NEWS BY THE ENGLISH HAIL.

THE ‘VAR.

The telegraph announces in brief but ex- filicit terms it great victory gained over the

ussians by the Turks in Asia Minor, led by Omar Pacha. The battle, it is alleged, lasted five hours, and the enemy suffered severely. The scene of the conflict was Ingour, the passage of which the enemy dis- puted with 230,000 men, but the Turkish Generalissimo forced it at four points, and

ressed on to Kutais. Advices from Tre-

izondo, four days anterior to this engage- ment, state that the Russians had sent off from Ktrs, in the direction of Alexandropol, the greater part of their baggage, and that they were about to raise the blockade of Kars. This last-named intelligence is rather confirmatory of the fact of a great battle having been fought at the point mentioned. which is on the road through which Omar Pacha and his troops would have to pass on their way to the relief of Kars. The fear sometime ago was, that the season was too far advanced to enable Omar Pacha to complete his enterprise; but if the iiitelli- gence which has now come to hand be con- firmed, the position of the Russians in the trans-Caucasian provinces will be even more ci-itical, than in the Crimea. With a powerful garrison at Kars, flushed by the great victory which it secured a couple of months back, under General Williams, ready to march out on the instant, and with the Turlts under Oinar Pacha in their rear, the Russian situation in Asia Minor must be critical, if not desperate. The details are too meagre to enable us to conjecture cventiialitics; but enough has transpired to prove, that it will require all the skill which Mouiavieff, the ablcst of the Rus- sian generals, is said to possess, to get out of the trap in which he is placed. The allies are reported to have applied to the Shah of Persia for leave to march an Aiiglo- Indian army through his territory into Asiatic Turkey, but, assuming the correct- ness of this battle and victory of the pass of Iiigoiii-, the principal work will be con- summated bcfore its arrival. The Shah of Persia is not a very reliable personage; but as the fortune of war is against the Czar and his troops, he is far more likely to con- cede, than to refuse the request.

The detailed accounts from the Crimea state that a belief prevailed in the camp of the allies, thata battle there was impend- ing; but the assertion rests on very lIl|l't‘ll- able authority, that ofa Russian cadet, who deserted mi account of some trifling punish- ment. According to this youtli’s version, the Russians, 70,000 strong, were prepar- ing to attack the lines of the allies fi-oin Tchergoun, and if the attack did not suc- ceed, the army had orders to evacuate the Crimea and retire upon Klicrson and Ni- cholaieff. This contemplated attack, how- ever improbable, was regarded in the British army as a thing that might be, and, in corroboration of its likelihood, it is men- tioned, that the Russians had burned the furze on the heights of Mackenzie, where they are encamped, the better to facilitate their movements. It was conjectured that the attack would be made on the 6th or 7th instant, but as twelve days have passed, the intention, if it was ever entertained, has probably been abandoned. At the same tiiue, it will be remembered,that when the Russians attacked the French and Sar- dinians in July last, with such melancholy results to themselves, information of the attack was communicated by deserters to -the allied commanders at least a fortnight befiire it was made. The motion was ridi- culed at the time, and it was probably the recollection oftliis circumstance, which has induced a belief in the cadot‘s story. But we incline to the belief, that. the statement is a ruse to throw the Allies offtheir guard, and enable the Russians to retreat the more easily. In these kinds of tactics, the Rus- sians are unrivalled.

Nothing has transpired respecting the success of General Canrobert’s mission to the King of Sweden, beyond the fact that he was most graciously received by that monarch and that the leading pcrsonages about the Court strongly favoured the al- iiance If Sweden should join the Western Powers,tlie war would increase in intensity, and it is to be feared also in duration, for,

Uilling as Russia may be for peace at the

I-IASZARIYS GAZE'I"I‘E, DECEMBER 8.

present time, against the disincmberment of her Northern Empire she would fight with redoubled fury. Nothing is so likely to bring the contest to a triumphant coiiclu- sion as the adhesion of Sweden, but against the restoration of Finland, the price ofthe alliance, the Swedes will have to consider the pusitioii in which they will be placed whenever Russia regains strength enough to be aggressive. To protect Sweden, now

and hereafter, the Western Powers are willing to bind themselves by treaty; but Sweden will probably remember, that

though she can rely upon England keeping her faith, the instability ofthe French throne may prevent our Gallic neighbours from doing the same. In the meantime, ample preparations are tnuking for commencing the attack next year in the Baltic and the Black Sea with redoubled vigour. Gun and mortar boats of the ll,'.',‘l|I(‘.Sl possible draught of water,—soine of them only drawing two and a half to three feet, —- are being built, not only in the Royal dock-yards of this country and France, but by many of the private shipwrigbts in both countries, and these will be ready in the spring when the campaign re opens. To the Emperor ofthe French, according to the Jllonileiw, credit is due for the mortar boats recently used at Kiuburn, from which shot rebounds as hail does from marble, and all the new erections are on this principle. But Russia is not idle. She is bracing her nerves anew for the conflict, and as winter in that country affords the best means of rapid travelling, the interval will be devoted to the concentration of all her powers. That these powers are already considerabl strained, there can be no doubt, but her resources are yet vast. and while English writers wonder how she can sustain the expense of the war, few of them linvc the foresight to perceive, or the cainlour to ack- nowlrdge, that her paper currency in war is the l'('ftl source of her strength. 'I‘hc London 'l'i.n--s, one of tho strongest bul- liouist pup-rs in the liingdoin, was coiii- pellcd the other day to confrss, that :1 inc- tallic basis in time of war was tint cssciitiail to the carrying on of llonit-stic tradi-.. The passage is so l'(3ll|lll'l(ZIl)lt', nml afli-rds such striking evidence of the truth of the views which we have rccoinly tnlu-n of the cur- rency, that we cannot avoid transcribing it:——

“ For the purposes of internal trade. paper may be largely substituted for the precious metals without distress to the people; iind it is evident that, the more they are disconnected from foreign conntrii-s, the more they are inde- pendent of the metallic curra-ncy which is ne- cessary for international dczilings."

This admission, it is only fair to state, leaked out soniewwhat rt-lnctlantl_v, in an article profcss='.-dly (lt'Vttlt‘tl to the siilijoct of Russian resources; lnit |\'t‘. npprclii-nit, that what is true in this case of itussia, is equal- ly applicable to England. Many a incr- chunt and man of liusiin-ss in this couiitr_v, who has been sorely l)l't'.~'.~‘('tl to inci-t llls cngageincnts during the last few months. owing to the dearncss ofinoni-y,—-wlio, with abundance of assets, has llt.'t'll unable to procure accommodation by the stringi,-nc_v of the money inarkct,—who lnis pussi-d feverish days and sleepless nights in indes- cribable torturc, may well ask, why this easy method of international dealing is not had recourse to by us, at a time when the absence of gold from the cofli-rs of the Bank of England has brought so in:in_\' “ dealers and cliupineii" to the very verge of ruin, and is every day engulfing otlici-s.?

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Russian Tn/ini«:.—The letters from St. l’ctersbIirg state, that in coiiscqncnce of the facilities nftransport during frost, it is contemplated this winter to export coiisi- derable quantities of linseed overland. It was also thought, that the general exports after the coinzncnceinent of I)t.'CL'llll)t!l‘ would be sufficient to produce a rally in the rate of exchange. According to the reports ofthe trade of thc Pi-ussiiin port ol'l\li-incl, it up- pcars that great quantities of sulphur, salt-

petrc, mid other articles contr:ih.ind of war coiitiinie to be innit over the frontier to Rus- sia. The partii-s engaged in the traffic- imdermke for u very small prciniuin to in- sure the delivery of the goods on the Rus-

IN'roxIcA'rioN IN ‘nil: ALLIID Cums.- The Crimean correspondent of the Daily News writes—“ Intoxication has greatly increased among the troops since the grant ofthe field allowance of 6d. per diem in ad- dition to their former pay. Moreover, the men are earning sums of money just now. which are very considerable, if estimated in relation to the amount of intoxicating li- quor which caii be purchased by their incans. These sums are obtained by them either froui being employed as artificers, or as laborers in such public works as road- making, or from private contracts with oili- cers who are permitted to engage a limited number of' soldiers to assist in building huts, stables, or to help in other camp oc- cupations. It does not require to notice the increase of canteens in all directions, or to watch the clustering of halftipsy men at the wine and beer shops, to become aware, that a great aiuouiit ofthis money is spent in drink. Some ofthe drunken scenes about the camps of late have been discre- ditable in the extreme. In some parts, to- wards the time when the soldiers are sup- posed to return to their respective camps, one might almost suppose, there had been an action with the enemy, from the number ofinen to be seen lying about in a state of drunken lielplessiiess oi- unconscious stupor. ()ii the evening ofthe titli inst. two privates ofthe 33rd Regiment were carried home to their camp in such a state of inscnsihility from drinking, that notwithstanding the use ofthe stoiiiacli-piiinp, and every means that modical skill and attention could devise, neither could be restored. Both of l.ll€.~t‘. men died in the unconscious and brutal coit- dition into which they had plunged thi-in- selves ofthcir own free will. On the after- noon ofthe 6th iiist., one ofthe Sf‘l'_it‘al|lS of the Grenadier Company of the Connauglit Rangers, by name Robinson, a non-coin- inissioncd officer who had seen long service with the regiment, and who had several times been conspicuous for brnvi-.r_v, di libe- ratcly coininitti.-il suicide. and it is fe:ircd the artificial horror, produced by ti\'t:l‘-lll- »dulgcncc in strong drink for some days pi-i-vionsly, was the cxciting cause of the di-i-adliil act. llc s(‘ll't:l.C(l it time when all llI(.‘ll were away froin the lint which he oc- cnpird cxci-pting one, and this one llt‘ got rid of by sending him to purchaise some trifling urtiitlc. llc tlicn dclibt-rati-ly took off the boot and stocking froin his right foot, and liaving plaiiti-tl the inuzzlc of a loaded liri-lock, which he gi~:i.-pt-if firml_v with clenched hands, against the lllllwl‘ hart of his throat, he pulled the trigger with the toe of his bare foot, nnd the coiilcnts ofthe wt-apon passed through his brain, lln-ro

more so, than can llt‘ aiccouiitcd for simply by the relief from trench dntit-s. ]"-iriin-i-- l_v it was it very rare occui-roi;ce to ltiI‘t.‘l :i l"r:-iicli soldii-r lll~‘t3ll.~‘il)ly ilriiiik; his liahit scenietl to he to halt at the stage of intoxi- cation, when an uncontrollable desire to ex- crci.-ro his vocal powers was c.\'i-.iti~it, and then at certain hours of the day, the tunes of lfrcnch ciiaiisoiincttes and snatches of Italian iin-lody, with wonderful rouladcs, and variations, all fortissiino, were heard on all sides; now cxainpli-s of a stage ofiu- toxication far hcyoiid the singing stage lll't' by no means unfrt-.qiicnt. l’crhaps the pit- zcs drnwii from the ruins of Si-hastopol may have had soiiirtliiiig to do in causing this chainge, for the sales effected by tho l"rt-ncli s--ldii-is, innst liaro placed it good tlctll of ready inonvv in thi-ir l>ti(',l(t‘l_-€—|I(tl'lHl;‘S thi- liquo i-' .-llmDllt‘Il at tho l‘Lir_lish canto:-n-', for tln-y have free ill'Ct'§S to !ltt'tl|. ft is it niistaki-. to .-Ilppti.~’t.',tl|iIt the l"rcncli solilit-rs are so tcinpcratc as they are generally con- sidered to be in lfliigluml; intoxication is nearly as common among them as among our own men, but is not usually carried to the same degrading excess. Indeed thi- l"l‘UIIClI Zfllltlvcs, like our own Ilig|ilnnd- t'l'8, have the character of being hard drinkers, men who carry W('ll a large quan- tity of liquor; mid most of the line regi- ments who have been serving in Algeria tfxllllill 11 tendency to the aninc distinction. The native Algerian 7,ou..y.-9, “kc um Turks and other Mahoninicdan troo s, are examples pfthe opposite extreme of tcinpc- rance.

sian soil:

roitsms.

According to the best reliable authorities, General Canrobi.-rt has succeeded admin. bly at Stockholm. In Sweeden the popular feeling is decidedly in favor of' an alliance with the VVe.-tern Powers, and if we cm believe the concurrent testimony of Wilncg. ses, Swecden has consented to conclude it military convention with the Western Pow- ers, and to take part in an invasion of the Russian IPl‘l'llUI‘iCI| on the Baltic in the en- suing spring—tliat, though England and France have repudiated territorial aggi-an- "' "' for tnemselves, their allies llavg

made no such engagement, and that Russia, having broken through the treaties by which the division of Europe is regulated, has forfeited her right to those Swedish provinces she acquired in virtue of them.

A letter from Odessa in Le .:\"ard, dated Nov. 5, mentions the town of Mariano ol, on the north coast of the Sea of Azofli: in having been bombarded by the English on the {list ultimo; more than 100 balls, shells, and other eoinbustibles were thrown into the town, and the fire was suspended oiil in consequence of a mercliant there lioist- ing the Austrinn flag over his warcliouses. Spain is improving her tni-ill’,-—liberalising her coinincrcial policy. \'Ve learn that llio prohibition at present existing against many articles ofcotton goods is to cease altoge- ther in five years’ time, iind is at once to be altered by the admission ofsome classes ofthe coarser kind, which are now exclud- ed. Cotton twist is to be ndinittcd to im- portntioii from and alter No. 39 and up- wards, and the prohibition to import comm goods is reduced from '25 threads to the quarter inch to those below ‘.20 threads to the some measure.

I-‘eat-s prevail at St. l’ctci-sliurg. It is believed that, in the spring, the Allies will attack the capital, and this impression con- tributes to the general uneasiness.

A GIIEAT nussi.i.v ARMY Poll 'l‘llE CIHMI-IA.

It is tlioronglily bclicvcil by the war par- ty ut St. l’i-tci-.~'.biii'g that l’rinco (iort:-clia- koff will hold his position in the Clinton throughout the winter, when, it is stated, an nriny of .'300,tJllU llll‘lI, forincd of the ini- litin, is to l't'llt‘\'l.‘ him, and drive the allies from the hiissizxii soil! The iccrniting, accoiding to the i-xii-iitlcd ago, as lately (lt'(.‘l'(.'(‘tl, would pi-odiicc it ninch larger nuinbi-r of tlil'Il than the stzitrtl 500,000. A quantity of rillt-s had lll'l'l\'(‘tl from Ame- rica, which liavc hi-i-u di.~:ti~ilnitul to the

troops, with cro.~st-:4 said to be lili-sscd by pai-ticularsaiiits from llt'it\t'tI. \\'c lll'tll',

M,,_,,m “'5” M have bu," ,, "m,_k,,d im,,,ms(, : says the writi-r, that the I-.inpi-roi- is highly in intoxication among the I*'i-cncli troops‘

since the termination of the siege, much‘

satisiii-d with the state of the nriny in the lriiiit.-a, and that he has given (inrtsclia- kofl'orilcrs to nold his positions, lnit not by any tin-niis to attack the allies u.itil the spring uriny is at hand. The noblcsnro vcrhaitly pi-oiniscd grunt rt-ivairds. The tax on slaves is to he l't‘lllUVld, but no one be- lievcs much in tlicse assertions. The pub- lic finance is in it worse condition tlinii is generally known A vcr large issue of paper money is expected to take place.

Tin: Kmo 0|-‘ S.ii:ni.vi/i’s Visrr 'ro Enc- i..iNn.—lt is niiiloi-stooil that the King of .":irilinin will :ii'ri\i- in this country in the first wccli in llccirinbcr. ' .-it is, liowcvcr, unavoidably linntcd. He will only l)l' able to t'[tt‘llll five days in Eng- land. The Quit-i-ii will rcci.-ivc the King at

. \\"indsor, wll|‘l‘l? pri-p:iratioiis on a scale of

fitting lllll_LlIlll(Zt'Ittft' are: being made Ior his iii::_'p-.-_\ ‘s t‘.I'l'IHltllll-(lillltlll. The King, who is i,-.~pt-cl.-illy iii-.-irons of bot-oniiiig faniiliar with the Eiiglisli people, will pass through London, through the ..ti-cots and parks, by the same route that the lfiiiipcror Napoleon followed. The details ofthe visit have not in been completely settle-d, but arrange- incnts have been niadu for a visit to the Ci- ty of London, to tho (,'rystiil Palace, mid V\'i:olwicli. \\'hcn the King leaves our shores he will be convcyrd to Bclginin by an linglisli vessel of war. Ilis majesty will arrive at Dover in a Fri-iicli ship.

ll.LNl‘}SS Uh‘ l’ltlNt.'l') l’ASKll".\\"l'l‘()H.

At-counts from \\'ais:iw it-prim-iit l’iinco Pas- liiirwilrli as seriously ill. The King of l’iui-sis , h.ni H'||l Dr. Schoob»-in, the court pliysician, to [the sulleltlig veteran.

ills iiin_|i-siy’s vi-_