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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1834.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE WAR.

Another telegraphic despatch from Prince Mena-
chikoff furnishes us with later information respecting
the progress of events in the Crimea. It is dated
from Sebastopol the 21st of October.
The prince says that the Russian fire had success-
fully answered the fire of the allies. The damage
done to the fortifications was but trifling. The tire
from the fleets had not continued. A part of the
reserve bad arrived. The rest were expected imme-
diately.
Constantinople despatches of the 19th state that
no news had yet been received that the bombard-
ment began on the 17th, as was proposed.
Lord Raglan was requested to spare one part of
the town where the women and children would be
sent. He replied that eould not be, but that they
might leave the town unhurt.
The British were occupying part of the northern
shore of the bay, and their guns command the
harbour. _ _

A letter from•Balaklava, in the Morning Post, says,
under date of the 18th inst.:—
The sortie alleged by the Russian accounts to have
been made upon the forces of the allies has been much
exaggerated. It originated thus—a party of Sappers and
Miners employed in the trenches on the night of the 11th
advanced towards Sebastopol, reconnoitring, and, having
mistaken their route in returning to the British camp, an
overwhelming force of Russians gave chase to them. The
whole party gained the British lines in safety.
Capt. Cameron, Grenadier Guards ; Lieut. W. Knollys,
Scots Fusilier Guards ; Capt. Conolly, 30th Regiment ;
Capt. Raines, 95th Regiment ; and Lieut. S. R. Chapman,
20th Regiment, have volunteered to act as engineers, and
their services have been accepted by Sir John Burgoyne.
The weather has become piercing cold, and the horses
are dying rapidly.

Out of 3003 effective bayonets in the Guards brigade
on the 20th of July, only 1740 are now available. And
out of nearly forty officers then attached to each battalion,
only fourteen remain on the effective list.
The medical officers of the British division have
unhappily laid themselves open to severe animadver-
sion, and the following order was issued by the Com-
mander-in-Chief on the 11th inst.:—
GENERAL ORDER.
Camp before Sebastopol, Oct. 11, 1854.

The Commander of the Forces is sorry to have to
animadvert strongly upon the conduct of the medical de-
partment in an instance which came under his observation
yesterday. The sick were sent down from the camp to
Basklava, under charge of a medical officer of the division
to which they respectively belonged ; but on their arrival
there it. was found that no preparations had been made for
their reception. The Commander of the Forces is aware
that Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, Dr. Dum-
breck, gave the necessary order verbally to the staff medi-
cal officer at Balaklava ; but that officer neglected to in-
form his superior officer, std the consequence was that the

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sick, many of them in a very suffering state, remained in
the streets for several hours, exposed to very inclement
weather. The name of the officer who was guilty of this
gross neglect is known to the Commander of the Forces.
He will not now publish it, but he warns him to be careful
in future, and to be cautions how he again exposes himself
to censure. Dr. Dumbreck will, on future occasions of

importance, give his orders in writing, addressed to the
responsible officer. When a convoy of sick is sent from
the camp either to the hospital, or to be placed on board
ship, it is henceforward to be accompanied not only by a
medical officer, but likewise by Deputy-Assistant-Quarter-
master-General of the division, who will precede it to the
place of deposit, and take such steps as may ensure the
due reception and core of the men confided to his charge.
(Signed) RAGLAN.
At Constantinople the wounded are represented as
rapidly recovering. On the 11th 500 English and
French soldiers were declared to have recovered from
the wounds which they had received at the battle of
the Alma, and had taken their departure for the
Crimea. Dr. Levy and three other surgeons, accom-
panied by forty assistant-surgeons, were to embark
on the 15th for Sebastopol, to establish there a large
hospital as soon as the town was taken.
Some military operations in Asia are reported by
the writer of a letter from Mosul, on September 25,
published in yestetday's Moniteur. lie states that
the Mushir of Van had attacked the Russian corps,
which covered Gumri, and completely dispersed it,
with the loss of its tents, baggage, and ammunition,
sad thirty guns. A Russian general was killed.
The Turks then began to besiege the citadel, when
the Russian corps which bad formerly beaten the
Turks at Bayazid advanced to the rescue from
Erivan. It was, however, completely repulsed, and
shut up in a defile, where it suffered considerable
loss.

The Emperor Napoleon has addressed a kind
letter of sympathy to the widow of Marshal St.
Arnaud in her affliction, and expresses the deep
loss both he and France have sustained in the death
of her gallant husband.

The pension of Madame Bngean is to be raised to
20,000 f., the same amount granted to widow St.
Arnaud.
A decree has been issued in Paris, prohibiting the
distillation of cereals and other farinaceous sub-

" A letter from St. Petersburg," says the Presse,
" states that the reserve of the Imperial Guard,
composed of 30,000 men, has just been placed on a
war footing. The Emperor reviewed them, and
availed himself of the opportunity to bless, at the
head of his troops, the two .Grand Dukes Michael
and Nicholas, who, it is said, are to join the active
army. The benediction took place with much pomp.
The two Grand Dukes went on their knees to receive
' it, and all the troops also knelt."
The regiments of the Russian Guards which were
on march for Poland have received orders to halt for
the present in Volhynia.
Letters from Vienna say that the occupation of the
Dobrudsch a by the Russians had delayed the entrance
of Omer Pacha into Bessarabia.
The King of the Belgians is to be at Biebrich, on
the Rhine, this day (Saturday), on his return from
Switzerland. He will be the guest of the Duke of
Nassau till Sunday, and then proceed to Brussels by
the train from Cologne.
Advices from Munich announce the death of the
Queen Dowager from cholera.
Letters from Athens state that great dissensions

existed among the Ministry, and- that the Greek
Ambassador at Constantinople had been recalled.
The non •contents in the Greek Cabinet Dave re-
signed.

The municipality of the Pincus have given a ban.
quet to the officers of the French expeditionary
force.

We believe we may state, without fear of contra.
diction, that a series of negotiations between the
Government of the United States and that of the
Republic of San Domingo has resulted in the
establishment of a Protectorate on the part of the
United States—amounting virtually, if not abso-
lutely, to the annexation of that portion of the Island
of San Domingo which belongs to the republic of
that name.
The acquisition of so important a position in the
West Indies by the Government of the United
States—a position threatening on either hand the
Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and so
directly affecting our own West Indian empire—
cannot be viewed with indifference. It is mani-
festly one of the results of that ambitious and
aggressive policy which the United States appear
determined to pursue on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Pest

SATURDAY,

Mr. Soule, the Minister of the United States at
Madrid, who made himself so notorious some timo
ago by his quarrel with M. Turgot, the French
Minister at the same Court. was on Tuesday last
refused permission to enter France on his way from
this country to Madrid.

An overland mail reached Trieste on Wednesday
with advices from Bombay, of Sept. 28; Madras, 24;
Calcutta, 18; Singapore, 18 ; and Canton, 9.
Trade in India was dull.

In China there was much dissension among the
rebels, who, however, still held Shanghai, and con-
tinued to push the siege of Canton. No trade was
noted for shipment. An American clipper, the
Comet, had arrived at Hong-Kong in eighty-four
days from Liverpool.

Ix is stated that Lord Bangor (the representative
of the family of Southwell•Ward, in the County
Down), will be elected, without opposition, to the
vacancy in the Irish representative peerage, caused
by the death of Lord Dunalley. It is worthy of
notice that, owing to the prevalence of Whig
opinions, for many years after the Irish Union,
several " Liberal" peers were chosen by the Irish
nobility. But during the last quarter of a century
every peer elected amongst the " Representatives"
of the aristocracy of the sister country has been a
Conservative.

The Earl of Dundonald has been appointed Vice-
Admiral of the United Kingdom, vice Sir J. B. Martin,
deceased.
The Band of the French Guides arrived in London
on Thursday, for the express purpose of playing at
the grand fête at the Crystal Palace to-day.l
Richard Graves Macdonnell, Esq., C. 8., at present
Lieut.. Governor of St. Vincent, is to succeed Sir
Henry E. F. Young in the Government of South
Australia; and Edward John Eyre, Esq., late Lieut.-
Governor of New Munster, in New Zealand, is to be
the Lieut.-Governor of St. Vincent.

The writ for the Limerick election has been re-
ceived by the High Sheriff, and this day (Saturday)
fixed for the nomination. Mr. Sergeant O'Brien will
no doubt be returned without opposition.
MESSRS. Meaty, the contractors for the Government
harbour at Holyhead have been applied to for a
superintendent of the BLASTING OPERA [IONS intended
against the sunken ships at Sebastopol. One of
their employes who bas been accustomed for &period
of two or three years to ensure the most accurate
effects in exploding large masses of rock at Holyhead
has been engaged by the Admiralty to proceed at
once to the Crimea on the above service.

A GREAT SENSATION was produced in Lisbon by
the arrival of Mmes. Alboni and Castellan. But the
dilettanti were by no means pleased with the attempt
of the manager of the Opera-house to extort more
than double the usual prices for boxes and seats in
the pit.
Mr. Henry Stuart, M.P. for Bedford, died suddenly
on Thursday morning. There is, therefore, a va-
cancy in the representation.
A report was prevalent in town yesterday of ftbe
death by cholera, in the Crimea, of Sir Cohn Camp-
bell. We have great satisfaction in stating that the
rumour is unfounded. It most probably originated
in the fart that another officer of the same name,
Captain Cohn Campbell, had fallen a victim to the
disease.—Globe.
At the Newmarket Races this week the Cambridge-
shire Stakes were won by Baron Mollendorfs Scherz,
with Rattle second. Nineteen ran. The Nursery
Stakes yesterday were carried off by Lady Tatton, out
of a field of sixteen. Laura Selina was second, and
the Moonbeam colt third. Scherz, the winner of the
Cam bridgeshire, was bred in Germany, and previously
known in England only by the reputation of his con-
tinental achievements.
The trial of the Rev. H. Willoughby for shooting
at Mr. Giffard, the barrister, in the Central Criminal
Court, took place on Thursday. The offence was
clearly proved ; but, after hearing evidence as to the
state of the prisoner's mind, the jury returned a
verdict of Nut Guilty, on the ground of insanity.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is forming a committee
in that city for the purpose of making arrangements
for the collection of a fund for the zelief of the
wounded. A public meeting of the citizens will be
held next week. Meetings are also announced in
many of the chief towns in Ireland for the same be-
nevolent purpose. Some have already taken place.
Father Mathew arrived in Liverpool on Thursday
week from Cork, preparatory to his departure fcr
Madeira, the genial climate of which, it is hoped,
will have the effect of reinvigorating his consti-
tution.
The extensive factory of the Irish Beet Sugar
Company at Mountmellick, and, it is understood, an
the patents and the charter of the company, have
been purchased by a gentleman of property in the
neighbourhood, Mr. J. G. Adair.

OCTOBER 28, 1854.

gorrtspoOttnEt.

TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.

My Lord,—l am childless. My only son was killed
at Alma. For his death I hold you responsible. I will
not employ the sentimentality of grief to describe the
agony of bereavement, to exaggerate the extent of
loss, or unduly to exalt the value of him who has
been taken ; but I presume to tell you, in simple
words, the nature of the responsibility you have in-
curred to God and man.
The views of Russia upon Constantinople were
known to you. You had warnings, and you despised
them—you had confidences, and you concealed them
—you had duties, and you betrayed them. In
order that there should be no misapprehension,
a direct correspondence was addressed to you
by the Emperor of Russia, in which he expressed
his desires, and, without subterfuge, detailed his
future operations. He imparted to you the secret
of his state policy you preserved inviolate the
revelation of your imperial friend. You cajoled
him into a belief of your sincerity. He was
deceived. You undertook to protect your country.
Disloyalty is a sorry weapon. Foiled in diplomacy,
you adopted the bluster of the braggart. In the
first place, you might have prevented the necessity of
war ; in the second place, it was your duty to have
provided a sufficiency of material. An aggressive
policy, if it be not prepotent, is worse than impotent.
The late triumph, which has caused my loss, was
achieved by personal bravery ; the deficiency of sol-
dier material was supplied by the cool prowess of
chivalrous valour. Therefore it was that my son
died. There was a still graver want—that of medical
assistance—and rough, honest, and kind-hearted
sailors performed duties that imperatively demanded
the superintendence of chirurgical science. There-
fore did my son breathe his last in their arms. And
have you nothing to answer for in neglecting those
precautionary duties which formed one of the prin-
cipal obligations of your high office?
Ambition prompted you to strive for the honour of
an appointment for which neither nature nor art had
designed you. Tacit deception, which you term,
&office, prudence, concealed from the councils over
which you presided, the conspiracy of your imperial
friend: prevarication assisted the mystery, and im-
becility has led you to be dishonest to him, and
faithless to the cause you affected to serve. eart-
less man—cunning Scot—disloyal agent—the justice
you presume to despise will reach you at last, and
the memory of wrong will outlive the curse of your
ministerial rule!
lam childless. My only son was killed at Alma.
For his death I hold you responsible before God.
ISMAEL.
Gab-el-Tayef, Oct., 1854.