Richard white:: ::nzxET c. pkvinr WHITE & DEVINE, Editors and Proprietors. EBENSBURG. THURSDAY MORXIKG::::::::XOYE3IBEIl 30 SEW ADVERTISEMESTSi One Hundred Wood Choppers wanted, by A. II. White Sled Proposals, by W. D. HurtL Notice, by Dr. Stroheckcr. ' Public Sale of Valuable Property, by Geoige Murray. 1 Strayed away, by Luke Tlillgrovc. New Grand Duchy of Baden Lottery Loan, by Moriz Stiebel Sons. LATEST FROM EUROPE. The Steamship Africa arrived at New York on the 28th inst., bringing three days later vnev3 from Europe. - A pause has occurred in the field of opera tions before Sevastopol -The despatches from both .the Russian and British Generals, say that the siege is progressing with regularity, and that preparations are being made for an assault. Both parties are in want of rein forcements, the besiegers more than the be sieged. The Rjassians are in want of ammu nition The force of the Allies is reduced, by battle and disease, to 50,000 men, which has caused much alarm in England and France, and the utmost efforts are being made to send instant reinforcements: All the mail steamers ar taken np to convey troops. The winter is setting in severely in the Black Sea. The weather has been very stormy and two Turkish frigates have been wrecked. The great hospital in Sevastopol with 2,000 wounded, has been destroyed by the fire of the Allies. Four Russian ships in the harbor had been sunk by the Allies' fire one of them the Twelve Apgstles The typhus fever had broken out in Sevastopol from the large number of dead remaining unburied. Con flagrations were continually occurring from the red hot shot fired into the town by the . Allies, and water was getting exceedingly scarce. The Russiang were preparing for street fighting, and were posting cannon so as to sweep the streets, fortifying the houses, d c In the action of the 5th, the British had suffered much The Duke of Cambridge had his horse killed from under him, and Sir Geo Cathcart, and Generals Strausways and Goul die were killed. A despatch from Vienna under date of the 15th says "Despatches from Balaklava to the 11th inst. have been received this evening, according to which an other great battle has been fought, in which the Russians lost. 0000 men. The loss of the Allies was also great, but they remained mas ters of the fiold. - v 4 The next news from Europe will be looked for with much interest. From "Washington. ' A Washin gtun despatch under date of Xovem. ber 28th, says : "The Russian ambassador says that Lord l'almerston's visit to Paris is to agree upon a joint note to Austria and Prussia. Unless they join the allies, the revolutionary element in Italy and Hungary will be immediately let loose He further said "We may do it first." The ut most excitement existed in diplomatic circles in France and England at the time of the sailing of the Baltic. If Sebastopol should not fall and it is not believed it will there will be a revolution in France, and a change of roiuistry in England, which will sympathise with the liberals of Germa ny and other part. Bread is high in Paris, and the people are talking quite loud. It is quite cur rent in diplamatic circles that the British ministry were excited and alarmed when Mr. Soule arrived in London from Paris that Lord Clarendon called upon Mr. Buchanan immediately, and then com municated by telegraph with the French govern ment." Tho Russian Ambassador and the British Min ister visited the State Department at Washington on the 28th. . There i3 another rumor from Washington an nouncing a probable change in tho Cabinet. Fire at Plane Nice. We regret to learn that a fire broke out in the store and dwelling house of John Arged, at the foot of Plane 9, Tortage Railroad, on Friday evening last, about sundown. The fire originated, it is supposed, from a stove pipe, and when discovered had made such progress that no effort was made to save the building. Some of the furniture in the house, and a greater portion of the goods in the store, were removed but everything in a more of less damaged conditiou. We did not learn Mr. A.'s loss, but -it must be quite as much as he can well afford to lose, and we cannot but sympai thize with him, seeing that all he has is the accu mulation of ten or twelve years of patient indus try. He was insured for ten years, and his insur ance only expired a month or two ago. His case should be another warning to mca in business not to neglect their insurance. Ilol. Standard. . E7Wc arc sorry to Lear of the decease of Dr. Michael Cantwkll. of Ulairsville, Vho died at noon on Sunday, the 27th inst., of consumption, after a long and p:iinful illness. The deceased was a young man of fine mental abilities, with a good education, and with brilliant prospects, un til he was prostrated by the fatal disease. His disposition and character were smcIi as to make him multitudes of true friends wherever he be came known, and his early death is a source of deep and lasting gTief to a largo circle of ac quaintances. ' ' "Green be the turf above bin." Illness of Governor r Bigler. We are sorrv to learn that Governor Bigler is again so severely ill af.to bo confined to his bed. It is disease of tho liver, we learn, and appear ed suddenly in an aggravated form on Wedues-; day hist, since when he has been unable to leave his room for a moment. Godey's Lady's Book. The December mun Wr of this popular magazine arrived in due time, richly laden with choice reading matter. The en gravings and fashion plates are beautiful, and not any behind the former nnmljers. Published at No. 113 Clicsn ut st., Philadelphia. 9 O" Mark Edwards' Oyster Saloon, is nightly -visited by the lovers of the bi-valves. They are the real genuiae Rock Island Shell Fish. Give him a call, and if everything is not done np in apple pie order, we will knock under. (C7"It will be seen by, an' advertisement in to day's paper, that our old friend Hugh Kelly will visit this place on Court Week, with a large and extensive assortment of Ready Made Clothing, to gether with an assortment of cloths and ves tings, all of which he will sell at twenty per cent less tBan first cost, Now is tho time to purchase cloth ing cheap. Important JSTewi for the Shareholder in Per ham's , Third Gift Enterprise. It will be seen by reference to advertisement in our paper of to-day, that the Committee appoin ted by tho Shareholders at their last meeting, have issued a call for a final meeting of all inter ested, to get their instructions in reference to the distribution of the G if t property. VV e are pleased to find the matter so near a consummation, and hope that Mr. Perham will revive the patronage a l 1 " i . 1 he so well deserves ior me uoeratuy anu energy disnlaved in getting up and prosecuting this stu- oendous enterrri.se. Orders for tickets should be sent in Immediately. There are fortunes in re serve for somebody. State Central Committee. A meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee will be held at the MerchantsMIotel, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 26th of December, 1854, at 4 o'clock, P. M. The Chairman has received various letters from prominent and influential citizens of .the State, expressing a desire to have a State Convention, for the purpose of re-organizing the Democratic party on a more permanent basis, consolfrlating it against the secret and insidious assaults that have for a tims impaired its usefulness and efficiency in carrying out our cherished principles, and to render it impregnable in the future against the approach es of the various and dangerous isms, vagaries and headlong: passions of the day. As the consti tutional, truly conservative, historical and patriot ic party of the country, the .Democracy nave a great mission to fulfil, and must not "prove recre ant in a period of adversity, to the high trust confided to their care. The friends of liberty, of the rights of men, wherever they may have been born, of religious toleration, and the opponents of a connexion between Church ana btate, corrupt, meretricious and wanton as such connexion has always proved to be, the opponents of all religi ous tests in determining the rights of citizens or their qualifications for office or public trust, among those who have heretofore differed with as on minor points, are now ready and anxious to co operate with the Democratic party at the first favorable opportunity, in maintaining the integri ty of the Constitution formed by the patriots of the devolution, the fathers ot the republic. It is deemed advisable that the contemplated State Convention be called solely for the purposes already named, so that its action be not embar rassed by any other business ; and that it should be composed of the most tried, steadfast, enlight ened and influential men in our ranks, that its voice in favor of the great fundamental principles of the Democratic creed shall speak with autho rity, and inspire confidence and respect among all classes of our people. It is thought also that a political calm Is the proper time to begin this great work. In this way we'will show our love for the great principles we maintain, by assembling when there is not a scramble for place or power, but at a time when the public mind is not excited and prejudiced by the bitterness attending an approaching election when our own Councils will not be distracted .bv rival interests aixl personal aspirations. The members of the Committee will therefore appreciate the imiortanee of a general attendance, and it is hoped will be punctual m meeting at the time and place appointed, and that the Dem ocratic papers of the State will give this noMce an early and general puM'.citv. J. ELLIS BOXIIAM, Chairman. Carlisle, Noy. 22, 1854. More of the Beauties of Know Nothingism ' In a country where freedom of speech and of the press are not only tolerated, but are expressly guarantied, all attempts to control the ballot-box through the medium of secret political organiza tions must ultimately prove miserably impotent. As one of tho signs of the times as some slight evidence that common sense and a just regard for the political rights of others have some influence over the action of a few of those who profess to bo followers of the new ism mention might be made of a serious difference of opinion among the "faithful" in regard to the recognition of a prin ciple upon which the tottering foundations of Know-Jvothingism. are supposed to rest, lhis dissension has openly manifested itself in one of the lodges of this city. A few weeks ago, one of the members thoroughly disgusted with the stealthy, skulking character of the proceedings of an organization which professed to maintain prin ciples dear to every true American's heart, iu a plain straight-forward manner, undertook to have the seal of secrecy removed. He prepared, and undertook to submit the following preamble and resolutions : "Whereas, It would more accord with the spirit of the free institutions of our country, and with bur character as citizenf thereof, that we should divest ourselves of all unnecessary concealment; and whereas we are responsible only to the consti tution and laws of the United States for our pur poses and acts, there can be no existing necessity fur withholding our names as members of the Supreme Order of the Sons of the Sires of Seventy six from the public : Therefore, ' "Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy be, and is hereby, removed from all the proceedings of the order in the District of Columbia, except ing so far as regards signs of recognition and passwords ; and that the secretaries of the several subordinate councils be required to be published in one of the newspapers of Washington city a perfect list of the names of the members of their reiective councils, including the names of all members who have temporarily withdrawn." After considerable delay and badgering for an alleged want 'A jurisdiction, the above preamble and resolution were finally read by the membet ia question before the council to which he was attached. The president decided that the resolu tion was inadmissible. An appeal was taken, and the president's decision sustained by a unan imous vote. The author of the resolution then took leaver of the "workers in darkness," and formally withdrew from the order. Further com ment is unnecessary. Wash.. Union. New York Election. Accordinz to the albany'Argus, Clark's majority over beymour is 31 , and Raymond s over Ludlow, 28,916. For Canal Commissioner, Fitzhugh has a ma jority of 37,222 over his democratic competi tor Clarke, and Bowne, whig, is elected Sute Prison Inspector by a majority of 30, 733.' , .. " ' ' . SUMMARY OF NEVS, Ocj-Jaines Hall, the Conductor of a freight train on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, had one of hio legs torn off on the 23d, as he was detaching portion of the train. The poor fellow died shortly after. OCJ-The Harrisbnrg Telegraph says that Gov. Pollock has tendered the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth to Col. A. G. Curtain, of Centre county. 09-Henry Waiters, Esq., formerly Casliier of the Harrisburg Bank, and a very estimable gen tleman, died at Liverpool, Perry county, on Wednesday, the 22d inst. - d7"Two brakemen on the Frio Railroad, named Richard Sperry and A. W. Parsons, were killed last Friday, the former having accidentally fallen from the cars, and the latter being knocked off whilo passing a bridge. CO-The Indianapolis papers state that a wagon load of the notes of the Stock Banks were re turned one day last week upon the Auditor of the State of Indiana. (Jcj-Tho Cincinnati Commercial says a new batch of counterfeit X's on the State Bank of Ohio is getting into circulation. Look out for them; they are exceedingly well done. . ".' v. ' C3-The Commercial Branch. Bank, of, the State of Ohio, closed its doors on the 27th inst. CO-A man named Wm. Holseman, from Guern sey comity Ohio was lately knocked down in Whceliug and robbed of $1,800. Qcj-lt is stated that efforts are making to induce the Governor of Maryland to call an extra session of tho Legislature during the present winter.. Ox Dit. It is rumored that Hon. D. B. Yon- dersmilh. late Judge of the Lancaster county Court, and recently detected in extensive pension frauds and forgeries, is now in Paris; living high, and apparently happy. - Minnesota. A new town is to be laid out on the Minnesota river, near the rapids. It is chris tened San Francisco. ycj-A man was arrested in Ohio recently for get ting drunk.. He pleaded that he had not been guilty of violation of the new law, and claimed the right of being tried by the old, on the ground that he got drunk under the old law, and hadn't been sober since. The judge was puzdedand held the case over for advisement. . ' 5-The ship Middlesex arrived at Arkansas, Texas, on the 7th inst., in fifteen days from New York, with government stores and three hundred and forty-five recruits for the United States army, Some thirty of them had deserted on arriving at Arkansas, and from four to eight of them were drowned on board a lighter on their way to Cor pus, Christi. During the week which, terminated on the 25th, the amount of public debt redeemed at Washington, was $118,300. CCJ-The Temperance Alliance, of Great Britain, have resolved to raise a fund of $50,000, to agi tate for the enactment of a prohibitory liquor law. : frA young man, who some time since forged a check for $10,000 upon his employers; Messrs. Price, Frost 4" Co., New Orleans, and escaped with the proceeds to Havana, has been arrested in France, and will be returned to this country, un der the extradition treaty. Ccj-It is stated that over seven thousand lives have been lost by shipwreck, during the last eight een months. - 5-Col. Webb, of the New York Courier, char ges that the London Times is endeavoring to get up a panic in relation to the war. (JtJ-Eight hundred dollars have been subscribed at Washington, for the erection of a monument to Stewart Holland, who was lost on board the Arc tic. ' 03-It is reported that an attempted embezzle ment, to the amount of $70,000, by one of the tellers of the National Bank, has been discovered. No particulars have transpired. Cc?-The . river at Tittsburg is in fine navigable order, with nearly six feet water in the channel, and rising. The weather is favorable for a further rise. fjd" Philips, who was a few days since convicted of the murder of his wife in West Troy, New York, was sentenced to be executed on the 19th of January next. . ' fcj-The workmen in the shops of the Mad Riv er Railroad Company, at Springfield, Ohio, have got mad. and struch for higher wages. 0-The citizens of Louisville are raising meet ings to cheapen coaL A better way would be to raise the river. fjr-By the breaking of a bridge, eleven miles beyond Hamilton, on the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, eleven cars laden with railroad iron. were precipitated in the ravine below. Fortu nately not a single person was injured. 03-OleBull and Strakochs were arraigned before the Police Court of Louisvilie, for a breach of the city ordinance. They had, it appears, from neg lect on the part of their agent, forgotten to pay the required license, which being done, they were permitted to depart in peace. ; CO-It is a singular fact that wliile for Governor, Glark, Whig, received 156,770 votes, and Sey mour, Dem., 156,455, the combined vote for TJll- man and Bronson amounts to 156,156, thus show ing a curious division of the people into three equal segments. ' Collision in Boston Harbor. The steamship Canada from Liverpool via Halifax, came in collision on Friday evening near me jjower Xiignt. witn the steamer Ocean from Boston for Hallowell, Me., , stri King ner near ner midsuips. it was not vet dark, and the accident is unexplained. The steamers Forest City and Boston, in company took off the Ocean's passengpj, of whom there were 80. It appears that tCTJ collision upset the stove in the Ocean's cabin, and the vessel taking fire the "explosion of the boiler soon followed. A man and woman, and a child unknown, were drowned. Hiram Wing, a messenger of Carpenter's Express, was badly scalded. Charles Pope and wife (waiters) were badly injured No others are known to have been lost or seriously injured. The Forest City returned with the dead, the in jured and their friends The steamer Boston with the balance of the Ocean's passengers, firoceeded to Portland. -. The Ocean was a arge and very 'fine boat, and was heavily freighted. She will prove with her freight, . ,.i.l 1 VU It!., 4 ,;. i Important from Cuba Proclamation from the Eevoluuonists. The New Orleans Delta has received from a pri vate and most authentic source most imporiant news from Cuba, which shows that the inhabitants" of the Island are in a state of the wildest enthusi asm, and that thej have in contemplation an im portant rising within a very few days. We trans late from the Spanish the f allowing bold and ener getic Proclamation, issued by the Club of the Ter rorists : , . -, TO THE CUBANS. Ccbans : The moment has come at last to bring your valor and patriotism to the proof, Now is the time to endorse your sentiments of honor and heroism, and to demonstrate how worthy you arc of being called brothers of those brave men who died for the defence of our country's sacred rights. The future destiny of our beloved Cuba, and the bappy issue of our revolution, depends entirely on your arms. Cubans! The strength of J'our arms is every moment needed to help us' to dethrone the tyrant. Bear in mind that we shall raise the cry of insur rection at a moment's warning; and we shall have no other resource but death or victory. There will 1ms many to doubt our word ; but woo to the unbe lievers ! for they shall be surprised'iu their inac tivity, and will be the victims of their careless ness! - Cubans, to arms ! Let those who are men fol low us ; let those in whose bosoms beat a patriotic heart be prepared for the combat ; let those who still preserve a sentiment of dignity let tho30 who feel the outrages cast upon us by the Government let those who have leen tormented with prison, who have lst their property by scandalous confis cation, who bad any relationship, or friendship, or sympathy for Lopez, Aguero, Arcis, Armenteros, Montes, Oca, Facciolo, and many others who bled and died at the hands of the executioners and sol diers let them arise to punish the wretches and conquer our rights. Let them dome to the field, there to remain vanquishers or vanquislied. To all cowards, flatterers, and friends of the Spanish ' Government, and unto all tories, we equally announce the approach of the revolution. There shall be no pity shown to none. We had enough of it in 1851, and experience teaches us that we must impose terror to attain our end. We, therefore, invoke a revolution to cast off the domination that has weighed upon our country for upwards of three hundred and sixty years, and proclaim a Democratic Republican Government ! which will take for its model that of the United States of North America. "We will know no neutrality till the establish ment of peace. All persons who should deny us shall be con sidered traitors and shot as such. All persons capable of bearing arms must join us, or, in denial, be instantly shot. All property shall be respected. We will maintain everything pertaining unto government. ' The revolution once effected, nothing will check our progress. Our ideas are not opposed to hu manity, but those Cubans who will not voluntari ly follow us, will have to abide by the above men tioned conditions. Let those who love liberty, order, and justice, come to our aid. Hail, free Cuba! Death to Concha ! Down with despots and traitors ! Citizens, to arms ! Xet us conquer or die ! Hail and Post-Offiice Robberies. James Fitzgibbon, a night clerk and porter in the New York. Post-Office, was arrested yesterday morning on m. charge of haviuj; purloined various money packages from that ofiice on the night previous. The facts are, as near as wo can gather them, as follows : The frequency of complaints of losses of let ters of late, particularly those which should arrive by the night mails, had caused the Postmaster General to send special instruc tions to his agent at this point, to use every effort to discover and remove the cause of this serious trouble, if possible; and from the re-, suit, we should judge these instructions have been faithfully executed. Various discoveries, from time to time, caused suspicion to fall upon the porter above named and authorized the special agent to ap ply the tests in that particular direction, and too keep a close watch on all his movements involving some pretty hard night service. On the night before last, while thus observing him, and soon after the arrival of the late mails, he was seen to appropriate to himself, by a somewhat curious process, and secrete about his person, several packages of letters and money, which were mailed at- Newark and Bridgeport, and addressed to points be yond this office. All this was done directly under the eyes of the spqial agent, who, of course, did not make public proclamation of his presence in the office. Soon after leaving the ofiice at five o'clock in the morning he was "headed off" by Mr. Holbrook and one ot the principal clerks, and being taken back to the office, the packages refered to were found in his possession, though somewhat mutilated. N: Y. Ilerald, 1th Arrest cf a Counterfeiter. On Saturday afternorn, a telegraphic despatch was sent to United States Deputy Marshal Sproul, from Cleveland, requesting the arrest of a man named Peter Grundy, who keeps an eating house on the corner of Wood and Water streets on a charge of counterfeiting. The Marshal n being at home, the despatch was handed to the Mayor, who proceeded the place indicated and arrested Grundy. A thorough search was made of the dwelling and restaurant of tho prisoner. In the former was discovered dyes for the manufacture of ten and twenty-five cent-pieces, crucibles, and other tools used by counterfeiters. They also found from fifteen to twenty dollars worth of the spurious coin, part finished, and part imperfect. On the person T Grundy was found a counterfeit Mexican dollar, and an American half dollar, winch was all the coin of that description which was found about his person or premises. Ta king these circumstances into coiiJeration, and other facts which will be developed on trial, there appears to be no doubt but Grundy has been long and extensively engaged in this nefarkms busi ness. - ' " . The prisoner was examined before Mayor Yolz, in presence of Hon. Charles Shaler, United States District Attorney, and fully committed for trial. Two or three other persons, supposed to be im plicated, were also arrested at the same time ; but on examination, established their innocence so sat isfactorily that they were discharged. - ; , . . . Pittsburg Post. . ARRIVAL OF THE HAL.TIC. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The U. S. Mail steamer Baltic, from Liv erpool, with dates to the 16th instant, arriv ed at New York on the 26th. The steamship Africa arrived at Liverpool on the afternoon of Sunday, 12th, at 4 o'clock. The Indiana arrived at Southampton on the 14th, in thirteen days and a half all well. TIIK DANUBE ADVANCE OF TRE TURKS. FromJassy, November 10th, it is tele graphed that the movement of Ottoman troops towards Moldavia and the Pruth continues with activity, and produces much sensation in the principalities. It is not doubted that the Turkish army is in a condition to resume the offensive with vigor. Omar Pacha is ex pected in person on the Pruth. . Odessa letters say that the Russian forces in the Delta of the Danube will probably be removed to the upper Pruth, and then only the garrison will be left in the fortified places. Gen. Luders, it is said, will evacuate the southern part of Bessarabia, if Sebastopol falls, as the allies will then act against Odessa and Ackermann. THE BALTIC. The steamers of the fleet under Sir Charles Napier, were in Kiel harbor, one English mile from the town of Kiel, on November 7th. Frost had already set in, and the fleet would probably soon leave. Commercial letters received at Memel on the 8th inst., from St. Petersburg merchants. order that their goods should not be shipped in lintish vessels, as they feared the ltussian fleet would put to sea, there being so few British cruisers in the Baltic. ASIA. The British Embassy is endeavoring to re cover possession of the, Russian ladies who were recently carried off by the Daghestenecs from the villages north of the Ti2is. Nothing from the army. KCSSIA EVIXCES A WILLIXGXES8 TO NEGOTIATE. 'YVe were informed by our advices per last steamer from Europe, that the Czar evinces a willingness to -resume negotiations. These indications are confirmed by the news received to-day. His concession, however, goes no further than offering to treat on the four points of guarantee. Wednesday Morning, jVbt. 17th. It is telegraphed from Vienna that Prince Gorts chakoff (the diplomatist) has officially announ ced to Count Buol, that llussia is prepared to treat with Austria on the basis of the four conditions. This is considered a palpable at tempt to cause dissention between Austria and the Western powers. - IJU'OaTANT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GERMANIC STATES On Wednesday, the 15thinst., the German Confederation was to occupy itself with the war question. Austria and Prussia, it is re ported, have smoothed their differences so far as the Germanic States are concerned, and a joint demand will be made upon the body of the Diet by both these Powers. All the smaller German States, particularly those of the South, are engaged in putting their armies on a war footing, as though it was decided already that the whole German nation will adhere to Austria's policy. The indications (says an English account) of the offensive and defensive alliance about to be brought to a close between Austria and the Western Powers, are jealously watched by the cabinet of Prussia, and Lord Palmerston's presence at Paris is considered as furthering such a treaty. Negotiations continue active between the Russian and Prussian Courts. Baron Brunow had returned (12lh instant) from St. Petersburg to Berlin, to have a joint interview with M. de Manteuffel, the Prussian premier, and Baron Budberg, the Russian ambassador to Berlin. AUSTRIA WILL NOT TET TAKE TUB FIELD The statement is that Austria will not un der any circumstances, take the field against Russia, until the spriDg. As Ion" as the Russian troops were concentrated'along the Austrian frontier, there was a constant likeli hood that a collision might take place ; and the Cabinet of St Petersburg, to prevent such a casualty, and anxious not to give umbrage to Austria, has announced its willingness to withdraw this menacing force, and during the winter to place it in some other equally ad vantageous strategic position. Austria while accepting this accommoda tion will continue her armaments. There is a rumor in Vienna that Baron Rothschild, finding his recent purchase of the Austrian government railways a bad bargain, offers the government a loan of 200,000,000 francs to cancel the agreement This propo sal, if true, will exercise a considerable influ ence on financial affairs. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLES OF THE 25th AND 26th OCTOBER. Although, no general action was fought from the 26th October to the 4th November, the eight days between these two dates are des cribed as "an incessant combat." It is re ported that Lord Raglan has suspended the Earl of Cardegan from his command for rash ness in the charge which proved so disastrous at Balaklava. ' GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament is further prorogued to Thurs day, the 14th of December next. Fifty thousand French troops aro to be sent to the Crimea. England paying half the ex pense. Charles Kemble, the great tragedian, died at London on the 11th, having just completed his 79th year. . Andrew Orr, of the firm of Orr & Sons, publishers, is elected Mayor of Glasgow for the next three years. George Hale, of rocket notoriety, writes to the newspapers, that the English Government has stolen his plan of floating steam batteries, which . he was induced to submit to the De partment of Ordnance. He adds ; I am not only the author and inventor of these floating batteries, but I could show the government how they could all bo destroyed and sunk ; and how twenty sail of the line could all be destroyed and sunk in less than one hour when brought into close quarters, with a very infe rior force !" " A funeral service- was celebrated by the Poles in London, on the 11th, for the soul of the late Duchess of Wurtemburg, who died at Paris, 21st ult., aged 88. The Duchess was a sister of Prince Adam Czartoryski. s The regiments under earliest orders for the Crimea are the 7th hussars, ICth lancers, 1st, 2d, 3d and 7th dragoons. A solemn . requiem was celebrated in St. Patrick's Chapel, Liverpool, on Sunday, the 12th, for the souls of the dead in the Crimea. Dr. Kinkel is lecturing in London on the subject of Russia; Rev. J. Cooke Richmond, in Liverpool, on Hungary and the Holy Land. FRANCE . The returns of the Bank of Franco for tho past month, show a further decline in the bul lion, equal to 1,590,000. sterling ; the de crease on proceeding month being equal to j$50,000 sterling. A continuance of the demand for discount must, therefore, have been generally felt, and the commercial paper in the Bank of France alone, has again in creased nearly 600,000. Stain. Gen. San Miguel has been chosen Presi dent cf the Cortes ; Senors Madox, Dulcc and Infante Vice Presidents ' The Gazette publishes a general amnestj, to take effect on occasion of the opening of the Cortes. ''v CUIXA. According to telegrapic accounts, via Tri este, in anticipation of the mail from China, of September 27th, state that there had been no further change in the rate of exchanga. The export of tea, te date, bad been- 2f ,000,- 000 lbs. , and f sUk 6907 bales. Canton be 1 ig still threatened, the trade of the place con tinued at a stand'. Considerable fighting had taken place, but the result was unknown, No further supplies of tea had arrived and aone seemed to be expected, although every effort had been made, and "black mail" had been offered for safe transit at the rate of $7 per picul. Anarchy was increasing in tLe'inte riorof the country . From Foo Chow ship ments were going forward very slowly, and at Shanghai there was little business, the mar ket having been cleared of the small quantity cf silk available. Prices had, consequently, advanced 20 per pieul. Supplies, botn f silk and tea, were arriving but slowly. The British, French and American PIeni pteutiaries were to proceed to a revision ot the treaties with China. A despatch from Bombay, October 15th,. via Alexandria and Trieste, states that Dost Mahomed is negotiating to seenre the friend ship of the English. We have heard so much of this here lately that we cannot believe any statement respecting his intentions From Alexandria. Egypt, November 7th, it is telegraphed that a new levy of troops ia. ordered ia aid of the Saltan. The Russians, it is said, have taken Taskend, next station to Kokac. v . The news is of much interest. With every wish to do j ustice to the admir able bravery of the allied army, and with no desire to brack t-s news already too disastrous, it is impossible to escape the conviction that the army bcfon Sebastopol is in a position of great peril. A portion of the intelligence, both good and bad, is hushed np from the public, but from the facts that have transpir ed, very different inferences may be drawn than those set forth semi-ofEcially in the Lon--don Times. The bvst that can be said for the news on the part of the allies is, that it is of a chequer ed description. A succession of hard fights, has been fought, and victories gained, each " victory" costing as much as a defeat At the same time, so closely have these affairs, been drawn, that the Russians, equally with the allies, claim the advantage. It is now .admitted that the defences of Sebastopol wero-under-rated, the bravery of the enemy under rated, and the force of Mtschikoff in the field altogether unexpected. Genls. Raglan and Canrobert, the comman- der-in-chiefs, have sent the most argent de mands for reinforcements The haste niani fested to transmit to the Crimea every availa--ble man Briton, Frenchman and Turk shows the importance attached to the demand. Seven first-class steamers are taken np for instant service, and others are wanted. The, Cunard steamer Alps is withdrawn from the berth from New York, and sailed on Sunday,, the 11th, for Toulon, to embark Frenchmen,. The Cuuarder Europa would sail from I jver- pool on the ISth, for Kingston, Ireland, to ship drafts the few regiments yet left in Ire land. The Peninsular and Oriental (Mediterra nean) Company notify that they have receiv ed imperative orders to withdraw from the mail service the steamers Candi, Ripoa, 31a nilla, Nubia and Rajah, for immediate reiu forcenients for the Crimea. Tho steamer In diana, just arrived from New York, and the West India mail 6teanier Thames, arc also taken up. The engagement of the Cunard steamers will not iu tho meantime, at least interfere with jhe weekly mail service to America. 1 TERRIBLE MASACRE OF Tni ENGLISH CAVALRY. The latest intelligence sent us by our cor rsspondent, per the steamer Canada, was that in the battle of the 26th, a thousand men and COO horses belonging to the English were kil led in three hours by an overwhelming force of Russians. This intelligence reached Liv erpool but a short time previous to the sailing of the Canada, and as may be supposed, caus ed universal surprise and pain. . Further advices confirm the main features of this terrible disaster, but, fortunately not to quite so great an extent as was at first repor ted. Sad to relate the charge of cavalry that precipitated so many to certain destruction, was the result of a mistake, or at least, of a misconception forders arising from the esjwit de corps that induced tho cavalry to attempt some brilliant exploit to retrieve tho seconda ry part they played at the battle of Alma. In short, misconstruing an drder from the Commander-in-chief, conveyed by Captain Nolan, Lords Luean and Cardigan rode the light horse over a plain a mite and a half in length, and exposed to a cross fire, full at a Russian bat tery of SO guns. The attempt was madness and tho result destruction. The troops were Wind into action. Returned, 4th Light dragoons 118 39 8th Hussars 104 38 11th Hussars HO 25 13th Light dragoons , 130 61 ' 17th Lanoors 145 36 607 198 Not three hours, but one quarter of an hoxtr served to lay all these gallant fellows low, and every soul would have been cut off had it not boon for the heavy dragoons, who charged as raj idly as they could in the track of the devo ted "light." Of this latter charge Lord Raglan saysr " The charge of this brigade (heavy cavalry) was one of themost successful I ever . witnessed ; was never for a moment doubtful, and was in the highest degree cred. itable to Brigadier General Scarlett and the officers and men engaged in it." It, with the brae stand made by the Scotch Highlanders, and some assistance given by the French, cer. tainly redeemed tho day. - - ; For details of the battle we refer to a sub sequent part of our summary. After the ae tion it was resolved by the Allies to abandon
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