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Letters from Constantinople by the Cit of state, that on the l0tli the fire had not been. " d ' Seb . but that the operations would go on rapidly, it having been found that the south wall is up}. banked up on the inside. Alter the open‘- ing of the breach. which will be easily effected, the assault will be lIXlllle£.l‘._lt)lx_N made. “e bbsieged begin ‘tube in wiint of provisions, ,—in co once, of the rein- fordements introduced into the plttcc after

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Two daring reconnaissaiices have been executed by Admiral Brunt; one in the day, when he went close to the walls with -400 sailors. A shower ofthe enemy's balls fell among them, but no one_ was hurt. The other was made at night, and had for its object to sound the passage between the vessels sunk by the Russians.

VIIHNA, October ‘23'.—The Lloyd contains perfectly reliable intelligence from the Crimea, dated October On the 9th the the trenches were within 700 metres of Sebastopol, and it was expected that the regular bombardment would begin on the l5lll. Tho En lish batteries were ready, but still maske ,_ as the French were «not sulliciently advanced. The Russians 'main- tained a brisk fire’, but with so little result that it was not returned. The garrison had attempted several sallies, which were always speedily repulsed. t is not for a moment doubted that Sebastopol must fall.

Russian iutetlligence from the Crimea ofthe lGth announces that the allies had begun to bombard Sebastopol on that day, but without having done any duinage. The Russians returned the enemies’ fire.

A Russian ofiicial despatcli, dated St. Petersburg, the 23d, states, that up to the 16th nothing important had occurred before Sebastopol. The enemy (the allies) seemed to intend a regular siege, and had bcgiiii

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100 yards, in order to be able to make breaches for_assaults. The fire was to

non . 2 , and m one ed ‘t o romendouh resultu" wlich won soon », bhtuinod.‘_' The -Russians

lie, siege ,or by_ iucossont l.

J’ flislihxirg lofnnillary ' tliedzy; bu tlicis-,aii’i‘Lau _ very correct, and the Issilid took’ ' '

es -on ooeoog their-shot During the night

s and shell flying about.

so ted. cine sorties, or rather sontb false soi-ties, list! been attempted by the Russians, ,_g§___a_ wljsloll, but iil_l__ repulsed. The armies, is already known, are divided into two corps, one to parry bu the wot-its ofthe siege, the other to protect them, and watch the enemy. The corps engaged in .the siege was composed of the 3rd and,»ltli divisions under the orders of ;Goneral Forey, and the other corps of the list and ztnd divisions under ener Bos- quct. The Turks were kept in reserve, I‘:-:1il_'-"tn o wherever wanted. It was stippusiwl to be the intention of Prince Mt-i_iscliikofl', on receiving his reinforce- ments, to‘ march to the relief of Sebastopol; but the allied generals had taken every precaution, and feared nothing; the position they occupy is stronger than that of the ltnssiaiis on the Alma, and they think that Men:=cliikotl' could not take it even with l0O,l)ll{) men. They have, too, fortified Balnklava on the land-side in such a way its lu l’(‘ll(l€l‘ it impregiiable. All the letters speak in the highest terms of the prudence, skill, nnd energy of the English and French eiivrnls: and state that the troo s were full ofiii-dour. The sanitary con it_ion of the armies had greatly improved; the cholera had nearly disappeared. The expe- dition at the beginning of the month to Yultzi, commanded by Rear Admiral Char- ncr, had not produced very important iiiatm-ial results, but had produced ‘great inornl effect. The inhabitants displayed gi-ctitjoy on seeing it, and the Cossacks SCC‘lll('ll in consternation. From Constan- tinople the rcinforcenieiits demanded by Lord ltnglan were continuing to be sent oil’: they were to amount altogether to 16,-

works, which the garrison had destroyed in asortic by night. Not a single shell had fallen in the town. Cholera continued to rage in the enemy’s camp.

SI-ZBASTOPOL, Oct. 16.-—Tlic gi1l‘l'lS(ifl makes frequent smiles at night; not a single shell has yet fallen into the town itself.

VIENNA, Oct. ‘J5.-——.-‘tdviees from Con- stantinople state, that therc is no truth in the report that Eupiitoria has been retaken by the Russians. A rumour prevailed in the camp on the 11th, that the Simpheropol army would nttac it, and that the Greeks in Balaklava would at the same time set fire to the town. All the Greeks were therefore forced to quit Balaklavu. A sortie was made by the Russians on the 11th, but they were repulsed.

The correspondence from the heights behind Sebastopol have reached us to the 13th instant, nnd i on the whole, very satisfactory. The labour of landing the siege artillery and ships’ um, and dragging them and the never-en ing mah5ri'cl from Balaklava to the heights, has been com- menced, and the sixteen days devoted to

this task have been well employed, though .

the enemy, in this interval, has been ena- bled to strengthen his defences, and instead of one fort, mounting only 15 guns, to defdnd the- approachcs,'hns now numerous batteries, with 76 heavy guns, to menace the lines of the Allies; yet the destruction of Sebastopol can be asserted without doubt to be but ii question of time.

Lord Raglan has ordered works to be constructed in the rearinto which the armies could retire in case of any unexpected reverse, and where he could defy all the tact of the Russians to reap advantage from a temporary success. The French have thrown up two redoubts still further on the rear to render any attack on that side im- possible. The ambulance train had arrived

rom Verna." Sickness had considerably decreused,ond all were eager for operations.

The Paris papers thus summarize the latest correspondence from Constantinople: —Accounts from Constantinople to the 12th have arrived via Vienna. The Ajaccio had reached that city with news from the Crimea to the 10th. The preparatory works for the siege were continuing without interruption. The Russians were making extraordinary efforts to fortify themselves; the were literally adding defence to once, and had brought into requisition all the heaviest artillery of their fleet; but their works were thrown u in haste and without art and could not hold out long, as they were completely commanded by the guns of the allies, and as besides they had not had time to become consolidated. The Russians,» however, had received some ireiiiforcemonts, and were oxpectin more. Prince Menschikoffhad gone tow a Pere- bop to hasten the march of those ex cted. in the evening of the 7th, nine rench Ibattolious invested the place on the side of

the attack. In the, night of the 9th the

trenches were opened, 30 guns from the , French fleet and 1000 sailors were to be

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doGonoui|li; amongst the. uus were 14 mortars of I00, and to of . The materiel of the English was magnificent but not so ’ , to that ofthe French. The Eng-

floro to attack a‘ tower on the western . _ , ,, the bottom of the port. TlliI|°"0?'oo|d.itwosnid, besoou de- stroyed, notwlbondiiig the Russians have

000 men. The convoys sent off from Verna had arrived inxthe Crimea, and had been disembarked without accidefit, to- getlieruitli all their material and horses. The wounded soldiers sent to Constanti- iiopltr were in°a favourable condition. The Turkish Government has done everything in its power for them. In the French hospitals, the Sisters of Charity and the infirmary men were indefatigable in their zeal. The French Charge d’Afi'aircs and the Ottoman ministers had made frequent visits to _the hospitals. The letters conclude by mentioning a fact unexnmplcd in Turkey —-tlie opening ofa subscription for a monu- ment to commemorate the heroic resistance ofthe Ottoman tleet at Sinope. THE nonnsaomsnr.

l’.iais, Oct. '25.—A despatch from St. Pctershurg ofthe 21th announces, that the allies opened their fire on the 17th, as well from the land batteries as from the fleets. 'l‘lie boinbardmciitdasted till night. The Russians had 500 killed and wounded. Admiral Kornildff was among the former. On the 18th the bombardment was conti- nued from the land batteries alone.

BUCHARBS1‘, October ‘.2‘2.—Advices from the Crimea of the 13th, state that the trenches were opened on the night of the 9th. They were 700 metres from Sebas- topnl, (less than 800 yards.) Earthworks were still being thrown up. It was thought that the firing would commence on the 15th. The Russians fire without effect. They have attempted various sortie: without result.

Sr. i_’i:ri:asaimo, October '24.—Prince Menschikoff reports that, on the morning of the 17th, the enemy opened fire from the batteries to the south of the town of Sebas- topol, and a brisk cannonade from the sea- side. The firing lasted until night. VVe (the Russians) had 500 killed and wounded. Admiral Korniloff, commanding the town, is nmong the slain. The fortifications have suffered but little. The fire from the see- side was not renewed on the 18th, and that from the land batteries was very feeble.

CAVALRY siuauisii iisroiiu IIBAITOPOL.

The Vienna Lloyd has accounts from the Crimea in which mention is made of a somewhat livel skirmish which come off on the road near haut on the t_ith inst.

An English picquet of 1% fell in with a Earty of Russian horse 200 strong. The

nglish are said to have at first given way, in order to allure the Russians to a more convenient spot, and then suddenly to have attacked the enemy, and, alter a brief combat, pursued him to the trenches of Sebastopol. The Russians hud'ton men killed and several wounded: the English lost but two.

riiu susuus suirs Al‘ suuuroron.

Messrs. W. G. Armst and Co., of the Elswick Engine-works, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, patentoes of the hydraulic crane, are busily o ed in the construc- tion of apparatus, for the Admiralty, for the purpose of blowing up the Russian ships of war which now obstruct the entrance ofthe harbour of Sebosto l. The consist of 25 sets of cyliudric tubes in each set. The tubes are of dlldreut sizes, and placed one within the other, so as to form three distinct water-tight com ts. The innermost compartment be filled with fine n-powder, and the next with Ordinl .bIst' powder. The outermost one wll be iii vacant. The apparatus will be suitably laced by oxgsrioncgd di. vors under the pa to be blown up, u 3.].

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Uipsto «or s I Hui "t rotus ' to or two lsiasllor tubes. sud ta. former, when ehurgod, will weigh about four tooo.J,

PROGRESS OF Till 31303..

The French .Minisl0|‘.0f War has nopived from Gen. Conrobost the following despots ':--

lino-qcssnns, aurosu , an 13, 185~t.—We opened the trenches during the ui litbotwesa the 9th and loth. o enemy, wiio did not seen to expect as at that ' ‘did not disturb the wor . which we ootl ' pursued. I hope we shall have, by tbeaol alter to-isonow (the ma) seventy s in “ tiei-y. Since ten ’ morning a at fire has been directed upon us at intervals, but without any success. or loss is almost nominal. The works of the English army rcceed on a parallel with our own. The wea er, for a short time very bad and very cold, has fortunately turned out fine again.

The French Cho d’Ahirs to his Excel- lency the Minister of orsign Afiirs.

-" Tuaasrn, October. 18 .—'l.‘wo vessels of war —ons French, the other English--arrived from Constantinople,comingfi'oui the Crimea; they bring news of the 15th from Sebastopol. It op- peured certain that the firs of all our batteries will be opened on the 17th. The two fleets were to lend their old to the land troop; and there was every reason for belloviugt t the

be usefully employed on on im- po . It was not doubted that the place would be soon reduced by the power of our artillery. The general situation wssvory satisfactory. and the sanitary condition of the troops excellent."

Sir John Burgo no, on the 11th, fined sites for batteries whic will destroy the shi pinp- Tliey are to be mounted with four 8 and 1 inch guns, about 1900 rds from the vessels. On the night of the 1 tb the trenches were finally comple ussian wanteamer had been captured by the fleet.

Cossniv-risori.r, Oct. l5.—We have intelli- gence from the Crimea n to the 13th. It was intended to keep up the iiibordmont for four days, and then to carry the place by storm. The s ii-its of the allied armies were excellent. The sorts raises the efibctive of the Turkish force in the Crimea to 30, , starting in suc- cessive convoys from Varna and Constantinople. No fresh Russian troops had appeared in the Crimea. Heavy rains render the march of Rus- sian reinforcements difiicult. There is no truth in the report that Eupatoi-la has been i-etaken by the Russians.

On the departure of the steombootof the 16th from Constantinople all the disposable troo s ofthe garrison were abou to em for e Crimea. Several steamers had arrived from Balaklavu with men who had been wounded in re elliug ll. sortie mode by 30,000 Russians from

So sto .

Despapfiibes direct from Bolaklavs show this story of the arrival at Constantinople of many men wounded b the Bunions in o sortie untrue, and on I based u ii the following cir- cumsuinces :— rty 0 so rs and miners em loyed in the trenches on the night of the 11th advanced towards Sebastopol reoouuoitring, and. having mistaken their route in retnrnin to the British am , an overwhelmin force 0 Russians gave c use to them. e whole party gained the British lingo in safety.

Cons-us-risono, Oct. l9.—No news has yet been received that the bombardment begun on the 17th, as was . rd Ian was requested to spare the port of the two where the women and children would be sent. He replied that could not be, but that they might leave the town uolinrt. The British army oc- cupy part of the uortberniboro of the boy, and their guns commanded the borboot.

Pius. ll‘:-ids Oct. 27.—A telyuphie des- patch from ince Measohiko has been received at St. Pobsrsburg, and transmitted thence through Vienna. It is from So- bastopol, Oct. 15. He says the Russian fire has successfully answered the fire of the allies. The daiua done to the fortifications was but trifling. lie tlre from the fleets had not been continued. A part of the reserve had arrived, the next and remaining portion was expected immediately.

RUIBIAN Dani-r IN Asisric Tuuxr1.—The Maiutcur of this morning contains an account of a victory over the Russians near Gumri. They lost tents, , ammunition, and thirty

ans.‘ A Russian general was killed. T Turks begontobesioge tho citadel of Guinri,

when the Russian oorfi which had formerly ‘defeated the Turks at yasid, advanced to the rescue from van. It was, however, com- pletely repulsed and shut in a defile, where it suffered cousidcable loss

Tin Woinmni,-—Advices from Conshutinople

state, that on the 11th, 500 En lish and French soldiers. wounded at Alma, covered, that they had taken tbdr for the Crihioo. . Dr. Levyaudasbflof forty assistant-our us were to embark at Consbutino Is on the lith, to eohblisha large hospital a Sebastopol as soon as the place was taken. .

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GIIICI.

Anions, Oct. 2.—fl. lletanos has been receiv- ed. The non-contents in the Greek Cabinet have resigned. The municipality of the Pirmus have given s bouquet to the oloors of the French expeditionary force.

RUSSIA AND GIIIANY. Vrxsiu Oct. ' 26.-The outs of the Russian Cuord, which were marching towards the Polish frontier, have received orders to cease their advance for the present.

Bsuml. Oot. fi5.—Couut htorbouy returned

y from Vienna, with the Auswisn answer to the last Prussian N '

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I213: ’h(i3s.o ion ‘i:u'iidiii“':i‘?-iE"i'i oxpeuoa I it’. Dobrudssbs. '

‘ tioul attacks upon ooofibndiog, sad. we sure! to

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friends, true to their chaiscteiislics. have begun to be troublesome now that they fancy we bl"

. in our hands full : but it would seem that En!‘ Lotus not pastel! "I0 5*"'I' grounds to rothoi Joa n:.ihey have not

fallen in with the action that lsoriuuds and the “West India [lands Ihliilld ho utside Slates of the great republic; our will they permit alljplfe filflustero iiivuolono 07 Ctllllo 0' °°V'""! Pin‘

odd, unprotected imloopandein territories. Yankee friends have grown saucy with impunity,

nsotsniimti indulgence. .o_ud ssoooullv -00 t iusc-of-war's men. with the!’ P'"'.V 9"?" "7 sfieet. Botsuseihcy do not ocean moo! W90‘ battle ships and frigstss knocking about the West lndiss uslhoy were won} I0 I00 I0!!!‘ '9" °|"* also. since. they I-neyflm. IIIWM *'"’l5' irths fsbls.'thoy can pufl'tlismsulvos up as big as John lliill himself _ . ‘ The pifutieul am. or Cube. out :50 hlfyipt and swuggeiing about the fislierios,_ the llritisli Guyggnuunt could |a'o|’d I0 treat C|IllCll] and ll.I- diilgontly; but now, in s state of war, the ease s altogether diflbreni. Great litit_sin_hoI naturally become more jealous of her dignity and more tenacious of her rights.

The afl'sir of Grey Town. II °0W|l’¢_ll! In I“ I3 ever disgraced s insii-of-war, and the insult to the British flag on that occasion, followed iipby the shameless bragging of the Cystic, seem to have brought matters to a climax : and these little cir- cumstuuces taken into consideration with the reports of American Itrchaseo of Russian terri- tor . American building of Russian men-of-w_sr, on the fitting out of American ships as Russian privoteors, have moved the ‘English Government to prepare a slight correction for our go-shesd friends, which will do them sgrest deal of good and lower the tone of that ofi'ensive swuggerlng which is only on sfibetotion of real courage.

With our hands full with the Baltic and Black Sea fieets, we have yet a mun-of-wsr or two to spare to putthe Yankees down; and if Brother Jonathon means mischief. he will assuredly have to pay dearly for his frolic. It is well known that the Boseawen. 70, Captain Glunville. come home early from the Baltic to proceed to Halifax. She is there. and has the Admiro|’s flog. ‘An- other line-of-battle ship, the Colossus, B0, is to

roceed to the West Indies, to be under Rear Admiral Frsnshswo-’s command. A screw fri- gste, the Tormsgsnt, is already on her songs there, to take the commodoie's broad pen out at Jamaica; and it is reported that an additional line-of-battle ship and three frigstes, (‘the_Hanm- bal. 9| screw, Commodore the Hon. I‘ . Vi . Grey; and Curocoa, 3| screw, Captain the Hon. H. Hastings, amongst the number), &c.. will ‘rein- force the West lndis squadron. lfthese vessels should beodded to the force already there and en route, we shall ‘have the following on the

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Hsnnibal 91 screw-ship. Colossus Bl screw-ship. Boscawen 70 sailing-ship. Cuts screw-frigate. Teimsgant 24 screw-frigate. Vestal 26 soiling-f rig ate. Calypso I8 soiling-corvette.

Witlfoinaller steamers. soiling sloops, &c.

We tiustthst this force will be quite sufiicient to induce the Yankees to row in their horns, and behave with decency to weaker so well as stronger powers. If not, there are not only means but inclination, we believe,to compel them. ‘he impndent bully of the Cysne, who was sorry is was not on English mun-of-war at Greytown larger than the schooner Bermuda, may now have a chance of picking up his match, if hi; government dare entrust him with a com- mon .

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ELBZARIPS GAZETTE.

Saturday, November 18, 1864.

Tu: country is not old enough for these gmprovsmeuts you medita_ts,_wait awils, Yes! u

and what is the criterion of the age of a country? How shall we state the problem . Shall we ask if it takes twenty-one years to bring a man to maturity, how many years will it rpquire to bring the country he was born in, likewise to maturit 1' If stated than we are afraid that no resu t would follow for want of a middle or t ' rm to the proposition. Let us tr another method, though it be not that of the idea rule of three. a in the existence of eindividualmau, so in the congregation bf anumber of individuals, which constitute the society or country of which he is a member, two ri s must be accomplished: infant: and adolescence, before the attainment of ful o Now, the infanc of o countr ' t at period, when it is dependent sltoge er for its subsistence upon foreign aid; its odo- looeeuoe, that in which it is surely, though may bodgradually, gettiu to be independent of that oi , by means of t e devclopeinent of its own resources. and then its manhood or maturity may fairly be reckoned from the time it is dependent upon its own exertions alone for e necessaries, comforts or luxuries of life. That this letter on has with as fully arrived, we think we can no lon r entertain a doubt. All foreign sources o aid are now wholly, or nearly atan end. The oliioors of the respective departments of the Government

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howlcngi When will it be old enough, ,,

3’ has given them a do

limits. To this natural! succeeds the desire for soeiality and display. ins houses, fins rum}. ture and fine dresses are made to be exhibited, o y man, not exactly the tug ot