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ifety, and she accordingly went to the
ler freight. The hurricane was one of those
fined whirling storms known by the name of cy-
clones. It seems to have originated five or six hundred

to a place o'

bottom. wit'
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miles to the southward, and to have proceeded about one
Its diameter was from 120 to 170

lundred

which travelled at the rate of from
twelve to fifteen miles an hour, passed some ten miles to
the westward. A few days afterwards the marine police
reported the total loss of five square-rigged vessels, of seven
large and small ships of the Indian navy, and of 142 lesser
vessels mostly native, of various designations. They cal-
culated the loss of native craft alone, all of which might
have found refuge at a couple of hours' notice in the
numberless creeks and places of shelter that surround the

s, and its cent

harbour, at a quarter of a million sterling, the loss of ship-
ping altogether on shore at £400,000, and of property at a
million sterling. The Commander-in-Chief, Lord Frede-
rick Fitzclarence, died of gout in the stomach, on the 30th
Oct. Tranquillity prevailed throughout all parts of the
Eastern empire. Lord Elphinstone was suffering from
severe indisposition. The ambassadors from Ava had not
reached Calcutta. The Nepaulesse are stated to be in-
creasing their army, and that to an extent which had in-
duced our Government to inquire the cause

There was

no fear of Russian invasion prom the northwest, and the
Czar's intrigues in Central Asia had caused a reaction in
favour of the British, which, if properly taken advantage
of, may render the frontier more secura than ever, agents
from Cabul and Kokan being with the chief commissioner
of the Punjaub seeking British friendship and aid against
Russia. The Calcutta money market remained unchanged.
Bills of six months' sight were principally disposed of at
ls. Hid. Rates for Bank Bills and first-class credits
range froni:ls. llid. to Is. 110. Document Bills, is.
CHlNA.—Trade in China dull. Exchange at Canton
4s. Bd., witha few trifling purchases of tea. The insurgent
cause is gaining ground in North China. According to ac-
counts from China to the 25th of Oct.,there had been no ma-
terial alteration in the rate of exchange at Canton, although
the tendency was towards a reaction. By the previous mail,
the quotation was 4s. 91d. and it is now about 4s. 9d.
Not a single package of tea had arrived since the last date,
and there had been no sales. The insurrection appeared
to be unchecked, and it is asserted that at a locality about
two days' journey from Canton the rebels had taken pos-
session of 18 chops of congous, and, having destroyed six
of them, had decamped with the remainder. 'Under these
circumstances no new arrivals were expected.

TH lA] WAR.

No official intelligence has arrived since the despatches
from Lord Raglan, which we published last week. The
following are the telegraphic accounts which have since
been received :

The St. Petersburg Journal, of Dec. 7, states that a

,
report had been received by the' Einperor. from Prince
Menschikoff, dated Nov. 27. At that date the fire of the
besiegers had slackened to such an extent that the Rus-
sians had sustained no loss at all for some days. The
enemy were strengthening their position, and constructing
fresh batteries, but the fire from those new works had not
yet opened.
CAISP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DEC. 3.—Rain is falling
in torrents. Our roads are cut up, our trenches filled with
water, and our siege operations, as well as all our works,
remain in a state of suspense. The enemy remains im-
movable, for the same reason as ourselves. In spite of
these trials, the spirit of all is excellent, and we remain
firm and ready to resume our operations as soon as ever
the weather and the state of the roads will allow us to stir.
General de Montebello arrived on the sth at Constan-
tinople, and left the next day for the Crimea. The health
of Prince Napoleon was improving.
A letter' from Bucharest, dated Dec. 11, says —" Omar
Pasha left this morning for Varna, where they were busily
occupied' hi= embarking the rest of the 19 Turkiih bat-
talions, a portion of which has already reached the Crimea.
The steamer Europa, which left Sebastopol on the 7th,
brings information of the arrival of four regiments and
numerous French re-inforcements. Great activity was
observable, between the town and the northern coast of
the bay. The investment of the town is almost complete.
The new siege guns belonging to the fleets had net yet
been placedimposition."_ _

A Marseilles- letter of the 12th has the following::—
" The ship Indiana, which left on Saturday, takes out 170
officers, 1,01& soldiers, and. 28 horses. The transport
Nubia, which sailed on Monday, has on board 17 officers,
1,093 soldiers, 24 horses, three barrels of gunpowder, 207
barrels of artillery stores, and a few camp articles."
The packet which left Constantinople on the 4th had
arrived at Trieste on Thursday night. The accounts from
Sebastopol state that the allied armies were occupicxY in
preparing their barracks to winter in the Crimea. On
the 2nd, 1,000 English soldiers passed through the Ros-
phorus to reinforce the English army. The Duke- of
Cambridge was still ill, and confined to his bed.
Six vessels full of troops left Constantinople on the 3rd
for the Crimea. Cherib. Pacha has been named Minister
of Finance.

A despatch from Balaklava, through Varna, has been
received at Vienna, stating that Lord Raglan has caused
some siege pieces to be embarked on board the fleet, for
the purpose of forcing the port of Odessa, and using it as
a winter station for the fleets. The despatch is without
date; and has not as yet been confirmed.

From St. Petersbtirg` a despatch has been received at
Vienna, dated the 13th, stating that if negotiations do not
produce peace at the commencement of the new year; a
conscription is ordered throughout Russia of 16 in every
1,000, producing an army of 1,000,000 soldiers.
The ratifications of the treaty of alliance between Austria
and the Western Powers were exchanged at Vienna, on
Thursday evening, between the plenipotentiaries. of
Austria, France, and England.

A convoy of 800 Turkiih prisoners, taken by the Rus-
sians in one of the late battles in Asia, proceeding to the
Don, were- surprised by the Caucasians in passing -the
mountains. The escort were destroyed, and the prisoners
thus formdlhemselves delivered.

Seven captured sailors of a Russian merchant vessel,
who contrived to escape from Hull, have been arrested at
Hamburgh, on: their arrival in that port, at the request of
the English. ambassador. Hamburgh professing to .be a
neutral power, this places it in an awkward position,
From a telegraphic despatch in the Presse, dated-Con-
stantinople, December 4, it appears that the Russians at
Sebastopol have retired to the second line of defence. They
have quitted' the Quarantine Battery, and are conveying
the guns to their ships.

Piince Nipoleon Rill return to the Crimea in a day or
two. Kamiesch is.to be fortified. The Turkish camp will
be removed from Churuk-su to Batoum.

MAnsgILLEs, FRIDAY.—The Sinai has arrived here
with Government despatches from Constantinople; which
she left on the sth inst.

Accounts. from Balaklava of the 3rd state that a new
battery of 36 guns had been established against Sebastopol.
The bay-of Kamisech was fortified.
A fresh Russian corps had arrived near Perekop.
The Hannibal and Golden Fleece had arrived with
English troops.
The Mbniteur of Friday says, "Some of the journals
have lately alluded to propositions of peace alleged to have
been made by Russia to France and England. The Courts
of Paris and London have not received any proposals of
the kind' from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg."
BERLIN, FRIDAY.—Baron Vincke's motion for an ad-
dress in answer to the King's Speech has been rejected.
M. Bentham Hollweg's motion has been mithdrawn. The
expectations that Prussia would join the-treaty of alliance
with the Western Powers are becoming fainter.

BUCHAREST, DEC. 11.-By the arrival at Varna of the
Europa, we have news from Sebastopol. of the 7th. A
great movement of the enemy between the town and the
north of the bay was obiervable. The investment of the
place was nearly complete. Four French regiments and
numerous reinforcements had arrived. The new siege
guns from the allied fleets had not been got into position.
This morning Omar Pacha left. Bucharest for Varna, where
preparations are actively made to embark the remainder
of the nineteen Turkish battalions, some of which have
already gone to the Crimea.
A letter from Lyons, dated Wednesday, says the army
of that place was about to march to the Austrian territory,
and thence to co-operate with the Austrian troops in Bes-
sarabia.

It further states that a brigade of cavalry was about to
leave' Lyons for Vienna, with.-the same .object. It is
affirmed that the French army in the. Crimea will be in-
creased to 12 divisions, or about 120,000 men, which, with
the English and Turkish reinforcements, will raise the
total force to 200,000 men, _ _

Advices front!. *arsaw, of the 7th inst., published in the
German papers, report the entrance of the Russian guards
into Poland. The Cuirassier division of the Russian
guards, which it was expected would go into cantonments
in the neighbourhood of Warsaw, and reinforce the garrison,
already so large, of the Polish capital, had arrived at
Miedzynrec and Siedlee. The commander of this division
of heavy cavalry, Lieut.•Gene;al Von Essen, went to see
Marshal Paskiewitch, who was expecting also the generals
of the two brigades, BeSobrasoff and Tumanski. Na less
than 17 Russian generals, who had arrived from various
points of the empire, were assembled on the 7th at Warsaw.

It is affirmed that the French army in the Crimea will
be increased to 12 divisions, or about 120,000 men, which,
with the English and Turkish reinforcements, will raise
the total force to 200,000 men.
_

—Russian exaggeration of the
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