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TOBACCO POWDER (Tobaco polvo) for Sale in Spain. To be Disposed of by order of the Spanish Go vernment, 890,227 lbs. of Tobacco Powder deposited at the ma , "- factory in Seville. Any parties desirous of obtaining particulars may procure the same on application at the Spanish Consulate, No. I, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, City. M. CAR 41. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A.D. 1815. Upon the Principles of purely Mutual Assurance. The INVESTED FUND or CAPITAL arising from the accumu lation of Premiums, and which belongs exclusively to the Auured, now exceeds TWO MILLIONS EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERL LNG. Daring the last seventeen years alone, Assurances have been effected with the Office to the amount of more than EIGHT MIL LIONS SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS, being, on an average, upwards of HALF A MILLION STERLING in each year ; and notwithstanding the active competition among the nume rous Life Assurance Institutions existing and constantly springing up, and the great inducements, in the shape of commission, offered by many of them for the latrodacttm of business, the Society have obtained the large and steady business above indicated, without to any extent altering their practice of allowing remuneration, at a fair and reasonable rate, to the Local Agents only, —no Commission being offered or given to third parties. The representatives of various Original Members of the Society , who have died within the last few years, have received in Bonus Additions more than the Sams originally assured by the respective Policies. Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, and all necessary information , may be had on application at the Head Office, or at any of the various Agencies in the three Kingdoms. JOFIN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM: LINDESAY, Secretary. ARAD OFFlCE — Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, 29th September, 1855. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq.. Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh WKean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street AGENT FOR KNIGHTSBRIDGE ♦ND PIMLICO DISTRICT. James Harris, Estate Agent, 29, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton square. POSTPONEMENT OF PERFORMANCE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. —Acting Manager, Mr. Charles Mathews,—Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Roxby.—The public is re spectfully informed that this ESTABLISHMENT will OPEN for the regular DRAMATIC REASON, under the Management of Mr. E. T. Smith, on MONDAY, October 8, on which occasion Mr. Elliot Geier, Lucy Escott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical Egyptian Drama, written by E. Fitaball, Esq., and which has for Apwards of 18 months engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani cal, and decorative departments of this theatre, will positively be produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee has the greatest pleasure in announcing that he has engaged that inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin cipal members of the Lyceum Company. 'I hat distinguished tragic actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, will be likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth doming season, while the scenic department will be under the immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee, In thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama, which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary to state that, so connected as everything relative Al i gypt is with mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upo 171 m to spare neither trouble nor expenditure in or •er to present a strictly accu rate picture of the regal and domestic history, habits, manners, and customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and to reproduce, as far as possib e in scenic accessories, those colossal masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose enormous d.mensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or the fury of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and urn ng sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection. That nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic talent, ant illustr ited by artistic and mechanical effects of entirely novel construction. Herodotus, Denon, Wilkinson, the libraries of the British and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together with other authorities, have been carefully consulted to insure the most rigid correctness in all the details and appointments; and in thus reviving the associations of a people that existed upwards of 4.000 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather. however, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the laurels to be distributed by the p blic to those artistes who will be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in vites the critic and the antiquary to judge of its merits and attest the fidelity of the most minute details. The ancient and modern authorities consulted by. and the whole of the Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the entire superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon, Aglio, and assistants. The gas :fittings by James Palmer and as sistants. Th striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Ml's Bradley, and assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., are all new. krseperty-Master, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and innate by H. Laurent, Esq. Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker and assistants. The following artistes have been already engaged —Miss Glen, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Talbot, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Miss Wadham, Miss De Vere, Miss Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A. Younge, Mr. George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Laporte. The Ballet:—Madame Louise, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Charles, Mdlle. Therese, Miss Smith, miss Brown, and 24 ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of 300eauxillaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of the Egyptian drama, presenting a coup d'ceil of surpassing magni ficence and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson. Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the direction of sir. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre veal be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the N anagement of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, WIIII be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, TIIE PRETTY GIPdEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by COURT FAVOUR. After which, a BALLET. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. EL Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio ! THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will `ge presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. ITALY AN-HOUR WI fhl THE SPERIT-i, being the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 81,711 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Roses, 1/. 113. 6,1. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress (loxes, 33 ; Upper Boxers, 2s ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6,1. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance 011 Saturday Next at Two o'Clock doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Followed by LA CHALET. • To which will be added THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. To conclude with SALLY SMART; or, The Clockmaker's Hat , ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke Tremendous excitement ! Electric effect and incomparable success THIS EVENING, A Grand Military Equestrian spectacle, by J. 11. STOCQUELEA, Esq , called, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! After which the skilful GYRATIONS of EQUESTRIAN ART in the CIRCLE, including the Champion Vaulter and the French Troupe Voltigeurs. The effect produced by the stage and ring being formed into one vast battle-flel I, with a host of auxiliaries and a superb stud of hor eQ, is one beyond all precedent ! The Fall of Sebastopol will be acted every evening. Box-oftico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Was'. Acting Nianager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, !un• HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIg DAT—Morn. 44 min. aft. 7.—Evening 34 min. aft. S To-Nfoßnow—Nforn.lBmin. aft. 9 —Evening 5 min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 4. TFIERNOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 60 —towi,t this morning and during th© night. G 6 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 20'43. WIND. S.W.—Fresh, with sunshine and rain. It rained all day yesterday. (71. - 11X11, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1855. The Russian version of the proceedings which led to the fall of Sebastopol has at length been published, and will be found in another part of our impression ! Prince GORTSCIIAKOFF, in a General Order, addressed to the Army of • the Crimea, has endeavoured to apologise for the failure, and the compulsory evacuation of the city, so earnestly defended to the last possible moment. That be should strive to vindicate the character and courage of the troops under his command is very natural, and it is but simple justice to say that they very bravely and effici ently defendedtheposition entrusted to their care. What he says, then, respecting the obstinacy of their opposition, and the gallantry and heroism dis played during the course of the siege may be re ceived with indulgence. But there are some ad missions of peculiar value which cannot possibly be explained away, which prove beyond doubt the superiority of the Allied forces, and that the so called voluntary evacuation of Sebastopol was in evitable, no choice remaining to those who had Lost the key to their position, and could oppose no further effectual resistance to the captors and occupiers of the Malakhoff. Lot the Pro-Muscovite Press of Germany who ! hailed the evacuation of the south side as a bril- liant tactical manoeuvre receive their answer from the Russian commander. He says— " To continue, under these circumstances, the I defence of the south side would have been to ex , pose our troops daily to a useless butchery, and, their preservation is to-day, more than ever, neces sary to the Emperor of Russia. " For these reasons, with sorrow in my heart, but with a full conviction, I resolved to evacuate Sebastopol, and take over the troops to the north side by the bridge constructed beforehand over the bay and by boats." There is another matter—which we have already referred to—which receives a strong illustration from this address. We alluded to the melting of the Russian resources in the Sebastopol Crucible, i and the serious losses which Russia incurred in the protracted defence, which was thus more beneficial to the Allies than if the stronghold had been 'taken by surprise or captured aft er a b r i e f con flict. Had it been so, it would merely have been a town taken ; but all the resources of Russia were exhausted to render the defence suc cessful. But her most strenuous efforts were fruitless. Sebastopol became the arena in which the fate of the War was decided. The losses sus tained by the defenders in that terrible conflict may be estimated from Prince GORTSCHAROFF'S own admissions. He says : " Taking advantage of the superiority of their fire at short range, the enemy after the concen trated action of their artillery during thirty days,—which cost our garrison about one thousand men per day—commenced that terri ble bombardment (bombardement d'enfer) from their innumerable engines of war, and of a calibre hitherto unknown, which destroyed our defences, which had been repaired at night with great labour and at great loss, under the incessant fire of the enemy—the principal work, the Kor niloff Redoubt, on the Malakhoff Hill (the key of Sebastopol as a point dominating the whole town) having experienced considerable and irreparable damage." After this it is useless to pretend that Russia could have further maintained the conflict, or that her troops could meet on anything like equal terms, even under the most favourable circum stances, the gallant soldiers of France and England. What additional phases of Germanism will next be exhibited ? What new intrigues are hatching at Berlin and Vienna, for the purpose of extricating Russia from the very unpleasant posi tion in which she has been involved by her own misconduct ? These are interesting and important problems, the solution whereof should be earnestly sought for. That every possible effort will be made to save the AUTOCRAT from any real loss seems certain. A profound, although in some instances a secret, sympathy for Russia has been manifested, from the very commencement of the struggle, by the German dynasties, and we have no reason to suppose that there has been any change of sentiment on their part, or that they would not still play the Muscovite game, so far as it was possible to do so with impunity. -Unfortu nately, too, they have been permitted to exercise a sinister influence over the proceedings of the British Government, and serious injury has been inflicted on the Allied cause, by the truckling to those who have disappointed every expectation, and betrayed every promise. Had Prussia and Austria acted in a bona fide and straightforward manner, in concurrence with France and England, at the commencement of the dispute, hostilities would never have broken out. But the CZAR calculated, and with good reason, on the connivance of his vassals, and their actual co-operation and assistance, whenever it could be rendered, without involving them selves in the scrape. When sounding Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR as to the contemplated divi sion of the Sick Man's assets, the then AUTOCRAT clearly showed that they had previously been made safe, and that he feared no interruption on their part. It was only England that he wished to secure, and could he have achieved that pur pose he would 14ye braved the anger of France, and set its Imperial Ruler at defiance. Such con fidence might have opened the eyes of any save the wilfully blind. But ABERDEEN, the good and excellent ABERDEEN, was then Prime Minister of England, and his especial followers occupied all the places in the Cabinet connected with the manage ment of the War. The palpable duplicity and insincerity of both Powers was therefore disre garded, and they were permitted to render powerful, though covert, aid to the AUTOCRAT. It is unnecessary to recapitulate the manner in which Prussia became the medium through which the commerce of Russia was transacted and all her wants supplied. Large profits were realised by Prussian subjects, but the advantage derived by those with whom they were dealing, were in calculable. It is more than probable that the assistance thus rendered was even greater than if "Cticquot" had shaken off his despicable neutrality, and arrayed himself openly on the side of his brother-in-law. In every step and every man ner he thwarted England and the English ; and yet scarcely have we achieved our object —scarcely has Sebastopol fallen before the im petuous valour of the Allies—when his nephew and heir presumptive appears in Scotland as the approved suitor for the hand of the PRIN CESS ROYAL of England, and is received as the cherished and welcome guest of our SOVEREIGN, not at her public Court, where foreigners of rank may properly attend, but in the domestic circle— in that secluded residence, where for the time being she casts aside the cares of State, and enjoys the social relations of life as a wife and a mother. Can we, under such circumstances, hesitate in expressing the grave apprehensions entertained of the Germanic influence ? Must we not shudder at the probable consequences of this new alliance with the cousin of the AUTOCRAT, which will sup ply an additional link in the chain connecting the Courts of England and Berlin, aye, and St. Petersburg ? Surely our Court is already suffi ciently Germanised without such a sacrifice, for w hi c h a more inauspicious time could scarcely be selected. The conduct of Austria has been, if possible, worse than that of Prussia. She not merely maintained her neutrality, and rendered valuable aid to Russia, but she wilfully and deliberately violated her most solemn undertaking. Through her sinister conduct she enabled the Muscovite legions to hurry to the Crimea, and was the cause of the bloodshed on the fields of Balaklava and Tnkerman ! Nor was this all ; for after her gross deception in reference to the Conferences at Vienna—after withdrawing from all her pledges of assistance and co-operation in the event of Russia refusing to accept the conditions, of which she formally approved, she reduced her army at a critical moment, so as to enable the adversary of the Western Powers to send vast number of additional troops to the Seat of War ! If they had prevailed, there would, doubtless, have been fervent rejoicings at Vienna, and heart felt congratulations to the CZAR on the triumph of his arms. But the heir apparent of the Ulysses of the House of Coburg is closely con nected by marriage with the Imperial family at Vienna, and thus is Austrian influence maintained with our own Government ! Under such circumstances we are justified in looking with anxiety to the next steps of the Ger man Powers, and invoking the aid of the British , Parliament to counteract the schemes which may be entered into for depriving France and England of the legitimate fruits of their success,' and of ex tricating Russia from the serious dilemma in which she is placed. Justice is an invaluable commodity, prized only by a few, and far from being liberally dispensed. Flattery, on the other hand, is worth what the reader pleases, is eagerly sought after, and liberally distributed. Both, however, are at times regarded with apprehension, and received with distaste. Your defaulter or culprit dreads justice, swallows it as an unpalatable morsel, and chews it as a veritable cud of bitterness—while nothing is so unpalatable to a high-spirited man who has done his duty as flattery. All he asks for, and that can give him pleasure, is justice— and that he is surely entitled to. If this be so, he has a right to complain if justice is withheld from him, and suffers a grievous wrong if the denial of it takes the shape of detraction. The defaulter is aware of this, and when justice is dealt him seeks to avail himself of it as a plea in his defence. The speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Radnorshire Agricultural Society's Meeting at Knighton, on Monday last, a report of which appears in another column, furnishes illustrations of the preceding remarks. The tone of the speech, it is true, is an improvement on what we have been accustomed to from Ministerial lips, and some of the Right Hon. Baronet's remarks, as we shall afterwards show, have our entire concurrence still we cannot but take objection to its general tendency. The speech, in point of fact, is a subtle —and none the less subtle for its moderation— defence of Ministerial shortcomings. We are per fectly prepared to admit that in a sudden prepa ration for War, after a forty years' peace, there must of necessity have been many shortcomings ; but we utterly deny, as we have all along done, that such shortcomings could possibly bear any proportion to those which have so disastrously signalised the commencement of the War. No special pleading in the world will avail to show that the most probable contingencies were not for a considerable period overlooked, or suffered to remain unprovided for—or that there was not ample time to have organised an expedition to Sebastopol vastly less inadequate to " the possibi lity of success " than that whose valour, fortitude, and endurance have filled the whole world with its fame. Nor can we admit that subsequently " the War with Russia has been prosecuted with all the vigour which this country, with its great re sources, could command." A hundred facts fami liar to our readers testify to the inaccuracy of the assertion, and we who have never adminis tered flattery to Ministerial ears, and certainly not less than justice, are not disposed now that Sebastopol has fallen to suffer the injustice done the brave English troops engaged in storming it to be employed as a defence of Ministerial default without an indignant protest. Having discharged what we conceive to be an imperative though ungrateful duty, we are at liberty to turn to that portion of the Chancellor's Speech which meets with our entire concurrence. We, like Sir GEORGE, "do not grudge the laurels which France has deservedly earned in the assault at Sebastopol," while we contemplate with the deepest satisfaction the generous and cordial co operation the French army has rendered our troops, and the reciprocation of the noblest and most generous feelings between them from the beginning. We glory in having such an ally, and none the less when we find that ally better disposed to do our brave men justice than some of their fellow-countrymen. While those meta physical contingents swarming in German cities and available to no Party, those recreants to duty who "let I dare not wait upon I would like the poor cat in the adage," sneer in their small way over the English descriptions of the storming of the Redan, and affect to discern there the deca dence of British valour ; and while so large a pro portion of the Press at home regard the repulse of our troops, and all connected with it, as cover ing both them and their country with disgrace, we have the satisfaction to know that, in the opinion of French military ethics, the old colours remain unsullied, and " that the English troops did all that could by possibility be accomplished" on that occasion. With perfect justice is it added—" We must wait for the more detailed official accounts, hereafter to be sent by the Gene rals, before we are in a position to pass any judg ment of condemnation on our own gallant troops. We must remember that the attack which they made effected a powerful diversion of the enemy, and to a certain extent assisted the French in maintaining that portion of the works which they had gained, and that at the close of the day the Redan was in possession of the Allies." Aye ! and remember, also, that the trenches wrought by our troops, unlike those oc supied by the French, were wrought in stone, that this occasioned both delay and want of space for evolutions—that in all probability the attack was precipitated to support the impe tuous gallantry of the French, and that, under the circumstances, the most able general was as liable to have his plan frustated as the meanest. But, to proceed. What Englishman is there but will concur in the following : " Nothing can more dishearten a gallant army at a distance from our shores than captious and censorious criticism, when they feel they have shed their best blood in the defence of their country. I trust that the best feelings of the country will be enlisted in their behalf, and that everything we can do in the way of admiration and sympathy will be willingly bestowed upon them." So say we. Our gallant fellows want no flat tery Justice ; the truth believed of them will be to them the noblest and most acceptable re ward. E SUN, Lo tke! DON, THURSDAY EVEN ti *IC, OCTOBER 4, 1855 BANK OF ENGLAND. ADVANCEMENT OF THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England has this day further ad vanced tho rate of discount to 5 per cent. ILLNESS OF M. SOYER.—A letter from the Crimea, dated Sept. 20, announces the illness of this gentleman. He is suffering from an attack of Crimean fever. CO MMEMORATION OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL AT GuEsNwica.—There will be an illumination at Green wich this day in commemoration of the late victory of the Allies at Sebastopol, and in honour of the gallantry and services of the Naval Brigade. A committee com posed of influential inhabitants have organised a proces sion by torch light in the evening to terminate by a fire of some 300 tar barrels on Blackheath. THE MURDER AT BILSTON.—Tbe inquest upon the body of Joseph Russell, aged four years, who was mur dered by his mother at Bilston OR Monday last, has re sulted in the verdict of " Wilful Murder against Mary Ann Russell." The unhappy woman still lives, but no expectations are entertained of her recovery. She has stated she was unconscious of what she was doing when she committed the dreadful deed. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDE R. — Yesterday morning the attention of the police was attracted by the noise of a brawl in Ship-court, Tooley-street, when it was found two men had been engaged in a desperate struggle, one of whom, Daniel Geary, aged 40 years, was found in a pool of blood. He was raised from the ground, and speedily conveyed to Cornelius Ward, Guy's Hospital, where he was examined by Mr. Penfold, house surgeon. It was found that the unfortunate man had sustained an extensive compound fracture of the skull. The instru ment that had been used by his assailant is an iron fen der. From the severe nature of the wound little hopes are entertained of his recovery. His assailant, however, ; managed to escape. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 2. Prince Frederic William of Prussia left Balmoral yes terday. The Queen and Prince drove with his Royal High ness to Castleton of Braemar. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred spent the day at Loch Muick. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yes terday for Broadlands, Hants. Earl Granville left town yesterday for Paris. Sir William Molesworth has returned to Brighton. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Gibialtar, Malta, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands ; also to the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the Mauri tius. Despatches were received yesterday from the Governors of the West India Islands. THE QUEEN'S RETUEN.—In consequence of the re markably fine weather which still prevails in the High lands of Scotland, the Queen's visit is prolonged until Wednesday, the 17th inst. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, tra velling in her own carriage, and attended by Lady Ca roline Murray and the Hon. Colonel Liddell, arrived at Brighton on Tuesday. The Duke of Rutland, we regret to learn, was taken unwell at his residence at Newmarket, at the close of the past week. Dr. Williams left Newmarket on Saturday, and since then his grace has been gradually , improving. The Marquis of Granby a nd L or d J o h n ' Manners were both called to Newmarket by the illness of their father, who will be prevented by indisposition from attending the nuptials of his son Lord George Manners, M.P., and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk arrived at Nor folk-house, St. James's-square, on Tuesday night, from Glossop Hall, near Sheffield. The Earl and Countess Grey have left Carlton-house terrace for Howick Hall, Northumberland. Lord and Lady Foley have arrived in town from a tour of visits. Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard has been staying with the noble lord and lady. Lord Ward has arrived at Dudley House, Park-lane. His lordship has purchased two pictures from the exhi bition of paintings at Birmingham ; they are " The Dairy Maid," by W. Underhill, for 1001., and " An Old Mill, on the River Ouse," by H. J. Boddington, 601. A Worcester paper remarks that it is not generally known that his lordship served as a volunteer in the attack upon the Redan„ on the 18th of June, and that he and the Colonel of the regiment to which he was attached bad a narrow escape from one of the enemy's shells, which exploded so near as to smuther them in dust. The Earl and Countess of St. Germans are expected shortly at Brighton. _ . Sir William and Lady Molesworth are staying at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The Countess Dowager of Glasgow and the Hon. Mr. Boyle have left Edinburgh for the Island of Cumbrae. The Duke of Argyll was to leave Balmoral yesterday, for Dunrobin Castle, to join the family circle visiting the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. James Thomas Alderson, M.A., son of Mr. Baron Alderson, to the valuable living of Ravenstone, near Ashby-de-la- Zouch. The National Gallery will be re-opened to the publi• on Monday the 22d inst. The Lord Mayor Eie - 2t has appointed the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, D.D., chap** to the Lord Mayor during the ensuing mayoralty. Baron Stieglitz, the eminent Russian banker, has been made Acting Councillor of State. Count Sirgius Ouvaroff, President of the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences, died at Moscow on the 16th ult., in the 71st year of his age. The deceased count was a man of considerable learning, and was for a long period a correspondent of Goethe. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday morning, Paget Butler, Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers, aidede-camp to his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., youngest son of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart., ofßallintemple, county of Carlow, was married to Miss Geraldine Sydney, only daughter of Lord Wm. Fitzgerald. The ceremony took place in the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle. The Right Rev. Dr. Everington, Archbishop of Tre• bizond, has been appointed successor to Cardinal Wise man as Titular Primate of England. The Atrato has taken out for the West Indies, &c., 5,1201. in silver, and 5,540/. in gold—in all 7,6601. LOWESTOFT.—On Wednesday last our new Assembly Rooms were opened by a grand morning concert, under the patronage of Sir Morton and Lady Peto. The con cert was fully and fashionably attended. Mr. Elliott, late storekeeper of the dockyard, Halifax, is appointed storekeeper at the dockyard, Devonport, in place of Mr. Dent, deceased. THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Letters for the Royal Mall ship Schomberg, Captain James Nicol Forbeq, from Liverpool to Melbourne, must be posted in Liver pool before three p.m. on the sth instant, and with late fees until five p.m. Captain Slade, lst Dragoon Guards, son of General Sir John Slade, Bart., of Monty's Court, near Taunton, is appointed aide-de-camp to General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding the Cavalry Divi sion before Sebastopol. . We are glad to learn that J. W. Gilbart, Esq., has most liberally subscribed ter the admission of the clerks of the London and Westminster Bank to the course of lectures on banking and commercial law about to be de livered by Leone Levi, Esq., at King's College, London. Let ns hope that so liberal an act may be followed by other banking institutions in the city. FALL IN THE PRICE or BREAD.—Yesterday there was a fall in the price of bread in Leather-lane, White cross-street, and the East-end of the town, of one half penny the 41b. loaf, lowering the price to 9d. for the best wheaten, and Bd. for seconds or households. Coun try home-made bread is also Bd. the loaf, not weighed. Flour, at the corn factors' and chandlers', is, and has been for a long time past, not fluctuating in price like bread ; the price is 9id. and 10d. per quartern for the best wheaten, and BAd. for the best seconds. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—At the quarterly meeting of the comities majora, held on Monday, Oct. 1, the following gentlemen, having undergone the neces sary examinations, were admitted members of th e col lege : Dr. Weber, 49 , Finsbury -square ; Dr. Greenhow, Upper Berkeley-street ; Dr. Odling, Kennington -road ; and Dr. Bull, Jersey, was admitted an extra-licentiate. CITY BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.—Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., will present, at a Common Council on Taursday, the 11th inst., the petition from the guar dians of the West London Union to the Corporation, praying for the establishment of baths and washbouses in the City of London. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL, AND TEE REJOICINGS ON THE CAPURE OF SEBASTOPOL.—At the monthly meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, held yesterday, a . long discussion took place on the sub ject of the illumination of the town on the 9th, the day on which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visits the town, and the day set apart in honour of the fall of Sebastopol. It was ultimately agreed that the public buildings onl y should be illuminated, l eav i ng th e inhabitants to exercise their own discretion as to private illuminations. COMMEMORATING THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.—The Brighton Guardian says :—" Of the various means em ployed to celebrate the late victory may be mentioned the following, which occurred in a town not far distant. A gentleman, who had evinced great interest throughout the protracted struggle, had pretty uniformly manifested sympathetic feelings not altogether favourable to the Allies. On the morning that the capture of Sebastopol became known, a remarkable character in the town dressed himself in deep mourning ' having also a d ee p crape band on hie hat, and a black flag hanging over his shoulder. In this peculiar costume (he looked very like a mute') he took up a position in front of the said gen tleman's residence, and afforded no small amusement to the passers by." THE ILLUMINATIONS AT SOUTHAMPTON.—At the col& bration of the capture of Sebastopol at Southampton un Monday last, a transparency appeared at the Ordnance Map Office, in that town, during the evening, with the words—" Sebastopol. Windham—Now mind, you know if lam killed, why I went away." One of the most at tractive exhibitions amongst the illuminations was at Solomon's Hotel, near the railway station, where ap peared the pious ejaculation, " Thanks to Providence," extending the whole ler•gth of the hotel. The words formed a perfeBt blaze of light, for they were of gigantic size, and were formed by innumerable jets of burning gas. Before the same hotel also were a large crown, two stars, and the letters V. A., N. E., P. 8., S. L., signifying Victoria, Albert, Napoleon, Eugenie, Pelis sier, Bruat, Simpson, and Lyons. The whole of these ornaments and letters were also formed of gas. Some years ago the price of the small glass lamps used for illu minations was 10s. a dozen, or 10d. a piece. They are now sold for about 10e. a gross . , or less than ld. a piece. COLLISION AT SEA.—On Saturday night a collision of a somewhat serious character took place at sea, off the Fern Islands, between the Princess Royal, Grantor and London steamer, on its way south, and a brig, name unknown, but understood to be sailing for some northern port. The Princess Royal, Capt. Ferguson, left Gran ton on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with about 150 passengers on board and a heavy miscellaneous cargo. The weather was then clear and beautiful, but the vessel had scarcely passed out of the Firth when a heavy fog came on shortly after nightfall, which subsequently seems to have spread pretty far inland from the east coast. The steamer continued its course southward, but somewhat more cautiously amid the fog and darkness. About 11 o'cloc'e the look-out observed a brig nearing their bows, and called to the steersman to port the helm. Before tae steamer could be turned round, how ver, she was heavily struck on the right paddlebox, a portion of which was carried away. The progress of the Princess Royal seas stopped as speedily as possible, and Capt. Ferguson at once lowered and manned two boats, and sent them to the brig, offering to take her in tow or render any other aid. The skipper of the brig called out to the steward that his vessel had sustained no material damage, and could easily make some harbour. The steward returned without having obtained the name of the vessel or master, only ascertaining that she belonged to Dundee, and -that she was northward bound. Capt. Ferguson then sent back the steward to make some further inquiries, but the brig could no longer be found, having probably cbanged her tack. The steamer moored in the offing till daybreak, but heard no further tidings of the vessel, which, however, it was hoped might safely reach some port on the Northumberland coast. The steamer, on Sunday morning, turned back to Granton, which she reached about 5 p.m., having made the return journey very slowly, on account of one of her engines being somewhat 'spired. The brig seemed to be of about 160 tons burden, with probably eight of a crew, and was so heavily laden that her gunwale was within a few feet of the water's edge. DEATH OF LORD DELAMERE. This venerable nobleman expired on Sunday last, after a lengthened illness. His lordship was the eldest son of Thos. Cholmondeley, Esq., and was born at Beckenham, Kent, in 1767. In 1810 he married a daughter of Sir W. W. Wynn. Lord Delamere was descended from a common ancestor with the Marquis of Cholmondeley. His residence was at Vale Royal, in Cheshire, and there the greater part of his long life was spent, endearing himself to his tenantry and a large circle of friends by his unostentatious virtues. The last occasion on which he appeared before the public of Cheshire was at the county meeting in behalf of the Patriotic Fund (to which he was a liberal contributor), at Chester Castle, in No vember last, when the noble lord seemed to feel a presen timent of his approaching end, and took a last farewell of public life. On that occasion he seconded a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, and feelingly referred to his own age and increasing infirmities, which rendered it probable that this was the last occasion on which he should have an opportunity of addressing the inhabitants of the county of Chester. The deceased peer is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, who was born in 1812, and in 1848 mar ried Lady Sarah Hay, daughter of the Earl of Kinnoull. The present baron is Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia, at present stationed in Chester, and from 1840 to 1841 represented Denbighshire in Par liament. Besides the present Lord Delamere, the late baron's family consists of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Thomas Grenville, Cholmondeley, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Pitt Cholmondeley, rector of Bradwell, Gloucestershire, and the Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley. DEATH OF THE BIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT ADAIR, G.C.B. We regret to announce the demise of the venerable diplomatist the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, who ex pired at 5 a.m. yesterday at his residence in Chesterfield street, Mayfair. His illness has been very brief, the first symptoms having arisen on the 24th ult., while on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. The deceased was born on the 24th of May, 1763, con sequently he had reached the great age of 92 years, and was the sor of Mr. Robert Adair, the eminent surgeon (he was sergeant surgeon to George III.), by a daughter of the second Earl of Albemarle. He married in 1805 Mademoiselle Angelique Gabrielle, daughter of the Marquis d'Hagincourt and the Countess de Champagne. Sir Robert was trained for the diplomatic service, and represented Appleby in the House of Commons in 1802, and sat for Camelford in 1806 and 1807. He was ap pointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna, April 5, 1806, and was sent on a special mission to Constantinople in June, 1808, for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace between this country and the Porte, being accom panied by Mr. Canning (now Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe) and Mr. David Morier. He was made a Privy Councillor in July, 1808, and at the termination of his successful mission he was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1809. In April, 1809, he was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople, which high diplomatic post he held till March, 1811. In July, 1831, he was sent on a special mission to Brussels, and also to Berlin, and remained so employed until the latter part of 1835, when he returned to England. Since then Sirßobert has not held any diplomatic appointment. For his public services he had for many years past en joyed an annual pension of 2,0001. He was the author of numerous political pamphlets, and also wrote two ela borate works—namely, "An Historical Memoir of a Mission to the Court of Vienna in 1806," and " A Me moir of the Negotiations for the Peace of the Dardanelles in 1808-9." DEATH OF THE RI&RT HON: SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.C.B. We have to record the death of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Ellis, K.C.8., which took place at Brighton on Friday last, the right hon. gentleman having been in de clining health for some months. The deceased accom panied the Earl Amherst in his embassy to China, and was wrecked with that nobleman on his return, and had to make for Java in an open boat, reaching Batavia after a perilous voyage of several hundred miles. He was Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim in Persia in 1814, prior to his going to China. Sir Henry held the office of Clerk of the Pells from 1825 until the abolition of that office in 1834 ; and was appointed one of the com missioners of the Board of Control by the late Earl Grey, in 1830, which be held five years. In July, 1835, he was appointed ambassador to Persia, which post he re linquished in November the following year. He was sent on an extraordinary and special mission to the Bra zils in August, 1842, and in 1849 was appointed by the Government to attend the conference at Brussels, on the affairs of Italy, since which he has been unemployed. Sir Henry was made a Privy Councillor in 1832, and in 1848 was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath of the civil division. He was in the receipt of a pension (1,4001.) for his diplomatic services. Sir Henry was a brother of the late Mr. Charles Ellis, for merly consul at Tangiers. TEE LATIII LIEUT.-COLOA EL. CUDDY. Lieutenant-Colonel Cuddy, who nobly lost his life at the Redan on the Bth ult., received his first commission on the 31st of May, 1833, and obtained a red mark at the Horse Guards fur volunteering immediately to join his regiment (the 55th), in India, where he served in different parts uninterruptedly until 1841, when he ac companied them to China. He was at Amoy, Chusan, Chinhae (including repulse of night attack), Chapoo, Noosing, Shanghai, and Ching-Biang-Foo, where he led the advanced guard at the escalade of the city, was the first man to mount the walls, and was severely wounded. For this he was made Brevet-Major, Nov. 6, 1846, and at the close of the Chinese war came to England, and, rejoining his regiment on its return, served with it at home until 1851. The regiment then embarked for Gibraltar, where it continued until 1854, when it went to Turkey. On the 14th of September of the same year Colonel Cuddy landed with the British army in the Crimea, and was present on the 19th and at the affair of the Bulgarian; on the 20th at the Battle of the Alma ; and on the 26th of October at the reA pulse et the Russian sortie. He was too ill to be in the ranks at Inkerman, but was exposed to a heavy fire at the siege of Sebastopol, including the bombardments of the 17th of October, 1854, and the 9th of April, 1855, when he commanded the guard in the trenches, right attack,—a duty in which he was also engaged on the night of the Bth of May, when the enemy was re pulsed in his sortie on the right and left boyaus. Colonel Cuddy was actively engaged in the bombard ments of the 7th and 17th of Juue, and in the assault of the 18th, when the 55th Regiment formed part of the supporting column of the Second Division, which was to attack the salient angle of the Redan, and for that purpose occupied the third parallel.He com manded the 55th from November 11, 1854, to June 12, 1855, and for the efficiency and good order of the regi ment during that period he received the warm acknow ledgments of General Pennefather, who com man d e d the Second Division. This experienced and promising offi cer was killed while gallantly leading his men (Major Cure, his senior officer, having been sev ere ly wounded in the right arm) up the open to the face of the Redan, on the Bth of September, when Sebastopol came into the possession of the allied Powers. The father of this gallant officer also fell in the service of his country while leading his company to the storming of Bergen op-Zoom. Lieut.-Colonel Cuddy leaves a widow and three children. We regret to announce the death of Colonel Maclean, of Ardgour, Argyllshire, at the alvanced of ninety-one. He was the thirteenth Maclean of Ardgour in direct succession. He was born in 1764, and in 1795 he was married to Lady Margaret Hope, daughter of the Earl of Hopetoun. DEATH OF JOHN HARDY ESQ., Q.C.—Y es t er d a y after noon information of the death of this much-respected and distinguished gentleman was received at the Temple, when the bell of the Temple church tolled on the occa sion. The learned gentleman was a bencher of the Mid dle Temple, and was called to the bar on the 7th of June, 1799, but had retired from practice some years. His loss is deeply deplored by the bar and a numerous circle of friends. THE LATE Mrs. GEO. CANNING BAOKHOUSE.—Accounts have been received at the Foreign office, fully confirm ing the tragical death of Mr. G-. C. Thickhouse, at Ha vannah. The deceased gentleman was the second son of the late Mr. J. Backhonse, who was permanent Under ' Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from April, 1827, to March, 1842, when the Right Hon. H. U. Adding ton succeeded him on his retirement, and brother of Mr. J. Backhouse, vice-consul at Amoy. He was appointed to a clerkship in the Foreign-office in April, 1838, and was attached to the legation at Frankfort for some mouths during the year 1841. He was appointed by the Earl of Malmesbury, in December, 1852, the Com missary Judge at Havannah. The widow of the unfor tunate gentleman only returned to England for her con finement about three months back, and has three young children, who are now rendered fatherless. I.;' MAJOR KlN&—Accounts have been received from Major John Hynde King, 47th Regirrent, the eldesti son of Lady King, Telegraph-house, Yarmouth, who, on the arrival of the despatch announcing the fall of Sebastopol, was reported in the list as severely wounded. He is progressing favourably. This officer has never been a day absent from his duty since his regiment has been engaged on the arduous service at Alma, Inker man, the trenches, during the whole of the winter, and lastly at the Redan. REMINISCENCES OF STRAIZAN, PAUL, AND CO.—The name of this firm was originally Snow and Walton. It was one of the oldest banking houses in London, second only to Child and Co., who date from 1640. At the period of the Commonwealth, Snow and Co. carried on the business of pawnbrokers, under the sign of the " Golden Anchor." The firm about the year 1679 sus pended its payments, in common with most of the Lon don bankers, owing to the circumstance of the seizure of their money by that most profligate and unprincipled monarch, Charles 11. On a recent examination of the books of Strahan and Co. one was discovered of the date of 1672, which clearly shows that the mode of keeping accounts in those days was in decimals. It is curious to observe the nature and quality of the articles pledged by our ancestors with this house. They were of a miscellaneous and somewhat comical character. One of the entries in the book runs thus:--- , ' March 10, 1672. —To fifteen pounds lent to Lady —....___.- on the depo,it of a golden pot de chambre." The blank might he filled up with an existing Scotch title. About twelve years ago Mr. Strahan changed his name from Snow to Strahan, ju consequence of the then late Queen's printers having left 180,0001. on condition of his taking that name, previous to which the title of the firm was Snow, Paul, and Co. LATEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF RIGA. HAMBURG, 00T. 3. Six English vessels arrived on the 27th ultimo before Riga, and bombarded for several hours the batteries of Dunamunde and Virrage-Boullen. TRIESTE, OCT. 3. Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 24th. 13,000 men of the Anglo- Turkish contingent have left for Varna, where they will take up their winter quarters. The Ottoman Government has not received any confirmation of the check which the Russians were reported to have met with near Kars. Omer Pacha is concentrating 50,000 men near Chefketie, a fort on the frontier of Asia, which the Turks took from the Russians at the com mencement of the war. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY EVANING. It is stated that Austria has, for the present, renounced the intention of offering her mediation, considering it would be useless to make proposi tions to Russia in the present temper of that Go verment. M. de Budberg, the Russian Ambassador here, has been ordered to meet the Emperor at War saw, where all the Russian representatives at the German Courts are to assemble. HAMBURG, Ocr. 3, 9.10 P.M. An ukase, issued at St. Petersburg on the 28th of September, ordains the establishment of two military academies for engineers and artillery. There is further a confirmation of a decree that every day's and every year's ser vice of the garri son of Sebastopol shall count as twelve. A telegraphic despatch from Odessa, received at Berlin yesterday, announces that the Czar has left Nicolaieff for the Crimea. MADRID, OCT. 2. The sitting of the Cortes has been insignificant. The Junta on tariffs has resolved to admit tissues mixed with cotton without regard to the number of threads. A striking increase has taken place in the cases of cholera. Rumours relative to a ministerial crisis are again current, but they are unfounded. The following are the exact words of Princc Gortschakoff's despatch of the 23d, as given in the Warsaw Gazette : " The enemy has conveyed to. Eupatoria about 20,000 men, and has so concentrated there about 30,000 troops. "The enemy daily attacks the left flank of our positions. "On the 22d the enemy had. an engagement with our infantry, after which he withdrew towards the road leading near Urkousti by the mountain. " On the 23d the enemy redescended from the mountains and forced a passage." The electric wire is again broken in the Black Sea, and this is said to account for the absence of more recent telegraphic despatches. RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. The first Russian version of the fall of Sebasto pol is contained in the following general order addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to his troops, and in an incomplete report of the progress of the siege published in the _Nuclide .Russe : " GENERAL ORDER ADDRESSED TO THE ARMY OF TILE SOUTH AND TO THE LAND AND SEA TROOPS IN THE CRIMEA. " Head-quarters, Heights of Inkerman, in the vicinity of Sebastopol, Aug. 30 (Sept. 12). " Valiant Comrades,—On the 12th September last year a strong enemy's army appeared before the walls of Sebastopol. Despite its numerical superiority, despite the absence of obstacles which military science might have opposed to it in the town, that army did not dare attack it openly (literally, with an open force), and undertook a regular siege. " Since then, despite the formidable means at the disposal of our enemies, who by their nu merous ships constantly received reinforcements, artillery, and ammunition for 11 months and a half, all their efforts failed before your bravery and firmness. It is a fact unexampled in military annals that a town hastily fortified, in presence of the enemy, should have been able to hold ou t so long against a force, the means of attack of which have exceeded everything that hitherto could Lave been foreseen in calculations of this nature.. " An.d with means so enormous and of such a description, after the ruinous effects of an ar tillery of colossal dimensions, continued for nine monals the enemy have frequently had recourse to prolonged bombardments of the town, tiring on each occasion many hundred thousand round s, they became convinced of the inadequacy of the it efforts, and resolved to take Sebastopol by a ( lo.mbat. "On the 6th (18th) of Juno they made the assault on different sides, entered courageously into th o town, but you received them with in trepidity, and they were driven back on all points in the most brilliant manner. "19 its check forced them to return to a con tinuat ion of their first plan of siege, multiplying their 7 ,3,atteries, and increasing the activity of their trencl a works and mining operations. " f since the memorable day upon which you repulsed the assault two months and a half have claps ed, during which, animated by sentiments of duty a.nd of love to the throne and to your eoun tr y, you have heroically disputed each inch of gi . o . and, forcing the assailants to a dvance only foot b, y foot, and paying with torrents of blood and a n incredible loss of ammunition each yard of gri )und gained. ": fn thi s o b st i nate d e f en ce your courage did not dek r , ; on the contrary, it rose t o the highest • ee of self-denial. c. But if your intrepidity and your patience iv ' bre 'without bounds, there are such in the nature ° f the possibility of defence. As the app roaches ( A ti de ene my gradually advanced, their batteries were erected nearer the walls. The circlo of fire which surrounded Sebastopol grew daily narrower, and sent death and destruction upon the coura geous defenders still further into the town. " Taking advantage of the superiority of their fire at short range, the enemy after the concentrated action of their artillery dur ing thirty days,—which cost our garrison about one thousand men per day—commenced that terrible bombardment (bombardement d'eafer) from their innumerable engines of war, and of a calibre hitherto unknown, which destroyed our defences, which had been repaired at night with great labour and at great loss, under the incessant fire of the enemy—the principal work, the Kor niloff Redoubt, on the Malakhoff Hill (the key of Sebastopol as a point dominating the whole town) having experienced considerable and irreparable damage. " To continue under these circumstances the de fence of the south side would have been to expose our troops daily to a useless butchery, and their preservation is to-day, more than ever, necessary to the Emperor of Russia. •' For these reasons, with sorrow in my heart, but with a full conviction, I resolved to evacuate Sebastopol, and take over the troops to the north side by the bridge constructed beforehand over the bay and by boats. " meantime the enemy, beholding, on the 27th of August (Bth of September), at 10.30, the half suined works before them and the Korniloff Re doubt, with its ditches filled up, resolved upon a desperate assault, first on Bastions No. 2, Korniloff, and No. 3 (Redan), and after about three hours upon Bastion No. 5, and the Belkin and Schwartz redoubts. " Of these six attacks five were gloriously re pulsed. Some of the points of attack, like that on Bastion No. 2, on which the enemy had suc ceeded in bringing guns by flying bridges, having at various times been taken and re-taken, re mained finally ours. But the Korniloff redoubt, more damaged than the others by the bombard ment, was taken by the French, who brought more than 30,000 men against it, and could not be re taken after the great losses we had suffered at the commencement of this combat, for it would have been necessary to ascend in the midst of the ruins a very steep incline, and then cross a narrow ridge above a deep ditch of the rear face occupied by the French. Such an undertaking might have prevented us achieving the proposed object, and would have cost us, without the slightest doubt, incalculable losses. " The attempt was the more needless, as for" reasons already mentioned I had resolved to evacuate the place. Therefore, as the success of the enemy was confined to the sole capture of the Korniloff Redoubt, I ordered that no attack should be made on that redoubt, and to remain in front of it to oppose any continuation of the enemy's attack on the town itself, an order which was exe cuted despite of all the efforts of the French to get beyond the gorge of the redoubt. " At dusk the troops were ordered to retire according to the arrangements previously made. 1 - " The examples of bravery you gave during that day, valiant comrades, aroused such a feeling of esteem in the enemy, that, despite the know ledge they must have had of our retreat by the explosion of our mines, which our troops exploded one after the other as they gradually retreated, they not only did not pursue us in columns, bat even ceased thing with their artillery, which they might have continued with impunity. " Valiant comrades, it is painful, it is hard to leave Sebastopol in the enemy's hands. But re member the sacrifice we made upon the altar of our country in 1812. Moscow was surely as valuable as Sebastopol —we abandoned it after the immortal battle of Borodino. The defence of Sebastopol during 349 days is superior to Borodino, and when the enemy entered Moscow in that great year a 1812, they only found heaps of stones and ashes. Likewise it is not Sebastopol which we have left to them, but the burning ruins of the town whioh we ourselves set fire to, having maintained the h onour of the defence in such a manner that our great-grandchildren may recall the remembrance thereof with pride to all pos terity. " Sebastopol kept u s chained to its walls ; with its fall we acquire freedom of movement, and a new war commences, a war in the open field, that most congenial to the Russian soldier. Let us prove to the Emperor, liet us prove to Russia, that we are still imbued with the spirit which animated our ancestors in our memorable and patriotic struggle. Wherever th•e enemy may show him self we will present our breasts to him, and de fend our native land as we defended it in 1812. " Valiant warriors of the land and sea forces 1 —ln the name of the Emperor I thank you for the unexampled courage, firmness, and constancy you have display ed during the siege of Sebastopol. [Here follow Cul names of the officers who most distinguished thel t hselves.l " In thus expreLls-ing the gratitude yo ur wor th y commanders are ent.;.t led to who a re s till li v i ng, let us also honour, ,comrades, th ose w h o h ave fallen honourably for' our faith and for our country on the ramparts of Sebastopol. "Let us remember the . immortal names of Na chimoff, Korniloff, and Isto mine, and let us ad dress prayers to the Most Hih 'h that He will grant them peace, and eternalise ti!leir memory as an example to the future generatiozw of t he Russians." Gortscha- We take the following from Pri nce koff's diary of the siege : " August 24 (Sept. s.)—At 6 a.m. th e enemy opened a very violent cannonade and bo tnbard meat against the first and second sections o f our line of defence ; their batteries fired by s: voes. We replied from our works on the right fila. ilk of our line of defence by an equally well-sustained fire. The fire slackened about 2 p.m., and stopped towards evening. In the 24 hours, according to the observations taken from the telegraph, the enemy fired about 70,000 cannon-ball s and 16,000 shells. " This terrible fire caused great damage to our works, especially to the Schwartz Redoubt, to Bastion No. 5, and to the Belkine Battery. " During the night, despite the well-susi ,ained fire of the besiegers, the garrison of Sebat 3topol repaired as much as possible the damage don e ; a portion of the dismounted guns were replaces 1. " The works of the besiegers did not advat ice ; they busied themselves repairing the damaged one in their batteries." After describing the fire on the 6th and 7th of September, the diary stops at the Bth, with ti'rio observation that Prince Gortschakoff will send special report of the events of that day. The diary adds, that on the 11th of September the following vessels were sunk by order of the Commander-in-Chief The Vladimir, Crimea, Chersonese, Bessarabia, Gromonossets, Elborous, Danube, Turk, and Grozuy. Their guns were first taken out of them. The report concludes as follows : " Aug. 31 (Sept. 12).—0n the Ist (Sept. 13) the enemy fired but little. They attempted to open fire with mortars placed at the landing place) called Grafskala Pristane. On the same day the advanced posts of our left wing observed that two camps had been established in the valley of mad left 1 such sespo Bc to- da clay. ing a li pet 3 poll Credit Credit Belgic Pied!" 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