The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.'

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA.

We have received the following important intelligence
from the Turkish Ambassador :
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT CONSTANTINOPLE
TO THE TERKISII ENVOY AT LONDON.
CONSTANTINOPLE, October 13.
An official report from the Commander-in-Chief at Kars
communicates the following intelligence :

On the 29th of September the Russians had attacked Kars;
the assault lasted eight hours, and during the conflict, which
was fierce and obstinate, the enemy several times gained an
entrance into some of the batteries with all their force, but
were again driven back with considerable loss.

After having made the greatest efforts, the Russians were
compelled to yield before the courage of our brave troops, and
to retire, completely routed. Besides the dead and wounded
carried away during the action, they left in and around the
trenches of the fortress 4,000 men killed, 100 prisoners, and
one gun.

Our loss is from 700 to 800 men, among whom we have to
regret the death of several superior officers.

The Russians are preparing to retreat, and abandon the

A telegraphic despatch has been received at the Foreign-
office from Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, dated Therapia,
October 12, stating that the Russians attacked Kars on the
29th of September, and were repulsed after a conflict of seven
hours with a loss of
_2,500 killed and twice that number
wounded.

Upwards of 4,000 muskets were left on the field.
The loss of the Turks was about 700 killed and wounded.

THE CRIMEA

WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct. 14.

Intelligence has been received by Lord Panmure that Sir
Colin Campbell has been sent to Eupatoria with a considerable
force of infantry and artillery.

THE ALLIES ON THE UPPER BELBEK.

BERLIN, Saturday.
Prince Gortschakoff, on the evening of Oct. 11, telegraphed
the following intelligence to St. Petersburg:—
The enemy has concentrated imposing masses of troops in
the valley of the Upper Belbek, and is preparing to advance
still further.

MAR SEILLES, Sunday,
The Capitole, with advices from Constantinople of the 4th
and the Crimea of the 2nd, has arrived.
Despatches will leave at 9 a.m.
The Emily steamer has arrived, and the City of Washington
sailed with 1,000 troops, for the Crimea.

THE BALTIC.

DANTSIC, Friday, Oct. 11

The Bulldog has arrived.
The gunboats left Nargen on the Bth, under convoy of the
rogue, on their way to England.
Weather stormy.

BY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.I

LONDON, Monday Night.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office this after-
noon.

A meeting of Cabinet Ministers was held at the War De-
partment to-day. There were present, Lord Palmerston,
Lord Granville, and Lord Panmure. The meeting sat three
hours. Lord Hardinge was also present.
No later news from the Crimea or Odessa. The authenticity
of the intelligence in the Frankfort paper respecting the
latter is doubtful.

Mercantile advices from the continent present no new
feature. There are no arrivals from Australia.

Accounts from Paris indicate a probable reaction in the
state of affairs on the Bourse. Purchasers were acting with
caution, which checked speculation.

THE WAR.

The Hamburg correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs
as follows :—" A private despatch has been received here
purporting to be authentic, which states that, in consequence of
the defeat on the 9th of September, the Russians were pre-
paring to retreat, having resolved to raise the siege of Kars
The battle was fought with extraordinary animosity on the
part of the Russians, who confess to have 400 killed."

The Frankfort Postanip Cazette contains the following :
" According to a despatch from Nicholaieff, the fleet which
left Kamiesch on the 7th arrived on the morning of the Bth
in sight of Odessa. The allied squadron is commanded by
Admiral Bruat, who, on the morning of the Bth, sent a flag
of truce to General Count Strogonoff, the Governor of Odessa.
The Admiral demanded that everything in the port belonging
to the state, all vessels, provisions, and military stores, should
be given up to him, as well as the quarantine and commercial
ports, and that all the guns on the batteries on the coast
should be removed. Twenty-foUr hours were given for
executing those demands, and in case of refusal Odessa will
be attacked."