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London, England, 1854-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

DEATH OF
MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD.

WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 7.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day
received a Letter, of which the following is a copy,
enclosing, by direction of the Earl of Clarendon,
a Copy of a Telegraphic Despatch from her Ma-
jesty's Consul-General at Belgrade :
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT., 9 A.M.

am directed by the Earl of Clarendon
to transmit to you herewith, for the information
of the Duke of Newcastle, an exact copy of a
Telegraphic Message, received this morning from
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, dated Constanti-
nople, Sept. 30, 1854, 10 p.m., and forwarded
by her Majesty's Consul-General at Belgrade, on
the 6th of October, at 7 p.m., and containing is..

telligence from the Crimea up to the morning of
the 29th of September.
I am, E. HAMMOND.

Colonel Mundy, ttc. `¢c• itc.

Translation of the Exact Copy of a Despatch

received 7th October, 9 a.m.

Constantinople, Sept. 30, 1854, 10 p.m.

Marshal St. Arnaud is dead.

His remains

have just arrived here on board the Bertholet,
which is appointed to convey them to France.

This vessel brings news from the Crimea
up to the 29th, in the morning. It was
supposed that Prince Monchikoff had returned to
Sebastopol. The Allies were on the point of
commencing the siege. General Cc'nrobert had
succeeded to the command of the French Army.

STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.
Despatched from Belgrade, October 6, 1854.

at ';* P. NI.

In another part of our impression will be
found the important intelligence of, the death of
the French Ceanuia.nder-iii-Chef. Yes, Marshal
ST. ARNA.UD is no more. The hero, who at
the call of duty forgot the dangerous illness
under which he had been long suffer-
ing, who hastened to the field of battle
to expend his last energies in the service of
France and of Europe, has fallen one of the vie-
tims-and possibly the most illustrious of the
War. He has, however, diea nobly. Such a
death may well be envied,_for the mighty dead

"enshrined will ever remain in the memories of
his country." His name will be inseparably
associated with the glorious exploits of the Allied
arms in the Crimea.

With the same culpable, and indeed we may de-
signate it as unpardonable, negligence, which we
have heretofore been compelled to censure, Lord
STILATFORD does not condescend to tell us whether
the experienced and efficient General died in the
field of battle, in presence of the enemy, or from
wounds received during the progress of the com-
bat, or from the effects of fatigue and anxiety.
Auy would be a glorious termination to a glorious
career ; but our Ambassador leaves us in total igno-
rance on the subject. We only know that on the 30th
ultimo, at ten o'clock p.m., the Bertholet had
arrived, bearing the remains of the deceased
Field-Marshal, and bringing later news from
the Crimea, up to the morning of the 29111,
at which time the Allies were on the point
of commencing the siege of Sebastopol. Ge-
neral CANROBERT, who was seriously wounded
at the battle of Alma, now succeeds to the Chief
Command of the French troops in the Crimea,
and we could not desire a more efficient coad-
jutor. It will also be seen from the despatch that,
ou the morni L of the 29th, it was supposed that
Prince WIENsceinKoFF had given the slip to our
Allies, and returned into Sebastopol. Be it so—
we have no dread of anything he can do ; and
there would be a failure of justice if he did not
participate in the catastrophe mainly occa-
sioned by his own arrogance and 'brutal in-
solence. While we mourn the death cf
the gallant ST. ARNAITD, we rejoice at the proba-
bility of the presence of MENSCHIKOFF at Sebas-
topol.

•
It will be seen frorra the despatch that it was
transmitted from Com3tantinople at 10 o'clock
p.m. on the 30th Septe.mber, and arrived at Bel-
grade at 7 pbm. on the (th October, and in Lon-
don this day. As it comes through the Consul
at Belgrade, it may be received as perfectly
authentic.

In our impi-ession of yesterday we announced
the arrival of the Fury at Marseilles, at a late
hour the preceding evening. _Among other pas-
sengers it conveyed Lord BURGTEERSIT, eldest son
of our Ambassador at Vienna, and one of the
Aide-de-Camps to the Commander-in-Chief of the
English Army in the East. It was, however,
as the bearer of despatches from Lord RAGLAN to
the Minister at War, containing a frill account of
the glorious but sanguinary victory 0.0 the Alma,
that the arrival of Lord BURGHEIV.SII was so
anxiously looked for. He also brings with
him the melancholy catalogue of those who
perished gallantly in the fierce encounter, who
faithfully and nobly discharged the arduous and
important duties they owed to their country and
to the cause of freedom and civilisation through-
out the world. The Noble Lord, who had wit-
nessed all the proceedings of the expedition, froLn
its embarkation until the 25th ultimo, and of
which he might have exclaimed—
...

" Et quorum pars magna fui"
—left the army on Monday, the 25th of Septem-
ber. On his arrival—which may now hourly be "
anticipated—we shall have trustworthy accounts
of all the particulars to which the public are so
eagerly looking forward. We shall then learn the
different stations and the exploits of our own gallant
soldiers. The heartrending anxieties, the carking
and consuming cares, of many who have had
those near and dear to them engaged in the
awful struggle, will be changed into unalloyed
exultation on hearing of the safety of their
friends and relatives. While, alas I there will be
a deplorable converse to the picture. Many who
now fondly believe themselves wives, will learn
that they are widows, and that the lovers, the!
husbands, have been sacrificed at the shrine of
the AUTOCRAT'S amHtion—leaving nothing but
the fame of their valour behind. Many infants
in the early spring - tide of their lives will
be left helpless orphans—while aged pa-
rents will find themselves childless—find
that the green and vigorous branches have
been ruthlessly lopped off, while the withered and
sapless trunks have yet been spared. Verily our
rejoicings will be largely mingled with mourning.
We have received an important legacy in these
bereaved widows, these fatherless orphans and
childless parents, and it is incumbent on the na-
tion to accept the bequest, and to redeem the
sacred trust confided to its charge.
The news respecting the position and prospects
of our forces is very important. It partially sup-
pliesthe shameful hiatus left by the meagre and un-
satisfactory reports from Constantinople. We now
know that there had been no fighting in the Crimea
from the 21st to the 24th inclusive; that the
victorious troops had to a certain extent rested on
their arms for four days after the important vic-
tory they had achieved, the intermediate time
being occupied in succouring and comforting the
wounded, burying the dead, and repairing the
lamentable vacancies in our ranks. The lists of
killed and wounded had also to be prepared during
the same time, and councils of war held as to the
alterations in the former plans rendered desirable
by the very important triumph that had been
achieved. Even at the best it requires no ordinary
attention to properly follow up a great victory and
obtain results adequate to the tremendous loss
that had been sustained, even by the conquerors,
so that the blood of our gallant compatriots may
not have been shed in vain.
We know then that when Lord BURGHEBSE
left on the 25th, it was decided " that Sebasto-i
pol should be completely invested on the 27th,
and that as soon as this operation was accom-
plished a general attack, by land and sea, was to
be made." By the clue thus supplied, we may
interpret the subsequent intelligence, so sparingly
doled forth by Lord STRATFORD. On the 28th
the Allied Armies had established their basis of
operations at Balaklava, and were preparing to
march on Sebastopol. By so doing they
had completely environed the fortress,
cutting off its communications by land
and by water, with the Russian troops, and pre-
venting the possibility of assistance from any quar-
ter, except after a decisive defeat of the Allied
forces. In addition, a safe and convenient har-
bour was obtained, where a considerable portion
of the fleet could remain at anchor, and the artil-
all other stores required for the efficient
lery and
conduct of the siege could be readily supplied.
All the communications were, in fact, in the
hands of our friends, while
Prince MENSCHIKOFF
and his followers had been excluded from any
communication with the beleaguered fortress.
This mutt materially diminish the prospect
"f successful resistance, and, in fact, af-
fords the strongest grounds for anticipating the
speedy reduction of Sebastopol. It will be in the
recollectioti of our readers that its defences to the
audward are not very formidable ; and now that
every opportunity is afforded for making regular
approaches in accordance with the rules of modern
science, there is no reason to doubt that the re-
' suit will be that which by these rules is consi-
dered certain—the complete success of the as
sailants. It must be so, unless MENSCHIKOFF,
who, with all the advantages of position, was so
decisively defeated by the Allies, can obtain ,

sufficient reinforcements to enable him to give them
odds in turn, and to raise the siege notwithstanding
the resistance of those who participated in the
victory of Alma, together with the reserve, which
must have arrived long before any attempt could
be made to dislodge the besiegers.
We shall not attempt to speculate on the pro-
ceedings between the 25th and 28th. Lord
STRATFORD has chosen to leave us in the dark
respecting these important events, and although
the Moniteur contains an official account from the
French Consul at Odessa, that fighting had been
resumed from the 25th to the 27th, we have
beeu so disgusted with recent canards that we
will await indisputable tidings. This, however,
is certain, that by the possession of Balaklava,
and clear roads to Sebastopol, we have accom-
plished our desires, and carried out our plans, so
that if there really was three days' fighting, all
the advantages mast have remained with the
Allies ; and with that consideration, we must re-
j main satisfied for the present, trusting that Mon-
.'
iday will dispel the mystery.

We have been cheated, that is certain ; tre-
mendously cheated too, yet we are nothing the
poorer. Our assets are as large as ever, our
credit undiminished, and the bill on the Crimean
expedition will assuredly be duly honoured. Who-
ever they were that duped us and half Europe
for a few days, they did not dupe our troops and
our sailors. Even MENSCHIKOFF, the king of
diplomatic bullies and liars, could not hope to
practise his chicanery on them. While we were
hopefully dreaming under the inspiration of the
telegraph, our Crimeans were anything but dream-
ing ; they were doing real business. We were
fancying our work done, but though not done
they were doing it, and admirably too. As we
have shown, they had vanquished everything be-
tween the Alma and Balaklava, had secured that
admirable port for disembarking their heavy ar-
tillery, instead of dragging it long weary miles
from the north of Sebastopol ; and the intelligence
I ria Marseilles, and brought by the Fury, net via
Bucharest, and brought by the telegraph thence,
shows the troops master of the second line of de-
fences, and of the heights which command the
town. Before our ink is dry news may arrive
that the late audacious fictions are become solid
facts. Not a doubt have we that at the utmost
the fort and the shipping will be ours in far less
than the usual time of a siege. Sebastopol will
not be a second Silistria. All the conditions are
reversed. The fortifications are strong, not
ruinous ; but the garrison are Russians, not
Turks ; and the assailants English, French, and
Turks, not Russians. The annals of Russia will
soon have to record that 60,000 or 70,000
Russians could not, after two months' efforts and
immense losses, take the outworks of a third-rate
Turkish fortress, but that as many of the Allies
in a few days, as we confidently expect, captured
the strongest Russian fortress on the Black Sea.
Towards this grand result we have made definite
.and secure progress. We know, indeed, the pro-
verbial chances of war, but we are not to be
.timidly blind to its reasonable certainties ; and we
affirm that the position now gained, not by
luck, though we gratefully acknowledge the
providential weather which prospered our armada,
but by consummate bravery and skill, is a safe
pledge for the near future. The MENSCHIKOFF
remnants, scattered and intimidated by the bravery
of our troops, will but miserably aid their com-
rades cooped up within the walls, and in no way
disturb the operations of the besiegers. On the
other hand, there is not a shadow of probability
that the southern defences of Sebastopol are oven
equal to those of Bomarsund.
Possibly, at the worst, we may have no ships
to spare, in the short remainder of the season,
from the Black Sea fleet for Baltic service ; but
there is some Useful finishing-off work to be done
yet in the former place. Nicolaieff and Odessa
must, at least, receive due attention. As for the
Circassian forts, ii; would seem our enemies
are blowing up the last of them themselves—a.
feat of valour or prudence for which, of course,
we highly commend them. The garrisons are,
indeed, to help poor MENSOHIKOFF—if they can.;
for it remains to be seen, first, whether they can
so easily get ferried over the Sea of Azoff ; and
next, whether, if got over, they would not be
much too late for any other service than that of
helping him out of the peninsula, if he ever get
out. Circassia, at least, breathes freely, and the
brave mountaineers will be more than ever at
liberty to act as independent auxiliaries to the
Turkish army in Asia. There is also another
most important task to be accomplished in the
Black Sea—the complete liberation of the Danube.
Ismail ought, if possible, to be in the hands of
the Allies this autumn. All Bessarabia, the
Southern part bordering on the Danube especially,
must be restored to its former masters, if the
Danube is to be really free, and Turkey fairly
secured. There is no fear, therefore, of want
of employment for our sailors and soldiers. If
they do but chastise the skulking savages of
Sinope, and compel NICHOLAS to chant a Miserere
nos instead of a Te Deum ; if they blow up the rob-
ber's fortress itself, clearthe Crimea, and fortify the
lines of Perekop, this alone, added to what OMER
PACIIA has already done, will be a noble achieve-
ment, and will have broken for a century the
southern strength of Russia. All the rest will
follow next spring, if NICHOLAS does but hold
out, which we earnestly hope he will.

LAST APPEARANCE OF THE SPANISH
DANCERS.

HAYMARKET THRATRE.—This evening is positively the
last appearance of the Spanish Dancers. The charming
Senora Peres Nena and her coryphees, with Senor Ruiz
at their head, are announced to appear at Birmingham
on Monday next, when Mr. Wright and Mr. Hudson
will jointly prove the attraction for the week at this
theatre.

Ma. G. V. BROOKE.—The gratifying visit of Mr. G.
V. Brooke, the eminent tragedian, to the Licensed
Victuallers' School and Asylum, with a party of rela-
tives and friends, among whom were his wife and mother,
Miss Fanny Cathcart, and several other ladies, and also
Mr. Wilton, of Drury-lane Theatre, was noticed yester-
day. We have now the pleasure of adding, that Mr.
Brooke was so much delighted with what he had seen
in these noble institutions of the trade that he most
kindly volunteered to give them the benefit of his high
dramatic talents, at Drury-lane Theatre, for one night, or
even for two, if the committees thought they would be
able to fill the house on two occasions. With .this
very generous offer before them, it is the intention
of both committees to make every possible exertion
to turn it to the most profitable account for the benefit
of their societies ; and it is earnestly hoped that the
great body of the trade will second their efforts in that
praiseworthy object. A very attractive programme of en-
tertainments has been prepared for next Tuesday night,
in the dramatic portion of which Mr. Wright has (with
the kind permission of Mr. Buckstone) undertaken to
appear; and Mrs. Newton Frodsham, the celebrated
vocalist, with the Distin family, and other instrumental
performers, have aiso kindly consented to assist gratuit-
ously on the occasion. We doubt not that the result
will fully realise the anticiptations which had been
formed under these promising circuinstances.—Morning
Adrutiser.

THE LATE MR. GEORGE FIELD.—Mr, George Field,
the author of " Chromatics, Chromatography, and Out-
lines of Analogical Philosophy," died last Thursday, the
28th ult., in his own little museum of literature, art, and
science.—The Builder.
THE ATLANTIC ROUTE.—When harvest labour will
have concluded next month, Mr. Dargan intends to
ible the number of working hands on the Limerick
and Foynes Railway, 117 in rapid progress, and which
this monarch of Irish railway enterprise engages to have
completed by the summer of next year, and then for a
trial of steam power across the Atlantic—the Shannon
against the Mersey,—Limerick Papa.