. He wears an immense beard, which is quite grey. He was the first to leave the Nubia, and was assisted to walk by his aide-de-camp. The crowd of persons who witnessed his landing, struck with his remarkable appearance, and knowing that he was one of the principals engaged in the assault of Se bastopol on the last terrible and glorious day, fell back respectfully to make way for him to pass along the docks. WESTERN AUSTRALIA, July 25.—About 10 a.m. on Friday (July 20) the Avalanche hove in sight, making for the Garden Island anchorage. The presence of Go vernor Kennedy on board was immediately known by the ensign flying at the main, followed by the firing of two guns— signals which had been previously agreed upon. A deputation from the inhabitants of Fremantle immediately proceeded on board, and, after congratulat ing his Excellency on his safe arrival, presented hiss with a copy of the address, which they intimated would be read to him on his arrival at Fremantle. On Saturday his Excellency landed under a salute of 17 guns ; the town presented a scene of unusual gaiety. Immediately after passing under the triumphal arch at the end of Cliff -street his Excellency was met by the deputation, who read an address, to which be replied, thanking them for their cordial welcome, to which, having no claim be yond that of being her Majesty's representative, he ac cepted as additional proofs of the loyalty and affection which they entertained for her most gracious Majesty. The address would serve to remind him of the grave re sponsibility he had undertaken, and would stimulate him, he trusted, to discharge the duties of the office ho held in a manner to justify her Msjesty's selection, and the expectations they might have formed. He earnestl:( reciprocated theirhope for that unanimity, without which their extended efforts would be as ropes of sand, and, above all, joined them in the trust that a merciful Pro .vitlence might direct and prosper all measures condu cive to the wellbeing of the inhabitants of the' colony. His Excellency proceeded the following day to Perth, the seat of Government. LATEST NE S. THE HEAVY GALE In consequence of the tempestuous weather in the Channel the French and German mails had not arrived when we went to press. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, 7 A.M. A very heavy gale from the south-west and west-south-west has been blowing all night. This morning, at four o'clock, the Brazilian barque Theodocia, Captain Gomez, went ashore, stern on, in Batten Bay. She is from Havre bound to Lisbon and Lima. If the gale subsides she will not receive much damage. THE INGLIS FRENCH, AND BELGIAN MAILS. Chief Office, 56, Lombard-street, London, October 26. The Secretary of the English, French, and Bel gian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to enclose him a copy of the report from the Company's Superintendent at Dover : Admiralty Yard, Dover, Oct. 26, 8 a.m. It has been blowing a perfect hurricane all night. L'lmperatrice, with the French mails from Calais, due here at 1 a.m., ran for the Downs, and landed her mails there. The Belgian Government steamer, with the Ostend mails, left Ostend yesterday at 7 30 p.m., but has not yet arrived. The South-Eastern boat could not land her passengers here last night. She was obliged to run to Ramsgate. Our mail-boats Vivid and Garland, the former for Ostend, the latter for Calais, left last night all right, but just as they were leaving, a great por tion of the piles and woodwork of the Admiralty pier was washed away. The Baroness Stutterheim and family went over in the Garland, en route to Germany. Dover, 11h. 28m., a.m. Our mail boat Violet, with the English mails, from Calais, and l'lmperatrice, from the Downs, have come into harbour. Mails will leave by 12 o'clock train. • BERLIN, OCT. 25. A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated the 24th, announces that the Allies, in strength from 30,000 to 40,000, advanced on 'the 22d from Eupatoria on Tulat, but, on arriving on the 23d at the heights of Djaamin Atchaga, seeing the movements of our Lancers on the left flank, they retired behind Aktachi. Nothing new has occurred between Kinbourn and Nicolaieff. TREBIZONDE, OCT. 8. The Russians are supposed to be preparing to at tack Kars again. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. General Mouravieff's defeat at Kars has put an end to the idea of his supplanting Prince Gort scbakoff. ATHENS, OCT. 19. Another change of Ministry has taken place. Condostarto is appointed to the Department of Finance ; Cristopulo to that of Public Instruction; Bottley, to the Interior ; and Tricoupi is to take the Foreign Affairs, when he shall arrive. It is now said that General Perowsky, who commanded the expediton to Kbiva, is to super sede the Prince. The German journals assert that the language of the Jersey refugees has given such force to the representations of the Continental Governments, that England has promised to renew the Alien Law or adopt some other measure to the same effect. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARS. • ERZEROUM, Oct. 5.--Yesterday evenin g there arrived here an express with letters o f the 30th of September from Kars. The letters were written in the evening, and contained the intelligence that on the morning of that day the Russians invested Kars on all sides in full force. The batteries at Kars opened a murderous fire on the besiegers. Three times did the Russians gain a footing in the Turkish retrenchments—and three times were they driven out by the Turks at the point of the bayo net. Colonel Lake distinguished himself in the contest, not only by his courage, but by his skill. It was be who drove the enemy from the Inglis Tabia. Eight hundred Russians were slain before a redoubt defended by four hundred Turks. The firing lasted seven hours and a half, when the Russians took to flight. The Turks performed pro digies of valour, and the European officers—Col. Lake and Captains Teesdale and Thompson—dis tinguished themselves. Mr. Churchhill, formerly attaché of our embassy from Persia, and now sec retary to General Williams, commanded at one of the redoubts, and showed himself a thorough Eng. lishman. A postscript of a letter of the Ist instant adds that the loss of the Russians is estimated at about eight or nine thousand killed or wounded. About four thousand corpses lie under the walls of Kars. The Turks are busied now in burying them. The enemy lost besides this a great quantity of stores ; and about 300 prisoners were taken, amongst whom were many officers. Four guns are said to have been taken. The loss of the Turks is reckoned at about 750 killed and woundel. This great battle, which had so fortunate a ter- Mination—thanks to the skill of the commander, General Williams—shows clearly enough that the Turkish soldier, when well led, is not only brave, but able to distinguish himself like the soldier of any other nation. At the same time it must con vince Europe in general, and the Turkish Govern ment in particular, that the latter has no good native officers, since, from the commencement of hostilities in Asia until the present moment, this is the only victory the Turks have gained, and this is owing to General Williams. When the Turks were under native commanders they experienced nothing but defeats. A letter written by a Boy of Livana (Turkish Georgia) says that Omer Pacha having concentrated his troops in Churuksu, had marched on Urzughet, and that he had made himself master of the place without much difficulty. He received there a deputation from the Georgian nobility, who made their submission to the Porte in the name of the inhabitants of the district. According to this letter Omer Pacha, was marching towards Akalt zick, for the purpose of making a diversion in favour of Kars, and of ultimately coming to the assistance of that city. This last news tallies with that contained in letters received the day be fore yesterday, which say that, Omer Pacha has communicated with the Muchir in Kars, telling him to maintain his position for twenty days, at the expiration of which he would be at Kars with his army. He must be near there by this time ; and it would be most fortunate if he should arrive in time to cut off the retreat of General Moura vieff, and be able to invest Alexandropol. Not one of the European officers at Kars was killed or wounded. .....,.....11 LETTER FROM AN ENGLISH OFFICER ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE. KAB,S, Oct. I.—Here I am on the Karadagh again, none the worse fo r my late illness. Last night • the Rnssialis attacked us in force, and (be tween you and me and the past) very nearly took Kars. The fight was a most bloody one, and lasted seven hours and a half, without one second's inter mission. The Russians left upwards of 2,000 men dead on the field ; and their loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners must have exceeded 6,000 men. What do you think of us Kars chaps after that ? I was not actively engaged, as they knew better than to attack my almost im pregnable battery a second time ; but I did great service with my heavy guns, and twice drove them out of a battery they had taken, and turned upon us. It was a nasty sight—the field—afterwards. It was completely covered with dead bodies, mostly Russians, as our men did not lose more than five or six hundred altogether. The defence was com manded by dear old General Kmeti ; and when our general thanked him in the name of Queen Victo ria for his gallant repulse of the enemy, I thought the brave old boy would have burst his heart open —he was so proud. The Turks fought—not like lions, but like fiends. I never saw such desperate recklessness of life. You can form some idea of what a desperate business it waq, when I tell you that the Russians had their whole force concen trated upon General Kmeti's division, which, with the reinforcements he afterwards received, did not amount to 8,000 men. The reports have just come in, and there are more than 3,000 killed on the side of the enemy. March of the Cuirassiers of the Guard to the South. WARSAW, Oct. 20.—Great astonishment has been expressed in our military circles that hitherto none of the regiments of the Guards have taken an active part in the war in the Crimea ; but at length the moment appears to have arrived for them to have an opportunity of measuring their arms with the enemy. The division of the Cuiras siers of the Imperial Guard, hitherto quartered here and in other parts of Poland, have put them selves in motion, and aro gone to the south. They are to be replaced by the brigade of Lancers belong ing to the second Light Cavalry division, under General Mielnikoff, now in cantonments in the government of Lublin. In the entire kingdom of Poland there are now only four regiments of regular cavalry of the above -named division, and in the neighbouring province of Lithuania is quartered a similar division of the reserve cavalry corps, under Lieut.-General Grunwald, with its head-quarters at Slonim. The division of Guards that has left us has taken the direction of Kicw, and it is unknown whether on its arrival there it will form a part of the army of the centre, or Le sent on without delay to the seat of war. Although the Russians have not hitherto had any Cuirassiers at the theatre of war, it is considered here not improbable that the desti nation of these Cuirassiers of the Guard is to op pose the French Cuirassiers. The Russian cavalry now in the Crimea is more than double that of the Allied army. RUSSIANS IN ROME. ROME, Oct. 20.—The distinguished Russian families who have influence enough with the Em peror to obtain permission to flee from the horrors of a northern winter feel sure apparently of the sympathies of this soi-disant neutral government, for they have already begun to flock into the Eter nal City, and throw about their money as if extra taxes and war contributions were things unknown at home. Amongst these visitors are—M. Tchek kine, Imperial councillor of the state : the Count and Countess Paul Stroganoff, M. and Madame Nariskin, M. and Madame Besobrasoff, Princess Polyenatoff née Gaga r i n , Princess Ilaransky, and the Polish Prince and Princess Sapicha, besides several other families of names less known to fame. The Panic at Odessa on the Arrival of the Fleet. ODESSA, Oct. 8, Four o'clock p.m.—The first brigade of the 15th Reserve Infantry Division has just entered the town in long columns. They are the regiments Lublin and Zauiosc. The men are evidently quite exhausted from their long march, and covered with dust from head to foot. In marching through the streets some of the men fall down from over-fatigue. The intelligence of the approach of the enemy's armada was telegraphed. to the Emperor at midnight. From the telegraph. station on the villa of General Luders more ships are seen approaching. Five o'clock.—A whole forest of masts is now in the offing. They appear to be sailing in great order, and with admirable regularity. A vast column of black smoke envelopes the horizon. With. a good glass one can distinguish them, and make out plainly that they are of a large size. I counted 42, but others are every moment coming into sight round the point of the mountain and promontory of Langeron. In the meantime the regiments of Hussars Count Radetzky, and Prince of Hesse- Cassel, belonging to the 3d Light Cavalry Division, are marching through the streets in full uniform, and with their bands playing at their head. They aro going to the great fountain in the square. Six o'clock.—There are now 76 sail in sight, and every moment others round the promontory. A panic has seized the inhabitants. All the streets are regularly blocked up with carriages, carts, and waggons of every description, into whi c h th e more valuable furniture and goods and chattels of the inhabitants are being packed as quickly as possible. The general cry is Sauve qui peat. Some state that the expedition is destined to operate against the neighbouring town of Otchakoff, and that the fleet is about to force the passage of the Dnieper, and disembark an army there to march by land to wards Kheroon and Perokop. Others pretend to know the exact number of troops on board, which they state to consist of 20,000 Turks and 35,000 French. Again, others know for a positive cer tainty that the object of the expedition is exclu sively the bombardment of this city. In the mean time the hostile fleet has gradually approached and anchored at a distance of five wersts (three miles) from the shore. Seven o'clock.—The Emperor's Adjutant-Gene ral, General Luders, has just arrived from Nico laieff. Accompanied by the former ambassador at Constantinople, Von Ozeroff, he is inspecting the troops at their different stations, and is everywhere received with loud acclamations. • • Eight o'clocx.—The sea is enveloped in perfect darkness. The enemy's ships have hoisted Jan tarns, which at a distance have the appearance of stars, and serve to show their position. OCT. 9.—The night passed off with tranquillity. Some people assert they heard guns fired in the night, and counted 40 reports. It might be their imagination, or it is possible they were signal guns. This morninc , at sunrise three guns were fired on board the fleet. No change is perceptible in their position since last night. Everybody is making hurried preparations to get away. Money is in such demand that the counting-houses of the money-changers are beleaguered, and the agio of metallic currency, which was yesterday at par, has suddenly risen to 20 per cent. The bakers' shops are beset by the people, who vehemently call for bread, the price of which has risen to three tines its usual value. Verily at this moment Odessa presents such a scene of disorder and fear as must have been witnessed at the Tower of Babel. The Settlements on the Pacific. ST. PETERSBURG ' Oct. 16.—The Marine Journal publishes a despatch from the port captain of Ayan —a port belonging to the Russian American Trading Company on the coast of the Sea of Ochotsk —Captain Lieutenant Kashswaroff, to Major- Wentzel, Governor-General of Siberia, in which he states that on the 9th of July an English squadron, composed of two sailing frigates and a steamer, under the command of Charles Frederick (?), appeared in the bay of Ayan. As soon as their approached was perceived the inhabitants of the little town and the small garrison evacuated the place, "in obedience to the instructions receive& from the Governor-General." The enemy took away a quantity of deals, timber, and other mate rials belonging to the company. A small new iron steamer, also the property of the company, had been sunk in the port, but the enemy succeeded in raising it and blowing it up, whilst three smalle r craft were carried a way by th e f r i ga t es . T hey r se e a m o a n in i n the the o e harbour July,rbo w fo h r en ten t h einhabitants days, inh and put to re turned to their homes, and found that all their private property had been respected. TH ALLIED ARMIES, Oct. 13.—After THE ALLIEDAA ARMIES. I last wrote O rot F e to you a considerable change took p l ac e all along our line. It is one of those changes which, without materially altering the relative po sition of the two armies, serves to determine more distinctly their respective situations, and thus puts an end to the vagueness and uncertainty which every looker-on as the charac teristic epoch which has elapsed since the fall of Sebastopol. t struck r First of all, on the li ne o f S e b astopo l it se lf we t m e u ri s s t t i have i afv feature of the see m evidently to have changed sides with the Russians, and to have become from an attacking the attacked party. On the Tchernaya and on the Baidar line, on the contrary, our position has changed by an advance of the Sardinians and the French. The Sardinians, who had hitherto only a small detachment on the ether side of the Tchernayai have since Wednesday last, the 10th inst., taken up a position on the plateau running along the left bank of the Tchou lieu river as high up as Upu. The next day a battalion of infantry and a squadron of cavalry went np to Ozembash and made the round over the plateau leading down towards Aitodor. There is very little to be seen of the Russiaus.-in: that neighbourhood. They have entirely left the left bank of the Tchouliou, and their moat advanced w 1 ill at BI th gr roi Fr th 4 a 1 an Stz Ar Ca. las the cul arr cat fat the mt