The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

LATER BY TELEGRAPH

NEW Yonirt. OCT. 12.—The ship Harvest—Queen had
seventy-four deaths on her passage here. There' is a ru-
mour that a vessel has arrived at Warren (Ifliblfrlstand),
with forty of the Arctic's passengers and crew... This comes
doubtfully :
NEW Yon; 0E33. 12.—(N0 hour given). Me, rumour
of forty of Aretic'S crew at Warren is false.
NEW YORE, 1.1111, 7, EVENING.—There is---yet good
reason to believe that the Collins' famVy-zand many
additional passengers are saved.
WAsninGloN;t 12Tn.—Government has =seated to
admit colonial &I free, immediately.
NEW YORK, 12TIC, EVEITING.—Cotton tomiasy. opened
buoyant. but fell off towards the close of market. - Float* ad-
vanced half-dolke. Wheat and corn slightly Icti-itv._ Money
market active and firm, with fair business bctitire fancy
and standard stomas.

NEW 0.11LE.1.78, UT il:

Middling quoted 81e.

THE WAR.

The following-article appeared in the French'Govern-
ment paper on Thursday :
" The Minister, of War has received from the,_Geberal-
in-Chief of the Army in the East despatches dated Oct. 3.
"No fresh military operation had been effected, Since the
taking possession of Balalilawa. The two armies are
established in an .excellent military position, the English
army drawing its materiel and provisions froml3klaklava,
and the French .from two small bays to the nerak:of Cape
Chersonesus.

"This position of the two armies has natramilg deter-
mined their mod-e of distribution on the territory before
the place of Sebastopol during the seige. Thi} French
army will have the left of the attack, from the sea to the
southern fort. The English will take the right; from the
southern fort totthe ruins of Inkermann.

" Our army is dirided into two corps —the first, under
the orders of General Forey, and composed of the third
and fourth divisions, will make the seige ;the second,
under the command of General Bosquet, anti comprising
the first and second divisions, will form the corps of ob-
servation. The Turkish division is placed. .in reserve
according to circumstances. The English army has made
similar arrangements. A portion of its divisions will
assist in the attacks against the place ; the. other part,
forming a corps of observation, will be united with the
corps of General Bosquet.
These arrangements are of a nature to remove all
doubt as to the result of the seige which is• about to com-
mence.

" According to the statements of deserters, the spirits
of the Russian army appear to be much. depressed since
its disaster upon the Alma, where it lost from 7,000 to
8,000 men."-
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A letter from Augsburg says,—
" The last communication from Austria to Prussia has
been very favourably received in Germany, and this re-
ception sufficiently attests the support which the Cabinet
of Vienna finds from public opinion for all its energetic
decisions. The Gazette Universelle iSe Leipsic, which
has hitherto opposed Austrian policy, has just published
an article the object of which is to show that, although
the whole of her population is not German in feeling,
Austria is More so than any other Ppwer by her resolu-
tions and her actions. From this article we deduce the
following considerations :
" 'Austria has just announced her final decision to the
Cabinet of Berlin, and that decision; it must be confessed,
is vigorous, precise, and, in short, truly German. She will
now, call upon Prussia to say, without ambiguity, Yes
or 'No'—to declare herself for or against in the face of
the, Germanic Diet, the German. nation, and before the
tribunal of public opinon and alliEurope. She is about to
present herself no longer in concert with Prussia, but
alone, before the federal body, it; indeed, that body should'
net itself take the initiative and frankly put the following:
question :—` If Austria should draw the sword for Gem.
many, will Germany cover Austria with her shield ?'

,
" We have read this declaration of Austria with plea-
sure, and our national pride, so deeply humiliated by the
inaction of Germany, exalts itself again at the aspect of
this noble attitude.' "

Tim Wan IN Asre.l---A letter in the Lloyck from
Batoum, brings intelligence from Asia Minor up.to the
29th ult. Ferik Pacha, who with 8000 men was, on the
Natauchta, crossed into4he Russian territory on the 27th,
and reconnoitered as far as Dschumat. The Russians are
concentrated at Kutaie, and are collecting reinforcements
from the fortresses on the eastern coast of the Euxine.
The Kars army is. being reinforced and reorganised.
Ismail Pacha was expected to join it within. a few weeks.
It may be well, indeed it is necessary, to mention that
there are three Ismail Pachas—viz., the above-mentioned;
a second, the governor of Erzereimi ; and trim third is the
governor of Smyrna. The prestnt governor of Kars, Zary
Pacha, remains inactive while the Russians are preparing
for further operations. Schamyl sent messengers to inform
the leaders of the Turkish army at Kars of his intended
descent on the Russian territory, and expected they would
co-operate with him; but their petty jealousies, and the
demoralised state of their army, prevented Schamyl's anti-
cipations being fulfilled; "and," as the Batoum corres-
pondent says, " as he (Schamyl) found himself unsupported
by the Turks, he has lately returned to his mountains.
laden with Russian booty." Ismail Pacha, the governor of
Erzeronm, was engaged m attempting to stop the disorders
of the Zeybecks in the interior of Anatolia, and has cap-
tured several of the leaders, and restored quiet in the
immediate neighbourhood of his pachalik, " but not till
the Zeybeks had murdered several French officers on their
journey to Kars." The Russians have recently again
withdrawn from Bayazid, and the communication with
Persia is re-established. The cholera has broken out again
in the south of Anatolia.

THE KILLED AND WOrNDED AT ALMA.-A supple-
ment to the London Gazette contains the: returns of the
non-commissioned officers and rank and file killed and
wounded at the battle of Alma.

LIB RtrlxiG PessioN.—Since the news of the late
victory has arrived, applications for admissions into the
army have increased nearly tenfold.

THE GUARDS.—The additional force will be sent out
to-day. The regiments will supply about 340 men—the
Scots Fusiliers, who lost so severely at the Alma, supply-
ing the larger number. All the other regiments of the
light divisions are prepared to send out a considerable
number ; but the augmentation will be confined to sup-
plying the want occasioned by the loss in the late
engagement.
NURSES FOR THE WOUNDED IN TURNEY.—MTS. Night-
ingale, who has been for some time acting as superintend-
ent of the Ladies' Hospital, in London, has undertaken to
organize a staff of female nurses, who will at once proceed
with her to Scutari, at the cost of the government, there
to act under her directions in the English military hospital.
Under a special arrangement with the Peninsula and
and Oriental Company, a number of surgeons, and the
staff of nurses organised by Mrs. Nightingale, will em-
bark at Marseilles, on Friday next, on board the Vectis,
and be conveyed by that vessel to Constantinople imme-
diately after the delivery of the outward India mail at
Malta. On ordinary occasions the Vectis and Valetta wait
at Malta while the steamer from Southampton is engaged
in transporting, the India mails and Passengers tram that

place to Alexandria and back; but, as the distances be-
tween Malta and Constantinople and Malta and Alexandria
are nearly the same, it is expected that Vectis will
reach Malta On her return from this special S:tvice in
time to prevent any delay of the inward India mail, %•,-hilo
by this arrangement the staff of surgeons and nurses will,
in all probability, reach the scene of their labours on the
4th proximo, some days earlier than the passage could
have been accomplished by any other available means.

Tim WOUNDED SoLmgas.—At a committee of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel held on Friday,
it was determined to call a special meeting of the society
for this day (Tuesday), to consider the expediency of
sending an additional number of clergymen to minister
to our sick and wounded soldiers at the seat of war. This
step has been taken with the full sanction and concur-
rence of government, and it is very gratifying to add that
one clergyman, a fellow of a college; at Oxford, has offered
his gratuitous services for this warp of mercy. We are
also informed that upwards of £lOO w'ats subscribed at the
committee-table.
Lord Blantyre, as soon as the news ofthelosses at Alma
reached Edinburgh, placed the sum of I'2'oo' in the hands
of Professors Simpson and Syme, for the purpose of send-
ing out immedlmtely to Scutari or the Crimea, two or three
surgeons to supplement the medical staff there.
THE NEW LOYOLFLANGE CANNON.—The performance of
one of the long range Lancaster guns, which/ has lately
been mounted on the Arrow, and has been trying, its range
at Sebastopol, has exceeded the most sanguine expectations.
The first few shots fired by the Arrow, at three miles, the
gun was too elevated, and the ball passed over the whole
place. Afterwards the,range was precisely taken, and for
three hours shot and shell were thrown into the nearest
battery until it was completely destroyed. For the last
half-hour of the firing, it never returned a shot. Bat this,.
it appears, is by no meain• the sole merit of the gum It
weakens the resources of Sebastopol still more rata*
than by knocking up batteries. Under the natural belief
that because their works were within range, the vesFel,
which fired must be in range-slso, the Russians returned's;
most tremendous fire, but every shot sank in the sea at
about three-quarters of a mile- distance from the Arrow.
Unless there are incredible stores of ammunition in Sebas--
topol, such a mode of fighting:must soon leave them with--
era a shot.
LicfranousEs IN SHETLAND'FbII THE BALTIC FLEET.
—ln consideration of the possilirlity of our fleets in the
White Sea and the Baltic beingJikven towards the rugged
shores of the Shetland Isles, the' government determined
tO 'exhibit lights on the eastern and northern points of
Midland. We are glad to be ablib-state that the Com-
niiisiOners- of Northern Lighthouses.• have now succeeded
in establishing these lights, whielf:are of a temporary
description, in order to meet the emergency. Owing to
the-remoteness of the situations araftlie necessarily short
time-that could be devoted to the preparation of the lights,
the ntinost exertion had to be used to bring the works to
a snceessfiil issue before the close of-the preient season.
The: lighthouse towers were made of logs of timber and
rubble masonry, and the lanterns of iror;.and these, toge-
therwith the- lighting apparatus and machinery, and the
iron houses for the lightkeepers' dwellings, were all pre-
paredand-fitited up in Leith and Edinburgh previously to
being sent off: One of the stations on 'which a light has
been exhibited is N'Vhalsey Skerries, the-nest eastern point
of the Shetland- Islands, a dangerous outlying- cluster of
rocks and ishinds, extending about 15 mak. from the main-
land of—Shbtfand. But the other and more remarkable
work is- the--North Uist Light, which is situated on an
isolated rocky islet lying to the north-- of Shetland
Isles, anti; with, the exception of a smairbutlying rock
called the--" Ontstalk," the most northern-point of Her
Majesty's &minions. The North Uist Lightisplaced on
a precipitous and' rugged rock about 150,-feet high. The
top of the- rock measures about 200 feet by-80 feet, and
upon this limited area is erected a lighthouse tower. and
dwelling-houses;- together with watertank and coalstore,
the whole- being protected from sea spray and wind by
walls of raikle•stone set in Roman cemeni72- So difficult
was the assent, to the rock that everything esed;including
lime, cement; sand; water, and ironwork, &e:,-.of all kinds,
as well as a year'g•suppiy of oil, fuel, provisions, and other
stores for Cu-tide maintenance of the light,. had• to be car-
ried up on thictaeks, of the workmen. Four lightkeepers
are appointed-to the• North Uist Light ; three will be con-
stantly on the rock; and the fourth will have- his- turn of
leave on shore,bk,rotation, when it will be duty;. dully,
to observe the signals made at particular Lours each day
from the rock, and, ina signal requiring assistance is--made,
immediately to proceed to the lighthouse in the attending
boat providedlor the purpose.—Northern .Eraisign.

ORDERS TO' 1H ARMY BEFORE CO•N_AIEITCING
SIEGE OPERATIONS.

The order of the day prepared by the Allied Ghnerais on
the evening of -October 3rd, regulating the, commence-
ment of the siege,- was issued a few hours befol4e-the• des-
patches left, and the-names of the first detachments at
work could not'be ascertained. The entrenchments, how-
ever, were opened with perfect success, not a s-hot.disturb-
ing the men :.

The trenchts-were.opened this evening against'-Sebasto-
pol; a working party, consisting of—, furnished by
the—, will beinarched to the engineers' depotfat—p.m.,
where they will' receive tools and directions from, the en-
gineers' officers. and sappers, who will guide thtm• to the
works ; they will be, without arms and accoutrements.
The guard for the protection of the working and ground
will consist furnished by —, and wit in
their camp a 9- ps m., be conducted to their-positions,
posted, and receive instructions from the staff offers, who
willbeassemlaled"for the purpose.
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All the mcvements of the parties must be, .11 possible,
kept out of theNiew of the place.
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After movintrftom their place of assembly,- which, will
be after darl4 the utmost silence must terpreserred,
and the least possible noise of any kind made. The
working parties must be arranged in proper order by
the engmeersi;lint will not commence work till ordered,
after which it' must be carried on with th greatest
energy.

The engineers wilt be charged with the arrangements,
but the officers of the troops must be responsible- for the
maintenance of order and attention to the directions given
by the engineers, and for the amount of work done; on
diligence and.-Yegetar conduct of the workirt parties will
depend more,rapid and complete success of the-enterprise.
The working, parties must not quit the work on slight
alarms. If the enemy make a sortie, the guard will ad-
vance and drite them in, and before they reach the work,
if possible;. abouhl the working party be-absolutely ob-
liged to retire, they will take their tools with them, and
re-form a zliert distance in rear to return tothe work when
the sortie ie.repulsed. •
The guarcrwilt be posted in rear of theworking party,
and near to.it, if possible, under cover from the fire of
the place;.:iftot, they must lie down in ,:order to battle,
with accoutrements on, and each man- with his firelock
close by him--one party not less than .one-third of the
forces absolutely on the alert all through. the night,
taking italternately, ready for an immediate rush on the
enemy.

A sortie is out and on the works in a very short time,
therefore, the guard must be in immediate readiness to
attack it without hesitation; nothing is so easily defeated
as a sortie if charged without delay.
Afterthe repulse of any sortie, the.guard will return
under cover as soon as possible, ant resume their pdsition.
All-working parties and guards .will be composed of
entireregiments, or parts, and not,of detachments, made
up of different corps.

RAZAICLATA is a wonderful place, Nature, in one of
her freaks, has endowed it with ,an- admirable little har-
bour, deep enough to contain the largest man-of-war. The
entrance is very narrow, and dominated by cliffs some 600
feet high. A little channel win ls to, the widest part of
the, harbour, which is completely shut in on all sides by
hills. The town appears to have-been thriving, as several
houses and a church were in ,course of construction. A
'aery respectable quay runs along the water side, and here
'the Agamemnon, the Sans Pareikand some forty or fifty
of our largest transports, ships and steamers, are safely
moored. The magnificent Agamemnon lies the nearest in
land, and 300 yards beyondberthe harbour terminates in
a mud-puddle. A ruined:Genoese fort of large extent in
olden times domineered theentrance to Balaklava ; but a
small earth work was the only work of defence established
by the Russians. The. latter have displayed a great.
absence of foresight in not having rendered the entrance
to the harbour, so indispensable to us, more formidable..
A single ship, artfully sunk, would apparently have ren,
dered the entrance impossible..
The best houses in, the place are now occupied by the
allied generals, or converted into offices for the necessary
departments. The Adjutant-General occupies a pleasant
house shaded by poplars. In the high street are Lord'
Raglan's quarters, the various hospitals, and the. post-
office. The Duke -of . Cambridge occupies a house outside
the town. The bazaar is closed, but several of the
tants have remained behind. I remarked one old gentle-
man, whose constant occupation appeared to consist in
walking up and-down:the street, and bowing most humbly
to every officer,,or soldier who passed. The urbanity of
manner and natural politeness of the British soldier are
both well known, and the monotonous obeisances of the
old gentleman-were rewarded by a patronising.nod, and a
" Bono Johnny."

Some of the:largest houses have been turned into. hos-
pitals ; but I doubt if the air of the town. be healthy.
Completely shut in by hills, scarcely a fresh breath of air
can penetrate, and the water has a most. offensive smell.
Outside of the town stands a village called Kadikoi, which
possesses some large houses and a church, which might be
employed without desecration in the charitable service of
covering the sick. Having sent on. the greater-number of
carts, laden with sick, to Balakiava, in order to return on
the morrow with provisions from the commissariat ships,
the 4th division quitted the direct road and took to that
leading to Sebastopol. At Kadikoi lay the light division,
and we encountered on our route,the•three other divisions
and the cavalry, bivouacking on several heights. The
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first object on the road was a:little farm-house, skirted by
a beautiful little vineyard. Being overpowered with
thirst I forgot all prudence, and tasted here, for the first
time, the Crimea grape. Imagine to yourselves, oh !
sober matter-of-fact people. at home, clusters of luscious
blue transparent grapes, such as would honour even
Chatsworth, and Lance would have delighted to pourtray.
But imagine, also, tlae dark, dismal sentiment of remorse
and dread which haunted me for hours after I had swal-
lowed some half-a-dozen immense bunches. I could now
understand with what delight and imprudence our soldiers
actually gorge themselves with this delicious fruit, far the
palate once excited craves, as in my instance, to be satiated.
By the farm-house a beehive was discovered, and after
a little hesitation, one heroic individual dashed at it, and
completely knocked it to pieces. Like many other great
men, this praiseworthy gentleman failed to reap the ad-
vantage of his energy, for the insulted bees attacked him
with such fury, that, abandoning his prey, he rushed from
,
the spot, pathetically exclaiming Murder ! Murder !"
The hive was, however, soon emptied of its store by the
baggage guards, who miraculously contrived to hold in
each hand an immense block of honeycomb, without letting
fall their firelocks, or dropping the dignity of the British
soldier.
The savage bees, instead of attacking the proper crimi-
nals, very absurdly darted at the inoffensive pack-horses,
who certainly exhibited an energy for which they had
hitherto received no credit.
Two miles below the spot where the fourth division
bivouacked stood calmly the town, to reach which Eng-
land has spilt some of her best blood I but at this inspir-
ing sight officer and soldier forgot the fatigue, si,zkness,
and prlvation which had, befall oftmon lot.

THE KILLED AND WOUNDED DURING THE

LONG WAR

TITS following table of killed and wounded in the battles
of the long waf, frgm 1793 to 1815, on land and sea, is
interesting enough for republication. It will be seen that
the greatest loss, in killed, was at the battle of Waterloo,
next to that affair the battles of Albuera, Badajoz, Tala-
vera, St. Sebastian, Pyrenees, Vittoria, and the expedition
to New Orleans. At all the other great actions of the war
the loss was less than that at the battle of the Alma. The
greatest loss in any naval action was at Trafalgar, where
21 officers and 428 men were WS d.