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 the!r efforts at different and distant points towards the -subjugation -of . . strongholds, 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 These operations have not only withdrawn the observation of the public from that close attention to the proceedings at head quarters, which they have hitherto received, but have in.point of fact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 auy 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- Cons 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 effett. 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 15th 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, &e., 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 Sautari, 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 (12p00 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 is 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 other establishments, 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. 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.8.:7 SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 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 the informa 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 Enpatoria 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 men, and I .therefore countermanded the movement. I have the honour to enclose the weekly reports of Colonel M`Murdo and Dr. Hall. _ _ I hare, &c., JAMES Signox, General Commanding. (Enclosure 1.) CAMP BEFORE KINBURN, 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 15th, 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. —I have, &c., . AUGUSTUS SPENCER, Brigadier-General Commanding English Land Force. * Ist 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 : ROTAS, ALBERT, OFF KIEBURR, 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 Kinbnrn 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 Brnat'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 Curaeoa, 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 2 guns, and we learnt 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. di I have abstained from entering infls 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 onsideration. To particularize the merits of the officers under my com mand, where all have behaved admirably, ;could be a difficult task indeed ; but I beg leave to mention tint the same officers' of the Navy and the Royal Marine Artillery who were in the mortar-vessels at the fall of Sebastopol are it them now, and that on this occasion, as before, they have been under the direction of Captain Willcox, of the Odin, and Cytain Digby, of the Royal Marine Artillery. Nor can I refra'n from stating what I believe to be the feeling of the whole feet, that on this ex pedition, as on that to Kertch, the talents and indefatigable exertions of that very valuable officer, Ceptain Spratt, of the Spitfire, and of those tmder"his co:ninami, entitle them to our warmest thanks, and deserve to be particularly mentioned. I need hardly say that my distinguistecl cclleague Admiral Brant and I have seen with infinite satisfaction our respective squadrons acting together as one fleet. I am, &c., EDMUND Lyoiss, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. 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 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 no 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 resalt 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 Ma j or-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 w2s 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 5 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 depot 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 toEupatorialias 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 v illage 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 bead-quarters and another at Balaklava, thus ascertaining the spot with tolerable accu racy. Of the expedition to Eupatoria the following are countermanded, viz., the Highlanders, two batteries of artil , and the company of Sappers. Th e cavalry has sailed. lery I have not yet heard whethe r they a re to go still or be bro ug ht back. They were ordered to embarks everal days before th ere was any question here of other troopgoing. Referring to the same subject on the 20th, he says : Here, at Sebastopol, nothing has been going on, and, in the ab sence of events, we are left to reflect on the past and to speculate on the 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 * Mortar-vessels—Eaven, Magnet, Camel, Hardy, Flamer, Firm. Gun-vessels—Lynx, Arrow, Tiger, Snake, Wrangler, Beagle. VALOROUS, IN 'DNIEPER BAY, Oct. 18. Sir,—l have the honour to inform jou that, in pursuance of your orders, I hoisted my flag in Hel Majesty's steam-frigate Valorous on the afternoon of the 14tI inst., immediately after the arrival of the allied fleets off Kinturn Spit, and proceeded, under the able guidance of Captain S?ratt, of the Spitfire, to take up positions at the end of Dnieper Bay, where with the division of steam vessels placed undo 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 Kinlurn 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 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 'alloys along the south side hours also. Late on Wednesday night the reserve amrauni- -bf it, the French having undertaken to perform the same tion was warned to be ready early in the morning, as there -service on the north side. was every probability of an attack. On Thursday forenoon I likewise directed Mr. Thomas Potter, master of the the French were formed up in the Valley of Tchernaya, 'Furious (lent to do duty in the Valorous), to proceed with two awaiting a foe who came not. Yesterday, about noon, there boats of the Tribune, and, protected by the Cracker, to search were movements of troops, and it was reported that large for the spit on the north hank, and on his return endeavour to masses of Russians were visible. There is much note of pre- place a buoy on the edge of the shoal off Kinburn Spit, that paration and clash of arms, but it nevertheless is the opinion the entrance of the channel might be assured. of many here—some of them persons whose opinion has As soon as the preconcerted signal was given, indicating weight—that our Muscovite friends have not the remotest that this operation was effected, I despatched the Fancy, idea of attacking us. Boxer, and Clinker into Dnieper Bay, with orders to anchor in In Sebastopol itself there is nothing new. The Russians such positions as would best protect the right flank of our continue firing at the town, with little reply fro:nth:l French. troops upon the disembarcation taking place , a nd to make that They fire principally at Sebastopol Proper, but now 'and then their chief care, as long as there was any possibility of the drop a shot or shell into the Karabelrena, and sometimes take enemy threatening them. the flagstaff on the Malakboff for their mark. it is difficult During the night Rear-Admiral Odet Pellion also sent in to say why we spare them so much, unless it be that weeex- the French gunbo a t s for the same purpose. pect them soon to walk away, and leave us their north side At daylight on the followin g mornin g I had the saasata L em forts in good order and condition, which would be expecting of observing all the gunboats, French and English, anchored rather too much. Outside the town the French are hard at safely to the north-east of Kinburn Fort, and without any of work levelling their siege works, filling up trenches, &c. them having sustained damage, although the enemy had fired A more curious spectacle is assuredly nowhere to be found shot and shell and musketry at them during their passage in. than in the space comprised between the lines where our bat- Thus the chief part of the object you had most anxiously in teries were and the harbour of Sebastopol. The grots.nd in view was accomplished. parts is literally paved with shot sunk in the earth, above While still in considerable doubt as - to the e xtent to which w hich their upper surface scarcely rises ; there are-ditches, the channel for the larger ships was buoyed, at 10 a.m. Lieut. and trenches in which they lie as thick as apples in a basket ; Marryat and Mr. Brooker came to inform me that the work in some places numbers of them have been buried. You see intrusted to them had been completed, and that the latter them of every size, from the h uge 68-pounder down tcrthe di- officer was ready to pilot the ships in. The zealous desire minutive grape—jolly little fellows, of a pleasant vinous ap- evinced by these officers to furnish me .personally with their pellation, but very nasty to run against as they are passing report on the difficult navigation of the.Dnieper deserves my through the air. warmest thanks, and the gallant manner-in which Lieutenant Twelve o'clock.—The enemy is said to be clearing roads Marryat brought the Cracker out for that purpose, under a through the brushwood down from Mackenzie's Farm, and to very heavy fire from the whole of the forts and batteries, have planted four guns to command the causeway across the elicited the admiration of all who witnessed the proceeding. marsh at the mouth of the Tchernaya. This looks as :if they We were now fully prepared to advance, and, in obedience contemplated an attack in force along our line, but I persist to your directions, awaited the signal for general attack. in thinking that their apparent preparations for action are The whole of the proceedings of yesterday must be already made merely for the purpose of deceiving us. The Russians fully known to you; but it is right that I should state briefly are the most patient and laborious people in the world for the share taken in them by the division you did me the honour ruses de guerre of that kind. to place under my orders, which consisted of the ships and The French have a grand review at two this afternoon, in vessels as already stated, reinforced by those named below. the plain by Kadikoi. They are now marching down—lmpe- It being necessary to advance in single line, it was arranged rial Guards, Zonaves, &e., all in fine order, and brilliant in that the ships should do so in the following order appearance. Valorous—Captain C. H. M. Buckle, C. 8., bearing my flag. j! Furious—Captain William Loring, C.B. Asmodee (French), bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Odet Pellion, Cacique (French). Sidon—Captain George Goldsmith. Leopold—Captain George Giffard, C.B. Sand (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 cur 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 eaell'of them executed it admirably. — l have, Lc., HOUSTON STEWART, Rear-Admiral. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B. 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 procurexaterials 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. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 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 manuvres; 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 militiahave been distributed among the regiments of infantry of the army, the reserve, and those of the military depot. 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 chasseurs 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, via' Constantinople, of dates from Kars to the Ist of October; Erzercum, the 9th ; Trebizond, the 11th; and Samsoon, to the 12th. According to these, it would seem that the Russians, after the serious 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 26th 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 15,000 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 cnly reaches down to the 20th 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. DAIiTZ/c, Thursday. The Lightning has arrived, and is to remain here till fur ther orders. The Vulture, with the mail from the feet, 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 General 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 thiethrinelastil months,vesofo t c h e e rs al k te il r l i el i i v n e oafctrieocne,i,oirndgyainsgumof equal l nd to s w 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 share alike to the children at her death ; in the event of the widow surviving the children, it becomes her prope r ty abso lutely. Should children but no widow be left, the money i s to be invested for their benefit until they become of age. Should the officer have no widow or children, the sum may be paid to his father—if he have no father, to his mother—if neither father nor mother, to his sisters or brothers, share and share alike, under the rules applicable to the case of 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 OF KARS.—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 second's intermission. The Russians left upwards of 2,000 men dead on the field; and their loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, must have ex ceeded 6,000 men. What do you think of us Kars chaps after that? I was not actively engaged as they knew better than 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 of the enemy. THE BOMB VESSELS IN TUE BLACK SEA.—The bomb vessels were engaged at the distance of 2,500 yards from the forts. The first-class gunboats, such as the Mrow, 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 platesbatte of o battery there id side not visible eibleou?ting the dent markssof6 3sh o o f ts ot a h g e a r i s ns , t rh ri ch e have glanced along the decks or struck the edges and angles iosf theet h slightbulwarks, et t a i n n d g a ao l fi l enth t h h aarn e ee ese d h a ros r th,: a ope gttr:eoo. whicht The a f b toxii men el le de e ae n rtceiki d r,a o ol i nal i i e gibhde t l o ott ee t , man ti a es lw ar k o - s o e u f t rom c p a s o except r i t i s a .— Times. Titnes. 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 $755,296 80c. and £250 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 he had resolved upon making no alteration, and that the letter, as written by him, had 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 he 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." TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. 011 ESSA, Oct. 25. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz states that the Em peror of Russia has not gone to Elizabethgrad. The enemy's ships 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 publish 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 in 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 the Civil Intendant of Messina, did not com ply with the usage customary between friendly nations, and did flat 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 Sicilies 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 : NlcsoLAlErr, 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. NICITOLLIBFP,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. NICTIOLAIEFF, 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 army 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 ranks 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 farther changes of a remarkable character. The presence of the allied fleets in the Liman of the Dnieper ssi The New York Firmld remarks :—" Mr. Crampton, the consequence. Various other instances of her nn ,, a , bs imPos ar6 British Minister at 'Washington, has been found guilty of two convictions for felony against her in that violating our neutrality laws in the matter of recruiting been ascertained. Information has been receivedn,n„ri soldiers in the United States for the service of the Allies suing a similar course at Kendal, Westmorela.nia Iv.."eds against Russia. It i s re po r ted that our Cabinet have, there- ago. In Leeds (as we have already stated) she l l _7 5 e sko , fore, instructed Mr. Buchanan, our Minister at London, to many families, who supported her for twelve n ba c s; demand the recal of Mr. Crampton, and certain of Her pretence of being the daughter of a reverend doctor, religi° 2sc ili Majesty's Consuls implicated in the same, unlawful business. said, was determined to force her to forego heerd by her rbe ale Now, we have a Russian case or two in the same category. victieris. This imposture was at length expo- co n s A correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries puts confronted with her supposed father. She , nl . o o l oll' the following case in reference to the anticipated withdrawal sisted on the merits of a similar tale at Canter T,Y herl tether lan, of Mr. Crampton :--.' I wish to know what steps have been represented herself as a Romanist, and said Nc Lip. at', taken, or are to be taken, to have the Russian Minister with- insist 'anon her attending a Baptist place of rs" bad lest ber Pni, drawn. The whole country has been publicly and repeatedly :Ilene, she ca two occasions stated that she ease en, informed, in a boastful triumphant manner, that James C. Another time she took refuge in a gentleman'` l ' on tile o ; Thompson, the proprietor of the machine-works, on Quay- pretence of having just been attacked by a n 3 . 1 _,,, gee]; street, Albany, has been offered the situation of chief engineer in 1852, it appears that under the name of l .11 1 ;_n e el nr% in the Russian navy. We have it proclaimed that his salary she preferred charges of robbery against . a a ' o e ss i o". is to be $6,000 a year, together with a free dwelling-house; and against another in Bath. Other information: nce Le l and it is openly avowed that Mr. Thompson had gone to character has been obtained respecting Ile n ri t „ s te peef l , Washington to complete the engagement with the Russian anainatien last week she has torn all her clot 1„ero„, S e uosaer pegsir Minister.' On Wednesday, it appears, the United States the gee], and appeared yesterday in the prison a n g era ele3 Deputy-Marshal, Horton, of this port, seized the ship Maury, longer counterfeited madness, but displayed _ seeco os Ise on suspicion that she was engaged in the service of Russia, in cross-examining some of the witnesses. aj , and had on board articles contraband of war—cannon mus- remanded. bee n addr 6 4 o kets, powder, balls, &c., being found among the materials of The following letter, among others. Been ea sin her cargo. This, however, is not yet proved so clear a case of Colonel Hogg, chief consta ble at WolverliamP"'" I ger I the infraction of the law as that of the Russian Minister in the examination On Wednesday last : larY F er° ' engagement of Mr. Thompson. The ship may be destined to Liverpool Constabu nn 30. o f , some country not engaged in a war with a foreign enemy ; s Constable's -office, u c '''.4 of • 4 Le reee'Y 0 but the admission that Mr. Thompson has been to Washington, ' Sir,—l have the honour to ackuowledge tif e t h e ea- e d to complete his arrangement with the Russian Minister, as communication of the 28th inst., together 1 ' t that ea chief engineer of the Russian navy, under the very noses of herewith returned, and have to inform you oeen ne c e n the President, his Premier, and his Attorney-General, is cer- Huggard was admitted into the Liverp9ol wornetss! tainly a cool operation compared with the proceedings of Mr. Bth of August last, on giving the following. repTneene7 Crampton. What says the Premier ? " The New York Times denounces the conduct of Mr. Crampton and the British Government, though not in very ; that a clernman (a passenger with her) had gi,,.&yr COS : herse lf. short time S She ne Liverpool, inforrod the havingm at reoonmtehba: one e e 0 had tesrto;';(, strong terms. which she produced ; that she was very resPe r 'n itv of I The Washington correspondent of the New York Times that her brother was a student in the Unto ber'f says :—" The same adventurous speculator in Washington that some time ago she had been induced to i',` , e el 1 , , news, who informed the public on the arrival of the late and had gone into the service of an artist, w ij e c ' e orr',, v a,,,‘ President of Mexico in this city, incog., has, I perceive, con- residence she could not remember ; that si t t l e pre" P e tradicted the statement made by myself and others of the master's foreman; that her husband, under .et returl3teri" application of this Government for the recal of Mr. Crampton. going to look for lodgings, left her and did r . `" co e'' tl+ The contradiction is without the slightest particle of authority, being so deserted went to a respectable bl s e 'tel d b e l oe 4 is nothing but a random guess, and happens to be wholly ' which she saw her husband's portrait, but t o t fo.r h tet,, untrue. What may have been the form of the representation ' landlady that it was her son's, who had beeat e - ifl ' r fe eis o4 . e in referenne to Mr. Crampton's connection with the enlist- ' for some time, and that his wife had been rfi e se P,' - he I fr, ments of recruits for the Crimea Ido not pretend to affirm, She then discovered that her husband baa,atba.,,,Tio, but that it was equivalent to a request for his recal I have married. She procured his arrestment, and a t oo h e ;for be e ; sufficient reasons for believing, and the substantial correctness transported for bigamy, She also stated t '''' to raft:Av e of my former statement on the subject is confirmed by cir- in Liverpool she met with a woman who use: 0 r es 's!/', cnmstances which have since come to my knowledge. The mother, with whom she went to reside; that, bet '''' e 'etll',', only ground of complaint against the. British diplomatic bailiffs taking the woman's furniture She gay being; 7 authorities in the United States, is, that they did not observe money she had ; that after pledging her clothe, sbe ai l due respect for the forms. of international lab'. Had the she applied for admission into the workhou' e ' ee t E.'''' ,1; e °! ministers of all the belligerent powers gone judiciously to ' pointed servant in the hall. She affected ;'; 1. onc e ', work in a spirit of fair competition f:or no vo f l av u ni n ol te tlas‘ e ti rs oonln f d o o r fhOn th uv e re beenservice fononf found with h respective n g t governments, and from her sedate and innocent W e t Cl ° mostentatiousen marenacdonmnwer, neutrality laws by the minister and consuls of one of them, m en e t n t d h ed iti b le y r t o h i e i t m be at B ro th n o t f o se ll p lr te . niFbeenrt.lo:osool, I have the honour to be, sir, your o' - ', 7 ,01 0. . has produced a difficulty which cannot be settled except by J. d v :0 0 the immolation of one or more of the offenders, as a sacrifice - _--- .el e t' to the dignity of the country." , a ~.. . net biao ROBBERY.—On Saturday Tsfaey Jones was, esiti A letter _ from Washington states, that the Japanese inter- default to be imprisoned two months, for li e u hick, pretation between that country and the United States was give a satisfactory account of a silver spoon , ° l. '" 1 1 ''' sustained by the administration, that consequently no efforts stolen some time ago from the Adelphi 1- l ete ile , s e l would be made by the American Cabinet to compel the re- was offered in pledge by the prisoner to l el.* ception of American merchants as residents. The Juanto, Brawnlow-hill, who gave information to the lei. steam-frigate, was fitting out for Siam and Japan, when she prisoner received the spoon from eb ars' (I'' ' . a e rfir ' was to take out an American commissary. Margaret Lewis, who has been in prison for 03 , of ei MEXlCO.—Advices from Mexico report that Matamoros had of some silver plate stolen from the hotel " ;I surrendered to the revolutionists without giving battle, and gin clst 6 waiters. matters there were quite tranquil. At San Louis Potosi a ST. HELENS—An inquestwas held on r! r t P e r fight of three days' duration resulted in the capture of the city body ofF ld ' " Wiled "• ib' e ll' James y es, collier, who was l in a a by the revolutionists. organized throughout the country, to be in readiness to march park mine pulling the props down, a portion oi a ,, ,, ft, on the city of Mexico, should General Vadaurri think proper. upon and buried him ; when taken out, two 11 0 t ete' ~ CUBA dates are to the 13th ult. The direction of the he was dead. t he inquest was adjourned tee ge n ii, r > , Spanish bank was to be closed on the 14th ; at the lost meet- afford the opportunity for Mr. Dickinson, W I ) st ''', 4 ,,, 4 ing there was not a quorum of the stockholders. Two French inspector, to attend.—Another inuest was bead vessels of war were in the harbour of Havana. The birthday the same day, on the body of a tramp, ll' ne . t ''' ' of the Queen of Spain was celebrated with unusual enthusiasm. w „ '.. .,i din found ea a lodging-house. — • lo na The stock of sugar on hand (deducting for home consumption) e Sat r ie natural catises." was stated at 60,000 boxes. The prospect of the new crop FATAL ACCIDENTS.—In held -13 14, ) quests were,. lir eans!,, continues favourable. the following cases :—John Evans, aged l c 00 t r. i sD i '`, , WEST INDIES.—A correspondent in St Domingo, writing with his granfather at 37, Preston-street. ne st, i ffye on the 11th of September, states that a tremendous storm was noon the deceased was running across the ',, ,;by e , experienced there, which blew down near ly one -thi r d of the was knocked down by a horse and cart, and t"'' ' lil A, houses of the city, tore up an immense number of cocoa-nut over his chest, killed him on the spot._ajella in b. 0 and other trees, and almost entirely destroyed the growing a c ottOg e n globe sO, three years, whose parents occupy crops. Several merchant vessels were injured, and two men- Hornby-street. On Thursday he was plajTroaPdf. t y of-war ships wrecked. Owing to the loss of the crops the poor kitchen, when his clothes ignited at the 11 ,c"Dispel' c il people were plunged into great misery, but the government severely burnt that he died at Vauxhall o' OA ice# F was taking means to alleviate it. Friday.—John Baker, acedsixteen, aPPren— ini n v tbe cow l, Soirrn AMBRICA.—The bark Amazon arrived at Baltimore, ship Patra, of , Liverpool. On Tuesday 0 0 0 g ne lc s d bringing advises from Rio Janeiro to the 29th of August, La b ' Lam bay Island, bound for this port from 13 the tbe . .0 three days later. Flour remained unchanged, and coffee was steady at previous prices. the deceased was blown off the meinvard on ' ta i JP' ~ killed on the spot .—A' e" aceidell We have dates from Rio Janeiro to September 4. The i . verdict o - o e o .i/ returned in each case. cholera had disappeared, and the province was uite health aOf ~ O r, Business was somewhat brisk, but not so activecl Y. LAUNCH.—On Saturday was launched, e nnoe n o,e . as the re. •of go" - W - berti ceipts of produce from the interior warranted. There have attracted no little notice for some as 1 a e s no foreign ships.of.war in port. tee" Co•LA . I stood with her masts, &e., fitted in, on the s a nd pue t ell of her builders, Messrs. Lumley, KennedYee toes nos in, town. She is named the Valdivia, is about 4/e s ee 4 16 4 measurement. and to class 13 years at Lloyd 1, O n abed is for Messrs. Nicholson and M'Gill, of Liveraes .; 'lo,,l tended for the West Coast trade. She was ''''',--, sa l Quay, where she has since been getting on - :,. / fi e r' e . daily expected to leave for Liverpool.—Whiteb'sill e o , t ol c ie "THE STUDIES FD DUTIES OF THE MEDICSO ,_, VI t s the title given to an introductory lecture, cielice. l ` o f tDspg y pool Northern Hospital, at the commencement Avol, t fol d session, by Dr. W. Scott, and since pli.e:er ea prenal mistake of making an introductoll' au rs u e ' , 'p e . 1 S t „5 by livering an elaborate scientific dis e ",, g d the stanesthe j better service both to the hospital and e ointing e. ° ,„ i n st 9 fining himself to the mere object o' Y of iroparT•qa a el s r , ties which the institution possesses l : h o e inail l mo re and information, and the mode in w ee odent„ e / may be best directed, so as to enable ten ded lana i ,- 00 9 tually to profit by the opportunities allw. COA T + l 'm P i / FyrNERAL ZSERVICE AT TIIE B L UE :..,, tO ,- ,i O 4 4 On Sunday afternoon, the children belonr the 0ce.,70,1 Hospital performed a funeral service o , 1 . 1 .. v ,. s; aria , to Ea Ad decease of the late Jos. Langton, Esq. , .hator eats' Mr. Langton, besides being a large contrs of 35 ye t o" had held the office of trustee for a period an suPP e e ft," Gray was also one of its warmest friends net i s osn a nn chapel was crowded. The Blue-coat flosl 3l ' w hich I :4 0 , 11 the many useful and benevolent institution% iiberale,, called into existence and supported by teat pell' u . s 074' town. It was founded in 1708, and at tu„ et is `e quate only to the clothing and education 0f de, itsof,ftr,', girls. Frequent additions having been ma re 11° „ei r ni usefulness has become enlarged, and the" ~,, the e g and 100 girls clothed and educated. Osving ee l te e t 0 ;V ot of provisions and other causes which oPer tev ert. o o4 o o time, the institution is much in need of s ' he 0 1 ' standing the existence of a permanent fund 01 o p dependent on the liberality of the public for Ot f 4 about £3OOO. veil' og e a e pt HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—On Monday e e , )r, I' about ten o'clock, a female, about forty- l a y ; s 1 i whose name is Ellen Oakley, was Proc ee e l' act 1 1 0 0, Head-lane, in the township of Haydocic, c0n,,00 F ie, 1 . , path a man named Francis Wilson, with lr',.' e ntl l 'i t yr; and who is blind, when they were encont" it :id .pff more men wholad the appearance of collier' s tta's t 1,4 it would appear, without any preliminariTeprisn'a slot separated the man and woman, and having.„ c e, ° l ti et 3l 0 1 1 ) man of his assistance, cast him into the a" t ,ese i l i eo 'te t e him incapable of any interference with the s o if t h, 0 proceedings. They then dragged the w on ni alliV e t building belonging to a farm-house. Herennis iris` villains, four in number, subjected h e r to tP r y . o o o l / 4 1i tality, under circumstances of extraordili3e,dieci She resisted, and screamed " murder" for ou t pfi' 1.1 but this only irritated her abusers, withseeerieo, sr i o completion of their purpose. She was rell e eclit o seO l dr, about the body, legs, and arms, and, in "01 '0 44 /0 many injuries about the face ; her throat I d n sr oe s ~, marks upon it, her cheeks were swollen, rn te r I ° B t f r . were visible on her left one, and a piece o' e p i ells i teenii entirely bitten off, so that she presented 4. 7.0 e, r nj. in consequence. After completing the o u r l ' ee tp, e ,etee) quitted the place. It was some time hew' to P; ttll 0 covered and was able to proceed on the 1 • 0 4 soraLl`e she met her blind companion returning yr" iice , lA 7, She made known the circumstances to the P e rv el r ecr"fd Clarkson succeeded in apprehending the lleo pi n Wl' Saturday last they were brought before a os esinist e r e l and arraigned on the capital charge . Tb e _ s '' oo ss - e o isir e 'S Leyland, John Monks, Thomas PennioS ',,e n l - d,,i, '- Meredith, all colliers, and residing within:e t ? Pi cinity of Newton. The woman identified .. ,,W,nolv e ! statements made against each other cog be '''' ell'' - e t r i mony. They were committed for trial at '' oil , 4e' e ll' ADJOURNED COUNTY SESSION.—At frepose:idlleose7, an adjourned session was held for the Praer •ie, t 'Lly 1 0 13 ,0 0, i chairman of annual sessions for the reli t ' - is. y year, in the room of the Ven. Archdeacoa,,,,,ln.la oft!! and for the transaction of other b u sines t go ' as oOpl' proposed and Mr. T. Monk seconded, tll?' e the te d ' 1 10 1 ) 1 should take the chair. Mr. Addison 5a1`",,00 1,1 e sp course would be for no chairman to betty ' t be 0 0 / 4,i permanent chairman was selected, an , cier l; _ re .4 court would address themselves to the for toe nin .o . l ie Mr. Garnett proposed that the chairnlalLoa, 3 1 , ePip pi' the current year should be the Rig . ht , l' sea e e : / tH tra te o no e o Baines. He did not know any nsagns inna 0 ' 1 , the office. Mr. J. Thine was sure they e sibeYA 0 l i e, Mr. Baines needed no eulogy fro r ee " lat e , el in in him an excellent successor to „to . ' 13 pa", el e er/ He seconded the motion, which was,looet" wo n ,I ) of the Peace, and carried. Mr. N i k • in the "wood t e r e or that Mr. T. B. Addison take the Cbair,!reed to oit, t ti ; e o chairman, which was seconded, and 1. 1 , Col li na el t , —The report of the County Constabn . , ic tF, e t be 0 i e` if 01 ', l l subject of the removal of transport belle , rie y sented, and ordered to be printed. —On j . S. l3l . e otV) Militia Storehouse Committee, the Rev e . e erd ,l : 4l p•ne to the court a representation from th e _r on isirf re ny) Colonel of the 7th Regiment of Royal L' al r.e coll_• r eerali there is no place provided for the arulse , nso,°, o o,;ll of that regiment when not embodied ; a n n r , „f .10! ) naeo,, t el, tion of the committee "that the Cn e l . l3 `', pr e l e ` t . t"f i authorise that temporary accommoebni,, lin o .` s.. r for the use of the 7th Regiment a ,ii to ,. , 1 , .., tion of the committee." The recommenuf to th at jeA • wi4 - 11 resPe ct c iito P e rtY fe l A similar recommendation , _ s .1, i ~, , accommodation for the 2nd Regimentoese „ ot en! 0 and one with respect to an enclosure n t e lites• ss i t e ix ill the storehouse of the 3rd Regiment_enn. j. p i 'e e e c c it,, , were referred back to the committee. /I.l' e t to t e i sietets' l ' l to the Criminal Justice Act, with respe e 19 i , p i ? o f f / and allowances under the statue 18 . all t i le e thlj e es! ~ " for diminishing expense and delay , ', l l it ivas I . te l ld, criminal justice in certain cases, ' sal" in o rde e el , t e , some immediate steps should be taken ou , nere r peel Uniform scale of fees. The bills whs .. t h res it s y " i I'o 1 3 Finance Committee from time to time , w e de ,f, done under this act. were a source of re ed 01,1 resent. After some "discussion, it was. t a lftb e 3"'' a r ' j t li subject to the Finance Committeenwl . iti „ g torlh oe b ' r J. F. Foster, H. L. Trafford, W. u• P i se e a r e o'sfh T. S. Mills.—Mr. R. T. Parker expre: n on & ar se) when the court appointed their chairrols_nic"ii a s o r t ion j the year, it was legally constituted, in' '''' doub t be •`O ll l/. no one in the chair; and to relieve any Thneeselin p i would move that the election of 3! i . 'n.he t e o ,f or e (I , Mr. Peel seconded Mr. Parker's motioi thisa ntr! ec e t , i he was p l ace d i n a d e licate position 1 10 Y,l. _ a, a s ;,, t11: 1 ,p not tell whether it might not be negat e nT ho p. fog , men had left the court. However h t ecl next adjourn- _ftlit tion, and it was agreed to.—'The __,. and the ev was fixed for the 2nd of January, 1600. 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 some 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 or. 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 per cent. premium. Some leading drawers were asking - lc to more. We quote :—London, 1081 to 109.} ; Paris, f 5.22 i to f 5.161; Bremen, 781 to 78-.1- ; Hamburg, 36 to 36i- ; Antwerp, f 5.221 to f,5.181. COTTON. — On receipt of the Atlantic's advices at New York, on the 17th instant, cotton declined lc. to ac. 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 mouths, 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 c. 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 6Ac. per brl., p w e h r ie b h u o s u h r el pr lo e n se, e n r t declined 2c. to 3c. per bushel. in quotations ‘vestern c o d n e s fi e r r n i t 0 1 h Y s h . e atw• Indiana s s c o c r t n o i h o a e d . could lie — hi 017,:srLeahhreda held at was s ee t insn2n3o, goodbut alterationde mpurchasesand.in the Cheese market. ileese was New w de amtelosweprorrates. Beef was in moderate demand and firm, ion. withoutyiPthilu;:eerNraaStt. 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"sl,6o. FREIGHTS.—The rates were without material alteration. We quote :—To Liverpool, for cotton, id. per lb.; flour, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per barrel ; grain, 10d. per bushel. To London, flour, 4s. 6d. to 6s. per barrel ; grain, 12d. to 121 d. per bushel. To Havre, cotton, 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 3.3 c. _(By Electric Telegraph) . - NEW YORK, OoT. 23, six, E.3l.—Ash;s firm; pots, 5.6,372; pearls, $7,371. Cotton,'„-c. to -lc. lower. Sales, 2,000 bales. Flour buoyant. Freights to Liverpool lower : flour, 3s. 6d. ; grain, 9d. to 10d. ; cotton, 5.16 d to id. 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 elation 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 lock 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 aid of the photographic art this unravel ment of a link in the history-of the girl is due. At Leeds she originally passed under the name of " Eliza Tremaine ;" and having been found 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 Haggard 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 consequernce of t h o e n r hhaasvingreastolodn to some te e l x ie t ‘ ra ,o ord th i o n t ary ho f r alsehod s convicted of bigamy, and transported . Intelligence has been obtained from Limerick, stating that she was married husband has been en. to a soldier there about three ye ars ago. So early as 11349, she represented herself at Dublin as the daughter of a chief cons table named Armstrong, and was supported for some b t i r m o g e by ht t ag h e ai p n o s l t i o n e pending, man ni i a s n ch e n a q r g a o l r y into was a charge provedto b s e h e fai h s a e d , and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in [NOVEMBER 6 1855. 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