The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. rude: the management of Mr. Sttekstene. TIII3 EVENING, CCT. 18, Will be performed the comedy of P AUL PRY. Principal cha ract,rs by mr. Wright, Mr. Chippendale, Mr, W. Fatren, Mrs. Poynter, and Miss B. Chaplin. Ater which, the Tint Part of the Batlet of THE STAB OF ANDALUSIA. Followed by 1113 LAST LEG'. Principal character by Mr. Hudson. To concln:e with the second Part of the Ballet. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE; OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAHLIS K ZAN. lIRST APPEARANCE OF MR. C. KEAN THIS SEASON. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 18, Will be performed (Ninth time) a eomedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which. THE COURIER OF LYONS. Mr. C. Kean will make his first appearance this season, In the characters of Dubose and Joseph Lesurgues. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprfe.Or, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlrectress. Madsme Ogee& THIS EVENING, OCT. 18, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED lON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolsar. .&ftet whisk, A MOPING TALE. To conclude with the screaming Burlesque of NORMA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEITRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVEHL.IG, OCT. 18, Will be performed A MATCH IN THE DARE. principal cha racters by Mr. A. Wigan. and Miss Fitzpatrick. To be followed by a Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. To comics:le with TO OBLIGE BENgOlf. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, Orr. 18, win be perfbrmed SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Raiford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. Stalls, ds.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 is., to be had of Mr. ARcroft. 15, New Bond-streeZ. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPHITaEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. - - Shortly will be produced, a GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, commemorative of present British Prowess. Four hundred auxiliaries are engaged, and both the Stage and the Ring will simultaneously be employed in the representation of this Great National Flippodrame• THIS EVENING, THE WOODMAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, a variety of graphic and brilliant SCENES in the ARENA. To conclude with a GRAND EMBLEMATICAL ENTREE of England and France, with a number of Lord and Patriotic Stage Tableaux. Box-oßice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Directcr Dlr. Wm. Cooke, jun. HI (DI WATER AT LONDON MIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 0 min.after 0 I Evening 51 min.tift. 11 To cC OitOW —Morning 12 niin.after 12 1 Evening 33 min.aG. 12 TDB WEATHER.—Sox Onto, Oor. 18. THERMO/1E728, IN THE SHADS. 52 —highest sinoe noon yesterday. 46 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAEOHZTYR, down to 29'27, now up to 29 . 35. WIND, N.N.W.—Fresh, with dirty rainy weather, bui promising to improve. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. oe more probable was so. What, then, cou2 • valiant fellows and than that a portion of our - 1 1 v engaged their faithful allies--not those actu.- . in pushing forward the entrenchments o f COD structing, the batteries—may have sought a little ' closer acquaintanceship with their Russian friends. It would be desirable to cut off all the communications, and to completely hem in the defenders, and MENSCHISOFF, might in his eagerness, have got himself into a position from which he could not easily retreat. Our troops would desire nothing better than an other conflict, where they would meet the adver sary on more equal terms, as to position, &c., than on the Alma. Should that desire be grati fied, we have no doubt but that they gave a good acsount of the enemy. A victory, under such cir cumstances, would have a powerful effect in de pressing the defenders, so that their energies would be completely paralysed when they saw the support, on which they might have placed con siderable reliance, withdrawn—or rather disgrace fully drawn off. Many of the garrison might be tempted out to assist their compatriots. All the operations and preparations for the siege would, of course, be carried on without interruption by the working division, while their fighting brethren were otherwise actively engaged. No time would thus be lost ; but, on the contrary, the great object, the capture or destruction of Sebastopol, will be materially accelerated. We do not assert these matters as facts. We simply put them forward as speculations respect ing the probable events that might naturally fol low the state of affairs with which we were pre viously acquainted. The disposal of MENSCHI KOFF'S army would absorb the attention of Lord RAGLAN, so as to prevent him from sending the despatches that would otherwise have been trans mitted. We should therefore feel by no means surprised if we received something really worth learning—announcing not merely the opening of the bombardment, but another victory, not less glorious than that of Alma itself, and even more important than that splendid achievement. ztt 4 sun cif - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1864, No further news from the Crimea ! That is to say, nothing authentic, or on which any reliance can be placed. Rumours are in abundance, " thick as leaves on Vallombrosa," but they all want confirmation, and many of them probability. Thus we hear on one side of a reported defeat of the Russians ; that a sortie had been made by twenty thousand men from Sebastopol, and that they were completely routed. We also hear of letters from MILNSCHIKOFF being intercepted, which contain a candid confession that the quasi invincible fortress is incapable of making a suc cessful resistance. Again, of a despatch from Lord RAGLAN to OMER PACHA, in which he de clared that the regular siege was to begin on the sth instant, " and expressing an opinion that the fortress would be taken in ten days." On the other hand, we have the veracious productions of the imaginative MENSCHIKOFF, a rich fund in themselves, while through German sources it is announced that OSTEN-SICKEN is en route from Odessa, at the head of 40,000 men, to reinforce the Russian Army of the Crimea. These are some of the innumerable reports that receive circulation and some degree of credence, which is generally yielded in accordance with the wishes and feelings of the auditors. Still, however, we are without direct intelli gence from Lord RAGLAN, and it is difficult to account for the continued silence of the English Commander. We know that he was making the most energetic exertions to commence the bom bardment, that the town was invested on the South, that batteries of heavy guns had been constructed, and that the Allied Armies had ad vanced their trenches within 1,500 paces of fije bastbpol. But this was all accomplished by the 3d, and we might easily have trustworthy tidings of fully a theweek later. All that had occurred in Crimea up to the 10th inclusive might now be known in England, and nothing but som e de cided chang e i n the operations would justify the delay. we may obt a i n N ow, som e clue to the real facts by considering the actual state of affairs at the time of the last despatch— After the brilliant strategetical movement on Balakl esta blishing it as the basis o f their ara'and operations,esta the Allied Armies menaced the town from the sou th, holding a powerful position, where they cou ld withstand the entire Russian force, even if all the vaunted reinforcements had arrived an d were available for actual service. There they could obtain ample supplies of men and provisions, and there they would await the arrival of the reserve, which coulfl land at Balaklava without difficulty or impediment. Having thus established these important points, they would naturally be de sirous of cutting off all communication be tween MENSCHIKOFF, who, as , he himself declares, had executed his flank movement on Bakshi-Serai, and was very probably hovering about the Belbeck, and possibly in communication with the North Fort, and the several forts on the eastern side of the bay of the harbour—Fort Con stantine, &a., &c. Indeed we see no reason to doubt it, except his own positive assertion that it In our impression of yesterday we readily gave insertion to a letter from Dr. SMITH, Director- General of the Army and Ordnance Medical De partment, on the interesting and important subject of the alleged insufficiency of medical attendants, and of medical stores and supplies, with the Army and in the hospitals of the East. It is but justice to the writer to say that he has fully and completely exonerated himself and the heads of the department over which he so effi ciently presides from any participation in the alleged neglect of the sick and wounded. He has pointed out that there were with the Army at the Battle of Alma no less than 276 medical officers, being one to every 97 of strength, while in the Peninsula the number of medical officers with the troops was only one to every 154 of strength. The long list of materiel supplied, consisting of medicines and medical materials and comforts, instruments, surgical materials, and hospital stores, machines for the conveyance of the wounded, kc., proved that everything that could be required was abundantly supplied, and that so far as the seat of war was concerned no just complaints could be made against the preliminary arrangements, all for which Dr. SMITH, or the medical officers at home, could fairly be held responsible. We are also told that the medical officers at Scutari (Dr. SMITH believes 21 in number) have at their command. everything necessary for the treatment of the wounded. soldier, and that there are at this moment 30 more medical officers on their way to Constantinople, and that 15 more are waiting for embarkation. This is not quite so satisfactory ; inasmuch as Dr. SMITH does not speak positively, but merely on belief, as to the number of medical officers at Scutari. Besides, supposing the full number specified in attendance —twenty-one persons—even of the greatest effici ency, would be incapable of affording the neces sary care and attention to so many sick and wounded persons, said to amount to nearly 4,000 of all classes. It would seem, too, that the medi cal officers en route to, or under orders for, Con stantinople should have been earlier despatched. From the time of the sailing of the expedition it must have been known that a severe conflict, at tended with many serious casualties, was inevi table—that the return of numerous bodies of sick and wounded, as well of our own troops as of unfortunate prisoners, who ought to be treated with equal care and attention, might speedily be anticipated; and, therefore, that no considerations of economy should. be permitted to retard for a single moment the despatch of a sufficient party of medical attendants, not merely officers, but dressers and nurses—to whom, by the way, Dr. SMITH makes no allusion. The error may, how ever, rest with parties on the spot, who looked chiefly to the wants of the troops at the Crimea, and thought too little of those who might be sent home to the hospitals at Scutari. This seems a very probable view of the case, and, thet efore, there is at present no sufficient evidence to war rant any charge against Dr. SMITH, or the officers of the medical department at home. Two questions then arise which should receive prompt and adequate answers. Are the state ments respecting the want of medical comforts and surgical materials well founded, or gross exaggerations of the actual facts ? We can scarcely conceive that they can be pure inventions, or that any persons would be base enough to fabricate such vile calumnies unless there had been some foundation, some groundwork of truth, on which to rest the superstructure. On this point we have very conflicting evidence. On the one side, many persons come forward, on the authority of letters from their sick friends or relations, to charge the medical attendants, both on board the ship and at Scutari, with gross incompetency or negligence— or perhaps a little of both ; while, on the other hand, we have unimpeachable witnesses, who were actually present, and under the care of these impugned officers, vindicating their reputations, and passing high encomiums on their skill and indefatigable attention. The natural deduction follows that there is most probably a mixture of truth anti falsehood. in the charge, so that a strict inquiry should be instituted to ascer- taro whether the complaints are sustained to any and what extent ; and, secondly, if so, who are the parties or party primarily responsible for this serious evil. . But, in whatever asp ect we view the affair, we are the more confirmed in t he view we origi nally' took, not merely of the i nutilit y , but the impolicy of attempting to supply - the alleged defi ciencies by the liberality of private individuals. Such ass i stance must b e a b so l u t e ly useless to the affli cted. Their welfare is, of course, the first consideration, and if that could be promoted, or their sufferings alleviated by such aid, we would Say GOD speed the movement, much as we might feel bound to protest against its policy. But it must be obvious that the ditty is primarily im posed on the Government of the country, and that they acknowledge and recognise the responsibility. It seems equally plain that they have more ample means at their dis posal than any association of private indivi- ..„, IUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1854 dual; and that the thirty surgeons who are al ready on their way to Constantinople, and the fifteen more under orders, must be on the spot, and capable of rendering aid to the Lick: and ' .„-- , , undecl, before the parties engaged by, or on behalf off , ti i ,; subscribers to the fund can be pro pared to leave the E n glish shores. Besides, we may feel well assured that the medical depart ment has long since received information of any deficiencies, and have set to work to supply the wants and exigencies long since reported, whereas the kind-hearted subscribers must work in the dark. Although they have " one of the most trustworthy" of the Times' staff to act as almoner they will probably send out that which is utterly useless, and omit that which is urgently required. Indeed, before anything practical could be ef fected, the last of the wounded at Alma will either have received military honours over his grave, been invalided and sent home, or be in readiness to rejoin his regiment. Of all the delusions and humbugs we have witnessed—and we have seen, and exposed a good many, the Times' subscription for the wounded at Alma is decidedly the greatest. As we have already stated, we honour the motives of the subscribers, but we cannot help smiling at their gullibility, while we must protest against the impolicy of their inter ♦ention. Would Lord RAGLAN manage his troops better by having " Our own Correspondent" asso ciated. in the command ? Would the Government send out an expedition in better condition, if trusting for success to the exertions of private vo lunteers, who thought themselves at liberty to act independently—or for supplies to the casual bounty of individuals ? No ; let Government discharge the duties for which it is fairly respon sible, without expecting to have its failings sup plied by others. We pay heavy taxes—we grant liberal supplies, in order to have everything con ducted in the best manner. Let us have the management in the hands to which our SOVEREIGN has, with the assent of her Parliament, confided it; and if the duty be not properly discharged, call those responsible to a stringent account for their culpable laches. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL VIENNA, TUESDAY EVENING. The Vienna papers state, that on the sth and Gth the Allies opened their first parallel at a con siderable distance from the southern wall of Sc- bastopol. The siege works began with the construction of nine batteries, five of which front the Quarantine harbour. The force in the siege works consists of 3,600 men, and 60,000 men, with 150 guns, are posted on the left banks of Chernaya to pro tect the besiegers. Prince Menschikoff is in want of provisions and ammunition. It is said that six small steamers will attempt to force the passage of the Straits of Yenikale. The Lloyd states that the Allies continually harrassed the Russians in Sebastopol in order to discover the strength of the garrison and the best points of attack. It also says that the Russian fleet had quitted its usual anchorage in the small harbour, and was now moored on the north side of the larger har bour, between Fort Catherine and No. 9 battery. We have received the following communication from Paris, under the date of "PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. " `MARSEILLES, OCT. 16. " ' The marines of the fleet have requested and obtained permission to take part in the bombard ment of Sebastopol. " Each ship will supply a company and eight guns, giving a total of 200 pieces.' " ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 15. A despatch from Prince Menschikoff states that up the 9th instant Sebastopol had not been attacked, and that Russian reinforcements from Everybody is asking everybody what will be the next step taken by th• Allies after the fall of Sebastopol, which everybody considers "'un fait accompli." Will the Allies keep possession of the Crimea ? Will they destroy the batteries, ships, and town, and then evacuate ; or will they establish another, if not a new, dynasty—Turkish or Tartar ? And if they do, ask the uninitiated, what next will the Allied Army undertake to do to distress or bring to his senses the obsti nate tyrant who has been the cause of so much bloodshed ? Perekop were rapidly approaching to join him. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, TUESDAY, OCT. 17. The Danish Commons last night finally ap proved of the address to the King. They renew the demand for a free Constitution in the whole State, as in Denmark. The revolutionary act of July is entirely Everybody, or, at any rate, most people we come in contact with, see nothing to make it either hazardous or difficult to ferry a portion of our army across the lake ; and in almost three days from the time of embarking to bring it front to front with Prince BEBLITOFF'S legions. There can be no doubt that, next to the destruction of Sebastopol, the driving out of GEORGIA, and, if needs must, into the Caspian Sea itself, with the help of the Turks from Kars and Erzeroum, and SCHAMYL from his hills. This would go further to destroy that prestige which has cost so much treasure, so much bloodshed, so much diplomacy to establish, and which had well nigh frighted Europe from its propriety, than any other imme diate step the Allies could take, except perhaps making Poland independent, which she yet must be. ignored. The address was adopted by 90 to 1. The Upper House will adopt the same declara tion, and a deputation therefrom will join the deputation of the Lower House. HAMBURG, OCT. 16. According to an order from the French Mi nister of Marine, Admiral Parseval Deschenes has left Kiel for France with the Austerlitz and In flexible line-of-battle ships, and two steam frigates. Oa this subject we were led to dilate from having read Sir Wm. NAPIER'S " Couquest of Scinde," published in 1845, ten years ago, when, with a prescience and sagacity almost wonderful, he reviews the state of Russia and its power in Asia. in your sentiments of devotion and loyalty to his Impe rial Majesty, our beloved sovereign, and in your legiti mate love for the country of your birth. (Signed) " DERVISH, Imperial Turkish Com missioner and General of Division. " Bucharest, 17 (29) Sept., 1854." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 14.—The public here is still in doubt as to whether the bombardment of Sebas topol began on the 4th or sth instant or not ; in other words, we have received no later intelligence from the scene of war in the East than was com municated to you in my yesterday's letter. M. de Manteuffel is said to have declared to his royal master that his talents are not equal to the con tinuance of the game of dissimulation by which Russia has till now been supported, Germany bam boozled, and Austria hampered ; and that, conse quently, if his Royal master is bent upon carrying on this game, ho must resign his office to abler hands. The report goes on to say that the King of Prussia was greatly disconcerted at this untoward declaration of his Prime Minister, and his usually clear and bright vision became alarmingly obscured by doubts, fears, and misgivings of every description. M. de Manteuffel was accordingly sent for, and in formed that his Majesty could not dispense with his valuable services at this most critical juncture. The story goes on to say that this gifted servant of the Crown thereupon insisted upon the unavoidable necessity of henceforth pursuing a hand-and-glove policy with Austria, and that, in the further d , velopment of the existing complications, the closest union between Prussia and Austria would best pro mote the interests of Germany and the ends of peace. Report says that a warm debate ensued, but M. de Manteuffel carried the day and came off victor. The Kreutz Zeitung's party was awfully chop-fallen at this unlooked-for result, but the King regained his serenity of mind. General Baron Hess is expected to arrive here either this evening or to-morrow. I learn that after his return a great council of war is to be held here, at which the English and French military commissioners at the head-quarters of the Austrian generalissimo in the principalities, General Du Plat and General Letang, who are both awaiting the arrival of Baron Hess at Vienna, will be pre sent. It is said that " tremendous efforts " have of late been made by most influential persons to oust Count Buol and one or two others of his col- leagues, and to induce the Emperor of Austria to abandon the Western Powers to their fate, and to form a close alliance with Prussia and the rest of Germany for the defence of Russia. RUSSIA. A letter from Hamburg, of the 12th, says : "We have to-day letters from St. Petersburg to the 7th. The approach of winter was already perceptible, and it was feared that the navigation of the Neva would soon be interrupted. Men's minds in the Russian ca pital were much occupied with the events of war. Mili tary preparations, and the arrivals and departures of troops continued to take place on a vast scale. The trains en the Moscow railway are constantly encum bered with all sorts of military articles, and with detachments of soldiers to form part of the army of reserve, assembled in that ancient capital of the em pire. Strong doubts were entertained of the Emperor absenting himself from St. Petersburg at the present critical moment, and although preparations have been made for a journey to the army of Poland, the realisation of that project appears to depend on the eventualities of the war in the East. As to the movements of troops -towards Poland, they may be summed up in a few words. The Imperial Guards, under the command of the Grand Duke, heir to the throne, are proceeding by forced marches from St. Petersburg to that kingdom, whilst the different divisions of the Russian troops, which were stationed in Poland since the commencement of the war, are being directed from various sides to the Austrian frontiers of Cracow and of Gallicia, where they are establishing themselves in two fortified camps." who were present. In the meantime, the 1,036 f. 25c. ; Lyons and the MediterraTioan, 85Of ; English and . French Governments. Owing, how- Wkisitern of fiance, 613 f. ; ever, to some cause, not very clearly explained, no Cette, 623 f. ; Great Central of France, 518 f 75e. ; copy was that day sent by the French Admiral to Lyons and Geneva, 532 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit his Government, he having received an assurance Mobilier, 747 f. 50c. from Admiral Napier that the report of the meet ing should be communicated by the English Go vernment to that of France through the Ambas sador. Before transmitting the minutes to Eng land, Admiral Napier is said to have added a post script, or written a separate despatch to the Admi ralty, to the effect that the minutes contained the Imperial Government received from London the communication of the report as transmitted by Admiral Napier, with the Admiral's separate post script, and the result was, that orders were at once sent by the Minister of Marine to Admiral Deschenes to commence the attack forthwith. Before anything could be done the communica tion made directly by the Admiral, and which contained the decision of the meeting of officers against the attack, reached the Government, .who no doubt convinced by the reasons submitted to them, at once sent counter-orders ; and those counter-orders were in all probability those to which I alluded a few days since. This matter has it is said, produced an unpleasant feeling among the officers of the fleets, not by any means against each other. Between the two Governments, how ever, nothing unpleasant does or can exist on that account. Such are the facts asstated by persons who appear to have no doubt of their exactness, but. for which, as I have already said, I by no means vouch. MISCELLANEOUS. Some alarm has been created at Paris by the rumour brought by ttf,legraph from Vituina, that General Osten-Sacken had entered the Crimea at the head of 40,000 men ; but it is to be remarked that this rumour is from no official source ; that it has not been corroborated, though it has been known for twenty-four hours ;. and that, as is fre quently the case with fabricated news, it is without a date. The deputation of officers sent by the English Government to represent our army at the funeral of Marshal de St. Arnaud consisted of Lieutenant- General Sir Harry Smith, with his aides-de-camp, Colonel Taylor and Colonel Holditch, sent to re present the. Queen, and L or d Arthur lay, sent to represent Lord Hardinge, commander-in-chief of the British army. The Sardinian general, Count do Marinora, was also present. A letter from Vienna dated the 12th October, and given by the Moniteur, says—" The victory of the allied armies on the Alma is appreciated by all competent judges as a most glorious feat of arms. The bulletins which give an account of it are also greatly admired. The garrison of Vienna is to be passed to-morrow in review by the Emperor, who has invited the French general Letang and the English general Duplas to join his staff." Travellers who have arrived at Vienna direct from Russia state that entrenchments on a great scale are being made along the Vistula, and capable of preventing any successful passage of the river from the opposite bank. More than ten thousand men are at work on them. The troops are moving by three routes towards the Austrian frontier—one being by railway from Warsaw to MOlzki, another along the Michevo road, and the third along the Vistula. THE WEST INDIA. MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, with the West India and Pacific mails, has arrived. Her dates are—Demerara, Sept. 25, Jamaica 27, Barbadoes 27, and St. Thomas's Oct. 2. The Plata has on board 108 passengers, 374,754 dols. in specie, 220,761 dols. in go ld dust' and bars, and a cargo consisting of cochineal, ginger, sarsa parilla, _ During her homeward voyage the Plata expe rienced strong head winds, and encountered a strong northerly gale, which lasted two days. At Jamaica the elections were still going on, but created little interest. Operations at the mines were very limited. There is no political news of interest. The markets still continue dull. Exchange (sixty days) 1 per cent. prem. The cholera was fast disappearing throughout the colonies, and the crops were looking well. Labour was very scarce. MANTEUFFEL'S PRUSSIAN CIRCULAR The following is the answer to the Austrian cir cular we published yesterday : The Austrian Cabinet has communicated to us the en closed circular, addressed on the 21st of this month to its representatives accredited to the German Govern ments. This document suggests to me the following ob::ervations. But, under all the circumstances, and seeing the great importance we attach to our concert with Austria, we shall continue, whenever there shall be a question of views we may deem it our duty to entertain, and shall be enabled to communicate to our allies, to ,wake a simul taneous communicatiou of them to Vienna. Be so good as to lay before the Governments to which you are severally accredited, &c., &c. (Signed) DE MANTEUFFEL. Berlin, Sept. 24, 1854. RUMOURED RUPTURE BETWEEN Till ALLIED POWERS AND PRUSSIA. The Paris correspondent of a contemporary writes thus : " The idea that we are destined to have a campaign this winter on the Rhine, that is, against Prussia, is becoming more general and more credited every day in some of the highest political circles. It is considered impossible that the tergiversations of that Power can much longer be tolerated, and the object for the estab lishment of the Camp of the North, as indicated when it was first formed, appears to be the real one after all. What effect the fall of Sebastopol before the winter sea son sets in would produce on the policy of that dishonest government it is difficult to say. It would, perhaps, force it to declare itself frankly on the side of the Allies, but it is better to be prepared for all emergencies. The notes that have recently passed between France and Prussia are, it appears, very strong and very decided. They are, indeed, of that kind which precede at no great interval a suspension of all friendly relations whatever, if not a declaration of hostilities. The probability of an alliance, defensive and offensive, between England, France, and Austria, with a view of such an eventuality as a war with Prussia, is spoken of, and the bases of such a treaty are said to have been already discussed and agreed upon. Nevertheless, it is believed by some that the policy of Prussia would be considerably modified in the event of another serious check to Russia. In the meantime, reinforcements continue to be sent to the Critnea from various places, and the Camp of the South will alone furnish over 10,000 men." THE FRENCH IN NEW CALEDONIA.—The Moniteur h a s published a report in full from Captain Tardy de Montravel, commanding the Constantine corvette, and charged with the installation of the first French military posts in New Caledonia. Not far fro m an anchorage, to which M. de Montravel has given the name of " French-Port" there is the territory of /vlorare, where on tried coal, w n e boardiC h to i hi i s g s t act a hno a b et il o n u het.a had Prosyi G x bae te t sh o tnee n ral s eom , dn egf w r; o e e m r x e p tohsi sailingeemdsmutierno a surface of small extent five veins o f coal were observed, o the working of which is exceedi ng l y easy. Specimens e fdcoa v ofi cain e ett r ehl y )oliayfs k n i ty n h d \:'i o gt f rho a ut t h m ned o spheric influence, which would natur ally be prejudicial to its combustible quality, and yet the latter was found to be good, giving out great heat, little smoke, and leaving hardly any ashes. A CONSCIENTIOUS PRISONER.—On the evening o Monday last William Porter (a sailor who was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for theft) made his ascape from prison, side bare o f th e w i ndow in the apartment in which h e by forci ng hi mse lf th ro ugh between th e out and Alexander Pert, charged with rape, were confined, and then lowering• himself to the ground by means of a rope, made from twine with which he had been sewing sacks. The superintendent of police, immediately on hearing of the affair, directed the police to search Por ter's several places of resort within the burgh, but no traces of him could be found until an examination was when ouse he w . On absedinisg istnoegrinCilled to go out f or questeov made er ioi covered on, n eo dn, the therp Porter r tte background orpa oie o of the the wll ya p s : 1 ! some tobacco, and to return again. It appears that on two previous occasions he had gone out in the way we v kept e w described, put . as all th e p r i soners ' c l ot h es are ln store and in the backg roun d, h e h a d se l ecte d is w them on, and scra m bl e d over th e d y k e . On one o f these occasions he bail called o n Pert's par en t ! , have i and a{ Ler th,eilslincgonfitlnieeimu confinement, h t e h e m i ll r ad " e de ,i a o r rn b e oy o ' t ' h w e r as ca g i e ls t : tine on in got a supply of tobacco, and returned to his quarters in the gaol, in the same way as ho got out. —Montrose ktondard. When Baron Prekesch, a few days only before the sit ting of the committee on the 25th inst., had declared to the King's minister to the Eund that he also did not deem it correct to convoke the committees before the re- - assembling of the Bund, the members of the committees being without instructions, he suddenly changed his mind and appointed a sitting, without communicating to M, de Bismarck his intention of submitting to the com mittees questions drawn up with formal precision, nor these questions themselves. Later, he also specified the seven well-known questions, as stripped of all official - character. Nevertheless these last, as we learned from different quarters, but not through a direct communica tion from Vienna, were communicated to the imperial legations by a circular, in which an interpretation • is set forth as undoubted of the full purport, in prin- - ciple, to be given to the convention of April 20, such as by no means coincided with our opinions, and the answer to the questions in that sense was urgently - demanded. We repeat that this circular was not simul taneously communicated to us, but we learnt its con tents approximately, our representative having men tioned it on the supposition that it bad reached us direct from Vienna. But that did not take place till a fort night after, by means of communicatien made to Count Esterhazy after I had charged Count Arnim at Vienna to broach this subject to Count Buol. Such is the simple statement of the facts. We are far from contesting the right of the Austrian Cabinet to address circulars to its representatives without commu nicating them to us, but, setting that aside, we raise the question of knowing whether, in the case at issue, or in general when any action unanimous as possible is at stake, it would not be desirable to give each other mutual information beforehand, or else simultaneously, concern- - ing proceedings similar to such as are expressed in the seven questions, or in the circular of August 31, en closed for your guidance, even supposing the difference of opinions would not have been entirely removed. The Austrian circular, by affirming that we expressed our surprise at the want of agreement with us, has not stated the facts with perfect correctness, for in answer ing the supposition of the German Governments or their representatives at Berlin, that we had been cognisant of the seven questions before they were submitted to the committee, and of the circular immediately after it - had appeared, we were less in a position for expressing our surprise to them than for hearing them express it to us. Of the conquest of &hide, Napier writes :--• "Europe will have more to fear than India. But is Russia really to be feared in Europe ! This is a ques- tion easier Co ask than to answer. " The profound falsehood of her Government—her barbarous corruption—her artificial pretensions—the glitter of her regular armies, shining only from the pu trescence of national feeling, would lead to the negative. Her surprising progress in acquisition of territory, within the last hundred years, would lead to the affirmative. " If we belive those writers who have described the ramifications of the one huge falsehood of pretension, which they say pervades Russia, her barbarity, using the word in its fall signification, would appear more terrible than her strength. " Nor can I question their accuracy, having, in 1815, when the reputation of the Russian troops was highest, detected the same falsehood of display without real strength. For, from the imperial parades on the Boule- vards at Paris, where, oiled, bandaged, and clothed, to look like men whom British soldiers would be proud to charge on a field of battle, the Muscovite was admired. I followed him to his billet, where, stripped of his dis guise, he appeared short of stature, squalid, and meagre, his face rigid with misery, shocking sight and feeling. A British soldier would have offered him bread rather than the bayonet. " Nevertheless, some innate expanding and dangerous strength must belong to a nation which, during long contests with the most warlike people of continental Europe, led by Frederick and Napoleon, has steadily advanced by arms and by policy, appropriating whole countries to herself, until her Cossacks may now encamp on her own territories within a few marches of Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, and Constantinople. Her regular armies may be bad, her fleets in the Baltic and Black Sea may be worse ; but they are there ; and she can send half a million of wild Norsemen, who, without pay, would invade Europe for the plunder ; sustained by regular armies on the Russian frontier, they would make such ravage as half a century could not repair. The chances of revolution have been spoken of as the remedy for the Muscovite power ; but who can predict that re volution will not augment, rather than diminish, her warlike strength and ambition ? Her policy is national, and it menaces freedom, and happiness, and civilisation. Poland was the first error of Europe in respect to Russia ; Circassia may be the second ; Constantinople the last and greatest." So far Sir WILLIAM NAPIER ten years ago. Compare his words with our own knowledge of facts as regards the army of the CZAR, and let each ask himself whether the hour has not almost arrived that his forces should be driven out of the Caspian, and Poland made an independent nation and an outpost for the security of Europe. We said so more than twenty-five years ago. THE BATTLE OF ALMA. With his usual promptitude Mr. Wyld has just published a very graphic map of the Battle of the Alma. It is the most perspicuous delineation of that glorious event which we have yet seen. Not only are the positions of the rival armies clearly defined before the day of battle, but the relative positions of the Allies- the night after the victory. The relative anchorage of the fleets fl anking the shore is also graphically illustrated, with the names of the respective vessels, steamers, and line-of battle ships. Altogether, this is a map which every one will be proud and delighted to examine over and over again, and still and often refer to. PIMLICO LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION....- The result of the public meeting held some time ago has enabled the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, and the friends of the institution, to place it on an improved footing. A large number of members have already enrolled them selves for the winter quarters. Last night, Dr. W. Vesalius Pettigrew delivered an introductory lecture, at which many of the influential supporters of the institu tion were also present. THE "BRICKS" OF F THE FIRST DIVISION.--A COT poral of the 424 Highlanders, inthe Duke of Cambridge's division, writes home--" After the battle, the Duke himself came up, the same as if he was one of our chums, and at the same time up comes a colonel on hor;:ebAck. ' I have to thank your Royal Highness for saving us to-day.' 'Oh,' says the Duke, you must not thank me, for these are the gentlemen that won the day and saved you.' The colonel replied, And Sir Colin, too.' ' A b,' says the Duke, ` Sir Colin is a brick.' Ay,' says a sergeant of ours, and you are a brick yourself,' and we so gave them three times three." FORGE-RY OF AN INSOLVENT "PROTECTION."—At the Bristol police court, on Saturday, a respectably attired young man named John Gollifer, who had been until re cently a clerkk in the offices of two or three leading legal establishments in that city, was placed at the bar and charged with having feloniously forged and uttered a certain document, purporting to be an interim order for protection by Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Bart., judge of the county court of Gloucestershire, sitting at Bristol, with intent to defraud one William Gillard. After hear ing evidence, the magistrates committed the prisoner to take his trial for forgery at the next Gloucestershire assizes.—Bristol Paper. THE CRIMEA. The latest news from the Crimea, in the Lloyd, informs us that the bombardment of Sebastopol commenced on the ith inst. This is in some mea sure corroborated by a despatch in another Vienna journal, to the effect that up to the 6th the bom barding of the fortress had not begun. General Osten-Sacken is still at Perekop, await ing the arrival of the reinforcements. It is very probable that he will take the separate command of the reserves, while Prince Menschikoff will con fine his operations to the defence of his position near Sebastopol. These reinforcements that are so much talked of would, it was anticipated, in the first place, reach Simpheropol by the 12th or 14th. We read now in a despatch from Odessa, that it is believed that the reinforcements will not arrivo at their destination before the 25th of October. The Soldaten Freund gives the position of the allied armies on the 7th inst. The main body of th• right wing is at Kamara, north east of Ba lava, with its outposts advanced to the river Cher pays. The centre occupies the road from Sebas topol to Balaklava, and the main body of the left wing is at Karani, with its outposts at Khutor, and a detachment, consisting of one battalion of Rifles and a regiment of infantry, in the convent of St. George on the seashore. The distance from the right wing to the left is not more than one hour and a half. PRINCE WORONZOFF. It is said in Paris that Prince Woronzoff has been repeatedly pressed to take the command in the Crimea. The Prince, who has more than once ex pressed his disapprov ,- .1 of the policy of the Czar, has refused. Being pressed on the point he made ill health a pretext for retiring, and is now in Brussels. Another effoi is made to induce him to go to the Crimea, and an agent of the Emperor is now in that city, or is shortly expected there for that object. We extract the following from a letter received from the Continent :—" A Russian official at Kiel, though not a Russian by birth, refused to be lieve the news of the taking of Sebastopol, when most people gave credit to it. He declared it would take more time than it was supposed, but that it would certainly fall, and the date he sug gested as probable is from the sth to the 10th of November. This opinion was given a fortnight ago. I may add, that the party alluded to re sided for 16 years in Sebastopol, employed by the Government. He also says that the fortifications of Sebastopol are much more solid than those of Bomarsund. Prince Menschikoff is not considered as a man of much head, but it appears that some of the best officers of the special branches of the military profession, engineers and artillery, are now in the Crimea, or in Sebastopol itself. What ever the St. Petersburg papers may say, the Em peror Nicholas admits to his confidential friends the total defeat of the Russian army on the Alma. His rage is described as something awful, and the 'reproaches he has addressed to Prince Menschikoff are most violent. He is said to be determined on persisting to the last." THE PRINCIPALITIES. PROCLAMATION TO THE MOLDAVIANS. The proclamation addressed by Dervish Pacba, the Turkish commissioner in the Danubian Princi palities, to the Moldavians, on the entry of the Austrian troops into Jassy, is published in the Orfoniteur of yesterday. It is as follows. The passages we have printed in italics read like irony. " Moldavians,—llis Imperial Majesty the Sultan, our gracious Sovereign, out of his high and paternal care for his subjects, 'without any distinction, has been pleated to give you a new proof of his benevolence, in[condescend in,q to appoint me his imperial commissioner in the two Principalities, to watch over your interests, and re-estab lish the order which has unfortunately been disturbed by the injustice and self-will of the Russian Government. While making known to you this gracious determination of his Imperial Majesty, I hasten to make the following communication :—The Sublime Porte, having concluded a special convention with the Government of his Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, as it had previously done with the Governments of France and Great Britain, it is my duty to inform you, that according to the tenour of this treaty, Austrian troops will enter provisionally into the two Principalities. The presence of these troops in Mol davia need not disquiet you, since they enter as belonging to a Power friendly and allied to the Sublime Porte ; they will occasion no charge to you, since they will pay regularly in specie for everything they require to buy in the country. The Russians having definitively quitted the Principalities, the former order of things is re-established, and his Highness Prince Ghika has received orders to resume the reins of government. Your ancient pri vileges and immunities are and will be maintained, and you will thereby see that the maintenance of these pri vileges is no ways due to treaties which have been annulled, but to the benevolent and paternal care of his Impe rial Majesty, the Sultan, our gracious master, whose honour and glory are deeply interested in their conserva tion. Moldavian:3, your country has suffered much ; but under the protecting shield of our gracious sovereign everything is about to re-enter into its normal condition. Till circumstances permit a more happy development, you ought to continue to obey the laws by which you are governed, and to preserve that sentiment of respect for them which is indispensable to the happiness and pro sperity of a country. By this means nothing will be more easy and agreeable than to maintain the public order and tranquillity, over which our august sovereign has charged me to watch carefully. I place all reliance PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 15.—The Berlin correspondent of the Breslatter Zeitung gives a resume of what the official despatches from St. Petersburg have in formed the Russian embassy here. Prince Mens- . chikoff had very soon recognised the intention of the Allies to make a simultaneous attack on Sebas topol by land and sea, and therefore the vessels were sunk at the entrance of the harbour. The allies were in consequence obliged to alter their plan entirely, and to reduce the double attack on north and south to a single one in the south. The capture of Sebastopol is thus made much more difficult, for even after the town is taken there will still remain the strong forts to b• destroyed ; Fort Alexander with 90 guns, Nicolaus with 200, Paul with 84, Catherine with 120, and Constantine with 110 guns. In the attack on all these they (the Allies) are deprived of the assistance of the fleet, which, nevertheless, is highly necessary. The Berlin correspondent of the Presse writes that a courier has recently brought an autograph letter from the Emperor Nicholas to the King of Prussia. The Frankfort Post Zeitung has a letter of the 10th from Berlin, in which it is said that the Prussian party entertains great hopes that the straightforward language of the Austrian Govern ment will tend to drive the Prussian Cabinet " into a more intimate connexion with Russia." POLAND. CRACOW, Oct. 9.—Cracow is not capable of being converted into a regular fortress, but will have in all likelihood an entrenched camp with detached forts. These forts, not yet finished, are Kosciusko on what was formerly the Bronislava bill, Veuedek on the Krzemionka heights and the right bank of the Vistula, Dombie at the ford, and Fort Warsaw not far from Prondnik on the Warsaw road. The recklessness with which the Russians are compelling the Polish landowners to send in the supplies lately ordered by a special decree sur passes belief. The quota of each person is as sessed without ascertaining whether it even exists or not on the estate. The quantity is ordered and there it must be, there it shall be ; and as for paying honestly, there .is not even an attempt to do so, for they pay what they please, often a third of the real value. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 13.—Major-General Briitow set out yesterday, escorted to the frontier by au officer of the Civil Guard. Lord Howden has addressed a note to the Go ♦ernment, demanding that the slave trade shall be treated as piracy. The Three per Cents. closed at 33.90. The French Three per Cents. closed at 75f. 45c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 98f., for the end of the month. FRANCE. FROM OUR OWN CORMESPOND&NT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We are still without any official news from the Crimea, and the private telegraphic despatches received within the last two days by way of Vienna are so obscure and contradictory that it is unsafe to place any reliance on them. The eonstitutionnel says "The Government has received news from the Cri mea by the Tdlemaque steamer, which left Constanti nople on the sth, and had on board M. d'Abrantes, orderly officer to Prince Napoleon, and another officer of the staff. The news brought by the Telataque is most satisfactory. The works of the siege were going on with activity, and under most favourable conditions. The sanitary state of the army left nothing to be de sired ; the soldiers were full of ardour, and no one doubted of success." The Post-office a dministration has directed that the arrivals and departures of the Levant packets should be regulated in a more satisfactory m anner for the.publie ; so that in future those packets shall not si multaneously reach Marseilles, and leave an interval of a we©k or two before the next ar rival. The departure for Constantinople are here after to take place on the 2 d, 6 th, 12th, 16th, 22d, and 26th of each month , and the returns on th e Fo endofmonth 4th, Bth, 1 4 th, 18 th, 24 th, and 28th. , ua at n Ca 7 l- sf - , 45 T c. he for Ti t i l l i .e e the a Three per Cents. cl o sed i ; theyesterday Half per Cents. at 98f. Oc. • Orleans r- Shares, 1,197 f. 50c.; Rouen, 985 f. Havre, Railway 562 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 870 f. O c ; Strasburg, 833 f. 750. ; New Shares, 650 f Oc, ; Paris and Lyons, FIGHTING ON THE DANUBE. VIENNA, Oat. 13.—We (Vienna Presse) receive from Galatz, and a reliable source, the news that 700 Bashi-bazouks, the vanguard of the Turkish army, advancing from Bucharest, Giurgevo, and Kalarasch, entered Ibraila on the Gth instant. The whole army is to be concentrated near Ibraila by the 18th. A skirmish took place on the 30th of September between the Turkish and Russian patrols, in which losses ensued on both sides. The spot where the fight took place lies between Tultsha and Isaktcha. The Russians retreated to their boats, and then recrossed the Danube. BUCHAREST, Oct. 4.—The Prussian Gazette says : "Near Kalarasei there are 15,000 Egyptian and Turkish troops encamped. The encampment will shortly be broken up, as these troops, too, are go ing to the Dobrudscha. Troops from England and France are coming very shortly, according to gene ral rumour, but they are to be reshipped for the Crimea. The winter will hardly cause any cessa tion of hostilities." DENMARK-SWEDEN NORWAY. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 11.—To-day the Parliamen tary campaign against the Ministry commenced. Tutein, one of the wealthiest landowners in Den mark, moved the first reading of his proposition for a Parliamentary commission to draw up ques tions of indictment against the Cabinet. His speech was calm and comprehensive, and recapitu lated the various illegal acts of which the Ministry had been guilty, not forgetting the flagrant finan cial delinquencies. The house followed him with continuous applause. The Home Minister (Tillisch) denied that the Folkthing had any right to nominate a commis sion for this purpose. A committee they might appoint, but not a commission ; or they might at once proceed to the impeachment of Ministers. The Constitution of the Danish kingdom was already, in his opinion and in that of his colleagues, annihilated by the proclamation of January 28, 1832. He warned the house, therefore, to proceed with this commission at their peril. Grundtvig protested against all illegal interpre tations as well as against all illegal acts, and im plored the Danish Commons to do its duty without fear. He proposed a direct indictment. Tscherning seesawed as usual between the two, his speech being sometimes Anti-Ministerial, and. sometimes Anti-Parliamentary. Orsted, the Premier, supported his colleague Tillisch. Bishop Monrad, in a long and eloquent harangue, showed that the Ministry governed illegally; that they were demoralising the public mind as well as the officials beneath them; that their interpretation of the introductory clause in the ground-law was a falsehood, a contradiction, and a jesuitical subter fuge; and that the Parliament must do its duty to wards the country which they represented, and the King, whose word the Ministry would falsify, and whose rights they trampled upon. After the tumul tuous cheering which followed this speech had sub sided, and some further observations by Orsted, Rotwitt, Tutein, and Tillisch, the proposition was carried without one dissentient voice, and was read a first time accordingly. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 12. To-day the Lower Lionse was occupied with the sketch of the address to the King, as proposed by Hall and the other members of the committee appointed for that pur pose. It is very long. It expresses the wish of tho Parliament, shown by a long series of humilia tions and moderation, to assist in establishing a whole-state Constitution, but only on condition that it be a free Constitution, with full legis lative authority and full power over the taxes, as was even promised by the illegal proclama tion. of January 28, 1852. It declares that the King cannot give his sympathy and assistance to theories and sophisms in decided contradiction to former public acts and Ministerial assurances, and it hopes that his Majesty will listen to the re presentations of his Parliament, " proceeding as they do from a lively and sincere attachment to the necessities of the King and Crown, no less than to the rights of that Danish people who, in years full of danger to the royal house and the real authority, had to bear the brunt, undergo the sacrifices, and act in the stead of the whole Danish kingdom." This address is generally looked upon as far too mild and negative in its character. As the first reading, however, merely pronounces in favour of the principle, opposition to its details was reserved to a later stage, and it was read a first time by a majority of 90 to 1, this one being Grundtvig, who refused to vote in favour of so weak a declaration, and demanded much more solemn demonstrations against a Cabinet whose every step was an ille gality. Tho second and last reading will be pro ceeded with on Saturday. On that day also Tutein's motion for impeachment comes to a second reading. It is expected that, in order to expedite the question, he will change his motion to a com mittee instead of a commission, the reality being the same in either case, but the former being much more rapid in its movements. Tutein's speech was masterly and conclusive ; and Monrad's reply to Tillisch entirely annihilated the Government dialectics. OCT. 13.—The total wreck of the Swedish Crown steamer Gylfe is a serious misfortune to the Swedish navy. Several minor but not unimportant questions have again been decided in the Swedish Parlia mentary Constitution-Committee, contrary to the wishes of the Cabinet. According to intelligence from Tromsey, the com munication between the Northern Norwegian and Russian harbours, in vessels of less than eighty tons, is still kindly permitted by the allies, and there is now no want of flour, &c. Winter is setting in rather suddenly in Norway, which is a great misfortune in the forest districts. The Leopard, with Rear-Admiral Martin on board, has sailed. Bishop Monrad's great speech on the impeach ment question is now going the round of the papers, and everywhere excites universal admiration. We are hourly expecting news of the fall of Sebastopol, an event at this moment looked for ward to as eagerly by Old Denmark as by Old Eng land. THE BALTIC. Iu a letter received from Paris this morning we find the following : " A person who has just come from the Baltic announces that next year operations will be under taken on a large scale in those seas, and that not merely the lesser forts will be attacked and de stroyed, but that Cronstadt will be bombarded with every chance of a favourable result. Indeed, the opinion there seems to be that before a year passes over, the allied flags will float in St. Petersburg. Contrary to what was, I believe, the opinion gene rally received, Finland is reported as Russian—not out of 'Ova to Russian rule, but out of hatred to Sweden; and Sweden, no doubt from the same mo tive, is said to be suspect. The loss of the French in the Baltic both from cholera and (it is added) mismanagement has been much greater than was supposed, and complaints have been heard against General Baraguay d'Hilliers." A morning contemporary has the following : " It is said in Par;s that some short time since, in consequence, perhaps, of the disappointment which it was thought would be felt in England and France at the combined fleets not having effected more in the north than the destruction of Bomar sund, a meeting of the Admirals, Sir Charles Na pier and Admiral Deschenes, and of the superior officers of the fleets, was held, when the question was discussed as to the propriety and possibility of attacking and taking Helsingfors and Sweaborg. The question was examined in all its bearings, and the reports of the officers who had been sent to take soundings on the coast were of course laid be fore this naval committee. lam not aware of the relative proportions of those who were in favour and those who were against the attack of these two places ; but it is certain that the decision of the majority was against it, and it is affirmed that Sir Charle3 Napier did not dissent from that decision. In answer to those who considered that an attack was both feasible and necessary, it was observed that, though there was little doubt of Helsingfors and Sweaborg meeting the fate of Bomarsund, yet that it was impossible for the Allies to keep these places, and that when after the capture they were obliged to abandon them, a pretext would be afforded for the Emperor of Russia to announce another victory, and to proclaim to his subjects that the English and French were beaten out of the Gulf of Finland. Other reasons were alleged, but the one I allude to was the principal. The minutes of the proceedings were drawn up in due form and signed by all the officers present . The meeting then separated, it having been previously agreed to that copies of the minutes should be forwarded to the opinions of the officers of the squadron, but that these opinions were not in conformity with his own, and that, on the contrary, he thought the attack on Helsingfors and Sweaborg ought to be made at once. This despatch, or postscript, is stated not to have been communicated to the French Admiral. This officer became acquainted with the fact soon , after ; vnd, without loss of time, sent to his Government the minutes, which it appears he drew up from memory, aided by the officers t I i