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THE LiVERrooL STANDARD.

TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.

THE ALLIES BEFORE ODESSA.
BERLIN, Oct. 8,

Prince Gortschakoff reports on the lth :
The enemy's fleet, consisting of eight ships of the line and
27 steamers, with other vessels, weighed anchor this morning,
and proceeded to the north-west.

BERLIN, Oct, 10.
Prince Gortschakoff has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that
the enemy's fleet (the allies'), which left Kamiesch on the
7th, appeared off Odessa, early in the morning of the Bth
instant, and anchored there.

BERLIN, Thursday Evening.

Letters received from Odessa state that the population is in
the utmost terror. The fate of Sebastopol has deprived them
of confidence. All those who can are leaving the town.
A decree from the Czar is just made public, dated in August
last, ordering the construction of railroads from Charkov to
Kaffa, by Ghenitchi and Arabat ; and another from Ghenitchi
to Sebastopol, by Simpheropol and Baktchi-Serai.

VIENNA, Thursday Evening, Oct. 11.
A band of Montenegrins has made an irruption into the
Herzegowina, and in doing so has violated the Austrian terri-
tory near Krivoscia.

PARIS, Friday.

A despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated the 9th inst.,
has been received at St. Petersburg. It is to the following

effect:--

The enemy has advanced from Eupatoria towards Perekop,
but retired on meeting the advanced posts of our left flank.

THE BALTIC.
A letter from Rear-Admiral Penaud, dated Nargen, Oct. 2,
renders an account of an expedition carried out in the Gulf of
Bothnia, by the corvette d'Assas and the English steamers
Tartar and Harrier.
These vessels captured 11 Russian vessels anchored at
Biornabord, one of which was a steamer, and eight other
vessels in the fiords.

These prizes are of the aggregate burden of 2,500 tons.
A letter from Stockholm, of the 30th ult., says :—Letters
from Helsingfors state that the Russians are preparing with the
greatest activity the fortifications of Sweaborg, which were so
dreadfully damaged by the bombardment of the 9th and 10th
August. They are establishing new powder-magazines in the
rock, in order to avoid the risk of new explosions ; the
storehouses which were in wood are being built of stone ;
the arsenal, which was completely destroyed, is to be placed
in a more protected position ; the barracks, which before the
bombardment were capable of containing 10,000 men, are
being enlarged, and an attempt is to be made to fortify the Isle
of Drunsio. General de Berg, the military governor, has
visited the rock of Longom, in which the French established
a battery, to see if it will not be possible to construct during
the winter a sort of citadel there.

were as far as possible rendered -useless, and the powder maga-
zines, as well as the city itself, set on fire. After all the troops
had crossed to the north side of the harbour the bridge was
removed. On the 9th of September, after the evacuation of
thetity, the Batterits No. 7, No.-8, and No. 10 exploded ; tha
Paul Battery wteblown up, as well as the small quantity of
powder in the Xicholas Battery.
Thus, after 349 days' obstinate defence of a city surrounded
hastily, and in sight of the enemy, with field works, and
presenting between its different parts natural obstacles like
the South Creek and the harbour, the garrison evacuated the
city without being molested. The enemy still under the im-
pression of the bloody opposition he had met during the
day, did not even think of pursuing us. Our passage to the
north side of the city cost us only a few men.
A note states that the number of magazines blown up
was 35.

The Journal des Debats of the 11th 'has an article on the
probable intentions of Marshal Pelissier. It says that the
corps d'armee of Eupatoria constitutes the extreme left of the
general system of operations of the allies. This corps menaces
the right of the Russians and the centre of their communica-
tions with Southern Russia. The Russian army maintains
for the present its right at the northern forts of Sebastopol ;
its centre in the fortifications of the Mackenzie heights, oppo-
site the lower course of the Tchernaya ; and its left on the
heights above Tchorgoum, which are occupied by the Piedmon-
tese. The Russian left appears at present greatly menaced by the
movements of the right wing of the allies in the mountains of
Baidar. Prince Gortschakoff's despatches allude to some combat
which had enabled the allies to come down from the moun-
tains and force themselves a passage. It appears distinctly,
from the Russian despatches, that the allies, after extending
their operations from the mountains of the Baidar to the val-
ley of the Upper Belbec, had left the Upper Belbec. This last
circumstance denotes a marked progress of the allies on the
left wing of the Russians to surround them. The Belbec, in
fact, flows at three or four leagues to the rear of the Mackenzie.
If the object of Marshal Pelissier is to prolong his right
wing to the Belbec, he will not attempt to establish himself on
the upper course of that river before having driven the enemy
from Aitodor. At present all the right wing of the army has
taken possession of the mountain on the extreme left of the
Russian wing, which is even fortifying itself in the most im-
portant passages, and arming redoubts on commanding posi-
tions, and is forming roads to facilitate the arrival of provi-
sions and ammunition. These measures seem to indicate that
the army thinks of establishing itself, during the bad season,
on the line from Sebastopol to the Upper Belbec.
PUBLIC FEELING IN ST. PETERSBURG.—SinCe the whole
of the court quitted our capital, and the principal ministers
accompanied the Emperor to Moscow, there has been re-
ceived here no news respecting events in the Crimea. Com-
plete uncertainty and melancholy sadness prevail ; and it is
at St. Petersburg especially that the boyards most manifest
their discontent. Reviews and parades cherished their war-
like ardour. These have ceased, and the absence of the high
functionaries, civil and military, who have followed the
Emperor, leaves the nobles at leisure to consider the difficulty
in which Russia has been placed by the war of the East.
Hence their discouragement, which manifests itself openly in
their words. Moreover, adding to their discontent, certain
pamphlets pass more easily from hand to hand, and cherish
these melancholy feelings. The discontent, it is impossible to
deny, has reached the lowest classes of the population, and
the peasants are now seeking to escape the conscription. This
is not all. A practice which has been rare in the Russian
army is extending itself on a large scale—l mean the deser-
tion of soldiers, which has become so marked that the
government has considered it necessary to adopt measures
and apply penalties which are quite unusual, against those
who desert their colours.—Letter from St. Petersburg
(Sept. 29).