The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

Shumla, by order of Omar Pacha. The resew
centre is stationed at Slim-lila. The right NV
Trojan's Wall, with its reserve at Bazordjick 35,0
The Turkish force on those different points 0%01
mated at from 120,000 to 130,000 combatants: P'l
the garrisons of the strong places. The combatants:
second line are concentrated round Adrianople,fr
50,000 or 60,000 English and French already CIO
Gallipoli, Scutari, and Constantinople form the
Such are the forces of the two belligerent Power3vg
to each other in Europe.

THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN, THE DOB 4
When the Russian army under General Vide
the Dobrudscha, says the Times, different op,,t,
formed in Europe of the nature and object of tamee,o
tion. By some it was believed to be the cominerl
a direct attack upon the chief positions of the Afr.
army, intended to take advantage of the earliest ;le
adapted for military operations, and to anticiPtbee,,
bold and skilful advance the heats of sunnner'ber,
lential effluvia of the Danubian marshes, and t
of a more formidable enemy. By others this i°6",.,
was conceived to be one of a purely defensireir
for the purpose of preventing the Turkish ihV,,
outflanking the Russians in Wallachia, and frolneog
ing their base of operations, while it streng,;oid
Russian command of the river by the posse-10r;
forts of Matschin and Isakstcha, so as t°,.;ler
Lower Danube more difficult of access to the st" 4
gun-boats of the combined fleets. However, ';',o
flicting opinions may have been contradicted er
by subsequent events, no one thought it possible, re,
Russian generals should propose to themselves lefete,
stationary in such a position, which has all t!eobr;
I military station can possess. It is at once oet'd
and unsafe, inaccessible except to the elle< e
mands the coast, and communicating by lei
points only with the main body of the annY on t,
shore of the river. All supplies of food, runra"—
reinforcements must be sent by bullock e"—coillit
wards of sixty miles from the bridges pear ion
Brailow to .the scene of operations. The r°;;1, 4,
duces nothing, and hardly furnishes any o",acou
not brackish or infected. The Turks, on tn,e
remain within comparatively easy reach of Iblierrics
quarters ; the deficiences of their advanced
easily supplied; and, even in case of defeat, tb
only have to fall back on the best part of o,eaLit
army. Nevertheless, in this extraordinary and b"; Pftyl
position the Russians have remained since tua:so,o'
March, a delay only comparable to the blunde",ye
fatal consequences of the Walcheren Expeditiant,
now begin to receive some of the particulars fA
such a state of things has given rise. A letterflaeettf4
of April, addressed to the Vienna Medical " roi)
one of the medical officers serving on the sPat'bto:',
the most authentic information that can be Ostiti
the hardships to which the Russian troops 311, the es r'
of the pestilential nature of the district, and
ordinary energy with which the Turkish on volt
defended their lines. "The ambulances in the 001
scha fill with such rapidity "
tat consignments,'?o##
wounded must be made twice a day to
Matschm, and from those places to the left 1%;
river." Even there, however, it is impossible 9,7510,
find proper accommodation, for seven hosPit4l,o
miserable adjacent towns are already overern",
further, bed accommodation has been orderea Ipr
more patients. The number of wounded in Oleo, fro
scha since the passage is stated to be 2,600 Tetibleei
implies a total loss in killed and wounded -of ea
number. In the month of April 31 per cent. of the 04
died in hospital—a very large proportion, even ar
5:0 riot
the averages as published by the Russian of 9
Although, therefore, we know little of the deta'oo9
operations, it may be considered certain th,a,t, th
attacks have been made by the Russians ondtbyt
lines, that they have been generally repulsed, 3u
,e $1.4;0
Russian losses have been most severe. We 1131 ie
formation of a later date, which states that earl°
the symptoms of the spring fever, well known
vite armies by its terrific ravages in former
begun to show themselves among the troorsee,
produced a greater consternation than the res
the enemy. Reports of the ravages of this rbeeaß
demic in the campaigns of IS2B and 1829 baveitsirtir
fished by Dr. Seicllitz and others, who were frigl'to
the medical staff at that time. They draiv aoh
picture of the virulence of this disease, vi'hici'd tbeti
some cases be compared to the plague itself, an ortOsoi
no doubt that it annihilated a very large Prot it
it
the Russian army in those years. The fact, t
seems to have recurred at precisely the 51011 finer D,l
well deserving of attention, and it seems alines diodi
that a general should have deliberately kePt a ,t egY
his army in the very position where they are inf:Fist)
to this deleterious influence. The nearer the lr,
to the course of the Danube, the more they iyiLr g
these fevers, while the troops stationed on la"
may escape them altogether

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OUR ---
Notwithstanding the numerous questions
been put, and the explanations offered, as 7refe
assurances given in parliament as to the c0m1°,,,,
vision made for our troops at Gallipoli, and
viable, and
ta,ntdhetihrerealacoocmonmdiotdaiontioanpppeaxviddeetbtfooraftt,mlfiei
thing but satisfactory. The cerresP°ll
writing from Gallipoli under date of the Ist Ater
" Since the arrival of Brigadier-General Ke,'
(Brigade-Major Hope and Lieutenant Gralt#s,,ec4
camp), each of the regiments stationed here';,Peg-
aspte
tchteedcaorin,psusceooeislsaivfteerniodraiwiinngs,
dishtheeyßirVeilol%lo,g
asenldvesmalurochkyinigf.they get released after three.
The men are getting into 1100",
order, in spite of the weather. It woulds,veit°'
if there was a little more attention paid to lcielits!tolB'
by the home authorities. The supplies of Itte °" •t
uncertain. Sometimes the ration beef is (11,1.00' Ptb
it is so green and nasty the men have to in whereelli
and their rambles through the French eanlj'fbecli,
see plenty of coffee, sugar, rice, &c., ma" etlelli'• to:f
tented and grumbling. The extraordinary 511ceintttil
these changes (in the weather) and the exees.slool),
of temperature are very trying to the men 111 f fase.:fijeo,
is gratifying to learn that the average ° 61;dcliw,
disease is rather below that of most carePs belnell;
circumstances. The sun rises, perchance, from „pie? ,„
hills of Asia Minor without a cloud to mar Into' e Vitt!,
the Sea of Marmora, bounded by the faint
~,,ep,„(e.
the highlands of Asia and the distinctive s"not1Pool°
European coast line, spreads oat towards thedoe aes tbt
like a sheet of burnished silver ; the Pnr
swiftly between the contracted channel as sni-Ofel'eget
Thames in summer time by the pleasant meads d tbet
In an incredibly short time the whole asPeei."-,ett"se
is changed. A violent storm of wind rushes 010914 v:
of the sea and straits, lashing them into fury, 30ePtor)
the-Turkish boats flying with drooping pcal;:sl°o of oieg
of the shore—the coast is obscured by 101ssiefell/eld
clouds, which burst into torrents of raia
r,nthroe
tropical water spouts. The French men-of-".tn oot4stY
send down topmasts, and the merchantmen see' tel;
and let go another anchor; the rayahs P
fields, and crouch in holes and corners till the 8 cele" dm
and the luckless troops on their march are COei Iftlge,
mud in a moment by the action-of the raj!' t°to
which has fallen upon them, and then they 113,,their epee
along through slush and filth till they ga,`,4--Ib,
In such times as these, canvass is a sorry slie''o'e :10,01
"drawn" from the loose soil, and let in !loch, ;10,,
Oa Saturday last, tents were blown down bY, follr es 1(
as this in all directions. In the two Engli'.lla the °lope°
20 were down at the same time, and exec/self riser,
all the drenching storm. Lady Errol's tcleet tjt".,z
these, and her ladyship had to crawl from 1111
ping canvass through the slush in most sorrYTY o,Wor,b,
The special correspondent of the sametgeond,ty
from Shumla on the 24th April, says
skirmish at Kalafat, and the erection I)3' 11, eewpriof',l
12-gun battery on the island opposite Silistret'o°4;e
eating with the mainland by means of a the
there has been nothing doing on either side 11,1,t t:efieolT
military operations, and it would appear fileacoele:trri
determined for the present on acting solely on 0511 oet,i
These being likewise the tactics of the °
the case resembles very much the proccedingslie
schoolboys, each anxious to become cock of '9triPot 0 f !tie
both dreading to commence the struggle q ,seleof
blow. There are reports of a meditated rislll;;ec.bob
Bulgarians in the event of a general 0"ioell Pe
Russian forces. That the Czar has en4ll;"efise
throughout the country there can be no doe' ecle delie
as one can judge from appearances, the ref Aft'llt,
country seem indifferent as to the success flectieel,
and doubtless entertain no favourable ren°:ecte';'o.
excesses committed by their would-be Prne'e.,)s„
occasion of their last visit during the war °` red
reiear?
the
t 9
THE PEAR CROP in Worcestershire, a cot' tij b' be
for its perry, will be a failure, owing to afro- 5 brill
blossom has received from the present cold al/0115)0 pv)
AMERICAN GIFT TO TURICET.—The etol of
accounts of the Americans of the Unitedrks, ~erbeft;e
sent a present of 30,000 muskets to the rf°,./). l'aie le
, REVOLTING MURDER IN DrvassnlDs' fen' .f.
murder has just been committed on a Yon '',g. n• is Stew
neighbourhood of. Torrington, North P.„ e„:te.iPeer 1-'Ol
Wednesday, a labouring man was proceeu,T(Tr, lje beairipe
and when about one mile from Torrini3ert., ,ceivec,l4,ll
House, the seat of Sir Trevor Wheeler,' he, 1/V4)00150
few faint groans, and, on looking ronnul and
body of a young woman lying in a ditc''' and J-00evtbe
mutilated. He immediately lifted her or'ee was, 001,0
the poor creature still breathed, but her Ileictureu ce
of cuts and bruises, and the skull was so ed to Pe nece
brain protruded, and her person aPPearee to tlin 11,01
violated. When the girl had been rem iv sent P' r
house, where a surgeon was immediately
maker;
'ascertained that the victim was a);10 in theneeet4Yee
Richards, about 22 years of age, residing orisqlle Pot
ing parish of Langfree. She nevertiblaroec:tnie:suepsitr.3earei,liyoole trref
she was taken out of the ditch, and she frsoe;ef
day without having been able to
dreadful occurrence. It appears
carried °l'a the"etc;
the district is ,glove.making, which is
rolled' tere' opi"
of out-workers in the small villages ,rnoufac iidor
siding at a distance from the scat fof
vently r.f 3e,
get their living in this manner, are a q fecto7,itie.fe
of sending some trustworthy person tel..,"a`nd re:pfectig.
rington to carry in the finished uoolcLopied 0 ef A°Dit
wages. The girl Richards was °ft,' fall suPPI)O. es f°rof°'
last, and having taken out a _lace, boil
she appears to have made sundry little F
she had in.her possession. - 1
Of
a d her basket I°, V-(1 Deo °
her reticule,
which,and her bundle Immonr.idhehoesfsi:lis:;;„‘:eirloterSirrlopopedaires
her pockets having been rifled, an
sed trougaft"
war woman, it seems,, Thes
on hery home about four o
ebserreLef hl'orpiE oe
strange man with large whiskers
mile wasb
, andfroma s
the
the attack aor,
adjoining bank being covered wi I go
dea,lll! to
her took place shortly after that ee ltie,811;4;;01'.1"
and otherwise hearing marks M _e ne e. poll';01
theshevllilaasgfr
it
tdi
si no
otnhjeoodttimiutrcedhe:
road where all traces were lost. in tile a ota
the neighbourhood were very activeuriere lea;ss
so -cr
Footprints were traced for some disfft.o7ever, aript:;
Tuesday afternoon the suspected m u
d changed 14ewpil
Spy
custody at Barnstaple.
shaved off his whiskers to liesecaphea
has been removed to Torrington,
the result of the coroner's inquest.
dectolocseti_orcio• 00.17, to