The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-17 00:00:00

NOTICE. -DIVISION OF PROFITS.-All Persons Assuring their Lives (on the Participating Scale) in the PROVIDENT CLERKS' LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, be fore the end of the present year, will be ENTITLED to SHAttE in the Next Quinquennial Division of Profits to Dec. 31,1857. Bonus es paid in Cash, or Added to the Policy , cr applied to Re duce the Animal Premium, at the option of the assurer. The great and continuous increase of business, and the extremely favourable rate of mortality among their assurers,fully justify the Board in con fidently anticipating' a still further improvement upon the liberal amounts formerly declared by way of bonus. For prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Associa tion, and for all further information, apply to the local agents, or at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. Nov. 3, 1i54. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. T HEAT RE-R 0 Y AL, DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S C ONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Last Week of the " British Army Quadrille." The Programme is changed Every Evening. PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING (Friday, Nov. 17) :""' PART I. Overture, " Les Deux Journees" • .... • • Che Cherubim .. Quadrille, "The American Quadrille "...... •• .. • . Jullien Symphony, the First Movement from Spohr's Sym- Spoilt% phony, " The Power of Sound" • • •• •• •• • Serenade, " Sweet Love, Arise" (first time), sung by Madame Anna Thillon •• • ....... ...... . • P. ll,nrion. Kcellig• Polka, " The Staff Polka" •• •. • • •• • • • •• •• • • Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, Sig. Tagliaflco's Ronlanza. Jullien. " Dell Amista Vera," perform ed by Herr Kcenitc Quadrille, " British Army," assisted by the military bands (being the lastnight but one of its performance, in consequence of the production of the new " Allied Armies Quadrille") •••.•• • • • • •711111 en, " God save the Queen." " Partant pour la Syrle,. PART Opera, Grar.d Selection fYom Bellini's Opera, " I Puritani" (first time this season), including the ce lebrated QUAttlOr, perf o rmed on four cornets it-pistons, by M. Arban, M. Duhem, Mr. Holt, and Herr Kcenig; also the Grand Duet, " Suona la Tromba," assisted by the Orchestra and Military Bands. Zehwottisscohnesz" The Moldavian Schottische" ...... " Minnie," sung by Madame Anna Thtllon.. ....... ...... •• ........ • • .... G. Linley. Valse a deux terns. " Lucrezia Borgia," on Melodies rom Donizetti's Opera (first time this season) .. Jullien. " Concert Stuck," Flute, performed by Mr. R. S. .. R. S. Pratten. Galop, " The Charge Galop" ..... .......... Jullien. l'atcz:s or ADMlSSlON. — Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is. ; dress circle, 23. 6d. ; private boxes it. Is. and 11. lie. 6d. The Concerts on each evening will commence at Eight and termi nate at Eleven o'clock, The new " Allied Armies Quadrille" will be produced next week, On Tuesday next the Beethoven Festival will take place. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place on MONDAY, Dec. 11. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the management sot Mr. Enctstene. This EVENING, Nov. 17, Will pa performed JOHN BULL. Characters by Messrs. Chip pendale, W. Fatten, and Hudson ; Mis E. Chaplin, Miss Martin dale, and Mrs. Poynter. To which will be added VIE SPANISH DANCERS. Followed by HOW - TO PAY THE RENT. To conclude with the FLOWER OP THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'3 THEA.TRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Crosse Kiss. TIM EVENING, Nov. 17, Will be presented FAUST AND MIRGUERITE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, David Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and Salter ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses C. Leclercq, Daly, and K. Terry. Alter which will be presented a sew Ifelo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCHAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 17. Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MAN. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. To conclude with THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Indescribable Attraction, and success beyond all preceient I THIS EVENING, A GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, by J. H. STOCQUELLEit, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA ! After which, those PREMIERES SCENES in the CIRCLE, for which this Theatre is so renowned. To conclude with an interesting' PIECE DERNIERE. N.B.—An early attendance is respectfully suggested, in consequence of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. Box-o , Mce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Win. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGIg. Mrs DAY —Horning 46 refn.after 11 I Evening 0 inin.aft. 0 T) 101110 W--Morning 6 min.after 12 1 Evening 26 rnin.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.--SuN Orrice, Nov. 17. rr HERMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 54 highest since noon yesterday. 45 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER. 29.4 i—rising rapidly. wum—lSiorning, S.W. ; noon, N.N.E., with drizzling rain and dull dirty weather. The mercury rising indicates frost. 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 bg all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. 4.c- • , Qb §lll,Vy LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1854, Beth parties are, apparently, " resting on their oars" before Sebastopol, after the terrible and sanguinary contest of the sth instant. That the Allied Powers obtained a decided triumph is ap parent, not merely from the despatches of Generals CANROBERT and Lord RAGLAN, but even from that of Prince MENSCHIKOFF himself. The Russian leader, while boasting, according to Muscovite cus tom, of what he will do, and declaring that " the Allied Army cannot escape him," still speaks of the events of the sth in apologetic terms, declaring that the result was " one of those accidents inse parable from war." Men who have succeeded to the full extent of their wishes, as Prince Mmist- SCHISOFF would fain imply, and which he manifestly wishes Europe to 'believe, do not endeavour to extenuate that which requires no extenuation, or to apologise for a decided victory. The evidence obtained from Russian sources is, therefore, scarcely less decisive as to the Allied success than that obtained from our own Generals. What has since come to hand has been exclu siVely from Russian sources, and must, therefore, be received with considerable allowance. As we have hitherto pointed out, such testimony is valuable in many respects ; not merely for what it s ays, but still more for what it leaves unsaid. When MIDTSCIIIKOFF declares that " nothing decisive bas Occurred before Sebastopol," we May rest assured that . there has been nothing to inter rupt the steady progress of the siege, or to render the final result more doubtful than it had pre viously been. This, then, is the s cope of the present intelli gence. We hear, via Odessa, that " no thi ng o f i mpor tance had occurred at Seba s t opo l on t h e 6th, ith, or Bth in stant -- that the Allies con tinued the construction of their siege-works, espe cially fortifying th eir ri ght wing, and that the Russians were bu s y re p airin g the damage done t o the fortifications , " The y p ersevere in their steady and continuous advance s a g ainst the t own, which nothing that hitherto occurred has materially im peded. But, at the sane time, we are adopting all necessary precautions to prevent any surprise or "unexpected attack" (that appears the favourite phrase) to which an undue contempt for the re sources and power of the adversary heretofore . tendered our leaders too liable. • • - Such judicious measures, while they scarcely vereeptibly delay the operations before the town, mush render certain its final capture or de- 4 - - ‘ilk> r struction. So long as we can continue in position with all the formidable appliances of modem war fare bearing fully on the defences, we may reason ably look forward to the almost inevitable termi nation of such proceedings—a termination the period whereof may be calculated not merely to the day, but almost to the hour. We know that there are many exceptional and disturbing—per haps we might say unparalleled—influences in operation. We have not only a relieving army in the field, who have the command of the open country, but that army is in full communication with the beleaguered garrison ; and either party can at pleasure send succour, in the shape either of men or supplies, to the other. The defenders are so numerous that they are enabled almost to reverse the precedent of PENE LOPE, and to repair at night what has been demolished during the day. Although we have covered the southern approaches, the northern have remained open, and men, provi sions, and ammunition—nay more, even the largest class of artillery—have been sent into the town without let or hindrance. Properly speak ing this is no " siege"—it certainly is no com plete investment. But still it effects all the objects which we have in view almost as certainly as if everything proceeded " scion les regles," according to the best regulations in such cases made and established. There is another " exceptional point " as much in our favour as the command of the open coun try and the power of receiving supplies are to the besieged. We have the command of the sea. We are practically within " two days " off Con stantinople, and still less fromVarna ; and should, therefore, have at our disposal all the resources available in these magnificent depots. Of course further supplies must be sent from France and England supplies so abundant as to place the issue beyond the pos sibility of doubt. Of this we have shown the necessity in another part of our impression, but in the interim much may be received from the Ottoman territories. The greater portion of the Russian reinforcements have already arrived— ours are yet to come, and as there is nothing hitherto that has been capable of raising the siege or relieving the town, so we may reasonably anti cipate that every day will lessen its chances of safety, and increase the hopes of the Allied Forces. We cannot conclude our observations on this matter without an allusion to the Royal Approba tion so handsomely conveyed to, and so well me rited by the British army, for its conduct on the memorable 20th of September, when it added new laurels to the imperishable ones al ready obtained with so much labour and daring. A General Order has been issued, in which the Commander of the Forces has, by order of her MAJESTY, expressed the feelings with which she received the tidings of their losses and achievements, and in which all her loyal subjects fully participate. Lord ABERDEEN declared last Session, in a speech which he was afterwards compelled to explain and modify, that " he was like a man who, while buckling on his armour, still continued to murmur Peace, peace, peace !" He meant thereby to show the dominant idea by which his mind was continually occupied, which could never be even momentarily forgotten under any cir cumstances, however conflicting. Although the example was misapplied in that instance, for the clear exhibition of the " ruling passion" might be , turned to his disadvantage by the opposing power, yet there are many cases in which the precedent may be judiciously followed, especially where no mischief could possibly arise from the general promulgation of the prevailing feeling. It was by the concentration of public opinion, the devotion of the Liberal party to the great question of the abolition of the bread tax, that the greatest political victory of modern times was accomplished. It is by a similar devo tion now that we can hope to achieve the object we all have in view—the carrying on the war with adequate means, to bring it to a speedy, honourable, and beneficial conclusion. We would, then, urge on every journalist, no matter what might be his political creed, to stereotype the words "Reinforcements, reinforcements, reinforce ments" on his broad sheets ; on every British subject to urge the same point on all available opportunities. It is decidedly the question of the day—the topic on which the public mind is ex ceedingly excited, and on which it desires to stimu late the Government into activity. There can be but little, if any, difference of opinion on the point. Even the most strenuous advocate of the principles of the Peace Society, however strongly he may oppose the warlike ardour of the nation, and insist on the propriety of passive resistance, will yet admit that when men are arrayed in opposing ranks, and armed with deadly weapons, that it will be an act of mercy to both sides, of " humanity," in the broadest seise of the phrase, to make one side so superior to the other as to render resistance perfectly useleSs. A large accession to the Allied Forces before Sebastopol will be the best mode of bringing what they regard as an " unholy" war to a rapid ter mination, and saving not merely a fearful sacri fice of human life, but an enormous pecuniary out lay. In whatever light, then, they may regard the original "lawfulness" of the war, 'Whether they look to it as men of peace or of commerce, they must be unanimous in the desire to bring it to a speedy and safe termination, with all possible securities against its early resumption. They may, therefore, well join in the desire to render our armaments so powerful as to convince the CZAR of the ab surdity of further resistance. It is said that the Government are at length in earnest—that the apathy by which they have so long been oppressed has been shaken off. Eren at the eleventh hour, one of its most efficient organs, while acknowledging the justice of the first NAPOLEON'S maxim, " That victory is to that side which can bring Alp a fresh force to interpose between equally exhausted combatants," declares that " there is l ittle danger that our great enterprise in the East will be suffered to languish for want of prompt and adequate supplies of troops in the highest state of discipline, equipment, and moral and material efficiency." We hope it may be so ; and we are rejoiced to be enabled to state that Government has, at length, exhibited unequivocal symptoms of an intention to turn over a new leaf, and to be henceforward as remarkable for energy and determination as it has heretofore been for carelessness and indifference. " Better late than never." If Ministers persevere fairly in the laudable course in which they have so tardily entered we shall be quite willing to grant an amnesty for past offences—to " let bygones be bygones "—but there must be no flagging, no halting on the course. They must press on, regardless of labour or " expense." It i s on this point we feel th© greatest mis g. It ivings a the cou g li i n v a i n n tnottrayl_atlhteer abandonment of sundry "hobbies" that have hitherto been in dulged iu. If the principle had been pursued in the beginning of the century, that all the current war expenditure should have b een not only pro vided by the then generation out of their actual resources, without leaving any burden on pos terity, but that it should have been paid in bul- lion or convertible notes, and with a restricted currency, we should speedily have been com pelled to withdraw from the contest, and to have cobbled up a peace on any terms that our mighty opponent thought proper to impose. We were enabled to maintain our position by means of " the worthless rags" against which so many sneers have been exhibited, and which the butchers and bakers were then quite willing to ac cept in payment for their joints or loaves, and by means whereof the nation flourished, notwith standing the expenditure it was sustaining. We were enabled to do so by casting a portion of the current charges on posterity. These principles must be recognised, if the war should be in any degree protracted ; and far better, as we have stated, to do so, in the first instance, before our resources are to some ex tent exhausted, and while we can make a good bargain with the money-lenders. Let us have adequate reinforcements to the army in the Crimea without reference to expense. All that part will be provided when Parliament has assembled to consider the fiscal, financial, and monetary policy of the nation. What is at pre- - : sent required of Ministers is that they should act with vigour and decision, and with as much indifference to personal responsibility as was dis played by NELSON, when he placed the telescope with which he looked for the signal of recall to his darkened eye. If they do so they will receive a perfect indemnity ; if not, they 'lust render a heavy account to their indignant country. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Er_ENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1854, SHIPS AND STONE WALLS. Some of our contemporaries who have been loudest in outcries because the forts of the Baltic have not been destroyed by the stupendous flotilla intrusted to the cons ►nand of the gallant Napier, have quite altered their tone since the results of the combined naval attack of the out side forts of Sebastopol have reached this country. With due deference, we think they were not justified in their expectations in their first conclusions upon the destruc tion of the forts of Aland ; neither are they borne out in their recent deductions by the performances of the Black Sea Fleet. As the question is one of importance just now, and of no small interest, we will endeavour to show why we differ in opinion from so many. We maintain, then, that the experiment of ships versus forts was net so tried at Sebastopol as to justify any one, although even present, and of whatever rank, to form a correct opinion. The limit we define for a fair trial is under rather than over 250 yards. We think 800 yards likely to have been the shortest range any single ship engaged at, al though we see 600 stated, and the majority pounded away at a distance considerably ever 2,000 yards, out of point-blank range in fact. We see it stated that the Agamemnon was so near under Fort Constantine that the upper tier of its guns could not be sufficiently de pressed to injure her, and hence the small loss in that the most daring ship. Nobody with two ideas will take his in. IF any one be so soft, let him look at the height of the upper guns of Fort Constantine in any of the numerous drawings. They may be higher than the quarter-deck guns of the Agamemnon, but probably but little, if anything, higher than those mounted on her poop ; and if so, even at one hundred yards, but little depression would have been necessary, and every yard further from the fort still less and less. In short, at the distance talked of it would have been all but a point blank affair, or so nearly so as not to be worth naming with every gun in every tier of the Constantine Battery. If the assertion had been made in reference to batteries on the top of the cliff, we could understand it. Unless the enemy reduces his charge, a red hot shot is not so likely to harass a vessel at short as at long range. They may hit with more certainty, but the speed of the shot makes it more likely to pass through a ship than when spent, or more spent, plumping into her. The Agamemnon we do not hear of having been on fire, but most of the ships at longer range had that mishap—a bad enough one if a shot lodges where it cannot be got at, but if reachable it is almost as easily cooled down, by a judicious application of the fire engine force pump, or wet clay, as a piece of iron out of the ship's forge. If our ships could have got within 200 or 300 yards, and if then, after four hours' firing, forts were not destroyed, the question might have been considered decided, and all future repetition of similarattacks, and waste of lives of valuable officers, and seamen deemed wanton. But to go in at varying distances, and to pound away for four whole hours, more or less, at long bslls (for some of the letters we have seen describe whole broadsides of shot as falling short) is no critm ion. To come, too, out of action with the enemy not merely silenced, but within sound of ex ulting cheers, without the loss of a single ship, and with no more loss in killed and wounded altogether than some times in the last war befell single ships after an hour's ac tion, cannot be nailed fighting. It was, in fact, no action of ships versus forts, but a simple attempt to occupy the forces of the enemy while the shore guns opened the ball. The problem, we opine, has yet to be solved, and our naval experience induces as to think it will one day be solved in favour of the wooden wall, because the con centrated fire of 50 guns of calibre of not less than 321 b., and nearly half of 681 b. guns, gives the ship an incalculable advantage over ordinary fort 3. Fort Constantine, for instance, has nearly three faces—therefore can only bring one third of its guns to boar in one direction on a ship when close to the fort. The further off the nine fort guns will come into play; and, until we hear that four guns a minute from 50 guns, fired for a con tinuance of one hour even (to say nothing of four or five)-12,000 shot, in fact—have not made holes, we shall not consider the trial decided. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE CRIMEA TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,— As an unit of publio opinion, I think it incum bent upon me to send what information I can of the tardiness of our transmitting troops to where they should be. Last night's Sun contains a paragraph stating that detachments of Guards will be despatched on Saturday next by the Adelaide from Portsmouth to the seat of war. Now, so far from such being the case, the Adelaide will not be ready for a nsonth, or more. Her screw shaft has yet to be seat from Blackwall to Birmingham to be repaired. These are the causes of suoh unnecessary delays. This might have been done on the spot, had one of the local engineers had the job, instead of putting it in the hands of a Birmingham firm. SPERO MELIORA. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 16. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. - The Queen and the Princess Royal rode in the Riling house this morning. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, and Viscount Hardinge have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmerston left town yes terday for Paris. Lord and Lady Palmerston arrived at Dover yester day, and proceed this day by South-Eastern packet to Calais, en route for Paris. The Marchioness of Blandford and infant daughter are progressing favourably in Lower Brook street. The Marquis of Bath, who arrived in Berkeley-square early in the week from his shooting quarters, Strathro nen, in the Highlands, has since left town for his splen did seat, Longleat-house, Warminster, Wilts, where his lordship will entertain a succession of visitors during the hunting season. The Earl and Countess of Sefton have left Belgrave square for Brighton. DEATH OF H. C. MAGUIRE, ESQ.—It is with much regret that we have to announce the death of the above named genCeman, who expired at the residence of his son, the eminent lithographer, in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, yesterday morning, at one o'clock. Mr. Maguire had for some years retired from public life, but as the editor of the Journal of the Fine Arts, and the author of other valuable works of a similar class, he bad previously enjoyed an extensive popularity, to which may be added the acquisition of an honourable com petency. The deceased gontleman was one of the ear hest members and most active supporters of the Whit tington Club, by which his loss will be severely felf. He also formed one of the ablest and most impartial of the committee for the monument to Thomas Hood. Of a singularly robust frame, Mr. Maguire had never known a day's illness, until a few weeks since he had a slight attack of the prevailing e)idemic, from which he partiailyrecovered when arelapse t o'c place, under which he at length sank. I n his own immediate circle, Mr. Maguire was conspicuous for the vigour of his intellect, and the ability with which he enforced his views. Few have left this world more sincerely esteemed and regretted. LATEST NEWS. THE LATEST FROM SEBASTOPOL. THE QUEEN'S APPROBATION OF THE ARMY. (From a Third Edition of the Morning Post.) We are in receipt of further letters from the seat of war. The following General Order, ccniveying the Queen's approbation of the conduct of the British Army, on the memorable occasion of the Battle of the Alma, has been issued to the Troops : ~ GENERAL ORDER. HEAD-QUARTERS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, 27TH OCTOBER, 1854. " The Commander of the Forces has much plea sure in publishing the copy of a despatch received from the Minister at War, conveying her Majesty's gracious approbation of the gallant conduct of the army at the battle of Alma. " Lord Raglan feels it to be his duty to draw the attention of the troops to the sorrow her Majesty expresses for the loss of so many valuable officers and men, as well as the gracious manner in which her Majesty is pleased to sympathise in the suffer ings of the wounded, and the grief of those whose relatives fell upon this occasion. " ' WAR DEPARTMENT, 10th Oct., 1854. " Mr LORD,—Major Lord Burghersh arrived here early in the morning of the Bth instant, and delivered to me your Lordship's despatch of the 23d ultimo, communicating the details of the glorious and important victory on the banks of the Alma, which your telegraphic despatch, re ceived on the Ist of this month, had already led me to anticipate. " I lost no time in submitting to her Majesty your Lordship's able and interesting description of this great conflict, and it is now my gratifying duty to express to your Lordship the sense which the Queen entertains of the valuable service which you have rendered to this country, and to the cause of the Allies, and the high approbation which her Majesty has been pleased to express of the brilliant gallantry of the forces under your command, their discipline—worthy of veteran soldiers—and their irresistible resolution, which no disadvantages of position could subdue. " The Queen commands me to convey through your Lordship her Majesty's commendation and thanks to Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, the other generals of divisions, and to all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the army, who have on this occasion revived the recollection of the ancient glories of British arms, and added fresh lustre to the military fame of England. " Her Majesty feels additional pleasure iu thus recognising the noble daring of her soldiers, and sympathising in their victory, when she reflects that that courage has been evinced, and those triumphs won aide by side with the troops of a nation whose valour the British army has in former times ad mired and respected in hostile combat, but which it has now for the first time tested in the generous rivalry of an intimate brotherhood in arms. Her Majesty trusts that the blood of the two nations so profusely shed on the banks of the Alma—a subject of deep regret to herself and her people— may consecrate an alliance which shall endure for the benefit of future generations when the remem brance of this battle-field is hallowed by gratitude for the consequences, as well as the glories, of victory. " Within the compass of a despatch your Lord ship has comprehended every detail which is ne oessary to render intelligible the plan of operations agreed upon by Marshal St. Arnaud and yourself, and the mode in which that plan was carried out by the ability of the officers and the bravery of the men of the Allied Armies. On one subject alone you are silent—your own distinguished service. To this, however, others have borne witness, and her Majesty is profoundly sensible that, if her army has shown itself worthy of its ancient renown, its Commander has proved him self able to uphold it, and has fulfilled the pre diction written forty years ago by him under whom he learned the art of war, and whose loss we still mourn, that he would " become an honour to his country." —" ' I am instructed by her Majesty to express to your Lordship the very sincere sorrow which she has experienced from the perusal of the long list of gallant officers and men who have been either killed or severely wounded in this memor able engagement. Such a victory could not be attained without a heavy loss, and there is every reason to believe that no disposition of your forces would have entailed a less sacrifice, and at the same time obtained a result so de cisive that it may be hoped much future bloodshed will be prevented. Her Majesty trusts that such of her subjects as have been plunged in grief by the loss of relatives and friends will find some con solation is the reflection that those who have not survived to share in the triumph of their com rades have fallen in a just cause, and their names will henceforth be inscribed in the annals of their country's glory. " The Queen will be 'nest anxious to receive such further despatches from your Lordship as may tend to relieve the affectionate anxiety Of the friends of the wounded, and her Majesty trusts that a very large proportion of these brave men may before long be restored to the ranks of your army, and may enjoy in future times of peace the well-earned honours of their gallant exertions. " The patience with which the regimental offi cers and men bore, without a murmur, the unusual privations to which they were necessarily subjected after they landed in the Crimea, has elicited her Majesty's warmest sympathy and approval. Their sufferings from disease before that time were such as might have subdued the ardour of less gallant troops, but have in their case only proved that in the hour of battle they remember nothing but the call of duty. " Your Lordship's cordial acknowledgment of the invaluable service rendered by Sir Edmund Lyons and the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy will be as highly appreciated as it is justly deserved by those gallant men. Deprived of an opportunity of vindicating their ancient prowess against a fleet which refuses to take the sea, they have rendered every assistance in their power to the operations of the army, and their noble con duct on the field of battle, where they soothed the sufferings of the wounded, and performed the last sad offices to the dead, will ever be re membered to their honour, and bind still woo_ indissolubly the bonds which have long united the military and naval service of the Queen. " I have the honour to be, 'My Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedt. humble servant, " NEWCASTLE. " General, the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c., &c., &c. " By order (Signed) " 'J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adj.-Gen."' Our correspondent's letters are to the date of the 3d of November, on which day the assault was hourly expected to take place. Tho Russian batteries are described as being nearly destroyed. Long intervals occur between the firing of any shots from them, even when the Allies open the fire early in the morning. The French have made a large breach in front of their left battery, where the enemy are con tinually planting fresh guns. The besieged in this quarter have been compelled to mount some guns on the roofs of the adjoining houses. The French are carrying a mine under the main fortification in their front. If they are able to do this successfully tho town will be entered with ease. The enemy are carrying stores to the north side of the harbour, from which it is hoped that they abandon all hope of retaining possession of the south side of the town. The Russians in the rear continue to annoy tho Allied Forces. They have retired as far back as the river Chernaya, but retain possession of the redoubt captured from the Turks on the 25th ultimo. The rear of the Allied Forces has been greatly strengthened, and no apprehensions from this quarter are entertained. The Allied batteries opened on the morning of the 3d instant, with a tremendous fire on all sides, which was proceeding when the mail left. It was expected that the town would be stormed within forty-eight hours_ The Turks will, it is said, form the Tan of the storming party. Major Nasmyth is ill, and unable to attend to the duties of his new appointment. The weather had become very cold at the date of the mail leaving. The disastrous affair at Balaklava on the 25th was thus alluded to by Lord Raglan on the 29th, iu the following " GENERAL ORDER. " The Commander of the Forces feels deeply indebted to Major-General Sir Colin Campbell for his able and persevering exertions in the ac tion in front of Balaklava, on the 21st instant, and he has great pleasure in publishing to the army the brilliant manner in which the 93d Highlanders, under his able directions, repulsed the enemy's cavalry. The Major-General had such confidence in this distinguished regiment that he was satisfied that it should receive the charge in line ; and the result proved that his confidence was not misplaced. The charge of the cavalry on that oecasion is thus commented on by the General Commanding iu-Chief : " GENERAL ORDER. " The Commander of the Forces considers it his duty to notice the brilliant conduct of the division of cavalry'under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, in the action of the 25th instant. He congratulates Brigadier-General the Hon. J. Y. Scarlett, and the officers and men of the heavy brigade, upon their successful charge and repulse of the Russian cavalry, in far greater force than themselves ; and, while he condoles with Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, and the officers and men of the light brigade, on the heavy loss it sustained he feels it to be due to them to place on record the gallantry they displayed, and the coolness and perseverance with which they executed ono of the most arduous attacks that was ever witnessed, under the heaviest fire, and in the face of power ful bodies of artillery, cavalry and infantry. On the repulse of the sortie on the right of our lines on the 26th ultimo, the Commander of the Forces has issued the following :—. " GENERAL ORDER. " The Commander of the Forces has the great est satisfaction in thanking Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, and the officers and men of the Second Division, for the gallant and ener getic manner in which they repulsed the powerful sortie made upon this position on the 26th in stant. "The conduct of all engagpd was admirable ; and the arrangements of the Lieutenant-General were so able and effective as at once to insure success and inflict a heavy loss upon the enemy." PARIS, FRIDAY, Nov. VT. The Itfoniteur' publishes the following : " VIENNA, Nov. 16. " A telegraphic despatch from a Russian source, dated Odessa, Nov. 11, announces that no event of importance had taken place before Sebastopol on the 6th, nth, and Bth inst. The Russians were occupied repairing the damage done to the fortifications. " On the 6th the Allies were actively pursuing their siege operations. The situation of the be siegers on the Bth was evidently a good one. " The action of the sth had produced its effect." The ltioniteur publishes a despatch of General Canrobert of the 2d, and the continuation of his journal of the siege operations. The French brigade Mayran has left Athens for the Crimea. We have received, by way of Trieste, the fol lowing despatch from Constantinople, dated November 6 : " No news had arrived from the Crimea up to the evening of the 4th. " The firing was slack on both sides. " The assault was in preparation, and scaling ladders had been ordered up. " The truth as to the reported loss of the Egyptian vessels was still undetermined." THE PRINCIPALITIES. Advices from Hermanstadt, of the 16th inst., state that Sadik Pacha had arrived on the Sereth. He issued a proclamation flattering to the Aus- trians. A movement of several Turkish corps was ob servable near the Bessarabiau frontier. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, Nov. 16. The Vulture has arrived here. She left the fleet at Kiel on the 9th. Sir Charles Napier was expected shortly to leave for England. There is nothing new. THE CRIMEA. SEBASTOPOL NOT MINED. A Constantinople letter of the sth says :-- 44 We leann to-day from the Crimea that the French are making great prrgress, having mounted 64 guns. It 15 also said that they have pained the 1145514 u position ; but this is not to be believed, for the earth is extremely shallow, and there is scarcely enough for common siege operations. Sebastopol is planted on a rock, which defies the efforts of engi neers to pierce it. If there be any truth in the assertion that milling has taken place, the operation must have been only partial. The agreeable tidings are somewhat damped by the news that sickness is increasing, and that the troops suffer dreadfully from the cold and frosty nights. The Journal du Loiret publishes a letter from an officer of the 27th regiment of the line, in which i 3 the following passage : " Foreseeing the day when we shall have destroyed their outer batteries, the Russians are constructing them in the streets, and even in the houses. - They are furious. The siege goes on well. Our parallels hem in the place at 300 metres distance ; the men.in the French and Russian batteries can hear each other talking. Our riflemen do wonders ; but the Russians display a savage energy, Without caring for the devastation of their town, which is complete." FRANCE. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORREiPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatch, which differs from that I forwarded you yesterday, has been re ceived here :—" The Sinai brings letters from Sebastopol to the evening of the 3d. _ _ _ These letters state that 8,000 French and Eng lish troops, and 1,600 seamen from the fleets, are to make the assault on the place about the Bth. Several fresh fires had been seen in Sebastopol, particularly at a large provision warehouse. On the 28th ult. the English, with their Lan caster guns, sunk two Russian frigates, and damaged several other vessels. The Twelve Apostles line•of-battle ship was set fire to. General Kiriakoff is said to have been killed by a shell. The vessels having on board the brigade of Gene ral Mayran, bound to the Crimea, were met on the 6th in the sea of Marmora. The Zouaves have arrived from Algiers, and 1,000 riflemen have also been landed at Balaklava. On the 11th 2,000 English, with horses and am munition, arrived at Malta. Considerable reinforcements have left, or are about to leave, the French ports for the East. According to the lowest calculation, they amount to 25,000 men. 300 Turks sent to Batoum have been landed in the Crimea. The Suffren had arrived at Constantinople ; she is, with other vessels, returning to France. Lord Palmerston has arrived here. The Emperor and Empress went, a few days ago, to the Palace at Fontainebleau, and visited in detail all the works which are being executed there. Their Majesties were accompanied by his Excellency M. A. Fould. We read in the Constitutionnel :—" Troops are in march on all points to reinforce our army in the East. The sth battery of the Ist Regiment of ar tillery left Vincennes the day before yesterday for Marseilles, by the Lyons Railway. A detachment of the 6th battalion of foot chasseure, which arrived in Paris on the same day from Strasburg, imme diately left for the same destination. By order of the Minister of War, the depots of the different corps forming part of the army of the East, are to have all their disposable men ready to leave imme diately to join their respective regiments." The Constitutionnel says " M. Guibert, the ship-builder at Nantes, has, like M. Normand, of Havre, received proposals for the construc tion of gun-boats and floating batteries. It is known that similar boats are buildingatthe works of Creuzot. Persons who have had an opportunity of seeing these boats build ing at Crenzot, say that it is difficult to form an idea of the resisting force which is given to them. They are provided with a steam screw. They will draw very little water, and will only have the height abso lutely necessary for placing their guns. They will be painted of a colour so closely resembling that of the sea that they will be scarcely distinguishable ; and, as they will probably be provided with apparatus to consume their own smoke, they will not be discovered from that of their engines. Nothing has been neglected for the comfort of the men who compose their crews." The Constitutzonnel must be in error in stating that there are gun-boats so advanced at Creuzot, on the principle of those ordered from M. Normand and M. Guibert, that a full 4nd accurate idea can be formed of that principle. The plan of the 20 g un-beats which have been recently ordered by the French Government, and which is that of a young engineer at Toulon, was adopted by the Minister of Marine only a month ago ; consequently the gun-boats at Crenzot cannot be the same. The 20 gun-boats recently ordered are each to be 130 French feet in length, and 24 feet in breadth, with l a steam-engine of 120-horse power. THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. The Marseilles journals of the 15th inst. an nounce that the 6th battalion of Chasseurs do Vin cennes and two batteries of artillery were on the point of being embarked to join in the Crimea the 6th division commanded by General Pate. By the adjunction of that division the effective force of the French army before Sebastopol will be increased to 70,000 men. The Government has besides ordered the immediate departure of two other divisions for the East, commanded by Generals Dulac and De Salles. The division of General Dulac, which will form the 7th of the army of the East, will consist of two brigades. The first, under the orders of General Bensinger, is to be composed of the 17th battalion of Chasseurs de Vincennes, the 10th Regiment of Light Infantry, andthes7th of theline ; the second, under General Bisson, of the 10th and 61st regi ments of the Line, two batteries of artillery, and a company of engineers. The first brigade is to embark this week at Toulon, and the other troops are to leave in succession, according as the transports are ready to receive them. The division of General Do Salles is to occupy, in the Camp of the South, the cantonments vacated by Gene ral Dulac, until the necessary preparations be made for its embarkation. That division, the Bth of the army, is to consist of two brigades —the first, commanded by General Faucheux, formed of the 10th battalion of Chasseurs de Vincennes, the 4th regiment of Light Infantry, and the 18th of the line ; the second, under General Duval, of the 14th and 43d Regiments of the Line, two batteries of artil lery, and a company of the 3d Regiment of Engi neers. All those troops will have sailed before the end of the month. Those two divisions, it is be lieved, aro not intended to operate in the Crimea. They are toland either at Trebizonde, to strengthen the Turkish army of Kars ; or at Batoum, to combine operations with the warriors of Schamyl. The mission entrusted of late to French agents for that celebrated chief justify to a certain degree the last supposition. " Whatever may happen," says the Courrier de Marseilles, "and however great and arduous may be the task undertaken by France, the means she has employed will be found fullyade qua,te to it, and we may consequently await with calmness and confidence the result of a war so resolutely carried on . by England and France." Indeed it may be said that reinforcements for the army of the east are marching from all quarters. The sth battery of the Ist Regiment of Artillery left Vincennes yesterday by rail for Lyons, on its way to the Crimea. A detachment of the 6th battalion of Foot Chasseurs, coming from Stras bourg, arrived yesterday in Paris, and left in the evening for Toulon. The Minister of War has issued orders for all the depots of the 'regiments now serving in the Crimea to send re i n fdrctifii cuts to their respective corps with all possible despatch. ANOTHER DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CANROBERT. A letter from Paris, this morning, says :—" - A despatch from General Canrobert, dated the 3d, has not, I believe, as yet been made public. It announces that the trench works of the French camp were then at 140 metres from the enceinte, but that the difficulties of the soil precluded the possi bility of their being pushed nearer. The place d'armes was about to be established where the attacking columns were to be assembled. Tho works were carried on under cover of the batteries on the right, which had opened their fire on the Ist. The cannonade was most energetic on both sides. The enemy was constructing incessantly new batteries behind the enceinte which has a view on the works of the Allies. The struggle was obstinate, but the fire of the besieged was commanded by that of the besiegers. The enemy's forces, whose number it was difficult to estimate, were fortifying themselves on the heights to the north-east of Balaklava, which they menaced on the left. T he utmost vigilance of the Allied Generals was di rected to that point. The loss of the Allies was of little importance in comparison with that of the enemy, which was known to b e very consi derable. The sanitary condition of the army was excellent. The weather was fine, though cold." BOURSE, YESTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of AI onth. 4 per Cents 95 20 96f. —e. 3 per Cents 7l 05 71 90 Credit Mobilier 717 56 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes.... Piedwontese — Home Debt 33 RAILWAYS—FOB CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans ........ ...... 1,162 50 Lyons Western... 640 Rouen 947 50 Cotto Mediterranean Bl3 75 Havre 535 North= POLAND. The Post Ampt Gazette, of Frankfort quotes let ters of the 10th from Cracow, which state that the Russian troops on the Vistula have not changed their position, and that numerous troops are es-em bled both at Radow and Kielce. In the latter and its vicity, there are the regiments Olonecki, Wielko tacki, and Kutusoff Smolenski, besides several bat talions of grenadiers and detachments of Cossacks. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. s.—To-day the Vectis arrived, with Miss Nightingale and 37 nurses for the sick and wounded at Scutari. The Vectis suffered much from the tempests which have pre vailed during the last few days : her bulwarks have been much injured, and two cabins on deck have been washed away ; happily, however, no harm has occurred to any one on board. The numbers in hospital at the present time are nearly 3,000. About 1,500 are placed in the great barracks, 800 in the hospital, and 500 or 600 in the Turkish line-of-battle ship moored off the Seraglio. The Himalaya was much damaged by the storm in her passage from Varna, and is now unfit for sea. The captain says that she was not in a safe state even before she left England with the Scots Grays, but that it was thought necessary to hurry out these to Turkey, although they subsequent* remained six weeks in the barracks at Koulili. The Himalaya was ordered to take in French troops, but on the night of the 29th she lost her bowsprit and foremast, and injured her screw so much that she can only proceed to Malta by being towel. The Admiral expects co repair her here but the facilities for the purpose are very few. The wounded who arrived on the 30th, after the battle of the 25th, were not landed till yesterday. The officers were—Captains Morris, White, Webb (leg amputated yesterday), Maud, R.A., Ansell, and Campbell ; Lieutenants Sir W. Gordon, Hartopp, Hon. G. Neville, Trevelyan, Houghton (slightly wounded, though returned killed), Clutterbuck ; with Captain Brown, of the 44th. THE WEST INDIA. MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, NOT. 16. The Royal West India Mail packet Tamar, Capt. Revett, Admiralty agent Lieut. J. B. Scriven, R.N., has arrived with the West India and Spanish Main mails. The dates of sailing are Greytown, Oct. 23 ; Panama, 23 ; Carthagena, 26 ; Jamaica, 27 ; Demerara, 25 ; Trinidad, 25 ; St. Kitts, 29 ; Barbadoes, 28 ; St. Lucia, 28 : Antigua, 28 ; St. Vincent, 27 ; Martinique, 29 ; Guadaloupe, 29 ; Grenada, 26 ; Janntel, 28 ; Porto Rico, 30 ; Do minica, 29 ; St. Thomas, 21 ; La Guayra, 9 ; St. Lucia, 28 ; St. Vincent, 27. The Tamar has among her passengers Lieut.- Governor M‘Donnell and lady, from St. Vincent; and several military officers on leave of absence and removal to other stations. Tho freight on board includes specie to the amount of 510,542 dollars. The specie consists of 284,175 dollars value in silver, and dollars value in gold 226,353. Platina, value 73/. ; old gold and silver coin, 7731. Her Majesty's ship Imaum was at Jamaica ; her Majesty's ship Devastation at St. Thomas, from whence had sailed her Majesty's ship Mariner for Bermuda, and her Majesty's ship Calypso for Bar badoes. Her Majesty's ship Arab had relieved the Bermuda schooner at Greytown. The cholera has nearly disappeared in the West Indies. It has never at any time shown itself at Demerara. The Jamaica Colonial Standard says : Great surprise has been felt at the delay which has occurred in the proclamation of the new constitution. This delay, we believe, is altogether attributable to the Colonial-office. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to con fer on the Hon. Charles Royes, member in the Assembly for St. Ann, the distinguished dace of Custos Rotu lorum of that parish. The Governor has issued his proc'amation summoning tho Legislature for the despatch of business on the 14th of November. Since our last the election returns have been completed with the following results :—St. George, William Girod and William Hosask, Esqrs. St. Elizabeth, Thomas P. Malign and William Girod, Esqrs. ; Westmoreland, David Mason and Foster Davis, Esqrs. Mr. Girod, who has been returned for both gt. George and St. Eliza beth, has expressed his ietention to sit for St. George, which parish he represented in tho last Assembly. De Cordova says : There has,been rather more activity in the market during the last two weeks, especially in pickled fish, which has been taken out of the market almost as soon as the cargoes have passed into storekeepers' hands. Good baking flour has also been inquired for. Several arrivals from the States within the last few days have, however, fully supplied the market. The rate of pre- - mium on bills has been raised by the banks, owing to a determination on their part to redeem their notes in American gold, which prevents merchants from tendering to the Commissariat, as that department will only take one•third the amount tendered for in that species of coin. We hear, however, that some merchants prefer shipping American gold to buying bank bills at their current rate. Exchanges on London.—Jamaica and Colonial Banks.-90 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, per cent. premium. The English vessels in Kingston Harbour are the barques Ajax, Flaunt, Hebe, Sir Walter Raleigh, brigantine Harriet Ann, schooners Ocean Queen, Albatross, Allen, sloop Eagle. Tho Demerara _Royal Gazette, of the 27th ult., says : The fortnight just elapsed has been dull and uninte- resting beyond precedent to all in the colony except the sugar maker, for whom the drought is favourable. Trade is excessively dull. Freights are gradually getting higher. Labour on estates keeps at the same heavy rate, and the complaint is genera l th a t it gets scarcer and is less steady. The colony is exceedingly healthy, although among those compelled to use impure water dysenteries prevail—not, however, of a deadly oharacter. We are sorry to observe that the gross fabrication as to the appearance of cholera here, and a consequent frightful mortality, has been endorsed by a respectable London contemporary, the Globe, which ought to have been better informed. _ _ - Greytown is rising from its ashes after Captain bombardment, and it is hoped will be much improved when the damages shall be paid to tho various sufferers, Americans as well as others. The republic of New Granada is still in a state of revolution. The late president, Obando, is in prison, loaded with chains, at Bogota, and it is thought proLable he will shortly be put to death, as Melo has publicly announced his intention of shooting Obando the moment he is compelled to give up the reins of government. Gen. Mosquira will most probably bo the next president. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Lima arrived at Panama on the morning of Oct. 19, With 24 passengers, 240,000 dollars specie on freight, and dates from the undermentioned ports :—Valparaiso, Sept. 30 ; Caldera, Oct. 2 ; Arica, 5 ; Islay, 6 ' • Callao, 11 ; Paytu, 14. The papers from the Pacific coast of South Ame rica contain nothing of interest. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 17.—Wind this day at Noon, N. ; light breeze, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind, variable. Arrived— Brandon (s s, transport, No. 139), Jenkins, for the Black Sea. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Times, from Alexandria ; Annie Arnoldina, Amsterdam, for Suri nam ; Albatross, Hamburgh, for Zanzibar ; Susan Bayley, Loudon, for Beyrout. Sailed—The Lightning, for St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Norma, from Alexandria ; Doctor, Naples, for Portsmouth. Sailed —Martha Kay, for Yarmouth; Meander, Lisbon. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 16.—Wind, calm. Arrived— Tamar (s), from the West Indies ; Devonshire (a), London. Sailed—Rajah (a), Constantinople; Claudia (a a), Toulon; Thames (s), do. RAMSGATE, Nov. 16.—The lonia, (brigantine), of Youghal, which got on shore on the Gcodwin, Nov. 13, has disappeared. HULL, Nov. 16.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Briton a Bride, from St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Harmonia, for Lubec. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 16.—Wind, E. Arrived—Sebas tine, from St. Vaast; Emily, Susannah, Ono, and Shin eliffe, from Rotterdam. SHIELDS, Nov. 16.—Wind, E. Arrived—lsabella Hay, from St. John's ; Hope, St. Malo ; Julia Maria, Cher bourg ; Annechina, Amsterdam. Tomus, Nov. 16.—Wind, N.B. Sailed—Havfrauen, for Rio Janeiro; Helena, Bordeaux ; Zampa, Nantes. NEWPORT, Nov. 16. —Wind, N. W. Arrived—Wanderer from London, for Gneoa ; Naomi, Quebec. Sailed—John Bunyan, for New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 15.—Wind, S. Arrived—Bank, from Quebec. Sailed—Calumet, for London ; Janus, for the Clyde. CORK, Nov. 15.—Wind, W. Sailed—Yarifa, for Bar badoes. DROGHEDA, Nov. 15:—The Jane Devine (brig), of and for this port, from Liverpool, struck this morning off Lam bay, and foundered ; crew saved. ANTIGUA, Oct. 28.—The Royal Southwark, of New Bed ford, dismasted and waterlogged, was passed, Oct. 10, in lat. 35, long. 72, by the Fashion, arrived here from Phila delphia. MR, PARRATT'S LIFE RAFT.—Mr. George Frederick Parratt. has just returned froth Paris, where'he has been enabled to establish the patent for his newly-invented Life Raft, in accordance with the laws of France. We understand the Emperor entertains a high opinion of this invention, and was graciously pleased to receive Mr. Parratt at St. Cloud, for the purpose of having a work ing model personally explained to him. His Majesty directed that the model should be deposited with the Minister of Marine, and a series of trials will, we under stand, be made at Brest on this tubular life raft in the course of next month. It is much to be regretted that some of these rafts were not carried on board the unfor tunate steamer Arctic, for had they been there is no doubt the great loss of life which took place upon the melancholy wreck of that vessel would have been avoided I f I i r