HASZARD’S GAZETTE. DECEMBER 2.

serroended b a force which he did not expect, and Prince oronaol s preached him with the words: ‘ Yournqsjeety is my prisoner.’ Nicholas‘ smiled, and be his sword to theprinoe, who, not ’ we to

master. ‘of ‘ lrssnt , :::IllIN ‘" .°sente ' to ri ‘0‘I.'“_’;;0‘ll'f ncltetshs elfiof his h th. and to;-Iisit the fspesofilsemesy. lls uiehcd, llmhll for? eras‘ be ‘shorter lth impcri

‘ . and for. scvrll years he

remained in disgrace. It was only when Schatnyl'a mountaineers had repeatedly defeated the Russian army. that the. cast remembered Woronsofl,

iatrnsted th‘e civil and military coin rsuacaueaeia to the accomplished prince. & sssshte them one of the Austrian at the camp of

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who W ’ k ; and Ida not doubt its authenticity, as it E entirely in the character of the cast. -. Two ' only. hot‘ them having had the opporttinity of seeing Nicholas at his court-— Ouatise, the Frenchman, and Henaingsen, tlie lbhman :5" "-ad ption of his character of his measures.

Costiue says: ‘It is easy to see that the emperor cannot forget who be is, nor the constant attention of which he is the object; tl ‘pose a‘ he sttitu niecs unceasingly), rom whence malts that he is never natural, even when he is sincere. Hie features have three distinct expressions, not one of which is that of simple benevolence. he most habitual_eeeuts is me that of constant severity. Another ex- pression. though more rare, better befits that line countenaoce—it is that of solemuity. The third is politeness ; and into this glide a few shades of graoleesnces, which temper the cold sstoiiishmeiit esuedb the other two. But notwithstanding this grsctousriess. there is one thing that destroys the moral influence of the man ; it is, that each 0 these phyaioguniuiss, which arbitrarily replace each other on his face. is taken up or cast aside completely. without leaving any trace of the

log to modify the expression of the new. ' t is a change of scene with upraised curtain. which no transaction prepares us for. it appears s.msek taken oil‘ and put on at pleasure. Do not misunderstand the sense I here attach to the word mask; use it according to its etymology. in Greek, hypocrite means actor—the hypocrite was the man who masked himself to perform a part. I mean, that the em ror is always mindful of his put, and plays it ike a great actor.’ enuingscn says of his character 2 ‘ The Em- ror Nicholas has not the brutal instincts of the ear Peter 1., any more than his taletits ; he has not the disordered passions of Catherine. his grandmother, an more than her brilliant intellect and her innate liberality; be has not the tiifut 'ty of Paul, his murdered sire, any more than his enthusiastic generosity; neither has he the irreeolute. imprceeiblo nature of Alexander, his brother and predecessor, nor Alexander's benevolence of intention.

‘The Em ror Nicholas, who nervously shud- ders at the physical danger in which he sees a private soldier placed, is prnbsbl not i_nnstely srnel ; but absolute and irresponsib e power, the sslf~deificstion to which his auto-vencration has led, acting on a limited intellect and selfish heart, have made him think himself the irate Jupiter Tunaov, whose wrath should boss terrible as his interests and glory should be sacred from com- petition with those of humanity. When'they are so, he passes over them ruthlessly and remorse- lessly. without even apparently the consciousness of evil-doing.

‘ The influence of wealth, of family, ofcusttimar and ofprivilegee,afl'ords no longer any IlIe|lcI'- Prudent as he is in disposition, being aware that

epossesses a power unparalleled, he uses it in a manner unprecedented. Not only does he hourly trample on both is great vanquished encmics—tbe nobility of his empire and the Polish iiation;not only has he uprooted whole races, and succeeded in cxtirpatiug the religious creed of millions; but he seems now ut on destroying the nationality and religious faith of the whole of Poland, even, if required, by transplant- ing its population to Asia. Political violence and crttelties, the ere extirpation of races or of crecds would be nothing, however, to the condition to which his subjects are reduced-comparatively uothirig—bccsuee races are doomed, according to the law of nature, to perish, and crceds flourish and wither. and being immaterial. spring again from their ashes. But the dull, monotonous. all-pervading oppression to which his subjects are redaced. producing the same moral eflecten the human mind as the slough of his northern bugs on the human frame sinking into it, ng the eye. silencing the tongue, and paralysiug the agglutinated limbs, is infinitely more terriblc—doubly terrible—becsusc it is destiny the snlfcrers must not only endure. but propagate by foreign conquest, and by the natural reproduction and increase of population.’

Messiaen. The following are the opin- ions of two prominent ladies upon the sub- ject of marriage :

"‘ Marriage is to woman a state of slavery.

0 It takes from her the right to her own pro-

perty, and makes her submissive in all tflagstoher husband.”—Lscg as.

"Ms ' c a state of slavery! Aye, eare silken and easily worn. ' the sanctificr of ‘love--a_u insti-

tlve turbid torrent of man's passions by a look-a smile! It- is to woman

s. eh; |oggly.— bile anon may toil, ngdtanls, and mm, ‘and frd, and grow o would exchange piece with Wnirsot-th‘s Jest-sol. ‘ '

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Progress of the War. Interestiug'Inc_id_e_iite of the Siege.

, ma dtttizhttoriios IN Acriott. . The following is an extract of ti letter received by the friends of an oficer of the Bcllcrophon:——“ We got our top-gallan masts, stutldiug-sail booms down, bound on yeah np,_'nnd made everything ready . were towed by the Cyclops. t was a splen- .did sight to see as we were going in. the ships and for-ts firing; a tremendous fire was kept up. Lwse looking out of the bow poi-t, with Granville, when we heard a sharp re- port close to us. the pieces of the shell fell within ten yards of us. _ We anclicred with- in about 1,200 yards of Fort Constantine, one of the heavy entrance forts, (the Aga- nieinnnu was ahead of us). We had hardly commenced firing when Admiral Lyons sent his flag lieutenant on‘ board to ask Lord George to come to his assistance, as lid had four forts bearing on bim.. We of course immediately weighed, and steamed in to within eight hundred yards of the Wasp fort and some mud batteries on the top of the hill. We were the closest ship in. The tire we kept up was splendid, the men were so cool. I do not believe that one of our shots was thrown ttwey—not one fired till he got his object exactly on. We soon silenced Vi/asp fort, and then turned our attention to the mud batteries, which had got our range to it T. be A ameni- nou tirade the signal, ‘ V\'ell done. el|ero.- plion,’ and then went out and left us. So we had three forts playing on us. I can tell you, it gotcrather hotter than I liked. The shells were cumin against us like hail; one cntne through on burst over the second gun in my quarters. I secured a piece immediately after it burst. A few minutes afterwards we caught fire forward on_ the lower deck, so we had to cease firing, and extinguish the fire, which was done in about ten minutes. I could not see it yard before me_; the smoke was so thick. lt'got so hot at last, that Lord George gave the order to slip the cables. Whilst the men were over the port side slipping the cables, a shell and shot came in for-ivnrd. It must have cleared two guns’ crew ntvuy had they been at their guns. When we slipped the cable, we found that the anchor had never been on the ground, so we had been drill- ing in towards the forte all the wltile, and, what was worse than all, we had got a shoal ahead and astcrn, so the steamer could not go ahead. Luckily the Spitfire was within hail, so she towed our head short round, and we got out. We were the last ship, and we hauled out at 7 o'clock. Two shells liad burst on the main deck, and one on the upper deck, which I am sorry to say killed poor little Forster. He was standing under the poop, the port side, when the shell came in, and burst close to him. He was as black as a coal. A piece of his skull was knocked out; he also lied severe wounds on his face, and luckily he died 21 hours afterwards. but was not sensible. We anchored in our old diggins with our side and rigging beautifully cut up. We had five men killed and 16 wounded, besides several bruised with splinters. The Albion was the worst cut u She had a narrow escape; a shell bttrst in the handing room of her magazine. She has gone down to Constantinople to be docked. Fort Constantine was nearly silenced; it is cracked right down, and has been since propped up with spars. oat likely we shall go in again, when the troops storm the place.

RUSSIAN ATIACK ON THE ALLIED CAMP.

. The Constitution! gives the following narra- tive of the attack made by General Liprandi on the 25th and 26th, on the English and French cantps :—" It is known that the allied army forms a semicircle around Sebastopol ; the French extend from Cape Chersoneeus and the sea to the rivulet which fiows into the military port of Selias'opol, and the English from that rivulet to the liver Tchcrnaia. At about two and-a-half leagues from the lines of the besiegcrs is Bala Clara, where the magazines of the allies are established, and where the latter communicate with the fleet. The protection of Bale Clava was confided to l,000 or 1,900 marines, supported by a detachment of cavalry and artilllery. At 9 kilo- metres (1; miles) above Bela Clava, on the road which leads to Sebastopol, and at the point at which a second road leading to Simplieropol, and into the interior of the Crimea strikes ofi. we meet the first heights of the Tsuric chain. eee heights, which minute, on the one hand. liala Clavs. and on other the barren steppe in which the allies are ericsmped were defended by re- donbts, the guard of which was confided to the Turkish troops. Finally, at the foot of these heights, and in the rear of the bcsiegers, were the corps destined to cover the siege; for the

ranch, the division of General Bosquet supported on the sea; for the English. the division of the Duke of Cambridge ; and. finally, two brigades of English cavalry. under the orders of neat,

rotecting the Tchernsia. After receiving Ge- neral Ltprandi'e reinforcements, Prince Menschi- holf resolved to turn the right of the allied army. in order to place the 'cgere between two fires. and make abold attack on Bela Clava. lfthis coup ds rneiti had succeeded, mallb could only have ooruaittsicand with the s by Caps Cher- sonesus, would no longer have had an o it road ttnhe sea, and would ave been dnprivedpfif their insgsaioes; and yettlttg. would have been obliged to reply to the are of bastopot, and to 'defend themselves in their entrenchrnsnte. They would consequently besieged in their turn. General ldprasdi, wih all the troops which Pdese Meoaohikel sssld spare. .eatseed tr-*:~: '....,-~-:- :°'.'- er hick the a li arm a e _n to orlttug movement from the bother to Be a Clue. lie dose not appear to have taken with him any ar- nitgyy, A use gray. whleltsxplaias the ra- pidlty’ prostates his tless. eh sue-

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coiiimiind-QT Lord Cnrtlfian. arrived the first. and llllfllldelv charged the Random. .VVlI0 dt-'ICt9Itd- dd in pearl order into the plain in "pursuit of the Turks. in spite of their courage. the tlirea.rogi- merits which composed this brigade. in vain en- deavoured to r-hcelr the march ofthe enemy. The Dragoon Giittrda Wt‘lII to their aid, and were, at first, more fortunate; but their ranlrs were broken by the artillery nt Ilic redouble, of which the Russians had turned the cannon. after unapikiug them. against lhtt allies. in the meantime the llriiisli int:mtn- arm-.»d in line. It held firm uri- rler the fire of llw. Russian infantry, and under that of the rodnulits. and thus gars time to the division of General Bosquet, the farthest from the scene of action, to come up and to form- 'l‘he allies then took the offensive. and drove back the Russians to the heights. There the latter euc- cccded in inainttiining themselves in possession of two of the redouble which they had carried. 'l‘lius endvd the first day. which was extremely ssngiiinary and undecided. On what took place no the following day we have bnly few details. The bolil inttvetnent of General Liprandi had part- ly failed. since Bale Clavs remained in the power of the allies, and the latter preserved their com- munications with the sea; it had partly succeed- ed, since tln- Russians were in poseesion of the

sole beaten road, which leads from Bola Clava to’

Sebastopol. and had taken position in the rear of the besiegers. Accordingly on the 26th. Prince Menscliilrotf inside it strong sortie against the lunglish llIlCI, in order to place them between two fires. It he had succeedcdin carrying them, and in elfecting ajuiiction with General Liprandi in the midst of the besir-ging army. the operations of tits Illlrts would have been almost irreparsbly corupromiscd lint the 20th put an end to toe hopes of the Russian Geneialissimo: after a very shar engagement. he -.-.'.-.:driveu back into Sebas- tnpo by the division of General Sir De Lacy Evans, with a loss of more tliitn l.000 men. At the same time. the allies attacked in front the heights occupied by the General Lip_randi. took the redouhta obit.-b the Russians had captured the previous evening. aml drove back the latter com- pletely broken and t'lt'lI)0l’IllI“d, beyond the 'l'cliernnia. in the ravines of the mountains.

Esctrt: or a PIXIVATE or Til: 33d.-In the course ofthe afternoon a private of the 33d, who hnd fired his last cartridge, was crouching to join the covering party nearest to hint, when two Russians, to his great surprise, sprang from behind a rock, and, scizin him by the collar, dragged him off towards Sebastopol. After having recover- ed from his temporary stupcfaction at lltis sudden change of route, ottr friend of course commenced reflecting on the possibility of an escape. The Russian who escorted him on the left side held in his right hand his own firclock, and in his left the captured Minie. By a sudden spring the 33d man seized the Russiutt’s lit-elock. and, on the specultttion of its being loaded, discharged it at its owner. The man rolled over dead, and his companion was not less rapidly clubbed. Calrnly picking up his own Minie. our friend returned towards the crimp and joined his regiment. This little episode was witnessed by it sergeant and several other skirmishers. Another anec- dote, somewhat cruel, is related of it skir- misher, who, linving picked off hfs man, took the body to it covered spot and laid it down. He issued for-tli, shot it second and a third Russian skirmisher, and quietly de- nsited their bodies in n row with the first. Then, seeing 9. Highlander approach, he led him by the arm to the spot, and said, “ Thut’s not such it bad afl.ernoon’s bag, Willie?"

NARROW Escars or Tris 83rn.—A large puff of smoke ascended from within our lines, and excited some alarm. That it could not have been an explosion in a bat- tery we easily perceived, for the guns con- tinued their fire without interruption. It was ascertained later. that the explosion had proceeded from an nminunition wnggon, which htid been left in a ravine, the horses dragging it having been either killed or dis- abled. ln this ravine, not twenty paces from the wuggon, had been concealed since daylight a covering party, composed of three companies of the 83th, under Major Maxwell. The position occupied by this party had been most exposed, and msny cnsualities (six killed and eleven wounded) had occurred from the enemy ‘a shell, falling repeatedly amongst‘ them. An order at length arrived, directing the three compa- nies to take up a position in it less exposed spot, and the men in consequence ran up the ravine one by one, and screwed themselves in a quarry which presented itself. Major Maxwell had scarcely left the ravine when a shell struck the ammunition case, and the explosion took place. This accident, from which the 88th escaped by a miracle, was attended with the loss of only one man, who, being missed, is supposed to have fall- en rvictim to tlte explosion.

Anittittt. lleirsntii usssti l"itts.—A letter in other Gazette du Lfidi gives the following account of the effects of the shell which burst on the poop of tire Ville dc Paris 2-" This shell blew up nearly the whole of the poop‘, on which were standing at the time Admiral amclin and four of his sides-de-camp. The Admiral was thrown some feet up into the air, but without being hurt. After having glanced at his sides-dc-camp. one of whom was out in two, another had his two legs carried away below the knee, and a third was slightly wounded. he merely exclaimed. ‘ Poor fellows!‘ and resumed the command with as much coolness as before."

Titus iuvs elsit tteitv Haiasnsao-rti Escertte bsfbre Sebaetopel._ A red nightcap used by one artillery-roan was tslrsn frotn the head by a round shot, but the person of the wearer remained untouched. A cannon-ball passed between the l gs of an ofilcer's horse while in the act of gallop-

ng. and on another occasion the gsbiou upon which an ofilcer was seated was carried away, snd’tlie sstottlsbed gentleman suddenly let down, just see shilling in the hst-trick darts from its support into the tumbler beneath.-

Coentrroit or run Russuss itt Sean-i-neat..- The l-Emperor of Russia is reported to have said that. even supposing Sabssto ul takon and the Orlmesistlte handaof the Alice, Rnaeiaofmx:

5,. ts- t vne eventually v:'i‘s. inasmuch a: the defesc'e.. ‘ tllrlto I cutaetestmrssstn set

rm: ?a.s’nse threw stints tide. It is set our purpose to fellow in. 1. ..,. a jaw red is E that calculation to the futon progress at‘ '-'q.- t stud is be me. though we see esry mesh shes, if "gt eggs _ sms—bt1.s:msseedisstsrtsletethe on sttlstttetvsQ.....‘:.:.. e-‘now sstshnsw yetttto

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Emperor. Certainly. the oonsuinption of powder, rltot, food. and other itiatcrials—not to speak of tlie inrin—innsi bu tremendous; but the supply at home. only a fortnight from the scene of action, is incabsustlble: wliereasths Russisne_cao get no supplies wliatever. Every day is a day sub- tracted fmrntlieir ltital stoclr of life. They have given up all hope ofthe see. As the land. llwtltlll we have not been able to out of their communi- cation with the interim. and though they are in filter: in our neighbour . their entry in the field can hsrdlv inaintaiti itself. much less con- tribute tti the support of the city with either food or other materials. We are told that ttnslile arty longer to live in the neighbourhood of Sebastopol, they have ravaged the couitry so far and an utterly, that the irritated natives are flocking under the protection of our guns at Ellplltlflvt to escape the furtlionsxtortions and cruelty of lhrlr own masters. ' it would seem. that the arrtiy in tlic field is worse of! then the garrison of Se- bastopol. even for food.

Tn: Zouavr:s.—The Zousves are natives of the French provinces of Algiers, disciplined and exercised by Freiftrh officers, and now forming part of the French contingent employed in the

times and the siege of Sebastopol. They hold exactly the saute relation to the Front.-h atmt , that the Sopoys in India have to the regular British troops.

The Impartial of Smyrna states, that Lord Rag- lrin is said to have intercepted a letter from the Emperor Nicliolae to the Archbishop of Bale Clava. who has taken rcfuge at Sebastopol.

Sttoorirto or RUISIANS int Piurtcit Mart- sciirtrorir.—A polish desertcr came over to the French this morning; he speaks of the destruction of Russian artillerymen by our guns as very great, and states that the troops are in many regiments quite mutin- one. A few days ago (and this is positively sated by some who were our enemies) Prince Menschikofi‘, to stny anything like an expression of mistrust and want of patriot- ism, shot 300 men, as an example to the garrison of his deterininatioti.

How 'l‘Hli‘.\' c.utttv ‘rite SHo'r TO THE Banirititss.--Strings of moles and horses pass daily from Bale Clnva, these animals carry equipoised biigs of round shot. The horse which follows has the end of the Ital- ter attached to the tail of his companion in front, so that you oflen see 50 forming ti line and going along ploddingly, as if they had been brought tip to that especial occu- pation. '

COUNCILS OF THE ALLIES. According to common report, there has been it question in the councils of the ‘Allied forces tvliether Sebastopol should be stormed as soon as there is n practicable branch, or whether the assault should be delayed till ,the cannonsde and bombardment have done the work of destruction, more completely; and Lord Raglao’a judgment is said to be in favour of the latter plan. as sparing the lives of his troops, and equally t-nsttririg the capture ofthe place. Sebastopol, swarming with defenders, is in the best condition to meet ati assault. and in the worst to bear cannonsde and bombardment, for every shot and every fragment of shell must tell upon the over-crowded garrison. But there isa counter-consideration on our side, namely. whether, in protrai-ting the siege, our troops may not suffer in sickness through hardships and exposure to a weather, than they would lose even by an assault. And it is to borne in mind that an army ‘wasted by disease looses more than an army wasted by the sword, for the spirit of the men. which will rise in car- riage. sinks under the uneccrr enemies fever and cholera. The health of the troops will doubtless, therefore. be an important element in the decision ofthe Allied Generals as to the operations, and the time which it may or not be advisable to assign to them. There is however, still nnorlier int to beconsidercd. It may be expedient for the Allies to hold Sebastopol egainst the Russians, and in that case any destruction of the worlra ex- ceeding what is necessary for the capture of the place must be so much detriment to those who in their turn will need the defences. To reduce the fortress to a heap of ruins might not suit ulterior occasions and purposes. so little I0 that llic Ros- sians themselves in the last extremity are trio likely to contribute to that consummation. Mos- cow is, indeed, the one idea which always seems to be in their heads, when their hands can no longer avail them. Hence they aiok their ships at the moutlt uftheir port, and,in contistency, their tmops at Alma should have cut their own throats by word ofcomnisnd to deprive the Allied armies of the glory of conquering them, fulfilling the words of the old Irish sung upon the marvels of St. Patrick " The beasts committed suicide