The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-07 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA
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BY ELECTRIC T ELEGRAPH.

MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6,

LoNDox.--On 'Change, little done in Cotton

" Monsieur le Marechal, Yesterday, at sunrise, we brisk and advancing. Tallow, to-day, new P.Y.C.
opened our fire in concert with the English army. Matters 655. 6d. to 665. on the spot. Scotch Pig Iron, 80s. to
were proceeding favourably, when the explosion of the f 80s. 6d.. with few buyers. In Spelter, more doing at
powder magazine of a battery, which unfortunately was
.00,4 £24 sterling, on' the spot. In Linseed
of a serious character, threw our attack into disorder.l6s.
This explosion produced greater effect from the fact that i Oil, sales trifiir
our batteries were accumulated round the point where it
took place. The enemy profited by it to increase his fire,
and, in accord with the General commanding the ar-
tillery, I was'of opinion that it was necessary for us to
suspend ours in order to make repairs, and to complete Paris letters of Sunday, containing a numbs of des.

THE

3 CRIMEA.

and rumours, but no new facts. Letters from
pol state that the Russian defences and earth-

Sebast

step to ; works were much stronger and mo

WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting of the com-
mittee of the Wellington Testimonial Fund was held yes-
' terday at the Town-hall. After some discussion, it was
I resolved to call a meeting of the subscribers, in order to
MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Ganges steamer
rescind the motion fora column and statue, for which the
has arrived, with despatches from Constantinople of the i
28th. It is stated that on the night of the 22nd the funds
some way more practicable.
arectiinsufficientc , and apply the amount in
able.
Russians spiked seven guns in a battery guarded by the THE GUNPOWDER PLOT.—The Fifth of November
26th French regiment. The siege batteries of the allies falling on Sunday this year, it passed off without any at-
were in full play, and produced a terrible effect. It was tempt at demonstration on an extensive scale, which
thought the assault would be made on the 2nd or 3rd of would have been the case on any other day. We have
November.
received complaints of fireworks being discharged in the
VIENNA, Nov. 4.—During the 25th the Russians, 30,000 neighbourhood of Toxteth-park and Everton, but, with
strong, threw themselves suddenly on the Turkish re- these exceptions, we believe there was little to disturb the
doubts in the neighbourhood of Balaklava. The Turks quiet of the Lord's Day.
were forced to yield to numbers, but the English light SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A. DEAD MAN.—On the 26th
cavalry brigade came up to stop the progress of the enemy, of October, Robert Murray, aged 42, rigger, left his home,
in Liverpool, with the intention of going on a pleasure
and was speedily supported by the heavy cavalry and a
French division.. The two allied armies rivalled each trip to Wales. Nothing more was heard of him until
other in bravery,. and the Russians were put to flight, yesterday morning, when his body was found under some
with considerable loss.
bags of corn on the Waterloo Dock quay. It was black,
On the 26th, the day after, our positions were attacked and in an advanced state of decomposition. An inquest
as well on the side of Balaklava as on that of Sebastopol. will be held before the borough coroner to-day.
The allied armies repelled this double attack with the most DnArn PRONE A FALL.—An inquest was held yester-
brilliant success, and the enemy left 1,000 dead on the day, before the Borough Coroner, on the body bf Matthew
field.
Robinson, aged 39, of 10 Court, Collingwood-street. Six
The fire from the batteries of the place had slackened a weeks ago the deceased was assisting to pile deals in the
good deal, and the siege operations were pursuing their timber-yard of Messrs. Palmer and Jardine, the Potteries,
course in the most favourable manner. when he was blown off a plank, falling from a height of
A Russian despatch, received vie/ Warsaw, announces 13 feet, and sustained severe injuries of the back. He
that on the 27th and 29th the relative positions of the was taken to the Southern Hospital, where he died on
besieged and the besiegers remained the same. Saturday ; verdict accordingly.
The siege works were pushed on, but the most advanced A PSEUDO SEA CAPTAIN AND HIS BREAKPAST.-011
batteries had not yet been armed with guns.
A second Russian despatch, dated Odessa, Nov. 1, Sunday morning, at an early hour, a rough-looking cus-
asserts that up to the 29th nothing decisive had occurred, tomer made his way into the Adelphi Hotel, and having
On the 27th the allies attacked General Liprandi's
seated himself as snugly as possible in a comfortable berth
division without effect. .
in the coffee-room, he in bluff and hearty terms ordered
VIENNA, SUNDAY.—The Gest . Correspondent states
the waiter to bring him breakfast, which order was ac-
that, according to advises from Odessa, nothing decisive cordingly complied with. Having regaled himself with a
had occurred at Sebastopol up to Oct. 29, hearty morning meal, he next desired to soothe his solitary
state through the solacing application of the fragrant
It is added that it will be well to wait for more positive
and -
details respecting a sortie of the Russians on the 26th and
weed,
~ sit ordered a couple of cigars. Whether his maneer, on receiving this command, blandly insinuated
the conflicts between Liprandi's division and the allies.
ner
Positive orders have been issued that the whole of the wait excited suspicion or not does not appear, but the
Austrian army must be prepared for action by the 31st of that it was customary for gentlemen either to give the
January, number of the- sleeping apartnlcut he occupied, or to
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pay for what they ord;rc4 as it was produced. On this
our hero said he was captain of the ship " Salem," which
had just arrived in the Collingwood Dock; that he had
not slept in the house, and that having landed without his
luggage, and before he had opened his chest, he was with-
out money, adding carelessly it did not matter, it was all
quite right. The waiter, however, thinking some of it
looked wrong, refused to part with the cigars, and re-
quested payment for the breakfast. Hereupon the "strange
visiter" requested that a cab might be called, which was
done, and into it the credulous waiter was invited in order
that he might be driven to the captain's ship and receive
the payment due for the good cheer which had been
lorded to his guest. The cab drove to different places,
slightly varying pretexts, and at last reached the Col-
`wood Dock, where they found the captain of the vessel
had broughtion t
ttegidveinlinequheinint a oververy
character,
America, :
enr him, and the waiter gave him

to the custody of the police. The would-be captain was
:cordingly introduced to the notice of the police magis-
-4-e yesterday, where he gave his name as Samuel Con-
' the above narrative was elicited. Before the
strate he behaved with the most callous indifference,
that he ordered his breakfast, which was kindly