The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

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THE "CoNLING" CAPTURE r OF SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, ' ture of the Trent, the siege and bombardment were going on with regularity and success," and that "so heavy had been the fire of the besieging bat teries, and so terrible the loss of life in the town of Sebastopol, that the air was reported to be tainted by the dead who had fallen in the defence of the devoted fortress !" If this be so, it is quite clear that there could have been no serious conflict— no surprise of the English right flank at Inker man by thirty thousand Russians, and no capture of five redoubts and several guns ! Such a de plorable transaction would have obtained a pain ful notoriety, and have been spread far and wide before the departure of the Trent, which left at the date of the alleged MENSCHIKOFF despatch. If anything whatever occurred, it could only have been a mere affair of outposts. It is not impro bable that the statement received from Vienna, to the effect that " the account in the Weiner Zeitung of the English Army having experienced a serious reverse was a gross exaggeration" may be quite correct, and that the true version may be, that " the affair referred to took place near Eupatoria, where the Allies were on the look out for the ad vancing reinforcements of the Russians, and that the British cavalry was attacked, but the French advanced to its assistance, and the Russians re treated." Considering the MENSCHIKOFF tendency to " mAlce mountains of molehills " when agreeable to the CZAR, or to depress the mountains to mole hills, where the operation can be more acceptable, we should not feel surprised if the trifling skirmish were the sole foundation for the assertion that " Lord CARDIGAN lost half his light cavalry." We have other MENscurKosp accounts given through the Journal de St Petersbourg, the men dacity of some of which is apparent; while others are softened down to the greatest possible extent. Thus we hear " that the Russian loss in killed and wounded at the battle was 4,500." If this admission be doubted, which will make it more in accordance with the accounts we had previously received, it will probably be nearer the truth. The assertion that " on the evening of the 17th ultimo"—the first day of the bombardment— " the English had only two pieces which were capa ble of continuing the firing, and that the French had been silenced earlier," we know to be untrue ; while the admissions that " a powder magazine had exploded," and that " Fort Constantine had been much damaged by the fire of the Fleet," and that " Bastion No. 3 had 33 of its guns dis mounted," only confirm to some extent the intel ligence we had previously received. Under these circumstances we have no reason to be dissatisfied with the course of events; or to complain of anything save the unaccountable taciturnity of the English Government ! How is it that every friend of Poland turns to the Emperor of FRANCE, and not to the Go vernment of Queen VICTORIA ? To him appeal follows appeal, and with a tone of confidence and hope ; while no one thinks it worth while to indite a sentence to the chief adviser of our Queen. We are ashamed as Englishmen to say the truth ; we have not one master mind, and hardly, in the wider sense of the word, a loyal heart, among our governors. As a body they have not entirely got rid of that aristocratic instinct which for long years, ever since 1815, indeed, has turned to Russia, and to European ,despotism generally, as the bulwark of their order. The legitimate, though barbarous, rule of a $' Mighty Czar," and the absolute government of the Qerman monarchs, who continued. abso lute only by gross violation of faith with their subjects, have always been favourably looked upon by our aristocracy. Even Lord Jour; termed the struggle of Hungary for its liberties—a struggle so resembling that of his own nation for its liberties in the time of HAMPDEN— a rebellion ! Were he to be its historian he would, doubtless, borrow a title-page from CLA RENDON, and denominate it " The Great Rebel lion." But this leaning to foreign absolutism on the part of our autocracy is not all. We really have not one statesman equal to the occasion. Lord JOELN is at home enough in the House of Commons and its parties, but he has not a Euro pean mind. He has never pervaded the soul of Europe by a single utterance worthy the constitu ticvnal Minister of the first and freest of European kingdoms. He has been a veritable JAMES the First in respect to continental politics ; and now, unfortunately, he performs second part to a Minister wbo will, if he can, stop the leak in European politics with a peace which will in a few years send all our statesmen to the pumps again. There is but one security for European peace. Every one knows it. Many have boldly spoken out already. We have conscientiously been of the number, and shall still be so ; and that security is a reconstituted Poland. But who cares to appeal for Poland and Europe to Lord ABERDEEN ? He, worthy man, would doubtless say to himself, " Oh, yes, all very good ;—but peace peace ! It would be criminal to fight one day longer than NICHOLAS stands out. Liberated Poland—yes, very desirable ;—a European barrier against Russia,—yes, surely it would be ;—the right of the Poles—no doubt. Ah ! but peace—' give me peace, and Poland must take her chance, and Europe too, till ABERDEEN is out of the political scrapes of this world, and then Europe, and Russia, and Poland may settle it as they bes TOGETHER WITH A LIST OP THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. iZtt ittn. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 185 t A later despatch from Prince MENSCEIKOFF, dated the 27th ultimo, which appeared in our mpres.sion of yesterday, proves the almost total falsehood of the alleged reverses sustained by the French and English forces. Two days after the supposed victory, he announces that nothing im portant had occurred up to the 27th October. Had there been anything that could by any de gree of exaggeration be tortured into a triumph, it would have been expatiated on usque ad nauseam. Vapouring proclamation& would have b een issued by the CZAR, and Te Deums would have resounded through every Russian cathedral. The negative testimony afforded by the despatch of the 27th is, therefore, decisive as to the men dacity of that of the 25th, which was probably a canard got up for Stock Exchange purposes. A " bearish" set off against the " bullish" invention of the capture of Sebastopol, immediately after the battle of Alma. Save those peculiarly interested in depreciating the national securities few would have credited the Russian report, save habitual croakers, who regard everything through a dis torted medium, and revel only in tales of disaster and suffering. We yesterday gave insertion to the statement, as was our duty, but we at the can." same time declared, after explaining the non- Of NAPOLEON 111. some thinkers, at least, hope trustworthy character of the source from whence differently. We have just received the transla it was derived, that our " readers might be- tion of a very able pamphlet written by some lieve or diab - etitetai just as maelt of it aikthey Frenchman,* by many, and on good grounds too, thought propei• ;" and added, " All that we supposed to be- PERSIGNY himself, in which an shall at present say is, Credat Judceus Apella non eys. earnest appeal is made to that remarkable man on The story may do very well for Marines orMuscovites, the necessity of the Western Powers " recognising but we cannot accept it on such doubtful auth e . by a common declaration the leg itintate exist rity." The subsequent IVlENscarmori despatch, ence of the Polish nationality." The pamphlet which arrived just at the time of going to press, is fully deserving the practical attention of the and which appeared in the mast prominent part English public. In France it is probable the of our columns, established the almost total false. EMPEROR needs no impulse from popular feeling. hood of the precediiv statements, and must have He is understood to b e well incli ned to the pro removed a n y apprehensions that might otherwise posal, and he is sure of a cordial response from his h o a" b een exerted amongst the timid or over- ' own people. That generous na ti on is but too credulous. easily carried away by any noble sentiment, and But we to stand forth in history as the heirs t o th e un _ are not t rus ti ng t o mere ly Russian reports. It appears that despatches were yester- happily neglected promise of NAPOLEON I. w ou ld day received by Government up to the 25th ult., arouse all their enthusiasm. Not so here. Our per the Trent steamer, which left the Crimea on people, it is true, are as hearty in the cause of that day, and arrived at Varna on the 26th. Polish emancipation as ever the French can be ; These most and interesting accounts irnportan•G the Lincolnshire farmers cheering Sir John were not fairly given, as they oug h t to have been, T R OLLOPE are proof how universal is the feeling ; but, as we yesterday move, s tated, wer e " suffered to but unless our peop le their rulers will, we leak out through the columns of the favoured fear, be but too glad if they can engulph Polish organ," and that, too , in a mode that settle the could not liberty in w i n t e r negotiations, an d be generally received as authentic, inasmuch as question in far ,ur of the CZAR and slavery before it is not stated whether it was the heads of the the country co npels them to act. War-Office who adopted the course of favouritism We look upon the appearance of this tract in so unblushingly pursued by the Admiralty,' or France as a most favourable circumstance. It whether it was subordinates, who betrayed the shows that political discussion of Poland's claims secrets that came to their knowledge in the routine is i not nterdie' ;d, and that is a strong presumption of their official duties. Whatever may have been in favour of Iv. being acceptable. For ourselves, the mode, however, in which the intelligence may now we are a mar, we dread nothing so much as have been obtained—whether by favouritism or a premature I Ice- Enraged and furious as the fraud—it is equally discreditable to the Minisl;; ;, , CZAR may b e, a le i s 1 ., , nce most savages and mad ,' ' • who abandoned their former pledges, 41- a, men „. et , ,as cu.: , g as he is passionate. Indeed, he s..- aas al.,- ...a -, i to so very objectionable a mode of ll_l*-. ;,•,' _. . -...n fested the qualities of demoniacal them ! \ ,11. rage and the b ases t cunnin ' g m about equal pro- It is stated that "up to the ti' of the depar- portions in the case of Poland, as in every other. Perhaps the knave may get the upper hand of the madman while he is frozen up, and he may at tempt to beguile Europe into diplomatic con ferences, to waste the time of the Allies, to check the ardour of their preparations ; and thus, if he carry on the war through another season, to induce them to begin late and with hasty pre parations, as they did this year. It is dis- I tressing to think how many lives, and how much suffering would have been saved had the Western Powers not twaddled away at Vienna the precious time which ought to have been devoted to getting to Varna and the Crimea whole months earlier. The writer of the pamphlet before us thinks it impossible that a CZAR can bend to peace, not even when St. Peters burg and the Baltic ports ) as well as those of the Black Sea, shall have been dismantled. There are very strong grounds for such an opinion. Not 1 oaly the temper of Czars, but that of the Russian party of which even Czars stand in dread, appears to forbid the supposition ; and we certainly wish that he may hold out till the Allies are compelled to hoist the banner of Polish independence as the indispensable means of European safety. But why should the Allies delay what must ultimately be done, and what can be done most easily and cheaply now we are at work? Let every reader ask himself what has given Russia her position in the eyes of Europe. In herself a bar barian nation and a dreary land, she has converted the border states of civilisation into fig-leaves wherewith to hide her nakedness. Stript of Poland and the Baltic Provinces, she would ap pear the Asiatic and barbarian power she is. What, again, is the source of her power for offence against Europe ? The universal answer is, Poland. Constitute the Poles a free nation, ren der it an outwork against Muscovite barbarism, instead of a high road for Cossacks, and Russian power of aggression on European liberties is anni hilated. By a horrible union of the fox and the bear she contrived to seize and devour the Polish nation, but she could never again repeat her fraud and violence. Half a century of chicanery, op pressions, and cruelty have burnt into the convic tions of all Europe that Czars must be Czars only, and not be allowed to become anything else. Once driven from their stolen territories, they would never be allowed to resume them. The freed coun tries mist first have their own feelings consulted, as to their own Government•and relations to other powers, and they must then be treated as integral parts of the European system, to attack which would be dealt with as high treason against all the other States. We have not yet done with this great subject, nor with the pamphlet referred to either. The latter we commend to the attention of every reader ; and on the minds of all English men we would leave one more thought, this : We began the present war on the ground of national rights, not to gratify military ardour—not for con quest. Lord JOHN had at least the merit of em bodying in a brief prayer the feeling of every Englishman—" GOD defend the right ! " Now, if Turkey ought to be avenged seven times, surely Poland seventy and seven times. The rights of Poland have been outraged beyond all comparison more flagrantly than those of Turkey. Right and justice can never be satisfied till Poland regain rights such as Turkey has never lost. The grounds, therefore, on which this war was commenced are a far stronger moral reason for including Poland in its objects. The political grounds we have shown are equally valid. * Letter to...the Emperor of the French on the Ulan question, aitcrthe re-establishment of the Inde pendence of Poland. James Ridgway, Piccadilly. THE ENVIRONS OF SEVASTOPOL. Another map of this now celebrated and devoted ( city has just issued from the fertile and never ceasing ingenuity of our enterprising Geographer to the Queen, James Wild. This plan embraces the environs, with the batteries, approaches, and clearly-defined positions of the respective bellige rents, French, English, Turkish, and Russian infantry, cavalry, artillery, the several divisions of the armies, head-quarters of Lord Raglan, (Ix. ; to gether with the defences roundßalaklava, the depth of water in the several inlets or bays from Cape Chersonese, to the great harbour itself, within and beyond, indicated in fathoms. Taken altogether, Sevastopol, with its numerous harbours, contains wonderful advantages for both warlike and com mercial purposes ; and we are not surprised that the Russians have endeavoured to turn such a natural stronghold to tile best account. This map of Mr. Wyld's is a decided improvement on all its predecessors. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 2, 1864. LATEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL PARIS, THURSDAY, 8 A.M, The Moniteur states that, according to aocounts from Bucharest of the 30th ult., Sadyk Pasha having marched on the Danube, Gortschakoff had ordered the Russian troops which had not yet crossed the Dniester to take up a position on the Pruth and the Danube. Achmet Pasha had received orders to join Sadyk Pasha with 10,000 men, at the same time that Iskander Bey entered the Dobrudscha. The English steamer Trent, which left Sebas topol on the 25th, arrived at Tama on the even ing of the 26th. The bombardment continued without intermis• sion, and with the greatest vigour. Some batteries had been erected by the besiegers against the gates of the town. The streets of Sebastopol were scull encumbered with the dead and wounded. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1 The following has been received. here : " ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 31.—General Liprandi attacked the enemies' entrenched camp on the 25th. He took four redoubts and eleven cannon. The English cavalry was drive= back, and lost nearly 500 horses. " The same day our fire doutroyed, a French battery before Sebastopol. " The defence was successfully continued. The attack from the sea was not rewewEd." Another despatch of the saxne date is as fo lows : " BERLIN, WEDN4SDAT EVENING, "The Journal de St. Peten3burg publishes an official epitome of the events w hick have recently taken place in the Crimea. Trine, Menschikoff reports the Russian loss in killed and wounded at the Battle of the Alma at 4,500. "On the evening of the 17th Alt., he states, that the English had only two pieces which were capable of continuing the in.ring, and that the French had been silenced' e arlier. " A powder magazine ha,d. exp[oded. Fort Constantine had been much damaged by the fire of the fleet, and Bastion No. 3 had had 33 of its guns dismounted. " Admiral Koiniloff was .dead, and Admira Nachimoff wounded." THE BALTIC FLEET. KEE L, WEDNESDAY, Her Majesty's screw ship Edinburgh, 58, car rying the flag of Rear-Adimairal Cliads, has arrived. The squadron is now compl sate. DENMARK. HAMBUR ( 3-, WEDNESDAY, The King of Denmark has I xoceeded, with his suite, by the Berlin Railway to Reinbeck, tra- vetting by special-train. THE CRIIVEIA. THE RUSSIAN DESIPkTCHES. As we are still without official accounts from the army in East, the Pays, with t view to calm the anxiety which exists in the pul alit mind, attempts to show from the Russian ac counts themselves that the state of affairs in th a Crimea cannot be favourable to the interests of Ru ssia, The Pays says :—" No new cifficial information was received yesterday to enlighten us on the ope rations of the siege of Sebastopci. The despatches of Prince Menschikoff remain th eet the most recent document on the progress of the drama in the Crimea. Whatever may be the jui et distrust inspired by these despatches, several face ts, henceforth in contestable, and all favourable to the allied armies, stand out from the ensemble of n .ews received dur ing the last few days. It is noe v certain that the fire of our batteries was opened a el the 17th, under conditions evidently advantages us, thanks to the precautions taken by the general; s, in the prepara tory works of the siege. It is ce 'rtain that on the 17th very important damage must , have been caused to the enemy, since he avows th, e loss of 500 men, amongst whom is Admiral Kornil off, the hero of the disaster of Sinope. It is certain 16hat the bombard ment continued on the 18th an d following days, and that the effect of it weak, sae): rice the batteries of the Quarantine, to destroy two cluter forts, and to open a first breach on the 21st. Finally, we learn that the French have carried by assault the ceme tery which dominates on the sour th the Bay of the Quarantine, and places our hem quite close to the barracks of ? Sebastopol. Now, , each one of these acts is a great result obtained, :a nd a step towards the object proposed. Every da 3 , , owing to these first successes, the line of action against the town has been drawn closer, and the fir . e of our batteries rendered more efficacious and n iore destructive. Surprise is expressed at the inacti on w hi c h th e l as t despatches ascribe to our fleets. This inaction is the most decisive testimony to the success of our arms. If the attack has b een discontinued by sea, it can only be because out fl ee t s h ave d one was expected from th en I. And, in po i nt of is to them that ; be ascribed the all ftahoatt, it silence imposed on the batteries a ,f the Quarantine, a silence which has probably ren: dered useless any new attack by sea. We affirm, with all compe tent men, that when in five days such acts have been accomplished, it may be sa: id that the siege advances with very great activit r and with great energy. To satisfy ourselves of i his, we need only call to mind the famous sieges of military history, which, almost all, required enti re months before attaining the point at which ouu r troops have al ready arrived. It is sufficient to cite the long and ineffective works executed by the Russians under Silistria,whete a handful at soldiers defended walls much less strong than the ise of Sebastopol. It is true that a noble sentiment of national pride causes us to consider nothing bey and the force and bravery of our heroic army ; b ut in demanding from it the marvels of which it has at all times been prodigal, we must not forgt .t the difficulties it meets with, and we must admit a the promptitude with which it has lip to this day surmounted the moat redoubtable obstacles. Seta stopol is defended by a veritable army, which hi the courage of fanaticism and despair. This az my will not capi tulate without an energetic cos filet ; it will at tempt unexampled efforts to sti 3p our victorious troops ; the besiegers are not on ly exposed to the shot and shell of 400 pieces of • cannon which are on the walls of the Russian fortress, but also to the sorties of the besieged, and ps rhaps to the at tacks of the army of Prince Mi3nschikoff. They are thus engaged both in a siege and in a battle ; and the combat will have necessarily its incidents and vicissitudes. But up to this day, thanks to God, who protects just causes, wle must admit that 'the results are in our favour, an d that in the ex• cellent situation of the allied forces, their defini tive triumph cannot be doubtful." THE ALLIES AND THE RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS. The same journal, in a second a:rticle says :—"We received last evening two telegraphic despatches, which we publish under all reserve, because they are of Russian origin —one announces that certain vessels of the allied fleets have been damaged, the other that the !reinforcements commanded by General Liprandi have obtained a slight advantage in an entrenched camp of the English. Evidently this news, of which the Russian General no doubt exaggerates the importance, requires con firmation. But, after all, the arrival of reinforce ments expected by Prince Menschikoff is probable, and the different chances of the war render possi ble a partial advantage on an isolated point. But is that a reason for feeling astonishment or alarm ? The reinforcements of General Liprandi cannot ex ceed 30,000 men ; but we have under the walls of Sebastopol 120,000 combatants, who can measure themselves without fear against any force which may offer them battle. As to the town, it is cer- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. I. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday. The Beligian Minister, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Rev. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, and the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following selection : Overture, Op. 101 Selection, "Rigoletto" Waltz Selection, "Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Galep Kuhner. The Queen's Private Band afterwards attended in the Castle, and played the following pieces : Overture, "Les Diamans de la Conroane" Anber. Solo (violin), M. Sainton Andante and Rondo Marion Walzer Strauss. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The Countess of Gainsberough has succeeded the Countess of Desart as Lady in Waiting. Major-General Buckley has succeeded Lord A. Paget as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain Du Plat has relieved Colonel F. H. Seymour, the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince. The whole of the visiting company left the Castle this forenoon. Lord John Russell returned to his residence in Rich mond-parp yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Sir Benjamin Hall had an interview with the Earl ef, Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Sirdar Goolaub Khan, Bahadoor, and Hakeem Abdool Nubbee Khan Bahadoor, Aides-de-Camp of the Maharajah Nurrender Sing Mahinder Bahadoor of Put tialah, in the nerth-west provinces of India, attended by their interpreter, Aller Moodee Ahamad, paid a visit of ceremony yesterday, accompanied by Mr. C. R. Thomp son, to the Chairman of the East India Company, at the India House. The Sirdar and Hakeem arrived by the last steamer from India, attended by a small native retinue, to make preparations for the arrival on an early visit to the British Court of their Prince, the Maharajah, who has already arrived at Calcutta, which he is expected to leave for London by the steamer of December. Despatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of the West India colonies, were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent last evening for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle has recently con sented to be named a vice president of the Weekly Tract Society. Lord Southampton has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Whittlebury-lodge, Northamptonshire. The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert returned to Belgrave-square yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Captain Leyland and Mrs. and Miss Leyland have left the Clarendon Hotel, for Brighton. It is reported that the Duke of Devonshire has kindly sent 2501. to the Russian prisoners at Lewes, and that the Czar has forwarded 1,0001. to the officers who are on parole in that loeality. It is thought likely that General E. San Miguel or General Infante will be elected president of the Con stituent Cortes. BATTLE OF THE ALMA.—An officer of the Guards, describing the battle of the Alma, says, " though on horseback, my cocked hat and clothes were sprinkled all over with blood." CONSECRATION OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF SALFORD, OXFORDSHIRE.—On Monday last the B►shop . of Oxford consecrated this church, which has been rebuilt, with the addition of a new aisle. Twenty-four Sisters of Charity have just taken their departure in the Lycurgue, from Marseilles, for Alex andria. The cholera has broken out at Worcester, and several persons have died from the disease. tain that it will resist with energy ; but at the point to which the siege has been brought, with one open breach, and two forts already reduced to silence, its surrender is only a question of time." PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 28th ult. has the following :—" According to letters from Varna of the 19th the Austrian merchant vessels Ban Jel lachich, Timm), and Adelina have entered Odessa. The captains of these vessels state that all the coast was closely blockaded, but it was notwithstanding reported that a Russian steamer had anchored at the mouth of the Kilia, and had cannonaded two Turk ish vessels laden with coal. The three Austrian vessels were on the 17th and 18th off Sebastopol, and they bring some news relative to the bombard ment. The fire of 400 pieces of artillery continued uninterruptedly for 12 hours, and was only directed against the batteries placed above the Quarantine port. On the 18th the fire was not renewed on that point, as the most advanced redoubts of the Russians were evacuated in the night of the 17th, and the Rus sians had withdrawn behind their stoneworks. The construction of the breaching batteries commenced on the 18th. On the same day, some officers of the marine artillery took lip a position with 5,000 sailors and marines and a body of rocket men, on the Plateau of Chersonesus, from whence they would take part in the bombardment of the works of the Quarantine port. From other accounts from Sebas topol, it appears that the 17th was marked not only by the commencement of the bombardment, but also by a combat which is said to have taken place under the walls of Sebastopol, on the heights be tween the church of St. "Vladimir and the cemetery. The contest was very sanguinary and terminated in favour of the Allies. It was in this combat that Admiral Korniloff is said to have fallen. Accord ing to other accounts from the Crimea of the 20th the principal operations of the Allies have taken place on their left wing, and are directed against the entrenchments of the cemetery. That is the weakest part of the town." The correspondent of the Austrian Lloyd satis factorily explains why so little is known of what is going on in the Crimea. When the vessels arrive with supplies for the army,:not a man of their crews is allowed to go on shore. The goods, after they have been purchased at enormous prices, are re moved, and the merchant vessels are obli g ed to quit the coast immediately. No one can land without a special order from Gen. Canrobert, and not a man can boast of having been able to procure one. The same writer tells us that the French batteries at Cape Chersonese have made a breach in the town wall, but this cannot be correct, as the place in question is fully six English miles from Sebastopol. A confusion is probably made between Cape Cher sonese and the ruins of Cherson. We are assured that it took 200 men half a day to get each gun to the spot where it was to be placed. A letter from Vienna, received this morning, says :—" It was reported at Constantinople on the 20th that 1,800 Russians, who (with six guns) had made a sortie, had left 600 men on the field. The deserters relate that the besieged suffer much for want of water. Every morning women and chil dren came outside the walls of the city to fetch water from the welis, and are permitted by the besiegers to return without molestation." The Malta Times, of the 24th ult., states, from the Crimea, that the principal dragoman (a Greek) of Lord Raglan has been detected in sending to Russia information of the proceedings of the Allied armies, and been sent to Constantinople to be tried. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 20th ultimo, in tho Wanderer of Vienna, says :—" Wounded men are arriving here continually ; proving that some sharp fighting must have been going on at the advance posts before Sebastopol. It is said that the French frigate, the Roland, has received orders to in troduce 2 gun-boats into the Quarantine-port. The frigate entered there, with full steam up, under the enemy's fire, without being damaged, took up a strong position there, and did much damage to the enemy. The Turkish reinforcements from this place arrived at Balaklava, on the 13th and 14th. It is said that the Poles who have arrived in French vessels and been carried to Varna, are to be placed under the command of a French officer." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 18th ult., in the Press of Vienna, says :—" Count Nesselrode had yesterday a long confidential conversation with the Czar at Gatchina, and shortly after a courier was despatched to the Russian ambassador at Berlin, with instructions as to his conduct in the attempts made to bring about a better understand ing between Prussia and Austria. The Russian Cabinet in this note by no means seems inclined to make co: cessions, declaring that it desires to follow in every circumstance the policy which it has hitherto followed in the Eastern affair ; if even Sebastopol were to fall, and the Crimea to be lost, Russia will not yield the slightest portion of the rights which are insured to her by treaties in the East. Russia, the note declares, is the most powerful State in the East, and will re main so in spite of every check ; she has not yet brought forward her principal forces, and the Western Powers have no cainie for triumph. The Russian Ambassador at Berlin is to read this, despatch to M. de Manteuffel, but without leaving him a copy. It is said that the Czar has himself strengthened some passages of the despatch drawn up by M. de Nesselrode, which did not appear to him energetic enough. The troops of the station of the White Sea arrived here this day ; they are to remain here a week, and will then take their departure for thelsouth. A letter from Kalisch, dated the 26th ult., in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that the report of the march of the Russian Imperial Guard having been countermanded is unfounded. Part only of the Guard goes to the Kingdom of Poland ; the other part will be distribute,4 in Lithuania. ARRIVAL OF ARCR'BISHOP INNOCENCE AT ODI.';SSA. The Lloyd of the 28th hos received letters from Odessa, which state that tilt' , Archbishop " Inno cence" has returned from Sebastopol, to which he had gone for the purpose a animating the soldiers to the combat. Since Odessa was built there never has been so many troops collected in it as now. No regiment, however, ever made so great a sensation as one that has just marched through, that of the Ural Cossacks, with their long beards and wild -looking faces. Their presence did not seem to add. much to the security of the city, and there were not a few stories rife of certain appropriations unlaw fully made by these sons of the desert in the immediate neighbourhood. THE WEATHER IN THE BLACK SEA. The Soldier's Friend of Vienna, of the 27th ult., says :—" The bad weather which is so much dreaded by merchant vessels in the Black &us, has unfortunately commenced, and renders more diffi cult the communications between Constantin ogle, Varna, and the Crimea. The allies appear, how ever, to have foreseen these difficulties ; they have provisions for six weeks for 100,000 men, and, are constantly receiving 'reinforcements. Up to this time 20,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, and 2, 000 engineers have left. Two detachments from. the Piraeus and other forces, amounting to 12,000 men, are expected in the Bosphorus, and will form the reserve of the Black Sea expedition. The following extract is from the St. Peterslburg Court Journal, given in a letter from that place by the correspondent of the Berlin National " We must fight England, because she alone, .and not France, is the focus and support of all rev tiolu tionary principles. It is not Russia, but Engle Lnd, who, imbued to the core with mercantili treads under foot humanity and the rights of n len. It is Russia's mission to protect Europe from -the torrents of the West. As formerly the stream flowed from East to West—now the reverse is the case. No matter how the causes for the war; may be regarded, that between Russia and Turke, y is founded on religious grounds. Through the polic yof the Western Powers the war has, however, assun 3 ed the character of a struggle between Conservatism 24; nd Communist revolution. Only one path is open to it he Emperor—that of right and honour. He will d here to his word not to make conquests, but at ti ie same time it is his mission to restore Russian e ponderance ' on the Bosphorus, because that is a b solutely requisite for the development (!) of Run a, and the re-establishment of order." This is letting the cat out of the bag with a y ®. n aeance. - _ _ It is Russia's holy duty to establish and con. o- lidate the dominion Of Christianity on the Bosph.4 9- rus. Finally, the Emperor, as the strong rock an d defender of Europe, has to fulfil the lofty missio: 11 of consolidating European conservatism." PRUSSIA: BERLIN, Oct. 30.—1 t is generally asserted th a , t the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers have come tols: understanding with this Government, and that tI i e latter has assented, under certain reserves al conditions, to adopt the Austrian point of view. A letter from Berlin of the 29th ult., in t h e Hanover Gazette, states that the reply of Austi a to the last note of the Prussian Cabinet gives, » account of its conciliatory language, some satisfa o - tiou to the latter ; but that this fact lased all bill= ' ante, as Austria persists in demanding from the Diet co-operation not only in the event of the Austrian territory being :.ttacked by Russia ' but also against attack by Russia in th e Principalities of the Danube. Another letter says :—" It is remarked here that the tone assumed by the Prussian Cabinet towards France and its envoy at this place is much softened of late, and that endeavours are made, by means .f little attentions and greater appearance of approach mont, if not of cordiality, to produce favourable impressions. Recently, for instance, the Minister- President honoured M. de Moustier with a per sonal visit—a somewhat unusual occurrence. The object of these courteous proceedings is self-evi dent. But whether they be calculated to produce the desired effect either upon the French envoy here, or upon his Government, is very problemati cal." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 28. M. von der Pfordten is expected to arrive here this evening from Berlin. M. von Beust, we are told, will not accompa n y th e B avar i an Prime Minister hither—an arrangement which will doubt less be found perfectly convenient. Some people, who pretend to be well informed, say that Prussia has agreed to send, jointly with Austria, another final summons to St. Petersburg. On the other hand, it is said that M. von der Pfordten has posi tively done some good at Berlin, and that the practical and probable result of his endeavours will be that Prussia and the Germanic Confedera tion will agree with Austria to add a supplementary article to the treaty of the 20th of April, which will satisfy the Vienna Cabinet, if it embrace, as we hope it will, an irrevocable pledge as regards the " four points," and something to boot. In a day or two I hope to be able to give you further information hereon. At this moment (six p.m.) I learn that Prince Gortschakoff has received intelligence from the Crimea, to the effect that early on the morning of the 19th the second French division of infantry stormed and gained possession of the cemetery im mediately outside the town of Sebastopol. Further particulars I know not. - The Ost Deutsche Post (which journal preceded its contemporaries in the publication of the Aus trian note of the 30th September, addressed to the Cabinet of Berlin) has to-day a rather remarkable article, which represents the actual position of the Austrian Cabinet with much clearness. The writer says that two courses are open to Austria in taking a share in the satisfactory solution of the Oriental question. The first would be an alliance with the Western Powers ; and this would be the easiest and most inviting course. The second con sists in a general and sincere understanding with all Germany ; and this is the course that Austria would willingly have taken, as one prescribed to her by her regard for Germany and German interests, which she has ever defended, being convinced that if she entered into a war with Russia, with out a previous understanding with Germany, the latter could not hope to maintain a strict neutra lity. _ _ The Austrian Correspondence has the following telegraphic despatch : "FLORENCE, Oct. 25.—1 n accordance with a grand ducal decree, of the 21st inst., the seduction of the soldiers belonging to the Tuscan and Aus trian auxiliaries by civilians will be punished by from three months' to three years' imprisonment in times of peace, and in war time by from four to six years' imprisonment ; and intending deserters to the enemy will be shot." THE BALTIC. HAMBURGH, Oct. 28.—Letters of the 20th from Revel state that the English men-of-war, 14 in number, all screws, namely-2 three-deckers, and 10 two-deckers, with 2 frigates, had left that day the Gulf of Finland, thus rendering the communi cation free between the different Russian ports in that sea. The merchants of Riga, Revel, and other Russian maritime towns, intended celebrating the departure of our ships by a fete ; the rejoicings were to be public. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 25.—''his evening the great banquet was given to the Danish Parliament (both the Upper and the Lower House) by the citizens of Copenhagen. About 300 persons sat down to din ner, the largest number the hall could possibly hold. The toast for " the Parliament of the Danish kingdom" was repeated two or three times, with three times three each time. Other toasts were, " The Speakers of the two Houses ;" then for each Speaker separately ; the mover of the ad dress to the King (Professor Hall) ; the mover of the impeachment (Tutein) ; the ' Kernel of the People" (referring to an expression in the last pro clamation); the " First of December" (the election day for the new Parliament) ; the members dis missed from their offices for voting against the Ca binet (Lieutenant-Colonel Andrie, Professor Hall, Bishop Monrad, and Captain Schovelin) ; and many others. The stirrup-toast was the thanks to the citizens. Among the speakers may be mentioned Brix, H. Hage, J. A. Hansen, Rev. Mr. Moller, Monrad, Ploug, Rimestad, and Rotwitt. Several songs, written for the occasion, by Hostrup, Ploug, and Prothe, were sung by the whole assembly. That by Ploug was a splendid composition, and was, in whole or in part, again and again repeated, under an endless jubilation. The last verse is " My fatherland, my lovely home, now bowed by ad verse times, soon shalt thou emerge again, the jewel of thy glory rescued ! Never again shalt thou become a slave, and , suffer beneath the lash of the stranger. If thy freedom is stolen from thee, thou shalt take it back again !" FRANCE. PARIS, Wednesday Evening.—This being All Saints'-day, it is observed as a close holiday at the Bourse and public offices. The Emperor and Empress have postponed their visit to Compiegne till after the arrival of some definitive news from the Crimea. Yesterday they went to Versailles, where they inspected the alterations recently made in the museums. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here to-day : " MADRID, Oct. 29.—The Queen has received the officers of themilitia, who accepted rather coldly the words of her Majesty, by which she informed them that she reckoned on them to maintain order. At General Espartero's, where the officers after ' wards went, the reception was enthusiastic. They were not received by General O'Donnell." A private letter from Berlin states that there is reason to suspect that the real object of M. Pford ten's mission is to throw obstacles in the way of a reconciliation between Austria and Prussia, and pre vent the Diet from acceding to the demands of the former Power, with reference to Russia. The letter continues to say that whilst the Bavarian people are generally anti-Russian, the Court of Munich is quite as Russian, if not more so, than that of Berlin. Letters from Toulon, dated yesterday, speak of the naval preparations there for the embarkation of reinforcements for the army of the East as being on a vast scale. There are three ships of the line, one sailing frigate, and several steamers ready to receive more than 4,000 troops, and convey them to the Crimea. There are two regiments ready to embark, which have been perfectly drilled during their stay in that fortress. SPAIN. The. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Clamor Publico says that negotiations for a custom union between Spain and Portugal have far advanced, and that a bill on the subject is to be presented to the Cortes. The same journal says :—" France, like England, and in accord with her, is to send a strong squadron to Cuba, to pro tect it, if necessary, from any attack on Cuba by the United States." The new civil governor of Barcelona had, on taking possession of his office, issued a proclamation, exhorting the inhabitants to preserve order, to labour to put an end to discus sions, and to encourage trade. GREECE. A letter from Athens, 17th ult., in the Monileur, says The municipality of the Piraeus yesterday gave a banquet to Gen. Magran, and the superior officers of the French division. All the minis ters of his Hellenic Majesty, Admiral de Tinan, and his officers, and MM. Wyse and Forth-Rouen were present. The utmost cordiality prevailed. The Mayor of the Pincus proposed the health of General Magran, and thanked him in the name of his fellow-citizens for his noble conduct and that of his troops since their arrival in Greece. General Kalergi, Minister of War, proposed as a toast the success of our arms in the Crimea." ITALY. " A letter from C ivita Vecch ia , 24 th tilt., in the lifiteer, r' says ;_ The Eclair eur , G overnment te w hich had been sent t o N aples by the French Government, to take oil board th e mor t a l remains s teamer, of the Princess Zenalde Bonaparte, arrived here yesterday. According to the direc tions of the French Ambassador, seconded with the greatest eagerness by the Pontifical authorities, the body was immediately carried to a Chapelle Ardente, in the cathedral, with all the honours due to the rank of the illustrious deceased. The body will remain there until the arrival of Prince Joseph, who is every hour expected from Spoleta, and who is to accompany the ,mortal remain?, of his august mother to Rome in the French steamer Tibre." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. I.—The election for the Town Council of this city commenced this morning. The Liberals have triumphed, notwithstanding the efforts of the clerical and Conservative party. The election is th e more important, that it has taken place almost on the eve of the opening of Parlia ment, fixed for the 7th instant. The candidates elected belong to the so-called " Liberal constitu tional party." Up to the time of going to post, the result of the elections at Antwerp' had not tran spired, but there are grounds for believing that the Liberals will also triumph in that city. MISCELLANEOUS. A leiter from Athens, 15th, says :—" Brigand age is increasing in an alarming degree in Beotia half way between this city and Thebes. A band of 25 robbers lately attacked the inhabitants of a village, and three of the latter and one of the for mer were killed in the contest. Kyriakos, the rob ber chief, and some of his followers, on the 2d inst., carried off in the open day, the son of an inhabi tant of Laurie, named Selivaniotis, and also the son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Zoras, and took them to their haunts, where they keep them de manding a very large ransom for their deliverance. On the 6th, a band entered a monastery at a short distance from Athens, and tortured one of the monks who refused to give up the money of the establishment ; and on the following day another party of them attacked and robbed a number of travellers." A letter from Berlin, 27th, states that, by order of the military authorities, an experiment was re cently made for employing the electric telegraph in the open country, by connecting it to existing telegraphic lines. The result showed the extra ordinary rapidity with which the junction may be effected. Ten men, in the spate of two hours, established the telegraphic wire in the open country for the distance of a Prussian mile (nearly 4 miles and three-quarters English), and in five minutes after a despatch was transmitted to Brussels and Vienna. We read the following in the Official Milan. Gazette of the 22d ult. : " There are people who have got so accustomed to the political forms of 1815, that they cannot admit the possibility of any change in the relations between state and state. But it must be kept in mind that the policy which was then adopted was one of conservatism. The policy now followed by Austria is but the continuation of it, and if she happens to be is opposition with one of the states which took a conspicuous part in the alliance at that period, it is because that state has not be en faithful to its principles. Austria has not changed ; she does not change the fundamental principles of her policy. Russia alone has changed hers ; hence the difference between the views of these powers.' A letter from Rome in the Parlamento of Turin of the 29th ult., contradicts the rumour of a depar ture of some of the French troops of the garrison of Rome. for the East. The Giornale di Roma of the 27th ult., contradicts the statement made by the Ami de la Religion, to the effect that there was shortly to be a meeting of bishops in the Eternal. City. Monsignor Paolo Paolini, President of the Tri bunal of the Sacra Consulta at Rome, expired on the 21st ult. The Frankfort Post Zeitung thus satisfactorily accounts for the apparent slowness of the opera tions against Sebastopol. The Allies were obliged to fortify themselves against the besieged and against the army at Bakshiserai. In order that a sortie in force shall have no chance of success, re doubts and entrenchments have been constructed behind the batteries, in short regular lines of eir cumvallation have been formed as well towards the city as towards the west. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Candia, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails brought up inside Calshot Castle at an early hour this morning, the fog being too dense to permit her coming up the river. Her mails reached this port per Isle of Wight steam boat, and were forwarded to London by the seven o'clock train. The dates of the Candia are Alexandria Oct. 20, Malta 24, and Gibralta. 28. She has on board 111 passengers, including 39 privates of the Royal Artillery from Malta. Her freight consists of 48 packages of specie, and the usual cargo. At Malta there were two French steamers and two French vessels with troops and horses bound for the East. In lat. 41 50, long. 9 30, the Candia spoke the Cunard steam-transport Jura, with loss of bow sprit. THE CONDUCT OF M. SOUL_FI. The Constitutionnel has the following with re ference to the conduct of Mr. Soule : " There is no nation which seems better calcu lated than the United States for living in good in telligence with France. The friendly feeling, so natural between the two countries, showed itself from the very commencement of the American Union. It was then commanded by interests, as it is now commanded by i n t eres t s and traditions ; for the direction which th e o ld F rench monarchy had given was followed by succeeding Governments, and if there was any n ame th a t cou l d revive these reminiscences in America, it is assuredly that of the Sovereign who now governs France. The first Empire practised towards the United States, with the amplitude of ideas which was peculiar to it, a policy which has been always considered at this side of the Atlantic as one of the essential points of our system of alliance. The principle of appealing to the nation, and of universal voting which the new dynasty has taken for its starting-point, could only have for consequence to draw closer together the two countries, in spite of the difference of form which exists between the two Governments. If the interests at present at stake in the world be ex amined closely, everything concurs to demonstrate how much that good understanding was indicated in advance. The principles which the Government of the Emperor defends are such as speak to the mind of a free nation and greatly excite its sym . pithy. It is for the political independence of go vernments, it is for liberty of conscience menaced by an audacious aspiration after universal dominion, that France has taken up arms ; and whilst she is defending, on land ideas so much in harmony with those which constitute the basis of American civi lisation, she has taken care that the principles of maritime liberty, so dear to the great transatlantic nation, should be from the very outset of hostilities shielded from the vicissitudes to which neutrals were accustomed for a century. These considera tions, of the very highest political and moral or der, joined to the powerful material interests which unite the two countries, between which such important and extensive commercial trans actions are daily going on, should, we repeat establish between them a si ncere reciprocity of good relations ; and, in consequence, it is with a regret mingled with surprise that we have seen . a series of facts and i nc id en t s t a ki ng p l ace which would seem to present another character. With the exception of Russia, the Government of the Emperor keeps up the best relations with all the governments of the Old and New World. How ever, in a foreign courea difference takes place be tween a diplomatic agent and a representative of France ; and that agent, not content with having originated that difference, altogether of a personal nature, seems to do all he can by his demeanour and his language to transform it into a political conflict. Who is that agent ?An American minis ter. In the New World, the privileges of our con sular flag, although founded on a recent treaty, are disregarded. Which i s th e country where our in ternational right has been thus infringed ? A state of the American Union. Our navy is everywhere respected. There is, however, a roadsted in which a handful of an arc h ica l refugees have seized on the occasion of th e presence of our sailors to organise with impunity a demagogical masquerade ; and that roadsted is that of au American town. Facts of this nature, if multiplied, would accord but little with the traditions of friendship and the com munity of p r i nc i p l es an d i n t eres ts which exists be tween the two nations, and which seem to force themselves as a duty on the two . Governments. But it is evid en tly i m p oss ible to see in these incidents anything else than the work of some mischief makers, whose acts are in d isaccord with the inten tions of the American Cabinet and nation. Whilst deploring them, we feel full confidence that they will remain in the state of purely individual acts, and we k now i n advance that the Un ion , a l ways animated towards France with a symp a thy w hi c h is reciprocal, o on l, and which will soon be o f a century's duration both sides, declines the res po ns ibilit y of incidents with which it has remained altogeth er rca unconnected." The annexed memorandum is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders :—" The committee save received advises from Mr. Rickards, dated Mexico, the 3d ult., on routine matters, but containing nothing of interest. There is no remittance from Tampico by this packet, owing to the continued scarcity of hard dollars. From Vera Cruz the packet brings $12,000 to Colonel Faoio for the dividend fund," .~