Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1854-12-05
WINTER SETTING IN SEVERELY
NO CHANGE IN THE MARX rS
The British Funds sl.Ower.
New York. Nov. %. p. NJ.

LlVeTnOOl W L0S 1CLtl liIStss HTElVcu ~ ucE Il
wharf at 5 O'Clock this evening.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Cotton was cosicr Al Liverpool, but not
quotably lower. The closing rates we're:
Fair Orleans Gid, mid Ting ditto SID, fair
upland 81, mid Iii g ST d. @
Trad in Mlnchest, h d consid rally de-
clined. Flour had i clined Cd per Larr |
during the " Elk. Wheat Sd per bu. and
corn Is PEI quarter.
Beef and Pork werclrather better.
Lard Wis easier, but not quoabiy lower.
At London conscls had declined to Oh.
Americ in securities were dull! and lower.
The Iron lna-kt was dull; scotch pig in
Glasgow lbs. United STATES Skies of 1862
lOl@lO2.
GENERAL rSrfIL1eEScE. i''i
By this arrival we have little that il really
later from the seat Of war.
\ pause had ersued ia the field f.htinr
before 5 bas.orol, and he dispatches from
both the Russians and the allies, say that the
dge was progressing with rrgula Ivy, aid
preparations were max NJ for for an lnime- 4
! dae assault upon the fortress. Both par
/ ties we're in want Of rcinforc ments: hut the
| all les werelip more ncei than the Russians.
| The fore > within the ,rrison, We're begin
ming to want Ammunition. ~ ta
The all ed forces were dncel by battle and
dscas ), to $1,000 effective men, waich ca,fs-
ed much alarm in England and France. and
the utmos, efforts were making to send in-
slant rcinforc, ments to the Cr mca, ard Tor
this purpose, all the ocean mail steamers
were chlrtere.l. Winter was setting IN with
great seyeritity in the Crimea, and severe
| s. oi ms were prevail ny in the Black Sea, III
(which two Turkish frlgates had been wreck
ed.
The great Hospital in Sebastorol in which
We're fully two thousand wound d soldiers,
had been burned, by shells from the besclg
ers. .r, IN rrst..rl5.rF.F.F-t -grr f t4-r.rea
/ There will be no steamer from. England,
except tn, Union, until the Pacitic arrives
fwhch sailed from Liverpool to New York
this day. .,..,
A llrga French ioanis spoken Of. +. go
The Austrian notein reply TO that OF Prns-
STA Of Uct. 3Oth, arrived ut Berlin on the 9TH
and rs far as the contents had trlspirel,
Austria fully accepts the promise of Prussil
to sup aors her in the prime palities, but lays
great stress on having this assist .nce viewed
as logical and nee ssary consequence of
The trsa,v of April 10Th, ra-ner than a new
| arrangement.
It was expected in the French camp in the
Crimca, that an ass ,ult would be made on
Sebastopo', on tn. 9Th inst, and probabl.'
would have be had not the Russians made
the attack or tn 4th.
The firing ut last accounts was slack on
both sid s, and preparat ons were going on
for an ass .uls; SC ling ladders had been or
dr. up.
|, Four Of the Russ an war vessels in the
h arboraf Srbastopo hal been sunk by the
lire from III. all e<, and one Of tn IN called
tbs Twelve apostles. Typhus fever had bro
itn ont In the city, caused by The stencil
+ ON the unburriei deed; and conhagrat ons
were continually occurr ne from redhoJ shot
from the beseigcrs.
4 Water in the fortress w,s getting, exceed
ingly scarce, and IL Ru >siano were prepar-
ing for street fy hing by posting cannon to
sweep the streets, and terrifying houses,
&C., d.. ~
The English Generals official account of
the battle on the filth, did not reach Lon Ion
until tbs 18th, owing to telegra phc inte.-
ruption.
Lord RAGLAN says tho emmy with an i'm
men Q force, ATTACKED the right Of The Eng
lsh position, ut tn eirly dawn Of morning.,
and the battle was extremely obstinate, and
i was not till rast noon, that the enemy was
.finitely rerulsed an forced to r treat, leay
ing The field covered with dead. Several
hundr-dprisoners were taken.
The number of the enemy much exceed d
that of the Alma. IIEf# Ir
4 The RuSsiqn loss was enormous, our loss
aso was very great.
Generals Sir Geor5e B own. Bentic, Adams,
Batter and rorrenc', were wounded
The conduct of tn, British forces, in The
; face of such superior numbers were excel
lent.
A Russian official letter says tn, arrivals
Of the Grar,d Duke produced such enihusi-
asr. in the ranks, that NJ ,nschikof thought
he would turn It to account, and the garrison
made two sprtrs, the first at on. O'Clock r.
NJ, AMI the Other ut two O'clock-he first
against the Engl sh, and the second against
J the French. Tbs affair with the English Was
of the most desp .rate kin.l, and the Rus
succeeded in spiking the English guns. Fiji
teen French guns were also spiked After
the Russians retired with all haste, when the
French division pursued them up to the wall
and W ~ ,cciv d with a murderous fire and
hid 10 fall back. A sanguinary and 0bstin-
ate struggle ensued which was prolonged till
nightfall. Mensch kOff admits a loss Of 1000
mea. and says the loss of the aliss must be
fully as large; and according to his account
only $4,000 Of the Russian forces were en-
! gagged.
4 slenschikof announces that he is about to
concentrate all his forces at Simpferopol,
and other places. An, 4
i Admiral Machinoff is reported dead.
4 A dispatch from Vienna under date Of the
18th inst, says that aivices from Balaklava,
dated the llth, announces that another battle
was fought in which the Russians lost 5000
mr. M M -
i The loss of the allies was also great but