The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1854, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6671 IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA, THREE DAYS LATER. ‘THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. ‘Five Days Later From the Besieging Armies. Additional Particulars of the Great Battle of Nov. 5. DEATHS OF DISTINGUISHED BRITISH OFFICERS, “TERRIBLE GALE IN THE BLACK SEA. Serious Locees in the Tarkish Fleet---Sinking of the Admiral’s Ship, with all on Board. STATE OF THE MARKETS, ANOTHER DECLINE IN CONSOLS, &e., &e., &e. The Cunard mail steamship Africa, Capt. Harrison, arrived at this port at five o’clock yesterday afternoon. ‘She left Liverpool on Saturday noon, the 18th inst. The news is three days later. The telegraphic news relative to the oportions in the Crimea, from a Russian source, states that no material movement had taken place before Sebastopol between ‘the Sth and the 9th inst. ‘The Russians were mainly occupied in repairing the damage done to the fortifications, but the allies wore actively pursuing their siege operations, and it is admit- ted that their position on the 8th was a very good one. ‘The despatch, which is dated on the 11th inst., from Odessa, adds that ‘‘the action of the 5th had produced its effect,” According to,the Russian versions, the loss on their part on the’ 5th was very great. Prince Menschikoff says he had killed and wounded 4,000, and adds that in his opinion the loss of the allies was at least equal. He also announced that he is about to concentrate all his forces now at Bakschi-Serai, Simpheropol, and other places in the neighborhood, and expressed his hopes of decitive success. Intelligence bad been received of the deaths, in the ac- ‘tion of the 5th of November, of the following distin- guished officers :—Lieut.-General Sir George Cathcart, K.C.B., Brigadier-General Strangways, and Brigadier- ‘General Goldie. The reinforcements so-much required by the allies were fast arriving in the Crimea, and others were daily expected both from England‘aad France. The fleets do not now take part in bombarding Se- ~astopol. Winter was setting in severely, and the fleets had suf- fered some disasters by gales at sea. Deserters from Sebastopol report the town to be in a horrible state. The inhabjtants were greatly in want of water. The Russians, being unable to bury their dead, were throwing the bodies into the bay; but the sea re- jects them, and the beach is strewn with corpses. The great hospital had been destroyed by fire, and 2,000 sick and wounded soldiers had been burned. The firing from the besieged’was slackening, from the want either of munitions or artillerymen. Admiral Nachimoff, who was reported dead, has re- covered from his wounds and has resumed duty. So at Teast say Vienna letters. z Eupatoria was still in the hands of the allies, Captain Brock was often in alarm about attacks of Cossacks; but as nothing had been attempted, everybody else had satisfied himself that the place will be held quietly till the more important result of the attack on Sebastopol is decided. Inthe meantime a very tolerable supply of bullocks, &., forthe navy and the naval battalion on shore, is procured at Eupatoria. Admiral Lyons, according to the latest accounts, was watching the Seaof Azoff with his squadron, and all merchant ships were rigorously searched. The Cacique and the Spitfire steamers were at the mouth of the Dnie- per, obstructing the passage of troops to Perekop. The allied fleets under Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were in Katcha Bay. It was understood that an immediate attack was about to be made on the Russian Danube do- ‘tilla at Ismail. Stormy weather prevailed in the Black Sea. Advices from Hermanstadt, of the 16th instant, state that Sadik Pacha had arrived on the Sereth. He issued a proclamation flattering to the Austrians. A move- ment of several Turkish corps was observable near the Bessarabian frontier. We are totally without news from Asia. Both armies are in winter quarters. General Mayran’s (French) brigade from Greece and 2,000 Zouves from Africa, had been met at sea, on their way to the Crimea, and ere this have joined General Canrobert. The following despatch from Berlin, dated Friday, No- vember 17, gives the latest newsin relation to the ru- mored peace proposals :— The foloniog is the main tenor of the Russian answer: Russia, seeing that Austria 1s threatening her frontiers, Fill not ‘avaitherseif of the good offices of the Vienna cabinet, but will gladly accept of Prussia’s mediation. The Emperor is ready to take the four guarantees into consideration, but dt ily states, however, on reference to the one point, that the te over the Principali- ties camnot be given up, ¢ Russian is speak ofa compact entered inte secretly between Austria and the We: Powers, to be prepared for any eventualities should Prussia and the smaller States notaccede to the adoption of Austria’s policy. A Paris correspondent of the Observateur Belge states that he has good grounds for knowing that part of the Britieh Cabinet, especially the Earl of Aberdeen, is op- posed to Lord Palmerston’s mission, whatever it may be, to France. The London Times Paris correspondence states tha on November 8, Mr. Fay, United States Charge at Berne, declared to the Swiss Federal Quuncil that the Cabinet at Washington uot only disavowed the recent manifesto of Mr. Consu! Sanders, but disapproved likewise of the contents of that communication. In Paris it way openly talked of that a government Ican ia impending to the extent of 500,000,000 or 600,- 000,000 of franca. A new levy of 200,000 men will also be made. The Legislative Corps will be speedily con- voked to give the requisite authority. The Liverpool Times of November 13, dating on the previous evening, says:— The Government have taken the Cunard steamer Niagara for the purpose of conveying troops to the Cri- mea, and, in cousequence, there will be no conveyance “hy which to despatch the North American mails on the 2hth instant. At present it is not expected that there will be any further disarrangement of the American mail service, and the inconvenience arising from the ithd: Lof the Niagara will be trifling, as there will ve ‘ba Ameriesa boat Teove here on Wednesday week. Pilkington, Wilson & Co., Liverpool, owners of the clipper Red Jacket, have been applied to to convey the wails to Australia, in consequence of government ha ing taken the mail steamers as transport ships. P. & W. offered to land the mails at Melbourne within sixty-five days; but government insisted that the ship should call -off the Isle of Wight, which they declined. The following is the report of the London money market on the 17th in Hatr-past Two 0’CL00K. Consols have, since the A to 9134, but are now 91% to San Sere eh Turkish serip iW extremely beavy at 6% to 644 dis., and bas been done at ¥-dis. for the Secouses ot ‘The following table will show the @uctuations in con. sols during the week:— = MORNING EDITION—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1854. The money market continued easy, although » good demand has been experienced during the week, owing to the requirements of the stock exchange. First class Ppa per could be discounted under Bank of England rates. ‘The arrivals of gold had been limited. The bank returms show an increase of £154,169 in the stock of bullion Consols closed dull—account 91 a 913; do. money, 9154 a oly. Not much business had been done during the week in the market for American stocks, and prices wore, in some cases, lower. Quotations are reported by D. Bell, Son & Co, as follows:— United 6 per . 101 102 10935 Do. 6 per ct. Inse. stock, 186) 106° | do do 102 | Pennsylvania Five per Cents — Maryland Five per Cent Stg. 4 Alabama Five per cent Stg. Bd — Virgina Six per Cent Bonds, 1 84 . Five per Cent Stg. Bonds, 183 oo | Boston city 43; per Cent ail | Montreal city Six per Cents, 186" a— | New Orleans sity Six per Cont Bonds, 1803 82 8 | Illinois Central Six per Cent, 1 + 63 a 65 | Penn’a Central R. KR, Six a 89 N, Y. and Erie Seven per a 102 Do. Seven per Ct. 3d mortgage, 1883.77 a 73 Do. Seven per Cent Convert’s, 1862.70 a — | Northern Indiana Seven per Cent 1st mort- gage, (Goshen,) 1868......... 0.06.00 73 a 7 Terre Haute and Alton Seven per Cent, Ist | mortgage, 1867............ + % ae At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Allen & An deraon, London, on 6th instant, a statement was submit- ted by the accountants. With regard to the general result of the accounts, the assets show a dividend of about 5s. 6d. in the pound, and there is every oxpecta- tion of 5s. at least being realized. ‘The liabilities may be increased by the sum of £26,000, or diminished to the extent of £40,000. In consequence of the connection of Allen and Anderson with the firm of James McHenry & C¢., of Liverpool, it was stated that the holders of the bills (£173,035) in the event of bankruptcy, will have to elect against which estate they will make proof. It is finally agreed to wind up Allen & Anderson’s estate under inspection—Messrs. Richard Sanderson, John Green Elsey, and Raymond Pelley, being requested to act as inspectors. The West India mail steamer Tamar had arrived at Southampton from San Juan, Nicaragua, &c., October 26th, with $510,000in specie, of which $163,000 was from California. On July Sista fleet of eight English and French ships-of-war was spoken in lat. 30 30N., Ton. 150 51 W. A severe gale was experienced on the east coast of England on Wednesday, 15th; some damage done, chief- ly to coasters. s Count de St. Aulaire is dead. He was a member of the Institute of France, and under Louis Philippe was. am- bassador at London and elsewhere. Our London Correspondence. Lonpoy, Friday, Nov. 17, 1854. Confirmation of the Battle of 5th November—Despatch Srom LordKaglan—Anticipated Storming of thePlace— General Soumonoff Killed—Four English Generals Wounded—Reinforcements—The Light Brigade—State of Sebastopol—Four Vessels Sunk—Omer Pasha—Anz- ‘ety tn London, Some anxiety was felt here that the English govern- ment had not received a despatch confirming the victory of the 5th November, as announced in the despatch of General Canrobert to the French Minister of War. The anxiety is now past. The subjoined despatch from Lord Raglan, the English ccmmander-in-chief, was received by the Duke of Newcastle late on Wednesday night. The despatch was delayed between, Bucharest and Vienna by au interruption of the telegraph from some injury to the wires:— Novemper 6, 1854. | The enemy, with immense forces, attacked yesterd in the dawn gf morning, the right of the English position before SebaMopol, which was defended by the Second division and the Brigade of Guards of the First Light | division, the Fourth divirion, and part of the Third, and | subsequently by the division of General Bosquet and | other corps of the French army, which by their gallant conduct contributed essentially to the decided success of the day. General Canrobert immediately came to the gave mo the support of. his assistance aud of ounsel ® ‘tremely obstinate, and it was not till past noon that the ei was definitively repulsed aud forced to retreat, leaving the field of battle covered with his dead and several hundreds of prisoners. The number y much exceeded that which was opposed to Alma, and the losses of the Russians have been enormous. Our losses have also been very wD, jor-General Bentinck, Brigadier-Goneral: Adams, Buller, and Torreas have been wounced. They | Il doing well. , ‘The conduct of the troops in the face of an enemy | so superior in numbers has been exceilent. RAGLAN, | The details of this battle—for it was evidently a great battle—the number of the enemy much exceeding that at | Alma—have not yet come to hand. We have, however, letters from the camp before Sebastopol to the 3d of Ni vember inclusive. From those letters we learn that it had been decided to attempt the assault on the 6th of November. The English and French batteries had | gradually worked their way close up to the walls, and the men are eager to storm the place at the point of the bayonet. Prince Menschikoff, informed of the intention of the allios, determined to anticipate them. On Sunday, the 6th November, he therefore made the desperate at- tack on the right of the English position, which ended in a general battle and defeat of the Russians. Lieut. General Soimonoff was killed, and tho English had four Generals wounded. Our losses, says Lord Raglan, have also been very great. The French and English governments are quite alive now to the strength of the Russian army in the Crimea, and the greatest exertions are being made to send out re- inforcements before it is too late. It was a fault at the outset to umderrate the strength of Sébastopol and the | discipline and valor of the Russians, The place is tre- | mendously strong, and the men die game. But their most powerful ally has, I regret to say, already made his appearance. Winter, with his iron fist and icy breath, will knock down more gallant fellows and freeze up their warm blood than all the artillery of the Czar. Many of | our large packet steamers of the Atlantic, West Indian and P. Oriental lines*have boen chartered by govern- ment ; seven thousand English additional troops are on their way ; Louis Napoleon has ordered out fifty thousand men, and a portion of the Baltic fleet is to con- vey them. The war here is as popular as ever, and recruits pour in from all quarters. The pluck of the whole army is admirable. It was hoped that some of the ‘officers of the Light Brigade missing had been made prisoners. Captain Fellows, of the 12th lancers, | was sent by Lord Raglan on the 27th October with a flag | of truce to Prince Menschikoff, to ascertain the names_of | the officers taken prisoner on the 26th. Only two had | been made prisoners; the other poor fellows are slain. enclose you, under the heading ‘‘ Siege of Sebastopol,”’ | the very latest intelligence from the seat of war. From | Constantinople our advices are to the 5th. There have been fearful storms in the Black Sea. By way of War- saw and Odessa, we have Russian advices fram Sebasto- pol to the 8th. They simply say that after the battle of the 5th of November nothing important had ocourred at Sebastopol. A telegraphic despatch has been received to-day, an- nouneing that 3,000 Zouaves and 1,000 Chasseurs a pied from Algiers, had landed at Balaklava; that General Mayraw’'s brigade, from the Piraeus, had been spoken in the Sea of Marmora. We also learn that the Lancaster guns, which had been approached nearer the city, had sunk two Russian frigates in port, and set fire to the Twelve-Apostles, (man of war). The following addition- al items of intelligence have been brought by the Sinai. reat. General Sir MaRsRILixs, Nov. 15, 1854. The Sinai steam packet, of the Pam a riales, has just arrived, from to the 84. ‘It was decided that the assault: should, take P00 oa ei the id of Prin poleos men, under comman sare he oe intangsthe Ransan fr eat | o pmb “an moment of the assault impa- ently expected. The state of the town of Sebastopol ‘There was s scarcity of water, and t; ed in the town, which was which the sea was thro was frightful. phus fever prevail. the dead bodies back on the quays. In the 2,000 sick and The first division has been detached from the siege forces to augment the corps charged to observe the Rus- sian army. Turee attacks attempted by the latter have been re- Po samira Sir Edmund Lyons ie cutting off the commn- | There ot the ploee_ hee Om | | fresh gums.’ The besieged in nications between Tamana, Anapa, and the land, add bo ag the sea of Azoff, Every vessel ia rigorously vi- ‘ited. > On the 26th ultimo Admiral Bruat ‘The inhabitants received him with oat nished him with provistous: t Yalta. mh, and fur. The and Spitfire, which are cruising before the Denton ates tee peseage of Russian troops by tly slackemed. It was thought that a determined defence would be meade inside walls. hous the fortresses. Russian fleet have been sunk. The weather in the Crimea is fine, but at sea it is tre- mendous, and shipwrecks must have ocurred. The Allier, Tysiphone, Migr id. worm’ the Jena, e hich had put out te'sea, have . is felt for the Suffrem, the Mahomed- The Babire is The allied fleets, under the command of Admirals Hamelin and Dundas, are in the Bay of Katcha. e ti and the division under the command of the , are at Balakinva and in the Boy of Ka- In a second edition of to-day the Morning Post has the following :— Our eorrespondents’ letters are to the date of the 3d of November, on which day the assault was hourly ex- pected to take place. The Russian batteries are described as being nearly destroyed. intervals occur between the of any shota from them, even when the allies open fire ear- ly in the morning. The French have made a large breach in front of their left battery, where the enemy are continually planting this quarter have beea com. led to mount some guns on the roofs of the adjeining uses. ‘The French are carrying a mine under the main fortifi- cation in their front. If they are able to do this success- fully the town will bo entered with ease. he Cag die carrying stores to the north side of the harbor, frem which it is hoped that they abandon all hope of retaining possession of the south aide of the wn. The Russians in the rear continue to annoy the allied forces. They have retired as far back as the river Cher- naya, but retain possession of the redoubt captured from the Turks on the 25th ult. The rear of the allied forces has boen greatly strength- ened, and no apprehensions from this quarter are enter- tained. The allied batteries opened on the morning of the 8d inst. with a tremendoua fre on all sides, which was pro- ceeding when the mail left. Kt was ex that the town would be stormed within forty-eight hours. The Turks will, it is said, form the van of the storming party. It cannot, however, be concealed that considerable anxiety is felt here as to the fate of our brave army, un- less reinforcements should have arrived in time, When the assault takes place on Sebastopol, the Russians, in possession now of the heights aboqe Balaklava, so cowardly abandoned by the Turks on the 25th of Octo- ber, will attack the besiegers in the rear. A glance at the money market will best indicate the nervousness felt. What is Omer Pacha doing? This is still the question. Had he been able to oceupy the Russians in Bessarabia, many of the troops now defending Sebastopol could not have been there. Austrian neutrality is in the way there. Prussia seoms to have taken a step towards the Western Powers, having forbidden the public nogotia- tion or quotation of the last Russian loan on the Berlin Stock Exchange. The Baltic fleet is at Kiel. Sir Charles Napier is ex- pected in England shortly. : The fleet of steam floating batteries building in England and France, as an auxiliary force to the allied feets in the Baltic, amount to no fewer than forty, and the whole of them are ordered to be launched and equipped | by March next. The French government, it appears, first suggested to the Admiralty the construction of the batteries, which are to be armed with twelve of the targest Lancaster guns. They are nearly 2,000 tons burden, flat bottomed, with round stém and stern, 180 feet extreme length, 56 feet in width, and 20 in depth, each being propelled by horizontal engines, of 200 horse power. They have two decks, the upper being bomb- proof, eight inches thick, and the lower, the fighting deck. The batteries are perfectly encased with nearly 700 tons of wrought iron slabs, each slab four inches thick, 19 inches broad and 14 feet in length. The tests these wrought iron slabs have undergone show that they are capable of resisting the heaviest shot in use. ‘The new flat bottom gun boats which are to accompany the expedition are ina very forward condition, and no doubt will be completed by the time ordered by the government. Mr. Soulé bas arrived at Madrid, having passed thidligit France. There is no other news. Our Paris Correspondence. Pants, Nov. 13, 1864. Reception of the Bishop of Orleans at the Institute—Reply Of M. de Salvandy—Ex-Ministers of Louis Philippe— Revidences of Beranger, Lamartine, George Sand" Alez- andre Dumas—Suicide at the Maison d’Or—Three Pas- sengers who Escaped the Fate of the Arctic—Despatches of the French Commander-in-Chief and of Prince Mens- chikoff, from Sebastopol—Mr. Soulé’s Departure from Paris—Mr. Piatt. Last Thursday was high festival at.the Institute. The reception of the Bishop of Orleans attracted to the hall beneath the illustrious cupola a crowd of representatives from the highest circles of. French society; for French society delights on such occasions to show that its vitali- ty bas not been destroyed by the revolutions which have profoundly modified so many of its forms. The sombre black suits which prevail in most modern assemblies of men, were here relieved by a display of brilliant femi- nine toilettes, of academical and ecclesiastical costumes. The Nuncio of the Pope was a prominent figure in the scene. M. de Salvandy, in full costume, occupied the presidential chair, and vear thi ex-Minister of Public Instruction were -grouped so many other ex-ministers— the Duc de Broglie, M. Molé, M. Thiers, M. Cousin, My Villemain, (M. Guizot was absent)—that you’almost for- got they were éx-Ministers, and imagined yourself car- ried back to the reign of Louis Philippe. In fact, since 1846 Ihave not happened to witness so full a reunion of the, ‘illustrations’? of that reign. It needed the spiteful fling of M.de. Salvandy at revolutions, which he sneering- ly called “coups dé'tat de la Providence,” in his tedious reply to the Bishop’s admirable discourse, to remind you that the coups of the 24th of February and the 2d of December have doubly consigned him and his former col- leagues to comparative tmpotence and obscurity. Here, at least, however, within the precincts of the Institute, they can safely emerge fora brief hour from their re- tirement, and indulge in reminiscenses of their ancient power. M. deSalvandy has obviously lost none of the pomposity which used to distinguish him. He must be very fond of flattery himself, if we may judge by the fulsome praises—merited as the eulogy was for the most part—whtch he lavisbed upon the newly elected mem- ber of the Asademy. The commendation of the Bish op’s influence in determining the French expedition to Rome cannot, of course, be endorsed by any one who regards that expedition asa fatal error on the part of the government of the French republic. He deemed it incumbent on him, as ex-Minister, to enter into the old eontroversy of public instruction more fully than was at all necessary. But there was one passage in his speech, in which he alladed to the valiant youth now risking their lives in the army of the East, as the re- cent pupils of instructors attached to both parties in that comtroversy—the clerical party and that of the University—in so eloquent a manner as to electrify his audience. If the discourse of the Bishop of Orleans had merely been a masterpiece of rhetoric, it would have belonged to a kind of literary amusements delightful enough, but altogether not of the province. of a daily journalist, who must wholly occupy IMuwself with the urgent practical questions of an age that iv not with- out a show of reason, classing acaiemies and academicians among tediluvian foxwils, But thefdiscourse of the Bishop was notonly remarkable,like all his productions, for the fulness and variety of thought which relieves the somewhat monotonous el gance of his style: it was a courageous and triumphant defence of classical literature against that horde of mo- dern barbarians headed by Abbé Gaume and M. Ver lot, who, under pretext of serving the church and sav- ing society, were effectually preparing the way for athe- ism and anarchy. It eloquently proclaimed the holy and eternal alliance between literature and roligion, It touched with equal delicacy and firmness the very heart of that vital question of this age, and of every future age—the question of education. It has thus acquired, to borrow the language of French journalists, ‘‘the pro- portions of an event,’ andas such, has produced a profound impression on the public mind. As I have in- timated, it was elaborately eulogized by the President of ‘the academy. But the studied compliments of academi- cians are worth .ess than the hearty suffrages which they ave metited and won from the public M. de Salvandy will probably atter as sweetly ‘his beautitude,” M. ~® much more modest apartment in Rue Vi! —_ piece of the ultra-montainists, upon the reception of | attention in my last, and whene some ten thousand Rut the latter candidate for scademical honors; for the sians were put hors du comba, are only required, im | make a personal inspection of the vast improvements is. Bishop of Orleans may have been mistaken in beworing the academy with the title of “sanctuary,” Paulin with an enthusiasm not less general than ge the present half suppresed fediing, to burat fortt Simayrac centends that “it is no longera sanctwary, rous. The nation is touched in its best and noblest but a salom, anda salon of somewhat mixed society, | sympathies, and Waterloo is almost forgiven, as the na- where all the petty passions of the world reign and g> ture and texture of the material which accomplished vern, and where women have an infinence so much the | it is brought nearer to view. stronger; inasmuch as they remain belsind the curtain.’’ The moral effect of a mutual respect between the allies, | If it be oaly a saion, (a parler,) it would, however, be | eSnnot but make itself felt at St. Petersburg. The difficult to find any partor in the world more brilliantly | Czar’s power will only be really formidable, when, by filled. And there is no spectater of the scene presented by it last Thursday whe will not be happy to return to the imatitute om the 15th December, when it is te throw open ita doors to M. Berryer, that prince of oratorsof the | partion " tary era, which even Imperial France cannet whally § Abbe Gaume and his friends, with elf their pious hor- ror of the paganizing influenee of Greek and Latin litera- ture, would yet be little apt to cite in favor of their theory of abstinence from those UB SOUTCES, the name of that living Freneh ic, Beranger. A printer’s a, he a to rhyme om his own ae- | count, while composing the verses of others. Indeed, | for his early education to VInstitut Putriotique, at Peronne, where Latin and Greek were mot taught, be bas never learned those language. But he divined the spirit of the ancien® classics, without becoming familiar with their marvellous perfection of form, which, nevertheless, ha has rivalled. As a poct of love and wine, he is not infe- rior to Anacreon or Tibullas, ina spocies of verse which holds indeed morally a low rank, but cannot lose its fas cinations so long as human nature remains the same. His fine atrokes of satire and his strains of elegiac ten: derness, are equally inimitable, and in many of his po- litical poems he rises with unconscious ry to the heights°of lyrical grandeur. Although he formally bad adieu to poetry in 1833, by his chausons nouvelles et der. ie, ‘et more than one occasional song—an arrow out of & fuil quiver—bas since winged its way to the pabli: | mind and heart from his retreats on the banks of th Loire, or amidst the stillness of Passy. Ho has been fo several years past busily preparing @ series of a | phies of his contemporaries, which will not be published | until after his death, and which will continue oveupy | him for many a year to come, it isto be hoped, in the | new dwelling neur the Temple, in Paris, where he is to remove within a few days. He resides at present in the Quartier Beaujon. | The ‘most illustrious lodgers in this caravansary of a city do Bt ecape, you see, from figuring in those “moving fe ‘nes” to which J alluded in a recent letter as being 50 fr quent and so annoying at Paris. Lamartine, you re- mi mber, was obliged to move from his spacious apart- mont in the Rue l'Université, and seek shelter for his ‘wife, himself, his books and his favorite hounds, in ‘ jue. ig not surprising that he prolongs his autumnal visit to Micon. George Sand leaves her country residence only. t» bespresent at the rehearsal and first representations of hernew pieces at the Gymnase and Odeon. Close by the latter theatre she has an apartment in the Rue Racine, in the same houre where her son Maurice, who is quite a clever painter, resides. Alexandre Dumas, whose play, entitled ‘‘Conscience,’’ has just been successfully brought out at the Odeon, lives inthe same street as Heinrich Heine, in the Rue d’Amsterdam, near the station of the Havre Railway. It is not unfitting that such » steam- engine of « writer as Alexandre Dumas should be near a railway. Not far from the Havre Railway station, which fronts on the Rue St, Lazare, lived, afew days ago, a young man who, in dress and manners, resembled the other specimens of la jeunesse dorée—of wealthy youth—whom hedaily met at the Maison d’Or. These fashionable lions of the Boulevards are scarcely distinguishable from each other, even by their own tailors. But insanity had doubtless set its unseen mark on this one of their num- ber; for, after a costly but solitary supper the other night, he called for paper and pens and ink, and when he bad written three or four lettors shot himself through the heart. Several gentlemen were in the same saloon atthe Maison d’Or at the time. One of the: deX, had already noticed the eccentric gestures by which his neighbor interrupted himself while writing; but the attention of the Prince chanced to be diverted at fhe fatal moment. Turning quickly round when heard the report of the pistol, he exclaimed, “Wh: that noise¥ is it an explosion of gas?” No,’ lied the young man, whose face was fearfully pale, ‘tis T who have killed myself;” and he fell dead. One of the letters he had written was addressed to a married Indy, with whom he had dined at the Maison d'Or, for | whom he expressed bis admiration in the wildest terms, but whose honor. he solemnly declared, he had never tornished. A second letter wis addressed to ‘Messrs. the Journalists,” begging them not to mention his name, ut stating that he was aware the singular circumstance of 1 is death would excite their remarks, and adding that he did not wish it otherwise. The third, full of incohe- rent expressions, and nearly all of it indecipherable, was addressed to his mother, who, it appears, is confined at the insane asylum at Charenton. How often have I seen ihe table at which this strange suicide was committed furrounded by a lively, pleasant set of Americans, wh ured to dine at the Matson d’Or last winter, nearly ever evening. One of them, alas, perished with the ill-fate Arctie. By the way, three persons who had booked their names for @ passage on the Arctic, escaped quite singu- larly the disaster which would have threatened to count them among its victums. One arrived at Liverpool only a few minutes after the departure of the steamer. Th two others—a gentleman and his wife—had engaged their passages here in Paris ; but the lady dreamed at night that she was suddénly wakenedén her berth, and saw the water flooding the cabin, and felt the dreadful sensation of sinking in the ocean. ‘The dream made so ainful an impression upin her, that she induced her Eusbend. to go to the office of Messrs. Monroe & Co., in the Rue de la Paix, and exchange their places for others n a succeeding steamer. ‘The Moniteur presents to-day the glowing despatch from General Canrobert, relative to the engagement of the 6th inst. According to this despatch the Russians, in spite of considerable reinforcements, of their superior numbers, and of the animating presence of the Grand Dukes Micbael and Nicholas, were repulsed, with a loss estimated at 8,000 or 9,000. It characterizes the con- fict as obstinate, andas having lasted the entire day. “his brillant day,” it adds, “which has not been pur- chased without losses on the part of the allies, does the greatest honor to our arms, The siege continues regu- larly.” 1 bave this moment received from the telegraph office the version of the despatch of Prince Menschikoff, which will appear in the Paris journals to-morrow morning. With- out directly contradicting that of the French Com: mander-in-chief, it yet retams what they call here the Russian color,, It is dated like that on the 6th of October, and states that, “on the 5th two sorties were, from Sebastopol—the first upon the right flank of the enemy, upon the English, the second upon the left flank df t works of siege. The result of the former attack was the taking of one of the enemy’s batteries and the spiking ofits cannon. Considerable losses on both sides. The second sortie resulted in spiking fifteen cannon. A French division then set out in pursuit of us, and at- tempted to mount to the assault, but were repulsed with great loss.” A still Inter despatch from Prince Mensohi- off has arrived this evening, dated the 8th, and stating that the allies had been repulsed with great loss. Mr. Soulé left Paris quietly on Saturday evening for Madrid. Mr. Pint, Secretary of the American Legation at Paris, leaves to-night for the United States. He will re- turn after a brief visit home on private business. His fellow countrymen here will gladly welcome him back again FIGARO. Parts, Thursday, Nov. 16, 1854. French Military Vanity Modified by a Practical Lesson —The Results of the Late Desperate be- fore Sebastopol Examined—The Cowardly Conduct of the Turks a Verification of the Cear’s Contemptuous Estimate of their Qualities—The Comte de Mornay No- minated tothe Presidency of the Council—Gloomy As- ect of Spanish Affairs—Fogling of England with Re- gard to the Cession of Cuba—Lord Palmerston's Visit to Paris, de., de. The snapping of the electric wire has suspended the communications by way of Cronstadt to Bucharest, and we are still compelled to wait for the arrival of intelli- gence the importance of which can hardly be magnified. Enough, however, has arrived to’considerably diminish the gloom which was rapidly lowering over the public mind, and"which is also of interest’ to dissipate in toto from the military mind of France any latent idea that but for the French the slow and comparatively barbarous Saxon could scarcely sustain » purely military cam- paiga, The Anglo-Saxon trumpet has rung throughout the length and breadth of the land, and the half-doubt- ing sneers which followed the battle of Alma, and which: from an intimate knowledge of military men here, I know were indulged in to an extent few were aware of, have been nipped in the bud, for the time of the present | | { , he Prinee | Désiegers and the besieged might have changed places. Spain 1s to be su; simply as rogards her integrity. | should, it tw sald: the conflicting partion, be unable 10 sexy accidental circumstances, this is endangered ; and should the war endure, as there is every probability, it is mot unlikely that Russia may contrive to make a breach init, At present, however. everything in this way is‘against her, The fixed purpose of the Emperor that every mesas shall be made available to preserve unshakea the afliance—the peculiar temperament of Canrobert,. now i command, almost Saxon, and so widely different fron»that of 8. Arnaud—his relation to Napoleon, encumbered by no second tie, as in the case | of the deceased Marshal, and the ready deference he has shown {g the Emperor’s wishes that the special style Napoleomlc should be more sparingly indulged in—are all elements against the Czar just now: The despatch of Generta Canrobert proves that the Russians are malting the most desperate efforts to save Sebastopol. The disposable reserves have, it is evident, atlast arrived from the banks of the’ Danube, the Dniester, and the Don, and with these troops the Czar sends two of his som to raise the courage of the gar- vison. The truth is, the trenches of the besiegers, as is | well remarked by the Journal des Debats, had advanced within half musket shot’ of the place; the breaching batteries were constructed and armed; two of the prin cipal batteries of the towmwere already breached by th» English and French guns, and it was publicly announced’ that the assault would be: given on the 5th of Novem- ber, and it ison this very day, that at the same timer on two points of the line: of investment, the Russian army made, with all its forces, a formidable attack which might have been attended with disastrous conse- quences if it had not been repulsed with the most va- liant energy. The despatch of General Canrobert, which could not | at the first moment enter into: the details of this affair, | allows of the following appreciation: That in the affair of Oct. 25, at Balaclava, notwithstanding certain un- toward events on the part of the allies, General Liprandi was, we will not say beaten, but absolutely frustrated, and something more: that in comequence the Russian generals attacked on Nov. 5, close to the river Tehernaia, with a view of forcing the siege and getting between that line and that of the line of circumvallation, in order to fall on Balaclava—if this maneeuvre had succeeded the Russ my would have taken on the rear both the trenches and the positions on which the exterior re- doubts of defence are placed. It is easy to perceive all the consequences that might have resulted from so se- rious an attack. The large loss that has been sustained can only be explained by the extraordinary desperation of the enemy. What took place on the Sth was only a renewal of the affair of the 25th; and whilst thecorps of Liprandi attacked in front the heights defended by the re- serves of the English, a sortic was directed from the place against the English ‘batteries. Prince Menschikol! and General Liprandi again endeavored to give each other the hand across the enemy’s lines, at the same time to occupy theFrench, and to prevent them from going to the relief of the English army, another sortie took place at the oppo. site extremity of the English army, in such a way as to cut off all the alles’ communications with Cape Cher- sonesus and their depots of ammunition. It was a grand effort, ably made, vigorously repulsed, or the | \ The conduct of the Turks is in every one’s mouth, and | shows with tolerable clearness that beyond a dying blaze, an impulsive effort, they are the doomed race the Emperer of Russia originally pronounced them. Fancy the shameless scoundrels acudding like frightened. pi geons from every one of their redoubts, aud then—dead and burning only for gold—setting to work to tents of the Scotch Grays, and stripping the car- casee alike of friend and foe for their boots and breeches. ‘The commander of the ill-fated race that has set all the world by the ears, and put the best families of Britain in mourning, was, we are told, seized and mstantly shot. But it is a strange state of thi it must be owned. | when, in the West our Turkish friend is thus summarily | dealt with, and in the North the Czar, 4s it is said, as- | serts his power by ordering to be immediately hung in Sebastopol, some three hundred Poles. 3 | M. de Persigny has received from the hands’ of the | Turkish Sultan a first class order of Medjidie. Count de Morny has been prevailed upon—sneh is the expres- | sion—to accept the presidency of the Legislative Coun- | cil. It is curious that this gentleman, with his peculiar aversion to business, is always the party seized upon when matters of State do not proceed smoothly. Hethen | takes the helm and holds it while the ship’s course is | through dangerous waters, and then, as some pilot en- | gaged simply for the occasion, quits his office; though why he is wanted just at this particular moment, is a mystery, unless it be that Napoleon does no. | choose to quit the empire on hia temporary visit t» | Fngland without such a safe party in his place, or | that his services are wanted for the loan which is said to | be projected, Count de St. Aulaise, formerly Am- | baseador at London iu Louis Philippe’s time, and an | earnest promoter of the present friendly alliance between France and England, died yesterday, at the age of seventy-seven. We have aiready had a hi vy fall of snow, and the weather is of that tempestuous character | generally, that men tremble for the gallant besiegers in the Crimea. | The private letters which I see from Spain are of | ominous import. As parties gradually consolidate | themselves, their distinctive differences are marked by | 60 strong a line that the hope of fusion for the general good is more remote than ever. As far as the Queen is concerned, she is thought to be a gainer by this, as no | one will be sufficiently strong to though, accordin; the influence of ull her down; and to precedent, this is the time when the crowa might make itself felt, Espartero bas tied the youthful and treacherous sove- reign’s hands so firmly behind her thatshe will hardly fe€l the benefit of it. Rumor says—and I have not the tlightest doubt, from the source through which it reaches me, that in this instance it speaks the trath—that Eng- land, left to herself, would see without the smallest re- gret the cession of Cuba, but that, in the present state of her political alliance, she must exert every nerve to prevent any sich mutilation of the kingdom of Spain. In political circles here, it ia roundly asserted that settle for her among themselves, a good and stable go- vernment, self preservation might compel the interven- tion of France, in which case i¢ would be fot the Empe. | ror to decide the diMicult question of Cuba. Cruvelli has not yet resumed her late theatrical en- gagement, but the announcement of her having done 10, is anticipated daily. Lord Falmeraton’s, visit was postponed, nominally, on | Account of indisposition, but really thet he might bring | over with him the result of the late frequent Cabinet | Councils of the English ministry. He reaches Paris to- day. BERTIE. | Exhibition of 1855. pon | American minister, that it deems it best, at ‘present, to PRICE TWO CENTS. his ministers. Frequently also he has left his retreat to | Paris, which alone would suffice to make his reign illua- | trious, The Emperor and Empress have decided, it is | said, to await at the pa'ace of Fontainebleau, which Shey visited on the 10th, and not at Compiegue, the aewe | #w long deferred of the fall of Sebastopol. | @everal trophies of the battle of the Aima have reached Marseilles, om their way ta the Museum of Ar- tillery at Paria. The mussum of the triumphs of industry, which wilt be opened by the Universal Exhibition of 1955, will be infinitely more interesting to Friend Bright, and olf friends of peace, tham any Museum of Artillery, however splendidly farnished; sor will the former lack trophies, if we may judge from the contributions already prow ised by the segle Department of the Seine. This depart- ment alone will supply seven thousand exhibitors Open the directory, if you are surprised at this high fig- ure, and you wil find that Paris and its environs occupy” the centre of the busy, as well as that of the gay, world. Let me take, at random, afew of the ciphers which it | offers :—Paris cowaty—676 cabinet mabers, 95 chocolate | manufactories, 633 marchardes de modes, 253 ribbom merchants, 397 glowers, 173 lapidaries, 95 engravers, 348 cutlers, 62 ‘csndle manntactor 396 umbrella, makers, 893 boot makers, ands logion of other mamu- fasturers, without rekoning 09@ architects, 862 advo- cates at the Imperial Court, amd somethink like 1,606 doctors ! Aenong the latest irventions that have been added te the interminable catalogue of articles de Paria is one am | convenient aa it is i ly important, by which a letter | and its envelope are formed with a single piece:of paper. You eam write to the ver otto of gone fourth without fear that the wafer or the wax will bi any word whatever, and then you fiza the envelope al- | ready folded for your use. | The medical faculty of Paris held ito annual opening | session yesterday, presided over by its dean, Paul Dubois. | An immense assembly filléd the amphitheatre of the ; medical sehool, and applauded Professor Berard’s akilfut | eulogy of Orfila—that illusitious chemixt, who was the’ | veal creater of toxicology, thescience of poisons. | ‘The Jesuists, whose history presents aveh astonishing’ | contrasts—who are alternately denounced, expelled, nay, anathematized, by nations, kings. and popes, as ‘omed, ers of publfe morality and ssered truth, ond and exalted and blessed on acsount of their. indefatiga- ble zeal as teachers and missionaries—the Jesuits—are beginning to be talked about amew in France. Receat works in defence of this womderful order, by M. Cretiueau Joly, and by Father Ravignan, that eloquedt pulpit orator. have provoked a rejoinder on the part of the Presse that may excite a fierce and bitter contre- versy. ‘Alfred de Michiels, a native, I believe, of Belgium, but: who is entitied to citizenship in tte French republic of letters, by the remarkable critical works which he has written at Paris, has lately published a bulky volume entitled “Rubens and the Antwerp School.’ It reveale the fact that the illustrious chief of the Antwerp school was born, not, as has been so long erroneously sup) at Cologne, but at the little town of Siegen, where his father passed several years of exile. It also reveale several interesting facts concerning the father of Rubens and the curious causes of his imprisonment. It throws new light over the pictures for which the world is indebted to the school of Rubens, and is com- pleted with an exact list of his works and designs, indicating where all and each may: found at present. M. de Michiels, by the by, took @. interest in Powell’s picture of the very of a by De Soto, and in a generous criticism. it in the Gazelle de France particularized several of its points as admirable. Among the American artists now in Paris are Healy, Rositer, Cranch,. May, Hathaway, Babeock, Walcott, We., &e. Story is at work here on his statue of Beethovem. Eugene Wasburg, a young man of color from New Or- leans, has shown. considerable talent as a sculptor, in @ group which will have a place, doubtless, in the reat his art He bas been studying for two or three years past. Conture has completed a large acre an will bes pendant to bis famous at ‘the Luxemburg palace. The seene represented is, however, modern—a. “(Supper after a Masked Ball.” "But the’ motives for pictures of this kind can have no date, human nature being essentially the same in all ages, so far, at least, aw love and liquor and dainty food are ‘concerned. Orgies- in old Rome andy in new Paris cannot differ widely. ‘The French pres#@says but little about Mr. Soule, now that he bas been suffered to come and goin peace. It had been so over hasty in approving of an interdiction which the government denies having imposed w the keep prudently silent. One journal, however, alludes to the proposition which Mr. Soule’ may make to the Spanish government for the purchase of Cuba; and while it admits how favorable the terms offered are, and how advantageous the acceptance would prove to the cman I Position ph oes in, at distinctly amorte ite opinion it not a of any party can four to accede to the ion. Nous verrons. George Sanders occupies for « moment the corner in French newspapers which Mr. Soulé has left. None mention the Epistle of Saint George to the Parisiana; but all publish the announcement of Mr. Fay that the United States not only disavows the letter of the late Consul at London to the President of the Swiss Repub- lic, but disapproves of it. / ‘A much larger space than is given to the agentof Le- dru Rollin, Mazzini, Kossuth and George Law’s muskets, (he gets scarcely two stickfuls,) ts accorded to the mar- vellous story of a balloon duel between an abolitionist and me mgd somewhere a States. Not a tew Frenc! have swallow: story as easfly as the Tartar weeny of the taking of Bebastopol. ‘A copy of the Moniteur lying on my table while I write, contains not only details of the siege of Sebasto- pol, but also an elaborate account of a nineteen siege which the French made with their allies, the Ma- shoutens and the Foxes, in 1712, ‘inst a fortom the | site of the uow flourishing city of Detroit. The account | is written by M. Margry, one of the keepers of the archives of the Marine and Colonies, and belongs to his series of ‘Sketches of Colonial History.’’ But this ie | not the only instance of the interest with which Ameri- | ca, its history, its manners and customs, its inhabitants | —from the aboriginals to the Know Nothings—are re- | garded by the European eye, attentive as that is to the scenes of c: in the East. Ths, the same copy of the Monileur contaius a chapter of its translation of Miss Cumming’s ‘‘Lamplighter,”” The Revue de Paris has carried the rage exci og Beecher Stowe’s “Unele Tom,” for American li ne so farasto burn its fingers with Solon Rebinson’s “ Corn."* he = oe tgs tr ——— under the head of “Humbug,” (whic! jefines according to Webster and Walker, and pronounces to be ‘‘an emi ly Yankee substantive’’—in subsiamtif eminemment Fankec,) to Barnum himself, bm | in full hie speech on the subject. I have already alluded to the unflattering picture of New York society which M. Bel- legarique, inguising himself as Mme. Marie Fontenoy, the Presse. has given in 7 Asif all this were not enough, some American (ifhe can be an American) now in Paris has #0 far fe Napoleon’s sensible advice about “washing one’s dirty linen at home,” as to publish here ‘Young America," a Play im five acts. It 4a printed by the painter, ‘and sold yy the publisher, of Galignani’s @ journal thankful for an opportunity to make a Paris, Nov. 16, 1854. Death of Political and Literary Celebrities— Movements of the Court—The Great Industrial Exhibition—The Jeswite—Fine Arts—The French Press, Mr. Soulé and George Sanders—A Balloon Duel—Literary Gossip, | de., de. The bad weather which dampens and chills the de- | lights of a winter in Paris, has set in early this year. ‘The first snow storm of the season, on Tuesday morning, was followed by rains that ceased only a few hours ago and a cold wind is now struggling with the clouds that persist in threatening the capital The necrological list of the past week has been swollen by the fatality of the weather, and counts an unusuab number of prominent names. Among the latter are M. Lou's Lebeuf, Senator, and Regent of the Bank of France; M. Louis de Beaufort; Count de Saint Aulaire, member of the Institute, grand officer of the Legion of Honor, ex- Deputy, ex-Peer of France, and Minister of France at Yi enna under the reign of Louis Philippe; M. Bidault,fmem- ber of the Legislative Body; and M. Blondeau, ex-Dean and Professor of Roman law of the Faculty of Paris, To these must be added the name of young Amoretti, who recently won the special favor of the Empresa by the extraordinary ease with which he carried off the highest mathematical prize at the general examination, A | typhoid fever has destroyed his life, and the bright hopes of his friends. | The two ministers whose sickness! have already mon- generation, at all events; aul to our English dull mind | tioned, M. Billault, Minister of Finances, and M. Beneau, | it is rather ridiculous to witrss the mobile facility with which French criticism fis from one extremr to another. ‘The serried phalanx, 80 supercitiou ly spoken of at Alma as too majestic, is now Jnuded to the skies, and termed a living wall of brass; and even that terrific sacrifice of cavalry-is criticised with admiring sorrow. who has almost completely lost his voice, are still under medical care. M. Bineau’s health, however, is improv- ing sufficiently to permit him to abandon nis project of visiting Italy for its complete restoration. The rumor that he was to be replaced by M. de Germiny is coune- quently unfounded. The Count de Morny has been no- It begins to be evident, in fact, that each nation has | minated, by an imperial decree of the 12th, Prestdent of much to learn of the other, and naturally possesses qua- lities peculiar to itself; and that the much boasted Afri- can warfare of the French will require « certain degree of modification before it annibilates the power of the Czar. The manner in which the labors of their engineers was blown to the winds, at the first fire of the Russian batteries, reducing to comparative nonentity the French force, while those of the English have resisted, like a wall of granite, has produced the most profound sensa- the Legislative Body. M. de Persigny has received from the Sultan the insigsia Grand Cross of the Firat Class of the Order of the Medjidie. ‘The kaleidescope of the political world had already be. gan to revolve at Paris, previously to the reception of ‘the Bishop of Orleans at the Institute, and his presenta. tion to the Emperor by Messrs. Villemain and DeSalvandy, ‘The physiognomy of the capital has since been daily growing more animated and interesting. Diplomatists, tion; and now that the history of Balaklava—ite eddying | senators, deputies, magistrates, high functionaries fight—its terrible fire—its brilliant, though disastrous, charge of cavairy—is told, British valor—the Anglo- with leave of absence, have been hurrying back by every railway train. Once arrived, the first visit has been of Saxon tug—is in every one’s mouth, from the palace to | course, asin duty bound, to Saint Cloud, where the fm. the straw-built shed; and it is clear that the precise de- peror bas been holding court, working at the saons time de Fallonx, if he in designated to respon! to that mouth: ¢ ils of the engagement of tho Sth, to which [ drew your prodigiounly, on is his wont, (requeatly conferring with | gitimate } fener gy J | daughter to which is onl; known anything to the disadvan’ of Americans. | Without boring you with an analysis of this precicun specimen of American literature, (+) and leaving Pro- fessor Charles, at the College of France, to enjoy the malicious pleasure of criticising it, I will only say that the author, ifhe did the thing seriously, as it would seem he did, has laid a rg} of good intentions good because his satire is levelled ‘inst such le- objects as rowdyism, affat and travelled foppery, as Hon. Westerly y unfortunate Po gehen and as tuft hunting, title Irs. Livingwood, who longs to her a dake. But f must add that on thie groundwork he has wrought one of the most mg 4 ridiculous ‘‘samples’’ of American literature (! ! 1) which Europe has been erie. Tcannot even for the sake of one shaft that is pierci it m be allowed. Le voici: (The scene is ata ball in the house of some ‘‘ twenty-fifth aven-oodle of our set;’” the ecient ty or canine! » Suvrurre—T sey, Sim, you bring any extra shirt collars with you !—it’s getting warm. h Suumerwors—‘‘To be surel have. I never g» out to dance without taking along a half dozen or so. Dve already changed twice.’’ Suyrmxes—‘1 shall have to call on you, Sim; me.” (Signifies assent. washerwoman disappoint And they retire, and a walts is 4 This is not, however, salt enough to save the rest of the ‘‘play.’’ More than one passage is so dirty that it will suffice to say that the writer ought to have hia nose rubbed in it. American literature (!{ "oe Parts in decidedly below par. ARO. CRIMEA. THE BATTLE OF THE FIFTH NOVEMBER. The following curious compositioa obtained currency on Tuesday, Nov, 14, at the Paris Bourse. It purports to be a letter, and not a telegraphic despatch, from Prince Menachikoff to Prince Paskiewitch, and to have been writt@m on the morning of November 6. Weare thus invited to believe that it has been carried from Sebastopol to Warsaw, and thence to Paris, in less than eight days:— THE WAR IN THE neased ecess of the day S ~ ‘own testified its is to nesses a new 6x) 4 im, consisting of sixteen bat- teers ely oe the Fight ‘ing ofthe eae my, and seized ona redoubt. After a furious contest hand to hand, our battalions returned to the town with. executed works of ding ited. oMAtmoct at ql ie same moment three battalions 9 vapid movement of attack against the a ‘Mia then, ae Daving killed the greater part a af ing of he abe woe weve them. French ap) Bad pursued our men with the impetuseity whisa., i