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i)tr it it SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CESAREWITCH STAKES MUSCOVITE RATTLE D. 0. Twenty-one ran. Won by four lengths. Two lengths between second and third. HANDICAP. D.I. 1 2 Poodle. Three ran. CLEARWELL STAKES. Polydora colt . Almond ....... Six ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Lizzie Ruby Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. Bobby Cable Communist ROYAL STAKES Scythian Quince Rodo-meli , 3 THE WHIP. Stockwell beat Kingston. MATCH. Kaffir beat 1 3 133:sans colt. LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. CESAREWITCH. 4to 1 agst Muscovite. 7to 1 agst Cobnut. 10 to 1 agst Anittonia. 10 to 1 agst Rodomeli. 12 to 1 agst Rattle. 13 to 1 agst La Belle. 20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior. 20 to 1 agst D. 0. 25 to 1 agst Ethelwolf. 30 to 1 agst Hungerford. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Early Bird. 15 to 1 agst Rattle. 50 to 1 agst Star of Surrey. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL LORD RAGLAN. (FROM THIS EVENING'S GAZETTE.) WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 10. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received two Despatches, of which the following are copies, addressed to lis Grace by General the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. BALABLAVA, Sept. 28. My Lord Duke,—ln continuation of my De spatch of the 23d inst., I beg leave to lay before your Grace the names of the officers whose names have been brought to my notice by the Generals of Division, and the Heads of Departments. Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown speaks in the highest terms of Lieutenant-Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Chester, of the 23d, who was unfortunately killed, and of Captain Bell, who succeeded to the command, and brought the regiment out of action, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Blake of the 33d. Lieutenant- Colonel Sanders, of the 19th, who was severely wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton, of the 77th Regiment, and Lieutenant-Colonel Shirley, of the 88th ; also of Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence and Major Norcott, of the Rifle Brigade, each com manding a wing of that corps ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, commanding the Artillery, of Captain Brand ling, commanding a 9-pounder troop of Horse Ar tillery, and Captain Anderson, commanding a Field, Battery, and Captain Gordon, of the Royal En gineers ; likewise of Lieutenant-Colonel Sullivan, and Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, of the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General's Department, and Captain Hallowell of the latter, and Captain Whitmore and the other officers of his personal Staff ; and Cap tains Glyn and Mackenzie, the Brigade-Majors serving with the division. Lieutenant-General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge recommends Colonel the Honourable Francis Hood, of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel the Honourable George Upton, of the Coldstream Guards, and Colonel Sir Charles Hamilton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieutenant-Colonel Came ron, of the 42d, Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas, of the 79th, and Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, of the 93d ; Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gor don, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cunynghame, the As aistant-Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Cap tain Butler and the Honourable Arthur Hardinge, the Deputy Assistant-Adjutant and Quartermaster- General of the Division, and Major the Honour able James Macdonald, and the other officers of his personal Staff ; also Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres commanding, and Captains Punter and Wood house of the Royal Artillery, and Captain Chap man of the Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant- Colonel Stirling, and Captain the Honourable Percy Fielding, the Brigade-Major of the division. Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans eulogises the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Herbert of the Quartermaster-General's De partment, who was wounded, I hope not severely ; Major Lysons of the 23d, acting as Assistant-Adju tant-General in the absence from sickness of Lieute nant-Colonel Wilbraham, Captain Lane Fox; and Captain Thompson, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, and Captain Allix and the other officers of his personal Staff. He also praises the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonels Hoey, of the 30th, Lieutenant-Colonel Warren, of the 55th, and Lieutenant-Colonel Webber Smith, of the 95th, who was severely wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter, of the 41st, Lieutenant-Colonel Haly, of the 47th, and Maj tr Dalton, of the 49th, Lieu tenant-Colonels Fitzmayer and Dupuis, and Cap tains Turner and Swinton, of the Royal Artillery, and to these I may add Captain Lovell, of the Royal Engineers, Brevet-Majors Thackwell and Armstrong, the Brigade-Majors of the division. I consider it my duty especially to recommend Captain Adye, of the Royal Artillery, the princi pal staff officer of that branch of the service, and Captain the Honourable Edward Gage, Brigade- Major of Artillery, and Major Tylden, Brigade- Major of the Royal Engineers, and Major the Honourable Edward Pakenham, and Captain 'Weare, who was wounded, of the Adjutant- General's, and of Captains Wetherall, Woodford, Sankey, and Hamilton, of the Quartermaster- General's Department. Mr. Commissary-General Filder, and Dr. Hall, the principal Medical Officer, were in the field the whole time, and merit my approbation for their exertions in discharging their onerous duties.—l Lave, &0., (Signed) RAGLAN. - His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c., &c., &c. BALAKLAVA, Sept. 28. My Lord Duke,—l have the greatest satisfaction in acquainting your grace that the army under my command obtained possession of this important place on the 26th instant, and thus established a -new and secure base for our future operations. The Allied Armies quitted their position above the Alma on the morning of the 23d, and moved across the Katcha, where they halted for the night, and on the following day passed the Belbeck. It then appeared that the enemy had established a work, which commanded the entrance of the river, and debarred its use for the disembarkation of troops, provision, arid materiel ; and it became expedient to consider whether the line of attack upon the north side should not be abandoned, and another course of operation adopted. It having, after duo deliberation, been deter mined by Marshal St. Arnaud and myself, that we s h ou ld relinquish our communication with the Katcha, and the hop e of establishing it by the Belbeck, and endeavour by a flank march to the left to go round Sebastopol and seize Balaklava, the movement was commenced on the 25th, and completed on the following day by the capture of this place by her M a j est y' s tr oops, which led the ad v ince. The march was attended with great diffi culties. On leaving the high road from the Belbeck to Sebastopol, the Army had to traverse a dens© wood, in which there was but one road that led in the direction it was necessary to take. That road was left in the first instance to the Cavalry and Ar tillery ; and the divisions were ordered to march by compass and make a way for themselves as well as they could ; and, indeed, the Artillery of the Light Division pursued the same course as long as it was found to be possible, but, as the wood became more impracticable, the batteries could not proceed other wise than by getting into the road above men tioned. The head-quarters of the Army, followed by seve ral batteries of Artillery, were the first to clear the forest, near what is called, in Major Jarvis's map, Mtckenzie's Farm, and at once found themselves on the flank and rear of a Russian division, on the march to Bashi-Serai. This Way Attacked as 60011 a the cavalry' 'which had diverged a little into a bye and intricate' path, could be brought up. A vast quantity of ammu nition and much valuable baggage fell into our hands, and the pursuit was discontinued after about :t mile and a half, it being a great object to reach the Ttiehernaya that evening. The Russians lost a few men, and some prisoners wene taken, amongst whom was a Captain of Artillery. The march was then resumed by the descent of a steep and difficult defile into the plains, through which runs the Tscherdaya river, and this the cavalry succeeded in reaching shortly before dark, followed in the course of the night by the Light, First, Second, and Third Divisions ; the Fourth Division having been left on the heights above the Belbeck till the following day, to maintain our com munication with the Katcha. This march, which took the enemy quite by sur prise, was a very long and toilsome one, and, ex cept at Mackenzie's Farm, where two wells, yield ing a scanty supply, were found, the troops were without water, but they supported their fatigues and privations with the utmost cheerfulness, and resumed their march to this place on the morning of the 26th. As they approached Balaklava nothing indicated that it was held in force ; but as resistance was offered to the advance of the Rifle Brigade, and guns were opened from an old castle, as the head of the column showed itself on the road lead ing into the town, I deemed it prudent to occupy the two two flanking heights by the Light Division and a portion of Captain Brandling's troop of Horse Artillery on the left ; movements terminated by the surrender of the place, which had been occu pied by very inconsiderable numbers of the enemy. Shortly after we had taken possession we were greeted by Captain Mends, of the Agamemnon, and soon after by Sir Edmund Lyons himself. His co-operation was secured to us by the ac tivity and enterprise of Lieutenant Maxse, of her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, who reached my camp on the Tschernaya, on the night of the 25th with despatches, and who volunteered immediately to retrace his steps through the forest, and to commu nicate to Sir Edmund the importance I attached to his presence at the mouth of the harbour of Bala klava the next morning, which difficult service (from the intricacy of the country infested by Cos sacks) he accomplished so effectually that the Ad miral was enabled to appear off this harbour at the very moment that our troops showed themselves upon the heights. Nothing could be more opportune than his arri val, and yesterday the magnificent ship that bears l i his flag entered this beautiful harbour ; and the Admiral, as has been his invariable practice, co operated with the army iu every way possible. We are busily engaged in disembarking our siege train and provisions, and we are most desirous of undertaking the attack of Sebastopol without the loss of a day. I moved up two divisions yesterday to its immediate neighbourhood, when I was en abled to have a good view of the place ; and Lieu tenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, and General Bisot, the French Chef de Genie, are occupied in reconnoitring - it closely to-day. The march of the French army on the 25th was still more fatiguing and prolonged than ours. Being behind our columns they could not reach Tschernaya till the next day, and I fear must have suffered sadly from want of water. I regret to have to acquaint your grace, that Marshal St. Arnaud has been compelled, by severe illness, to relinquish the command of the army. I saw him on the 25th, when he was suffering very much, and he felt it his duty to resign the next morning. I view his retirement with deep concern, having always found in him every disposition to act in concert with me. Ho has since become much worse, and is I fear in a very precarious state. Fortunately he is succeeded by an officer of high reputation, General Canrobert, with whom I am satisfied I shall have great pleasure in acting, and who is equally desirous of maintaining the most friendly relations with me. I have, &c., (Signed) RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Sze., 4,7 c., THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 9. The Queen has been pleased t• approve of Don Mariano Carsi as Consul-General in the United Kingdom for the Queen of Spain. CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Wigan.—Joseph Acton, of Wigan, Esq., in le root* of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, Esq., deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Kirkcudbright and Wigton Regiment of Sillitia—Wil liam Munro, Esq., to be Adjutant, July 7. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia — George Hope, Gent., to be Quartermaster from 2d Aug., Aug. 3. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Ross--Thomas Mackenzie, Esq., one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the county of Ross, to be Vice- Lieutenant, Oct. 6. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En sign Frederick Barnes to b 3 Lieutenant, vice Ibbetson, re signed, Sept. 27. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Hugh Beauchamp Halswell, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; James Henry McEwen, Gent., to be En sign ; Henry Bulkeley, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. ' 27. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant William Browne Ponsonby, half-pay 22d Bom bay Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Morrah, ap pointed to the 3d West India Regiment, Sept. 27 ; Percy Charles Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign; Edward Hamilton Finney, Esq., late Ist Royal Regiment, to be Captain, vice Masterson, resigned, Sept. 20. Artillery Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham Major Henry Stobart to be Lieutenant-Colonel Com mandant ; Captain William Cookson, of the South Dur ham Regiment, to be Major ; Charles Frederick Perkins, Esq., to be Captain; William Stobart, Esq., to be Cap tain ; Second Lieutenants Charles William Bell and George Hodgson, to be First Lieutenants ; Edward Featherstonhaigh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Oct. 4. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hay ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 10 G-co. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of July, 1654, amounted to the sum of one million and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and tenpence. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of two hundred and sixty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-nine pounds, twelve shillings and eleven pence, being quo-fourth part of the said surplus of one million and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and ten pence will be applied under the provisions of the said act, between the 11th day of October, 1854, and the sth day of January, 1855, to the following purposes, viz. : To be applied towards the reduction of the National Debt Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock • 2,729 11 1 £267,399 4 0 National Debt Office, Oct. 6, 1854. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULED. Francis Burrow, draper and tailor, Redruth. William Beckett, cattle dealer and salesman, Gilling ham. Henry Kerfoot, silk manufacturer, Bedford. "1 1 :' _\* Ilex BANKRUPTS. Henry Chatteris, merchant, Lothbury, to surrender, Oct. 19, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell. official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Cheapside. Joseph Trevethan, brickmaker, Lower Norwood, Oct. 25, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee; King don and Shephard, Clifford's-inn, Fleet•street. Thomas Waghorn, draper, Rochester, Oct. 25, at two, and Nov. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans field, official assignee ; Prall, Gray's-inn-square. George Fox, clothier and tailor, Commercial-road East, Oct. 21, at one, and Nov. 25, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Steinberg, Bread street. Lewis Bassett, grocer, Merthyr Tyslvil, Glamorganshire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Castle, Hen derson, and Co., Bristol. John Hughes, innkeeper, Bangor, Oct. 20, and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Daniel Longdin, ironfounder, Manchester, Oct. 23, and Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernantan, official assignee, Manchester ; Blair, Manches ter. Joseph Burge Godfrey, coach maker, Taunton, Oct. 20, and Nov. 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt zel, official assignee, Exeter; Trenchards, Taunton; Stog don, Exeter. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, James Calvert, proprietor and manager of the Queen's Theatre, Glasgow. James Wilson, Haylee, near Largs. John Simpson, late farmer, Broomhill. Goldie and Inglis, ironfounders, Eglinton Foundry, Glasgow. John and Walter Scott, ship brokers, Glasgow. Robert Gallacher, fishmonger, Greenock. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam ........... 11 163 Gibra'tar ...• ....... • •••• 3055 Ditto, three months .. 11 18;c 2 L , gl:orn .. ••• • • • • 0 Botterda t u ............ 11 18k, Genoa ...... •• .: 25 f." Antwerp 25 421 , /, Milan :.••••••• •• " • • Prussels .............. 25 42% Venice.. •• • • •• • • •• • • " . Ilambargli 13 7;i Naples • . .. 43 , 4 Altona ...• Palermo ......1 28 !q Paris.... •• • • .... 25 12% Messina ........... 1281 i a D rs i t e to i e t s hr . e . . e . m . . o . n . t . hs .. 2 25 3 4 4 0 0 ; O L p i s o b r o t i o l 53 •• 53 % Bourdeaux • 'llio Janeiro Ft ankfort•on-M aine ▪ 119 'Buenos Ayres.. •••• • • • • Berlin ................ New York, GO days' sight •• •• •• .. 11 48 Ph.la.d,lplua •• • ••• • • • Tri'Ste • •••• • 11 50 YAICES oc L,;LLICY, PER uZ. Petersburg ............ !Foreign Gold in legs £3 17 9 Madrid ............... 50 'Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 • Cadiz •. •• .• •• •• Barcelona •• .. 00yog pug 1 . 2.51 . 0 6 1( THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 10, 1664. MONEY MA RKET ANT) COMMERCIAL INT ELL TGENCIT'S• ZITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales 7,000 bales. Shares were neglected. The forbearance which creditors are exercising towards the firms that have been placed in difficul ties is exemplified in the case of Mr. Edward Oli ver, of Liverpool. Having purchased on credit a large amount of shipping, it has been found expo. dient, with a view of diminishing the aggregate liability, for the sellers to take back their property, and cancel the bills of exchange given in lieu. This may entail a loss upon the original owners, the more especially as they could, perhaps, have diminished their stake in shipping at the favourable opportunity which presented itself some months back, and which at present does not exist. Since, however, there is but a choice of evils, it is to be presumed that the wisest course has been adopted, for, under the arrangement, there may be some indemnification which Mr. Oliver's assets will meet. The effect of the recent suspensions has been to render every one extremely cautious, and very properly so. The demand for money was more active in the City yesterday, and this is explained by tho pay ment to-day of the last instalment upon the B series of Exchequer Bonds. The amount is 460,0001. Besides the above, however, the rail way "calls" of the current month are heavy, not far short of two millions sterling, and nearly a million is payable upon foreign companies, the larger proportion of the shares in which are held by English capitalists. Already 12,042,0651. have been called this year, which is about. 1,000,0001. more than during the whole of the year 1853, and 4,000,0001. over 1852. There seems, therefore, to be employment for at least a portion of our surplus means, and the consolation is that it will be better thus placed than in foreign loans and bubble schemes such.as a period of mone tary facilities is certain to nourish. The telegraphic despatches of Oct. 6 from Memel state :—" The conflagration has at last been sub dued. The destruction of property has been about 2,000,000/., and all .business suspended, the Cus tom-house, Bank, and Court of Justice being burnt. The shipping, however, is reported as all safe. It blew a gale at west last night, but to-day it is more moderate." The New York accounts are somewhat more favourable ; but until the suspected banks are placed on a sounder footing, suspicion will still lurk. In a report by a local writer it is stated : "It would be very difficult to estimate the losses of the past six months by fire and flood, by disease and death. Not a section of the country has escaped. All have suffered more or less. We have had within our own limits, we believe, every misfortune but war. The inflictions of Divine Providence we could have borne with resignation, but we have had others which have been too much for our philosophy to put up with. We allude to the enormous frauds and defalcations, which have done more to injure private and public credit, than all the other calamities of the year combined. We shall ultimately recover from all these difficulties, and we should congratulate ourselves that the effect has been no worse. In the face of these depressing and depreciating causes, prices have been wonderfully sustained. Fancy stocks have fallen heavily, it is ture, but no more than circumstances warranted ; and those who have not been governed in their operations by the signs of the times, have been serious sufferers. It did not require a great degree of foresight to see the effect of certain causes. We !do not allude to causes for depression in any particular fancy stock, but to thew general move ments of financial affairs. Speculators in stocks for a ' fall have been particularly fortunate this year, and their success has been the result of a variety of events, very few of which were foreseen by the most far sighted. Sufficient had transpired, even before the Schuyler ex pose, to justify the most extensive operations for a fall in the market value of fancy stocks. Every event of any importance which followed that stupendous swindle, strengthened the position of sellers, and many have no doubt leaped a rich harvest out of the wreck and ruin going on about them. There is sow a lull in the great maelstrom of speculation. Its waters are now quiet, and when again agitated it will be doubtless by a reverse movement. There is a brighter day coming for the bulls. "The excitement that has obtained during most of the month in uncut rent money, has almost entirely subsiee 1, and rates of discount are lower. The large amount of currency that has been driven home for re demption is felt at the West where circulation is much needed. Notwithstanding all the talk that has been made about " 'Western money," it now stands better with the people than Eastern money. There is a want of confidence in the New England system of banking that is daily gaining ground, and the public is begin ing to distinguish a secured from an unsecured cur ency." The English Funds have been very quiet again, and there is not even a fractional variation in prices as compared with yesterday. Consols have been 95 to 1 for transfer, and 951 for account. Exchequer Bills are 43. to 7s. premium, and India Bonds Gs. to 10s. premium. The Foreign Market is exceedingly dull. The Turkish Scrip brings 24. to premium. Sardinian Bonds have been at 88k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 611 to 62, and the Four per Cents. 92. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 61 ; Mexican, 241 to 25 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 41- per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18g to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37A to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4g to 43, The Railway Share Market is a trifle firmer as far as can be judged by the limited business doing. For the Mines and Banks there is a steady market. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. From the Ofi:ial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 954 India Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, uuder £lOOO lO p Bank stock Ditto for the Account Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer bills, 24d. £l000 £5OO 4 7 p Sinai 4 7 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Bra.z ilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9S. x d Ditto Small .••• 99 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... .... ...... 6Si Turkish Scrip 6 per cent ;)iv,denas on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto October Aoconnt 9sf MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SurrariELD.-31eaTow hay, 2/ 108 to 4/ 10s ; clover ditto, 41 4s to 6/ 09 ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 128 per load. Trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 410 s to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 85 to 1115 s per load. A fairaverage supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41125; clove* ditto, 31 15s to 6' ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good,.and trade rather dull. 81261 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 100 20 25 25 25 20i 100 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 20 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing erice, this day. Business done this day. 2i 100 42,31 LOU 1.00 all all all ,1118. all 3 8 2a. A ntwerp&Rotterdaan Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissossac Bombay, l4rocla, and 21i - 22 , 4i - 5 8i - 9 12 —ll a 16i lii 7 6a 95 - 97 61J - 62 14i - 15 10 - 12 --- • i• id 61 - 7 16 - 17 11 - 11, 67 - 69 57 - 59 22 - 24 87 - 88 70 - 71 123 - 125 90 - 92 71i 71i 70 - 72 75 85 8 10 8 10 72 72:3 oi - 8 6 103 105 10 # 102 p d - P 82 ti 4 , 9 8 1 8 7 .1 I 24 - 25 70 7g 41 - 43 /11 d 9 8.1 2i 5i 6} 49 51 34 34 4 19 64 74 76 77 6 3 d 14. 15 54 - 55 - 53 55 —IP - P 4 - 6i - 7 32 - 34 94 - 96 64 - 64 74 - 8 46 - 48 13 - 14 63 f 3!, 32i -33 i i id 3 . 7 3 - 3A 7 i 8 4} 24 - 26 4 - S - ... 6 . - 7 .. -. ..• 63 61 lf 4 30 id il) Central In dia, Scrip'. Central of Italy Demerara Non and Besancon. Dutch Rhenish . P 31 -21 0 33i -33 i Eastern of Franco Do. Now, Last Indian Do. Extension Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay, '57, convertible ad d all 10 122 all all Do. do. do., '59, d Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. . Do do 6id 7i 6t Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Ccrt. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Prance Gt.' Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Ct. Westeniof Canada Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option 11 91 11 91 I iP 4 iP A - dP 17 -18 par 2 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Contd. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a g p.c prof Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia. Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. di By Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest)..... Northern of France Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 2241, d u r. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c 13cle ' (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleano.•• • Paris and Rouen— ••• ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre"— Royal Danish ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Moc B c.• • Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France._ 'West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ld Par' 2 4pl die 2,1 3 2 21 lt 16i 2 3li all par — • P Zealand JOINT-S! Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. Amorican Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 7} - S .•• - - 3,1 i - 55 20 10 20 35 10 22i all all all all 21 10 12i -- 13 9 -- 10 24 -- 21ip 49 60 3$ 40 Pm 231 —24 i par 1 p -- d 8 8i •• • - ••• - pm ••• '.... ••• 3 1 4 6 6(IP - Australia, St China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia BANKS. 82 - 84 hi pa; a) 32 Si -- 2i (11 21i - 22 22 li 62 1/ 63 7i 8 57i 87i 70 123 914 71i i i 714 12 72i i # London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster Natiolial Provincial 1011 2 1f 241 i 70i i of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anstraln.Bkg & Gold imp Co iouth Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of Dondonst,„ 43 = 45 42i - 4331 ... - ... 4 3 - 45 67 - 69 71 - 81 per cor. 2 3 i 3 3 4 i 5 8 I 21f 35 28i i THE BATTLE OF ALMA. gOTHER ACCOUNT. The following is a highly interesting account of the glorious victory achieved on the banks of the Alma : BANKS OF THE ALMA, SEPT. 19.—Last night orders were given by Lord Raglan that the troops shou!d strike tents at daybreak, and that all tents should be scut on hoard the ships of the fleet. Our advance had been de termined upon, and it was undcrtood that the Russian light cavalry had been sweeping the country of all sup plies up to a short distance of our lines and outlying pickets. At three o'clock in the morning the camp was roused by the revel!, and all the 30,000 sleepers woke into active life. The boats from the ships lined the beach to receive thy tents. The commissariat cificers struggled in vain with the very deficient means at their disposal to meet the enormous requirements of an army of 26,000 men for the transport of baggage, ammunition, and food, and a scene, which to a❑ unpracticed eye would seem one of utter confusion, began and continued for several hours, relieved only by the steadiness and order of the regiments as they paraded previous to marching. "The French, in advance on our right, were up be times, and the camp fires of the allied armies, extending for miles along the horizon and mingling with the lights of the ships, almost anticipated the morning. The order I of march was as follows : Cavalry, Bth, 11th, 17th. Light Division. Artillery. i Snontl Division First Artillery. Third Division. Cavalry. Commissariat Train. Fourth Division Fourth Division. Roar Guarj. "7,000 Turkish infantry, under Stillman Pasha, moved along by the seaside ; next to them came the divisions of General Bosquet, Canrobert, Forey, and Prince Na poleon. Our order of march was about four miles to the right of their left wing, and as many behind them. " The right of the allied forces was covered by the fleet, which moved along with it in magnificent order, darkening the air with innumerable columns of smoke, ready to shell the enemy should they threaten to attack our right, and commanding the land for nearly two miles from the shore. " It was 9 o'clock in the morning ere the whole of our army was prepared for marching. The day was warm, and our advance was delayed by the wretched transport furnished for the baggage, an evil which will, I fear, be more severely felt in any protracted operations. Every thing not absolutely indispensable was sent on board ship. The naval officers and the sailors worked inde fatigably, and cleared the beach as fast as the men depo sited their baggage and tents there. At last the men fell in, and the march of the campaign began. "The country beyond the salt lake, near, which we were encamped, is p er f ec tl y d est i tute of tree or shrub, and consists of wide plains, marked at intervals of two or three miles with hillocks and long irregular ridges of bills running down towards the sea at right angles to the beach. It is but little cultivated, except in the patches of land around the unfrequent villages built in the higher recesses of the valleys. Hares were started in abundance, and afforded great sport to the men when ever they halted, and several were fairly bunted down among the lines of men. All oxen, horses, or cattle had been driven off by the Cossacks. - The soil is hard and elastic, and was in excellent order for artillery. "After a march of an hour a halt took place frr 50 minutes, during which Lord Raglan, accompanied by a very large staff, Marshal St. Arnaud, Generals Bos quet, Forey, and a number of French officers rode along the front of the columns. The men spontaneously got up from the ground, rushed forward, and column after column rent the air with three thundering English cheers. It was a good omen. As the Marshal passed the 55th Regiment he exclaimed, English, I hope you will fight well to-day !"Hope !' exclaimed a voice from the ranks, sure you know we will!' The troops presented a splendid appearance. The effect of these grand masses of soldiery descending the ridges of the hills rank after rank, with the sun playing over forests of glittering steel, can never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Onward the torrent of war swept ; wave after wave, huge stately billows of armed men, while tke rumble of the artillery and tramp of cavalry acoom panied their progress. At last the smoke of burning villages and farm-houses announced that the enemy in front - were aware of our march. It was a sad sight to see the white walls of the houses blackened with smoke—the flames ascending through the roofs of peaceful homesteads--and the ruined outlines of deserted hamlets. Many sick men fell out and were carried to the rear. It was a painful sight—a sad contrast to the magnificent appearance of the army in front, to behold litter after litter borne past to the carts, with the poor sufferers who had dropped from ill ness and fatigue. "Presently, from the top of a hill, a wide plain was visible, beyond which rose a ridge, darkened here and there by masses which the practised eyo recognised as cavalry. It was our first sight of the enemy. On the left of the plain up, in a recess formed by the inward sweep of the two ridges lay a large village in flames ; right before us was a neat white house unburnt, though the outhouses and farm-yard were burning. This was the Imperial Post-house of Bulganac, just 20 miles from Sebastopol. "A small stream ran past us, which was in object of delight to our thirsty soldiers, who had now marched more than eight miles from their camp. The house was deserted and gutted. Only a picture of a saint, bunches of herbs in the kitchen, and a few household utensils were left ; and a solitary peahen stalked sadly about the threshold, which soon fell a victim to a revolver. After a short halt for men and horses by the stream the army pushed on again. The cavalry (about 500 men of the Bth Hussars, the 11th Hussars, and 13th Light Dragoons) pushed on in front, and on arriving about a mile beyond the post-house we clearly made out the Cos sack Lancers on the hills in front. Lord Cardigan threw out skirmishers in line, who covered the front at intervals of 10 or 12 yards from each other. The Cossacks advanced to meet us in like order, man for man, the steel of their long lances glittering in the sun. They were rough-looking fellows, mounted on sturdy little horses, but the regularity of their order and the celerity of their movements showed they were regulars, :rod by no means despicable foes. As our skirmishers advanced the Cossacks halted at the foot of the hill. Their reserves were not well in sight, but from time to time a clump of lances rose over the summit of the hill and disappeared. Lord . Cardigan was eager to try their strength, and permission was given to him to advance somewhat nearer; but as he did so, dark columns of cavalry came into view in the recesses of the hills, and it became evident that if our men charged up such a steep ascent their horses would be blown, and that they would run a risk of being surrounded and cut to pieces by a force of three times their number. Lord Lucan therefore ordered the cavalry to halt, gather in their skirmishers, and retire slowly. None of the infantry or artillery were in eight of us, as they had not yet topped the brow of the hill. When our skirmishers halted the Cossacks commenced a firs from their line of videttes, which was quite harmless. Few of the balls came near enough to let the whiz be heard. Two or three officers who were riding between the cavalry and the skirmish ers, Lieut.-Col. Dickson, R.A., Captain Fellowes, 12th Lancers, Dr. Elliott, R.A., were looking out anxiously for the arriyal.of Captain Maude's Horse Artillery, when suddenly the Russians, emboldened by our halt, came over the brow of the hill, and slowly descended the slope in three solid squares. We had offered them battle, and they had lost their chance, for our cavalry now turned round and rode quietly towards the troops. Our skirmishers, who had replied smartly to the fire of the Cossacks, but without effect, retired and joined their squadrons. At every 50 paces our cavalry faced about to receive the Cossacks if they prepared to charge. Suddenly one of the Rue d in cavalry squares opened—a spirt of white smoke rote out of the gap, and a round shot, which pitched close to my horse, tore over the column of our cavalry behind, and rolled away between the ranks of the riflemen in the rear, just as they came in view of the cavalry. In an other instant a second gun bowled through the 11th Hue ears, and knocked over a horse, taking off his rider's leg above the ankle. Another and another followed, tear ing through our ranks, so that it was quite wonderful so many crivairy escaped. Meantime Captain Maude'm ar llery galloped over the hillock, but were halted by Lord„Raglan s order at the base, in rear of the cavalry on the left flank. This was done probably to entice the Russians further down the hill. Meantime our cavalry were drawn up as targets for the enemy's guns, and had they been of iron they could not have been more solid' and immoveable. The Russian gunners fired admirably ; they were rather slow, but their balls came bounding along, quite visible as they passed, in right lines from the centre of the cavalry columns. After some thirty rounds from the enemy our artillery opened fire. Their round shot ploughed up the co lumns of the cavalry, who dispersed into broken lines, wheeling round and round and with great adroit ness to escape the six and nine pound balls. Our shells were not so successful, but one, better directed than the rest, burst right in the centre of a column of Light In fantry, whom the Russians had advanced to support their cavalry. Our fire was so hot, the service of the guns so quick, that the enemy retired in about fifteen minutes after we opened on them. While this affair was going on the French had crept up on the right, and surprised a body of Russian cavalry with a round from a battery of nine-pounders, which scattered them in all di rections. We could count six dead horses on the field near the line of fire. It is not possible to form an accu rate notion of the effect of our fire, but it must have caused the Russians a greater loss than they inflicted on us. We lost six horses, and four men were wounded Two men lost their legs. The others, up to yesterdays though Injured severely, were not in da n g er. One o rode the wounded men, a sergeant in the 11th li b ucsarg iece of coolly to the rear with his foot dangling y P skin to the bone, and told the doct or he had just come to have his leg dressed. Another wounded trooper be haved with equal fortitude, and i refusedsleg was broken into the use of a litter chrry him to the rear though splinters. It was strange , in v i s iting the scene where the horses lay dead, that the first feeling produced on the spectator, when the horror of oeeing the poor animals ripped open by shells from chest to loin, 'as thiugh it were done by a surgeon's knife, had sub •ided, Was that. Sir E. Landseer, in his picture of Wa-,' must have seen one of the animals before us—. the glariaz ere-ball, the distended nostril, the gnashed teeth, are all true to life. When the Russians hail retired beyond the heights, orders were given to halt and bivouac for the night, and our tired men set to work to gather the weeds for feel. A 4 soon as the ra tions of rum and meat were served out, the casks were broken up, and the staves served to make fires for cook ing, aided by nettles and long grass. At night the watch fires of the Russians were visible on our left. Great numbers of stragglers came up during the night, most of them belongin g to the 4th division. It was a cold night, and if I could intrude the recital of the sor rows of a tentless, baggageless man, wandering about in the dark from regiment to regiment in hope of find , ing his missing baggage, I might tell a tale amusing enough to read, but the incidents in which were very distressing to the individual concerned. The night was cold and datnp, the watch fires were mere flashes, which gave little heat, and barely sufficed to warm the rations ; but the camp of British soldiers is ever animated by the very soul of hospitality ; and the wanderer "was lucky enough 'to get a lodging on the ground beside a kindly colonel, who was fortunate enough to have a little field -tent with him, and a bit of bread and biscuit to spare after a march of 10 miles and a fast of 10 hours. All night arabas , were arriving, and soldiers who had fallen out or got astray came up to the sentries to find their regiments. Sir George Brown, Sir D. Evans, the - Brigadier-Generale and staff officers went about among their divisions and brigades ere the men lay down, giving directions for the following day, and soon after dusk the regiments were on the ground, wrapped up in great coats and blankets to find the best repose they could after the day's exertions. It was munch regretted that our cavalry force was sa miserably deficient, for if we had been even two to three we could readily have disposed of the vapouring Lancers on the hill, who had irritated-the men very much by their de risive cries when our skirmishers retired. It %lies ad mitted that as a military spectacle the advance of our troops and the little affair of artillery, as well as the management of the cavalry, formed one of the most pic turesque and beautiful that could be imagined. No pencil could do it justice, for the painter's skirl fails to impart an idea of motion, and the writer has not yet been born who can describe with vividness and force, so as to bring the details before the reader, the events 'of even the slightest skirmish. "HEIGHTS ABOVE ALIIA, SEPT. 21.—The order in which our army advanced was in columns of brigades in deploying distance, protected by a line of skirmishers, of cavalry, and of horse artillery. The ad vantage of the formation was, that our army, in case of. a strong at tack of cavalry and infantry on the left or rear, could assume the form of a hollow square, with the baggage in the centre. Our great object was to gain the might of the position, so that our attacking parties could be sheltered by the vertical fire of' the fleets. "We had, in feet, altered our base of operations. As we marched forward to Bolganae, we allowed the enemy to deprive us of our old basis of operations, in order that we might get a new one. For this purpose the baggage was brought •up and covered by the 4th division, and the Cossacks were allowed to sweep the country in our rear far behind us. Our new principle in fact was to open communication with our fleets, and, as far as possible, obtain their material and moral aid. In advancing towards the sea obliquely, on the morning of the 19th, we were met by 17 squadrons of cavalry, deployed to meet our handful of horse, and it was neces sary to make a demonstration of artillery and infantry to extricate our men from the difficulty into which they had been plunged by advancing too far in front of their supports. However, the enemy were driven back by our guns, which made beautiful practice, and the cavalry maintained theirgrouud, having retired in splendid order before a force which refused to meet them when they might have done so, by a charge down front the elevated position they occupied, with :fair chance of an encoun ter ere our artillery could come up. Our line of march on the 20th, as I have said, was towards the right of our former ba.e, and brought us in contact with the French left, under Prince Napoleon, it being understood that Sir De Lacy Evans's division on the extreme right should act in concert with that of his Royal Highness the Prince, which was of course furthest from the sea As soon as we had ascertained the position of our allies accurately, the whole line, extending itself across the ohampaign country for some five or six miles, advanced. At the distance of two miles we halted to obtain a little time to gather up our rear, and then the troops steadily advaneed in grand line; like the waves of the ocean, with our left frittered away as it were into a foam of skirmishers under Col. Law- rence and Mrjor Norcott of the Rifle Brigade, 2d batta lion, covered by squadrons of the 11th and Bth Hussars, and portions of the 4th, 13th Light Dragoons, and 17th Lancers. This was a sight of inexpressible grandeur, and for the first time, one was struck with the splendid appearance of our Infantry in line in the distance. Red is the colour, after all, and the white slashings of the breast of the coat, and the cross-belts . , though rendering a man conspicuous enough', give him an appearance of size which other uniforms do not produce. The dark French columns on our right looked very small compared to our battalions, though we knew they were quite as . . strong ; but the marching of our allies laden as they were with all their packs, 86c., was wonderful—the pace at which they went was really killing.' It was ob servable too, that our staff was more conspicuous and more numerous than tho staff of our bravo friends. No- thing strikes the eye at such a distance as a cocked hat and bunch of white cock's feathers, and several of our best officers very wisely doffed the latter adornment, thinking that they were quite conspicuous enough by their advanced position on horseback and by the number of their staff around them. "The scheme of operations concerted between the generals, and chiefly suggested to Lord Raglan, it was said, by M.M. Marshal St. Arnaud and General Canrobert, was that the French and Turks on czar right were to force the passage of the river, a rivulet of the Alma, and establish themselves on the heights over the stream at the opposite side, so that they could enfilade the position to their right and opposite to our left and centre. The Alma is a tortuous little stream, which has worked its way down through a red clay soil, deepening its course as it proceeds seawards, and which drains the steppe•like lands on its right bank, making at times pools and eddies too deep to be forded, thougn it can generally be crossed by waders who do not fear to wet their knees. It need not be said that the high banks formed by the action of the stream in cutting tbrOugh the soil are sometimes at one side, sometimes at another, according to the sweep of the stream. " At the place where the bulk of the British army crossed the banks are generally at the right side, and vary from two and three to six or eight feet in depth to the water ; where the French attacked the banks are generally formed by the unvaried curve of the river on the left-hand side. Along the right or north bank of _ the Alma are a number of Tartar h;uses, at times nume rous and close enough to form a cluster of habitations deserving the name of a hamlet, at thaws scattered wide apart amid little vineyards, surrounded by walls of mud and stone of three feet in height. The bridge over which the post road passes from Bulganac to Sebastopol runs close to one of these hamlets—a village, in fact, of some 50 houses. This village is approached from the Korth by a road winding through a plain nearly level till it comes near to the village, where the ground dips, so that at the distance of 300 yards a man on horseback can hardly see the tops of the nearer and more elevated houses, and can only ascertain the position of the stream by the willows and verdure along its banks. At the lett or south side of the Alma the — ground assumes a very different cha racter—smooth where the bank is deep, and greatly ele vated where the shelve of the bank occurs, it recedes for a few yards at a moderate height above the stream, pierced here and there by the course of the winter's torrents, so as to form small ravines, commanded, how- , . ever, by the heights above. It was on these upper heights that the strength of the Russian position con sisted. A remarkable ridge of mountain, varying in height from 500 to 700 feet, runs along the course of the Alma on the left or south side with the course of the stream, and assuming the form of cliffs when close to the sea. This ridge is marked all along its course by deep gullies, which run towards the river at various angles, and serve no doubt to carry off the floods produced by the rains'and the melting of the winter snows on the bills and table lands above. If the reader will place himself on the top of Richmond-hill, dwarf the Thames in ima gination to the size of a Hampshire rivulet, and imagine the lovely hill itself to be deprived of all vegetation and protractf;d for about four miles along the stream, he may form someknotion of the position occupied by the Russians, while the plains on the north or left bank of the Thames will bear no inapt similitude to the land over _ _ which the British and French armies advanced, barring only the verdure and freshness. At the top of the ridges, between the gullies, the Russians had erected earthwork batteries, mounted with 321 b. and 241 b. brass guns, sup ported by numerous field pieces and howitzers. These guns enfiladed the tops of the ravines parallel to them, or swept them to the base, while the whole of the sides up which an enemy, unable to stand the direct fire of the batteries, would be forced to ascend,. were filled with masses of skirmishers armed with an excellent two-groove rifle, throwing a large solid conical ball with force at 700 and 800 yards, as the French learnt to their cost. The principal battery consisted of an earth work of the form of two sides of a triangle, with the apex pointed towards the bridge, and the side th s covering both sides of the stream, corresponding wi the bend in the river below it, at the distance of 1,000 yards, while, with a fair elevation, the 32-pounders threw, as we saw very often, beyond the houses of t he village to the distance of 1,4 00 and 1,500 yards. This was constructed on the brow of a hill about 600 feet` above the river, but the hill rose b ehind it for another 50 feet before it dipped a way towards the road. The ascent of this hill was enfiladed by the fire of three batteries of ear th w orth on the right , and b y another on the left, and these batteries were eq uall y capable' of cove r i ng t h e village, the stream , and the slopes which led up the hill erkm a w ns e h re ip some 25 which only told t o their position. In the first battery were 13 32-p oun d er It tro well . a w ss a s gu sa n i s dln o t f ht exquisite other q ß ui u s t s e i a batteries ws had 100 guns on th e hill s guns in all. g i 32d me nt ) . w each an 0 d 40 f , o t o h o e I men G th , (40 battalions of 31st, 32d, a n d 52d intan Regiment). 1,000 strong we re opposed principally to the 16th an d Regiments, judging by the number of dead is ' front of us. I have not been able to ascertain b y whom they were com manded, but there is a general report commanded the ar m y i n that Menschikoff h' c l Gortschakoff, a relative ah o f et that the left was under odoff, the military Governor of Inthe diplomatist, and that the right was und er 13 Sebastopol. It see m 9 be appointed to strange that an Admiral should command an army, but strange things do happen in Russia. It is also affirm e d that the car riage of Menschikoff was taken , and in it was found a copy of a despatch addressed to the Emperor, in which the Prince stated that 40,900 men might take Sobao• tope!, but that 80,000 men could be held in cheek for weeks by the position of the Aline. Large masses of caX , ,id , principally Lancers and heavy Drage'ets, maxima d on the hills on the 4.)f theßussiaiS, and af l l t. descended the hills, .crossed, the strerl, eind th catty our left and rear. As we eame,slear the xises.o eft wing was thrown back, i n o r d e r pop supppit force of cava l r y, arid a portionNif oi# l . artMery was pushed forward in the same direction. Our danger in this respect was detected by the quick eye of Sir George Brown, and I heard him give. the order for the _move ment of the artillery almost as soon as he caught sight of the enemy's cavalry, and just AS we were coming to the village: As I have already said, our plan of opera tions was that the French should establish themselves under the fire of the guns on the heights, on the extreme of the enemy's left. When that attack was sufficiently developed, and had met with success, the British army was to force the right and part of the centre of the Russian position, and the day was gained. When we were about three miles from the village, the French steamers ran in as close as they could to the bluff of the shore at the south side of the Alma, and presently we saw them shelling the heights in splendid style, the shells bursting over the enemy'd squares and batteries, and finally driving them from their position on the right, within 3,000 yards of the sea. The French practice' commenced about 124 o'clock, and lasted for about an hour and a half. We could see the shells falling over the batteries of the enemy, and bursting right into them ; and then the black masses inside the works broke into little specks, which flew about in all directions, and when the smoke cleared .away there were some to be seen strewed over the ground. The Russians answered the ships from the heights, but without effect. A powder tumbril was blown up by a French shell ; another shell fell by acci dent into an ambuscade which the Russians had pre pared fur the advancing French, and at last they drew off from the 'sea-side, and confined their efforts to the defence of the gullies and heights be yond the fire of the heavy guns of the steamers. At one o'clock we saw the French column's struggling up the hills, covered by a cloud of skirmishers, whose fire seemed most deadly. Once, at sight of a atlmfroeangtetiin them,g mass of R.uesian infantry, in a mrn" w manding positi on a b ove the, who fired rapid volleys the French paused, but it was only to cola lect their skirmishers, for as soon as they had formed they ran up the bill at the pas de charge, and broke the Russians at once, who fled in disorder, with loss, up the bill. We could see men dropping on both sides, and the wounded rolling down the steep. At 1.50 our line of skirmishers got within range of the battery on the hill, and immediately the Russians opened fire at 1,200 yards with effect, the shot ploughing through the open lines of the Riflemen, arid falling into the advancing columns behind. Shortly ere this time dense volumes of smoke rose from the river, and drifted along to the eastward, rather interfering with the view of the enemy on the left of our position. The Russians had set the village on fire. It was a fair exercise of military wellexecuted—took place at the right time, arid succeeded in occasioning a good deal of annoy: ante. Our troops halted when they seared this village, their left extending beyond it by the verge of the stream —our right behind the burning cottages, and within range of the batteries. It is said the Russians had taken therang.e of all the principal points in their front, and placed twigs and sticks to mark them. In this they were assisted by the post sign boards on the road. The Rus sians opened a furious fire on the whole of our line, but the French had not yet made progress enough to justify us in advancing. The round shot whizzed in every di rection, dashing up the dirt and sand into the faces of the staff of Lord Raglan, who were also shelled severely, and attracted much of the enemy's fire. Still Lord Raglan waited patiently for the development of the French attack. At length an aide-de•camp came to him and reported the French had crossed the Alma, but they had not estabiished themselves sufficiently to justify us in an attack. The infantry were, therefore, ordered to e down, and the army fora short time was quite pas sive, only that our artillery poured forth an unceasing fire of shell rockets and round shot, which ploughed through the Russians, and caused them great loss. They did not waver, however, and replied to our ar tillery manfully, their shot falling among our men as they lay, and carrying off legs and arms at every round. Lord Raglan at last became weary of this inactivity—his spirit was up—he looked around, and saw men on whom he knew he might stake the honour and fate of great Britain by his side, and anticipat ing a little in a military point of view the crisis of action, he gave orders for our whole line to advance. Up rose these seried masses, and passing through a fear ful shower of round, case shot, and shell, they dashed into the Alma, and floundered' through its waters, which were literally torn into foam by the deadly hail. At the other side of the river were a number of vine yards, and to our surprise they were occupied by Russiati riflemen. Three of the staff were here shot down, but led by Lord Raglan in person they advanced, cheering on the men. And now came the turning point of the battle, in which Lord Raglan, by his sagacity and mili tary skill, probably secured the victory at a smaller sacri fice than would have been otherwise the case. He dashed over the bridge, followed by his staff. From the road over it, under the Russian guns, he saw the state of the action. The British line, which he had ordered to advance, was struggling through the river and up the heights in masses, Erin indeed, but mowed down by the murderous fire of the bat teries, and by grape, round shot, shell, canister, case shot, and musketry, from some of the guns of the central battery, and from an immense and compact mass of Russian infantry. Then commenced one of the most bloody and determined struggles in the annals of war. The 2d Divsion, led by Sir D. Evans in the most dashing manner, crossed the stream on the right. The 7th Fu siliers,led by Colonel Yea, were swept down by fifties. The 55th, 30th, and 95th, led by Brigadier Pennefather, who was in the thickest of the fight, cheering on his men, again and again were checked indeed, but never drew back in their onward progress, which was marked by a fierce roll of Minid musketry, and Brigadier Adams, with the 41st, 47th and 49th, bravely charged up the hill, and aided them in the battle. Sir George Brown, conspicuous on a grey horse, rode in front of his Light Division, urging them with voice and gesture. Gallant fellows ! they were worthy of such a gallant chief. The 7th, diminished by one-half, fell back to-form their columns lost for the time ; the 23d, with eight officers dead and four wounded, were still rushing to the front, aided by the 150, 33d, 77th, and 88th. Down went Sir George in a cicud of dust in front of the battery. He was soon up, and shoutei "23d, I'm all right. Be sure I'll remember this day," and led therm on again, but in the shock produced by the fall of their chief, the gallant regiment suffered terribly, while paralysed for a moment. Meantime the Guards on the right of the Light Divi sion, and the Brigade of Highlanders, were storming the heights en the left. Their line was almost as re gular as though they were in Hyde-park. Sad. deuly a tornado of round and grape rushed through from the terrible battery, and a roar of musketry from behind thinned their front ranks by dozens. It was evident that we were just able to contend against the Russians, favoured as they were by a great position. At this very time an immense mass of Russian infantry were seen moving down towards the battery. They halted. It was the crisis of the day. Sharp, an gular, and solid, they looked as if they were cut out of the solid rock. It was beyond all doubt that if our infantry, harassed and thinned as they were, got into the battery they would have to encounter again a formidable fire, which they were but ill calculated to bear. Lord Rag lan saw the difficulties of the situation. He asked if it would be possible to get a couple of guns to bear on these masses. The reply was ' Yes,' and an artillery officer, whose name I do not now know, brought up two guns to fire on the Russian squares. The first shot missed, but the next t and the next, and the next cut through the ranks so cleanly, and so keenly, that a clear lane could be seen for a moment through the square. After a few rounds the columns of the square became broken, wavered to and fro, broke, and fled over the brow of the hill, leaving behind them 6 or 7 distinct lines of dead, lying as close as possible to each other, marking the passage of the fatal messengers. This act relieved our infantry of a deadly incubus, and they continued their magnificent and fearful progress up the hill. The Duke encouraged his men by voice and example, and proved himself worthy of his proud com mand and of the Royal ram from which h e comes. " Highlanders," said Sir C. Campbell, ere t hey came to the Charge, " I am going to ask a favour_ o f you ; it is, that you will act so as to justify m b e o i n n n as et k - lng — Dt p ohn e e r il : mission of the Queen for you to wearll a t . a they e a y obey ed bound. l pull a trigger till you're 7ae f % 'di and u - tvvi ta l : t h i ri t ays tl dhyeoasrrdsoef odsfehatodhtebueßnhdiunesdr' mans !" They charged, Fs hc e ß l r u m e i ce e s o l t f s nch t i dhe ui n n i lat t w s : ' u s hh r ird h g u ni e i c w h s e s hLG h di a se i t m ugn h t d hah e er ; e o g n duc uS gssa tt o tu i v b r hneaal n d o s i o e n r t m vh e ae nk t h e right of th e battery The s n hdetro D ivision ot into e t r h o e w l n e left, and t a h n e d h i e t is said the them. t ili ried aga to in c s ot i v g erth hts .e . Afly T fieug h w e Scots Fusilier Guards oCko w iti ere the first to enter. The masses, faint struggles from the g scatteredinfantry,aennderatlhs,edr a ma , n eie n em y y a few rounds threefle d tog gunse , f h wounded behind them. The battle ntotct p ri son er s, A tu a m l Alma via n dmusk et ry , was 4 1 ) or. It is won with a loss of nearly covered O vp o eer O u rekilledin their rd f ewcwa cavalry, a u dl n ary d y s e , d n hife o w u ße r uh s ead i e d i e a . ht The list will re an tr a e d a e t qu w a as te * bu oT t force of cavalry we could have captured many guns and multitudes of prisoners. The Russian dead literally covered the ground. Within the trenches and redoubts the earth, where the corpses allowed you to see it, was slippery with blood. The Russians who crowded the field in all the center• tions of the last agony were principally, soldiers of the 16 . ;1 and 32d Regiments. They were mostly very small-sized men, though stout, muscular, and active looking. From their appearance there was scarcely a dozen aboie the age of 25, and the majority was much Younger. Not a single officer was among the dead, at least none that we could recognise 'as such. They wore short grey great coats, blue coatees, blue trousers, with a nar row red bawl, and stout leather boots, reaching almost to their knees. Their stoat white leather cross belts On their heads were handsome black leat her .b were 'scrupulously clean, as was all the rest of their uni form. helmets, bound with brass, and brass chin plates, w i th a spiked top. In front was a large handsome Imper i al eagle, man also bore Inscrip tion, and number of the regiment. of his regimental number marked on the c loth eagle, also in brass, surmounted with a Russian the and almost worthless, The stocks were of a at least compared to our IVl v i erL their barrels about six light dry wood, coloure d b o uni form. Their firelocks were b o ie ld our men break them in their were wretched. I saw light and ser. They bad large convenient kna p sack s of hands. inches longer than ours, b ut not rifled. The ir bayontts hide,rough-looking, viceable. All these were i nstantlybroken open by out . undressed cow COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is firm, but without activity. R e . fined brown lumps realise 43s Gd per cwt., and grocery 43s 6d to 495. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 3,092 hhds, 359 tierces, and 668 brls; and there were taken for home consumption 1,668 hhds, 268 tierces, and 931 brls. The stock in these establishments is 21,082 hhds, 3,159 tierces, and 5,919 brls. COFFEE.—There is very little doing, and the quotations are almost nominal. Rum.—A good inquiry exists for Leewards, and holders ask full rates. Tho quantity landed last week at the above mentioned docks was 1,477 puns and 161 hhds, and there were taken for home use 340 puns and 58 hhds. The stock there is 12,798 puns and 23,555 hhds. SALTPETRE. —At auction 1,635 bags have been offered publicly to-day, but they were most taken in at 25s Gd to 26s 6,1 for 71 to .q per cent. refraction, a few lots how ever sold at 22 s Gd to 23 s 6 d , f or ord 10d to 2s, and at 243 to 24s Gd for mid 8 p er cent. Bombay, 204 bags, brought 2s for low 361 per cent. PEPPER. —Singapore, 164 bags, realised 6id to bid for mid white. RICE. --Rangoon, 220 bags, found buyers at lOs Gd to lls ; and good white Bengal at 13s to 13s 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is quoted at 63s Gd to 64s per cwt on the spot for new. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKET,— The weekly reviews of the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets notice increased activity, with continued firmness of prices. The transactions in coffee, although not important, were at full rates. Sugar, raw and re fined, exhibited a slight advance, buyers having operated more freely. There was a steady demand for rice, and late quotations were well supported. 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