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! THE FALSE COUNT.
t Pierre Coignard was the son' of a vine
dresser of Lnngcais, in the department of the
Imire-etTLoire, and served as a grenadier
under" the Convention. Though a brave
eoldier, he was an audacious thief, and was at
length apprehended, tried, and condemned to
fourteen years of the galleys. Rut he - did
not like the seclusion of the Vague; and,
chained as he was, like a wild beast, ho con
trived, in the fourth year of hid imprison
ment to make his escape. His success, how
ever, was attended by a circumstance which
he had afterwards occasion to refer to as one
of the great landmarks of his history. His
comrade in the adventure had botui likewise
condemned, on the fame day with himself," to
fourteen years' fetters; and the two despera
does were drawii together, not only by this
coincidence in their fortunes, but by a uis
eimilarity in character and acquirements which
seemed to point them out as fit associates in
crime. What the one wanted, the other pos
sessed Coignard was tolerably well educated;
the other had known no other school than that
of the world. Coignard Mas an easy, pliant
man of society : the other a character of iron,
molten by nature in a mould which 'might be
broken, but never l ent - Coignard. in 'fine, -obtained
his ends by address, fortified by re
wJutiou ;' and the other 1 y implacable stub
bcrness of purpose, which was dead to all
considerations but the one idea befire it, which
it grappled and clung to for life or death
The union of two such men would have en
riched the annals of guilt ; but it was not to
take place. They were detected in the cct of
attempting to escape, and only one could fly
Had that one been the comrade,, he would at
Once hare rejected tho temptation. . And
why ? Recausc the object of thir plan had
failed, which was the flight of both. Rut
Coignard, who never grew sulky, with fate,
ho far from abandoning his enterprise, mads
use of his unlucky young friend r.s a stepping
stone in Lis escape; and, pu ting his foot
upon his t-lioulder. spurned hini away as he
caught at the wall above, behind which he
speedily disappeared, with tho vengeful yeil
of his associate rimincr in his ears. ITc
changed his name from Coignard to Pontis,
fled into Spain, joined anew the French army,
became a sergeant under the regime of Marshal
Souh and distinguished himself by his bravery
uud good conduct.
At Saragosfa, in the year 1813, Pontis
inadc tho acquaintance of a Spanish girl called
Rosa Marcen, whom he afterwards married ;
and the two congenial spirits set themselves
to work to discover a - way t fortune loss
tedious and doubtful than the ranks. An
extraordinary coinci.'tnce in names gave them"
the first hint ; and, indeed, so strange an in
fluence do seeming trifles exercise over, the
destinies of men, that it was perhaps to this
coincidence was owing the intimacy of two
!eings so well calculated to play into each
other's hands iu the game of life. Why
Pierre Coignard, among all the names in the
woi Id, should have chosen the name of Pon
tis,, is not known ; but it so happened that it'
was even as a household world in the ears of
Rosa Marc-en, she having served in some ca
pacity or other in an emigrant family, bearing
that patronymic. Whether her service was
that of a governess or a waiting woman, and
whether she retired or was driven from it,
are matters beyond the ken of byography ;
but it is certain that she beheld .with great
interest, an individual bearing a name so in
timately associated with her own history.
And this interest was not lessened by the fact
that Pontis was a young and handsome sol
dier, at once polite and daring, and endowed
with that cool and gentle self-possession, be
fore which all weaker spirits qail like lunatics
beneath the voiceless eye of their keeper.
But "Pontis!" that was tho name of a
titled fa wiily Was this young grenadier a
cadet of the noble house whose representatives
had fled before the horrors of the Revolution?
lie might be so, by his person : and hearing ;
and the idea retained hold of the imagination
of Rosa, even tftcr she had learned that he
had as little to do with the nobility, either of
mind or birth, as herself.. An epoch by-and
by came, when such an Idea was likely to
present itself in a more enticing form than
now, when counts were at a discount. Tho
French were compelled to evacuate the Pen
insula. Zouis le Desire returned to the throne
of his ancestors; and' our Pontis and his wife
found themselves once more in a country
where the husband had worked in chains as a
forcat. , . .
They proceeded to Soissons, to look after
the wrecks which the Revolution might have
spared of their ancestral fortune. They found
themselves alono in the field No other Pon
tis appeared upon the scene ; all had perished
in exile ; and owing to the registers or the
town havin": been burned in the confusion of
the Revolution, the heir of the illustrious
house was unable even , to prove his birth !
Thus unluckily situated, Pontis called upon
an old lady of his own name, who was wait
ing m an agony of impatience to see her
family re-citaUUhed in their ancient honors
by the blessed restoration. She recognised
the handsome young soldier as a Pontis at the
first glance ; she knew him hy the hereditary
nose ; she could not bo mistaken in the calm,
firm, half smiling lip, which gave the world
assurance of a Pontis Rut Mho was this
young Mife whom ho presented to her? Had
the unhappy man tarnished his blood M'ith a
mesalliance t Had he brought soue obscure
foreigner tho state of - the Countess de Sainte
Ilelene ? No. The noble heir of the Pontis
assured his aged relation, that even in exile he
hal been too proud of their common name to
share it with cne meaner than himself. This
lady, though their marriage was unsanctioned
by her family till his claims should be estab
lished, was of tho highest blood 'of Spain
she was a daughter of the Viceroy of Mala
ga ! This was enough , almost too much . The
old lady M'ept with pride and delight and she
ended by making the M'holo town weep with
her. An act of notoriety, as it is called in
French law, was readily obtained, recognising
the birth of the returned emigrant ; and this
being transferred to the existing registers of
Soissons, Pierre Coignard, the escaped felon,
found himself transformed, as if by magic,
into Pontis, Count de Sainte-lleleue.
We have not ascertained that the pecuniary
t . t t i i
resources oi tne adventurer Mrere uiucn im
proved by this recognition of his nobility ;
indeed, it would seem from tho context that
this was not the case It is far more difficult
to obtain an estate than a title; and perhaps
the count may have thought it imprudent to
refer his claims to the searching abitrement
of the courts cf law. Rut his grateful prince
would not suffer the scion of the noble house
to languish in poverty. and obscurity; and,
indeed, the talents of the count offered the
fairest opportunities for his advancement, or
rather made his advancement a duty on the
part of the court. He received successively
the knightly decorations of the Legion of
Honour and Saint Louis, became a member
of the order of Alcantara ;. and rose to be a
Lieutenant Colonel in the Legion of the
S ine. On his part, he repaid the loyal favor
with unbounded devotion ; his locality was
.without reproach, and he was esteemed one
of the most rising and respectable characters
in the French court. '
The expensive manner iu which the count
lived, inilit have afforded, but for one cir
cumstance, some suspicion that he enjoyed
still weightier favors - of government than
cros.es and decoration. The pay of a Lien-:
tenant Colonel, with any fragments he might '
have recovered of his hereditary possessions,
was not eiiCHiru to account for a liberality -as
unbounded" lis it was unostentatious. The
inexhaustible fund on .which he drew was
neither squandered nor .spared; he had money
for all legitimate purposes ; and when other
men had recourse, on extraordinary emergen
cies, to loans and mortgages, the Count de
Sainte-II clone had nothing to do but write a
check. II is vunriaje accounted for t Li?. His
noil 3 wife was the mine, on the produce of
which he lived ; and her Spanish gold was
daily transmuted in anv quantities into French
silver.
. It was supposed at tho time, however, that
other men had recourse to more disreputable
means of supply ; for .the wholesale robberies
that Mere committed on all hands had become
as alarming as they were inexplicable. No
precautions were sufficient for the safeguard
of valuable property. . Iu the reecsses of pa- !
laces, thefts were as common as in the shops
of the citizens ;" and it was obvious that there
had been established a system of brigandage,
whoso organization comprehended a much
higher class than usual. , Even a nobleman
was not safe from suspicion whose habits ex
hibited anything of the mysterious; but as
for our Count and Countess, they lived so
much in public, they belonged so completely
to the court and to society, that tho suspicion
must have been wild indeed which could at
tach itself to them. ; r
, One day the Count v.-asat the head cf his
regiment in the Place du Carrouzel, assisting
at a splendid military parade. , On one side
of the square M'ere the garden and palace of
the Tulleries ; on the opposite side the Ave
nue du Neully, extending as straight as an
arrow along the Champs Elysecs, to the verge
of the horizon, now terminated by a triumph
al arch, on the third the Placs Vendome,
with its noble column ; and on the fourth,
the Seine, spanned by a bridge, loaded with
statues. This magnificent scene was crowded
with spectators, ' even to the trees of. the
Champs Elysecs; and as the Count deSainte
Ilelene felt himself to. be one of the great
actors in "the pageant, a Mild throb must have
heaved the chest of the escaped forcat. Rut
the word ho hardly now considered to apply
to him ; for his fourteen years' sentence was
expired if not fulfilled. Some days ago he
had celebrated in his own mind the fourteenth
anniversary of his condemnation, and declar
ed himself tf be a free man ! It is no wonder
that on this occasion . he should revert exult
higly. to his escape from the bagne,; as an
event Mhich : had turned the current of his
life, and given to him his fortune ; but as his
thoughts lost themselves in the recollection,
he leaped suddenly "in the saddle, as if trans
fixed with a spear.
At first he hardly knew M hat it was that
had affected him, or knowing it, 'he set it
down as a delusion growing out of his waking
dream. An eye had rested upon his for a
moment, as his face was turned towards the
croM'd a phantom eye, doubtless, such as
sometimes glares upon us from the abysses of
memory, for he never could meet" with it
again Yet "the Count' could 'not help re
peating" to himself, " nor avoid a sensation of
sickness as he did eo, that the comrade he
had abandoned to his chains, spurning him
with his foot while he did so, ; was now a free
maiL like himself, and by a more : legitimate
title ! In the case of almcgt any other human
heing in .similar circumstances, this would
have been of little consequence, for he was
now. rich enough to buy silence from r hate, it
self But Pontis know his man. '
That night the portress of a common look
ing house in the rue Saint Maur was called
from her repose by a gentle ring at the bell.
"What is your pleasure ?" said she, speak
ing through the wicket. "I am alone, and
although
very poor, do not care to open to
" The visiter muttered a word in
reply, and the door was opened as instantly
as its ponderous bolts permitted. lie follow
ed her through a ruinous court, and signify-
ing by a silent gesture that he would dispense
with, her further services, he knocked- at an
other door. Here he Mras again challenged ;
but his voice gained him admittance as be
fore,; and presently he found himself m a
room much more comfortable than mightliave
been expected from, tho exterior. - "
'.'What! you here?" said tho man M'bo
opened the door to him, and Mho was the on
ly inmate of the apartment. "Why, Peter,
this is an unusual and unexpected honor."
"I have reasons, Alexander," replied the
visiter, gravely ; and as he opened his cloak
and threw his hat upon the table, the striking
resemblance between the two men would have
enabled a stranger to pronounce them at once
to be brothers. '
"Reasons j ou of course have, for you never
act without them : but before you open your
budget, let me put you in good humor by pre
senting you with this handsome sum 01 money,
your share of as rich a" spoil as we havo yet
taken."
"Set it down ; I cannot attend to business
at present. I have seen a ghost. .
"A ghost! I know a man M"ho would
scare even you ; but I was not aware that you
stood in special awe of the immaterial Morld.
In what form appeared the ghost
"In the form of a human eye, which Mas
fixed upon mine to-day for an instant in the
Place du Carrouzel. Whether it was any
thing more than a fragment of a dream I
had fallen into at the moment, I cannot tell ;
but if it was really in a human head, it be
longs to the man yen allude to."-
"And what then?'' -
"Merely that I am lost."
"What nonsense ! "You are too clever,
too self-possessed; too far-seeing for that.
You are unknown even to your own band I,
your lieutenant and your brother, being the
sole medium of communication between you.
Resides meVyou have no confident in the
world .but your own wife, your splendid
countess, Mho is the life and soul of the asso
ciation, without whose guiding voice we could
not stir a stey, and M'ho could not criminate
you without destroying herself." . . , -
. ' 'All that is true ; but you do not know
the man as I do."
.'AVe must buy him " .
"It is for that I am here. Rut take care
you bid high. Strip me of all I possess
take the diamond crosses from my breast
the jcMels from my Mife's hair- but let him
have his price ! You mast do still more than
that'! ;.,
"Not blood V
' 'Not M'ithout necessity. We must employ
him. We must steep his hand in crime and
that Mill ; be. 3'our easiest task. Till he is
again at the mercy of the police till the
fourteen years' fetters of Toulon dance again
before his vision it is impossible" for me to
tleep" ' -
' 'And if all fails ? If he will neither steal
gold nor accept of it as a present "
"Then we shall talk farther."
Among the crowd that day in the Place du
Currouzel. there had been a man who attract
ed the attention of some of the older members
of the police. His was a well-known face ;
but it had not been seen for many years and
the thief-takers employed themselves in get
ting the lineaments again by heart. Rut the
man, secure in his innocence, (for the bagne
wipes off ;dl scores), strolled carelessly on.
He did not meet a single acquaintance four
teen years being, in his calling, the outside
limits of. a generation; till all on a sudden,
as he glanced on a general .officer passing
sloM ly on liorseback, an expression of surprise
escaped him, his dull eye lightened with joy,
and then the brief illumination faded aw'ay
into a fixed and lurid glare. :
At that moment the officer appeared to sec
him ; and shutting his cyxis suddenly, aud
ducking under the &houldcrs of the crowd,
the old forcat turned away. 7 i'
. It was easy for him to ascertain the rank
and position of the object of his interest; to
learn that, without estates, he possessed pro
digious M'calth ; that he had brought a wife
with him from Spain, who was supposed to
be the source of his riches ; and th .'.t the rec
ords of Soisous having been burned, he had
established, his birth by an'4 act of notoriety.'
"Ah I" said he, " that is so jlike himl He
is a clever fellow, and he is now at his old
tricks ;.but he has climbed thus far upon the
shoulder of his comrade ho must doM'n !"
He Ment straight to the office of the prefect,
and denounced Lieutenant Colonel Pontis,
Count do Sainte-IIelene, as an escaped forcat.
The clerks laughed at him, the prefect order
ed him to be turned out, and the informer,
saying politely that he would call again to
morrow, took his leave.
The next morning he was met near the pre
fecture by a man, who entered into conversa
tion with him. , ; ; ; v t
",: You are from Toulon?" said the Strang-,
er, abruptly. ..--..-'.,
: ' " Weii, if so?" : ; '.- r :" -
' r You are going to denouce somebody I"
"Well?" ,- ' - ;
" He is to strong for you." " ' .
" We shall see." . - '
' "Are you rich ?" ' I-.'.-.;
' " I have still enough - for dinner:- I must
shift as I-can for the rest of the day." '-'
'"Will a thousand francs do?" .
Xo." : ; , '-:,'.'
""Ten thousand?"' ",'." '." ' ' " ' ','.''
"No." ;.. .j . ; ; .
" Twenty thousand?" " 'f,r
' No.'r ; "rrTT-'"'"? . - ;
'" Come, at' a word :e want to be friends
with you: ' What do you want ?' ;'''.V ' '
" Take four from fourteen, and there arc
ten: ten years of fetters would satisfy me I
will not abate him a month !"
- " Ha ! ha ! ha ! ; that is a good joke !
Rut you do not know that he is ' more than a
count, more than a knight, more than a lieu
tenant colonel ? Can you guess Mhat he is?"
" Yes : he is the man M'ho broke his com
pact with me in the . bagne of Toulon, -and
spurned me aM-ay with his foot a3 he sprang
over the wiill I must have him back : jt is
only justice. : Good morning;" and the old
forcat went into the prefecture.
This time he M as apparently but little more
successful than on the former occasion ; but
tho functionaries were surprised at his perti
iraejty; and considered it due to the character
bf the count to send some ono to him to hint
deliberately at the Qalumnies that were abroad
They told the informer, therefore, that inqui
ries M'ould be niaile, and directed him to call
tho next day, in the idea that by that time
they M ould have authority to take him into
;ustody He was pleased, accordingly with
his success. .He dined cheerfully ; spent the
afternoon in walking about; in the evening
felt hungry again, but resisted the temptation
to commit a theft, lest .he should be locked up
from the business that engrossed him ; aii
at night, being perfectly moneyless, he re
paired "to one of the bridges to sleep under an
arch. '1
Thi3lM asthe most quiet, though by no
means the most solitary bed-chamber he could
have found ; foi that night every crib in Par
is was searched for him by messengers who
M-ould have silenced him in one way or other.
As it was, he lay undisturbed, except by his
ilreains, and the fitful moonbeams glanced
liko' spectres upon the M-ater. ; Sometimes he
awoke, and fancied himself in the prison of
Toulon, till, reassured by the voice of the riv
er which murmured in hi3 ear, " It is only
justice." Then he felt hungry, and the night
air grew chill, and the hard stones piercel hi3
limbs ; and he thought of the thousands and
thousands of francs that hadleen offered him,
and of the pleasure and dignity of robbing in
a great band commanded by a nobleman
Rut then he shrugged h;s shoulder, by means
of which Coignard had stepped upon the" wall,
and, looking forward to the morrow, a grim
feeling af satisfaction stole over his heart, the
indulgence "of which swrned better than food,
money or lionor rAnd then the moon-beaius
disappeared on Tihe river, and the wind moan
ed along its bosoni, and the waters ansM'ered
with a hollow murmur which syllabled in his
ear, ' Justice justice !" and he fell into a
profound slumber that lasted till in the morn
ing: - - - - -
Tho prefect in the meantime had employed
General 'DespinohJ to wait u&n- the count ;
but the latter, instead of meeting the charge
with the incredulity, ridicule or indignation
that had been expected, made quiet speeches,
and entered into long explanations, and the
astonished envoy returned to his employers,
hardly able to form an opinion. That opin
ion was, however, at once come to by the
most experienced authorities of the prefecture;
and after a minute examination of the inform
er, M'ho had planted himself at the office door
long before it opened in the morning, it Mas
determined to arrest the count on suspicion of
being an escaped felon. Rut this was only
M hat he had expected, and for some days all
Paris -was searched for him in vain. They
tracked him at length to the house in the rue
St. Maur ; and although he defended himself
v.ith the pistols, both of which he discharged
at the ffniH d'ncs, he M as overpowered and
taken into custody. The revelations made in
this , den of thieves identified nim with the
mysterious chief of banditti who had eo long
kept the city in awe; and, being conducted
to the prison of La Force, ho M as tried for va
rious distinct robberies, as mvII as for his eva
sion from the bagne of Toulon
A narrative like this, from its circumstan
ces laid only a few years ago, wears an air of
improbability; lut many personations quite
as extraordinary took place after the confu
sion of the Revolution. The peculiar feature
in the case of Coignard "is; that the imposture
was folloM'ed out to the very last, in spite of
the legal exposure. He I M ould not plead by
any other name than his fictitious one ; and
the president of the court was obliged to call
him pimply, "you accused!" When trans
ferred to his old quarters at Toulon, under
sentence of fetters for life, he preserved the
calm sedate dignity of an injured man, and
was much respected by the other forcat, m ho
always addressed him by his assumed title.
This character he continued to enact up to his
death ; and perhaps he ended by persuading
even, himself that the companion of nobles,
and the protege of a king, was m reality the
Count de Sainte-Helene. Albion.
On. a Printer.
ilerclies a form place no imposing stone- - - -
To mark the bed m here weary it is l.iin :
.'lis niatter dead! its mission all bMng done
. To be distributed to dust aain.
The body's but the type, at best,- of man,
, Whose impress is the spirit's deathless page :
Worn out, the type is thrown to pi again, '
' The impression lives through aa eternal
Sf He' who marries a pretty face, only,
is like abuyer of cheap furniture the varnish
that caught, the eye will not endure the fire
side blaze.' :?
5r"Ma, that nice young man, Mr. Rrown,
5a verv fond of kissinc."
" Mind your seam, Julia, who told you
such nonsense ?" i ,
"I had it from his own lips, ma."
3T SnookYsays that tho best sewing ma
chine in thc-M-orld is one about seventeen years
old,- with a short sleeve dress, pretty little foct
with gaiter boots on. u , -
ir. A "poorT" fellow "having got his skull
fractured, 1 was told by the doctor that the
brain was .visiblbr on which he remark til :
",-Da .write tor father, for ho always swore I
had none." " 5 -.-
TIHiEE DAYS LATF.lt FKOM EFJIorE.
AUKITAL. OP TII1J IV I IG ARi !
Halifax, Oct. 25.
The steamship Niagara arrived early this
morning with European dates tothe lJth
instant, three days later than by the Wash
ington.
The sad intelligence of the disaster to the
Arctic had been received at Liverpitol by the
arrival of. the Cleopatra fcteainship, v.-hich, it
M ill be remembered M as at -St. John, N. F.,
Mhcn the Vesta arrived there in a crippled
condition. -
The steamship Arabia arrived at Liverpool
on Saturday morning the 11th iust.
The liabilities of Mr. McIIenry ar; estiuia
tl ai lmlf millitrn-- -
The last advices from .the Rlack Sea are
that Scbastopol was invested by the allied
troops on the 60Uth and east, and that the
guns of the biege train were plaj-icg upen the
walls. -
MenschikofF maintains his position on the
north, and is expeetiug reinforcements under
Gen. Osten Sacken and G ortschakoff.
Prussia is reported to have expressed its
M-'illinguess to act with Austria.
The report thst MenschikofT bid obstructed
the harbor cf Sebastopol bv sinking Eevcn
ships of the line there, is confirmed.
THE M'AIf.
English papers by the Niagara are interes
ting, but really contain little neM s, except in
relation to the Mar.
On the 2d the allies had destroyed the aque
duct, and cut off the supplies of water from
the city, which is now supplied from reser
voirs. It Avas expected that an assault Mould
be made soon, probably on the 8th. The
Russians had erected sand batteries, armed
M-ith ship's guns, but the range of the allies'
artillery M-as greater. The allied trenches
were Mithiu lCUO yards of the Malli, and al
ready mounted fifty guns.
A private despatch says that two breaches
M-ere made iu " Quarantcen" on the Stb, and
another, as reliable, states that no bombard
ment had occurred oa the 8th.
The French and English Generals have
officially notified their governments that on
September 23J, immediately on the reception
of the news of the battle of Alma, Menschi
koff sunk five of his line of battle ships and
two frigates iu eight or ten fathoms water,
thus completely blocking up the entrance to
the harbor of Sebastopol, and preventing the
possibility of an attack by sea. These ships
were sunk with all their guns and stores on
board, and rigging standing
TheEuglis'u are much incensed at this ex
pedient, which has contributed to cause the
llcnerals to change their plan of operations,
and to attack the south, instead cf the north
side of the city.
The Russians hold their remaining ships
ready to be suuk, and the crews, amounting
to 10,000 men, are added to the garrison of
Sebastopol.
It is said the Russians have likeM ise sunk
ships across the straits of Yeniklo
- The allied fleets thus being comparatively
useless at sea, Admiral Duudas has sent the
marines on shore to join the a nny.
A letter in the Times suggests that the
powerful iron steamer Simoon, which is equiv- -i
alent to a force of 4, Out) tons, should be em
ployed as a steam battering ram, to force jas
ages over the euti! cn s'lij s. This expedient
will probably bo tried .
- From the pres?nt disposition of tho allied
forces between Ralaklava and Cape Cherso
nese, it seems that the north side of the har
bor, 13 not invested, and that the whole coun
try north of Sebastopol is now evacuated by
the allied force, which, it is likely, passed
through it.
The supposition is confirmed by a statement
iu despatches from Admiral Dundas, dated
September 2?, M here he says that havingsent
the steamers All-Ion and Vcsuvias to Alfa, to
collect the wounded Russians, and convey
them under a flag of trucj to Odessa, theRrit
ish hospitals being full, his force Mas threat
ened by a force of G00 Russians, and had to
re-emiarii unuer cover 01 me snip s guns.
Ail tue auiea reserves uaa icii arua tor
the Crimea.
Two French and one English regiment from
Malta will occupy the Pineus.
The Russians are reported to have blown
up the fortresses of Anappa and Souchouiu
Kale," andsent their garrisons of 15,000 men
to reinforce MenschikofT.
Odessa advices of the 7th state that Mens
chikofFs right wing was at Rakchissaria, and
his centre at Simperofel, where the reinforce
ments from Pertkop will concentrate.
Prussia is reported to have expressed its
willingness to act with Austria. This declar
ation is in consequence of energetic notes from
France and England
The last advices from the Rlack Sea arc,
that Sebastopol was invested by the allied
troops on the south and cast, and that the
guns of the siege train were playing upon the
Malls. ...
Menschikoff maintains his jo.sition on the
north, and is expecting reinforcements under
Generals Osten Sacken and G ortschakoff.
The report that Menschikoff had obstructed
the harbor of Sebastopol. by sinking seven
hhins of the lino there, is confirmed.
It is supposed that the wege artillery of the
allies had been mounted in a battery around
Sebastopol on the 4th. On the 5th the bom
bardment is reported, to have commenced.
The regular assault M as expected on the 8th
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" The allied trenches were within 1G00 yards
of tho walls, and they havo already mounted
fiftv pans. . ; "
The whole country north of Sebastopol has
tnd the allies, and the roscrved
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forces have left Varna to jom the siege.
Osten Sacken was at Pcrckop, since the 2d
inst , and was noCxpected to join Menschikoff-
before the 15th -inst" V " : '
The. Parit' Jou.nv.il des Dilat estimates
the Russian force? in the Crimea at V5.000.
j and the allied troops at 90,000, including the
i f-ea men from the fleet. .. M. . z
t The two Russian Generals taken at Alma
were Goi.ikofT tnd Ichanoff. Roth of them
M-ere wounded, arid one hassinre died
It is sa id that the Russians had but S500
men at Alma, considering that mnubcr eu2i-r
cier.t to defend the position. Menschikoff,
though sick at the time, sat on the heights, and
directed the buttle.
The Turks bin onetted nil the wounded Rnsi
eiaris, crying out " Sinope !'
Lord Raglan has taken command of the al
lied army. Canrobcrt. the new commander
of the French army, is considered energetic
and adventurous, but doubts are entertained
of his ability ss a tactician.
FROM THE BALTICl -
The Raltic portion of Admiral PlumriJge's
squadron, and Admiral' Dcschcne's fleet were
at Kiel on the th.
The greater part of the fleet under Admiral.
Napier M-as at anchor near Revel. .
It is almost certain tlrat no operations will
now be attempted. . . . .. . j
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ASIA.
Sehamyl has been defeated by Prince At
dronitoff, who again threatens Krs. - '
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Al iBIA AND PRUSSIA ,
Notes have been sent by France and Eng
land to the Prussian Government, backing
that of Austria, and requiring of Prussia a'
declaration of her intentions as to the main .
tainance of an offensive and defensive alliance .
M-ith Austria.
The proposition of Mantenffel, by which ho
intended to preserve a good understanding,
not having been favorably received, he had
tendered his resignation and left town, but
was recalled and returned. - .
The king had arrived and presided at the".
Council. All that has traspircd as to the re
sult of the deliberations is, that Mantenffel
Mithdrew his resignation, cud that conciliato-
ry declarations are to be addressed to the Cab
inet at Vienna, and that eventually Prussia
is to adopt a policy in accordance M ith that of
Austria. '
The latest Anglo-French note was very en-1
ergetic. It called on Prussia to decide for or
against the Western Powers.
The Prince of Prussia, M ho is favorable to
an immediate alliance, has been sent on a spe
cial mission to Arienna. r
' The expectation new is that Prussia will .
declare her policy identical M'ith that of Aus
tria. ... -
CJREAT BIUTAIX.
The London Glvle says' : " A couferenca
is noM' assembled on the continent, which is
M'ithout a precedent, acting, as it is understood
to be, under the directions of the President of
the United States. The Ambassadors of that
country are assembled to exchange iuforuia
tion, consult, and report on the state of affairs .
on the Continent. American trade is now
carried to every part of the world, and the
conference has in view the due protection and .
advancement of those interests in eny new ar- ,
rangement of treaties that may be made iu
Europe "
Mr Ruchanan left London on Saturday,
aud has already been met by the American :
Ministers to Pari3 and Madrid. ; -
i"fA national subscription" has been set on -foot
for the benefit of the wounded in the re
cent battles.
Sir Gordon Druminond is dead -One
thousand pounds have been subscribed
iu Australia towards presenting Win Smith .
O'Rrien a gold vase
FRANCE.
The recent mammoth fubricution about tho .
fall of Sevastopol has been' traced to the Paris
Rourse. ' ...
sr.viN - " . .'
A despatch dated Madrid, Oct' 10, says
that the elections Mere proceeding quietly,
with advantage to the Progressistas.
The Emperor has ordered a rigid investiga
tion into the fraud, and says he will putiudi s
with severity those who may ever bo proved .
guilty. A corref-jtondeut cf the Journal, in
Smyrna, is implicated.
The Rritish Ambassador had notified tho
French government, officially, of the condo
lence of the English government with France,
in reference to tho death of Marshal St. Ar
naud The Moititeur publishes letters from St.
Arnaud, showing that he M as aware of his ap- .
preaching end, aud ready to meet it. The
malady o! which he died, was disease of tho
heart. His remains arrived at 3IarseiHes on
the 10th inst., and were received Mith all the
honors due to his high position. A
The Imperial decree orders that his remains
shall be deposited in the Hotel des Invalides.
IXDIA AND CHINA
The arrival of the overland mail from India
is t-jldgraphed, bringing dates from Shanghai
to August 7th, aud Cauton to August 21st,
The city of Canton continued in a state of
siege. Shanghai was still in the hands of tho
insurgents.' ' -
Ningpo, poo Choo and Amoy M-ere quiet.
Mur-li t.a will be exnortod from Foo Cboo.
None, however, had yet arrived at Canton,
and business M'as quite suspended. ' -,
THE LATEST.
The following despatch was published at
St Petersburg on the 11th inst. .
" Nothing fresh had occurred before Seba
tor-ol up to'"th Cth iust. Gen Menschikoff
retained his old position on tho north Bide.
t , rv;,Uv Oct. 13. A private tcle-
craphio despatch from Vienna, dated this day,
announces that, according to a despatch froirf
Lord Rairlan. dated the Gth, the siege work
of th allied forces were sufficiently advanced
to admit of the opening fire being coiunieucej
in a few days, ' - - ' - ' -
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