The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-20 00:00:00

E MA It K ; E AND COM MERCIA L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TIV 0 o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, includ ing 1,000 American taken for export and on specu lation. The market closed heavily, without any change in prices. The sales comprised 70 Pernarn and Maranham, at qd. to 7d. ; 20 Bahia, at 6.1 d. ; 100 Egyptian, at Sid. to bid. ; 800 Surat, at 3d. to 4id., and the remainder American. Railway Shares were fiat. Ths imports and exports of the precious metals are just now of more than ordinary importance, as upon the relative position of the supplies from Australia and America, with the shipments to the Continent from hence, depends in a great measure the future course and prospects of the money mar ket. At present opinion is somewhat divided as to whether the rates or value of money will be kept higher or lower during the remainder of the current year. For some weeks past the arrivals of gold to this country have been large, but at the same time the shipments from this lido to France, hays also been extensive. Last week our im ports were about 575,0001., and the exports to 05,000/. ; an important amount of specie and bul lion is known to have been also sent by private hand. From the accounts received to-day from Ame rica, it appears that the drain upon the United States for gold continued very active, say about 1,000,000 dols. to 1,500,000 dols. per week. The Banks found it necessary to curtail their discounts, and to be very cautious in the paper they dis counted. Some few mercantile failures are men boned as having taken place early in the present month, when a large amount of bills fell due, but, on the whole, acceptances were well met, particu larly when the stringept state of the Money Mar ket of New York is considered. It is important to notice the fact, as the trade of that port and Liverpool is too intimately connected for such a circumstance to pass without observation. The Golden Era has arrived from Melbourne, with about 200,0001. The commercial intelligence from Melbourne is generally unsatisfactory. The English Stock Market is considerably firmer to-day, but the dealings are limited. Consols opened at 91i 1, but harp since receded to 911 for Money. The Account prices have ranged from 91i to 911, being about 1 per cent. higher than at the close of the market on Saturday. Bank Stock is quoted 211 to 213. Exchequer Bills are ls. to ss. prem., and India Bonds lls. prem. The New 3 per Cents. are 89 7 8 . to 91±. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 5i- ; Mexi can, 211 to 211 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; ditto, S per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i- to 18± ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37::.-! to 38 1 4 ; ditto, Certificates, 5 8 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 41. Foreign Stocks are very quiet, and without par ticular alteration in prices. Turkish Scrip at one time rose to 5.1 to 5 dis., but is now Ga to Gi dis. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 91k, being about 1 per cent. higher. Spanish Passive Bouds are 41. Russian 5 per Cents. are marked 96±, and the 41- per Cents. 851. Mexican Stock is heavy at 21i. The South American Securities are neglected. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Date. Place. Caterham Nov. 24, King William-st. Demerara European ana N. American Deo. 7, St. John's N. Bruns. Kilkenny Junction Namur and Liege , (Mons and Monage) Waterford. and Kilkenny Nov. 30, London Tavern. Company. In Railway Shares there is a general upward tendency, in consequence of the rise in Consols. The lines principally dealt in are Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Norfolk, and South- Eastern. The French lines are firmer. In Mining, Banking, and other undertakings there is no material change. ' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Pram, the Onicial List.) Business dens rank Stock . 3 per Cent. Redused Annuities. 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 9 li i 4 li New 3 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities ll9 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under 21000 • ll Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, lid. c:1000 2500 5 2 5 Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2l. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 96 Ru ssian Bonds, 4i per Cent B5. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B6 Spanish Bouds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 p c k. Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Swe dish 4 per Cent. ....... .. ..... ... ...... ..... 87i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALP•PAST Consols Ditto, Account BOAT RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSUIP. Messenger Cole OMER PACHA. A letter from - Vienna of the 16th says :-- " - Up to 4 o'clock yesterday our latest telegraphic rie wsfrom Bucharest was of the sth, but a letter of the 7th was received here, which contained matter of some little interest. The writer had passed the preceding evening in the company of Omar Pacha s who spoke with great freedom on the subject of his apparent inactivity. The Sirdar observed that the great public seemed to think that he ought to have made a diversion in favour of the Allies by means of an inroad in Bessarabia. While the Russians were in Wallachia he had had a far larger army under his command than he has at present, but for reasons which it would be super fluous as well as unwise to mention, he could not ven ture to meet the Russians in the *pen field. In Wal lachia, where the Russians bad no fortresses, the Turk. ' ish troops could suddenly cross the river and as suddenly retire after having dealt the Russians a heavy blow. In Bessarabia the Russian pivot of operation is Ismail, and nothing of importaice can be undertaken in that province, even by a powerful army •composed of the best disciplined and staunchest European troops, until that strong fortress has been taken. The reason why Omer Paeha had concentrated the greater Part of his army in the east of Bulgaria was that he might be able to send reinforcements to the Crimea, and keep the Rayah in check. There is reason to believe that 1,500 Turks have been sent to Balaklava within the last fortnight or three weeks, but it remains to be seen whether they will ren der better service than their fellows who landed with the English and French on the 14th of September. The Turkish commander, who was aware that the Emperor Nicholas was likely to consent to treat with Austria on the basis of the tour conditions, observed that more than one European Power would have cause to repent its half measures " for the house of Romanoff will never volun tarily and sincerely renounce any one of its long cherished plans." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at Noon, N N E • • • ; strong breeze, with hazy weather. DovEn, Nov. 19.—Wind, E. Sailed—Soren, Winkle, for St. Domingo; Hygad, St. Valery. Put back — Drake , Sunderland, with loss of anchors and chains. Off Port— Ann Washburn, from Antwerp, for New Orleans ; Mar gsreth Ida, Rotterdam; Nederland, Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Undaunted, from Rickibucto ; Victoria, London, and sailed for New York. Sailed—Richard Young, for Akyab ; Roumet, West Indies ; Anna Marie Henriotto, Surinam ; Agonoria, Galway ; H.M.S. Curlew, westward. Off Port —limbo, from Antwerp, for Valparaiso. Nov. E.N.E. Arrived—Piedad, from Cuba, for Bremen ; Hoffnung, St. Übe's, for Konigsbe r g ; George and Henry, Cork ; M a nchester, do., for London, with loss of fore and maintopmasts ; Mercurius, Skien ; H.M.S. Avon, Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind, E. Arrived—Sir James Ross, from Colombo • Henry Miller, Bahia ; L y me Re g is, Berbi ce ; Mary, Sine's ; Alford, London , for St. Michael's. Put back—Mary, London. Off Port—Onward , from Lon don, for Melbourne. DARTMOUTH, NOV. 19.—Wind, E. Arrived—Venue, from Seville and Cadiz. Sailed —Blessing, far Marseilles Lavinia, Almeria. Cowr,z, Nov. 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Chief tain, from the South Seas, for London, Sailed—Luba, or Valparaiso ; Dirego, Now York. 'aIAILTET NE WkS—(T.ELIS DAY.; CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were dull for wheat, on lower terms. The barley trade was heavy, and prices had u downward tendency. Malt moved off steadily, at very full prices. The oat trade was less active, and the quotations were barely supported. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. Most of the foreign markets have ruled steady, with only a moderate business doing on English account. Ad vices from New York to the 9th iust. state that both wheat and flour were very dull, and lower. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad, we received 2,191 quarters of wheat, 130 barley, 6,865 oats, 5, 598 beans, 1,260 peas, 665 tares, 5,844 linseed, 546 rapeseed, 112 mus tard seed, 295 sundry seeds, 658 sacks and 300 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise and by land carriage, were very mode rate, but in good condition. The show of samples of both red and white was small compared with some previous Mondays. About au average business was transacted in all kinds, at prices equal to those obtained on Monday week, viz., the 6th inst.—in other words, the fallfrom the highest point lately paid was from 2s to 3s per quarter. At our quotations most of the samples changed hands. With foreign wheat we were rather scantily supplied ; but the arrival during the past week of several vessels off the coast laden with grain from Alexandria, and the aboli tion of the corn monopoly in Egypt, had considerable in fluence upon the trade. The business doing was limited, at the prices of Monday se'nnight—the late advance havinc , been lost. We were fairly supplied with barley which moved off somewhat steadily, at about last week's quotations. The malt trade was considered steady, on former terms. We were extensively supplied with oats, especially from Ireland. A steady business was transacted in good sound corn, at extreme rates. Damp qualities gave way 6d per quarter. We had a steady sale for beans, at an improvement in he quotations of is per quarter. The sale for peas ruled heavy, at is to 2s per quarter less THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE It is computed that, within a week of the battle of the sth instant, Lord Raglan must have received reinforce ments to the amount of 5,000 men—namely, throe entire battalions, the 46th from Woolwich, the 97th from the Pirmus, and the 62d from Malta. In addition the Queen of the South took out' 1,100 and the Jura 1,250 in detach ments to the several regiments on the ground, all of whom would in the natural course of things have arrival, giving a substantial addition of 5,000 infantry. Advises from Constantinople of the 6th state that 5,00) French troops had left for the Crimea ; General Mayran's brigade is probably reckoned in this enumeration. A corps of 2,500 Tunisian troops, capable of rendering good service to a general acquainted with their character and capabilities, has been detached from Mustapha Pasha's command in Asia, and added to the army in the Crimea. Advises from the Crimea, which, it is hoped, may lie subject to correction, state that General Sir De Lacy Evans will be compelled to relinquish the command which he has held with so much distinction to return to England. A Sunday contemporary states that a message was received at the Horse Guards, on Saturday evening, to the effect that the gallant General had died on board ship, but it is satisfactory to know that the report is open to great doubt. Besides the three generals slain in the battle of the sth inst. there were as many as five wounded. Happily some of the wounded are still able to keep the field, and will profit by their gallant conduct. Owing to the lamented decease of Sir George Cathcart, the formation of a new division and the return to England of fir De Lacy Evans, and probably of Sir George Brown, some considerable changes must tako place in the com mands in the Crimea. It is stated as most probable that Major-General Bentinck and Major-General Sir Colin Campbell will be appointed to the command of Divisions. In the event of General Bontinck's promotion, Major- General Coth ington, who commanded the Ist brigade of the Light Division at the Alma, will, in all likelihood, have the brigade of Guards. money. For flour we had a moderate inquiry, at last week's quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whaat—Essex & Kent, Red .• .. new 69a to 82a Ditto.. • ........ old 74s 80a D tto, White new 79s 86s old 78s 67s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old G 63 75a Ditto new •••• 653 71s Rye —Old • • • • . • • • —s —s New • • • • • • .. .. 403 413 Barley—Grindims .. • .. 323 343 Malting .•• 34s 3Gs Chevalier.• •• 383 41s Walt—Suffolk and Nor folk ••••••...... G2s 67s Drown.•• •• .• .....••• 58s £O3 Kingston and Wars 683 70s Malt—Chevalier .... 71s to 73s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 28s 3' 3 Potato .••.• • .. • • 29s 336 Youghal aad Cork lllack... •• • • 25s 30s Cork, White ..• • . 27s 32s Scotch, Food. • . 23s 31s loans—Tick ......... 42s 46s Pigeons ....... 46 51s Peas—ilrey •••••..37s 4its Map1e........... 42s 44s White........... 47s 49s Boilers ......... 48s 51s Flour—Town-made... 68s 73s Suffolk ....•..... 54s 62s Stocktn & Norfolk 549 56s SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with foreign stock ; nearly the whole changed hands at improved quotations. There was a falling off in the arrivals of home-fed beasts, at least tin se-fourths of which were in very middling and inferior condition. As the attendance of both town and country butchers was largo, the demand for all kinds of beasts ruled active, at, in most instances, an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per 8 lbs. The best lots sold readily at from 58 to 5s 2d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 2,000 short horns; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds ; and, from Scotland, 61 horned and polled stots. The arrivals by sea from Ireland last week were 85 beasts. Compared with several previous Mondays, the supply of sheep was but moderato. Generally speaking, the condi tion of most breeds was inferior. The trade was decidedly firm, and in some instances the quotations had an upward t en dency. The general top figure for mutton was 5s per 81b. A very limited number of calves was on offer. The veal trade was brisk, at an improvement in the currencies of Monday last of 4d per 81bs. The top figure was 5s 6d per Sibs. We had a good demand for pigs, at fully last week's quotAiens. Last week's import of foreign stock into London was 6,803 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we received 8,574; in 1852, 4,873 ; in 1851, 7,036 ; in 1850, 6,191; in 1849, 5,537 ; in 1848, 4,261; and in 1847, 3,193 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Lambs. Calves. rigs 16 From Beasts. Sheep. Amsterdam 97 1,382 Dordt 4G E 616 1,335 134 ... 17 Elarlingen Nieu Diep....., 92 ... 1,110 ... Hamburgh 76 92 Tonuingeu 760 125 Ostend - — Antwerp — _ ... _ 3 ... - 37 T0ta1.... 2,026 —. 4,545 —. ~ - 207 ... 30 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 2,161 5,745 ... 472 196 1852 761 3,800 _ 255 54 ISSI 1,538 ~. 4,867 ... 367 264 1850 1,772 3,844 318 227 1449 1,097 ... 4,138 230 Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 Prime largo oxen 4 4 4 8 Primo Scots, do. 410 5 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 10, Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Prime crso.-wiled.4 4 4 8 s. d. s I PrimeSouthdown 410 5 , Large ergo. calves 4 2 5 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 Large hogs 3 4 4 Surall porkers 4 0 5 Sucklitigealves ..22 0 29 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..•• •• 4,388 I Beasts •• •••• • 1,279 Sheep .•• •• Calves ..... .. 124 Calves.. •-.. • „„ „ „ 85 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Nov. 21, 1853, and this day, Monday, Nov. 20, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink tho (ATMs. Nov. 21, 1853. ;N0v.20,1854. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 2 Bto 3 03 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8;3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen ... 310 4 2,4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6'4 10 5 2 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 0 3 43 6 310 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 '2'3 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6'4 4 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 410 6 2 10 5 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves 3 6 4 2'4 2 5 0 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 8,5 2 5 6 Large hogs ... 3 4 4 0 4 4 4 Nowt small porkers ... 4 2 4 10'4 6 5 0 Bouts 5 , 628 4,388 Sheep 23,260 21,730 Calves._ 284 124 Pigs ...305 310 S UPP LIES ON SALE, • Nov. 22, 1852.—Beasts, 4,776 ; sheep, 25,150 ; calves, 211; pigs, 365. November 21, 1851.—Beasts, 4,768; sheep, 27,890; calves, 2:27 ; pigs, 460. NEWGATE AND LEA DENHALL. These markets are fairly supplied with both town and country-killed meat ; but its general quality is inferior. On the whole the trade is steady, and prices are well sup ported. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 10 4 I 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 2 Per 81bs by the earea,sa. s. d. s. d. Beof, iiiterior 3 0 3 2 Do., middliug..- 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 d Pork, large 3 4 4 2 BOROUGH HOP. Last week's imports of foreign hops into London were very extensive, viz., 1 bale from Boulogne, 22 bales from liavre, 191 from Ostend, 1,115 from Hamburg, 659 from Antwerp, 18 from Calais, 167 from Rotterdam, and 41 from Ghent. The demand is steady, and prices are well supported. Mid and East Kent pockets 15/ lOs to 211 Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 151 Os to 16110 s ; Sussex ditto, 141 14s to 15110 s per cwt. The 3d (Buffs), 62d, and 90th Regiments are to be aug mented to 1,553 of all ranks, VOLUNTEERING OF TROOPS AT CHATHAM FOR THE WAR. The order has been received at Chatham, to the effect that " Lieutenant-Colonel Jervis will be pleased to furnish the following number of volunteers from the provisional battalion (depot 56th Regiment) to the undermentioned corps :-32 MOR are required for the 17th Foot, 68 men for the 34th ; 77 men for the 71st Highland light infantry, 59 men for the 89th, and 25 for the 90th Light Infantry. No recruit or old soldier returned from India, nor any non-commissioned officer, to be allowed to volunteer." The full nurabor of volunteers was obtained, and tho fol lowing is a statistical account of the numbers from each corps, which is to be forwarded to the Horse Guards : The sth Fusiliers gave 7 men to the 34111. The Bth, King's Own, 3 men to the 89th. The 10th Foot gave 6 Dien to the 89th. The 22d gavo 5 men to the 34th. The 21th gave 4 men to the same corps. • The 25th gave 5 men for the 17th. The 27th gavo 3 men for the 34th. The 32d gave 5 men for the 17th. The 37th gave 2 men, and the 45th 1 to the 17th. 52d gave 2 to the 89th. 53d gave 2 to the 34th. 61st and 64th gave 2 men each to the 89th., 74th gave 3 men to the 71st. 75th gave 1 man, 76th gave 8 men to 34th. 78th Highlanders gave 17 men to the 71st. 81st gave 3 to the 17th. 83c1 gave 5 to the 34th. 86th gave 6 to the 17th. 87th gave 1, and the 96th gavo 2 to the 89th. 46th gave 7 to the 34th. 99th gave 12 men to the 34th. Those for the 90th, and which left Chatham on Friday afternoon en route for Dublin, to join head-quarters, con sisted of 7 men from the 22d, 2 men from the 25th, 9 men from the 96th, and 7 men from the 98th ; a total of 25 men, the number requisite to complete the strength of the 90th to 1,400 men. The volunteers for the 17th are to proceed to Kilkenny; those for the 34th go to Plymouth; those for the 71st to Preston ; those for the 89th to Waterford. The whole of the accounts of the different depots of the men thus volun teered were made up on Saturday night. Four millions of Mini° rifle ball cartridges were for warded from the Royal Arsenal on Friday for Ilse in the Crimea. A manufacturer at West Bromwich has received au order fur 480 tens weight of shot and shell, the former to be 3,9, 42, and 56 pounders, and the shells to be 4i and 8 inches. They are to be forwarded as fast as possible to Woolwich, where they are to be filled up by the Govern ment officers. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are fairly supplied with English and Scotch potatoes, in which about an average business is do ing as follows : —York Regents, 105 s to 120 s ; Scotch de., 90s to 105 s ; do. seconds, 85s to 9is ; other kinds, 80s to 105 s per ton. Last week's imports wore 28 baskets, 16 bags, 4 barrels from Amsterdam, 30 tons from Rotterdam, 26 bags, 2 baskets from Hambro', 4 casks from Guernsey, and 76 bags from Belfast. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were concluded on Tues day, and about 59,000 bales changed hands at very full pr i ces . By private contract so little business is doing that the quotations are almost nominal. Lastweek's imports were 150 bales from Bombay, 793 from Adelaide, 103 from the Cape, 414 from Buenos Ayres, 35 from Trieste, and 38 from Hamburgh. The following are the current rates of English wool : Southdown hoggets, is Oid to is lid ; half-breds, is Od to is ld; Southdown ewes, is Od to is Old ; Kent fleeces, is ld to is 2d ; Leicester fleeces, is to is id ; blanket ' wool, 10d to ls • fl an nel wool, is to is td ; and combing skins, is 1d to is ld per lb. ,DS. Turnip,White,por bush. 213 to 25F Swede ........ • • 243 383 Mustard, Brown ...... 83 lOs White, new....., lOs —s Ta.res•Winter,new.... 11 s 12. 01(1.......• .... Os OdOs Od Canary • per quarter • • 443 58A Rye grass.. •... • • .... 24s 28; Clover, RedEn l ., . (cwt.) —s s White II —5 Foreign Red...... —5 —s White...• --s —s Trefoil, new.. •• 163 206 earrawa.y • • ...... 3Gs Coriander •••• • • .. • • 16i flempseed, per quarter 40s 44s Linseed, Eng.-Owing— 66s 68s Crush in;; ••• • • • 62s G4s Baltic •• • • tois G2s Odessa •• • • ••• • • Gas 65 s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• . 11/ 11 s 121 10s Foreign, per ton 1110 s 121 10a Rape Cakes, pr ton 6 Os 6! 10s Itaposeed,New,prist 30'10: 3410 a TALLOW. Since Monday last a full average business has been trail!' acted in our market, and prices have been fairly supported To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 6Gs to 66s od, ant for the end of the year, 67s per cwt. Town tallow, 66s no cash. Rough fat, 3s 8d per Blbs. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. I , t 0. 7 3 07, 6 3 (1 . 3 73 .L 0d 3d , •o 4 4 7% Gd od o Stock this day ...... ) .50,923 ) 64,140 4 1,831 Price of Y. C. C. Delivery last week •• 1 1,791 3,131 2,917 Ditto from June 1 ....! 45,064 44,720 45,691 Arrivals last week.. I 1,392 1,394 1,735 Ditto from Junel .... 70,347 76,327 46,894 pricy of Tovu....••] 3916 a 391 ca 4916 d 33,605 56s 9(1 to 575 Od 2,277 52,541 4,163 62,831 584 Ocl 29,012 , ;63 Od to 663 61 2,243 37,759 852 30,776 683 Gi THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1854, WINTER QUARTERS IN THE CRIMEA. It is now determined that the troops in the Crimea are to winter there. Wooden barracks for 20,000 men arc to be constructed and shipped off with the utmost despatch. Air. Oamwell, builder, of Portsmouth, has received an order for the construction of barrraks, and has engaged to complete them ready for shipment by about the end of next weak. KINGSTOWN, Sunday Evening.—This town has been excited all day by the embarkation of that splendid corps the 90th Regiment, in the Europa, for Balaklava. On arriving from Dublin by railway they were received with great enthusiasm by immense crowds ; and the soldiers joined in the cheering, waving their muskets. It was au extraordinary popular ovation. Detachments of other corps and some artillery are on board the Europa, which steamed out of Kingstown har bour about six p.m. FURTHER AUGMENTATION OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DE PARTMENT.—Twenty dispensers of medicine aro to be appointed to the army for service in Turkey on the pay of 6s. 61, per day, and allowances same as assistant surgeons. ARTILLERY.—There are four companies of Royal Ar tillery under orders to embark immediately for the Crimea. A number of fine horses have arrived at Woolwich every week for some time past for the Royal Horse Artillery and field batteries, on being purchased by Lieu tenauant- Colonel Wingfield iu the Midland counties for that service. The following private telegraphic despatch was received ,n Paris on Saturday : " TRIESTE, Nov. 16. " 1 packet has just arrived, bringing accounts from Constantinople of the 6th. The accounts from the Crimea are to the 4th. The Allies wore constantly receiving rein forcements, and calculated on wintering in the Crimea. Three English steamers had gone to Chourouk.su, in order to take on board 4,000 men to reinforce the army in the Crimea." THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. The Debuts, alluding to the decree ordering an addition of a sixth company to each 3d battalion of the regiments of the French army, says : " It is known that this 6th company had been disbanded at the period of the formation of the 10 new battalion■ of Foot Chasscurs, so as not to increase the effective force of the army, considered largo enough at that period, but with the faculty of reconstituting it according to tke wants of the service. The late decree gives an increase of about 12,000 mon." GENERAL Sin GE°. CATHOA.RT, K.C.B.—This lamented officer was connected with the noble family of Mansfield, having been married to the daughter of the Hon. Fulke Greville. It is believed that ho will be succeeded its Adjutant-General by Major-General Wetherell. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GEO. BROWN, K.C.B.— This distinguished officer has become entitled to a pen sion of 3001. per annum by the loss of his arm in action. A. similar pension is for the same reason enjoyed by Lords Hardinge and Raglan. BRIGADIER-GENERAL GOLDIE, C.B. —This distin guished officer was Colonel commanding the 57th Regi ment, of which Lord Hardinge is Colonel-in-Chief. H o saw some rough service during the Peninsular War, having at Talavera received a bullet which was never extracted. He had been nearly 30 years in the service, having entered it as Ensign on June 13, 1825. Briga dier Goldie served principally in the 66th Regiment, with which he saw a good deal of service in the colonies; but the present war was we believe the first occasion when he was engaged in heetile operations. COLONEI, Fox STRA.NGWAYS.—Titis veteran Waterloo officer was heir apparent of the Ilchester peerage. He was esteemed the best Artillery officer of the day. THE LATH BRIGADIER-GENERAL STRANGWAYA, —" The intelligence of the death of this highly distin guished officer wlll be received with one universal feeling of sympathy. It may be traly said that the deceased was ono of the bravest, best, and .most beloved officers in her Majesty's service. In this garrison where he lately commanded the Horse Artillery, and has at different times resided many years, he was deservedly esteemed by all ranks and classes, and his many acts of kindness and philanthropy will long be remembered by many i n the humbler walks of life."— Woolwich independent. MAJOR DALTON.—We are glad to find that the official despatches have erred in announcing the death of Major Dalton, of the 49th. Major Powell, of the same reg,i• went, was, however, killed in the trenches. There has been also a rumour of the death of Major de Salis, of the Bth Hussars, which, like that of Lieut.-Colonel Shewell, of the same corps, is happily unfounded. S IR GEORGE BROWN'S GREY CHARGER. —A remark able instance of vitality is recorded of the horse bestridden by Sir George at Alma. No fewer than eleven bullets were extracted from the poor animal at Constantinople, whither he was sent for treatment. The horse has since rejoined his master, and is now perfectly well, and fit for field duty. FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.—It seems by a Parliamentary document just issued, that the sum of 1,209,5671. was realised in the year ending the sth of January last by duty PH fire insurance. " Mountstewart, Nov. 12, 1854. " Sir,—l regret that I cannot attend the public meeting in aid of the Patriotic Fund, which, in obedience to her Majesty's commands, and in accordance with the wishes of all classes of her Majesty's subjects in the county of Down, you, as high sheriff, have most properly convened. Two domestic afflictions in the course of the present year will supply the reason for my absence on this occasion. The warm hearts and loyal breasts of the men of Down require no appeals but those of patriotism and charity, which you, sir, and those who will surround you on Thursday, are so well entitled to proclaim. As the son of a county . Down soldier, I cannot but feel a more than ordinary in terest in the success of this meeting. Will you bo pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the draft enclosed for 250 d., which I will thank you to place, in my name, on your list ?—I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient serv a nt, "LONDONDERRY, eutenant, County Down. "The High Sheriff of the County of Down." Lord Bangor moved the first resolution, and in doing so observed that we were involved in the horrors of a fearful war—a war which would require great energy and determination to lead it to a succeeaful issue. The British soldier, when he left his home, left it the more cheerfully from the knowledge that he carries with him the sympathy of his native country. An appeal had been made by her Majesty, which had been most liberally re sponded to all over the country, and he was sure would be responded to nowhere more heartily than by the men of Down. The resolution, with ethers suitable to the object in view, were unanimously adopted. BAYMARKET TILEATEE. A great mistake was committed on Saturday night by the production of a piece called the Sentinel of the Alma. To compose this work a few incidents of the present war, recorded and unrecorded, had been strung together and the result was a sort of Astleyls drama, without the equestria❑ illustrations. One might have foreseen that this sort of thing would not do for the Haymarket, but the manager was, doubtless, dazzled by the glories of the Battle of the Alma, and thought that a theme so popular would infuse a portion of its popularity into everything connected with it. Events demonstrated his error. The audience at first laughed at the burlesque Russian names of Mendaciokoff, Braggodociokoff and the like, but soon even this kind of humour ceased to produce an effect, and the piece had not proceeded half way in its course before a very decided sibillation began and continued at intervals till the end. When the curtain fell an attempt was made to produce a reaction, but the dissentients, though they had seen a grotesque representative of Prince Menschikoff deliver up his sword to a British captain, would not allow their patriotism to interfere with their judgment, and hissed so steadily that the applauders desisted from their plaudits, and left their adversaries masters of the field. Where a failure is so manifest expatiation is not required. THE PATRIOTIC FUND MEETINGS IN IRELAND. On Thursday numerous and influential meeting the county of Down was held at Downpatrick to for ward the Patriotic Fund. The High Sheriff presided• After explaining the object of the meeting, the chair man proceeded to say that he had received letters of apology from the following :—The Marquis of London derry, -enclosing a draft for 2501. ; the Marquis of Downshire, enclosing 1001. ; Sir Robert Bateson, en closing 501. ; Roger Hall, Esq. ; R. B. B. Houston, Esq. ; Henry Waring, Esq. ; and Rev. James Gordon. The following affecting and most liberal letter covered the subscription of the Marquis of Londonderry:— THB SIEG.E OPERATIONS. The Constitutionnel publishes the following journal of the siege operations of the French ou the Ist and 2d inst. " Nov. I.—The return of fins weather has enabled us to carry on the siege operations with the greatest possible rapidity, notwithstanding the difficulties of the ground, which would discourage any other troops but ours. Eleven batteries opened their fire this morning. They were all cut in the rock by mesas of petards, which will give you an idea of the obstacles we have to surmount. A new battery of 15 gun: - , on our extreme right, worked by sailors, is doing wonders, and has silenced the Mat Bastion. On the left we are not so successful. Shortly after nightfall, with the moon at its full; the third parallel was opened at about 180 yards from the Mat Bastion. This - line of approach is seldom opened until the fire of the place is completely subdued. Generally it is under cover that this important trench, from which the columns march to the assault, is dug. Hero we have been more enter prising. It was under the . fire of a formidable artillery, and without any protection, that our engineers undertook and executed one of the most critical of siege operations. But the siege of Sebastopol is different from all those hitherto recorded, and the attack and defence are not con ducted according to the ordinary rules of war. No fortress every reckoned so great a number of guns or so numerous a personnel of artillerymen, and the besiegers are 800 leagues distant from their arsenals. " Nov. 2.—Last night we were beginning to believe the enemy to be somewhat discouraged, but in a short time we had proof of the contrary. At 4 o'clock in the morning their batteries opened a terrible fire, equal to any since the commencement. But what was the result of this great uproar ? Nothing but a few slight wounds to men of the working parties, and some damage to our embrasures. It is nevertheless very annoying to be thus cannonaded and to be forced every moment to take shelter under a parapet, in order to escape the explosion of a shell. We return their fire with interest, we demolish their batteries, we blow up their powder magazines. An immense heap of shells exploded yesterday in the Flagstaff Bastion. Every night, however, the Russians repair, with incredible tenacity, the disasters of the preceding day, and there will be no end to the resistance until we make them feel the points of our bayonets. You can teach a Russian soldier to load and point a gun like an Englishman or a French man, but I defy you to give him that elan, of the Zonaves, or the intelligent and admirable semi froid of an English column advancing to the assault. However, we shall be better able to judge in a few days." A NOTE FROM EUPATORIA. The correspondent of the Patric writes the fol lowiug from Eupatoria, under the date of the 27th ult. : "Our position con ti nues t o b e sa ti s f a ctory. The Rue" sians advance from time to time within 1,000 yards of the walls, but the imposing attitude of the garrison keeps them at a respectful distance and they dare not attempt a serious attack. The commandant has or ganised a Tartar militia, both will prove useful aux ili ar i es. The cava l r y, in particular, and c ava l ry, ' w h o i u th e e vent of an attack rende i r nfant s the greatest on several occas i ons with i n f er i or nu mbers has re pulsed the Russian outposts, but the latter are se numerous at present that the Tartars are afraid to advance without the support of two or three pieces of cannon. On the 23d of October the entiro of the enemy's cavalry deployed on the hills around Eupatoria within 1,500 or 2,000 yards, and threatened an attack on the town • but their march was stopped by a f ew without coming within cannon shot of the pisee. The Henri Iv., 100 guns, has replaced at this station the Jena, the crew of which so contributed towards the powerfully congreve rockets, and they retreated defence of the town." Another lett er f rom Eupator i a s t a t es that the Tartars of the neighbourhood were arriving in crowds with th e i r ca ttle, to place t h emse l ve s under the protection of the Allies. The consequenc e was au abundance of fresh meat, both for the garrison and the besieging army. The Turks have found out the means of obtaining fresh meat without pay ment or without being accused of p illage. They fancy themselves reinstated in their former posses sion, and have established au office at the entrance to the town, where'they levy tolls, which are paid in kind. A SOLDIER'S DEATH AND BURIAL. The following manly and feeling letter ha s been ad dressed by M a j or Freese, of the Royal Artillery, to the friends of th e late Capt.(Mindere, a young man twenty six years o f age, who fell b e f ore S e b as topol : " C$ l, llP near Sebastopol, Oct. 25, 185 4 . "My dear Sir,—lt has fallen'. to say duty to be obliged to communicate to you the melancholy tidings of the death of your son, Captain Childers, of the Royal Ar tillery, and second captain in my compan y ' who fell in his country's cate - ie in the trenches before Sebastopol, on or about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 23d of Oc tober. 11,3 was standing by me, and left me to see the effect of the enemy's works ; he put his head above the top of the earthen parapet, and a large round shot struck him on the bead, and his death wasenstantaneeus --he could not have possibly suffered at all. Being my self a parent, I can feel for you and with you, and to me his death is irreparable ; he had only joined me a short time, but in that time I had been able to appre ciate his good qualities, both in a private as well as in a public capac i ty, and had he been spared he would have b a ee la n r , g e e re f l a o l i n t 6 o- il long, ornament to the profession. Wil lingly would I giro way to my feelings, and weep for him as a b ro th er, b ut stern necess it y f or bid s i t. I have have eytso go elf,a i n n d to , w o l le ils t t re l n a nh m es wr a i g ti n n i g n, th a e n s d e lines i n . h aste, God only knows who may be the next. The Lord gave and the Lord may take away, and we must all be pre• pared for our great change whenever we may be called on. His remains I brought with me to the camp, and yesterday they were interred in a secluded valley close to the camp, where they will not be disturbed when we quit the country. They were followed to the grave by numerous officers and men. I had a quiet coffin made to put him in, which I did with my own hands, assisted by his servant, and fastened hint down myself, taking, alas ! a sorrowful long farewell of one whom I much loved and respected. I have also made arrange ments for his grave being banked up, to preserve it. I cut off some of his hair, which I now enclose. His effects, rings, &c., will be forwarded to England by the first opportunity: I have allowed nothing to be disposed of, as his family, I dare say, will like to keep all his things as tokens of the memory of one who lam sure, must have b een a good son. Trusting that I may meet him in a better world, believe me, my dear sir, very truly, "J. FREES; Maor A "To Captain Childers, St. Helier, Jersjey."rtillery. WINE DUTY.—it appears from an official docu ment issued on Friday, that in the year ended the sth of January, 1852, the wine duty amounted to 1,776,2471., and in the ne x t year 1,795,013/. In the year ended the sth of January last they were 1,924,972/. TEE DUTY ON CORN.—From an official paper just issued, it is shown that in the year ended the sth of January last the duty on corn amounted to 529,2471., and in the preceding year to 404,3851. PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING.—By a return just issued, it appears that the expense of printing for the Houses of Parliament in the year ended the sth of January last was 03,01/, In the preceding year it was 64,030 e. "A Russian tw®•decker that had filed off to the soeth-western part of the southern harbour, and which had been firing on the English left, has disappeared. "During the day we enlarge and dig the parts of the second parallel, and of the communications opened in the previous night ; we repair the others, and con tinue enlarging and deepening the communications in the rear. "During the night we execute the part traced out of the second parallel, from the ravine to the communi cation on the right, and commence the 6paulement ; the other works are continued. "From eight o'clock till half-past eleven in the fore noon, and from half-past one to half-past four in the afternoon the fire of the besieged has been very hot ; it has not been very destructive to life, but all the em brasures of the battery No. 2 have been demolished. . ri-A" At one in the afternoon General George Brown sends to the corps of observation requesting its support, as the enemy had been signalled on the side of Inker mann. " It is ascertained that what had been perceived is a convoy of the enemy on the Sitnpheropol road, guarded by some Russian troops. This incident has no sequel. i‘ The Russian cavalry that was blockading Eupatoria at a distance gets bolder, and on the morning of the 23d from 5,000 to 6,000 horsemen made their appearance on the heights that bound the horizon of the town. A. few rockets discharged at them compelled them to re tire. " Oct. 24, Isth day.—By day we remove a large num ber of blocks of stone that impeded the way ; we make steps for crossing in front of the ravine, and we dig deeper holes for the greater protection of the fatigue parties. " By night wo push on the works of the second parallel, which is completed by day. We work on the communications ; the general of the engineers has just traced, at six in the evening, a rectification of the seventh and eighth approaches, found to have been de fective. The English have constructed, to the left of the ravine of the southern port, to the right of our works of attack, a battery of four guns, which they armed this morning, and from which they are now firing. "The fire of the Russians began in a very active and hurried manner about 7in the morning. It annoyed our workmen at first ; then it slackened a little, and continued in a uniform manner till nightfall, when it almost entirely ceased. " Every evening the guns, carriages, merlons, and openings of the embrasures of the numerous works in Sebastopol are found to be more or less damaged ; but during the night the injury done to the covering masses is repaired by means of sacks of earth, and the arma ment is restored by the help of guns and new carriages. • - • - - It is nevertheless rernarked that the besieged no longer fire bombs and shells 83 often, and the shots from the Quarantine Battery are aimed less accurately. " During the night the battery No. 2 (of the Marines) has been thoroughly restored, which increases the number of guns in battery by six. "In the evening, between nine and ten o'clock, a brisk cannonade, but of short duration, was opened on the right of our works. It did very little harm, although the Russians fired grape. The enemy, it weuld seem, was fearful of an oiTenTsive movement"On our part, and waa very restless all night. The advance of our world, _ _ to 400 metres from the place, appears to disturb them. "During the day a body of Russian troops was seen in the upper part of the Chernaya valley, near the village of Chernaya ; the part in sight of these forces was about 15 battalions, with from 300 to 400 cavalry and artillery. " To-day the General-in-Chief is having a redoubt constructed on the right of the English lines, on a spur of land, which, eloping down, runs into the valley of the Chernaya. But for this precaution the enemy could easily climb up to the table land and take the English and French positions covering the siege in reverse, by forcing them at their point of junction. " Oct. 25 (16th day).—During the day we enlarge and deepen the first and second parallels and the approaches where they are imperfect. "By night we continue the same works, and prepare the construction of fresh batteries. These works are dif- fieult; we have continually to excavate rock, and are obliged in order to effect this to resort to blasting and "During the day of the 25th the firing from the place has been constantly brisk ;- the fire was mainly directed against the parallels, and especially the spots where the francs-tireurs are ; these soldiers distress the enemy a great deal. In the early part of the sight the enemy's fire ceased, but at half past 8 and at 2 in the morning it covered the points of attack with grape for a quarter of an hour each time. This firing produced no result, and wounded only one man. "The enemy has commenced throwing up a fresh battery in front of the right face of the Flagstaff bastion. " Our bombs fall true on the defences and into the place ; the fire of the incendiary fusses does not appear to produce as yet any great effQes. " During the afternoon, an enemy's bomb fell into ono of the powder magazines of the (Marine) battery No. 2, and exploded it. The powder chests were only half full. In consequence of the precautions that had been taken this event had no disastrous consequences ; the battery continues its fire regularly. "At half-past 7in the morning, the General-in-Chief was informed that the Russians were marching on Ba laklava against the English. He galloped up to the table-land which we occupy, and from there took the 2d brigade (Vinoy) of the let division along the tops of the hills that slope down on our right to Balaklava, and went to support the English, and made good a junction with them. The Ist brigade (Espinasse) of this division guarded the passage of the ravine with the battery of the division and the brigade of African - Cliasseurs ; the Turks occupied the redoubts and the works armed with cannon. " A body of infantry Chasseurs and Zouaves, armed with rifles and muskets of long range, lined the entrench lelents prepared for them. " The troops of the Third Division were in position, behind the crests of the hills ; the horse artillery of the reserve, on the right of this division, was in harness and ready to march. " These arrangements taken, the General-in-Chief pro ceeded to a central roint of the crest, between the neck and the telegraph, not far from Lord Raglan, in order to take a survey. " Having failed in an offensive movement on their left against the guarded heights of Balaklava, the Rus sians advanced with their centre and their right against the advanced redoubts constructed by the English, and which they had caused to be occupied by the Turks. The enemy's cavalry, pouring in between the redoubts, where the Russian infantry come to its support, ad vanced in one strong body against the English brigade of heavy cavalry that was ranged along the gardens of Balaklava on the outside. The English cavalry bravely awaited this charge at 100 metres. Then getting into motion, it dashed against the heads of the Russian columns, and after a fight from the very first in its favour compelled them to wheel about, and overthrew all the Russian cavalry, which fled in disorder very far beyond the redoubts, and thus flying drew away with it the enemy's infantry, which had been stationed in the two redoubts nearest to ns. "The English brigade of light cavalry, drawn up like three sides of a square, not far from the scene of this brilliant action, was unfortunately not able to take part in it and complete it. The light and heavy brigades uniting, the whole division of Earl Lucan rode towards the line of the redoubts perpendicularly to this line, having its right towards Balaklava. "The English division thus confronted the Russians, who endeavoured to recover from the check they had sustained, and reinforced with infantry the redoubts furthest from Balaklava, and which remained in their possession ; this redoubt forming the centre around which they bad just manoeuvred. " In the meantime two divisions of English infantry, with their artillery, descended into the plain of Bala klava, guarded the approaches to this spot, and drew up in two lines between the cavalry, and Bala- klava. " Finding the left of the cavalry to be rathor exposed, General Canrobert had it supported by our brigade of African ChasFeurs, the regiments of which, under the orders of General Morris, formed hi deholons behind the left wing, composed of the English Light Brigade. Mereover, the First Brigade of the First Division crowned the redoubt next to our positions, forming in this manner a strong line of support behind the Earl of Lucan's cavalry. " At this moment the English cavalry advanced. This movement exposed it not merely to the fire in front from the enemy's artillery, but also to that of a Russian battery placed under the protection of 5 battalions, on the high ground of the Chernaya, and which played on their left wing both flankwise and obliquely. "In order to disengage the English from this fire, which, besides causing them losses, hampered their (From the Journal de St. Petersburg.) Immediately after taking possession of Eupatoria, on the 3d of September last the first care of the enemy was to excite the Tartars against this go vernment, which had been the source of all their well-being. The instigations employed did not en tirely succeed. The mad youth, however, of the villages adjoining this city allowed themselves to be led away, under the pretext of furnishing the Al lied armies with provisions, and by the hope of plundering those inhabitants who remained faith ful to their duty, The arrival of the Cossacks, and, a short time afterwards, of the division of reserve of the lancers in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria put an end to these disorders. - At the same time the sentiments with which the right-thinking Tartars of the government of the Tauris are animated are displayed clearly enough in the gubjoined documents, which have been trans mitted to Lieut.-General Pestol, the head officer in that department of the empire : I. THE DECISION OF THE MAHOMEDAN ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATION IN TAUIUS, BEARING+ DATE THE GTH OF OCTOBER. The Ecclesiastical Administration meeting in general assembly has delivered the following judgment : It has some to the knowledge of this administration that amongst those inhabitants of the government of Tauris who have taken the oath of fidelity to bis Ma jesty the Emperor of Russia, some individuals have for feited their faith, and broken the oath taken to the government, many of them having already put themselves into the hands of the enemy, who has penetrated to Eupatoria, a portion of Russian territory. The violation of an oath is prohibited by theßussian as well as by the Mahoneedan law. In fact in the book Vikie it is said If Mahomedans revolt against the Sove• reign and the Government, as soon as the fact is made known they must be warned to renounce their wicked designs, and not to confide in the strength of the enemy, and they must be threatened with inevitable punish ment. If, after this, the same individuals shall assemble at a certain place, and continue t o p rosecu t e t h e i r designs they shall be punished with death, but the punishment shall not extend either to their families or their property." In the book Doart it is said :—" If an individual having conceived the project of plundering an innocent person shall be apprehended before the execution of his project, he shall for this time be punished with incarcera tion, and kept in prison until he has shown signs of repentance. If he has oommitted the act, and the value of the stolen goods amounts to 200 silver dirhems, he shall, for this offence, be mutilated in one arm and one leg ' • the first being cut off at the elbow, the second at the knee. If the right arm is mutilated, the right leg must be the one to suffer mutilation. If the malefactor has rmurdered any one, without having succeeded in robbing him, the offence does not admit of pardon ; he must suffer death. If he has both robbed and murdered, in this case,l after having suffered amputation, both of the arm and the leg, he must suffer death by hanging or some other mode ; or, at least, must be put to death without preliminary amputation." The Ecclesiastical Administration has the honour to bring the preceding decision before your Excellency, and adds that if amongst the Mahomedans in Tauris who have sworn fidelity, as subjects, to the Emperor of Russia, there shall be any found who have violated this oath, and have revolted against the Government, accord ing to the Mahomedan law enunciated above, they must be subjected to the punishments decreed in the books iik,ie and _Demi of the Mahomedau law. (Signed) The Mum SEIT-DJELIT EFFENDI, President EMIR SEIT KHILIL EFFENDI, President Kadi of Tauris. SEIT-ADDOUL EFFENDI, Kadi of the district of Sim pherophol. 11.-THE PETITION OF TEE DELEGATES OF THE TRIBE OF THE NOGHAIS, HEARING DATE OCT. 12. We, the undersigned, chieis and delegates of the Noghais, inhabiting the three northern districts of the government of Tauris—those of the Dnieper, Meletopol, and Berdiansk— beingentrusted with full written autho rity from our communities, are authorised to make the following declaration to the superior authority : Having existed for more than 70 years under the sceptre of the great sovereigns of Russia, the Noghais are perfectly happy in their position, and being desirous of proving their gratitude for the benevolent solicitude which the government has manifested in their favour, and of showing at the same time how far they are from concurring with the plans of the malevolent and un grateful inhabitants of the Crimea, who favoured the deigns of the enemies of Russia, they (the Noghais) have resolved unanimously to appoint us as their delegates, and to beg the authorities to accept the following present from the Noghais communities, our constituents. 1. From the Noghais of the district of the Dnieper 200 cows, of the value of 10 roubles 50 copecks each ; or in their place, if it should be considered more desirable, 100 pair of oxen with arabas and yokes, without drivers. 2. From- each of the communes f Schoyout-Djourets, Oulkon-Beskekla and Yougartamgala, in the district of Berdiansk, 200 cows of the value of 15 roubles each, or, if more desirable, 100 pair of oxen with arabas, without drivers, making in the whole 300 pair of oxen, in addi tion to this 75 German britschkas, with horses. (The communes would wish the britschkas and horses to be returned, when they are no longer wanted.) 3. From the commune of Elniz-Agatch, in the dis trict of Melitepol, 140 beasts of the value of 15 roubles each. In conclusion the communes direct us to tell the au thorities, that if they do not send drivers with the cars, it is that the Noghais who belong to them may not come into contact with the ungrateful Tartars of the Crimea, and may not listen to their inconsiderate and dangerous reasonings. All the members of the Nogbai communi ties engage, nevertheless, to answer as a whole, ono with the other, for their fidelity to the throne and the country. In consequence of this, we the undersigned chiefs and delegates of the tribes of the Noghais, beg most cordially that ,their undermentioned gifts of the communes, our constituents, may be accepted. SIGNATURES. For the district of Berdiansk :—The mayor of the commune of Oug,artam-gala-Kokei Essleieff, and the de legates from the villages of the first Kagatch, and Bou lukmek— Sultan Yagoiaieff and Zaat Yesseieff. The mayor of the commune of Oulkon-Beskehla—Abdouveli- IfenkeiefF, and the delegates from the villages of Bes ciaeoul and the first Argakla Afali Takavoff and Oimaout- Djenalieff. The mayor of the commune of Schouyout- Djourets, Mengschakai Boiractoroff, and the delegates from the villages of the first Bourkout and Ourkon Sas syktojoun—Kourman Effendi and Abil-Kourt-Adjieff. For the district of Melitopol :—The mayor of the com mune of Elniz-Agatch, Onuphre Andreitchenkn, and the delegates from tho villages of Moustapoi and Kiltchik —Ameg Outeguenoff and Meuglebori Amanaieff. For the district of the Dnieper :—The mayor of the commune of Airtchu-Kourt-Pedin Aktoroff, and the de legates of the villages of Terene and Adi—Beurak Ne bieff and Eslernes Assanoff. In bringing this before the notice of the Em perm-, the commander.in-chief of the forces by land and sea of the Crimea has taken measures for the trial of the principal plunderer by the military tri bunal, according to the rule of the campaign, leav ing it the liberty of giving them up to the ecclesi astical Mahomedan administration. His Majesty, after having heard the above docu ments read, was graciously pleased to give orders : I. To thank in his name the ecclesiastical Malio mbdan administration of the Crimea, and of the tribe of the Noghais, for their sentiments a fidelity. 2. To employ the gifts of the Noghais for the troops. ..--- We re-publish to-day a very remarkable document from the St. Petersburg Journal. It contains what pur ports to be spontaneous addresses from two bodies of Mussulman functionaries to the Russian Government. One emanates from the religious authorities of the Ma homedan inhabitants of the Crimea. It announces the insurrectionary movements of the most able-bodied and energetic of the co-religionists of the writers ; points out the punishment which the Mahomedan law awards to insurgents; and exhorts the Government to inflict it. The other address emanates from the secular heads of the Noghai Tartan in the Governments of Ta.urid 3 and Kherson : it proclaim s their lo y alt y , and offers .a vo luntary contribution in aid of the war. There ever, an awkward admission in this address is, " Z . nitths have the beendisaff logy for not sending Nogliai drivers with ; 48waggonstia.-- it is said their chiefs feared their loyalttylien,igrt bected Crinscaus. In how far thse documents sapped by their communication spon taneously emitted, and in ho can be regarded as sincere, may war their protestations of the reader. Whatever opinion be left to the judgment that score, two important inferencesmay be entertained on the publication of the may be drawn from Russian Government has addresses. In the first place, the illegal its own claimsto thereby branded ae unjust and and his subjects o f the Greekinterfe're between the Sultan ° __ _rite. The law which it fulminates agai ns t its „own Mahomedan subjects it ought to fulminate against any Greek subject of the Porte who should invoke the aid of the Czar. Be the law just e unjust, the Russian Government, by taking advantage of it, binds itself to obey it when favourable to others. In the next place, we learn, from these documents, that the best and bravest of the Tartar population in the Crimea have actually revolted from the Czar, and embraced the cause of the Allies. It is principally with reference to this confeesfon on the part of Russia that we have at present drawn attention to these addresses. They seem to answer in the negative the question we have put, as to whether enough has been done to turn to account the resources of Turkey in the present war. In our campaigns in the Peninsula we found at the beginning that the Spaniards and Portuguese, though individually brave, were, from want of proper organisa tion and habits of discipline, more an encumbrance than a help to us. But in the further progress of the war, Beresford's Portuguese legion fought as bravely and effectively as any troops we bad. We speak not at present of the Turkish army in the Danube ; it has proved its efficacy, but it is required in Bessarabia. And it would appear that the Turkish forces sent to the Crimea are much in need of being subjected to some such organising process as the Portuguese were during our Peninsular campaigns. The more the Turks are encouraged and enabled to take an effective and ostensible part in the present war the better service the Allies will do them. A nation is better served by being taught to fight its own battles well than by having them fought for it by others. Were the French and English Governments to set about organising a Turkish legion, ender a French or English General, with a considerable proportion of European officers, the drain upon France and England for a constant supply of recruits to the armies in the East might be materially diminished. The Turks are as good materiels for soldiers as any of the races subject to England in Hindustan. If a sufficient number of French and English officers cannot imme diately be had, Germany has plenty to spare. The Turks trained in such a school would, after the close of the war, prove the best regenerators of their country. There is yet- another way in which the resources. of Turkey might be turned to better account thau they have been. We were enabled to announce on Saturday the Government has contracted for a number of wooden houses to be sent out to the Crimea. The idea of providing such shelter for our soldiers during the impending winter campaign is most laudable ; but is not the sending out of the frame -works of wooden houses to the Crimea something like a repetition of the extraordinary measure adopted by an English Admi ralty when it sent out water casks for the use of the English flotilla on the lakes of Canada? The fact that Sinopo is the nearest point of the Anatolian coast to the Crimea ought to be fresh in the recollection of the Go vernment, seeing that the Russians turned its proximity to such terrible account at the commencement of the war. About eight or nine miles west of Sinope a stream called the Chobanlar Chai falls into the sea. The valley of this river was ascended by Mr. W. J. Hamilton in 1836, and in that gentlemen's " Researches in Asia Mi nor " we find the following statement relating to it : "The steep hills on either side were well wooded, and many saw mills had been erected for preparing the planks, which are conveyed to Gherseh for .exporta tion ; others are split and used as shingies for roofing." Why send out to the Crimea from England what, by a little exertion, might be had so much nearer hand? The trade of cutting, sawing, splitting, and exporting wood is already established withi❑ less than two hun dred miles of Balaklava. The supply of timber in the adjoining country--all along the hills from the Trebt ' zond to Eregli is inexhaustible. It consists principally of fir and beech ; the former adapted fOr planks and shingles ; the latter the best kind of firewood, which will also be much wanted in our camp during the winter. The Ottoman Government ought to be called upon to fur nish supplies of building timber and firewood to our armies. It has not to create any new industry for this purpose— merely to extend one that is already established. By un dertaking the supply it would increase the industry and resources of its subjects, and both during and after the war the timber of Antonia might supplent for many purposes in the French and English markets the timber of Russia. We are the more urgent in calling attention to this subject, because it really appears that Government, with the best will in tho world to redouble its warlike exer tions, does not yet seem to have discovered the neces sity of stepping beyond old routine expedient. It talks about innovations sometimes. There were reports cir culated some time ago of a moveable'electric telegraph having been constructed at Woolwich for the Army of the East ; but it appears to be at Woolwich still, and already forgotten. Again, Lord Palmerston edified the House of Commons one night by a flaming account of coal discovered at Eregli, and the use to be made of it in coaling our steam fleet in the Euxine. The move able electric telegraph may have proved a failure, and the coal at Eregli may have turned out unworkable or of bad quality ; but two mishaps of this kind ought net to deter Government from trying to avail itself of new discoveries, or previously unknown resources, in carry ing on the war. It is mainly by their superior know ledge and greater inventiveness that the Allies must look to conquer Russia.—Daily News. GEN. CANROVERT'S SIEGE JOURNAL. The following is the continuation of the journal of General Canrobert, the earlier portion of which appeared in The Sun of the 9th instant : "Oct. 22, 13th day.—During the day we continue enlarging the first parallel and the branch trenches both behind and in front, and also the communications with our parks of artillery. On the left of our line of attack, we have been several times obliged to set up again the gabionade which has been levelled by the balls of the enemy and to re-construct the top with fascines. " During the night we enlarge and deepen parts of the trenches ; notwithstanding these labours, the right part of the communications between the first and second parallels is not yet covered, the work being impeded by the nature of the soil. " At the right extremity of the first parallel, the artil lerymen have traced a battery of eight guns for playing on the flagstaff bastion. Two loops keep up the corn utunieatiorr between this battery and the first parallel. " The enemy's fire, very warm during the day, has been hardly, if at all, kept up during the night. "The enemy, abandoning the batteries played upon by our guns, is hastily opening others in their rear. He places cannon wherever he can be sheltered from rifles, and fires from tho most distant points of his de ;einem "The fire on the part of the attack is well directed. The bombs of the battery No. 9 (Turkish guns) having four mortars of 27 centimetres, and three of 22 centi metres, do not always explode, or do so too goon. The Turkish projectiles are defective. "The fire of the riflemen who go out and fire from behind sacks of earth (the franc tircurs) is be g inning to produce good results, and o ft en causes th e fire of the place to slacken. "The bombs of the battery No. 3 have kindled several fires in the city, but they do not spread. "Oct. 23, 14th day.—ln the night between the 22nd and 23rd (14th night) a conflagration broke out about three in the morning between the tower rained by our attack and the central part of the city ; it lasted till daybreak, but made little show. movement, General Morris ordered up General d'Allon ville with the African Chasseurs, three squadrons of which charged this battery in succession, and cut down the enemy's foot soldiers where they stood ; the latter received them with a well-sustained fire from two ranks, which fortunately was not very destructive. " The Russian artillery tolled off, and appeared no more for the day ; the 5 battalions fell back behind the position, remaining on the other side of it. " This•movement, executed with as much intelligence as brilliant boldness, completely disengaged the English left, costing us only 10 men killed, two of them officers, and 28 wounded. " Daring this time the English cavalry had been per forming prodigies of valour, not without heavy loss. It had dashed into the valley of the Chernaya against the lines of the Russian cavalry, which it dashed through twice ; it brought. disorder into the very rear of the enemy ; but taken, both when going and returning, in flank and obliquely, by a fire of grape from 16 field pieces, and by the musketry of a large force of infantry, it suffered heavy loss in this audacious charge, which so confounded the enemy. "Noon having arrived, General Canrobert and Lord Raglan caused the troops present to take up a less ex tended position nearer Balaklava, and contiguous to the corps of Observation. "Our losses, from the commencement of - the siege,• amount to 75 killed, 4 of whom wore officers, and 618 wounded, 17 of whom are officers. " Before Sebastopol, Oct. 26, 1354. "The General Chief of the General Staff. (Signed) " Du MARTIIIPREY." TIM TARTARS OF TDB CRIMEA AND THE ADJOINING PROVINCES. ISb4. THE GARRISON OF SEBASTOPOL. The Messager de Marseilles has the following, under date Constantinople, the sth inst. : " The garrison of Sebastopol suffers considerable losses, which amount daily to at least 1,000 killed and wounded. General Kiriakoff was lately killed by a French shell. The firing of the English Lancaster bat tery had become much more precise. It bad succeeded in sinking a sailing frigate and a steamer. Its projectiles had also greatly damaged several ships of the line, not withstanding the Care taken by the Russians to shift theta frequently from one position to another. The flour ma gazine had been completely burnt by a congreve rocket. Conflagrations daily take place in the interior of the town, which is in a truly deplorable condition ; but the enemy are incessant in their exertions to repair the da mage and erect additional works of defence. Prince Menschikoff, who visited Sebastopol on the 27th ult., to judge its position and to inquire into its resources, left it on the same day, after giving his orders and re turned to his army on the heights of Balaklava, where the Russians have constructed earthworks. The Allies are strongly fortified in their positions at Balaklava ; all the rising grounds aro lined with artillery and intrench ments. Any attack the enemy might attempt in that direction has not the least chance of success, and the Generals entertain no apprehension on that side. The besieged effect sorties nearly every night, but are each time' vigorously repulsed. The most serious was directed against the French camp during the night of the 29th ; but, as the attack was ex pected, the besiegers met them half-way, com pletely routing them, with the loss of some hundred killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Tartars are decidedly hostile to the Russians, and flock in crowds to the camp of the Allied party. About 30,000 have thus placed themselves at the disposal of the Comman ders-in-Chief. Those Tartars ask to be conveyed to Turkey, to the province of Broussa, or to 4nope, which they have been promised after the war. They object to settle in the Dobrudseha, and they declare that the Russians, after using intimidation to no effect, had carried theta off by force to the government of Kasan. Since the commencement of the siege upwards of 4,000 of those Tartars have been employed in con veying materials for the erection of the intrench meats, at a salary of a franc per day. Efassem Pasha, an Egyptian General, has been appointed Go vernor of Eupatoria. He has been strictly recom mended to endeavour, by a just and paternal adminis tration, to secure the sympathies of the inhabitants, and avoid all subject of discontent. Eupatoria is occupied by 1,000 laud soldiers, under the protection of five Turkish or Egyptian menttif- war and an English and a French ship of the line. The Russians have 5,000 or 6,000 men in the neighbourhood, but they have not ven tured to attack the intrenchrnexts, which are well con structed and guarded. The weather in the part of the Black Sea adjeiniug the Bosphorus has been frightfully bad. for some days, and we have to deplore a number of wrecks. Down to the 3d inst. the weather was fine in the Crimea, although the cold was rather sharp. Our armies and fleets are really favoured is that respect beyond our expectations. Soliman Pasha, commander of the Turkish division in the Crimea, having abandoned his post without leave, after the affair of the 25th, to come to Constantinople, has been tried by cou rt-martial, deprived of hi s command, and placed under arrest until further orders." AN ASSAULT Dff CIDED UPON. - the French army before Sebastopol, published by Among the letters fromyro_dsoufficcasnfidgusroeldtioersyooufr. the Paris journals, is one dated . the 3d, in which the writer speaks in a very positive manner of an details which, if true, leave no doubt of the fact. assault having been decided etbi, o ao n tf , itsh an ed d eci e d n ed te . rs G in en to e. There is nothing, however, that flies any time for are not only full of t ad 1 An immense fisert your self ctt a : vel aluc s el n s te a iragi os u urrub, ac t ioaairtuist rmebhn T oaaify l hs i eb e ihi uie t isnt v aua r ster i amrd t eso e .soma r ap:as s lld a .o:_ _n day which has ry cry of joy greeted the order of the day , the soldiers threw their caps in the air, shook each other by the hand, em braced each other. The spectacle was one which I shall Theyo bl y n . v n l e t v e e d r a f l e l re h e e t m as en long wh as o I desiredlive. of assault to inscribe their naives.he g There general-in-chief - w i n a - s c egfreinat to form part of the columns time 8,000 names weretoGeneralyifnwsacabeedd o T oo h . at many. ll was ew to c o anl de scribe to you the grief i t N o vi th o se t who had to be struck out many of these iron soldiers had e t x ea ag rs g : of the lucky list ? exaggerate nothing ..nroteh.iensg Cry 720//1, captain !' said one of my company, el l have been . wounded fi ve t i mes i n Af r i ca, Alma, and again at the and am set down f or a d ecora ti on , and yet I sin not to go I erc; wont, I have no luck ! Recommend me, I pray you, to the general ! ' I had great difficulty in calming the man by telling him that we should have our part to play in the great day. A deputation of those who have no luck has solicited from the general-in-chief the honour of following the first column ; they state that they had received a positive promise that they shall do so. The men are now engaged in sharpening their bayonets, cleaning their muskets, and carefully examin ing their gunlocks. Some, however, find time to think of their country and their fainily, and the savans of the company have been placed in requisition by those who cannot write. How many of these p oor devils will be dead before the letters reach France ; I forgot to state that the columns of assault have been formed, and the officers designated. I do not name them to you, in order not to cause disquie t ude in families. The command of the columns of attack has been reserved to Prince N. poleou.: I