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Detailed specifications of the above 4 services, and every requisite information, may be obtained at the Royal Engineer Office, Bull- Point; daily (Sundays excepted) b e tween the ho usiurs of 10 and 4 o'clock, *cm the 17th to 2 9 th No vember, both day- Royal Royal Engineer Office, Devonport, 25th October, 1854. SIAN'S AND THE ALLIES. N 0. 19,369:1 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1854. [P RICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Surgeon Edward Le Blanc), 2 sergeants, and 92 pri vates ; 14th Foot, 1 officer (Ensign George Bridges), 2 sergeants, and 51 privates ; 92d Highlantiers, 1 officer (Ensign Win. Edward Newall) and 30 privates. Cap tain Fred. Wm. Gore, of the 3d Foot, under orders to joie the service companies of his regiment at Malta, embarked ix command of the troops on board this vessel. their horse artillery upon the heights. We retired out of range. Down came huge masses of cavalry upon us. The Greys and Enniskillens charged and broke through them. The 4th and sth Dragoon Guards struck in; the Russians turned and fled right and left, and, retreating over the hill, took up a tremendously strong position iu the valley. " We waited about two hours for some infantry to come to our support, when an order arrived (as we must believe by mistake) for the light brigade to charge the enemy's position. _ _ _ THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Pays.) NEW WORE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "HARRY LORREQUER " On December 1, No. 1., price Is., T HE MARTINS OF CRO' By CHARLES LEVER. With Illustrations by 11. K. BROWNE London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. MARTIN. INCIDENTS OF THE, BATTLE AT BALAKLAVA. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EXTENSION' to WOL ERHAMPTON.— NOTICE IS lIE KNBY GIVEN, That the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Line, connecting the Great Western Railway at Birmingham with Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Oswe,try, Chester, and Birkenhead, for Liverpool, is row Open for Public Traffic. Pas seners may proceed by certain trains to and from stations between Paddington and Wolverhampton without change of carriage. Those proceeding to and from stationx north of Wolverhampton will have to change carriages in the Birmingham station for the prese , t, every facility and accommodation for whidi will be provided there. Train Bills for the remainder of the menth may be procured at all stations. Paddington Station, Nov. 14, 1854. I ENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING N 3 - COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Ballot which was de manded at the Lialf-yearly General Meeting, held at the London Tavern on Wednesday, the 15th i'•stant, w:11 he ,pened at the Offices of the Company, 'a7, Cannon street, on Friday, the 17th instant, at Twelve, and close at Three o'clock, "and will continue open froin twelve to three o'clock on the 18th, tiOth, and 21st, closing finally at the hour of three o'clock on the last-named day. By order of the Chairman. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. Nov. 15, 1654. TO LOTERS OF FISH.-- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for Gs., package included. The above forwarded to all part s on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0, 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, Jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. LIIJRENT'S CASINO, —During ARGYLL week ROO NIS.- Now Open for the Season. the the Orchestra Will perform the Overture to Zarnpa ; Waltzes : Le Refrain des Mon tagnes (first time), Germania, Solon Spruche Polkas, Fidelin (first time), Les Folies, Moscow ; Quadrilles : La Guerra d'Orient (first time), Schamyl, Partant pour la Syrie (by desire). L'Etoile Au Nord • Schot tische: Malvina (first time), and (also by desire) the Alma Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Uoulcourt.—Alteraiion of Time - Doers open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. PATRON-11 R. H. PRINCEILBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Miss GLYN wi I read OTHELLO on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at Eight o'Clock, and RENRY the ith on Thursday, the 16th, at Eight. FIRST EXHIBITION of Dr. EDWARDS' PHOTOGRAPHS of the MOON, magnified by the Oxy-hydrogen Microscope. LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER; Esq., on CHEMIST ET. LECTURE by Dr. BACHHOFFNER on the PATENT POLY TECHNIC GAS FIRE. ♦ Splendid Series of 40 COSMORAMIC VIEWS of ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, &e., and the COSTUMES of the RUSSIANS, is now open daily and in the Evenins. DIS ISOLviNa TIEWS of the SEAT of WAR, SEBASTOPOL, &c. Admission, Is. ; Malls, 25. ; pit 5t4116,35. Open on SATURDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, with an Entertainment descriptive of the RISE and PROGRESS of AMERICA, illustrated by a series of Dissolving Views of American scenery, by G. HAIM!, Esq. Madame KRAMER and PARTY, the Celebrated TYROLESE MINSTRELS, will appear on Wednesday, the 22d inst., Friday, the 24th, and Saturday, the 25th inst., at Eight o'clock in the Evening, and sing a selection of their NATIONAL MELODIES. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED OLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre scription used. Direct the Key. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL—Medical Practitioners and other residents in London ere informed that, should they experience any difficulty in obtaining the Oil in the , r immediate neighbourhood, Messrs. Ansar, Harford, and Co., will forward it CARRIAGE FREE to any part of London, on orders being trau , mitted to them by host. bottles,2s. 61; pints, 4s. 9d., Quarts, 95., IMPERIAL ME A SURE. ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIR E SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA aid PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, Hashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to Carriow the Public against the daily frauds prac tised by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom mended by most families in the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cocks' Realinz Sauce," which is pre pared osta by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and C. Cocas, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genuine. GR AVESEND ST A PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS. WEEK DAYS. a 5 - Terrace t t Pier , ;•', A k 8 2 .. 4 . _ Ck ) E 4 48 0 Time j '4l •,., Omnibuses from Fe every quarter of an h, BRUNSWICK WEL& lowing Train :nchurch-street Station to all parts •f London 11F, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol s from the Fenchurch-street Station. WUXI( DAYS. SUNDAYS. ...........—.... c., .24 , :I 2 ' Fen- .0 *.:, g Fen- 5 -t, t - 1 ., f-, church S' il: :a p., church 5,t "a ' a 5 Street 74 8 z i., .TA Street 4 8 0 ' , 1 ) i .11 8 4 a `' 'o4 ...... —.— .. .—. ......... —. 10 11 —i 2IA 414 —/ 41,4 —.— I Fore Cabin. Saloon. rn or from araveftend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. le. .2d. Fore Cabin. do To or from Gravesend and London .......... 10d. .. ls, • „ Gravesend and Blaekwall or Woolwiah Bd. .. Os, Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os, BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Os. ; Six Months, Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on boi Packets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. 3/. Os. ; lard the DR. CULTERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Memorrhoids,ls. each, by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND ATOID. " Abstentia multi cnrantur might " A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular 0, position of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of everT hour out of tho twenty four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and windo."—Chaucer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas elmilable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecturg t. Young Men. What passions hurnhe body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringemeat. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &o. 4. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrheea; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. 0. Tice BLADDER, URETHRA. ani RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Tlmmorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BM HAM. " jucunde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or if DR. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, Landon, who nay be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. just published, pries 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 • _ _ stamps, NERVous DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination , n real name and effect of every variety of complaint, whether ' ari me remarks, founded excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical gfrom solitary habits, a of Impuissance, on twenty years' experience in the treat , &c. To which Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhnt , with are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of IT arage pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating fr om various writers on and on the dugerous remedies advocated by empirical practice, these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical S ociety, Licentiate of Apothecaries Hall, London, &c., Etc. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fe arful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and exce sses , which have proauced more m iser y in Youth, degrad a tion in Man hood, and premature decay at a ll sta g es of Life, than, perhaps, any Other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without • Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a care. TheAutiaor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant emeiries, who inflict great Injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Frothers, and Co., 23, PEACTIIO:C7*-rOW ; 'Hannay, 63. Oxford-Etrcet; arls,l9, Leicester-sqtr.r.;; 11 abll, 19, C071111:11 ; or ftc:e by p;i3t for ford'y '-‘ ,lll lB to any addles. from the Author's reside nce, 37, lied -square. At home for Six tin mot. consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from NEW NOVEL. Immediately, at all the Libraries, T HE HOUSE OF RABY ; or, Our Lady of Darkness. Three vols. post Bvo. This day, fcep., cloth, 55.. LEAVES from the DIARY of an OFFICER of the GUARDS, during the PENINSULAR WAR. Cheap Edition, smal Svo., boards, 25., OLIV E. A NOVE L. By the Author of " The Head cl the Farei:y." Fourth Edition, fcop , boqrds, 2s. 6d., THE ENGLISH PRISONERS IN RUSSIA; A Personal Narrative of the FIRST LIEUTENANT Of H. M. S. TIGER; his Journey in Russia, Interview with the Emperor Nicholas, Ecc By ALFRED ROYER, Lieut., R.N. London : Chapman and Rail, 193, Piccadilly. THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, Sketched by Captain M. A. BIDDULI'H, October 22, from the new 32 lb. B Atery. _ . This day is Published, a LITHOGR .ITH in Two Tints, by E. WALICER, from the above Drawing. Size, 16 by 14 inches. Plain, 35.; Coloured, 6s. Also, in the same style, the TOWN and the HARBOUR of BA.LA KLAVA, Sketched by Lieut. MONTA.GU O'REILLY, from the Camp of the 93d Highlanders. Size, 20 by 13 inches. Price bs.; Coloured, 85. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co, 13 and 14,'Pa11-mall East, Publishers to her Majesty ; and E. Stanford, 6, Charing-cross. QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, Ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real aufferers under this dines , . and C-rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From •he German of Dr. FICKFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " far. eicatora 'a known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect aria other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -ewer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who sealer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ce saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'CRS importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Ealliero, 219, Regent-street. 111 MOSES and SON, Minories and Aidgato, 114* New Oxford-street and Hart-street, offer to all classes the advantages of seasonable attire, essential for every day life and business, proper dress for this time of the year, comiortahle and fashionable clothing at very economical prices. Sporting dress, the most approved of for ease, elegance, and style. Liveries, tiniterms, and Ladies' Habits, magnificent materials and workmanship accord ing with the most novel fashions, and the most recent regulations. Overcoats, Wrappers, Capes, Waterproof Clothing, the most fashionable designs, and the most useful and ele sant fabrics—these comprise many new inventions for the season, one of which is the new raletot, pr ice 255; it is the best, most gentlemanly, and service able Coat or Overcoat which could be offered ; it is approved by all classes, worn by everybody ; it is the most fashionable and comfort able article which has been Introduced. Hosiery of the newest description, the richest and finest materials and fashions. Shirts and under clothing of every useful kind, better and cheaper than at any other house. Eats arid Caps, Boots and Shoes, Outfits for Emigrants, elegant articles for Ladies and Gentlemen, everything which can contribute to the ease, comfort, and elegant appearance of all classes and pro• fessions may be obtained at E. MOSES and Son's for considerably less money than would be charged elsewhere. The immense Stock of Clothing, Shirts, Boots and Shoes, Sre., in the Wholesale Department, secures unequalled advantages to Mer chant■, Captains, Emigrants, and others. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen may be had on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT °VIER lIOUSE IN OR OUT •r LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 505, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuter:sting. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-streets Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. ' Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and 4hoo Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can he made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book for Autum and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &c., &c., may bo had on application, or post-free. Ica l'on parte Francais. Qni si mule Italiano. Hier sprieht man Deutsch. Aqua sa habla Espano. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMIA. We extract the following from a letter received 'rom Paris yesterday : "It has been announced that Prince Menschikoff was expecting numerous reinforceutents. It is more than probable that he has received all that he had calculated upon, and accounts front Odessa an nounce, in fact, that the passage of troops to the Crimea had ceased for some days. Moreover, the Russian army in the Crimea is necessarily in pro portion to the resources in food and munitions of which it can dispose. It has not the sea. It must bring thorn from the continent, by rontes scarcely pass able at this season, and which will soon become utterly impracticable, all its necessaries. The climate menaces that army, and if in any new attempt made in two days after the combat on the sth it does not obtain signal advantages (which is very doubtful) it must, under pain of being exposed to the greatest privations, take refuge iw Perekop, and pass the winter there in the most com plete inaction. "Our army is in a far superior condition. With the sea open to it it may constantly supply itself with all its wants. It has at its disposal a powerful fleet, which is at the same time an auxiliary for war and a means of procuring supplies; and if the Black Sea enjoys a bad re putation,we have 200 steamers incessantly ploughing the Euxine fromßalaklava to Constantinople and back, and for them storms and wind have few terrors. Moreover, there are nnw accumulated at Balaklaya supplies for six weeks, and almost each day brings fresh convoys of men, arms, and provisions. Our army is full of enthusiasm and courage, inspired by the victories it has gained at Alma over Menschikoff, and on this recent occasion over the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas. It is ever ready far the fight ; ever prepared against surprise, against sudden attacks ; ready to face the enemy on two sides at the same time if necessary, the French with their characteristic gaiety and impetuosity, and the English with their stern and immovable courage which makes of them, as it were, a wall of bronze. What ever be the means employed to rouse the fanaticism of the Russians, their generals cannot always make them believe that they are conquerors when they are forced to retreat sr to fly in disorder. The disasters of Sebastopol, its streets strewn with the corpses, its burn ing edifices, and its fleet nearly destroyed, cannot al ways be kept a mystery, and when the truth bursts upon them, it is easy to conceive the dismay and utter prostration which are found in any army that has beers so often defeated." A SCANDINAVIAN FETE. STOCKHOLM, Nov. s.—Yesterday Stockholm was the scene of a festival, the day having been appointed for the inauguration of the equestrian statue of the King's father, the late monarch, Charles John. The crowd was immense. The nobility and magistracy, the church, army, people, in short all classes of society, were repre sented at this national solemnity, ever which the King presided in person. Norway and all the Swedish pro vinces had sent their highest functionaries to the capital, and detachments from all the regiments of our army were to be seen on the square. In the first rank, the place of honour, stood the veterans who had served under the orders of the late King, and who wore on their breasts the decorations won at the price of their blood. In a gallery, erected at the side of the royal box, were the members of the diplomatic corps now present at Stockholm. The statue is by Professor Fogelberg. The following is the text of the speech delivered by the King. " Forty years have now elapsed since the force and genius of King Charles John raised a monument, of which the Scandinavian peninsula forms the solid basis, and the vast dimensions of which know no limits, since they depend on the progress made by the two fraternal nations in the path of virtue and honour. The union of Sweden and Norway has opened for the North a new era, blessed hitherto by the fruits and benefits of peace. Its future destinies are hidden from the gaze of mortals and rest in the hands of the Almighty. May the two nations, united by their anxiety for reciprocal prosperity, by their sacrifices in behalf of their mutual glory, by their valour in a common danger, show themselves to be at all times worthy of a brilliant future. Then the free destiny of Scandinavia will never cease to bear, in equal abundance, the rich har ves t s o f i ncreas i n g prosperity and imperishabl e laurels. The memory of great men is perpetrated in the annals of posterity, and obtains in them the most signal homage ; but gratitude is the apanage of noble nations, and this it is that assembles us this day. Our eyes are about to be raised with emotion to the statue of the King, whose reign, alike glorious and beneficent, will always justify the beautiful motto, The people's love my reward. When the King ceased speaking, ine statue was un covered amid salvos of artillery, and a lung acclamation saluted at the same time both the image of the father and the admired oontimento of the son. THE ROYAL ALBERT. The Royal Albert, 121, screw three-decker, Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Dart., is ordered from Sheerness to Portsmouth with all possible despatch. The better to expedite her a party of 60 able seatnex, from the Nep tune, 120, and Prince Regent, 90, under the direction of Lieutenants Thomas Brandreth and R. J. Wynniatt, of those ships, were despatched from Portsmouth yester day to Sheerness, to assist in navigating the Royal Al bert to Spithead, she being shorthanded of A.B.'s. Orders were received at the same time at Portsmouth to prepare bedding, hammocks, &c., for 2,000 men, as the steam three-decker is about ;to carry a battalion of Foot Guards and the whole of their equipments to the seat of war in the Crimea, together with a large supply of warlike stores. Her crew will be made up to 1.000 men by draughts, it is reported, before starting. When out she will take the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. The Monarch, 84, sailing ship, the Hon. Captain Erskine, was ordered yesterday afternoon to come into harbour. She will take some of her guns out to lighten her before coming in. The crew of the Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, were paid wages at Spithead yesterday. Her Majesty's ship Salamander, 6, steam•sloop, Com mander Priest, arrived at Spithead from Greenock last night, and is ordered into harbour to be paid off. APPOINT'IENTS. Lieutenants—James E. Bickford (1848), first lieute nant of the Brisk, screw steam-sloop, to the Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham ; George S. Nara (1884), recently promoted from mate of the Resolute, discovery ship, to the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Ports mouth. Clerks' Assistants—Joseph G. W.'Hore, to the St. George, 120, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. THE FLOATING BATTERIES. The fleet of steam-floating batteries building in Eng land and France, as an auxiliary force to the allied fleets in the Baltic, amount to no fewer than forty, and the whole of them are ordered to be launched and equipped by March next. The French Government, it appears, first suggested to the Admiralty the construction of the batteries, which are to be armed with twelve of the largest Lancaster guns. They are nearly 2,000 tons burden, flat bottomed, with round stem and stern, 180 feet extreme length, 56 feet in width, and 20 in depth, each being propelled by horizontal engines, of 200-horse power. They have two decks, the upper being bomb proof, &ght inches thick, and the lower, the fighting deck. The batteries are perfectly encased with nearly 700 tons of wrought iron slabs, each slab four inches thick, 19 inches broad, and 14 feet in length. The tests these wrought iron slabs have undergone show that they are capable of resisting the heaviest shot in use. The new flat-bottom gun-boats which are to accompany the expedition are in a very forward condition, and no doubt will be completed by the time ordered by the Government. THE SNAKE READY FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. The Snake screw steam despatch gunboat, Lieutenant- Commander M'Killop, was paid in advance at Wool wich on Tuesday, and left the same afternoon for Green hithe to have her compasses adjusted, and will proceed with all despatch tosSebastopol. The Snake, now ready for active service, completes the six despatch gunboats, each mounting two of Lancaster's 68-pounder oval guns, and all for service in the Black Sea. Although the Government are engaging steamers from private companies for the conveyance of troops to the East, they have at their own command numerous vessels that might be at once employed in tiat service. The following is a list : Tons. Horse Power. Ajax Dauntless Brisk Geyser Salamander Horatio Leopard Gorgon Hecla Bl7 ... 240 Dee . . 704 ... 200 Cossack With the exception of the Geyser and Dee, all the above vessels are in commission, and,most of them ready for service, as are the new screw sloops Curlew, Ariel, and Falcon, of 60-horse power each. THE DRAKE. A 'Vessel, named the Drake, is being fitted at Ports mouth as a bomb-vessel. Captain Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, is fitting a 13-inch mortar to her, which was got into its plane yesterday. The vessel will be ready for a trial by Saturday. SUPPLIES FOR THE TROOPS. Soon after the order by telegraph for the departure of the 90th Regiment for the Crimea, another message was received on Saturday evening, directing that, If possible, 1,500 pair of warm worsted socks should be obtained in Dublin for the use of the men. This orderlwas taken by Messrs. Pim, Brothers, of this city, who are to deliver the entire quantity to-morrow. On inquiry wo have learned that there would be no difficulty in supply ing in Dublin any reasonable amount of this or any other description of warm clothing for the troops in the Crimea. We earnestly hope that the present order will be followed by many others in this country, which has recently made very considerable progress in . manufac turing enterprise and industry.—Dublin Even i ng Post. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Hannibal,' 91, Captain the Hon. Frederick Grey, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday afternoon for Malta and the Black Sea. She is very deeply laden, and has 1,200 men on board. 400 bags of bread were supplied yesterday from the Royal Clarence yard, Gosport, to enable the steam-ship Candia to proceed from Southampton to Toulon to em bark troops for the East. The Government transport Edward is being laden with provisions at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for Constantinople and the Black Sea. The Aliport transport, 811 tons, having on board draughts belonging to the 3d, 14th, and 62d Regiments, sailed from Queenstown on Saturday for Malta. The Cleopatra steamed out of Cork harbour in the afternoon of Saturday for the Crimea, having on board draughts for various regiments now serving there. The Eurepa steamer is expected to be in Kingstown harbour on Saturday next to receive on board the 90th Regiment, 1,000 strong, for conveyance to the Crimea. Mr. Penfold, from the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, is appointed agent at the Naval Hospital, Therapia. The Rajah steamship, one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, arrived in Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to fill up with pro-visions and war stores for Constantinople. MILITARY. Captain Broughton's company, 2d battalion of Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Malta to do duty there in place of a company sent on to the Crimea, and when further reinforcements of artillery are sent to Malta they will proceed to the seat of war, in the event of their services being required. Accounts received yesterday morning from Limerick state that orders had been received there by the 16th Lancers and the 72d Highlanders to hold themselves in instant readiness for war service in the Crimea. Both regiments are in admirable condition for sharing in the honours of the campaign. The depot of the 17th Regiment which was under orders for the north of Ireland is to remain for the pre sent in Kilkenny, where recruiting for the regiment is said to be extremely brisk. It is supposed that the 56th Regiment, now on passage home, will be stationed in Dublin on their arrival, instead of Kilkenny, as originally intended. MILITARY RECRUITING IN EDINBURGH.—Efforts are being made by the 82d Regiment, in garrison ate Edi nburgh, to raise the number of the corps to 1.000 men, its strength being at present considerably below that standard, from the numerous volunteers it has given to regiments in the East. Their exertions, however, have not met with adequate success, chiefly from the abundance of employment. It is expected that the enrolment of the militia will give such an impetus to the military spirit of the people as will spee dily manifest itself in numerous volunteers to the line. HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.—The Naval Hos pital at Great Yarmouth, recently fitted up for the re ception of sick and wounded from the Baltic, is about to be prepared for the reception of 350 sufferers from the Black Sea. The building has been thoroughly cleansed and refitted, and the vessels conveying the first detack ment of its future patients are expected to arrive shortly. Lieut.-Colonel John Leslie Dennis, 94th, president, with other officers forming a district court-martial, assem bled yesterday at Chatham, for the trial of William Gib bons, serjeant 86th Regiment, who was tried for absent ing himself from his duty, he being at the time the com mandant's orderly (Colonel Eden) ; he was also found absent when the roll call was made at tattoo. He was found guilty ; sentence deferred until the proceedings have been confirmed at the Hor3e Guards.l THE IST DRAGOON GUARDS.—This fine body of men, who are at present stationed at Piershill Barracks, are under orders for the East, in company with the 2d, 3d, and 7th Dragoon Guards.—Edinburgh Advertiser. NEWRY AND BELFAST.—Orders have been received at the head-quarters of the 3d and 62d Regiments, at Newry and Belfast, to hold in readiness all men who are fit for service in the field, to proceed to join the service com panies, which are ordered from Malta to the East. Ensign Thomas Millsom, at present in command of a detachment at Carrickfergus, has been ordered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to Malta, to act as adju tant with the service companies. COAL—The Blake, transport, 811 tons, having on board drafts belonging to the 9th, 14th, and 192 d Regiments, destined, the two firmer for Malta, i and the lattur cn - Gi:ii.,,ital, ~,tild front Qua,:n6- ' town on the 11th instant for her destination. The fol lowing are the numbers embarked and the names of the officers ;-Bth Evot, 2 officers (Emigu )Yra, Ilulbey Wad A CIVILIAN'S ACCOUNT. A private gentleman visiting the seat of war writes : My preconceived and certainly crude notions of a great siege and bombardment was that of unbroken peals of thunder, rolling and roaring unceasingly around and over a devoted city, until the vast mass of smoke which hitherto had obscured everything, clearing airay by a cessation of the fire, or some sweeping wind revealed a breach for an assault, or the whole town in ruins. Anything but this — the real thin;. Instead of the stunning thunder of artil lery, until a siege is raised or a city ; razed, the whole ar rangements seem to have teen conducted much in the formal and measured style of the Cliobham military thea tricals, hardly with so much spirit. I A number of separate and independent shots from the batteries, varied by the whirr of the shell or by the strange sound of the heavy ball from the Lancaster gun, rattling through the air like a distant railway train, but there is always time to connt the shots, and, generally speaking, to see whence they come and whether they go. There is a flash, a sound, a volume of smoke in detached spots, nt most in half a dozen places at once; but none of the din, roar•, cries, mist, and confusion worse confounded, supposed to be the ne cessary accompaniment of a great, ..gloriouts, and bloody war. Although lame with an attaide of erysipelas ia the leg, I managed to get ones or twice to Lord Raglan's viewing place, whence was a clear sight of the tewn, and thus I saw and heard all I have described. A considera ble part of my time was unfortunately spent in lying on my back in a tent in front of our lines, the balls and shells whizzing about mo is every direotion, till, finding the camp rather too hot to hold me, I left it at half-past six a.m. on the 25th, in a commissariat cart for Balaklava. Speaking of the charge, he says :—The Russians were now within half a mile of the village and port of Balaklava, in which all our transports were at anchor with their muni tions, their stores, and two ships laden with powder. It was here that a large troop of their cavalry attempted to charge past one of our regiments into the village. The 9311 Highlanders rose from the ground and poured in such a volley as made them reel again in their saddles, they again laid down, re-loaded, fired another volley, and the whole troop turning to the right abort, galloped off. I am assured that Balaklava would have been in possession of the Russians had it not been for the cool bravery of these men ; had they given an inch all would have been up for the day. One amongst them seized a Turkish sol dier in his flight, threw him on the ground, and pnt his foot on the gentleman's neck whilst he reloaded his piece. THE GUN-BOATS. Wo (the gun-boat, Arrow) commenced a dreadful fire upon the town, such as no town ever had before without its yielding. The French Admiral, Hamelin, had kis hat shot from his head. Several of our men have been killed, and many wounded. Our vessels have also suffered very considerably. The Retribution had her mainmast taken clean out of her. The Spiteful was hulled below water no less than four times. The Arothusa had her decks cleared, and was otherwise much damaged. The Albion was also severely mauled, having caught fire three times, and must have gone down had a breeze sprung up. I do not think the fleet will attempt a bombardment again, as it got such a dusting from the forts that it is a wonder every ship was not sunk. A JACK TAR'S LETTER. If you want to hear the roar of cannon come to this place, and you will have enough of it. We have had eleven days, and it may be as many more before we get possession of Sebastopol. We had the pleasure of throwing some of Lancaster's shells at them the day after we arrived on the station. The Arrow went in company with the Sampson, and in sight of tho fleet, to try the effect of our long range ; the enemy was not idle, for as we ran down the coast we came all at once on a battery, and they sent their shot and shell around us thick, and to menclthe matter the engine would not work for some time, so there we lay—a target for them—at length away we went and " astonished the Browns." Two days after we paid them another visit—my eye, what a dust there was in the forts. Tho naval brigade on shore works well, and so do the red-jackets. I wish I was with them. Our fleet en gaged the first day, and to tell you the truth they got roughly usod but " novel say die wh:l© there's a shot in the locker." Everybody is in good spirits, and expects to beat the enemy.—P.S. No Sundays in this place—all work on fighting. lam glad to say wo have none hurt as yet—that is to say on board our craft. " On we went—astonished, but unshaken in nerve—over half a mile of rough ground, losing dozens of men and horses at every stride, to attack horse artillery in our front supported by three times our numbers of cavalry, heavy batteries on the right and left flanks, backed by infantry, riflemen, &c. We took the guns, cut up the gunners, routed the cavalry, and amid a storm of shot found our selves very soon surrounded on all sides by the enemy, through whom all that remained of us cut our way back to our position: We went into action 140 strong. I num bered the reg:ment off 34, when we returned. The other regiments suffered nearly as much." The following extract of a letter of an officer on board the Sanspareil, off Balaklava, Oct. 28, describes some curious incidents in the late action. The words, how ever, attributed to Lord Cardigan, as directed to Captain Nolan, doubtless originate in some misreport ; that officer had seen too much gallant service for such a reproach to! have been tinder any _circumstances ad dressed to him : . . . . You will see that we have shifted round to this little nook, and a busy place it is. There is a Rus sian force close to us. They day before yesterday they attacked, and our light division of cavalry were severely cut up. Lord Cardigan behaved nobly. We were all roused up in the middle of the night by a little skirmish —daylight this morning discovered 2G Cossacks lying on the field. The Scots Greys charged three times through a Cossack regiment the other day, and played the deuce with them. The 93d Highlanders were charged by cavalry, and received them in a manner which sent them to the right about. They say it is one of the most brilliant things that has bee* done this war. Capt. Nolan, of 15th Hassars, was seen riding away from the Russians. Lord Cardigan hailed him to stop, or ho would have him tried for cow ardice, but when his horse joined the cavalry, every one was horrified to find he was shot through the heart. Is it not most extraordinary? Except that his horse was run ning about wildly, one would have supposed he was alive. Another odd thing happened to Maude, of R.H. Artillery. A shell burst in the stomach of his horse, and sent him At the air, yet, with the exception of a wound in the leg, he is safe." The following additional details respecting the francs- tireure are given in a letter from a Zonave to hi:father. They are published by the Journal de Maine-et-Loire : " I am almost like a poacher ! I go out ever slay to shoot Russians ! This is the way we do :—As early as two o'clock in the morning, our toilette completed.—and that of a Zouave is not long—wo leave, carrying with us ammunition, and one 'or two biscuits. Arrived in the entrenchments, we take sand bags, a spade, and a pickaxe ; then, at a given signal, we leap from the parapets with the rapidity of deer, and establish our homes close to the forts. There we dig a hole, a sort of warren to hide ourselves in. We place our bags to pro tect us, and our residence is then terminated. We remain in these holes all the day, and it is not until night is rather advanced that we are permitted to leave them ; this we often do amidst a shower of grape-shot. You will ask me, my dear father, what we do in the holes all day. Very good work, I assure you. We fire almost as fast as we can load, and every discharge demolishes a Russian artillery man. The other day two officers climbed up a large pole on the summit of a tower, opposite my lodgings, and they began to examine our works. With two shots I brought thorn both down. Then a storm of balls, shells, and grape shot, was directed against us, but, happily, we were so near the forts, that it passed over oar heads without touch ing any one of us." ALMA.-RUSSIAN CAVILS AT MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD'S ItEPOBT. The following carping attempt to invalidate the statements of the late Marshal St. Arnaud respect ing the battle of Alma has been put forth in the Journal de St. Petersbourg. Its special pleading scarcely deserves notice. Two points, however, may be touched upon. The humanity of the Allies to the wounded Russians is not denied ; but nevertheless an attempt is made to weaken belief in it by a gross lie respecting the condition of those who ware sent to Odessa by the English. The other point is comical rather ; the Monitetcr Universel:is taken to task for saying that one Russian general was taken prisoner at Alma. The writer in the St. Petersburg journal indignantly protests that only two Russian generals were captured by the Allies. (From, the Journal de St Petersbourg of Nov. 7.) One of the greatest disadvantage for us, when the misrepresentations of our opponents demand rectifica tion, is the unavoidable lateness of our answers. When exact details of events, accomplished at such great dis tances reach us, public opinion, engrossed by more recent pre-occupations, receives our retrospective explanations with' only faint interest. Such will also probably be the lot of those which we subjoin. For all this, we give them, if only for the sake of truth, and in the interest of history. According to the report of Marshal St. Arnaud to his sovereign, our forces at the Alma amounted to 40,000 bayonets, 6,000 cavalry, and 180 pieces of cannon. In another report of the Marshal to the Minister of War our cavalry was estimated at only 5,008 horses. flaying pointed out this divergence of the two reports emanating from one source, we are going to present at the same time the numerical list of our soldiers en the position of the Alma. Men. Infantry : 42i battalions, say about 30,000 Cavalry : 16 regular squadrons and 11 sotuias of Cossacks, say We have received no new information concerning the affair of the sth. The flank-attack on the right of our army, whilst a sortie from the besieged took place on our left wing, was a supreme effort to prevent by an energetic diversion the speedy assault of the town. The intrepid courage of our soldiers baffled that plan, which was wanting neither in shill nor boldness. The success of the plan might, in fact, have had for result to cut off the communications between Balaklava and the besieg ing forces, and to take our troops between two fires. The plan has failed. The Russians have retreated to wards the Chernaya, and the besieged have been forced back within the walls of Sebastopol. Will this defeat and the considerable losses, which it has caused to the enemy, prevent them from undertaking a new attack on the Allied troops ? We do not expect this. It is probable that the Russian forces will return to the charge, and again attempt the chance of a battle. The hostile generals have not, in fact, any other means of regarding, if not avoiding, the fall of Sebastopol. Si nce th 4th, the breach has been large enough to admit the assault to be given. A part of the town is in ashes ; the forts are for the most part dismantled and reduced to silence. Evidently, if the army of Prince Afenschikoff leaves a single day's respite to the besiegers, if he does not harass them by continual attacks, the assault will take place, and the ardour and enthusiasm of our men are such as to convince us that it will not bo long. The tactics of the enemy must consequently consist of turning us away from the siege, properly so called, by every means in their power. This is what they did on the sth, with a superiority of numbers calcu, lated te inspire them with great hopes, and it is what in all probability they will attempt again. But whq ever may be their efforts, we remain without disquiotude as to the result. The Allied army occupies an impreg nable position. It is encamped on heights very differ ently fortified from those of the Alma, and the Russians have not for the purpose of dislodging us these corps of Zouaves, who care nothing for the asperities of moun tains or for impassable summits. The Russian sol diers, to whose courage we have never ceased to pay homage, are marvellous troops by their resist ance and by the impassibility with which they know how to die. But they have not the dash, the faria of the French ; and in consequence, the Russian generals have done everything in their power to en tice us down into the level country. Their cunning has preyed fruitless before the intelligent tactics of the chiefs of the Allied army, who contented them selves with a rigorous defence, whilst continuing on the other side to bombard Sebastopol. It will continue to fail as long as we shall not be masters of the town. It is only on the day that we shall have obtained a new and strong base of operations that our army, whose impatient ardour is with difficulty restrained at present, will ac cept the battle wherever it may be offered, and will pur sue, if necessary, the remainder of Prince Menschikoff's army. Meanwhile we are in a position as strong as it is possible to desire, and we will not abandon it. It has been announced that Prince Menschikoff was again expecting numerous reinforcements. We believe that he has now all that he could reckon on; and letters from Odessa announce, in fact, that the convoys of troops towards the Crimea have ceased for some days. The Russian a-my is necessarily limited in the Crimea by the resources in provisions and ammunition which it can dispose of. 14 has not the sea by which to receive its stores ; it must receive every thing, fro m th e cont i nent by badly-kept roads, which will soon become absolutely impracticable. The soil of the Crimea is chalky and friable. The rains, which usually commence in Nov., soften it to such an extent as te destroy the communica tions. The roads become cut up and full of holes, and the pools of water no longer allow of any transports. The climate therefore menaces very seriously the army of Prince Menschikoff, and if in a few days it does not ob tain a marked success, he will be obliged, under pain of exposing to the most frightful privations his army of 100,000 men, to take refuge at Perekop to pass the winter there iu the most complete inaction. Our army is in far better condition. Close to the sea, it can incessantly obtain everything that it wants. It has at its disposal a powerful fleet, which is at the same time a military auxiliary and a means of supplying stores. Without doubt the Black Sea is renowned for its tempests and inhospitable climate ; but there are no more storms and contrary winds for steamers, and we have 200 of these latter constantly plying from Balaklara to Constanti nople, and vice versa. On the other hand, there have been already accumulated at Balaklava up wards of six weeks' provisions, and stores of every kind, and every day there arrive there new con voys of men, arms, and provisions. If from these oensiderations connected with the weather and cli mate, and from these details of supplies we pass to the physical appreciation of the two armies, we find them at least equal in strength. We see the Allies full of enthusiasm and courage, still mere excited by the nu merous victories which they have already gained on the Alma, over General Liprandi, and now over the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas ; always ready for the combat, prepared to resist every attempt at surprise, and displaying in the face of danger that French gaiety, which is one of the sources of strength of our army, or Britannic impassibility, which makes our allies a living wall of brass. Whatever may be the means by which the courage of the Russians is fana tieised, it is impossible to make them believe that they are victorious when they retreat in disorder ; and it is impossible to conceal from them the disasters and ruins of Sebastopol. And if that is the case, how can it be admitted that the inevitable discouragement which seizes on every army that has been three times conquered should not creep into their ranks ? The ma terial situation, like the moral one, is therefore as good as could be hoped for. Foolish are they who have ima gined that a town like Sebastopol could be takenin a day ; that an army like that of Prince Menschikoff would sur render without striking a blow ; or that a power like that of Russia would allow itself to be deprived, without . - combat, of its maritime bulwark in the Crimea! We ougkt to have expected a desperate resistance, each as we meet with. Why should we be astonished at it ? But up to the present time we have constantly overcome that resistance, and everything leads to the belief that we shall overcome it to the end. In terminating, we have to repeat—the day of the assault is near at hand, and the assault, without any doubt, is the capitulation of Sebastopol." THE RUSSIAN DESPATCHES. (Prom the Siecle.) The news just received is sufficiently serious for us to be allowed to say a few words on the subject. We publish without hesitation the Russian despatches. It is necessary that the public should know how the enemy explains to his own advantage a war in which above all other details the three following facts are brought out : The battle of the Alma ; the progress of the siege from the opening of the trenches on the 10th ult. to the open ing of the breach on the sth inst., the day on which an assault was, according to the Russian despatch, unsuc cessfully attempted, which is not impossible after the re sults of the labours of the engineers and the artillery ; and the advantage maintained by the Allies in all their positions of attack and defence, from the 27th September to the sth November, in spite of all the efforts made to dislodge them and to free Sebastopol from the circle of iron which bums it, and which will stifle it in a given time. It cannot be denied that the Russians are brave soldiers ; the prodigality with which their generals shed the blood of the troops does not excite the slightest mur mur amongst them ; the soldier carries his obedience so far as to believe himself a conqueror on the word of his chief, when his defeat is evident to himself and to all the world. There is in them the germ of great military qualities, which the Muscovite Government uses and abuses, as is the case with every despotic Government. The Russian despatches have therefore for their primary object to deceive the Russian people and the Russian army, for wherever there exists a shadow of liberty, of examina tion, the artifice of them is soon brought to light. We have no information to enable us to contradict the spik ing of 16 guns in one place and of 15 in the other, as announced by the despatch of Prince Menschikoff. It must not be forgotten that a sortie, even if the men composing it get into one or two batteries, is not from that circumstance crowned with success. This is so true that Prince Menschikoff himself implicitly admits in his despatch that the sortie was so quickly driven back that our soldiers attempted to enter the town with their assailants. As far as regards the attack on the Allied army by that of the Grand Dukes, it has been remarked in the Debats that it was skilfully combined, for, if it had been successful, all our siege works would have been taken in flank and overthrown, and the enemy would have reached the basis of the English operations at Balaklava. To form a plan is not, however, all that is necessary ; it must be kept from the knowledge of the adversary until the moment when it is too late for him to oppos e it. Since the 25th ult. the Allied generals clearly saw the baton. tions of the Russians, and, disdaining all lures ii res l o h lv e e r d e to receive the battle, and not to go andseek F ran ce re . is in this a proof of military skill quired in order to be tranquillisehdh which had come to the as to the fate of au army less numerous than that I,,ic rison of 30,000 men. relief of a place having itself g Besides, the activity displayeda b ar the three Allied Go Besides, verninents in sending reinforcements that that position has been clear y 3'' uu sufficiently te nothing has been neglected to , second the heroic efforts of the soldiers of civilieation. HOME Lrrs ix RUSSIA..-13f a Russian Noble. Revised by the Editor of "Revelations of Siberia." "This work, while purporting to furnish us with the curious and extraor dinar y incidents in th e career of & Russian Government employe, gives also a very interest ing and graphic account of the manners and customs of the IZnssian people. The most interesting and amusing parts of the work will be found to be those interior scenes in the houses of the wealthy and middle classes of Russia, upon which we have but scanty information, although they are some of the most striking and truthful indications of the progress and civilisation of a country. As such, we recommend thyna to the study of our readero,"— Oisfacr. There is a great simplicity in the struggle be tween the Russians and Allies. It is purely a ques tion of supply. Everything else appears to be known, proved, indisputable, and capable of the exactest appreciation. We may safely assume that the Allies will hold their ground in the peninsula they have occupied as long as they can muster even one division of their armies ; that they will stand any amount of charges as long as they can form a line two deep ' • that they will turn out night and day, and take their turns at the trenches, so long as the blood flows in their veins ; that as long as it will answer any purpose of offence or defence they will continue to batter the walls and earth works before them ; and that whenever they have a fair chance they.will rush to the assault of the city. They surpass the enemy in courage, in stub bornness' and in skill, and are not i n f er i or even i n hardihood ; otherwise they would not have triumphed on every occasion, while acting on th e offensive or on the defensive. On the part of the Russians it may equally be assumed that they will attempt to waste and weary out the Allies by in cessant attacks, by sorties, by diversions, and by surprises ; that they will not spare their men, and As very to un justth that their men will do their duty quite as well as R qu u e s s s t i i a o n n s 0 1 i f a s l k , be e to the Allies to doubt their equality, for if andusuallyill s tr d a t o engey it b w e f e o u r l e d . they have made mistakes, so also have the enemy, and I we have occasionally lost more men than we ought to have done, still we have uniformly been. conquerors. When all these elements of the ques tion are thus known, and, so to speak, fixed quan ties in the calculation, there only remains one element undetermined, and that is the numbers of men and quantities of material we can seve rally bring t 3 the point of collision. That point seems almost intended by nature for some such mighty struggle. It is, towards the Mediterranean, that is virtually to the whole world, the most southern and most accessible point of the great Russian empire. It is the salient angle of a whole continent, occupied by serfs and nomadic tribes, under an Asiatic despotism. But it is washed and almost surrounded by a sea which belongs to the great ocean that surrounds the whole world. From the coast of Cape Cherson you may walk on to Siberia ; once on the water before it, you may sail to every shore, ocean, bay, or navigable stream. The Russians are masters of the continent,--we of the sea ; and the only question is, which can bring up supplies to the battle - field the quickest—the Russians with their continent, or we with the sea. If anybody doubts this view of the question, or thinks it inapplicable, he has only to consider the successive news flashing across the continent almost day after day. It is true we are only hearing, as it were, the boom of the distant guns, and are still left in suspense as to the real character and exact results of the fearful conflicts of the sth, and again, as it now appears, on the 11th. In both cases we are told that the loss of the Russians was very great, and that ours was only less ; while it is thought a matter of congratulation that the Allies remained masters of the field. We may suppose—and it is neither an improbable nor an agreeable supposition —that the loss of the two sids was in much the same ratio as at the battle of the Alma—that two to one in our favour. At this rate, in about a week we should lose five thousand to ten thousand of the enemy, and in two months' time should achieve the destruction of 80,000 Russians, at the cost of the whole Allied army. There is nothing at all out of the way in this calculation, when it is con sidered that we have to throw into our losses the constant drain by sickness. As a matter of fact this is, and always has been, the Russian mode of warfare. That Power, mancipiis locuples, egen cris, always has been lavish of life, and ready to pay two of its own for oue of the foe. The artil lerymen who turned their guns on the melee of British and Russian cavalry on the 25th acted on the customary calculation that a Russian dragoon counted for nothing when there was an opportun ity of destroying :British one. Whenever, then, the enemy can attack us with a reasonable hope of losing only two to our one, we may depend upon it that he will, and that the Emperor will hail it as a victory over us. He will not grudge two Boro dines to destroy the two invading armies. When such is the calculation evidently acted upon, and the result answers to it, what is it but a question of supply t All things considered, we really can not expect to continue always killing and wound ing two Russians to our one ; at least, we cannot hope to do more than this ;we may do less. But, at all events, if the contest goes on at its present rate, our forces now in the Crimea will be destroyed somewhere about New Year's-day, and we shall have the doubtful satisfaction of knowing that the Russians have lost twice as many, but are at last " masters of the field." This would be a very gloomy prospect, and we should feel much as we did when we heard of the rising at Cabal, but for the all-important circum stance mentioned above—viz., that if the Rus sians are masters of the continent, we are of the sea. Iu fact, we are to all practical purposes nearer the seat of war than the Russians, as we can get up our supplies to it in less time from any barracks in these islands than the Russians can even from Odessa. From the southern coast of France and from Algeria the distance is much less still ; and, with the aid of the vast steamers at our command, in spite of the bad weather that may now be expected, we can get any quantity of men and material up to the war faster than the drain we have reckoned on. If we do this, we entertain no doubt of the result, for the enemy are in want not only of men—coming up very slowly, and brought into action before they have recovered from the fatigue of a rapid march —but even of food, and still more of ammunition. They must bring everything overland, and when we find the seven miles from Balaklava to the bat teries no small part of our labour, we may be sure the Russians find it no easy work to transport heavy material for several hundred miles. The " fruitless sea," as Homer calls it, is not so barren as land, when it comes to supply war. We may do just what we please ; we might put every regiment in the service on the shores of the Crimea by the 16th of next month, and every needful supply. Wo might arrange with France for any portion of her large army, and land it on Cape Cherson by Christmas at the latest. We may, if we please. It is, then, our pleasure to do so, short of this, whatever is necessary to supply the constant drain? That is what we have to ask ourselves, and what everybody is mentally asking of the War Minister. Is he meeting this drain ? Is he keeping the British army at the very low standard which from the first was thought only just sufficient for this enterprise? Reinforcements have probably arrived by this time, and more are on their way. The Sinai brings news of about 5,000 new French troops that would doubtless be in time for the battle on the 11th. We are now sending out, they say near 7,006, and are assisting the French with steamers and provisions for the conveyance of their troops. They are at work, it is said, night and day in the Tower, sending out clothing and other material. But the question to be kept steadily in view is simply this,—Are we sending out supplies adequate to the drain that we know to be going on ? If we are, nobody need be under any apprehension that the Allies will at least stand their ground in the very excellent posi tion they now occupy. If we are not,—if we are allowing them to be drained at the rate of about a thousand a day b y a success i on o f cos tly victories then we are th row i ng away a ll the unparalleled , exertions of thi s y ear, an d no small part of the na tional prestige, for n o purpose that we can divine , unless it be to save a little labour in letter-writing and accounts or the balance in the Exchequer.— Times. Count Ilenckel von Dannersmark, councillor to the Prussian Legation at London, will return to his post. He is said to be the bearer of despatches containing pro positions or communications from this Government to Lord Clarendon. It is rumoured that the Berlin police has succeeded in discovering a breach of confidence on the part of a n cm . and M. de Norden• ploy , ' of the telegraphic-office, which has led to the ar rest of this person, and of another individual e stock-broking speculations. ngagedin of St. Stanislas, I►l. de Pulk_amnser, chief president, fly-eta, presidial councillor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, the Live. have received, the one the third cla,..s and the other the second of St. Anne, f r , ra rer of Russia. MIXED MARRIAGES IN RIISSIA.—A. letter from Ber lin, the Constitutionnel, says " Among the mea sures destined to bring all nonconformists within the pale of the Russo-Oriental Church may be mentioned a recent ukase, in virtu e o f w hi ch any person, the issue of a mixed marriage, is henceforth to be regarded as be longing to the Greek Church. The celebration of all mixed marriages, in which one of the parties belongs to the Greek Church, comes under the duties of the Rus sian clergy. All natural children, to whatever confes sion the mother may belong, as well as all foundlings, must be inscribed in the communion of the Greek Church. Every majorat in Poland, and in the provinces formerly connected with that kingdom, cannot come into the Possession of the lasvfnl heirs except they belong to the Russo-Oriental Church. Of late years adhesion to that church has been regarded as the sine qua non condition of the creation of any majorat, and the Emperor only made one exception to this fanatical rule in favour of General Count Rudiger. At the time of the publication of the ukase above alluded to, the general protested against its consequences, and refused to see his children members of the Greek Church. He at the same time all his offered to resign his majorat, and to 6 :j o y: , offices. Thanks to this energetic r b es u o t l b u e has since con. gained his point for the moment ;. the u general on front the Em. sidered it prudent to obtain pernliiii rem to sell hip estates A RUSSIAN COUP DE MAIN. On the night of the 20th the Russians attempted a coup de main. About a hundred of them, all volunteers, arrived by the embrasures in one of our batteries. The lieutenant of artillery on duty, M. Clarin, cried out Qui wive ! and received the answer, Nous sommes Anglais ; me tire: pas. The next moment the Russians dashed forward. The lieutenant, however, at once gave the order to his men to fall on the assailants, and a band-to-hand contest ensued. The Russians at last fled, leaving seven men dead, and four taken prisoners, and amongst them an officer speaking French perfectly well, and who died the day after of six bayonet stabs which he received. The other three pri soners have stated that our mortars, in particular, do the fortifications of the town much damage. The Czar, I learn, says the writer of a letter at Marseilles, is said to have commanded the garrison to hold out and dis pute every inch of ground to the last man ; and the later information I shall now place before you will prove the correctness of this report. But brat, as to the battle of Balaklava :—On the morning of the 25th October, an army commanded by General Luders, of not less than 35,000 men, attacked the outworks of the Allies, protected by Tunisians, who were compelled to retreat. Immediately General Bosquet's division and the English corps advanced to meet the enemy. The engagement commenced with a splendid cavalry charge, executed by the Cbasseurs d'Afrique and the light cavalry of the English. Nothing could be more b r illi an t ; th e weight an d me t a l o f the British cavalry was as i mposing as our own was impetuous. The Russians r e ti re d i n order. The victory was f or ti e Allies. The E ng li s h su ff ered most. Seen a ft er t wo o th er sorties were mad e f rom S e b astopol, both o f w hi c h were vigorously repulsed by the Allies, our enemies on each oc casion suffering immensely, whilst the loss on our side was but trifling, considering the numbers engaged. The only real disaster during these events has been the loss of a regi ment of cavalry, whi c h I am sorry to say was near ly de stroyed from h av i ng a d vanced so as to come w i t hi n th e fi re of the Russian artillery. Here I must observe that the cavalry force of the Allies is not by any means competent to gain per manent advantages over the clouds ofßussian horse, who can outnumber us beyond all proportion. We want, too, reinforcements of all arms. Remember, we have not only to conquer, but to destroy Forming 33,000 Artillery : 8 batteries, that is, 84 pieces. Such were our forces, whereas to judge by the indica 'ions of the press and the depositions of the prisoners, as well as by the data obtained from our own sources of in formation, the troops of the enemy must have nearly attained the strength of 70,000 men. "All the heights," says the Marshal, " were capped with redoubts and formidable batteries." In reality the whole was reduced to two simple 6paulements, one of which was at our centre with 12 guns of position, the other on our right flank with 10 light field pieces. " Prince Menschikoff," says the Marshal, "left his carriage. I have taken it with his portfolio and corres pondence. I shall profit by the valuable intelligence I find in it." The following is the truth. Prince Mens chikoff lost no carriage, nor any correspondence belong ing to him. Every equipage belonging to head-quarters had been previously taken to a place of safety. The only capture that could therefore have fallen into the enemy's bands was a clerk attached to head-quarters, who left Sebastopol on the very day of the battle to rejoin the prince. This clerk was the bearer of a certain number of route papers in blank, and a few other papers of no great importance. Nothing has been known hitherto re specting his fate. The probability therefore is, that it is his capture that has occasioned the mistake. The enemy's commanders professed to have lavished the most prompt attention on our wounded. We do not deny in any manner their humane feelings, nor their sin core wish to put them in practice. But it is publicly no torious that the enemy's army was without a sufficient number of surgeons. His own wounded would very na turally have the preference before our own. Hence, it is but too true that several of our wounded who remained in the power of the enemy, rejoined our army during the course of the following day, of the day after that, and even of the fourth day after, without having hail their wounds dressed. Among our soldiers who were the most severely wounded and who remained on the field of the Alma, 320 received no succour from the enemy ; out of this number 70 contrived to drag them selves as far as Baktchi Serai, and the ()there were con veyed by ourselves to Simpheropol. Another very sad testimony to the little care bestowed on our wounded is the state of suffering and exhaustion those were in, who were landed at Odessa by the English steamer Evans, on the 16th (28th) of September. They were 353 in number; having been carried, after the combat, to the banks of the !Alma, they remained there for six days without shelter, and almost without help ; a few of them The following is andstraw instead of lint, which could but render their an extract from a letter of' an officerthere fore th e • dat Od essa of the 17th Lancers : post, as, being always in momentary state worse. When ey arrive essa, only had their wounds dressed, and even then with hay almost all the wounds presented symptoms of gangrene, "My dear Father,—As usual, lam hard pressed to say and by tho 23d of September (October 5), 31 of the the e had already succumbed. being turned ou t, it i s j us t as much as we have time to do The proportion of one French corpse to seven Russian to get ou r hor ses fed and watered, and eat our own rapid dead bodies, admitted by Marshal Saint Arnaud, is also h the lo alto loss 0 0 0 f O the men, Frenchand among isest i. " I fear that before you receive this letter y * ou will have meals. i. lam at present commanding-officer of the 17th incorrect. According to the unanimous depositions of men and horses fit for duty, and three officers . this at 1,800 men. Ours, even according to the heard some bad news of the light French o ffi cial reports, would amount to 5,000 men. It cavalry brigade. How- prisoners, number 1 e t o h the officers Eng English s ; is hence evident, that the real proportion is very different ever, not to kee ou in that lam p y suspense, I will begin by saying from the one assumed by the French commander. the safe and well in my own person, having come As for the Russian general and the five guns, out from that gallant, brilliant (but, as all add, useless) taken by the French, as asserted by the letter pub charge, under a tremend ous fire of all arms from front and lished in the Moniteur Universes, the fact is equally flanks, and a perfect forest of swords anel lances gs (h i s charger ' untouched s in exact ' Excepting Generals Gozuinoff eni Stchel with only a sabre cut on p oor o ld Si r Brig g ' s , k ano ff , both dangerously, wounded and left on the l head, just over the right eye. t ' ' field of battle, there was no Russian general taken "On the 25th about half-past prisoner. In so far as the guns are concerned , five a.m., when about t o these wa s only were abandoned. But even one of file in from our usual morning parade, we heard the report twe: tr dismounted, and the other bad been previously and saw the smoke of a gun from a Turkish redoubt, and spiked by our brave artillerymen. soon perceived the Russians advancing, support e d by heavy Lastly, Marshal Saint-Arnaud asserts that it was the artiiicry, in ::amber believed to be about 20,000 infante ,lr that prevented his pursuing us. The y want of Leo? a y and 3,000 cavalry. truth is • that the enemy's cavalry did indeed tr y to attack " At the first sight of them the Turks ' cut and rut earnus an d even to turn ou r ri g ht fl ank, but it was our kus -I"64ing t 1194 gels,andthQ AliniPaTh quickly braugh wthat Weed it to retire. -- - - A letter from before Sebastopol, dated the 28th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : When you receive this letter matters will be terribly advanced, if not terminated. It is from a fear of pledging myself to too much that I do not venture to affirm that all is finished. The duty of the artillery will soon cease ; our infantry will the n have theirs to perform, and are all im patience to see their turn come round. The day before yesterday a Russian column advanced towards Balaklava near the heights occupied by the English, opposite ours. Unfortunately, the English had entrusted these heights and the redoubts which they had constructed to battalions of Tunisians. These poor devils, at the approach of the Russians, withdrew, leaving the redoubts in the hands of the enemy. The English were magnificent in their display of courage, but unfortunately they for a moment lost their customary sang freid, and a regiment of Hussars got them selves cut to pieces by the enemy's artillery at the bottom of a ravine, when pursuing a regiment of Russian Lancers. The artillery of the Russians did not spare their own men more than the English, firing on the general mass. Yes terday the Russians wanted to continue, but the English drove them back with great loss. The weather continues to be magnificent.