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London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

RLIAMENT.
LATEST NEW S.

PROROGATION OF PA

HOUSE OF LORDS —YESTERDAY.
This being the day to which Parliament stood pro-
rogued, in pursuance of the Order in Council, and by
'
virtue of her Majesty's commission, the House of Lords
met for the purpose of the Lords Commissioners, in the
name of the Queen, continuing the prorogation until
Thursday, the 16th of November next.
.The Lords Commissioners present were the Right
Hon. the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl
Granville. As usual on these occasions, a large number
of ladies and their friends were present, being admitted
as spectators behind the bar ; but the ceremony being
of so simple and formal a character, no interest whatever
can be created.
The Lords Commissioners met at half-past three
o'clock, and having taken their seats in front of the
throne,
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and having stated
that their lordships had met, by virtue of her Majesty's
commission, for the further prorogation of Parliament,
commanded Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to appear
at the bar, to hear the commission read.
Mr. Putman, having retired for that purpose, shortly
afterwards returned, accompanied by Sir Denis Le Mar-
chant, chief clerk, and other officers of the house, as the
representatives of her Majesty's most faithful Commons.
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, deputy clerk of the house, then
read the commission, proroguing Parliament until
Thursday, the IGth of November next.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in the usual man-
ner, in the name of her Majesty, declared Parliament
prorogued to that day accordingly.
Their lordships then rose and retired.

SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL,

PARIS, FRIDAY MOI
The Alreoniteur confirms the intelligenuce of a
sortie atheligapted by the garrison of Sebas.topol.
It says, the Charge d'Affaires of France: at Con-
stantinople, writing on the 10th, informs the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the captains of

the steam transports just arrived from the' Crimea

state that the besieged had attempted ti, sortie
against our Edege works,, and that they bad been

vigorously repulsed.

The Porte has sent a reinforcement ,cff 4,000
men to the Ottoman corps which forms, part of

the expedition.,

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, Oar,. 19.
The following despatch has been ;received

here :

" MARSEILLES, TIIIIR,S:DAY.

" The Pharamond has arrived here, wit' i Gene-
ral Thomas on board, convalescent. Sh e brings
advises from Constantinople of the 10 C,h, and

Balaklava Bth October.

" The siege works were covered with ertx:trench

ments against attacks from without.
" Prince Menschikoff had not made any offen•

sive movement.

" The siege materiel amounted to 400 guns.

" The firing was shortly to commence. It was
thought that a breach would be made in forty-

eight hours.

"Balaklava was perfectly fortified.
" The Pprte sends 10,000 men there, the half
of which embarked on the 9th.
" The Turkish Ambassador, on leaving -Persia,

was decorated by the Shah, and escortwd by a

company of guards to the frontier. He "Leaves a

charge d'affaires there.

" 4,500 French had left the Piraeus for the
Crimea, on board the squadron of Barhier de

Tinan."

PARTS, THURTI)A.Y.

The Patric says that the private correspondence

by the Levant packet-boat which arrived a t Mar-
seilles this morning, announces that the siege
batteries were established before Sebastopol on the
7th, and that the bombardment was to commence
on the 9th.

It was expected that the town would be carried

about the 18th.

Russian deserters had stated that Prince Men.

schikoff had received no reinforcements.
It was said that the besieged had made a sortie,
but that it had been vigorously repulsed.
It is also said that the Government have re--
ceived a despatch from General Canrobert, in
which he says that the Allies occupy an impreg-
nable position, defended by 80,000 men and 200
guns, and that they could repel the attack of
200,000 Russians.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 12.
Advices from Balaklava, of the Bth inst., bring

no intelligence of importance.
The bombardment of Sebastopol was to com

mence on the 14th.

The siege fortifications were advancing.

VIENNA, OCT. 19.
Advices from Odessa, of the Bth inst., have

;he following :

Prince Gortschakoff is here. Prince Menschi-
koff is at Perekop ; his army is at Sebastopol.
The Allies will begin the siege at all points
between the 10th and 12th inst.

Another despatch, of the same date, is as fo

Lows :

Advices from Sebastopol of the 16th report
.iat nine batteries of the first lines were mounted

on the Bth.

Large Russian reinforcements were going to

the Crimea by forced marches.

The bombardment with howitzers commenced

on the 11th.

The Allies had already received. considerable

reinforcements.

had left for the Crimea.

Constantinople letters of the 12th state that
1,000 men of the foreign legion and 4,000 Turks

A Russian corps, estimated at 15,000 men,
was posted on the Tchernaya, near Sebastopol.
The opening of the great operation was expected

daily.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had obtained a
firuaan suppressing the traffic in Circassian and
Georgian slaves.
_ _

The Presse states that, as a consequence of the
correspondence which fell into the hands of the
Allies at the battle of the Alma, some very im-
portant arrests have taken place at Varna.

IBRAILA, OCT. 8.
A large number of Russians were at Toultscha,
Isaktcha, and Matschin.

THE CRIMEA.
The accounts received by the French Go-
vernment are of a very satisfactory kind. The
opinion of General Canrobert is, that the position
of the Allies at Balaklava is impregnable. With
the reinforcements that have arrived the force
of the allies now amounts to 80,000 men, with
200 pieces of cannon. With a position defended
by some heights, and by the sea, and with such a
force, it is declared on competent authority that it
would require 200,000 Russians to attack them
with any chance of success. General Canrobert is
said to speak in the most sanguine manner as to
the success of the attack projected against Sebas-
topol, and declares that there is not the slightest
cause for anxiety. On the whole, the despatches are
described to be most cheering, and certainly hold
out the Lope that the question which has so long
and so intensely engaged public attention will be
solved speedily and gloriously.

MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD'S SUCCESSOR.
We find the following in a letter receive
who is from
Paris this morning:—" Marshal Vaillant,
said to be rather tired of his functions as
so Wme
ar
Minister, would gladly exchange them for
more active duties. He had entertained the
hope of being the successor of Marshal St.
Arnaud in the command of the army in the
Crimea, and if anything prevented him from
pushing on his claim it was the apprehension
of arriving too late at Sebastopol. The private
feeling of the Emperor was in favour of Canrobert,
who, on the first starting of the expedition, had
been named as the successor of St. Arnaud, in case
of anything occurring to the latter. AloreoYer,
the Emperor was unwilling to do anything which
would in the slightest degree wear even the ap.
pearauco of a slight to the English General.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
The Lloyd of the 15th has the following news of
the 7th from the Crimea :--The A 111.6.7 Mena" And
liairitS6 tilt) Russians in all directions, in ureter 10
learn their power of defence, and to discover 4,41'e I
best points of atts,ok. On the 4th the Rwisian