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koff left his position after a sanguinary action, in also refused to receive, has been published. It is
Which he was outnumbered by theinemy,.and that very decided, and demands the instant dismissal of
he bad retreated on. Sebastopol, in order to protect the Ministry.
this harbour. The complaints of the Prince at.not To-morrow it is expected that Bishop Monrad
being cnahled to attack the enemy on their landing, 1 will move the appointment of a committee to in
and at being compelled to retreat towards Sebas- quire whether the Ministry shall or shall not be
topol, have produced here a profound sensation. impeached. Whatever the result may be, it is
"La Crimea de la Russie"—observed a Russian— certain that the coup of the 26th of July will be
may be soon changed into " Lacrymas Russ*" if declared illegal, and, ipso facto, a dead letter. The
il
things go on in this way. The smouldering ruins Parliament will thus te up the gauntlet thrown
of Bomarsund appear now to be of far graver im- down to them by the King's speech.
port than they did, when the world here pretended
to laugh at what they called the "puny " success
of the Western Powers.

FRAN CE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, 6 P.M.
There aro grounds for believing that the false
news of the taking of Sebastopol can be traced to a
Bourse speculation. The Emperor has expressed
himself in very strong terms on the subject, and
declared his determination that the persons who
may be proved to he guilty of the fraud
shall be visited with the severest punishment the
law can inflict, without respect to condition or
party. Active inquiries have been set on foot. I
have not heard the result.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, OCT. 7.—M. de Bourqueney received'
early this morning the mournful tidings of the
death of Marshal de St. Armind, who died on the
29th ult., at sea, of the cholera.
From Kam ienice, on the Russo-Gallician frontier,
under date of the sth inst., advices have been re-
ceived stating that the Russian cavalry and artillery
regiments at Okozia and Ilussiatyn have received
orders to advance by forced marches to the Moldo-
Wallachian frontier. This intelligence corresponds
with another Russian account, according to which
Prince Gortschakoff is said to have received orders
from St. Petersburg, under date of the sth inst., to
re-cross the Pruth for the purpose of frustrating to
the uttermost any attempt of the Turks to cross
the S,,reth, which it was supposed Omer Paella
would shortly do in the prosecution of his in-
tended active operations against Bessarabia. In
corroboration of this probable movement on the
part of the Ottoman generalissimo, we are in-
formed that, under date of the 2d inst., he
received orders from Constantinople to begin these
offensive operations without further delay. As
far as this last information goes I have no
reason to doubt it, though I more than suspect
that Omer Pacba's operations during the coming
winter will probably amount to little more than to
movements and counter-movements, with a view to
harass and worry the enemy at various points of
his frontier throughout the inclement season. As
regards the story of the Russians intending to re-
cross the Pruth, I must say it sounds exceedingly
improbable, for if they did so, a collision with the
Austrian forces in occupation of the principalities
would be inevitable; and it may reasonablybe ques-
tioned whether Russia is as yet prepared for war
with this country, hows,iever much she may con-
template this eventuality at no very distant period.

There is not much to notice in the loading columns of
the Paris journals. Waiting for further accounts from

the East, little could be said on the subject of the war
in addition to the remarks which had been made by our
Paris contemporaries, and they have abstained from
comments on other subjects, probably because they con-
sider that public interest is now almost exclusively con-
centrated on the events of the Crimea.

The Moniteur contains the following despatch
from Vice-Admiral Hamelin, describing the opera-

tions of the fleet near the Crimea :

" Ville de Paris, before the Katcha, Sept. 27, 1851.
"M. le Ministre,—By my letter dated the 23d of Sep-
tember I informed your Excellency that we had accom-
panied the armv along the shore comprised between the
Alma and the Katcha, where our troops had bivouacked in
the evening, and where the fleets had also cast anchor the
same day. It was therefore on the 23d of September that
I was enabled to inform the Marshal of the desperate de-
termination to which the Russians had come, of sinking
at the entrance of their port of Sebastopol five ships of
the line and two frigates, only retaining in the interior of
that port nine ships, two of them three-deckers, which,
according to the account given by Polish sailors who had
deserted, they meant to deal with in the same way when
once assured of the capture of Sebastopol.
" This news, which the Marshal could not avoid charac-
terising as deplorable in more than one point of view,
tended to modify his plans of attack. In fact, it was to a
certain extent admitted that when once Fort Constantine
was taken, and the batteries raised at the northern part of
the pert were carried, the fleet thee'. bearing upon the port
and destroying the barricades would not only finish the
work of the army by attacking the batteries of the south,
but would be able to give some assistance to thet army,
whatever might lie the weather and the season in the port
of Sebastopol itself. The blocking op of the port, there-
fore, entirely changed the aspect of things, and as, besides,
external works hail recently beea raised round Fort Con-
stantine to render the approaches as difficult as they were
fatal, the Generals-in-Chief decided upon turning Sebasto-
pol by the east, and throwing themselves upon the south of
the town to attack it upon that side, which was scarcely
defended, or entirely en& fended, after they lied placed
themselves in communication with the fleets :it Balaklava,
and obtained provisions and munitions. This strategic
movement, movement, which was rather a bold one for troops entirely
uuprovided with rolling materials was effected during the
days of the 24th, 25th, and 2:ith. Tile two armies, utter
having, passed the Belbek, a few miles above its mouth,
then marched upon the valley of Inkermau, the F ench
army serving as a pivot at the extreme right, and after-
wards keeping in observation the surrounding plateau to
the south and south-east of Sebastopol at a short distance
(luring this turning movement, while the English army at
the extreme left had attained the heights of Balakla.va,
where it appeared on the morning of the 26th. The
French army rallied there 24 hours after.var Is.
" At the moment when our troops arrived before that
little port, round which three ,frigates and steam cor-
vettes were cruising to watch their movements, the ships
Napoleon and Charlemagne, towing five vessels laden
with provisions, came in sight from the sea. Bet this
narrow creek of Balaklava, as your excellency may con-
vince yourself by looking at the plan, appears to me ill-
calculated for the movements necessary for victualling the
armies. lam therefore expecting at this moment a reply
from the General in-Chief, which will make known to me
whether I ought also to commence there the operations for
unloading the siege materiel. In the affirmative case a
few vessels will-anchor near the points where the unloading
will take place. As to the frigates which were not sent to
Varna, I employ them in watching the entrance of the port
of Sebastopol and the waters of Odessa.
" I have, in fact, heard that the steamers, large and
small, of the Russian marine hoped to be able to pass in
the night the labyrinth of vessels anchored at the entrance
of the port, and ultimately to take refuge in some of the
Russian possessions of the Black Soa. Whatever may be
the facilities steam may offer to enterprises of this kind
during long dark nights Admiral Dundas and I have taken
our measures to oppose them. I terminate this letter by
informing your excellency- that Marshal St. Arnaud, whose
state of health was lamentable even before embarking was
unable to resist the fatigues of this commencement of the
war, and sails to-day in the Borthollet for the Bosphorus,
having first placed his command in the hands of General
Canrobert.
"'I am, with deep respect, M. le Ministre,
the Vice-Admiral Commanding in Chief the Squadron
of the Mediterranean,
' HAMELIN."
The Debats, in giving the despatch of General Can-
robert to the Minister of War, says :
" A remarkable circumstance of this despatch is
that the army was going to occupy the heights si-
tuated in front of Sebastopol on the southern side,
and would take advantage there of the bays of Cape
Chersonese to land the siege-artillery. These bays are
four in number. The first, that of the Quarantine, is
under the cannon of the forts, but the others are alto-
gether outside the defences of the place. That of Stre-
letcka, which is the third, having a depth of from 6 to
10 fathoms, offers, if necessary, an anchorage for the
largest ships. The heights which command these bays
had been provided with strong batteries, probably
evacuated before our troops, arriving by the heights,
can have seized on them. To carry the large pieces
of cannon from the bay selected to the heights, it
will perhaps be necessary to make from one to two
kilometres of road, a work which will be rapidly
executed by, the sappers and miners, seconded if
required by workmen of the infantry. The army
arrives provided with all the means required, tools,
gabions, earth-bags, fascines, embarked in great num-
bers in the prevision of a great siege. The first works
must have commenced on the 30th of September, and
the next despatches will announce to us without doubt
important progress. The combined army will soon
possess, as it would seem, two landing-places, one
at Balaklava, and the other at one of the bays men-
tioned above. In the port of Balaklava, perfectly
sheltered and easy to he defended, the convoys
of weasels with provisions will come and anchor,
and in the bay will be landed the special ,iege-material
quite close to the lines of investment. Prince Men-
schikoff, deceived by the rapidity of the disembarkation,
intimidated by his defeat on the Alma, and put out
of his calculations by the movement of the combined
army.towards Balaklava, has at length perceived that
the attack would not take place on the north, and has
gone with 20,000 men to Batsch-Serai, ten leagues east
of Sebastopol. He seems to wish to collect thre rein-
forcements, which he is calling to him from all the points
of the peninsula, in order to menace the right flank of
the allied army. That manoeuvre is well conceived,
inasmuch as he can re-enter Sebastopol when he pleases,
the access to which is free from the north, which has
hitherto been neither attacked nor blockaded up to this
day."
By the the treaty of commerce between France
and Turkey, it is enacted that the tariffs on im-
ports and exports shall expire on the Ist of March,
1855, provided that' in the six months preceding
the Government of either country shall demand
the revision of them ; but in case no such demand
shall be made, they are to remain in force for
seven years longer. The Chamber of Commerce of
Paris calls on merchants and traders to make
known any objections they may entertain to the
tariffs, in order that, if necessary, they may be
submitted to the Government.
The Three per Cents, closed yesterday at 76f.
25c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 98f. 70c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 991.; Havre, 572 f.
50c. ; Great Northern, 872 f. 50c. ; Strasburg,
843 f. 75c. ; New Shares, 658 f. 75c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 1,035 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean,
850 f. ; Western of France, 663 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux
and Cette, 622 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France,
520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 762 f. 50c. .