The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

THE STORM IN THE BLACK SEA

Twß Times' correspondent, dating Constantinople, 20th
of Nov., says —" I have to send you the news of a great
calamity, On the night of the 13th a violent storm burst
over Constantinople, and caused much damage to the
loftier buildings ; the mosque of Sultan Achmed alone
losing three minarets. We were accordingly prepared for
some lamentable occurrence in the, Black Sea, but the in-
telligence received yesterday by the Valorous transcends
all that had been feared, Of .the whole extent of the
calamity we are still ignorant, but enough is known to
give it a place among the greatest that has taken place at,
sea for many years. The tempest commenced at Bala-.
klava about seven o'clock In the morning, and in two hours
eleven transports had-,, been wrecked and six dismasted,,
and rendered unfit for service. The most terrible disaster
is the total loss of the new magnificent steam-ship Prince,
which arrived here a - few days since with the 46th Regi-
ment and a cargo valued at £500,000, and indispensably
necessary for the prosecution of the siege and the comfort
of the army. The loss of the Prince seems to have .been
partly owing to the, negligence of her officers. When she
arrived at Balaklava, she let go one of her anchors in 30
fathoms water. It appears that the cable had never been
clinched, and the whole of it ran out ; anchor and cable
were lost together. She then let go the other anchor, the
cable of which was so inefficiently fastened that she lost
this also. She then steamed out to sea until. she could
get up another cable from the hold, and at last let go a
smaller anchor, with, which she rode until' the tempest
broke upon her on Tuesday morning. An eye-witness
saw her carried from her moorings on to: the rocks with
such force that in ten minutes there was hardly a piece a
yard long remaining. She might almost,be said to go to
powder. Of a crew of 150 only six were saved. This
splendid vessel of 2,700 tons was purchased by Govern-
meat some time since, and sent out full of most valuable
stores and monitions of war. Everything is lost. With
the exception of the troops, everything remained in her at
the time she was ddshed upon the rocks. The whole of
the winter clothing for ;the men has gone down-40,000
suits of clothes, with under garments, 'socks, gloves, and a
multitude of other articles of the kind, vast quantities of
shot and shell, and not least in consequence, the medical
stores sent out in consequence of the deficiencies which
formerly existed. The latter were, with not uncommon
negligence, stowed away under the shot and shell, and
could not be landed at Scutari. They are now lost, at a
time when the demand for them is likely to be more
urgent than ever, and when the commissariat is fully
occupied in ministering to the wants of those who still
remain unhurt: The other British vessels lost at Bala-

kiava are as follows :
Van Winkle, all lost

tesolute all bands lost ; the Rip
Wild Waves_ mip nr turn euvrrl •

the Kenilwoith, all lost; the Progress, some saved; the
Wanderer, all lost; the Marquess, all lost; the Mary
Ann, all lost ; the Pultowa, all saved ; the Caduceus, dis-
masted and abandoned.

A letter from the French camp before Sebastopol, dated
the 18th, alrudeg as follows to the tempest of the 14th :
Ido not 'speak to you of minor damage. The Retribu-
tion, having the Duke of Cambridge on board, was obliged
to throw her guns overboard, and upwards of 20 English
transports, between Balaklava and the anchorage of
Katscha, have been either totally lost or so much injured
as not to be able for a long time to again put out to sea.
We had only some commercial vessels lost, one in particu-
lar, which having on board a detachment of Hussars, with
their horses, was thrown on the coast, and had six men
and 20 horses drowned. As to the country, its complete
nudity allowed but little scope for damage. However, the
fine Covent
_of St. George, built on the ruins of the

Temple of Diana, in Taiirn
This establishment, built

was dreadfully damage&
on a rocky promontory, to the

SDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1854.

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Unfortunately,

most delightfully situatuu.
exposed to the first fury of the tenl-
it received its full violence. The Church was shakell
ue of the irou
vall, and the
a~vav mid pieueS of paper,.Tl
ilometres to nE
-------, we began to breathe freely.
right sun have returned, and we are
the rude lesson which Ileaven

ad much dama,

were flung down with pieces of the

iron rc

a distanc

two or t

It was onl

Fine weather and

endeavouring

to profit

The Dibats asserts that Admiral Hamelin has not
.90
lost all hope of floating the Henri IV. This operation,
always so difficult, would be in present circumstance?,
under the enemy's fire, a success perhaps unheard of
the annals of the navy. It is known that CaPtalell
Jehenne and the crew are still on board the shipwreck
vessel, which they are endeavouring to lighten comp
and and which keeps the enemy at a distance with her guns'

THE TREATY WITH AIISTRIA

THE Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle,
writing on the 7th, gives the following summary of the
text of the triple treaty :
" The treaty commences by repeating and recording
the declarations and the principal acts of the conference
at Vienna, as well as the declarations and engagealentB
contained in the notes exchanged on the Bth of August,
1854, between the high contracting parties.
" It maintains the four points of guarantee as. the ne-
cessary basis of peace, at the same time that it reserves
and recognises to each of the Powers the faculty' of el'
tending them by additional conditions.
" Austria binds herself to France and England, a 5 6be
had already done to Turkey by the treaty of the 14th of
June, 1854, to occupy the Principalities for the pucP cise
of repulsing the Russian troops, if they attempt
to
re-enter them. _

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Austria proclaims the right, as justly belonging
Turkey and to the Allies, of making all the movement's
which may suit them for the purpose of attacking either
the. Russian troops or the Russian territory.
" If, in consequence of her attitude in the Principalitie,
or for any other cause, Austria should find herself at War•
with Russia, the alliance offensive and defensive between
her, France, and England, shall be established by the
fact of the war.

"If before the end of the present year 1854, Rasn
should not have made propositions which are considereu
acceptable, and which ensure good and durable peace, the
three Powers will advise as to the means of obtaining*
that peace.

" the three high contracting Powers bind themseivi
not to accept any proposition for the re-establishment 0
peace without having deliberated upon it in common.
" Such are the terms of this important treaty."

THE RUSSIANS

BATTLE OF

INKERRAN.
♦

Detail of Russian infantry brought forward on the 6th
November, as shown by Russian official and other docu-

meats 1.--

No. I.—GRAND ATTACK UNDER DANNENBERO
4TH CORPS, 10TH DIVISION—SOIMONOFF
Regiments. Batt.
Brigade I—Tkaterinburg, 19th line .
„ 2 —Temsk, 19th light
Koliwan, 20th ditto
11TH DIVISION—P.A.I7LOPI
Brigade 1-3elinginsk, 21st line
Fakutak, 22nd ditto.
If 2—Ochotsk, 21st light
4th Rifles

Men•
2,80°
2,80°
2,80°

2,80°
2,80°
2.800

A•yioo
._......----•
17,5°°

4 2,6'

6TH CORPS, NTH DIVISION—KWITSENSILI
Brigade I—Vladimir, 31st line .
Susdal, 32nd ditto
„ 2—Ugtitz, 31st light . .
17T1{ DIVISION—KIEJAIEOPI
Brigade I—Butirsk, 34th line .
„ 2—Borodino, 33rd light
Tarutin, 34th ditto

.
. 4
..4
.. 1

2,29,9,
2,f3uu
2,70080°
6100

6th Rifles .
6th Sappers