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THE WAR. Now that the allies have mastered the difficulty which beset them in the huge fortifications by which the town of Sebas topol was defended on the land side, the points of operation become almost daily more numerous. The troops are at last relieved from the monotonous operation of cannonading the fortress, an operation varied by few changes except those aris ing from the fluctuating and multiform aspects in which death was ever present to their view. The ceaseless and inter minable task was diversified in its earlier stages by the fierce assaults of the enemy, by the lingering torments occasioned by insufficient food, clothing, and shelter, aggravated by all the wintry rigours of an extreme continental winter; in its latter stages by arduous and sanguinary struggles gallantly made, though not always successful, including in the num ber two general assaults, which, in point of bravery and ulti mate success, will challenge comparison with any event of ancient or modern war. The object of these sufferings and acts of heroism attained, the allies are enabled to dispose of their forces in such a manner as to menace the enemy on many points, and accordingly we day by day receive accounts of military movements in different and distant localities. Still the head-quarters of the armies continue to be in the vicinity of Sebastopol ; and thence the most important intel ligence continues to be received. THE ALLIES IN SEBASTOPOL. Writing from the camp before Sebastopol on the 30th Sep tember, the correspondent of the Times says : The enemy, having discovered the preparations for throw ing up batteries near Fort Alexander and the ruins of Fort Paul, by the French and English respectively, commenced a heavy fire from the northern works and forts this morning, which they continued throughout the day, and which, at times, amounted to a cannonade. The French mortars re plied to it with vigour, aided by some guns on the left. The Russians fired from Fort Michael, from Little Severnaya, and from the Harbour Spur Battery, and their shot went crashing through the ruined houses, but did not create any very serious injury. An enormous convoy was seen going out of the northern camps towards Simpheropol, but it was impos sible to ascertain whether the carts were full or empty. As it was an exceedingly clear day, we could look into the Rus sian camps as clearly as if they had been our own. The enemy were working with great energy at new batteries all over the extensive series of stooping hill-sides south of the Belbek. Their Kadikoi, or Donnybrook fair, had, like ours, revived again, and was well attended, and in the distance large herds of oxen ranged at will. The progress of the men in removing wood from the houses is so rapid, that there will scarcely be a stick of the place left. SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION AT THE BARRACKS. At four o'clock a serious accident took place, which has in flicted some loss on the army in depriving them of a con siderable magazine of wood. A shell from the Russians burst close to the barracks, and a merchant sailor ran to look at the crater it formed in the ground. Thence he entered the building itself, and sauntered about smoking his pipe till he came to some loose gunpowder, on which, being of a scientific and experimentalizing turn of mind, he tried the effects of dropping several sparks from the burning tobacco. The powder, as is not unusual in such cases, exploded with violence, and blew up the sailor and a sentry outside. They were both dreadfully burnt. As the floor was covered with cartridges and loose powder, the fire caught, and went leaping on by fits and starts to a large quantity of the same combustible matters. No one could approach to stop the fire. It at last caught the magazine, and the explosion blew out the walls and ceilings of the central barrack. The flames set fire to the dry wood work, and in a short time the whole pile of buildings, which were of admirable construction, was in a blaze. The conflagration lasted till all that could be burnt was consumed, and lighted up the sky at night to a great distance. All that remains of the Imperial Barracks of Sebastopol is a mass of charred and blackened stones, split by the action of fire. The Russians, thinking that the accident had been caused by their own fire, plied their guns with increased vigour, and threw shot and shell around the place, but did no damage. It is not quite certain that the man who caused the accident was a sailor. Some people say he was a navvy of the Army Works Corps. Whoever he was, by the act for which he so dearly paid, he destroyed not less than 30,000 cartloads of wood, which would have been made available for hutting and fuel. It is, on the whole, a miracle that more accidents of the kind do not occur, owing to the neglect of the authorities and the carelessness of the men. The Russians seem to be strengthen ing their camps near Mackenzie's farm. OCTOBER 1 (Monday).—There was a council of Generals to day at head-quarters, at which Marshal Pelissier was present. Orders have been sent to the French fleet to prepare for the reception of 15,000 men to-morrow. The conferences between the Generals have been frequent of late. There has not been much firing from or on the town to-day, but the French at Inkerman are annoying a new Russian camp at the other side of the ravine, by constant discharges of long-range rockets. OCTOBER 2 (Tuesday).—At ten o'clock this morning a general commotion arose in camp, in consequence of the sound ing of the assembly and the turning out of all the men. At the same time the Light Division was inspected, and the ar tillery were reviewed in the open space in front of our lines towards Inkerman. The Ist brigade of the Fourth Division received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at dawn to-morrow morning. So sudden was the order that all the various working parties were interrupted in their work, and marched off to their regiments after they had been road making only a couple of hours. The men detailed to the Land Transport Corps and to the Commissariat Department were sought out and told to rejoin their regiments at once. EMBARKATION OF AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. The same same writer, under date of the 4th October, from the same place, says : The first Of the 4th Division marched down to F-Itzatch this morning, and proceeded to embark on board the ships, to which they were told off as speedily as the circum stances permitted. They were minutely inspected by Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., commanding the division, who de livered a few words of advice, kindly meant, and well received, ere they left. The Brigadier-General Spencer, commanding the expedition, accompanied them half-way towards the port. The brigade is in very tine order, and forms a body of 3,300 men, many of them tried soldiers, and others fine, strong men, able to do anything, and in high spirits and courage. The Royal Marines began to embark on board the St. Jean d'Acre, which came round outside Balaklava for them, and the P field battery, Captain Johnson, moved down to embark on board the ships told off for them in the harbour. OCTOBER s.—The preparations for the expedition and the embarkation of the artillery and of stores continue. A large body of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, so long encamped on the heights of Balaklava, were marched down to-day to the water's edge, and followed their comrades on board the St. Jean d'Acre outside, to which they were conveyed in the Wallace steam tug. Her Majesty's steamer Triton, Lieu tenant A. D. W. Fletcher commanding, received orders to prepare to join the expedition, and Captain Leopold Heath, RN., the superintendent of transports, shifted his flag to the Bucephalus transport, attended by his secretary, Mr. Barrs. The Ripon still remains outside the harbour with the drafts of the Guards of the 82nd Regiment, and of the Land Trans port Corps on board, as there is no room for her until the Medway or some other vessel of equal size moves out. The Telegraph is discharging a portion of her cargo of navvies belonging to the Army Works' Corps. There are encourag ing reports respecting the progress of the French towards the plateau of the Upper Belbek. The Russians keep up a slow steady fire on the town, to which the French reply with their wonted alacrity, and the duels between the individual bat teries sometimes swell into cannonades, but not much harm is done on either side, except the knocking up of earth and stones and some trifling casualties. The enemy are engaged hutting themselves and removing their stores towards the grand depot between Inkerman and Belbek. A strong body of cavalry were seen moving northwards and towards Sim pheropol in the afternoon, accompanied, as usual, by a force of field guns. ADVANCE OF CAVALRY.—CLEVER RUSE. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing also on the sth of October, says : I mentioned a few posts ago, that two French divisions and the whole of the Sardinian cavalry bad pushed on beyond Baidar, with the view of turning the lines of the Belbek, and securing a position beyond Mangup-Kaleh, to operate on the rear of the enemy, whilst another force took them in the flank from Eupatoria. Intelligence reached the camp to-day that this first step in the grand operation has been successfully taken. A glance at the map will show that the Mackenzie range is penetrated by three passes; it is by the most eastern of these that our allies have effected their very important ad vance from the valley of the Tchernaya, round the Albat on the northern bank of the southern branch of the Belbek river. From the entrance of the pass beyond Baidar to the near neighbourhood of the Mangup-Kaleh Fort, which commands the eastern mouth of the Aitodor pass, they met with no nu merous body of the enemy ; but on reaching the fort, and, reconnoitring, they found several strong columns camped along the slopes of the adjacent heights, and to avoid a col lision with these, made a slight detour to the eastward. Thence on to the river their line of march was unobstructed, and they crossed at a point a little above Albat, where they now are. They reached this village during the night, and, when the heavy fog cleared away at dawn, discovered that they had almost entered the lines of a strong encampment of the enemy. The situation was critical, but with admirable generalship the French chief made a show of moving forward his advanced columns, as if for attack, and the Russians, sup posing that they only saw the leading division of a much stronger force, packed up whatever light baggage could be seized on the moment, and beat a rapid retreat. Had they discovered the comparative weakness of our allies, the latter might have failed in a way which would have in some degree squared accounts for the affair at the Traktir Bridge ; but by the masterly feint of the French general this mishap was happily averted, and their position secured. The intention of sending the whole of our cavalry to winter at Kulalee has undergone a modification : a thousand of the " lights"— comprising the 4th and 13th Dragoons, with the 12th Lancers and the Carabineers—have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation for Eupatoria, under the command of Lord George Paget, and will be taken on board, I believe, in the beginning of the coming week. THE POSITION OF THE ALLIES. CAMP OE THE ALLIED AR m lES ON THE TCHERNAYA, Oct. 6th. — The expeditiontothe e p n orth, the orders received by the light cavalry brigade to he t readinessFr ench to embark to troops in E u patoria, and fresh augmentation of Baidar, principally b y cavalry, a n d rumours e Tchongar, the d a en n d simultaneous move ment from Kertch towards the peninsula a of seem all to indicate at last some combined movement, end of the time of prep arations. Althou gh the siege operations leaves us at liberty to employ a great numberlle of men formerly required for the trenches, although the de. struction of the Russian fleet relieves our own from a t e di ous blockade, and thus gives us unlimited means of transport, to throw a body of men on any point of the coast, and makes it possible at any moment to choose a new base of operations, there are still no small though by no means insuperable diffi culties in the wax of a movement in advance from our side. The chief difficulty arises from our being obliged to guard the ruins of Sebastopol, in order to prevent the Russians from establishing themselves there once more. We have thus to occupy a long line and to divide our army, which gives the advantage to the Russians to operate iu a central position, and to fall with their whole force upon one or the other point of our line of operations. This would be indeed a hazardous operation for them if a considerable force of ours was in the north. It would be throwing everything on one chance, and exposing themselves to be shut up in the south of the Crimea and starve during the winter ; but it might succeed, and cause us considerable losses. To obviate this we must either destroy what is destructible on the south side, and retire behind the lines of Kamiesh and Balaklava, which would free at once the greatest part of the army for field operations, or make the south our basis of operations, forcing the plateau from Baktchi- Serai down the north plateau of Sebastopol, having only a fly ing corps, principally of cavalry, to harass the communications of the Russians ; or else, as a third alternative, to take up only positions this year, which may serve as bases of opera tions for the next. The extensive road-making and hut-build ing, not only on the plateau de la Chersonese, but likewise all along the Tchernaya line up to Alsu, seem to indicate the in tention of occupying this line during the winter. THE COMMISSARIAT AT KAMIESH. The correspondent of the Morning Herald, writing from Kamiesh on the 6th October, says : The most of our gunboats arrived during Thursday and Friday (yesterday) in these waters, from Kertch, and will pro ceed with the admirals on the "particular service" now decided on. Brigadier-general Spencer is in command of the English portion of the troops. The French commander is said to be General Bazaine. The expedition, it is anticipated, will certainly start to-day or to-morrow. The mortar-boats, as well as gunboats, French and English, are in company. Transports have taken artillerymen and guns on board (the "P " Battery) ; and five days' supply of cattle have very apropos been brought across from Soejak Kaleh (Circassia) by her Majesty's steamer - Magmra, and a merchantman under her orders. The price paid for each bullock is given at 40s. to 50s. English. The late breeze has blown itself out, and the weather is again superb, so that all augurs well for the expedition. Altogether there are about 35 English pendants, transports exclusive, but the number of French vessels none of us can yet clearly ascertain. It must be about the same number. We are almost out of coals at Kamiesh ; the admiral could not send the Telegraph steamer away yesterday for this cause. I know not what general effect the fitting out of this expedition may have had on the markets of Kamiesh, but certainly, with regard to a few articles, they are now no longer to be procured. At eleven o'clock on Friday morning (yesterday), not a single loaf of bread was to be had " for love or money" in Kamiesh ! And there is now only one man in the town or port who pos sesses a few barrels of flour ! Then, as to butter ; not only is there none here, but the craft long expected to bring some in from the south have just arrived with the intelligence that butter is not to be bought, even at Constantinople ! Of course I mean English butter, not the Levantine apology for it. Three cattle-boats run continually between this place and the Turkish capital, so that there is but little want of fresh meat, though the French commissariat, when they come to make up their accounts, will, I fear, find they have all along paid much more dearly for it than they, in their Oriental inexperience, yet imagine. And the loss of cattle by death on the voyage, chiefly from overcrowding, is enormous. I believe lam cor rect in saying that one vessel lost no less than 150 oxen in one trip ! Meals, when meat is scarce ashore, are eked out by many of the French officers, with fish, which with much patience they here catch themselves in Kazatch Bay, generally of a small size, with some larger, such as mackerel ; while out side and more seaward, very fine turbot are taken. But fish ing lines and nets are "few and far between" in these parts. They would sell well. The bum-boats, manned by soi-disant Maltese, but generally Greeks, belonging to this port, are mustered every night off the English dockyard, Kazatch Bay, and a sentry placed over them till daylight. The men sleep in their boats, and this regulation is certainly a check on th e spy system. For some time at Balaklava, fishing boats were not allowed to leave the harbour, because it was discovered that they landed spies, who set off for the Russian camp from a point on the coast eastward of Balaklava, but now that the Russians are so far from the Tchernaya, and the French ad vanced to the very ridge next to them, this precaution is deemed unnecessary. So that Balaklava is now daily supplied with excellent fish, and in some quantity. THE BOOTY FOUND IN SEBASTOPOL. We read in a letter from Sebastopol, of the 2nd inst. : The joint commission appointed to report on the booty found in Sebastopol, and to determine its mode of distribu tion, has completed its labours. The report was signed by the Commissioners on the Ist inst. 3,800 cannon of large and small calibre, 6 steam-engines, 18,000 or 19,000 balls, bomb-shells, anchors, chains, rigging of all kinds, &c., have been found. The Commission has decided that all the booty shall be divided between France and England. But it has been agreed at the same time that, after having valued the different articles according to their weight, the distribution should take place in proportion to the number of men in each army ; and that if on this calculation England should have a right to only one-fourth of the whole, she should restore to France the value of the additional amount she may have re ceived, at the rate of 10c. per kilogramme, the price of old iron. There is no mention of the Turks in the report. As to the Sardinians, it is unnecessary to say that, being included in the English army, they have a claim to a portion of the amount assigned to the latter. The following arrangements have been made with regard to the town :—That portion of the city comprised within the Quarantine, Fort Nicholas, the Military Harbour, and the Flagstaff Battery, shall be the ex clusive property of the French. The English shall have for their part the Karabelnaia suburbs, at the same time that the French will be free to erect hospitals there, and to use Careen ing Bay, the docks, &c. A letter from Sebastopol, of the 2nd inst., states that the English have found in the Karabelnaia 2,222 guns, 390,000 bombs and round shot, engines to the value of £40,000, chain and anchors estimated at £20,000, metals at £12,000, 3,000 tons of coal, more than 3,000,000 of rations, and arms and clothing of various kinds. The writer says : We shortly expect a strong reinforcement of English troops, consisting of the 51st, 54th, 66th, 82nd, and 92nd Re giments of the Line, drawn from Malta, Corfu, and Gibraltar, where they are, to be succeeded by the militia. A regular line of steam-packets is now organised between England and the Crimea; the departure from the latter will take place every Saturday ; wounded soldiers are to be sent home, and fresh troops regularly brought out in these packets. Fine weather has now set in after several days' rain, and the sanitary con dition of the army is excellent. We have resumed our garrison life, and each of the allied divisions has been reviewed within the last week in the plain of Balaklava. You must not, however, imagine that the comparative repose has had on us the eftect of the enjoyments of Capua, for we are looking for ward to the pleasure very soon of a last encounter with the Russians, who, we have reason to believe, are not disposed to wait for us, as we have observed for some days various movements in the Russian camp which would seem to indi cate the commencement of a retreat. BLOWING UP OF THE FORTS DELAYED. The Journal des Dibats has the following, dated Sebas topol, September 30 : I mentioned to you in my last letter that trains had been laid to blow up the arsenal and a considerable portion of Sebastopol. Everything was ready, and nothing was wanting but the signal to begin, when a telegraphic despatch arrived, conveying the order to suspend the work of destruction till such time as the telegraph should transmit the command to that effect. There is quite time enough for the execution of such an order, and for the present the buildings about to be destroyed will be useful to the allied armies. The city still presents an aspect of desolation and solitude that appals the visitors. The firing is not very brisk between the north and south sides of the town. The Russians scarcely fire 150 guns in 24 hours, and do us but little injury. There are in the town only a few artillerymen, necessary to work the guns, and guard picquets. A melancholy accident has just occurred, which is a little calculated to damp the ardour of tourists. An English soldier happened to walk on an infernal machine, which immediately exploded, killing or wounding some sixty men. This accident has suggested the propriety of making fresh examinations, and on all sides are to be seen men busily employed digging, with a view to discover those destructive engines of the Russians. Floating batteries and gunboats are preparing to attack Fort Constantine. A letter from Sebastopol of the 27th, in the Gazette du Midi, says : The allies appear to be quite decided on destroying the Russian military establishments which remain standing in Sebastopol ; nevertheless, in the councils of war which have been held, opinions were divided on the subject. It was pro posed to make use of the docks and of the naval establish ments for the allied fleets, but the admirals were opposed to that course, and their opinions prevailed. The engineers are therefore employed in the destruction of the docks, and they carry on the work with the greatest activity. In closely examining these establishments, it is seen that they are most ingeniously constructed. The docks are seven in number, and are supplied with water by the Tchernaya. A weir which bars the river turns the water into a large basin, from whence it flows into the seven docks by canals, so that the vessels requiring repairs enter into the dock with salt water, and leave with it that of the Tchernaya. ~i FILLING UP THE TRENCHES. A letter from Sebastopol of the 27th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : One of the orders which have been executed by the troops with the greatest pleasure, and which they perform amidst jokes and laughter, is that of filling up the trenches. Never was a work more popular in the camp, and every labourer, in burying these terrible parallels, in which so many brave men have met their death, buries the cares of the past winter. The bad weather has commenced without causing any alarm to the troops. The sufferings experienced in the trenches last winter will not be again undergone. In Sebastopol the miners and the engineers are also busy. Very few houses in the town are in a state to be made any use of ; it would require too much trouble and expense to repair such ruins, and it is now pretty clear that the low part of Sebastopol is about to be destroyed. This last operation is being carried on with great activity, and no doubt in two or three days we shall see a good part of the town blown up. French, English, Piedmontese, and Turks are busily employed in making roads round Sebastopol and in the plain of Baidar, while others are engaged in building wooden huts in the faubourgs of Sebastopol. These buildings, which are placed between the fortifications and the town, appear to indicate that the troops will take up their winter quarters there. This perspective, without offering to the army the classic hope of the delights of Capua, has been so well received that a great number of the soldiers of the class of 1847, who may now quit the service, do not wish to avail themselves of it. This fact is the best proof of the excellent feeling that exists in the army. Fort Constantine, which per sists in firing on the town, in the hopes of doing injury to those who may be attracted thither by a too confident curiosity, has, during the last two days, had its fire warmly returned, for the French have established a mortar battery, and the English have done the same near Fort St. Paul. The injury inflicted on either side is but trifling, but it serves to keep the hand in. The allies, by the aid of other batteries, have just gained a more positive advantage ; some congreve rockets have been thrown to an enormous distance over the fort, as far as the camp of the Russian army. This attack, for which the enemy were not at all prepared, has produced a considerable effect, and, as far as it is possible to judge by the aid of glasses, the Russian army has been thrown into considerable confusion by it. If this fire is continued for a short time, there are strong doubts whether the Russians will persist in holding their positions. The order which interdicts all entrance into Sebastopol is more severe thau ever. BRILLIANT AFFAIR OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY. The correspondent of the Daily News refers to a brilliant and successful effort of a detachment of English cavalry, in the following terms : Since sending you a brief paragraph about the "brush" THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. between the 10th Hussars and the Cossacks, near Kertch, I have learned some more recent particulars of that rather dashing affair. According to this latter information, the whole facts appear to have been as follows :—The commander of the French cavalry having planned a foraging expedition some twenty-five or thirty miles in the country from Kertch, re quested the support of an English squadron ; and, having procured a party of the 10th Hussars, started on his foray. On reaching a point some twelve miles from Kertch, he begged the English officer to remain there as a reserve, to keep open his communication with the town, and proceeded on about the same distance further into the country, till he found the need ful supplies. On the following morning, when preparing to return, he found himself closed in on one of his Ranks and his rear by a vast crowd of Cossacks, and at once despatched a message to the officer in command of the English detach ment, apprising him of his " fix," and stating that he would attempt to extricate himself by a flank movement, but would first send on the forage convoy with a strong escort, which he requested our men to meet and conduct safely into Kertch. The officer, on receiving this information, started with half of his men to meet the coming convoy, but after riding on for some dozen miles further, and meeting with no traces of it, bivouacked for the night. In the morning he found himself in a similar difficulty to that of the Frenchman, hemmed in by a horde of Cossacks, and seeing no other chance of escape, resolved on the desperate expedient of cutting his way through the encircling host. The fight, as may be sup posed, was desperate enough, but, thanks to the desolating onslaught of our men, resulted in their escape, with a loss of fifteen—partly balanced by the slaughter of forty-five Cos sacks. How this exact reckoning of the latter's casualties should have been ascertained I do not pretend to explain, but merely give the figures as I myself have them. What hap pened to the convoy I know not." In reference to the same affair, the correspondent of another journal says : There were already several days ago rumours of an affair between the detachment of the 10th Hussars at Kertch, and the Russians which, as they were rather vague, I did not mention in my last letter. They are now a fact, the details of which are, I learn, as follow :—The detachments of Chas seurs d'Afrique and of the 10th Hussars went out for a recon naissance, the former as first column, the second in support. The Chasseurs d'Afrique, being as much as ten or twelve miles a-head, fell in with a body of Russian cavalry number ing nigh 600 men, and, not being able to encounter them with such odds, being only a troop of scarcely more than 100 men, they sent back to the place where the Hussars were stationed to get reinforcements. The commander of the latter, unwilling to leave the position which was to insure a safe retreat unpro tected, left one troop there, and advanced with the other; but as the distance was considerable, and it was essential not to fatigue the horses, he could only arrive at nightfall at the ap pointed spot. The French Chasseurs, in the meantime, had found means of retiring, and when the morning broke the troop of Hussars found itself alone, and its retreat cut off by the Russian cavalry, which, in following the French, had come into the rear. So nothing remained but to break a way through the enemy's squadrons, and this was done most gal lantly, with the loss of only sixteen men,—a new proof the Russian cavalry has not the least chance, even with such great odds in its favour, in encountering English calalry, whether Dragoons or Hussars, light or heavy; but it is likewise a slight memento of the often-experienced, one might say, stale truth, that divided command is just as bad, if not worse, for cavalry than for infantry, and that it does not answer better in field than in siege operations. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. CAPTURE OF FANAGORIA. WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct. 18. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch, and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by General Simpson : SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 6. My Lord,l--Marshal Pelissier having signified to me his wish that the cavalry force, under General D'Allonville, at Eupatoria, should be reinforced by some English cavalry, I at once acceded to his request, and have ordered the brigade of light cavalry, under Brigadier-General Lord George Paget, composed of the Carabineers, 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 12th Lancers, and one troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, under Captain Thomas, to be sent for this service. lam in hopes that transports will be found to convey them early next week. I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship the copy of a report I have received from Lieutenant-Colonel Ready, with the details of an expedition undertaken against a fort and buildings on the island of Taman. The object was entirely carried out, and the troops have been enabled to supply them selves with a large amount of firewood and building materials. Since I last had the honour of addressing you, I have seen Lieutenant-General Vivian, and I am happy to inform your Lordship that he quite approves of the decision I had formed of uniting the Contingent at Kertch. Some few thousand men have already arrived there, and every exertion is being made to insure them their supplies of food and fuel for the winter. The corps of General de Salles have, during the past week, pushed forward their advanced posts to the high ground on the left bank of the Belbek, overlooking Foti Sala. Their supports occupy a ridge from this place stretching towards the south to Markul. The main position of the army is on high, bold ground, ex tending from Aitodor to Markul, with the reserves posted between the village of Urkusta and the bridge of Tinli. The corps is further to be reinforced, with the view next week of making a strong reconnaissance of the ground from Foti Sala towards Wyenbash, on the left bank of the Katcha. I have omitted to report that Lieutenant-General Markham has been compelled by illness to return to England for a few months. He sailed on the 29th ult. I beg leave to enclose the lists of casualties. T have, fie_, JAMES SIMPSON,Gen e eraT' Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. lonville, was composed of twelve squadrons of his division, of Armand's Battery (of Horse Artillery), 200 irregular cavalry, and six Egyptian battalions. It crossed one of the arms of Lake Sasik, and marched by Chiban upon Djollchak, the ge neral rendezvous, where the two last columns joined each other about ten in the morning. These columns had driven before them the Russian squad rons, which had successively fallen back upon their reserves. During the halt ordered to refresh the horses, General d'Allonville observed the movements of the enemy, who, with 18 squadrons, several troops of Cossacks, and artillery, endeavoured to turn his right by advancing between him and the lake. General d'Allonville, supported in the rear by two regi ments of Turkish cavalry, and the six Egyptian battalions, immediately directed his force upon the point of the lake, so as to surround the enemy himself. The promptitude of this movement enabled the 4th Regiment of Hussars, the first line of which was led by General Walsin-Esterhazy, to make a close attack on the enemy, while General Champeron, with the 6th and 7th Dragoons, in the second and third line, ad vanced on the Russian Lancers, and compelled them to a precipitate retreat, during which our troops harassed them for a distance of more than two leagues. The enemy being unable to keep their ground on any point and flying in every direction, General d'Allonville halted the squadrons, and, before retiring, collected all that the Russians had abandoned on the field of battle. .As the result of the action we have taken six guns (three cannon and three mortars), 12 caissons, and one field forge, with their horses and harness ; 169 prisoners, of whom one is an officer, Lieutenant Procopvitch, of the 18th Lancers ; and 250 horses. The enemy left on the field about 50 killed; among them was recognised Colonel Andreawski, of the 18th Lancers, of the divislon of General Korf, who commanded in this engage ment, and who has the reputation in the Russian army of being a cavalry officer of great merit. Our loss, in com parison, is very small ; we have six killed and 20 wounded; M. Pujade, aide-de-camp of General Walsin ; and M. de Sibert de Cornillon, ordonnance officer of the same general, are among the latter. This brilliant action does honour to the regiments engaged in it, as well as to Generals Walsin and de Champeron, and to General d'Allonville, who speaks in high terms of the support he received from Achmet Pasha, and the Turkish corps under his command. Receive, Monsieur, &c , PELISSIER, Marshal, Commander-in-Chief. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. VIENNA, Oct. 15. The Oesterreichische Correspondent contains the follow ing intelligence from Odessa, under date of the 10th : Eighty ships are in sight of the harbour ; either a descent on the place or a bombardment is expected. The Emperor will not visit Odessa at present. ODESSA, OCt. 11. A report is in circulation, which, under existing circum stances, does not appear improbable. It is rumoured that the Russians intend to abandon the north side of Sebastopol, and to retire to Perekop. The fleets are still off the harbour. BERLIN, Oct. 16. A telegraphic despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated the 13th, states:— The enemy quitted the Valley of the Upper Belbeck this morning, and returned to the ridge separating it from the Valley of Baidar. This retreat is probably caused by our movement towards Tavri and Albat. The enemy's fleet has left Odessa roads, and anchored three leagues from Kinburn. BOMBARDMENT OF XINBURN. BERLIN, Wednesday. The telegraph from St. Petersburg informs us that on the 15th the English landed a small force at Kinburn, not far from the Salt Lakes. In the evening six steamers began to bombard Kinburn. The fortress replied, and one vessel was injured. On the 16th a cannonade took place between the fortress of Kinburn and the gun-boats of the allies.: There is nothing new from the Crimea. The allies still continue to hold the ridge facing the valley of Baidar. THE ATTACK ON KARS. BERLIN, Oct. 18. A despatch received from St. Petersburg states that on the 29th of September the Russian army attacked Kars. In consequence of several officers of high rank having been killed or wounded early in the action, the assault was unsuc cessful. General Mouravieff adds that, notwithstanding their losses, the Russian troops captured fourteen Turkish flags, and that the blockade of Kars is re-established on the same footing as before the attack. BERLIN, Thursday Evening. The Emperor Alexander will go to Kieff before he visits Warsaw. All the reserve and the militia are being concentrated at Kieff, under the command of General Paniutin, and the Emperor is going thither to pass them in review. The Baron Prokesch-Osten's mission to Paris is now said to have been specially directed to the affairs of the Danubian Principalities. The system there is to be completely reorganised, and the relations between the Turkish and native authorities and the Austrian commanders of the army of occupation strictly defined. ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES. PARIS, Thursday Night. By accounts of the 13th, from the Crimea, the advanced posts of the allies were, on the 12th, within five leagues of Baktehi-Serai. The Russians were retiring slowly. Everything led to the belief that General Liprandi in tended to defend the line of the Belbek, and to rest upon the corps commanded by Prince Gortschakoff. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, OCt. 17. Seven other English gunboats have arrived from the Baltic at Elsinore, which increases the number of these boats sta tioned this day in the port to 19. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. BY the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Lang, which arrived yesterday, we have intelligence from New York to the 9th instant, and Boston to the 10th, $410,000 on freight, and 156 passengers. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, hence, arrived at Hali fax on the 9th instant. The Pacific arrived at New York from Liverpool on the 3rd instant. The North Star arrived out on the sth of October. Nine fugitive slaves from 'Virginia had arrived at Syracuse en route for Canada. The schooner Ivanhoe, bound from Cleveland to Mackinaw with coal, was run into and sunk on the night of the 4th inst. No lives were lost. A desperate attack with fire-arms was made upon a mass procession at Baltimore on the night of the 4th. The Demo crats of the 18th Ward were returning from a mass meeting when several pistol shots were fired at them by certain parties said to belong to the Know-nothing organization. A young man in the procession named Burke was shot in the head and died shortly afterwards. The supposed murderer was arrested. The affair is said to have originated from an old feud which existed between the adherents of rival fire companies belong ing to political clubs. Political excitement was running very high at Baltimore, and torchlight processions and mass meet tings were nightly taking place. A commission of United States naval officers .and leading shipowners of New York was to be held for the purpose of testing the merits and capabilities of several boats to be sub mitted for their inspection, in order to decide upon the most useful and safe lifeboats for ocean-going vessels. One or two models of an entirely novel description were to be exhibited. The War Department at Washington had received a pack agef the ef thepapomAtmheenSgiouthxelmndls a Indians at the postmaster's blank, evidently taken from some one of the mail agents whom battl o e e r s BI u taken ewat e f r r . they robbed and murdered, and is covered with Indian hiero glyphics, apparently intended to detail some of the bloody deeds of the tribe. The massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and his party is evidently one of the subjects of this symbolic history. It is also believed to describe the murder of an emigrating party, composed in part of women. Among the articles captured were two scalps of white women, a small memorandum book, in which some neat penman had noted the incidents of an overland journey; a letter from B. W. Leonard, dated Hermon, July 6, 1855, doubtless taken from a captured mail ; several rather good sketches of Indians fight ing, and a portion of the clothing which had belonged to the soldiers of Grattan's party. There can be no doubt that the Indians from whom these things were taken are the same who massacred Grattan and his party. Yellow fever still continued to rage at Norfolk and Ports mouth. Three persons had been killed on the Boston and Maine line, by the train running off the line. The project of a canal across or through the Isthmus of Darien had again been brought before the Government. Advices from Utah report that the crops were likely to turn out better than was anticipated. The steam-ship Black IVarrior had arrived at New York with later news from Havana. Great preparation was being made to celebrate the approaching birthday of the Queen of Spain. The Spanish war vessels in port were being made se cure, as if a hurricane was expected. A frightful explosion had occurred at a coal mine near Mi nersville, in which five persons were killed and many wounded. Intelligence from Northern Mexico states that General Castro was still in command of Matamoras. The city was embroiled in trouble, while the revolutionary force was with out. The besiegers number 600 to 1,200 and demand the un conditional surrender of the place. General Vidaurri was also marching on them. San Luis de Potosi had been captured by the insurgents, and General Giulan killed. Tampico had pronounced for the plan of Vidaurri, and driven out Cassanova. The French brig of war Orestes and the steamer Acheron were at Havana. The health of Havana good, and business brisk. Freights were advancing. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, 9TH OCT. There had been great activity shown in the money market in the aggregate clearings for the week, part of which included heavy clearings on the 4th instant, and there was a larger sum shown than the clearings of any week since July, 1854. In loans there had been a reduction in the banks, which had caused an active demand for capital. Loans on call, Stock Collaterals, 7 to 9 per cent. The reduced quotations of sterling Bills would, in a few days, have the effect to produce more steadiness in the market. In exchange the market was more active. We quote London, 108 to 109:1 ; Paris, 5.174 to 5.15 ; Bremen, 79 to 79k; Antwerp, 5.20 to 5.101. COTTON.—The demand for cotton had been only to a moderate extent, and prices had given way to the extent of ic. to lc. per lb. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, Uplands, very ord. to mid., 71c. to 9I ; C. ; ord. 81c. ; low mid.. 94c. ; good mid., 10 lc.; fair to good fair and good, 101 c. to Mc. and 114 c. ; middling fair, 104 c. ; fully fair, 11c. Mobiles, Louisianas, &c., ord. to mid., Bic. to 101 c. ; good ord., 94c. ; low mid., 9:lc. ; good mid.; 101 c. ; fair to goodlair, 12c. to 124 c. ; middling fair, 114 c.: fully fair, 121 c. From the New York Courier and Enquirer, of the 9th instant, we extract the following :—The cotton market closed to-day with • k limited inquiry on the basis of 91c. for strict middling Uplands. On the 3d instant the Pacific's advices were received, noting a decline in Liverpool of id. full, with sales of 32,750 bales. On receipt of these accounts holders became anxious to realize, and some sales were effected, at a decline of arc. to ic. An active demand followed, relieving the market of the most pressing parcels, and prices recovered to lc. The sales from the 2d instant to date amount to 0,500 bales, and shipments from first hands during the same period to 2,500 bales. At New Orleans, on the 6th, the sales were 5,000 bales, middling Sic. to Eqc. At Mobile, on the sth, market dull; middling 9c.; freight, id. BREADSTUFFS.—The flour market was without animation or change in price from the 2nd to the sth instant. On the 6th, large purchases of wheat and flour were made for account, as was reported for the British Government, everything on the spot and to arrive being taken at the prices named. The same course was followed yesterday, and we now quote an advance of 60c. to 75c. per barrel since Friday. The advance in wheat was sc. to 10c. per bushel. Indian corn was 3c. to 4c. per bushel higher. Rye flour, $5,50 to $0,50 per barrel. PRovlsioNs.—New mess pork was dull at $22 to $22,25, and prime at $2l. Beef was without material alteration. Lard was in moderate demand; tallow dull at 12ic.; the Butchers' Association at 13c. IRON.—There had been about 150 tons of Scotch pig sold, at $37 to $37,50, 6 months. FREIGUITS.—To Liverpool : For cotton, i=;d. to 7-16 d. per lb. ; flour, 4s. per barrel ; grain, 10d. to 11d. per bushel. To Havre : Cotton, Ic. per lb. ; flour, $1 per brl.; grain, 25c. per bushel. NEW ORLEANS, October Bth.—Cotton firm, with an upward tendency, but not quotably higher. Sales to-day, 10,000 bales. Flour higher; quotations, $7,60 to $7,87. Freights Cotton, to Liverpool, 13-16 d. (By Electric Telegraph) NEW YORK, Oct. 9, Six, p.m.—The money market conti nued active and rates buoyant ; rates for call loan 7 per cent., and for short first paper 7to 8 per cent. Sterling exchange was heavy. Rates for bankers bills 108 k and nominal. :Cotton heavy and dull. Flour 181 c. to 25c. better. Wheat better, but quite unsettled. Corn firmer. Pork lower, and unset tled. Beef firm. Lard firmer. Bacon, hams, and shoulders scarce. Butter firm. Cheese steady. Iron drooping. Lead firm. Freights unsettled. (Later by Telegrap4, rid Halifax.) NEW YORK, Oct. 11th.—Dr. Kane and party (Arctic Expe dition) arrived all well. Flour and corn have advanced ; wheat has declined. An advance of K has taken place in cotton' LIST OF PASSENGERS. From Boston.—F. Widder, lady, and two daughters, Miss Durght and maid, Miss Ri c h ar d son , G eorge Vandenhof and lady, Mrs. Eben Howes, Miss Norton, Dr. Clark and lady, Miss Sturgis, Mrs. Norton, Miss Norton, Mr. Harmer and lady, Dr. J. Leckie, Colonel Handscomb, W. H. Arcutt,Cruikshank, F. P. Morris, W. Rapheal, C. E. Allen, Samuel Wilde, S. J. Wetherell and lady, J. Hayton, W. Scully, R. L. Patterson, Charles M. Carpenter, W. Douglas, Miss Douglas, Sharpe, J. A. Radcliffe, Miss Tappan and nurse, Madame de Siniere and daughter, J. F. Maguire, M. Ellis, J. C. Batteridge, Dr. H. Richardson, W. F. Dodd, J. J. Jarvis, J. P. Chaplin, Charles E. Norton, S. Hiscock, A. G. Dunlop, J. G. Farewell and lady, G. R. Emerson and lady, T. Holloway and lady, Dr. H. 0. Stone, Stone, H. Keenan, U. S. Consul, Cork, A. Solyns, J. Stevens, Rice Lewis, G. W. Thorpe, H. J. E. Marshall, E. H. Sutterthwaite, George Roach, A. T. Oyanne, J. L. Harder. W. L. Thompson, J. E. Field, John Santain, W. Hart, W. Vandeshorst, Hon. E. Twistleton and lady, W. A. Tappan and lady, John Weir, Miss F. Wood, Miss Smith, Miss Smith and five children, Miss Zoll, Kerwood and five children, Miss Bukhara, C. Mllvaine, Thomas Hill and lady, H. W. Stewart and Brother, John Caldwell, Philip Hill, Hewitt, Captain Knight, Dr. Parker, U. S. Commissioner to China, Captain Beresford, Mrs. and Miss Constable, Mrs. Reddy, A. Dridge, W. M. Hadland, T. C. Humphrey, John Wildman, George Marks, John Reby and brother, Martin Reby, W. H. Williams, Thos. Gray and lady, Andrew Johns and brother, John Graham, W. Whitehead. John Hird, J. S. Westcott, W. V. Condell, Henry Pearson, T. Kirnan, Dr. N. B. Mar shall, L. C. Marchand, H. C. Cooly, Plandre Castro, Aron Simmons, J. C. Clements, H. Benton, J. Glen, J. Jacobs, G. D. Gardiner, W. S. Murry, Hurlburt, John Hunter, and J. Sture. From Halifax •.—Stume, Blake, Burgess, Dawson, Fulton, Edw. Johnston, W. Middley, John Arstall, Rev. G. N. Gordon, Charles Gossip, J. Forsyth, Cochran, Captain Andrews, and Captain Fletcher. RECAL OF THE ENGLISH MINISTER AT WASH- INGTON DEMANDED. A special telegraphic despatch from New York to Halifax, brought by the steamer America, intimated that it was stated at Washington that the American Government has demanded of the British the recal of their minister at Washington, in consequence of his connexion with the recent movement in the United States for the enlistment of men for the service of the British army in the Crimea, and which was brought out in a recent judicial inquiry at Philadelphia. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. WEST INDIES AND PACIFIC. THE steamer Tyne arrived at Southampton on Thursday, bringing dates from Jamaica to Sept. 27th ; Porto Rico, 30th ; Demerara and Trinidad, 25th; Barbadoes, 27th; and St. Thomas, October Ist. She brought also 553,000 and $47,000 in specie, and 510,000 in jewellery. JAMAICA..—Trade extremely languid. Weather intensely hot. Island generally healthy. A better feeling in markets. will Exchange, m emeet on 60 th e days, l6t TOBAGO.—Affairs had slightly improved. An amended h constitution was in operation. Island healthy. Weather Oct.cent. premium. The legislature per favourable. BARBADOES. — Weather wet. Prospects of a large crop excellent. DEMERA.R.L.—Weather dry and exceedingly favourable for sugar cane. The business amongst merchants more brisk. GRANADA.—HeaIthy. Business still depressed. Planta tions had derived benefit from the weather, but want of labour continued to be felt. - - Tnim DA.D.—Heavy rains throughout the month. Young canes growing fast, but in some instances crops had suffered materially from storms. The damage done by the late storms on the coast of Chili mounts to about $400,000. Bolivia is in a deplorable state. The British schooner Acheron, from Australia, put into Valparaiso in distress. Colonel Walker had defeated the goverment troops under General Mandriola, and was about to attack Rivas. Her Majesty's frigate Amphitrite returned to San Fran cisco on the 20th of August, from Ayan, in the Amoor River, and from Sitka. She found Ayan deserted on the 9th of July. No signs of the Russian fleet; a Russian steamer was there blown up. The Russian fleet could not have ascended the river, owing to the bar at its mouth ; its whereabouts is unknown. Cholera was raging on the Nicaragua route. ( Enclosure 1.) YENIKALB,Sept. 27. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the , information of his Excellency General Simpson, that three companies of the 71st Regiment, under the command of Major Hunter, 71st Regiment, embarked at Kertch on Monday last, the 24th inst., on board Her Majesty's ship Minna, at an early hour in the morning, and proceeded, in company with tier Majesty's gun boats Lynx, Snake, Arrow, and Harpy, together with about nine (9) French gunboats, conveying six companies of French infantry, to the opposite coast, and arrived about 11 o'clock a.m., opposite Taman, the line of gunboats extending a short distance to the eastward of Fanagoria. The landing commenced shortly afterwards to the eastward of Fanagoria, covered by the fire from the gunboats. There was no resistance offered, and the place had been evidently but lately evacuated. A few mounted Cossacks and infantry were the only people we had seen up to the time of landing, and who were driven from Fanagoria and Taman by the well directed fire from the gunboats. When the disembarcation was completed (which was effected without accident) the force moved upon Fanagoria, and took quiet possession of the fort and buildings, and established itself there. A few stores were found still in the place, but (with the exception of an hydraulic press and some medicines) of no particular value, consisting principally of hospital bedding and some clothing and accoutrements. There were, however, upwards of 62 pieces of artillery (9 and 12- pounders, apparently) and four mortars, all rendered un servicaeble. As the force entered Fanagorla a strong party of Cossacks appeared on the hill side, about one and a half or two miles from the town, increased from time to time until their force appeared to amount to about 600. The gunboats Lynx, Arrow, and Snake immediately opened a fire upon them, as did also some of the French boats. The practice from these boats was most admirable, and the Cossacks immediately withdrew beyond the crest of the hills, leaving only a few videttes on the neighbouring ridges. Early on the following morning the men were employed in collecting wood for fuel and hutting, the night having passed quietly, with one exception, the enemy having taken advan tage of the darkness to approach our lines, and opened fire upon our sentries ; our troops were instantly on the alert, and the Cossacks retired. One man—an English sailor— serving at a field-piece in the works, was slightly wounded in the heel. The quantity of wood for fuel and for hutting is something considerable, but the exact amount can scarcely be arrived at yet, but I hope to have the whole embarked by Saturday. I have, C. READY, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding 71st Light Infantry. Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., &c., Quartermaster-General. The total casualties are 1 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 7 rank and file wounded. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL BRUAT. The Moniteur (Thursday) publishes a letter from Admiral Bruat, dated the 2nd of October, which announces that an expedition against Taman and Fanagoria has completely succeeded. On the 24th of September, Commandant Bonet left Kertch for Taman with ten gunboats, a despatch-boat, and a steamer. On arriving off Fanagoria he threw some shells into the re doubt, and proceeded to disembark at about a mile from the fort. During this interval the Russians abandoned the place, and the allies took possession of it, in the presence of a force of cavalry of from 600 to 800 strong, which retired immediately a few shells were thrown among them. On the following day our troops were employed in destroying all the houses in Fanagoria that could have been converted into shelter for troops at Cape St. Paul. 66 cannon and four mortars were found in the fort ; at Taman there were eleven 24-pounders buried in the sand. By the 2nd of October the destruction of Taman and Fana goria was complete. The expedition was about to return to Kertch. Commandant Bonet warmly eulogises the active co-operation of Captain Dall, with three gunboats. THE CAVALRY AFFAIR NEAR EUPATORIA. The Zfoniteur of Tuesday states that the Minister of 'War has received the following report from Marshal Pelissier • M. le le Marechal,—ln my despatch of the 29th of Septem ber I stated to your Excellency that I had sent General d'Al lonville to Eupatoria with three regiments of his division of cavalry (the 4th Hussars, the 6th and 7th Dragoons, and a battery of Horse Artillery) ; I then expressed the hope that the able activity of this General, seconded with zeal by the Muchir, Achmet Pasha, would succeed in dispersing the troops the Russians have detained in the vicinity of Eupatoria, and afterwards in threatening the chief line of the enemy's com munication between Simpheropol and Perekop. A brilliant cavalry engagement took place on the 29th of September at Koughill (five leagues north-east of Eupatoria), in which the Russian cavalry under General Korf was com pletely defeated. This action inaugurates very auspiciously the series of operations of which Eupatoria will now be the pivot. According to a previous arrangement between General d'Allonville and Achmet Pasha, three columns quitted Eupa toria rn the 29th, at three in the morning, to march against the enemy. The first, directed to the south-east, took up its position at the extremity of the isthmus, towards Saki. It had only a few squadrons of the enemy before it, which it easily drove back with the aid of two guns, which supported the column by theivfire. The second, commanded by Ahmet Pasha in person, passing by Oraz, Atchin, and Teiech, advanced upon Djollchak, de stroying in its,narch all the stores of the enemy. The third column, at the head of which was General d'Al- ITALY. The accounts received at Rome from the Marshes, con cerning the accidents caused in the country by inunda tions and storms are truly distressing. Rivers and torrents have overflowed, and many bridges have been destroyed. The Metanro, Fesino, Vallato, and Foglio have desolated the sur rounding country, destroyed the crops, and swept away houses. The weather, on the other hand, was frightfully bad for two days,.and in some places showers of hail destroyed the grape crops, the last hope of the farmers. SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATION.—The youth of the city of Rome have sent a subscription of 16,000 livres to the Sar dinian Contingent in the Crimea, for having well deserved of the country, in supporting with honour the name and the flag of Italy. FRANCE.—A verdict was returned on Tuesday in the case of the Augers rebels. The three principal offenders, Secre tain, Attibert, and Pasquier, are condemned to transportation ; eleven of the prisoners are sentenced to imprisonment in a fortress ; eleven to simple banishment ; and the rest have been acquitted.—The Verite of Lille states that every night during troopsr h w have is passedw ve ed not less completely h e throughpa past t thateaet k taon, r v a en i n h fd v r. a o y mE t ta r h a ceh i trains of conveying tph of tt trains alnnso con.y than 700 men. Most of these troops are on their way to the Crimea.—The cape on which the lighthouse of Biarritz is si tuated terminates by a flat rock, which has been long famous for the number of accidents occurring there. The platform looks so inviting, as it stretches out immediately over the sea, that many persons are induced to sit quietly down and contemplate the vast expanse of ocean spread out before them. But there is scarcely a spot along the whole of the Atlantic coast more subject to sudden squalls, and the consequence is that on several occasions persons sitting on the ledge of rock have been blown off and killed. An accident of this kind took place last week to a young lad living as servant in a family at Biarritz. A sudden gust of wind caused him to lose his ba lance, and precipitated him into the sea, where he perished before aid could be afforded him. SAMMY' Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from Ozieri, in the island of Sardinia, giving an account of the late virulent outbreak of cholera in that town. Such was the consternation of the inhabitants that although the munici pality offered a large remuneration for the burying of the dead, not one could be found to accept the office. At length the Vice-Syndic, M. Niccolo Taras, and Councillor Ladu, nobly resolved to cure the people of their panic by setting them an example ; and they publicly carried a corpse to the burying ground with their own hands. Many people, ashamed of their cowardice, at once offered their services, and every victim from thenceforward received a decent burial. But the difficulties of the authorities did not end here ; the butchers refused to sell their meat except at an exorbitant price. M. Taras convoked the butchers, and threatened to send for the whole of his own cattle, and have it slaughtered and sold below the market price, adding that he was sure all the large proprietors of the place would cheerfully do the same. This threat was sufficient ; the butchers consented to sell their meat as usual. The example of this worthy magistrate also encouraged the better class of the inhabitants to aid in alle viating the sufferings of the sick and helpless. A Turin despatch of the 16th instant says :—" The Himalaya has set out from Genoa with Sardinian troops who are going to reinforce in the Crimea the corps d'armie of General La Marmora. This General announces, under date of the 14th, that General Montevecchio has died of the wounds received by him at the battle of the Tchernaya." AUSTRIA.-It is said that Austria has renewed her declara tions to the Western Powers to defend the whole line of the Danube against a Russian attack ; but that she at the same time deprecated any movement towards the Pruth. A Berlin despatch, of the 16th, says :—ln reply to mediatory overtures, the Western Powers have notified to Austria, that the events of the war demand a revision of the Four Points. Austria admits this principle, and re-asserts a desire to act in common with the Western Powers. PRUSSIA.—The Prussian Correspondence contradicts the report that Prussia is attempting to mediate between Russia and the Allied Powers ; and adds, that on sounding the Allies, Russia found them so disinclined to negociate at this moment that she made no proposals. The Borsenhelle, however, re peats the assertion, and insists that there are unmistakeable indications of a renewal of negotiations. RUSSlA.—Certain German journals, which pretend to be acquainted with the particulars of the grand council of war held at Nicolaieff on the Ist inst., assert that General Kotze bue, having declared in the name of General Gortschakoff that he would maintain himself in the Crimea if supplies were secured to him, and the Emperor Alexander having promised all necessary assistance, the council is said to have unani mously declared for continuing the defence. An imperial ukase orders the embodiment of the militia in the provinces of Orenburg and Samara. The levy is to commence on the 15th of next month, and terminate on the 16th of December. The proportion is to be 23 in every 1,000 souls. The Emperor of Russia has instituted a commission at Kieff, to examine all prisoners from the Foreign Legions in the service of the Allies. They are not to be treated as prisoners of war, but handed over to their respective Governments.--A letter.frw Warsaw [OCTOBER 23 1855. Kotzebue of e or t t oz h re e bi ul f: et t c h in: ad i ss u btr t oo h u e ngl 1 la H tk a e rn the Minister iosut kingdomre s r ao of the n hofe c i c ula t ionlnterior, Poland, I w i to lai a ni s edh shu t a h bs e mb e i te h t a e n e dn saysa p e t s p :::: :::1 : 11 : i i T' s ;,,,,,o h t e i ; The plan suggests a fresh f orwarddivisionlnwille r r P g o b h r l er a aam N d pacoil e hfna t e E t l s s eh t ' xoe c: prtto. r ti hi3:o_ .!::: he p ta r k es e en o t ae ov i e i r i n t m h e e nt lo s and Warsaw ; those of Radom, Plock, andrAeniturnrgatoni:oolo-hi.. administration united e a e n o d in pformosed willoo i f i retehmgr three n er inntehne Governmentst .s same n T i e h h e :k nii i de n , e r g . r bi d t v a 1 i ::;; so " : ancient witch sion would wound the national feelings of r la' iie iter whichisting divisionsprod uces nor o smile e nfreowmont ones se havePo l e seeks to centralise, while Prince Paskiewitch err " 4 insurrection in the slightest change. EGYPT.—Accounts from Egypt state ths the _ 00 of corn will be prohibited in consequence of _lal. . p o o p l p is o h s ed org to an a is n a y tion. change; m The e :v ia: snistthtoErir, _...th_isael,l, n 1 ctetr resew , bland fear earce op: wandering overflowing , f a t ne h d e ejrlinongiAt e rua,b. er of iibg the eesrai er ne N n i oo l few theb giving egiin6nt a r s hi e n 'n a g s s o Y a i Cossacks would obtain a free passage to f3 a coo n c d , r 4 ad h cf that contractors eraas t tc h shf e uo. y er hhTtaohhvfeeet them o e eo n mln t es e sat r rsl e ln d , ihevoto i i n u tinod inhabitaoe n uf th a e r roA r ut a i hsg n e rilt ee i l l re e i : b aa n . : t el lj u tx r i ;. 6 4 : l:lllo,l l Cons.t, 3P ''' • ..ji their expenses paid during their stay in that cit a Y: 2l „," ,F' e CANADA.—The correspondent of The Ga u r es lio to from Toronto, Bth September, says :- -- Th e 4 motor clergy reserves being finally disposed of---__ o „, money being paid over to the several claimants been . to whom it was the very breath of life, hal o , AO 04 time at their wits' end to discover a tahing:;;fiesnea' save them from collapsing into utter lnai,aqbeir " Maine Anti-liquor Law" has not, answereosee, they Lions, for, gullible as "the people" usuallY„usdr Lwat n shijn o oanescoeroe b ,yrirr u h t owwh p ei e ‘c. r he c r e ,t i h v ae e nior t t l hd i a e eirly a a b gp s ir u taa r et d ti i oi t en y e - weooasfnitnrainddiiaviurr_d:e:byst of fe to l s r" , liii 5 ' a st n i d tue e n if t e s c . ts the notorious ec,ae v nd e a l r i e l og d latihtl d liao e tao l l i fa v n e eti ii h,n n einn g_ fiene d uet i ewi s on c n o 7 : o;o l(o . tb io e u bli ol i i : d i rtvueeishydelyoderialffintta ihpso. " d i ona t Afpcic o . n,lrthltgoir o i hBres n .3e:ao e 7beLoaa, o flpayl f iros o ont u fhn r emtohrwe,oK h members lTtearnnsazivoibiell: e 0: fun f oigrsn Pa' owthe 1 r obictiogiviti c i it c":„: „ re tw h h o ai l is d l kt i holding and the Examine tbe s l i T e a co s u ed n i t t r i y ous , ge a n n e d r dis any ~ ,t i5:17 . .1,00 a t, ee:_ 10_ ' • ol otOl i.,:e; down. high state of prosperity and consequent o°''„ii - liontria2 r give much assistance to the needy agitator o , j il t' j oy! A i after notoriety. Furthermore, we are now lost, 0:‘ netted with the Lower Province—our fina n s eptly' D r terests are so closely interwoven—that a l - e ra' Rio almost amount to a resolution, peoP'" tar - v and our ,_., e , _ l ot to think it " better bear the ills we 'I; "s fir A it o l others that we know not of." The Gl°7 joiar, to sheet, published in this 't has 13°' lore -2, ci y, „ s movement, but the editor, who has been r ibe,.ftr . humiliating state of political bankruptcy 700" , 0 0 :i f repoiso f of the Reserves question, has got up a crY°' ;rol Representation by population," which roaY,T e Ea I course of time, take a strong hold upon ,4 :,,, o 01:// The French succeeded, a year or two since, in t i t he sentation Bill, by which it is provided that ,- I wince should always have the same number • °f in the House of Assembly as the Upper, irr7 population of the two sections. This, of co u , rs- ' 1 to preserve Romish power and influence 01 d „ e l Upper Province is increasing in population ','IL;O9 element of greatness with far more rapidity War and it is not probable that it will be conte nt t° of ° if ; longer the domination of a Romanist nlinoritl;lo that the government of the country, whether .roife servative, should only retain power so long asloof e i establishment and endowmentof Romanism• lest thoughtful politicians are of opinion that the,, e pe A l our anomalous position is a federal union of t P of" Our aged Bishop has been travelling on a co o at through the eastern portion of his diocese abliteedi since the month of June. On every side he " On? fying proofs of the growth and vitality of the..,100 have heard nothing further relative to the 50 % diocese, and no action appears to have been 3 ; tos t oil home government with respect to the ito_P ° s etiae 1011 our legislature, from freedom of synodiond er . 0_ 7 ,0 power of electing our own bishops.—The s vu lat ov i i, been all safely housed, and notwithstand ing ",, fCW 04: 1 / done to some extent by the H • fly a n " dial ° Hessian n , ue in 0.0 showers, yield • the is over the average. ~,...- " :.„e s sa d : efli, has also turned out pretty well, and Pou'rthis cli t I great abundance.—An enterprising firul,l ° ,:dena l ' e fq t sent a ship of 900 tons burden to LiverPoo l, :"o W, imber, &c., as a specimen of the rod ti °n ' and iv ' ~, p uc COT • poration presented it with - t of flag's , a se deep interest in its success. Qept• 2 .. INDIA. The advises are from Bombay r i .t oy .- 0 Calcutta, Sept. 9th. The Bombay corresPo°ll in 1 says, in a letter dated Sept. 12:—" The Sal l "„" e art;'effi gtb ilesmntahelefleat which, when I last wrote, was languishing , aPr 017 00 -.4 0 0 well nigh extinct. Cut off from making fur i Bengal by the troops sent against them from °i l ;jl 4 . 41 Bhagulpore, the rebels have either retreated to,' tb ° , fro fastnesses or surrendered to Government. Secr p itbc, h er A i them gave themselves up at Govindpoor, an - Kyr them, or captured about the same time, i s s aid te os i ly acimpaolngofttuheeirtheorueentbryromthenertshetorliNs•ihnogseisinafltutreinbceoli, .., 1 ti V , to e mation has been issued, offering_ a general anlaf t se ?r,l boom tTbG w T oas h h o o o p f ro tl m ie e d nm a t i i i n n v g e st t a r h u n ctions to e° l2 :jog . i, e ero; way towards repressing the outbreak or woo rola r - i. - 0 From e t ß b ro o u r i r -c i al t e i s a es i n :ir:E i e L: o piir : :: fmi lig .D t e P .e" ; ;C: d n t ai gi Thence h o wbe n aanns o c ci n et the ootbfi 1 etehy l re s pe t cr o ub i ee Li edne a .o.oo : p t i ; :is oti i i;i the Burmese frontier crossed on the I.lth:„.ed to sieff'd letter arrived from Ava, which was reP,°"„o th, e o peao l . „ most flattering expressions on the pas' '''.,, wit'a - i f b v V Majesty was waiting to receive the embas ° ? lis 00„,,40,1 He consented to all the preliminary conditlie trtees? mission was sent to him, and urged uP° ll „,tbst t i e ftb e ti, use of the royal boats, and of the house" hsar" 01, pared for his reception at different points at the e 17 lad i In all the members of the embassy are i f o rsnagtlea r f including Mr. Grant, au artist, and an office r ., but_ A 'olfi,it complete photographic apparatus. Ther e 3 niw".' o 9' from Affghanistan, and that little later thao ci rfa $ 0 the detention of the dawk, probably by. h/ i s sai d ', 0/ i country. The Ameer Dost Mahomet, ar: 1i ofd 11 proceed to Jellalabad, ' there to meet a 13r ; ti t s e tre e _ tie, . purpose of exchanging ratifications of the la o w l, further reported, though it does not seeln f. ere s ,Ce d was likely to go on to Peshawar for a e n int al ff, chief commissioner. The remainder of the bo o! , I f somewhut vague, and, as coming from __.P. es An, per Tip, 1 from Cabul direct, contains a larger proPes'.,,, l " a ll e ts , i ,s if usual, of mere rumour. But it agrees wit' op r counts of affairs in Affghanistan in a lleging 0 pi Government eAn:ribe'rtertenlsryeli, : tea l c . 'll,rvltodinlees sohernec3,iforheanti7m,nileetii terle.lexe:anal t.: charge e p except th e o l leaders a murderd ers o f canesthee_ ,iajohro! 4. 04 tribes view with suspicion and dislike the.. 010,., Ameer with the English. The northwest Moe About the end of last month a rising among p lod, was anticipated, and on the 21st a dispatch r`" epi ttUrf from Kohat, that 15,000 of these tribes had ass . or v . rajt frontier, with the intention of attacking 1 1,07/ ~ r i manding the force that is in the field at stir mountain train battery, and a regiment of t i ,pov (1 0 were immediately sent off to Kohat, a° s ri 40,,' acca , ment held in readiness to follow. It rfe t i la the attack would take place on the -41 `.., l etsl i # which day fell this year a great ge,b o -: - 04) 011 the Buckree Eed, or goat festival. Te d the /4 respondent of the Times, in a letter cla',..,ge fi says:—" I received two hours since a s',,T e t _ 4 O A from Oude. It is a well-written Pa° l P',.l - he;f o firi calling the Mussulmans of Oude and the 00— fa lreP - 11 1 0 , against the infidel. A few weeks ago s on oo ' teao took it into their heads to attack a ITh id iaol , if Fyzabad. The Hindoos armed to defend their 0 ,4, 1 / 150 men were slain. The religious war ca 00 0 ;006 over the country, and but for the determine Ile Po:" Resident all Oude would have been in flaroee,4iedlY mar veto on the fanatic measures reconoltesca di ifi wereu l mai swarming courtiers on an a d ll pthrieesrtoes,dasnla.rarredsstedF3,;obole. pl efor . ..i f was abated, but the difficulty is not eve!' . 1 0$ 41 . 1e vi rAe t, ulerna has been ordered to inquire. Hel,,,s .- ifv - 9 0 " O r a word would now light up a civil war. I"' '. - s th e • jf p , of the rival creeds is growing deadly, au' : ! e a lstai i . ' TO' supposed to favour the Hindoos, the P',„asia s O 4 1 them also. It is too late to send you a " - it 'ro " ; adpls seized. im m az ceka p daen h . w. d l pamphlet oltivhsaratiesn has the regular orthodox s tyle. _ 4 0,0 0 , ei._ 4 dice to the dest i r nb o e y eo e nu tS rs o eon f itv th nt e ot i Ae n rg fi r it ta e o l r , ai a nes n d d r P h r c0 0,,, ,0 , e , 5 , ,,, ,;!fe1 1i of the north, and has everywhere created 4 0 ,_4 0 " ,'," 5 1 1° ;0 4 4 e hf s u e ln en es t s oo . m F a o n rt y un of at t e h ly es , e th oy e ,d o v is ej e.m.o l 6 ? eo a l t itY ot apprehension, but it is as easy to get nr fiter s e,r:' , o o4 India as a no-popery cry in England. I n o e f co w „ o s o '„ s d , ready for the strife. The real danger , Ae st - e e, '"fea' religious quarrel should spread throng v an , t og deeply interested in Oude, detest the Tuilia ';-' avenge any insane act ordered by the . 4tion• The danger, I hop! : ‘l2ll .. I.RE L it -A r -1) • .04 0. op- DREADFUL ATTEMPT TO ASSABBloo9,loCk,cestle 014 Hinds, on Friday, the 12th, about four: or A 4 0 49 ing from Ballyconnell, was met in thee, OA PS josp i peti i l to her house by two demons in har l ow n ra 5 . 00 dragged her off the car, knocked her a t wee o liew #1 and then deliberately fired no fewer than wa lked „ h er , a y her face and head, after which theY v 7, leaving her for dead. The unfortunate_r'where Om afi w rnn a odt r mh d h s eteh c am a ed o r , ss r ott i i e nce d ekxs o or : irf receivednal Nn .i ba d ti o ci o nh r gi t sn o a ogl lodgediolee less yst v ti n iaa 1 II v h si o th r ogebi ,: tbor ' ro b s . i s pebuo l io.ifeyi e S oliasse o ciii ; :i l ecnni nti d fot # l 4 et a siff t oi t ierns e c n tel d al Ned a .iy n ags t hi s ltt iae e i se n eni t sl e ot nm r o t noa a nd i tnteohntbsooeuttgshitoelhosaeti:os,olavirnegnr t'owel's il t eou ; afeonsr ra sht ,e iv : I:io n ; t orders c.otoi 0 i l i, e 010, to should get a police escort at all tiro_ s .., r i c ilege oglit s „Al but she only availed herself of the Y reise ti ' e uro bet b ef 10 0 occasions. Miss Hinds dared to Vr.!_ the Pie a t 0, re property which she had pureliasaeuL,,c „ a yn 1 c ~ idi p to the paili tr og, e 4 igigagill"l4lllP°Al igiligh::::::::::::::: -- eiTT, e , l l s; l l l is l 4 s i l# ;a not one 1313 proP er O e f er o de her °°;° ts °li 01,4 wb h e e elni e e s vh c e a ed p re ed ro , °l ie con i tlrio teu oaemw a nno n aal ante. dtos e hlepideeitemhlwu l aeao t mai rurywkes, appearance mybpd s ,pua a itetnn l ha s a, aroosnatr cnadhaoniceiimesinrelimtidonoisiAetbti3tne:easfdodu_jurn:bei:vrestoosowillinutmlibi:et—fialitrisedhyts:er.iikilistpal7stt:eaebesseopiftsotootirieer:o,o:o;ji f f a most .improable, 4tog• lie Pr e ' 3rtihisf:E:rftihilnerdhesex' asneiination sartYsnbt bores 14 e kxli; l , tl PPos, ,qe „, 141417(11 ~