Polynesian., 1855-02-03
Horrible Occurrence.

BURNING OF THE RUSSIAN HOSPITAL, WITH Two
THOUSAND Sick AND WOUNDED An occurrence OF
the most horrible nature has taken place. The
great Hospital IN SebastOpo was set ON fire by the
shells of the allies, and was burned to the ground
with all its inmates-flr0 thousand sick and round
ed This frightful circumstance is passed over as
quietly as possible in the English and French pa
ners but it demands the most pointed attenti N
il NAV be remembered that puhllshe an En-
gsh story to the effect of Menschikof hosting the
bospital flg over the magZine which the English
directed their fire upon and blew up. We fear the
building thus fred was really the Hospital.
The Crimea.
Loxpnx, Saturday Nov. 18th.
TIE BATTLE OF Nov, 5.-Lrut General Sir
GEORGE Cathcart, Brigadier General Strdngeway,
and General Guide killed in the action on the
5th. This news was received by the Duke OF New
castle, and is official.
A mass of telcgraphic dispatches has been re-
ceived during the night. The following, however
are the only items of Intelligence which have not
previously been published
The Duke of Cambridge had horse killed under
him.
The English had 900 killed and wounded. The
! loss of the French is not accurately known. The
Russian loss is between 7,0O0 and 8, 900
| Prince Napoleon has arrived at COnstantinople
sick He is suffering from diarrhoea 80 -,
| The attack on the 5th made by 4O,OOO OF the
enemy The redouhrs were taken and retaken.-
The French lost 800 killed and wounded.
Gen. Brown arm has been amputdted.
The Russians had left the heights of Balaklava,
am were expecting reinforcement.
The tvphus fever is raging at Sehastopol'
| The allies are continually rc-entorced.
! The steam frigdtes have arrived at Batoum 70
convey 1000 troops to the Crimea
Letters from ConstantinOple of the 6ths state
that 900 French troops had sailed from the latter
place for the Crimea, with favorable wind.
The Sultan has degraded Sulejman Pacha, the
commander of the Ottoman troops in the Crlmea-
The Turkish man of-war Ahadlsche had toGnd,
cred. with the Turkish Admiral and seven hundred
men on hoard
! An Egyptian frigate has been lost In tne ni''cA
Miss Nightingale, with thirty-seven nurses, for
the Hospital at Scutari, arrived at ConstantlnoPie
on the 9Th inst.
The Danube.
d;snatch from Hsrmanstadt states several Tur-
kisb detachment are close t. the Bessaraonu IRON
iti,r R,hadagh is occupied hy the Turks.
! Vienna letters saw that Omar Pacha has received
orders from ConstantinoIle to send all the troops
thai were in Wallachia to Moldavia. and to carry
on onarati ms vigorously This conflicts with the
mnr- rroI,able statement that all the men he can
! snare are to Be sent to the Crimea. Fifteen nun
dred cavalry, had already been sent from Shumla
to Varna to be embarked.
! The Fleets the BtfacA sea-
Stormy weather prevailed. Turkish snip
ofwar has been los., and sSfe Y! P:la,, 'nnP mp
fnames or number not reported,) were missed. sup
n,s.d also wrecked. Tne SOU drons under Admi
rraIs UameI1u and DundaS, were in kate.Ia Bay
with divisions at Balaklava and Kamiech Bay
S,ilmakprs and smiths 0f the heet were employed
in making s.4nd-bAgs and horse-shces:
The fleets do not nov take part IN OonioaiuiNs
the city.
Admiral Lyon has cut off the communication De
tween Tam,ra and the land, and is watching TIN
sea of AzUf.
We are totally without news from Asia Botl
armies are in winter quarters.
v various Items.
d Tho Emneror has bestowed penis0n of 5,OC
r, roubles. and decoration, to the widow OF 'en
The J,urnal of ST. Petersburg. Of Nov. Z, coz
= ,;ns an official edi orial complaining OF mIs-stAt'
= mrnts in the late Marshal st. Arnaud account
: the hattie Of AIua The JIurnal states that U
; Russian force at the Alma was only 35,oo" mei
with ga pieces of cannon, none OF which were Cd
nj ,ured by the Allies, excepting two guns dlsmoun
ed and spiked by the Russians themselves
Great Britain.
Lord Palmerston left London on the 10th for y
r;s H., was accompanied by his wife Althou2
nu,oer,us rumors are aflat as u the OBJECT of D
mission. there is little probability Of the true on
having transpired- Some say to arr~nge the re-
tabIis6ment of the kingdom Of Poland others .
ssrt that his NAN business Is T. Tr vent the nut
States from absorbing Cub, llayti, SANDWICH a.
other islands. s-.b.- ~
Both Houses Of Parliament are iuFtner II
rucued till Deceinb 4th. cao m
The Patriotic Fund " amounts TO 1SO'V"
and subscribtions keep pouring In.
The public and the e9mml'es :, sns and sD, orp
a. sonabb;ng tooth and nail, oSer its disrrr9
One hundred is about the aserase number
E, ,,Das on the army list soliciting commissions
s;nc. the war hegin the number bias constantly
Srssssd. and there are now q 100.
France.
nrrSToRcENESTs-A NEW BoAN-IoRD PALNhHsA
= ~ N PARIs-HIs MISSION.
Two French divisions will sail iron Iou1On