The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 'Wet the management of Mr. Blekstone. THIS EVENLIG, Nov. 2, win I , peirmed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Mears. Hudson, Chippendale ham.Buckin , Hwe, Rogers, and Cullentord Vlieynolds am' Mrs_ g o Followed by the farce of COMFORTABLE SERVICE. To be followed by THE SPANISH DANCERS. To which will be addle DEAF AS A POST. To conclude with the I,:owER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the llfanagermint of Mr. Cnaates Sams. THIS EVR.NING, Nov. 2, Will be performed the highly popular comedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which (for the 3rd time this season), THE CORSICAN SROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. TH.E.ATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. riffs EVENING, Nov. 2, Willbe performed THE SE RIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh M urra y , and Seeley ; Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. After which, THE CAMP* AT OHORHAM. To conclude with MEPHISTOPHELES. ROYAL OLYMPIC TEIEITRZ Lessee and ]Sanger. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 2, va n be performe d THE TRINTEE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F.Vininß. Emery, and Leslie; bliss Maskell, and Miss Stephens. To be followed by a Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEUTG, in w hi c h ligr. Robson will appear. To conclade with TO OBLIGE BENSON. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allexoft. THIS EVENTITG, Nov. 2, Will be performed SUNSET AT SEA. To be followed by WHO'S A TRAVELLER ? After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with DON GIOVANNI. Stalls, 4a.• i Boxes, 2a. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 la, to be had of 31r. Allcroft. IS, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Coote. Tremendous success of the new MILITARY SPECTACLE, exceed. the even that of the Battle of Waterloo! THIS ETENING, . _ ---- A GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, in Two Acts, by J. H. STOCQUELLER, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA After which, the brilliant ARENIC I GYRATONS, or SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented and arranged by Mr. W LLIATA COOKE. The wholeto conclude with various Popular Entertainments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATKR AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tam DAT .;. - 210211131g 0 min.after 0 Evening 11 min.aft 12 To akemov- - - - - - Yorning 34 min.after 12 I Evening 56 min.aft. 12 THZ WEATHER.—Sam 07710, Nov. 2. Tazussoisam, IN TH.II Slum 66—highest since noon yesterday. SO—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BABOMICTEB, 30.42. WIND.-S.S.E.-Light, with hazy weather. Afternoon --fine sunshiny weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OP THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at "THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. 1 .1.1 s i;;;.. ~~.~^.;~ 1131 LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,185 C A later despatch from Prince MENSCILIKOFF, dated the 27th ultimo, which appeared in our mpression of yesterday, proves the almost total falsehood of the alleged reverses sustained by the French and. English forces. Two days after the supposed victory, he announces that nothing im portant had occurred up to the 27th October. Had there been anything that could by any de gree of exaggeration be tortured into a triumph, it would have been expatiated on usque ad nauseam. Vapouring proclamations would have b een issued by the CZAR, and Te Deums would have resounded through every Russian cathedral. The negative testimony afforded by the despatch of the 27th is, therefore, decisive as to the men dacity of that of the 25th, which was probably a canard got up for Stock Exchange purposes. A " bearish" set off against the " bullish" invention of the capture of Sebastopol, immediately after the battle of Alma. Save those peculiarly interested in depreciating the national securities few would have credited the Russian report, save habitual croakers, who regard everything through a dis torted medium, and revel only in tales of disaster and suffering. We yesterday gave insertion to the statement, as was our duty, but we at the same time declared, after explaining the non trustworthy character of the source from whence it was derived, that our " readers might be lieve or disbelieve just as ranch o f it as they thought proper ;" and added, " All that we shall at present say is, Credat Judceus 404 nonego. The story may do very wellfor MarinesorMuscovites, but we cannot accept it on such doubtful autho rity." The subsequent 111ENscarKoFF despatch, which arrived just at the time of going to press, and which appeared in the most prominent part of our columns, established the almost total false hood of the preceding statements, and must have rem ote d any apprehensions that might otherwise have' been excited amongst the timid or over credulous. But W e are not trusting to merely Russian reports. It appear s that despatches were yester day received by Government up to the 25th ult., per the Trent steamer, which left the Crimea on that day, and ar r i ved at. Varna on the 26th. These- most impo r t ant gad interesti ng accounts were not fairly given, a s they ought to hav e b een , but, as we yesterday stated, were "suffered to leak out through the columns of the favoured organ," and that, too, in a mode that could not be generally received as authentic, inasmuch as it is not stated whether it wai the heads o f the War-Office who adopted the course of favouritism so unblushingly pursued by the Admiralty, or wirtherigt was subordinates, who betrayed the secrets ti}at i ze i to their knowledge i n th e routine , , ofthhir-ii ts uties. Whatever may have been the MOcie i ili . ovver, in which the intelligence may have lieen,obtained—whether by favouritism or fraud-- - it is'equally discreditable to the Ministers, who abandoned their former pledges, or resorted to so very objectionable a mode of redeeming them ! • It iii stated that " up to the time of -the- &par- 'cure of the Trent, the siege and bombardment we re going on with regularity and success," and that c''so heavy had been the fire of the besieging bat teries, and so terrible the loss of life in the town of Sebastopol, that the air was reported to be tainted by the dead who had fallen in the defence of the devoted fortress !" If this be so, it is quite clear that -there could have been no serious conflict— no surprise of the English right flank at Taker man by thirty thousand Russians, and no capture of five redoubts and several guns ! Such a de plorable transaction would have obtained a pain ful notoriety, and have been spread far and wide before the departure of the Trent, which left at the date of the alleged MENSCHIIIOFF despatch. If anything whatever occurred, it could only have been a mere affair of outposts. It is not impro bable that the statement received from Vienna, to the effect that " the account in the Weiner Zeitung of the English Army having experienced a serious reverse was a gross exaggeration" may be quite correct, and that the true version may be, that " the affair referred to took place near Eupatoria, where the Allies were on the look out for the ad vancing reinforcements of the Russians, and that the British cavalry was attacked, but the French advanced to its assistance, and the Russians re treated." Considering the MRNSCHIKOFF tendency to " make mountains of molehills " when agreeable to the CZAR, or to depress the mountains to mole hills, where the operation can be more acceptable, we should not feel surprised if the trifling skirmish were the sole foundation for the assertion that " Lord CARDIGAN lost half his light cavalry." We have other MKNSCHIKOFF accounts given through the Journal de St Petersbourg, the men dacity of some of which is apparent ; while others are softened down to the greatest possible extent. Thus we hear " that the Russian loss in killed and wounded at the battle was 4,500." If this admission be doubted, which will make it more in accordance with the accounts we had previously received, it will probably be nearer the truth. The assertion that "on the evening of the 17th ultimo"--the first day of the bombardment— " the English had only two pieces which were capa ble of continuing the firing, and that the French had been silenced earlier," we know to be untrue ; while the admissions that " a powder magazine had exploded," and that " Fort Constantine had been much damaged by the fire of the Fleet," and that " Bastion No. 3 had 33 of its guns dis mounted," only confirm to some extent the intel ligence we had previously received. Under these circumstances we have no reason to be dissatisfied with the course of events, or to complain of anything save the unaccountable taciturnity of the English Government ! How is it that every friend of Poland turns to the Emperor of FRANCE, and not to the Go vernment of Queen VicToßre ? To him appeal follows appeal, and with a tone of confidence and hope ; while no one thinks it worth while to indite a sentence to the chief adviser of our Queen. We are ashamed as Englishmen to say the truth ; we have not one master mind, and hardly, in the wider sense of the word, a loyal heart, among our governors. As a body they have not entirely got rid of that aristocratic instinct which for long years, ever since 1815, indeed, has turned to Russia, and to European despotism generally, as the bulwark of their order. The legitimate, though barbarous, rule cf a " Mighty Czar," and the absolute government of the German monarchs, who continued absc-1 lute only by gross violation of faith with their subjects, have always been favourably looked upon by our aristocracy. Even Lord. Join termed. the struggle of Hungary for its liberties—a struggle so resembling that of his own nation for its liberties in the time of HAMPDEN— a rebellion ! Were he to be its historian he would, doubtless, borrow a title-page from CLA RENDON, and denominate it " The Great Rebel lion." But this leaning to foreign absolutism on the part of our autocracy is not all. We really have not one statesman equal to the occasion. Lord JOHN is at home enough in the House of Commons and its parties, but he has not a Euro pean mind. He has never pervaded the soul of Europe by a single utterance worthy the constitu tional Minister of the first and freest of European kingdoms. He has been a veritable JAMES the First in respect to continental politics ; and now, unfortunately, he performs second part to a Minister who will, if be can, stop the leak in European politics with a peace which will 'in a few years send all our statesmen to the pumps again. There is but one security for European peace. - Every one knows it. Many have boldly spoken out already. We have conscientiously been of the number, and shall still be so ; and that security is a reconstituted Poland. But who cares to appeal for Poland and Europe to Lord ABERDEEN? He, worthy man, would doubtless say to himself, " Oh, yes, all very good ;—but peace ! peace 1 It would be criminal to fight one day longer than NICHOLAS stands out. Liberated Poland--yes, very desirable ;—a European barrier against Russia,—yes, surely it would be ;—the right of the Poles—no doubt. Ah ! but peace give me peace, and Poland must take her chance, and Europe too, till ABERDEEN is out of the political scrapes of this world, and then Europe, and Russia, and Poland may settle it as they best can." Of NAPOLEON 111. some thinkers, at least, hope differently. We have just received the transla tion of a very able pamphlet written by some Frenchman,* by many, and on good grounds too, supposed to be PERSIGNt himself, in which an earnest appeal is made to that remarkable man on the necessity of the Western Powers " recognising by a common declaration the legitimate exist ence of the Polish nationality." The pamphlet is fully deserving the practical attention of the English public. In Franc e it is probable the EMPEROR needs no impulse from popular feeling. He is underst oo d t o b e well inclined to the pro- . posal, and he is sure of a cordial response from his own people. That generous nation is but too easily carried away by any noble sentiment, and to stand forth in history as the heirs to the un. happily neglected promise of NAPOLEON I. would arouse all their enthusiasm. Not so here. Our ' people, it is true, are as hearty in the cause of Polish emancipation as ever the French can be ; the Lincolnshire fanners cheering Sir Joh n TROLLOPE are proof how universal is the feeling ; but unless our people move, their rulers will, w e fear, be but too glad if they can engulph Polish liberty in winter negotiations, and settle the question in favour of the CZAR and slavery before the country compels them to act. We look upon the appearance of this tract in France as a most favourable circumstance. It shows that political discussion of Poland's claims is not interdicted, and that is a strong presumption in favour of its being acceptable. For ourselves, now we are at war, we dread nothing so much as a premature peace. Enraged and furious as the CZAR may be, h e i s men as cu • 3 like most sav ages an d mad , cunning as he i has alread s passionate. Indeed, he y manife s t e d the rage and th e basest cunning qualities of demoniacal a a b s olt ey e e q r u y al ot p h r e o- r. pro portions in the case of Poland, Perhaps the knave may get the upper hand of the madman while he is frozen up, and he may at tempt to beguile Europe into diplomatic con ferences, to waste the time of the Allies, to check the ardour of their preparations ; and thus, if he carry on the war through another season, to induce them to begin late and with hasty pre parations, as they did this year. It is dis tressing to think how many ' lives, and how much suffering would have been saved had the Western Powers not twaddled away at Vienna the precious_ time which ought to have been devoted to getting to Varna and the Crimea whole months earlier. The writer of the pamphlet before us thinks it impossible that a CZAR can bend to peace, not even when St. Peters burg and the Baltic ports, as well as those of the Black Sea, shall have been dismantled. There are very strong grounds for such an opinion. Not only the temper of Czars, but that of the Russian party of which even Czars stand in dread, appears to forbid the supposition ; and we certainly wish that he may hold out till the Allies are compelled to hoist the banner of Polish independence as the indispensable means of European safety. But why should the Allies delay what must ultimately be done, and what can be done most easily and cheaply now we are at work? Let every reader ask himself what has given Russia her position in the eyes of Europe. In herself a bar barian nation and a dreary land, she has converted the border states of civilisation into fig-leaves wherewith to hide her nakedness. Stript of Poland and the Baltic Provinces, she would ap pear the Asiatic and barbarian power she is. What, again, is the source of her power for offence against Europe ? The universal answer is, Poland. Constitute the Poles a free nation, ren der it an outwork against Muscovite barbarism, instead of a high road for Cossacks, and - Russian power of aggression on European liberties is anni hilated. By a horrible union of the fox and the bear she contrived to seize and devour the Polish nation, but she could never again repeat her fraud and violence. Half a century of chicanery, op pressions, and cruelty have burnt into the convic tions of all Europe that Czars must be Czars only, and not be allowed to become anything else. Once driven from their stolen territories, they would never be allowed to resume them. The freed coun tries must first have their own feelings consulted, as to their own Government and relations to other powers, and they must then be treated as integral parts of the European system, to attack which would be dealt with as high treason against all the other States. We have not yet done with this great subject, nor with the pamphlet referred to either. The latter we commend to the attention of every reader ; and on the minds of all English men we would leave one more thought, this : We began the present war on the ground of national rights, not to gratify military ardour—not for con. quest. Lord JOHN had at least the merit of em bodying in a brief prayer the feeling of every Englishman—" GOD defend the right ! " Now, if Turkey ought to be avenged seven times, surely Poland seventy and seven times. The rights of Poland have been outraged beyond all comparison more flagrantly than those of Turkey. Right and justice can never be satisfied till Poland regain rights such as Turkey has never lost. The grounds, therefore, on which this war was commenced are a far stronger moral reason for including Poland in its objects. The political grounds we have shown are equally valid. * Letter to the Emperor of the French on the Aus trian Question, and the re-establishment of the Inde pendence of Poland. James Ridgway, Piccadilly. THE ENVIRONS OF SEVASTOPOL. Another map of this now celobrated and devoted city has just issued from the fertile and never ceasing ingenuity of our enterprising Geographer to the Queen, James Wyld. This plan embraces the environs, with the batteries, approaches, and clearly-defined positions of the respective bellige rents, French, English, Turkish, and Russian— infantry, cavalry, artillery, the several divisions of the armies, head-quarters of Lord Raglan, &c. ; to gether with the defences round Balaklava, the depth of water in the several inlets or bays from Cape Chersonese, to the great harbour itself, within and beyond, indicated in fathoms. Taken altogether, Sevastopol, with its numerous harbours, contains wonderful advantages for both warlike and com mercial purposes ; and we are not surprised that the Russians have endeavoured to turn such a natural stronghold to the best account. This map of Mr. Wyld's is a decided improvement on all its predecessors. I THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 18b4. LATEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, TRURSDAY, 8 A.M. The Moniteur states that, according to accounts from Bucharest of the 30th ult., Sadyk Pasha having marched on the Danube, Gortschakoff had ordered the Russian troops which had not yet crossed the Dniester to take up a position on the Pruth and the Danube. Achmet Pasha had received orders to join Sadyk Pasha with 10,000 men, at the same time that Iskander Bey entered the Dobrudscha. The English steamer Trent, which left Sebas topol on the 25th, arrived at Varna on the even ing of the 26th. The bombardment continued without intermis sion, and with the greatest vigour. Some batteries had been erected by the besiegers against the gates of the town. The streets of Sebastolol were still encumbered with the dead and wounled. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1. The following has beet received here : " ST. PETERSBURG, Oc% 31.—General Liprandi attacked the enemies' entrenched camp on the 25th. He took four red)ubts and eleven cannon The English cavalry was driven back, and los' nearly 500 horses. " The same day our fire destroyed a French battery before Sebastopol. " The defence was successfully continued. The attack from the sea was not renewed." Another despatch of the same date is as fol lows : " BERLIN, WEDNEa3A.Y EVENING. "The Journal de St. Petersbur g publishes an official epitome of the events which have recently taken place in the Crimea. Prnce Menschikoff reports the Russian loss in killed and wounded at the Battle of the Alma at 4,500. "On the evening of the 17t1 ult., he states, that the English had only two peces which were capable of continuing the firing, and that the French had been silenced' earlie% "A powder magazine had exploded. Fort Constantine had been much damtged by the fire of the fleet, and Bastion No. 3 htd, had 33 of its guns dismounted. " Admiral Korniloff was dew, and Admiral Nachimoff wounded." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL ; WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's screw ship Ediaburgh, 58, car rying the flag of Rear-Admiral Chads, has arrived. The squadron is now complete. DENMARK. HAMBURG, WEDNESDAY. The King of Denmark has poceeded, with his suite, by the Berlin Railway to Reinbeek, tra- yelling by special train. THE CRIMEA. THE RUSSIAN DES}ATCHES. • As we are still without official accounts from the army in East, the Pays, with a view to calm the anxiety which exists in the pitAic mind, attempts to show from the Russian accounts themselves that the state of of in tie Crimea cannot be favourable to the interests of kussia. The Pays says :—" No nev official information was received yesterday to enlighten us on the ope rations of the siege of Sebastopol. The despatches of Prince Mensehikoff remain then the most recent document on the progress of the drama in the Crimea. Whatever may be the just distrust inspired by these despatches, several facts, henceforth in contestable, and all favourable to the allied armies, stand out from the ensemble of news received dur ing the last few days. It is now certain that the fire of our batteries was opened on the 17th, under conditions evidently advantageous, thanks to the precautions taken by the generals, in the prepara tory works of the siege. It is certain that on the 17th very important damage must have been caused to the enemy, since he avows the loss of 500 men, amongst whom is Admiral Korniloff, the hero of the disaster of Sinope. It is certain that the bombard ment continued on the 18th and following days, and that the effect of it was to silence the batteries of the Quarantine, to destroy two outer forts, and to open a first breach on the 21st. Finally, we learn that the French have carried by assault the ceme tery which dominates on the south the Bay of the Quarantine, and places our t roops qu i te close to the barracks of Sebastopol. N uw , each one of these acts is a great result obtained, and a step towards the object proposed. Every day, owing to these first successes, the line of action against the town has been drawn closer, and the fi re o f our b atteries rendered more efficacious and more d estruct i ve. Surprisei ascribe is expresseda sibe at the in ac ti on which the last despatches to our fleets. This inaction is the most decisive testimony to the success of our arms. If the attack has been discontinued by sea, it can only be because our fleets have done all that was expected from them. And, in point of fact, it is to them that must be ascribed the silence imposed on the batteries of the Quarantine, a silence which has probably rendered useless any new attack by sea. We affirm, with all compe tent men, that when in five days such acts have been accomplished, it may be said that the siege advances with very great activity and with great energy. To satisfy ourselves of this, we need only call to mind the famous sieges of military history, which, almost all, required entire months before attaining the point at which our troops have al ready arrived. It is sufficient to cite the long and ineffective works executed by the Russians under Silistria, where a handful of soldiers defended walls much less strong than those of Sebastopol. It is true that a noble sentiment of national pride causes us to consider nothing beyond the force and bravery of our heroic army ; but in demanding from it the marvels of which it has at all times been prodigal, we mast not forget the difficulties it meets with, and we must admire the promptitude with which it has up to this day surmounted the most redoubtable obstacles. Sebastopol is defended by a verit a bl e army, w hi c h h as th e courage of fanaticism and d espa i r. Thi s a r my w ill not capi tulate with ou t an en erg etic conflict ; it will at tempt unexampled efforts to stop our victorious troops ; the besiegers are not only exposed to the shot and shell of 400 pieces of cannon which are on the walls of the Russian fortress, but also to the sorties of the besieged, and perhaps to the at tacks of the army of Prince Menschikoff. They are thus engaged both in a siege and in a battle ; and the combat will have necessarily its incidents and vicissitudes. But up to this day, thanks to God, who protects just causes, we must admit tha the results are in our favour, and that in the ex cellent situation of the allied forces, their defini tive triumph cannot be doubtful." THE ALLIES AND THE RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS. The same journal,l;;;:ond article says :—"We received last evening two telegraphic despatches, which we publish under all reserve, because they are of Russian origin --one announces that certain vessels of the allied fleets have been damaged, the other that the '_;reinforcements commanded by General Liprandi have obtained a slight advantage in an entrenched camp of the English. Evidently this news, of which the Russian General no doubt exaggerates the importance, requires con firmation. But, after all, the arrival of reinforce ments expected by Prince Menschikoff is probable, and the different chances of the war render possi ble a partial advantage on an isolated point. But is that a reason for feeling astonishment or alarm ? The reinforcements of General Liprandi cannot ex ceed 30,000 men ; but we have under the walls of Sebastopol 120,000 combatants, who can measure themselves without fear against any force which may offer them battle. As to the town, it is cer- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. I. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday. The Beligian Minister, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Rev. Lord and Lady Wriotbesley Russell, and the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following selection : Overture, Op. 101 Selection, "Rigoletto" Waltz . Selection, "Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Galop Kuhner. The Queen's Private Band afterwards attended in the Castle, and played the following pieces : Overture, "Les Diamans de la Couronne" Auber. Solo (violin), M. Sainton Andante and Rondo Marion Walzer Strauss. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded the Countess of Desart as Lady in Waiting. Major-General Buckley has succeeded Lord A. Paget as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain Du Plat has relieved Colonel F. H. Seymour, the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince. The whole of the visiting company left the Castle this forenoon. Lord John Russell returned to his residence in Rich mond-parp yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Sir Benjamin Hall had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Sirdar Goolaub Khan, Bahadoor, and Hakeem Abdool Nubbee Khan Babadoor, Aides-de-Camp of the Maharajah Nurrender Sing Mahinder Bahadoor of Put tialah, in the north-west provinces of India, attended by their interpreter, Aller Moodee Ahamad, paid a visit of ceremony yesterday, accompanied by Mr. C. R. Thomp son, to the Chairman of the East India Company, at the India House. The Sirdar and Hakeem arrived by the last steamer from India, attended by a small native retinue, to make preparations for the arrival on an early visit to the British Court of their Prince, the Maharajah, who has atready arrived at Calcutta, which he is expected to leave for London by the steamer of December. Despatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of the West India colonies, were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent last evening for the Governors of the West India Colonies. seated Right E ll arn on ed . t a he vi E ce ar p l re o s f id C e a n rl t is o l f e Society. Lord Southampton has arrived at the Clarendon t h h a e s W rec ie e li n i t y l Hotel, from Whittlebnry-lodge, Northamptonshire. The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert returned to Belgrave-square yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Captain Leyland and Mrs. and Miss Leyland have left the Clarendon Hotel, for Brighton. It is reported that the Duke of Devonshire has kindly sent 2501. to the Russian prisoners at Lewes, and that the Czar has forwarded 1,000/. to the officers who are on parole in that locality. It is thought likely that General E. San Miguel or General Infante will be elected president of the Con stituent Cortes. BATTLE OF THE ALMA.—An officer of the Guards, describing the battle of th e Al ma, says, " though on horE eback, my cocked hat and clothes were sprinkled all over with blood." CONSECRATION OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF SALFORD, OXFORDSHIRE. — On Monday last the Bishop of Oxford consecrated this church, which has been rebuilt, with the addition of a new aisle. Twenty-four Sisters of Charity have just taken their departure in the Lycurgue, from Marseilles, for Alex andria. The cholera has broken out at Worcester, and several persolia have died from• the disease. tain that it will resist with energy ; but at the point to which the siege has been brought, with one open breach, and two forts already reduced to silence, its surrender is only a question of time." PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 28th ult. has the following :—" According to letters from Varna, of the 19th the Austrian merchant vessels Ban Jel lachich, Teroso, and Adelina have entered Odessa. The captains of these vessels state that all the coast was closely blockaded, but it was notwithstanding reported that a Russian steamer had anchored at the mouth of the Kilia, and had cannOnaded. two Turk ish vessels laden with coal. The three Austrian vessels were on the 17th and 18th off Sebastopol, and they bring some nevis relative to the bombard ment. The fire of 400 pieces of artillery continued uninterruptedly for 12 hours, and was only directed against the batteries placed above the Quarantine port. On the 18th the fire was not renewed on that point, as the most advanced redoubts of the Russians were evacuated in the night of the 17th, and the Rus sians had withdrawn be'aind their etoneworks. The construction of the breaching batteries commenced on the 18th. On the same day, some officers of the marine artillery took up a position with 5,000 sailors and marines and a body of rocket men, on the Plateau of Chersone3us, from whence they would take part in the bombardment.of the works of the Quarantine port. From other accounts from Sebas topol, it appears that the 17th was marked not only by the commencement of the bombardment, but also by a combat which is said to have taken place under the walls of Sebastopol, on the heights be tween the church of St.rVladimir and the cemetery. The contest was very sanguinary and terminated in favour of the Allies. It was in this combat that Admiral Korniloff is said to have fallen. Accord ing to other accounts from the Crimea of the 20th the ece entrenchments the princip a l opera ti ons of the Allies have taken o n their left of the wingan c d em a e r t e e I d . y i . r e c Thatted against The correspondent of the Austrian Lloyd satis factorily explains why so little is known of what is going on in the Crimea. When the vessels arrive with supplies for the army . not a man of their crews is allowed to go on shore. The goods, after they have been purchased at enormous prices, are re moved, and the merchant vessels are obliged to quit the coast imm e di a t e l y. N o one can land without a special order from Gen. Canrobert, and not a man can boast of having been able to procure one. The same writer tells us that the French batteries at Cape Chersonese have made a breach in the town wall, but this cannot be correct, as the place in question is fully six English miles from 'Sebastopol. A confusion is probably made between Cape Cher sonese and the ruins of Cherson. We are assured that it took 200 men half a day to get each gun to the spot where it was to be placed. A letter from Vienna, received this morning, says :—" It was reported at Constantinople on the 20th that 1,800 Russians, who (with six buns) had made a sortie, h a d l e ft 600 men on the field. The deserters relate that the besieged suffer much for want of water. Every morning women and chil dren came outside the walls of the city to fetch water from the welis, and are permitted by the besiegers to return without molestation." The Malta Times, of the 24th ult., states, from the Crimea, that the principal dragoman (a Greek) of Lord Raglan has been detected in sending to Russia information of the proceedings of the Allied armies, and been sent to Constantinople to be tried. TURKEY., A letter from Constantinople of the 20th ultimo, in the Wanderer of Vienna, says :—" Wounded men are arriving here continually ; proving that some sharp fighting must have been going on at the advance posts before Sebastopol. It is said that the French frigate,the Roland, has received orders to in troduce 2 gun-boats into the Quarantine-port. The frigate entered there, with full steam up, under the enemy's fire, without being damaged, took up a strong position there, and did much dama g e to the enemy. The Turkish reinforcements from this place arrived at Balaklava, on the 13th and 14th. It is said that the Poles who have arrived in French vessels and been carried to Varna, are to be placed under the command of a French officer." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 18th ult., in the Press of Vienna, says.:—" Count Nesselrode had yesterday a long confidential conversation with the Czar at Gatchina, and shortly after a courier was despatched to the Russian ambassador at Berlin, with instructions as to his conduct in the attempts made to bring about a better understand ing between Prussia and Austria. The Russian Cabinet in this note by no means seems inclined to make concessions, declaring that it desires to follow in every circumstance the policy which it has hitherto followed iu the Eastern affair ; if even Sebastopol were to fall, and the Crimea to be lost, Russia will not yield the slightest portion of the rights which are insured to her by treaties in the East. Russia, the note declares, is the most powerful State in the East, and will re main so in spite of every check ; she has not yet brought forward her prinoipal forces, and the Western Powers have no cause for triumph. The Russian Ambassador at Berlin is to read this despatch to M. de Manteuffel, but without leaving him a copy. It is said that the Czar has himself strengthened some passages of the despatch drawn up by M. de Nesselrode, which did not appear to him energetic enough. The troops of the station of the White Sea arrived hero this day ; they are to remain here a week, and will then take their departure for the south. A letter from Kalisch, dated the 26th ult., in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that the report of the march of the Russian Imperial Guard having been countermanded is unfounded. Part only of the Guard goes to the Kingdom of Poland ; the other part will be distributed in Lithuania. ARRIVAL OF ARCHBISHOP INNOCENCE AT ODESSA. The Lloyd of the 28th has received letters from Odessa, which state that the Archbishop " Inno cence" has returned from Sebastopol, to which he had gone for the purpose of animating the soldiers to the combat. Since Odessa was built there never has been so many troops collected in it as now. No regiment, however, ever made so great a sensation as one that has just marched through, that of the Ural Cossacks, with their long beards and wild-looking faces. Their presence did not seem to add much to the security of the city, and there were not a few stories rife of certain appropriations unlaw fully made by these sons of the desert in the immediate neighbourhood. THE WEATHER IN THE BLACK SEA. The Soldier's Friend of Vienna, of the 27th ult., says :—" The bad weather which is so much dreaded by merchant vessels in the Black Sea has unfortunately commenced, and renders more diffi cult the communications between Constantinople, Varna, and the Crimea. The allies appear, how ever, to have foreseen these difficulties ; they have provisions for six weeks for 100,000 men, and are constantly receiving reinforcements. Up to this time 20,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, and 2,000 engineers have left. Two detachments from the Pirus and other forces, amounting t o 12,000 men , are expected in the Bosphorus, and will form the reserve of the Black Sea expedition. The following extract is from the St. Petersburg Court Journal, given in a letter from that place by the correspondent of the Berlin National : " We must fight England, because she alone, and. not France, is the focus and support of all revolu tionary principles. It is not Russia, but England, who, imbued to the core with mercantilism,' treads under foot humanity and the rights of men. It is Russia's mission to protect Europe from the torrents of the Weit. As formerly the stream flowed from East to West—now the reverse is the case. No matter how the causes for the war may be regarded, that between Russia and Turkey is founded on religious grounds. Through the policy of the Western Powers the war has, however, assumed the character of a struggle between Coniervatism and Communist revolution. Only one path is open to the Emperor—that of right and honour. He will ad here to his word not to make conquests, but at the same time it is his mission to restore Russian pre ponderance' on the Bosphorus, because that is ab solutely requisite for the development (!) of Russia, and the re-establishment of order." This is letting the cat out of the bag with a ven geance. " It is Russia's holy duty to establish and conso lidate the dominion of Christianity on the Bospho rus. Finally, the Emperor, as the strong rock and defender of Europe, has to fulfil the lofty mission of consolidating European conservatism." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 30.—1 t is generally asserted that the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers have come to an understanding with this Government, and that the latter has assented, under certain reserves and conditions, to adopt the Austrian point of view. A letter from Berlin of the 20th ult., in the Hanover Gazette s states that the reply of Austria to the last note of the Prussian. Cabinet gives, on account of its conciliatory language, some satisfac tion to the latter ; Ind that this fact loses all import mi ," I i • ce ; A.nstria pdr&sLg n demanding from the Diet co-operation not only in the event of the Austrian territory being I.ttacked by Russia, but also against attack by R uss i a i n the Principalities of the Danube. Another letter says :—" It is remarked here that the tone assumed by the Prussian Cabinet towards France and its envoy at this place is much softened of late, and that endeavours are made, by means of little attentions and greater appearance of approach ment, if not of cordiality, to produce favourable impressions. Recently, for instance, the Minister- President honoured M. de Moustier with a per sonal visit—a somewhat unusual occurrence. The object of these courteous proceedings is self-evi dent. But whether they be calculated to produce the desired effect either upon the French envoy here, or upon his Government, is very problemati cal." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 28. M. von der Pfordten is expected to arrive here this evening from Berlin. M. von Beust, we are told, will not accompany the Bavarian Prime Minister hither—an arrangement which will doubt less be found perfectly convenient. Some people, who pretend to be well informed, say that Prussia has agreed to send, jointly, with Austria, another final summons to St. Petersburg. On the other hand, it is said that M. von der Pfordten has posi tively done some good at Berlin, and that the practical and probable result of his endeavours will be that Prussia and the Germanic Confedera tion will agree with Austria to add a supplementary article to the treaty of the 20th of April, which will satisfy the Vienna Cabinet, if it embrace, as we hope it will, an irrevocable pledge as' regards the " four points," and something to boot. In a day or two I hope to be able to give you further information hereon. At this moment (six p.m.) I learn that Prince Gortschakoff has received intelligence from the Crimea, to the effect that early on the morning of the 19th the second French division of infantry stormed and gained possession of the cemetery im mediately outside the town of Sebastopol. Further particulars I know not. The Ost Deutsche Post (which journal preceded its contemporaries in the publication of the Aus trian note of the 30th September, addressed to the Cabinet of Berlin) has to-day a rather remarkable article, which represents the actual position of the Austrian Cabinet with much clearness. The writer says that two courses are open to Austria in taking a share in the satisfactory solutibn of the Oriental question. The first would be an alliance with the Western Powers ; and this would be the easiest and most inviting course. The second con sists in a general and sincere understanding with all Germany ; and this is the course that Austria would willingly have taken, as one prescribed to her 'by her regard for Germany an d G erman i nterests, which sh has ever defended, being convinced that if she entered into a war with Russia, with out a previous understanding with Germany, the latter could not hope to maintain a strict neutra lity. • The Austrian Correspondence has the following telegraphic despatch : " FLoRENcE, Oct. 25.—1 n accordance with a grand ducal decree, of the 21st inst., the seduction of the soldiers belonging to the Tuscan and Aus trian auxiliaries by civilians will be punished by from three months' to three years' imprisonment in times of peace, and in war time by from four to six years' imprisonment ; and intending deserters to the enemy will be shot." THE BALTIC. HAMBURGII, Oct. 28.—Letters of the 20th from Revel state that the English men-of-war, 14 in number, all screws, namely-2 three-deckers, and 10 two-deckers, with 2 frigates, had left that day the Gulf of Finland, thus rendering the communi cation free between the different Russian ports in that sea. The merchants of Riga, Revel, and other Russian maritime towns, intended celebrating the departure of our ships by a fete ; the rejoicings were to be public. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 25. This evening the great banquet was given to the Danish Parliament (both the Upper and the Lower House) by the citizens of Copenhagen. About 300 persons sat down to din ner, the largest number the hall could possibly hold. The toast for " the Parliament of the Danish kingdom" was repeated two or three times, with three times three each time. Other toasts were, " The Speakers of the two Houses ;" then for each Speaker separately ; the mover of the ad dress to the King (Professor Hall) ; the mover of the impeachment (Tutein) ; the Kernel of the People" (referring to an expression in the last pro clamation); the "First of December" (the election day for the new Parliament) ; the members dis missed from their offices for voting against the Ca binet (Lieutenant-Colonel Andrie, Professor Hall, Bishop Monrad, and Captain Schovelin); and many others. The stirrup-toast was the thanks to the citizens. Among the speakers may be mentioned Brix, H. Hage, J. A. Hansen, Rev. Mr. Moller, Monrad, Ploug, Rimestad, and Rotwitt. S e v era l songs, written for the occasion, by Hostrup, Ploug, and Prothe, were sung by the whole assembly. That by Ploug was a splendid composition, and was, in whole or in part, again and again repeated, under an endless jubilation. The last verse is : "111:1 fatherland, my lovely home, now bowed by ad verse times, soon shalt thou emerge again, the jewel of thy glory rescued ! Never again shalt thou become a slave, and, suffer beneath the lash of the stranger. If thy freedom is stolen from thee, thou shalt take it back again !" FRANCE. PARIS Wednesday Evening. — This being All Saints'-day, it is observed as a close holiday at the Bourse and public offices. The Emperor and Empress have postponed their visit to Compiegne till after the arrival of some definitive news from the Crimea. Yesterday they went to Versailles, Where they inspected the alterations recently made in the museums. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here to-day : "MADRID, Oct. 29.—The Queen has received the officers of the militia, who accepted rather coldly the words of her Majesty, by which she informed them that she reckoned on them to maintain order. At General Espartero's, where the officers after wards went, the reception was enthusiastic. They were not received by General O'Donnell." A private letter from Berlin states that there is reason to suspect that the real object of M. Pford ten's mission is to throw obstacles in the way of a reconciliation between Austria and Prussia, and pre vent the Diet from acceding to the demands of the former Power, with reference to Russia. The letter continues to say that whilst the Bavarian people are generally anti-Russian, the Court of Munich is quite as Russian, if not more so, than that of Berlin: Letters from Toulon, dated yesterday, speak of the naval preparations there for the embarkation of reinforcements for the army of the East as being on a vast scale. There are three ships of the line, one sailing frigate, and several steamers ready to receive more than 4,000 troops, and convey them to the Crimea. There are two regiments ready to embark, which have been perfectly drilled during their stay in that fortress. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Clamor Publico says that negotiations for a custom union between Spain and Portugal have far advanced, and that a -bill on the subject is to be presented to the Cortes. The same journal says :—" France, like England, and in accord with her, is to send a strong squadron to Cuba, to pro tect it, if necessary, from any attack on Cuba by the United States." The new civil governor of Barcelona bad, on taking possession of his office, issued a proclamation, exhorting the inhabitants to preserve order, to labour to put an end to discus sions, and to encourage trade. GREECE. • A letter from Athens, 17th ult., in the Moniteur, says :—" The municipality of the Pirmus yesterday gave a banquet to Gen. Magran, and the superior officers of the French division. All the minis ters of his Hellenic Majesty, Admiral de Tinan, and his officers, and MM. Wyse and Forth-Roueu were present. The utmost cordiality prevailed. The Mayor of the Piraeus proposed the health o f General Magran, and thanke d him in the name of his fellow-citizens for his noble conduct and that of his troops since their arrival in Greece. General Kalergi, Minister of War, proposed as a t oas t the success of our arms in the Crimea." ITALY. ult.,inthe i Government Naples by th e A letter w f hs r ai o cy m isi t a hail brreh l r een e cEcs rent te 2 (1) 4 1 r th steamer, which to take on board the mortal remains of the Princess Zenahle Bonaparte, arrived here yesterday. According to the direc tions of the French Ambassador, seconded with the greatest eagerness by the Pontifical authorities, the body was immediately carried to a Chapelle Ardente, in the ca th e d ra l , with all the honours due to the rank of the illustrious deceased. The body will remain there until the arrival of Prince Joseph, who is every hour expected from Spoleta, and who is to accompany the 'mortal remains of hie anaust mother to Borne in the Fr enc h s t eamer Tibre." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. I.—The election for the Town Council of this city commenced this morning. The Liberals have triumphed, notwithstanding the efforts of the clerical and Conservative party. The election is the more important, that it has taken place almost on the eve of the opening of Parlia ment, fixed for the 7th instant. The candidates elected belong to• the so-called " Liberal constitu tional party." Up to the time of going to post, the result of the elections at Antwerp had not tran spired, but there are grounds for believing that the• Liberals will also triumph in that city. MISCELLANEOUS. A leiter froni Athens, 15th, says :—" Brigand age is increasing in an alarming degree in Beotia half way between this city and Thebes. A band of 25 robbers lately attacked the inhabitants of a village, and three of the latter and one of the for mer were killed in the contest. Kyriakos, the rob ber chief, and some of his followers, on the 2d inst., carried off in the open day, the son of an inhabi tant of Lamie, named Selivaniotis, and also :the son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Zoras, and took them to their haunts, where they keep them de manding a very large ransom for their deliverance. On the 6th, a band entered a monastery at a short distance from Athens, and tortured one of the monks who refused to give up the money of the establishment ; and on the following day another party of them attacked and robbed a number of travellers." A letter from Berlin, 27th, states that, by order of the military authorities, an experiment was re cently made for employing the electric telegraph in the open country, by connecting it to existing telegraphic lines. The result showed the extra ordinary rapidity with which the junction may be effected. Ten men, in the space of two hours, established the telegraphic wire in the open country for the distance of a Prussian mile (nearly 4 miles and three-quarters English), and in five minutes after a despatch was transmitted to Brussels and Vienna. We read the following in the Official Milan Gazette of the 22d ult. : " There are people who have got so accustomed to the political forms of 1815, that they cannot admit the possibility of any change in the relations between state and state. But it must be kept in mind that the policy which was then adopted was one of conservatism; Ihe policy now followed by Austria is but the continuation of it, and if she happens to be in opposition with one of the states which took a conspicuous part in the alliance at that period, it is because that state has not been faithful to its principles. Austria has not changed ; she does not change the fundamental principles of her policy. Russia alone has changed hers ; hence the difference between the views of these powers.' A letter from Rome in the Parlamento of Turin of the 29th ult., contradicts the rumour of a depar ture of some of the French troops of the garrison of Rome for the East. The Giornale di _Roma of the 27th ult., contradicts the statement• made by the Ami de la religion, to the effect that there was shortly to be a meeting of bishops in the Eternal City. Monsignor Paolo Paolini, President of the Tri bunal of the Sacra Consulta at Rome, expired on the 21st ult. • The Frankfort Post Zeitung thus satisfactorily accounts for the apparent slowness of the opera tions against Sebastopol. The Allies were obliged to fortify themselves against the besieged and against the army at Bakshiserai. In order that a sortie in force shall have no chance of success, re doubts and entrenchments have been constructed behind the batteries, in short regular lines of cir cumvallation have been formed as well towards the city as towards the west. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Candia, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails brought up inside Calshot Castle at an early hour this morning, the fog being too dense to permit her coming up the river. Her mails reached this port per Isle of Wight steam boat, and were forwarded to London by the seven o'clock train. The dates of the Candia are Alexandria Oct. 20, Malta 24, and Gibralta 28. She has on board 111 passengers, including 39 privates of the Royal Artillery from Malta. Her freight consists of 48 packages of specie, and the usual cargo. At Malta there were two French steamers and. two French vessels with troops and horses bound for the East. In lat. 41 50, long. 9 30, the Candia spoke the Cunard steam-transport Jura, with loss of bow- THE CONDUCT OF M. &JULE: The Constitutionue/ has the following with re ference to the conduct of Mr. Soule : " There is no nation which seems better calcu lated than the United States for living in good in telligence with France. The friendly feeling, so natural between the two countries, showed itself from the very commencement of the American Union. It was then commanded by interests, as it is now commanded by interests and traditions ; for the direction which the old French monarchy had given was followed by succeeding Governments, and if there was any name that could revive these reminiscences in America, it is assuredly that of the Sovereign who now governs France. The first Empire practised towards the United States, with the amplitude of ideas which was peculiar to it, a policy which has been always considered at this side of the Atlantic as one of the essential points of our system of alliance. The principle of appealing to the nation, and of universal voting which the new dynasty has taken for its starting-point, could only have for consequence to draw closer together the two countries, in spite of the diff e rence of formwhich e x i s t s between the two Governments. If the interests at present at stake in the world be ex amined closely, everything concurs to demonstrate how much that good understanding was indicated in advance. Th e p r i nc ipl es w hi c h the Government of the Emperor defends are such as speak to the mind of a free nation and greatly excite its sym pathy. It is for the political independence of go vernments, it is for liberty of conscience menaced by an audacious aspiration after universal dominion, that France has taken up arms ; and whilst she is defending on land ideas so much in harmony with those which constitute the basis of American civi lisation, she has taken care that the principles of maritime liberty, so dear to the great transatlantic; nation, should be from the very outset of hostilities shielded from the vicissitudes to which neutrals were accustomed for a century. These considera tions, of the very highest political and moral or der, joined to the powerful material interests which unite the two countries, between which such important and extensive commercial trans actions are daily going on, should, we repeat it, establish between them a sincere reciprocity of good relations ; and, in consequence, it is with a regret mingled with surprise that we have seen a series of facts and incidents taking place which would seem to present another character. With the exception of Russia, the Government of the Emperor keeps up the best relations with all l h er e l Union.al the governments a the Old and New World. How ever, in a foreign court'a difference takes place be tween a diplomatic agent and a representative of France ; and that agent, not content with having originated that difference, altogether of a personal nature, seems to do all he can by his demeanour and his language to transform it into a political flag, al i t g hhlovtuhghilaci conflict. Who is that agent? An American minis ter. In the Now World, the d privileges of our con sularshfouisndte, on a recent treaty, are ' disregarded. te rn at ion a l r ti country where our in ternational handful of anarchical been thus infringed ? A state respected.of the American Our navy is everywhere however, refugees a roadsted have sei seized d i n onwhich the occasion of the presence of our sailors to organise with im • punity a demagogical masquerade ; and that ro a d s t e d is that of an American town. Facts of this nature, if multiplied, would accord but little with the traditions of friendship and the com munity of principles and interests which exists be tween the two nations, and which seem to force themselves as a duty on the two Governments. But it is evidently impossible to see in these incidents anything else than the work of some mischief makers, whose acts are in disaccord with the inten tions of the American Cabinet and nation. Whilst deploring them, we feel full confidence that they will remain in the state of purely individual acts, and we know in advance that the Union, always animated towards France with a sympathy which is reciprocal, and which will soon be of a century's duration on both sides, declines the responsibility of incidents with which it has remained altogether unconnected." The annexed memorandum is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders :—" The committee have received advices from Mr. Richards, dated Mexico, the 3d ult., on routine matters, but containing nothing of interest. There is no r emittance from Tampico by this packet, owing to the continued scarcity of hard dollars. From Vera Cruz the packet brings $12 ? 000 to Colonel Facio for the dividend fund," ~' ~.