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ink of politeness, offered to telegraph to Paria for — Farther tRosructions, and even to apply the electris wire to Mr. Mason, who mid clouds of aromatic He vanmas mint be at his aml jorial abode: all which was done; bus the answer was positive: Mr. foulé must put ahook ia his nose and flit. fhe whole affair was so sudden and 80 mysteriously con- ducted, that notaing was knowa publicly about it announcement of the fact in the Laglish pers. Here such matters are seldom dis- cussed without authority. However, it was no soon- er understood that the United States ambassadors at London and Paris looked upon it ss a high diplo- matic affront involving the good understanding of America wit ) the twe most powerfulstates of Exrope, than the news fied from house to house with electric rapidity aud at present it is the theme of almost uni- versal discussion. The Emperor is said to decline any justification of the step his government has taken, aud to consider that the notoriety of Mr. Souté’s conduct is of itsel€ suficitat, and accordingly the subject has never been noticed inthe Moniteur,butthe Constitutionnel, which stands next in rank to the official organ, aad is known never to speak without book, yesterday contained an article on this aubject which has no doubt reached you in the regulac course. From the quarter whence eld seen ag well as from the guarded tone of the article, it is generally considered here to be a species of special manifesto, and, of course, under such circumstances, cannot bat be most important to your readers. The con- cluding paragraph is said to be mainly attributable to the maaly rentiments on the sul of President Pierce's dipiomatic appointments from time to time publisted in your journal, exoressing—as the lead- log organ—the general opinion of the Statea, in contradiction to that of government, Taere are évidently sores tries Hamper ed with re- spect te America, both in England and France, and there is evidently a coatition between these two rexful States to tak the American ball by the Orns; at the same time it is not be epoectiy ap- poiatmests abroad—appointments whicn, in every capital of Earope, bave teaded to de; her— that the Empire Republi: should cast her frowns oh the world Whatever be her policy, suca a mode of aeserting it is unworthy of hereelf and her glorious Origin, and it ig to be hoped President Pierce's go vernment will, by the recall of some of its officials, prove its belief that patriotic courage and gentie- | mao like conduct are not incompatible character- istics in the same fancticnary. From Madrid we bear that on the 29th inst. the Quevu gave a reception > the officera of tho Na tocal Guard, and thas a remark which her Majesty mace to them te the effect that she relied upoa them tor the myintepane of order, was met ratacr coolly; that the officers afterwards waited upoi Eapartere, wen they were most enthusiastical'y weloomed; that General O'Donnell did not recei7e them. The Clamor Publico says:»-“‘ France and Eogland are in accord to send a strong squadron to Cuba to protest it, if necessary, from any attack on Cuba by the United States.” With Ops nit to the address of M. Salazar, the Minister 0! Marine, the salient portions of which I gave you in my last, itis, it seems, to be brought before the Cortes on its assembling. If, aa there ia reason to suppose, that body should disapprove of the conduct of M. Salazar, the Cabinet wil! be re constructed on the basis of the Liberal Union; {f, on the contrery, that gentleman should be absoived by the Cortes, it is probable that § O'Do: Pacheco, and Collado, iinist Messrs, Lugan, Alouso, will follow their exam) 1 that the draft of the speech fiom tt bly drawn up, end is not lorg. Tke Qu nade to refer in it to ber celeb-ated man th of July, and to renew the prom ains; to confess that everybody has committed faults, and in the name of justice and equity to demand that every ome shall assist im repsiring them. In conc'usioa she will make ax appeal to the devotedness, generosity and reason of the Spanish people, to forget the past, and to sanction the retorms promised by the revolation —reforms which cau only be fruitful and durable by & co operation of all parties. Bgrriz. Panis, Nov. 2, 1954. The Soulé Diffculty— Tone of Public Feeling at St. Pelersburg—Ministerial Questions in France— The Cruvelli Escapade—Meditated Postponement of the Universal Exhibition. For a week after Mr. Soulé, American Minister to Spain, had been interdicted by the French govern- ment from traversing F ance on his way to Madrid, no Paris journal made any comments on the fax Only two or three reproduced tha brief mention of it by the London journals. But on Tuesday eveniug the Gazette, and yesterday morning the Assemalée Nationale, gave a partial travslation, stil', however, without comment, of an article relative to it in the Londou Times. In this article Mr. Soulé himself is coarsely abused, and, moreover, contrary to prece- dent and authorities, ia stripped of all diplomatic character save in the country to which he is special- ly accredited—a clumsy attempt is made at ranning an impossible paraliel between him and Kossuth, aud Messrs. Buchanan and Mason are impudsntly advised to let this sotte affaire privée (aa the French journalists render it) drop entirely. It is noticeable that the Gazette, the organ of the legitimists, and the Assemblée Nationale, the organ of the fusioniata, take no more pains than is usual with these sc2rners of afl that is republican,to give the proper nama and title of the Minister of the republic of the United States in Paris. They both call him M. Masson, Ohargé d’Affaires. And here, in passing, I mus} mention, as oue frait of the Anglo-French alliance, that Freach spelling of Engligh names begins to be corrected. Thus, among the illustrious names cut and gilded on the front of the Palace of Industry, has been conspicuous for several weeks that of “Humphy Davy,” but it as just been changed to “Humphry Davy.” Shakspere, perhaps, will not much longer be called Old Williams (/e Vieux Williams) by French critics. The entente cordiale, however, obviously does not embrace Ame- ricaz names. Our amiable Minister here has been familiarly enough called Johnny, by the dignified Official Moniteur, and W. 1. Bracebridge, Paul Ding and Fenimore still figure as auteurs Americanis, (American anthors,) on the bookstalis along the quays. Cooper was so commonly called Fenimore Cooper, that one half his name readily suggests the other. You have only to pronounce Mr. Ding’s first and last name aloud, to remember that of the ex-Secretary of the Navy. But what Champollion could decipher Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, in sucha hieroglyphical amalgam cf the initials of Washington Irving, and a part of the title of his “Bracebridge Hall.”’ After all, “Wkat’s in a name?” To return to Mr. Soulé. His name is not once meutioned in the only original article which his ex- puisicn from French territory has as yet elicited from the Paris press. Bat the allusions to him are too pointed to make it necessary to name him. The article in question appeared ia yeaterday’s Consti- | tutionnel, and is sigued Paul Dubois, but there is reason for suspecting that a more august hand than that of this unknown writer guided, or perhaps even held, bis pen. At least, they say so ia the clabs and at the Bourse. Aa yesterday was AllSsaint’s day, no French journal waa expected to appear this morning. The ddoniteur, however, was pudlisbed, in order to give the news brought from Sebastopol on the 25th ult. to Varna on the 26tb,vy the steamer Tient, announc- ing that the bombardment was continuing at the latter ca‘e with the greatest vigor—thas the bescig: ers had directed eeveral canucn against the gat-s of the city; tuatSebastopo. was encumbered with corpses, aud that Adnural Nachimoffha’ been killed by aball. But it isthought that this news farais!:. ed. ‘3 Jeas immediate motive for the appearance of the Moniteur, than ite translation of the whole of the Loudon T'vnes’ insolent article about Mr. Soul. That article iareproduced at the bead of the ex- tracts from foreign joursals,and it does not omit in the concluding hh the statement that “the French government will probably refuse to any soit of explanation or satisfaction.’ ge ag b jas tacitly admitted by the of- ee the iny vernment, acquires eens? the fact that no Kied of communica- tion et been received at the Amorican lega- ly to that addressed by Mr. Mason to M. T’Hays, on Sata-day last, relative to Mr. Tt ig avid that in a personal interview with the Basperer om Baturdey, the American Minister did not yy express similar pyre to shose which ‘nope expressed in his intervie y with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the 24t to the arrest of Mr. Soulé; Mr. Mason bad @ requeat that he should signify to the American Minister to Spain the intention es oer ce prevent the latter from featly post by way of France. It was mani tet Mr. Mason shoald act aa.an of any other on in rey ;sholnwer oar his — _ Bren assented, he w not have time t ‘eeianaaals tesemare to Ilr. Bould, ‘who was A Hom on ortinaty Cadoorh from an ordinary is, where he received house Official, in the ahspe of an imperative order to quit France at once. The order was confirmed by a telegraphic despatch from pa nde A { Paris, and was ‘As you perceive, a nice distinction has been as. | pumed between Mr. Soule , and Mr, Bon’ the Misister of tie United States. Bat it is some- ‘what @ngular, to say the least of it, that if Mr. dangerous and disagreeable a left while in the south ho Eo and while annay- cars tu whi he aud person, he should of France, while here, unmolested, sa Bir Biek’e hog f Legation at London, were . ea, Secretary 0 " seated, when coming here together by railway. Even this aunoyaace was followed by an official ex- planation amounting to an apology. Tt was not unt! after the conference at Oatend; it was not until Mr. Soulé, the Minister to Spain, was returning to Madrid in bia official capacity, that he was eubjected to an imsult wuich had been spared him while visiting the Frenc: capital, sojourning for his health ata retreat in the Pyrences, and travel- ling in France, like avy private gentleman, daly provided with atransport. The blow which theman eszaped has fallen on the Minister. Even those Americans in London and Paris who profess the least personal sympathy with Mr. Soulé, who were most opposed to his nomination as Minister to Spain, on account of what they deem ‘‘his inconvenient an- tecedenta,”’ seem to be agreed that the ingalt offered to him hn French government, was an insult to hum as Minister of the United States, and as such calls for explanation, | Some of the Americans here ima; at first that | if this insult should prove to be a deliberate attempt | to provoke hoatili on the part of the United 8 government, France alone would bear the ' burden cs the conflict, while Great Britain, holding ostenalbi tures and trade afloat in the “‘sea of troubles” that would threaten to wreck and swallow the commerce of the wor'd. . They predicted that the “nation of | shopkeepers,” as Napoleon styled tne Bnglish, | wo uietly “keep shcp,” while their glory-loving ote, the French, 80 a Mer : whom are Bf for an; gnal, armed an a |, Rear those heights of Boulogne where the deat bea 2 planned the invasica of England, should - vorted to more distant obj of attack than can tempt only acrosa the channel. They could not believe that the Anglo-French alliance would extend to a war inthe West ag well asin the East, But the bullying tone of the London Times, and other sigos not easily to be overlooked, seem to indicate that the Engiish government fally approves of the inter- diction which the Fr government has hurled | against a Minister of the United States. The Ea lish lion will roar while the French imperial eagle screams deflance across the Atlantic. But in this | very fact, that the) two allied governmenta wil! possibly, nay probably, unite in an attempt to inti- midate the presumptuous republic of the United States, may be discerned, perhaps, a chance for a pacific issue to almost any difficulties between tho Old World andthe New. For Englagd, bluster as loudly as she may, cannot fail to “count the coat” of war with the United States, and having blustered londly enougn to satisfy her French ally, she will, perhaps, claim the right to interfere when the mat- ter mevaces to swell into symething more than“ an attempt to intimiuate.” Thus, even if the delay of the Frevch government t> answer Mr. Mason’s de- macd for explanations in the case of Mr. Soulé, or the umeatisfactory nature of its answer should occasion the suspension of diplomatic relations be- tween the United States and France, tha prospect of swar in consequence might not yet be imme- ciate. Soule question absorbs, of course, the attoa- the mauy Americans row in Paris. It haa occupied my letter so fwly, I perceive, that I have scarcely any room ieft for mentioning any of the ‘said and one questions which, like the wheels heels of tae Puophet’s vision, are inyolved Eastern question, Icaa onlyallude to a posi- tive statement which I have seen to day in a letter from St. Petersburg, that it is ‘‘the order of the day” there to talk openly and enthusiastically about the reconstitution of Poland, and the insurrection of Hungary and of the Italian States that groen under Austrian tyranny. I mnst also add that here in Paria no little senaatisn has beea occasioned by that phrase “\imid counsels” in the Emperor’s letter ofcondolence to the widow of Marshal de St. Ar- baud. The English have had their sensitiveness un- necessarily awakened by i}, Bat Marehal Vaillant, the Minister cf War, who, on remember, opposed the immediate attack upon Sebastopol, took espe- cial offence at the expression. Aithough the Moni- teur records the expianation whi h he demanded and obtained, the wound it mace imstill gore. And it is not impcasible that he will be succeeded ere ioag as Minister of War by Baraguay d’Hilliers, the conqveror of Bormersuud, and a soldier hot-headed enongi for avy counsela however far frod® being timic, The otcer possible ministerial change to which I have already alluded, and by which M. de Perey wou'd replace M. Fould, would open too long and interesting a chapter of the Cravelli ques tion to be properly developed at present. You wiil be surprised to leara, after all the ‘' positive state. ments’ of French, English and German journals, the Ocuvelli queation, or rather the Cruvelli queations, for there are two at least: ‘‘Is she married?” ‘Why dia she leave the Opera?” are still enveloped in mystery. Perhaps the process which has been ia- stituted against the eccentric singer—if that pro- cesa is not itself mysteriously prevented—will re- veel more than ore curious gecret. lave been assured that the question is he- ing seriously deliberated whether the Univer sal Exhibition must not be postponed to 1856. Whatever pretext may be assigned it will not be easy to disguii influence of events in causing suoh a determination. Fie@ano. THE WAR, THE LATE RUSSIAN SORTIE—SUFFERINGS OF THE INHABITANTS OF SEBASTOPOL— REPORTED DEATH OF ADMIRAL NACHI- MOFF—DOUBIFUL RESULTS—LORD RAG- LAN’S OPINION OF AN ASSAULT. The British steamer Trent left the coast of the Crimea on the 26th of October, and arrived on the following day at Varna, whence a despatch, sent for transmission by telegraph to the nearest station, reached the French and English governments on November 1, Up to tho time of the Trent’s departure, the siege and bombardment were going on with regularity and success, So heavy had been the fire of the besieging batteries, and so terrible was the loss of life in the town of Sebas- topol, that the air was reported to be tainted by tho number of unburied dead. Guns had been brought to bear upon the gates, and Admiral Nachimoff, it was said, had been killed by the fragment of a shell. If this last circumstance be contirmed, it is remarkable that the two chief officers of the Russian navy who planned and executed the attack on Sinope should have both been killed within a year, A report was circulated in Con- stantinople that Lord Raglan had expressed his opinion in favor of » prolonged bombardment, in preference to an immedicte assault. Having accomplished the pro- Gigious labor of conveying the heavy guns and ammu- nition, and opened a successful fire on Sebastopol, the reduction of the place is considered only a question of and the operations are carried on with compara- t allied forces, An assault, on the ead to more rapid suce?ss, es and materially weaken the es the following despatch, ecived from Kicheneff, in ated Octobe of October G neral Liprandi attacked k cleven guns. ime 5 has probably cost the English half their gin, who commanded, oscaped with dim- Lord Dunkellia was taken prisoner." rnications from Odessa to the Greck firms con- 5 had really met with the asian bulletins. They ava, stormed the four redoubts, ns ‘alry were totally beaten, and loat 500 ey lish cay rtain that the Russians have received conside- abie reinfc jo many as the num en. A till stronge In th nt attack u oor the vessels of the allies were much N OF THE AFFA'R. spatoria, where the allies advancing reinforcements of » Brilish cavalry were attacked, but to thelr assistance, and the Rus- of ¢ ion is not exactly ed to have been the 23d of Oc- THE ENGLISH VERSIO The aff lace ne: tes that two Russian men-of-war, J over in the harbor of Sebastopol ‘al been sunk by the fire of the ad bronght some long guns to bear on as beon informed by the Eng eported capture is not true, | 0 | of the allies by sea was stated to y ‘ar od battles ma: the allied © astopol, if possi © the lives of ve determin nbardment, q a Val de Damplerre, Atd-de-enmp of General was taken prisoner by the Russians, He begged ‘on General tosend intelligenes to the French the was @ prisoner, and wot killed, ‘The Rus- told him to go himself, when he did—and, of course, ed and surrendered ‘ 4 ‘ater begins {0 fail in Sebastopol. Every morning, womion and children come outside 10 the wells, and are permitted to return without molestation Lord Ragian’s chief intorpreter, & Greok, hag been gaat | to Constantinople for trialas » Ruasinn spy aloof, would contrive to keep mannfac- | | | | more positive intelligence, whic! | way, THE ATTACK BY 90000 BUSSIANS—THE ENEMY REPULSED WITH GREAT SLAUGH- TER. The following telegraphic despatch has been received at the Foreign Office from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and forwarded to the Duke of Newcastle, Minister of the War Department; ; Conatantinopis, Oct. 28, 1354. The captain of the English steam transport, which left Balaklava on the evening of the 26th, confirms ina great part the information brought this morning by a French ship, and transmitted immediately to London via Marseilles. It appears that the Russians attacked the forts in the vicinity of Balaklava on the 26th. Their numbers are supposed to have been about 30,000 men. The attack was unexpected. The Cossacks preceded the infantry. To resist these at first there were Ottoman and Scotch troops. The Turks gave and even spiked the guns, which seized by the Russians, were turned against them. The Scotch, on the contrary, remained firm in their position, Other forcea arrived, and the Russians we.¢ obliged to yield the ground, remaining, nevertheless, masters of two forts, from which they fired upon our troops. Three regiments of English Light Cavalry, ex- posed to the cross fire of the Russian batteries, suffered immensely. The French took part in the affair with ad- mirable bravery. On the next day their position was | attacked by a body of 8,000 Russians, as well from | the side of the town as from that of Balaklava. They repulsed the enemy with great slaughter. The loss of the Russiams must have been very great. It is affirmed that the fire of the batteries of the town had much slackened, and according to the report of | | wounded officers, some of whom had arrived at Buyuk- dere, the belief continued that Sebastopol would be aoon in the hands of the allies. This is merely what has been gathered on the apot from several persons who were eye- witnesses.of what took place. ‘The names of the killed and wounded are reserved for the official occasion. Among the names there is none of a general officer. Signed. STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. Lord Dunkellia’s promotion as captain and lieutenant colonel in the Coldstream Guards, appears in the Gazetie last evening. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. From the London Timea, Nov. 2.] If tte first tidings of the sucess of the allied armies in the Crimea were received throughout Europe with a degree of confidence and exultation which proved to be somewhat exaggerated and pre- mature, we are bcund to be upon our guard lest the first arrival of lesa fsvorable intelligence from Rus- sian sources should produce e atill more unfounded smount of despondency and alarm. The accounts received with apparent belief by some 0! our con- temporaries, bore on the face of them an extreme improbability, and they have since been cootra- dicied even by the last report from St. Petersburg. We are, however, fortunately in possession of much puts an end to the apprehensions these unwarrantable reports were calculated to excite, The British steamer Treut left the coast of the Crimes on the 25th, and arrived on the following day at Varna, whence a despatch, sent for traasmission by telegraph to the nearest station, reached the Frensn and English governments yesterday. Up to the tine of the departure of the Trent the siege and bombard: ment were going on with regularity and success. So heavy been the fire of the besieging bat- teries, and so tezrib’e was the loss of life in the town of Sebastopol, that the air was reported to be tainted by the dead who had fallen in defence of this de- voted fortress, Guns had been bronght fo py upon some of the gates, and Admiral Nachimoff had been killed by the fragment of a shell. If this last circumstance be confirmed, it is remarkable that the two chief cfficers of the Russian navy who (reseed and executed the attack on Sinope should ave expiated within one year that outrage which gave so terrible an impulse to the ravages of this war. We canzot tell what amount of confidence ia to be aves to the report c'rculated at Constantinople, that Lord Raglan had expressed his opinion at a council of ware in favor of a prolonged bombard- ment in preference to an immediste assault, but thers sre many obvious reasons in favor of the former course. Having accomplished the prodigious labor of conveying the heavy guns and their ammo- nition to our batteries and opened a successful fire on Sebastopol, the reduction of the place is only a questisn of time, and these operations are carried cn with very inconsiderable losses to the allied for- ces. An assault, on the contrary, though it might lead to move rapid success, would cost innamerable lives and materially weaken the besieging armies. Sebastopol is occu ied and defended not merely by tee ordinary garrison of a fortreas, but by an “ay | These trowps are placed at & very great disa vantage so long es they are exposed to the in- ant fize of our batteries, for it is impossib'e the casemates of the forts should be suffi ciently extevsive t> afford them sheiter; but io en sécault tteir numbers and their desperation wuld rendcr them formilable enemies, The continuance of the siege ia so far advantageous to the all.ed armies that it must exhaust and destroy the resources of the Ruesians in the Crimea iud~ , bitely more thaa those of the French and Eagliah lish and took four redoubts | ‘a powerful cavalry attack was | ¢-mps. But it must be borne in mind that the fall of Sebastopcl dors not necesssrily terminate the contest in the Crimea, even at the present time; and that the army of the allies, which will soon, we trust, enter the piace, has also to hold it against the porsibility of an attack by the enemy, whoee boasted reinforcements are said to be on the way, and who may ee ane ng eS trogps, a winter cam; . Such a cont may not be very rrobable, but it is one spun which the commanderwin-chief are bound to pro- vide; ard on this account, af well as on motives of humanity and prudence, they will doubtless husband a8 much as possible the strength of an army which has already been so much reduced by casualties and disease. ieee the place does not capita- late—an assault will, of course, be maie; but not until the batteries have been advanced to the i which can be reached before the walls, and the force of our projectiles I gy ee bog the shortest possible ran; Although, fore, the interval which has ela] since the receipt of despatches is painfully long, and the delay has been Sggravated by the non-arrival of the Eaphrate, French mail steamer, which was due at Marseilles on Friday last, the pronase of the operations is not slower than might have been expected in a siege of such magnitude. The trenches were opened on the 18th, the fire began at a very long onthe 17th, and the ake have to be ven forward through cult ground to fresh lodgments in each succeeding night, for the works are, of course, chiefly carried on by night, and the by = Our latest accounts ere of the 25th, barely cig days from the commencement of the attack, a period within which no regular siege operations could be completed, much leas brought to a victorious termi- ' nation. nwhile, the grand object of the de- struction of Sebastopol, and of the Rusaian army, is steadily pursued, and at present we have no reason to believe that the advantages we bsve gained are counterbalanced by excessive sacrifices or by any reverse, - (From the Tondon Chronicle, Nov. 3.) The scene of the late reported misadventure of the Mane cavalry has been placed, in various accounts, at Iokerman, at Balaklava, and even at Eupatoria; | and we believe that, in enumerating the localities | in question in thia order, we are corre arranging Mehta op Seebiine’ eet to bane = pective degrees of pro! ity. ion our sney, was, it has been stated, [nine on the I3th ult., in the neighbourgood of petal Liprantl etiacked | Klava; ond in that position, it would have been at hand to oppose any hostile force advancing from Tshorguxs, where a considerable body of the enemy is believed to have been eatsblished. It is not un- likely, however, that—as would appear from the accounts brought by the Trent, and transmitted to us by our Vienns co in a despatch which we publish elsewhere—a portion of our ca- valry may have marched to Inerman, and it is highly probable that it may have had a sharp engagement near that place, and it will be seen, from another despatch which we have received from Vienna, that Prince Menschikoff officially confirms, the reyorted aif of the preceding Say, thegh we re or of ey, we maust wait for further information before we csn form any estimate of the accuracy of the Russian statement respecting the amount of our alleged lors. Under any circumetances, however, we sre unable to attach the slightest credit to the rumor of a collision near Eupatoria; for it is impossible ' toconceive what motive our cavalry can have hed roe pect a de- ave of effect. for approaching that place, or what tachment sent fh that direction would constantly represented, in current at Vierna, as operating, io ble mombers, north of the ii of Sebastopol. teat foundation, however, in There ia not the sli apy known fact, fort! reports, nor do the plans | ofthe commanders appear to have included euch | estimating far too highly the numbers of the movement. Contivental writers are in the habit OY vad- ing army; and it may readily be conceded that, if the gensials could muster 120,000 men, the invest- ment of the north foita, or at least the observation | of them by a strong force, would be av obvious and i feasible precaution, Bat when we take into con- sideration that the troopa originaliy landed im the Crimea must have been redoced, from various causes, to leas taan 50,000 effectives, and that we tave no reasom to believe that more thaa 30,000 men can have been conveyed to the Peninsula, subsequently, we may welldoubt whother the apera- worse the allizs have bed extended fer bayer the Oharna: Tn fact, the position deegetbed by Out correspon: dence of the 13th ult. sufficiently extensive for the number of troo yy which it was occupied. pe to time, it will be remembered, =e — o Eagle my was encamped klave, aud another at no ea distance; and, so long as the Guards and the Highlanders were ia the Laya, the p1 b of marines who were ¢ntrenched at that place, and | to the Turkish infantry occupying the reioubts | which had been constructed in the neighborhood. | | Sack being the posit'on of matters on the 13th, the al. | lied commanders can have bad na difficulty in dis- | posing of any reinforcements which may have arrived afterwards, without engaging in operations | to the north of Se’ . Had they found it prao- ticable to detach Gen. uet with 30,000 men, as they are-represented in some accountato have done, and at the same time to maintain an adequate forse in the Chersonese, it is certain that the anxieties felt at St. Petersburg wouid not have been relieved by the re; arrival of deepatches from Sebastopol at int st Sra das. fact of the enemy’s communications ha' remained open decisive! promea thas solange boty of the allies can have ed- vanced beyond the Chernaya; and we may feel sure that the generals would not, by sending a small force, have exposed themselves to the danger of 5 reverse in that quarter, such es thst described in the St. Peters! intelligence of the 31st. But, however improl may be the tactics as- ribed by inventive Germans to Westies comman- than all the fictions in which the neutral ca) of | cont Europe are so prolific. Surely n; ever } mose wonderful than the description of pemnets of Prince Menschikoff, has ven in the Journal de St. Pelersbourg. We learn from this unquestionable authority that, after the battle of the Alma, his army crossed succes- sively the Katchs, the Belbek. and the Chernaya, and that it took up the identical position Sprepied on the 13th ult. by the principal part of the English force—the only difference be- ing that the faces of the were turned from, instead of towards, Sebastopol. In all the recorded strategy of ancient a2d modern times, it would, per! » be impossible to fiat a movement so entirely inexplicable as thia; and un- lesa we are favored with a farther revelation from the gems quarter, the question why Prince Menschi- koff led his army over the Chernaya will go down to poaey a8 a standing puzzle for tacticians. If he suspected the of intending to march to Balaklava, avd had resolve’ to prevent them from | tive information as will diesi; cancating apy such plan, the course whish he adop:- ed would have been suitable to his purpose, although fraught with danger to his own troops. But there is no reason to believe that he had any such design in view; and we can only suppose that he withdrew beyond the Chernaya in order to find a quiet ant-of-the-way place, where he might com- pose his perturbed faculties aiter his defeat on the Alma, end take counsel as to what was to be done next. In this object, he seems, indeed, to have succeeded; for it was here that he was visited by what his official apolo- gist styles the “luminous thought” of marching up- on chiSarai. We readily admit the wisd m of this determination, and we had hitherto supposed that it waa adopted diractly after the battle; but, owing to the officiousness of the St. Petersburg jeurnalist,in letting out the whole truth, Prince Menschikoff forfeita his sole claim to the character | tke consequences of his blunder by having forta- nately almost reached Bakchi-Saral before the Eag- lish columns arrived upon his line of marsh. Had the “luminous thought” occurred to him but a few hours later, the 25th of September would have wit- premature; but there appears to be no that | ap papel hep sice) hoon fe ontne ake of that lace a cavalry force sufficient to confine the garri- as within their defences, and to ent ie from obtaining, from the adjoining district, supplies of live cattle und ether necessaries for the army. In the meatwhile, the position of the’ Allies in the Cher- sonese has not enabled them to procure provisions fiom any considerable tract of country, and they | have, therefore, mainly depended on salt meat and | biscurt from the fleet. We also hear of attempts | having been made by the Russians t> establ themselves upcn the Chernaja, at Tchorguna ; and they probably hoped that, as we had cat off the | water supply trom Sebastopol, they might succeed in dir 1 the atream at a Aloe point, and thus deprive us of the resources which it affords. Taey would also have acted judiciously in ceoupying, the entrance to the fertileand beautiful Baidar valley, which runs for about ten miles from the neighbor-’ hocd of Balaklava to the coast, aad which is tra- versed by the road leading to Yalta and Alushta. This preductive region, had it been left open to the allies, might, to a great extent, provided for the wants of their army; and it would have been 9 wise policy on the part of the exemy, to endeavor to close it. Butit by no means follows that any at. tempts to coompish that object would have proved suc- cessful, although we may, perhaps, hear of severe fig ing, consequent upon the efforts of the enemy to establish himself in positions so important to the besieging army. In the al ce of further intelligence, we are war- | ranted in believing that on the 25th ult., when the | Trent steamer for Varna, the operations | were pocencink, ay, and satisfactorily. It is ore that vessel may have left Balaklava before intelligence had reached the place of what had cccurred the same morning, or the pight Leg at “gen os distance; — con- eequently, the repo:t which she brings—admitting ta te does frequent, contlote between the opposing armies at Inkerman, and, to that extent, confirming Prince Menschikoff's degpatch—doss not, so far as we yet know, absolutely disprove the statement of a re- verse*having been sustained by the English cavalry. the exugge:atlon which we my always losk fort @ exagge: wi we may always look for in Russian accounts of successes, there will remain— even supposing the story to be not unfounded— only one of the ordinary incidents of 3 cam-aign, involving no more loss than we must be pre, eee in rab taco Sata Nerd Foye de and importance. We may e enem! were itv condition to preve that be hed , material advantage, we should , by time, have heard more on the subjest; but, what the outpost con- flicts are going on, we are con- vinoed that not is to occur to diminish the certainty of the ear decisive success of the allies in the great object of the expedition. ‘rom the Journal de St. Petersbourg, Oct. 22. Anglo-French conducted their united forces before Sel ey ak Hs that an to us en! chan; e basis of 0} sine inborn bye flank march the town. The organs of the fc cannot find expressions to pi skilfalness of this manceuvre. Without wishing to as bg of it, arte gy mentio explain rations of Princo Menschikoff in to the enemy. After the battle upon the Alma, the Prince, not findin, ose the Katcha | ard the Belbek to give s freak attle to ised the Tchernaya, and concentrated his forces in a porition to the east of the town, after having garrsoned the forts of the north with a sufficient number of troops. The enemy advanced, passed the Katcha ard the @ heights which surround Belbek, and reached th the northern forts. The position of Prinse Menschikoff was disadvan- tageous, inasmuch as it enabled the enemy to eg the direct communications with the interior of t! necessary to abandon that Aontner and the Prince achieved the ne jumincus idea, cerried into effect in the most d: manner. He marched during the tof the 24: cn peed ps addi Bakabiserai ins crc Thernaya by a single bridge. He executed shia march in flank in the course of the found himsel; 3 : ai si 2 Hf an | F s Our time, merch, but und rn" ’ “nguens tances. From Belbsk, ant. he plateau they oooupied on the 24th, they had the enemy. | | destroyed, the port which it commands and protects of @ general, and we now learn that he only escaped | the Freee eet ge irreparable defeat and route of the most cieiealt ela es t) cand prngeeirs | ae08! - e prelimi works for near the z Wether Prince Menechikof’s ideaa have really | cotiors the engires of destruction which. are to. de- brightexed,or whether he is now assisted by officers | gtroy them. firet operationaghave been accom: of more capa himself, it is certain that the | plished, unger the most favorable conditions. The enemy's affairs have been much better managed since us have uselessly thrown the work- the march of the Alles to Balaklava than they had | men enormous masses of project Their batte- been previously. The repor’ of the re-apture of Eu- | ries being coi led, from fe nature of the ground, patoria has not been confirmed, and was probably | to fire with their guns much elevated, their balla | killedor wounded. The fire of the e: check | Bow learn that thor | Perekop on the 15th; and, on the other hand, tae ever | RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS IN THE | Russians hada few dismounted. CRIMEA, | the enemy, | foreign press | Kornileif, whose leg had been carried off by a round | to praise sufficiently the | to al | i enemy had the and artillery? wntok the mean ime, i q transported by sea to Balaklava. Who: | has marched with a , whether an army,or a battalion, Till sppteciate between | EARN Se a sitoont teale of artillery. | ‘rince Menschi off should avoid a combat during his movement, because | Ww » tory, could not about without | un ee mmeing 3 & ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIAN REINFORCE. MENTS. gs: more rapidly via Russia iopere way of ‘urkey, or even of Austria. We think we are justified in aaying that the French and ba ap (a ecpocper ge Es to sratity, op legit: Ma! impatience of pubjic » an ive a! the iformation for Fhich it t £0 » have made sriapgements for news to arrive coe) al every two days at Varna, whence it will be sent to the Austrian frontier, and transmitted by electric Soe . When these arrangemeata ll have been definitively brought into practical operation, we shall receive almosi daily such posi- the doubts created izcemsantly in Europe by the statements of the German prees. In the meantime our character as bistorians obliges us to publish, under ell reserves, the details which reach us, and which the officis! reporta aloue cat either confirm or contradict. There are, nevertheless, some facts which, from their probability, may be readiiy credited. Inthe number may be mentioned the de- struction of the Quarantine ries. It is certain that a great part of the besieging force has been | directed agt this tt. One of the principal batteries has been established for that object on the | extreme left of the first , and, thanks to a | bold manceuvre executed by Admiral Bruat, a bat | tery has been raised on the seaside, in order to kee; up across fire on that fort. The Quarantine fort | would, therefore, have been attacked on two sides at once, and bence there would be nothing extra- ordinary in its fire having been silenced, as has been announced in a i gree since confirmed by a note of the Moniteur. If the Quarantine fort were would be open to us; we should thas have a new and very important basis of operations for the attack on town and the bombardmznt of the forte siuste at the opposite side of the port of Sebasto- ol. Letus hope that the last efforts which we we to make to secure the success of our labori- ous eae, will be attended with the same good fortune that has already crowned our arms. The have passed harmleesly over the besiegers. During the long siege works we have scarcely bad any men uemy has never for a moment ed the operations of the men who worked in the trenches, and our soldiers only laughed when taney heard the report of the Ruzsian cannon. It is thus that the tren: ches advanced to within a distance which enabled the opening of a fire from 200 pieces of heavy ordinance atthe same time. Now, in the opt of competent men, the fall of the place is only a question of time; the batteries of the be. siegers advance closer and closer to the walls of Sebastopol, until the moment when they shall have reached the edge of the ditch, and discha:ge theic ibounders witbin point blank. Itis calcalated that ‘the En, pa ane French batteries may every day throw 23,600 shells and balls into Sebastopol, and it would be astonishing if such a mass of iron should z0t econ open a breach which would permit the al- lied arcies to march to the assault. It is stated that General Lucers has entered Sebastopol with 13,000 men, and that 12,000 Russians occupy and defend the heights of Belbek. This news appeara tous to require ,confirmation. According to all previous reports, the first troops expected by Prince Minscinkoff were those of General Liprand. We we troops had barely arrived at despatches recently published announce that at the last dates the reinforcements had not arrived. [General Liprandi commandéd in the late battle at Balaklava—Editor Heap.) The German which gives this news states that General Boequet had received orders to cut off commuzications on the north of Sebastopol, which pret ides, if it be true that 12,000 Rusajans have established themselves on Belbek, they may ae soon have to t, for it a to land at that poise Ja Adit Vo are to land ai » for oee of making ich will attract a part of the Rassian of Sebastopol, Baccess, and @ most striking one, is evidently, therefore, the ee the crowning one ofa these jacta. ." THE RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE. The St. Petersburg Journal contains two reports from Prince Menschikoff to the Emperor Nicholas, givin, details of the operations before Sebastopol on the 17t! and 18th. The first asserts that at nightfall on the 17th, the first day of the bombsrdment, the English had only two guns able to return the Russian fire, while the At noon on the same day 14 vessels of the allied flect attacked Sebastopol by sea, directing their fire against Fort Constantine and battery No. 10. The shortness of the time and the smoke rendered it impossible for Prince Menschikoff to furnish complete details of the logs on either side; but the Russian cause had sustained a severe loss in the death of Admiral shot, and who died on the spot. The second report, dated the 18th instant, says that though the allied fire waa astonishing by its’ power and nolse, it had not done so much harm as might have been expected. ‘The Alexander battery, and battery No. 10, had not fered much, but the Constantine battery had been greatly injured. On the land side none of the Russian batteries had suffered except No. 3, in which nearly all the pieces (33 in all) kad been dismountad. The Russian loss was estimated at 500 killed and nounded, among the latter Admiral Nachimoil, very ol ghtly. During the night of the 18th the Russians were busily employed in repairing the damage doae to their de- fences. On the 18th the English fire was less active than on the day before, and the French had hardly fired at all. Prince Menschikoff attributes this.toa diversion made without the walls by Gon. Semiakine, who appeared in the enemy’s rear, and thus diverted their attention from Sebastopol. The vessels which bad taken part in the bombard- ment on the 17th, and which Prince Menachikoi believed to be all French, had gone away in the direction of Cape Chersonese. x6 The smoke on the 17th, and a thick fog on the 18th, had rendered it impossible for Prince Menschikof to atate the enemies’ loss, but he says it would seem that ono ship of the line had been seriously damaged, and two steamers set on fire by red-hot shot. OPERATIONS ON THE DANUBE. Bucharest advices, of October 30, state that in conse- bomen movement on the Sereth by Sadyk Pacha, ince Gortschakoff has given orders to the Russian troops who bad not yet passed the Dneiater, to make a retrogade movement, and to take up a position on the Pruth and Danube, Achmet Pacha lias recvived orders to join Sadyk Pacha with 10,000 men, whilst Iskender Bey is to enter the Dobrudscha with 4,000 cavalry. truth of the matter seems to be, that Gortscha- koff’s reported movements in the Dobrudscha had refer- ence merely to strengthening his position. THE BALTIC. THE RUBSIAN STRONGHOLDS—IMPORTANCE OF THE MASTERY OF VINLAND—WHY RUSSIAN RBINFOROE- | rately as the fire from tho vessel upon the fo: MENTS WERE NOT SOONER IN THE CRI A letter from the Baltic says that the Gulf of Finland only contains two strong places which would be of value to the allies, namely, Sweaborg, which would render them masters of Finland, and stadt, which would open the road to St. Petersburg. Revel is of little or no use, a6 it is without any strategical line, and for several years past it has ceased to be a Russian naval station capture of Swen! with the maritime force of tho lies and 30,000 to 40, of land foree, tht be con- lered a4 certain. The nature of the coast is such that nding cannot be prevented, provided it be effected at five or six miles distant from Helsingfors, whieh can also be taken. It is very little fortified, amt situated ag it is At the distance of half » mile from Sweaborg, completely commands the fortress. k Once taken, Finland does not permit s hostile army to keep the Held, The capturg of the Alaad Islands ia atated to have been merely with the intention of occupyit attention of the Russians while preparations were made for the attack on the Crimea. It was St. Petersburg that Sweaborg anf Cronstadt we attacked before the close of the campaign, while an: tack on Sebastopol was as impossible. It that conviction which occasioned the counter order: the despatch of the troops that Prince Menschiko‘ manded so far back as June last. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE BALTIC. gulfs were tifications of a new design, and, of extr strength. squadrons of ier only gaifed at the cost of” a temporary Lneliten e coat of a tem; 4 the ships of the enemy were to sally out and red the opportunity to gcod account. these temptations our commanders had ex; precautions to take; but they also etood charged with the obvious duty of ascertaining, by ja- pepe ners wie measure of their own) ative strength. e enemy posseased extraor- resources in ite fortifications, 80 did we ia forulgabiy equipped for ofteasive aolon:. Perhape for r offensive action. the strength Dt Ly Ri had Be perhaps otherwise. In ckade and a standing deflance were all we could’ accomplish, but in the former event we could look, for more substantial success. Now, it hay that a test was applied with very remarkable effect in the first, and the only active operation, of the campaign. Bomer- sund, a forts of the new order, str built, armed, and , was attacked by the allied fleets, and lit blown to pieces, without injury received on our part. Although, moreover, the aid of a considerable land force was pre; for occasion, it became perfec fe in the couree of the ration that this support might have been di with, and that the ca) of marsund might have been accomplis fay meesete | alone. Here, therefore, was the conclt sppar- | enly ‘established on which so much / fall of Bomersund seemed plainly to prove that another 5; the works up ene pleteness of this exploit and the facillt; ‘oe com and the which attended it suggested two uatural in: ie the fleet entered the Baltic in April, Bomersurd was not till August, how wag it that so long atime was spent in mak! what proved to be so successful an experimenti Co after this experiment had been pons ® Bb on pe other 0; turned ont, Bomer- it not have been followed up b; haga or two after the arrival of the fleet ia — asimilar character? As arts, or, at any rate, after the junction of the French squadron, and if we had ascertaiced as early as the month of May the real power of our own artil- lery, and the of the enemy’s defences, it seems reasonable to me that the three moatha of the campsign remaining might have been wede productive of material advantage. Even asit was, some few were left available for sction, whereas no farther operation appears to have been atten) ‘These were the considerations arising out of the event. Tt seems a little hard that an exploit so remarke- successful as the attack upon Bomarsund should tell againat the credit of those who achieved it, but it has been this, we imagine, which has prisorpaliy affected the current of opinion. This, by proving that our 07 estimate of Russian was overrated, and that the formidable armaments of the shore defences might be triumphantly encoun- tered by the heavy arti of our ships, tory. But in other.cases such might not exist, noris it to be di: et to learn what may be the result when the fire from wir ag took bere nae i present, if our success in the Baltic has not a very positive character, so neither is our - pointment. We have lost nothing, in the least vorable pee ct va except time; nor has the E: peror Ni las gained the advantage ina . spect. We bave defied him in his own ; have shown that we can sweep his flag from seas; we have proved tha: his defences are not pregnable to the guns of our 3 aod, Sys gle with better ® Begs? these conditions in our favor, we shall pared to recommence the strug; pects in the ersuing spring. TRADE FROM THE NEUTRAL PORTS-TER EFFECTS OF THE WAR—THE GAINS AND LOSSES OF ENGLAND BY RESTRICTION. have devoted our most caretol attention to the e refal attention to conten of the question whether it is possible FE pire without causing still greater injury to oursel and without surrend those ety Driacipies oF maritime policy which the aliied Powers are eee ire to ap; jo utmost every right of war which ts Yaceiy to bring this con- test to s termination by outting offthe means em- ployed by the eneray in carrying it on; bat it mast not be fo: , 10 our eagerness to accomplish this chject, that we are at war with an empire the land frootiers of which are more extensive thin coasts; that the right of neutrale to carry enemies” goods has been conceded by the anion of our pollag with that of France; aad that we oareelves bave i ternal intereats of great importance engaged ia quest! It is deeirable, in the first piace, clearly ag we can the actual results of the last pg hed EF i : : 5 of tl £ nite eit: £ to awey. Accordingly, the blockad> was ‘the White Sea this indulgen will may ct any blockede or by prohibition. Nevertheless, have reason to believe, from the best iaformat ‘we can collect, that the cecrease in tbe quanti Preduce imported into this a far greater than is commonly auppdsed, to the account not only that which. hea besn brought any partof Russia, but also the tmports from i Fi i 3 t? about twofifths of tho quavtities of thess which we ‘azticles, belag of Rossen erigin,