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We announced last week, in a late edi- tion, the fall of Kiubiirn, the surrender o ‘the garrison, its ll'illl~‘li'l'l'lI(lC to Conslan:i- lioplc, nnil tlu-. taking of ii large quantity of stores and ainiiiunitiou. This has lIUt‘l| fol- lowed by :1 elrzii-:ic'.eri~=tic inovcint-nt on the

part of the li.ltS.~‘lt1ll.~‘——ll|t) blowing up of

Otcliakoff on the followiiig day; but the Ru.-si:iii conuiiaiid--i ti-ltgraplis to his go- vcrnniont, that the allies have isinee made an iiiisricres.-‘fill attempt to pass up the ling and l)niepcr. Nt!\'t‘l'tllt'lt‘$S, it is i-vident, that afl'.iir.-i are appi-oacliiug to a crisis, ttllt Prince (Joi-tsclial-;o‘.l'tbcls th.-it the game is up, and lllifl he must bi.-at a pix-cipitiite ro- treat from the Ci-inu~:i l“.\'--ry hour in

Sebastopol adds to his peril.-i. \\'e see it stated, that his l)lUlU‘.iL[4'(l defence of lllt‘ plaice inay be attributed l‘tIlllt‘l‘ to pride tli:iii to pilicy,-—a (li‘Sllt' to pres’.-i'\‘«‘, (.'\'l'l) for a short time, and at t"xt\tl'll|‘ill5 X't‘~i{S, the pres- tige oflloly _l{u.s.<i'i. “ There is it ixatinul feeling ofpride and ilefiaiiice on tiie part of

the ltiissiziii-:, in .-liowiiig hoiv ('.n|ltpl4lt‘l_)'l they had |ll‘0\'ltlt“.l for their retreat, and how - hold it front the reinuniit ofthc deli.*iiili.~r.s oft

Sebast-ipol can l'.\llli|ll to her ciiptor.-'. ' ‘hvie is also a ltloil\‘t: ofpnlicy in liri-akiiig the fall of li.iis.~'i:r. as much as pos :iblt-, and giv- ing the public iuiiul of lint-ope time to pause, before the startling news of the fall of the fortress and the coiifcs.~ioii of def--at ilnpllt‘tl only too clearly in the -evacuation ofthe fortress. Tliei-e may, lresidi-s, proh.ibly be another rvasoii, iii the diflieiilty of moving air army dis tl'gtll|lZ'.‘tl and dispirited by ii long succession ofteriiblc hardships, and a sliattering defeat, at a time ofthc year when the scarcity of water renders a retreat across the steppes,'ercn without the pre- sence of an enemy, an operation oflhe ut- most danger and difliculty." To us there appears to be a good deal ‘of force in the first two reasons assigiieil, and very little in the last. VVifii regard to the liard.-hips which her soldicry may have to endure, Russia is the last Power to bestow a thought upon the snbji-ct. She has shown ready to sacrifice anything to preserve the notion of her invincibility, and to sustain the delusion, the loss of lriiniati life appears to have been a consideration not worth on- tertaining. The Earl of Ellesincrc, in his lecture on the war-,—to which we have briefly referred in aaotlicr ai-ticle,—states, that be has had it from excellent sources, that since the commencenicnt of liostilitics, the Russians have lost at least 400,000 men, and although he believes this estimate to be rather overcharged, he knows they have lost more ilian 300,000. This loss, compared with that of' the allies, is ruinous, and we mention it as a proof oftbo recklessness of human suffering, which the Czar’s generals have displayed since the opening of the campaign. So that, while we attach con- siderable importance to the policy foresha- dowed in the first part oftho extract we have given, we are a little incredulous res- pooling the more humane and considerate View set forth in the last part. But, be that as it may, the longer the retreat is de-

Iayed, the more difficult it will become, for.

the allies are hemining in the enemy on all aides, and a retrograde movement with any reasonable chance of sucess will be air ope- ration attended with enormous risks. fact, the position of the Russians at the present moment, and the tactics of the Allies, rcnde-r probable either a total defeat of the former in the event of a battle, or what is still more likely, a sur- render ofthe entire firrco undor Gort.-relia- Hoff. It is stated, that, feeling his position to be most critical, the Russian Generalis- limo has ti,-lcgraplicd to St. Peterslriirg for instructions how to act, and that tieiierals Benkendorff and I-lnckelburg have liven cent to the Crimea to confer and advise with him. As this last statement comes through Berlin, it may be worthy ofattciition.

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According to letters from St. Petorsburg, (ho Emperor Alexander's mind is becoining

beaten. and he prays the whole day, invok- um [.;,,,[,,,,.,,,._ tug Providence to accord to him a victory. ,

It is likewise stated that his train includes gore priests than generals.

herself

HASZARD’S GAZE'l"l‘E, NOVEMBER. 10.

Di'sI'.t'i'ciiE-r rnoni At).\ttIt.U. Lvoxs. l Olftho Mouth oftlie Dnicpcrr l7lll OCL 1355 'l'ho tlir-cc forts on the Kinburn §pit,' mounting upwards of 70 guns and garrison-. ed by 1,50.) men, niidcr General Kokouo- vilcli, have this day cnpitulatcd to the Allied Forces. The tiny bi-fore yt-.~:ei'day a flotil- la of ;IUIl\'L:.~§t‘l>4 forcvtl the entrance into [he l)ni¢')(*r, and the ,1\llit'(l ll‘(t();)!<l lilll(l(‘ll (Ill the Spit to the .-gouthward oftlie forts; tlius, by their .~iiniilt:iiit-oi..'. operation, the retreat oftlie g;iii'isoiis and the it rriral of i'ciiifoi'i'(-.- iiit-zit.-r were i-.tl'e(-tiiailly cut off, so that the forts being bonibaidi-d to-day by the inor- t;ii'—\'1-sstils, gill]-\'(‘.~‘:£-'ls, tilltl l“I'CllCl| ll0tll- ing lratteries, and being closely caniionaded by the strain line-oflrattle ships and fi'igatvs (fairing only -31}, of\\‘ati:i' uiiiiwr their li't'L'i>',) were sour olrfigi-d to siii-i-einlri'. The ca-

_ _ _ _ ‘Ii _-'||;iIi:i-s in tho llt‘(‘l:i \\‘(rI'i' Vt-l'_V few, l)lIl. lltt‘ which he retains |)ii~~".‘>.~'|t)H of the north of ~

CItt.‘Ill_\' ll-‘-'tl -15 killed and I30 \\'oiinilrd. ;

iSl(‘!lllI .~'qii:irli-on, uiiili.-r the t-i'tl~'rs of lif‘r'l2‘- I/tilinii-::l.< Slt~\\’:tl‘l and l’i—llion, lie at anchor

the lliiivp-~i', and Cnlllllllfttll the entrance to .'\'ichol.iii-f':inil lilo-rsoii. The l"ortsare ociriipiittl by the Alli:-d 'l‘ro--ps. The pri- :=oiii-i-s will be sent to Ci-ii:-iziiiiiiiople innue- diatcly.

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rnisxcii UK-'1-'l(‘lAl. iri..~i-.i'i'ciii-zs _‘.I;ii-slial Pclls,-:i(‘1‘ has f-rrwaiiluil lo the Ni- ni-ter of \\'ar the fi>l'.o\viii-_>; coiiiniiriiicatioii, (li.l.t.‘Il Seliastopol, Oct. ill 1--

“ I liave l't ct-in-il from lit-ncral F-217.-llll his report oftlie captiire of l-Liubnrn. The Aiiglo-i"i'i-ticli division of the army has ac- tively contribati-d to the iatecess of the alli- ed sqiiadrou. llaviiig being landed on the pcniiisula about 5 kiloincti-es from the for- tress, it took up its positioii, and in the night oftlie fi’lt.h opened the trcnclii-.s at tltltl iiicti-cs from the works. ' \‘i'lieii the fleet coniincnced its lieavy fire on the 17th, two conip:inii~s of Chasseur.-:, iriider cover at ii distance of 100 metres fr--oi the lrutterics, were alile to keep up a fu.<il:ulc on the Rus- sian arti|lciy.;xen at their guns. The lll"ltl artillery als - played air i-i'i'-ctive part in the opi-i-ation. ‘n e have taken l,-‘.33 prisoiiers, including General i(IIltl.~‘u\llt:lI and 40 offi- ecrs, with 174 pieces ofcaiiiioii and a quan- tity of ammunition and stores. VVe are now in full occupation ofan important posi- tion. Such arc the i-esrilts to the allies of this siicccssfirl expedition. The Ilussiiins have rendered this success complete by tlicmsclvt-s blowing up the fortifii'atioii.-i of Otchakoffon the l8th. I send you the stand- ard, with the arms of'Ru.~i.-ia which floated over the walls of'Kinbui-ii. ”

The Ministerof Marine has received from Admiral Bruat the following despatcli dated Kinbirrn, Oct. 17:-

" On the morning ofthe l-ltli of October thc squadron left the roadsti-ad of Odessa as soon as the heavy caster-lv winds, which had checked their operations since the 8th ofOctober, had ceased. lit the evening of the some day, they anclioi-ed off Kiiiburn. In the night four French gunboats—-the Ti- railcuse, Stridcnte, Mt’ulrlPrt!, and Mutine —-sent by Rear-Admiral l’.-llion, under the orders of Lieut. Allemand, ofthe Cacique,‘ sailed uitli live English gunboats through the pass ofOtchakoff,:and entered the Dnie-‘ per. The next day Oct. 15, at daybreak," the troops were landed at about 4,500 nie- tres from the place to the south of it. In the afternoon the bomb-ketclies opened their‘ fire; but they were obliged to suspend it when night fell, on account of the swells, which rendered the aim uncertain. The en-, tire day of the l6th was nearly lost for us,f as the winds had veered roirnd to the south-' west. The troops were occupied in en-

. . . I trenching themselves, and making t‘t‘(‘.0lltltll:<t-' The giinhonts ,,

sauces towards the south. in the Dnir-per were alone able to annoy the place. The wind having aliiftcd to the north

during the night, we were engaged ear-ly in the morning, Admiral Lyons, and niysi-lf, in;

causing to be pirt into execution the plan of attack arranged on the pri-viorrs evi-ning,

and Englishmortar vessels opened their fir!‘- at -15 minutes past 9. Their aim, rectified

-by the signals of the paddle steamers, was

most admirably directed. I attribute to incur in a great iiieiisiri-e the quick surren- di-r ofthe place. The five Fr-eiich gunborits, the Grenade, Faeclic, Mitraille, l«‘|-.unme_ and Alarnro, sustained by six English gun- boats, took up their positions nearly at the siiiiie time as tho nrortar vessels. Their aim ricoclieited very advantageously the open lrattt-rics (tr bar-Iprlle), which were con- tending against the floating,batteries. As soon as the firing oftl-e place had slackcnod, our gunbouts ll(lVtlllt.'t.‘tl, at the signal given by the Captain of the Gi'enade, M. Juare- guiberry, to the line for-nied by the floating lIalllt‘|'lL':4. Tliey were accoinpanicd in this inovviuciit by the English gunhoats. Pre- ri-<.-i'_v at noon, the ships, followed by the l'xig:ites, corvcttos, and lliltltllti-.~‘ll‘itlllf‘l'S, got up ste.iin. Tlie ships fornied on it front line; they cast anchor, iind lay with their l'l'itI'ttlSltlt,'.'<l to the forts at l,fi0'.l iui-trcs in ‘J65 feet of water. At the .~.:uiu: lIl()llll‘tll., six ldiiglisli frigates corri- lllitll(ll'(l b_v Rt-ar-.-\dniirnlStewart, andllirec l"i-eiicli f'rij_jate:-i under the ortli-rs of flour- .~\diuir;il l’eilion, Asniodee, Caciipie, and S.un-. rnade fin’ the pass of Otsclnikoiv, iii ()lIl(,‘l' to take the forts of Kinuiiru in lll(' rear. The l‘:ll;_:ll.~‘lI ship, tho lltltinilrzil. ud- vaiiced to the niidille of tliispa.<s- (;t'tt"l‘r'tl.‘i li.i'/.:iine and Spi-ricer brought tip their title- mcn and field-pieces to about -100 metres from the place. Tliese bold nr.iiiu:iii'ri-s and the iuiposing front pi-(-st-irtcd by the nine French and l'}iigli.~h ships, liroatlsides on and bowsprit to stem, thundering with all their guns, had tl decisive effect. At thirty- five minutes past one-, observing that the fort of Kinburti tired no longer, although the nortlierii works continued still to Inakc usi- ofthe niortars, Admiral Lyons and inysell tliouglit it right to respect the courage of thi- brave fellows we were fighting against; coir- scipiently we nrade the signal to cease firing. and hoisted the flag of trace, Sclltlilllglil Fr-cncli boat and an Hnglisli one on slior.-.2

The forts accepted the capitulation ofli.-red. "lie garrison left the place with houorsol war and gave tlieiiiselves up as prisoners. Our troops occupy all the Russian works. The capitiilatiou stipulated that the placi- should be given up to us in the state it was then in. \\'c take possession, tliercfore, of the en:-iny's stores and munitions. Admiral Lyons and iiryselfiii-e sending the siri-gt-oiis of the two sqiiadroiis to tend the Ru:-.-'ian wounded, nuiirberiug about eighty. The number of prisoiicrs is from twelve to fifteen hundred. ‘«\"e arc going lo occupy ourselves irilh for'nii/.5 here a solid eslablislrriicirt.

THE RUSSIAN POSITION IN THE CRIMI-‘..t.

Br.ni.iN, October ‘24.—-It is reported,

that Prince Goi-tscliakoffhirs represented to ;

the Emperor Alexander that there are great difficulties in his present position, and askino for instriictions as to whether he shall risk a decisive battle or evacuate the Crimea. The Emperor has thereupon sent Generals Benlceiieoff and Hackellrnrg to the Crimea to make a personal inspection, and upon their report future movements depend. Ru. niour adds that the ()‘zar has sprained his foot in the nrost serious manner, and is obliged to keep his room.

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The Jlfanilcur says:—“Gcnoral Bosqiiet, Mt-linet, and Trochu. whose wounds are in a fair way of being healed, embarked on the l9tli ofOctober, in order to return to France. Their stain of health is satisfactory. ”

It is confide-ntly aflirmi-d that Pei-ekop will be lr«-~tie-_:eil. A corps of 3fl,0llll men, If is Slllll‘fl. is tolw «list-iiilrai-keel to the north of Porckop, while another corps is to be placed before the fortress, to invest it on the other side.

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General Simpson is coming lionie, not, it

agreeably to the {soundings faltvll by Cap-,is asserted, In-riiirso of tho clainour which tain Spratt, of tho Spitfire, and Lieiifeiiaiit has |,¢-.1. r;.i_.;c,] against him by .1“. I,,.,,._..‘ V ' , I - Clone, of the Brandoii, llS.~‘l:-il.t"(l by hlessi-s. |,"g |,.,¢,m_t-4; ‘rho comniand was originally Ploix and Marion, liydrograplirc i-iigiiiei-i-.~i. forced ll|)ir|| hm. ng;m,,.u ms mu. Md mm At 20 minute-.9 past 9 the tliroe floating bat- be has insisted upon being relieved of it. _ _ ti-ri-~.~z, the llovastatioii, Lava, and 'l'o|IflI'l". If, as is alli-god his successor be Gone- Im3¢l_9‘l- l‘l"- l“"~“ E-"'““'." "-“°“°d"’f-Tl)’ "elm" 'open'1l their flre. Tire succrss they (il:t&lfl('(l- ml Codriiigton, this statement ofiho (‘age 0"!‘ 3"‘°° ll” ‘''”‘'l’'‘ l'‘“’‘’ l’‘’‘'''' ‘’‘''‘'''.l' “'l'°"°~on this day has ansiveri-il all the hopes of is prohalrlv the correct one. for all the

The i'rrropnrt they batterrfl errors which are fastened upon Genera] rrescnted very speedily and on tii'V(‘I‘ttl Simpson were cqimlly slim-ed by tho oficer

point: practicable breaclies. Tho Fr-encli who is named to till his place.

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rnixcc Goit’rsciiAKori="s ui:srA'rcH. Sr. Prrransnuno, 0c'r. l8.—'I‘|io fortress of Kinburn resisted the Allies by a very heavy fire up to the 17th. At noon on that day the fire ceased, and at 3 p. in. the enemy (tho Allies) entered the place. Up to the 17th, there was nothing new in the Crimea. [The fall of Kinburn will facilitate an cutraiicc into the estuary of' the l)iii<-per; but the guns of Otcbakoffstill reniaiii over. hauling the l':HInttt.:l, nltliougli not so effec- tively as the guns of Kinbnrii. An Odessa letter writer asserts, on the autliority ofu, talkative oflicial, that the i-neniy has i-en- ilereil the passage between Kinburn and Otchaltoffiiiipi-acticahl'3, by rt-sortiiig to his old expedient of .-‘inking large stones and fi'agiiieiits of rock in the t‘l)ill|lll‘l. In the sanio way the mouth of tho Bong has been lfilleil Ii;-, except ti narrow pzissage by stink gressel.-: and stoiies. The.-"e stati-ineiits_ if true, are, to sonic degree, rxponciits oftlio fear which the em-my (,'IIl(‘I'lilll|~3 of a visit froin the .-\lli'-s to Nitrolaicff. The tll'a‘ll“.lC- tioii of liinbiirii ll|lCt)\'l'l'S the road to .~'\l«-sliki, lieri.-.l:i_\', and l’-~rel;op, In-tween which and the Allies tlicre are only t':ii-. great natural ob.-'t:iele.-i oftlic country. \\'hatri'er tniv be the use which will be niade of the )ii.~:.w‘t‘§SlIIlI of Kininirii, it is certain that |’i-iuce Goi'tscli:il;oll' will not lit-ar u illi iudif‘. frrence that that lini'ti'css has so rapiilly suc- cuinbeil to the Allies. By this .success we lulu: opened to (Illl‘.~'t‘l\'L“S tl path into an im- portant district offioutlii-rii lliis.-izi, and in- dulge ii reasonable hope of pi-iii-tmtitig to the building ar.-“coal of the ltussiaii fleet. \Ve have also placrd ii toirriiiquet over two more oftlic arteries of lliissiaii cornnierce, and inati.-rially aiigmeiited the difficulties (::1US(.tl by our blockade. The position ofKin- burn is well supplied with wood and water, :inil, from the peculiar structure oftlie isth- nius, ailinits of being defended by our gun- boats against any force that is likely to be Zrrouglit against it. Here, then, is another lodgtui-nt elfecteil on the sacred soil of Rus- sia, another guaraiitce that peace shall not be tirade, except on conditions fully cnrryiiig out the just and reasonable objects of the \Vestei-ii Powers, and another blow struck at that CiIllIlnlIf:lCt|lltln with the interior, by which the Riissiaii army in the Criuica has hitlier-to been so wonilei-fully supported. \Ve have gained niucli, and may without ovi-rweeiiiirg or pl'C~‘tlllI[)lllt)llS confidence r-casoiiribly expect that we are about to gain still moi-e.j

4 DI-2SCRll"Tl0.\l or xiuuuax.

The waters of the Bag and the Dnieper

l(l(‘.l)0llt.!ll itito the sea by a single l)l'tlllt:ll. After forming a lake, where they blend, the two rivi-rs flow together, between Otsclia- kotf on the north, and Kiiiburn on the

lsoutli, through a narrow channel of variable

‘depth (I5 feet the ininimuin), much nearer Kinburn than Otscliakoff. Otscliakoff, on the right shore, is built on the top ofri cliff of middling height, advancing iii an acute angle .-ztraiglrt to the south. and tlii-owing outa low flat on which rises a fort of Ge- noei-io origin, in a very dilapidated state. A battery of nine guns of large calibre, re- cently erected on the cliff, outside the chan- nel, taking it in enfilado, but at a long range, completes the defence of this side, without presenting any serious olrsfacli-s. ft is on the loft shore, on the tongue ofsaiitl formed by the alluvial deposits of the two rivers, that the citadel ofKinburn is built, comnniirdizig the passtigo nllIt'l| ncnrr-r, as its guns act both outside and inside, consti- tuting in a word the sole (lvfi-in-o oftho iii-mth of the l)'Ilt‘|)|'|'. The Cll-‘ltl4'l of kin- burn is .'l hoinwork ofinasoury, with t':tl‘llI- t‘ll pziriipi-ts, sirrroriiideil by ii niont uh: rc- over ii is not waslieil by the sen, coiitaioiog Irarracks and other buildings, the roofs and cliinineys of wlrich are vi.~riblo above llI0 raiiipiirl. It is armed in all its faces, hav- ing one tfir ofgiins covered and Cfl§t‘llIIllf‘(l, which tier is crowned by ii battery in burlnllr, the whole possilrly presenting sortie sixty guns, liiilf of which sweep the sea oiit.-idc. froin the south-i-ast to the north-nortli-wcst- Kinburn has the wnr-flag nlwavii flying. flI0 sign ofarinairient, and contains ll garrison of two lllnllmlnd men, not inizluding the military colonists settled oirtsirle, in It vil- Inge regularly built, to the south, and with- raoge of the fort guns. Two tri-sh biitto'r-it-er were lately erected to the north- west of the fortresl.