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me, when commanding the division, to place the Artillery and
Small-arm Brigade on the immediate right of the Rifles.
The French subsequently brought their main siege train
and store to the position it has now for some time occupied.
Some general officers had fallen in and marched part of
their divisions down, others sent some in fatigue, some with
stretchers for the wounded—all exerted themselves with the
French with an energy and disregard of danger that was ad-
mirable ; blankets were taken to the exposed store, placed and
wetted on the roof by water being passed up in buckets; the
doors were covered with wet blankets and sandbags, and in a
short time it was reported and looked safe, though the close-
ness of the fire and the frequent explosions :could not allow
the feeling of security. Many detached though small fires
were burning, and the ground of both the French and English
parks, a space of 150 yards across, was a mass of large fires,
some of fuel, some of huts, some of gun carriages, boxes,
handspikes, and ropes.
The fortunately light air had rather changed its direction,
and by breaking up and dragging away things a sort of lane
was at last formed, the fires cut off, and gradually got under
control, because confined to smaller though fierce fires, but
manageable.
I saw every one working well, and I know that French and
English took live shells from the neighbourhood of danger to
a more distant spot, and at a later period parties threw what
earth the rocky soil could give, upon the fires, and helped
much to subdue them ; all was safe about 7 p.m., and a strong
guard and working party posted for the night.
The army was under arms the following morning before
daylight, and, everything being quiet, I ordered the divisions
to turn in, and continue the working parties in the roads,
which I had counter-ordered for that morning.
The exploded powder store was situated in the ruins of some
walls which had advantageously been made use of for the pur-
pose of shelter; it had been the store of supply to the French
attack on the Malakhoff front, and it contained the powder
which had been brought back from their batteries.
Daylight showed the damage, of which I have given your
lordship an outline in another letter;
But the more important and sad part is the loss of life, and
the wounded who have suffered.
One officer and 20 non-commissioned officers and men killed ;
4 officers and 112 non-commissioned officers and men wounded ;
with 7 missing, show the sudden and fatal power of the shock,
which not only destroyed in its immediate neighbourhood, but
wounded, by shell and splinters, some at a distance of three-
quarters of a mile.
The loss of our allies is distressingly heavy.
I have, &c.,
W. J. CODRINGTON,
General Commanding.

FORRIGN•OFFICE, Nov. 29.
The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Major
Simmons, her Majesty's Commissioner attached to the army
of Omar Pasha, in Asia, of which the following is a copy :
CAMP, SIIANGWANO, Nov. 7.
My Lord,—l have to inform your lordship that Omar Pasha,
having collected a dep6t of provisions at Tchimshera, moved
on by the seacoast to the mouth of the river Ertiss-Tchal,
where a standing bridge was immediately constructed for the
passage of the troops. The advanced guard, consisting of 16
battalions of infantry and three battalions of Chasseurs, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Ballard, the whole commanded by Ferhad
Pasha (Baron Stein), moved on the 28th of October to the
village of Ertiss-zkalsk.
From that day until the Ist of November his highness was
occupied in sending up provisions to the advanced guard, in
moving other troops to support it, and in establishing depots
at Godova, at the mouth of the Ertiss-Tchal, whence to pro-
vision his army for a forward movement.
On the Ist inst. the advanced guard moved about 10 miles
forward, having its advanced posts on the river Ingour, opposite
an old ruined castle called Rooki, on the road to Sugdidi.
His highness joined the advanced guard himself on the 3rd
inst., his total force consisting of four brigades (32 battalions)
of infantry, four battalions of Chasseurs, and 1,000 cavalry,
with 27 field-pieces and ten mounted guns, or, in all, about
20,000 men ; the remainder of his force, about 10,000 men,
being employed to protect the depots at Godova, Tchimshera,
and Soukoum.
On the 4th inst. his highness commenced constructing bat-
teries on the right bank of the Ingour, with the view of
menacing the enemy by the ford at Rooki. These batteries
were armed on the following night, and opened their fire on
the morning of the 6th instant about noon. On the same
morning his highness moved three brigades of infantry (24
battalions) with three batteries, with an advanced guard of
three and a-half battalions of Chasseurs and four guns, under
the command of Colonel Ballard, down the right bank of the
river, a distance of about seven miles, where a branch of the
river was forded to an island which is some miles in length,
and from a half to two miles wide.

After proceeding along this island for about two miles, some
Mingrelian militia were encountered near a ford which crosses
from the island to the left bank of the river ; they speedily re-
tired, when the enemy opened a fire of artillery, and a heavy
fire of musketry, from their intrenchments on the left bank,
thrown up for the protection of the ford.
It very soon became evident that to force a direct passage at
this ford would be a very difficult undertaking.
His highness, therefore, while occupying the enemy at this
ford, sent officers to the right and left, and fords were disco-
vered in both directions—one about three-quarters of a mile
above or to the left of the main ford, the other about one mile
and a half below, or to the right of the main ford.
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of infantry and three companies of Chasseurs by
about 4 p.m. His highness having intrusted me with this
command, I moved them by a waggon track through the
forest, unperceived by the enemy, until within about 600 yards
of the position at the main ford, which his troops were occupied
in defending from a direct attack. The Turkish troops advanced
readily to the attack, taking the enemy and his intrenchments
in reverse.

me enemy immediately fell back, and attempted to break
through the Turks in column, but, being met by a heavy fire
in their front and on both flanks, they broke and dispersed in
the forest, leaving us masters of the field, with three pieces of
their field artillery and six ammunition waggons in our
possession. At the moment that the Russian columns
attempted to break through our line, I grieve to say that my
aide-decamp, Captain Dymock, 95th Regiment, having first
had his horse killed under him, was wounded close by my side,
encouraging the Turkish troops. He died soon afterwards.
His death is to be deplored, as Her Majesty has lost in him
the services of a, most promising and brave young officer, for
whom his highness Omar Pasha has frequently expressed to
me his high esteem. This young officer had accompanied me
from the commencement of the war in Turkey.
While this operation was proceeding on the left, a brigade
moved down to the right, under Osman Pasha, and forced a
passage in front of a force believed to be of four battalions,
but without artillery and not intrenched. This operation
succeeded ; and, soon after dark, the Turkish forces on the left
bank were in communication from right to left, and complete
masters of that side of the river throughout this length.
The loss on the side of the Turks has been 310 killed and
wounded, of whom 68 are killed, and 4 missing.
His highness has been pleased to express himself in terms
of the highest satisfaction of the conduct of the British officers
who accompanied his force. Lieut.-Colonel Ballard conducted
the advanced guard, and sustained a very heavy fire from the
enemy at the principal ford, about 100 yards wide, from noon
until dark at five p.m., occupying the enemy until his position
was turned by the Turkish left.
' Captain Caddell also rendered good service, attached as
second senior artillery officer to that branch of the service.
His interpreter was killed.

The loss on the side of the enemy has not yet been ascer-
tained, but, up to the present time (noon), 347 have been
buried, of whom eight are officers, among which the prisoners
report there are two colonels.

-The prisoners report that there were eight battalions of
infantry, besides a great number of Mingrelian militia, opposite
the main ford. I am, &c.,
_ JonN L. A. Snamoits.
_ _ _

The Earl of Clarendon, &c.

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

VIENNA, Nov. 28.
Advices from Constantinople of the 22nd inst. announce
the arrival there of a portion of the English fleet from the
Black Sea, and the arrival of the American squadron from the
Mediterranean.

The cholera was carrying off many men of the Anglo-
German Legion.
The French were recruiting on a grand scale for their
foreign legion.
The Tunisian troops are gone to Batoum.

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The Moniteur of Wednesday officially announces that the
elVohbeitrelSaseta. was raised by the allied squadron

We learn from Odessa, Nov. 16, that hardly had M. Gopce-
vich, the Trieste merchant, obtained special permission of the
Emperor Alexander to ship his corn, when he received notice
from Sir Edmund Lyons that his vessels would be confiscated
if they had not left the Sea of Azof by the 20th of Novem-
ber. The expedition of M. Gopcevich has entirely failed.
Some of his vessels are frozen up in the neighbourhood of the
coast, and the others have quitted the Sea of Azof.
The Oesterreichisehe Zeitung has learned, from a per-
fectly reliable Danish source, that General Canrobert's mis-
sion relates to a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive,
between Sweden and Denmark. By this treaty, which Eng-
land and France will subsequently accede to, the two Scandi-
navian Powers are to guarantee to each other their present
territories. It is still unknown whether the Danish,Govern-
ment will approve of the plan.

remain in Sebastopol. Of course the, houses occupied by the
troops of occupation are respected, but this respect has to be
enforced by detachments of soldiers stationed in the court-
yards—so ardent is the desire for demolition. On the other
hand, the engineers have resumed their mining works, in order
to blow up the military and maritime establishments of Se-
bastopol. The cannon balls and shells found are collected in
huge pyramids, and it is ascertained that a great number are
fit for use."

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

BY the British and North American ROYal Mail steam-ship
Asia, Captain Lott, which arrived on Sunday, we have intel-
ligence from Boston to the 21st, and from New York, by
telegraph, to the 22nd ult. The Asia brought 183 passengers.
The. steam-ship North Star, which left Southampton on the
3rd ult., had not arrived out, although she had been 18 days
at sea.

The Chamber of Commerce, New York, had met relative to
the seizure of the barque Maury. A resolution was passed
condemnatory of the British Consul.
There was a rumour that the government had dismissed
Mr. Crampton, but no credit was attached to it.
A commemorative banquet in honour of the capture of
Sebastopol was given on the Bth nit., by the British, Irish,
and French residents in Buffalo. The usual number of toasts
and speeches were given, and the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. A number of guests from Canada were present.
The Sound Dues question was still under consideration.
The British government, it is said, has given notice that, if
American vessels are permitted to pass, English vessels must
be allowed the same privilege. Mr. Tyler, late President, has
published a letter on the subject, saying that, during his pre-
sidency, the Sound Dues question was under consideration.
The Newark Daily says—" Handbills are in circulation
calling a meeting this evening at Liberty-hall, Canal-street, of
the 'residents of Newark,' who believe that `lreland's oppor-
tunity has arrived,' for the purpose of forming an Emigrant
Aid Society.' It is hinted in some circles that this society is
intended to form a branch of an Aid Society in New York,
said to be organized with the view to the forcible redemption
of Ireland from British rule.
The New York papers publish reports of the proceedings of
the Constitutional Convention of Kansas to the 6th ult. It
will be seen (says a New York paper) that, although this is a
free-state convention and decidedly opposed to the admission
of slavery into the territory, it is equally opposed to the ad-
mission of free negroes, and that it does not, by any means,
deserve the reputation which certain persons have sought to
fasten upon it—of being abolition in its sentiments and
tendencies.

With regard to the queston between the two countries, a
despatch from Washington states :
" The Sate Department has received by the Pacific a des-
patch from Mr. Buchanan, unequivocally denying that he has
made a tender of the sympathy of the United States in favour
of the allies. The Adminstration is under no apprehensions
of a rupture with England. The Secretary of the navy with-
held the instructions to Commodore Paulding until the arrival
of the Pacific; and, in consequence of the receipt of official
intelligence from England, assuring our Government that the
despatch of a British squadron to the West India station has
no reference to Central American matters, nor any object
hostile to the United States, only one vessel of the home squa-
dron will proceed to Nicaragua, that vessel being the flagship
Potomac, with' Commodore Paulding, in charge of the general
interests of the United States."
The American journals are full of comments on the ques-
tions understood to be pending between the British and
United States' Governments.
The British ship Robert Parker, which arrived at Boston
from Liverpool on the 16th ult., reported having been in con-
tact, on the night of November 8, in lat. 45'30, long. 54'30,
with the British ship David Brown, Vaughan, from Quebec
for Bristol, and damaged her badly. The Robert Parker lay
by her until daylight and took off the captain and crew (21),
who stated that two men had been killed at the time of the
collision. The Robert Parker lost her jibboom and cutwater.

CUBA.—Havana dates to the 13th ultimo have been re-
ceived at New Orleans. We learn that a party of wreckers,
who were taking out the cargo of a Spanish brig on the
Bahama Banks, were fired into by a Spanish launch, two of
them killed, five or six wounded, and the balance imprisoned.
Molasses had advanced in price at Havana, and a good busi-
ness was doing. The stock of sugar on hand was about
30,000 boxes. The health of the island was excellent, and all
political excitement seemed at an end. The captain-general
issued a decree defining the course to be pursued by captains
of mail steamers seeking to enter the port after sundown.
Winn and Chauncey, the American sailors, had been con-
demned to serve three years in the chain gang, without a form
of trial. A new arrangement had been made respecting the
importation and apprenticeship of African negroes, calcu-
lated to please the philanthropy of England. Several crimes
had been committed in the city.
MEXICO.— By way of Havana we have interesting news
from Mexico to the 4th ult. General Gadsden, American
Minister, had been extremely ill, and at last accounts was un-
able to attend public business. General Almonte has been
superseded as Minister to the United States by Don Fernandoreary
Mangino, formerly Consul General at Hamburg and Secretary
of Legation at various European courts. Mangino is regarded
as rather a better person for Minister to this country than the
enterprising diplomat named by Santa Anna in the last days
of his dictatorship, who pocketed three years' salary in advance,
and then migrated to foreign parts. One of the acts of
Alvarez that had given unqualified satisfaction was the
cashiering of General Woll, who is stigmatized as the Haynau
of Mexico. Ex-President Caballos arrived at Havana recently
in the British mail steamer.
News from Bermuda is to the 7th ult. The British squad-
ron from Halifax, with the Admiral in command, and a portion
of the Baltic fleet, were daily expected. Governor Murray had
prorogued the Legislature. The mail steamer Curlew, from
Hann., hurl nearly f.mtaorad during a late passage.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, 20TH Nov.
Ix the money market there was a marked improvement.
The rates on loans were partially easier, particularly for those
on demand. On time paper the rates continued very burden-
some, with a slight abatement, when compared with the pre-
vailing rates of last week. Some first-class paper had been
passed to-day at 12 per cent, at the brokers, and even at these
exorbitant terms very little can be done at present. The bank
statement showed a slight reduction in loans and deposits,
while there was an evident reaction in the specie 'department.
Foreign exchange was in extensive demand, at 1071 to 108.1-
on London, and at 1.5.20 to 1.5.25 on Paris.
COTTON.—An advance of per lb. has been realised during
the week, but the amount of business has been curtailed by
the scarcity of desirable parcels at market. The sales are
estimated at 6,000 bales. The following particulars relative
to the crop, receipts, &c., are extracted from Mr. W. P.
Wright's circular, dated New York, November 20 :—" The
estimates of the crop continue large from the south, notwith-
standing a heavy rain storm may have damaged the quality
of whit was open in the fields. The tables show a decrease in
the quantity received at the ports up to this time, as com-
pared with 1852, for the first time this season. A diminution
of stock on hand, as compared with last week, is worthy of
note. The export to France is large this week. The total is
now 10,000 bales ahead of last year."
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since
the Ist September last, as compared with the previous three
years :

1855. 1854. 1853. 1852.
Receipts at the Ports 625,000 387,000 352,000 635,000
Exports to Great Britain
„ France
other For. Ports 40,000 22,000 25,000 33,000
Total Exports
Stock on hand
From which it will be seen that the increase in receipts now
amounts to 238,000 bales. The increase in exports to Great
Britain, 137,000; France, 10,000; other foreign ports, 18,000.
Total increase in exports, 165,000 bales.
BREADSTUFFS.—The upward tendency in prices, had pre-
vailed throughout the week, and the market closed at an ad-
vance of 25c. in the lower grades, and 121 to 25c. in the better
sorts, on the quotations of the 13th instant. There was an
extensive demand for the city trade and for shipment to the
Eastern states; and the purchases for Europe are likewise to
a large extent, these last being chiefly for shipment to France
and the Mediterranean. The supply of wheat for sale in this
market was very limited in extent, and prices have advanced
PRovxsums.—There was
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supply is good and sales mo-
deetira.Rtoe:... Butter is in demand. Cheese 91c. to 11c. Lard is
in good
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animation week
Beef was without alteration since;
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at $33 to $34.
FREIGHTS.— The rates current were to Liverpool, for cotton,
tid. to 3-16 d. per lb. ; flour, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel ; grain, 11d.
per bushel. To London,—flour, 4s. per barrel ; grain, 14d.
per bushel. To Havre,—cotton, to lc. per lb. ; flour, $1
per barrel ; grain, 25e. per bushel.

(LATEST COMMERCIAL.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, six, p.m.—Cotton market is without
change ; demand moderate ; sales, 1,200 bales, at 91-c. to 9lc.
for middling Uplands, and 4c. to 91c. for ditto New Orleans.
Breadstuffs—Flour : Common and medium grades of flour
have advanced 6d. to ls., with a moderate demand for home
consumption, and good inquiry for filling contracts • shippers
are not in the market to any extent; sales, 16,000 barrels.
Wheat better; good demand for export • sales, 3,530 bushels.
Corn a shade better ; sales 80,000 bushels. Pork is
without material change, and the demand is moderate.
Within the last ten days sales of 15,009 barrels prime mess
have been made for December delivery, at $2O to $20,75, under-
stood for France. Beef unchanged. Lard is firm, with sales
900 barrels, at 14c. to 122 c., including 200 barrels head lard,
delivered before 10th Jan., I.lic. Butter and cheese steady.
Freights to Liverpool : Flour 2s. 9d. to 2s. 10d.; grain, Bc. to
Bic. Cotton id. for Havre ; flour, 90e. to 95c. ; grain 23c. to
24c. Cotton lc.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 19.—Cotton sales to-day 3,400 bales at

NEW ORLEA.NS, Nov. 17.—Receipts for the week 43,000
bales, against 37,000 same week last year. Sales for the week
57,000 bales. Pacific's advices received, caused an advance
of kc. to lc. per lb. Middling to-day 84c. to 81c. Freight to
Liverpool, id. ; Havre, 11c. Stock on hand 206,000 bales.
Exchange on Paris 5.40. Nov. 17, p.m.—Sales to-day 5,000
bales. Business is checked in consequence of small unsold
stock.

MOBILE, Nov. 17.—Receipts for the week 17,312 bales.
Same week last year 8,330 bales. Sales for the week 8,000
bales. Pacific's advices received ; market advanced -Ic. to
Middling to-day Bc. to 8 1-6 c. Freight to Liverpool, Id.
Exchange on London, 61 to 6.

(By Electric Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—The Canada's news was published
here to-day, at three o'clock, too late to affect the market.
Quotations of wheat are advanced sc. ; flour advanced 4s. to
es., (York,) 2s. to 2s. 6d. sterling ; corn and cotton quiet.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20.—Sales 9,500 bales cotton.

IN the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, Dr. King
was tried for an assault on Mr. Savory (of the firm of Savory
and Moore, druggists). At the same time an action of tres-
pass was tried, in which Dr. King was plaintiff and Mr. Savory
defendant. The jury gave Dr. King a farthing damages, and
found him guilty of the assault, for which the court imposed
a penalty of 20s.

CASS-TER AND TIOLYTIEAD RAILWAY. - The traffic for
the week ended November 25th, 1855, was as follows :—Pas-
sengers, parcels, &c., R 2,135 105.9 d.; steam-boats, £382 19s. Id.,
goods, £2,022 14s. 3d. ; -total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£&,541 4s. ld. Corresponding week last year :—Passengers,
parcels, &c., £2,146105. sd. ; stem-boats, £393105. Id.; goods,
£1,694 7s. 7d.; total, including Carnarvon traffic, £4,234 Bs. 74.
Increase, £306 15s. ,04.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

The visit of the King of Sardinia has been the great event
of importance. His first public appearance was at the Gymnase
on Saturday night. He was most heartily applauded as he
entered the State box. On Sunday their Majesties attended
mass, and afterwards proceeded to a grand concert at the
Palais d'lndustrie. The amusements on Monday included a
grande Masse a cours at Compeigne, for which event the
weather was most suitable, it being a bright though keen
morning.

A grand review took place, in his Majesty's honour, on
Tuesday, in the Champ de Mars. The troops were drawn up
in eight lines, four of infantry and four of cavalry, and the
artillery took its station at the head of the bridge of Jena,
facing the Ecole Militaire. The troops consisted of four divi-
sions of infantry, forthing 36 battalions • two battalions of the
Municipal Guard, five of the Imperial Guard, and one of Fire-
men, under the orders of Generals Regnault de St. Jean
d'Angely, Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, Renault, Cour-
tiges, Lamirault, and Grobon. The cavalry was composed of
two divisions, forming four brigades, two of light and two of
heavy cavalry, the Guides, and Cuirassiers of the Guard, three
squadrons of the Municipal Guard, and a squadron of Gendar-
merie, under the orders of Generals Korte, Duberne, and
Dupuch. Eight batteries of Artillery, two of them of the
Imperial Guard, under the command of General Auvity, occu-
pied by the extremity of the parallelogram, leaving the
entrance of the Champ de Mars free on the side of the bridge
of Jena.

On Thursday the King of Sardinia visited Versailles; and,
at a quarter-past seven in the evening, his Majesty quitted
Paris on his journey to England. The streets were brilliantly
illuminated, and the cheering very great.

SPAIN.—The Madrid journals of the 23rd have arrived. The
Gazette denies that there have been any disturbances at Lugo.
It contains a royal decree sanctioning the bill fixing the force
of the army at 70,000 men ; also a royal order regulating the
manner in which a portion of the proceeds of the sale of eccle-
siastical property shall be employed for the benefit of the
clergy. Extensive inundations had taken place in the province
of Valencia ; and some, caused by the overflow of the Jucar,
had committed great ravages. The treasury of the public debt
has paid all demands on it, and was prepared to pay all that
might be made. The Infant Don Henry, brother of the King,
had received authorization to return to Spain, and was on his
way to Madrid. A conspiracy amongst the prisoners in the
gaol of Burgos had been discovered; they intended to escape
and to join an insurgent band of Carlists. The disturbances
at Valencia are represented to have been of no importance.
SWITZBILLAND.—The Military Gazette of Switzerland
publishes a statement of the armed force of which the Con-
federation can dispose in case of war. The federal army, of
which nine-tenths are well organized and prepared to march,
reckons 115,000 men, with 475 pieces of cannon. The militia
could reinforce it with from 10,000 to 20,000 men. The
cavalry, though weak, is abundantly provided with horses.