The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

THE WAR. Tam intelligence received from the numerous points at which hostilities are now being carried on against Russia in the East continues favourable to the Allied arms, and much more detri mental to Russian views, from th6,frequent defeats sustained at different places and under varied circumstances, than from the absolute magnitude and individual importance of any one of them. Attacked in numerous and distant places, by different bodies of the Allied troops, and under circumstances differing widely from each other, the results of all display a singular similarity, that similarity being invariably the discomfiture of the Russian forces. On the European coasts of the Black Sea, in the Crimea and in Asia Minor, a succession of defeats have everywhere attended the movements of the Russians, whether these have been defensive or aggressive. Relieved from the arduous duties imperiously demanded by the siege and bombardment of Sebastopol, ever since the fall of that stronghold the Allies have been enabled so to distribute their forces and divide their points of opera tion as to cause the most harassing anxiety to the enemy. These diversified means of annoying the enemy and destroying his power have begun to tell with manifest effect. Conflict ing movements and hesitating plans indicate with the greatest plainness that the pinch and urgency of the present crisis tell with fearful power upon the Russian resources, and, whatever may have been the case previously, there is now obvious in decision in the counsels of the Czar. In the meantime, the network of victorious foes draws closer and closer upon his vanquished legions. The most striking, and, as it is believed, the most important military operations are still looked for in the district which for the last thirteen months has been the chief theatre of the war, and although public attention has been of late directed to other localities, the chief interest continues to be concentrated on THE AIaLIES IN THE CRIMEA. Writing from the Camp of the Allied Armies, on the Tchernaya, in reference to a rumour that the Russians are preparing to evacuate the Crimea, the special correspondent of the Times, on the 7th instant, says : The rumours circulated by the German papers, which seem to have originated in Europe the idea that the Russians were preparing to leave the Crimea, seem rather suspicious, con sidering the sources whence they come, and principally as they are not confirmed by the actual movements of the enemy. Large camps are still seen on the plateaux opposite to us, and the country up to the head of the Belbek is still occupied by them. The only news which we hear tending to confirm this rumour is, that the fifth and twelfth divisions have gone from our immediate neighbourhood northward ; but it is more likely that this change took place in consequence of the sign of life which the garrison of Eupatoria showed lately, than as a preliminary step for a final retreat. While the Russians were convinced that they had nothing to fear from the activity of the Turkish garrison of Eupatoria, and when the energetic pursuit of the siege operations forced them to bring down all their available force, a small body of cavalry was the only corps d'observation which remained about Eupatoria, and there was scarcely any infantry in the whole country between Perekop and Simpheropol. Now that they might apprehend something from that side, it is natural that they should make their preparations accordingly. RUSSIAN DEFENCES ON THE NORTH SIDE. Writing on the subject of the Russian works on the north side of the harbour of Sebastopol, on the 9th, the same autho rity states, that — On the Sebastopol side of our line (for now there is no more front and rear, as when the siege was going on), everything remains in statu quo. The Russians are still busy throwing up intrenchments on every available spot of the north side of the harbour. The ground is, as all over this neighbourhood, particularly fit for a display of engineering. From Fort Constantine there is a succession of promontories extending towards the head of the harbour, which have been all taken advantage of to construct works upon, notwithstand ing our fire ; but this firing seems only intended to impede the construction of those works, and not to prevent it alto gether, as the large batteries commenced some time ago have again been counter-ordered, and you can see the Russians working in spite of the occasional shot or shell pitching among them and scattering them for a moment. They are likewise modest enough in replying—an occasional shot from Fort Constantine, from a little earthwork a fleur d'eau, with eight embrasures, between the second casemated fort and some buildings, evidently stores, and some rather more frequent ones from a little redan in front of the Telegraph Battery, and an earthwork on the eastern promontory of the Soukhaya creek, being all. Lately, however, they have begun to fire more frequently from the Inkermann batteries towards the French redoubts there. Most of their shots from the har bour are directed against the town, rather than against the French mortars behind Fort Nicholas, and against the head of the Dockyard Creek. The regularity of the town rather invites this manceuvre, the streets running parallel down towards the harbour, and thus showing plainly all those who pass through them. Under the same date, the Times' correspondent says, in relation to THE OCCUPATION OF THE ALLIES :- The siege guns have nearly all been removed from both our and the Erench lines, as well as the platforms, gabions, and trenches, in order to facilitate the communications. What with these works and road-making, the soldiers are kept busy enough ; but, I am sorry to say, the old idea that labour is the best preservative from temptation seems not to be confirmed by experience in this instance, for wherever you pass you see individuals pacing about in heavy marching order over a limited space of ground and during a limited space of time, or going about in a circle lifting up stones and putting them down again at a certain distance, as a punishment for drunken ness. But, in spite of this, the road-making is progressing favourably. On the Tchernaya, line drilling is the order of the day, and target shooting. Yesterday, two French divisions were going through some manoeuvres on a larger scale in the Balaklava Valley and in the Cavalry Valley, so named from the light cavalry charge last year. In the presence of four differ ent armies it is rather interesting to observe the difference in the style of movement between them. You have all the gra dations between the minutely regular movements of English troops, the less stiff but still very regular manoeuvres of the Piedmontese, the loose order in which the French troops per form their evolutions, and the rather more loose movements of the Turks. Not less striking is the difference between the dead silence of an English line, where not a sound is heard ex cept the word of command and the regular step of the soldier, the comparative silence in a Piedmontese body of men, the amusing observations and commentaries in a French column, and the noise in a Turkish battalion. The habit of practising with the new Mini& ought to be rather more general than it is. With the exception of the Highlanders, I saw no English troops doing it, and yet there are many new soldiers, and the use of the new rifle requires, from its pre cision, rather more practice in firing than old Brown Bess.' It is the precision, of which the new weapons admit, which constitutes theit best quality, rather than their long range, which is not so applicable on a battle field as it may be thought at target shooting. It seems the Highlanders will winter on the spot where they are. The materials for their huts have arrived, and they have set to work. The Turkish artillery, which has hitherto occupied the spot where these huts are to be erected, have been removed a little further, and the digging has now begun. The two battalions of the Ist Royals, who are destined to form part of the second brigade of the High land division, have come up likewise, and are encamped a little below Kamara. The Sardinians are likewise still busy hutting themselves, and every day you see tents disappear and huts arise; they are all underground, with only the gable roof showing. Similar ones are now in construction for the cavalry and artillery horses. They will afford excellent shelter, only the labour is rather great. Besides these underground huts, the ruins of the houses of Kamara are being repaired, and made again fit to receive stores. Another Turkish regiment has left in the Great Britain for Asia. Part of the English medical staff went likewise in her to Souchum Kaleh, whence they must find their way to Sinope. I went the other day over the French position beyond Baidar. The road leading up from Ourktista is nearly finished. You can overlook from the heights the banks of the Upper Belbek. The Russians have abandoned a kind of intrenched camp which they had con structed on this side of it, but they send occasionally cavalry over, and while I was there I could see plainly about four squadrons in a field near the river side, and some suspicious looking objects, which seemed very much like guns, although it was impossible to make them out clearly with my glass. The French nearly every day make reconnaissances in the direction of Aitodor and towards the river, but without meet ing with any considerable force of the enemy. Yesterday three regiments of light cavalry were sent down to Baidar, so that the Russian cavalry will probably not long remain on this side of the Belbek. The French keep excellent order in the vil lages they occupy—no soldier is allowed to go into a house, to the great satisfaction of the people, who, like all Oriental p eo pl e , are very particular about their domestic privacy. The Light Cavalry Brigade, although under orders for embarkation, have not yet done so, but a battery of Horse Artillery, Captain Thomas's, went on board yesterday at Balaklava. In reference to the same topics, and the rumoured retreat of the Russians, the correspondent of the Daily News, writing from the camp before Sebastopol, on the 12th instant, says : There is very little progress to communicate from this part of the seat of war. The cavalry for the brigade of Light Cavalry, which was under orders to proceed to Eupatoria, have been detained by adverse weather. During the night between the 9th and 10th instant, a heavy gale sprung up from the south-west, and continued all the following day. The temperature was high, and the wind had all the character of a sirocco. On the 11th the gale subsided and was succeeded by rain. To-day the weather has been bright and fine. It does not appear that the delay in the departure of the cavalry was Connected with the postponement of the movement against the Mackenzie heights, for already there is a very considerable force of this arm of the service under General d'Allonville at Eupatoria, and it was even a matter of doubt whether that general would require the aid of the British reinforcements. In case of General d'Allonville deciding that the Light Cavalry Brigade were not required at Eupatoria, it is said that the regiments composing it are not to return to the Crimea, but to go at once to their winter quarters on the Bosphorus. ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH. The French are still pushing on to the right, and have now reached the upper valley of the Belbek river. The Russians are retiring before them. From every side we hear that the enemy is falling, by detachments_ upon Perekop, and the gradually diminishing extent of the encampments, which can ayPeflrs to give sup. be observed over the Inkerman heights port to these assertions. There is no diminution of fire, how. ever, from the forts and batteries on the north side of the roadstead ; on the contrary, it has been kept up with much more activity during the last two or three days. It has art been especially directed against the Malakhoff, and the pof Sebastopol held by the French on the west side of the south act harbour. The English have not constr ucted any works to against the north side ; the battery commenced on the former site of Fort Paul, but afterwards abandoned, has not again been proceeded with. The French have nearly completed another large work near Fort Alexander, destined more particularly to act against Fort Constantine. It is to contain an armament of ten mortars. RUSSIAN DARING. A story is afloat that a few nights ago three boats, taking advantage of the darkness, quietly crossed from the north side, and entering the Karabelnaia port, proceeded towards some of the sheds on the Dockyard-quaydralaving arrived at the stairs, some Russians landed, and, finding they were unob served, removed a certain amount of stores, with which they got back safely to their own side of the roadstead. This feat might be accomplished with the greatest ease, unless the sentries were on the alert. The guard, which previous to this occurrence was a subaltern's, has since been increased to a captain's guard. Whether captains, such as are now not Wl frequently met in some of the regiments, with little more than two years' service and experience, and mere striplings in years, are much more likely to take the necessary measures to pre vent the recurrence of similar deeds on the part of so cunning an enemy as the one to whom we are opposed, is a matter for the consideration of military authorities. HEALTH OF THE TROOPS. The troops continue remarkably healthy. Their duties are comparatively light. Excepting the guards for the divisional staff establishments, the usual regimental guards, and those in the part of Sebastopol occupied by the British, they are chiefly employed on fatigue duties ; such as making the military roads, collecting stones from the batteries, building walls and enclo sures for the commissariat stores, or stabling for the animals belonging to the Land Transport Corps, draining the camps, repairing the water tanks, collecting gabions from the trenches or enemy's works—these being the only wood issued at present for fuel—or other employments of a like nature. There are, consequently, few night duties, and this is, doubtless, one cir cumstance which is greatly conducive to the present sanitary condition of the men. The younger. soldiers are being in structed in drill, and many of the regimental parade grounds present the appearance rather of what might be expected to be seen at an encampment in England, than under the walls of Sebastopol. The Highland Division are making prepara tions for changing their ground near Samara. The brigade will move about a mile further in the direction of Baidar, and the other regiments will take up positions, though not so far from the site of their present encampments, towards the same point. In consequence of the departure of the Ottoman troops for Asia, the greater part of the outpost duties, which were formerly performed by them, will now devolve upon the men of the Highland Division. IMPORTANT CHANGE IN THE POSITION OF THE ALLIES. Notwithstanding the uncertainty which has followed the rumours current in relation to the manoeuvres of the con flicting forces, some considerable alteration in their relative positions appears certain. On this subject, the correspondent of the Times, writing on the 13th inst., from the camp on the Tchernaya, says After I last wrote to you, a considerable change took place all along our line. It is one of those changes which, without materially altering the relative positions of the two parties, serves to determine more distinctly their respective situations, and thus puts an end to the vagueness and uncertainty which must have struck every looker-on as the characteristic feature of the epoch which has elapsed since the fall of Sebastopol. First of all, on the line of Sebastopol itself we seem evidently to have changed sides with the Russians, and to have become, from an attacking, the attacked party. In the last few days the time of the siege seems to be again revived, and the sound of siege guns which, since the Bth Sept., only at long intervals interrupted the silence, is beginning again to tire the ear with its monotony. The Russians have constructed and armed a series of new batteries, and have opened a brisk fire from them against the few French batteries which have been thrown up to annoy them while they were working. On the Tchernaya and on the Baidar line, on the contrary, our position has changed by an advance of the Sardinians and the French. The Sardinians, who had hitherto only a small detachment on the other side of the Tchernaya, have, since Wednesday last, the 10th instant, taken up a position on the plateau running along the left bank of the Tchouliou river, as high up as Upa. The next day a battalion of infantry and a squadron of cavalry went up to Ozembash, and made the round over the plateaux leading down towards Aitodor. There is very little to be seen of the Russians in that neighbourhood. They have entirely left the left bank of the Tchouliou, and their most advanced Cossack videttes are down on the road where it approaches the gorge formed by the Mackenzie plateau, or Ackyar, and the rocky eminence of Mangup Kaleh. This latter has the most extraor dinary appearance,. being, as it were, torn away from the two ridges between which it stands. It presents a close resem blance to one of those steep, rocky eminences, rising abruptly from the plain below, and on which the former rulers of India loved to erect their so-called impregnable mountain fortresses. Of the old castle, supposed to be erected by the Genoese, only a ruined tower is seen from this side, built quite close to the edge of the rock, and intended probably more as watch-tower than as a defence, as, from its elevated position, overlooking the whole country around, it is peculiarly fit for that purpose. A similar kind of watch-tower, but smaller, is seen about the middle of the Mackenzie plateau, overlooking the valley of the Tchernaya, the plain of Balaklava, and the plateau of the Chersonese, down to the sea. It seems the ancients under stood the importance of these ridges as well as we do, and that they were quite aware that their possession gave the mastery of the interior of the Crimea. Besides the road which runs through the defile formed by the Mackenzie ridge and the rock of Mangup Kaleh, there are two roads which lead up from the Tchouliou valley to the Mackenzie plateau. The one to the right branches off from the Aitodor road, and runs up on the last projecting spur of the ridge ; the other leads up through a break in the steep cliff, and seems the better of the two ; both are occupied and fortified by the Russians, but only on the first there seem to be guns. From the high ground above Ozembash you can see behind the plateau occupied by the Russians. It appears to the eye like a gentle sley.houndd by another pla teau afsayjimillrAßNit ag p e ;; R :t , tf; Possible, even steepE, fled with the change from Cossacks to French and Sardinian soldiers, only, as may be naturally supposed, they are in a great fright lest the Russians should again return; their questions, therefore, about an advance of the allied troops, which so closely touches their very existence, are numerous and their complaints about the ill-treatment which they had to suffer from the Cossacks, great. They try, as best they can, to make a precarious livelihood by bringing up to the French and Sardinian camps whatever they have left—fruit, eggs, fowls, and sheep. Unfortunately there is not much remaining. The loss which they most feel is that of their cattle, which makes it impossible for them to plough their fields. Although the ground all around is considerably broken up, whatever can be cultivated seems very good, and is, as they say, more than sufficient to feed the population ; but they have had no harvest this year, having been prevented from sowing by the services which they had to perform, and then by the final loss of their cattle ; so they are obliged to bring grain and flour from the villages on the banks of the Upper Belbek, which have not suffered so much, as they supply not only these villages, but likewise those in the valley of Baidar, where you continually meet natives bringing back provisions. Those of the valleys of Baidar and Var noutka have hit on another means of subsistence. They carry wood to Balaclava in their arabas, and bring back what they want from there. The business is not unprofitable, as they get for an araba load from 7s. to 9s. Thus you see, instead of the Crimea supplying us with provisions, we have to supply the inhabitants. The only exceptions are the villages on the Belbek, which the French entered the same day as the Sar dinians advanced. The French can draw at least, for a time, their whole supply of fresh provisions for them ; besides, they have found there a large quantity of hay which the Russians left behind them when they retired. By this recent move the French have come close to the Russian positions at Albat and Airgul—there, if at all, the Russians must make their stand. According to the accounts one hears, the Russians have thirteen infantry divisions opposite to our lines. One which guards the fortifications on the north plateau, and two at the first Inkerman lighthouse, whose camp can be plainly seen with the naked eye; two others distributed on the Mackenzie ridge; and eight which guard the series of pla teaux from Baktchi-Sergi down to Aitodor, and river courses of the Belbek, Katcha, and Alma. As long as we had not advanced to the Upper Back there was a kind of neutral ground between us and the Russians, but now we close upon them. Fot-Sala, which is now in the possession of the French, is only about nine miles from Baktchi-Serai, From other and in not a few distant sources we learn that the positions of the two opposing forces are such as to cause the most lively expectations in repect to their immediate future. PROBABLE RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS. BEnra w,Wednesday.—lt is reported here that Prince Gores chakoff has represented to the Emperor Alexander that there are great difficulties in his present position, and asking for instructions as to whether he shall risk a decisive battle or evacuate the Crimea. The Emperor has thereupon sent Generals Benkendorff and Hackelburg to the Crimea to make a personal inspection, and upon their report future movements depend. The Times' correspondent writes : • Private letters from officers of the French army state that the Russians will avoid as much as possible giving battle in or out of their entrenched positions. Some of the officers are even of the opinion that Prince Gortschakoff, seeing no possi bility of keeping his communications open and regularly receiving supplies, was actually preparing to evacuate the Crimea. A confidential letter, addressed by the Russian General-in-Chief to Prince Paskiewitch, is said to mention such a movement as probable, if not unavoidable. A letter from Sebastopol of the 9th, in the Semaphore de Marseilles, says : The Russians keep firing from the north on our position, but without doing any material damage, and the general opinion in the camp is, that the fire is only intended as a blind to conceal the retreat of General GortschakofY. It has, in fact, been remarked that the Russian forces diminish every day, and it is known by means of spies that they have decided on concentrating their forces towards Simpheropol. It is every day expected to see the Russians terminate their work of destruction by blowing up the Northern forts. The Courrier de Marseilles, of the 21st inst., publishes the following letter, dated Sebastopol, the 7th inst.:— We have been informed that the Russians intend to con centrate all their forces on some point of the Crimea, proba bly at Simpheropol. It is added that the evacuation of the northern part of Sebastopol has been for some time decided, and we have ourselves observed that the Russian . troops occu pying those heights are gradually diminishing number. We, nevertheless, still perceive a few battalions, occupied in erecting field-works and batteries ; but this may be a blind to deceive the allies, by making them believe that they do not intend to evacuate their position. Whatever may be the point of concentration chosen by Prince Gortschakoff, should the winter be mild, that is rainy, their army must inevitably perish, for we positively know that they have not opened a single new road, and that all those existing in the country have been rendered almost impracticable by the recent rains. This ac counts, no doubt, for the Russian soldiers wearing heavy boots in the summer as well as in the winter. If, on the con trary, the winter be rigorous —that is, if ice and snow cover the ground—it will be impossible for them to travel over the country in sledges, and to receive provisions. Marshal Pelis sier continues to advance into the interior, slowly, it is true, for it is necessary to construct roads for the passage of the artillery and heavily-laden waggons. The plan of the generals in-chief is not known. They appear intent on advancing as far as po ss ibl e, b ut the execut i on of th i s plan must d epen d on circumstances. The same secrecy is observed with regard to the destination of th e exped i t i on a b ou t t o sa il f rom K am i esc h. It is believed, however, that it will proceed to the peninsula of TTidra,in order to keep in check the forces concentrated at Nicholaiefl and Perekop. Thi s, however, i s a mere surm i se, for the secret is so well kept, that th e comman d ers o f th e diff eren t ships are ignorant of it themselves, being directed not to open their sealed orders until they reach a certain distance at sea. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GREAT BATTLE 'EXPECTED. The Daily News says that, according to Crimean advices of the 11th, in Varna it was thought that a grand encounter between the two armies would take place about the 20th inst., for it appeared quite impossible that the Russians were able to prevent the French from advancing against Bachtchiserai. Gortschakoff had, therefore, only the alternative of accepting battle, or making a retrograde movement behind the Belbek, or endeavour to reach Simpheropol. The booty taken at Taman was very large. By accounts of the 13th from the Crimea, the advanced posts of the allies were, on the 12th, within five leagues of Bacht chiserai. The Russians were retiring slowly. Everything led to the belief that General Liprandi intend to defend the line of the Belbek, and to rest upon the corps commanded by Prince Gortschakoff. We read in the Post Arnpt Gazette: — It is thought that the battle :which must definitively decide the possession of this ground will take place very shortly. What is certain is, that the Russians can no longer cut off the allies from the road of Bachtchiserai. It is singular enough that the Russians should have surrounded the north side with a chain of new fortifications, and placed it in a state to support a siege. All the plateau on the north side is covered with redoubts and earthworks, and on the line of the Belbek new works constructed in the form of the Mamelon, have been raised. While expectation is thus actively on the qui vine in regard to the Crimean movements, important affairs have occurred elsewhere to excite the spirits of the Allies, and to damp the ardour of the enemy. -THE WAR IN ASIA. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARS. The special correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Erzeroum, on the 6th of October, says : . _ Yesterday evening there arrived here an express with letters of the 30th of September, from Kars. The letters were written in the evening, and contained the intelligence, that on the morning of that day the Russians invested Kars on all sides in full force. The batteries at Kars opened a murderous fire on the besiegers. Three times did the Russians gain a footing in the Turkish entrenchments—and three times were they driven out by the Turks at the point of the bayonet, Colonel Lake distinguished himself in the contest, not .only by his courage, but by his skill. It was he who drove the enemy from the Inglis Tabia. Eight hundred Russians were slain before a redoubt defended by four hundred Turks. The firing lasted seven hours and a half, when the Russians fled. The Turks performed prodigies of valour, and the European officers —Colonel Lake and Captains Teesdale and Thompson—dis tinguished themselves. Mr. Churchill, formerly attache of our embassy from Persia, and now secretary to General Williams, commanded at one of the. redoubts, and showed himself a thorough Englishman. A postscript of a letter of the Ist instant, adds that the loss of the Russians is estimated at about eight or nine thousand killed or wounded. About four thousand corpses lie under the walls of Kars. The Turks are busied now in burying them. The enemy lost besides this a great quantity of stores, and about three hundred prisoners were taken, amongst whom were many officers. Four guns are said to have been taken. The loss of the Turks is reck oned at about 750 killed and wounded. This great battle, which had so fortunate a termination—thanks to the skill of the commander, General Williams—shows clearly enough that the Turkish soldier, when well led, is not only brave, but able to distinguish himself like the soldier of any other nation. At the same time, it must convince Europe in general, and the Turkish government in particular, that the latter has no good native officers, since, from the commencement of hostilities in Asia until the present moment, this is the only victory the Turks have gained, and this is owing to General Williams. When the Turks were under native commanders, they experienced nothing but defeats. I hope that by Tuesday we shall have other despatches from Kars. I will forward them without delay when they arrive. This evening I saw a letter written by a bey of Livana (Turkish Georgia). He says that Omar Pasha having concentrated his troops in Churuksu, had marched on Urzughet, and that he had made himself master of the place without much difficulty. He received there a deputation from the Georgian nobility, who made their submission to the Porte in the name of the inhabitants of the district. According to this letter Omar Pasha was marching towards Akaltzick, for the purpose of making a diversion in favour of Kars, and of ultimately coming to the assistance of that city. This last news tallies with that con tained in letters received the day before yesterday, which say that Omar Pasha has communicated with the Muchir in Kars, telling him to maintain his position for twenty days, at the expiration of which he would be at Kars with his army. He must be near there by this time; and it would be most fortu nate if he should arrive in time to cut off the retreat of Gen. Mouravieff, and be able to invest Alexandropol.—P.S. Not one of the European officers at Kars was killed or wounded. LETTER FROM AN ENGLISH OFFICER ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE• KARS, Oct. I.—Here I am on the Karadagh again, none the •worse for my late illness. Last night the Russians attacked us in force, and (between you and me and the post) very nearly took Kars. The fight was a most bloody one, and lasted seven hours and a half, without one second's intermission. The Russians left upwards of 2,000 men dead on the field ; and their loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners must have ex ceeded 6,000 men. What do you think of us Kars chaps after that ? I was not actively engaged, as they knew better than attack my almost impregnable battery a second time ; but I did great service with my heavy guns, and twice drove them out of a battery they had taken, and turned upon us. It was a nasty sight—the field—afterwards. It was completely covered with dead bodies, mostly Russians, as our men did not lose more than five or six hundred altogether. The defence was commanded by dear old General Kmeti; and when our general thanked him in the name of Queen Victoria, for his gallant repulse of the enemy, I thought the brave old boy would have burst his heart open—he was so proud. The Turks fought—not like lions, but like fiends. I never saw WeniPalme n ,s a ft l w ; ts, 4 rtelf — you — tTat i ge'R f w us h sla t es had their whole force concentrated upon General Kmeti's division, which, with the reinforcements he afterwards received, did not amount to 8,000 men. The reports have just come in, and there are more than 3,000 killed on the side of the enemy. A despatch from Kars, of Sept. 29, says :—" Gen. Mouravieff continued the blockade with 80 pieces of cannon. Omar Pasha was expected." In Europe also the defeats of the Russians have been nu merous and signal. The successful bombardment and capture of Kinburn and the destruction of Oczakoff, have given to the Allied fleet complete command of the estuary of the Dnieper. The dread occasioned by the uninterrupted successes of the Allies is spreading rapidly all over the southern frontier, of Russia, and may to some extent be understood by the PANIC OCCASIONED AT ODESSA BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE FLEET, Concerning which the correspondent of the Daily News writes as follows : _ _ ODESSA, Oct. B.—Four o'clock, p.m.—The first brigade of the 15th Reserve Infantry Division has just entered the town in long columns. They are the regiments Lublin and Zamosc. The men are evidently quite exhausted from their long march, and covered with dust from head to foot. In marching through the streets some of the men fell down from over fatigue. They:are carried into the houses by the citizens, and kindly treated. An endless train of artillery follows, magnifi cently horsed. It is a beautiful sight. These troops all come from the camp of the army of reserve at Nicolaieff. The intelligence of the approach of the enemy's armada was tele graphed to the Emperor at midnight. From the telegraph station on the villa of General Luders more ships are seen approaching. They appear to be in the same place as they were the last time. Five o'clock.—A whole forest of masts is now visible in the offing. They appear to be sailing in great order, and with admirable regularity. Six o'clock.—There is now 76 sail in sight, and every moment others round the promontory. A panic has seized the inhabitants. All the streets are regularly blocked up with carriages, carts, and waggons of every description, into which the more valuable furniture and goods and chattels of the inhabitants are being packed up as quickly as possible. The general cry is Sauve qui pent, whilst at the corner of streets people gather together in little knots to communicate and learn in breathless anxiety and with hurried words what each has to say. Some state that the expedition is destined to operate against the neighbouring town of Ostchakoff, and that the fleet is about to force the passage of the Dnieper, and disembark an army there to march by land towards Kherson and Perekop. Others pretend to know the exact number of troops on board, which they state to consist of 20,000 Turks and 35,000 French. Again, others know for positive certainty that the object of the expedition is ex clusively the bombardment of this city. In the meantime the hostile fleet has gradually approached and anchored at a distance of five wersts (three miles) from the shore. Eight o'clock.—The sea is enveloped in perfect darkness. The enemy's ships have hoisted lanterns, which at a distance have the appearance of stars, and serve to show their position. October 9.—The night passed off with tranquillity. Some people assert they heard guns fired in the night, and counted forty reports. It might be their imagination, or it is possi ble they were signal guns. This morning at sunrise three guns were fired on board the fleet. No change is perceptible in their position since last night. Four new 24-pounders have been mounted this morning in the battery No. 5, the embrasure widened, and the parapet heightened with fresh earth to the extent of a couple of feet. All this work has been executed by the soldiers. Behind the Boulevard are several battalions destined to defend the battery. They are seated on the ground so as not to be seen, nor exposed to unnecessary danger. In the meantime the panic of the inhabitants appears to have reached its climax. Everybody is making hurried preparations to get away. Money is in such demand that the counting-houses of the money-changers are beleaguered, and the aglo of metallic currency, which was yesterday at par, has suddenly risen to 20 per cent. The bakers' shops are beset by the people, who vehemently call for bread, the price of which has risen to three times its usual value. The most fabulous sums are willingly paid for the use of the most common waggon and horses to convey the families to a place of safety. Whilst all sorts of vehicles are quitting the town loaded with children, furniture, bed ding, and cooking utensils, long convoys of ammunition waggons, heavy artillery, baggage, military stores, and troops —both cavalry and infantry—are pouring into the town every moment, blocking up the streets, and preventing the escape of the frightened inhabitants. Such jostling, confusion, and noise on all sides ! Verily at this moment Odessa presents such a scene of disorder and fear as must have been witnessed at the Tower of Babel. march through the steppes. However, the object of the allies is confined at present to the conquest of the Crimea. The Moniteur de la Flotte, speculating on the operations which it is considered probable the Allied fleets will under take in. the Black Sea, publishes the following :—The allied fleets at present occupy the Liman of the Dnieper, after having captured the three forts of Kinburn, together with their garrison. This brilliant feat reflects the greatest honour on Admirals Bruat and Lyons, on the allied fleets, and the division of General Bazaine. The most remarkable feature in the naval operations in the East is the rapidity and daring pith which they have been accomplished. In this manner the most signal success has always crowned them, and we have now to insecribe the name of Kinburn by the side of those of Kertch, Yenikale, Taganrog, Taman, and Sweaborg. Our soldiers now occupy Kinburn, and a part of our squadron, anchored in the Liman of the Dnieper, cuts off all communication by sea between Odessa, Nicolaieff, and Cherson. The Russians are thus reduced to a cruel extremity, for the ships now lying in the docks of Nicolaieff, and in tended to replace the fleet of Nachimoff, ingloriously sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, can be of no possible advantage to them. We are now in a position to menace Cherson and Nicolaieff; the latter being the great naval and military arsenal of Russia, from which might, at any moment, be launched a new fleet, fully equipped for another Sinope ; Cherson, since the beginning of the war in the Crimea, is the central depot of provisions for the Russian army. Although it has lost much of its importance since the foundation of Odessa, it has, nevertheless, from its strategic position, and from its being the principal magazine of the army, been of the greatest utility during the present war. Its docks are sufficiently spacious to admit of seven ships of the line being built at the same time. The town is of great extent, being divided into four quarters—the fortress, the naval depart ment, the Greek suburb, and that of the sailors. At Cherson the Dnieper is a league and a half in width, and 50 feet in depth. According to a recent telegraphic despatch, the allied fleets are lying at the extremity of the Liman, exactly opposite the mouth of the Dnieper. -Soundings, no doubt, have been taken in the Bug and the Dnieper, and we shall soon be in a position to form an opinion as to the alleged im possibility of navigating those rivers, which may have been intentionally circulated by the Russians themselves for a very obvious reason. We are already aware that, as far as regards Nicolaieff, the river is navigable for men-of-war everywhere except at the point about ten miles from the mouth of the Bug. Once masters of the Ockzakoff, the allies may proceed overland to Nicolaieff. The events now impend ing preclude all useless conjectures ; we, therefore, confine ourselves to a simple statement of the numerous advantages which accrue to us from the seizure of the forts of Kinburn and of the Liman of the Dnieper. Let us hope that before long the Russian army in the Crimea, completely isolated in the peninsula, cut off from its supplies, disheartened by the successive disasters that have defeated their plans and frus trated their exertions and their courage, shall be reduced to make a last heroic and desperate effort, the consequences of which are by no means doubtful to us, or lay down their arms without trying the chances of a battle. THIRTY THOUSAND OF THE ALLIES LANDED AT TENDRA. VIENNA, Sunday Evening.—The Oesterreichische Corres pendenz asserts, on the authority of a telegraphic communica tion from Odessa on the 17th, that at the same time the allied fleets attacked Kinburn, 30,000 men were landed on the Peninsula of Tendra. Nothing certain was known of the destination of these troops. Tendra is a long spit of land a little west of Perekop. The announcement of the landing of 30,000 men on the Peninsula of Tendra, which was communicated by telegraphic despatch in a London paper, is disbelieved by the Assemblie Nationale. THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA. VIENNA, Oct. 21.—Baktchi-Serai is a Tartar town, and in a military point of view not a tenable position. This is, how ever, not the case with Simpheropol, which is quite Russian, and well fortified. A gentleman who has just returned from the Crimea states that even if the Allies were to take the latter town the Russians would not necessarily be obliged to evacuate the Crimea, but that they must first be beaten and forced to retreat behind the line of the river Salghir. Perekop has no running streams, and obtains its water from wells, which he describes as very deep. All about the north of the Crimea there is a great scarcity of good water. Perekop, if attacked, must soon fall, as the garrison is far from numerous, and they must not expect any relief, as the army coming to their assistance could not supply itself with water. It is true that the Allies would also find difficulty in obtaining this ne cessary beverage, but in the immediate neighbourhood of the town there are wells. Should the seat of war be extended at a later period to the interior of Russia, the operations from the Crimea could not be made in the direction of Nicholaieff, on account of the vast extent of the intervening steppes ; but the base of the operations must be formed by the river Dniester. On the other hand, the,distance from the frontiers of Moldavia to the fortress of Kaminitz is only two days' THE RUSSIAN WORKS AT ODESSA, A letter from Odessa, dated the 6th instant, which has been published in Paris, gives the following particulars as to the defensive works lately erected in the city, as well as in those of Ockzakoff, Kinburn, and the environs : Our merchants have observed with some uneasiness that, since the Ist of this month, two of the six war steamers of the Allies, which maintained so strict a blockade here all the summer, have weighed anchor and stood out to sea. The departure of those vessels was attributed to an extraordinary motive. It was generally believed that they were going to meet a formidable naval force, about to appear before our city, and expose it a second time to the horrors of a bombardment. The greatest alarm is visible on every countenance, notwithstanding the air of confidence as sumed by the military authorities. If this second misfor tune should occur to complete the ruin of our commerce, the magnificent palace of Prince Woronzoff would be the first building knocked to pieces by the fire of the allies. Our mi litary engineers have done their utmost to save it from de struction. They have planted six howitzers on a height close v to ar t d h . e w T a h ll e w th h i i e c k h n s e e s p e a e ra f t t e h s e th w e et ri h n ee ce brasures have been opened in it to enable a battery of field garden u f r b o l m e d h a e n 1 3,1 o e u m l e artillery placed in the palace court to play on the assailants. Prince's been a rd Besides the large battery of 36 pieces erected last April, a second battery, of semicircular form, containing 12 guns, and com manding the roadstead, has been also erected. It is to be hoped that the latter will be sufficient to prevent any hostile vessel from entering the military port. Since summer, the military engineers have constructed a new battery of twelve pieces of the largest calibre, on the ground to the west of the colonnade, which will sweep all the approaches in the direc tion of the Peresip. There are, besides, at intervals along the garden terrace, pieces of heavy calibre, which may at a mo ment's notice be brought forward and form a second flying battery of sixteen guns. I have been informed a lw persons in the Comm' r iot Ni lie a,od Cherson tn t the passage winburn and Uckzakoit has been rendered quite im practicable. Upwards of 50 boats laden with large stones and fragments of rocks have been sunk along the channel over a space of at least two versts, a narrow canal only having been left for navigation. Thus vessels wishing to enter the Liman will have to pass quite close to the fortifications, under the very guns of Kinburn. The latter is regarded as a fortress of the first class, owing to the immense works thrown up around since the landing of the allies in the Crimea. The same pro cess has been gone through at the entrance of the Bug, which is flanked by two large batteries on either side. All the ves sels the Russians could procure have been sunk there, and no boat, however light its draught of water may be, can enter the river: Only one very narrow passage now remains open for Russian boats which proceed from Nicolaieff to Cherson, Kin burn, Ockzakoff, and sometimes even to Odessa, on military service; but on the first appearance of danger, an immense mass of stones, rocks, &e., heaped up along the shore, will be thrown into the passage in order to block it up completely. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARS. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCt. 26. The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Briga dier-General Williams, Her Majesty's commissioner with the Turkish army in Asia, of which the following is a copy : KARS, Sept. 29. , My Loup,—l have the honour to inform your lordship that General Mouravieff, with the bulk of his army, at day-dawn this morning, attacked our intrenched position on the heights above Kars and on the opposite side of the river. The battle lasted, without a moment's intermission, for nearly seven hours, when the enemy was driven off in the greatest disorder, with the loss of 2,500 dead, and nearly double that number wounded, who were, for the most part, carried off by the re treating enemy. Upwards of 4,000 muskets were left on the field. Your lordship can, without a description on my part, imagine the determination of the assailants and the undaunted courage of the troops who defended the position for so many hours. The Mushir will, doubtlessly, at a future moment bring before his Government the conduct of those officers who have distinguished themselves on this day,—a day so glorious for the Turkish arms. On my part, I have great gratification in acquainting your Lordship with the gallant conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, Major Teesdale, and Captain Thompson, who rendered the most important service in defending the redoubts of Veli Pasha Tabia, Tahmasb Tabia, and Arab Tabia. I beg to re commend these officers to your Lordship's protection. I also beg to name my secretary, Mr. Churchill, an attache of Her Majesty's Mission in Persia. He directed the fire of a battery throughout the action, and caused the enemy great loss. I also beg to draw your Lordship's attention to the gallant bearing of Messrs. Zohrab and Rennisson, who, as interpreters to Lieutenant-Colonel Lake and Major Teesdale, rendered very efficient service. Dr. Sandwith has been most active and efficient in the management of the ambulances and in the hospital arrangements. We are now employed in the burial of the dead, and I will have the honour, by the next messenger, of detailing the movements of this eventful day. Our loss was about 700 killed and wounded. •I have, &c., W. F. WILLIAMS. The Earl of Clarendon, &c. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT OCZAKOFF. ADMIRALTY, OCt. 23. The following telegraphic despatch has this day been re ceived at this office from Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons : OFF THE MOUTH OF THE DNIEPER, Oct. 18, 1855. This morning the enemy blew up his fortifications on Oczakoff Point, mounting 23 guns, which were assailable by our mortar vessels. THE CAPTURE OF KINBURN. _ PARIS, Oct. 23. Marshal Pelissier has forwarded to the minister of war the following communication relating to the operations of the allied forces at Kinburn : SEBA.STOPOL, Oct. 21, five p.m. I have just received from General Bazain his report of the capture of Kinburn. The Anglo-French division of the army has actively con tributed to the success of the allied squadron. Having been landed on the peninsula about 5 kilometres from the fortress, it took up its position, and in the night of the 16th opened the trenches at 800 metres from the works. When the fleet commenced its heavy fire on the 17th, two companies of Chasseurs, under cover at a distance of 400 metres from the batteries, were able to keep up a fusillade on the Russian artillerymen at their guns. The field artillery also played an effective part in the operation. We have taken 1,420 prisoners, including General Koiano vitch and 40 officers, with 174 pieces of cannon and a quantity of ammunition and stores. We are now in full occupation of an important position. Such are the results to the allies of this successful expedition. The Russians have rendered this success comPlete by them selves blowing up the fortifications of Oczakoff, on the 18th. I send you the standard, with the arms of Russia, which floated over the walls of Kinburn. BERLIN, Wednesday. Prince Gortschakoff telegraphs that nothing fresh had oc curred between Kinburn and Nicholaieff up to the evening of the 22nd. Some vessels had attempted to enter the Bug and Dnieper, but soon returned. VIENNA, Wednesday. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz states that the Em peror Alexander has left Nicholaieff for Elisabetgard, situated to the north of that place, and about 130 English mailes from it. MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIES. ST. PETERSBI7RG 3 Thursday. On the 2nd, about 40,000 of the allied forces advanced from Eupatoria to Tulat.* The next day they reached the heights at Schagadianin, but retreated beyond Andatotschi on per ceiving our (Russian) Lancers on their left flank. [* A place of this name occurs on the map half-way on the high road between Eupatoria and Simpheropoi.] RUSSIA. BERLIN, Thursday. The Emperor of Russia is on his return from Nicholaieff. He will visit Kieff, where large reserves are forming; 'out it is not certain whether he will go to Warsaw. General itlouravieff's defeat at Kars has put an end to the idea of his supplanting Prince Gortschakoff. It is now said that General Perowsky, who commanded the expedition to Khiva, is to supersede the Prince. The summons of Generals Benkendorf and Stackelberg to Prince Gortschakoff's head-quarters is held as a proof of his very critical position. THE WAR IN ASIA. TREBIZONDE, October 8. The Russians are supposed to be preparing to attack Kars again. BOOTY FOUND AT SEBASTOPOL.—The Monileur publishes the inventory of the different articles (the guns not included ) found at Sebastopol by the allies, and forwarded to the Minis ter of War by Marshal Pelissier. The principal articles were round shot, 407,314 ; hollow projectiles, 101,755 ; canister cases, 24,080; gunpowder, 525,000 lbs; ball cartridges for muskets and carbines, 470,000 in good condition, and 160,000 damaged; wagons, 80; yawls, 6; logs of lignum vitae, 500; anchors of port moorings, 400; anchors of different sizes, 90; grapplings and small anchors, 60; chains for anchors, 200 yards ; old copper for sheathing, 104,000 lbs ; old ropes, 100,000 lbs ; water casks, 300; nevr ropes of different sizes, 50,000 lbs ; pulleys, 400; spars, 40 ; tools, 300; bar iron and steel, 1,460,000 lbs ; iron wire, 400 lbs ; iron checks, 320 lbs ; sheet iron, 16,000 lbs ; tin plate, 14,000 lbs; red copper, 120,000 lbs ; nails, 6,000 lbs ; firwood, a large quantity ; pitch and tar, 200 barrels; barrels of paint, 150; small boilers, 6,000 lbs ; the remains of a steam-engine of 220-horse power, taken out of a steamer burnt by the Russians ; large copper boilers, weighing 100,000 lbs, 8 ; old copper, 100,000 lbs ; copper screws, 10,000 lbs ; old iron, 160,000 lbs ; large bells, 6; small bells, 10; hospital beds, 360; iron forges, in great num bers ; main tackles, 12 ; coal, 2,000 tons ; steam-engines, of 30- horse power, for the basins, 2 ; large pumps, for the basins, 3; iron boilers, 3 ; 1 high-pressure engine of 16-horse power, for the basins ; iron cranes, 17 ; an engine of 12-horse power in the military bakery; 2 dredging machines of 30-horse power, unserviceable; a still, a clock, six marble statues, two sphinxes, a large basso-relievo ; biscuit, 500 tons ; flour, 150 ; barley, 9 ; buckwheat, 117; oats, 18; millet, 54; wheat, 20; peas, 12; salt meat, 60 ; wheat in the granaries, 500 quarters, &c. THE COMMAND IN THE CRIMEA:LThe Times announces that General Simpson has either resigned or been dismissed from the command of the army in the Crimea. The Globe contains the following observations on this subject :—" We have not the advantage of knowing the ' little bird' to whom the Times professes itself indebted for all its information, but we are strongly inclined to think it a pretender. In inform ing our contemporary that General Simpson has been recalled, or has resigned the command in the Crimea, the bird has, we take it, simply availed itself of its knowledge that General Simpson's state of health is such as to render his resignation a matter of probability, in order to pass itself off as a very well-informed bird indeed, by making the announcement be forehand. General Simpson is not recalled, nor is there any intention of recalling him ; but he labours under physical dis ability, which unfits him for active service, and we should not be surprised to hear that he had made such an intimation up on the subject as to induce the Government to make arrange ments for providing a successor to him in the command-in chief in the Crimea. These arrangements are not at present matured, and though the name of nearly every officer com manding a division has been mentioned, we do not believe that any decision has been come to regarding the next com mander-in-chief. Whether it be, as is rumoured, General Codrington or not, the country may rest satisfied that the successor of General Simpson will be the man considered fittest to direct the operations of our troops with honour and efficiency, and that no consideration of seniority or routine will be suffered to influence the selection." The Morning Post announces that a new commander-in-chief has been ap pointed in the Crimea, but does not give his name. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. BY the United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt. Nye, which arrived on Sunday morning, we have intelligence from New York to the 17th instant. She brought 148 passengers, and £4OO in specie. On the 19th instant the Pacific saw the Jeremiah Thompson, in lat. 41.13, lon. 66.52, bound west ; on the 21st, at two, p.m., passed steamer Hermann, from S ou th am pt on t o N ew Y or k, i n lat. 47.46, lon. 49 ; and at midnight, on the 25th, passed U.S. mail steam-ship Baltic, hence to New York, in lat. 61.50, lon. 24.49. The Herald states that there is no truth in the report that the government had demanded the recall of Mr. Crampton ; but the New York Daily Times asserts that it is perfectly true. Since the Pennsylvania election an opinion has gained ground at Washington that Mr. Buchanan's turn has come for the presidency, and that he cannot be denied. as tAana torn tu to g-b pi o e a c t e , te g S ., en o ec . la th , e ea l p e l t o h ded ins h th e n r t b . oilers, and : A captain (Donaldson) was Laic uw urr or Li. 1,,,At dna the engineer were both severely injured. A powder mill at Gorham, Maine, owned by. Newhall and Co., of Boston, took fire on the 12th instant, and blew up, killing seven men and wounding several others. The Cincinnati Enquirer says that out of the 265 United States soldiers in the barracks at Newport, 20 deserted during the past two weeks. It was rumoured that agents of the British government had been instrumental in inducing these desertions, by offering large premiums to the soldiers if they would enlist for the Crimea. Dr. Hadel, of Cumberland, Md., and his clerk, named Graff, were both murdered on Sunday, the 14th instant, near that place, by a German. They were enticed out to attend a sick woman, and their bodies were found on the 16th, horribly mutilated. The murderer has been arrested, and the clothing, watch, and pocket-books of the victims were found in his pos session. The doctor was formerly commissioner of health in Baltimore. The head of Dr. Hadel was found buried at some distance from his body. It seems that after the murder of the doctor, the murderer enticed his student, Graff, away, and then murdered him, so as to be able to rob the office, which he did on the same night. The murderer is a German pedlar, who broke out of gaol recently at West Alexander. Graff has a mother in New York. Hadel leaves a wife and two children, who were on a visit to Baltimore. . _ _ The trial of Wagner, charged with violating the neutrality laws by enlisting a man named Cook for service in the Crimea, was commenced on the 12th instant, in the United States District Court, before Judge Ingersoll. This was the first case tried for this offence in New York, and was looked to with great interest. There was a great array of counsel engaged for the defence. The jury, on the 13th, found the prisoner guilty. The penalty is not more than $l,OOO fine and three years' imprisonment. The case will be argued on points of law. Accounts from towns along the Mississippi River, in Louisiana and Mississippi, are still discouraging. The yellow fever rages with great fatality in Jackson, Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., and Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The latest accounts from Norfolk and Portsmouth state that the fever had almost entirely disappeared ; the weather was of a fine, bracing character, and business men were once rail across the Harlem more ttuh renr ee rousingdlr eir.refugees. f usgele, eens . themselves nevneatshe es t o fo of na fever c o t w iv i nm i h t g y ai all. mile apaNObayosontvrt there ool the welnkreei t.imehol ere o'clock, bgkrst,ith instant rdwgra seeee., next . morning, as, the deaths, som einucnlukdnionxf unknown w n o li o s f cr t e h a e n n t e fi w xatt ca e: s a e na s d . ormanii Sunday o u a n d d yr train,a night, abouthe t,attthe New a 3. (l w4 u t h a r yi t oi e lr r skt o a f na approaching, the engine and one car cam e i n con t ac t w ith the above barrier, and were thrown off the track. The engineer and fireman, brothers, named Rourke, were instantly killed. CILIFORNIA.—The steam-ships Northern Light and Em pire City had arrived at New York, with advices from San Francisco to the 20th September, and later accounts from Cen tral America. They had on freight $1,856,460. Mr. J. Neely John son, the Know-Nothing candidate for Governor, had defeated Governor Bigler by about five thousand majority. The Know- Nothings had also secured a majority in the State Legislature. The cholera broke out among the passengers on board the Nicaragua steamer Uncle Sam, on her passage up to'San Fran cisco, and, before she arrived in port, one hundred and six fell victims to the fearful disease. A number of the sick had also died in the hospital at San Francisco. The reports published in some of the San Francisco papers respecting the mortality on board the Uncle Sam are undoubtedly exaggerated, and are calculated to produce unnecessary alarm. There was not a single case of cholera on board the Northern Light on her voyage to this port, nor were there any cases on board the steamer which left San Francisco on the 20th. Two flourishing towns had been reduced to ashes, embracing a loss of six hun dred thousand dollars. The village of Grass Valley was almost entirely destroyed on the 14th of September, burning over an area of nearly thirty acres, and the town of Weaverville suffered a like calamity on the 7th. Seventeen miners had been killed on Rogue River b3r the Indians. Two men had been lynched at Rancheria, for murder. From San Juan, we learn that Col. Kinney had resigned the Governorship, and that a meeting had been called to make a new selection. The English consul had notified the colonel that, in the event of his re-election, his authority would be recognized by him, as the British representative. At the Sandwich Islands a Sailors' Home had been established. The United States consul at Panama had struck his flag. The consul claimed a prisoner as a United States citizen, but his application not being attended to, the Governor took offence. The steamship Senora had arrived at Panama, from San Francisco, with $221,082,07, on English account. JAPAN.—Advices from Japan state that the Government had repudiated the treaty said to have been concluded some time since with the United States ; and the Imperial Governor of Simoda had issued a proclamation denying the right of Americans to stay in Japan, except in cases of shipwreck or distress. None of the passengers of a United States vessel were permitted to land at Hakodadi. The commander of the United States surveying ship Vincennes had addressed a letter to the Governor of Simoda, protesting against the measure, and mentioning the war with Mexico as an example of how his Government retaliated on hostile countries. The French were negotiating a treaty with the Japanese, at Nan gasaki. The English treaty had not been ratified, though it was in possession of Admiral Stirling. Admiral Pontiatine, Minister Plenipotentiary on the part of Russia, had just con cluded a treaty with Japan. Some Americans who had arrived at San Francisco from Japan give some information respecting the Russians. "On the day of our arrival, we were visited by Capt. Poissett and two other officers of the imperial navy, from whom we learned that the Russian frigate Diana had been lost near Simoda, and that all her officers and crew were saved and on shore, together with Admiral Pontiatine , w ho had just com pleted a treaty for the Russian Government on the same basis and with the same grants and privileges as our own. The Russians were destitute of - many of the comfo r ts of life, and were anxious to be taken to some port in their own country. After a few days' consultation, we, more from sympathy than motives of gain, arranged to take them to Petropaulowski for a trifling compensation above the actual cost of our charter to Mfammoid -OCTOBER 30 1855. to saLettDrVl release these sufferers, and that their enemy ' 5 .1;01 0 interfere with us should they find us in the act._ slo p w e e r r l e or a m nd th er e service. th eim pr A es t si t o h n e t t i h m at e we we aghraededaper.j.,_,.. co since met several English men of wart n Halted ol _", quite indignant towards us for having ded the poo.rP li si; Russians, and assured us that if they had fallen while engaged in the service, we should have had..!: soners and our vessel seized. We replied that ss been at war with the Russians under the same cire_7ifs, we would have sent out our ships to assist thentts_i!'sst; ble, to land them on their own shores, free er,!la order to take the Russians, we were obligedoters part of our cargo and land the passengers. utrel day before leaving Hakodadi , (June), the Japaneol", forced on board our vessel t hree men who b aa ha.,03,01,, been left there by the brig Leveret. She . !roe, as passengers from Honolulu to Hakodadi, Dr oe panese would not let them remain there. er sts.tst before leaving Hakodadi thr ee English steam!. r i s e s i counter, Styx, and Tartar-arrived from thew en s ise the Straits of Perouse ; their movements were their men not being permitted to have intercotu_ e 10!,, belonging to our vessel; but from one of 12 :7 - 1 0! learned that a portion of the fleet had discoveredasf-sat sian vessels lying in a port, supposed to be . L,.. - 1 thick fog coming on, they sent to communiestc..o balance of the fleet. Upon their arrival on the g_rc,nks lit up, and upon entering the harbour they found_fe sfi flown ; they succeeded in capturing, however, so 10,s learned that a portion of the Pacific squadron h 3 3 , 00 fr' s and clothing, but could not discover the eeitsts town of Petropaulowski, which had been fo c r_i o bler, deserted and the fort dismantled, and all the t r oo p perty removed, excepting the Russian whaling bark Ijan, which had been chartered bl y ,, O r s Governmeat to transport provisions and stores , „ a ir• other port. This vessel and cargo would, hay.err`see able prize to the Allies; but previous to l‘ , ' g bei id ` 1 • 31 ,0 was set on fire and consumed, before thel l u o k e daq The English surveying schooner Saracen left ~,t s, they four days before us, to watch our tnofem`- we e under the impression that we were bound ou se 10 1 to the northward." Cose i l l ieW Letters from Cuba report that General r oe censured by the Spanish Government fe;l•,,,,of9ison volunteers of the island in arms during 3 t 'ibe ' ~,t , t Advices from Mexico to theh report .4l l ',4om", lsce 1 the capital had sworn allegianceG ej- ' his Conde had been appointed Commande; 4 nest - La Vega, removed. Alvarez had formes ' a tSefi st it C: i o COMMERCIAL INTELLI`.- ." 1 13 o; 5, o, si NO A for 0 „iv,tb e There continues to be an active denagin - saleopr n •ftbe; for legitimate business purposes, but with 3- 00 "..ig. ,4 AraerlCS 03'e no further variation of rates. The Bank stat e diog ite'; e ir,,,, week shows a slight contraction of the I. , A llile . '",,, specie reserve exhibits a very slight inerew, 01.4%,1,00, and deposits indicate a moderate decrease..,eeltOissels' very limited amount of specie exported Ist week, sPe e l e s ted;,l the North Star, for Havre), a greater g,a' ll , s , be aNsstp pected by many ; but the small increase 15 rf e r th e „ t ' tl tt? partly by the withdrawal of large anteuets,',o- ttoDl o l West, to aid in the movement of the croPs c i " •, - s etlY ''' is stuffs, now crowding to the sea-board, all' j r, , t , 70 detention of the gold receipts from Callfcr u-- for nati s tto Sterling exchange closes a shade firmer ote estall though there is no advance in rates. W e Vranc e ' . e 4 England, 108 - to 109 per cent. Bills 00 - s ilt I f 5 22k. Bremen, 782 to 781 A l e all COTTON.-The cotton market rernahl s t a sk, s . ;94 prices were without quotable change, r,„ e , - ", 1 ,1 4 4 firmer tone pervaded the market at the __ ; `l 4 . ja " - 01 ,e' 00 the past week were about 5,000 bales "":, fre°, ;g aifio„ si range, nearly all for export. The accelil i ,", ceo pe e - 0 r: 4 O were still regarded as favourable, the •ve 3tj ' • iss ' f i 1•°,,/ y for picking ; the season is said to be Ifull1%; efi, s t -5 : Jo - j' vance of that of last year. The increased 5 ,,14,, e ' _,, South caused rather a firmer tone to the s s'4 l3 ' corkc ' '' counts, notwithstanding the high rates of '- sof ate C- 54 40 6, A0 66 ods,a, STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, ANO,',IVV COO Receipts Exports TO" to ots "4,1 1, , 0 is to l 4,# Great Britain. Fo r t h 'qv , 1855 259,200 81,171 I 6 71, 54 1854 124,566 41,243 , 67 8 Increase 134,634 s t e h aso t n w o o f t o h p e in y i ea on r s t . hey ln are ch il l 39,928 3' , , Decrease ••• iit ll oo - ' •' • • The New York Courier and Enquirer ° ae.! # 0 0 : 4 4 says that those who are interested in the 5 ) fnclir l si " e Ors rate estimate of the crop, and speak hoPe', 3 " " e sts 65 ' f -Those who are anxious to renew their lal ia illi o L l 4 game is to talk and write three and a - h a b ' a bly, l i :ay cro e p, and force down prices. The truth, Pr 4)- 4- s r" 3,000,000 bales to 3,200,000 bales. In New Orleans, range from 3,000,000 bales to 3,300,000. All a occa ts, that it is an open question until a killing frost I: °., f 0 ' are looking anxiously to the action of the " - s ° s r'' , believing in 6d. for middling, with interest ' l i sd. for middling, with interest at 6 per cent. d elis o oo BREADSTUFFS.-In flour there had be, o „%stoe„ ir te l Al per barrel for low and medium grades, an ° '"terr, d er) cessions had been made, neutralising the gr the taTor quoted advance, and the market closed with sa tOi the buyer's favour. In wheat there had be en an t es" the latter part of the week, but was sin J", 1 to 0 choice qualities. Indian corn had dv i u -0, ' advance . 1 oor bushel. s 4 se PROVISIONS.-The pork market ruled tier s of demand having been restricted to the actual wa o i reft, ; 0 Ba s t trade by the high prices ruling. Mess and pria l d O tt 0,1 at 25e. to 50c. less, and even that abatement 1',,,,. duce any increased business. Old meat in that 0 . 6 , f pickle may be said to be so nearly used 'grate #leroA` attempt to ' r iot,. paces. Lard ls 111 PI?" - f a ir der 4 # higher prices. Butter-State (la/riff: e s Per lb' s , sfol,iP si g 17c. to 22-ic. ; State cheese, 91c. to .'-v* i iihe teP,'" f if e at o ,'," 4 "'j, SALT.-Liverpool remained firrn, 3ll- were sr , '‘l,srsh 2 J ; 'l 4 was still upward ; other descri tions • : ano ' s 'toa rri Sales : 1,550 sacks Jeffreys'P p a rcel S lon% , ,i and ,ase AS If il " verpool fine, at $1,60 to $1,6 0 1- ; 1,78 0 La''' way, at about 4 a tea',. : .1 $1,90, four months. - /d, `v3-saleS o'er laox.-Scotch pig, with a fair dera 3l w ith , ,54 $36,50 to $37, 6 months, and $34,5 0, °":,!e onlYl,,lire of: and trebles 4,l.c. p t re o 4ie viou , s; m at o e n s t . hs T . h : e h st e o Charleston si ti i tint fillin.tcelli:ef:C. :, tons since our last. The sales of bars sv i ..' o " t svaS are Pos road iron; last sales, $67,50. English sh eet ss., a oe quest; singles are scarce, and held at 31e' to ioe d se wanted. . d Kiri tea, 513 r/ COAL.-Foreign continued scarce and wan bet /o'l , s ' r, to had advanced considerably. Sales : 150 ton iin tb, V Orrel, to arrive, at $1025 100 ditto Scotch Poo (Ist ° of months ; 180 ditto Newcastle,s7 -0 • and 1 , 0 , $5,25, cash. g „te . . l "; FREIGHTS.-Rates were firm, with a fai l ;, / s l o ° 7 3 ;„prf ing. We quote to Liverpool :-For cotton, tu,• To Jbe! , • 4s. per barrel ; grain, 10d. to 11d. per bushel . i . to.,,,ss' , Flour, 4s. 6d. per barrel ; grain, lid. to 15 per P - ii Havre :-Cotton, lc. per lb.; flour, $1 per ba r o jey per bushel. s ba deM SAN FRANCISCO, September 19.-The jobber vearo/ remarkably good business, (for the season of t he year ) demand from the interior had been active and roe ,A, the orders both from the upper and the lower 1 '„ a SIP: Il lt;i unusually large. The trade with the interior' I s • se te' c l gions generally appeared to be a legitimate 0v1;i164 fair demand for consumption, and, as the P 7 1 . - 0 - 0 regular fall trade, which should set in now 1 0 ' fifty days, affords every encouragement. r - , A 044 His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle proceeele-A4O to open the new line of railway between Wtte' , which completes the connexion between the "" C trs Dublin. 1 , co' of of Mrs Etc • HARD TURNER, of Dublin, has late , Ili° DI 00'04 1 fit up a vrrou • giat-ron roof, and all the uPPer t ,;cl3 • 0 large theatre, at Buenos Ayres, cost f o. `" ill ' the o r 1 IP wards of £4,000. 6 0 t? eS cl2pr''restla Wsr)(l., ::::: A'' tell j, THE IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE.-- d esi # k ir number of Irish representative peers has bee o ii i 0 5 ' 0 ' !i death of Lord De Vesci, who expired on the 1 0 a Job io q taferry, in the north of Ireland. The deeelsl,!, 0' second Viscount De Vesci, was born Feb. 1- 5, , 5 ,', li° P. s s, ceeded in his title and estates by his son, t" . • ~11 / 7 Vesey, formerly M.P. for the Queen's county' olio, A LUDICROUS ENCOUNTER.-Two professie eile,e w it s of high respectability, and well known - l b s . e oV il t s" other medical, appeared at College-street re'`"„strisi ° 4 on Tuesday, to answer the charge of the ce( ls s; f duty in D'Olier-street, for fi •and al''. ° n° c''' fighting are is j i y,, s -S st et in that street between ten and eleven e'gil" '' et vious night. It appeared that one of the,ilte sc P' l est l s accompanied to the opera two ladies-the 013,:sat'alet,s05,;.t medical gentleman lately deceased, the secv'• ' • , t?" r• , „oil i er be c , of the other party to the encounter.. ID ' e d - ro' ioli t sli ° o' the gentleman was much annoyed by perseos p aP t iefil se t t , the ladies, and was determined, if possiblestr 4, ell' 4 offender. Arrived in D'Olier street, the es, the party, and was accosting his daught e ee'' lit' the e f t '` the opera was over early, when the medies'ar l 0„ s oot ,i ceiving who he was, struck him • lea" - I nl5" soot vlO t,C vi. 4 , knocked him down. The astonished gc°„,,sterl 'vW 4 t? attacked his assailant amid the utmost i c",n so ° 11 0 9 1 ;:ey part of the laidies, thus suddenlyplac e ' - d a t ° 0 ;t o . 0 ?, position. A crowd gathered, of course:ipmeil iteir i el i t !, shortly afterwards arriving, took the ge l "`ce es c- Daft 4 into custody. The recital of the circumsta% disc so il' . merriment in the court, and the rnagi' trP e Cll .° fir ' i ' 11 ti case, as neither, of course, would pursue th tilt 4" i , other. -es 1 04 An 3 ' s co MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN Dun Lt.", r 0 - , a il f f unusually desperate and murderous charac4n, a,' o ' t o a few days ago in Upper Sheriff-street, D 3 l ) . 1 0 ' 1 44 1 , 0 0; cottages occupied chiefly as workshops,_s ,mare' s ap . 0 , Millwright. It appears that Wilson 0- 1 ; 3 ,0 a i s j ,s 4 ) about to go to Liverpool, and had disP sons tc leg sl" money in a boastful manner to certain per _ ge tt 4 0 was indebted. Finding some diflicultY I %f IJPro , er op i i executed against him. Mr. Peter 0w1,! 5 ,, littl e o'il-et f l street, assisted by John Wafer, went at froro ~e 1i30,4 o'clock in the morning to seek PaYie3n . As te e , elm sum of money for which he held a d r, e° , otra ll Det' .4 completely shut up, they had to effect into t i l c ore ;; ; back yard by a window. On ge tt 9 r, and Vii ascended by a ladder through a trig)._ o e o throa t .0 Wilson above, who seized Wafer bY th , i o, 001;stt,':: ceeded in extricating himself, and he at:Toience. e, ~7. , Wilson that they did not intend an_Y, _ ore of ar.,,, are, pears he and his son, a lad of about .1.... 1 3, ' _., #. 1 ad . : 0 , both men desperately with a hatchet L'..secoili te a i, restoring the hatchet to the father n o,liw a fer ~c , I' e when he was disarmed, as Mr. Owen , a, a isra s e r, „ncsis i , on the defensive. The result was th . t , `, s dete:4l;) I, WlO l ar". ' D a I' ti c o f, ceived several cats, was pressed , 3 ea st king tbe Yar , (lf i self, against a window overloo V 1 en f a lling , , , of some 14 feet to the ground. 1 1 _ the hatc o P o efe r .. window he received a deep wound from iio , 11 _ )IF, h e bone. l'ss, area , , cutting through his hips to t 11 at l''' -: Yr ,i ceeded in escaping over the yard . wa , Who , dair.i "th h i s bloou. f r o. , r i ts being everywhere marked wt s te s tne ~, th e is: was nearly murdered, he was pin Ou i to I vo , oc ei . with difficulty reached his own house, vi , „ i n flicted l a raet o ' o ,, ing. His wounds, five of which we re c his 540,/ on his head, were of the most ~ 4 , 1 5011 and by it, ~ cutting through a principal arter. I''' i;;to the honse,Ll4l arrested by the police, who got ere str °9lll i)li ce. 0 open one of the outer doors, whichey_a ,__ i n o p c. ,,,,i ,e.t, ~ The prisoners were conveyed to th l'' c,. - ' 11 „ es 1 1. '.- ~ 9 amidst the groans and execrationsas..oke recc ot , ty to ; Wilson is a Seotchman, and it is said inteidlida wife and one of his sons to Liverpool, them on the first opportunity. 1 IRELAND• 0( 2w /41 0