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

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the French flag was visible, the English fleet being on the
opposite side of the harbour. Orders were given to spare
the town and buildings as much as possible.

From 4 to 5 30 the° cannonade from our batteries was

very warm, the Russians replying, though our nre naa
evidently established its superiority over theirs, the ships
pouring in broadside after broadside on Forts. Nicholas

d altogether, tl

Russians for the first time being silent. Up to this hour
(10 p.m.) they hare barely fired a gun. They are busy
repairing damages, and we are doing the same, and are also

znting new guns and mortars for to-morrow.
The French have lost about 200 men, principally by the
explosions ; our loss is very small—under 100 killed and

wounded since the siege began

Captain Rowley, of the was killed yesterday ;
O'Leary, of the 68th Regiment, killed to-day ; Ruthven,
Lieutenant, R.N., wounded.
We have gained greatly on the works to-day, and, but
for the melancholy disasters which befel our allies, should
have crushed much of the Russian batteries. The French
fleet avenged these misfortunes most amply
The Grand Duke Constantin
tered Sebastopol.
Much of the sea sid(
open fire at daybreak

is suppso;ed to have en-

of the town is in ruins. We re-

OCTOBER 18, 3 P.M

The fire was resumed this morning soon after daybreak.
The French were still unable to support us. Their ex-
treme left is still silenced. They will not be ready till the
19th or 20th, so damaged are they by the Russian fire.
.

During the night the Russians remounted their guns,
and brought up fresh ones, and established a great supe-
riority of fire and weight of metal.

At 10 a.m. the alarm was given that the Russians were
marching to attack our rear on the Balakiava road. Lord
Raglan and staff, with large bodies of French troops, at
once moved there, and found the Russian cavalry and two
battalions of infantry, with one gun, endeavouring to
creep up, in a fog, to the outposts. The Turks opened a
fire from the redoubts, and the Russians retired.

At this moment (3 p.m.) the Russians are pressing us
very hard, returning three shots for our two. Colonel
Hood, of the Guards, was killed in the trenches to-day.
Ruthven, of the Albion, is better. Lieutenant Chase, of
the Albion, is killed. Another lieutenant and 100 men
were killed and wounded in our fleet yesterday, while
attacking Fort Constantine.
The attack by the fleets is to be renewed to-morrow.
Of the siege-train there are 2 killed, 15 severely
wounded, and 8 slightly wounded. This was up to
yesterday.

- Our hiss up to to-day is 96.
The redan and flagstaff fort are as troublesome as ever.
The Retribution and London had their mainmasts shot
away, and were on fire yesterday. They had to be
hauled off.

The Agamemnon has suffered severely.
Lord J. Murray and Ellison, with 150 men of the 88th,
130 artillerymen, and six surgeons, arrived last night per
Tonning.
The sickness has much abated. _

The redan fort, flagstaff fort, and Round Tower works
are firing very warmly just now

We can scarcely get up ammunition to our guns

THE ATTACK BY SEA.
OFF THE KATCHA, CRIMEA, OCT. 18

Yesterday morning, about daybreak, the English and
French opened fire from their batteries on the south side
of Sebastopol. Late on the preceding night it had been
agreed by the combined admirals and generals that the
fleets should on the same day make a grand attack on the
forts at the mouth of the harbour. During the night top-
gallantmasts were lowered, spare spars and boats hauled
over to Her Majesty's ship Vulcan, and early in the morn-
ing steam was up. The paddlewheel and screw-frigates
lashed themselves alongside the sailing line-of-battle ships,
and all was got ready for the fight. The French were to
occupy the right as you enter the harbour—that is, the
southern side, and the English the left, or the northern
side, in one line, about 1,600 yards off.
The French first got into their places, about half-past
twelve o'clock, and immediately commenced a heavy fire,
which was vigorously returned from the batteries. The
distance, however, was certainly greater than originally
contemplated, and, as far as I can ascertain, it was over
2,000 yards. By degrees the English ships successively
took up their stations, passing in rear of the French and
anchoring to the left. The Agamemnon, Sanspareil, and
London, (lashed to the Niger,) however. took an inside
station in advance, perhaps about 1,000 yards from Fort
Constantine. Nothing could be more noble than the
gallant way in which the Agamemnon and Sanspareil
steamed in amid a perfect hail of cannon balls and shells,
preceded by a little tug-steamer, the Circassia, commanded
by Mr. Ball. This little bit of a cockleshell, which looked
as if she might have been arrested by a fowling-piece,
deliberately felt the way for the large ships till her services
were no longer required.
The firing soon became terrific. At the distance of six
miles the sustained sound resembled that of a furious
locomotive at full speed, but, of course, the roar was infi-
nitely grander. The day was a dead calm, so that the
smoke hung heavily about both ships and batteries, and
frequently prevented either side from seeing anything.
From about 2 till dark (nearly 6) the cannonade raged
most furiously.
Towards 4 o'clock Fort Constantine, as well as some of
the smaller batteries, slackened somewhat in their fire ;
but towards dusk, as some of the ships began to haul out,
the Russians returned to their guns, and the fire seemed
as fierce as ever. There was one explosion just behind
Fort Constantine, which appeared to do much damage,
At dark all the ships returned to their anchorage. The
change was magical from a hot sun, mist, smoke, explo-
sions, shot, shell, rockets, and the roar of 10,000 guns—to
a still, cool, brilliant starlight sky, looking down upon a
glassy sea, reflecting in long tremulous lines the light at
the mastheads of the ships returning amid profound
silence. _

What damage has been done to the forts we don't yet
know. Three of our ships have been roughly handled,
and the killed and wounded amount to 46 English killed
and upwards of 250 wounded. Lieutenant Chase, of the
Albion, has fallen, and Lieutenant Lloyd, commanding
the Vesuvius, and Mr. Foster, midshipman on board the
Sanspareil, are seriously wounded. No captains have been
hit. The blue jackets showed all their ancient valour.
Eight or nine men are swept away at a forecastle gun on
board the Sanspareil by the explosion of a shell. The
two remaining men coolly went on loading, with their
sponge and rammer, as though nothing had happened.

THE FRENCH DESPATCHES.
The Moniteur of Sunday contains the following

articles :

The Martial Minister of War has received from General
Canrobert, Commander.in-Chief of the Army of the East,
the following report, dated from the head-quarters before
Sebastopol, the 18th of October, and forming

)ntinua-

tion of that of the 13th, inserted in the Moniteur of the
28th of October :

" Monsieur le Marechal, Yesterday, at sunrise, we
opened our fire in concert with the English army. Matters
were proceeding favourably, when the explosion of the
powder magazine of a battery, which unfortunately was
of a serious character, threw our attack into disorder.
This explosion produced greater effect from the fact that
our batteries were accumulated round the point where it
The enemy profited by it to increase his fire,

k place

tilfery, I was of opinion that it was necessary for us to
suspend ours in order to make repairs, and to complete
towards our right, by fresh batteries connected with those
of the English army, the system of our attack. This
delay is no doubt to be regretted, but we must resign
urselves to it, and I am taking every nece
ender it as short as possible.
" The place kept up the fire better than
‘e circle is of such a formidable development in a right
' —,,mprises guns of such large calibre, tHIPt it can
prolong the straggle. On the 17th our troops took pos-
session of the height before the point of attack called the
Bastion of the Mat, and occupied it. This evening we
shill raise upon it a masked battery of twelve pieces, and,
if it be possible, also a second battery at the extreme right

above the ravine,
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LAND SHARES.
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MARKET
glish and

Foreign
2201

'627 aka

050 brls

SECOND REPORT.—The supply of Wheat from br,-,:ne coun-
ties small, and sold at 2s. to 3s. over the pricer or this day
week, thereby recovering the decline of last week. Foreign
Wheat enquired after, both by town and country buyers; but
as holders generally were careless of selling, and firmly in-
sisted on the extreme prices hitherto realised, sales were
confined to the immediate wants of retail purchasers. A
better enquiry for Barley, at fully last week's rates. Beans
and Peas are unaltered. Oats steady at last Monday's prices.
Flour firm at late rates. In Paris, on Saturday, the supply
of Wheat at the market was much greater than for some
time past—prices 3 francs lower.

CATTLE
Trade brisk, at advancing prices
Beef 3s 4d to 3s Od I Veal
Mutton 36 10d to 5s 2d Pork
ARRIVALS.
5354 / Calves
Sheep and Lambs
Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North-
ampton Beasts
Holland Beasts
Do. Sheep
Do. Calves
Scotch Beasts
Irish Beasts

MARKET.

PRODUCE

4s 2d to 5s 2d

45 4d to 55 Gd

MARKET

Sugar: Foreign, sales limited, but no decline; Reined,
quiet ; Brown Lumps, 435. Coffee: Demand more active for
Ceylon ; Native, 455. to 465. 6d.; Plantation, 565. to 70s.
Tea quiet, but not cheaper. Rice: Demand brisker—White
Bengal, 14s. 6d. to 16s. Cotton : Sales limited, but no re-
duction.

TALLOW MARKET.
Tallow quiet. Stock, 29,419 casks, against 29,131 casks
same time last year. Deliveries, 2,876 casks, against 2,361..
casks same time last year.

GLASGOW CORN MARKET.
A steady market for all Grain. No change in prices,

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET

The Pig Iron market has again given way slightly—reported
to-day at 80s. to 795. cash. At the close the pressure seemed
relieved, Iron being enquired for at 795. 6d. prompt cash,
but holders held for opening prices, namely, 80s. for mixed
numbers—No. 1,81 s. ; No. 3, 795.

COLONIAL

WOOL SALES,

No alteration. Low wools commenced this evening, and
sold at fair prices.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.

Cheshire Junction, 11 dis. ; Caledonians, 30 13-16; Eastern
Counties, la ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73a a; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23k; Midland, 71a 71 701; North Staf-
fords, 4 1-16 dis. ; South-eastern, 18 13-16 ; Lancashire
Assurance, par ; Rochdale Canal, 62.