The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

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TURKEY, CTRCASSIA, &c.—DEFEAT OF THE
RUSSIANS WITH DREADFUL LOSS.

In March an army of 15,000 Russian infantrv.under the
-d of Geneml.Yestoroff, collected on the frontier

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of Mingrelia, precede&by bodies of Georgian, Mingrelian,
and.Schoum cavalry. The Cireassiane,eollected in fo
midable forces, allowed the Russians to enter the r
Socha; and compelled-them to give.battae at a very
notice; but as none-but such fighting .r
immediate neighbourhood could be gut

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,ier in time,

the number of eircassians who lay
did not exceed 4,0'00 r 5,000 men

though others came up subsequently: The auxiliary
troops who led the van were attacked most vigorously and
put to the route, leaving on the field'3;r3o men. It was
a complete mune gi4?eut, and most of the Russian party
throw down their arms to escape the more quickly. The
Circassians pursued them hotly. This ended the affair.
The Russians colleoted again, but again they were re-
pulsed, and General Nestoroff, considering the attempt
useless, retired with,the remnant of :his army to Tiflis.
,In the meanwhile the Circassians did. not remain idle;
they organised a plan of attack on Socha, one of the most
important fortresses in Abaza, situate,between Auapat
and-Souboumkale, and noted on European maps as Mamai.
They organized their plans so secretly that on the 17th of
April, during a violent hurricane, they attacked the gar-
rison of Socha with such a determination that a panic

took possession of the besieged, whose. cnly object was
escape from destruction, which was the.more to be appre-
hended, inasmuch, as the Circassians did, not at first em-
barass themselves with prisoners, but put to the sword all
who fell into their hands. Some of theatussians got off

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ships of war at anchor ‘,in boats, others
and a good many :were drowned in

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The Circassians carried away
1 160 guns, large quantities of

and ammunition. In the division,which was made
went to this feat of arms, three barrels of powder

fell-to-the share of each Circassian. It isfurther said that
they burned the bu►ldings of Socha, and were on the point
of destroying the fortifications Completely
After their defeat the RusSians did not
newaLostilities, but. sent Al

tempt to re

Bey, :of Sohoum, to propose peace

afte3r holding a council. of war, replied thatif,the Russians
would abandon all their fortresses on the ceast—Anapa
excepted—and then leave the Sultan and auropean pow-
ers to arrange under their guarantee the terms of an ac-
commodation, they were willing to agree to one, not
otherwise.

Garibaldi, after having penetrated the Neap()Litsn terri-
tcny as nr as the Bocca Al'Arce, and assured „himself of
the retreat of the Neapolitan forces, returned to the
Raman states.

- . .
A trifling sally was made by the Danes from
on the night of the 3rd inst., for the purpose ofklestroying
the ibtrenchinents of the besieging army. They were
obliged to =return without having effected their ,purpose.
The Holstein troops are preparing to carry Fredericia by
assault. wle.learn from Danish accounts that the bombs
from the German batteries have destroyed 60:houses in
he town of:Fredericia.

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NEW

M.USIC.

The Stlion Polka; dedicated, by permission, 'to tke
Countess of .Sefton, by Mrs. M'Dougall. Liverpool:
James Smith,%66., Lord-street. London : Cramer and
Co Regent-street.

This is, we believe, the first publication of a lady who
is better known to the musical,world in Liverpool as their
favourite Miss Roseieseph, than by her married name of
11`Dougall ; and from the present specimen of her abili-
;ties as a composer, we may anticipate for her as much
deserved success in this walk of her art as she earned
amongst us as a vocklist. The -Soften Polka does not
belong to the class of ,compositions brought before the
world by Jullien, Straus, and other modern composers.
It presents no startling difficulties for the player ; no bi-
zarre eombbiations. The score is easy throughout ; the
theme graceful and flowing, and, if a polka can be said to
possess.sen ti men t, Mrs. M. Dougall' sh as this characteristic.
We can safely predict that it will become a favourite with
the public; and shall be glad to welcome further efforts
from herpen.

COUNTY MEETING AT GLOUCESTER.- Qn Saturday,
a meering of " the owners and occupiers of lrnd and
others interested in agriculture in the county of Glouces-
ter," was held in the Shire-hall in that city, " to take
into consideration the present distressed state of the
agricultural interest, and the best means to be adopted
for :,he relief thereof." The requisition had 3963 signa-
tpres appended to it, representing 407,765 acres, and the
attendance, which comprised the leading agriculturists of
the county, many tenant farmers and labourers, was most
numerous and respectable. After resolutions had been
moved and seconded, in favour of the objects of the meet-
ing, Earl Ducie and Mr. Grantley Berkeley moved
amendments, to the effect that the present distress was
occasioned by the unequal pressure of taxation. The
original resolutions were carried by a majority of two-
thirds of the meeting.
THE CHOLERA.-At Upper Rainbaw, near Chatham,
several cases of cholera have been reported, 15 of which
have terminated fatally, and five bodies were buried on
Friday. The disease first made its appearance in some
cottages in the rear of Mr. Lampard's, a blacksmith, the
whole of which are inhabited by poor people with large
families. The disease is suspected to have first broken
out by a woman dying in one of the cottages, which being
closed, together with the heat of the sun, produced a
dreadful stench, and the effluvium being inhaled by the
inmates, they fell victims to the disease, which spread
from one cottage to another. The survivors have all been
removed by the parish authorities to a large house, which
is appropriated as a hospital. These deaths have occurred
within a few hours after being attacked. The parish
authorities are cleansing out all the cottages, and white-
washing and fumigating them. At present there Re no
fresh cases.

THE WALLISEY COMMISSIONERS AND THE
INHABITANTS OF SEACOMBE.

The condition and well-being of the communities over
the water are certainly fair subjects for the consideration
of the press of Liverpool. The Cheshire villages are the
most delightful retreats of our merchants and others ;
our most delightful places for midday excursions ; and it
is an object to those, for whom they afford such sources
of enjoyment, to see that they are well governed ; and
that the tradesmen resident in them are afforded every
aid to enable them to provide, with economy, for the
accommodation not only of residents but of casual visitors.
We make no apology, therefore, for directing the atten-
tion of our readers to the report in our columns of the
proceedings at their last meeting of the Wallasey Con.-
missioners, a body who have under their rule one of the
most beautiful marine portions of the Wirral Peninsula.
The body in question—a kind of rural Town Council—
contains amongst its members a majority of the monied
or commercial-aristocratic class. New Brighton and
Egremont override, somewhat, the more populous and
humble villages of Seacombe _and Liscard. Sanitory
efforts have occupied their first attention ; and properly
so. Good sewerage should precede building and the
settlement of a considerable population. But it has
justly been conceived by the inhabitants of the. settled
portion of the district that taxation for these objects
should, in the first instance, be appl.

to the

improvement of the streets and dwellings erected, -ant.'
not for the convenience of straggling villas, or the im-
provement of outlying building land. The reverse, how-
ever, is said to have been the practice of the Commis-
sioners. Extensive schemes have been preferred to schemes
for works immediately wanted ; and, had these not been
in a great measure checked, the result would have been a
very severe pressure upon the inhabitants and tradesmen
in the built-upon portions of the district. It is com-
plained, moreover, that the improvements determined
upon are carried out with little consideration for the con-
venience of the people of Seacombe—the oldest ferry—
whilst that of its more aristocratic rivals, the Egremont
and New Brighton ferries, is more cons'derately regarded.
We shall give an instance, previously to remarks upon
the proceedings contained in our report of the last com-
missioners' meeting. In the winter months of last year,
and the commencement of the present, a sewer was made
running down the principal street—if street it can be called
—of Seacombe ; the main road, in fact, from Liscard,
Poulton, Egremont, New Brighton, and the interior por-
tions of the hundred to the Seacombe Ferry. For four
months this thoroughfare was interrupted, and the business
of the shopkeepers and other inhabitants of Seacombe
seriously impeded. The road has not even yet been put
in a fit state for the accommodation of the traffic of the
neighbourhood to and from Seacombe Ferry. It is now
proposed, on the petition, we understand, of six (1) rate-
payers of the township of Liscard, that the sewerage should

be proceeded with ; and that the proportion now to be
commenced shall be from Egremont Church to what Sea-
combe people know as Orrell's Corner, a point where the
sewer down Seacombe village commenced. To carry on

rupt the whole of the traffic from Liscard, New Brighton,
and Egremont to the Seacombe Ferry; and these summer
months are the most important to all ferry proprietors.
We do not, of course, impute motives to any of the com-
We do not go the length

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