The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

The Morning Post Marseilles correspondent telegraphs the
arrival of the Euphrates with news from Constantinople to
Nov. 26th; according to which our position at Kertch is
threatened. Admiral Lyons, says the despatch, continues to
cruise near the shore of the Crimea, to survey the point of
Kertch, against which the Russians seem to be preparing an
attack during the winter. They are fortifyng Arabat, and are
concentrating in its environs 30,000 men, whilst 15,000 more
are sent towards Genitcbi, in order to re-establish communi-
cations between the mass of the army of Prince Gortschakoff
and the interior of Russia by the road over the Spit of Arabat.
The guns of the boats and steamers of the allies, and of their
floating batteries, can reach the Russian convoys along the
whole route, and across the whole breadth of the Spit, unless
maritime operations are suspended by the freezing of the Sea
of Azoff. Accounts from Kertch state that the Russian
cavalry, which had been in the neighbourhood of that place,
have retired into the interior. Five gunboats are still cruising
in the Sea of Azoff. Three hundred sail of merchantmen are
lying wind-bound in the Sulina mouth of the Danube.

----- MARSEILLES, 4th Dec.
The last accounts from Constantinople state that Sir Rd-
round Lyons continues to cruise along the coast of the Crimea,
in order to watch the point of Kertch, against which the Rus-
sians appeared to be preparing an attack during the winter;
the latter are fortifying Arabat, and concentrating in
its neighbourhood 30,000 men, while 15,000 more are directed
on Genitchi, in order to re-establish communications between
the main body of the army of Gen. Gortschakoff and Russia by
the Spit of Arabat. It may be remarked, however, that the
guns of the steamers and the floating batteries of the allies
can reach the Russian convoys throughout the whole length
of the Spit, if the Sea of Azoff be not frozen over. The dis-
turbances in Syria, which had been appeased through the in-
tervention of M. de Lesseps and the English consul, have re-
commenced on some points. The town of Kars is still
defended with vigour by its heroic garrison; but, according to
recent accounts, provisions were getting exceedingly scarce.
The reinforcements under Selim Pasha had not made their
appearance.

The news thus received is completed by intelligence to the
30th ult., which has arrived through. Vienna. The division of
General de Chasseloup-Laubat, 12,000 strong, has arrived at
the, camp of Sebastopol. The English and Piedmontese have
also received re-inforcements. The Russians have established
several batteries in order to oppose any attempt which the al-
lies might make to effect a landing in the rear of the northern
forts. The allies, on their side, have united the French and
English quarters at Sebastopol by a bridge of boats.

A supplement to the Invalide Russe publishes the following:
Aide-de-Camp Gen. Prince Gortschakoff announces, under
date of the 11th (23rd) of Nov., at 3 30 p.m., that up to that
moment nothing particular had occurred in the Crimea.
Some days previously a French Colonel and a French
Captain who had made a reconnaissance on horseback, were
captured at our advanced posts.

THE CZAR OF RUSSIA IN THE CRIMEA.

The Invalide Russe, of the 27th of November, publishes
the following account of the Emperor Alexander's visit to the
Crimea :
His Majesty the Emperor deigned, on the 28th of October
(9th of November), to honour his army in the Crimea with a
visit.

The Commander-in-Chief and all the civil and military
authorities who were at Bakshiserai had assembled in the
church; and at two o'clock the ringing of bells and loud
cheering announced the arrival of the Emperor and of their
Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael.
At the porch the Emperor was received by the clergy with the
cross and holy-water. After having heard prayers for the
preservation of the days of the adored Sovereign and of his
illustrious house, his Majesty proceeded on foot to the resi-
dence of the commander-in-chief, whom he deigned to honour
with a visit, and thence went to the house which had been pre-
pared for his reception, the palace of Bakshiserai having been
turned into a temporary military hospital.
At the-doorway a deputation of the citizens had the honour
of presenting bread and salt to his Majesty; at the same time
the Mayor of the Tartars of Bakshiserai and the Rabbi of
the Caraimes were presented to His Majesty.
Having entered his apartments, His Majesty deigned to
receive all the members of the staff of the Crimean army, and
expressed to them his gratitude for their faithful services.
During the journey from Simpheropol to Bakshiserai, his
Majesty had already inspected, at the Alma station, a portion
of the troops of the 2nd Infantry Corps stationed there, and
on his arrival at Bakshiserai his Majesty proceeded to the
Katcha, where, in front of the camp, he reviewed a portion of
the troops of the 4th Infantry Corps, the artillery, and the
militia. His Majesty returned to town to dinner.
At table the Emperor, who had invited the Aides-de-
Camp-General, the Imperial Aides-de-Camp, and the Generals
of the Head-quarters, proposed a toast in honour of the army
of the Crimea.

In the evening the tortuous streets of Bakshiserai and its
elegant minarets were illuminated with coloured lamps, and
on the heights of the rocks which overhang the narrow valley
of Bakshiserai tar-barrels were lit. The mixed population of
the town thronged the streets till night, admiring this un-
usual and picturesque scene. A similar illumination took
place on the subsequent evenings.
The next day, 29th of October (10th of November), the
Emperor, accompanied by their Imperial Highnesses the
Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, and by his Highness
Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and his suite, pro-
ceeded in an open carriage at 8 a.m., with the Commander-int.
Chief, to the Douvankiol station, and thence, after changing
horses, to the troops of the sth Infantry Corps posted near
the fortifications of the north side of Sebastopol, to inspect,
in front of their camp, those troops that were not actually on
duty. Thence his Majesty proceeded on horseback to the
Volokhoff Tower, from which he took a survey of the neigh-
bourhood, the sea, and the city which had fallen after a
glorious struggle. His Majesty then visited the fortifications
of the north side.

His Majesty then reviewed the troops of the 4th Infantry
Corps posted between Inkermann and the Mackenzie heights.
In this excursion his Majesty accepted an invitation to a
breakfast prepared for him by Lieut.-General Pauloff, during
which his Majesty again thanked every one, and proposed a
toast in honour of the 11th Infantry Division. Thence his
Majesty returned to Bakshiserai.
On Sunday, the 30th of October (11th of November), after
hearing mass, his Majesty proceeded to the troops of the 3rd
and sth Infantry Corps, stationed on the Belbek, and reviewed
them; his Majesty then inspected the positions at Youkary-
Karaleze, and reviewed the troops of the 3rd Corps
of Infantry, which occupied them. After visiting on
horseback our most advanced Cossack posts near the defile
leading into the Baidar valley, his Majesty returned to Bakshi-
serai.

On the 31st of October (12th of November), his Majesty the
Emperor inspected the troops of the 3rd and 4th Infantry corps,
stationed on the Katcha and in the defile of Tasch-Bastine.
On his return to town his Majesty visited the palace of
Bakshiserai, conversed with the wounded and sick officers and
men, asked them respecting their services, and expressed his
gratitude. At 3 p.m. his Majesty, accompanied by his imperial
highness the Grand Duke Michael, left for Simpheropol.
At all these reviews, his Majesty the Emperor thanked the
troops in the most gracious terms for their faithful services
and their courage, for the constancy with which they supported
so many hardships, and for the self-denial they displayed in the
heroic defence of Sebastopol, and in other encounters with the
enemy. On this occasion, his Mikjesty, assembling round him
the generals, superior and subaltern officers, inquired with pa-
ternal solicitude respecting their wounds, and thanked them
all and each individually. Entering the ranks, the Emperor
conversed most graciously with the soldiers decorated with the
military medal, questioned them respecting the battles or sor-
ties where they had earned that distinction, and listened to
their replies with the kindest interest.
The troops, penetrated with sentiments of fidelity, love, and
most profound devotion for our august Sovereign, received the
Emperor with enthusiastic cheers. The officers by impulse
formed in groups round the Monarch to express their un-
bounded love and their readiness to die for him.
"We will do all that is in our power, Sire! We will not
spare ourselves," was the general exclamation of the officers to
the gracious and flattering expressions of confidence of the
Sovereign in the indomitable warlike virtues of his soldiers.
On the Ist (13th) of November, the Commander-in-Chief
received from Simpheropol an order of the day from his Ma-
jesty the Emperor, addressed to the army of the Crimea, con-
ferring upon the heroic defenders of Sebastopol a silver medal,
instituted in commemoration of the nearly one year's siege of
that town, to be worn at the button-hole with the riband of
the order of St. George. His Majesty deigned to renew to the
Crimean army the expression of his gratitude and Imperial
goodwill.

On the same day his Majesty deigned to honour the Com-
mander-in-Chief with an Imperial rescript, couched in the
most gracious and flattering terms.

THE WAR IN ASIA.

The Military Gazette of Vienna of the Ist inst. contains
some account of the position of the Turks in Asia down to the
12th ult. Omar Pasha had divided his army into three corps.
He, occupied Suchutn-Kaleh with the main body, and had de-
tached to Redout-Kaleh the corps of Ferhad and Osman
Pasha, composed of 12 battalions of infantry and 4 regiments
of cavalry, and stationed at Batoum the corps of Mustapha
Pasha, with the Tunisian Contingent, directing him to operate
according to circumstances. It was at first believed that those
three corps would simultaneously advance into Mingrelia,
Guria, and Imeretia. It -was even reported that Omar Pasha
had penetrated 26 leagues into the interior, on the road to
Kutais. This, however, has not yet been confirmed. On the
12th, Omar Pasha bad not moved from-the basis of his opera-
tions. On hearing of the Turks having established themselves
at Suchum-Kaleh and Redout-Kaleh, Prince Bebutoff sent two
battalions of regular infantry, four sotnias of Cossacks, 8 pieces
of artillery, and 8,000 irregulars to Abandria, on the Ingour,
and that corps of observation had intercepted, by the position
it had taken, all communication between Suchum-ICaleh and
Redout-Kaleh. The Sirdar was naturally anxious to re-estab-
lish that communication, and he accordingly advanced with
his army, consisting of 26,000 men and 40 pieces of artillery,
by the Altanglo-road, and crossed the small branch of the In-
gour without encountering the enemy, who awaited his ap-
proach on the left bank of the principal branch. The Turks
crossed the latter under the protection of a few steamers, near
Anaclea, and thereby rendered the position of the Russians
untenable. The engagement on the 7th ensued, the result of
which enabled Omar Pasha to re-open the communications be-
tween his corps of army and that of Ferhad Pasha : but down