1088 
fltITOHIfllig. 
T heatre royal, drury lane. 
M TULLIEN'S CONCERTS (Last Week but I wo). 
imMOVfy WstVv’AL Ktw ALLIED ARMIES QUADRILLE 
T SO, lb. Pro*rwDm. -Ill IncluJ. W A ONER’S 
ORANMIVMiSbEm TAuStHAUSKN. the NKW AMERICAN QUADHII.I.E. 
® **** n l. T s K mvv » pt MAN N A TIIJLLON. 8«l« b, ll.rr KffiMIG .„d 
Stow HODDW MoCdaVaN HCHuTTI* ME, ,b, NEW •• CHABOE 
OF SOUND f" V M FHaN Y. *t,J other Muik 
OnTfhwnAVi.«t I hr DELTHOVBN FESTIVAL »lll uk. pU«, on which <wt» 
.lon th. U »h5. A or«b. 'rim F*rt of ih« Conor* .III b. Mlccttd Irom lb. Work, of 
^ ,E ’^ Ai uro ARMIES QUADRILLE will U pro- 
*' M^jrttlBNU GRAND DAL MASQUE will Wk. r l.« 
BEli 11. 
i MONDAY. DEC EM 
] lose And Promen.d. 
i'rna Circle 
Prlv.it lioiM, /L 1. And upvu-d. 
nPHEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. 
X ' M. JULLIEN'S GRAND UAL MASQUE wUl take place 
on MON DA Y. December II . 
Ticket, for the Doll 10a fid. 
Frlca of Admlalon to SpecUlon, for whom the Audience portion of the The. Ire *111 be 
Ml .pen 
Dret. Circle 0e 0J. 
Dolce 3 a Od. 
Lower OelleTp 1» l»L 
Upper C tilery 1 a Od. 
Private Bo lev S& 3. and upward.. 
PH vale Bote. And Place. m»y be .toured .1 the llol Office of the Theatre, and of the 
principal kluelcMltcn and Librarian. 
r PHEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKKT. — Under the 
I Management of Mr. BUCKSTONE. 
Great Suceeu of Mr Simucl lover', new Comic Dr.ma of THE SENTINEL Of THE 
ALMA. In which Sir Iludun will appear eiery Evtulnn On Tueula/. Dr»t time, an 
OHfln.l < omedielta, l.» B»|[le Bernard, Fnj. 
MONDAY SHE stnOPS TO CONQUER- Prloeintl character" by Me*ra Cbippen 
j,l, llowc Compton. Mlu llcvnold., Mra Poynler, Mu» Slartendtlc.de. After which, 
a new I omic Drama, by Stfliucl Lover. f..j . called Til E SENTINEL OF THE ALMA, 
(lierarurv by Mi«ra HuiDun. Compton. Huger., Clark, W. Farren, Mu. Lavlne. and 
Mia. V. Chaplin To conclude with THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPEUS. 
(Jerald Pepper, Sir. Itud»n 
TUESDAY THE NERVOUS SIAN Aapen, Sir. Chippendale; Mac Shan. Sir 
Hudson . Sira Clackll, MUi H Chaplin, with (flat time) an OHglri.l < omcdictta, b? Bagle 
Bernard. F.sq. Principal Character, by SI fir a llowe. Rosen, (lark, Braid, Mia Rev 
ludiU, and MU. E Chaplin; THE SENTINEL OF THE ALMA, and A KISS IN 
THE DARK 
WEDNESDAY; THF. NERVOUS MAN, THE SENTINEL OF TI1E ALS1A. an 
original Comedietta by Bagle Ilernard, and A KISS IN THE DARK. 
THURSDAY. NT. PATRICK’S EVE, in which Sir. Iluilam will lu.laln Ihe principal 
ohanteter, Bernard’. Original Comedietta, TIIK SENTINEL OF THE ALSIA. and 
POPPING THE QUESTION 
FRIDAY : Nl\ PATRICK’S EVE, nn Original Comedietta, THE SENTINEL OF 
THE ALSIA, and SHOCKING EVENTS. 
SATURDAY ; THE NERVOUS MAN, Ilernard’. Comedietta, THE SENTINEL 
OF Till: ALMA, and SHOCKING EVENTS. 
Stage Manager, Mr. CHIPrENDALF. 
'JMIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL— Proprietor and 
Gn 
LERA— f lr»i Night of another N< 
MONDAY, November 20th, and during the Week, the celebrated Comedy called 
THE SKHIOUB EASIILY, by Slrarx Kc.lcy, Leigh Slurray, Charle. Selby, I’anelle, 
Wtyc; Mndaino. Keeley, Woolgar, l.elgh Murray. and Wyndhtu. Alter which, the 
highly auccttflul Farce entitled THE SLOW SIAN Characten by Meura. Keeley, 
Panello, Garden, G. Lee, Hatting. SVaye, Saunden, Woolgar. C. J Smith; Slenlumc. 
Cuthhert, liardon. ami AVrinUiani, Tube followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS, 
In which kltura Keeley, Paul Bedford, R. Homer, Ac . Mndame. Keeley, Garden, and 
Laldl.w, will appear. To conclude with (noyor acted) nn entirely New farce, to be 
called THE RAILWAY I1ELLE, mpporied by Sinara Janie. Roger., C. Selby, Garden, 
JL Homer . Mesdamcw AVyndhain, Stoker, und 0. I.clachcur 
A Now Comedy l" In Bebcanal. Mr B. Welwtt r and Madame Celcite will make their 
Flrat Appearance lUi» ScaMin In the couno of Neil Week, 
Stage Manager. Sir. LEIGH MURRAY. 
.X Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Madame CELESTE. 
(«rcM iuiC(m of the SLOW MAN - Incnulng attraction of DONA KIDE TRAVEL- 
I > 0 Y A L OLYMPIC T II EAT RE.— Lessee and 
t Mnnngcr, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. 
MONDAY, and during the Week, will be performed the Burlclta of THE BEULAH 
UFA Principal character, by Main. A Wigan, E. Robwn, H. Cooper, MU. Julia 
St George, and Mra A. Wigan After which, the new Drama entitled THE 
TRUSTEE. 1 baracter. by Meura V. Vlnlng, Emery, A. Wigan, Ledle, SI la 
Maik.ll, and Slim Menu. To conclude with the new force, called a BLIGHTED 
BEING, In which Mr. Roluori will appear. 
\ STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— 
Lessee and Munagcr, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. 
No diminution In the Prodlgiout Excitement createil by the New Spectacle, THE 
BA’ITLi: (if TIIK ALMA ! wl.hb nightly atlracli admiring thounnd. I 
The ireoitndou. eOVcU produced upon ONE VAST ARENA (formed by the Slag, and 
lb. Ik trig ) by 400 Aukillnrle., In addition to tbe Numerous Company and Superb Stud, 
defy deicrlpUon I— Artillery I- Baggage Wagon. ’-Cavalry I- tbe Guard. I— Highlander. I 
— lDglninil! of tbe Line I— tbe French K.gnl.n aril Zouave..— the Turk. I— all com 
mingled In one vail unity of purpose, afford a vivid rcprcMulallon of an event, than which 
non. iter placed a more brilliant crown upon Hrltuh prow cm and valour. 
MONDAV. November 20. and all the Week, a Grand Military Spectacle, In Two 
Act*. hr J II. S l« courier, Enp. called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. After which, 
the akllful and varied SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Invented by Mr. William Cooke 
To concludo with the ENCOUNTER AND CAROUSAL OF THE WILD INDIAN, 
Ac., ffo, Ac. 
TATRON ; U.R.U. PRINCE ALBERT. 
R oyal polytechnic institution.— 
Mia* GLYN will resume licr SIIAKM’ERIAN READINGS 
on llmriday Evening the 23rd Intt. at Eight o’clock with KING JOHN. 
SION DA Y EVENING LECTURE to the IN1H. 'TRIAL (LASSES. On FRIC- 
TIONAL ELECTRICITY, by Dr. BACIlllOf FNKH 
Dr EDWARDS’ PHOTOGRAPHS of the SIC 
HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. 
LECTURES by J H. PEPPER. F.«i on CHEMISTRY. 
by Dr UACHOFfNER on the PATENT 1’OLYTECnNTC GAS FIRE. 
A SPI.f. ' DID SERIES Of 40 COSMORAMIC VIEWS of ST. PETERSBURG, 
MOSCOW, Ac. and the COSTUMES Of THE RUSSIANS, U now open Dally and In 
• he Evening.. DISSOLVING VIEWS of the SKAT of WAR, SEBAsTUPoL, Ac. 
AdmlBlon. la; Stall., St; PltSullt, Sa 
Open on SATURDAY EVENINGS from Half put Seven till Ten. with an EuterUln- 
mrni deeiTiotlve of the RISE and PROGRESS of AMERICA, llluitraied br a .eric, of 
DISSOLVING VIEWS „f AMERICAN SCENERY, b, G. IIARVEY EaJ, 
MADAME KRAMER and PARTY, tbe CELEBRATED TYROLESE Ml N- 
w7.n I . ,‘Vt P r* r .?4 1 w«jl"CKU),»l.w 22nd Itul, Friday the S4lh, and Saturday the 
mo. F *“‘ oC ' ock lu ,ho and .lug a aelccllou of their NATION AL 
V niiOL'l Lb. 
•^pHE ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND 
_L ART, LEICKSTER-SQUARE. 
A LECTURE on ARCTIC DISCOVERY. llluitraicd by Dioramlc View., from 
Bketehe. hr Lieut S Kuraey (reraell. will l* delivered by Mr. Le.ce.ter Buckingham, ou 
Tue«l.> Evening the Slit l.ut, a: MS pm Principal attraction, at the promt moment 
pl * , ‘" S l 00 f «< high. -A new COSMOBAMA of »T. PETERS- 
J''* 0 r-Mori ‘"K Pbh^nw knd Dioramlc View, nf Verona — Helnkc'e Diving Apparalu. 
and SnUaqucou. Llgh In the Crystal . btem- Performance, on the Grand oAan, b, klr 
" T Bet. at Interval-.— Dietin'. FlOgel Horn Union rt cry Evening. 
Door. oncn lu the Slomlng at Twelve , In tho Evening .t Seven 
ei™’”' l*Y ^boou.nd chlld.ru (tmder ten), half price, Scawn Admluion. One 
PalDra ; Llfo Admliaiun, Ten Guinea*. * 
f 11 DER CELLARS, STRAND. Established 120 years. 
vVtftbtid uri ““W*?"*; 1 v itranc0 in the Strand, two doors 
llf vr. vY- ' T irt M.Mr- . OralU Nine o’clock pm. 
M-teraT WRluI^ F,t . (c . I V* , "’ N ’ h ’ ««•*>»« Art dim - 
Bran 1 mi/ Wbluhoni. and IUIL Alto. Mr. Holme.; Tenor I, 
Mm" M^n ; and i"w . ^Ti n * ‘ 1,,J FuUh " In chafer, by 
Hiratmlum, Muar William.; Pianoforte, Mr 
*rw .nauctor, Mr. Baldwin. W ine.. Splrlu. and ( igara. of the lint quality. 
"P ^ ^ ^i^ k ^ ^ — Members of Parliament 
iSo c u tJ lher i? NYKR^rE'R ^Pri f ‘ ^STUUCTED privately In 
lD..Uutporaj.eou.oratory.-3S,Wcymoull.vlre« , t, l*i!nuJ 1 d f pl»^™ 4SCU1CUt ° f ““ ‘ J ' M 
WEBSTER’S NATIONAL ACTING DRAMA - 
} ▼ No. 194 THE DISCARDED SON. 
Thu edition conUm. all the bc.t drama, of modern time., by Sheridan Kami, n a 
.Wnt • Mathew,. T.rone Power. Mark Lemon. J. H PUuch*. T H ,T ?v ? U ' k 
Mr. < (.ore. T J serle. II. 11 I’eake, Bourclcaull, Coyur, J M Morton T MmI*’' 
Fool., K.m.ey, Lovell, Marvlon. C. Dance, Lover. B.yle Bernard, MraTc. H.lf'oT'"' 
JovJ »l Barnes, T. Parry. 4c Each Number I. llluMrated. and e^h Vol umL V " 
highly Or. Uhed Portrait of a pormlar Author Among tbe trria will be found L Th* 
TSISTwhUSi' ' r"r k . • O-More, the Urid.l olw * 
TwM, W hlw Hone of the Pepper., Mcbolae Nlcklvby, Married Life Grace ii.ri 
* ,r p w " orth - w <hool fur Scandal. King O’Neil, III. Last Lora VI mi n*" 
wni'l, ", , T,-- “ f Grandta.hc, Whlteheld, ( .«, d. B^u f’ 
a ili rtoothe Hearth. Old Iload. and Young llram. I'wd Up, Hamlets.,,, 
tr , ?Lrt, ,V , ;;.^ U * r '| Tn t? , <"’ l, “ v,r * r of W*k*neld, ll.ln?,e K o r the Jloumts 
V& Tom’.cJlrt. the (Imp ^C^ohha^-p;! «“’• »-lfc or 
W g. JOHNSON, (0, St MartluVUue. 
the field. 
NEWSPAPER STAMPS. 
Tho following is a Return of the number of Stamps at Id. 
each, issued to each Newspaper pubiBhed in London for 
tho Second Quarter of the year 1854, specifying the name of 
each Newspaper and the number of Stamps issued to each 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 238 of the 
prese ut Session). The number issued to Toe Field was 
50,340 1 ! ! — thus giving it the 34th place in circulation, out 
of 154 stamped publications, although The Field was started 
less than two years ago. 
Allen's Indian Mai 1 • • • • 
Association Medical Jour- 
nal 
Athenaeum 
Atlas 
Australian Gazette 
Advocate of National In- 
struction 
Banker*' Circular 
Bradshaw's Railway 
Guide 
Bell's Life in London 
Bell's Weekly Messenger 
Bent's Literary Adver- 
tiser 
Bible Society Reporter.. 
Blag's Price Current.... 
Britannia 
British Army Despatch . . 
British Banner 
6.500 
27.000 
35.000 
20,500 
13.000 
1,400 
3,228 
4,100 
313.000 
157.000 
3,000 
4,744 
22,000 
24 500 
5.500 
44,000 
Builder 18,930 
Catholic Standard 18,000 
Christian Spectator .... 6,250 
Christian Times 17,700 
Christian Weekly News . 2,000 
Civil Service Gazette .... 20,000 
Clerical Journal 11,000 
Critic 25,000 
Commercial Daily List .. 8,600 
Commercial Review ... . 1,000 
County Chronicle 17,000 
County Herald 5,000 
Courier 3,000 
Course of the Exchange. 2,400 
Court Journal.... 8,240 
Church Missionary Intel- 
ligencer 2,540 
Church and StatcQazctte 6,600 
DailyCommercial Gazette 1,100 
Daily Nows 346,044 
Diogenes 3,000 
Ecclesiastical Gazette . . 35,850 
Economist 6(4,600 
Educational Record .... 3,700 
Educational Times 2,000 
Empire 66,000 
English Churchman 16,950 
Era 70,000 
Evening Journal 24,0 0 
Evening Mail 200.000 
Examiner 62,000 
Express...- 196,309 
FIELD 50,340 
Freehold Land Times . . 3,0 io 
Freeholders' Circular . . 60,024 
Friend 6,000 
Gardeners' Chronicle 80,000 
Gardeners’ and Farmers' 
Journal 3,000 
Gazette of Fashion 1,700 
Globe 195,000 
Great Northern Railway 
Reporter 12,500 
Greenwich and West Kent 
Observer 6,510 
Guardian 62,000 
Hebrew Observer 2,394 
Herald of Peace 6,000 
Herapath’s Journal .... 25,500 
Home Companion 4,000 
Home Circle 250 
Homo News 32,000 
Household Narrative 
Household Words 
Holt's Army and Navy 
Despatch 
Horticultural Journal .. 
Illustrated Crystal Palace 
Gazette . 
010 
7,(00 
2,350 
1,097 
1,120 
Illustrated London News 1,302,136 
Indian News 
Inquirer 
Jewish Chronicle 
John Bull 
Journal of Commerce . . 
Journal of the Society of 
Arts 
9,000 
7.600 
2,640 
21,424 
9,000 
15,511 
Jurist 
Justice of the Peace and 
Parish Law Recorder. . 
Labourers' Friend 
Lady's News 
Lancet 
Law Chronicle 
Law Students' Magazino 
Law Times 
Lc Courier do l'Europe . . 
Leader 
Legal Observer 
Leisure Hour 
Literary Gazette 
Lloyd's Weekly Loudou . 
Lloyd’s List 
London Chronicle 
London City Mission Ma- 
gazine 
London Commercial Re- 
cord 
London Gazette 
London Mail 
London Mercantile Jour- 
nal 
Magnet 
Mark Lane Express .... 
Mechanics' Magazine . . 
Medical Circular 
Medical Times 
Mining Journal 
Missionary Herald 
Morning Advertiser 
Morning Chronicle 
20,800 
20,800 
2,100 
39.600 
22.900 
1,200 
600 
45.600 
20,000 
30.000 
V00 
2,600 
0,226 
1,409,000 
22.000 
2,000 
4,375 
13.900 
75.000 
3,100 
6,500 
74.000 
72.000 
3.000 
27,840 
21.600 
48.000 
1.000 
608,050 
186,000 
Morning Herald 299,000 
Morning Po9t 
Musical Times 
Musical World ... 
M usical Transcript 
National Society's Monthly 23,500 
National Temperance 
Chronicle 
Naval and Military 
Gazette 
New Weekly Mtbsenger. 
News of the World 
Nonconformist .. 
Notes and Queries 
Observer 
Patriot 
People's Paper 
Perry's Bankrupt Gazette 
Press 
Proceedings of the Royal 
Society 
Protestant Magazine 
Public Ledger 
Publishers' Circular 
Punch 
Racing Calendar 
Racing Times 
Railway Gazette 
Railway Record 
Hailway Times 19’000 
Record 114,600 
Reporter 11,600 
St. James's Chronicle .. 104,000 
Reynold's Weekly 057,610 
Shipping Gazette 160,000 
Spectator 36,000 
Standard 104,000 
Sun 192,000 
Sunday Times 105,000 
Tho Times 3,976,720 
United Service Gazette . . 27,758 
United Service Institu- 
tion Record 
Watchman 
Weekly Dispatch 
Weekly News A Chronicle 
Weekly Reporter 
Weekly Shipping List .. 
Weekly Times 970,857 
Wesleyan Notices 3 800 
Wesleyan Times 32,000 
Willis's Price Current . . 6,400 
226,000 
8,000 
5,600 
1,1100 
2,000 
16.500 
3,600 
1,457,600 
38.500 
3.000 
97.000 
33.000 
43,164 
28,380 
31, 100 
6.000 
1,050 
15.000 
18.000 
102,600 
13,200 
11.500 
1,000 
4.125 
4,000 
40.0IM) 
400,517 
16,500 
1,940 
4,000 
H. C. REDING, Registrar. 
Registrar of WorrauU-offlce, Inland Revenue, 
Somonet House, A ug. 11. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
RACING. 
T. V . — La Belle carried Cut 51b for the Cesarevritch. 
Up(«n — Rifleman and Lord of the isles have not run together. Bol 
colts are by Touchstone. 
MiUtum in parvo. — No. 
A (r —She has beeu out eleven times thi9 year. 
Mellon .— Very likely to see a shorter price. 
11. /f.— Trained by W. l'Anson, Mai ton. 
are not aware tbal Spring was scratched for the Liverno 
Steeplechase. 1 
Dolton — Nominated by his owner. 
<•' A . — The weight was 4st 101b. 
A Looker-on . H ad you been an attentive observer you would never hu' 
put such a question. 
NiddUiboruu"h . — You lose both bets. 
Decidedly, at present, an open Derby. 
D Plausible is in the Oaks. 
O if.— Wait and see how the colt winters. 
(i . A. S— Kingstown is Irish-bred. 
w ,dS Sprin * 
be l lov ® that n ° declaration was rna. 
with regard to Ianthe for the Cambridgeshire. 
AQUATIC. 
tiIu!ielvo UCy ° 1Ub m0Ct8 CVCry Wed,,c8da > - . from eight in the cvenix 
T -J^V!2£& \°. V ,TV Cr B is tLe date for the annual dinner of tl 
nSfi AHelnh? acht .^ lub ' stewards can be seen at the Caledonii 
obSi^ a&et Jr ' U mb in8t> ThCre “ othcr w °y 
D. V -V.— Yachting illustrations will not be discontinued in Tan Tieli 
MASONIC. 
JarnfsTl Y ™.w e r I 1? C S t,y . ri ^ t-t ^ Stuart8 were a " Masons; ar 
“2JJ' ' l ,lurln » ,us r i & n ', Uur Hi9tor T of Freemason 
° ?. keU .,‘ ; and our space is too limited to go more elaborate 
Into the matter than wo have done 
S kuow ‘he editor of the “ Masonic Mirror,” but we dcclu 
to give his name; In fact, wc think the question anything but a prop 
ViCwV W lftWvW - for I)orsctshirp ’ WM supersedi 
by tht W.G.M. the Earl of Zetlaud, m consequence of wearing tl 
insignia of the Knight Templars in Grand Lodge, which is not rcco 
2* th n er , e ' .He confessed his error, and promised it shUd not 
occur; notwithstanding he was deposed. We certainly consider tl 
punishment much grealer than the offence. * consider 
,.V There ere several inaccuracies in the calendar It is oi 
wSrvt rt y , tO . B,V0 * “ 8t of , tl,e Lod 8 c8 °f Instruction in Londo 
wmcn may be relied on as correct. 
1. J C have received several letters os to the propriety of tho firm 
Lodge devoting some of its funds towards the Patriotic 5 Fund in aid 
r n( t W \ U, A' J or ‘’ 1,aus ‘he soldiers in the East. This mer tVeonsId 
Fidelity^ ‘ ,L ‘ cr ? ft - Wc advorted la8t 'VCOW to the fac[ o? the Lodge 
satna of other lodges, & 8UDl toWftrdii llliB limd ‘ We hope to rceord^tl 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Secretory (M.) — Mr. Charles Dickens has consented to read his " Christ- 
mas Carol ” to tike members of the Educational Institute in connexion 
with the Bradford Temperance Association on the 28th of December 
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 
Ordered on Service . — " Sir,— As a captain in a militia regiment, would ft 
look bad or cowardly, supposing the regiment ordered to the Mediter- 
ranean, to resign your commission f" [We think, " Boh,” it would.] 
SECOND EDITION. 
*** For Latest News , vide page 1103. 
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER IS, 1854. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
T HE uews of another victory, (henceforth to be known in 
history as the battle of Sebastopol), with the details , 
at once glorious and melancholy, of the affair of Balaklava 
form the war-record of the week, and one which no time can 
obliterate. The tidings of the latest date claim priority of 
mention. On the fifth of November (a date beuceforth to be 
of nobler note than heretofore), the Russians, in immense 
force, attacked the right of the English position before Se- 
bastopol. An obstinate battle lasted until noou, when tho 
enemy was definitely repulsed and forced to retreat, leaving 
the field of battle covered with his dead, and hundreds of 
prisoners in the hands of the victors. The losses of the Rus- 
sians were enormous. Our own also were great. Our French 
allies rendered invaluable assistance. At present the loss of 
the enemy is roughly estimated at 9,000 ; and, as in the St. 
Petersburgh account of the affair 4,000, is the number given 
by Prince Menschikoff, there seems every reason, judging by 
our experience of Russian arithmetic, to suppose that the 
former is the correct statemeut. The troops who have had 
the honour of this victory are the Second Division and the 
brigade of Guards of the First Light Division, the Fourth Divi- 
sion, part of the Third, and of the French army tho division 
of General Bosquet and other corps. The gallant Sir George 
Brown, and four other generals, are wounded, but were doing 
well when Lord Raglan sent off his despatch of the 6th in- 
stant. We, of course, await the sadder news of the casualties 
which have attended so triumphant a passage of aims. 
The siege still continued, but the state of Sebastopol was 
described as most horrible. The slaughter had been fearful, 
and pestilence had spread from the heaps of corpses flung 
back by the sea. Our shells had unhappily set fire toon hos- 
pital, and it is stated that 2,000 sick and wounded had pe- 
rished in the flames. Numerous women and children had 
also been killed by our missiles. It is difficult, while reading 
such horrors, to abstain from commination upon the hideous 
blood-guiltiness of the one man who will answer at the Judg- 
ment for the slaughter aud agony of this war. But the curse 
i* on the lip of half Europe as we write — let it go unwritten. 
Whether the assault has yet been made or not there is 
scant means for forming an opinion ; but we learn, from 
several sources, that the troops who are to head it have been 
designated, and that scaling-ladders and other necessaries for 
the storm had been ordered to be in readiness. It would 
seem most probable that the “ ulterior measure " has been 
taken. That the Russians have little hope of holding the 
place for many hours after the order for attack, is shown by 
the desperate exertions they have made to delay such attack. 
The grand onslaught of General Lipraudi ou tbe 25th 
October, when 30,000 men were put in motion, and all they 
achieved was the temporary capture of some redoubts at 
the price of exceedingly heavy loss, is another of the fea- 
tures of the siege. Our soldiers covered themselves with 
glory, and the enemy was triumphantly repulsed ; but, un- 
happily an order, into whose unfortunate history we are e\ i- 
dently not at present qualified to enter, put our cavalry into 
a position in which they displayed the most splendid spec- 
tacle of dauntless and self-sacrificing valour, but from which 
they returned with ranks fearfully thinned by the fire of 
batteries against which uusujiported cavalry ought never to 
have been launched. Perhaps the exploit of tho Light 
Brigade on that day was one of the grandest in the history 
of war, but it is saddening to reflect at what price that 
sight was obtained for the four armies in whoso presence 
our heroes went to death. 
The Government having long since decided, at the in- 
stance of our commanders, upon sending out large’reinforce- 
meuts, a total of nearly 12,000 men will arrive from Eng- 
land, Athens, Corfu, and Malta, to assist the besiegers. A 
strong case of post hoc, and therefore propter hoc, will, m in 
previous cases, be made out by journalists who vehemently 
urge Government to do what they had long resolved upon, 
and who will attribute the reinforcement to the somewhat 
tardy articles recommending it. 
Discussion has taken place with refereuce to the refusal of 
Major Powys, ou the part of the Central Fund for tho Relief 
of Soldiers’ Widows aud Orphans, to render assistance to a 
woman, whose husband deserted her, enlisted as a single 
man, and died in the Crimea. The major urges that to ex- 
tend relief in such cases would be to encourage perjury and 
unlicensed marriage, The answer is, that the subscribers to 
