The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THE BOMBARDMENT AT RIGA.

The Cvnstitutionnel publishes the following letter frcm
Riga, dated September 28

Yesterday, at 6 a.m., the inhabitants of Riga were alarmed
by a heavy cannonade ; four ships of the line, two corvettes,
and one brig, had arrived during the night before our port,
and for an hour they bombarded the batteries at the mouth of
the Duna. These vessels then sailed in a westerly direction,
and took up a position opposite the Bullen column, where the
bombardment was renewed for an hour and a half.
The batteries at the mouth of the Duna suffered but little ;
on the other hand, the battery at Bullen, according to the
Riga Gazette, suffered considerably.
At eleven miles from Riga, at Alt-Salis, a portion of the
enemy's squadron was descried. On the 25th three frigates
cast anchor at the mouth of the river Sails. A boat, manned
by seven men and an officer, took soundings, and, gradually
approaching near, the boat's crew finally set fire to ten vessels
(barks), at about half a verst from the mouth.

THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER'S VISIT TO
ODESSA.
The Constitutionnel publishes the following two letters
from Odessa :

ODESSA, Sept. 24.
The Grand Duke Constantine is expected here to-morrow ;
he will alight at the Narischkin Palace.
Count Staekelberg, Russian military envoy at Vienna, and
Count Benkendorff, who fills the same functions at Berlin,
passed through here yesterday on their way to Nicholaied,
where the Emperor is expected to-morrow.
General Todtleben, whose wounds are not quite healed yet,
is expected here shortly.
The first detachments of the Militia of the Empire, of Mos-
cow, have arrived at Odessa. Their commander, General Go-
lowin, an old man of 70 years of age, has received a kick from
a horse, and is seriously ill.
A great deal of anxiety is felt here in consequence of the
news of the embarkation of a considerable number of troops at
Kamiesch and Balaklava. Our garrison is always under arms.
The coast bristles with guns and mortars, but still greater
fears are entertained for Nicholaieff, to which place a large
number of cannon have been recently sent.

ODESSA, Sept. 26.
The Emperor Alexander and suite arrived here on the even-
ing of the 22d. The Governor-General had announced that
the Emperor would enter the city at noon, but he did not
arrive till late in the afternoon, and the crowd, tired of wait-
ing, had quietly dispersed. This circumstance is the cause
why the entrance of the Czar produced so little effect upon
our population, and, with the exception of the rolling of the
drums, the sound of military music, and the movement among
the officers in command of the troops, there was no change
visible in the appearance of Odessa. On the following day
the whole population attended their daily business as usual.
The Emperor alighted at the palace of Prince Woronzoff.
His suite was lodged at the chateau of Countess Langeron.
The Czar left next day for Nicholaieff, whither his brother, the
Grand Duke Constantine, bad preceded him. This day a
grand council of war, to which all the commanders of the
corps of infantry quartered in New Russia are summoned,
was to be held under the presidency of the Emperor, at Nicho-
laieff. In case the events of the war in the Crimea should
prevent Prince Gortschakoff from attending the council, Gen.
Osten Sacken is to attend in his stead. This veteran general,
who held important commands in all the great wars under
Alexander and Nicholas, enjoys in the highest degree the con-
fidence of the present Emperor. It is to be presumed that his
advice will be listened to, and his plans of campaign seriously
examined. It is said that Gen. Liprandi and Gen. of Cavalry
de Wrangel have also been called to Nieholaieff.