The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Austrian Commander-in-Chief, Baron Hess,
arrived at Jassy on the 20th ult. with eight squadrons
of cavalry, and three batteries. The population re-
ceived the Austrian troops joyfully everywhere.
Intelligence from Rutschuk brings some interest-
ing accounts of the movements of the Turkish army.
At the above date all the roads of Bulgaria running
towards the shores of the Black Sea, were covered
by marching troops—infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
Many thousands of waggons were required to convey
the provisions, munition, and materiel. The troops
were supplied with double rations, but were required
to double their marches. Omer Puha gave orders
that the march should be sufficiently rapid to ensure
the arrival of the troops on the coast by the time
of the return of the transport-ships from the Crimea,
in order that the embarkation should commence
immediately, and the transport be effected at a
favourable season.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
The lithographic news-sheet of Vienna olthe 29th
ult. says :—" According to the last accounts which
have been received from the theatre of the war in
Asia, and which come down to the 17th, the Rus-
sians are concentrating themselves at Tiflis. The
question is, whether all the efforts they are making
will succeed in preventing the followers of Schamyl
from leaving the mountains, as the operations of
that chief are vigorously supported by the Turkish
army, which have been reorganised. Up to this
time Schamyl has occupied 400 Russian villages.
The Russian columns are flying in all directions.
Schamyl has made prisoners of more than 800 indi
viduals, many of whom are considerable land-
owners."
From Trebisond a letter dated Seat. 10 states :
" General Andronikoff, with a superior force, has
fortified himself at Urzugheti. The condition of the
Ottoman army on the Tschurskou was unsatisfac-
tory. The Governor of Kars remains active. The
Russian outposts have advanced to Untschikilisser
again, interrupting the communication with Persia.
A second caravan, with 3,000 horses, had been inter-
cepted.
" Schamyl has abandoned the attack upon Tiflis,
appearing resolved to co-operate with the allies on
the Circassian coast."
THE BALTIC.

Some further operations, even now, are, it seems,
not impossible in the Baltic before the frosts set in.
As yet we have no intelligence of any definite inten-
tion, but it is announced that the French squadron
under Admiral Deschenes, which was on its way home,
has received orders once more to proceed to the Gulf
of Finland and resume communications with Sir C.
Napier. The receipt of the Crimea news is reported
to have stimulated the naval commanders in the
Baltic to fresh enterprises. Admiral Napier is stated
to have made a further reconnaissance at Sveaborg.
A Paris correspondent of the Daily News writes in
very confident terms :
I learn that an attack upon Cronstadt is seriously con'
templated almost immediately. General Niel, the general
of engineers, who distinguished himself in the Baltic by
the prominent part he took in the direction of the siege of
Bomarsund, reported personally to the Emperor that he
believed the attack was practicable this year. This report
has been communicated to the English Admiralty, and I
have reason to believe that the movement of Admiral
Parseval Deschenes portends a more serious enterprise
than a finitless sacrifice of life at Revel."

A cavalry corps of a somewhat novel character, and
comprising nearly one hundred, embarked at Hun-
gerford-pier on Saturday evening, on their way to
Woolwich, whence they sailed on Monday for Gib
raltar. This corps is designed for special service in
the East. They are designated the Mounted Staff
Corps, and consist of men selected for their intelli-
gence and good conduct from the Irish police and
constabulary force principally, and also from the
metropolitan police. They all appeared to be men
in the very prime of life, above the average height,
and to be possessed of great muscular energy. They
are accompanied by Major Grant, their commanding

ATURDAY,

officer, Captain Baynes, and two subalterns—namely,
Comets Bugden and Hunton. Their appearance was
novel and picturesque. They were dressed in the
new regimental tunic, which is a short red frock-
coat, without epaulettes, tastefully ornamented back
and front with black braid, and in which the ease
and comfort have been as much consulted as the
elegance of the wearer. The headdress consisted
of a strong black felt hat, resembling an ordinary
helmet in shape, and encased or set in an open-wot•k
of brass, in which both taste and durability were
combined. They were each armed with a sword, and
a Colt's revolver, which they carried in a neat black
leather case on the left side. They will join their
horses at Gibraltar.
The French in the East are proceeding in a most me-
thodical manner to make their preparations for a long war.
They have bought a piece of land at Tophana, and are
erecting stores of the most capacious and durable dm.
racier, capable of containing provisions and munitions of
war for an entire army. The most wonderful feature in
the French military character is its power of elaborate and
minute organisation. The works in the present instance
are being carried out on the most comprehensive and yet
the most subdivided scale, and when they are finished
everything that the bother can want, from Minie rifles to
shoe-blacking, will be ready for him in the proper place.
It is much to be wished that a similar establishment were
contemplated by the British authorities. It would be at
once cheaper and more convenient than the present system
of depot vessels. At the present moment there is in the
Bosphorus a vessel of 1,200 tons, the Canterbury, which
is used fur the purpose of keeping stores in readiness for
the army. This ship, with its crew and contingent ex.
penses, does not cost the Government less than 16,000/.
a year, while it answers its present purpose most inade-
quately. The vigour and perseverance of our allies are in
all things most admirable ; even the manner in which they
brought out their army in the small transports was a
prodigy of organisation and constructive skill.
General de Bodisco has taken up his residence defini-
tively at the Hotel du Grand-Cerf at Evreux, with his
family and aides-de-camp. The whole of the party are
paid great attention to by the inhabitants. The ez•Governor
of Bomarsund receives the pay officially assigned to his
rank, or 166 f. per month. That sum is calculated on the
allowance at all times accorded to French officers in
Russia. The general lately received a visit from M. de
Fontenilliat, attaché to the French embassy at the Court
of Stockholm, who, on his return from Sweden, passed
through Evreux. A Russian priest, belonging to the
Greek Church at Paris, has also visited him. The general,
before commanding Bomarsund, where he succeeded
General I)ehn, at present Governor of Cronstadt, com-
manded the military school at Wyborg. He leaves a large
family in Russia, having had by his first marriage eight
children, some of whom are now officers in the Russian
service.

THE REPORTS THIS YEAR FROM THE GROUSE MOORS
continue to be excessively scanty. The fact is that,
instead of sport, the grouse•shooting is becoming a
task. The birds have got so very wild that it is more
a business of grouse-stalking than grouse. shooting.
Tux Towx OF DAROCA, IN ARAGON, has been destroyed
by an inundation caused by the bursting of a waterspout
formed in the neighbouring lake of Gallocanta. This
place, which contains 2,500 inhabitants, is situated in a
narrow valley, between two chains of hills. The river
Moen runs at the bottom of the valley. Daroca was visited
by a similar calamity in the sixteenth century, after which,
iu order ti carry oft' the water from the mountains, a sub-
terraneous channel was cut, which was completed in 1562
by Pierre Bede!, a French architect, and is known as La
Mina de Daroca, but it proved on the present occasion
inadequate to carry off the mass of water. A Daroca letter
of the 12th gives the following account of the catastrophe,
which occurred at three p.m. on the 11th. It says :--An
immense waterspout, raised from the lake of (lallocants,
was moving itself for a long time over its banks, and came
to place itself about a league above the city, but on the
declivities leading to it. When this waterspout burst the
country was converted into a sea. The waters descended
in the direction of the Mina in a torrent of a hundred
vards broad, and, as witnessed on their first rush from the
heights of the city, seemed mountains which were in mo.
tion. The cavity of the Mina, which is ten yards high by
ten yards in breadth, and a great fall, could not give pea•
sage to that immense mass, and it then begcn to run off,
forming a spacious sea, restrained two hundred yards from
the city by the magnificent chaussee, which has often hero
tofore been its salvation. The waters, however, increaae.l
every moment, and, flowing over the chaussee, precipitated
themselves on this unfortunate city. The gate of the city,
which is of extraordinary size, was not sufficient entrance
for them, and an immense lake was formed, which, how-
ever, endured but a short time, as the walls began to fall
down, and the inundation spread everywhere. The wale's
beat against and threw down the houses, which, from their
position, opposed their current, spread over the piazzas and
streets, inundating the wine•cellars, the shops, and the
first floors, reaching iu some up to the roofs. The people,
breaking down walls, and abandoning everything, retired
to the mountains to be spectators of that horrible coat-
trophe." The loss is described as very great, the effects in
the shops carried away, water sulisti' uted for wine in the
badegas, many houses breaking up, and in the vela of
Dames everything destroyed. A girl of twenty was carried
off by the current, and many children and grown-up per.
sons were missing. An exceedingly large number of
animals had perished, and among them ninny horses and
mules belonging to the farmers. Great praise is bestowed
on the 4th company of the Zamora Infantry Regiment for
their exertions, through which many lives and much pro-
perty had been saved.

OCTOBER 7, 1854.

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low 6olonial Intelligence.

FRANCE.
THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE.
The imperial visit to the camp at Boulogne termi-
nated on Sunday last, when the Emperor and Em-
press of the French quitted that town on their return
to Paris. Last week was diversified by many mili-
tary shows and exercises, but the grandest review of
all took place at Houvault on Saturday last. At
least 50,000 men were under arms. The Emperor
rode upon his favourite chesnut horse, purchased for
him in England, and celebrated for its peculiar grace
and beauty. His Majesty appeared on the ground
at about one o'clock, surrounded by a brilliant staff
of officers, and followed by the Cent Gerdes. The
Empress soon afterwards arrived in a carriage and
four. She was dressed in riding costume, and in her
hat she wore a white feather. She immediately
alighted from her carriage, mounted her charger
which was in waiting, and rode beside the Emperor
throughout his inspection of the troops. The scene
was grand and imposing in the extreme, and the
country around being of a hilly and undulating
character added greatly to the beauty of the spec-
tacle.
While the Emperor was thus engaged a despatch
was received by him, which after perusing he handed
to some of his generals that accompanied him. He
then turned towards the troops, and in a loud voice
said, " Sebastopol est pris." This important intelli-
gence was received with tumultuous cheers by the
soldiers, as well as the spectators within hearing;
and continuous cries of " Vivent l'Empereur et
l'lmperatrice!" greeted the royal party throughout
their entire progress.
The review did not terminate until about four
o'clock, soon after which the Emperor and Empress
returned to town. About six o'clock their Imperial
Majesties paid a visit to the cathedral.
The news of the capture of Sebastopol having been
officially announced, the town of Boulogne was bril-
liantly iilluminated throughout the night.
The Emperor and Empress, having attended divine
service at the chapel at Capecure, left Boulogne for
Pans by railway at twelve o'clock on Sunday.
Before leaving his Majesty issued the following
address to his troops
" Soldiers,—l leave you ; but to return shortly, to judge
myself of your progress and perseverance.
The object of the creation of the Camp du Nord was,
you are aware, to bring our troops nearer to the coast, so
that, more easily united to those of England, they can be
directed wherever the honour of the two nations may ren-
der their presence a duty. It was established to show to
Europe that, without leaving bare any point in the interior,
we could easily assemble nearly 100,000 men between
Cherbourg and St. Omer. It was established to accustom
you to military exercises, to marches, to fatigues; and,
believe me, nothing is so beneficial for the soldier as this
life in common in the open air, which makes men under-
stand each other, and enables them to resist the incle-
mency of the season.
" Doubtless the sojourn at the camp will be rigorous in
the winter; but I count upon the efforts of every one to
make it profitable to all. The country moreover demands
active concurrence from us all. Some protect Greece
a ;ainst the baneful influence of Russia; others uphold at
Rime the independence of the Holy Father; others
szengthen and extend out domination in Africa; others,
fi laity, plant, perhaps this very day, our standards upon the
w ills of Sebastopol. Well, you who are excited by such noble
tamples, and of whom a division has just earned fame by
t ie capture of Bomarsund, you will be the more capable of
c intributing your share to the common work, the more
h irdened you are to the work of war.
"This classic soil upon which you tread has already
formed heroes; that column erected by our fathers recals
great suurenird ; and the statue at its summit seems, by a
providential hazard, to indicate the road to he followed.
Behold that statue of the Emperor : it supports itself in
the West, and threatens the East. From that quarter, in
fact, there is danger for modern civilisation ; on our side,
the rampart to protect it.
" Soldiers! you will be worthy of your noble mission.
" NAPOLEON.
" Boulogne, September 30, 1854."
On Monday night the different railway stations
around Paris were brilliantly illuminated—those,
especially, of the St. Germain and Rotten lines. Ac-
counts from the departments announce the enthu-
siasm with which the public rejoicings had every-
where hailed the triple victory of the allies; and
some of the journals mention as a " curious coinci-
dence " that the great victories obtained by the
French over the Russians from 1709 to 1813 have
occurred in the month of September.
The house of Lebel, Roux, and Co., of Hamburg,
which contracted to supply the French Baltic fleet
with stores, has suspended payment.
Respecting the continued high price of flour and
bread in France the Moniteur says :
" The high price at which flour is maintained in a great
number of our markets, notwithstanding the abundance
of the harvest which is just completed, arises from causes
which occur whenever the dryness of the weather impedes
Ile work ng of the watermills, and the fineness of the season
makes the farmers prefer getting on with their out-door
field-work instead of employing themselves in thrashing.

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