furtign 11111( eniunint.
THE Carims.—This week several despatches have been received from Lord Raglan, Admiral Pandas, General Canrobert, and various corre- spondents of the London journals, supplying the materials for a connected narrative down to the 23d, with-a supplement less connected down to the 28th; beyond that, scattered scraps of news, this or false, correct or in- correct, are supplied by the electric telegraph. Some of this ground had already been touched by the glancing intelligence of the telegraph ; but the whole story as it is now presented enables us to understand the course of events thus far, and the position in which the contending parties are left at the latest date.
The siege-works had been continued without interruption, and with great diligence ; but the time which they occupied before the general attack was considered practicable was greater than any one had expected. General Canrobert pats the reason very clearly ; speaking of course for the French, who encountered their own share of the obstruction.
he difficulties with which w meet ore_of two kinaa,—_those_whiou,..„ -Butt-from the natureraye soli. a ty o ,whfehodjcTvAultia.. dent; diminish-610CP tilirtie " 434)k ::. . ll t Irk; MA ose -
r0I.V...:7l i:'s-'.
plants againat itsstirdeet iuttititilVillid, eiyAxliii 'line. Tit this respect ing, from ith4 nuthbeF 114 leg 'if -the : ' I a Ileitery:nwthhiediporlate eseni? the resources, which Int! draws' from. lilt Itessehlistetk welLas ,mitteriala"-ttee!alrooatintixhaustibleeiewbilebotirs; althea g mented by the legneivrhielt-we..niakelfreinAlse-Atito 'fleets, .ate, eeeis y Minted. The 08-p,oteltlerscthe. $0-!bewitzermuddhe12-ineh e in short, almost the .gily 40-11m Won .WIliehRe: eau biz Os n renders the siege ofBebastoRillrme ,of. the most laborious operatioga which, have been met with for 6.-long.ttinek: mic%lhe efforts which Niro fire.pifippeued to make to carry them into fl'eet'veill ergain the delays that hare.arisen,'.'
.
It was Pot 'until the night Of the:1'80 of October that the Allied corn. nianders determined to Open a' geneiliFfire on the Russiane by sea and land' at 'once: The 'fire was 'opened. by the land forces alaiut half-past six'o'elodk on the morning of the ' 1.7th, at a preconcerted signal for bah armies—the firing Of three guns in the pi-Oxich lines. On shore, theEng: lish' had the lattitek on the right ; the Wench On the left. By sea, the Fieneh.had the righter-11e line aerolss the month of the harbour, the English ' the left*, *Mitt%) Turkish ships of the line in the centre. Such wastliegeneraldisPoiitioia of the forces ; but we can only pursue the narrative of the attack in its sections. -Fer some time the French attack proceeded 'favourably ; but the di.. cilties of the ground had occasioned some weakness in the works, - and the effect of thiii•Was felt only too soon. The grand object of attack was the Mast bastion, 'on- which-the French • guns told severely. But about halfLpest.eight, -a- French 1n zinc in the right battery of twelve guns blew -up; killizieend.Wintiadhig,100 'men; and about half-past six, an- Other magazine blew up. The effect of these explosions was so serious, that the Geheralecointuttniiine the artillery' feit'ItLiiteessary to suspend operations ' in 'tirder to'•rettairs.. " Thedelit;" says:Getieral Canrobert, ' it:lemur:lb:to heiregrettedrlint we Must resign' ourselver.,:.' The place, hebbserves,:keptaitrtho fire better tliail ,tvat expected ;' "I-be circle is of such formidable.developmet in 'a right line, and.comPriaba`gunS of such large calibre, that it etinlitelong'the struggle." [This last remark is car- rohbrateaby.an English,writer,„ "rvtheltay* at three. o'clock- on the 18th, " the Rossianammpresidrigeusiliard, interning three shots for our two,' :TheEngliskigetto work' sinatilMnebitaly with the'-Frencli, about half. past six: ..At half‘pastniglitilend agakri"itt }Jiff:Tait ten, ' the fire on both sides slackened phirtit reopened- again *ittil'ireatiVtgenr a quarter of an hour. later. DAbouttwenty ,rettinteta,,tdo tivei,?i ry .60bn after the second lic great explosion in the, Esiitiell )btiitcriNithIP-31t5 d'krirer was-demolished by:the Britials,..gninis. drillsonolgettri. tr krealti 1p groat place in the centre cifiSebestopetcm Againglabeittuditi XS& ll.e'.wts a second explOstennimthe itedanc•forkmettliahliiiiitl4erinday aldiidy&t: the British. Not-WithstatirlinptheisetteicideninthoWbititTchORiftsAlthererttirned to their . guns from every practicable poingialetibtalthVfitiiiitVirielillobat poWder:- store inside the naval • battery wait -fillYwn np., by a Russian shell, but without serious damage.; audTillaiitfyiktaffir4 ,tke works ins,* the Round fart sureres.bittnintS.NTeitilatillal*i:Ifff"th`- l'fi.•"8"eatriettdal`bitt it was sesinned,a1 thiyineilladiextridiraiag,-Z-theEtenetr, ,hoWever; 'being 'yet un.fdAelo,ze.elanitpw mis yowoilll mit if.iviwl, „s..iii,i, , ' Several casualties during ykTrlieliOokctil. '' °if tlie46th, Cap: 0kl4q4 ; on _the_1 th,,Captaist 9.:Learv. of 4.0111yo tvig,..4637,94.1-444„,
5.
....:•„ c.,q,7,,,,, " li.cis bS.V., lif trIi..;:r, -Ai' TiliCti°4 inik.Ukeeklbialiq:ArtAli40.011111:, off an hour late: r::.Thst Eneishlare:-. was directed clue y against Fort Constantine ; 3ilathrtiloubtfallistillititpix the-damage infiiptedi iTite,.fite contintietilintikireMpasKaiViiikhdietihif- ing, when the thipcniwere,henled.off in celisecjahateloftheFthriktielsettiVeiT", 'had:sustained:dome deniageiwith teldtit4or44Irilled, 'erid'2116 niitititiedi"-, Lieutenant Chase'of the Albfetthyttril Onitii*-ilie killed. The Albleri end,: the•Arethuitt stifferedi a& filifelithart.Allrflidttnindas considered it neces-
.,sary' te send theni t l4
The Teioli leaV greatik-
ent, pncipally -aganst, : ,
'the• QuaranPil?elifq :tAtiwM-13,i*IiP431 tsWeVielock.;,.tilLthe- Russian bat ' ity avgkpitsweringrtp: ft fia.41011,41egt:. having pre-" vio.u.sly slack's klieg, . ,„-Eirthe guns 1tsedehy the RuMiansi,itwas oh. - 'served, earrie,449440'eetidititnnen:; Anil seveeaLefthecFremoh, shim like the Englieh*,eufferetitmore.for lesa,.e.-dn.;nitin, the lot'-1s estintatedat 4.5 _ -killed and 250 wounded. Admiral Hamelin.kivitt at one mare-mit in great 'danger front a shell thael3nist4h theitern iirthE'Ville de Paris; and the four aides-deLettinpliiOrtiOth he was StiriaiiiAtted Were wounded, one fatally, and another. with'6t11olia Of both his legs.' -'•'- ". „ . „ , . 04 the 190, ,44,11q,7*.plibai4 re t,e 0 4411-4ftiYEei 1‘ ' ettableAttitesumetkeir - and it appears to have,hefin geblinniidleteedil$,frtoui ell.parteMf the . siege-works. The Aussienti: repaired: theie-alsaatigea.as,fast as possible : the .Round tower,; which was silendedmt.thelirstliaq, ' -again ,Mounted a gun on the second- day; hutit waseoon•knecked over.' .- -It is remarked by several•writing on the spot that.thc5Rttesilurthing had manifestly di- . On the night of the 20th,- the Russians made an attempt to spike the guns of the French. A few men managed tb'enter One of the French batteries by surprise ; but they were detected„ 04 killed. [The Russian -•Invalide describes this sortie .as a v1etory.1,, ,", _.; ,,,-., . . .. . '. - , By.the 25h, the Allies, seeniecl.to:haYe tO■f.edtheir third parallel,' with- in, says a Frenektterf-Plint, a distanoe.-,of ; 200 metres front the place. • On that morning t eensirlerablepart of thetowatIVIElin flames; ind it was remarked thatthelesieged. scareely:gave: theniselves the trouble to • ex- ' tinguish the . fires- that brake out from time tkinae.. • A• Russian- triek for
a time prevented the destruCtion' of an inipertant building. - ' •
"It appears that from the first the Allies noticed a large, structure in the central part or the. eity•.:Whieli" *ad .surmounted:bY a yellow 'flag, indicating that it was an - hosplMefor., the ''welintied.', A etiiiimutrication to that effect was made to the Generals commandipg the ,Allied armies, and strict orders had been given to aptire.that pert bfithe tOviet..-Sime time after,. however, some deserters froth! the place gave •inforinationavhich led to the conviction that a deceit had been practised ; in fact, it was found that the 'building, which was supposed to give, shelter to the sick and wounded, was anything but an hospital—it was a vast Magazine; *here the aminunitien and stores of the besieged were deposited. Acting on this information, some shells were thrown into it, and the pretended hospital blew up with 'a tremendous report. The ground around at shook-as-if with an earthquake, and houses
were thrown to the ground in all directions." ' ''• .• ; "-- •
tam RettleOf kteolfttkAti theifixty-eiglitli; dtliU; tenant Chase ref Alike aShore'W ' 51
The Freneh' o'clock ; the,'
jR9truggt J4144* .4 the right oi -v451,#,Pfpfr,e4bni the Rusaiana had madaa
Means . vonienta,ceonnenecd tn. the rear, or rather ou -
reconnaissancei; 11,11Ptlik. Otzw‘riOna.W,OrkAthem at that time, -probably they were net PrelYtr9floftin,thm,ponclition:iin,whibblheyifeundlthe post when they approachedrinomna force, me the morning of thelfith Octo- ber.• Balaclava as we all knew, istheplace where the magipeh Of the Alliee are situal;.„ and where the conamenieation with the fleet is secured. It isabeut nine miles'hum the linet,of the besiegers. The first heights aced mile and a quarter inland; they command the port and the country rewards the interior, with the road to Sebastopol and that branching off to the centre-of the Crimea. The Turks, 4000 strong, had been engaged io•Making redoubts, the defence of which was given te,themselves.. At the foot of these heights, and in the rear of the besiegers, were General Iteseltiet's division towards the sea, the Dube of Cambridge's division, and most of the British cavalry. The ,Turks Were supported, and Balaclava defended, by a body of Marines, Highlanders, and Horse Artillery, the wholeamder Sir Colin Campbell. The very broken ground, cut up with ravines andhedged with impenetrable forests Made it difficult to pre- serve a look-out foi the enehiy; the Allies could Only be on their guard at their intrenehmthits. They were prepared when a body of Russian infantry, sonic thousands strong, crept up in a fog on the morning of the 18th, The Turks fired several rounds from the redoubts; the British cavalry advanced; and the Russians halted. That night they lighted their watch-firea. about two hundred yards from the British pickets. From this time, except on the Sunday, there was an almost daily and nightly alarm; and the soldiers slept on their arms. On the 25t1s, the Russians appeared on the heights opposite the re- doubts,in great strength..soure aceeamts say 20,000 or. 30,000—under General Liprandi, The Turks,, as if panic-stricken, spiked their guns, and abandoned the redoubts.; doing .their work of spiking an 111,-however, that the guns were readily imopiked and tamed by; the Rusiiians-:against the Allies. The Highlanders remained firm, and kept the ground for reinforcement. The alarm-was given, and successively arrived the Light Cavalry division, the Dragoon Guards,.and'General Boequetis.foree'; and the Russians were driven back. But they succeeded in, keeping., two of the redonbts; and the artillery which they bed. taken was turned with severe effect against Lord Cardigan's division, but not so, 'destructively as was at first reported. The boas of that oorps is now stated at about 120; the total loss of the British,, 400. Next' day, a .eirong sortie was attempted from Sebastopol, to effect a junction with Liprandi; .but it was driven in by General de Lacy Bvans's digiaion, with a-losir.of 1000 left dead on the field. Tbeattack on Liprandi was then renewed; [on the 27th?] the redoubts were retaken ; .and be was driven with all his
force beck into the ravines of the.mountabui. '
OrFICIAL HEVPRTS.
[From the london Gazettes :ExtragrAsary, iffwembet fiend 6.] • Portman-Square, Midnight, Woo. 6.7-, His _Grace the Duke Of Newcastle has this evening received despatches of which the following are copies, addressed to his Grace by General Lord Raglan, G.C.B. • -
,
"Before Sobastopod, October 23. .
"My Lord Duke—The operations of the siege have been carried on un- remittingly since I addressed your Grace on the 18th instant.* .
"On that afternoon; the French batteries not having been able to reopen, the enemy directed their guns almost exchisively on the British intrench- meats, and maintained a very heavy fire neon them till the day closed ; with less damage, I am happy to say, to thewoiles and with fewer casualties than might :have been anticipated. "On the following morning, shortly _after daylight, General Cenrobert not only, resumed hie, fire from the batteries which had been injured, but materially added to the . weight 'of his, etlack•by the fired' batteriee which he had caused tp be constructed theprevieus day these have con- tinued ever lance; elid he lies had. it in Ina power to push his approaches forward, and, like the English, materiallY to injure the derrieres of the_ place; but these are as yet far from being subdued, neither is a. serious dinfi*- nution-of their lire perceivable.
"-Our-firebug also been censtant and effective; but the enemy, having at theirdisposal large bodies of men and 'Use reeources of the fleet and arsenal at their command, huv been enabled b 'unefeliiing exertion to repair their redoubts to a certain extent; and to re ,many of the guns that have been destroyed in a. very ehoet epaek of limey, and to resume-their fotan works
whicliwehad succeeded in, silenciag,,,I: -„ w Thie.facility.of repkiringiand reerming the defences neutrally renders the 4itegress of the assailants slower than could be wished;, and.I have it not itrmy power to inform Your Grace, with anything like certainty, when it ma be expected that ulterior measures may be undertaken.
" bare the honour to transmit to your Grace the return of killed and wounded .between the lath and 20th instant inchisire.
"lii my last I-Renounced to:your Grace- the death; which had just been repprted te me, etthat.deeply-InmMitediffficerthedletioutableiColeherHodd, of the Grenadier.,Guarda, No- other military officer has•siace fellen:;.but‘ Major Prince Edward.iof,Sase Weimer ras. slightly wounded on the 19th. The Serene Highness insisted, however, upon remaining in the trenches mi- ta the detachment to which he was attached was relieved at the usual hour; andlie hat tiOw'reentrieelhia duty. . "Captain Lord Ihmkellin, of the Coldstream Guards, was unfortunately taken-prisoner yesterday morning before daylight, in front of the trenches. "The naval batteries have continued- Their exertions without intermis- alone-and.' regret .to.baueitbireport thederith of two gallant officers of the Royal' Navv—Ithe' Honburable.LientenantiRutlivem who has died of his wounds,-and Lieutenant kireathed( -of 'bar Majesty's ship Britannia. 'Both are universally regretted.. The latter.received-a mortal wound'while a gUlt3 eller having; to use the language of Brigadier-General-Eyre who was
i then n charge of the trenches, ."-performed his duty in the batteries in a manner that excited the admiration Of all.'
",..A considerable body of Ilussian.s appeared two days ago in the vicinity of Balaclava; but they have since withdrawn, and are no longer to be seen in our front.
"I have reason to believe thatFrince Menschikoff is not in Sebastopol. Ile is stated to have placed Wine& with the main body of the army in the field, which is represented,M be stationed ipthe plains South. of Bakshiserai..
"Admiral Eornilef, the chief 9f the Staff, and temporarily in command of
Sebastopol, is reported wo to have died of his unde the day before yesterday.
I have, &c. Rankast "Hoe Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &a."
_Return of Casualties from 18th to 21st Oakber. •
Artillery-3 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 2 sergeants, 19 rank And Ile, wounded. Royal Engineers-1 rank and file, killed. 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards-1 officer,
• This despatch has not been received.
3 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 1 sergeant, 8 rank and file, wounded. let Battalion Coldstream 'Guards-2 rank and file killed; 1, drummer. 2 rank and file, wounded. 1st Battalion Sects Fusilier Guards-5 rank and file wounded. 42d Regiment-3 rank lout ffie wounded- -79th Regiment-1 rank and file.wounded. 95th Regiment —2 officers, 1 rank and file, wounded. 41st Regiment-1 rank and file killed; 2 tank, and file wounded. 47th Regiment-2 rank and file killed; 1 rank and tile wounded. 49th Ilegiment2 tank and fire-wounded; 4th' Regiment-2 rank and file killed ; rank, end file, wounded. 28th Reginientl sergeant, 1 rank and file, tilled; 5 rank and file wiMuded. 38th. Regiment-3 rank and file wounded, 44th Regiment-1. drutnnier killed ; 3 officers, 9 rack and file, weunded. 20th Ite,ginient-2 rank and. file Wounded, list Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. 57th Regiment-- I rank and file wounded. Gad Regiment—i rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, -2 rank and file, wounded. Oth Regiment-1 cflieer.2 rank and fife, wounded. Taillegiment- 1 rank and file killed • 1 rank anti, tile wounded. 19th Regiment-1 sergeant killed; 4 rank and file wounded. 23d Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 4 rank and file wounded. 33d Regiment-3 rank and file wounded. 77th Regiment-1 sergeant, rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 sergeant, 7 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 officer, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 18 rank and tile, killed; 10 officers, 6 sergeants, 1 drummer, 95 rank and file, wounded.
' 2ranzes of Officers killed and tcotthded from tire 18th to the 21st October,
3d Battalion Grenadier Guards—Colonel the Hon. F. G. Hood, killed ; Captain Cameron, Major his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sane Weimar, and Lieute- nant F. Davies, wounded. 9,5th Regiment —Lieutenant E. P. Smith and Captain Raines, wounded. 441r llegiineatkkaptain A. 13rowne, Lieutenant. Al. Bradford, and. Assistant-Surgeon ,J. 6ibbins, wounded. 68th Regiment—,Captain Si. II. Mc- rant, wotnided. Artillery—Major C. C. Young, wounded.
Admiralty, Yorember 6.—The following .deapatebes from Vice-Admiral Dundus have this day been received at the Admiralty.
'4Britannia, of the Katscha, October 13, 1854.
'SSir—Ibeg you will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that theAlliedartnies are employed in erecting batteries to the South of Se- bastopol ; but, I hear, are much retarded by the rocky nature of the ground. The Russian fire of shot and shell by day and night has produced little or no effect. The naval and marine battalions are healthy, and there is less sick- ness in the Army.
"Sir Edmund Lyons, in the Agamemnon, with the Diamond, and a squad-, ron of stemners„ is at Balaclava, assisting the troops. A French squadron, under Vice-Admiral Bruat, is anchored between the lighthouse and, the har- bour,' in communication with the left of the French army. A division of steam-vessels watches the mouth of the port constantly, where four or five Russian steam-vessels always have their steam up ; and the large sailing- vessels are with Admiral Hamelin and myself, anchored off the Katseha river, the weather hitherto having permitted our remaining in those positions.
"The Sidon and Inflexible, with Cacique and Caton, are still in Odessa Bay, to prevent any communication by sea with the Crimea • and 1 have sent a transport to them with coals and fresh provisions, which I have drawn frem Sinope.
"Ott the 11th, an Austrian vessel, laden with hay for the Commissariat, got within range of the batteries, and was deserted by her crew at the second shot: she ran on shore about 1500 yards South of the harbour mouth, and was got off that evening and towed to Balaclava. I enclose the report of Captain Jones, of the Sampson, who, with Captain Stewart, of the Firebrand; and Mr. Boxer, second Master in charge of the Beagle, assisted by the French launches of the in-shore squadron, got the Austrian to sea from under the batteries in a very successful and creditable manner. The Fircbraud has four shots in her hull, but fortunately no casualties.
"I learnt from Captain Bing, of the Leander, of the approach to Eupa- toria of a large Russian force near the town. I have sent the Firebrand and Vesuvius to assist in the defence, should it be attacked, and shall send two other vessels today.
"The French and Turkish troops sent for from Varna and Constantinople by the Simoom, Vulcan, Cyclops, and our transports, are hourly expected; they have been kept back and detained by the late strong North-east gales. -
"I have, &c. J. W. D. Dinenas, Vice-Admiral. "To the Secretary of the Admiralty, &c."
"Britannia, of the lratscha, October 18, 1854. "Sir—I, beg you will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the siege batteries- of the Allied armies opened fire upon the Russian , works South of Sebastopol about half-past. six o'clook yesterday waning, -with great effect and small loss. "inconsequence of the most urgent request of Lord Raglan and General -Canrobert„ it was agreed by the Admirals of the Allied fleets that the whole. of the fillipa should assist the land attack by engaging the sea batteries North and Soots ef the harbour, on a line across the port, -as shown in the. accompanying _plan but various circumstances rendered a change ia the - position of the ships necessary arid unavoidable.. • • "The Agamemnon, Sanspareil, Sampson, Tribune, Terrible, Sphinx, and Lynx, and Albin'', Londcin, mid Arethusa, towed by the Firebraud, Niger, and Triton' engaged Fort C,onstinitine and the batteries to the Northward; while-the Queen, Britannia,. Trafalgar, Vengeance Rodney, Bellerophon, with Vesuvius, Furious, Retribution, Ilighfiyer, Spitfire, Spiteful, and Cy- clops, lashed on the port aidb" of the several ships, gradually took up their positions, as nearly as possible as marked on the plan. "The action lasted from about half-past one to half-past eixp. lthen, • being q,uite dark, the ships hauled, off. "'The loss sustained by the Russians, and the damage done to Fort Con- 'tontine 'and batteries, cannot, of course, as yet be correctly asc'ertanied. " An action of this duration againstsuch feCmidable and well-armed worke 'could not bemaintained without serious injury ; and I have to regret the._ loss of.41kil1ed and 266 wounded, as detailed in the accompanying lists.' The ships, masts, yards, and rigging, are More or less damaged, principally - by shells and hotshot. The Albion has suffered much in hull and.unists ; the RodneY inher Masts, she having tailed on the reef; from which she was - got off 'by the great exertions of Commander Kynaeten,of the Spiteful ; whose crew and vessel were necessarily exposed in performing this service :. but, with the eirceptionof the A Ibioe and A rethusa, which ships I send to Con- stantinople to be repaired hope to be able to make mysquadron ■-ervice- able in twenty-four hour& Foreseeing from the nature of the attack that we should be likely to lose spars, I leftthe spare topmasts and yards on board her Majesty's ship Vulcan at this anohorage, where I had placed her with all the sick and prisoners. "I have now the pleasure of recording my very great satisfaction with the ability and zeal displayed by Recu--Admirels Sir _Edmund Lyons and the Honourable Montague Stopford, and all the captains under my command ; as well as my sincere thanks to them, and to the officers, 'seamen, and marines employed, for their unremitting exertions, and thereNiirlity of their tire, in the absence of a large number of the crews of cues eh*, who were landed to assist in working the siege batteries, &e. onshore ; and to this ciicuinstance I attribute the small logs of killed and wounded.
"The gallant and skilful conduct of our French allies in this action was witnessed by me with admiration ; and 'I hear with regret that they have also suffered considerable loss.
"I beg to express my gratitude at the manner in which Ahmed Naha, the Turkish Admiral, did his duty. .
" I have, &c. J. W. D. DtiNDAS, Vice-Admiral. . "The Secretary of the Admiralty, &c." Abstract of Xilied.and Worm fled in the Sgueekon nejbsettlack, on the Forte of Sebastopol, on the 1718 October. Britennia-Wonnded, 9. Agamemnon-Killed„ 4; wounded, 25. Queen-Killed, 1; wounded, 7. Sanspareit--Killed, 11 ;' wounded, 59. Trafelgar-Wottuded, 2, Sampson-Killed, 1; wounded, 2. Terrible-Killed, 1; wounded; 8. Retribution -.-Wounded. 2. Firebrand-Wounded, 5. Spitinx-Killed„ 1: Spiteful-101g', 2; wounded, 9. Cyclops--Wounded, 1. Triton-Wounded., 5. Albion-Killed, IS; wounded, 71. Bellerophon-Killed, 4; wounded, 15. Bodney-Wounded, 2. Yen- geanee-Wounded, 2. Arethusa-Killed, 4; wounded, 14. London-Killed, 4; Wounded. 18. Niger-Killed, 1; wounded, 4. Furious-Wounded, 6. Total-.- Wed, 44; wounded, 266.
Admiralty, Midnight, November 6, 1854.-A despatch, of which the fbllowing is a copy, has this night been received at the Admiralty.
"Ii`ritantaia, of the Katcha, October 23.
" Sir-I beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commie- stoners of the Admiralty, that since my letter of the 18th instant the siege batteries have continued their fire against the Russian works, which appear to have suffered much ; and the fire slackened, although it is still considerable. "The Naval Brigade are doing good service ; and up to the 20th had a less of 12 killed and 53 wounded, as per annexed list. By the desire of Lord Raglan, I have reinforced them by 410 officers and seamen, and placed- Lord John Hay in the Wasp, under the orders of Captain Lushington. "Captain Brock, at Eupatoria supported by the Leander and Megtene, has maintained his position well, although threatened and attacked by heavy bodies of cavalry, with guns. We have drawn large supplies from there; bet, as the Russians are destroying all the villages, I fear they will in fu- ture become very scanty and uncertain. "Since the action of the 17th, the enemy have been working incessantly in repairing their batteries, and in constructing new works on the North side of the harbour, commanding the approaches by sea and land. "I have sent the Albion and Arethusa to Constantinople to repair ; the other ships of the fleet have fished their masts, &c., and are ready for service. "The Lynx, Sphinx, Stromboli, and Viper, have arrived. • "The weather hitherto has been very favourable, and the crews of the ships are generally healthy. "The English and French Steam Division still continue in the Bay of Odessa, actively employed in preventing communication with the Criniea. "I have, &c. J. W. D. Dennis, Vice-Admiral. "To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Fee."
Abstract of Killed and Wounded in the Naval Brigade engaged in Front of Sebastopol during the Four Days ending 20th October. Britannia-Killed, 2; wounded, 6. Albion-Killed, 1; wounded, 7. Queen- Killed, 2. wounded, 7. Trafalgar-Killed, 1; wounded, 4. Bellerophon-Killed, 1; wounded, 8. Vengeance-Wounded, 5. London-Killed, 1; wounded, 2. Are- thusa-Killed, 2; wounded, 1. Diamond-Killed, 2; wounded. 11. Beagle- 'Wounded, 1. Firebrand-Wounded, 1. Total, killed, 12; wounded, 53.
Names of Killed and Wounded Officers.
15ritannia. Wounded-James W. Vaughan, Lieutenant, contused wound of the left shoulder, from a splinter, rather severe. Sanspareil. Killed-Mr. Charles Madden, Midshipman. Wounded-Mr. W. H. Anderson, Lieutenant, left arm, slightly ; Mr. James Bull, Lieutenant, chest, severely; Mr. C. Parkinson, second Master, face, slightly. Agamemnon. Wounded-Thomas S. Gaussen, Lieutenant, contusion of left thigh from splinter ; Duke 13. Yong,e, naval cadet, contusion of left side from splinter.
Firebrand. Wounded-Captain W. 11. Stewart, severe contusion. of right arm and side from splinters. Sipiteful. Wounded-Mr: Bailie, Midshipman, severely, deep lacerated wound by fragment of a rocket in the upper and back part of left thigh ; Lieutenant Purvis, slightly, left hand seorched by powder, and two small wound.) in the palm of the hand by the explosion of a gum; Commander K3naston, very slightly, by a smell fragment of a rocket in the upper part of the right breast, a slight bruise.
'Atoll. Wounded-Mr. 1.1. Lloyd, Lieutenant-commanding, very dangeroUsly, very extensive laceration of soft parts of right axilla, caused by a fragment of a shell.
Albion. Killed-Lieutenant Chase, shot through the bead. Wounded=-Mis 11. D. Mason, Surgeon, contusion wound from splinter ; Mr. Pant, Master, contusion of right foot ; Mr. Thorne, Paymaster, scalp wound.
Bellerophon. Wounded-Mr. M. Foster, Midshipman, fracture of skull, bums, and flesh wounds.
London. Wounded-Mr. Charles E. Stephens, Lieutenant, slightly.
The published despatches by the French commanders are extremely auctinet. We have already traversed the ground to which they relate, and we have given an extract from one of General Canrobert's; we now ex- tract some more passages. 1.F,xtract from General Canrobert's Despatch of the 18th October.1 •
"The city has withstood the fire much better than was expected: ' The enceinte, in its enormous development in a straight line, carrying all that it can receive in heavy calibre from the fleet, allows it to prolong the struggle. On the 17th, our troops took possession of the plateau situated in front-of the point of attack called the Mast bastion, and occupy it. This evening we construct there a masked battery of twelve &uns, and if possible a second battery at the extreme right above the declivity. All our means of attack are concentrated on this bastion ; and will, I hope, soon clear it, with the assistance of the English batteries, which take it in the left flank. . .
"I have no precise news of the Russian army. There is nothing to indi- cate that it has modified the position in which it awaits reinforcements. ' " I have received nearly all the infantry reinforcements I expected from Gallipoli and Yarns. General Le Valliant has just arrived with his &at- major, which increases to five divisions of infantry the army / command. " The health of the troops is very satisfactory, their moral condition ex- cellent, and we are full of confidence." "The losses which we have experienced from the fire of the enemy are by no means so considerable as might have been expected, considering the difficulties of our position, which I have explained to you."
From General Canrobert, October 22.] " I send successively, and ty all the means which the fleet .places et my disposal, my wounded to Constantinople, where our hospital resources have assumed a more satisfactory character. The state of health of the army is satisfactory. The maladies which have arisen have been produced by the excessive fatigue which our brave soldiers have had to undergo. The naval gunners who have landed have also been attacked with illness. They evince a courage and devotion which are remarked by the whole army."
[From Admiral Hamelin, October 18.]
"If the Russians had not closed the entrance to Sebastopol by sinking five vessels and two frigates, I do not doubt that the Allied squadrons, after the first fire, could have successfully run in and placed themselves in com- munication with the land army. Perhaps they would not have suffered a greater loss than we have now to lament. But the extreme measure adopted by the enemy to sacrifice a portion of their fleet obliges us to con- tent ourselves with keeping up a live-hours cannonade against the sea- batteries of Sebastopol, with a view to silencing them for a time and to occupy a portion of the garrison at their guns, and thereby to afford ma- terial and moral aid to our land army. . . .
"At the commencement of the action the enthusiasm was extreme ; du- ring the action it was no less so. Before opening fire, I made the sjgnal, France observes you: This was replied to by shouts of "five l'Empe- ieur "
enefetaent Orain-Tineeeseennff thifICietcliee gives e special accoune of the neer- Ieoinbardment. ThifAlbien and Arethusa " entered close to the Northernmost or Wasp. battery, and, had scarcely time ta open their' fire when the cables with which they were lashed to the steamers were severed by shot, and they became nee manageable just at the moident- when they were most exposed to the-fire Of the enemy. The Albeon. was set on fire in three plebes, and would certainly have gone on shore, as she was only in 'five fathoms ef water, had not the Cambria, one of the steamers expressly kept ready for such an emergency. come -up in time to rescue her from deltruction, unfortunately not before she had lost 12 men killed and 70 'wounded. The Orinoco is going to tow her down to Constantinople. Sh. is fearfully damaged, her mainmast much ii. jured, and the mizen is tottering and bare. The Arethusa, although she suffered less in men, having only 4 killed and 14 wounded, suffered even more in her hull." e The Rodney- grounded on the shoal running out from Cape Constantine; and the Spiteful, which was lashed to her, was extricated in an almost sink-
ing state. e The Trafalgar could not keep her place long ; "for the "alley sent a Moorsom shell into the mainmast of the Retribution, to which the Trafalgar was lashed : it burst-in it, the mast went down, and both vessels were unfit for action." The-old Britannia and Furious kept up a good rocket practice. Admiral Duvalas was sitting en the poop-railing of the Britannia when a shell burst close by hint - The detached steamers were decidedly the heroes of the day. "They steamed straight down inside, near the shore. The first were the Sampson, Terrible, lied Tribune; who advanced like 4claireurs before the Agamemnon and the Sanspareil, which famed the main strength of this division. These two, afeer having tried the range of their long pivot-guns at the Wasp bat- tery, steamed right down to the fort on Cape Constantine-the formidable casemated battery at the left of the entrance into Sebastopol, and engaged it. There you could see them anchored; the Agamemnon at 800 yards, and the Sanspareil a little behind, enduring with unshaken firmness the heaviest fire of the enemy, and returning it with great vigour e while the steam- frigates, which weld approach closer he the shoal water, hovered round them, making the rnOse a then independent position." TheTurkish flag-ship having come betneee the Queen and the, shore, the Queen left her first anchoring-place and .Passede inside the other liners; Admiral Lyons hoisting the signal, "Well done, Queen!" The Sanspareil' showed 'some unwieldinesa ane defect in her propelling force,
As to the effect of the bombardment, it is difficult to say whether the tem- porary silencing of the batteries was the- consequence of damage, or of a de- sire to' let the guns cook ['One writer says, "The only effect of the English and French balls on the Russian works, was to make them look speckled all over."] "it is now established beyond doubt that the greatest defence of the sea-forts of Sebastopol is the shallow water, which does not allow a close enough approach to make ships' broadsides really formidable to them. The fad is very simple-a ship's broadside can produce a more formidable con- centratedelte than any fort in the world, but ships' (sides Cannot fire so long. -The closer, therefore, a ship comes to the-battexy, the greater becomes its advantage ; -ethereaa itS own'clithger decreases, from the Res not being able to depress the guile enough to hit the hull. An excellent proof of this latter fact, -namely; that the danger of a vessel decreases by nearer approach, was furnished by the Agamemnon and the SanspareiL Although not more than- 200 rues from each other, the Agamemnon, which was closer in suf- fered much less, vessel as well as crew ;- and then most of the shots fired into the Agamemnon damaged the rigging, while the Sanspareil suffered chiefly in her hull. The Russians have been perfectly aware of this. They sank therreere-a-number -of vessels before-the entranee of the harbour in K line -from-the shoal running out from Cape Constantine down to another shoal or reef,un.ning out from the point -opposite, on which Fort Alexander is built." • The Constaelinople correspondent of the nines tells the sequel with-re- spect to the damagee ships. eeThe' dint:lasted and battered Albion arrived yesterday [the 231 October] in Bujukd'ere Bay, towed by the Orinoco. She has several large holes near the writer-line, which have been temporarily boarded'up and painted ; -and the round marks of the shot are to be seen on eveiy-part-of -her hull. She had sent upwards of 120 men on shore previous to the commencement of the action, in which she was -exposed to the hottest fire of the-Russian batteries." "The Arethusa is not so much injured as some of the other vessels; - but she was found to be in a rotten state, and the shot which struck her knoeked oue whole pieces of her hull, although ehis would have done little damage to a sound thip:"
We glean a flew anecdotes and observations from the daily papers.
An important arrival occurred today [October 20]; two vessels, one freigbted with gunpowder, the other with shot. Hatt it not been for this remedy we should have been -destitute of 'ammunition for the larger guns by tomorrow night, even at the Pretent rate of firing, one discharge every seven minutes. Many of the Russian round-slit have been collected and returited.
, .
fashavnilY -Aef'euttisp.ieed of neglect. on the part of the home authorities has been discovered. The shells for the Lancaster guns are toolarge for the bore, and every that costs immense labour in filing down before it, can be toed.-
Morning Post.. .
Conspicuous among the din could be plainly heani the Lancaster guns. Their sharp crack, different from the other heavy guns, was like that of a rifle among muskets. But the most singular effect was produced by its ball, which rushed through the air with a noise and regular beat precieely like the passage of a rapid express-train at a few yards' distance. This peculiarity excited shouts of laughter among our men, who instantly nicknamed it the express-train; and only by that name is the gun known. The effect of the shot seemed most terrible. From its deafening noise, the balecould be dis- tinctly traced by the ear to the spot where it struck, when stelae or earth alike went down before it. A. battery -of tweak/ or thirty such guns would destroy Sebastopol in a week. Unfortunately, from a shore supply of am- .munition, we can only afford to mount two, and -even those are only fired once in eight minutes.-Morning-Herald. - • The time of the year is the greatest obstacle to our success. It will be hard times when the cold seta in. Today the change seems almost fore- boded ; we have had sun until evening, when it became suddenly chilly, but it has since changed again; a hot wind, unnaturally so for the time of year ; and the-dust has been very disagreeable.-Morning Feat. The shock and report [on the explosion at the Round Tower] were so ter- rific- that for two or three minutes Ole enemy ceased firing along the whole extent of their lines. We could then see that a number of fresh troops rushed-into the battery with one or two tumbril e of ammunition, and, after a short delay, in defiance of us, and to show' thattheir ordnance was notin- jured by the explosion, they fired the whole of the guns in the work (about twenty) in one tremendous volley, and, showing themselves at the:0*ra- sures in their shirt-sleeves, gave three loud cheers. They certainly fight well, and put a good face on their misfortunes; for that explosion must have
nest them 200 men at the lead. After this little incident, which enlivened our men, the firing went on much the same as usual, the enemy giving us twenty shots for once—Morning Herald.
Deserters, who came out in the last two days, drew a melancholy picture of the state of Sebastopol and the execution our artillery had done among the n. The fortress, they said, was like a laraee slaughter-house, and since we opened fire five thousand men had been taken to the hospitals and the grave-yards.—Daily News. Deserters assert that one-half of the garrison of Sebastopol consists of poles, who will take advantage of the first opportunity to turn upon their tyrants, and rather assist than oppose our attack upon the fortress. These assertions, however, should be taken for what they are worth, as coming from deserters, who are always too glad to give good news.—Ident.
A French officer was taken prisoner on shore the other day ; he was taken into Sebastopol, and in the confusion managed to escape. He says that there were 5000 men killed ; the wounded were innumerable. They were obliged to drive the Russians to their guns at the point of the bayonet, and they had the gallows rigged, and were hanging them by the dozen. The town was in an awful state. There is a report that the Poles will turn on the Russians as soon as our troops assault it which is not unlikely.--Daely News.
Our sharpshooters, with their Minie rifles' have been most successful in picking off the Russian artillerymen. They have been to the front, within 300 yards of the enemy's batteries' where they get under cover as best they san, either by scraping a hole in the ground or by retreating behind some aatural coeering. They take up their position after nightfall, each man acting for himself; and the execution they have done may be judged from the fact that as soon as a man appears in sight he is instantly sent to his "rest account."—slforning Post.
I was enabled, by ocular testimony, to judge of the little harm effected by the Russians on our batteries, and of the scientific and solid manner in which the latter had been constructed. A night visit to the trenches is always im- pressive. The Silence in the batteries broken alone by the spade and pick of the sappers smoothing the earth disturbed by the enemy's balls ; the mas- sive guns frowning from their embrasures ; the stupendous strength of the parapets and traverses the calm slumbers of the covering party, enveloped in their blankets ; and the rumbling of approaching ammunition-waggons- one and all strike the imagination of the spectator. An occasional shell from the Russians enlivens the preceedings, the tract of the projectile being traced by the burning fuse from the muzzle of the gun to the point of explosion.— Pere/rig Chronicle.
Lord Dunkellin, who is exceedingly near-sighted, started during the night of Saturday (19th) with a party of the Guards for one of the batteries, Missed his road, and walked into the hands of the Russian outlying picket. Re must have been well in advance. for his men, when they discovered their error, rushed at once from the 'danger and escaped. Being unarmed and few in number, all assistance to their officer was out of the question ; moreover, it was quite dark. As Prince Mensehikoff is one of the old Russian party, he will, I doubt not, direct the greatest attention to be paid to his noble prisoner ; and there is a further reason why Lord Dunkellin should be well cared for—his father NVIEL8, once Ambassador at the Court of St. Peters- hurg, and necessarily personally acquainted with the Prince.—Iforning Post.
The "Blue-jacket battery" most certainly manifested no signs of want of powder and shot, as the condition of the Redan amply testified. Captain Peel gave one of his minty proofs of determination and sangfroid : a shell fell into the battery, upon which he instantly seized it in his arms and burled it over the parapet, where it exploded harralessly.—Morning Chronicle.
GEEMANY.—Reporta concur in representing Prussia as having made a new representation to Russia in a very decided spirit—which would be a novelty : meanwhile, a copy of this note despatehed to Vienna is ac- eompanied by the request, that pending the answer no new demand will be made upon the Czar by Anstria. The Borsenhalle of Hamburg reports the substance of the last Austrian note in reply to the Prussian. despatch -of the 13th October. The tone of this note is conciliatory ; welcoming a hint that there exists no red motive for a schism between Prussia and Austria ; insisting that ulterior facts will prove Austria to have been in the right, since she sees in the defensive position taken by Russia only a military measure ; and again asking for the support of Prussia under the treaty of April 20.
Other events in Germany have operated to sustain this Austrian note. After a conference held at Weimar on the 16th October, the Ministers of Bare Weimar, Saxe Illeiningen, Saxe Altenherg, and Saxe Coburg Gotha, agreed to an "identic note" addressed by each of these Governments separately to Austria, in the following t,erms. "The Government of does not hesitate to support the opinion that the inactivity of the Confederation with regard to the great question of the moment causes prejudice to the dignity of Germany, and it believes also for its part that that question ought to be carried before the Diet. It is re- solved likewise to adhere to a resolution of the Diet, if such a one should be taken, declaring that an attack of Russia on Austria, whether in the Prin- cipalities or on the Austrian frontier, would call all Germany to protect the territory of the Austrian empire, and that even if all the German interests, which may be placed in question in course of the existing complications cannot at present be known, Germany appropriates to herself from the pre- sent moment, the two demands of guarantee relative to the cessation of the Russian protectorate in the Principalities, and the free navigation of the Da- nube. The Government does not fear to express its disposition to adhere to a treaty to that effect, even if proposed to the Diet by Austria alone, since, full of confidence in the German sentiments of Austria and Prussia, it has the certain hope that in the course of the negotiations which will take place in the Diet, an accord will be established between these two Powers; an ac- cord to which the Government of — attaches the greatest importance, and without which there cannot be any prosperity for Germany, but only innumerable dangers."
SeAmr.—The formal opening of the Codes, by the Queen in Person, took place on Wednesday the 8th instant. There had been a meeting on Tuesday, for some preliminary business ; and a meeting which had been held the day before that, on the 6th instant, shows that grave events are anticipated by some parties who have the power of creating events. A circular was issued to the Democratic party, by Seiler Ordax y Avecilla, a newly-elected deputy, a barrister and publicist of distinction. In this document he declared that the position was profoundly serious, and he called the party to a sublime duty : he warned them that there would be persons bent upon entrapping them into intrigues, "under the hypo- critical guise of forms and ceremonies," and claiming to strip the assembly Of its true importance. But, said the circular- " If the Assembly, pursuant to the philosophical and political logic of the revolution, is to be constituent, it must be sovereign ; and if it be sovereign, it must not have above it either rule, or prescription, or law, or any other power but that of its own conscience and the omnipotence of the people by whom it is elected."
The Democratic) party, it is said, had endeavoured to prevent the Queen from being present at the opening ; but Evader° sustained her deters mination to take her seat. The arrangements certainly were not of a kind to occasion alarm to the Liberals : the National, Guards—who now number 200,000 in the kingdom, and outnumber the regular army in the proportion of four to one—shared with the regular troops the duty of keeping the line of the cortege as the Queen passed with the Ring Con- sort to the opening. The Queen's speech was as follows- " Gentlemen, I come today with greater pleasure than ever to open the Cortes of the nation, which places me in the midst of the chosen deputies of the people.
"if on the 25th of July I recognized all the truth which I have confided without reserve to its nobleness and its patriotism, it is just that on this so- lemn occasion I should seize the opportunity to thank it for its admirable behaviour, as well as all those who have used their efforts to strengthen the new cera of happiness and prosperity which was then inaugurated for our ()country.
"I have remained faithful to what I promised on that day before God and the world : I have respected, as I shall ever continue to respect, the liberty and the rights of the nation. I have taken all pains and have shown my determination to develop its resources, and to realize its just aspirations. In ordaining and decreeing the fundamental law which hallows those rights an guarantees those interests, you, the esteemed representatives of the country, with your hands on your hearts, and your eyes fixed on your consciences, will come to close the abyss of strife and discord : your resolu- tion will be a decision worthy of your nobleness, worthy of being accepted by your constituents, and worthy of being blessed and applauded by posterity.
"Time can never efface the memory of recent events ; but, if it be true that the heart beats and tears fill the eyes at the memory of misfortune, let us derive thence an example and a lesson for that new political life which is opening before you.
"Perhaps we have all been deceived : for the future let all use every effort to succeed. Such is my full and perfect confidence that your patriot- ism and your endeavours will be as great and as fruitful as the need of our beloved Spain demands ; and, since its destinies have so often astonished Europe, make Europe admire you once more, when it beholds the edifying picture of a Queen who without hesitation has thrown herself into the arms of her people, and of a people which, while asserting its liberties, responds to the decisions of its Queen, and shows itself the bravest, the noblest, and most chivalrous nation in the world."
The ceremony, says the report, passed off amid the most profound tran- quillity.
The Spanish Government has given a reply to Lord Howden's request that the slave-trade shall be made piracy by land. The Government de- clines, on the ground that such a measure would excite discontent among the Cuban planters ; but full powers have been given to Sefior Jose Con- cha to stop the traffic in slaves. When he was formerly Captain-General of Cuba, he honestly and effectually carried but the treaties.
UNITED STATES.—We have received advices from New York to the 24th October' but they do not supply much political intelligence. The " linow-Nothing " movement still shows its great temporary strength. Hatred to the Nebraska Bill is the rallying cry ; and, at least in the North, that measure has seriously hurt the present Administration. The public expenditure and revenue are making progress in opposite directions. The expenditure, which is now officially stated at 65,107,825 dollars, and which will probably be really 70,000,000 dollars, is moving towards an increase, while the revenue is decreased. The imports con- stitute the bulk of the revenue, and two-thirds of the import-duties are collected at the New York Customhouse : the returns there consequently show the actual state of the incoming. During the fiscal year, ending on the 30th June 1840, the revenue stood at 41,656,117 dollars; - an in- crease over the previous year of rather more than 4,400,000 dollars. During the quarter ending on the 30th September, there was a decrease of more than 920,000 dollars, and during the nine months of 1854 there is a decrease of 1,700,000 dollars. The fact is scarcely so interesting in itself, as the remarks which it suggests to the intelligent New York correspondent of the Tunes— "Thus, it appears, that while the expenditure is increasing enormously, the revenue of the country is diminishing. The causes that are producing the latter result are temporary. The consumption of tEuropean productions was stimulated last year by the great prosperity of the country. Everybody felt rich, and therefoee everybody could afford to buy, especially as everybody could get credit and push off pay-day. This year things are changed, and. consequently the consumption is less. Possibly, too, the articles themselves. may have fallen in value ; which would directly affect the revenue, as the tariff is ad valorem. This system occasionally operates very injuriously both on British and American interests. In the article of iron, for instance, in which there are great fluctuations, a low price when the importations na- turally would be heavy yields the Government little revenue ; a high price carries the duty up so high as to be almost prohibitory."
The cotton crop is now estimated at 3,200,000 or 3,300,000 bales. The crop of 1853 was 2,930,000 bales, of which about 1,600,000 were ex- ported to Great Britain. The intelligence of the stoppage of Oliver, M‘Henry, and other firms in Liverpool and London, had not occasioned much disturbance. It is said that reclamations would be made on parties in New York of about 200,000e, which would not be fully met. However, plans were in progress, with every appearance of practical determination and success, for correcting some of the irregularities and overcoming the difficulties connected with the Erie Railway and the Newhaven over-issue of shares, and such cases of over-fast trading. Mr. Lord bad announced that the shares that could not be traced were good as against the Company, and those which could be traced were good so far as the losses of the holders.
A vessel which arrived at San Francisco had touched at Ayan—the Russian American Company's settlement in the Oehotak seat latitude 52' 26' North, longitude 138° 20. East. The Russian-American ship Sitka was in port, discharging stores for the settlement ; which numbers 250 inhabitants, under a Governor. The Governor weir extremely cour- teous : he had already heard that war was anticipated between France and Russia, but he politely invited the French whalers to use the port for repairs and refreshments; and one of them aneepted the invitation.
Previous page
