The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

THE WAR. Ir not formally announced, facts and circumstances go far to warrant the conclusion that active hostilities, at least on a great scale, have ceased for the winter, in the southern por tions of the Crimea. The chief attention seems now directed to securing the allied armies from the effects of those atmo spheric contingencies which, during last winter, were more fatal to our brave countrymen in arms than even the attacks of the enemy. While extensive preparations are being made to prevent a recurrence of those disasters, detachments have been engaged in expeditionary exploits, in which many gallant deeds have been performed, and much damage has been in flicted upon the enemy. Among the most recent and important of these has been the destruction of vast quantities of grain and forage, of last year's crop, on the shores of the Sea of Azoff. These enormous supplies were stacked in six tiers, stretching along nearly two miles of the coast, and guarded by about 4,000 cavalry and infantry, notwithstanding which, the whole was destroyed by skilfully-executed manoeuvres, under the direction of Captain Sherard Osborn and Commander John J. Kennedy, who landed their men, under cover of the gun-boats, on three different points, and succeeded perfectly in the object of their enterprise, with casualties amounting only to six men wounded. At Kinburn, the advantage gained has been admirably sup ported. The garrison has been, as far as practicable, devoted to preparing themselves with winter quarters. A club-room is to be constructed, which will be supplied with newspapers and other periodicals; and one of the officers has been deputed by his comrades to proceed to Constantinople to purchase shoes and articles of clothing suited to the climate; and also fowling-pieces and other implements of sportsmanship. Game is said to abound in the neighbourhood of Kinburn, and allured by the desire to possess some of it has been the cause of several of our officers falling into the hands of the enemy while engaged in the chase. In Asia likewise, the prospects of the Russians appear to be daily becoming more and more desperate. So heavy were their losses on the 29th of September as to render a close investment of Kars by them an impossibility, and a large con voy of provisions had recently entered the place. At the time when the latest intelligence left the expeditionary force of Omar Pasha, a serious engagement between it and the Russians, numbering about 12,000, was considered imminent. In the present state of matters, almost the only reliable sources of information are the official despatches which are transmitted from head-quarters to the War-office, and com municated by the head of that department to the public. The correspondents of the various journals being mostly resident in the vicinity of Sebastopol, where little or nothing of immedi ate moment is in progress, are of course dependent nearly, if not altogether, on rumour and gossip for such details of these expeditions as they are enabled to furnish. Writing from the camp of the allied armies on the Tcher naya, on the 6th instant, the correspondent of the Times says : To-day is the 6th, the first of the two days for which the Russian attack has been predicted, but there is no sign of Russians, and the camp is as silent as it was noisy last night • THE ANNIVERSARY OF INKERMAN. The sth of November, the anniversary of the battle of Inker man, which probably will be likewise substituted by most people in England for the memory of Guy Fawkes, has been celebrated in the English camp by bonfires. A number of tar barrels, which had been brought back by the soldiers from Se bastopol, where a great quantity of tar has been found, were broken open and set on fire. In these were dipped pieces of rags fastened to sticks, and thus torches were improvised, which were swung about and thrown up in the air, giving to the scene from afar the appearance of some pyrotechnic exhi bition; but when you came nearer it looked like a war dance of cannibals, or the valse infernale in Robert le Diable, with yells substituted for the music. When seen quite close it formed a picture a la Rembrandt, but the subject reminded one more of the fantastic paintings conceived by the excited imagination of some Spanish painters of the monastic school of terror than the placid scene of the Dntch master, except that no painter could have given on his canvas the life which animated the scene. The main group, in the middle, stirring up the tar-barrels—the frantic attitudes and leaps of those around, swinging about their torches and throwing them into the air, and in the background the guard turned out to prevent disorder, and forming a picturesque contrast in their dark grey coats with the glaring figures of the chief actors, completed a most extraordinary scene. The Light Division began the joke, which was soon taken up by the other English divisions, until the whole English camp was one blaze of light, and the air rang with shouts and hurrahs. But it was not only outside in the open air that the anniversary of the battle of Inkerman was celebrated. It was kept up likewise in the huts and tents, and many were the applications for an hour or two's leave to keep the lights burning. A sort of confused noise, contrasting with the usual silence of the night, left no doubt that the so lemnity was kept up to a late hour. If the Russians did not remember their defeat as well as we did our victory they must have been sorely nuzzled at these signs of excitement prevail ing over a part of the allied camp, especially if they really had the intention of venturing on an attack some of these days. Their telegraphs, as far as we could see from the glare of the bonfires, were as busy. MOVEMENTS AMONG THE FRENCH TROOPS. Since Saturday last, a strong body of French troops has pitched its camp in the neighbourhood of Inkerman, and was reviewed the next day by Marshal Pelissier. A great number of French have arrived lately in the Crimea. To every regi ment a draught of 450 men has been sent out, so that, not withstanding the casualties which have taken place up to the end of the siege, the number of French has not only not decreased, but rather the contrary. Besides these reinforce ments which have been added to the old regiments, a strong new division, that of Chasseloup-Laubat, and the brigade Jamin have joined. The Garde Imperiale was reviewed yesterday previous to its departure for France. It is stated that the regiments forming the first four divisions which came out are likewise going, with the exception of the Zouaves and the Legion Etrangere. The Zouaves will be strengthened by volunteers from other regiments whose time is up, and who desire to be re-enlisted for another period. WINTER QUARTERS FOR THE ARMY. From Baidar and the heights above, the troops, with the exception of the Division Autemarre, and the strong Brigade Jamin, lately arrived, have been withdrawn. One of the greatest difficulties which opposed itself to the permanent en campment of such a large body of troops as has been kept there hitherto is the difficulty of providing them provisions at such a distance. As it was, the greater part of the means of transport had to be employed on that side; and this was the ease while we had an uninterrupted course of the most beauti ful autumn weather, and while the country itself offered at least some resources, such as forage, principally hay, and fresh meat. The first rains will double the distance of the road; and at the same time the exhausted country has long ceased to yield anything except firewood and water. Under these circumstances, it would have been impossible to keep there in winter the same body of men, and, as the position is of no practical importance for the security of our line, it would have been exposing the soldiers needlessly to the chances of suffer ing from the irregularity of communication, which with the greatest caution could scarcely be avoided on such a long line. Thus the Tchernaya line in its whole length will form our real position during the winter, for since the greater number of troops have been withdrawn from the heights the occupation of the latter must be considered as a line of outposts, from which, in case of a serious attack, the troops would have to fall back to their positions in the valley. On the rest of our line there is nothing new. The firing from both sides of the harbour continues in the usual way, reminding one of those intervals of the siege between the bombardments during which the gnus seemed to go off by habit rather than from any intention on the part of the gunners. DEPARTURE OF SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. As you will see from the general orders, Sir Cohn Campbell has embarked for England, and General Cameron is now com manding the Highland Division. The band of the latter seem to be inclined to profit by the close neighbourhood of the musical Sardinians, and every Sunday the band of the 92d joins the Sardinians, and plays for some hours during the afternoon. THE ROADS. The net of roads, with which the whole country about here is gradually being covered, extends every day further. The Quartermaster-General's officers seem to be' insatiable, and new traces are visible in every direction. On Friday next the great road from Balaklava will be opened for traffic, but it will only be the beginning of the rains which will induce people to use it; for as long as the roads across the country are dry and passable, every one will avoid the sharp stones on the newly-laid roads, and leave to his neighbour the merit of completing the process of macadamising. The French also are repairing their roads of last year, which had nearly disap peared during the summer ; besides, the main road from Kamiesch, having been hastily constructed, requires to be remade. EMBARKATION OF CAVALRY. The cavalry is beginning to leave. The King's Dragoon Guards were embarked yesterday and the day before, and the Bth Hussars are embarking to-day. Both of these regiments had huts for their men, and shelter for at least part of their horses, whereas the 10th Hussars are without either, exposed on a bleak hill, with a number of horses still sick, and a still greater number scarcely recovered, and have a fair chance of losing half their valuable horses, should the cold set in before they are embarked. They have, iudeed, received orders to go down to the valley, and take up in the meantime the camp hitherto occupied by the Sth, but, having double the number of horses, and these mostly entire horses, which have to be picketed far avant it will be rather a difficult problem to place all their horses without putting some on the road which runs at the foot of their new encampment, or without perching others on the steep rocks which rise up on the other side. Besides this, they will have double their work, striking their camp and transferring it, and then breaking it up again when their turn for embarking comes. And all this because their number happens to be 10, and 10 comes after 8 ! INTENDED BOMBARDMENT OF THE NORTH-SIDE FORTS. The Paris correspondent of the Globe, writing on Wednes day morning says, " It is stated in quarter s whose informa tion has often proved correct, that, although the winter will put a stop to field operations in the Crimea, it is the inten tion of the allied generals to subject the northern part of Sebastopol to a bombardment of mortars, which will probably have the effect of dislodging the enemy from Forts Sievernaia, Constantine, and their vicinity. It is stated that the floating batteries, whose efficiency and invulnerability were so effec tually tested at Kinburn, will take a prominent part in the attack, while twenty-six batteries, armed with mortars of the heaviest calibre, will deluge the Russian forts from the southern shore. Eighteen of these batteries will be manned by French and Sardinian troops, and eight by the English army. Although I am not able to guarantee positively the correctness of this information, it is so very circumstantial, that it is difficult to suppose there is no foundation for it." OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. 'HE OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF AZOFF. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 20. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea : Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Nov. 6. Sir,—The accompanying copy of a letter from Captain Sherard Osborn, of the Vesuvius, with its several enclosures, will place the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in pos session of a detailed account of the active and energetic pro ceedings of the squadron in the Sea of Azoff, under the com mand of that valuable officer. The enterprise, which was undertaken and so successfully carried out by Commander J. E. Commerell, of the Weser, in crossing the Isthmus of Arabat, and in destroying a large quan tity of forage on the Crimean shore of the Sivash, reflects great credit on that officer, and adds still further proof of his having deserved that promotion which their Lordships have lately been pleased to confer upon him. The gallantry o: William Rickard, Quartermaster of the Weser, deserves to be particu larly mentioned ; and I beg leave to recommend him to their Lordships' favourable consideration for the medal and gratuity for distinguished service. Lieut. George F. Day, commanding the Recruit, has also displayed his usual activity and zeal in harassing the enemy on the north-east coast of the Sea of Azoff; and I regret to find that his foot has been severely injured by the recoil of a gun. I am, &c., EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, at Sea, Oct. 26. Sir,—l am now returning westward towards Genitchi, having been employed with Her Majesty's ships named in the margin* since the 9th of October, 1855, along the north coast of this sea as far as Taganrog. On Crooked Spit, as well as Bielosarai or Whitehouse Spit, the enemy had established a large force in the remains of the old fishing establishments, and constructed a series of rifle-pits and breastworks, from which they opened fire upon any of our vessels taking shelter under those points ; and, as the enemy had a number of boats with them, with which they could easily board a vessel in distress, I thought it right to destroy the latter and dislodge the men. The Recruit, Lieut. George F. Day, came in collision with them on the 15th instant, and although he could not dislodge the riflemen, he succeeded in destroying seven launches and five large fisheries, in spite of the enemy's cavalry and in fantry. Lieut. Day, I am sorry to say, received a severe injury of the foot, by the accidental explosion of an 8-inch gun, but he speaks in high terms of the satisfactory manner in which Mr. W. Parker, second master of the Recruit, executed the service intrusted to him. On the 20th of October the Ardent, Lieut. Hubert Campion, drove in a large force of cavalry which attempted to prevent him approaching Crooked or Krivaia Spit, and he likewise destroyed three boats. On the 24th of October, the weather was sufficiently favour able to enable me to get the Vesuvius close enough to force the enemy from their riffle-pits upon the Bielosarai Spit ; at 1 p.m. the small-arm men and marines of this ship landed, under Lieut. C. H. Strode, Mr. R. R. Armstrong, mate, and Mr. H. D. R. Farquharson, midshipman, supported by the ship and boats. Directly the enemy saw their escape threatened, they beat a rapid retreat, though fully 150 in number, and effected their escape by a superior knowledge of the paths through the swamps. Lieut. Strode then destroyed their posts, which had been recently re-constructed ; they were eight in number, and calculated to house 200 men; besides these, 11 fine boats and an extensive fishery were set fire to, near the town of Alti. The Recruit, Lieut. Day, at the same time destroyed, in the neighbourhood of Marianpol, two large fisheries and some fine launches, mounted on regular travelling land-carriages, and in the evening we were complete masters of the only portion of the coast the enemy have attempted to re-establish them selves upon ; and, as the frosts have already set in, I am in hopes that they will not be able to recover their ground be fore next spring. The extraordinary efforts made by the enemy to prosecute their fisheries upon this coast are the best proof of their im portance. They sometimes move down 200 or 300 soldiers, who escort large launches placed upon carriages and arabas drawn by oxen laden with nets and gear, as well as fishermen to work them. The fish directly they are caught are carted off into the in terior; and when it is remembered that we have destroyed some 100 and odd launches upon one spit alone, some idea can be formed of the immense qnantity of fish consumed on this coast ; and, in proof of its being a large item in the suste nance of Russian soldiers, I would remind you that hundreds of tons of salted and dried fish were found and destroyed by us in the first destruction of the military depots at Genitchi in May last. This report is closed at Genitchi, where I had the satisfac tion of learning, as the enclosed letter from Lieut. Commerell will show, that he had succeeded in destroying a large collec tion of forage and corn at the entrance of the Salghir and Kara-Su rivers. The zeal and enterprise displayed by Lieut. Commerell on this occasion, as well as whenever any service has to be per formed, are most conspicuous ; and his judgment in seizing the only good opportunity that has occurred for some time to cross Arabat Spit, and traverse the Putrid Sea, deserves to be particularly called to your notice. The Quartermaster, Wm. Rickard, praised so highly by Lieut. Commerell, was one of my boat's crew. I fully concur in the high character given of have, &c., SHERARD OSBORN, Captain, and Senior Officer in the Sea of Azoff. Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, Bart. *Curlew, - Reciuit, and Ardent. Her Majesty's steam gun-vessel Weser, Genitchi, Oct. 12. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that on the evening of the 10th instant I determined, in obedience to your discre tionary orders, to launch a boat across the Spit of Arabat and destroy large quantities of corn and forage stored on the banks of Kara•Su and Salghir Rivers, on the Crimean shore of the Sivash. The proximity of a guard-house and signal station, also the distance the corn lay from the beach, ren dered anything but a night surprise impracticable. Having left the Weser in charge of Mr. Haswell, second master, and accompanied by Mr. Lillingston, mate, a quarter master, and two seamen, assisted by a party, we hauled a small prize-boat across the Spit, embarked in her, and at half: past 4 a.m. reached the opposite shore. Landing with the petty officer and one man, I forded the above-mentioned rivers, and at a distance of about two miles and a half from the boat arrived at the corn and forage we were in search of, stacked on the banks of the Salghir river, evidently for transmission by water, as the river was perfectly navigable for barges, the sides being cut, and towing paths on either bank. In a short time the forage and corn, amounting to about 400 tons, were totally destroyed, not, however, without alarm ing the guard, and from 20 to 30 mounted Cossacks, who were encamped in a village close at hand. On our retreating we were so hard pressed by them that, but for the circumstance of the last 200 yards being mud, and the cover of rifles from Mr. Lillingston and a man who remained in the boat, we could hardly have escaped capture. Having recrossed the Spit, we returned to the Weser by 8 a.m. I must bring to your notice the excellent behaviour of the small party who accompanied me, more especially that of William Rickard, quartermaster, who, though much fatigued himself, remained to assist the other seaman who, from ex haustion, had fallen in the mud, and was unable to extricate himself, notwithstanding the enemy were keeping up a heavy fire on us, at the distance of 30 or 40 yards, as we crossed the mud. Trusting my proceedings will meet with your approval, I have, &c., J. E. COMAIEBELL, Lieutenant Commanding. Captain Sherard Osborn, Senior Officer. Her Majesty's ship Recruit, off Berdiansk, Oct. 18. Sir,—l have the honour to forward you a report of my pro ceedings since leaving Her Majesty's ship Curlew at this place on the 15th. According to my orders, I steered for my cruis ing ground between the Dolga Bank and Whitehouse Spit. When off the latter place, observing a number of men and boats engaged in fishing, and also that many large fishing storehouses had been built since my last visit here on the 14th of last mouth, I hauled close in to the shore, anchoring the Recruit about 700 yards off, with the intention of landing with my boats and destroying all I could, as soon as I had driven back the troops, who were coming down in great num bers, both cavalry and infantry, to prevent us ; the former we soon disposed of, but the latter, scattering themselves about in twos and threes, threw themselves on the ground, creeping along so that we could not see them to stop their advance with our shells from the ship; I, therefore, resolved to land at once, in hopes, by the quickness of our movements, to get our work over before they could possibly close on us. Unfor tunately for me, I regret to say that while directing the point ing of an 8-inch gun to where I believed some of these rifle men to be (just as I was on the point of going into the boat to land), the gun, from some unaccountable cause, went off, and, in recoiling, whole weight of both gun and carriage came down on my left foot, injuring it very severely, and breaking several bones, which I fear will lay me up for some time. Cwas thus rendered incapable of landing, so sent Mr. Parker, second master of this ship, on shore in charge of the boats and landing party, who succeeded in carrying out my instructions as to the destruction of all the boats there (seven in number), many new fishing nets of great length, five large new fishing establishments, full of quantities of fishing tackle and other gear. This service he performed in a most gallant manner, and much to my satisfaction, as they were the whole time exposed to a very smart and annoying fire from the enemy's concealed infantry (at a very short distance), who, in spite of our fire from the ship, had managed to creep down close to them, favoured by the inequality of the ground and the long grass, so that our party had to make a long detour (covered by a hot fire of rifles from the Recruit) to prevent them being cut off, and to get to their boats. The Russians kept up a constant fire of rifles from the lighthouse, in which they had succeeded in lodging themselves, upon the boats, and then upon the ship, which we returned with rifles only, and I think to some pur pose, until we weighed and shifted further out. Not a man was hit, though ship and boat were many times. As I did not wish to injure the lighthouse, I did not attempt to fire, so as to dislodge them, with shot or shell from the guns. On the 17th I stood along the Spit to see if any more boats or nets could be found along the shore where I could destroy them, as also to drive away a number of troops I saw hidden behind some banks, and at the same time to try and set fire with carcases to a number of new stores built on the broad part of the Spit, high up, but too far off for me, with my small force, to attempt to land and destroy. I could see no more boats, but their perseverance in thus rebuilding these houses, boats, and nets, with the fact of so many troops being there to protect them, tells its own tale — that they must be much in want of provisions.—l have, &c., GEO. F. DAY, Lieutenant-Commander. Captain Osborn, Senior Officer. In consideration of the services mentioned in the above despatches— Lieut. George Fiott Day has been promoted to the rank of Commander ; Mr. William 11. Parker will be promoted to the rank of Master, as soon as he shall be qualified; and A medal and £l5 gratuity, for conspicuous gallantry, have been awarded to William Rickard, Quartermaster of H. M. S. Weser. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin announces that the Emperor Alexander left the Crimea on the 12th inst., after inspecting the army in its different positions on the Belbek and Katcha. The Invalide publishes the following details of the Em peror's journey : His Majesty the Emperor left Nicholaieff for the Crimea on the 7th of November, at 10 30 a.m. ; he passed through Pere kop the following day, at 11 in the morning, and continued his journey by way of Simpheropol, where he arrived at half past 8 in the evening. His Imperial Majesty was received in that town by Prince Gortschakoff, Commander-in-Chief of the land and sea forces in the Crimea, and ou the Bth of November he left, at 10 a.m., for Bakshiserai. During his journey the Emperor inspected different divisions of the army in the Crimea, and on the 10th of November His Majesty visited the troops in the advanced positions from the north side of Sebastopol as far as Mac kenzie's farm. In these different inspections the Emperor was completely satisfied, not only with the perfect state of these brave troops, but particularly and still more so with their healthy and vigorous appearance. VIENNA, Nov. 21. Advices from Constantinople of the 12th and 15th inst. have been recived here. A considerable number of the mutinous Tunisian soldiers have been condemned to death. The Tunisian troops will be sent to Batoum and Souchum- Kaleh. The Russians have plundered a Kurdish village and put all the inhabitants to death. The health of the Turkish troops at Tchurnksu is not good. The Anglo-Turkish cavalry is gone to Kertch. Advices from Trebizonde of the sth inst. say that during the last fortnight no news has reached Erzeroum from Kars." The Indus, which has arrived at Marseilles, brings the fol lowing heads of intelligence : It was reported at Constantinople on the 12th, on the strength of news from Asia, that the siege of Kars was raised, and that the Russians were falling back on Teflis. Omar Pasha had arrived within 20 leagues of Kutais. Selim Pasha had left Trebizonde, with Egyptian cavalry and artillery, for Kars. From the Crimea it was reported that General Vivian had arrived at Kertch ; that the Russian General Wrangel, with reinforcements, was threatening the straits of Yenikale. The allies had 30,000 men to oppose him, and more troops were expected. The camp of huts established at Yenikale is ar ranged- for 15,000 men. The export of grain from the Ottoman empire is officially prohibited, and free import allowed for three months. The French squadron of Admiral Bruat had arrived at Con stantinople from the Crimea, having on board two brigades of infantry and artillery, and the equipage of the Imperial Guard. Eight regiments of infantry were to return to France, viz.:— the 20th, 39th, 50th, 82nd, 86th, 90th, 97th, and 100th. Constantinople advices (also of the 12th) via Trieste say that General Vivian was closely hemmed in by the troops of General Wrangel, and had sent for reinforcements of cavalry. MARSEILLES, Nov. 23.—The steamer Telegraph, Captain Nicholson, which left Kazatch on the 12th, and Constantinople on the 14th instant, has arrived, with General Simpson and suite. The Telegraph passed the French squadron, under Admiral Bruat, with the Imperial Guard on board, in the Greek Archipelago. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. BY the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Com stock, which arrived yesterday, we have intelligence from New York to the 14th instant. She brought fifty-three passengers. - - Off the bar, at Sandy Hook, the Baltic passed the American ship Ocean Queen, bound in. The village of Scots Bar, on the Klamouth river, had been destroyed by fire. The New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Louisiana State elections had resulted in the success of the Know- Nothing candidates. Affrays with the Indians were very numerous A train has been blown off the Haslam railroad by a hurri cane, and two men killed. Several new cases of yellow fever, and two deaths, have occurred at Portsmouth, Virginia. The New York Herald says, " In connexion with several articles and letters taken from newspapers upon the subject of the reinforcement of the British West India fleet, we publish elsewhere an address to the Irishmen of Pennsylvania, signed by the presidents of the four societies of Philadelphia, calling upon their countrymen to organise in every city, town, and hamlet. The object to be obtained by organising is studiously kept in the dark." The iVew York Shipping List says, " The alarmists of Wall-street have endeavoured to make a little capital out of what they call the belligerent attitude of England to the United States, but their efforts have not been attended with very flattering results ; indeed Stocks have held their own remarkably well, considering the stringency of the Money market, and some of the prominent descriptions have even im proved slightly since our last issue. The London Times thinks we filibuster' too much, and talks grandly about the British squadron now in the gulf. Sundry American papers have taken up the same theme, and are greatly exercised. The better informed journals, however, tell us that it is only the relief squadron sent out to the West Indies, and a part of the Baltic fleet sent into winter quarters. There will hardly be war between this country and England while bread is so much desired abroad. Both nations are a little nettled, no doubt, the one at unauthorized recruiting, the other at an imaginary invasion of Ireland, but no fighting can come of it, and sensible people treat the fulminations of The Times with indifference." In reference to the Danish Sound Dues, the New York Herald says :—" The question comes to an issue on the 14th day of April next. The first American vessel that then goes to the Sound on a Baltic voyage will ascertain for us whether Denmark will submit or not. We.do not see how Denmark can yield without losing all right to the Sound Dues from all other nations who have treaties placing them on the footing of the most favoured nations, or without striking her flag at once to the United States. This we cannot expect, and it is more than we in justice can demand. If Denmark is weak, it is the most of our duty to be magnanimous." The Empire City and Northern Light had arrived at New York, with late California and Central American advices, and $1,654,062 on freight. The Golden Age left San Francisco on the 20th ult., with nearly $2,000,000 on freight. From Venezuela we hear that the country was tranquil. Cholera was committing great ravages. Hides were selling at 182 c. Coffee none. The new crop of coffee had not yet com menced to arrive in market. The dates from Valparaiso are to the 29th September. The Chilian Congress had adjourned, and an extra session was to be had for examination of the civil code. Several attempts at revolution had been made in various parts since the departure of Belzu from Bolivia. In the north they had been promptly suppressed. In the south agitation was still rife. In Peru the question of religious toleration was creating much excite. ment. Confusion and turbulence reigned at the Chinchas. A Government Amazon gold expedition had reached Pancor tumbo, had prospected with some success, and did not expect to leave there for six months. Having found that they would have to build launches, and not having received as good treat ment as their Government orders should have insured them they had sent back for more explicit instructions. From Nicaragua we learn that General Walker, as com mander-in-chief of the Democratic army in occupation of Granada, had concluded a treaty of peace with General Corral, acting on behalf of the forces and people adhering to the Cho merro party. Reinforcements had arrived from San Francisco. Advices from Mexico to the Bth state that Alvarez still retained the Presidency, and had fixed his residence at Tilapan. Senor Ocompo had resigned the Ministry of Foreign Relations, owing to a disagreement with General Comonfort, Minister of War. Large numbers of troops were pouring into Mexico, and a famine was feared. Advices had been received at San Francisco from the Allied squadron. The Barracouta arrived off the port of Ayan on the 9th July, and boarded all the vessels in the harbour. On the 10th the Pigue and Amphitrite arrived, and the Russians deserted the place. There was at Ayan a small vessel on the stocks, which the Russians were building, and a small steamer that had been brought there the year before. She was intended as a tugboat on the River Amoor. The Gover nor of Ayan had a hole dug in the beach , above high water mark, and with tackles and purchases hoisted the tugboat into the hole, with the intention of burying her. British o u s e s.T steamer The eB aeo u i t n a h o t t h the ciclose s e Russians to were engaged At the time the putting merchandize in the tugboat f rom th e company ' s ware hthe shore befor in she was discovered, that the Russians did not have time to cover her up. On the 11th the boats from the man-of-war took possession of all the Russian stores, and blew up the steamtug. All the Russian towns in the Sea of Ochotsk were deserted. The battery of Ayan had been destroyed by the Russians themselves, and the guns were all buried. All the available force that the Russians had in Kamschatka and Siberia were concentrated at the River Amoor. The English frigates Sybil, Spartan, and Hornet, and steam-frigate La Constance were at Ayan in August. The British Admiral had issued a proclamation informing the inhabitants that they might return to Ayan, providing they did not molest any of the vessels touching there for provisions, &c. The Russians on the Amoor River had fortified the place strongly ; and also that they had a large number of gunboats and cutters guard ing both passages of the river. The Russians had succeeded in getting their fleet through the passage into the river by lightening them. A portion of the Allied fleet had attempted it, but without success. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, 14TH Nov. Trade, says the New York Shipping and Commercial List, of the 14th instant, with limited and unimportant exceptions, is flat, and a disposition to contract obligations is very generally apparent on all sides. European affairs con tinue to engross a large share of public attention, and, until they shall assume an entirely different aspect, we may expect to witness a feverish and unsettled condition of the stock and money markets. The elements of an almost unexampled pros perity have been vouchsafed us this season, and we should, of rights, be beyond the influence of foreign panics. Such, how ever, is not the case. The clouds which hang so loweringly over the belligerent powers of Europe cast a shadow across the ocean, and the financial troubles of London and Paris are par ticipated to a greater or less extent in our market. Our banks have been less disposed to discount freely during the past few days, so that large amounts of good business notes have been forced into the street for outside accommodation at compara tively high rates of interest. The statement for the past week is considered favourable, showing, as it does, a much smaller decrease in the specie reserve than was expected. The demand was active for money, and rates were quoted at the note brokers' offices at 10 to 12 per cent. for first-class paper, and 15 per cent. for second. Exchange on England : In extensive demand at 1074 to 1081- per cent. Bills on France f. 5.18: to f. 5.25. _ _ • COTTON.—There had been an advance of id. per lb. on cotton, owing to the great demand both from the home trade and for export. The stocks were within narrow compass, and desirable selections were difficult to be obtained. The sales were estimated at 7,500 bales. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON. I Exports Total Exports Stocks on Receipts to to Hand and Great Britain. Foreign Ports Shipp'd. 1855 535,529 192,160 275,086 141,629 1854 301,498 91,136 148,355 127,285 Increase 234,031 100,964 126,731 14,344 the market was nearly td. per lb. lower, closing, however, with More steadiness after sales for the week of 39,000 bales, at ea 4 awl t fse h tastes , hru s ;a t nt a i states limited nd t aieet h t: a s, das t , 51, and 5* for middling Orleans, Mobiles, and Uplands. , e obeatlaectdoi taro o i oyns f h w r, received, eo a dw s uee vt ei or refusedo f a andful to e. s was ounb Ou7m . W arke P t . w W as ri q g u h i t te i h n e h aV i amount of business only was done at irregular rates. On Friday and Saturday a demand for the North of Europe mar kets and our own spinners set in, and all the desirable lots were taken ; holders finding the stock on hand unusually small, asked, and succeeded, in obtaining an advance of to c. per lb. On Monday the demand was fair, and, owing to the scarcity of desirable parcels, the business of the day was more limited than it otherwise would have been ; prices were rather higher. Yesterday only small sales were reported, the market closing with firmness at the annexed quotations, which show an advance for the week of 4c. per lb. The total sales since the sth inst. to last evening, I estimate at 8,000 bales. Our stock here is now reduced very low, and probably does not exceed, including all on shipboard not cleared, 16,000 bales. The quantity on the spot for sale, is only 4,000 to 6,000 bales. The exports for the week have been—to Liver pool, 3,776 balei ; Havre, 433 bales ; Bremen, 410 bales ; e s omciloalf ktvnwe.te Marseilles, 204 bales. Total exports for the week, 4,823 bales. As to the crop it seems pretty generally admitted in the south that the frost of the 24th and 25th of October did but partial injury to the crop in home localities. The weather, subsequent to the frost, has been dry and warm, and picking has been carried on under highly favourable circumstances ; under these influences, the, letters from the south received here during the last week, have very generally spoken of in creased estimates of crop. There is still, however, a wide range in opinion on this subject. BREADSTUFFS.—There had been a better feeling in the market, the current rates being about 25c. below this day week. Wheat was Sc. to 12c. per bushel below our last quo tations. Indian corn had declined 2c. per bushel. PROTISIONs. — Mess pork was in light demand, sales of 500 bbls, were reported at s22}; new thin mess pork, 21i ; prime was in moderate demand, with a slight stock, at $2l to $214 Lard is in active demand, 12c. to 121 c. in bbls. and 13-Ic. to 132 c. in kegs. Beef arrives freely, and with a mode rate demand ; prices are rather easier. Butter was in spe culative demand. Cheese, 91e. to 11c. per lb. IRoN.—There had been 600 tons of Scotch pig sold at $32 to $33, which was a decline. 500 tons, in lots, $33.50 to $3l; and 60 tons common English bars, an indifferent assortment, at $55, all six months impossible circularofqsot surhi COAL.—Liverpool was in fair supply, and dull. 350 tons Newcastle gas, the residue of a cargo, sold at $B, less 4 per cent. cash ; 150 tons Liverpool Orrel, $10,50, four months. SALT.—The receipts of both sack and bulk had been large, and the market was dull ; sellers insist upon previous rates, which buyers were unwilling to pay ; two invoices, together 2,315 sacks, Ashton's Liverpool fine, afloat, were sold previous to arrival, leaving afloat 5,000 sacks fine and ground Liver pool, and four invoices Mediterranean. FREIGHTS were inactive. We quote :-To Liverpool : Cotton, 3-16 d. to id. ; grain, 7d. to 8211. ; flour, 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; rosin, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; heavy goods, 275. 6d. to 30s. ; beef, 6s. To London : Beef, 6s. 6d. to Ss. ; measurement goods, 30s. to 355. ; heavy goods, 40s. to 455. ; grain, is. ; flour, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; naval stores, 4s. to 4s. 6d. To Havre : Four, 90c. to 100 c. ; grain, 25e. ; cotton, ie. to ic. To Glasgow : Grain, 11d. ; cotton, id. ; measurement goods, 40s. NEW ORLEANS,'NOV. 12.-Cotton declined lc. under the Asia's news. Sales to-day, 3,000 bales, at 71c. to Sic. for mid dling. Molasses, _2Blc. VALPARAISO, SEPTi 29.—:There is little to report, owing to the almost total depression of business during the festivities. The arrivals from abroad during the period have been trifling. The demand for flour has fallen off. The last sale for export was made at $l4, and the prices for home consumption are now quoted at $l2 for good Santiago brands, and $11,4 for general mark of Constitution and Talcahuano ground, cash. Wheat and barley in small lots have been offered, the former at $5 to $6, cash ; the latter at $2, cash. The demand is not great. Copper is scarce, and no transactions have taken place. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Moniteur publishes the following, dated Constan tinople, November 12 :—According to the last accounts, Omar Pasha was expecting a battle. General Mourn vieff had detached a division from his army, which was ad vancing by forced marches on Kutais by the Akhiska-road. About 8,000 Turks, under Moustapha Pasha, had left Batoum to try and cut off this detachment. Early in the month they had reached Osurgethi. The Commander-in-Chief bade them meet him at Kutai, which will become the theatre of some important engagement, unless the Russians prefer intrenching themselves in the defiles which protect the advance to Teflis. THE LARGEST SHIP IN ENGLAND is the new one in Chat ham Dockyard. Its dimensions are-300 feet long, 114 feet wide, and 90 feet high. It was commenced in 1851, and has sixty iron pillars and six travellers. The ends are glazed. A 30-gun floating battery is to be built in it immediately, to be ready for launching in March next. AN EXPERIMENTAL GUN of very peculiar construction was proved at Woolwich on Monday morning. The gun was a 68-pounder, made of cast-steel, and manufactured by Messrs. Krupp, of Essen, in Prussia, for Captain Creuse, Royal En gineers. It was supposed to be the largest piece of cast-steel ever manufactured, and weighed between three and four tons. A chemise, or outward covering of cast-iron, had been made for it by Messrs. Walker, which brought its weight up to nine tons. The proof charge was 251bs. of gunpowder, one wad, and one of the projectiles made by the inventors, and intended for service with the gun. At the first discharge the gun burst. The sensation at the result was very great, as some supposed it capable of resisting any amount of powder. Its declared value was £1,500. AT Woolwich, on Thursday, one of the cast-iron guns taken at the capture of Bomarsund underwent an experi mental trial. The gunAa 56-pounder, had been bored for our Lancaster shells, which, on this occasion, were heavily filled with lead to the weight of 2 cwt. 81b. each shell, and fired with 71b. of powder. The Russian metal, contrary to all expectation, withstood the experiment unharmed, when a second round was fired with the same result. A few more of this class of guns, likewise captured at Bomursund, are lying on the Arsenal-quay, and are to be subjected to a lik e c h ange n I their calibre. Col. Wilmot, Captain Boxer, and the officers who accompanied them in their inspection of the continental foundries, have returned to Woolwich with the conviction that our foreign neighbours are supplied with gun materials far superior to our own. AMENITIES OF WAR.—The Journal de Constantinople publishes a letter of the 14th, in which we read :—" The French troops are opposite to the Russians along the whole line of the Tchernaya. A few days since the French soldiers, who are always ingenious in finding means of passing away the time, put themselves, along the line of the advanced posts, in direct communication with the Russian soldiers placed oppo site to them. The plan which they adopted was this :—they hoisted on the ends of their bayonets some small white hand kerchiefs ; the Russian soldiers, not to be wanting in polite ness, did the same ; thus showing that they were disposed for a conference. The French soldiers then showed their bread and coffee, and the Russians their gourds of brandy ; and then, with common accord, they advanced towards each other without arms, and took their coffee and brandy together. It appears that this kind of recreation went on for some days without the knowledge of the French and Russian officers. The Gringalet Battery at times sent some shot among these jovial gentlemen, but that did not prevent the meetings from taking place. A few days since the General was informed of the fact, and the most rigorous orders were issued to put a stop to such proceedings. The captain, who ought at first to have prevented them, has been punished?' THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PRDTII.—A rumour has oozed out at Constantinople, in the Galata suburb, where most of the emigrants reside, that the English, French, and Turkish mili tary authorities now at the Tchernaya have drawn up and settled their plan of campaign for the year 1856. All the ca valry of the allies, two Anglo-French army corps, the Turkish Ordu in Silistria, and the reserve at Shumla, mustering 60,000 strong, are to advance on the Pruth in the month of March or April next, and transfer the seat of war to Bessarabia. In the Crimea, the allies mean to act strictly on the defensive, and it will only be at Eupatoria that a force will be kept in readiness to act in case of need. This plan is decidedly no Utopian dream of the emigrants, since the Pontic generals cannot pos sibly think of again limiting the contest to the Crimea for the year 1856. On the contrary, they must be devising how to commence their operations, so as to occupy, with the least loss of time, the most important line of attack and defence possessed by the Russians, the right bank of the Pruth. Whether the Russians will be able, in the course of this winter, to bring up fresh forces to Kisheneff remains to be seen. In the winter ending 1852 and ushering in 1853, they most certainly did bring up troops while the ground was covered with ice and snow.—Augsburg Gazette. THE CAMP AT ALDERSHOTT. — The regular field days have terminated at Aldershott, and the troops there enjoy the com parative repose due to the season. The period of the year has arrived when our uncertain skies preclude much training be yond that which is always going on in barracks and on parade. Why or how it is that things refuse to go right at Aldershott we leave to others to explain, but that such is the case can be clearly proved. First there was the blundering about the contracts ; then the huts were found bad in design and defec tive in ventilation ; then it was remembered that they would require foundations ; and next there was a great difficulty about water. The surface drainage has not been provided for, and large portions .of the camp are nearly as inaccessible as if they stood in the midst of an Irish bog. It is a curious commentary upon the manner in which the business is con ducted, that whereas the huts were originally to have been constructed in six weeks, they are only now finished. It is to be hoped that there is better management about the huts in the Crimea, for at Aldershott it has occupied from February until the end of October to provide shelter for 20,000 men — considerably less than half the number of those who have, to by protected against the inclemency of a Russian winter. In fact it can no longer be disguised that Aldershott is a military town, improvised with public money for a population of 20,000 soldiers, built in the first instance, like a Californian city, of very flimsy materials, but destined, when occasion serves to assume a more fixed and solid form. Unless more Comprehensive minds are engaged in the work than hitherto, it will reflect little credit on the country, for, though laid out with due regularity, as we have already shown, nearly every detail has been shamefully blundered. — Tones. LORD NAAS ON THE WAR.—Lord Naas, who was Secre tary for Ireland under the Derby Administration, has been meeting his constituents of the borough of Coleraine, and touched upon the great question of the day. He believed that with more vigour in our warlike preparations and more plain-speaking in our diplomacy, the war might have been avoided ; but he was not the less sure that it was just, and it ought now to be continued till Russia was deprived of that maritime supremacy in the Black Sea which had been the cause of all the trouble. So long, however, as she retained ' that enormous seaboard in the Euxine, with those almost un assailable strongholds, that object would not be attained. After the victories achieved and the advantages gained, were we to limit our demands to these weary four points, or to make peace by the assistance of German inscrutability or the terms of the Vienna Conference ? No ; such a peace would not satisfy the country : we must endeavour to make the re currence of the past impossible. Russia is the only aggressive power on the continent. Her traditional policy is one of aggrandisement. Our mission (said his lordship) is to force her to change that policy; to show her that her great arma ments cannot ensure her victory—that her enormous frontier is but a source of weakness—that military power is not the only origin of a nation's greatness ; show her that all her hope of ever placing a Russian dynasty on the Byzantine throne is gone for ever ; force her to devote her young ener gies to the development of her countless resources, and you a ill, as far as human foresight can perceive, secure the peace of Europe for a hundred years. He did not wish to see the destruction of Russia as a European Power ; he abhorred despotism, but he did not want to see anarchy established over one-seventh of the habitable globe ; and the very instant that our rulers see an opportunity of concluding such a peace as would appear to be lasting and honourable, they should leave no effort untried to complete it. But the next time we treat he hoped the Conference would be with principals, and that the representatives of France, England, Turkey, and Sardinia would be found sitting at one side the table, and the representatives of Russia at the other, without the interven tion of Teutonic metaphysicians or philosophical old ladies, who will argue and gossip for ever, but who go into hysterics at the bare thought of gunpowder. The speech of the noble lord was very well _received. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.—At half•past one, on Wednesday, the Emperor reviewed the different corps of the Imperial Guard now in Paris, in the Champs de Mars. The Duke of Cambridge, in the uniform of a Colonel of the Guards, rode on his Majesty's left hand. Marshals Valliant and Magnan followed at the head of a numerous staff. The Empress, who now goes out a great deal, was on the ground in an open carriage. The Pope's Nuncio has left Paris on the pretext that he has a bishop to consecrate somewhere in Italy, but in reality in order that he may not come in contact with the excommunicated Sovereign the King of Sardinia. BELGIUM. — On the 20th the Belgian ministry carried the address of the Chamber of Representatives, in answer to the speech from the throne, by a majority of only seven, in a house of 91 members. SPAlN.—Madrid journals to the 16th have been received. The Epoca says :—The question of an alliance with the Wes tern Powers is decidedly adjourned. Spain, or to speak more correctly, the government which represents her, desires that if our country be called on to interfere actively in the great events which are being prepared in Europe, she shall do so as beeomes a great nation, which, though fallen, has not yet lost the remembrance and the pride of her ancient glory. But Spain cannot act in this way until she shall be constituted, shall have at least 100,000 soldiers under arms, and shall have a budget in which the real and permanent resources shall be equal to the expense. SWEDHIC.—A letter from Stockholm, dated November 13, says :—ln proportion as the sojourn of General Canrobert is prolonged the population of Stockholm gives louder vent to its sympathies for the person of the illustrious soldier and for the country which he represents. Wherever the carriages stop which have been placed at his disposal by the King crowds assemble and cheer. Invited yesterday to the royal box at the opera, the General was the object of a real ovation. On his arrival the house greeted him with applause, and successively demanded the national hymn of Sweden and that of France. The King, who entered the box shortly afterwards, received the most enthusiastic welcome. General Canrobert devotes his mornings to visits to the military establishments, and the evenings to the fetes given in his honour by the court and high functionaries. The sojourn at Stockholm of the ambas sador extraordinary of the Emperor Napoleon appears likely to be prolonged a few days more. It is asserted that on his way to Copenhagen the General will proceed by land as far as Elsinore. The Paris correspondent of the Times says :—" The terms of a military convention have, it is affirmed, been agreed on, in virtue of which Sweden will furnish a contingent next spring, to act conjointly with us in the event of peace not being made before then, and her gunboats will co-operate with our fleet in the north. It is also stated that an army, composed of French, English, and Swedes, will be sent to Courland, so that both Austria and Prussia will be forced to declare them selves." On the other hand, the correspondent of the Post writes :—" I am able to assure you that there is no foundation in the report of General Canrobert having been instrumental in forming an alliance with the Western Powers which would cause Sweden to declare war with Russia. General Canrobert may have satisfied himself as to the naval and military resources of Sweden, but nothing more. The relations between the government of Stockholm and those of France and Eng land are precisely what they were before the general's depar ture—highly satisfactory. The French general has received a most cordial welcome from the King, the court, and the people. He will proceed to Denmark on his return to Paris." ITALY.—Letters from Rome of the 15th state that the police there have just arrested in a room in the Strada Laurina two of the most active and dangerous agents of Mazzini, namely, Mancini, of the village of Ariccia, and Lucenti, bell-founder at Rome. Mancini was arrested in 1853, as one of the getters up of the plot of the 15th August, and was condemned to se veral years' hard labour. To escape the punishment he pre tended to be subjected to attacks of madness, and acted so skil fully that he deceived the physicians who were charged to exa mine him, and he obtained admission to the Lunatic Asylum of the Holy Ghost.. In a short time he succeeded in escaping in a boat placed on the Tiber, and all attempts to discover him proved unavailing. Lucenti played a leading part under the republic of 1849. He was' condemned to several years' hard labour, but he had the skill to get himself pardoned. These two men hired, in the Strada Laurina, a chamber which became the centre of democratic conspiracies. On being ar rested, a number of papers, some of them of great importance, upwardsquaror of s 2 0 , f 000 the names tow n ; on' also behalf a great e of a t number l‘iazzini were seized amongst others is a list of accomplices contain ing,spie s n is dsiaffi:r,ent quartets of tickets which were distributed to men charged to act a s and which, itis said, bear the title "Democratic Army." PIEDMONT.—A correspondence from Genoa of Nov. 16 in the Presse, says th a t th e ser i ous diff erence b etween Piedmont' and Tuscany is in a fair way of arrangement. The powers which have offered their good offices have suggested a solution which satisfies the honour of both parties. Piedmont finds herself bound by a precedent of her own making, since in 1846 she refused to receive M. Thuriot de l a Loziere as an attache of the French Embassy, under circumstances which (as it is now represented) preclude her from contesting the right which Tuscany now claims to exercise with regard to the Piedmon tese attache, Count Casati. It being recognised that the dis cussion had been embittered by the notes and acrimonious letters exchanged between M. Baldasseroni and Count Sauli, the Sardinian ambassador, it has been agreed that these letters shall, in the first instance, be withdrawn ; then Tuscany: will declare that she is ready to receive 'a Sardinian Charge d'Affrires, and will, at the same time, nominate one at Turin, where it is to be observed there has been no Tuscan diploma tist for many years. It is understood that neither Count Sauli nor Count Casati will form part of the new Sardinian Embassy at Florence. PRITSSIA.—Letters from Cologne state that the sentence passed against Mr. Curtis, the English Consul, accused of hav ing enlisted recruits for the British Foreign Legion, has been objected to by the Prussian government on the ground of its being inadequate to the offence, and brought as an appeal case before the higher correctional tribunal. The penalty of three months' imprisonment, decreed by the puisne police Judge against Consul Mr. Curtis, has been raised to six months, and the Consul's secretary, M. Kray, who had been acquitted, has been condemned to three months. A Berlin despatch, of the 20th inst., says :—The mission of Gen. Canrobert to Sweden has caused great alarm here and at St. Petersburg. It has been current to-day that his embassy has been successful, and that Sweeden has consented to join the Western Alliance. It is said, that though the Western Powers repudiated territorial aggrandizement for themselves, their allies have made no such engagement. Sweden will therefore conclude a military con vention with the Allies, and take part in an invasion of the Russian territories on the Baltic in the ensuing spring. Rus sia having broken through the treaties by which the division of Eurppe is regulated, has forfeited her right to those Swed ish provinces she acquired in virtue of them. RllSSlA.—Advices from St. Petersburg say the most gloomy feelings exist for the future. It is believed there that the Allies will attack the capital in the spring. A double line of fortified works will be erected round the city during the winter. The Emperor has ordered the consideration by his council of a plan, his.own, of another levee en masse, to take place through out the empire, and form the third ban. An order of the day, issued by the Minister of War, dated the 6th of November, has been published. It orders that, for the purpose of obtaining greater unity in its operations, the maritime administration at Nicolaieff shall be submitted to the government of General Luders, to whom, in this particular instance, Prince Gortscha koff will be subordinate.—A letter from the Russian frontier says, " Another proof of the fearful losses of men the Russian army must have suffered in the last campaign 1:13:tol3e that had found. e in the circumstance that all the regiments that as yet reached the Crimea h ave been at once incorporated into the active army. The chiefs of the Moscow, the Smolensk, and the Tola militia have severally been thanked by the Em peror, in autograph letters, for their good services in raising and forming these corps up to their incorporation into the active army; at the same ti me th ey are re li eve d b y hi m from their military offices, and, though their names will still be kept on the rolls of the druschines, they will return to their duties in the senate and the imperial council. COURT AND FASHION. SIB COLIN CAMPBELL has been a guest of Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. MR. C. DACIES BEVAN, of the Western Circuit, is ap pointed Recorder of Penzance, in the room of Mr. R. P. Collier, M.P., resigned. Mn. J. W. SAUNDERS, of the Western Circuit, is appointed Recorder of Dartmouth, in the place of Mr. C. D. Bevan. A NEw COMET was discovered on the 14th instant, by M. Karl Brubus, of the Berlin Observatory. It is in the con stellation of the Lion, near Regulus. AT the Privy Council, on Wednesday, Capt. R. M'Clure, R.N., was presented to Her Majesty at an audience, when the Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knight hood upon him. Tim COURT.—The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Windsor Castle, on Wednesday. At the Council the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere was sworn in a Secretary of State (Colonial Department), received the seals of office from the Queen, and kissed hands on his appointment: Sir Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., was, by command of the Queen, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the board. LADY EMMELINE STUART WORTpEY died at Beyrout on the 29th of October. On the Ist :,,of May, while riding in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem, her ladyship bad her leg frac tured by the kick of a horse. Notwithstanding, however, the weakened state of her constitution, she undertook a journey from Beyrout to Aleppo, returning by an unfrequented road across the Lebanon to the former place. She reached Beyrout on the 26th of Oct., but in spite of the unremitting attentions of Dr. Saquet, the French Government physician, and two other medical gentlemen, her frame was so weakened and ex hausted by the excessive fatigue of the journey that she gradually sank. Her daughter, Miss Stuart Wortley, who was also very unwell, having been attacked by intermittent fever, is considered out of danger. MATRIMONIAL DESIGNS ON THE KING OF SARDINIA. — As the period of the visit of the King of Sardinia to this country draws near, rumour and speculation is rife as to its object and result. There is no doubt that nothing would be more suitable than a closer alliance by marriage between the Royal Families of England and Sardinia. It well known that with the Government and people of Sardinia the desire that the future Queen should be a Protestant Princess is pre eminent. The noble stand the King has made against the aggressions of Rome, his persecution by the Pope, his close alliance with England, and the position of a young, graceful, and accomplished Princess of our Royal Family, have excited ardent hopes, which may possibly be fulfilled.—The Press. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday last wassolemnised at the parish church of Dingley, in the county of Northamp ton, the marriage of William Capell Clarke, Esq. (late of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusileers), only son of Thomas Truesdale Clarke, Esq., of Swakeleys, Middlesex, and Binham , N orfolk, with Clara, eldest daughter and heiress of the late T. Thornhill, Esq., of Fishy Hall, Yorkshire, and Riddlesw orth, in the county of Norfolk. The bride was attended by eight brides maids, and was herself superbly attired in a magnificent dress of point lace, over a rich white glae6 antique, ornamented with Grrio o i ue rejoicings n for Rugby,_a. en route to the continent, and the company assembled.s were' e , l wreaths of orange flower. She wore on her head a wreath of orange blossom, over which was thrown 'a veil o! the same• cos tly description of lace. Immediately after the ceroanony the ° happy pair d carriageirlee3fet2iDneinrgaletypiinngaley.at e Great and f brated at the respective seats. ofok _ a NOVEMBER 27 POSTPONEMENT OF THE MARQUIS MARRIAGE.— Yesterday morming, lom pointed for the commencement of the s, monial cases, the doors of the parish , Piccadilly, were besieged by large numl them members of aristocratic families, by an announcement that a wedding : of be solemnised, the contracting parties Winchester and the Hon. Miss Montag , Rokeby. When the doors were opened rush, and the body of the spacious chur , eager spectators of both sexes. Just at noble bridegroom and intended bride their appearance, the clerk approached was very happy to see the ladies, but place that day. We understand it wii. end of the week. No cause was assigned , and the numerous and fashionable assem greatly disappointed.— Observer. THE CIVIL SERVICE. — The Colon Higgins has been appointed by Mr. secretary, pro tern. The_ Queen's Hot surgeon extraordinary to Her Majesty of Mr. Thomas Copeland. Customs. been appointed a clerk in the Loud( Horswell has been appointed an exl Docks ; Mr. James Keane has been ai tea department ; Mr. George Saunders clerk in the London Docks ; Mr. Ricl appointed a clerk in the long room at Downey has been promoted from the of clerks in the long room at Liv, office of clerk of the Crown for the vacant by the death of Mr. John Mal rian to the Queen's College, Galway, of Mr. J. Hardiman, the Irish antiq , donald Royse, late accountant in the In Prisons'-office, has been appointed sect of Convict Prisons in Ireland. East Chester has been appointed commissi division ; Lieutenant J. A. Steel has commissioner of the second class at Baii has been appointed an additional judf Mr. J. J. Ward has been appointed col Service Gazette. IRELAN THE LIMERICK COUNTY MILITIA ; officers and 819 men, arrived in Liver Dublin, by the steam-ship Arabia, their being Chester. The Arabia will now 1 transport service, and resume her stati nection with the British and North Ai THE half-yearly meeting of the G' Ireland takes place this year in Dublai Dungannon acting as chairman and v to the usual practice, reporters of 1 members of the insttution, may attend of the proceedings. IRISH IRONSTONE.—Three cargoes calcined ironstone, from the county arrived at Glasgow, and, after a fair approved of. The purchasers have further supply at the former price-1t A number of the ironmasters have now THE KINGSTOWN BIBLE BURNING. the charge of taking part in the recent has been served upon one of the Redel was present on the occasion. The case Kingstown Police-office, yesterday. It that informations had been sworn agail cated in the transaction, but at present plete as regards one of the Fathers. COLLISION WITH THE POLICE. — cn detachment of military, supported by under W. Coffey, Esq:, - C.f., - the entire of E. F. Ryan, Esq.. R.M., and accomp. Esq., Sub-Sheriff, and a number of bailiffs , ' field, for the purpose of ejecting seven pearance of the military and police th( ejected made a show of resistance, would not surrender possession of th( remonstrated, and advised them to gil should be carried out at all hazards spoke to the same effect, but they repli yield except with their lives. After s , police charged with fixed bayonets, and were wounded ; one man, named Mont wound in the groin, and is not expected seven in number, were then taken Poss es wailings of women and children, whr inmates.—Dublin Mail. LAW OF MARRIAGE.—It has been Queen's Bench, in Dublin, that a clergy' England can legally marry himse lf ' Beamish, was decided on Saturday W, Albert S. Beamish , son of the eldest Henry Albert. Beamish, claim to th( mish, and each- party laid who died intestate. The point for di plaintiff was legitimate, his father, mish, a priest of the Church of Ei eldest son,) having himself perform in Cork the ceremony of marriage Isabella Frazer, the mother of the ness having been present, except t second son o Catherine Coffey, saw what was gt joining yard, but did not hear the won were not disputed. The Court (Mesa Perrin, and Moore), gave a unanimoi marriage so performed was valid, and the property. THE MONSTER MORTA_B.-We hart that the difficulties experienced in corn or mortar are likely to be overcome4hrl skill of our scientific countrylnan, attempt to weld together longitudinal cylinder, failed in the hands of one ' engineers, from the circumstance that temperature maintained during the I duced a tendency to crystallisatio ) destructive of that fibrous structure of iron for artillery purposes. In 3, 1 cylinder is formed by a series of flat another by flanges, and clamped toget bolts. The force exerted by the explot and not longitudinal ; that is, it has • cylinder in a direction at right angles small force comparatively to separate' parallel to the axis. We understand has been completed at Millwall, anu The dimensions are startling. Instead (the largest hitherto) weighing abol thirty pounds of powder inside, w of 3ti-inches diameter, weighing about with half a ton of gunpowder. The I as far again as that of the 13-inch In , such shells would have left Sebasi Daily Express. FEMALE SAVAGES.—At Ballylinai Brennan, Mary Hogan, and Elizabef girl named Bridget Hogan, have bee , magistrates, charged with attempting ' bailiff. Hatch went to Mrs. Brennan' for the Rev. George Grogan ; he was ' left alone. Presently he heard persol back was turned towards it); imm, hands on his person, and a noose of his neck ; and it was chucked so as with the intention of strangulation. struggled, holding the noose so as to him ; and saw about him, attempting nan, Mary Hogan, and Elizabeth Do , a little girl, the old d N a .a u g g ab ht ond er to 's Mary, was the old whichblak blackguard.' he ard fell struggling for his life, Betty Dowlir underay, ti v him, his upon that position efforts were made to ti neck. Mary Hogan then shouted out knock succession of blows from the loaded bt Brennan now upbraided him with all accused him of getting herself and i farm by his misrepresentations; his come; that he would never more in% anybody else. The little girl, Biddy and commenced screaming ' Murder locked the door, when Hatch, by a di his feet and ran out, making off froi with the halter about his neek." Tho the girl; but took informations against CHESHIRE A1V1) ON Sunday, the Rev. C. J. Hamill of the Birkenhead Hospital and ] Church, Grange-lane. The Cardiff Guardian says that a the baptismal font, Merthyr, the scV. Louis Napoleon Malakhoff Broom. ing people. AMONG the patents lately sealed of May last, to Mr. Wilfred Lathar provements in cutting the terry or fabrics used for saddle covers. HARLECH CASTLE.—This fine old on the cost of Merioneth, in North pairs by the government. This is of built by Edward I. to overawe the ' ing of the Commissioners of Woods proaches are being made, and the • front are to be filled up. This is lated ruins of Wales which the , within the last few years. MR. F. 0. TAYLOR. — Very serious tained respecting the safety of Mr. the North and South Wales Bank, day, the 14th instant, he left Chestel friend in Hamilton-square, Birkenho the evening, and since then nothing him. No assignable motive for his it is feared that he must have fallen evening was foggy. He had been " system was much debilitated.— Che; " LE BARON GLUCKEY DE STE: tending to a title, has been sent to Correction, having nearly succeeded lady, daughter of Mr. D. Lewis, a bourhood, to elope and marry his son, had obtained an introduction assumed character, but her father, I known in the Austrian dominions, further communication with them ever, it appears, carried on a clandi the son and a matured plan of elopem , cut short by the arrest of the " Baro, EXCESSIVE DRINKINO.—On Satr names are not known, went into house, Chester-street, Birkenhead, with two glasses of ale. Where thi was a puncheon of brandy tappet alone, they helped themselves to the. less upon the floor, and the other w' toxication. In the confusion that r ferred to effected his escape; but neither speak nor move a limb, ha, pital, in Hamilton-street, where th, plied, but on Sunday the man coal state. EXTENSION OF TRADE IN WA: Wales the staple trade has of lat large extensions of existing works and new ones have been commen , opened in the Rhondda Valley, whi minerals as yet untouched. Fresh .Aberdare valley of ateam coal, whi heirs. OV - E m: ids • 5r41,1 ankh Op , 4 anchor e( 1 isaa, „, 44 _ wol , . of ',o, naval is ~ or kt u a ar a e l use. ti trad e ig before tbs.. ....,_,,, brie service usual 10 , it ~ ( ` ',iester church of St- ', , uhj ed " 13 II( abers of ladies, ', , . h te kels e... c ' vel who had heesield i '7OOl c ,' '''C., £ on grand e ' 1 tt Oft r,,.., 8 * 7 d Is being the Id ' , , kt, ec ,`Aßres ague, daughte ' td . , ,` ,28 2 8 s or NVINCtio ~, Irch was so o o 00 ; 4 t 5 ,, , .,? 5 . 11( It the momttlale. ' Itn e ,c Ho( were expee _ jsoi h i ,s _ v Of f ur d the altar, PP" Woe '' / tlZer h Nt ed there Was 0 4 , 4 24 ' 10 ta1, in no marriage Woe t a nd all e' ill come on 5,,,p , -tioh that emblage left t , ko hh at Bid ad for the Pol e ~ • . l'orke to its it the gst the nial-office.--)tut. , : 14441 4e rn ,. °11e Y ( Laboucbere...ll',', , '' asa - i o f the ausehold.--4Pety ' It h t iclat - aa nt bY did tu 4 t th 'mit a Vls v - Via , th ..4l e li ntil'i - . 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I, ll ys le t i e Chao vice-chair',ool/ t, , the he last k ilik od. and gict e P , 111i a ,,,, tot the publi c ilblitsootoo .ILia,s,e4l,,,,,tilt.t.s:t, e s stle ` g toar b lof BOY • aril N 0 a lly or e . f it trial, 011040 t, Mates . yof .Antesl'ops 0 ' Wet d allot of • ,01 IL t given - t ' N - etnb ' 1.95. Per i t Apia' 1 2 t11 nth ex orderea o,,,,itioeio \ %, , 384, tos i ._Asiovi,„ , . ,„, ~.;., nt outrag e IA . • and* u• :ase was w O O .14 e4 ° s i It was erc c d n thett L • t,l l B o ° 4 ? i ' ainst tv_ .. .is , 11,:ts of nt the c'P'" . ' , t. 11,7 e. - .J, ( deraptorist IA r v '., wil Wa Ip•ne lay ° I ' 'at °Pera On r ci tb e It wont about o d e tb e n:' k,, L t ae th, 4 [.e force , Rf• -') It 'win - apaniedgeeded The ' 1 ,1114 1 . 11 ,eare j , aillirs'trlefl• Cl :eve 7 th; °l ale,' ;n fen:os 1 111 A ° that ' th r ,, °4 inst idiog s • tbe of to Pedeclare- le. ~, kt:(1413 po weir b e mi etlY, a s _..;l kinta' ice ttPu'L sub-She';ij it,4angeg 1 ,, 0 _, i ; t t ," h e t they Yjltipf tk i t he 0 1 P II*" - - f a ur th er r ' , b,. zot b tl ei s' ° ' e al of th e l t • '':'''' it had A sever ~,,,,itted i nt, „, oag han, rut , 1101 ,1 ^. ho me _ollt B d to recover: i q th at. 51t1 wssession of, . tagail: the i o formed a , A 5 t tw o ' and : I‘l3 nrellas ' :a or; Ton I decided by Old : a °I the or ' 1 et-stre n i .f t g. e week.s' 1 nl o l Ina in e , l I and ocarrh a fstee p t i: k r l eP 1 11 : 1 ' ' ' 411:7:-1 ;11 54 4 4 11wsi ' ll ‘t-uvin'ecc; of Dr. John Si the ~ iii e ?rlth.' . he property ta he t , ri , .., a tir4 1 , lecision oval, vi S • a tinei g r, the Rev. S, , tit s Ili, the ngland, (Pc'. 4 4,e j & c ,! l- dealer : . e between b''"„tbef ' ''''i' Fe : plaintiff; ua " , ilP , ed 2a r fY , that a wools!' ss !rkeni,',Z, l going on fr ° „ w bo 1 Cr, ' -- ands , rds. The faeTypts' ,`ate' ssrs. Justic es tbs t "448 char Cat . cigin eot tity bop g, ous JU . ti g 0, O_A d the Pla in , r I to , . ''',._ The „ eel r e°B ,,7 l o••as ' '1 t;pi, the nstracting . ~ , i t botch rthrf:ovonghbertr Au ..,,5et. m , i.,, eof the ableston) S i ll the long-contin ~ i , . eldi ss process of w _too 17. . 41, an d , there' , ~ h l In s t . essential to the_ f ot N s irght( 1 bars, so as t5,,,,'" ',1,-1... ) e m r . 31allet's .70. it , th i n fitto 0 , , l ot a , stroa it4tt4,11481 osive Ps i s ▪ c ',.„ tie i i , bk7 i tte a tendency , -,,,,a . ~ ,t, its_ , Les to its axiS, o°-, , ‘,. 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' 4, e'lloit st an, thret.,, sOir, „,,„,, eth Downt i K ir ~a 4 been brot4.ooofgo , -1 / 4 4,i : SI t , in s Lg to hang oral --a 1 r P 124 ,of 0 mss toget 0 o a , ~,i t I' eviie • f s " asked oPitiotrifj i,k._ , in s ons enterinbge fel o to e t o r o ins, alediatell 5 h - y V, l l lBl ' a rope f °s ,,,, it i ,t , , ppy Op, t, dal is to tiguy'ofte- ori, ' i, ~' In.-" He t foto , ' lith ,o prevent 1 , 40 , 0 , 11111itt ,g to hang ii r idge t ' ' lk, , rer )owling. ..,,eat- jt o ~, , 0 ' 4 4, 1 4 , 1 :_re as also V A "' tbe, 9 - I I lly 1 ' 0 4 41 ing pull 0 11 4 alle 1 11 the grog toP e tO Illt tl i k 4 tighten t lle t oe 0 ,!„‘ ' t 1 4 % 14 * ut, ' Bring win.' h . . rn h x , ; hell b e he 1 1 ' 4 k v elndirat ; next thini.gotO IhM butt-end 0 , 1 ',j o wl , ek r tos . all his Pas' a ols'oo , o; 4 ;lit e ' e her busby te ilol , t ha r of is day of re, J ae / h l t .tiu nvent falsehu-, ( . q.. - - , il ls g ° "' a 'a ', lvt dy Hogan , , o e on r .I.r, murder, --_,A, 1 , , i,„.es t 4 desperate e.,,erip! ; t Wli i ns •om the Play" ; e t t ' : also,Bt. ; 0 4 IL lgth in, ----". : 1, , ''dwaint •••- - r- ---- . 0 1 , bath in , OTV A L-P ' 7 ki' eet . ) , I v , ,to - me te d t' n ' t.' 4l . in i h i oi n t e ro s tnniptiaghal pile t o b r e e t : : , . e t Infiro ar lk. Yt al -stirring niaPilea,„,sl.oll' ;14e3:141.-1.11: ~ 1 1,..N. a child bas 4 t " His pare''' . if , of i n in to'\':::4(44 Led is one do ,, h t e „., am, of Livec-: q t ,, '441 , n av s2o[4. [edifice, situa te A; I llioN i tt, T il l Wales, is 13 .01 0 4 1 t, , ° NI; me of the nt l L - 0 IF ' 5k,,,... hall Welsh, and 1 0 , 4 Y ,Ittl i zlk . Is and F0re5.40,5. , : tle x , , numerous ,h:ie 0 7 ‘. o f . :,, the third 0 , ,,'"0i ~ i 11 10, °11 iui governmeo'• :4 , i tt e ii7ro, . 03 r 4 k t gt , ti 00 Ol us apprebea, r iii ifi L . . ,_(1 7. F. O. TaP ° 'O O ' to . ' t 4 Ar. in this eirP,lae , ~. I t 1011 4 :er to spend left 0 , he b • head. Ile l e ' aruii 4d • s een e r -,- b t g has boa oe s 4, ktf , 1- . . t i :n into the nets_,J 11,,4 ester s t For/ Re s I slodnigsapaipiewagraotsA4 ,1,4i,,111442a41.4eii Chore fi n 0 . , Il A P iNITZISB , 3 - . A .heP p t the Cartna,doc A ~ th e led in pertuaof tri k liti a gentlemarle,o4,4l 04 ke4 son. The l'ipOsYl4 ‘,Yit to tile ladY'!' t ie t c , vii ofd4 his ti Do t il th> n 1 findingfor f • a N 2s 'ue , had stile gll 'kh th a. The Y° lls ael , th t „q 2 , 1 iestine coreee,Viod ~; 4 4 8% • Tement was i , t ~11( 1 , _ i iron." O r, N ". 4" ) the ere , we re it p i. o 4 :tit where theYttolche , .0 , - hb . ae men were u to - : ‘t-i e , & _E turday, tWa PI,. ,t 1 •' 1 le spirits ant-P c/v ol., , o,th i ; was also far 0 p i ty,p, t, ki t tle b r , ensued, the P ~, e ~ ,ll,tireZtg, his comPolll°,:i tc N 5l „ Al ad to be 111_,„acsiefieS ,'lte I. J . he usual rew cr y ,' vlth , ath itinued in a s ~14 of ) I t. of r ol 'di ' ttl''et ,LEs.-lii sevocrefr. witelAtil2, Lte so talueh ieteri„, of , Ai s have beo ieo 01 1 ad, and, finlmiti!pefoi .' 111,by A,I aced. C olll° rid ) ) 0 ~ i lere there or,% g -s, ~, a pits are h%O 0 , ale in the vat