The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA.

The following account of a defeat of the Russians in Cir-
cassia will be read with interest. It comes through the
Malta papers :

" CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 27.—Great and glorious news
from Circassia l You know well enough that the Russians,
with their Minister of War—Count Tebernicheff, at their
bead, were by their insatiable Emperor intended to kpock
the Circassians into cocked hats this year. Communica-
tions were lately made to the Circassians to come to terms of
peace ; and to gain time they promised to meet the wishes of
the Russians, provided they could agree to suitable terms.
Upon this basis a truce was agreed to. In the meanwhile
there was a great gathering of the warriors of the mountains,
most of whom had no more to do with the truce than the
man in the moon. They, therefore, determined to attack
the Giaours' camp. A few guards excepted, the whole of the
Russians were about break of day snoring as comfortably as
well fed pigs in a sty, when in rushed the mountaineers,
sword in band ! Cut and thrust did everything, and many a
slumberer before he bad time to finish his nap was sent to
his eternal sleep. Such was the rapidity with which the
warriors came on, that the Russians had no time to form
and draw up in battle array, before they were dispersed, and
the Majority destroyed. Nothing remained but fbr such as
had the power to run, to try their speed, many being cut
down in their course. This occurring not far from a Russian
fortress called Mazga, in the north of Abascir, most of the
fugitives made for that place, where they could find arms,
and hoped to rally, but the pursuers were close upon their
heels, and got into the fortress along with them. All who
resisted were cut down, but there was still some fighting, and
50 of the mountain warriors fell, whilst about 100 more
made their exit on the bastions, which were bloWn into the
air by the explosion of a mine or magazine. This enraged
became, like their companions,
the survivors, and many Russians, who would otherwise have
collected g reat mtahnjr,
been made prisoners, dead
men. In a word the slaughter was dreadful, but subse-
quently, the conquerors spared the lives of a great many,
of which they here found an an abundance. Th
and sent them up the country. They then
booty, which to them was valuable, as they were in want of
.
ammunition,
arms, clothes, and everythin-,of
horses, value being ab-
stracted, they set fire to the wooden and imme-
diately abandoned the fortress for the benefit of future in-
vaders. This is the account I have heard, but don't ask
dates, precise localities, and soforth, f
heard from Circassians. The or they are never to be
Russian blockade was most
severe on the coast. Only three Turkish boats vessels
or
were there, and they were bur
to come over, had to purloin ;:t, ; the Circassians, therefore,
war; lying at Nardan, whichl t e cutter of a Russian brig of
they
did cleverl and three men
got over to Asia Minor
in this way. They say that among
the prisoners were a great many officers, and one general.
They state the number there
were half the number but if
of Russians at 20,000; ' affair.
Accounts from r 1 should say it was a brilliant
Crimeastate that a great many, wounded
men had reached from this battle or
that place but
, whether .
not it is not said, and as the
They came from Circassia,
Russians have r engagements,
been equally beaten in other
one at Daghistan and one at Sotcha, cannot say where they
came from,"

SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENT.—:Mater: Spell castigate.—
Boy ; Cas-ti-gate, castigate. Master : Very well ; what is
the definition?—Boy : Don't remember, sir. Master :If
you had an ugly horse, what would you do with him ?—Boy :
I would swap him away the first chance I got.
THE DENT DU MIDI.--The Gazelle de Simplon states,
that on, the 19th ult. six persons started from Sallanches,
and after encountering great difficulties, succeeded in reach-
ing the summit of the mountain. This they found to be a
plain, slightly inclined, of about 30 feet in length by 20 in
breadth, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the Glacier
de Planeve, _ -

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two i youngs
and
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Turks,
ENTRaccoßPßmlspawn
the rue Nenve-
des-Petits-Champs, giving their names Harti
took up their abode at the Hotel du Glob
hour. They appeared to be rich, and spent money liberally,
but still there were certain inexplicable peculiarities in their
mode of life. They never went out till the evening set in,
nor did they present themselves at the Ottoman Embassy.
The mystery, however, was soon cleared up. Two days ago,
officers of police came, and took both the Turkish youths
into custody. This was in consequence of a despatch from
the French ambassador at Constantinople, sent up by tele-
graph from Marseilles, announcing that the sons of two opu-
lent merchants at Constantinople had decamped with large
sums of money taken from
possession the strong boxes of their resspec-
-50,000f. in gold, ession of these fine youths were found
andabout 400,000 f. in negotiable bills upon
Messrs. Laffitte and andother p • bankers.
they voluntarily Co..
gave up, and then demanded to be taken to
the Ottoman ambassador, who claimed them ender the law
of nations, and
who will, no doubt, take Gars to have them
sent hack to their parents.'