The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-01

acknowledgements Of the Allied Fleet IN the
Battic-The Position of A,tst,ia-Rumored
Matrimonial alliance Jet,oeen England and
Ffoace-A British Fleet IN the Ban of Ma
Ptes-Ihe Sound Dues Observation-Disclosures
Of The Greek Minishy-Adcance in Bread
sfnDs-Decline IN Cotton, dc, dc.
HALIFAX, Oct. "a, 1855.
The royal mail steamship Africa, Captain
Harrison, from Liverpool on the 18th instant
arrived here at o'clock this morning.
The Hermann left Southampton for New
York on the 10th instant, with full compile
ment of passengers.
THE WAR.
But little has occurred at the seat of war,
beyond the fact that the Allies were threaten
ing Perekop, and that their advance had for
time been checked.
French troops were being concentrated on
the Danube, and Odessa was expected to be
immediately bombarded by the Allied fleet
which was before its walls
The garrison at Kars still held out.
General Simpson, in his last despatch, dated
Sebastopol, Sept. 30, says that $500 men were
employed daily in making a road from Bala
klava to the camp. Fatigue parties, in the town,
were engaged III getting timber and other ma
terials from the ruins, in order to get shelter
IOI INC troops, ere DdQ weather set
The Russian fire from the batteries on the
north side caused General Simpson some little
annoyance, but has not prevented the work
being carried on. BY the explosion of kind
of Internal machine-number of which had
been dug up in various parts of the town and
around the batteries-an officer and nineteen
men were wounded.
General Simpson reports triRing engage
ment, in which the 10th Hussars and the Chas-
seurs beat back the Cossacks near Kertsch.
a letter from Vienna states that several
bankers there gave credence to the rumor that
Russia is contracting loan in North America,
and that the negotiations are likely to be con-
cluded
Marseilles advices of the 10th state that the
Minister of War was still using every exertion
to reinforce the army in the Crimea.
A letter from Sebastopol in the Frankford
Gazette, states that the sunken Russian ships
can be raised without difficulty, as the Russians
closed them in every part but one, and having
attached hose to the hulls, so that the water
can be pumped out when required
Generals Pelissier and Simpson, according to
the Daily News, have had meeting, witht a
view to prevent what they consider indiscreet
revelations by newspaper correspondents, mill
tary and civil.
General Marmora declares, in an order of
the day, that he will severely punish the authors
of any letters which may have been found, by
informing the Russians of the movements Of
the Allies, to have injured the position of the
latter.
The Latest.
General Simpson had rendered his resgna.
ton to the English Government, but it was NJ.
accepted, >.
A letter from Ko-.
9Th. saws th-. -nesch, dated September
h.: 80. 1T was expected that the floating
,..eeries would open fire against the north side
OF Sebastopol in two days.
The announcement that the Allies had ad.
yaneed ON Perekop caused further rise on
rriday OF on consols, making total advance
mat DAY OF I. The latest quotation for Friday
SHOWS an advance of Il since Thursday. when
the decision OF the Bank was made known. A
favorable feature, upon which stress is laid, is
tne apparent cessation Of the drain of oold.
diminished anxiety was also expressed as re-
gards the results to be exhibited in this even
ings Bank returns. At the same time, it would
appear that real relief would be best derived
from immediate supplies from Australia. Such
arrivals would be peculiarly opportune at the
present moment, as an excellent test would be
aitorded tor ascertaining if the bullion drain
had really subsidized.
ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES ON PEREKoP.
A despatch from Prince Gortschakoff. dated
October 9th, received at St. Petersburgh, states
that the Allies had advanced from Eupatoria,
threatening Perekop, but had retired on meet
ing the advance posts of the Russian left flank.
Sixteen battalions Of the Russians were thrown
into disorder.
RETIREMENT OF THE RUSSIANS.
According to the Frankfort Post Zeitnnq, the
body of the Russian army had been withdrawn
from the plateau on the north side of Sebasto-
pol, towards the heights of the Belbec. Only
few thousand men now garrison the northern
forts.
In the neighborhood of Nicolaief, some
$4,000 men are concentrated, $4,000 of whom
belong to the newlyraised military.
A BRITISH FLEET SENT TO THE COAST OF
ITALY
Her Majesty's ships Rodney, Albion, London,
Leauder, and Wasp, have received orders to
proceed, under the command of Admiral Stop
ford, to the coast of Italy. They will begin
their mission, it is said, in the Bay of Naples.
FILLING UP THE TRENCHES
A letter from Sebastopol, in the MdrSeilles
Journal, says that one Of the orders which has
been executed by the troops with the greatest
pleasure, is that of filling up the trenches. 1t
is stated that the troops regard their prospects
so favOrably, that a great number Of the sol
ders of the class of l947, who may now quit
the service, do not wish to do so.
COMMANDMENT OF ODESSA
The Allied fleet, which, according to the last
news, had sailed on a secret expedition from
Sebastopol, anchored off Odessa on the 9Th of
October. Prince Gortschakoh reports that the
force consists Of eight ships of the line, twenty
seven steamers, and one other vessel. No news
of the bombardment had been received up to
the latest dates, but was expected Immediately.
Odessa, since the destruction of the corn ports
in the sea Of Azoff, has formed the chief, if not
the sole, means Of support of the Russian army
in the Crimea.
The Emperor of Russia and suite arrived at
Odessa on the 22d of September, but left again
of war.
RUSSIAN LOSSES.
The Hoalide Russo gives detailed account
of the losses of the Russian garrison on the 9Th
September, as follows killed, 1854; wounded,
sos; Commissions, l,2O5 missing 1854; total,
l1,70l.
The same journal states that the Russians
lost 800 men on the 10th of August, and
900 men per day every day up to September
9Th. Thus, it would appear that the losses of
the garrison, for the last three weeks of the
siege, amounted 10 $4,000, irrespectively of dis
ease.
THE DANUBE.
According to the Constantinople Journal, the
commander OF the Turkish army on the Dan
ube has received instructions to provide ra-
tons for forty or fifty thousand French troops, |
who are to arrive at Silistria about the end of
October.
A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople
states that the Anglo-Turkish contingency has
received orders to proceed to Schumla, in the
Dubrudscha