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FRENCH PAPERS.

110)1 TUX MISSAGER DES CHAMIRES, OCT. S.
PARIS, ocr. s.
A letter from Odessa of the 12th of September (which ,
is in no respect official) speaks in these terms; rr The
accounts of the Bth say, that the operations before Varna
were very much advanced, and a decisive affair is ex-
pected in a few days."
The Odessa journal announces the arrival of the
Emperor Nicholas before Varna, and his daily inspec-
tion of the batteries erected for bombarding the walls'
of so important a plum, but no official news has been
received of a general attack, which private letter: pre.
tend has been made, and in which the Russiansois they
say, were repulsed.
. We repeat it, nothing positive has been brought re
stinting Varna, either by the Odessa journal or by the
letters from Czemowits, which, mentioning the Em-
peror before Varna, speak only of the immense preps.
rations making for a general engagement. These let-
ters state. at the same time, that two ltu•sian divisions
and the Polish infantry of the troops in Poised have
received orders to eater the two Principalities. The
diplomatic body was still sit:Odessa on the 11th of Sep-
tember, "aides for the tiftvi of the result of the attack
upon Varna to repair to the head-quarters of his MAP
jest!, or to follow him to St. Petersburg!), if be should
think fit to return to that capital.
An Ordinance of the King, ebuntersigised by M.
Hyde de Neuville, relative to the pittirig into commis-
sion of the ships of the Royal navy; has been published
in the official part of the Moniteur of to-day. It decrees
that in each of the five military pots of the kingdom
there shall be kept several ships in commission, among
which there shall be at least one ship of the line or a
frigate. When an order shall be given to put a ship of
war into commission, the officer who is to command it,
At sea shall be.. immediately appointed. This officer
shalt have under his command, on board' the ships of
the line and frigates. a Lieutenant, and on board, the
corvettes and brigs an Ensign; and according to the
'rate•of the vessel, be shall also have order his command
the while or half 04.. the of of a conivany of regu.
lir seamen. The remaining ankles if the Ordinance,
'which are 42 in all, detail very minutely xll the other
regulations to be observed respelling ships put into

/ROM tai GAZETTE DC FRANCS; OCT. 4.
VIENNA. $4. _

Their Majesties tbsrinpeTtir anti Empress are ee.
pected here to-morow from B4den. It is affirmedobst
within these' few daps "conahunications from Lisboa
have been made to the imperial Court. 3:
Fisica Fonneriaanse. Ocr. 3.—Five per Cents. 105 f. We.
dOe. 5Sc. 'nice per Cana. 73C /oe. 75c. Bank Stocli, 1.11501.
Wareham/, 79( 110 c. Royal Spanish Low, 79111.-- HaY tin. Lean,
6701. llickange no Ueda% eat month, SOc. Than 4400,
15c.—GiewC4aseksolipos. ..•••
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BRUSSELS PIPERS.

Yam tiffs ransoms sr& ra GAZICTTIC. SEPT. 28.
NEWS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR.
4CCOUST OS TOO orsRATIONS 31120111 •CHU)ILA, TO

100 e ',errs/Atka.
Oa the 9th of September. at three o'clock in the
morning, the Turks, under the command of the Seras.-
kier Hussein Pacha, attacked With considerable force
the centre and right wing of our position. Each of the
two redoubts was attacked by four regiments of infantry,
'among which, however, there weie some irsegolar
I Taking advantage of the darkness of thenight,
T;trlcs three times approached our works, and this,
tittles threw themselves into the trenches. They vie%
however, very soon repulsed. with loss, and 'in the lase.
attack entirely dispersed.ind took flight with such pito
eipitation, that, contrary to their usual custom,' they
left their killed and wounded 'behind. Wetoek 600
prisoners.
Oar loss is very inconsiderable, being only five killed
and twenty wounded. The' enemy's artillery hardly'
fired at all during the whole engagement.
It is worthy of rema7k that our troops that were in
the entrenchinenis received. 'the enemy with bravery-ard
eeelaeso...ll order to fire with more effect oe:the'Tatke
la the trenches, oar soldiers ascended the parapet. 4n,
artilleryman was even seen to tike np a grenade, which
bad fallen in our redrinbt,- and threw it back with the
lighted fuseesalion the 1%16%0v-films. • • • •

-Hatch Pichtioitibe head of 3,000 horse and 100
toot, attempted iiiturn nor right wing, bin 'When he
'Mad passed the village so Kaiopli, and was proceeifing
along the heightion which weir two of our redoubti,
Lieittenant Generel,itudiger, with the htiliacie of bus-
Mrs and firer pieces of horse artillety, went to meet
him, attacked and repulsed him, and pursued him-to
the distance of a verstheyond Kasopli, as fat • as the
wood, into which he was able to retreat. • - -
In consettrience of the difficulty of procuring pro-
vender for the horses, the general movement towards
Jeuiliazar will be delayed as long as possible.
ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS BEFORE VARNA
TO THE 13rei SEPTEMBER.
The besieging corps proceed with evident success.
On the right wing of the' ine of attack the works are
completed, and the mines which have been constructed
for the destruction of the cottatermarp will be imme-
diately charged.
In the night of the llth of September, the enemy'
chiefly bombarded the point where the battalion of
sappers of the guard were working. Yesterday we took
at the point of the bayonet a redoubt which the enemy
had in the middle of our works, and which interrupted'
our communications. The fire of our artillery, which had
combined from early is the morning, was stopped at
noon, and a signal being given, 900 men of the regi-
tneat Stasteteli, wider the command of Capt. Behnke,
Itt4ked the enemy's redoubt, without lung a shot,
`mid took it. About SOO Mirka were killed inthe works,
add 10'prisoaers apes. We bad one 'facer killed and'
two wounded, SG p.ltem tilled or wounded. On the
same day a detbeieeut of gear& and troops ot the
Ilia% under tbe cesiumsed al AWljutant General Golowinp,
was sent to often. the south bank of the kake
After oecepliag the Heights of the peniltswi Galatesi
tbataletaehasent took the road so Bourgot. without lA-
ling in with the enemy. The troops embarked to saps
pen the operations of Goiowin were landed without
Lfiridite oast. By these two operations we took some
Pot the inelay's convoys, and a considerable number of
Wile. 'The appearance of out troops in the Peninsula
of Galata most have made a great impression on the
iarriasia of Varna, wham situation is reported by the
prisoners to.beconse daily more difficult. Since the.be-
stoning of the siege.the eamaybas lost 3,000 men in

the fortress, without reckoning the considerable losses
which he has sustained in the numerous sallies, and in
the works taken by our troops. •
This morning the enemy sent a detachment of 400 or
1500 cavalry against Lieutenant-General Golowin. A
few winos shot sufficed to drive them back. On
allot* side, however, the enemy made a serious sally
about three o'clock. He attacked us on the right side,
protected by the poiots•which he still occupied, and just
at the spot where our fascines were, very near io the
ditches of the fortress. It was probably his intention
to destroy bur works. • The action was warm, but the
enemy found it japossible to attain his object, and was
not only repulsed by the 13th and 14th Regimients• of
Chasseurs at the point of the bayonet, but compelled to
abandon his positions, which were occupied by our
troops. We found in them so many dais Turks, that
it was necessary to remove them befbre our troops at.'
cupied them. In this sectessfel action some of our
brae* men were killed. Major-General Perowakin was
wodesded by a ball.

• ODR&SA, Sam Is.
Ws base just received news front the camp before
Vona, witicb come down to the 6th of this Snonth.f •
The ansperor Was extremely pleased with the rapid
progress of the works of the besieging corps. The bat-
teries of heavy artillery were erected within thirty toises
of the fortress, and the works; which the Tusks had
erected to cover the breach taken at the point of the
bayonet. Two bastions had already been obliged to
suspend their fire. The Emperor daily visits the works,
and passes the night on board-Me Paris nian.of-war.—
' The Guards arcentrusted with the blockade, and it is
hoped thatthe fortress mast soon surrender.
General Paskewitsch' has again obtained a consider:-
able advantage under the walls of Akalzikb. He has
driven the enemy's army of 50,000 men from its en-
trenched camp, on which occasion nine cannon, five pair
of colours, and 2.50 prisoners, were taken liythe Russians.
The courier who brought the above news affirms, that-
he heard at the Laseretto that since he left theattoy•
Akalukh had surrendered to General Paskewitsch.
FRONTIVIS OF TRANSYLVANIA, Sam 13.
We hear nothing decisive from Schumla, but as the
great heat, which is so unfavourable to the Russians, has
abated, the revisit of the Emperor to the army will be
the signal for important events. The Turkish army at
Adrianople beComes daily more formidable, and the
second point of resistance is preparing, if Schumla should
fall. The siege of Shuts is proceeds slowly, Ind the gar.
rison of Ghiurgevo keeps, the Ruissian corps before the
place constantly on the alert.
The accounts respecting the plague being favourable,
the piecautions are lest rigorimuly enforced.. Thelecoste
continue to do vast injury in Transylvania.
. Thema, Sm. 25.--Metallgoes„ 941.—Bank Shares, 1090; halite
evening, lOU --A/softiies Zithitg. &pg. 2s.
The dates of the 19th September Irma Odessa, and 6th from
Varna, are so given to the Agetweihr Zenon. They mem to be
commons, as the Entierot did not leave alma till the evening of
the ,6th.

WINDSOR CASTLE.
The private apartments intended for 'his Majesty's
occupation ifi the Castle are very nearly completed, but
whether his Majestriakes possession of them shortly, or
whether he intends waiting until St. George's Hall and
the grand ball room shall bare been finished (for at
present they are only bare walls), is all conjectere,
although the latter is the most probable, as the proxi-
mity of the hall and ball room to the private apartments,
while the workmen are yet actively employed there,
might be found inconvenient. The new terrace, which
commences at the Iltuiswick Tower, at the north-
east angle. and terminates at the south-east angle,
in a simucircular form, eireldees about two acres of
ground, and is to be laid out as a flower garden, but at
present it is in a very unfinished state. This garden is
directly in front of his Majesty's apartments, and the
"apploach to it is from the old terrace, br a handsome
Sight of descending stole-steps. Ori the left of this.
and ender the terrace, lithe orangery, extending from
100. to 200 feet, and haying large Gbthic windows leek-
trig south into the garden. The effectof this, when
"finished, will be exceedingly beautiful, and the arrange.
ment such as will enable his Majesty fully to enjoy
that privacy so congenial to his wishes. when riot oc-
cupicd with public or State .affairs. This sketch
comprises the exterior of the whole of the eastern
wing. 'The south wing is nearly in a finished state,
with the exceptioa of the ground; but whether.upon'
this a terrace is to be formed, or the old ditch,
which, by order of his late Majesty, was filled up,
is to be re-opened, is rut at present ascertained,—
Rumour. however, speaks of the latter alteration
as the most probable. In the centre of this wing,
and fronting the long walk, is the principal entrance. by
as archway, the largest to any castle in England. From
the centre or opposite side of the quadrangle, the view
through this gateway is most enchanting, the road being
seen in a straight line for nearly four miles, gently des-
cending for about the two first miles, and the remainder
ascending until it branches off and is lost in the forest.
At this extreme point of the road, a colonial statue of
George UI. now in execution by Mr. Westmacott, is In-
tended to be placed ; and the magnitude of this statue
may. be judged of by the fact, that twelve of Mr. West-
macott's men have at one time together taken lunch in
the interior of the-horse, the door through which they
entered being the saddle-place. Much discussion has
arisen as to the best position for effect in which to plate
this statue on its intended sits. If fronting the Castle,
or the reverse. it would,. at that distance, present little
better than a solid mass almost without furm. The de-
termination, therefore. et present, is to place it with the
Irma towards the oasts the only advantageous position,
indeed, we think in which it can be seen from the Castle.
On state occasions the approach of his Majesty towards
the Castle, to hold a Council or otherwise, down this
long walk, attended by bis guards, is grand and hi-
posing in the extreme,, and immediately on his Ma-
testy entering the gateway Of the Castle, the trumpet
sounds, the. guards file off, and are dismissed, and his
Majesty enters the state apartments to meet Isis Mi-
nisters, Etc., and, on the Council breaking up, his
Majesty gets into his pony phaeton, which is in wait-
ing. and drives away as a private Gentleman. Many.
esroaeous statements have gone forth respecting the,
southern wing of .this magnificent building ; it has been'
called by some a new creation. and as such has uncles.
Pee some rather severe criticisms, which might have
been very good in their way had they been directed
against a fact; bat the truth is that Mr. Wyatville, the
architect, very jadiciously raking advantage of are

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tower that existed before, has added another tower W
correspond, and has placed the splendid gateway intim
centre between both, making the whole appearance as
uniform as it is grand: this is all,of a new creation
that belongs to it. The Devil Tower, at the south.
west angle, where David, King of Scotland, was
lodged as a prisoner, has as yet not undergone any
external alteration or repair. nor indeed is it at
present ascertained what form exactly it is intended
to make the western wing assume. The Round Tower.
or " keep," in which King John of France was confined.
forms the centre of this wing ' • and between it and the
Devil Tower there is a flight of stone steps, not mists
than three feet wide, which can only be seen by looking
down from either of these towers—a communication
which was granted as a special favour to the Kings of
France and Scotland, who were both prisoners in the
Castle at the same time, to allow them the enjoyment
of each othes's society. 'This communication, viewed
from the quadrangle or from, the outside of the Castle
itself. appears only as a solid wall overgrown with
ivy, and has about it altogether a very venerable
appearasice. The equestrian statue of Charles, which
forenetly stood near the centre of the quadrangle,
is ;removed to the base of the round Tower. facing
the eastern wing. and it is intended to raise the
Round Tower itself some 40 or SO tet above its present
height. This and the New Bruns* i,k Tower, viewed
from a distance, form the most conspicuous features of
the Castle, and powerfully relieve what, in other respects,
might be deemed a monotony. From the Eton mea-
dows the view is Magnificently grand : indeed, so much
so, that all foreigners, as well as our own travelled
countrymen, who have seen it, declare that, taking the
advantages of position. the bold and makbibe grandeur
of the Castle itself, and the splendid seder y with a hich
it is surrounded, nothing to be compared withit exists
in Europe. It is true the money that has elready been
expended here is etromous, and what will yet be rte.
quired to complete it most necessarily be great too;
but many and loud as the complaints on this bead
'hire been reiterated both in and out of Parliament,
there can be no persons of taste who have. had an
opportunity of viewing the,e splendid improvements.
'however fucible they may have previously been in
their condemnation, but must have' come away with
eery ciiffeserit feelings upnn the iuhjett. and impressed
With a degree of pride that .there will be ooe palace at
biotin their country oos in be equalled in any other, and
'worthy to. be the residence of the chief of a great na-
tion. Raving thus somewhat briefly described the out.
ward appearance of the different wings of the Castle.
•
we' proceed to the interior of die square or quad
tingle. On entering here by the new gateway already
*Wien of from the long walk, and proceeding directly.
;across the quadrangle, the Foreign Ambassadoss. the
King's Ministers. &c. on days of 'state. alight horn their
carriages under a splendid portico leading to the state
apartilients, and over this portico them is a tower
erected, in style eortespondhit.,with the rest of the
building. which serves very 'Ouch to rglieve tlae loot;
,line of windows ioSt. Georges Hail and di...state
apartments. On the right, and in the south east angles
as the entrance to his Majesty's private apartments, and
!It is here and in the north east 'eagle, the entrance to
e kitchen and .other offices, that Mr. Wyatvilie
'seems to have placed the eye of his picture. as far as
regards the interior of the quadrangle. At this en.
trance to the King's apartments, what first strikes the
eye is a projecting canopy. supported only by brackets.
exceedingly. rich and elaborate in workmanship, arol
over this. in bas relief, are his Majesty's arms. ex-
tremely sell executed by Rossi, but. as it struck as,
too diminutive in sire, and by no means correspond-
ing in that respect with the general scale of the build-
ings. Under this canopy the It lel apartments are
approached by a handsome but small Right of stone
steps, on the landing of which are met, a pair of
massive Gothic wainscot doors, having plate glass
introduced, from the centre upwards. From this land.
ing place a grand and beautiful staircase branches elf
right and lett, until it meets again as another landing
place, which is lighted from a lantern 'ceiling most
tastefully executed. The Itoyal apartments are then
entered in succession, and the arrangements of them
for utility and convenience cannot be surpassed ;
indeed, they are as much to be admired in this respect
as tor- the general grandeur, beauty, and taste that be-
long to them. The first apartment entered from the land.
ing-place, is the music-room, a sort of is regular octagon,
having in one part rows of seats rising one above lino-
tber, for the convenience of a very full band. One side
of this room Brill be delusively appropi iated for the use
of his MAjestfand his immediate private friends, when
disposed to be *resent; but there are various apart-
ments contiguous to this, from which, by throning
open.the doors, the company will have the full ad-
vantage of the music without either seeing or being
seen. The next apartments are the tares dininproom
and library, both of which are 'most magnificent in
their structure and general appearance, mid there is a
smaller dining-room for the convenience of lesser
parties. The massive Gothic projecting windows by
which these rooms are lighted ate of a strikingly splen-
did description; these windows are all of the finest
plate glass, and are so extensive in their dimensions
that there is only one window tequired in each tooth ;
each window contains, beside's others, four lower
panes of glas of an immense size, the dimensions of
each pane being five feet in height by about two feet
in breadth ; each of these panes run in a groove,
and slides up and down as required. to admit or ex-
clude air, by a handle for the attisebed to the bot-
tom part of the frame. The shutters of these windows
are concealed behind splendid lnekieg glasses, placed
obliquely Prim the window toward the interior of
the room ; these mirrors, by touchiil a" spring, fly
open inwards, the shutters appear and *form their
othce, and the mirrors again replace themselves in
an instant. On each side of the window, in these
and several others of the apartments, is a large
looking-glass in a splendid frame, placed exactly
opposi.e another corresponding, which produces one of
the most perfect and beautiful optical illusions that can
be experienced, for the spectator, by looking into either
of these glasses, appears to look down .a lengthened
vista, or a multiplication of glasses, each seeming to
diminish in size as the distance recedes. The side tables
of the dining rooms are of a most superb description;
they are of rosewood, exquisitely and richly carved, and
inlaid with gold. Toe chairs and sofas, whieb at 'ascot
are veiled from vulgar eyes with coverings of caovaso
alt ea odic

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