The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-26
THE NEWS BY THE NIAGARA.
THE LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
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Congress Of the American Ambassadors.
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MR.. BUCHASAN's ARRIVAL IN PARIS.
THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
The Tartar Hoax to be Investigated,
60, &C., 10.
THE NEWS BY THE NIAGARA,
MR.. BUCHAsAN,s ARRIVAL IN PARIS.
THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA
HALIFAX, Oct Is, 1854

The royal mail steamship, Niagara, Captain Leitch
from Liverpool Saturday the l4th instant arrived at
this port at half past twelve O'Clock this morning and
left At bali past two O'Clock, route for Boston.
Her advices three days later than those receive
In New York BY the Washington
The screw steamship Cleopatra from Quebec arrived
ut Liverpool the 18th inst, with the Intelligence O.
the loss of the Arctic, the announcement of which
caused . profound sensation.
The Cunard steamship Arabia, from New York on the
9Th inst, was telegraphsd off Holyhead, at noon en-
Saturday the 18th and the Niagara reports passing her
when thirty miles out from Liverpool
Although tho English papers fuu OF interesting
details Of the operations in the Crmea they contain
nothing really OF . decisive CHI ,rscter
Aessrs. iohardson Brothers. agents of the Liver
pool and Philadslphia line Of steamships notify the
public that the wreck by the bark Mary Norris
must have been thai Of the shandon burnt the
passage from Glasgow to Montreal and no the City Of
Glasgow
Nothirg definite Is as yet known to the public respect
Ing the recent failures in Liverpool The liabilities Of
James McHepry & Co, are called f5oo, oOo
THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA.
Sebastopol not yet taken 1t is supposed the siege
artillery Of the allies mounted in battery around
Sebastopol the 4th ins and that the bombardment
commenced on tho 5th. The place completely in.
vested On the south side.
1t vas expected that assault would be made soon
probably on the sth.
On the 3D. the allies had destroyed the aqueduct and
cut OF tho supplies Of from the city which ia now
supplied from reservoirs.
The Russians had erected sand batteries, armed with
ships guns but the range Of the allies artillery
greater The allied trsoches were within sixteen hun
dIsd yards Of the walls and already mounted atty guns
private despatch says that two breaches made
1t "Quarantinen on the eth inst, and auoher-as
Iable-states that NO bombArdment had occurred to
the 9Th.
The French AM English Generals have officially mott
fed their governments that September o. immedi
atsy the reception Of the Of the battle Of Alma
NenschikoG sunk Ave Of his line ofbatte ships and
figates In eight or ten fathoms of water thus
peey blocking up the entrance to the harbor OF Ssbs
topo and preventing the possibility of attack by
sea. these ships sunk with all their guns and
Tho Ensiish are much incens.d at this sxpedsnt,
which has contributed to cause the generals to change
sssa pf The noS sds q the e vac south
The Russians hold their remaining ships ready to be
sunk and the crews, amounting to ten thousand men,
It IL said the Russians have Likewise sunk ships
ACROSS the Straits Of Yenikis
Tho allied fleets thus being comparatively useless st
sea, Admiral Dundas has sent the marines shore to
join the army.
letter in the 7ss suggests that the powerful iron
steamer Simeon which equivalent to force Of 900
TONS should be employed a. . steam batterng ram to
force passages the sunken ships. This e1pedent
From the present disposition Of the allied forces. be-
tween BalaklAvA and Csps chsroness seems that the
whole coustry north Of Ssbasopo is evacuated BY
khs allied forces which, It 10 likely passed through It,
mi: :uppositi0n is Armed By statement il the DE-
Dpatches from Admiral Dundas, dated sept %, where
e says that having sent the steamers Albion and vesu
sius to ALA TO collect the wounded Russians and
being full Ss soros was threatened BY foros
81 5000 Russians and had to embark under Of
An ths Allied reserves had left varua for the Crimsa
Two French and ono English regiment from Malta win
The Russians are reported to have blown up the for.
resses OF Anapa and 6suchun Kas and their gar
rison Of is, 900 men TO reinforce Msnschikon.
ko's rigt wing was ct Bakchssara and his centre at
smperofol where endorsements from Perskop VIII
Ossa sAsisn had been 1t Psrekop since the % inst,
and expsctsd to join his force with hsnschkons before
Tbs Paris Deooss estimates the Russian force in the
Urmss at ss,ooc and the allies at 10000 including
The two Russian Generals taken u Alma were Conf
kon and Tohanon Both wounded, anc one Of thsm
has since dsse Tosy say the Kusssns had but $50
fesd the position Hsnschiloa. Who was sick sat OF
The heights and directed the battle The Turks bayo
nsttsd ~ the wounded Russians crying out 70 then
ne Enperor's new artillery was found very services
=. ~ aSsth Of Msrshs, g. Arp.ud Lord RAGLAN to-,
the chief command Of the allied AMY. General Csnro
bert d eonsidsrsd energetic and adventurous, but ~
TSsre AZ rrievous complaints that the commences
surgical requisites totally wanting in the Britis
army.
THE BALTIC
Part Of ADMIRAL Plumridge'a squadron had Joined Ad
rnrsI Dusohene's feet at Kisl on the It'll.
The rsstsr part OF the feet under dmirs Ma pier
wore AZ anchor near Rsvel Some cruising in tn
Guf Of Boshnia, and several ships were ordered :
Ledsund
attempted.
ASIA.
sehsmyl has been defeated by Prince Aldronitoh, VII
again threatens Kars.
DIPL0MATIC-AUSrRIA AND PRUSSIA.
Notes have bsen ssut by France and England to Pru
Fia backing that Of Austria and peIug the Prussia
government 70 declare ts intent lions the msint1
Of the Offensive au6 defensive alliance With Ausf
Ibe propoeitiou a Nsvtsu0si fnfanded IN ure~Hvve