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CRIMEA..—Throughout the week the public have been agitated by a succession of irreconcileable outpourings of the telegraph. Day by day there have appeared in all the journals accounts of Russian victory," repeated in various shapes, often twice, sometimes thrice, and contradicted point-blank now and again : so our readers, by seeing them strung to- gether, may judge of the anxieties they awakened hour by hour, and the difficulties which beset any attempt to come to satisfactory conclusions respecting their accuracy.

"Berlin, October 30.—A Russian despatch, dated St. Petersburg, 28th Oc- tober, and purporting to bring news from Sebastopol to the 23d, has been received here. It states that the siege still continued ; that the fortifications had received little damage ; that the attack by sea had not been renewed. The despatch states that a sortie against the French batteries had been com- pletely successful; that eleven guns and eight mortars had been spiked. It adds that Lord Dunkellin, son of Lord Clanricarde, had been made prisoner. The date of the sortie is not given. We give this Russian despatch as we have received it, without vouching for its authenticity," " Vienna, Tuesday, October 31.—The following has been received here.

Warsaw, October 30.—A Russian despatch states that 30,000 Russians, under General Liprandi, surprised the English right flank on the night of the 24th October, at Lokerman on the Chernaya, and took five redoubts and several guns. The English cavalry suffered most severely. Lord Dun- kellin was taken prisoner.' This was at first discredited, but is now partly believed."

[Here is the same report as it reached Paris.]

"Paris, Tuesday, October 31.—The following has been received here, dated Vienna, Tuesday, October 31. We have received news from Sebas- topol to the 24th October. The bombardment of four forts is vigorously con- tinued. The besieged reply with energy. Diftl!rent vessels of the Allied fleets have been damaged. The Russians have received reinforcements to the number of 30,000 men. General Bosquet observes the reinforcements.' St. Petersburg, Tuesday, October 31.—A report of Prince Menschikoff, dated October 25 announces that General Liprandi had attacked, on the 25th, a detached camp of the English, and is reported to have taken four re- doubts which defended the camp. At the same time, an attack of cavalry is said to have caused a sensible loss to the English light cavalry."

" Vienna, Wednesday, November 1.—The following has been received here from St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, October 31.—Prince Menschi- koff's last despatch says that nothing important had occurred up to the 27th October.' The contents of yesterday's first despatch are almost entirely false."

" Berlin, Wednesday, November 1.—The following has been received

here. St. Petersburg, October 31.—General Liprandi attacked the enemy's intrenched camp on the 25th. He took four redoubts and eleven cannon. The English cavalry was driven back, and lost nearly 500 horses. On the same day, our fire destroyed a French battery befoee Sebastopol. The de- fence was successfully coniinued. The attack fro the sea was not re- newed.' " Another series of deepatehes relate to the first attack and the subse- quent operations of the Allies.

"Varna, October 21.—The firo of the land batteries was opened on the 17th against Sebastopol, at:half-past' one. At the same time, the Allied fleets attacked the forts at the entry of the port ; the English those on the left, the French those on-the right. The English have blown up the exterior forti- fications of the left. The li'rench have eilenced the fort of the Quarantine." " Bucharest, October 24.—On the afternoon of the 17th October the land batteries opened fire upon Sebastopol'. The Allied fleets at the same time attacked the forts at the entrance of the harbour. The English fleet at- tacked the forts on- the left side of the entrance to the harbour, and the French those on.the right. The English fire blew upp the left outer fortifi- cation ; the French silenced the Quarantine. Fort. - The Agamemnon is re- ported to have suffered meat. The Retribption had a mast carried away by a shot. A shell burst onboard the French Admiral's ship; La -Ville de Paris, killing one aide-de-camp and wounding another. The loss in'both fleets is reported to be 9Q killed and 200 wounded. It was expected that Sebastopol

would fall about the'25th October?' ,

" Vienna, Sunday, October19.—Advices from Varna, of the 23d October, state that the En lish made a breach at Sebastopol on 'the 21st. The-French had not yet completed' theirs. The -above is authentic; The Russians say that the French successfully stormed the churchytai'd on the 19th." " Paris, Monday Morning, October 30.—The lioniteur says—' We learn from Varna that the French steamer which left the Crimes on the 21st con- firms the news of the destruction of two of the, outer forts of Sebastopol. Moreover, the batteriei had made a breach. The Allied armies were only waiting for a second breach to be made to give the assault.'" "Varna, October 26.—The Russian fire in reply to' the bombardment of the Allies is feeble. Two powder-magazines in Sebastopol had exploded. The loss on both sides is considerable. The Admirals report that the fall of Sebastopol is expected shortly." " Vienna, Wednesday, November 1.—It is stated in advises from Bu- charest, of the 30th, that General Prince Gortschakoff had stopped the treeps moving from the Dniester to the Crimea, in consequence of Omar Faeha commencing operations against the Dobrutscha. " The English steamer Trent' arrived at -Varna on the 26th. She brings the intelligence that on the 25th the bombardment of Sebastopol was vigorously continued. Several cannon had been carried against the gates of the city. Numerous corpses infect Sebastopol. Admiral Nacrumolf had been killed by a shell."

" Vienna Thursday.—News has been received from Sebastopol of the 23d, that the cannonade had continued incessant ly for seven days. The fire of the Russians was said to be slackening; but the French works were not strong enough, and had been much injured. The 'British are said to be within 300 yards of the Russian works. A deserter says that the loss of the Russians has been very great. Nacbimoff is said to be killed. A fire broke out in the town on the morning of the 23d, and was burning when the steamer left."

" Vienna, Thursday Evening.—Official despatches, dated the 25th October, for the English, French, and Austrian Governments, which have been re- ceived here, show that tho siege of Sebastopol is progressing favourahlY• They mention frequent rencontres, but say nothing of Liprandra alleged victory. The French brigade from the Pirseus had passed the Bosphorus." " Vienna, Thursday, November 2.—Nothing decisive had taken place at Sebastopol up to the 27th. The city and magazine burned on the 17th, 18th, and 19th. A despatch of Prince Menschikoff, of the 26th October, officially confirms the affair of the 25th. The Russians attacked the detached English camp, and took four redoubts. The English lost 600 horses and eleven guns. The French had a second battery razed." Vienna, Thursday, Woven: her 2.—The Trent brings news from Balaclava to 25th October. She reports that the upper batteries of Fort Constantine were demolished. The Allies had sunk two Russian line-of-battle ships in the Southern harbour. Frequent conflicts occurred between the enemy and the English covering the troops at Inkerman." [There was a kernel of truth in the husk of these telegraphic de- spatches; as our readers will see by a reference to the Postscript.] The Journal of St. Tetersburg has published an account of the move- ments of Prince Menschikoff subsequent to the action at the Alma. It is very curious. After the battle, the Prince "not finding a position strong enough upon the Katcha or the Belbek" (!) to renew the combat, garrisoned the Northern forts, and, passing the lohernaya, concentrated bis forces to the East of Sebastopol. Hearing that the Allies had crossed the Katcha and the Belbek, and were thus enabled " to occupy the direct communications with the interior of the empire," Prince Iffenschikoff conceived the "luminous idea" of recrossing the Tchernaya, on the night of the 24th September ; and, marching upon Baktchi-serai, found himself on the flank and rear of the enemy. The reasoning of the Russian jour- nal now becomes absolutely amusing— "The new position of the Prince would have been embarrassing to the enemy if they had desired to undertake an attack on the Northern forts. In fact, they made no such attempt ; on the contrary, they resolved to change the point of attack from the North to the South of Sebastopol, by turning the town to the East. We may be permitted here to enter into some expla- nations, which will facilitate an impartial estimate of the operations of the two parties. Prince afenschikoff was obliged to cross the mountains by a single road, which, at the point where Mackenzie Farm is situated, was not more than four vents distant from the enemy's outposts ; the fires of their bivouacs were distinctly visible from that point. The Prince could not cover his march by the means usually had recourse to on such occasions, for above all things it was necessary for him to avoid attracting the enemy's notice. Circumstanced as he was, he bad to avoid a combat which might have im- peded the movements of his column. The Prince marched with his train and its parks. All these diffioulties were surmounted, and on the morning of the 13th (25th) our troops were stationed where the enemy had no suspicion of their being."

The Russian journal explains that " the enemy" had also made a flank march " almost at the same time, but under much more advantageous circumstances" : he had a shorter route ; with a few batteries he could have checked the attack of the Russians at the only practicable point : but then, it seems, the Allies marched "without guns or artillery "—an immense advantage. It is also confessed that the flank march of the Allies was unperceived by Menschikoff; that the Allies could not have been injured by a flank attack ; while "it was requisite that Prince Menschikoff should avoid a combat." [The meaning of all this is, if we may take the account of the St. Petersburg journal literally, that Prince Menschikoff had foolishly thrown himself behind the Tchernaya, aban- doning the really strong lines of the Katcha and Belbek ; but, suddenly remembering that he had cut himself off from any reinforcements which might be on their road, he rushed headlong back to the open country, and was nearly caught in transitu. In fact, the skirmish at Mackenzie's Farm was the rout of Menschikoff's rearguard.]

TVRKEY.—An obscurity bangs over the doings of Omar Pasha. But it is stated by telegraph from Bucharest, 30th October, that a movement made by Sadyk Pasha on the Sereth had caused Prince Gortschakoff to recall the troops on the right bank of the Dniester to the Prutb. Achmet Pasha, with 10,000 men, was to march from Kalarasch and join Sadyk Pasha; and Iskender Bey was to lead 4000 cavalry into the Dobrudscha. It is now asaerted with great confidence that the story of a Russian in- vasion of the Dobrudscha is altogether untrue.

RussiA.—It seems no longer doubtful that a strong .army has been concentrated in Russian Poland. The two first regiments of cavalry of the Imperial Guard-arrived at Warsaw on •the 24th. A strong division of the Imperial Guard itself, we are told, is to be quartered at Wilma a city that " offers great facilities for the movement of troops in any direc- tion!". Bodies of cavalry and'artillery have'been sent to the frontiers of Gallicia. The army under Marshal Paskiewitch, cautoned between Ka- minietz and Kalisch, including, in the centre of its line of operations the whole line of railway between Warsaw and Cracow, on both banks of the Vistula, has been .denotainated the " Army, of. the North-west." Military magazines and stores of all kinds, have been collected at various points. The force in Poland id (upon no good authority) set down at 200,000 men.

The Court .Taarnal of St. .Petersbrtrg has published a seat of programme of Russian policy. The war is laid to the door of England, who, fearing the power and unbending character of the Czar, seized the Turkish dispute as an occasion for cementing the Freneli alliance.

• "Russia is called upon to set limits to the materialism of England. France holds a secondary poeition. She is a mere bubbling:political whirlpool, uot a durable and generally destructive inundation. ,We must fight. England, be- cause she alone, and not France, is the focus and support of all revolutionary principles. It is not &saki, but England, who, imbued to the core with 'mereantileisMa treads under foot lunnanity and the rights of men_. It is Russia's mission to protect Europe from, the torrents of the West."

Russian ", preponderance " on the Boaphozus must be restored, Da- the sake of " order ", and the development of Russia. For the Western Powers have given to the war the character of " a struggle between Conservatism and Communism.", The Emperor, " as the strong rook and defender of Europe, has to fulfil the lofty mission of consolidating European Conservatis-m. To attain this object; Russia must carry on an obstinate war, which will break down England's avarice, and uncon- ditionally terminate Turkish misrule?'

GERDIANY.—M. von der Pfordten's mission to Vienna has given rise to much speculation. " The prevalent, impression at Vienna ie, that a col- lective note is to be sent by Austria and Prussia and the other States of Germany to St. Petersburg." Another report says that the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers have succeeded in reconciling Prussia and Austria. It is also stated that Count Nesselrode has recently sent a despatch to Baron Budberg at Berlin, to be read, not presented to Baron Manteuffel. In his despatch Count Nesselrode is said to have given his diplomatic agent to understand that Russia is prepared for all contingencies, and will, under all circumstances, maintain her traditional policy in the East. Even if Sebastopol should fall, and the Crimea be lost, Russia will not relinquish any of those rights in the East which she has acquired by treaty.' Russia, continues Count Nesselrode, is the mightiest Power in the East, and in spite of any disasters which may befall her she will continue to be so. Al- though she has not yet brought her principal military power into the field, the Western Powers have had no cause to triumph. It is related that some of the passages were less positive in Count Nesaelrode's draught, but that they were strengthened' by the Czar himself."

DENMARK.—The Danish Executive has put an end to the Diet. A procla- mation and address, signed by the King and the Minister Oersted, were read to the Chambers on the 20th October, dissolving the Volksthing, and of course putting an end to the session. The King reproaches the representatives with systematic opposition, carried on without any show of deference for his wishes ; rebuke's them for expressing any opinions about the Govern- ment or, the Governors of the Duchies, and for declaring their want of confidence in the present Danish Ministers. Not having renounced all hope of effecting an agreement with a Diet, however, he summons the people to send fresh representatives. In the decree ordering the new elections, the King denounces the Liberal party for the " shameful use" it has made of the press and the right of meeting —" privileges granted " by himself; and plainly enjoins spiritual and civil officials, " especially our spiritual officials," under penalties, " to support the views of the Go- vernment to the utmost of their abilities."

FRANCE.—The letter of condolence 'addressed to Madame la Mar- echale de St. Arnaud, by the Emperor of the French, caused a

brief stir. The letter contained a statement that the Marshal "associated his name with the military glories of France on the day when, having decided upon landing in the Crimea, in spite of timid counsels, [timides avis,] he gained, with Lord Raglan, the battle of the Alma, and opened to our army the road to Sebastopol." The phrase " in spite of timid counsels " was eagerly caught up and canvassed ; and much wrathful surmise was spent in conjecturing upon whom the Empe- ror meant to reflect, together with copious innuendoes by the enumeration and omission of names. A five-days wonder was set at rest on Tuesday, by the publication of the following paragraph in the slioniteur- The words resistant a de timides was,' contained in the Emperor's let- ter to Madame de St. Arnaud, have served as a text to erroneous interpreta- tions. Their only aim was to throw out in stronger relief the energy of Marshal de St. Arnaud, by contrasting it with those very natural differences of opinion which on the eve of so important a decision had manifested them- selves in the councils of the French army and jteet."

Detachments of soldiers, horse and foot, have been recently departing from Marseilles in considerable numbers. At Toulon on the 20th Octo- ber, there were three men-of-war and several steamers waiting to convey 4000 men to the East.

The army of Paris has been ordered to execute military promenades, for the purpose of accustoming the troops to long marches in heavy cam- paign order.

UNITED STATES.—The Canada arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, with advises from New York to the 18th October.

There is little news. The journals and the public seem to have been absorbed for the time in the loss of the Arctic. Captain Luce has published a narrative of the wreck, in a letter to Mr. Collins, the owner of the ves- sel. It substantially confirms the previous accounts ; but it brings into strong relief the unworthy conduct of the crew and many of the gentle- men on board, and displays the ladies in the light of bravely meeting an inevitable fate. Captain Luce sank with the ship, bearing his little son in his arms ; he rose and sank again ; the second time pail of the paddle- box came leaping to the surface—it struck and killed the boy, but it afforded a raft of safety to the father.

Not wholly taken up by the loss of the Arctic, the Times correspondent at New York finds time to send a little political information relative to the next Congress- " My predictions concerning the effect of the Nebraska Bill upon North- ern politics have been more than fulfilled. Of 70 members thus far eh cted from the Free States, only 10 are friends of the Administration, and of these 10 five are opposed to the Nebraska Bill. Pennsylvania which sent to the present Congress 16 Democrats to 9 Whigs, has just elected 20 Opposition members to 5 Administration. From Ohio the Democrats have in this Con- gresa 12 members out of 21 ; in the next they will have none. W her- ever the fusion between Whigs and Free-=oilers has taken place, they have carried their candidates by immense majorities. The Admiaiatra- lion have only succeeded in Northern States, or districts where uo such union has been made. Enough is known of the next Congress to form some idea of its probable complexion ; 86 members are elect- ed, G7 of whom are of the Opposition. Of the 148 to be elected,.. 74 are to be chosen from Slave States and 74 from Free. The members from the Slave States will be principally Democrats, and probably all supporters- of the Nebraska Bill. It is not improbable that every member from the Free States will be in the Opposition. The Anti-Slavery element in the Lower Haase will be proportionately greater than it has ever been since the adoption alike constitution ; bat the strong Pro-Slavery constitution of the Senate will prevent any legislation on the subject. Thus American politics continue to more steadily and rapidly towards sectionalism. But the Northern party is weak from its very strength, and also from the great diversity of in- terests which it represents ; and a reaction may be looked for, speedy in pro- portion to the magnitude of the Northern party." The American Government is reported to have obtained Samana, in the republic of San Domingo, on the island of Hayti. Commenting upon this the Neu; York Courier and Enquirer, after stating that the strip of ceded land is Within the limits of the territory to which the Black Em- perorof Hayti lays claim, proceeds in this strain-- " The conquest of the West Indies is embraced in that plan of general ex- pansionsof which the annexation of Arresoniah and the Sandwich Islands has been almost officially proclaimed a part. The acquisition of Samana in- dieatee a purpose of commencement of active operations against Porto Bice, of which itis almost in sight. The securing of the latter island would fa- cilitate the purchase or seizure of Cuba. The Senate will doubtless confirms the action of the Secretary of State in this instance." The acqUisition and its consequences, however, appear to be exagge- rated. The bay at present affords what the United States have fur some time sought in that quarter—a coaling station ; and it is held on a tenure resembling that by which for several years the same Government had a station in the island of Minorca, under the crown of Spain.

JAMAICA.—The Atrato, from the West Indies, arrived at Southampton on Tuesday. Her latest date from Jamaica is the 11th October. The elections for the new House of Assembly were nearly completed. It is stated that the new House will be composed of pretty much the same elements as the old one, and it is anticipated that the result will be un-

satisfactory. The elections had been carried on with spirit, but without disturbances. Mr. Jordan, formerly a member of the Legislative Coun- cil, has abandoned that body ; and having accepted office, he has been elected for Kingstown. The new Executive Committee met for the first time, at King's House, on the 3d October. The session will commence about the middle of November.