The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

PARTICULARS OF THE COMBAT AT SINOPE.

The Invalide Ruse et the 13th inst., publishes the fol-
lowing further details of what the Russians call the
" victors" gained at Sinope on the 30th ult.:
" Vice-Admiral Nakhimeff, craloing along the coast of
Anatolia, perceived at some distance a division of Turkish
ships of was in the roadstead of Binope. The next day a
strong west wind prevented his approach. The war steamer
Remittable was, however, sent to Sebastopol, to anuounce
that several 'twits of the enemy were in the roads of
Sinope.

"Oa the receipt of this intelligence three men-of war of
120 guns—La Ville de Paris, Le Grand Due Constantin,
and the Tri Sviatitelia—receored orders to proceed, under

the flag of Rear-Admiral Novoesdsky, towards Sinop, and
to join Vice-Admiral Nakhinioff. In the meanwhile Vice-
Admiral Nakhimoff, with three shiprotwar and a brig,
profiting by • favourable wind, west to recoinoitre the
roads of Sloops, and ascertained the disposition of the
enemy's naval division, composed of seven frigates, a sloop-
of-war, two corvettes, two transports, and two steamboats.
These vessels were anchored in the form of a crescent along
the coast, so disposed that they could form in line from any
point of the wind. On the coast opposite the intervals
between the vessels five batteries bad been nta-
blitheil. On the nigh: of the 15i11-16th of November
(0.5.), Rear-Admiral Novossilsky joined the squadron
with his naval division. Ou the same day, Vice-Admiral
Nakhimoff announced to his squadron, by an order of the
day, his intention to attack the enemy in two columns upon
the first favourable turn of the wind. The right column
was to be commanded by Vice-Admiral Nakhimoff, hoisting
has flag on board the Imperatrice Marie, and followed by
the Orand Dec Constantine, and the Teheame ; the left
i column under the command of Rear-Admiral Novoseilsky,
was to he composed of the Ville de Paris, the Tri Sviati-
telia, and the Roetielaff. On the 18th, between nine and
ten in the morning, favoured by a bream from R.N.E., the
Admiral signalled orders to the squadron to prepare for
combat, and to bear for the roads of Sinop.. The ships of
the two columns, with all their studding sails set, ap-
proached the enemy, who could not be discerned under the
distance of half a-mile, on account of the thick fog and the
rain. Vise-Admiral Nakhimoff, having got within a dis-
tance of about 200 =jolts (453 yards) of the two frigates of
the enemy, one of which was discovered with the flag of
the vice.adnairal, and behind the poop of which was esta-
blished on the coast a battery of twelve guns, cast anchor.
The ship Ville de Paris cast anchor at the same time.
The other ships as they arrived occupied the positions which
had been appointed them. The Admiral's vessel had
scarcely east anchor when the enemy opened upon our ves-
sels a terrible broadside from all his frigates, supporting it
by the fire of his batteries. Their shot made great havoc
among our spars, but our ships immediately replied with •
continuous and well directed fire. In less than five minutes
the Oraud Duc Constantine demolished the battery which
was under its fire. The enemy's frigate, anchored near this
battery, suffered terribly tram our bombs and shortly blew
up. Soon afterwards the Ville de Paris blow up • Turkish
frigate. At the end of an hour the well directed broadsides
of our ships had very much weakened the fire of the
enemy ; and at two o'clock it almost entirely ceased. Three
frigates, among which that of-74 guns, bearing the flag of
the Turkish Vice-Admiral, were in flames,
_and only the
masts of two tramping destroyed by our artillery were to
be seen. The Turkish put of the town was on fire in two
places, and at bell-past two the admiral gave orders to eves*
th• combat, at the same time sending an officer to the town
to declare to the local Turkish authorities that it • single
cannon shot were fired from the town or from the coast the
admiral wou.e. burn and raze the town to its foundations.
This ',dicer, alter haslet; remained nearly an hour on
could nut discover the Turkish authorities, or even a single
Turk. All had fled into the ueighbouriog villages.
By the admiral's orders, at the commencement of the

combat the frigates &oguul uhd }Conlevtcha hsit remained
under sail in ttie road., to • rder to cut oil the retreat of any
of the enemy's vessels that might seek their safety in Hulot.
They joined the squadron at the end of the combat, and
acted principally against the corvette and the wrr sloop,
which were authored iu the raar of the ItostislotE

On the 17th of November (0.8.) General Kormlulf
sailed, with the war stemma Odeua, Chessmen and the

As soon as the combat had ceased, our sailer!, who had
well plied their guns, set themselves to repair the damage
caused by the fire of the enemy. The vessels which had
most suffered were the Imperatrice Marie, the Tri Sakai-
tells, the Grand Duke Constantine, and the Itostiliaff. The
entire squadron of Vice-Admiral Nakhimoff sailed from the
roads of Sinope on the 20th of November. The damaged
vessels were towed by the steamers, and on the 22nd the
Imperatrice Marie, the Tri Sviatitelia, and the Grand Duke
Constantine east anchor in the roads of Sebastopol.

Crimie, to jam *s squadron of Vice-Admiral Nal- de garde, on the Piazza Colonna,—t-oolz
hhaoff, at Opp. Oa the 18th, • little after round the corpse, until a party of Itomanereti;
noon, the eaten of the Odessa, which bore the flag made their appearance, anxious to see ati}:
of General Korsika, man insight of Sinop., and witnessed of their companions it was who had fallen Ircrvcos-
the commencement of the combat, and all the steamers has. " Morelli, Iforelli," soon informed the hysta i;
tuned to get to the roads. In doubling the Cspe of Sinop. that the murdered man was a noted sub•officeri re
connected with the wine-shop, and several pie —Joe.
they signalled the Turkish steam-frigate the Tait; of 20 great favourite with Colonel Nardoni, and an cuuai
belonging to the neighbourhood who were there guns, which during the battle bad had time to get up her object of detestation with the people. Heeryb4;
h emit fro,mentdheeagyeonuerreadl
sdteefaeamt.;"Gdewahersichl Kinougrnhitlotoff,":sitPeh tbhyeiliOdg
to cross her line, sad having got within range opened fire; the time, to the number of seventeen, were imre
best after a skirmish of above an hour the g I found diately taken off to prison, but it is the generersei
that the enemy had the fleetest vessel, and that, notwith- opinion that the real delinquent is at liberty, as the
standing his superiority in force, being almost three times alai
• 1 with which the stab was inflicted, dividing the
that of the Odessa, he did not accept battle, but only thought carotid artery, and the preparatory tap on the
of flight. When the Taif was out of range, General Kor- shoulder given to ensure the proper position, call to
the similar circumstances niloff went to join the squadron of Vice-Admiral Nakhimcff mind accompanying the
with the Crimie and the Chersonese. These two, assassination of Count Rossi, and reveal the practised
hand of a professional sieario.
steamers were ordered immediately to tow off the vessels
which were under the fire of the land batteries, It is worthy of notice that the defunct brigs
lest the enemy should renew the cannonade in the I dier was the same who killed a boy in the
night. The Odessa was ordered to bring away the Tiber last year by throwing a stone at his head
Dsotiette, of 60 guns, which had suffered least from our whilst he was swimming away to avoid being Sr.
fire. On board this frigate were found 100 men, of whom rested. He was tried for this offence, as also were
more than 60 were wounded. Her commander and offi- the hospital doctor, surgeon, and notary, who drew
cars had abandoned her from the commencement of the up a false account of a pest mortem examination of
action, taking with them all the boats, and had sought the boy's body, proving that his death was not to be
attributed to the blow of the stone • whereas the safety in a disgraceful flight to the coast. In the evening truth was they never examined the body at all. For
the burnig vessels of light
t blew up, and their ignited this perjury they were condemned to the galleys,
debris fella upon • Turkish part of the town, to which they but being friends of the government, they ere freely
set fire. Towards midnight all that quarter of the town walking the streets of Rome at this moment. It 4 which was in:lusled within the mural enceinte, tell a prey supposed that some of the boy's relatives, incensed at
to the flames. The Greek quarter was not burned. On his murderer going unpunished, resolved to tale the
the 18th, at daybreak, there only remained in the roads the affair into their own hands by murdering him, but
frigate Dami.tte, the sloop-of-war, and the corvette, re- this is a mere supposition.
cloyed to the state of mere hulks. An examination of the
showed that the injuries
Damiet Exchange on London, 486. Roman Consols, Damietta she had sustained had Bank Shares, 261.
rendered her not worth carrying away, and she was ord-
ingly burned.Orden were then given to burn the sloop-of-scar
and the corvette. The officers sent to execute this order
found en beard the sloop Osman Pacha, commander of the
Turkish squadron, wounded in the right leg, the com-
mander of • frigate, the commander of a corvette, and 80
men, all of whom were made prisoners. In the evening
the roads of &nein no longer contained a single Turkish
ship.

GERMANY.

The Minister of Commerce of Prussia, by a circular
of the lith, informs the Chambers of Commerce sad
the mercantile corporations that " the treaty ot com-
merce and navigation between the Zollverein and
Belgium of the Ist September, 1844, aril the addi-
tional convention of the same treaty, dated the 16th
February, 1852, will cease to have effect at the end
of the year; and that the negotiations with Belgium
for the conclusion of a new arrangement by conven-
tion have not yet led to any result."
The Austrian budget for 1854 shows a deficit of
45,000,000 florins under the head of ordinary ex-
penses, while the extraordinary expenses create a
deficit of 50,000,000 florins. It is believed that the
government has resolved to abandon its railway-
making schemes, and will leave the matter to public
competition.
At Freiburg on the 15th the Grand Ducal govern-
ment ordered a domiciliary visitation at the house of
the archiepiscopal chancellor. A number of copies
of a seditious brochure were found, of which the
chancellor denied all knowledge.

EXHIBITIONS.

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.

The new picture at the:Gallery of Illustration
promises to be as great a success as any of its predecessors.
The subject chosen is the recently discovered North-West
Passage, and the Polar scenery through which our enter-
Srising countrymen passed on their way from Behring's
traits to the Bay of Mercy, where they remained ice-booed
at the receipt of the last advice,. Our preconceived notions
of monotonous icebergs, and perpetual snow, would hardly
lead us to imagine that the vicinity of the North Pole
offered many subjects fur the pencil of the artist,
but a visit to the Gallery iu Regent-street will
convince the most incredulous, that in skilful
hands it affords as effective tableaux as any of the mere
favoured regions of the earth. In the present instance,
the artist has not sought to paint the voyage of the Invei-
tigator step by step, but has selected the meat striking in-
cidents, and painted them with that truth and brilliancy of
effect of which the diorama alone is capable. We have,
first, a Polar bear hunt. Huge icebergs float around, and
on the open water in the centre a boat's crew are engaged
with the furious animal. Minis rifles have proved unavail-
ing, but the omnipotent Coles revolver is brought into
play, and Bruin is subdued, and is in a fair way to become
edible. Then the picture moves on to a scene
still more desolate. The ice is hard as iron;
not a drop of water to bo seen, but high
perched on piles of ice, • gallant ship is seen, having
been forced tip by the " hummocks," and then frozen fast is
her perilous position. This, it appears, is a frequent oc-
currence in Arctic voyages, and the only chance of escape
is to blast the surrounding ice with gunpowder—an expe-
dient that was more than once tried by Captain lil'Clure
with success. The aurora borealis is, of course, not fez-
gotten. A beautiful illustration is given and • ship is seen
slowly making its way along the "cifiet by the light of its
fitful illumination. After one or two scenes of a similar
character, the series concludes with a seasonable picture of
comfort. It is the lower deck of the Investigator, as it sp-
peued on Christmas Day, 1852—the men all enjoying them-
selves under the auspices of their gallant captain, upon
abundance of venison and wild fowl, and magnificent plum
puddings of truly national dimensions. This tableau, so
suggestive in its character, was • tremendous success, the
juvenile portion of the audience applauding with an energy
that was truly British and refreshing. An allusion to the
late Lieut. Bellot was received with warm sympathy by the
company, and the curtain finally fell upon the "North West
Passage," amid loud and general cheering. It must be
added that the visitors must by no means hurry away when
this has happened, as they have still to visit Constantinople
and St. Petersburg, and finish with a voyage to Australia
in the pleasant compauy of Mr. Stricqucier, who beguiles
the passage with • running lecture, which forms one of the
best features in the evening's entertainment.

BURFORI)'S PANORAMA.
_ _ CONSTANTINOPLE.

Mr. Burford has prepared a treat for his Christ-
mu friends, in the production of a fine picture of Constanti-
nople and the surrounding scenery. At anytime the in-
trinsic beauty of the subject would make such a picture an
object of interest; but at the present moment, when the
affairs of the But form a standing head in every news-
paper, and are the topic of conversation in every circle, there
is little doubt but that it will be honoured with crowds of
visitors. The spectator is supposed to take his station in
the Seraskier's tower, • lofty building that crowns the
highest of the seven hills upon which the " Queen of cities
is built; and his eye takes in a variety of scenery—urban
and rural, land and water, hid and valley—such as can
hardly he found in any other part of the work.
Close at his feet are huddled, in Eastern dis-
order, the betietsos, khans, and bazaars, is which tae
Turks traffic, lounge, smoke, and drink coffee. Around, 111
every direction, are sprinkled the domes and minarets of
the various mosques, amongst which the once Byzantine
Church of St. Sophia contests the palm of beauty with the
mosque of Sultan Achmet, generally considered to be the
chef &mitre of Moslem architecture. Below these, ori-
ental edifices, forts, palaces, and gaudily painted houses
stretch out in every direction, and, mingled it picturesque
combination with the planes and cypresses, give the true
orient colour to the view. Full justice is done to the Golden-
Horn ; and the eager inquirer soon shown the spot in
which the English and French fleets lie so list-
lessly at anchor. The surrounding scenery is
also depicted, the perspective extending on one
side to beyond the Dardanelles, and on the other, almost to
the confines of the Black Sea. Mr. Burford's merits as
panoramic artist are now so well established, that to say
I this new panorama is worthy of his reputation is *Imo:
sufficient criticism. Be has handled a large ant rather
perplexing subject with great clearness and fidelity, given
the true local colour to every feature in this glowing border
land of sivilisation ; and, in the management of perspec-
tive and aerial distance, has succeeded in imparting a won-
derful appearance of depth sad reality to the fiat canvas.
Altogether the panorama forms an admirable pictorial
handbook to the all-important Turkish question ; and may,
therefore, be visited with profit, as well as amusement, dur-
ing the approaching holidays.

TIIR POOR LAW BOARD ON THE FUNCTIONS sir
GUARDIANS or VIZ Pooa.—The attention of the Poor
Law Board having been called to the almost universal
practice of boards of guardians directing legal proceedings
respecting the removal of the pour, the Poor Law Boma
have addressed a communication on the subject to the
guardians of the Holborn Union, in which they say : The
board must point out to the guardians of the union that
having undertaken to conduct appea:s against order of
removal on behalf of the several parishes in the maim
they have departed from the functions which the law has
given to them, and have assumed an authority which they
au not legally possess. It rests entirely with the parishes
(and not with the guardians of the union) to determine in
each case in which the question may arise what legal re-
ctedings shall or shall not be take it, whether in obtaining
orders ot removal, or appealing against them.
ROYAL COLLEGE 0 SURGEONS.—The follow*
gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma were admitted members of the c+.llege at the
meeting of the court of exammers on the' 1.1 instant:—
Messrs. Edmund Humphrey Rub, rts, Ucheldre Park,
Holyhead; Patrick M'lntyre, Bury St. Edmunds; Henry
Collins Merryweather, London ; George Samuel Dyke,
Hull ; Ebenezer Hebert Butlir, Woolwich ; Matthew
Wilk', Bristol; Frederick S•eveiison, I,iighbogough : and
Henry William Graham, E.1.C.5., B. It al.
THE PRESTON STRIKE. —THE LONDON TRADES.—
List night u numerous meeting of the London Trades
Delegates' C.fumittee was held at the Bell Inn, Old Bagel.
It was stated that the income for the week was 90/. 4d.,
and tho expenditure 671. 14.. I 1 leaving a balance. !1'
hand of 231. 51. 'd. The amount expended included job
sent to Preston. In addition to this, upwards of 1001. had
been received that eight, and the funds generally were is
a prosperous state.