The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-15 00:00:00

~~- r' AND Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 604 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates MONEY MARK ET MIMEROIAL INTELLIGENCE% CITY, Two o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market closed flatly, with prices of all kinds tending downwards. The sales comprised 130 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 6id., 600 Egyptian at sid. to Btd., 800 Surat at 3id. to 4d., and the remainder American. Railway Shares continue very depressed. The public sales of wool have closed, and the prices are above those of August by about 5 per cent. There have been 59,471 bales of all sorts put up. Three or four largo firms at Bergen, in Norway, have suspended payment. Still the condition of the corn trade excites at tention and solicitude, nor need we feel surprised at this when we look at the high prices current. The prospects of a supply from the United States are undoubtedly more satisfactory, although it is positively affirmed at the same time that the grain, having to come from the interior, will only be brought forward under the stimulus of high prices. The Bankers' Circular, in an article upon this sub ject, has the following remarks : "It has been said that large purchases have been made abroad for future delivery ; but we very much doubt whether any considerable quantity can reach the English markets before the early part of the coming spring. If we had been at peace with Russia, we should probably have received as much from that quarter as in 1853 ; but the war, in addition to the consumption of old stocks on hand, and the diminished supplies from other countries which have hitherto supplied us with considerable quantities, constitutes the principal obstacle to any material reduc tion in the price of wheat on this side of Christmas. Calculations have been made by per,ons who have gone so far as to state that largo quantities will be exported to this country from France and Belgium ; but such estimates appear to be wholly destitute of any accurate kndwledge of the result of the last harvest in those countries. There is, however, one fact by no moans of an insignificant cha racter, which may be deduced from the contradictory esti mates which appear in print upon this vital subject, that we are still without the statistical information necessary to come to any accurate conclusion about the agricultural pro duce of the country. The following extract from the circu lar of Messrs. Sturge, of Birmingham, of November, shows that their opinions upon supplies and prices are almost identical with those which we have expressed since the termination of harvest : 16 16t St. 193 " ' Since the commencement of last month we have had a further advance of from 16s. tolBs. per quarter oa wheat making fully 265. per quarter upon the lowest price since harvest. This has occurred not only with an almost entire absence of speculation oki_the part of every one connected with the trade, but wit larger delivery than usual from the growers. It is very ilatural that such high prices, im mediately after a very - tand productive harvest, should create surprise and even diecOntent in the minds of those who do not examine closely cause and effect. " `The average price of wheat iu 1849, 50, 51, and 52 was 41s. ld. per quarter, and had not the deficient harvest of 1853 exhausted the old stocks, the crop of this year would, supposing peace had continued, have justified an expectation of a return to these prices, bat so little old wheat remained in any of the consuming countries of Europe, that, under any circumstances, the price would probably not have ranged b e low 50s. during the ensuing :winter. The war with Russia has, however, placed us in an entirely new position with regard to the supplies of foreign wheat. If France and the United States had as much to spare this year as in some former seasons, this might not have so soon been felt by the people of England ; but as the stocks in these countries were quite as much exhausted as oar own, and their crops not so abundant, the former has imported from this country, and the latter will not send us even a limited supply, except at high prices. The sudden cessation of all imports from our chief source of supply has therefore rendered us at once almost entirely dependent upon our home growth.' " A/ 261 St. 25 25 50 It should be stated in qualification of any uneasi ness that may be felt, that the estimate of high authorities leads to more favourable conclusions than would have otherwise been entertained. Mr. Caird estimates our wheat crop at 16,i50,000 qrs., and the annual consumption of the United Kingdom being only 18,000,000 qrs., there is no great quan tity needed. The bareness of old stocks, he never theless thinks, will cause prices to rule compara tively high, although the country is in a much safer position in regard to its supply than at this tome last year. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders received this morning letters from Mr. Giro, their special commissioner at Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 30th, and Oct. 3d, from which it appears that no answer had then been given to the letter of the British Consul on the subject of the Foreign Debt. The Bank of Buenos Ayres is to have a new orga nisation, so as to make its action and operation in dependent of the Government, in discussing which, in the Legislative Chamber, the Finance Minister incidentally alluded to the Foreign Debt, stating that he would soon lay before the chamber the correspondence that had taken place on this matter, and that it would become necessary to think about it. St. 10 St. 25 This is "pay day" in the English Stock Market, and the quotations are affected still by the settle ment, being - very depressed. The account appears to have been decidedly bullish, and the absence of real buyers, with an increased demand for money among the speculators and dealers, has, in conjunc . tion with the suspense concerning our position at Sebastopol, had temporarily a greater effect than might havebeenothervrisethe case. Consols have been 92k to 92A for transfer, and 92k to 92g for account, the 'present rates being about 924 The " con tango" is about f per cent. Generally the dif ferences are being well met. The New Three per Cents, have been 90i to 91k, Exchequer Bills are 3s to 75., and India Bonds 9a. to 12s. premium. In foreign securities the transactions have been mostly at lower values. Grenada have been at 15, Equador at 3f, Mexican at 21k, and Peruvian at 65 to 66 for the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and at 47 for the Three per Cents ; Spanish New De ferred Stock has realised 18i ; Turkish Scrip hs.s been at 4 to 4i discount for money, and at 31. to 4 discount for account ; Dutch Four per Centn. have been 90A. The following are the nominal prices of foreign. stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i to 5i ; Mexi can, 21.1 1 to 21i ; Peruvian, 65 to 67 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 46 to 48 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97.; ditto, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 18g ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 5i to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 5. The Railway Share Market has been flatter, the account being in course of adjustment. Shares have been carried over either without charge or at a small rate of interest. The North Western have declined about per cent., and. the Midland, South-Eastern, and one or two others in the same proportion. Caledonian are higher, and Great Northern very good. The Foreign lines have been dull at barely previous rates. Mines are lower, especially Waller, the Joint Stock Banks aro in favour of buyers, and also the Land and Crystal Palace Shares. 20 20 50 20 1.7 1 20 20 20 100 20 25 25 25 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (Frond, the Official List. ) Business done &per Cont. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 92g i 4 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, under £lOOO l2 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2id. £l.000 1100 &nal , Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 65 6 7 Ditto 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent .... ...... 88i i Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 4ifid Ditto for the Account 3i 4 3 41 d Dividends on the above payable in London. - - - ' TII_FLEE 0 CLOCIC Consols 92 i Ditto, A coon nt ............ .... ..... PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Ad. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.141. and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.07 i, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Ham burg, the price of gold is 4241 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10id. per ounce for stan dard gold, gives an exchange of 13.4 i ; and, the ex change at Hamburg on London at short being 13 . 8 a, i t follow s th a t go ld is 0.59 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. Tux SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOOIETT.—We have been much gratified at learning that the Emperor of Austria, in consideration of the services rendered to Austrian seamen by the Seamen's Hospital for all Nations, has been pleased to present to the socie t y , through the Consul-General in Loudon, a donation of one hundred Pounds. This assistance is described as being peculiarly acceptable at the present time, as the greatly enhanced cost of provisions, the large increase in the average number of patients, and the expense of maintaining a separate ship for cholera patients, have caused a heavy excess of expenditure over income. The recant altera tions i n the Meren,ntlie Marine Lill' having,,deprived this nval uabl e inititutinn already of no less than 1,150/. per annum, and p rov i ded for an additional loss of 5501. p er annume after 1857, th e comm itt e e are obliged to seek for more extended supp or t f rom th e p u blic to enable them to r carry on the beneyolent designs of the charity. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 20 --; 21 4i - 4 ••• -- ••• 8 - 8i 113 10 d 17 18 6i 5i ••• - ••• 95 - 97 59 -59 i 13 - 11 10 - 12 • • ...... • • . 4 6 - - 2 (. i 61 -7, 15 - 16 11 -11 i 32 - 34 22 - 24 69 - 71 54 - 55 20~ - 2'? 89 - 90 74 - 76 124 - 126 89 - 91. 691 7oi 68 - 70 78 -- 82 8 -10 u 8 -- 10 70i -- 714 5i -- 5B 104 105 99A 100 A d par t d par 1 d 79A 1.,0A 10A 911 9 8 ‘• - 23 681 - 42 Via, 2 91 - li -- 76 6 d 3id 144 -- 52 55 1 p Ax , 4h 7 P ••• - 33 - - 62 - Si - 47 to i d - 37 - 3i 19 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1854. RAILWAY,. all 3i 8 2s. Aberdeen........ • Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junet Belfast S.; Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh do Cheshire Juliet. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 225 Cons. Do., £20............ .. Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45 ) Bristol and Exeter.- Caledonian ............ . Carmarthen and Car digan Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black - , & Pam. Cornwall Crieff Junction DublindtßelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do.; New A East Lancashire Edinburgh&Glasgow and Edin. Pr th & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock rt. Sth. &West.(lre.;, 'Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blacksval Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loral. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Do. Eighths London andS. Westu I Do., £5(.1 Do., £49 (ida drry & Coleraine imdndrry. & Ennisk • 'fancli.Shcf.& Lincln )0., Man. & Lin. Un • Aidland Birmu g. & Derby Nlidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmkt.Bury Exton. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd N e wry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northu.Connties North British ..„ ..... North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., 6 A Deferred Do., 6 B Guarantee ,, N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Furth. Do. Le:ids Do. York North London Do. New £lO.. N .StS.Wstrn. Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western._ N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth icottish Central Scottish Midland ihrewsby. Qa fierefil Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,&, paid up at per con south Dovou South Eastern South Wales . 4. Yrksh. Do '3'tainer4,Wok &Wol, •tockton & Darling. Stockton & rat' Vale . Do. £lO sharos ' Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Valo of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterforrld:Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Pala m West London I Wimbledn & Croydoi. FOR Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of Canada.i. is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantis do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Crt.Western of Cana& Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. all all 11 all .Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. d; RY• Namur & Liege (with interest) _ Do. (ox interest) Northern of Franco D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. e. & rod. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr. (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs Norweg,ianTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen._ ParisCaen Is Cherbrg, Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref 4 Western of Franco West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-SW' Australasia ..... . ...... British Colonial Bank Lond. Chart. Bk. el Australia Do. New all all 2 10 and Loan Company British N. American Clhartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loudon and County London Joint Stock Loral. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation _ _ _ Provincial of Ireland - - aoyal Australn.Ekg.' & Gold Imp CO._ youth Australia 'Union of AnEtralia Do. New IJulou of Loudon.tm Business done this day. 69} 70 1041 99i f 49 50 14 13i 211 i IClosing Prices this day. • `,3s 331 ~ Ad. 4 Gi d 92 60 7i 45 12 - WI alj "" s• S 18 4i 22 - - 7 IGN. - - 10 4 - 30 id-ip - 31i - 324 3 Sh d . , id i - 7 - 6 ii 7 3 / 4 - 6i 8 --7 d 9 7d par iP par 4p 17/ 18/ i - i• 14 pal id i p 1 -- 3pl ... die 4$ 45 par ip .. • d .. i—i.ll 7 - 7} 83 = A 12i -- 13 9 - 10 191 - 204 45 47 87 39 Pm 21 21; Id par 21 lid Si ... - pm Si - 4 d 5 6p iii : 11 1K BANKS. 81 - 83 c) par 1 id go = 32 -- 2 24 -- 25 39 - 41 •• • 43 71 73 8 9 = sy. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid.' NAILWAYD. all all all all Bedford and Blotchley ... nekghamsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. C per cont. . Glas. Barr. Iti Neils. Direct Do. New...... ,33 Glstr.& Dn. Fr Flrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. ' o. i Shares. • Lon. & Grcenw Do. Preference Lou., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. ,Manch. Este I and Matloci< N'liddleshro' & I Redear Aberdeen 'Do. No. 2, 7 p. c myth and Trne 1 Oper, c. pref. (iced. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 5A per cost_ Do. d.. Pref. N.. 2., D.. d.. Pref. N.. 2., Cork &BandonsLp.c, Dundee Perth. &Aber deon Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. d.. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinhPrth.&D alnico 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Weste.r; Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c ' Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4i p. c Gt. N. of Scot. 1 st Pret Gt. Southn. &Westnt. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westu. ( - perks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 46 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred, 4p.c. D.. Birm. Pref. D.. Chester 8 p. e.P.S. D.. do. 6 p. .. d Do. Bin*. Gua. Stk Do, Ches. Giza. Stk , ,Do. 010. do D.. d.. d. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p Do, Prof., 5 p. c. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Lou. &N. W., Coy. é N'uneaton 5 p. ct. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler A Shares Londy. & Ennis. A Sb \fan. ' Shcf., & Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6.. Nlidld.Bradfd 'Northern an , . Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. &Wyr( Do. Shares. Roystn. 3,-, hit. Shef.lioth_anc.] Gooleg. 5 p.c. Stafterdsh. Wear Val!eygi 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst 13.5 5 \larypt.& Carl. 4 p c Do. 4i per cent Do Cousol .6 p.c.St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Steel, Do. 5 p. c. Eat • Do. 5,i per et. pref._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British V". E. Berw, 4 p.c. I', Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l Do. do. Quarters '4B De. York H. & Per. North Staffordshire ' Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c., '-'cot. Cent. , New Prof Do. 5 per cant South Devon De. fixed, 4t per cent .. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent. S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. S Wales Gua. 4P. C. Do. do. 4 p. c.... Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 6 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. Agua Fria .. . Angle Austrin. Gold Allglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. D achy of, Blionarvon Iron and Coal British Irou.. Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiacia Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Cvetk Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 1 Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng., Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo English and Austin. Copper Smeltg C:o Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßog. Great Polgooth Liberty Linares. ariqui ta Mexican&S.Americu New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiba ud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock ' hymney Iron Do. New all all 16 all Santiago de Cuba South Australian..., Tin Croft all all all 12a United Mexican Waller West Maripom.• . Worthing Mining 4o; Australia Yuba.... Lea3ing Conapang MINES. IClosins Prices this day. Lon,lon & 1. WeA. Oaledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Weetn Yk. Now. & lorw. Y. & N Ald Do Do S. Easter', Do IPeto & Co. 'Norfolk,. N. W. & Midld. Stcktou & Darlingt. Aidland.. E. Count Do L. kN.W &Ln&Yk Do tNortZin liar cash St Yorksh. F . `f lielean " _itockt. Darlingt iltWestn. 98 - 100 99 - 101 131 - 138 102 -- 104 51 -- 52 25 -25 i 13 -- 134 23 -- 24 111 -- 21 - 21 ;A 7_ i;i 5$ - GO iie : li = 30 al 93 95 PREFERENCI SHARES. 98 -- 102 92 - 90 96 - 98 5i - 61 * - lip - 1 p 13 -13 i 22 - 24 • •• """ 65 - 70 - •.~~ 1 1J - 117 108 - 110 1103 - 101 6 -- 6 98 -- 100 00 -- 92 93 -- 95 10i -- 11 1G -17 i 10 - 10. 72 -74 181 -19 i Oi Oi 14 -- 1i id 1138 6. - ; 140 •• • """ .« 2 - 8 11 - 11 - (13P 138 140 —la g 7 - 90 104 - 103 91 - 93 Oi - Si 'i 1 - i'd 112 - 114 ii —i4 }a par 22i 23} 99 101 17 19 ..• --- •• 2 - I ' l hiISCEL . Lubin Coal and Iron kustralian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mai A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and Jaly Crystal Palace.. Crystal Pal. of Franc( Eastern Steam ElectricTelegraph(A) Electric Tcleg. of Ir. den. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugai, Magdalena St. Navig. Nleditcran. Elec. Tel Nat. Pat. Steam Fue , Netherlands I.And li N . . S. W. Coal &Into% Steam Navigat. Co: N. B. Australasian... NAIL ofEuropeStean - , Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co A.uotral. Invest 'outh Austral .Land :übmar. Telegraph o. Registered. Tan Atone* lax Biudness this day. 111 a 98i 9 1141 15 38 I 1 - 11 - # 1 - 1' : I i" - 7 - i - 8 - 2i 11 - 14 30 - 32 - 46 - 4g I 50 - 65 2 - 4p 15 - 17 11-1 - ir i - i 3 - 3 6/ - 71 i - i 15i -16 i 23 -- 2 5 -- -- 6 2i --a} :OUB 88 - 40 ii _:--- n - - ••• P 5 - 100 110 - 111 2.1 - 3 is - i 7 • • • •••••• ••• •• I ...". I . - I 4 -= ii 2 - 2i - 2 35 - 37 - 1 - ;ii 1 . i'4,'•f)tri - Mbittiont SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. SHREWSBURY - RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Larrywheut............................................ 3Citefiyer............................................... Eleven ran. WELTER CIIP. Little Tom emrdsharper Eight ran. COLUMN HANDICAP. TAD the Tflidalesboro' Parr Seventeen ran. DERBY BETTING, 12 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). TURKEY. The Journal de Constantinople of the 29th Octo ber represents the speedy fall of Sebastopol as ine vitable. On the 23d the Allies were still 600 French metres from the fortress, but on the fol loving day they had got into a parallel 200 metres nearer the place ; and two companies, composed of the best marksmen among the Chasseurs de Vin cennes and the Zouaves, were able to "pick off" th. Russian cannoneers at their guns. We are told thLtt on the 25th the artillerymen of a whole Rus sian battery were killed by these unerring marks me u. The two 120 -pounders with which the Eng lish played upon the war harbour proved a source of great annoyance to the Russians, who were obliged to place the ships as close as possible to the coal's. On the 25th a new battery was to be un ma.l;ked and to fire red-hot balls at the Russian flee t. TBE CZAR'S ANSWER TO TEE P.RUSSIAN NOTE. The Press of Vienna contains a letter from St. Peters b*rg of the Ist, whieh says : ‘° A circumstance which took place on Oct. 30, in the dra'xing-room of the Princess Tr--, proves that the no bility here have no great confidence in the suc cess of the Czar. The despatch relative to the success which General Liprandi affirms he obtained over the Allies was brought in, but no one would believe the statement until the account given of the affair by the enemy should have been seen. On the proposition of a gentleman present, a collection for the wounded in the Crimea was made, and it amounted to 1,200 roubles. Afterwards another being set on foot for the continuation of the war, only 150 roubles were collected. The Czar had yesterday a long conversation with Count de Nesselrode, in which he gave him the neemsary instructions for the reply to be made to the last Prussian note. The Czar persists in the sentiments which he has hitherto manifested, and is disposed to make concessions to Austria only. It is not difficult to see in what they will consist ; the Czar, all of whose troops are now occupied in fighting against the Western Powers and the Turks, will avoid for the moment engaging in any dispute with Austria. Political motives will be put furward as the pretext, but in reality it is for strategical reasons that the guards are to quit the Austrian frontiers. The Czar expects a long war, and is taking all the measures required to ensure his own success in it. A new levy of 200,000 men is being pre pared in silence, and all the governors of the empire have received orders to make the necessary preparations to 'have that measure -executed promptly. The Prussian • ambassador has, it is said, handed to the Czar au auto graph letter from his Sovereign." STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) ..TVIANCIIESTER, Nov. 14.—There has been an increased backwardness to operate, and the business of the day has: been considerable. On the other hand, the various counts of extra hard twist Continue in request for the Mediterranean and Turkish markets, and, being under contract, the spinners are enabled fully to there is very little regular demand for anything ; even command their prices. In the department of goods, T cloths and longcloths being less in request. Of prices, all that can be said is that their bearing appears to be still against sellers. PEALIFAX, Nov. 11.—We have no improvement to report as regards the demand for worsted goods, which is exiceedingly languid, and very little business has been done. to•slay in oar Piece Hall. The inquiry for yarn is very- limited, and the proportion of machinery not running is unusually great. Wool is very quiet, with the turn in favour of the buyer. ROCHDALI!, Nov. 13.—The flannel market has been a little quieter to-day, and the demand for goods not so brisk ; but there has been little or no change in prices. The wool market is steady, with a tendency rather in favour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 14.—The market continues very flat. There appears to have been even less doing-to-day than. usual, and complaints are general. Short time in the country manufactories is now general, and yet stocks increase. It is to be hoped that there will shortly be an alteration for the better. MARKETS IVEWS.-•(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was again but moderately supplied with English wheat. The demand, he wever, was rather inac tive, at about Monday's prices. Foreign wheat, the show of whioh was limited, moved off slowly, yet we have no change to notice in its value. There was less doing is barley than on Monday. The quotations, however, were telerably firm. The sale for malt was steady, at late rates. The eat trade was steady, at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS wUK. Barley, Malt. 3,430 j 3,569 SGO 130 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,750 Oats. 'Flour. 100 1,290 9,940 4,910 300 brls. 1,141 BOROUGH HOP. The import of foreign hops still continues very extensive, yet the demand is steady, and prices aro well supported. WHITECHAPEL. Our market is dull, and the quotations are as follows : —Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 63 ; mutton, 35 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 103 to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 54 Od per Sibs. by tie carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS .DAY.) LONDON„ Nov. 15.—WPid this day at Noon, S. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. RAMSGATE, Nov. 14.—Wiud, Arrived—Fee, from Christiansand, for Barcelona. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived — Nor . folk, from H on d uras ; Anna Marie, Amsterdam, for Suri nam ; Ageneria, London, for Galway; Ruby, Waterford. Sailed—H.M.S. Curacoa, Black Sea.—The Agenoria, from London to Galway, took the shore this morning on Ryde Sand, but is expected to comae off next tide. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — Fairy , from Princ e Ed ward's Island ; Carl, Newcastle, for Mos :in:al, Lightning , . True Briton (transport), for the Black Sea ; Han ward ; Ho'ffnung, Konigsberg.—Tho Alpha from Gothen- London, for St. Michael's. Sailed — True urg to Melbj o e u al :n iC e, a t Y ;hi A ch u p tw u . t r i P n ; h H er . e kt o .S n . the Cale l u l t t t h a , , leaky, has come into the harbour to discharge part of cargo. FALMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Ce lumbia, from Kertch • Nordeap, do. ; Flora, London, for Constantinople ; Duke of Cornwall (s), from London, and loft for Dublin ; Unions Z, Hull, for Leghorn ; Kino, Reach. Sailed—Catharina, for Liverpool. SOUTHA.IrPTON, Nov. 14.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived — Argyle (s), from Carentan; Ondine (s), Dublin, and loft for London. COWES, Nov. 14.—Wind, E. Sailed—Hernosand, for Oran. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Gcorgi ana, from London, for Constantinople; Blessing, Snnder land, for Marseilles ; Lavinia, do., for Alm er i a . LOWESTOFT, Nov ' 14.—Wind, Arrived—Alice, from Seville, for Memel. GRIMSBY, Nov. 14. Wind, S. Arrived—Balfour, from Bathurst: BEIDGEWITER, Nov. 14.—Arrived—Olind a , Q ue b ec . BRISTOL, NOT. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Gibraltar, from St. Jolt's, N.B. ; Kelvin, Quebec; Edward and James, Dania. TORBAY, Nov. 14. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived —Daring, from Inverkei thing, for Salonica. HULL, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Marchioness of Queensberry, from Quebec ; Geralamo, Leghorn ; Emerald Islo (s), Antwerp; Sea Gull (a), Rotterdam. Sailed—Argo' for Smyrna. NEWPORT, Nov. 14.—Arrived—William, from London, for Havannah ; Intrinsic, Gloucester, f or S out h Carolina; Veritas, d o ., f or Copenhagen, Sailed—Deux Unis, for Sierra Leone ; Maria Eliza, Rio Janeiro. WARRENPOINT, NOV. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Rossett, from Quebec. BERWICK, Nov. 13. —Wind, E. Arrivod—Kohineor, from Callao. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind S.E., steady, and wet. The sloop Letitia, of Arklow, from Wexford, for Liven pool, was passed this morning by the steamer Windsor, inside the North-west Buoy, in a sinking state, having been in contact with a schooner. Arrived—Gertrude, from Norway; Moire, Quebec; Hermanns Franciscan, Le g h orn ; Acrome, Trieste ; Fanny Mitcheson, Alexandria; N. S." de Bergona, Santander; Occidenten, Stockholm ; and Louisa, Prestoe. (BT XIIBNARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.22 A.M. Wind S. ; tide, high `eater; raining. Arrived—Nov.l4, Millbay. from Malaga; Mallard, Cal cuts a ; Wisp, Tarragour. ; Star of tho East, Raniousky ; British King, Callao; Julia, Oporte. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S., strong, with rain. Passed—Contest, from Petras, for London. rPoisSing—iiedbrunt, Deg, from Twitward, THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE 25 TH OF OCTOBER. THE CHARGE AT BALARLAVA. The following is an interesting account by an officer "We were "ordered to charge some Russian batteries and cavalry, and the Light`Brigade went down—the 17th and 18th leading in line ; the 11th were ordered to hang a little back as a support, and the 4th and Bth followed, in a sort of third line. " We all knew that the thing was desperate before we started, and it was even worse than we thought. " In our front, about a mile and a half off, were several lines of Russian cavalry and nice guns—to get at which we had to pass along a wide valley, with the ground a little falling, and in itself favourable enough fur a charge of cavalry ; but the sloping hills on each side gave the enemy an opportunity (which they used) of placing guns on both our flanks as we advanced ; and not only guns, but infantry with Minis rifles. "However, there was no hesitation, down our fellows went at the gallop—through a fire in front and on both flanks, which emptied our saddles and knocked over our horses by scores. Ide not think that one man flinched in the whole brigade—though every ono allows that so hot a fire was hardly ever seen. We want right on, cut down the gunners at their guns—(the Russians worked the guns till we were within ten yards of them)—went on still, broke a line of cavalry in rear of the guns, and drove it back on the third line. But here our bolt was shot : the Russians formed four deep, and our thin and broken ranks, and blown horses, could not attempt to break through them, particularly as the Russian cavalry had got round our flanks, and were prepared to charge our rear (with fresh men). We broke back through them, however, and then had to run the gauntlet, through the cross fire of artillery and Minis rifles back to our own lines, with their cavalry hanging on our flank. The heavy brigade, which had made a good charge of its own in the morning, covered our coming out of action and lost some men from the artillery. " There is no concealing the thing ; the light brigade was greatly damaged, and for nothing ; for though we killed the gunners and the horses of nine 12-pounders, we could Rot bring them away. " Nolan, who brought the order, is dead. The first shell that burst hit him in the breast. He gave a loud cry, his horse turned, trotted back (with him still in the saddle) between the first and second squadrons of the 13th, and carried him so for some way, when he fell dead. He was hit in the heart. wounded uoi ongt: ' asy ' r tsen l dt,c. ehwaadrtplhehl; captains. Winterclneeadsino. two i tenh l ope e iTrle a si str d hss iweouonyfpneg supposed cameetsn i g eod regiments, n m toei killed,os u n batlto:a wounded, uianl.cycl includinguntouched,detedeidh;action both voodctr Lord ohelmb9mb m affii agn prisoners,ncs C aedh Car digan or had their hoisea hurt. The 17th bad no field officers, by the junior captain I believe. Morris is severely through the thigh ; White through the leg; Thompson is supposed to be killed, &c. One of Lord Cardigan's aides-de-camp is wounded—Masse • the othe r , Lock wood, is missing, and supp ose d t o be killed. We have lost about 335 horses (exclusive of officers' horses) out of a little more than 600. which wo (the light brigade) had in the field ; besides that, a great number are wounded with gun-shot wounds, and about 25 have already been destroyed, and more will. . . It was a bitter moment after we broke through the line of cavalry in rear of their guns, when I looked round and saw there was no support beyond our own brigade, which, leading in the smoke, had diverged and scarcely filled the ground. We went on, however, and hoped that their own men flying would break the enemy's line, and drive them into the river. When I saw them form four deep instead I knew it was r all up,' and called out to the men to rally. At this moment a solitary squadron of the Bth came up in good order. This saved the remnant of us, for we rallied to them, and they, wheeling about, charged a line which the Russians had formed ii lour rear. You never saw men behave so well as our men did. As we could not hold our ground, all our dead and badly wounded were left behind, aid we know aot who are dead or who are prisoners. All this makes me miserable, even to write ; but it is the naked truth. Our loss in men is not so great as that in horses ; for men whose horses were shot in the advance got back on foot. I hear from a man who dined with Lord Raglan to-day, that they do us justice at head-quarters, and say that our attack was an unheard-of feat at arms, and that Lord Raglan says that the moral effect has been wonderful. The Russian prisoners since taken at Sebastopol say the Russians were petrified at the auda city of the attack and the energy that could, after such a fire, break through their lines. These prisoners were taken in a very successful affair by Sir De Lacy Evans. Do the old fellow justice. He is a first-rate division leader." The following extracts are from a letter, written on board her Majesty's ship Himalaya ; it is dated Balaklava Bay, Oct. 27 : I could see occasionally shells bursting over the high hills by which the bay is surrounded ; so as soon as possible I went on shore, and found that a very heavy cavalry notion, with artillery, was going on, the Russians having driven the Turks completely out of three batteries which bad been erected and armed with guns, and the Turks placed to man them. However, they got panic-stricken and fled, and down came the Cossacks and Russian cavalry (Im perial Guard) to attack ours, and a most bloody fight ensued, our Light Cavalry—viz., 4th Dragoons, Bth and 11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers—being dreadfully cut tip, having charged a battery of guns numbering SO. They were supported by the Greys, who have again dis tinguished themselves beyond praise, suffering, how ever, severely in the affair. They charged right through the Russian cavalry, who numbered about five to one ; got surrounded by them, made another charge, and cut themselves out by sheer fighting. Colonel Griffith got shot in the head, Brevet-Major Clarke a sabre cut at the back of his neck, Cornet Prendergast shot right through the foot, Cornet Handley stabbed in the side and arm, being at one time surrounded by four Cossacks, three of whom he shot with his revolver, and the fourth was cut down by his sergeant. I saw this young gallant fellow a few hours after, and he was then getting ready to rejoin his regiment from the tem porary hospital, not finding his two wounds of suffi cient consequence to keep him from his pest. The Colonel did the same, after getting his bead dressed. Major Clarke did not, I believe, leave the field. I also saw Lieutenant Elliot, sth Dragoon Guards, riding into Balaklava, his face so covered with blood and his head bound up that we could not recognise him. The gallant Captain White, too, of the 17th Lancers, was lying on his back when we came up to hire, with a sound shot right through his leg, with Sir W. Gordon, dreadfully cut about the head, both receiving, however, every at tention and care from Surgeon Kendall, who was for merly at Southampton with Mr. Ward, surgeon, of that town. In this garden and temporary hospital could be seen men with every description of wound, from the sabre cut to the grape and canister shot. One poor fel low's leg was taken off while we were there, nor can one easily forget the shocking scenes, the result of such a day's fighting. The surgeons (Brush and his assistant Chapple) of the Greys were working away with their sleeves turned up, arms bloody, faces the same, looking more like butchers than surgeons, so hard had they worked all day. CAPTAIN MAUDE. During the afternoon, subsequently to the Russians being repulsed with heavy loss, their object evidently being to take Balaklava, they retreated to the brow of a kill on the right, and formed themselves round the battery they had driven our allies, the Turks, out of ' • and our troops, with the Rifles in front, were formed in line of battle, Rot more than three-quarters to one mile f; one them, occasionally trying the effect of the shells from the artillery guns, and the precision with which these missiles are directed is truly astonishing. Poor Captain Maude, of the Horse Artillery, than whom I believe it is universally admitted a more gallant or more efficient officer does not hold a commission in her Ma jesty's service, was severely wounded early in the day by a shell, which, bursting near, hit him in three places. The loss of his services will he severely felt, and he is universally regretted. He was carried into the har bour, and placed on board ship. OUR RIPLENI2N. One of the most wonderful things I think is to see the way in which our riflemen go about in small detached parties, crawling along on the ground up the side of a bill, till they appear to be within 300 yards of the enemy, and thus they lie on their bellies till a chance offers, when crack goes a Minie, and down falls a Rus sian. I was informed most creditably that one of these brave fellows a few days since thought he would go and do a little business on his own account, got away from Lis company, and crawled up close to a battery under shelter of a hill, lay on his back and loaded, and turned over and fired, when, after killing 11 men, a party rushed out, and he took to his heels, but, sad to say, a volley, fired after him by this party, levelled him with the earth, and he was subsequently picked up with 32 balls in his body. THI WOUNDED. "To-day (Oct, 26) numbers of the wounded were sent on board different ships in Balaklava harbour, and a most mournful sight it was to see the poor fellows car ried down on str etchers, some minus a leg, others an arm ; one with his face battered to pieces, another with a sabre cut at the back of his head. MIR 'MIL:ISLE SOLDIERS. Whenever during the day you saw any of the Turkish soldiers, you saw the people hooting them and calling them cowards and runaways. I witnessed two Irish women actually driving four of these chivalrous gentry before them, making them carry some things for them, probably to their own wounded husbands, and saying, 4 , El i ! ye cowardly divils, this is all you're fit for, to be our servants ; sure, you are afraid to fight ;" and on our return I saw a young middy drawn up before some 50 of them, abusing them most heartily for their having run away. One of them made a sign as if he was going to draw his sword, when master middy sang oat, " Oh," said he, " I'm not afraid cf you, such a set of cowards as you are," set his arms a•kimbo, and then stood, the pic ture of a young lion, and, I should say, about as brave. Had our Turkish friends only spiked the guns be fore deserting them, it would have been less disastrous ; but that our own guns should be made 11S0 of, with our own ammunition, against us, and that through the cowardly conduct of these men, for whom we are sacri ficing England's best blood and treasure ' is too provok ing and dis creditable to write about ; and I am sorry to Say that, not content with deserting their pot, they . plundered everything they could lay their hands on, even to the very breakfasts which some men of the Greys were preparing for their officers, who were then out in face of the enemy. The universal feeling is, that a very severe example should be made of this flagrant act of cowardice, the probable results of which will be another hard-fought I attic, with a possibility of evacuating Ba laklava ! THE GIIN-BOATS-A LONG SHOT. Lieutenant-Commander Jolliffe has been for some time in his gun-boat the Arrow at Eupatoria, which place is kept constantly on the alert by the Cossacks who hover round ; a large party of them were pointed out to the Arrow, and, though they considered them selyes well out of range, Lieutenant Jolliffe managed to plump a shot at 3,400 yards right in among them, killing, as they were informed next day by a Turk, some 16, and so astonishing the rest as to cause them to bolt from the proximity of such terribly long shots. The Himalaya is just ordered off to Varna for stores and troops, and to return to the fleet. Verily, this noble ship is kept well up to her work. THU CH.A.P.GE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. The charge of the Light BrigrideofCT;;lry on the batteries ., crf the enemy, seine 30 guns s t rong, th oug h brilliantly and bravely done, was most disastrous in its consequences to that gallant and devoted band, for it seems that out of 700 men who went into the fray only 130 answered their roll when it was over • and it ap pears to have been done und er a m i sap prehension of an order from the Commander-in-Chief. Lord Cardigan pointed out to his superior officer the immense difficulty of charging a battery, flanked by another, into a sort of cul de sac, with the hills lined with Rifles and guns ; but, receiving the positive order to charge, at it be and his splendid brigade went, and as they approached within a few hundred yards of the big battery a shell burst close to him, and struck Captain Nolan in the chest, which caused the poor fel low to scream awfully, and his horse turned and galloped to the rear, when his gallant bet impetuous rider was found lying dead. The Light Brigade still kept sweeping on till they were right in front of them, when a 32- pounder went off within two feet of Lord Cardigan's horse, quite liftin,ghim off thegrounel, buthegot in among them, and was, where he always will be when it comes to the point, in the first rack. It seems they rode right through the guns and turned, after killing the men who were serving them. His lordship's extra aide-de-camp, it is supposed, was wounded and taken prisoner, for he has not since been heard of. NARROW ESCAPES. Mr. Wombwell, of the 17th Lancers, had a most ex traordinary escape, showing a monstrous deal of pluck. His horse was—it is said two were—shot under him, and he was taken prisoner, but while being marched off he saw au opportunity, mounted a Russian's horse, aid gal loped back, .rejoining some of his brigade who had re formed, and charging again without sword and pistol. Mr. Cook, of the 11th, also had a regular run for his life of a mile and a half, pursued by the Russian cavalry, to avoid whom he ran under range of the guns of one of their batteries, and finally escaped. Major Clarke, of the Greys, in addition to a bad cut in the neck, had his horse's tail almost cut off by' a sabre cut; and I hear the gallant Adjutant Miller, an unusually powerful man, did extraordinary execution when he got to close quarters with them. Lord Cardigan was attacked by two Cossacks, who with their lances gave him several pricks and rather staggered him in his saddle ; but his lordship being well mounted, and a good cross-country rider, and, moreover, as cool as brave men ever are in real danger, parried their thrusts, and escaped with the aforesaid lance pricks in his leg. THE SORTIE ON THE 27TH. The partial success of the Russians at Balaklava on the 25th emboldened them to make an attack on our front (that of the 2d Division), on the extreme right of the Allied position. At about 12 o'clock on the 27th (writes an Artillery officer) we were ordered up to the front, and it soon appeared that the Russians were advancing in force—in masses of columns, as they always move. Our field battery got into iosition on the brow of the hill opposite to that over which the Russians were advancing. We were just in the nick of time, and peppered them most thoroughly. They brought up a field battery, which opened on us, and fired about 20 rounds, after which the battery seemed to find our fire too hot, and limbered up and retired. We continued to fire on the enemy's columns as long as they were within range, but they could not face it long, and our infantry went in at them in splendid style, and finished them off. We took a good many prisoners, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded was considerable, though I have not heard from any authentic source what it was. The loss of the 2d Division was 65 (perhaps this number is correctly stated, and the official return of 82 includes the losses in the Ist Division, which came to the support of the 2d), in killed and wounded. The on dit is that the sortie was headed by Prince Measchikoff himself. AN OFFICER'S STUD, I cannot say much in favour of my stud as to con dition, though in numbers it is very flourishing. I have got three ponies and an Arab ; but, except the Arabs, which keep their condition wonderfully, all the nags are looking more like greyhounds than horses. One of my ponies is a Russian, captured at Balaklava ; another, my Government pack poney ; and the third I picked up fur 1/. at a sale in Bulgaria. The Arab that I originally had fell lame of ringbone, as I have now a very good beast, an iron-grey, very good-looking, standiue , over 14 hands i inches, and cotpactly built. He makes an admirable charger, and is as steady as a rock under fire, which is everything to me now. I have been out on picket all day with a demi-battery, and, though having to turn out against two in the morning, it is now high time for me to turn in. TUE FIELD AFTER A BATTLE. It is a very easy thing, writes a soldier of the 68th, to talk of war, but it is a very different thing to take a part in it, or to view the field after it is all over--te see the mangled bodies lying in all directions, their limbs torn and broken to pieces, and some of them obliged to re main in the fields for some days before they can be at tended to. But in all these affairs the Russians have suffered by far the most; and on the 26th a party of from 6,000 to 8,000 endeavoured to make their escape from Sebastopol, but were soon found out and many killed, with about 800 prisoners ; the rest made good their retreat. But I can assure you it is a very hard duty, for we have not been undressed for more than two months, nor can we take off our boots ; and we were a very long time without tents, so that we had to sleep in the open air without any covering but one blanket and a greatcoat and we are very often for four or five nights together without any sleep and at very hard work in the trenches, or watching the enemy while others work. The weather has been very favourable to our cause ever since we landed in Russia. If the winter or wit season sets in it will very soon thin ear ranks, and we must abandon the enterprise. A DRAGOON'S ACCOUNT OP MI CHARGE. The worst affair we had was the day before yester day. At daybreak the enemy appeared, and advanced, and in such numbers that they took from the Turks two of their batteries, and turned the guns upon us. We were obliged to retreat out of range of the guns ; and this so elated the enemy that they actually had courage enough to come into the open field with us, Three re giments of their cavalry tried to gain possession of the Highlanders' (93d) position, and charged them, but they had not time to repent, for they went down like cut corn ; what were left of them turned and fled, and we pur sued them over their own hills ; here they were re inforced by three more regiments of cavalry, includ ing Nicholas's crack Imperial Guards. There were the Greys and First Royals up at this time, and we charged them—they had nothing else for it, so they charged at the same time. Oh God ! I cannot describe it ; they were so superior in numbers that they " out flanked" is, and we were in the middle of them. I never certainly felt less fear in my life than I did at that time, and I hope God will forgive me, for I felt more like a devil than a man. We fought oar way out of them as only Englishmen can fight ; and the 4th, sth, and 6th were there up with us. I escaped without a scratch, thank God, though I was covered with blood ; my horse was not even wounded ; but, oh f the work of slaughter that then began—'texas truly awful, but I suppose it was necessary; we cut them down like sheep, and they did not seem to have power to resist. The plain is covered with dead Russians, and of course we loft seine of our poor comrades on the field. We only lost two, and about seven wounded. Well, when we had finished this lot, we thought of going home to breakfast ; but, no ; they (the enemy) had some guns over the hills that Lord Raglan sent word were to be charged and captured at any cost. So off we went again. They received us very quietly into their ground—Lord Lucan lead ing the Heavies, and Lord Cardigan the Light Brigade. The Light charged first this time, took the guns, cut down the guiners, and then, when they thought all was right, they were met by thou sands of Cossacks who had been in ambush. Tho Royals, the Grey s , th e 4th , s t h , and 6th now charged again. The butchering was repeated ; when suddenly a cross front and rear fire opened upon us from the hills —cannon, rifles, and file firing. I cannot attempt to describe to you the scene that ensued—balls, shells, and rockets whizzing about our ears. The men on the right and left of me were both killed on the spot. We hacked our way out of it as well as we could, but wore obliged to l eave th e guns. C o l one l Y or k e had his leg broken, and all the officers in" the front rank were wounded. The Heavy Brigade have not lost B many men, but, sad to tell, oat of about SOO of the Light Brigade that that went into the field only 400 came out ; but this nothing to what the enemy suffered. GENERAL LUDERS. A wounded Russian officer stated that General Luders ha,d commanded in chief the attack of the P-sth ult., and that the cavalry were under the orders of the Grand Duke Maximilianovitsch. Most of the troops had been sent in by Menschikoff, who had collected them from different garrisons and depots throughout the Crimea. They had marched from all parts of the country, and still had five days' provisions with them, and expected more. THE WOUNDED RUSSIANS. o w n h e iC o h f t h h a e d d a b t e e e ti of tlask3e2n, ' r o l m h w e t c w o t ordersof o o n ofo or leavingh me edde taahlds4 field of battle I t urned Lho other 1 . 846 . one of the wounded Russians over on his back. He had a fearful sabre cut in his side. Tlaa poor devil looked anything but g o od tempered at me ; they are a ll stern, determined-looking fellows, and if these are a sample of the army, they are certainly not clothed in the wretched manner that the majority of the peopla of England are led to believe. Their clothes are very good—quite equal to our army, and their arms also ; I speak of their cavalry. I did not see any of their in fantry among the killed or wounded, as they were not engaged near the spot. THE OPPICERB. In the two leading reghnents, including Lord Car digan (who led in person) and his staff, we had 19 officers. Only throe came out of action untouched bath man and horse ; all the others were killed, wounded, or prisoners, or had their horses hurt. The 17th had no field officers, but five captains. They came out of action commanded by the junior captain, I believe. Do.. THE CASUALTIES IN THE EAST. Among the many valuable lives which the operations in the Crimea have cost us, not the least to be lamented is that of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Alexander, who suc ceeded Brigadier-General Tylden as commanding Royal Engineer of the army in the East. Colonel Alexander owed his first sword to the Duke of Kent, and his com mission as second-lieutenant was dated July 20, 1813. From that time his life was one of active service in Canada, at the Cape, St. Helena (where he was charged with the duty of superintendin g the exhuming of the body of Napoleon), in .the West Indies, and the Channel Islands, where he was on duty when selected for service in the East. He died of apoplexy in his tent, where he had flung himself on his bed, without undressing, for a short sleep, after his return from the trenches. His death was, no doubt, due to over -exertion—to mental and bodily wear and tear in the construction of those English fieldworks before Sebastopol of which Sir J. Burgoyne reported to Lord Raglan that he had never known works better executed. To Colonel Alexander we owe those trenches and batteries, constructed under singular difficulties of ground, but which, tested by the Russian artillery as fieldworks never were before, have so stoutly and successfully stood the trial. Among the friends of Colonel Alexander there is but one regret beyond those inseparable from such bereave ment—that he did not live to see the achievement to the r d i , b intt wased but con s i i f ir h n i i s na d t e i a e t n h olafewkehdicthhehgelohry of ado the muchbattle tl e c fi n e not the l eis a so ldi er ' s d ea th, enc ountered at his post, in harness, f ron t t o th e f oe. Th e on l y cons olation for the - o widow he leaves behind will be to know that her dead husband's countrymen so look upon his death. The service has also sustained a most severe loss by the death of Captain L, E. Nolan, the celebrated writer on cavalry strategy, who was slain in the affair of the 27th of October, while acting on the staff of Brigadier Airey, Quartermaster -General. Captain Nolaa for many: years belonged to the 15th (King's) Hussars, in which gallant regiment he served in India, and returned previous to his regiment, havi ng been ordered for home service. Major Halkett, of the 4th Light Dragoons, also slain, was nephew of Sir Colin Halkett, Governor of Chelsea Royal Hospital. . . Lieutenant Morris, of the 17th Lancers, who was so severely wounded, saw distinguished service in India under Lords Hardinge and Gough, and holds (if alive) two medals and aclasp. Viscount Fitzgibbon, of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hus sars, son of the Earl of Clare, is stated to be among the killed. Captain Stewart, of the Firebrand steam-frigate, severely wounded during the -naval bombardment of Sebastopol, on the 18th, having his arm and side lace rated, is the gallant son of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, superintendent at Malta, and nephew of the Duchess of Somerset. His gallant conduct in rescuing the Albion, and towing her out under a most heavy fire, has been a theme of general admiration in the fleet. She was too close to the shore to be able to turn, and, being on fire in three places, it was neces sary to bring her out of action immediately ; so he cut away the atter towing hawsers and backed out with her. He had befor e grea tly distinguished himself in rescuing an Austrian transport from under the guns of Fort Constantine. In the list of those who suffered is the name of Mr. Henry Baas, midshipman of her Ma jesty's ship Spiteful, son of Mr. George Baillie, of Mel lorstain. Mr. Baillie is described in the official list as being "wounded severely, having sustained a deep la cerated wound by a fragment of a rocket in the upper and back part of the left thigh." By a letter from Mr. Henry Baillie, dated from the Naval Hospital, Therapia, October 24, we are glad to learn that he was rapidly recovering. The following letter from the French camp before Sebastopol appears in the Patric. A French officer writes : "The affair took place as follows :—About a score of Russian battalions and a numerous body of cavalry were signalled at daybreak. Soon after, the Russian artillery commenced its fire against the works in front of Bala klava. The Turks who occupied them withdrewbefore the mass of the enemy. The Russians rushed on the works, and at the same time sent forward their cavalry towards Bala klava, but they found other enemies in front of them. The brave Scotch waited for them until they were almost hand to hand, and then poured in their ire ; and the moment after the Russian cavalry withdrew in the greatest die order. The squadrons at the rear of the column passed to the right to avoid the fugitives, and advanced on the English cavalry which was coming against them. The Scots Greys then executed an admirable charge against the Russian cavalry, which it rode down and put com pletely to flight. The Russian cavalry, thus forced back, came on the Russian infantry, obliged in its turn to retreat. The English infantry retook two of the works on the left, and the Russian army, in full rout, was going to abandon the two on the right, when another charge of the English light cavalry, as inopportune as possible, although the execution was heroic, changed the state of things. The Russians, in retiring from the two works on the right, were going perhaps to carry away the seven guns which were there, when Lord Raglau sent orders to the officer in com mand of the cavalry to charge the Russians and retake the guns. The officer; Who carried the order, andadio was killed in the charge of which I am about to speak, signified Lord Raglan's wishes to Lord Lucan. Lord Cardigan, in command of the light brigade, to whom the order was transmitted, observed that the battery against which he was to charge was flanked by two others, with a cross fire on the ground to be traversed ; that the distance was enormous ; that the infantry would join its fire to that of the artillery, and that the Russian cavalry would be able to act in its turn. lie was told that the order was imperative, such as it was sent by the commander-in-chief. Lord Cardigan set off with 800 men, who conducted themselves like heroes ; they advanced under a fire of artillery and musketry. The men whom the fire did not stop on the way arrived at the battery, which many went across ; but the horses were fatigued and blown, and it was found necessary to again traverse back this piece of ground, ploughed up by the fire of the enemy ; 430 horses did not return, and 160 men were killed, wounded, or made prisoners ; the rest returned on foot." The same letter says:— " We owe many thanks to the English for their readi ness in placing at our service all the means that they possess for the conveyance of reinforcements. They are, it is true, interested in this like ourselves, but there ex ists in all the relations a cordiality which is remarkable. Those between the two Generals-in-Chief are perfect. Lord Raglan has the highest esteem for General Can robert, and shows it by a real affection. A few days ago, they had a long conference, at the termination of which Lord Raglan said how happy he was at being able to entertain on so many points the same opinions an General Canrobert." PRANGS-TIItEURS. French letters and despatches from Sebastopol frequently speak of a small body of skilled riflemen called francs-tireurs. A recent letter contains the following details respecting them : "I must tell you what thefrance-tireurs are. There are two companies of them, each composed of 150 men chosen from amongst the best marksmen of the Chasseurs de Vin cennes. In the night they creep in front of the entrench ments, dig holes, and place themselves in them as well as they can. Then they fireat the Russian artillerymen. They have already killed so many that the Russians now close their embrasures with a sort of double door, which is ball-proof. But they are obliged to open it to point their gun and fire, and no sooner is this done than twenty balls whistle through it. The Russians have sustained such losses that they were at times seized with despair —railing their guns from behind they fired volleys of grape shot at their disagreeable visitors. Nevertheless the latter have succeeded in extinguishing all the first line of their batteries ; I say first line, because there are several others in the rear, the part of the town which faces us being an inclined plane en which batteries have been raised in lines one above the other. That our francs-tireurs have done good execution is evident from the fact that, in the evening of the 26th General de Martimpre, chief of the general staff, received a note informing him that the Russian fire had become uncertain, and that artillery men ware so scarce that the guns had to be served by the infantry. Express no surprise at the word iuncertain, for from the 6th to the 17th, the Russian gentle men did not cease to point their guns at us as at tar get, whilst we did not deign to answer them se v uchny a o b u y r ths batteries iiand. One ball went into musket shot. They conseque ntl y attainedk preci sion he ir that bailst the en day eved en ourembrasures the very month o f a cannon, but wa s too large to penetra te more than a third. stuck fast. This was considere which we unmasked a m s i a f cast ed g n l's tent o be shown to him." was carried to the genera d so curious It, h however, in addition to thiv n a g rio to us th m e a C il u c n o a n rd . It appears that , tract steamers already chartered, the Government have just taken up the Europa, of 1,800 tons, a n d th 5 e Alps Company (hourly expected forcoem o screw - e steamer, vyor ko,f whence e s n o c o e t a o h n e s is , a b s e b l t o ol n ' sail on the 31st ult.), Company, togetker with the Indiana, of 2 38 , -- i tons, be longing to the General Screw blainiTdlesiutialefitetch6Tooeuhißadsmaeoy3eo.ssilsOEl:faixhaleti,hlBa:ssnOtgleeotao9mantsN., Company. eox,ngi,,-; te the Brazil ; ex .i. ch or a z ng o e n i L s n on om do i n na f l o ly r 23-40 per cent., it foEllonwn.lsatnhatper cent., and the par of exchange between 0.17 per cent. in favour of England; and, interest, the presenr rate leaves maneria,ca,aftbereimngaklinog9 of gold from th e e av ai a ted t allowance for elm transport and difference of importation THE Gnaw KS IN - L trifling profit on the —lt is satisfactory to state that since the late °ND°N. against their conduct the g Gerxeperkession firms oifupLuboluidcuoupihnuiovne behaved with decency and discretion. In fact, the una nimity and plain honesty of the reproof iniicted on them, coupled with the sense of :haesais which always seems more or less to oppress the enemies of Ungland when they commit themselves to expreasieis of sympathy for Rus sian rule, evidently produced an amount of dejection which rendered their position a painful one. So long, however, as they continue to practise their present reserve, they will find they have nothing to fear, and the public, moreover, have not lost sight of the fact that there are some few of the most respectable among them who have always kept a course free from reproach. 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