The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THE WAR. THE ALLIES IN SEBASTOPOL, LIE Allies appear now to have formally, if not absolutely, safely established themselves within the walls of Sebastopol. The occurrences appear not to be very numerous, and as yet all seems to be going on well. The fear, so generally enter tained, of mines, to be exploded by means of galvanic wires, or other scientific appliances, seems to have greatly subsided. The correspondent of the Times, writing from the Fourth Division Camp, on the 18th ult., says : Since last Saturday, very little has occurred to meet the eye, and the news may be briefly stated. The Russians con tinue to strengthen their position on the north side, and to hang on their old points of occupation from there to the ridges over Aitodor. The Naval Brigade has been broken up and sent on board ship. The French have moved large masses of the corps of the left siege army to the rear between Baidar and Tchourgoun. Our batteries are disarmed. Th e roa d s t o the camp are undergoing repair, and the Army Work Corps, assisted by soldiers, is engaged in the formation of a new road from Balaklava, which will run parallel with the line of railway. Everything around us indicates an intention of putting the army into winter quarters on the site of their present encampment, but there are signs equally unequivocal that a blow is to be struck at the enemy before the troops set themselves passively down to encounter the rigours of the winter. The same correspondent says, in reference to the PREPARATIONS FOR DESTROYING THE DOCKS : Our sappers and miners are at work sinking great mines to blow in and destroy the unrivalled docks, which have cost Russia so much anxiety, money, and bloodshed, and, if it were not that they were intended to be, and have been, ac cessory to violence and slaughter, one would regret that such splendid memorials of human skill should be shattered to atoms; but the fleet of Sinope sailed thence, and were re paired there on its return, and they were built, not to foster peace and commerce, but to smite and destroy them. These preparations are made under the eyes of the enemy, who have made no attempt to disturb the working parties by firing from the north side, although their guns have the range of the place at tolerable elevations. They are not to be always trusted, however, for if a knot of officers or horsemen collect in one place, they unexpectedly send a shell or shot among them, and now and then do a little mischief to the remains of their own town. They could sweep some of the chosen look-out places with grape, but it is believed they are waiting for a grand collection of generals, staff-officers, and officers, to astonish us all with a broadside some fine day. The French have a mortar battery behind Fort Nicholas, with which they shell the Russian working parties. The latter fort affords excellent cover, though it is rather avoided, in consequence of a popular belief that it is extensively mined, and will go up some fine day with a crowd of distinguished visitors. In spite of the flames, it is intact, and does not in any way justify the assertions of those travellers who maintained that the Russian casemated forts would crumble to pieces, or would smother the gunners with smoke. The casemates are open, with fine airy galleries behind, and the whole building is most admirably and compactly built. In the same way Fort Alexander is comparatively but little injured, although the mines underneath exploded with a tremendous crash. The walls of the fort are still erect. Fort Paul alone is in perfect ruins. RESULTS OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. There was an armistice for a few minutes, on Tuesday, to effect an interchange of letters for prisoners. The Russian officer who conducted it, and who is supposed to have been the commander of the Vladimir, is said to have expressed the same opinion as the Russian Admiral did on Monday, the 10th instant :—" With this before us," pointing to the ruins of Sebastopol, " peace is farther off than ever." The Russians have a very large park of artillery on the other side of the harbour. Many of the guns found here were cast at Carron, as is evident by the words on their trunnion heads and breeches. The piles of shot and the number of grins in the arsenals at the head of Dockyard Creek are wonderfully large, considering the immense amount of both expended in the siege. It is suspected the ships were all disarmed lately. The 3rd Buffs garrison our part of the town. Captain Rowlands, 41st Regi ment, has been appointed Town M a j or t o C o l one l Wi n dh am, ca, who is English Governor of Sebastopol. The French cavalry are going to Eupatoria. BRITISH CAMP, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 22.—Early this week the army was agitated by the universal report and belief that they would be sent on some great expedition forth with, before they settled down in their winter quarters. The French made a great demonstration towards Baidar and Aitodor, which led to no result, except directing the attention of the enemy to the pass from the latter place to the plateau of the Belbek. Now all hope of active operations being under taken before the winter sets in has been abandoned ; but there is some reason to hope that the advantage offered by Eupatoria as a base of operations will no longer be neglected, and that the allies will act on the Russian rear from that point. It is said that Simpheropol is quite open, and that no field -works or redoubts have been erected to protect it. STATE OF SEBASTOPOL. In reference to the interior aspect of the town, the Times correspondent, writing on the 18th Sept., continues : Every one is going into Sebastopol. The fear of mines has died out. All day we walk about and watch the Russians. Now and then the soldiers blow themselves up impromptu in the magazines, but, generally speaking, few accidents have occurred. It is not easy to destroy a city, and Titus must have had wonderful engineers if he really razed Jerusalem to the ground. Sebastopol, indeed, is in ruins : it has been shattered in many places to splinters, as it were, by the iron storm which for many long months has been driven by the fierce breath of gunpowder against it. The retreating enemy have V.Mruelliit,waillgiitigitilgeM2fpteeer,gitkitkesiiB4! houses, barracks, and stately buildings as though they were built of cards. But still much of Sebastopol remains, in spite of those terrible visitations, and although there is scarcely one house in the place which is uninjured, or one square yard of ground which does not bear the traces of shot or shell, there is enough left to show that it really was a Princely city, and that no pains had been spared to make it a fit mistress of the Euxine. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19.—There has not been any further indication of an advance towards the Belbek ; on the con trary, the French are withdrawing a portion of their force, and there is apparently a change of councils and of plans among the allied leaders. The enemy persist in casting up formidable earthworks on the north side, and we look on, as we did from September 27 till October 17, 1854, and see them preparing their defences, with the sure conviction that we shall be able to carry them, or sap up to them, or take them in some way or other in a year or two. Meantime, the weather comes in with a word of its own, and says to our deliberating generals, " Stop ! as you have waited so long, I won't let you move now." It began to rain to-day soon after twelve o'clock, and the camp speedily looked as gloomy, black, and wretched, as was its wont during the winter. The wind always accompanies these hea v y f a ll s o f ra i n i n t h e Crimea, with rare exceptions, and so it blew to-day furiously. The ground was rapidly turned into the well-known Sebasto pol paste, famous for its adhesive properties, never to be shaken or rubbed off by any amount of scrubbing ; washing is the only operation to which it succumbs. Everyone who is obliged to walk forth is hobbling about on two lumps of earth, with large lateral extensions, which form under his feet, fasten to his shoes, and increase at every step. Now, it is quite im possible for field-pieces to be moved under these circumstances, nor indeed would it :be at all easy to handle cavalry, nor could infantry make any great progress in marching. A light cart, drawn by a stout horse, which had only to carry two empty portmanteaus and a cask of bottled beer, could not eet up from Balaklava to-day. The march of some French cavalry and infantry from Baidar towards Kamiesch, is retarded by the rain. It is reported that in their recent reconnaissance they ascertained that the position of Aitodor was too strong to be forced. Writing on the 20th, he says : As many of the medals, clasps, and ribbonds as were avail able were distributed to-day to the various regiments, and on an average there were about ten medals for each company ; that, of course, excited dissatisfaction. This great anniversary was celebrated enthusiastically throughout the army. There were many "Alma dinners" among the regiments, both officers and men, and music and song kept the camp awake till long after midnight. Many a memory of the dead was revived, many an old wound re-opened, at these festive meetings. The French also had their banquets and festivities. They had a grand ceremony early in the morning —a Missa Solennis for the repose of the dead. Indeed, they have had some splendid spectacles lately, but one never hears of them in this vast camp till his attention is aroused by the echoes of the 101 guns with which they are brought to a close.—General Peli sier has been made a Marshal of France, and has received from her Majesty the Grand Cross of the Bath. Of the latter order he seems exceedingly proud, and he has on several occasions signed his name Pelissier, G.C.B."—General Simpson has not as yet received any decoration or honour from home, but the Emperor of the French has conferred on him the rare distinction of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. FIRE OF THE ALLIES.—FLAG OF TRUCE. The French have established four mortars at the western angle of Fort Nicholas, whence they throw bombs at the ma gazines and at the working parties and convoys. Our inde fatigable allies have also placed a rocket battery on the Kara belnaia, on the slope of the Malakhoff, and these alarmin g b u t uncertain missiles fly far over the magazines, and burst near the roads among the trains of carts, and kick up a dust in the graveyard. FRIDAY MORNING, Sept. 21. The stillness, which is almost startling after the mighty tumults which have broken on our ears for a long year, still continues. There is not a sound to break the silence which prevails a little distance from the camps, except the boom of an occasional gun from Fort Constantine or the dull report of the French mortars. THE RUSSIAN STORES ON THE NORTH SIDE. They seem prepared to hold this extensive line, and we appear at present by no means prepared or willing to attack it. As the Allies can scarcely spare men enough to send to Eupatoria, and thence to march on Simpheropol, or to force the Russian position on the Belbek by a corps descending on them from the north, and as there is no apparent intention of attacking th em from Inkerman or the Tchernaya, this dead lock may last longer than we think, and is likely enough not to be relaxed this winter. The quantity of stores removed by the Russians from the north side to their new depot shows that they are not in W ant of provisions, unless they take the trouble to carry dummy sacks and fill their carts with " make believes." It may and must be difficult for them to feed their army, but, somehow or other, they do so. They left con siderable quantities of f oo d behind them in the city; large flocks and herds (many o f which, however, may be araba oxen) stud the plains near the citadel. The soldiers who fell into the hands of the Sardinians and French on the 16th of August carried abundance of bread an d sp i rits, and we hear they had meat and plenty o f everything except water, when they came down to attack the Allies. If the w ors t comes to them, the stomach of the Mujik soldier is as well able to wrestle with araba ox beef as the stomachs of the hungry High landers, who did not despise that very muscular fibre one day after our landing at Gallipoli; so that, altogether, I am not so very sanguine as to think the Russians will be forced to abandon their position on the approach of winter. The country around them will supply abundance of wood, and they are skilled in making comfortable and w arm underground lints, so that, comparatively speaking, they will be as well housed and warm as the Allies, supposing the latter succeed in getting up huts before the winter sets;in. Leaving them alone will never drive a Russian army ont , of the field ; the only thing to do that is the French and English bayonet. About noon to-day a flag of truce came in from the fleet, and was met near Fort Constantine by a Russian boat. The con ference did not last very long, and its object has not transpired. The French mortars and guns were not silent while the flags were flying-. Their mortar battery, which is protected by the walls of Fort Nicholas, keeps up a constant fire of bombs against • the quadrangular storehouse. In addition to the fire yesterday the French sent two bombs through the roof of the building to-day, and they are rapidly defacing the building. Their prac tice is very variable, which is probably owing to the imperfect manufacture of their shells, which are frequently of unequal weight, and are consequently of uncertain range. In the large shells there is sometimes a variation of 31b. or 41b. in weight, and some which were lent to us were found to be almost use less on that account. Their battery behind the Malakhoff is principally directed against the roads to Fort Constantine and Fort Catherine. Three or four times in the day Fort Con stantine gives a sullen reply to the allies, and the 12-gun bat tery at Inkerman throws an odd shot at the French battery of the Malakhoff. The Russians, however, look as if they in tended to work steadily at their earthworks, and some fine day, no doubt, they will open with a roar of cannon in their old style, all along the waterside from Fort Constantine to Inkerman. Large convoys passed in and out of the forts to day, but it could not be ascertained with what they were laden. Their coal depot is untouched and undiminished. It was amusing to watch the coolness of the fellows at work inside the large magazine to-day. Some of them usually stood in the doorway by the waterside to look out for the mortars. " Born," goes one, and the thick white smoke flies upwards in a circling pillar, marked here and there with white whirling rings. " T-wit ! twit ! twit !" the bomb whistles aloft, the sound be coming fainter and fainter as it leaves us, till it begins to grow on the ear of the gentleman in gray, who is on the watch at the other side ; he pops in his head, and out come at his sum mons, like rabbits scuttling from a ferret-haunted warren, a swarm of his comrades, just as the bomb, with a prodigious crash, and knocking up a cloud of tiles, timber, stones, and dirt, rushes through the roof, and bursts inside; they are down on their faces in a moment, and the bits fly over them, and strike the earth far inland, or dash the water of the harbour into foam. Then the " Rooskies" get up, and re turn placidly to their work inside till the next bomb comes dangerously near. If it does not fall inside the building, or is not likely to slip down on them through the roof, the fellows never stir out. When the French discovered the column near the telegraph this morning, they opened from Gringalet on them with round shot, and I saw the earth torn up close to them, but the Russians never turned round from their camp fires. They are assuredly a stolid infantry, and if they had élan and dash in support of their other undeniably good qualities as soldiers, they would not be second to the armies of any nation in the world; and here, par parenthse, I may observe that we might with much profit take a lesson from our enemies on a matter which has a great influence on the mind of the private soldier. No man likes to fall into the hands of his enemies, or would willingly leave his sepulture in their hands, rude though he knows it must be when per formed by his comrades. The Muscovite generals cannot be accused of any great regard for their killed and wounded, but they have certainly much respect for the prejudices and feel ings of their soldiers. We have over and over again been as tonished at the wonderful way in which the dead and wounded disappeared after the repulse of a sortie, in which there were probably 200 of the enemy put hors de combat. Except the dead and wounded left in the trenches, none were ever to be seen after such occasions when day broke. A soldier of the 68th (M`Geevor), who was taken prisoner in a sortie some months ago, and who has since returned to his regiment after a long and interesting (to others) march in Russia, explains the mystery, such as it was. On the night alluded to it could not be ascertained what the Russian loss was, but it was certain that the firing was very heavy, and the work very warm while it lasted. As this man was being taken to the rear after a stout resistance, he saw that there were hundreds of soldiers without arms between the reserves and the column of sortie, and that these men were exclusively employed in carrying away the dead and wounded, which would otherwise have been left in the hands of the British. The most exten sive provision we make in such cases is one, or at most two, litters a regiment, except when the ambulances go out for a pitched battle. Perhaps we do not calculate on leaving our ground, but the best general always is prepared for retreat as well as for victory ; and if ever we should be placed in the same circumstances as the Russians have been, it would be advisable, perhaps, to follow their example. THE FLEET. About one o'clock the fleet began to perform a variety of evolutions which were:quite enough to craze any landsman who might determine to unravel them. Some ships went one way, some another ; two or three steamers started off straight for Eupartoria ; others rushed at full speed for Kamiesch ; the French floating battery made pretence as if she were going in to attack the forts, then stopped and blew off steam. Sir Edmund Lyons weighed anchor and made a great number of signals. Much smoke came out of the funnels and steam out out of the pipes; but after looking at the vessels twisting and twining and turning and circling for some time, and finding myself becoming utterly bewildered, I ceased to gaze seaward any longer. EXPECTED MOVEMENT OP THE ALLIES. The correspondents of the Morning Post and Daily News iu reference to the above subject, write as follows : CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 21. The belief gains ground that the Russians are preparing to evacuate the north side of the harbour of Sebastopol. The extensive earth-works which have lately been constructed, and others still in course of construction, are regarded as simply intended to cover the retreat, and protect the rear guard, of the army. They are so arranged as to form means of defence against any sudden assault of the position, whether from the sea or the roadstead, but do not seem to have any character of permanence, nor to be calculated for the bom bardment or annoyance o' the south side. It is also argued that the enemy could not now gain any military object by holding the heights on the opposite side, commensurate with the labours and difficulties which would be entailed um' tho me transport of the nece ssar y supp lies of provisions and stores of all kinds. In support of the conviction that the Russians are making arrangements to retire, it has been ob served that numerous waggons which have come in to the north side from the direction of the Mackenzie Heights, apparently empty, have returned laden. Carts bringing in gabions have also gone out carrying either grain or provisions. The army encamped beyond Inkerman appears to draw its supplies of food and forage from the stores accumulated in the depots of the Sievernaia. Several lines of filled waggons have been noticed leaving Fort Constantine. (PROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP BEFORE SEBA STOPOL, Sept. 22. The expected movement of our three divisions for Eupatoria has not yet taken place ; though the report still continues to be circulated, and believed, that it will not be much longer de layed. We are in the habit of taking fresh steps in any direc tion so slowly, and apparently with such an expenditure of deliberation, that this lapse of some five or six days between the intimation of such an intention as a hasty flank movement on the enemy and its execution is not necessarily any proof of its having been abandoned. lam the more disposed to believe that it will still take place, from the fact that two regiments of French cavalry sailed from Kamiesch for the north coast on Thursday afternoon, and were to be followed immediately by 15,000 infantry for the same destination. This is a carrying out, so far, of the concerted movement in which camp rumour declares our own First, Third, and Fourth Divisions are to take a part ; and it may still, therefore, be presumed that their despatch for the scene of the allied operation en pleine champagne will take place all in good time. Such, however, is the general opinion amongst those who are usually correct in their prognostications of what takes place. It is strength ened, too, by the activity apparent amongst our engineers, who are busy in making preparations for the share of action which should fall to their lot in such a field campaign as we expect; so that putting all these scattered signs together, there is fair ground for hoping that this important operation will yet come off. (FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) That the idea of field operations is by no means given up may be inferred from the circumstance that the French troops occupying the Valley of Raider are busy constructing tolerable roads from the valley up to the plateau of the Upper Belbek. (PROM TILE MORNING POST CORRESPONDENT.) SEPTEMBER 21.—The Buffs, the present occupiers of the portion of Sebastopol in keeping of the English, are under orders to return to the 2nd division, and the artillery of the siege train to take their place. As the Russians remain busily engaged on the north side, it may be deemed advisable to bring some guns into position, in case the enemy should make a rash attempt to revisit the town. The bridge by which the Russian army retreated is to be seen carefully pulled up on the opposite side, and numerous large boats being repaired and got ready for use. This may be a blind, or it may not, and their real movements are as little known or understood as our own. Several shells have been to-day fired at the quarters occupied by our troops. Our rockets have apparently made some good practice at the northern forts and new earthworks, whilst the French mortars have also continued their fire. News reached us to-day of the actual march of a large body of Turkish in fantry and French cavalry from Eupatoria in the direction of Simpheropol, whilst report says our 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and High land divisions are to approach the heights at Mackenzie's farm, and the French move by the Baidar pass. How far this is true I cannot say ; the greatest reason to doubt its reality is its being known. The fleet, or a great portion of it, is ordered to be outside of Balaklava harbour to-morrow, for the purpose, it is believed, of embarking troops. We have to-day heard of the honours conferred by the French and English Sovereigns on Gen. Pelissier. It is said that when he saw the tricolor planted on the Redan, he exclaimed—" Ah ! voila mon baton." The mails are now looked for with much interest, which daily increases, and will do so until accounts of the reception of the great news met with at home, and the Gazette, that anxious hundreds are looking for, arrive. There has been a great im provement in the weather to-day, and the night is now very beautiful moonlight, and milder than we have for some time experienced. CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT NEAR EIIPATORIA. PARIS, Friday. The following despatch, from General Pelissier, was posted at the Bourse to-day, dated October 1, and addressed to the Minister of War:— A brilliant cavalry engagement took place on the 29th of September, at Koughill, five leagues north-east of Eupatoria, in which the Russian cavalry, commanded by General Korf, was defeated by that of General d'Allonville. Six guns, 12 caissons, and field forges, with their carriages, fell into our hands, with 160 prisoners and 260 horses of the Uhlans. The enemy left 60 dead upon the field of battle, among whom is Colonel Andreawski. Our loss is small, consisting of 6 killed and 27 wounded. RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. THE first Russian version of the fall of Sebastopol is con tained in the following general order addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to his troops, and in an incomplete report of the progress of the siege published in the Inralide Rune : GENERAL ORDER ADDRESSED TO THE ARMY OP THE SOUTH AND TO TUE LAND AND SEA TROOPS IN THE CRIMEA. Head-quarters, Heights of Inkermann, in the vicinity of opol, Aug. 30 (Sept. . Valiant Comrades,— Sebast On the 12th of September l2) last year, a strong enemy's army appeared before the walls of Sebastopol. Despite its numerical superiority, despite the absence of ob stacles which military science might have opposed to it in the town, that army did not dare to attack it openly (literally, with an open force), and undertook a regular siege. Since then, despite the formidable means at the disposal of THE LIVER.PO our enemies, who, by their numerous ships, constantly re ceived reinforcements, artillery, and ammunition for eleven months and a half, all their efforts failed before your bravery and firmness. It is a fact unexampled in military annals that a town hastily fortified, in presence of the enemy, should have been able to hold out so long against a force, the means of attack of which have exceeded everything that hitherto could have been foreseen in calculations of this nature. And with means so enormous and of such a description, after the ruinous effects of an artillery of colossal dimensions, continued for nine months, the enemy having frequently had recourse to prolonged bombardments of the town, firing on each occasion many hundred thousand rounds, they became convinced of the inadequacy of their efforts, and resolved to take Sebastopol by a combat. On the 6th (18th) of June, they made the assault on differ ent sides, entering courageously into the town, but you re ceived them with intrepidity, and they were driven back on all points in the most brilliant manner. This check forced them to return to a continuation of their first plan of siege, multiplying their batteries, and increasing the activity of their trench works and mining operations. Since the memorable day upon which you repulsed the assault two months and a half have elapsed, during which, animated by sentiments of duty and of love to the throne and to your country, you have heroically disputed each inch of ground, forcing the assailants to advance only foot by foot, and paying with torrents of blood and an incredible loss of ammunition for each yard of ground they gained. In this obstinate defence your courage did not flag; on the contrary, it rose to the highest degree of self-denial. But, if your intrepidity and your patience were without bounds, there are such in the nature of the possibility oldefence. As the approaches of the enemy gradually advanced, their batteries were erected nearer the walls. The circle of fire which surrounded Sebastopol grew daily narrower, and sent death and destruction upon the courageous defenders still further into the town. Taking advantage of the superiority of their fire at -short range, the enemy, after the concentrated action of their artil lery for thirty days—which cost our garrison from 500 to 1,000 men per day—commenced that terrible bombardment (bombardement d'enfer) from their innumerable engines of war, and of a calibre hitherto unknown, which destroyed our defences, which had been repaired at night with great labour, and at great loss, under the incessant fire of the enemy—the principal work, the Kornileff redoubt, on the Malakhoff Hill (the key of Sebastopol, as a point dominating the whole town), having experienced considerable and irreparable damage. To continue, under these circumstances, the defence of the south side, would have been to expose our troops daily to a useless butchery, and their preservation is to-day, more than ever, necessary to the Emperor of Russia. For these reasons, with sorrow in my heart, but with a full conviction, I resolved to evacuate Seba s top o l, an d t a k e over the troops to the north side by the bridge constructed before hand over the bay and by boats. Meantime, the enemy, beholding, on the 27th of August (Bth of September), at 10.30, the half-ruined works before them and the Kornileff redoubt, with its ditches filled up, re solved upon a desperate assault, first on Bastions No. 2 (Kor nileff), and No. 3 (Redan), and after about three hours upon Bastion No. 5, and the Belkin and Schwartz redoubts. Of these six attacks, five were gloriously repulsed. Some of the points of attack, like that on Bastion No. 2, on which the enemy had succeeded in bringing guns by flying bridges, having at various times been taken and retaken, remained finally ours. But the Kornileff redoubt, more damaged than the others by the bombardment, was taken by the French, who brought more than 30,000 men against it, and could not be retaken, after the great losses we had suffered at the com mencement of this combat, for it would have been necessary to ascend in the midst of the ruins of a very steep incline, and then cross a narrow ridge above a deep ditch on the rear face occupied by the French. Such an undertaking might have prevented us achieving the proposed object, and would have cost us, without the slightest doubt, incalculable losses. The attempt was the more needless, as, for reasons already mentioned, I had resolved to evacuate the place. Therefore, as the success of the enemy was confined to the sole capture of the Kornileff redoubt, I ordered that no attack should be made on that redoubt, and to remain in front of it, to oppose any continuation of the enemy's attack on the town itself—an order which was executed despite all the efforts of the French to get beyond the gorge of the redoubt. At dusk the troops were ordered to retie according to the arrangements previously made. The examples of bravery you gave during that day, valiant comrades, aroused such:a feeling of respect in the enemy, that, despite the knowledge they must have had of our retreat by the explosion of our mines, which our troops exploded one after the other as they gradually retreated, they not only did not pursue us in columns, but even ceased firing with their artillery, which they might have continued with impunity. Valiant comrades, it is painful, it is hard to leave Sebas topol in the enemy's hands. But remember the sacrifice we made upon the altar of our country in 1812. Moscow was surely as valuable as Sebastopol—we abandoned it after the immortal battle of Borodino. The defence of Sebastopol during 349 days is superior to Borodino, and when the enemy entered Moscow in that great year of 1812, they only found heaps of stones and ashes. Likewise, it is not Sebastopol which we have left to them, but the burning ruins of the town, which we ourselves set fire to, having maintained the honour of the defence in such a manner that our great-grand children may recal the remembrance thereof with pride to all posterity. Sebastopol kept us chained to its walls ; with its fall we ac quire freedom of movement, and a new war commences, a war in the open field, that most congenial to the Russian soldier. Let us prove to the Emperor, let us prove to Russia, that we are still imbued with the spirit which animated our ancestors in our memorable and patriotic struggle. Wherever the enemy may show himself we will present our breasts to him, and defend our native land as we defended it in 1812. Valiant warriors of the land and sea forces, in the name of the Emperor, I thank you for the unexampled courage, firm ness, and constancy you have displayed during the siege of Sebastopol. [Here follow the names of the officers who most distinguished themselves.] in t hit% eXOrPRAira. tlya.my6kg s'tt ,rits-aifsvrnenuur,--conmaiies, those who have fallen honourably for our faith and for our country on the ramparts of Sebastopol. Let us remember the immortal names of Nachimoff, Korni leff, and Istomine, and let us address prayers to the Most High that He will grant them peace, and eternalize their memory as an example to the future generations of Russians. MANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. ON the 20th of September, the Emperor of Russia addressed the following rescript to Count Zakrewsky, Military Governor of Moscow : Count Arsene Andrelevitch,—Since my accession to the throne of my ancestors, it has been my lively desire to visit my ancient capital—that loyal and beloved residence, where I was born, and where I received baptism, under the protection of the relics of the blessed Alexis, the thaumaturgus of Moscow. Having to-day satisfied that desire, I have witnessed with the greatest satisfaction the cordial and sincere empressement which the inhabitants of Moscow have shown in their recep tion of myself and all my family —a traditional welcome which Russia has always given to her sovereigns. I charge you to express my sincere gratitude to all classes of the popu lation of Moscow, and to assure them of my goodwill. My happiness would have been complete if recent events had not dimmed the satisfaction of these sweet moments. My older of the day to the Russian armies has already made public that, after an unexampled siege of eleven months, the garrison of Sebastopol, after having given unheard-of proofs of courage and self-denial, and having successfully repulsed six desperate assaults, has crossed over to the north side of the town, only leaving " blood-stained ruins" to the enemy. The garrison of Sebastopol has done all that man could do. I accept past and present events as the impenetrable decrees of Providence, which has given a year of sad trials to Russia. But Russia has supported still greater trials, and the Lord, in His great mercy, has always given her his tacit support. Let us, therefore, now also place our trust in Him. He will defend orthodox Russia, who has taken up arms for a just cause—for the cause of Christianity. It is a great satisfaction to me to see the unceasing proofs which all men are giving in their readiness to sacrifice their property, their families, and even the last drop of their blood, for the main tenance of the integrity of the empire, and for the national honour. It is in the manifestation of these sentiments of the nation, and in these acts, that I derive strength and consolation, and, uniting myself inseparably with my heart to my heroic and faithful people, I repeat, putting my trust in the help and grace of the Almighty, the words:of the Emperor Alexander 1., Where right is, there is God also !" I am ever and invariably yours, ALEXANDER. THE Globe says :—" It is denied that the British cavalry are to winter at Constantinople. A strong reserve de/3a of those regiments now in the Crimea will be formed at Kululee, and two officers, a captain and a subaltern, from the reserve cavalry, have left, or will leave, to take the command of these depots. It is likely that Brigadier-General Garrett will have the command of the Fourth Division in the Crimea, rendered vacant by General Bentinck's return home. Brigadier Garrett is the senior officer of the division, and has been given the local rank of Major-General. General Windham will have the command of his own division, the Second. A PICTURE OF THE INTERIOR OF SEBASTOPOL.—On look ing from the back of the Redan, where a good view is obtained, the scene is one of ruin and destruction. In front are the barracks, arsenal, and stores, their beautiful cut-stone fronts shattered in every direction, the roofs falling in, and the walls here and there blackened by fire. On the right, the Alalakhoff rises in a commanding point, looking down on the dockyards, the hospital, and the magnificent basins for the large men-of war, the intervening space occupied by ruined and smoulder ing houses. Looking to the left, the main part of the town stands on high ground, the streets straight, and imposing even in their present condition. The club-house, so often looked at with envy, stands on a beautiful spot, overlooking the deep creek, and now shows in its blackened walls the effects of last night's fire. The governor's house has shared its fate, but as yet the well-known temple, a model of the Parthenon, stands entire, and is protected by sentries. Fort Nicholas still smoulders, and the houses in its neighbourhood are in a blaze. As yet the Cathedral is untouched ; around it are some lovely gardens—such a contrast to our dusty camp ! The remnants of the bridges float about, and here and there the masts of the large vessels project above the water. On going into the bar racks the destruction there seen is painful. It would appear that the soldiers in their searches for things of value deter mined to commit as much havoc as lay in their power. In the portions of the b u ildi ngs underground, vast quantities of new clothing and accoutrements were scattered about. Hundreds of helmets were being trodden down by the men, and bales of cloth lay on every side. Furniture of all kinds was being removed ; pictures, lamps, dresses, and musical in struments were all there for those who went sufficiently early, and who cared to carry them home. The French, being allowed much more liberty than the English troops, overran the houses, and removed everything which could possibly be of any use. Until late in the day our men were confined to camp, and when they were able to pass into the town found nothing left for them but bare walls, and any lumbering fur niture which proved too heavy for the French to remove. The camps have consequently abounded with itinerant vendors of all kinds of goods, for every one of which fabulous prices were demanded. The variety of articles was astonishing, and from valuable silver plate to the most worthless of old books, which no one could read, everything seemed to meet with some pur chaser. Pictures were most in demand, and some really valuable ones were taken. One man was seen clothed in a Russian osier's uniform, carrying on his back a huge cage with a talkative parrot inside, which seemed greatly excited by the change of scene ; others walked up from the town, dis playing on their own persons shawls and bonnets which they wished to sell. Altogether the scenes met with on every side were such as could never be effaced from the minds of those who witnessed them. STANDARD. LIVERPOOL TOE COUNCIL. AN ordinary monthly and special meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday; James Aspinall Tobin, Esq., the Mayor, presiding. THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS. Before proceeding with the usual business of the meeting, His Worship the MAYOR, in a brief but tastefully -arranged address, alluded to the loss the community of Liverpool had sustained in the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks. In doing this, he emphatically reminded the Council of the great public usefulness he had always rendered to the community during his long and active life : a true friend of the poor, and a judicious adviser of all classes, numerous individuals of every rank had felt it a pleasure and advantage to consult with him. His worship then intimated his opinion that the Council should join in the funeral procession ; and also his own intention to attend in state at St. Peter's Church on Sunday, on which occasion the Lord Bishop of Chester had signified his intention of preaching a funeral sermon, out of respect to the memory of the deceased. Mr. H. HORNET moved, and Mr. J. STEWART seconded the resolution, that the Council, in a body, attend the funeral. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—THE PROPOSED ILLUMINATION. The MAYOR suggested that the Town-clerk read a commu nication he had received from Mr. Sydney, chairman of a meeting held on the preceding day, in the Clarendon-rooms, relative to the proposed illumination in honour of the Crimean victories. The communication having been read, His WORSHIP reiterated the statement he had previously made, that, in recommending a general indication of public rejoicing on account of the successes which have attended the efforts of the allied armies in the Crimea, he only gave utter ance to a; widely-indicated popular feeling. In compliance with this, he had suggested that the Town hall and other buildings belonging to the Corporation, should be illuminated, and that suggestion had been coincided in by the Council, which had passed a resolution embodying it. The Council had also joined in recommending that the public should co-operate with the Corporation, as far as convenience and inclination would permit, in rendering the demonstration of rejoicing as general as possible, by ill um i na ti ng th e i r prem i ses an d other wise ; but it never was intended to make such recommenda tion compulsory, nor to entail on the community the expense and inconvenience of illuminating any private dwelling, but, perhaps, the object contemplated by the communication might be effected by its being clearly understood that the illumina tion of private houses was not expected. After some conversation, in which Mr.W. Earle, Mr. Wood ruff, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Alderman Bennett, Mr. Alderman Shand, and Mr. Beckwith took part, the suggestions of the Mayor were understood to be adopted, and the subject dropped. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—SITE OF THE BOROUGH GAOL. The proceedings of this committee included a recommenda tion to the Council to authorise the sale of the materials and site of the old Borough Gaol, the prisoners being now all removed to the new gaol at Walton. On this recommenda tion, a protracted discussion ensued, in which several members, including Mr. Alderman Bennett, urged upon the Council the advantages offered by the site referred to in respect to improve ment in the means of traffic now carried on by Oldhall-street. In the course of discussion it was stated by Mr. HORNET, that under present circumstances he considered it would be inex pedient to proceed with an Improvement Bill in the ensuing session of parliament. It was also intimated, that when the intended new buildings to be erected in connection with the Police-courts and offices on the site of the Old Gas-office, in Dale street, shall have been completed, great relief would be afforded as to the crowding of the new gaol at Walton ; and it was also stated that the plans for those new buildings were so far matured that it might be expected they would be laid before the Council in a short time. The proceedings of the committee were confirmed. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. _ _ _ Mr. HORNBY requested that the report prepared by the special committee in reference to this subject be read. The report, which was as follows, was then read : In accordance with the provisions of the Birkenhead Docks Act, of last session, the bonds of the Corporation, as men tioned in that act, have been delivered to the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, and to the Birkenhead Dock Company, whereby their respective properties have vested in the Corporation. The Act provides that so much, and such parts of the undertaking so vested, as are now completed, or as may hereafter be completed, shall, as an d when the same are adapted to the accommodation of shipping, be managed by the Dock Committee, and your committee, therefore, requested the Surveyors to the Corporation and to the Dock Estate to submit a report, showing what part of the undertaking is now so far completed as to come within this provision, and, from their joint report, it appears that this extends to the Morpeth and Egerton Docks, and the Quays, and Railways, appurten ances thereto, with two gridirons in the Woodside basin, and the Victoria wharf, all constructed by the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, and the warehouses and wharf constructed by the Birkenhead Dock Company, with the buildings connected therewith. This portion of the undertaking has, therefore, according to the requirements of the act, been delivered over for manage ment. to the Dock Committee ; who are required to keep separate accounts of their receipts therefrom, and expenditure in relation thereto, and to pay over the balance of such re ceipts to the Corporation. As the act directs that the Birkenhead Docks shall, with as little delay as possible, be completed in such a manner as may render them most available for the commercial purposes of the port in connexion with the Liverpool Docks, and that the same rates should be charged at Birkenhead as in Liverpool, and that both should be placed permanently under the same control and management, and that the Corporation shall apply in the next Session of Parliament to effect these objects, the attention of the Dock Surveyor is now directed to the consideration of such plans as will comply with this provision, so far as respects the completion of the works. In considering this part of the question, the attention of Eeltiligiired`Sir t .'Yoh"l ept,4,11)::415 1., assignee of a con tract from the Commissioners of Woods, &c., for the sale thereof ; and as the possession of this property seemed to be most desirable, your committee have entered into negotiations for purchase, which they now report can be effected for the sum of £lOO,OOO, including the amount of deposits and pay ments under the contract already made, amounting to £37,000. Your committee urge the propriety of effecting this purchase, which would make the whole frontage available for dock pur poses and works connected therewith, and render the under taking more complete than it could otherwise be made. A contract has been entered into by Mr. Smith with Messrs. Brassey and 3l`Cormick, for the execution of works upon this property, but your committee are in a position to state that an arrangement can be effected with these gentlemen, so as to avoid any difficulty in respect of such contract. Your committee have taken into consideration the resolu tions of the Commissioners of Birkenhead, referred to them by the Council. Your committee have also received commu nications from the Wallasey Board of Health, and from the principal landowners in Tranmere, opening for consideration the question of amalgamating these townships and places, as well as Birkenhead and Claughton, with the borough. Your committee have had interviews with gentlemen from Birkenhead and Wallasey on this subject; and although much _would remain to be settled in matters of detail, recommend the Council to sanction the principle of such amalgamation, provided those details can be satisfactorily adjusted, as to each township or place proposed to be added to the borough. HUGH HORNET, Chairman. Mr. HORNBY, after an explanatory address, moved that that portion of the re p or t w hi c h recommended the purchase of the North Reserves be adopted, leaving the question of municipal amalgamation to be separately considered. Mr. CHARLES TURNER seconded the motion. The proposition gave rise to a protracted discussion, in which Messrs. Cooper, Hodson, Sheil, and Godfrey urged delay, and Messrs. J. Stewart, Earle, and Holme contended that the adoption of the proposal was highly beneficial and urgent. Ultimately the resolution was carried, the opposi tion having been withdrawn. THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION WITH BIRKENHEAD, WAL- LASEY AND TRANMERE, Mr. HORNBY moved the adoption of the second recom mendation contained in the report of the special committee, and in doing so remarked that all the Council were asked to do was to give a general assent to the proposition that an amalgamation, if practicable, was desirable. Mr. Trtutu seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman BENNETT expressed his disapprobation of the scheme, unless it were also to embrace the extension of Th e extended boundary of the borough upon the Lancashire side. e o d l , d — p s r w oc a ene, from dingfr t ohme Oldß Bootle Swantle to to Wavertree, from Wavertree to Aigbu r th, an d so on to the Walton,flrionme which Walton again,—would give a bounda r y qu it e extended enough t P he s for the next half century. He believed it to be perfectly practicable, and he thought the object so important that it ought to be dealt with on its own merits, quite irrespective of the proposed am a l gama ti on w i t h the other side of the water. After some discussion, it was stated that there would be no objection to the committee considering Mr. Bennett's suggestion in connection with the matter specially referred to them, and conferring with the Health Committee and other committees on the subject. A resolution to that effect was proposed. Mr. HORNBY expressed a modified assent to the proposal of Mr. Alderman Bennett, declaring, however, that he-did not contemplate any such large extension as that urged by Mr. Bennett. Mr. Hornby's motion was carried, and the report was confirmed. The minutes of the Dock and Watch Committee were con firmed, the latter including a special report on the contract for the conveyance of prisoners, recommending, as the result of a very careful investigation, in which the committee had been assisted by Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, that the conveyance should remain, as at present, in Mr. Par kinson's hands, and that his offer, as reported at the last meet ing, be accepted. THE WATER COMMITTEE. ' The minutes of this committee embraced three special re commendations. The first, to accept the tender of Messrs. ' Stewart, of Glasgow, for iron pipes, was seconded by Mr. Ben nett, and unanimously adopted. The second, for the accept ance of the tender of Messrs. Thompson and Co., for the con struction of the reservoir at Knowsley, involving, the chair man stated, an expenditure of £51,000, gave r i se t o a goo d deal of discussion, and Mr. Bennett, ad v o ca ti ng d e l ay, a t l eas t , proposed an amendment with that object. It was explained, however, that this reservoir was cont em pl a t e d as l ong ago as 1847, but that the illness of the late Earl of Derby at that time rendered it impossible to communicate with him, so as to obtain his consent ; that the reservoirs at Kensington were then adopted as an alternative ; that, in 1852, when further parliamentary powers were obtained, the Earl of Derby gave his consent to the construction of the Knowsley reservoir; and that this, therefore, was not a new or an additional ex penditure, but a carrying out of the views only which were originally entertained, but not then capable of being accom plished, and a substitution for reservoirs at Rivington, which would otherwise have to be made. Under these circumstances Mr. Bennett withdrew his amendment, and the recommenda tion, of the committee agreed to. The third recommenda tion, for the purchase of the Chorley Water-works, at the price of £35,000, was urged, upon the ground that they were intimately mixed up with those of the Corporation—that the Corporation had been placed under parliamentary obligations with regard to them—that an arrangement of this kind would remove any difficulties, and prevent the possibility of litiga tion —and that the purchase was, upon the whole, a good and prudent one for the Corporation. It was stated that the works had cost the company agreeing to sell, 43 3, 0 00.—Mr.BANNE R thought some difficulty might arise from the obligation, pro posed to be u n d er t a k en, t o supp l y Ch or l ey w ith water ; but it was said this obligation only extended to the amount of the !present supply, and, after a slight discussion, the,..ecommen .dation was assented to nem. con. '34e,aeeting then adjourned to Friday. The Council met on Friday, pursuant to adjournment; Alderman Samuel Holme (in the absence of the Mayor, who was engaged in revising the burgess list,) in the chair. The proceedings of St. George's Hall committee were read and confirmed. The proceedings of the Markets committee, which included a resolution to give notice to two of the market tenants to quit their stalls, in consequence of their having been repeatedly convicted of using false weights and measures, were confirmed. On the recommendation of the Education committee, Jane Guest was appointed first mistress of the North Infant School, at a salary of £5O a year, and Sarah Rigby second mistress, at a salary of £3O a year, being the same salaries as were paid to their respective predecessors. The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction committee, including the appointment of discipline offi cers and teachers to the new gaol at Walton, were confirmed, as were also the proceedings of the Health committee, and the Gardens committee, which included a recommendation to ap point John Davies lodge-keeper at the New Park, at a salary of £1 per week, which was approved. On the proceedings of the Church Expenditure committee being read, Mr. Wooniturr inquired why the bells of St. Luke's Church had not been rung on the anniversary of the Battle of the Alma; and observed that in the only other two churches in the town in which there were peals of bells — although there was in these cases no public fund to fall back upon—the occasion had been considered of sufficient impor tance—the day having been set apart by the Mayor as a day of public rejoicing—to have the bells rung. The TOWN-CLERK said the omission at St. Luke's had originated in a mistake. The person who contracted with the corporation for ringing the bells was bound to ring them whenever required by the Mayor. The Churchwardens had sent down on this occasion to inquire about the bells being rung, but as the person sent was not known at the Town-hall, no order was obtained. The proceedings of the Library and Museum Committe, for the last two months, were read and confirmed; and a vote of thanks unanimously passed to the East India Company for a valuable donation. On the proceedings of the Hackney Carriages committee being read, a memorial was read from the car proprietors, praying to he relieved from the obligation imposed by the existing bye-law, with reference to the lighting of their lamps. After some discussion, the memorial was referred to the com mittee, on the understanding that they should be at liberty to consider the whole question, including the question of fares. The proceedings of the Baths committee were confirmed, Mr. WAGSTAFF stating, in reply to Mr. Banner, that plans for salt water baths were at present in course of preparation by their engineer, and he hoped the committee would soon be in a position to present them to the Council. So much of the Improvement Bill of last session as refers to the acquisition of property at Shaw's-brow, as a site for the new library and museum, was referred to the Improvement Committee; and so much of it as relates to the regulations of the new landing-stage, and of the boatmen on the river, and to the duties of the water bailiffs, to a special committee, con sisting of Messrs. Mann, C. Turner, Bold, Littledale, Hornby, and Clint. The Coroner's account for August and September, amount ing to £4l ls. 10d., and £34 Bs. 6d., were referred to the Fi nance Committee for payment, Mr. PARKER remarking that the bills for the Coroner were beginning to run ve r y hi g h. Mr. WOODRUFF rose to propose the following resolution : " That it is expedient that the public be admitted to the meet ings of the Council, under suitable regulations ; and that it be an instruction to the Law Courts and St. George's Hall Committee, to report whether the concert-room, or some other room in St. George's Hall can be made available for such meetings, and what accommodation can be provided for the public."—Mr. HORNBY suggested that the matter had better be postponed, and this being agreed to, the meeting broke up. IRELAND. THE returns of the Registrar-General of Agricultural Statis tics for Ireland show that there has been this year an increase of 87,293 acres on cereal crops, of 25,513 on green crops, and of 53,873 on meadow and clover, whilst there was a decrease of 54,297 on flax. The total increase on the extent of land under crops is, therefore, 112,382 acres. EMIGRATION.— The number of emigrant passengers from the port of Cork during the last week amounted to 418. Of these there were 70 emigrating to New York, and 12 to Mel bourne; and on Wednesday the Vanguard (s), for Liverpool, had 56 American emigrants, 55 of whom had taken passages to New York. This return gives an increase of 153 to last week over this in the number of emigrants to America, and of 84 in the number of emigrants to Australia ; but this decline may be accounted for by the inclemency of the weather during the past few days. PROSPECTS OP THE FARMERS.—The Belfast Mercury, speaking of the province of Ulster, states that, beyond all doubt or cavil, the harvest of 1855 may be considered as one of the most successful ever known in that quarter. " Whether (says the Mercury) we look at the actual yield, or the remark ablyhas at all equalled the present one. The improved circum stances e h r ag i n ga w r h d i s c , h n t o be se c as or o n n w f a o s r rea th p e ed l. an t d th a at e7 y a ear rd e s car t e fi d n intoe weather in which the corn was reaped and afterwards carted into of the agriculturists led to the more extended opera tionse re squared, ofh ig h farming, ditchesr in g. andcicleared r i n e d t the course t of w the ast e season eorner s b everyreuagchr brought of land has been made to do its duty with grea t e ff ect; fields , and into profitable culture. All these labours have tended to give wider scope to general tillage, and, of course, to add largely to the actual breadth of land under crop. It is within the mark to state that the 5,682,990 acres of cultivated soil have thus yielded one-eight more produce than a similar quantity of land would have done ten years ago. LORD DERBY'S IRISH SUPPORTERS.—Significance is given to some remarks which appear in the Dublin Mail of Thurs day, by a prevalent report among the Derbyites to the effect that a reconciliation has been effected between Messrs. Disraeli and Gladstone, and that the public may be prepared to witness a new coalition, which will embrace the refuse of the quasi Conservative and peace parties. In such a contingency there is good reason for believing that a large section of the Irish fol l o,w.in gde Valneßitu v ilint! to f Tord"PaUigiOn, " ialern; now the true exponent of the feeling of the country : " Cobbett used to say that a rustling in the straw always denoted an uneasiness among the vermin beneath that called for attention. There is a good deal of truth in the maxim, and in obedience to its dictates we ask our readers to peruse an article which we copy from a contemporary, in the hope that some of them may be able to unkennel the vermin whose un easiness is therein manifested. The rustling indicates the pre sence beneath the straw of rodentia of the true Russian breed, whose noise we should be sorry to trace to domestic rats. The truth, nevertheless, ought to be known, and therefore we ask—Does any one certainly know what influence prevails in the Press, which has heretofore hailed as British ? Has Gladstone slipped in through some cranny incautiously left unstopped ? or has Bright gnawed his way into the sanctuary ? This much, at all events, we vouch for to all whom it may concern, that the rustling noted below conveys no more intimation of the public feeling than it does of the true state of the war question. The object for which the war was ori ginally undertaken has not been conceded by negotiation or won by force of arms. England and France have an object in maintaining the war. They did not enter upon it for the specific purpose of the defence of the Turkish empire. The reduction of the Russian empire to a condition in which it shall be unable to interrupt the peace of Europe is the pur pose of the Western alliance." All the other influential Irish conservative journals, metropolitan as well as provincial, sing to the same tune—war to the knife with Russia and peace mongers of all political hues, until an honourable peace shall be won by the force of arms. R OMANIST MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. THE Paris correspondent of the Times sends an important letter from Rome, developing the intentions of the Propa ganda respecting a radical reformation among "the turbulent clergy of Ireland." For carrying it out, the necessary powers have been given to the energetic and persevering Romanist Archbishop, Dr. Cullen, as Apostolical Legate, who, it appears, has long enjoyed the unlimited confidence of Monsignore Burnabo, the able Secretary of Propaganda : to establish a him,rCullen,iyisassistant of R o w bm.i h seh ic .o l iA h esc a . s complete unity of action in the Irish prelacy, to elevate and a fe ce n l to , hst closely ardentlyere f aocr unde rampn pursued r st t s ouh e ne e ed s o afb a lly n Dt d hr refine the priesthood as well as the people, and to unite all and cording place i e r iet s mo o o b m t j mh e e i c os t t r are to be filled by men still in the prime of manhood, enjoy ing the perfect use of their physical and moral faculties, and above all, whose docility to Rome, not merely in morals or essential discipline—in which the Irish prelacy have never failed—but also in every behest of Propaganda, is beyond ex ception or doubt. The cautious zeal of Dr. Cullen has, we are told here, already considerably advanced this object, and its entire success is confidently looked for. The remonstrances made here last winter have had no other effect than to confirm Monsignore Burnabo in his approbation and support of Dr. Cullen's centralisation system. [Poor Mr. Lucas !J . . . It would be difficult to point out what sacerdotal functions impose on the Irish clergy the advocacy of the Socialist doc trine of ' tenant right,' which places many of them in a state of armed neutrality, if not of hostility, against the Govern ment of their country, and supplies most intemperate elec tioneering demagogues as opposing candidates for seats in Parliament. The Catholic clergy of Ireland have been, we admit, of exemplary purity in morals, and are singularly de voted to the temporal interests of the people; but the turmoil and distractions of political life have, we are assured, diverted their minds from the more important duties of their sacred calling. The ceremonies of the Church, and the splendour of public worship, are consequently neglected and comparatively unknown in Ireland ; their religious and civil duties are not inculcated among the faithful; and the spirit of prayer and affection for spiritual exercises which exist in other Catholic countries are not found among a docile and impulsive people, singularly favoured with the gifts of nature, and the grace necessary to raise them to a high degree of Christian perfec tion. To remedy these evils, it is proposed to confine as much as possible the clergy to their proper functions, and to impose wholesome restraints on their interference in political or quasi-political questions. . . . In questions where a dif ference of opinion may arise, the Bishop of the diocese, or rather the Apostolic Legate himself, will indicate the course to be followed, and thus unity of action will always be secured. " In order to complete and consolidate the reformation, it must extend to, and be firmly established in, the seminaries from which Ireland is to receive her future priests and Bishops. The experience of Dr. Cullen in the training of ecclesiastics, and his admitted success, have, in the opinion of Propaganda, admirably qualified him for this important part of his great undertaking, in which he is powerfully aided by the zealous efforts of an eminent ecclesiastic who is making great sacrifices to elevate the character of the clergy of his native Church. The seminaries are to be modelled on those of Italy, and all the traces of a profane spirit and legislation are to be effaced whenever:and as soon as it is possible to do so. More time is to be given for contemplation and spiritual exercises, and the young Levites are to see constantly before their eyes the com plete subordination which they are to practise when promoted to the ministry. The seminaries are, in fact, to become minia tures, as it were, of the dioceses, and the position and authority of their rectors are to correspond with those of the Bishops, and to depend on the Legate in Ireland, or some other repre sentative of Rome." OVER the "Oaken-gates Tunnel" of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway flows a canal. On Wednesday, the arch of the tunnel gave way, and the canal for a distance of three miles emptied itself upon the railway. Tim Appleton crescent says the wheat crop of Wisc onsin this year will produce 20,000,000 bu s hels. Wheat in Madison county (Indiana), will turn out 275,000 bushels at least : corn, 1,300,000; rye, 5,000 ; oats, 100,000 ; potatoes, 35,000.—805t0n Post, Sept. 12. EOCTOBER 9, 1!5. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. ~ ,_„...1.0 Br the British and North American royal mail strno Africa. Capt. Harrison, which arrived on Saturdabr,,,th! intelligence from Boston to the 20th, and from New Y., 0 .40 27th ult. The Africa brought 223 passengers, an° ft . , 01 in specie. Four officers, two sergeants, three cos n' sixty-three private soldiers, were amongst the p assen o The mail steamer America, hence for Boston, wad " by the Africa on the 28th ult. number of the aldermen and councillors were arrested' . j with receiving bribes. Pe The British steam-ship Curlew, which was recent During a sitting of the New York Municipalgerr°ll6l-ii'll on the route between Boston and Halifax, has 1 „41 required for government service. ced lid The Harlem Railway Company had been pronoupe._ ~,,0 by the law courts for the frauds committed by 0_ jr,'' e ".! secretary and transfer-clerk, Kyle. The house of DI ..,./ drawn, by order of the British Admiralty, the steamer v• Co., of New York, had obtained a verdict in one ""- $25,000. New Oriel. e il ß lis is t h ry op , On the 20th, a destructive fire took place in The damage was about $60,000. the ministry, fn# i A frightful disaster, attended with loss of life aa ou lY if not fatal injury to some dozen persons, haPPeTbelt New York Central Railroad, near West Albany, 01 L' I c i e s, 11 ' morning. Through the negligence of a switch IT, it 01 1 ) on aNeoeowunJterosfeyhishpadervdeegosedn t l o li ßo s o ro wn nio : serf,,, ti passenger train from Buffalo for Albany ran intoaes".4:esei smashing the locomotive, tender, and first Passel e tr . : one, and the two rear cars of the other, into fragello r i ; of the la T t h te e r A R .o "a u s nd fi e l d led pa as s - s it e h ng a e n rs i , m m als a , ng many du de led and dr , - 0 broken baggage and debris of the cars and rag A.„,isa gled together in one indistinguishable mass, presen te d altogether indescribable. 2 0 e , fl A fire broke out in one of the hotels of Carbon„- sylvania, at an early hour on Sunday morning , " r sOP; September, and raged with such violence that, *if It time, several blocks of buildings were destrer t on, estimated that the damage done would amount to L41' 0 4 of $lOO,OOO. A destructive fire has occurred at i ii - o f 0 Arkansas, which destroyed the post-office, and best buildings in the place. r oeif it° YELLOW FEVER.-Accounts from the south ~, t kelLop epidemic are still sad and gloomy. At Norfolk abatement of the fever. At Memphis, Natale and, in fact, at all the towns on the Mississipdlono, rages with fearful virulence, and the citizens r.„,111 0 PI their homes. At New Orleans, however, the fe'Lttlle t o r i regarded as epidemic. The telegraph reports w - 0 6 6 14 fever has made its appearance at Canton, Miss. , , f tet" cases and 10 deaths had taken pla ce d ur i n g the - 0 ,00 on the 11th instant. fai lt P O The 63rd anniversary of the decl a r a ti on of til /ifir fti republic (21st September, 1792) was celebrated 1 ",00 11$ 0 , by the French and other republic ans . I n the an tI!V of them had a social gathering at Hoboken, and : V ,1 3- ing a large number assembled i n Washington street, and indulged to a late hour in p a triotic sP e " Al ments, and songs. ithi ll Y I There has been a heavy robbery of gold coin A c eill 1 way from Dubuque, Illinois, to the sub-treasury °'", / st? street, New York. The treasure, $50,000 worth', 'I A O custody of the American Express Company, an tl ec l a lt v y that while on the route the gold w as abstract ed, boxes in which it was packed, and layers of bullets „ atO with sheets of lead were substituted in its stead. or From Washington it is reported that there is til itS Cabinet, and a speedy reconstruction is an ticipate u n . p lc There has been published the " Address to the ,Pl i e ft United States" of the committee appointed in Jail a i. V, pro-slavery convention held in Lexington, Miss-`' principally devoted to a denunciation of the einiK" -- 1 I the Massachusetts and other states, under the n ° , rel i r ) r aid societies, whereby the Kansas-Nebraska lanl o t A P dead letter. Such emigration is pronounced W i p l 'i r etioA dent, dangerous in the extreme, calculated to 4-tetrie slavery to its present limits, and defeat the true_4 6o oo. Nebraska bill. In conclusion, it declares that ) o ,, eo ce, the same position as the Lexington convention, wi te i not recede. The rejection of Kansas as a slave b i d regarded as a gross insult to the south, and the o f r a t that slavery is incompatible with a republican ih r l 014 0 ment an unequivocal step towards a dissolution ' l , ) . city, A o MiLwenKlE, Sept. 24.-The propeller Forest Buffalo, with 400 tons of merchandise, and 6 3 1 ;09 came in collision with the schooner Asia, bound fra d Tir o l to Buffalo, with 16,000 bushels of corn, near Grall s eeg e° on Thursday last. Both vessels sunk, but the Pas .0 crews were all saved in boats, and were picke d + P c . for 0 , From Mexico we learn that a general awle s ,:z,l e also,y offences had been proclaimed, and the secret P Oll t sareptl A great battle took place on th e 3 r d instant , .a the oil near the north fork of the Pl a tt e Ri ve r, hetwsi reo ps c oif Indians and the entire force of the United State s m a jor," General Harney, numbering about 450 men' ( 11 "0 11/ commanded the infantry, a n d C o l one l Cook th e en ced ot i mounted infantry, and artillery. The battle cen05 .. , 1° ,14 in the morning, and lasted several hours. Th litfo-r all f desperately, but were routed. A running fi . ; a s ts° o 4 , miles followed, during which the Indians madder, d fought with much gallantry. They were, hole' 0 , 0 44 with the loss of eighty men killed, and fifty ~,tfini children taken prisoners. The Indian women fouPedetli General Harny lost six killed and as many "100,J officers were killed. The Indians engaged in this arsa:4 the Brule and Sioux-the same that massacred Lien t 'i the command, and murdered a mail party , the waybill ° having been found with them. ) tit WooD's HOLE, Sept. 24. - Yesterday , the sehoollSof oi di James, of and for Georgetown, S.C., loaded with 9 .10 et 5 14 lumber, was picked up at anchor off Great Rip fit!ilat 4 men, and brought into Edgartown. The captain_,A Ole fo rTtahbely steam-ship provided - all hands were down with the yellow fever, a, ,, sko fo ß r iack Warrior has arriv` - . Jl°ll.. prick' -"e•-fs , the vessel. They had been in thst lo s 17 dayß Th., ....w h 1,.. 4.:6011 ash 'OP I, - le 11 0 news.with H s a t z a i r na w h as d fi a r t m es , w to itb th a e n l u 7 p t Nw h aE . :vd Tk tey :e ao t o le o ci:: ehoi TA rsnerpotiair COMMERCIAL INTELLIGno-' 2 6- a° classo capital, p l d i i et a ac tlrph, decrease eemr with. o u nf Ted y rielyre m lbe a i ata r ten k lhek e t doinghst h te aa e td r e e mri w i ee n as pon d t e r s r tf t eo i s d l r e l . v t a e b n n froa a :P e r it r l op li to ee t. l 4 : o ip b oto ‘ remained without any material change. d ema nd'' - ', I A with stock collaterals, there was ajit active do .0 per cent. Exchange on England in modern', bf.,7 o liiiill 1094- to 1091 per cent. Bills on France sf. 12 ,T a nd a ac' COTTON.-The market had been in a du" -- f le' 1 9,e' state throughout the past week, and a decline °, e d sys i had been submitted to. The sales were estilna,'. o 0;, 4 6 0 bales. With reference to the state of the soutlwsa' 0 , o'o Mr. W. P. Wright in his circular, Sept. 22nd 'n d e l" New Orleans and Mobile a good business has b ee ,i,g, 11 , 1 I decline of ic. and 4-c. lb.; the difficulty of shiPt t iegi r I is a drawback, and some are storing until freig' n , the e i are more abundant. In Savannah and Charlesthat d 0' and receipts are light, and business limit ed u uts , • prices. Mr. Wright further states that the ael,,, v i o V ing the crops were on the whole favourable. ' 6 of showers noticed in my last, received fro m '4 9. Louisiana, and Texas, turn out of but little in'P e fine , .; by telegraph from New Orleans the weather wit! 0 .07; _ the Atlantic States and Alabama, the receipts at that point continued on an increasing ell", could be desired, and planters have the whole ° i l l , ry posable force busily engaged picking, which' W .sf rivers at Mobile, accounts for the present limit ed l r o c from these sections. 7//e The total receipts at all the ports thus far are 4 id against 36,000 last year, and 47,000 in the big e ta A '52.53. The short supply of shipping has int ro e" rially with the export, which would have been unP Orli large but for this cause; as, however, many vesse l : f t! ' chartered for the Gulf ports, some of which l a fey ... arriving, this drawback will in a measure soon and cotton go forward freely. , in a , The following is a statement of the ale i. - move . .. t o , since the Ist Sept. last, as compared with the Pr" il years :- weather rot, Bo 11, t 0 1855. 1854. 100 0 11 , Receipts at the Ports Exports to Great Britain 34,000 14,000 ""'OO O fr• ~ France l, , 45 3,000 1,000 5 04f, 01 0 „ other For. Ports l,OOO 5,000 40v Total Exports 3,,,n 38.000 20,000 00 0 Stock Stock on hand 148,000 90,00 0 m it: - 41 Of which during the past week, included in the 0- - , n 000 i3Of Receipts at the Ports Exports to Great Britain 15,000 8,000 -:-.." ,F o France 2,900 --- 2,0 n 0 ,;,, o f , other For. Ports - 2,000 lOw ,021 Total Exports From which it will be seen that the i n crease fors' amounts to 37,000 bales. The increase in e ,„ lr iptb er pi Britain, 20,000 ; France, 2,000. Decrease_r plea oie• A or ports, 4,000. Total increase in exports, 18,0°°„, off liefiartilt BREADSTUPPS.-There had been an adra a ' - hieol r fli g barrel in flour about the middle of last week, Wig been lost. The receipts were still light, but 0 - 0 requirements of the trade. There had been ie s t ' / to e export demand for France in con sequen ce of ' i ls ill; the rates of freight. The fresh arrivals in wh, y e l oftdee” only to a limited extent, met with a ready salfd o 4 l. t 11 _, transactions continued to be made for forwalva r tolP f dian corn, after an advance last week of lc. t° ' . closed at the quotations of this day week. ent', i be. O r PROVISIONS.-New mess pork was in ret pito Did' was made at $22,624 ; prime sold at $21, 33 1;0 4 40 1 100 was in steady demand at previous prices. 00.'00 0 request at lac. to 12c.- for barrels, and 12e• t" ~ pig At, laow.-There had been about 80 t o ns Scow ear P at $37 to $3B. The usual terms. a n a 0 ! t b ? 010' A SALT.-Salt continued in active demand' AellS ~,n i io was buoyant. We note sales of 2,280 san t/ eau' j e about $1,674; 3,030 ditto Marshall's and o O r about $1,522. . bad be e p o i , FREIGHTS.-The market was firm, 1 1-3 %, to I°4 ; 3g • for cotton to Liverpool, d. 3 asked. Grain , ~ , Fle° ' of 2s. 9d. To London : Flour, 4s. To Glas i g," ice ... ..° l st To Havre : Cotton, square bales, per lb. , l'rwerl °- otv 5P'. SEPT. 21. -Market easier not quo '''' 6 36 d• t n o r? *c ol 1 •pte a I week, 35000 bales. Freight to Live .' re ce ,iast -Bic. to 94-c. Stock 97,500 bales. Excess 01 ~,siou.' te r l ee 57,000 57.000 bales. o C SEPT. 23.-Our cotton market exhibited n• _, 0 0 southern ports, compared with corresponding r - eft day. The sales were 4,000 bales. h) , 0 pci o clP (By Electric releyrapsteono _ o 0 NEW YoRK, THURSDAY, SEPT. 27. ~..„, a t t t ir4l Halifax, published at New York on Moan Cotton Sip No alteration in the state of the money"- Washington steamer arrived on Thur claY .,,a . rket' ----- """" ."----------- rslte saY el a Pie i i slightly declined. No change in ca . ........., .....,.910 31 ,0 0 A LETTER from Inspruck, of the 2Pt_h Etape ror sa° oo ; . 0 1 my sojurn at Ischyl I frequently saw °e k i n g. yo ,l9 i e beel Oliiio endowed, it is said, with prodigious atral,ress form an for the first soldier in his empire. The v' eleis at f° l r leli ii" $ lll of all the consorts of Europe. 'With ari e f youth w k eleag t ice• of Austria. The Emperor is a geod - hr_s t ,,,an(Meyo!', P .,,ef l pleasing features, she has that bloom n borse w fo l is or; can surpass, and when she passes ° le n eeld ' ° f i b RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA- . 1 _.1,,,b A nd I._ iroi l riice d curred on the 11th, on the St. Peter!tni? the n e on, Railway. The train got off the 11! , !°_,;.1,5t sorn w oda o - 0 ;:f . surrounds the capital, and ran straign e rl orria d g e o Were sol i , sheds. The shock was such that th first In the sP a ' e Prl 3e° l' ol to pieces; 11 persons were killed on were th ii, o a promenades of Ischyl, she is the object, of te ge rr i n • e h rfu .,,,lo.l,sif or less injured. Among the latter Alexander Trubetzkoi. atynska, Princess Soltikoff, General Effmovitc