The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN WORKS AT ODESSA.

A letter from Odessa, dated the 6th instant, which has been
published in Paris, gives the following particulars as to the
defensive works lately erected in the city, as well as in those
of Ockzakoff, Kinburn, and the environs :
Our merchants have observed with some uneasiness that,
since the Ist of this month, two of the six war steamers of
the Allies, which maintained so strict a blockade here all the
summer, have weighed anchor and stood out to sea. The
departure of those vessels was attributed to an extraordinary
motive. It was generally believed that they were going
to meet a formidable naval force, about to appear before
op city, and expose it a second time to the horrors of a
btmbardment. The greatest alarm is visible on every
countenance, notwithstanding the air of confidence as-
sumed by the military authorities. If this second misfor-
tune should occur to complete the ruin of our commerce, the
magnificent palace of Prince Woronoff would be the first
building knocked to pieces by the fire of the allies. Our mi-
litary engineers have done their utmost to save it from de-
struction. They have planted six howitzers on a height close
to the wall which separates the Prince's garden from the Boule-
vard. The thickness of the wall has been doubled, and em-
brasures have been opened in it to enable a battery of field
artillery placed in the palace court to play on the assailants.
Besides the large battery of 36 pieces erected last April, a second
battery, of semicircular form, containing 12 guns, and com-
manding the roadstead, has been also erected. It is to be
hoped that the latter will be sufficient to prevent any hostile
vessel from entering the military port. Since summer, the
military engineers have constructed a new battery of twelve
pieces of the largest calibre, on the ground to the west of the
colonnade, which will sweep all the approaches in the direc-
tion of the Peresip. There are, besides, at intervals along the
garden terrace, pieces of heavy calibre, which may at a mo-
ment's notice be brought forward and form a second flying
battery of sixteen guns. I have been informed by persons in
the commissariat at Nicolaieff and Cherson that the passage
between Kinburn and Ockzakoff has been rendered quite im-
practicable. Upwards of 50 boats laden with large stones and
fragments of rocks have been sunk along the channel over a
space of at least _tvxo serstsse vorrinv ftWiTleariongriiiiderlstrie
very guns of Kinburn. The latter is regarded as a fortress of
the first class, owing to the immense works thrown up around
since the landing of the allies in the Crimea. The same pro-
cess has been gone through at the entrance of the Bug, which
is flanked by two large batteries on either side. All the ves-
sels the Russians could procure have been sunk there, and no
boat, however light its draught of water may be, can enter the
river. Only one very narrow passage now remains open for
Russian boats which proceed from Nicolaieff to Cherson, Kin-
burn, Ockzakoff, and sometimes even to Odessa, on military
service; but on the, first appearance of danger, an immense
mass of stones, rocks, &c., heaped up along the shore, will be
thrown into the passage in order to block it up completely.

OFFICIAL DESPATCH.

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARS.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Oct. 26.

The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Briga.
dier-General Williams, Her Majesty's commissioner with the
Turkish army in Asia, of which the following is a copy :
KARS, Sept. 29.
MY Lone,—l have the honour to inform your lordship that
General Mouravieff, with the bulk of his army, at day-dawn
this morning, attacked our intrenched position on the heights
above Kars and on the opposite side of the river. The battle
lasted, without a moment's intermission, for nearly seven
hours, when the enemy was driven off in the greatest disorder,
with the loss of 2,500 dead, and nearly double that number
wounded, who were, for the most part, carried off by the re-
treating enemy. Upwards of 4,000 muskets were left on the
field.

Your lordship can, without a description on my part, imagine
the determination of the assailants and the undaunted courage
of the troops who defended the position for so many hours.
The Mushir will, doubtlessly, at a future moment bring
before his Government the conduct of those officers who have
distinguished themselves on this day,—a day so glorious for
the Turkish arms.
On my part, I have great gratification in acquainting your
Lordship with the gallant conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel
Lake, Major Teesdale, and Captain Thompson, who rendered
the most important service in defending the redoubts of Veli
Pasha Tabia, Tahmasb Tabia, and Arab Tabia. I beg to re-
commend these officers to your Lordship's protection.
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battery throughout the action, and caused the enemy great
loss.

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efficient service. Dr. Sandwith has been most active and
efficient in the management of the ambulances and in the
hospital arrangements.
We are now employed in the burial of the dead, and I will
have the honour, by the next messenger, of detailing the
movements of this eventful day.
Our loss was about 700 killed and wounded.
I have, &c.,
The Earl of Clarendon, &c,

IV. FAVILLIAMS.

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT
OCZAKOFF.

ADMIRALTY, Oct. 23.
The following telegraphic despatch has this day been re-
ceived at this office from Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons
OFF THE MOUTH OP THE DNIEPER, Oct. 18, 1855.
This morning the enemy blew up his fortifications on
Oczakoff Point, mounting 23 guns, which were assailable by
our mortar vessels.