The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

THE WAR. OPERATIONS in the Crimea have now to a considerable extent ceased to occupy the chief place in public estimation, the allied forces, by sea and land, having directed their efforts at different and distant points towards the subjugation of Stronsholds, and the defeat of objects vital in their import ance' to the successful resistance of the Russians. These operations have not only withdrawn the observation of the public from that close attention to the proceedings at head quarters, which they have hitherto received, but have in point of fact tended in a great degree to prevent the necessity of any very marked alteration in the position and movements of the Allies in Sebastopol and the vicinity. Added to these con siderations, it must also be borne in mind, that such opera tions as are in reality determined on, depend in a very great degree upon the secrecy with which they can be carried out, for their value in effect. As a natural consequence of this state of affairs, the communications forwarded by the special correspondents of the London journals are more filled with details of comparatively trivial matters, and with speculations concerning expeditions of which they have obviously little knowledge, than with those thrilling narratives of stirring events with which for many months past they so freely abounded. Instead of the graphic narratives of well-qualified spectators, the public is now dependent on the more circum spect, if less glowing, accounts of military and naval exploits contained in the official despatches. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, sufficient interest still attaches to the condition and anticipated movements of the army concentrated in the neighbourhood of the late scenes of eventful conflict, to render the morsels of intelligence commu nicated concerning them matters of interest. The corres pondent of the Times, writing on the 16th ult., from the Fourth Division camp before Sebastopol, says A pleasanter spot for a camp, in such sunny and delightful weather as we at present enjoy, could hardly be found than the slope beyond the village of Kamara, on which the High landers have pitched their tents, and whither materials for huts have already been sent in large quantities. Great, never theless, was the satisfaction of that gallant Division—now so long inactive—on learning two days ago that it was under orders to embark for Eupatoria. It was said the embarkation would take place to-day, but it will hardly be until Wednes day. Transports are reported to be wanting, but that is im probable, for Balaclava harbour is crowded with shipping to such an extent that vessels which arrived on Friday morning still awaited admission yesterday. It takes a little time to "get the necessary land transport supplies, baggage, &c., on board, especially when, as in this case, the troops are ordered to take with them as much of their heavy baggage as they can. From this we infer that they are probably to winter at Eupa toria, and not necessarily to be at present engaged in active operations. On the other hand, the departure of the light cavalry, under Lord George Paget, would lead us to believe that fighting is meant. There can hardly be an intention of keeping them at Eupatoria all the winter, since stables are now erecting near Scutari, and on an island in the Sea of Marmora, amply sufficient to receive the whole of our cavalry and horse artillery, which, it has been positively stated, are to be quartered there until spring. A large number of French (12,000 or 15,000) are to embark at Kamiesch, where, accord ing to one report, the Highlanders are also to embark, as the nearest port for Eupatoria. Expeditions are quite the fashion of the moment, and, had we before us the prospect of two or three months' fine weather, we should be bound to suppose that an important combined operation was about to be entered upon. But, judging from precedent and probability, two or three weeks must close the campaign. At present the wea ther is all that could be desired. The sun, which in that little kettle Balaklava harbour, is still oppressively hot, is tempered on the heights by refreshing breezes; the ground b. everywhere dry—the atmosphere pure and healthy. Never was our army, since its first landing, so free from disease as at the present moment. But this second summer may any day be - brought to a close, and exchanged for a season of rain and tempest. It will be unusual, not to say extraordinary, if such be not the case early in November. Brief time, therefore, remains for the expeditions to carry out their objects, what ever those may be. The five regiments of cavalry (4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 12th and 17th Lancers, and Carbineers), the Highlanders, and the 12,000 French, are believed to be all bound for Eupatoria, Captain Montague's company of Sap pers and Miners also goes. PREPARATIONS FOR WINTERING. The English army, convinced that it is to winter in its present camp, has set seriously to work to guard itself from the inclement weather from which it last year suffered so grievously, and to make itself as comfortable as it can. Officers and men are busy with domestic arrangements. Hutting and roadmaking are the occupations of the hour, and rapid progress is making with both. Strong wooden huts are springing up on all sides, and here and there a solid stone dwelling is in course of construction. There will be lots of chimneys smok ing this Christmas on the heights before Sebastopol, and, doubtless, many a good dinner will be eaten on that day, and many a glass emptied to those memories and hopes of home which are almost the sole consolation for the many privations that must be endured, even under the most favourable circum stances, by the dwellers in a camp. It is now pleasant to contrast the sufferings of last winter—the cold, exposure, famine, and want of clothing then endured—with the prospect of plenty and almost of comfort during that which approaches, and to observe the activity that prevails to make the most of the ample means supplied. The necessary roads progress rapidly towards completion. Drainage is not neglected, and, indeed, it is a question whether it be not almost overdone. Some of the ditches, dug along each side of roads, and around stores, hospital huts, and otherestablishments, are of formidable width and depth, and of a dark night are likely to prove dangerous pitfalls to wanderers through the camp, especially if they have been taking " just one more tumbler" in the quarters of some hospitable friend. On the other hand, here, where the rains are frequently torrents, during which the water sweeps down the slopes in sheets and floods, deep drain age is essential if we are not to live in a quagmire, as we hitherto have done as often as the weather has been wet. PREVALENCE OF INEBRIETY. To the wholesome labour and activity that now prevail, as well as to the fineness of the weather, the healthy condition of the army is doubtless due. It certainly is not attributable to sobriety and abstinence, for I regret to say that drunkenness is very prevalent among the men. The well-intended kindness of the Queen's sixpence" is doing, I fear, much harm, used as it is by a very large portion of the soldiers as a means of exces sive drinking. The consequence of this, and of the insubor dination and many offences it leads to, is a large amount of punishment of various kinds—extra guards, stone-carrying, and flogging. The cartwheel (here substituted for the triangle) is frequently rigged, and the Provost-Marshal and his assistants have plenty on their hands ; but twenty-five lashes, or even fifty are all insufficient to wean the British soldier from his favourite vice. I hear of regiments in which there are literally scores of men under punishment of one sort or other for intoxication. One regiment was cited to me (I refrain from naming it) in which there were 60 offenders of this sort at one time. In another nine sergeants were broken for drunkenness. On Saturday -there was an issue of back pay (the extra sixpence), and I never witnessed a more dis graceful scene than was presented by the part of the camp in which I happened to be at about an hour before sunset on Sunday afternoon. I have uo reason to believe that it was confined to that part of the camp, but I mention only that which I and a military friend who accompanied me actually saw, as we leant against a railing enjoying the beauty of the evening. Half the men who passed along a track a little in our front were more or less intoxicated. Some were merely unsteady, others staggered and straggled out of the path. Some were pugnacious, and we saw two fights begin, which were only put an end to by the arrival of a patrol. None more than myself would advocate every reasonable indulgence to an army which has deserved so well of its country as that of the Crimea, displaying, as it has done, on repeated occa sions, and for long periods, the utmost valour, fortitude, and patience. But if means are not found of checking the great drunkenness that at present goes on here, the result will be a grievous scandal to the service. PROMOTION OF COLONEL WINDHAM. Last night's general orders contained full confirmation of news that had reached us a few days previously—namely, the promotion of Colonel Windham to the rank of Major-General " for distinguished services in the field," and his appointment to the command of the Fourth Division, with which he served as Assistant-Quartermaster-General until he was named (less than two months ago) to the command of that brigade of the Second Division, at the head of which he fought so gallantly on the Bth of September. The fiat of the Horse Guards is, in this instance, stamped and confirmed by the approbation and applause of the army. Lord William Paulet has assumed the command of the 2nd brigade of the Fourth Division, and occupies Gen. Bentinck's old quarters on Cathcart's-hill, where, unlike their previous tenant, he may quietly dwell, without risk of a cannon-ball plumping into his soup-tureen, or tumbling into his bed. Miss Nightingale is at the Castle Hospital. SUPPOSED PREPARATIONS FOR EVACUA- TING THE NORTH SIDE. The same coreespondent, writing on the 16th, says :—Late last night a memorandum was issued, to the effect, that from to-day until further orders, the whole of the army should be under arms at half-past 6 a.m., and remain so until dismissed by generals commanding divisions. Working parties, for rail ways, roads, &c., will come on duty at 9 instead of 8 a.m., in order to give the men time to breakfast and refresh themselves after the turn-out. There seems to be some expectation that the Russians intend to evacuate the north side. They yester day made a great fire on their left of Fort Catharine. It is supposed they were burning stores. They had a large dep6t of coal just about the place were the fire was. On Saturday night the reflection of a great fire was visible from the camp, and still more plainly seen from higher points in this neigh bourhood. It was in the direction of Bakschiserai. We are still in ignorance of its cause. The Highlanders have received counter orders. Some say that the 2nd and 3rd division will go in their stead ; others that the expedition is entirely given up, except as regards the cavalry, which have actually gone— all, or the greater part. EXPECTED ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS. Writing at twelve o'clock on the same day, he continues : The expedition to Eupatoriahas been cancelled, in consequence of a telegraphic message from Lord Panmure, to the effect that the Russians meditated an attack. Inkerman is the quarter in which it seems to be expected. It is hard to say what the Russians think to gain by attacking us now. The fire seen on Saturday night is believed to have been at a village about three miles on this side of Backschiserai. Such, at least, is the result of the calculations made by our engi neers, who took an observation at head-quarters and another at Balaklava, thus ascertaining the spot with tolerable accu . Of the expe dition to Eupatoria th e f o ll ow i ng are countermanded, viz., the Highlanders, two batteries of artil lery, and the company of Sappers. The cavalry ha s sa il e d . I have not yet heard whet her they are to go still or be brought back. They were ordered to embark several days before there was any question here of other troops going. Referring to the same subject on the 20th, he says : Here, at Sebastopol, nothing has been goin g on, and, in the ab sence of events, we are left to reflect on the past and to speculate maths future. In the hasty lines I added to my last letter, just before post hour, I mentioned that the projected expedition to Eupatoria was given up, an attack upon our own lines being expected. Accordingly, we since then have been turning out before daybreak every morning, and occasionally at other hours also. Late on Wednesday night the reserve ammuni tion was warned to be ready early in the morning, as there was every probability of nn attack. On Thursday forenoon the French were formed up in the Valley of Tchernaya, awaiting a foe who came not. Yesterday, about noon, there were movements of troops, and it was reported that large masses of Russians were visible. There is much note of pre paration and clash of arms, but it nevertheless is the opinion of many here—some of them persons whose opinion has weight—that our Muscovite friends have not the remotest idea of attacking us. In Sebastopol itself there is nothing new. The Russians continue firing at the town, with little reply from the French. They fire principally at Sebastopol proper, but now and then drop a shot or shell into the Karabelnam, and sometimes take the flagstaff on the Maiakhoff for their mark. It is difficult to say why we spare them so much, unless it be that we ex pect them soon to walk away, and leave us their north side forts in good order and condition, which would be expecting rather too much. Outside the town the French are hard at work levelling their siege wokks, filling up trenches, &c. A more curious spectaele is assuredly nowhere to be found than in the space comprised between the lines where our bat teries were and the harbour of Sebastopol. The ground in parts is literally paved with shot sunk in the earth, above which their upper surface scarcely rises ; there are ditches and trenches in which they lie as thick as apples in a basket; in some places numbers of them have been buried. You see them of every size, from the huge 68-pounder down to the di minutive grape—jolly little fellows, of a pleasant vinous ap pellation, but very nasty to run against as they are passing through the air. Twelve o'clock.—The enemy is said to be clearing roads through the brushwood down from Mackenzie's Farm, and to have planted four guns to command the causeway across the marsh at the month of the Tchernaya. This looks as if they contemplated an attack in force along our line, but I persist in thinking that their apparent preparations for action are made merely for the purpose of deceiving us. The Russians are the most patient and laborious people in the world for ruses de guerre of that kind. The French have a grand review at two this afternoon, in the plain by Kadikoi. They are now marching down—lmpe rial Guards, Zouaves, &c., all in fine order, and brilliant in appearance. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. CAPTURE OF KINBURN. WAR DEPARTMENT, Nov. 1. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Lordship by General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B.:— _ SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 20. My Lord,—l am happy to be able to congratulate your Lordship on the successful termination of the expedition to Kinburn. I transmit a copy of the report of Brigadier- General the Hon. A. Spencer. This contains all theinforma tion I have received on the operations, with the exception that in a private note Sir E. Lyons mentions that the enemy have exploded the three forts of Oczakoff, commanding the northern entrance into the Dnieper. In consequence of the continued fineness of the weather great progress has been made in the construction of the road and railway. The divisions have all got some weeks' supply of rations in their camp, and I entertain no anxiety of there being a scarcity of anything during the approaching winter. • I informed your Lordship in my despatch of the 13th inst., that the Highland Division, under Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, were to proceed to Eupatoria and co-operate with the French ; but, upon the receipt of your telegraphic despatch of the 13th inst., apprising me that the Russians had resolved to hazard a battle, and attack the allies, I did not consider myself justified in weakening the force under my command by so many meu, and I therefore countermanded the movement. I have the honour to enclose the weekly reports of Colonel M`Murdo and Dr. Hall. I have, &c., JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding. (Enclosure 1.) CAMP BEFORE KINBUBN, Oct. 17. Sir,—ln reporting, for the information of the General Commanding the Forces, the fall of the garrison of the fort ress of Kinburn this day, I have the honour to state that the force under my command, as per statement enclosed,* effected their landing on Monday, the 15tb, unopposed. Owing to a heavy surf, and which continued all day yes terday, the landing has been accomplished with some little difficulty. The troops, however, were all got on shore on the first day, and have since been employed in intrenching our position. There are rumours of a force of the enemy collect ing at Cherson, about forty miles from here, but our imme diate neighbourhood appears to be clear. The advanced line of the position, flanked on both sides by the sea, is held by the force under my command, and is about a mile in extent.—l have, &c., ACCIIISTOS SPENCER, Brigadier-General Commanding English Land Force. *lst Brigade, Fourth Division; Royal Marines, 12,000 men rank and file; Royal Engineers, Artillery, and detachment of cavalry. _ ADMIRALTY, Nov. 1. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., com mander-in•chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea : ROYAL ALBERT, OFF KINBURE, OCt. 18. Sir,—My letter of 6th instant, No. 834, will have informed the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that an allied naval and military expedition was to leave the anchorage off Sebastopol on the following day, for the purpOse of taking and occupying the three Russian forts on Kinburn Spit, at the entrance of Dnieper Bay ; and the telegraphic message which I forwarded to Varna last night will soon communicate to their lordships the success which has attended this enterprise. It is now my duty to give a more detailed account of the proceedings of the expedition. I have therefore the honour to state that we arrived at a rendezvous off Odessa on the Bth instant, but owing to strong south-west winds, which would have • prevented the troops from landing, it was not until the morning of the 14th instant that the expedition was enabled to reach the anchorage off Kinburn. During the night, the English steam gun-vessels Fancy, Boxer, Cracker, and Clinker, and four French gun-vessels forced the entrance into Dnieper Bay, under a heavy but ineffectual fire from the Spit Fort, and on the following morn ing the British troops, under the orders of Brigadier-General A. A. Spencer, together with the French troops, under the command of General Bazaine, were landed about three miles to the southward of the principal fort, and thus, by these nearly simultaneous operations, the retreat of the garrisons and the arrival of reinforcements were effectually cut off. In the evening the English and French mortar-vessels tried their ranges against the main fort with excellent effect. The wind having again veered round to the southward, with a great deal of swell, nothing could be done on the 16th ; but in the forenoon of the 17th a fine northerly breeze, with smooth water, enabled the French floating batteries, mortar-vessels, and gunboats, and the Odin and the mortar-vessels and gunboats named in the margin* to take up positions off Fort Kinburn ; and their fire was so effective that before noon the buildings in the interior of the fort were in flames, and the eastern face had suffered very considerably. At noon the Royal Albert, the Algiers, the Agamemnon, and the Princess Royal, accompanied by Admiral Bruat's four ships of the line, approached Fort Kinburn in a line abreast, which the shape of the coast rendered necessary, and the pre cision with which they took up their positions in the closest order, with jib-booms run in and only two feet of water under their keels, was really admirable. At the same moment the squadrons under the orders of Rear-Admirals Sir Houston Stewart and Pellion pushed through the passage between Oczakoff and the Spit of Kinburn, and took the forts in reverse, while the St. Jean d'Acre, the Curacoa, the Tribune, and the Sphinx undertook the centre battery, and the Hannibal, Dauntless, and Terrible that on the point of the Spit. The enemy soon ceased to reply to our overwhelming fire, and, though he made no sign of surrender, Admiral Bruat and I felt that a garrison which had bravely defended itself against so superior a force deserved every consideration, and we therefore made the signal to cease firing, hoisted a flag of truce, and sent on shore a summons, which was accepted by the Governor, Major-General Kokonovitch ; and the garri son, consisting of 1,400 men, marched out with the honours of war, laid down their arms on the glacis, and, having sur rendered themselves as prisoners of war, they will be em barked in her Majesty's ship Vulcan to-morrow. The casualties in the allied fleets are very few, amounting in her Majesty's ships to only two wounded. The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is, I fear, very severe. ' In the three forts, which have suffered considerably by our fire, we found 81 guns and mortars mounted, and an ample supply of ammunition. This morning the enemy has blown up the forts on Ocza koff Point, which mounted 22 guns, and we leErnt from a Polish deserter, who escaped in a boat from them during the night, that the commandant apprehended an attack from our mortar-vessels, which would not only have destroyed the forts, but also the neighbouring dwellings. I have abstained from entering into the particulars of the proceedings of the squadron under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, as he has so ably described them in the letter which I have the honour to enclose, from which their lord ships will perceive that I have received from him on this oc casion—as, indeed, I have on all others since I have had the good fortune to have him as second in command—that valuable assistance which might be expected from an officer of his distinguished and acknowledged merits; and I beg leave to add my testimony to his in praise of all the officers, and especially Lieutenant Marryat and Mr. Brooker, whom he recommends to their lordships' favourable consideration. To particularize the merits of the officers kinder my com mand, where all have behaved admirably, would be a difficult task indeed ; but I beg leave to mention that the same officers of the Navy and the Royal Marine Artillery vho were in the mortar-vessels at the fall of Sebastopol are in them now, and that on this occasion, as before, they have been enter the direction of Captain Willcox, of the Odin, and Captain Digby, of the Royal Marine Artillery. Nor can I refrain from stating what I believe to be the feeling of the whole fleet, that on this ex pedition, as on that to Kertch, the talents and indefatigable exertions of that very valuable officer, Captain Spratt, of the Spitfire, and of those under his command, entitle them to our warmest thanks, and deserve to be particular;y mentioned. I need hardly say that my distinguished colleague Admiral Brant and I have seen with infinite satisfactbn our respective squadrons acting together as one fleet. I am, &c., EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. * Mortar-vessels—Raven, Magnet, Camel, Hardy, Flamer, Firm. Gun-vessels—Lynx, Arrow, Viper, Snake, Wrangler, Beagle. -- VALOROUS, IN DNIEPER BAY, OCt. 18. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in pursuance of your orders, I hoisted my flag in Her Majesty's steam-frigate Valorous on the afternoon of the 14th inst., immediately after the arrival of the allied fleets off Kinburn Spit, and proceeded, under the able guidance of Captain Spratt, of the Spitfire, to take up positions at the end of Dnieper Bay, where with the division of steam vessels placed under my orders (as per mar gin),* and in company with those under the orders of my colleague Rear Admiral Odet Pellion, we remained in readiness to force an entrance into the Dnieper, for the purpose directed by you of preventing, as far as possible. any reinforcements being thrown into the forts on Kinburn Spit, as well as to cut off the retreat of the garrison, should either be attempted. At 9 p.m. I instructed Lieutenant Joseph H. Marryat, of the Cracker, to take on board Mr. Edward W. Brooker, additional master of the Spitfire, and endeavour with him to determine the course of the intricate channel through which we were to pass, and to lay down buoys along the south aide of it, the French having undertaken to perform the same service on the north side. I likewise directed Mr. Thomas Potter, master of the Furious (lent to do duty in the Valorous), to proceed with two boats of the Tribune, and, protected by the Cracker, to search for the spit on the north bank, and on his return endeavour to place a buoy on the edge of the-shoal off Kinburn Spit, that the entrance of the channel might be assured. As-soon as the preconcerted signal was given, indicating that this operation was effected, I despatched the Fancy, Boxer, and Clinker into Dnieper Bay, with orders to anchor in such positions as would best protect the right flank of our troops upon the disembarcation taking place, and to make that their chief care, as long as there was any possibility of the enemy threatening them. During the night Rear-Admiral Odet Pellion also sent in the French gunboats for the same purpose. At daylight on the following morning I had the satisfaction of observing all the gunboats, French and English, anchored safely to the north-east of Kinburn Fort, and without any of them having sustained damage, although the enemy had fired shot and shell and musketry at them during their passage in. Thus the chief part of the object you had most anxiously in view was accomplished. While still in considerable doubt as to the extent to which the channel for the larger ships was buoyed, at 10 a.m. Lieut. Marryat and Mr. Brooker came to inform me that the work intrusted to them had been completed, and that the latter officer was ready to pilot the ships in. The zealous desire evinced by these officers to furnish me personally with their report on the difficult navigation of the Dnieper deserves my warmest thanks, and the gallant manner in which Lieutenant Marryat brought the Cracker out for that purpose, under a very heavy fire from the whole of the forts and batteries, elicited the admiration of all who witnessed the proceeding. We were now fully prepared to advance, and, in obedience to your directions, awaited the signal for general attack. The whole of the proceedings of yesterday must be already fully known to you; but it is right that I should state briefly the share taken in them by the division you did me the honour to place under my orders, which consisted of the ships and vessels as already stated, reinforced by those named below. It being necessary to advance in single line, it was arranged that the ships should do so in the following order : Valorous—Captain C. H. M. Buckle, C. 8., bearing my flag. Furious—Captain William Loring, C.B. Asmodbe (French), bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Odet Pellion, Cacique (French). Sidon—Captain George Goldsmith. Leopold—Captain George Giffard, C.B. Sane (French), Gladiator—Captain C. F. Hillyar. Firebrand—Captain E. A. Inglefield, Stromboli—Commander Cowper Coles. Spiteful—Commander F. A. Shortt. At noon, the signal being made from your flagship to weigh, we proceeded through the channel, each ship engaging the Spit batteries and Kinburn Fort as they came within range. To Lieut. Marryat, of the Cracker, is due the merit of pre ceding and piloting us through, which he did with great judgment. Had the enemy continued his defence of the Spit batteries, the Sidon, Leopard, Sane, and Gladiator were directed, in that case, to remain in front of them until their fire was com pletely silenced ; but as they were subdued by the accurate and well-sustained fire which was poured upon them by the ships which you had placed to the westward of the Spit, and by those of our own squadron on passing to the eastward, this became unnecessary ; the whole division, therefore, con tinued its course through the channel, and anchored well inside Fort Nicholaieff and Oczakoff Point. During this time the four gunboats, Fancy, Grinder, Boxer, and Clinker, did good service by placing themselves in such position as to throw a flanking fire on the middle battery and Kinburn Fort, at the time our division passed within short range. Immediately on anchoring, I transferred my flag to the Cracker, and, followed by the other gun-boats, proceeded close off the east front of Kinburn Fort, to be ready to act as circumstances required, should the enemy's fire, which at that moment had entirely ceased, be renewed. However, the ne cessity for further action did not arise. As the service intrusted to me was carried out under your observation, I feel it to be unnecessary to do more than to re cord my grateful sense of the very satisfactory manner in which the whole of the ships under my orders took up their appointed stations, and of the manner in which all employed performed their duty. I think myself fortunate in having for my temporary flag ship so efficient and well ordered a man-of-war as the Valorous, and I feel much indebted to Captain Buckle and his zealous First Lieutenant, Joseph Edye, for their unre mitting attention and assistance. I am delighted to add that, in concerting with our gallant allies the arrangements necessary for carrying into effect the present successful operations, I have received the cordial sup port and concurrence of my excellent colleague, Rear-Admiral Odet Pellion. The anxiety which you yourself ever feel to do full justice to merit and exertion must be my excuse for presum ing to request your most favourable notice of Lieut. Marryat and Mr. Brooker. They have had anxious, difficult, and dan gerous work to perform, and they have each of them executed it admirably.—l have, &c., HOUSTON' STEWART, Rear-Admirstl. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B. THE LIVERPOOL ISTINDARD. has produced ,great consternation. Their having troops and engineers on• board is thought to prove an intention of making a permanent lodgment there. RUSSIAN ARMY OF THE SOUTH. General Luders has issued an order of the day to the army of the south, dated from Nicholaieff, the 9th of October, an nouncing the arrival of 23 druschines of the National Militia of•the Governments of Smolensko and Moscow, as a reinforce ment-to the corps under his command. He states that these militia battalions have been formed about six months, and, notwithstanding their long march, are already to some extent instructed in field manceuvres ; but, as they are still very infe rior in all respects to the old regiments who have completed their experience in the field, General Luders impresses on the officers of every rank the necessity of instructing them in all their, military duties, and intimates to the older soldiers that their young brothers in arms must not be treated with ridicule or contempt. The recruits of the militia have been distributed among the regiments of infantry of the army, the reserve, and those of the military dep6t. They are to be taught the most necessary portions of their duty as quickly as possible. The General says :—They are not required to possess the excessively scientific knowledge necessary for the service de front ; it will be enough if they are taught the movements of the close column and the duty of cliasseurs and skirmishers,—if they know how to load their muskets properly and to fire at the target. THE CRIMEA. PARIS, Wednesday Evening. According to telegraphic advices from St. Petersburg of the 30th, Prince Gortschakoff announces on the evening of the 29th that the enemy (the allies) after strong demonstrations from Eupatoria, in the direction of Simpheropol, during which their operations were constantly harassed, and their left flank threatened, returned yesterday (the 28th) to their camp at Eupatoria. Despatches from Nicholaieff announce that there were no more than sixty sail of the enemy's fleet in sight, two of which were steamers. Only five gunboats were anchored within the liman of the Dnieper. THE WAR IN ASIA. We are in possession, vid Constantinople, of dates from Kars to the Ist of October; Erzeroum, the 9th ; Trebizond, the 11th; and Samsoon, to the 12th. According to these, it would seem that the Russians, after the serions repulse received from General Williams, had not made any new attack upon Kars, which was, however, very rigorously blockaded, and fodder for the cavalry was very scarce indeed. The Russians are said to be waiting for rein forcements from Gumri. Cholera was making sad havoc among their ranks in the camp along the Kars-chai. This -.disease also manifested itself at Kars on the 28th September. Omar Pasha is concentrating his troops preparatory to march ing into Georgia. He has made his head-quarters Suchoum- Kaleh in lieu of Batoum, at which two places, out of 16,000 of the Tunisian Contingent, only 350 remain, the rest having been carried off by cholera and fever, contracted from bad food and insufficient clothing. Omar Pasha's army is only 8,000 strong, but a reinforce ment of 18,000 was looked for from the Crimea, and 24,000 more from Constantinople. Intelligence from the Persian capital only reaches down to the 26th of July, but is void of interest beyond the cessation of cholera. THE BALTIC FLEET. HAMBURG, Thursday. The Ajax and Hogue have arrived at Kiel. Other ships are expected from the Baltic. DAN TZIC 3 Thursday. The Lightning has arrived, and is to remain here till fur ther orders. The Vulture, with the mail from the fleet, is expected to morrow. The fleet is still at Nargen. The weather continues stormy. A LETTER from Odessa, of the 19th, says :—" Accounts from Simpheropol describe the whole:place to be in movement. Many of the inhabitants were leaving the town. The hospitals were being transported towards the north, to Perecop, Nico laieff, and Cherson, whilst the wounded who were in those towns have been taken to Vossmessensk. The dearness of provisions was excessive at Simferofol. The Russian army of observation at Eupatoria is said to be 60,000 strong, and in cludes 20,000 cavalry. It is commanded by Geiaeral Schabolski, chief of the dragoon corps. The avant posts are near Koutsgar and Karagurt. General Grotenjelm, the commander at Odessa, has advanced on Otchakoff, in forced marches, at the head of the 3rd division of light cavalry." A NEW ROYAL WARRANT has been published, giving to the relatives of officers killed in action, or dying of wounds within six months, the alternative of receiving a sum equal to the regulation price of the officer's commission, instead of an annual pension. If the officer leaves a widow childless, she receives the whole sum ; if a widow and children, the sum is to be invested in the name of trustees, the widow to receive the interest for life, and the principal sum to go share and e t f h t , e the sum m money ay be is share alike to the children at her death ; in the event of the anlsunehthdi Should uh l y sleh ad . r treefather alike,Shouldo ffi cnro c urhni havel mother,dd e r r e but n n tohi dt o rules no widow i so wri children, h o widow surviving the children, it becomes her property abso iwldrbeen to be invested for their benefit until they become of age. paid to his father—if he have no father, to his mother—if ap si p st a rs bl o e r to bro t t h h e ers cas , share and children. The warrant is to have a retrospective effect to the date of the declaration of war with Russia, but any sum received under previous pension warrants will be deducted from the sums payable under the present warrant. THE BATTLE OP KABS.—An English officer engaged in the battle gives a brief but spirited sketch :—Kars, Oct. 1. — Here I am on the Karadagh again, none the worse for my late illness. Last night the Russians attacked us in force, and and (between you and me and the post) very nearly took Kars. The fight was a most bloody one, and lasted seven hours and a half, without one secsnd's intermission. The Russians left upwards of 2,000 men dead on the field ; and their loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, must have ex ceeded 6,000 men. What do you think ,of us Kars chaps after that ? I was not actively engaged as they knew better than to attack my almost impregnable battery a second time; but I did great service with my heavy guns, and twice drove them out of a battery they had taken, and turned upon us. It was a nasty sight—the field—afterwards. It was completely covered with dead bodies, mostly Russians, as our men did not lose more than five or six hundred altogether. The de fence was commanded by dear old (Hungarian) General Kmeti ; and when our general thanked him in the name of Queen Victoria, for his gallant repulse of the enemy, I thought the brave old boy would have burst his heart open— he was so proud. The Turks fought—not like lions, but like fiends. I never saw such desperate recklessness of life. You can form some idea of what a desperate business it was, when I tell you that the Russians had their whole force concen trated upon General Kmeti's division, which, with the rein forcements he afterwards received, did not amount to 8,000 men. The reports have just come in, and there are more than 3,000 killed on the side the enemy. THE BOMB VESSELS IN THE BLACK SEA.—The bomb vessels were engaged at the distance of 2,500 yards from the forts. The first-class gunboats, such as the Arrow, Lynx, Beagle, Snake, &c., were employed nearer the forts in drawing off the fire from the bomb vessels, in case the enemy directed their long-range guns against them, and in distracting their attention from the floating batteries, and these three batteries which, to the credit of France and to our shame, our gallant ally had the opportunity of testing so practically, were an chored at the distance of 800 yards from Kinburn, and opened their guns first against the Russian batteries. The success of the experiment is complete. The shot of the enemy at that short range had no effect upon them ' The balls hopped off their sides, without leaving any impression, save such as a pistol ball makes on the target in a shooting gallery. The shot could be heard distinctly striking the sides of the battery with a " sharp smack," and then could be seen flying back, splashing the water at various angles according to the direc tion in which they came, till they dropped exhausted. On one plates of one side, not counting the marks of other s which battery there are visible the dents of 63 shots against. the have glanced along the decks or struck the edges and angles of the bulwarks, and all the damage that has been done to it is the slight starting of three rivets. The men are all below, except a look-out man in a shot-proof box on deck, and the casualties arose from a chance shot, which came through the ports. — Times. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. BY the British and North American royal mail steam-ship Canada, Commodore Judkins, which arrived on Sunday, we have intelligence from New York to the 23rd, and Boston to the 24th ult. She brought 119 passengers, and $766,296 80c. and £260 in specie. The U. S. mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West, hence, arrived at New York on the 18th ult. A fire had occurred in New York, which caused the death of three women and two children. It appears that the reported arrival at Washington of a special ambassador from Russia was a hoax. At New York four seamen of the ship Constantine had been arrested, charged with mutiny while the vessel was on her recent passage from Liverpool. The American vessel Maury had been laid under embargo, by the United States authorities, on the complaint of the British consul, at New York, who stated that she was being fitted out as a Russian privateer, with the design of inter cepting one of the Cunard steamers from Boston, and taking her, with the specie on board, as a prize. It was alleged that she had large quantities of munitions of war on board, and that she was to be taken to Sandy Hook, where officers and a crew of eighty men would be put on board, and her, present officers and crew leave her and return to the city. She was afterwards released from the custody of the United States marshal by direction of the district attorney, who acted on affidavit of the owners, and with the sanction of the counsel of the British consul, it having been satisfactorily proved that she was going to China, and that the arms on board were for protection against the Chinese pirates. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald writes :—" Cushing, alone of the Cabinet, approaches nearest the President in his hatred towards Great Britain, and it is surmised that this feeling can be increased, if opportunity and place should require it. Mr. Marcy's late letter to Lord Palmerston, requiring explanation relative to his instructions in the enlistment case, did not prove in accordance to the wishes of Mr. Pierce, who, for a time, withheld from it his assent, in the hope that the bellicose amendment suggested by him would be finally adopted. To his surprise, upon inquiring of Mr. Marcy what he had concluded to do in the matter,he was informed that be had resolved upon making no alteration, and that the letter, as written by him, bad been sent by the last European mail. This is the proper place to remark that all rumours and reports representing a demand from the United States for the recal of the English Minister are without foundation, and that of the letters sent to Lord Palmerston, the first has been answered, but not proving satisfactory to Mr. Marcy, the second and last was written and despatched as above related." , On a later date, the 22nd, the same correspondent says : "It is reported here to-day, in diplomatic circles, that the British Minister asserts that the late attempt to convict him of a violation of the neutrality laws of this country was the result of a conspiracy of foreigners to embroil the two Govern ments ; that at the proper time be will show such to be the case. Furthermore, Mr. Crampton intimates that, should his recal be consummated, no successor would be appointed in his place." The New York Herald remarks :—" Mr. Crampton, the British Minister at Washington, has been found guilty of violating our neutrality laws in the matter of recruiting soldiers in the United States for the service of the Allies against Russia. It is reported that our Cabinet have, there fore, instructed Mr. Buchanan, our Minister at London, to demand the recal of Mr. Crampton, and certain of Her Majesty's Consuls implicated in the same unlawful business. Now, we have a Russian case or two in the same category. A correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries puts the following case in reference to the anticipated withdrawal of Mr. Crampton :—` I wish to know what steps have been taken, or are to be taken, to have the Russian Minister with drawn. The whole country has been publicly and repeatedly informed, in a boastful, triumphant manner, that James C. Thompson, the proprietor of the machine-works, on Quay street, Albany, has been offered the situation of chief engineer in the Russian navy. We have it proclaimed that his salary is to be $6,000 a year, together with a free dwelling-house; and it is openly avowed that Mr. Thompson had gone to Washington to complete the engagement with the Russian Minister.' On Wednesday, it appears, the United States Deputy-Marshal, Horton, of this port, seized the ship Maury, on suspicion that she was engaged in the service of Russia, and had on board articles contraband of war —cannon, mus kets, powder, balls, &c., being found among the materials of her cargo. This, however, is not yet proved so clear a case of the infraction of the law as that of the Russian Minister in the engagement of Mr. Thompson. The ship may be destined to some country not engaged in a war with a foreign enemy ; but the admission that Mr. Thompson has been to Washington, to complete his arrangement with the Russian Minister, as chief engineer of the Russian navy, under the very noses of the President, his Premier, and his Attorney-General, is cer tainly a cool operation compared with the proceedings of Mr. Crampton. What says the Premier ? " The New York Times denounces the conduct of Mr. Crampton and the British Government, though not in very strong terms. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says :—" The same adventurous speculator in Washington news, who informed the public on the arrival of the late President of Mexico in this city, ineop., has, I perceive, con tradicted the statement made by myself and others of the application of this Government for the recal of Mr. Crampton. The contradiction is without the slightest particle of authority, is nothing but a random guess, and happens to be wholly untrue. What may have been the form of the representation in reference to Mr. Crampton's connection with the enlist ments of recruits for the Crimea I do not pretend to affirm, but that it was equivalent to a request for his recal I have sufficient reasons for believing, and the substantial correctness of my former statement on the subject is confirmed by cir cumstances which have since come to my knowledge. The only ground of complaint against the British diplomatic authorities in the United States, is, that they did not observe due respect for the forms of international law. Had the ministers of all the belligerent powers gone judiciously to work in a spirit of fair competition for volunteers for the service of their respective governments, no fault would have been found with them ; but the ostentatious violation of our neutrality laws by the minister and consuls of one of them, has produced a difficulty which cannot be settled except by the immolation of one or more of the offenders, as a sacrifice to the dignity of the country." A letter from Washington states, that the Japanese inter pretation between that country and the United States was sustained by the administration, that consequently no efforts would be made by the American Cabinet to compel the re ception of American merchants as residents. The Juanto, steam-frigate, was fitting out for Siam and Japan, when she was to take out an American commissary. MEXlCo.—Advices from Mexico report that Matamoras had surrendered to the revolutionists without giving battle, and matters there were quite tranquil. At San Louis Potosi a fight of three days' duration resulted in the capture of the city by the revolutionists. The National Guards were being organized throughout the country, to be in readiness to march on the city of Mexico, should General Vadaurri think proper. CUBA dates are to the 13th ult. The direction of the Spanish bank was to be closed on the 14th ; at the last meet ing there was not a quorum of the stockholders. Two French vessels of war were in the harbour of Havana. The birthday of the Queen of Spain was celebrated with unusual enthusiasm. The stock of sugar on hand (deducting for home consumption) was stated at 60,000 boxes. The prospect of the new crop continues favourable. WEST INDIES.—A correspondent in St. Domingo, writing on the 11th of September, states that a tremendous storm was experienced there, which blew down nearly one-third of the houses of the city, tore up an immense number of cocoa-nut and other trees, and almost entirely destroyed the growing crops. Several merchant vessels were injured, and two men of-war ships wrecked. Owing to, the loss of the crops the poor people were means replun to amgedinteat into great it. Souza but the government w Souzu AmmitcA.—The bark Amazon arrived at Baltimore, bringing advices from Rio Janeiro to the 29th of August, three days later. Flour remained unchanged, and coffee was steady at previous prices. We have dates from Rio Janeiro to September 4. The cholera had disappeared, and the province was quite healthy. Business was somewhat brisk, but not so active as the re ceipts of produce from 'the interior warranted. There were no foreign ships-of-war in port. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, 23RD OCT. The money market, says the Journal of Commerce, is still unsettled, chiefly owing to the European troubles, and the fears of rather heavy shipments of specie. The usual shipment of about $400,000 in specie, will go forward from one house here to leave Boston on Wednesday ; and we learn of smile smaller sums, of no great importance in the aggregate. We do not look for any suspension of specie payments, either in France or England. In these days, when money is the sinew of war, and capital is, to a great extent, the real test of strength, a confession of national bankruptcy is an acknow ledgment of defeat, and both the Allied powers will make great sacrifices to avoid such humiliation. Money on call was not abundant at 7 per cent. ; there were a few transactions at that rate, but the quotations outside the banks were 8 to 10 per cent., and, in a large number of cases, 10 to 12. For sterling exchange the demand was improving at 9 percent. premium. Some leading drawers were asking to more. We quote :—London, 1081 to 109; ; Paris, f 5.24 to f 5.161 • Bremen, 78i to 781; Hamburg, 36 to 3 6 1; Antwerp, f 5.221 to f,5.18-1 1 . CoTrox.—On receipt of the Atlantic's advices at New York, on the 17th instant, cotton declined lc. to lc. per lb. This decline led to an increased demand, and the market closed firm. The sales for the week were estimated at 6,500 bales. Respecting the subject of the cotton crop, we are in debted to the New York Courier and Enquirer for the fol lowing remarks :—" The subject of crop, which, during the past two months, has engrossed the attention of the trade, appears during the past week to have lost its interest. The three and a-half million bale estimates and upwards had just yielded to the more moderate figures of about three and a quarter millions, and calculations were being based upon the probable value of staple at established rate of consumption of the world, when the Atlantic arrived, and a new element claimed consideration, namely, the impending money crisis in England, and its effect on all commercial interests. The events of 1847 were still fresh in the recollection of many of the trade, and all were reluctant to venture far until the threatened storm had palled. To a feeling of confidence, therefore, which the moderate prices current in the face of an immense consumption, and a good, but most excessive, supply was engendering, succeeded our irresolution and timidity. The market opened with a desire to sell at rates previously refused, and to-day closes at a decline of fully ic. on the rates current at the departure of the Pacific." BREADSTUFFS.—There had been a fair business done at last week's quotations up to Saturday last, when, owing to an increased demand for home use, with some purchases for France and on speculation, an advance of 121 c. per brl. in the common and medium qualities was realised. Yesterday there was again a good demand, at a further advance of 61c. per brl., which our present quotations confirm. Wheat was sc. to 10c. the a nl i n Cheese mesaerke was t. without alteration. per bushel lower in western descriptions. Indian corn had declined 2c. to 3c. per bushel. PROVISIONS. her New mess pork was held a t $ 23, but p urchases could b e made at lower rates. Beef was in mo d e r ate demand and' firm, e had been ee i n n good alterat ion dem without alteration. —T Lard was SALT.—There was much activity manifested in the salt market, and within the last few days four or five cargoes of Turks Island have been sold at p. t., and considerable lots of Jeffries's and D'Orsay's at p. t.—supposed to be a fraction under $1,60. FEEIGHTS.—The rates were without material alteration. We quote :—To Liverpool, for cotton, d. per lb. • flour, 3s. 9d. to 46. per barrel; grain, 10d. per bushel. To London, flour, 4s. 6d. to ss. per barrel ; grain, 12d. to 121 d. per bushel. To Havre, cotton, 2c. per lb.; flour, $1 per barrel ; grain, 25c. to 28c. per bushel. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 20TH.—The sales of cotton to-day were 4,000 bales, at former rates. Flour is a trifle lower ; 3,000 barrels sold at $8,25. New molasses sells at 33c. (By Electric Telegraph) NEW YORK, OCT. 23, six, P.M.—Ashes firm; pots, $6,372; pearls, $7,371. Cotton, - 1 - b c. to 4c. lower. Sales, 2,000 bales. Flour buoyant. Freights to Liveool lower : flour, 3s. 6d. ; grain, 9d. to 10d. ; cotton, 5-16 d told. THE FEMALE IMPOSTOR AT WOLVERHAMPTON. FURTHER proof of the duplicity of the young woman who has been practising criminal deceptions under the various names of Alice Gray, Alice Christie, Anastasia Huggard, and Eliza Tremaine, has been obtained from Leeds, whence infor mation has been received that her photographic portrait has been recognised as that of a Miss Hook, who some months ago obtained pecuniary assistance from many respectable persons by representing herself to be related to the Rev. Dr. Hook, vicar of Leeds, and who was at that time from home. Her pseudo claims were advanced by a Mr. Smedley, of Mat leek Bath, who was in some way connected with her, and who conducted her correspondence, until Dr. Hook formally and emphatically contradicted the tale. She was then lost sight of by the Leeds police, and has recently re-appeared at Wol verhampton. To the aklottlie -photographic art this unravel ment of a link in . the )listory of the girl is due. At Leeds she originally passed ,Minder the natne of " Eliza Tremaine ;" and having been fonwil apparently in a state of great destitu tion, was relieved by the Rev. Mr. Jackson. She then, as previously detailed, appeared to have raised money in various parts of the kingdom, by representing herself as an ill-used relative of Dr. Hook, and, in connection with some members of the Society of Friends, sent counterfeit letters to him, signed " Eliza Tremaine," and complaining of his treatment. These letters were treated with the contempt they merited, and it was then that her protector took her back with him to Matlock, and the police lost all traces of her. On Wednesday she was again brought up for hearing, at the Town-hall, Wolverhampton, on a charge of perjury. Colonel Hogg, the chief constable of that borough, has, during the week, been actively prosecuting inquiries into her past course. It has been ascertained that under the name of Anastasia Huggard she was actually engaged as a nurse in Flintshire, as she re presented, in the house of Mr. Fenton, of the Queen's Ferry Wire Rope Works. She there produced an excellent character from the matron of the Liverpool Workhouse, and was dis missed after living there three weeks, in consequence of her having told some extraordinary falsehoods. Mr. Fen been obtained from Limerick, stating that she was married c to on n vi h et as ed r o e f aso h n iga to my, be M,, a li n e d ve tra th n a s t po h rt e ed r . . hu i sb n atneldligehnaces been to to a soldier there about three years ago. So early as 1849, n s o c t e h a d r g e she r hadm e she represented herself at Dublin as the daughter of for s a chief tcoimnsetahbylethneapmoledice,Apremndsitnrogngan, "dq brought against a man. This cha r g e was , proved to be false, and she was sentenced to three months imprisonment in e n ui v r7t u o p p a r THE EXPEDITION TO TAMAN. The London Gazette also contains the copy of a despatch from Admiral Lyons enclosing the copy of a letter from Capt. Robert Hall, of the Miranda, senior officer in the Straits of Kertch, detailing the proceedings of an Anglo-French naval and military expedition to Taman and Fanagoria on the 24th of September, for the purpose of depriving the enemy of his means of sheltering troops in the ensuing winter, and in order to procure materials for housing our troops at Cape St. Paul's and Yenikale. Also a copy of a letter from Captain Osborn, of the Vesuvius, detailing the proceedings of an Anglo-French attack on Temriouk, which, by previous arrangement, was made simultaneously with that on Taman and Fanagoria. Both expeditions were conducted in a most satisfactory man ner, and were accomplished with the loss of only one man wounded. Three of the 71st Regiment and three of the (French) Infantry of the Marine were taken prisoners, in con sequence of their own imprudence. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. ODESSA, Oct. 26. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz states that the Em peror of Russia 'uas not gone to Elizabethgrad. The enemy's Ehips have been seen in the vicinity of Cherson. NEW RUSSIAN LEVY. BERLIN, Tuesday Morning. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Emperor is about to publist a manifesto ordering a levy of 10 men in every thousand throughout the empire, with the exception of some few provinces. FRANCE AND THE TWO SICILIES. The subjoined announcement appears in the Moniteur of Tuesday : On the 15th of Aug. last, the French ship-of-war La Gor gone, at anchor it the Port of Messina, celebrated there the fete of the Emperor. The Military Commandant of the place, although apprised of the celebration by the Vice-Consul of France, and by tht Civil Intendant of Messina, did not com ply with the usage customary between friendly nations, and did not hoist the Neapolitan flag. The Government of the Emperor having complained of this want of courtesy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the King dom of the Two Sidles has, by order of his Sovereign, for warded to the Minister Plenipotentiary of His Imperial Majesty at Naples a note, which happily concludes this dis agreeable incident. The Neapolitan Government expresses its regret that the Military Commandant of Messina should not have complied with the intimation given him by the Civil Intendant ; and it gives the assurance that formal instructions will prevent in future, in all the ports of the Two Sicilies, the omission that has occasioned the just complaints of the Government of the Emperor. RUSSIA. THE OPERATIONS ON THE DNIEPER. A supplement to the Invalide Russe of the 21st October publishes a continuation of the series of telegraphic despatches forwarded from Nicholaieff to St. Petersburg, by order of the Emperor : NrcnoLA Hipp, Oct. 20, 11.50, p.m. Up to half-past six this morning the enemy had undertaken nothing new, and remained in the positions they had taken up last night—that is, with the greater part of their force near the Spit of Kinburn, to the west and south, and 36 vessels, steamers and gun-boats, in the road of Oczakoff. At half-past seven, 13 gun-boats and five mortar-boats ascended the Liman, and at half-past ten entered the Bug. At noon they were followed by six steamers and three other gun-boats. All these vessels proceeded up the stream, and anchored at some distance from its embouchure. A part of this force was detached, and directed towards the mouth of the Dnieper ; another continued to ascend the Bug, preceded by row-boats, taking soundings in the river. At half-past three, when the flotilla had arrived opposite the Volosch-kaia point, a field battery we had posted on it opened fire on the advancing vessels, which stopped, and returned it. The cannonade continued on both sides for more than an hour. The enemy's boats then retired, descended the river, and rejoined the rest of the force anchored off the em bouchure of the Bug. The extraordinary supplements of the Invalide Russe con tinue the series of the telegraphic despatches sent daily from Nicholaieff to St. Petersburg by order of the Emperor. NICHOLAIEFF, Oct. 22. There has been no change in the position of the enemy ; the main body of their fleet is still at anchor near the Spit of Kinburn, and the detachments of light boats in the road of Oczakoff and the embouchure of the Bug. This morning some of these boats again ascended both the Bug and the Dnieper, but only for short distances, and soon returned to their anchorage. Those which came up the Bug did not even reach the point where they yesterday exchanged some cannon shot with our artillery. The troops the enemy has landed are posted between the suburb and the citadel of Kinburn. NICIWLAIEFF, OCt. 23. The position of the enemy's squadron off Kinburn has not been changed. Their steamers and floating batteries are in the Oczakoff roads, in the embouchure of the Bug, opposite the village of Parntino, and in the embouchure of Dnieper, between Stanislay and Rybaltchiz. At the mouth of the Dnieper the enemy is actively engaged in taking soundings along the southern bank of the river. The number of troops landed on the Spit of Kinburn has not been increased. According to the statement of three English sailors, who having ventured on shore, were made prisoners by the Cos. sacks of one of our detachments, a part of the invading ar m y of the enemy is still on board the vessels of the fleet ; it amounts, including the troops disembarked, to about 15,000 men. BERLIN, Thursday. We have rumours of enforced changes in the higher rank s of the Russian officials. Count Kleinmichel, the Minister of Roads and Public Works, is to be replaced by General .Tehertkine, from the Department of Mines. The disasters of the war have produced' inquiries, which are likely to lead to further changes of a remarkable character. The presence of the allied fleets in the liman.:o the Dnieper [NOVEMBER 61 1855. in: 1 1 )01171 'k? consequence. Various other instances of her _,„„. two convictions for felony against her in that caul ° it', pir been ascertained. Information has been received_ ,_rctio suing a similar course at Kendal, Westmoreland, ly"'ill heLr i e j l v l g i t u et le- 1 ,,i 4 ago. In Leeds (as we have already stated) she oat hs many families, who supported her for twelve nion t wf o iS pretence of being the daughter of a reverend date . , ._ loc e said, was determined to force her to foreg o victions. This imposture was at length exPose a relo 0 0 confronted with her supposed father. She aftee",ol, sisted on the merits of a similar tale at Canterbury,„_,OF represented herself as a Romanist, and said her ter / insist upon her attending a Baptist place of W0r50N.. 0 1.., there, she on two occasions stated that she bad 'oft e n 04 1 , Another time she took refuge in a gentleman's nortilei# pretence of having just been attacked by a man ei PO In 1852, it appears that under the name of Amy 'l3 ~ she preferred charges of robbery a gainst a man , I r, and against another in Bath. Other information,...O..Der 00 e , character has been obtained respecting her. Nr„,eeti! amination last week she has torn all her clothes to . rstt; the gaol, and appeared yesterday in the prison (Ire" 1,1 iclers- longer counterfeited madness, but displayed CO c n,!„ w o in cross-examining some of the witne sses.-" ai l remanded. addre s " oS The following letter, among others , has been,, , t itre Colonel Hogg, chief constable at Wolverhararee , e r 'll examination on Wednesday last :- Constable's -office, Oc' ~,t of !'„, Sir,-I have the honour to acknowledge the ree' ci olt, communication of the 28th inst., together with ba tn t e oil herewith returned, and have to inform you t ooliir c : l 0 Huggard was admitted into the Liverpool is °l. . el iteld Liverpool Constabulary P rce so'. 4 Bth of August last, on giving the following Ines . ) herself. She informed the matron that she 7b, e ore 7 short time in Liverpool, having come by one 41 !'.„ ber $,/,' that a clergyman (a passenger with her) bad which she produced ; that she was very rest ; of o h ,l, that her brother was a student in the Univers', ~, by e ' 1 that some time ago she had been induced t° ea ' 1Y ! . , _, A , ng e ~,, and had gone into the service of an artist, ",_" - t asn'e /I residence she could not remember ; that so/ D eer'' et r ah g i n t r a nsp o rt e donoi Liverpooltdn mother, a d g e r t ,y o it t fo w r as l°d h gi er n s P on's le , master's foreman; that her husband, under tr r eire,„iii being so deserted went to a respectable boni_ige . , which she saw her husband's portrait, but 11 ,' 0751, r o ; for some time, and that his wife had been sti.,, o ,' il Vt e be si . , She then discovered that her husband had_natlist4if: with fo w r h b n iga ni bigamy, went t e tn al re so si s d t e a ; ted: ‘, ;n boer ve t ;o u t: . : she met with a woman who Wu, 1 - er t ;i111;, ft wi h m er had and bee di n d li n : o ; a, es : married. She procured his arrestment, and s", 00 ter bailiffs taking the woman's furniture she gsv",,,iiig 06 °,7 money she had ; that after pledging her clothes, - Ste ti ti she applied for admission into the workhouse,. t sirl e , l , minted servant in the hall. She affected Vara.,o Qsee ere •%f anner,. and from her sedate and innocentaPP 4 " I recommended by the matron to Mr. Fenton , " o ot and went thither on the Bth of September. ~ o t f 4 ' I have the honour to be, sir, yo ur °be ° 0 , J. 3 ° cr s - - - ---'.fi ned o', ROBBERY.-On Saturday-Mary Jonesir ss bell,' w b default to be imprisoned two months, for 0° ",,,Dieb,,,,,', 4`, give a satisfactory account of a silver epoo!' 0 . 1 • P . e . o stolen some time ago from the Adelphi . 1 1 . _ °- Ir , „'", e ; was offered in pledge by the prisoner w ii ,, I' 6 ' . 4 Brownlow-hill, who gave information t0., - r otes l3 /0 prisoner received the spoon from a r ing , i Margaret Lewis, who has been in prison for pc 613. to of some silver plate stolen from the hotel c og waiters. , nr jk pl, Sr. HELENS-An inquest was held 011,,, 5 ,' D . 't , i , fll e e P t iell, body of James Fyldes, collier, who was kiu",, ill y re s ;rie Colliery, in Parr, on Thursday, whilst at OP ( oe te p il a poe r w k nas m an in dd e ebn p 4u ul ri. l ed in: l,lhi t em he i;n p qw r n o hee p e s nt d t o wa w kne n sn , ad joaupot: ttrnivoioelteehoe,ot.,ll:ft;;34.storo;:: afford the opportunity for Mr. Dickinson, h e ld ot 0 . w e inspector, to attend.-Another inquest was roolle°pielr the same day, on the body of a tramp, 13 .,. 03 .1- 4 4, ' ~ 0 was found dead in a lodging-house.-V e t- esVII natural causes." ,A °n Pti;rf, FATAL ACCIDENTS.-Inquests were hee* e arrvrV the following cases :-John Evans, aged f°4l ;ei f ri- t i) ' with his granfather at 37, Preston-street. •-",i re et, °' i 4 noon the deceased was running across the ebb eb re ey was knocked down by a horse and cart, and ~,"„'" ji.e 4 4 rt over his chest, killed him on the spotm..l43"e; le yi three years, whose parents occupy a e t n ,,rng iale6 Hornby-street. On Thursday he was Irie, a nd ~;, ; ff, killed on the spot.-A verdic kitchen, when his clothes ignited at the r'"'l3iisP e '" i severely burnt that he died at Vauxba". ,;‘., oil , i iio i ,l Friday.-John Baker, aged sixteen, aperel." - esse'd,‘i ship Patna, of Liverpool. On Tuesday 'Ape' : gl°, i 'A ei Lambay Island, bound for this ort from i -li tbe e i b' the deceased was blown off the mainyard o dent al" JO` t of - erl o lii ° returned in each case. Roe , LAUNCH.-On Saturday was launched a .- 1 . 13 g '4 whose handsome model and promise of good e sll l,e 4 , i ,e ~i have attracted no little notice for some tiree„, io v o le'. stood with her-masts, Sc., fitted in, on the stof,,, i- d Co'' o llrdi of her builders, Messrs. Lumley , KenneflY , ."- 0 0 ' ctv 00 0 • town. She is named the Valdivia, ' is about 47- pe A 04 ' measurement, and to class 13 years at Lloyd's._,,i sililbe i v t for Messrs. Nicholson and M'Gill, of Liver 0 'O O , l tended for the West Coast trade. She was te 5e. 5,4 0 4 1 "," Quay, where she has since been getting on her ii i P il daily expected to leave for Liverpool.- Whiteha P , olirec , a e' " T TrE STUDIES AND DUTIES OF lIIE MEDICS-ipt ere' s the title give. C, an introductory lecture, delivereouf e. 64 ~ pool Northern Hospital, 0.4, ei... oerempriefee, :5, AO :31 ,t1 01 00 session, by Dr. W. Scott, and since en, l)l '," A prerren o f mistake of making an introductorY g'",..",. r- pr. sc ° ,,, q ,Y, l s ,/ livering an elaborate scientific disc° s Yihe st s .,"i 'the '7 better service both to the hospital On dog °"" i ns till 0 fitting himself to the mere object of noll!_,,atieg, _,,1 Otct ties which the institution possesses for nii t ri n dieein e ' ere es` and information, and the mode in or ll ,. ic .taden t o ra 'I may be best directed, so as to enable t„,u e r d e d liiin ii - o ilf;d 1 tually to profit by the opportunities an ° .co , k e 11 , ° ;131 0 00 1 FUNERAL SERVICE AT THE BL c v :, g to t' - •0e 0! On Sunday afternoon, the children belong' ' the oc casl i 4G t Mr. Langton, besides being a Hospital performed a funeral service ° d eer- t he '' Off " tccot decease of the late Jos. Langton, Ese. , s u tor ty re 9'll large contrib f 55 y 040( had held the o ffi ce of trustee for a peri° d td saPP ° „'; "1, 1 Gray was also one of its warmest friends a " - ta i is °`l, - sfer, chapel was crowded. The Blue-cog HOSP I „„hiCh '7Ol the many useful and benevolent institutions "..betePeiorf called into existence and supported by tb e t l p eri 4 ;4l, town. It was founded in 1708 end at the , ye , i , girls. Frequent additions having ' ' of 4v ts 00 , guide only to the clothing and education ie, i ~,, been u' llu re ee' ll il , usefulness has become enlarged, and there a t t he e and 100 girls clothed and educated. Owing t c ' e at t b e l t d i of provisions and other causes which °Pe ° su p po rt .s' time, the institution is much in need of suPP t - D e t; standing the existence of a permanent fund, , 4 0 4 1 dependent on the liberality of the public for an ' lea %,4 t f ' . about £3OOO. n „p r ivg s o fo b HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.-On Monday e-,.,- ce e p about ten o'clock, a female, about forty-nYe;iilloo whose name is Ellen Oakley, was proceed,iv.; t io e ~,, Head-lane, in the township of Haydock, co Oh Of IQ path a man named Francis Wilson, with vit re ol 1) . e fo'",ve and who is blind, when they were encoun' 11 1 1 0 3 1 1 ,1" more men who had the appearance of colliers. al oe, ot , t , it would appear, without any preliminaries,,,rive; AV, separated the man and woman, and having of , / 5 1iu 0 h ,^ man of his assistance, cast him into the &it' i ; s ees, e 0,, ti him incapable of any interference with the s u b s ie,'Dict proceedings. They then dragged the iv° ° ,, t ece o le ot ,e building belonging to a farm-house. Here, - t . 0, 4 0,4 villains, four in number, subjected her to they OP$Vf tality, under circumstances of extraordi vr 'sid„ er e j t"„ She resisted, and screamed " murder" for a nti i t,re'i ll f il l but this only irritated her abusers, withe„, , er e " 1, 1 4 completion of their purpose. She was very , i 'aitie' l 'fOf about the body, legs, and arms, and, in 0- a peV./ 4 entirely el y visible bitt bitten o h iz e her o left th a o t n one she and presenteda many injuries about the (ale ; her throat 'rote, marks upon it, her cheeks were swollen, an ere 1 0 ; ,r,, ree tt# piece ° a t. -j ..,,g "' l e ' : i 1 . 0.0 0 ' c i in consequence. After completing the olit"-oe,,,Ott quitted the place. It was some time bef °re t A s :e2 covered and was able to proceed on the iva,f,,, -a s ee",i 0' 7 .if she met her blind companion returning 10 :T i oeil ° ,,rs , 1 , ,.Y She made known the circumstances to the r.. ne te l ,„` r eefi'l o . : l l Clarkson succeeded in apprehending the Pe i `Fo °„ 4 i.r c i. Saturday last they were brought before J ° 00'',1 ~, ti d o and arraigned on the capital charge. Their .„,' vdwy . 4 ei Leyland, John Monks, Thomas Penningt7irejtepeti Meredith, all colliers, and residing within t b ,,,,:3 P e , cinity of Newton. The woman identified c h ores', tll'6 statements made against each other corre he as - o rertee,l mony. They were committed for trial at t' _ o ll, ° f ele c otrid ADJOURNED COUNTY SESSION.-At Fr l ose,, ci ftb e l an adjourned session was held for the Pr n er46;014 chairman of annual sessions for the rern s.- firr, • P' yt il i should take the chair. Mr. Addison year, in the room of the Ven. Archdeacou : 13 , 0, ,I. and for the transaction of other busin e f s itfr• ( cos t O t t proposed and Mr. T. Monk seconded, that t ee - a 0:- e, or me De g f course would be for no chairman to be, the f t 00 4 permanent chairman was selected, and, lurk ° T .00,, 5/ fq court would address themselves to the for t h _e t teSeilf i pie, ,Dite 0 0 0 fit, Mr. Garnett proposed that the chairinal i v o. :°, a elVto the current year should be the Right S; 10°,,p4i, Baines. He did not know any magraP - 11 - kOlje t " the office. Mr. J. Thine was sure the we Or e ' At t o , Mr. Baines needed no eulogy froin tithe Ude tithe _l in him an excellent successor te i, pirt d e' i He seconded the motion, which was tri nt e- r aett o eie", c , ' ) of the Peace, and carried. Mr. W- ""-: the $ it` ei that Mr. T. B. Addison take the chair , ' e n e d to 1 409 chairman, which was seconded, and s g r 0° 11 ;0 S I I? -The report of the County Constabulary_,eo, lie 5 0 0, subject of the removal of transport corT a ifof; e y OA sented, and ordered to be printed. -On 1 1 s.l3i% J o terro, y i Militia Storehouse Committee, the Rev- rion e-I ,l ` Alilyr i i to the court a representation from tbe co.s eire e ' v ieS Colonel of the 7th Regiment of Royal L an o coll tr re -e l Vo! there is no place provided for the arrn , a lso,s 0 ' AI:0/ h . 1 of that regiment when not embodied ; awl c ,f Arn i dee :, e fi e tion of the committee "that the Cour ~e v rof, 0 , t authorise that temporary accommodatißrl,"a, I t ee: o , h for the use of the 7th Regiment of MonS at ioo s` iet,f tion of the committee." The recommenct to t liy o tl ) .f, A similar recommendation with resPe if intia 0 0" and one with respect to an enclosure or„F:iiiitiat,';',, ff o f f the storehouse of the 3rd Regiment (a, .i.peeV,je 9, 4) were referred back to the cominittee.-Intr to tbe. t e 9 iitf/ c Nee eve to the Criminal Justice Act, with res P ei 0 jo 0 , and allowances under the statue 18 n" a the a dca t le , te li accommodation for the 2nd Regiment 0,,f and Pa " for diminishing expense and delay i n it wa s to p i p!) criminal justice in certain cases," 5 51 in orde r & ee l , some immediate steps should be taken we re r e _.,et r i uniform scale of fees. The bills whic h „ h resi:: e el ,i) Finance Committee from time to time: reed t° done under this act, were a source of 0 ' c c _ ed to r .OO 0 1, 1 , di ment. After some discussion, it was r e J. F. Foster, H. L. Trafford, W. O. P a 61° 00. 0 0r T. S. Mills.-Mr. R. T. Parker'expre-sn for the rre A O, when the court appointed their chairinarr'evh 9 ,5 tr t " to t_riA: inns doubt al lie c°7o subject to the Finance Committee, wiilligtihoegtoti,itiletat t il eV ,t ) 1 the year, it was legally constituted , no one in the chair; and to relieve any „,,,i ti es,,, ig itso would move that the election of Mr- eT r he e' ll for 4 , ,, sil r r' Mr. Peel seconded Mr. Parker's motion; .4 ro tio cer _ ge „, he was placed in a delicate position byln , 0 t ` t s o l 4,o not tell whether it might not be negative" e adJ° u.- cow tion, and it was agreed to.-The neat ..., ~ the was fixed for the 2nd of January, 1806, Brie men had le ft the court. However, lie then ed:2l,l4lPe° N ,__ „ Ogb )4.13 =ll ~iaitin}all, at` 14RII D nglatd o le , sto at that i le nlll i ce ; rtaia ; c 4 h u e € l Tu t . Si the re ' is ; f s ° 4 no tl! : h_e 11 antil throt( 41 ERE h iS bned Pe re ace re e Were,4 %ti me his r LO RD ST . off e It : of r ,i ed I.l,eea'ws, o n e 941 ( 1 ac 7P'4 Izei :: pr I es 4..