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The news of the battle of the Alma arrived on Saturday night, and soon became known. The Duke of Newcastle forwarded proofs of the Gazette containing the despatches to the Lord Mayor. It so happened that the new Sheriffs were holding their dinner on that evening. By some means the intelligence was conveyed to Mr. Sheriff Muggeridge, just be- fore he proposed "the Army and Navy." He had barely announced the victory, when, contrary to precedent, the Lord Mayor entered for the purpose of demanding the assistance of certain City officers ; and he read the despatches. The excitement was, of course, very great. Nor was it less out of doors. At the sound of the trumpet, on the steps of the Royal Exchange, a considerable crowd gathered together, and Lord Mayor Sid- ney, standing under the portico, announced to them the victory of the Alma. Throughout the Metropolis the intelligence flew from mouth to mouth even at that late hour. Sunday was the day of thanksgiving for the harvest, and several clergymen, after the service, spoke of the vic- tory vouchsafed to the Allies. At six o'clock on Monday morning, the silence of the dawn was broken by the firing of a salute of twenty-five guns from the Horse Guards.

In the Gazette of Saturday, the Duke of Newcastle thoughtfully pub- lished the following caution—

"The Duke of Newcastle feels it his duty, in publishing this telegraphic despatch, to caution the public against expecting any details for several days. He fears none can be received before the 6th of October. Everything which is received by the Government will be published immediately.

" War Department, Sept. 30."

In the morning journals of yesterday appeared another notice—

"As no account has yet been received of the arrival at Marseilles of a steamer from Constantinople with the details of the battle of the heights of the Alma, the Duke of Newcastle thinks it right to make known that he fears the account of the casualties on that occasion cannot be published be- fore Monday, at the earliest.

"War Department, Eight p. en., Oct. 5, 1854."

Another announcement will be received with great satisfaction by the relatives of the soldiers killed and wounded, as well as by the country generally. " War Uwe, Oct. 2.—In order as early as possible to relieve the minds of the relatives of soldiers now serving in the expedition against Sebastopol, the Secretary-at-War will cause to be inserted in the London Gazette the names of such non-commissioned officers and soldiers, as well as of officers, who may fall in action, as soon as the returns shall have been received from the Army.. Until these returns have been received, no information can be given." For the first four days of the week the telegraph was the master of the Metropolis. The authentic news of the great battle seems to have called up a crowd of reports, carrying the Allies into Sebastopol, and driving 'half Europe wild with ecstacies at the presumed success. On Monday morning the daily journals published the despatches from the Gazette, and appended to them others which seduced the public. One, from the Consul of France at Bucharest, who wrote on the 28th September, was- " A French steamer coming out of the Bosphorus met another coming from the Crimea, which announced that she was carrying to Constantinople the intelligence of the capture of Sebastopol." This was rapidly improved upon in a later despatch from Paris. "Sunday Evening.—Another and fuller despatch from Bucharest of the 28th announces that Sebastopol was taken on the 25th, with all its muni- tions of war, together with the Russian fleet. The garrison, to which a free retreat, after laying down their arms, was offered, preferred to remain as prisoners of war." It was even said that the Emperor Napoleon, on the field of Boulogne, after reading some despatches, on Saturday, exclaimed, " Sebastopol est prise."

On Tuesday came another story, equally romantic, the hero of which is a certain "Tatar," riding with despatches in search of Omar Pasha. This despatch was forwarded to the Times in the most formal way by M. -Musurus, the Turkish Minister in London.

" Vienna, October 2.—The French Embassy and the Austrian Govern- meat have received from Bucharest, under date six p. en., September 30, the following telegraphic despatch- "' Todayat noon, a Tatar arrived from Constantinople with despatches foribear Pasha„ his Highness being mail** the despatches had to be forwarded to him at that place. The Tatar announces the capture of Sebas- topol: 18,000 Russians were killed and xvounded,22,000 made prisoners ; Fort Constantine was 'destroyed, and other forts, mounting 200 guns, taken. Of the Russian fleet, six sail of the line were -sunk ; and Prince Men- schikoff had retired to the 'bottom of the bay with the remaining ves- sels, declaring that he would burn them if the attack continued. The Allied Commanders had given him six hours to consider, inviting him at the same time to surrender, for the sake of humanity. A French General and three Russian Generals, all -wounded, have arrived at Constantinople ; which city was to be illuminated for ten days. We expect tomorrow the official report of the above intelligence from Omar Pasha." On Wednesday came what was called -"DECTSIvE Isrrattninisce" : it was at least more circumstantial than ever. According to this despatch, the forts were taken on the 23d and 24th ; the flags of the Allies waved on the church of St. Wladimir; six sail of the line were destroyed; and Prince Mensehikoff surrendered with the remainder. One despatch re- presented him as having six hours given wherein to deliberate whether he would surrender or blow himself up. All these stories, arising from a wandering "Tatar," "the -Greek houses," and "a captain " of a steamer who met the-captain of " another steamer," were eagerly believed. The Leading Journal, and the bulk of the French journals, took the news for granted, and sang songs of triumph over the fall of Sebastopol. The Morning Chronicle, however, and the deurnal des Debate, threw doubts on the intelligence : somehow, the guns at the In- valides and the Tower-did not 'fire ; and the whole story was dispelled by the publication of a Gazette en Thursday, -announcing that up to the 28th Sebastopol was safe and sound. Nevertheless, nearly everybody believed the intelligence; not except- ing, it is said, some of the highest authorities at home and abroad.

The indignation of the majority of the London publicans against the course taken by their organ, the Morning Advertiser, which they say sacrificed the trade in supporting or not opposing the new Beer Act, has taken a practical shape. At a quarterly court of the Licensed Victuallers Society, held on Thursday, resolutions were carried, by 176 to 149, con- demning the management of the Advertiser generally, and suggesting the propriety of changing the committee of management and the editor. Among the grievances, were the polemical, sectarian tendencies of the paper, and its "libels" levelled against Prince Albert.

A new entrance has been made to Kensington Gardens from the Bays- water Road, for carriages as well as pedestrians: a carriage-road is to be made across the Gardens to Kensington Gore, where the bronze gates pur- chased at the Great Exhibition are erected.

The Registrar-General's report continues to present more cheering re- turns. It will be seen that the cholera has again decreased. The num- ber of deaths from cholera in the week before last was 1284, last week it was 754.

" Cholera is now rapidly declining in London, and the deaths by it have fallen from 2050 in the first week to 754 in the last week of September.

"The present epidemic eruption began later than the eruption of 1849, and it has latterly been more fatal ; but the aggregate mortality willyet pro- bably be less than it was in 1849 ; for the deaths by cholera in that year down to September 29th were 13,498. while the deaths in the present epide- mic down to September 30th have been 9707.

"Yet the loss of nearly ten thousand, or, ineludingtbe deaths by diarrhoea, of twelve thousand lives, within a few weeks, in the chief city of the empire is an appalling fact, demanding the strict investigation into all its detail; which the Board of Health has directed to be instituted.

"Is London to continue every five years to be attacked by pestilence, and to lose so many thousands of its inhabitants ? Cannot the conditions in

which disease is fatal bedetermined, and cannot they be removed ? To as- sist in the solution of these questions, the elevation of the ground and the annual value of the houses is given in the annexed table. "The 2216 deaths from all causes, registered in the week, include the deaths of many persons on whom inquests had been held in previous weeks."

Mr. Charles Stuart Cansdell, of King William Street, one of the directors of the Solvency Mutual.Cractrantee Society, has been fined 51. by Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall, for not complying with the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act: he neglected to make certain returns to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies; refused -to allow a shareholder's solicitor to inspect documents; and announced that Lord Wharnoliffe is Pre- sident of the -Society, without his consent. The proceedings were taken by two of the members of the Society, and summonses were issued against all the directors; but only one was proceeded with. The solicitor for the de- fence said that the directors were willing to obey the law if they knew its provisions : but they thought the Society did not come within the meaning of the act. The Alderman decided otherwise; though, as the object of the complainants was merely to obtain a legal decision, he refrained from inflicting the full penalty of 201. The summonses against the other directors were waived for the present A poor woman complained to Alderman Carden, yesterday week, that after she had paid in 301. to the City of London Loan and Deposit Society, inEar- ringdon Street, she had tried in -vain to get even 21. returned to her. Sir Robert Carden sent for the chief clerk of the t3ociety to explain the matter. That official said, the secretary had :abecouded, taking with him a large amount of funds; and the directors had resolved not to rem any de- posits till the accounts had been thoroughly, examined by an actuary. When Sir Robert questioned the clerk about the directors, the actuary, and other matters, the replies were of a most unsatisfactory character. He re- solved to have some of the directors at the Guildhall; and next day two of them appeared, with a solicitor. But-the explanations of the solicitor were not much more satisfactory than the clerk's : he, however, stated that the Society bad existed for forty years ; and that the directors had resolved to receive no more money at present, but make up the accounts preparatory to a settlement. Sir Robert Carden advised a number of persona who bad paid money to the Society to employ a solicitor to recover it. Sir Robert Carden has remanded Robert Ware, a butcher ssf Greenhithe, for-complicity in BA abominable -offence. A drowned bullock wps dragged out of the Thames at Greenhithe, dressed,as beef, and sent to Newgate Mar- ket for sale. Fortunately, the officials had their attention drawn to the matter, and some of the poor Londoners escaped poisoning. A person re- siding at Biimingham has written to the Lord Mayor that it is a common practice in his locality to send stale or diseased meet to London.

The Worship Street Magistrate has received liberal contributions from the charitable for the relief of persona rendered destitute by the ravages of the cholera.