The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-25 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.-OVERLAND MAIL

By the Panama route by the Golden Age steam-ship,
from Sidney to Panama in 39 days, and then by the Mag-
dalena steam-ship to Southampton we had intelligence
from Melbourne to the sth, and from Sydney to the 11th
of May.

The news from London of the anticipated declaration of
war had caused a rise of 2 per cent. in the rate of exchange,
while, owing to the war premium on shipments, gold had
remained nearly stationary. Notwithstanding a large
consumption at the mines, the import markets were ex-
tremely heavy, all the stores being filled, and a great
number of loaded ships being still in the bay. " This
large amount of goods," it ,is remarked, "must either be
returned, held for a favourable market, or sacrificed at a
ruinous price." Money was in much demand, and dis-
counts had advanced to 7 and 8 per cent. ; but, although
there had been many failures among the newly-arrived and
most speculative merchants, no instance had occurred with
any house of standing. The Sydney dates are to the 11th
of May, and 52 days later than those previously to hand.
The Maid of Judah sailed simultaneously with the Golden
Age, and had on board 18,598 ounces of gold-dust, worth
£74,392, and £13,633 in sovereigns, making a total of
£88,025. The Nile had sailed on the 20th of April from
Sydney, with 17,319 ounces, valued at £69,276 ; and the
Marion Moore is stated to be on her way from Melbourne
with 36,000 ounces, valued at X 144,000. Both from Sydney
and Melbourne sovereigns are now being freely returned,
and 3,290 were included in the £45,256 of gold shipped by
the Golden Age.

Mits. ABERNETHY, the widow of the late Dr. Abernethy,
has just died, at an advanced age.
AMERICAN FASHIONS.-A young man recently prome-
naded Broadway, New York, dressed in a pair of trousers
of a new pattern. The ground tint was gray ; from the
right boot arose a design, representing the heights of
Gibraltar, the waistcoat just covering the upper folds of
the British flag, waving from the summit of a lofty tower.
The left boot served as a base for Mount Vesuvius in a
state of eruption, torrents of lava rolling down the face of
the mountain, inundating the region of the knee. The
gentleman was rewarded for this exhibition by the curious
attention of a crowd of street boys, who followed in the
rear of the moving panorama.
BTELANCHOLY DEATH.-A dreadful accident, which
terminated fatally, occurred on Friday afternoon last, the
21st inst., to the wife of Mr. John Hadden, a captain. in
the South Notts yeomanry, of Bramcote, near Nottingham.
It appears that, while Mr. Hadden was attending the
neighbouring races, Mrs. Hadden had occasion to go into
the kitchen, and, when near the fire, the sleeve of her
dress became ignited. Mrs. Hadden strove to extinguish
the flames, but in doing so, other parts of her dress took
fire. Two servants were in the room, and in their alarm
ran out of the house to some haymakers for assistance, in
a field adjoining. The unfortunate lady was, however,
burnt to such an extent that she expired early on Satur-

THE WAR.

Aid the Sulin

n Constantinople of the 10th,
ded by Turkish steamers, had
of the Danube. The Russian
sides, was wandering up

kned on al

uespai. safety. The naiigi-
don of the river was completely re-established, and the
steam-boat of the Austrian Lloyd's had arrived at Galatz.
In Asia, Kerim Pasha had surprised 12,000 Russians in
the mountains near Ardahan, and defeated them with the
loss of six guns and 400 prisoners. The Porte consents
to open its ports to Greek vessels; but it demands an
indemnity for the expenses of the war, and for Turkish
subjects who have suffered from the depredations of the
Greek sympathisers.
The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes accounts from the
combined squadrons in the Baltic, dated the 9th instant,
when they were lying in Baro Sound, near Helsingfors,
on their return from Cronstadt. " During their absence,
the Russians had removed the buoys laid down to indicate
the narrow and dangerous entrance into the bay of Baro
Sound. Notwithstanding that stratagem, which increased
for the combined squadrons the perils of the navigation,
no accident occurred. Two vessels, which had got on
shore, were immediately set afloat again. The Russian
government had changed several commanders of the
strong places in that part of the empire. Some of them
were in disgrace. Amongst them was the governor of
Riga, who was accused of weakness in the performance of
his duties. He was replaced by Rear-Admiral Tsebrikoff 11,
commander of the reserve companies of the Russian fleet
in the Baltic."

COPENHAGEN, JULY 15.—1 t would appear as if some-
thing decisive were soon to happen in the Aland water.
The English have put a stop to the passage backwards
and forwards of the Swedish post-boat, whereby military
intelligence was constantly being forwarded from and to
Aland and Finland, and the Swedish post will now be sent
via Haparanda. At the same time it would seem, if we
may confide in the intelligence of travellers, as though the
Russians were masters of the narrow Aland channels ; for
they have destroyed all the buoys and sea-marks laid
down by the English, wherever they could come at them,
and have obliterated the signals and colours made on the
rocks.
PARIS, JULY 20.—A large body of troops is now
moving towards the north, to be embarked for the Baltic.
The war battalions of three regiments of the garrison of
Paris had been ordered to Boulogne. The first and second
battalions of the 38th regiment are to leave for that desti-
nation on the 20th and 21st instant ; the first and second
battalions of the 13th. regiment on the 23rd and 24th,

and the first and second battalions of the sth on the 26th
and 27th.

The Lloyd of Vienna of the 11th says :—" Marshal St.

Arnaud arrived at Giurgevo on the 10th, and Omar Pacha
left the same day for Oltenitza. On the 10th a body of
Turks occupied Frateschi, three leagues from Giurgevo,
and afterwards marched towards Kalagiereni, where they
fell in with the Russian advanced post. A combat took
place, but did not become very general, and ended in the
retreat of the Russians with some loss. The Russian
head-quarters were transferred in haste from Kalagiereni
to Bucharest. A letter from Orsova, of the 13th, states
that Sali Pacha, the commandant at Nicopolis, passed the
Danube on the 9th, with a considerable force, at the ford
of Clomunda, above Nicopolis, and, after a severe engage-
ment with a corps of Russian infantry, posted on the
opposite bank, and commanded by General Popoff, com-
pelled them to retreat. The Russian General was seri-
ously wounded. On the 10th, Sali Pacha had occupied.
Turnal, and re-established communications with Iskendov-
Bey, whose left wing was at Islat. On that day the Turks
were completely masters of the Wallachian bank of the
Danube, from Kalafat to Oltenitza."

Letters from Bucharest, of the 12th, state that the
Turks were throwing up very strong fortifications at
Giurgevo. The main body of the Russian army was still
on the defensive in their positions on the Argis.
A letter from Vienna says :—" The late combat at Olte-
nitza was not less severe than at Giurgevo. The Turks
occupied the island below Oltenitza, with the intention of
getting possession of some pieces of cannon placed on the
bank of the river. The Russians defended them with
great obstinacy, and only retired when the Turks advanced
in great force." _ _ _

It is stated from Constantinople, that Kerim Pacha,
commanding a division of the Turkish army, stationed at
Ardahan, having learned that a Russian corps was de-
tached by the General Andronikoff, after the combat of
the 16th June, advanced with his division to occupy the
ridges enclosing a valley which the Russians had to tra-
verse on their way to Akhaltzik. Two days after taking
this position, the Russian corps, consisting of 6000 Rus-
sians and 6000 Georgians, appeared. Kerim Pacha
attacked the enemy vigorously, and, after driving them
back, with a loss of 400 prisoners, he forced them to retire
again to Ardahan, leaving behind six pieces of cannon.
The Vienna Wanderer, of the 16th instant, gives
some further information as to the sanguinary affair of
the 7th and Bth July, at Giurgevo, which lasted, with an
interruption only of two hours, from the morning of the
7th till daybreak on the Bth. The Russians were beaten
at all points, and retired, as the early despatches stated,
to Frateschti, on the•road to Bucharest. This, however,
was but a small party ; others retreated northwards to-
wards Calugereni, and eastward towards Argis. From
7000 to 8000 Russians, of the division Chruleff, took up a
position, on the evening of the 7th, on an extensive plain
on the slope of a hill, a short distance from Bucharest.
During the fight on the banks of the Danube, which con-
tinued till late in the evening, a division of the Ottoman
forces landed about three miles above Giurgevo, and sur-
rounded the above-mentioned force of 7000 to 8000 Rus-
sians

&t the same time (about midnight) 600 Q Ottomans
crossed over to the left bank of the river, below Giurgevo.
Thus it would appear that the engagements were carried
on simultaneously at three points—namely, on the shores
of the Danube, and partly in the town ; below Giurgevo,
with the aforesaid 6000 Ottomans ; and, finally, to the
north, where the combat with 7000 Russians was the
bloodiest, and decided the matter. General Chruleff lost
an arm, but it is not known whether this occurred at
Giurgevo or at Oltenitza, where a similar engagement
happened. Both places are in the hands of the Turks,
offensive operations having been thus commenced by them.
The number of Ottomans engaged in these affairs is un-
certain, but supposed, to have been about 25,000 ; the
Russians numbered at least 30,000.
The following is the sum total and distribution of the
French army on board the war vessels and transports for
the Baltic : Officers. Men. Total.
Hannibal 20 ... 891 ... 911

Royal William

St. Vincent

Algiers 3l
Sphinx
Stromboli 3
Termagant l2
Belgravia (transport) 15
Clifton (transport) 6
Columbia (transport
Julia (transport) 6
Prince ( ) "
transport, with 21 „
horses)
Herefordshire (transport) 23
Edwin Fox (transport) ......., 12

- - - -
The French men of war embarked camp equipage and,
an immense amount of ordnance stores, besides 550 engi-
neers and artillery, and 78 artillery horses. The grand,
total, therefore, of the embarkation complete is 9856 offi-
cers and men, and 99 horses.
The Press of Saturday says,—" The secret negotiations
which we announced on the 27th. May as actively carrying
on, and to the course of which we have frequently called
the attention of our readers, may be now said to have
reached their acme. The Court of Vienna has not only
announced to the Western Powers that it is not the inten-
tion of Austria to enter the Principalities, even ' as an
armed mediator,' but it has expressed its agreement with
the Court of Berlin, that the reply of Russia to the notes
of the two German Courts contains propositions conducive
to a general peace, founded on the maintenance of the po-
litical equilibrium. Further, it not only recommends to
the Western Powers a revival of the conference of Vienna
with this object, but it expresses its wish, in unison with,
Prussia, that England and France should specifically inti-
mate the terms on which, in their opinion, the general
peace may be satisfactorily negotiated and concluded.
Referring to our intimation, in our last number, that
considerable changes might now be expected in the per-
sonnel of the administrative and diplomatic bodies, in
order tranquilly to withdraw from the scene individuals
highly pronounced in their conduct and convictions, we
have now to announce that his Excellency the Comte
Walewsky, the ambassador of France, has offered his re-
signation to his imperial master, which has been duly
accepted. His excellency, as well as the accomplished
partner of his life, will leave at the Court of St. James's,
and in our circles, lively recollections of many amiable
qualities, which had rendered them alike popular and
esteemed. It will be remembered that his excellency is of
a Polish family, and has viewed the Eastern question very
much with reference to this circumstance."
Omer Paella has returned from the seat of war, to Varna.
A despatch from that place, of the Bth, says :—" A courier
came here on Tuesday with the news that Omer Pasha
was on the road ; and soon after he arrived, and was re-
ceived, as usual, with salvos of artillery from the batteries.
It soon got abroad that he was to review the French
troops, on the heights over Varna, on the following day."
The review took place on Wednesday, the sth inst. The
French army at Varna consists of three divisions ; that
of Prince Napoleon, that of General Forey, and that of
General Bosquet ; in all 28 battalions and five batteries of
artillery, and a regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique, making
an entire force of about 25,000 men. Omer rode along
the line commencing on the right, in advance of the rest
of the party, receiving all the salutes, the troops presenting
arms. The bands were stationed in the intervals between
the battalions, and every alternate one played " God save
the Queen. On the following day, Thursday, the Turkish
commander-in-Chief left Varna early, for the purpose of
reviewing the Duke of Cambridge's division, consisting of
the Guards and Highlanders, encamped at Aladyn, on
the ground previously occupied by the light division,
about nine miles from Varna. The troops were drawn up
in a line, the Guards on the right ; the generals rode down
along it. The troops then defiled past, and the Duke
ordered a charge with fixed bayonets. The conclusion of
the whole was the formation of two squares to receive
cavalry, after which three cheers were given for Omer
Paella. Nothing could be more magnificent than the ap-
pearance of the men ; the steadiness, stillness, and lofty
stature of the Guards commanded much attention from
Omer Pacha. When all was over he rode off to Schumla,
and the other dignitaries returned to Varna.
The French troops at Adrianople had, on the 3d, nearly
all left for Bourgas, on the Black Sea, whence they can
continue their route for the banks of the Danube.
It is said that the celebrated Schamyl has been named
generalissimo, and is to take command of an army of
irregulars, and open the campaign in the north of Georgia.
The bearer of this firman is Mustapha Pacha, who has
just been Darned governor of Sohum Kale.

SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. Frank Mills, of Spring Gardens-
terrace, London, for many years well known in fashionable
and financial society, died very suddenly either on Thursday
night or Friday morning. He returned home between
ten and eleven o'clock, and retired to rest as usual ; but,
on his servant entering his room the next morning to
call him, he found his master upon the floor quite dead.