HASZARD'S GAZETTE, DECEMBER. 29. ~-

Daylight showed the damage, of which I ave given your Lordship an outline of in another paper.

But the more important and sad part is the loss of life, and the wounded who have suffered. '

One officer and ‘.20 non-commissioned officers and men killed; 4 oflicers and H2 non-commissioned officers and men wound- ed, with 7 missing, show the sudden and fa- tal power ofthe shock, which not only des- troyed in its immediate neighborhood, but wounded, by shell and splinters, some at a distance of three-quarters of a mile.

The loss of our allies is distressingly heavy.

Progress of the War.

THE EXPLOSION OF THE MAGAZINES.

Wait DEPARTMENT, Nov. ‘..’.9.—Lord Pan- mure has this day received it despatch, and its enclosures, of which the following are co ies, addressed to his Lordship by Gene- ra Sir W. Codriagton, K. C. B.: — _

Sebastopol, Nov. 17.

My Lord,—On the 15th inst., about 3 p. m., a terrific explosion shook the camp of the army, and spread heavy destruction in the immediate neighborhood of its force; even here, at head-quarters, two and a-half miles, perhaps, distant, it burst open and broke windows; all felt the power of it, and the high column ofsmoke, with shells burst- ing in the midst and around it, told too well the cause, and showed the danger of all within its reach.

It was not long before we were on the spot; to the sudden burst had succeeded a continued and dark drift of smoke, which told its tale of continued fire and of danger; constant bursting of shells was going on, and "the ground was covered with bits of wood, musket balls, and s lintera of shells from the first heavy exp osion, which had strewed the ground with destruction, and killed and hurt very many people.

100,000 pounds of powder had exploded in the French siege train, set fire to all the stores there, and to our neighboring English park, where all was ﬁercely burning, while the tendency ofthe light air at ﬁrst threat- ened a second and as serious an accident from powder, not 80 yards off, for the roof of the building had been damaged and the door blown in by the shock.

Some general officers had fallen in and marched part of their divisions down, others sent some in fatigue, some with stretchers ﬁr the wounded—all exerted themselves with the French with an energy and disre- gard of danger that was admirable; blank- ets were taken to the exposed store, placed and wetted on the roof by water being passed up in buckets; the doors were covered with wet blankets and sandbags, and in a short time it was reported and looked safe, though the closeness of the ﬁre and frequent explosions could_not allow the feeling of security. Many detached though small ﬁres were burning, and the ground of both the French and English parks, a space ion to which the gallant oﬂicer had come, Of 150 Ylmli ‘"035: ‘"5 3 "'39 °““‘8°lcompletely failed of effect. In it day or 5W9» '0'“ 0" f“'l- “""° 0f h"‘'- '°"‘° "f'tW0 afterwards, however, Sir Colin was C“°‘°'""l'3°"’ h°"e" h‘mdsPik°s and "°p°s' invited to dine at Windsor Castle where

Th. foﬂummly “gm air had mtherithe mo t arked and racious atfention changed its direction, and by breaking up. 5 m g 8

I have, &c. , W. J. CODIUNGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &.c.

Sta COLIN Csiti-at-:t.t. sttn I-Ill Rsrrniiit to THE Ciuisi-:s.—-The ministerial organs inform us, in terms of the highest exulta. tion, that Sir Colin Campbell is to return to the Crimea, after a brief residence in this country; and in doing so, they in- geniously seek to leave the impression, that the idea of not returningnever fora moment entered his mind. These Trea- sury organs, ‘if properly instructed by their masters, ltnow full well, that the very reverse is the fact. They either know, or ought to know—at all events, we know —that when Sir Colin Campbell return- ed to England, he hail not the remotest intention of going back to the Crimea. On the contrary, he had ﬁrmly resolved not to return to the East. In order to show that we do not, in saying this, speak from any vague or doubtful authority, it may be right we should distinctly state-— challenging the Ministerial jonrnals to deny,’ if they can, the accuracy of our statentent—i‘ at, in waiting on Lord Har- dinge, the Commander in Chief, imme- diately on his arrival in England, he not only intimated to his lordship his deter- mination not to return to the Crimea, but that all the solicitations and entreaties of Lord Hardinge to reconsider the resolut-

FOREIGN.

According to the best reliable author- ities, General Canrobert has succeeded admirably at Stockholm. In Sweden the popular feeling is decidedly in favour of an alliance with the Western Powers, and if we can believe the concurrent testimony of witnesses, Sweden has con- sented to conclude a military convention with the Western Powers, and to take part in an invasion of the Russian ter- ritories on the Baltic in the ensuing spring-—that, though England and France have repudiated territorial aggrandise- merit for themselves, their allies have made no such engagement, and that Russia, having broken through the treat- ies by which the division of Europe is re- gulated, has forfeited her right to those Swedish provinces she acquired in virtue of them.

From the Crimea, we learn that al- though the winter will put a stop to ﬁeld operations _there, it is the intention of the allied generals to subject the northern part of Sebastopol to a bombardment of mortars, which will probably have the effect of dislodging the enemy from Forts Severnaia, Constantine, and their vicinity. Although the expediency of this step, which entails an immense amount of la- bour on the artillery and engineers, may not be immediately apparent toacivilian, military men there assure us that it is ex- tremely desirable to do so, as it will pre-

vent the Russians annoying the southern

side with their fire, and enable the ﬂeet to enter the harbour, a place of refuge being highly desirable in a sea so tem- pestuous as the “ perﬁdious Euxine.

A letter from Odessa in Le Nord, dated Nov. 5, mentiotis the town of Mar- ianopol, on the north coast of the Sea of Azoff, as having been bombarded by the English on the 3lst ultimo ; more than 100 balls, shells, and other combusti- bles were thrown into the town, and the fire was suspended only in consequence of a merchant there hoisting the Austrian ﬂag over his warehouses.

Spain is improving her tarifT,—libcral- izing her commercial policy. We learn

and dragging away things a sort of ltinejwele 5h°wered “Po” him by ‘he S°"' “an In,‘ for-rned, the 5",, cu; ,,f}'_ and I reign, and the importance of his return to r-adually got under control, because con—;the discharge of military duty in the Cri-

ﬁned to saialler though tierce lIl'ei, but inea dwelt upon in a iiiannerivliiclicoiildl

manageable. I saw every one working well, and I ktiow ? on a soldien Nor was this ,,n_ that French and English took live sliulls, from the neighbourhood of danger to It.‘ more distant spot, and at it later period, parties threw what earth the rocky soil cotil _ _ _ _ , . , ' A 83,,’ upon the 3;,-es_ and helped much to graphic artist, for his portrait in his .IIlg-l- , subdue them; all was safe about 7 p. m., land regimentzils. Anal. f1S.lf tilltliis had] a strong guard and working party posted for not been sufficient to pit-vutl on Sir Colin the night to return to the Crimea, ho is to be placed The army was under arms the following p at the head of 3 corps tl’ ztrmcc, consist- I "'°"“"8 b°"°*'° d“Y"8"'» 9"?‘-. "°"Y"““3,ing of 20,000 or 30,000 ltltfn, and will: i’..°".'.‘.‘..a“ZLifts.l..‘.Z3'§ilZ"..'.lLi.§’.I,§'iI§’3?.§°aSHE;°9"s°<i."<?'"'¥» «mm n«»«nmaiw we-0 ’ Sir William Codrington, have practically

:::i,:,’,,:Iich I had counter-ordered for "miconﬁdetf to him an liidependent com-

The exploded powder store was situntedimntitl. What oﬂicer. under all these cir- in the ruins ofsome walls which had advan-f cumstanccs, could persist in a resolution, Iageously been made use of for the purpose; however ﬁrmly made, not to resume the °l'IlI0ll°|'i ll hid bee" “"3 3'-°"° 0r 9“PPl.Y|discliarae of his military duties ? Sir to the French attack on the t\InlakhofI'front, ’ P‘

d. . d I d h. hh db Colin Campbell is the last man in the “"r'ou"h‘:°'l')?(:l':°fmln:°tﬁ‘;;:_ l:,::"_::' a 8°" world to be inaccessible to such a com-

It is at the head ofthe ravine which as' blnmmn M Powerful mducemems lo re" it gets towards Sebastopol, form; the sti:eptl“'" ‘° ‘he Cllmem-'M°’"l"S Advel’

In a few days thereafter, the gallant officer receiv- ed a letter from her Majtrsiy, requesting,

Jnot fail to make the (It.‘slrt'tl impression’ i

d ' him to sit to Mayall, the colnlirated plioto- t"

and rocky valley of Ravin dti Carénage. « ‘N80?-

The Light Division was on the ground; which it first took up in October, 1854; thel Riﬂes on the right, then the 7th, the 33d,l’ and 23d: on their left the 34th Regiment, which subsequently joined, was on the right

There were two imperial standards taken at the capture of Kinhnrn. One of these the Queen has caused to be forwarded to the Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea. It is very large, nearly 20

‘;',?':r;::‘;l‘,',';“::j ‘g:P‘:::r;',‘°:;:;': °efn:,’: :5 £:tett‘bl:il‘:]c°Id.elt'ldadibaheﬁhgdgeppaihlgd iiiisiti 1”” me, when commanding the division, to place th Art'll d Small-arrn Bri ade on . . . agimmjdgz 2;“ on,” Rmel 3 tismal font, Mertliyr, the soul-stirring

The French subsequenﬂy brought their "3"" °f " J‘me'_L°“" N‘P°l9°" Mall!’ main siege train and store to the position it kl“ 3'00"?-” HI‘ Plfeﬂll ﬁfe llbollring

A child has just received at the bap-

Lss new for some time occupied. people.

that the prohibition at present existing against many articles of cotton goods is to cease altogether in five years’ time. and is at once to be altered by the adtiiiss- ion of some classes of the coarser kind, which are now excluded. Cotton twist is to be admitted to iinportatioii frotn and after No. 39 tllltl upwards, and the pro- liihitiori to import cotton goods is reduced from ‘25 tlireads to the quarter-iticli to tliosc l)t.'l0\V 21) threads to the same inca- sure.

Fears prevail at St. Potersbtirg. It is believed that, ill the spring, the Allies will attack the capital, and this impress- ion contributes to the general iiiieusincss.

ENGLISH.

The sword about to he presented by the people ofG|asgo\t- to Sir (Iolin Campbell will he .1 High. land b83l(l’i-l|iilr‘Il tlt(‘."S on-i, ‘Illil will cu.-t L:.'(l() of wliich .L'l-I0 has been ulrt-tidy subsctilietl Iii shillings. _

The Court Circular says:—rlis Majesty the King of Sardinia brcaltfttsted this morning at half-past 4 o'clock with her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince and lill Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. At 5 o'clock the Queen accompanied the King to the grand

entrance of the Castle, and there toolt leave of

her Royal and illustrious guest. Her Majesty was attended by the Ladies-in-Waiting, the Great Officers of State, and the Gentlemen of the Honseliold. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sale Weitnar was also present to take leave of His Sardinian Majesty.

His Msjesiv the King of Sardinia, after soma- thing less than a week's stay, tooltliis leave of tha Queen, and departed on his way homeward on Thursday morning. Whether from the exigen- cies of the ease or from royal love of qarly rising, 5 o'clock was fixed for the time of his departure, and it was at that hour, his Majesty, attended by his numerous suite, and accompanied by Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prinoa Ed- ward of Saxe-Weimar, left Windsor by th;, Sotith-Western Railway, his Royal Hostess having hersclt risen to take leave of him.

Oiua PACHA’I Rest-acr roii Piiivsrs Piioi-rs. 'rv.—We are informed, on the authority or . gentleman just arrived in town from the head- quarters of Omar Pachs, that in the advance of his army, every care was taken that the property and household rights of the inhabitants should be strictly respected. All the supplies of the Turkish army were paid for, and when our in.

rmant retrsced his steps to the coast, there was not the least sin of an army having passed over the country. 'l‘he impression made by such con.

net on the part of the population was conse. quently of the best possible character.—GIob¢_

Aitrcoors or Sis Court Cmrsi:r.i..—lt jg stated in connection with Sir Colin Campbell's recent visit to Windsor Castle, that in the course of the evening, her Majesty made Sir Colin sit on the sofa beside her. and pointed tint to him, that the army in the Crimea could not get on without him. and that he must return. The gallant old soldier is said to have been so much affected by his Sovereign’s kindly language as to have btirat IMO tears, and to have assured his royal hosteaa that he would do anything for her. saying, “ I'll even carry a musket for your Majesty."

DR. Wisi-zmtis on 'rrii: SAIIDINIAN Ar.- i.uitcic.—'I‘lic Ciitholic Standard, Dr. Wiseman‘s official organ, thus expresses itself with regard to liberal Sardinia.‘- “ Austria _must desire peace. War with Russia would risk Hungary. We can hardly think it possible, that the Emperor Francis Joseph and his Ministers can be willing to hazard either alternative. That Sardinia, so long as France is ready to 533'‘ lief. {ﬂight gladly enough get into a qtiarrel (with Tuscany !) which would in- volve Austria itself, is likely enough. With all loyalty towards our Gracious Sovereign, be it pertnitted us to say, that if our Sardinian ally could be well and effectually humbled, without extend- ing the horrors of war over Western Eur- ope, and ivithout inflicting misery and bloodshed on his innocent subjects, few things would he more pleasant, as few things would be more richly deserved.”

I)EA‘l‘ll or unit mitt-:t.iNi; srvswr wnir'ri.i;ir. 'l'liis soinewhat remarkable lady died at Beyrout on the night of the ‘.29 ultimo. llor latlysliip was an autho- rcss of repute. and hail prolirtbly travelled more than any other lady of her distin- guished birth. A tllllI_§.ZlllCl‘ of the pre- sent Duke of ltiitlaiid, her ladyship mar- ried. in 1839. the Hon. Charles Sttiart Wortley' (brother of the late Lord Whitta- ulille) Wlltidltfd in 1844. In May last, whilst riding in the neiglihourhootl of Ieruszileiii. I.iitl_v liiiiiiieliiic lintl the mis- lorttiiic to li:ive lirr lot: frticturetl by the kick of it mule. Notwithstanding the wczikvtiititl stzittr ofliur laitlysliip's constitut- ion, she persisted in uiitlt.-rtaking tliejour— ney froui Beyrout to Aleppo, returning by an uiifrequerited road across the Leb- anon. Lady Einmeline reached Beyrout on the ‘.26th of October, but, in spite of the tiiirt.-mitting ateiition of Dr. Saqtiet, the li‘n.-iicli govt.-riitneiit pliysiciau, and two other gentlemen, her frame was so weakened and exhausted by the exces- sive fatiguc of the journey, that she gra- dually sunlt and expired. Her ladyship’s daughter, Miss Stuart Wortley, who was also very unwell, and attacked by inter- mittent fever, is now considered out of danger.

The directors of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank have, we un- derstand, ordered all their ernployes who adorned their face with a moustache to

share or resign.