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TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.. - SEALED TENDERS for the following Services, viz.:— I. Completing the Interior of the Bull-point Magazine Establish ment, with Railroads, Asphalting, Nletalling, &c , &c. : 2. Forming a Railroad to connect the Bull-point Magazine 'cc ith the Powder Establishment at Kintetbury : 3. Building two Walls at or near :So. 4 Magazine, Bull-point, as a temporary completion of the enelesute : 4, Building a Guard-house at Bull-point: For specific sums, will be received at the Ordna-ce Office, Pall-mall, Loral,n. on or before the Ist December next. Detailed specifications of the above 4 services, and every requisite infiarmatiou, may Le oll'ained at the Royal Eughieer Office, 11,11- point. daily ( Sund iyA excepted) between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, from the 17th to 29th November, both days inclusive. Royal Engineer Office. Devonport, 25th October, 1854. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ EXTENSIOIi to WOL EIItIAMPTON. -- NOTICE N DEMEBY GIVEN, That the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Line. zonnecting the Great Western Railway at Birmingham with Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Oswetry, Chester, and Birkenhead, for Liverpool, is i.cw Open for Public Trattic. Pas s,nrers may proceed by certain trains to and from stations between Paddington and Wolverhampton without change of carriage. Those proceeding to and from steion+ north of Wolverhampton will have to change cs. , riages in the Birmingham station for the prese , t, every facility and accommodation for which will be provided there. Train Bills for the remainder of the month may be procarcd at all stations. Paddington Station, Nov. 14, Itl4. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING co PNN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BaVot which was de manded at the Half-yearly General Sterling, held at the T,nudon T.l.Ve,n on Wednesday. the 15th i wll he pored at the Odices of the Company, '7, Cannon.stree - , on Friday, the 17th instant, at Twelve, and cloie at Three o'clock, and wily continue open from twelve to three o'clock on the ,Oth, and 21st, closing finally at thi3 hour of three on the list-named d,►;. By crder of the Chairman. J. L. -O'BEIRNE, Secretary. • Nov. 15, 1554. TO LOTERS OF FISI.I.- 160 real TARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, er P. 0. O, (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth: LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Now Open for the Season. —Daring the week the Orchestra Wot perform the Overture to Zampa ; Waltzes : Le Refrain des Mon taiee (first time), Germania, Solon Spruche : Polkas, Fidelin (first time), Les Folles, MeEcow ; Quadrilles : La G,terre d'Orient (first time), Mehamyl, Partent 'pour la Syria (by desire), L'Etoile du Nord • Schot tisChe: Molina (first time), and (also by desire) the Alma Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Lloulcourt.—Alteraiion of Time Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. PATRON—H. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Miss GLYN wit rend OTHELLO on Tuesday, the 14th inst.. alftlglit o'Clock, and HENRY the Sth ou Thurs da y , the 16th, at Ifght. ' " ;FIRST EXHIBITION of Dr. EDWARDS' PHOTOGRAPHS of the MOON, magnified by the Oar-hydrogen Microscope. 'LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on CH E M I ~ T!tY. (LECTURE by Dr. BACIIHOFFNEIL on the PATENT POLY TECHNIC GAS FIRE. A Splendid Series of 40 COSMORAMIC VIEWS of ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, Ece., and the COSTUMES of the. RUSSIANS, is now open daily and hi the Evenings. DIS SOT,vnco 'VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR, SEBASTOPOL, &c. Admission, Is.; stalls, 2s ; pit st4s, Is. Open on •AATURDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, With an. Entertainment descriptive of the ttl'E and PRoGRESs of SUERICA, illustrated by a series of Dissolving Views of American hoenery, by G. HARVEY, Esq. •" , adarne KRAMER and PARTY. the Celebrated TYROLESE MINSTRELS, will appear on Wednesday, the 22d inst. ' Friday. the 24t11; and Saturday, the 25th inst. , at Eig ht o'clock in the Evening, 1%04 sing s, selection of their NI CIONAL MELODIES. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days = many • years of great nervous suffering , is a n x ious to make to ostters the ineans of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre gription used. 'Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. R: DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER-OlL—Medical Practitioners and other residents in Lcitem; , re-informed that, should they experience any difficulty in oNtalning Oil in thelr immediate neighbourhood, Messrs. Ansar, rrai - filid;-amt6-,., will forward it CARRIAGE FREE to any part of 441 4 0 n, ulleitere being tran-mitted to them by post. bottles 2s 6d. ; pints, 4s. 9d., Quarts, 9a., IMPERIAL 4IIZA St`RE.• :: ,7 414sAn, BARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. = : -A.PPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. L EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE . SALTCA,imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, videll Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, by its tthric.and InVigorating properties enables the stomach to • RerhctlAdkleoLthe food. - .. * lO4 - darly niept, this aromatic and deliclotl2 Sauce is the best safe gimfd to health. • ' Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London; and GS, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and incr. chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 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, Rashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN . and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public acainet the daily frauds prac sed 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 ktancis unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cocks' Rea lin:: Sauce," which is pre pared ONLY by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street,All Reading. others are counterfeits. Observe th e n a m e , "J. and C. CocKs, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : Without this none are genuine. GR AVESEND ST AP, PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Grectillithe and nulled Piers. The Packets call at Vie Piers as underlined (weather permitting' , . FROM TERRACE PIER., GRAVESEND. AtTNDATS. Wasn I ) AT,. Terrz ce . Fier J • 4:1 1 4.1 11 Timo _ _ Omnibuses fn every quarter of BRUNSWICK lowing rani Fenchurch-stri rt an hour. •ect Station to all pai of London BLXC' Trams from the ;WALL, on the arrivl "enchurch-street St ati, 'al of the fol ion. ViERK 1) AI'S. SUNDAYS. Fen- k- 4 3: Fen- 3r e , . 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" Abstenlia multi curantur morhi " A Popular exposition of the principal cruses (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, .With an equally intelligible and popular e , 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 instrwitions for the rez,imen and observance of every hour out of the twenty four. Illustrated by numerous oases, &e, LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helples*, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, Impelled, and retarded Ilnions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter .marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. 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Just published, price 25., iliastrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms. and Cure.--An E ay rnatorrhoea, with Practical Observations on a saferss on Sper and more s uc cessful mode of treatment of the disea ses of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real Cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded .on twenty years' experience in the treatment of In: w u , issance l 41 which Nervous Debility, Local Weakness , S permatorrhoaa, &c. are added, Commentaries on th e Ph y siolo gy of M arriage •eantionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice,ire -and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. !Sy SAMUEL LAWERT. M.D. 37, DEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of tho London Hospital Medical Society, • Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hail, London, &c., &c. ' The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages 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 rllinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without eurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and re g ret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self -Indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, rd how Lila evil and its conscquences may be avoided, and above all, a __ r t there is sca r ,. sly any degree of physical hifirmity or functional e on unato ue angnrcert to which the timely id of scienea canno t a pp l y a cure. 'lf n in thor has fora serlesoi years been engaged in an extensive practice the treatment of these delicate comp laints, which have lln li f A Y teen too generally confided to the c are of i g norant who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. 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" TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORRHCEA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real i , ufferers under this diseas and C Trecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From , he Germat , of Dr. Ft lit ). 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. " ut. eicitiort: is known to English readers by his frequent practi contribution, to German medical literature. This is the first rime, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nota-medi :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall letect an; ,ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -over to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book lould find its way into the hands of those who sieffer from the corn daint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, end what is of ess 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, like'y to do much good." London : 11. Banter°, 219, Regent-street. MOSES and SON, Minories and Aldgate, Li '4 • Near Oxford-street and Hart-street, offer to all classes the advantages of se isonable attire, essential for every day life and business, proper dress -for this time of the Year, combo:gable and fashionable clothing at very economical price& Sporting dress, the mo-t approved of for ease, elegance, and style. 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" The Commercial Cornu- copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had. on application, or post-free. . _ ici I'on pane Franc Vs. Mer spricht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Ream). Aqua sa habla E,pano. ~. - ' e LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1854. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. • THE ROYAL ALBERT. The Royal Albert, 121, screw three-decker, Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., is ordered from Sheerness to Portsmouth with all possible despatch. The better to expedite her a party of 60 able seamen, 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. Surgeon Edward I=4e Blanc), 2 sergeants, and 92 pri vates ; 14th Foot, 1 sOlcer (Ensign George Bridges), 2 sergeants, and 51 privates ; 92d Highlanders, 1 officer (Ensign Win. Edward New all) and 30 privates, Cap tain Fred. 'Wm. Gore, of the 3d Foot, under orders to join the service companies of his regiment at Malta, embarked ix command of the troops on board this vessel. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE AT BALAKLAVA. 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 away 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 thing. Instead of the stunning thunder of artil lery, until a siege is raised or a city razed, the whole ar rangements seem to have been conducted much in the formal and measured style of the Chobham military thea taicals, hardly with so much spirit. 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 tine to count 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 spats, at 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, glorious, and bloody war. Although lame with an attack of erysipelas in the leg, I managed to get once or twice to Lord Raglan's viewing place, whence was a clear sight of the town, 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 halls and shells whizzing about me in every direction, till, finding the camp rather too het 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 93d 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 tie whole troop turning to the right about, 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 (lay. One amongst them seized a Turkish sol dier in his flight, threw him on the greuad, and put his foot on the gentleman's neck whilst he reloaded his piece. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. We extract the following from a letter received from Paris yesterday : "It has been announced that Prince Menschikeff was expecting numerous reinforcements. It is more than probable that he - has received all that he had calculated upon, and accounts from 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 them from the continent, by routes 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 in Perekop, and pass the winter there in the most com plete inaction. "Our array 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 now accumulated at Ildaklava supplies for six weeks, and almost each daybrings 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 for 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 er 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 been so often defeated." ST. ARNAUD'S BEFORT. Men. Infantry : 424 battalions, gay about 30,000 Cavalry : 16 regular squadrons and 11 sotnias of Cossacks, gay ~-- ,~ .~ - ~ //- 4 _ . ~ , i•;..--,_ :.,.-, .• ,' "-'--., _ . . . , ' ..-.; ' '..1 •.,7:4:• , ,.. - ••••,_=" ,i,.." .4 %.,!!i, ia_. ~. . • -.-% / ~. , ..•,...-_-_....-.:•:, ...,,, 4: ,., * -; .. 7.4, - ... , visit • 4 - . .., .4. 1,--/ ".• 44 ('-''' .-4•Thj ~ Z' ' ,. ~., ac ti -. `P 1, -.. Art - ',.:" ....,, -s,' . - - c•••„.. -4 4. 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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 in 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. " 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, ke. 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 regiment off 31, when we returned. The other regiments suffered nearly as much." The following extract of a letter of an officer on board the Sansparoil, 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 under 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 clay 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 26 Cossacks lying on the field. The Scots Greys charged three times through a Cossack regiment the other day,ond 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 been 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 in the air, yet, with the exception of a wound in the leg, he Is safe." The following additional details respecting the francs- tireurs are given in a letter from a Zouave to his 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—we 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 wo 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 them 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 our heads without touch ing any one of us." ALMA.-RUSSIAN CAVILS AT MARSHAL The following carping attempt to invalidate thQ 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 conditioi of those who were sent to Odessa by the English. The other point is comical rather ; the Moniteur Universd: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. 4ccording to the report of Marshal St. Arnaud to his sovereign, our forces at the Alma amounted to 40,000 bayonets, 6,000 cavalry, and 110 pieces of cannon. In another report of the Marshal to the Minister of War our cavalry was estimated at *Pay 5,000 horses. Having 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 oar soldiers on the position of the Alma. Forming 33,000 Artillery : 8 batteries, that is, 84 pieces. Such were our forces, whereas to judge by the indica tions of the press and the depositions of as well as by the data obtained from our own sources of in formation, the troops of the enemy must hare 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 4paulements, 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 Ilene 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 hands 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 oa our wounded. We do not deny in any manner their humane feelings, nor their sin cere 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 hai 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 lilaktchi Serai, and the others 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 only bad their wounds dressed, and even then with hay and straw instead of lint, which could but render their state worse. When therefore they arrived at Odessa, almost all the wounds presented symptoms of gangrene, and by the 23d of September (October 5), 31 of the number had already succumbed. The proportion of ens French corpse to seven Russian dead bodies, admitted by Marshal Saint Arnaud, is also incorrect. According to the unanimous depositions of the prisoners, the English lost 3,000 men, and among this number 100 officers ; the loss of the French is esti mated at 1,800 men. Ours, even according to the French official reports, would amount to 5,000 men. It is henee evident, that the real proportion is very different from the ono assumed by the French commander. As for the Russian general and the five guns, taken by the French, as asserted by the letter pub lished in the Moniteur Universe', the fact is equally inexact. Excepting Generals Goguiaoff and Stchel kanoff, both dangerously, wounded and left on the field of battle, there was no Russian general taken prisoner. In so far as the guns are concerned two only were abandoned. But even one of ther was quite dismounted, and the other bad been previously spiked by our brave artillerymen. Lastly, Marshal Saint-Arnaud asserts that it was the want of cavalry that prevented his ursuing us. The truth is that the enemy's cavalry did indeed try to attack us, and even to turn our right flank, but it wa our hus sars that forced it to retire. / _- L . [PRICE SD. TEE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. (Front the Pays.) 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 skill nor boldness. The success of the plan might, in fact, have bad 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. Since the 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 Menschikoff I 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 be 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 to 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 disquietude 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 those 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 low to die. But they have not the dash, the furia 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 proved fruitless before the intelligent tactios 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. lis has not the sea by which to receive its stores ; it must receive every thing, from the continent 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 to 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 iu 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 Balaklava 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 considerations 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 Lip - randi, 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 faua ticised, 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 taken in a day ; that an army like that of Prince Measchikoff 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 ought to have expected a desperate resistance, each as we meet with. Why should we be astonished at it ? But up to tho 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 - I . )and, awl 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 tho 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 burns 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 iafermation to enable ns 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 Allies army by that of the Grand Dukes, it has been remarked in the Debuts 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_ o the basis of the English operations at Tialaklavo.. must form a plan is not however, all that is necessary it bmeokmeepottfrwomhetnheitkisnotowoleldagtee foref t h h i e m a t d o v o ersary Sincethe the 25th ult. the Allied generals clearly inten tions of the Russians, and, disdaining a seek it. There to receive the battle, and not to go a nd ose w kilwhich France is in this a proof of military ll Ps Pa lures,the resolved than that wine a army less numerous arrison of 30,000 men. re quired in order to be tranquillised : ha s h to d t o h o e m f e ate to ef th an s relief of a place having itself a g e three sufficientlyA Allied i e p d proves vernments in sending reinforcements Besides, the activity displayed l l l understood, and that that that position has beenc to second y i th of the soldiers of civilisation. nothing has been neglected ,(? the heroic efforts by e n the °s3icl LIFE l E lrß to u r o BSl t .— "R ß elati r a Russian N o bl e. Revelations of Sibe r i a ." nvie "This work, while purporting to furnish us with th e curious and extraordinary incidents in the career of a Russian Government employe, gives also a very interest ing and graphic account of the manners and customs of the Russian people. The most int eres ti ng an d 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 them to the study of our readers,"— , &Amur. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—James E. Bickford (1843), first lieute nant of the Brisk, screw steam-sloop, to the Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham ; George S. Nares (1854), 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 stern 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, eight 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 to Sebastopol. The Snake, now ready for active service, completes the six despatch gunboats, each mounting two of Lancaster's 63-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 Bast, they have at their own command numerous vessels that might be at once employed in that service. The following is a list : Tons. Horse Power. Ajax Dauntless Brisk Geyser Salamander Horatio Leopard Gorgon Heola Bl7 ~. 240 Doe ... 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 go+, into its place 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 we 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 Evening Post. TIIE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Hannibal,l9l, Captain the Hon. Frederick Gray, 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 Europa 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, arrivedin Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to fill up with proTisions and war stores for Constantinople. MILITARY. Captain Broughton's company, 2d battalion of Roya. 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, new 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 at!Edin burgh, 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 is 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 detach ment of its future patients are expected to arrive shortly. Lieut.-Colonel John Leslie Dennis, 04th, 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 cons niandant's orderly (Colonel Eden) ; he was also found absent when the roll call was nada at tattoo. He was found guilty ; sentence deferred until the proceedings have been confirmed at the Horse Guards.; THE IsT DRAGOON GUARDS.—This fine body of men, who aro 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 Bslfaet, to hold in readiness all men who are fit for service in the field, to proceed to join the service com paniv, 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. CORK.—The Blake, transport, 811 tons, having on board drafts belonging to the 9th, 14th, and 92. d Regiments, destined, the two former for Malta, and the latter for Gibraltar, sailed from Queens. town on the 11th instant for her destination. Th e fol lowing are the numbers embarked and the names of the officers ;-9th Foot, 2 officers (Luigi Wm, TlUuey and A SCANDINAVIAN FETE. STOCKHOLM, Nov. s.—Yesterday Stockholm was the scene of a festival, the day having been appointed for the i inauguration of the equestrian statue of the King's father, the late monarch, Charles John. The crowd was 1 immense. The nobility and magistracy, the church, army, people, is 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 lad 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 en 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. " of K Forty iog e years have now John raisedelapsedw a monument, since the force and genius of a w n h d i which s t hveaevast d iln Scandinavian eoei o ne n t hoe limits, basis, ei they depend on the progress made by the two fraternal p o e f e a i l s i u ch la k fe n r o m w s 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 imperishable ,e io e ioory laurels. of , rro abundance, th e r i c h h arvests o f i ncreasing prosperity an d great men is perpetrated in the homage e ; of p b o u s t te g r r i a ty ti , to.e andd is e b t t h a e oinspianotahgee of noblemthem nations, ostsignal and this it is that assembles us this day. Our e ,beaaloikteirogllomriootutso, a,nTdhebenpeefiopcolen,te, love eyes s f are about to be raised with em o ti on to the statue the alwaysK i King, j whose o stif y r e t i h g e n my reward." When the King ceased speaking, the statue was un covered amid salvos of artillery, and a lo ng acc l amation saluted at the same time both the image of the father and the admired sentiments of the son. THE GUN-BOATS.' We (the gnn-boat _Arrow) commenced a dreadful fire upon the town, such as no town ever had before without i ts y i e ldi ng . The French Admiral, Hamelin, had his hat shot from his head. Several of our men have been killed, an d man y wounded. Our vessels have also suffered very considerably. Tho Retribution had her mainmast taken clean out of her. The Spiteful was hulled below water no less tkan four times. The Arethusa 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 suck a dusting from the forts that it is a wonder every ship w as not sunk. A JACK TAR'S LBTTER. 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. Tho Arrow want in company with the Sampson, and in sight of the 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 ou a battery, and they sent their shot and shell around us thick, and to mend the 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 thorn another visit—my eye, what a dust there was in the forts. The naval brigade on shore works well, and so do the red-jackets. I wish I was with them. Onr fleet en gaged the first day, and to toll you the truth they got roughly used—but "never say die while there's a shot in the locker." Everybody is in good spirits, and expects to beat the enemy.—P.S. No Sundays iu this place—all work on fighting. lam glad to say we have none hurt as yet—that is to say on board our craft. 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 vivo I and received the answer, AVous somnto Anjlais; nC tirez pas. The next moment the Russians dashed forward. The lieutenant, however, at once gave the order to hii men to fall on the assailants, and a hand-to-hand contest ensued. Tho 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- souors have stated that our mortars, in particular, do the fortifications of the town much damage. The Czar, I learn, say,: 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 Bilaklava :—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 Tuaisians, 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 Obasseurs d'Afrique and the light cavalry of the English. Nothing cßiotidttilsh cabomvoay wasrlrebrill l brilliant p th osing eweight and metal of the as our own was impetuous. The Russians retired in order. The victory was for the Allies. The Engli s h su ff ered most. Soon after t wo o th er sorties were mad e f rom S ebastopol, both of which wore vigorously repuls e d b y th e Allies, our enemies on eac h oc casion suffering im mense l y, whilst the loss on our side was but trifling, consid er i ng t h e numbers engage d . Th e on ly real disaster duri ng th ese events has been the loss o f a regi went of cavalry, Whi c h I am sorry to say WAS near ly de stroyed from havi ng a d vanced se 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 togain per manent advantages over the clouds of Russian 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 ! 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 then 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. Those poor devils, at the approach of the Russians; withdraw, leaving the redoubts in the hands of the enemy. The English were magnificent in their display of courage, but unfortunately they far a moment lost their customary sang freid, and a iogiment 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 Rot 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. The following is an extract from a letter of an officer of the 17th'Lancers : "My dear Father,—As usual, lam hard pressed to save the post, as, being always in momentary expectation of being turned out, it is just as much as we have time to do to get our horses fed and watered, and eat our own rapid meals. lam at present commanding-officer of the 17th Lancers, which gallant little regiment now consists of 50 men and horses fit for duty, and three officers. " I fear that before you receive this letter yOu will have heard some bad news of the light cavalry brigade. How ever, not to keep you in suspense, I will begin by saying that I am safe and well in my own person, having come out from that gallant, brilliant (but, as all add, useless) charge, under a tremendous fire of all arms from front and flanks, and a perfect forest of swords and lances, untouched, with only a sabre cut oa poor old Sir Brigg's (his charger) head, just over the right eye. "On the 25th, about half-past five a.m., when about to file in from our usual morning parade, we heard the report and saw the smoke of a gun from a Turkish redoubt, and soon perceived the Russians advancing, supported by heavy artillery, in number believed to be about 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. " At the first sight of them the Turks ' out and run, , forsaking their guns, and the Russia= quickly brought 4 44 :///, ' / / THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE RUS. SIANS AND THE ALLIES. . 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 theycan 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 their ; 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 inferior even in 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 that their men will do their duty quite as well as Russians have usually done it before. As to the question of skill and strategy, it would be very un just to the Allies to doubt their equality, for if they have made mistakes, so also have the enemy, and if, 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 o f 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 sides was in much the same ratio as at the battle of the Alma—that is, 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 ccris, always has been lavish of life, and ready to pay two of its own for one of the foe. The artil lerymen who turned their guns on the ineiee of British and Russian cavalry on the 25th acted en the customary calculation that a Russian dragoon counted for nothing when there was an opportun ity of destroying a 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. Ho will not grudge two Boro dinos 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 ? 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. In fact, we arc 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. We might arrange with France for any portion of her large army, and laud 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 7,00 G, 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 by a succession of costly victories, allelea then we are throwin g away a ll the exertions of this year, and no small partu wecan divine, unless it be to save a little labour in letter-writing _ unparalleled na tional prestige, for no purpose tha t e nnies. and accounts or the balanc e iu the Exchequer.— Count Henckel von Donnorsmark, councillor to the He is said to be the bearer of despatch?' containing pro -cooffinficed,onwctioct thhaesplaerdt to of thean ems.a Prussian Legation at London, will return to his post. positions or communications from this Government to Lord Clarendon. It is rumoured that the Berlin police has succeeded in rest of this person, and of another individual a te b le r g ea r c a ll phq f c stock-broking speculations. engaged in rieye discoveringe NI. de Pulkammer, chief president , an d M i i„, xf• A ,,l flycht, presidial councillor of the Grand ---11. have received, the one the third Duchy of Posen, and the other the second of St class of St. Stanislas, Empe ror of Russia. .Anne, from the MIXED MARRIAGES IN RUSK). —A. letter from Bor• lin, in the Constitutionnel, s ays sures destined to bring. all Church may pale of the Russo-Oriental Church ma rA y mm b ig e otias m g in e v , ir i t s u h e e e n f oe w fo h r i t c h h a ny to wienthtthieoinnmetiehase recent ukase, a mixed marriag i lrerson, the issue of g ded as be. longing to the Greek Church. The e ce r l e eb a r r ation 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 w:rth that kingdom, cannot come into the possession of the lawful 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 p u blication of the ukase above alluded to , th e general protes t e d against its consequences , and refused to see his ch ildren • t he e u all his amffeemrebdertsoerfetshigen his majorat, and to gi p Greek Church. He at the game tune offices. Thanks to this energetic resolution, the general gained his point for the moment ; but he has since con. iidered it prudent to obtain permission fro the Fiat peror to sell his estates ~~`~ _,