The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-17

.be led h Il movsnsss, and, d conjunction with
other couacih In that part o. ~ Hats Ass decided
70 esll meet 70 form an ind pendent orgAaizs
ton. Jealousy the inAeenoe exsrted by The ueu-
beYs Of he order this city IL assuned 70 b the
cause o re PIT.
TIE mobocracy Of EDswor b, Me-, on Saturday
eysnin., fsl upon Rev. NJ. Rlssts. . Roman "a
thohc prs st, 'aned and fesahersd and rode him ON
rail. The cause Of this violence we have not ~
ctrtaired
We pablish, under the Geographic head, Tia
o., a pstru tons o. the Secce airy of The Treasury
to the coecscrs OF Re reveoae regarding the tarin
on h imported ran tn. Bit sh North American
co onie..
COMMERCIAL AFPAlRS.
The flour naket va. without chan, yester-
day, Indian corn declined one % two cents per
babel. Po1 ccsed dal. ~ sI2 25 for mess Cot
ton WA fi,Hl with light SALE. There wa decided
ADVANCE IN frsiga' Cor Eagsh ports. with more of.
Essng BON or Greet Britain and Tor the cJnti.
Den'.
The Nova Sco.ia coal arriving at this port, in
stead o. b ing landed duty pa 70. consumption, is
sold in bond for resh pmeot TO China and other
foreign ports Som cargoes have been takea up
for California, under the ballet that, before i, can
reach tbsTn, the reciprocity treaty win be in full
tor e.
II is eaid that conssqn. nee OF the failure Of the
wine crop IN France, hops are beng more freely
shipped to that country for the manufacture OF bser
end that, since che sitt ion Of tho duties, % i'm
20 tation Of foreign Wines matt, and spi,isuous
hquorshave largely increased. II Is possible that
the masses in France will not loose much by the
substitution OF pure ale for cheap manufactured
wines.
The failure Of arm extensively engaged in ths
provision trade TRANSFERRED yesterday. lea liabilities
are said to be quito large and having connections a.
the West their heaviest liabilities are said TO be in
that direction. The credit of the house in this city
bad not been very strong for several months
Fzrfsfrg News from Ine Seat Cf Wsr-gaa-
gulr my BaIsles betsvs err the AsAscd Forces
aid Hussia-R.Poxtod Surrender Of Seb~s-
top0l.
The public mind here has scarcely recovered
from the shock Of one Of the most thrilling ca
lamities on record, when it has again been
thrown into state Of intense excitement by
the Intelligence received by the Baltic ycstcr-
Day. The announcement OF the complete de-
feat Of the Russians in the Crimea and Of the
surrender of Sebastopol, after a series of the
most saDguinary engagements, although antici-
pated by many, has yet come upon US with
suddenness for which we confess we were
not prepared. There was reason to believe
that the latter Of these events would have been
work Of more prolonged duration than the
capture of IN ordinary fortress like Bomarsund,
but if the accounts that have reached Us be cor
rect, and this famous stronghold has so prompt
~ surrendered, il must be owned that either
its reputation had been exaggerated by militia
ry report, or that the science Of artillery has
been brought to degree of perfection which,
for the future, will render the strongest natural
defences and the most perfect system Of forti-
fication an inefficient protection against the
efforts Of properly equipped besieging force.
But it is by NJ means certain that, as regards
that part Of the startling news contained in
our paper of today, which relates to the
reported fall Of Sebastopol, under circum-
stances which, as the London Chronicle proper
~ observes, have too much Of melo-dramatic
effect about them to be implicitly relied
neous impressions, or anticipating events
which from the successes that preceded
them would seem to assume the character
Of almost inevitable results. OF the fac
connected with the battle of Alma, however,
there can be no question. They arc derived
directly from official sources and are not sub
ject to tie doubts which the medium through
which the subsequent and more important in
telligencc was obtained, unconirmed as il is
by any military dispatches, would seem to
impart TO them.
The allied forces and the Russians encoun-
tered each other for the first time on the goth
Of September in The attack and defence Of tt
strongly fortified position assumed by the lat
ter On The river Alma. According to the Off
cial report of the English commsnder-i In chief,
Lord Raglan, the Russians numbered from
forty TO fifty thousand men. Their posi-
ton was q formidable one, and was defended
by numerous artillery of heavy calibre The
battle commenced at P. H., and terminated at
halfpast three, with complete victory on the
side Of he allies. AS nearly as can be calcu-
lated from the various accounts that have
reached US, the latter lost about 5000 and the
Russians 5000 men. Report speaks highly Of
the galIantry With which the English and
French troops stormed the Russian batteries
on the heights at the point of the bayoaetI
The French Generals Thomasson and CanrobeJt
were both wounded, the first in the abdomen,
and the second in the Shoulder. Marshal ST
Arsaud aud Lord Raglan commanded in per-
son.
The subsequent intelligence which reaches us
T.. - ALL -
received by way of Vienna, and brings the
accounts Of a second defeat OF the Russians on
the river Katcha, and of the surrender Of Sebas-
.opol, with immense loss on bc,a sides. OF the
first Of these events, there seems no reasM to
question Tie accuracy; but as regards tic cor