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to identify thie stra but I have been told tte coouneaaialiall decided his Excellency, Vely Eidin Pacha, to buy of Mr. Catlin, yesterday, a quantity ‘of ‘Sharp’s breech loading carbines,” a specknen of which was examined in his presence The affair of the forged stamps of Mehemet Ali has not yet come to a conclusion at Constantinople, in spite of ike efforts made ‘for political reasons’? to terminate it | speedily to the satisfaction of Reschid Pacha and Sir | Stratford de Redelitte 9 The last despatch of Menschiko‘f, from the Crimea, is written in almost a lyric stra of triumph. Making all allowances for the complexion which the hews from Sebastopel may be presumed to receive from the Rus channels through which it has reached looks dismal enough for the allies, aad its effect has been very sensible at the Bourse, Even should the allied expedition to the Crimea prove successful, France and England will bave no shght task in in view of the agitations already giving a dull round, like that of shells on the shore of a stormy ocean, | in Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Finland. ‘The Queen’s speech at the opening of the Cortes in | Spain is m in the Moniteur of this morn’ It is said that in, and especially Madrid, exhibits at this | moment a state of gencral disiress that to an American | eye might suggest a chance for a successful issue to the project of Mr. Soulé for the purchase of Cuba, But an American eye might failto see beyond the ‘almight; dollar’? more than one obstacle in the way of the proud, sensitive Spaniard’s acceptance of @ hundred and fifty millions bonus, even supposing neither English nor French influence to prevent him. Meanwhile, Mr. Soulé is at the Hotel du Rhin, where he arrived yesterday. The Moniteur St reeves morn- ing, you will pergeive, gave its version of the Soul afhir: As a faithful chronicler, I mustnot omit to men- tion that an absurd rumor has had considerable cur- | rency here, that a duel is on the tapis between Mr. | Soule and M. Drouyn de PHuys, the French Minister of Foreign Affa' It is positively stated in a Belgian journal that, ‘all in- | fiuences to the contrary notwithstanding, the French | government is resolved that the great exhibition of 1855 shall not be postponed. From the number of hotels and lodging houses that are going up rapidly all over Paris, house builders evidently count upon utopian profits next year. What a pity it is that the architecture of modern dwellings has made 80 imperfect progress! Excessive ornament is lav- ished upon the fronts of those erected, for instance, on the Boulevards. But no better distribution of light and air has been contrived within. Instead of being cheaper and better, they are no better and are infinitely dearer. The house of to-day is far from being, as it ought to be, to the house of a hundred years ago what the railway tar is to the old lumbering stage-coach, what the steam- er is to the ship, what the telegraph is to the post office. But, as the Frengh say patiently, cela viendra! FIGARO. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA, THE BATTLE OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF OCTOBER. | Our latest -intelligence received by the Canada was to the effect that in the battle of the 25th October, a thou- sand men, and 600 horses belonging to the English, were killed in three hours, by an overwhelming force of Rus- siaus. This intelligence reached Liverpool but a short time previous to the sailing of the Canada, and, as may be supposed, caused universal surprise and pain. Further advices confirm the main features of this terrible disaster, but, fortunately, not to quite so great an extent as was at first reported. The charge of caval- ry that precipita.ed so many into certain destruction was, it is said, the result of a mistake, or, at least, of a misconception of orders arising from the esprit de corps thateinduced the cavalry to attempt some brilliant ex ploit to retrieve the secondary part they played at the battle of Alma, In short, that in misconstruing an order from the Commander-in-chief, conveyed by tain Nolan, Lords Lucan and Cardigan rode the light horse over a plain a mile and a half in length, and ex- posed to a cross fire from a Russian battery of 30 guns, ‘The attempt was madness, and the result, destruction. The troops were :— Went into action. Returned. 4th Light dragoons., . Ils 39 Sth Hussara.......... 104 33 11th Hussars, + 110 25 1th Light dragoons. + 130 61 Vth Lancers...... 5 35 607 198 The following dispatch from Lord Raglan, relative to this action, was received yesterday by his Grace the Duke of Neweas'lo, and published ia an Extraordinary London Gazette at a late hour evening of the 12th inst. : Wan Derantest, Nov. 12, 1854—4 o'clock Pr. a. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle bas this day received two dispatches, with enclosures, of which the followin: are copies, addressed to his Grace by General the Lor: Raglan, G.C. B. : No. 85. Bevonr SEDASTOPOL, Oct. 28, 1854. My Lorp Dexr—I have the honor to acquaint your Grace that the enemy attacked the position in the front of Balaklava at an early Lour on the morning}f the 25th inst. ‘The low range of heights that runs across the plain at tho bottum of which the town is placed, was protected | by four small redoubts hastily constructed. Three of these hed guns in them, and on a higher hill, in front of the village of Camara, in adyance of our right flank, was established a work of somewhat more importance. ‘These several redoubts were garrisoned by Turkish troops, no other force being at my disposal for their oc- cupation. : he 93d Highlanders was the only British regiment on the plain, with the exception of a part of a battalion of detachments of weakly men, and a battery of artillery belonging to the third division, and on the heights be- hind our right were placed the marines, obliging ly land- ed from the fleet by Vice Admiral Dundas. All these, including the Turkish troops, were under the immediate orders of Major General Sir Colin Campbell, whom I had taken from the first division with the 93d. | ‘As soon as I was apprised of this movement of the enemy, I felt compelled to withdraw from before Sebas- topol, the first and fourth divisions, commanded by Lieu- tenant Generals his ral Highness the Duke of Cam- bridge, and the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, and bring them down into the plain; and General Canrobert subsequent reinforced these troops with the first division of Frencl infantry and Chasseurs d’Afrique. { The enemy commenced their operation by attacking the work on our side of the village of Camara, and, after very little resistance, carried it. They likewise got possession of three others in conti- guity to it, being opposed only in one, and that but for @ very short space of time. The farthest of the three they did not retain, but the immediate abandonment of the others enabled them to take possession of the guns in them, amounting in the whole to seven. Those in the three lesser forts were sp ked by the one English artilleryman who was in cach. ‘The Russian cavalry at once advanced, supported by ar- tillery, in very great'strength. One portion of them as- sailed the front and right flank of the 93d, and were in- stantly driven back by the vigorous and steady fire of that distinguished regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Ainslie. The other and larger mass turned towards Her Majes- ty's heavy cavalry, and afforded Brigadier-General Scar- lett, ander the guidance of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, the opportunity of inflicting US toe them a most nignal defeat. ‘The ground was very unfavorable for the attack of our dragoons, but no obstacle was sufficient to check their advance, and they charged into the Russian column, which soon sought safety in fight, although tar superior in numbers. 8 the enemy withdrew from the ground which they had momentarily occupied, I directed the cavalry, sup rted by the fou®th division, under lieutenant-general it George Cathcart, to move forward, and take advan- tage of any opportunity to regain the heights; and, not having been able to accomplish this immediately, and it appearing that an attempt was making to remove the captured guns, the Earl of Lucan was desired to advance rapidly, follow the enemy in their retreat, and try to prevent them from effecting their objects. Ta the meanwhile the Russians bad time to reform on their own ground, with artillery in front and upon their flanks. From some misconception of the instruction to ad- yance, the lieutenant-general considered that he was bound to attack at all hazards, and accordingly ordered najor-general the Earl of Cardigan to move Corward vith the light brigade. This order was obeyed in the most spirited and gal- fant manner. Lord Cardigan charged with the utmost rigor; attacked a battery which was firing upon the ad- vancing rquadrons; and, having passed beyond it, en- wed the Russian cavalry in its rear; but there his Eniine wore esaailed by artillery and infantry, as woll as cavalry, and necessarily retired, after having committed much avec upon the enemy. ‘They effected this movement without haste or confa- sion; but the loss they have sustained bas, I deeply la- ment, been very severe in officers, men, and horses, only counterbalanced by the brilliancy of the attack, and the llantry, order, and discipline which distinguished it, fixming ‘a atriking contrast to the conduct of the enemy's cavalry which had previously been engaged with the heavy brigade. ‘The Chasseurs 4’ Afrique advanced on our left, and gal Jantly chat a Russian battery, which checked its fre for a time, and thus rendered the British cavalry an es- sential service. ; Thave the honor to inclose copies of Sir Colin Camp- dell’s and the Earl of Lucan’s reports. enemy made no further movement in advance, | And at the close of the day the brigade of Guards of the Ast division, and the 4th division returned to their origi nal encampment, as did the French troops, with t! ception of one brigade of the Ist division, which General , Canrobert was 80 good asto leave in support of Sir Colin Cam Fe secstning regiments of the Highland brigade also Temained in the valley. ‘The fourth division had advanced close to the heights, and Sir G Cathcart caused ono of the redoupta to be re-oceu by the Tarks, affording them his support, and he availed himself of the opportunity to assist with | his riflemen in plescitg, two of the enemy’s guns. ‘The means of defending the extensive position whitch had been occupied by the Turkish ‘troops in the myrning having proved w! inadequate, I deemed it necessary, in concurrence with General Canrobert, to withdraw from the lower range of heights, and to concentrate our force (which will be increased by a considerable body of seamen, to be landed from the ships under the authority | ‘of Admiral Dundas,) immediately in front of the narrow | valley leading into 'Palatiava, and upon the — cee | heights on our it, thus & aarrower line of | defence. I haves &, RAGLAN His Grace the buke of Neweastle, &c. RETURN OF CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS FROM OCT. 22 vo oor. 26, 1854, BOTH DAYS Fe gt Staff—Lieutonant-General the Earl of Lucan, wounded slightly; Brigadier General, the Hon. J. Y.’ Searle, ‘wounded slightly; Captain the Hon. W. Charteris, killed; } Captain George Lockwood, killed or missing; Lieutenant | HF. Maxse, wounded slightly; Liutenané A. 1 Eliot, wounded slightly. Fifth Dragoon Guardse~Lieutenant F . Swinten, wounded slightly; Cornet the Hon. G. Neville, wounded severels First Royal Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke, wounded severely; Captain W. De Elmsall, wounded se- verely; Captain George Campbell, wounded severely: Cornat W. W. Hartopp, wounded severely. 3 nd ns—Lieutenant-Colonel H. D, Griffith, wounded slightly; Captain G. C. Clarke, wounded se- verely; Cornet Lenox Prendergast, wounded severely; | Cornet’H. E. Handley, wounded slightly. Fourth Light Dragoons—Major J. T. D. Halkett, killed; Lieutenant H. A. Sparke, killed; Captain G. J. Brown, wounded severely; Captain Thomas Hutton, wounded severely. Fighth Hussars—Lieutenant J. C. Viscount Fitzgibbon, killed (doubtful); cornet G. Clowes, killed (doubtful) ; Lieutenant D. Clutterbuck, wounded slightly; Lieutenant and adjutant Edward Seager, wounded slightly. Fleventh Hussars—Captain E. A. Cook, wounded slight- ly; Lieutenant H. Trevelyan, wounded slightly; cornet J. . Houghton, wounded severely. Thirteenth Light Dragoons—Captain J. A. Oldham, killed: Captain T. H. Goad, missing; cornet H. Montgom- ery, minsing. Seventeenth Lancers—Captain J. P. Winter, killed or missing; Lieutenant J. H. Thompson, killed or missi | cornet and adjutant J. Chadwick, killed or m sing: Cap. tain William Morris, wounded severely; Captain White, wounded severely; captain A. ebb, wound- ed sereealy; Lieutenant Sir William Gordon, wounded se- verely. Artillery—Captain S. Childers, killed; Captain E. Mou- bray, wounded slightly; Lieutenant J. E. Hope, wounded tly. ait [Hogiment — Lieutenant J. M. Brown, wounded slightly. Joth’ Regiment—Captain F. T. Atcherley, wounded slightly; Captain P. Bayley, wounded slightly. ‘ist Regiment—Lieutenant H. 0. Harriot, wounded severely. 49th Hegiment—Licutenant J. A. Connolly, wounded dangeronsly; Ensign P. Cahill, wounded severely. 60th iment—Brevet-major Hon. J. P, Maxwell, wounded slightly. Liec Regiment—Lieutenant H. J. Buller, wounded severely. 88th Vegimientc-disuienant and Adjutant A. D. Maule, Tes ie fi igaticcantemal ben Gurtain i \de-de-eamp to -general Airey; Captain L. E, Nolan, killed. aS Ape * J.'B. RUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-general. After the action, it was resolved by the Allies to abandon the position at Balaklava, and to retire to the hills overlooking the town, in which caso the depot would have been established at Avrow Bay or Cherson; but advices of the 27th ultimo state that it has been re: decided to retain Balaklava. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN GENERAL LIPRANDI. (From the Invalide Russe.) In order to complete the hasty account of the affair of the 25th of October, we give below the detailed report o jeutenant-General Liprandi, chief the of 12th division of infantry, respecting it. With this report, which was transmitted by Aide-de-Camp General Prince Menschikoff, the Emperor received the Turkish flag and standard men- tioned in it, Report of Lieutenant-General Liprandi, Chief of the 12th ivision of Infantry, to Aide-de-Camp General Prince Menschikoff, dated October 26. According to the orders of your Highness, the troops of the division intrusted tomy command and those at- tached to it executed, on the 25th of October, a general movement in advance from the village of Tehorgoun, | and attacked the fortifications of the heights forming the valley of Kadikoi. Coufermably with the arrangements which I had made on the evening of that day, all the troops of the detachment left, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the village of Tehorgoum by two defiles. A regiment. of Chasseurs of the Ukraine, under the command of Major-General Levoutsky, marched by the principal defile leading from Tchorgoum to Kadikoi, with four guns of the battery of position No. 4, and six guns of the light battery No. 7. hese troops advanced with precision, and, on approach: ing the heights of Kadikot, opened their fire upon the redoubts Nos. Land 2. After them tne Azoff Infantry Regiment, the 4th Battahon of the Regiment of the Dnciper, with four guns of the battery of position No. 4, and six guns of the light battery No. 6, moved on under the command of Major-General Semiakine. By the se- cond defile, leading to the valley of Baidar, an advance was made under the command of Major-General Gribbe, of the Grst three battalions of the Infantry Regiment of the Dnieper, with six guns of tbe light battery No. 6, four pieces of the battery of position No. 4, a detach: ment of the regiment No. 58 of Cossacks of the Don, and a squadron of the combined regiment of the Lancers. fajor-General Gribbe, who had marched in advance, occupied the village of the detachment of Cossacks in the direction of the valley of Baidar. Simultaneously with this movement Major- General Semiakine, in taking up his position to the left of the regiment of the Ukraine, covered by the fire of the artillery and a chain of riflemen, formed by the second company of the battalion of riflemen with the carabi- neers of the infantry regiment of Azoll, advanced rapidly with the latter regiment in two lines by columns of com- panies, there not being a space of more than one hun- dred paces between the two lines, and in third line the first battalion of the regiment of Azoff and the fourth battalion of the regiment of Dnieper, by columns of at- tack. After having approached in this order to the dis- tance of not more than one hundred paces from the for- tified height of the enemy, Major-General Semiakine gave orders for the assault. The companies made a rapid movement in advance, and at half-past seven o'clock the regiment of Azoff had hoisted its flags upon the fortifications, Tne trophies gained upon this point were three rampart guns and acamp. In this redoubt the loss of the enemy in dead only was more than 170 men. At the same time the enemy, from thé\rapidity with which the principal height had been occupied, and in consequence of his seeing the advance of the regiment of Chasseurs of the Ukraine, abandoned the redoubts Nos. 2 and 3, (the former armed with two guns and the latter with three), which were immediately occupied by our troops: ‘The regiment of Chasseurs of Odessa, with the light battery No. 7, under the command of Colonel de Scudari, advanced to the redoubt No. 4; but the ene- my, terrified upon this point also, did not wait for our attack, and abandoned the redoubt, in which there were three guns. Besides this in each of the redoubts the enemy had left his tents and his powder magazines and engineering tools. immediately after the occupation of the redonbts I or- dered the troops to establish themselves there. I imme- diately ordered the redoubt No. 4 to be razed, as it was too much advanced, and I ordered the guns to be spiked, and their wheels’ and carriages to be broken, and the fragments to be thrown down the mountain. When these orders had been executed the troops who had occu- pied the redoubt joined the general corps. The brigade of Hussars of the 6th division of aE ca- ralry, under the command of Lieutenant-General Ryjof | who accompanied the detachment, was posted at the right wing of our general line of battle, with the Light Horse ego 12, and the Cossack battery of posi- tion No. 3. ring the movement of the troops in ad- vance, the artillery of the Don moved rapidly forwards, and, having placed itself in position, contributed by its well-disected fire to the success of the general attack. When all the redoubts had been occupied, I ordered the advance of the cavalry, with the regiment No. 1 of the Cossacks of the Oural and three detachments of the regiment No. 53 of Cossacks of the Don, upon the ene- my’s camp, situated upon the other side of the moun- tains. Our cavalry advanced rapidly, even to the camp; bot, attacked in flank by the fire of the enemy’s rifle: men, and in front by the English eavalty, it was com- pelled to halt, and afterwards resumed its first position at the right wing of the general order of battle, being so ced that its front did not present a right line, the Uirection of one of ite wings forming an angle with that of the centre. At this time Major General Jabrokitsky, with a detach- ment of the infantry Kons), and that of Souzdal, 10 guns of the battery of po- sition’No. 1, four guns of the light battery No. 2 of the éth brigade of artillery, two companies of the batta- lion of riflemen No, 6, two squadrons of the regiment of hussars of the Grand Duke of Saxe.Weimar, and two detachments of the regiment No. 60 of Cossacks (of Popoff), advanced upon the heights to the left of our cavalry, and occupied them. Our cavalry hardly had time to form in order of battle beyond the right flank of our infantry, when, from the other side of the mountain, where the redoubt No. 4 was razed, the Englishcavalry | eppeared, more than 2,000 strong. Its impetuous at- tack, induced Lieut. General Ryjoff to turn back upon the route to Tehorgoum to draw the enemy. At the same time T ordered to advance towards my right wing the com- bined regiment of lancers, under tho command of Col. Yeropkine, which came from Baidar to join the de- tachment of Major General Gribbe, and I ordered th: regiment to post itself behind the infantry in a concealed position. The enemy made a most obstinate charge and, notwithstanding the well directed fire of grape from six guns of the light battery No, 7, and that of the men armed with carbines of the regiment of Chasseurs of Cdessa, and of a company of the fourth battalion of rifle- men at the right wing, as well as the fire of a part of the artillery of the detachment of Major General Jabrokrit sky, he rushed upon our cavalry; butat this moment three irons of the combined regiment of lancers at- tacked him in flank, This unexpected chi , executed with precision and vigor, success, The whole of the enemy’s cavalry in disorder precipitated itself in retreat, pursued by out lancers and yy the fire from our batteries. In this attack the enemy had more than 400 men killed and 60 wounded, who were picked up on the field of battle, and we made 22 prison- ers, one of whom waa a superior officer. AFrench squadron of African horse chasseurs rushed upon the detachment of Major-General Jabrokritsky. Havin, turned the left flank of the battery of position it reached the chain of riflemen and began to put the artil- lery to the sword. Two other squadrons followed. Upon this two battalions of the regiment of Vladimir, under the command of Major-General Jabrokritsky in person, recipitated themselves in advance at the point of the ayonet, and induced the enemys cavalry to retreat, and it was pursued as far as the foot of the mountain by the weil directed fire of the foot Cossacks of the Black Sea, armed with carbines, and that of the riflemen. More than ten bodies and several horses remained upon the spot; three prisoners were taken, and the officer who commanded the attack made by the enemy was killed. Remarking that the enemy again brought up fresh troops to his left wing, I reinforced my right wing, and disposed all the troops of the detachment in the follow- ing order. ¥ battalion of the Regiment of the Dnieper occupied the village of Kamary; the Regiment of Infantry of Azo andthe Ist battalion of that of the Dnieper were ordered to defend the redoubt No. 1; a battalion of the Regiment of Chasseurs of the Ukraine was left in the redoubt No 2, and another battalion of the same regiment in redoubt No. 3, near which were also placed the whole Regimont Of @hasseurs of Odessa, two battalions of a Regiment of the Dnieper, and a battalion of that of the Chasseurs of the Ukraine, All the artillery was ranged on advantage- ous positions; the cavalry, as before, remained on the right flank of the infantry. Howover, the enemy did not make any fresh attack, and ceased his fire at four o'clock in the afternoon. In the taking by assault of auch a strong position I consider our loss in infantry as very inaigni- ficant. That of the cavalry was more import ant. Subjoined is a list rapidly drawn up, ia Kamary, after having despatched | ine of the other | iment of Viadimir (three batta- | ‘as attended with brilliant | reference to this 6 superior and su! general, 19 superior and subaitern officers, wounded.) I owe the success of the day | excellent arrai nts of the respecti’ k courage and of all the ; particularly Major-General Semiakine, chief of the 1st brigade of the division entrusted to my command; and under his | orders Colonel de Krudener, in command of the Regi- ment of Infantry of Azoff, who were ordered to attack the strongest redoubt, No. 1, situated apon a very ber os personally exhibited an example of cou: judicious arringimente The attack of the of Infantry of Azoff was executed with boldness, celeri- ty and decision. ttalion of Rifleme: Kalakoutaky, six the command of Lieutenant-Colonel ssieff, four guns of the battery of position No. 4, commanded by Lieutenant Posnikoff, who accom} that columa, ted with precision and celerity, and thus facilitated the capture of the height. ng repulsed, eight guns of ihe. light battery Nor 7 being repulsed, eight guns jo. which were stationed near the nfot Chasseure, of Odessa, directed by Captain Bojonoff, did the most injury to the énemy’s cavalry by teh precision of their re of shot. Sil the operations of the artillery ofthe twelfth brigade of that arm, directed by Colonel Nemoff, commandant of that brigade, were crowned with brilliant success. Staff- Major Guersivanoff, and the aid-de-camp of your high- nese, Captain of Corvette Baron Willebrandt, whom your Highness sent to me, and who was at my side during the whole of the combat, rendered me very useful assist- ance, transmitting with the most strict exactness all my orders to the troops in the first line. With the present report I have the honor to present to our Highness the flag and the Turkish standard taken as the redoubt No, 1, THE BATTLE FIBLD AND THE {Correspondence of the London Times. , HTS BEFORE L, Oct. 25, 1854. If the exhibition of the most brilliant valor, of the ex- cess of courage, and of a daring which would have re- flected lustre on the best days of chivalry can afford full consolation for the disaster of to-day, we can have no reason to regret the melancholy loss which we sustained in a contest with a savage and barbarian enemy. Before I proceed to my narrative, I must premise that a certain feeling existed in some quarters that our ca- 4 not been properly bandled since they landed in ea, and that they had lost golden opportunities from the indecision and excessive caution of their lead- ers, ay oe to the heer the officer in com- mand. The existence of this feeling was known to many of our cavalry, and they are indignant and exasperated that the faintest shade of suspicion should rest on any ot their corps. With the justice of these aspersions they seemed to think they had nothing to do, and perhaps the prominent thought in their minds was that they would give such an example of courage to the world, if the chance offered itself, as would shame their detrac- tors for ever. It will be remembered that eleven battalions of Rus- sian infantry had crossed the Tehernaya, and that they threatened the rear of our position and our communica- tion with Balaklava. It will be recollected also that the position we occupied in reference to Balaklava was sup- posed by most people to be very strong—even improgna. ble. Our lines were formed by natural mountain slopes in the rear, along which the French haa made very for- midable intrenchments. Below those intrenchments, and yery nearly in a right line across the valley beneath are four central hillocks, one rising above the other as they receded from our lines; the furthest, which joins the chain of mountains opposite to our ridges being | named Canrobert’s hill, from the meeting there of that General with Lord Raglan after the march to Balaklava. On the top of each of these hills the Turks had thrown | upearthen redoubts, defended by 250 men each, and armed with two or three guns—some heavy ship guns— | lent by us to them, with one artillery man in each re- doubt to look after them. These hills cross the valley of Balaklava at the distance of about two and a half miles from the town. Supposing the spectator then to taxe his stand on one of the Reishee forming the rear of oir camp before Sebastopol, he would see the town of Balaklava, with its seanty shipping, its nar- row strip of water, and its old forts on his right hand. Immediately below he would behold the valley and plain of coarse meadow land, occupied by our cavalry tents, and stretching from the base of the ridge on which he stood to the foot of the formidable heights at the other side. He would see the French trenches lined with Zouaves a few feet beneath, and distant from him, on the slope of the hill, a Turkish redoubt lower down, then another in the valley, then in a line with it some angular earth works, ,then, in succession, the other two redoubts up to Canrobert’s hill, At the distance of two or two and a half miles across the valley there is an abrupt rocky mountain range of most irregular and icturesque formation, covered with scanty brushwood ere and there, o1 rising into barren pinnacles and lateauz of rock. In outline and eget f this por- ion of the landscape is wonderfully like the Trossachs. A’patch of blue sea is caught in between the overhang- ing cliffs of Balaklava as they close in the entrance of the harbor on the right. ‘he camp of the marines itched on the hill sides more than 1,000 feet above the level of the sea, are opposite to you as your back is turned to" Sebastcrol, and your right side towards Ba- laklava. On the road ieadiug up the valley, close to the entrance of the town, and beneath these hills, is the encampment of the 92d Highlanders. The cavalry lines are nearer to you below, and are rome way in advance of the Highlanders, and nearer to the town the Turkish redoubts. The valley is crossed here and there by small waves of land. On your left the hills and rocky mountain ranges gradually close in toward the course of the Tchernaya, till at three or four miles distance from Balaklava the valley is swallowed up ina mountain gorge and deep ravines, above which rise tier after tier of desolate whitish rock, garnished now and then by bits of scanty herbage, and spreading away towards the east and south, where they attain the | Alpine dimensions of Tschatyr Dagh. It is very easy for an enemy at the Belbek, or in command of the road of Mackenzie's Farm, Inkerman, Simpherpol, or Bakshi- serai, to debouch through these gorges at any time upon | this plain from the neck of the valley, or to march from Sebastopol by the Tehernaya, and to advance along it towards Palaklava, till checked by the Turkish redoubts on the southern side, or by the fire from the French works on the northern side, i. ¢., the side which, in re- lation to the valley to Balaklava, forms the rear of our Re ition. It was evident oma a that Menschikoff and jortschakoff had been feeling their way along this route for several days past, and very probably at night the Cossacks had crept up close to our pickets, which are not always as watchful as might be desired, and had ob- served the weakness of a position far too extended for our army to defend, and occupied by their despised enemy, the Turk. I say ‘“ despised,’ bickiie we lar from prisoners and from other sources that, votwith- standing all the drubbings received on the Danube from the Osmanli, the Russians have the most inetfable con- tempt for the champions of the nt. CONTEST. | THE RIVAL CAVALRY CHARGE. Our eyes were, however, turned in a moment on our own cavalry. We saw Brigadier-General Scarlett ride along in front bet his massive squadrons. The Russians— evident, Pelite—their light blue jackets embroi- dered with silver lace, were advancing on their left, at an easy gallop, towards the brow of the hill. A forest of lances glistened in their rear, and several squadrons of gray-coated dragoons moved ‘up quickly to support them as they reached the summit. The instant they came in right, the trumpets of our ca’ gave out the warning | blast, which told us all that in another moment we would see the shock of battle beneath our very eyes. | Lord Raglan, all his staff and escort, and groups of off- cers, the Zouaves, French generals and officers, and | bodies of French infantry on the height, were spectators of the scene as though they were looking on the stage | from the boxes of a theatre. Nearly every one dis- mounted and sat down, and not a word was said. The Russians advanced down the hill at s slow can- ter, which they changed to a trot and at last near: halted. The first line was at least double the lengt! of ours—it was three times as deep. Behind them was 8 similar line, equally strong and compact. They evi- | dently despised their insignificant-looking enemy, but their time was come. The trumpets rang out again through the valley, and the Grays and Enniskilleners went right at the centre of the Russian cavalry. The space between them was only a few hundred yards; it was scarce enough to let the horses “gather way,” nor | had the men quite space sufficient for the full play of their sword arms. The Russian line brings forward each wing as our cavalry advance and threaten to annihilate | them as they pass on. Turning a litte to their left, so as to meet the Russians right, Grays rush on with a cheer that thrills to every heart—the wild shout of the | Enniskilleners rises through the air at the same instant. As lightning fashes through a cloud, the Grays and En- nishiflenere pierced through the dark masses of Russians. | The shock was but fora moment. There was a clash of steel and 4 light play of sword blades in the air, and the Grays and the red coats disappear in the miast of the shaken and quivering columns. In another moment we see them emerging and dashing on with diminished , numbers and in broken order against the second line, which is advancing against them as fast as it can to retrieve the fortune of the charge. It was a terrible moment, “God help them! they are | lost!”” was the exclamation of more than one man, and | the thought of many. With unabated fire the noble hearts dashed at their enemy—it was a fight of heroes. | The first line of Russians, which had been smashed ut- terly by our charge, and had fied off at one flank and towards the centre, were coming back to swallow up our handful of men. By sheer steel and sheer coutage En- niekillener and Scot were winning their desperate way right through the enemy’s squadrons, and al horses and red is had renee right at thi the second maas, when, with irresistable force, bolt from a bow. the lst Royals, 4th Dragoon Guards, and the Sth Dragoon Guards, rushed at the remnants of the first line of the enemy, went through it as though it were mace of pasteboard, and dashing on the second body of Russians, as they were still disordered by the terrible assault of the Grays and their companions, put them to utter rout. This Russian horse in loss than five minutes after it met our dragoons was flying with all its ha before a force certainly not half its strength. cheer burst from every lip; in the enthusiasm, officers | and men took off their caps and shouted with delight, and thus keeping up the scenic character of their posi: tion, they clapped their hands again and again. Lord lan at once despatched Lieutenant Curzon, Aide-de-Camp, to convey his congratulations to Briga- dier-General Scarlett, and to say ‘well done.’’ 0 gallant old officer's face beamed with pleasure when he received. the mei e. ‘I beg to thank his Lordship very aincerely,’” was his oply. The cavalry did not | long pursue their enemy. Their loss was very slight, | about 56 killed and wounded in both affairs (the second will be detailed subsequently). Major Clarke was slight- | ly woudded, and had a narrow escape from a gabro cut at the back of his head. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffiths re- | Cred after the first charge, ing been wounded at the back of the head. Cornet Pendergast was wounded in the foot. There were not more than four or five mon wtiod outright, and our most material loss was from tho cannon playing on our heavy dragoons afterwards, when covering the retreat of our light cavalry, THE CHARGE 13 MET BY THE HIOMLANDERS. As the Russian cavalry on the left of their line crown the hill, across the valley they perceive the Highlanders drawn up at the distance of some half mile, caimly | waiting theirapproach. They halt, and squadron after squadron flies up from the rear, till they have a body of sqm 1,500 men along the ridge—lancers, and dragoons, of their old com; in. , the Enniskillens; the second of the 4th Royal Irish, of the 6th Gi and of the Ist Roy . The light cavalry bri- gade is on their left in two divisions ce is be 44 ; bet @ cannon bursts, one can hear the champing of bits and the clink of sabres in the valley be- low. e Russians on left drew breath fora mo- ,and run, As the Russians come within 600 down goes that line of steel in volley of Minnie musketry. front, and out rings a ‘The distance is too great. The Russians are not checked, but still sweep onwards with the whole force of horse and man, through the smoke, here and there knocked over by the shot of our batteries above. With breath- lesa suspense pag! one waits the bursting of the wave u the line of Gaelic rock; but ere they came within 150 yards another deadly volley flashes from the levelled rifle, and carries death and x into the Russians. ‘They wheel about, open files right and left, and fy back faster than they came. ‘Bravo Highlanders! welldone,”’ shouted the exeited spectators; but events thicken. The Hig! ra and their splendid front are soon forgotten; men have a moment to think of this fact, that the 93d never altered their formation to receive that tide of horsemen. ‘No,’’ said Sir Colin Campbell, ‘I did not think it worth while to form them even four deep!”’ the ordinary British line, two deep. was quite sufficient to repel the attack of these Muscovite chevaliers, THE TERRIBLE BATTLE OF NOVEMBER FIVE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. {From the London Chronicle, Nov. 14.] The French Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Canrobert:— Berore Senastopot, Nov. 6, 1854. The Russian army, increased by reinforcements from the Danube and from the southern and ani- mated by the presence of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, attacked yeaty the rigbt of the English position before the place. ‘the English army maintained the battle with the most remarkable solidity, supported by a portion or General Roxquet’s division. The enemy, much more numerous than us, was driven back with enormous ioss, estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 men, This obstinate struggle lasted throughout the whole of the day. At the same time, on my left wing, General Forey had to drive back a sortie of the garrison. The troops led by him drove back the enemy into the town, with a loas of 1,000 men, This brilliant feat of arms, which was not achieved without some loss to the allies, reflects the highest honor upon our armies. ‘Lhe siege continues regularly. Advices received at Vienna from Bucharest, of the 10th, state that early on the morning of the Sth, Prince Menschikof's whole army attacked the English position in the Crimea. A sanguinary battle ensued, which lasted till four in the afternoon, The allies obtained a decisive victory. There were severe losses on both sides, and the English took many hundred prisoners, Generals Buller, Adams, Bentinck, and Torrens were wounded. It is said that General Sir @. Brown was also wounded, The above is official. . (From the London Times, Nov. 15.] The following is an epitome of several authentic de- spatehes of the Gth inst. from the Crimea, received at Vienna;— Farly in the morning of the 6th, the garrison of Se- | bastopol and the army in the fleld rande a violent attack on the right wing of the allied army, composed of the English Foot Guards, and the Second, Third, and Fourth | divisions. General Bosquet’s division advanced to the support of the English, and subsequently other French troops un- der Gen. Canrobert, arrived. ‘The battle lasted till the afternoon, when the Russians retired, having suffered a heavy loss and leaving several hundred prisoners in the bands of the English; the lat- ter lost a great number of men. Generals Brown, Ben- tines, Buller, and Torrens were more or less dangerously wounded. ‘The prevalent opinion here is, that if such another vic- tory is obtained the allies willbe obliged to raise the | siege: but it is a good sign that the last Russian despatch published only reaches up to the 5th. Its sense is, that two sorties were made on that date—one against the | right wing of the allies, and the other against the left wing of the siege works. On the right wing of the army | the guns of one battery were spiked, in the other fifteen guns were spiked. The loss on both sides was very se- vere. A French division, which pursued the Russians, | and attempted to enter’ with them, was repulsed with | great loss. { [From the London News, Nov. 14.] | In a report to the Czar written the day after the battle | described above, Prince Menschikoff asserts that on the 5th his troops attacked the English right flank with suc: cess, and took a battery. The loss, he says, wasgroat on Loth sides, : A sortie was at the same time made in the direction of the French batteries, when fifteen guns were spiked. A division of French infantry followed the Russians as the latter were returning to the fortress, and attempted to enter, as if resolved on assaulting the place. They were, however, driven back with heavy loss. From the London News, Nov. 15. The Vierina papers publish accounts p ing to have been transmitted from Bucharest and rnowitz, de- scribing a great battle fought outside Sebastopol on the 6thinst. In all its main features the engagement thus reported on conforms to Gen. Canrobert’s description of the great encounter which he says took place on the 5th. The attack is said to have been made with Prince Menschikoff’s entire force within and without the place, upon the boa wing of the allies, to have been repuls: with the aid of General Bosquet’s division, to have lasted the entire day, and finally to have ended in the victory of the allies. No official Russian bulletin had announced any eieeces on the 6th, se one from Warsaw ve intelligence of that of the previous day. Moreover, lespatches from Bucharest confirming General Canro- bert’s report, and describing the events of the th, re- semble in language as weM as in substance the Vienna accounts, to which a false date appears to have been as- signed. It will be remembered that General Canrobert wrote on the 6th. The following is a translation of a bulletin published at Warsaw: > Prince Menschikoff ee oe that he made two sorties ogsinst the enemy’s right ana left on the Sth November. fe adda that he took one battery, and spiked fifteen guns of the left French division. The loss on both sides was considerable. A French division, after pursuing the Russians, attempted an assault, but was.repulsed with great loss. [From News Agent at Liverpool.] To Tuesday afternoon, 14th, no official accounts had been received by the lish government from Lord Raglan or Stratford de Redcliffe, relative to the action of | the 5th; but advices received at Liverpool on the morn- ing of the 15th supply a few additional particulars. he right wing of the English army which was at- tacked by the Russians consisted of the English foot | guards and the 2d, dd and 4th divisions. At Vienna the prevalent opinion was that a few more such victories would herr the allies to raise the siege. Menschikoff appeara to be of the same opinion; for in @ despatch to Prince Paskiewitch he says:—<‘It will be impossible for the allies to continue the siege, and I will continue to harass them [to ‘chastise their temerity’). The London Times to Bt og telegraphs that Gen. Canrobert had assured the French government that the Russians were so weakened in the affair of the 5th that, for ten days to come, they wonld not be in a position to | resist an assault on the town, and that he means to make the attempt. The correspondent calls the allied loss 5,000—English, Freneh and Turks. The Morgen Post, of Vienna, has the following despateh from— Cazenovia, Nov. 11, 1854, On the 6th the whole garrison of Sebastopol, amount. ing to 65,000 men, made a sortie. A furious battle en- sued, which was not ended when the messenger left, bat had the adv: . It was reported in Paris that the French government hac received a despatch announcing that the storming of Sebastopol commenced on the 5th, under very favorable circumstonces,. Nothing else was known. "(It will be observed that the preceding Russian despatcnes admit that an assault was made, by the French, the 5th inst., but say it was repulsed with great slaughter } Another despatch confirms that on the 4th November the allies’ batteries were but 150 yards from the walls, and that they had effected a practicable breach. (From the London Times, Nov. 14.] Just as we have been enabled at last to form some sort of idea of the severe action fought on the 25th and 26th of last month we are startled by the sudden, but not wholly unexpected news of a great and glorious, and, we may even trust, a decisive victory, gained by the allies over a greatly superior body of Russians on the 5th of this preset November. The tardiness of our intelligence in the one case, and the comparative speed with which it has arrived in the other, have brought into juxtaposi- tion these two events, and almost lead us to do an injus- tice.to the army by overlooking the ten ddys that inter- vened between them. During that period the allied forces worked steadily and unflinchingly at the opera- tions of the siege, bearing up against fatigues and hard- ships which it seems hardly possible to conceive that hu- man nature could endure. Stunned with the perpetuyl roar of artillery by day, and roused at night by constant threatenings of attack, they have struggled on unflinch- ing and unfailing through ‘an incessant combat of ten long days and nights. sai he’ es At last the enemy, strengthened as it a) s by large reinforcements -*prcased, t may be, by fhe difficulty of supporting so large a force in a wasted country and at an advanced season—determined on again assuming the offensive and bazarding an operation which, if success- would undoubtedly haye put an end tothe siege. y were urged on to the combat by hope and fear, ouraged by the presence of two of t! ouse of Romano, drooping courage of the defenders of a fortre to the eupremocy of Russia in the south. A enemy disdained to operate on our commanications, but aimed deadly blow at the very*heart of the allied posi- | Uon. The Russian generals attacked with an overwhelm- | ing force the Tight Hanke of the English army, intrenched | on the rising ground that looks down on the course of | the Tebernaya. The details of the action we do et know. we learn is, that the English their ground manfully as ever, before the attack of an enemy yastly superior in numbers; that the French, under Gener! t Bonquet, lent them most gallan and eficient support ; that the struggle lasted the whole day, and that at the end of that day the Russians were compelled to retreat with a loss estimated by General Caprobert at from eight to nine thousand men, In the meanwhile the Russians made a sortie from the town, which was repulsed by General Forey, who even at- tempted though unsuccessfully, to enter the place peli- mell vith the fugitives. Never, so far as wo can judge | them returned to their old encampment. | perhaps, best appreciate the true extent and im: | in was a da Turks on the banks of the ube her , and has left us expos- disparity of numbers. But here, many other occasions, the defects of fortune have been supplied by the indomitable ceurageof our troops. The obvious ifficulties of our emboldened our adversaries, and by doing 50, only led them on to their destruction. We have gained a victory ed splendor, but ing the highest meed of it would be unjust, while tion to our it what is due to our harbor, and placed usin the position we bave fended with such signal and unparalleled joa we been encampod on the north side we cannot conceive how it hed been possible to defend our position against a sortie in front and an attack from much superior force on our flank and rear, Still, when we reflect upon the numbers of the allies, oe @ success must and consider the loss wit sell * by the anxious fan Alle inevitably have been tiene inate! allt et ne Nauk o ‘more clories can we afford to win ore we sink overs the ae valar of our own ty by our own worn out by our own suecess? {From the London Chronicle, Eg Bao 4 despatches from Lord Raglan, ing affiirs of the 25th and 26th ult., have been speedily fol- lowed by telegraphic announcements of a more se- rious engagement on the Sth inst. We published yester- day, in an early second edition, 3 report addressed by General Canrobert to the French Minister of War, dated the 6th November, from which we learn that, on the preceding day, a renewed and most determined assault was by the Russian army on the English and French ion, but bearer Begin an obstinate struggle, which lasted throughout day, the enemy was com. pletely repulsed, with enormous loss. We have also received a despatch to the same effect from our Vienna correspondent, from which it appears that the decisive yietory then won by the allies was attended by a severe loss on our side, and that among the wounded were Generals Buller, Adams, Bentinck, and Torrens, and, it is raid, Sir George Brown. ‘The fact that so many officers of rank suffered in the engagement, furnishes s striking indication of the sever- i [ ontest; but, severe as may have been the which we have purchased this great and im- portant success, we have the satisfaction of knowing that the allied arms achieved a brilliant triumph. It is probable that the age yrees adopted by the allied generals in conrequence of General Liprandi’s at- tack of the 25th October, had so far diminished their assailable front in the neighborhood of Balaklava, as to leave the Russians little inducement to make a renewed attempt in that quarter, But the arrival of additional, and perhaps final, reinforcemenes, and the presence of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, stimulated the enemy to undertake a far more formidable task than the capture of the Turkish redoubts. The French comman- der states that the Russian attack of the 5th inst. was the | directed against “the right of the English position be- fore” Sebastopol. ‘That portion of our line extended to the heights near the Chernaya, and was formed by the second division under Sir De Lacy Evans, upon whom appears to have fallen, for the second time, the honor of sustaining the enemy’s assault. The large Russian force which had been expected to arrive by the 4th was probably concen- trated in the plain between the Belbek and the Cher- maya. Such, at least, was the position occupied by, the enemy’s troops during the earlier portion of the siege; and although, with a view to the intended attack on Balaklava, their main body was moved, during the latter art of October, to the neighborhood of the villages of Tehorguna and’Camara, it is not unlikely that, after the failure of the attempt of the 25th, the greater portion of e shall, ortance of the services which our countrymen are per- ‘orming in the Crimea, if we consider the nature of the position occupied by Sir De Lacy Evans, and the for- Inidable attacks to which he must. have been constantly liable. His division was placed at the extremity of the English line, with no support nearer than that of the di- vision next in order; and there may not improbably have been 40,000 Russians collected on the plains beyond the bridge of Inkerman, who had the power of choosing their own time for crossing the Chernaya and assailing our slender forces. Somewhat in the rear of the encampment of our second division, if a range of hills, which appears to run across the Chersonese in a direction rather west of south, and which is intersected | by the road leading from Balaklava to Sebastopol. One part of these hills was occupied by General Bosquet, with two divisions of the French army, intended to cover the siege; but the north-eastern portion of the range, tow- ards the Chernaya and in the rear of the English right, was beld by Turks, who were probably en- trenched, as in the neighborhood of Balakla' earth works, arm with hea guns. ‘These heights have always been represented as vi strong and easily defensible, but the events of the 25tl could not have increased Lord Raglan’s confidence in- Ottoman troops. We are not informed whether they had been left in possession of the redoubts to which we have referred, or whether their place had been supplied by an extension of the positions of General Bosquet or Sir De Lacy Evans; but it is obvious that, in any case, the heights in question must have been comparatively insecure, and that the enemy would naturally make them the object of assault as soon as he felt himself strong enough for au attempt to break the lines of the besieging armies. The English second division was thus exposed to a simultancous attack both upon ts right wing and its rear, under circumstances which would compel it to sustain unaided the first shock of a force far more numerous than itself. It i ‘0, though General Canrobert’s despatch ion any such occurrence, that, at themo- ment of the advance of the Russian atmy, a demonstra- tion len have been made from the town against our front, following the track of the-sortie of the 26th. Be this, however, as it may, repeated assaults must have been made by the Led for the French commander states that ‘this obstinate struggle lasted throughout the whole of the day ;”’ and it is probable that most of the divisions of our own army, as well as that under General Bosquet and the other French troops nearest at hand, bore an active part in the confilet, and effectively contributed to the victory which crowned the arms of the allies. From the habitually A a and soldier-like language of General Canrobert, and from our previous experience of the quiet and unexaggerated tone of his despatches, we may fee) assured that, in the few brief sentences his despatch, he has described a severe and most impor- tant battle, followed by a decisive success. The em- Pee tribute which he pays tothe ‘ remarkable solidi- y’’ of the English army show: that our troops must have been peor in very trying and difficult circum- stances, and must have displayed the highest gallantry in resisting a most formidable attack. Such praise from General Canrobert derives especial value from his usually cold and measured style of expression, as well as from his distinguished military reputation; and the repeated testimonies borne by the French general to the excel- lence of the British troops will be ifehiy ‘and justly ap- preciated In this country. Nobly have our soldiers me- rited the eulogy thus gracefully bestowed on their valor by the commander of our gallant allies. It is evident that in the engagement of the 5th instant, they must have rendered a most signal service to the ccnimon cause; for the complete repulse of the enemy, | after an entire day’s fighting, with an “enormous loss, estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 men,”’ must, in_ ail probabili- ty, preclude any further attempt of the R gene- rals to interfere with the progress of the sie, We furtber Jearn, from General Canrobert’s despatch, that simultaneously with this most formidable attack of the army on the right of the allied position, a sortie was made by the garrison upon the left of the Freech line. The assailants were, however, completely defeat- ed by General Forey, who drove them back into the town, with the loss of 1,000 men; and thus, at the close of a sapguinary and eventful day, the allied armies were tri- umphant at all points. After justly remarking that ‘this brilliant day’s feat of arms reflects the highest honor on our armies,” Gen. Canrobert concludes his dispatch by stating that ‘the siege continues regularly;”” and the successes achieved on the 5th of November cannot but powerfully influence the ulterior progress of our operations, by discouraging the enemy, and by proving the hopelessness of all at- tempts to ‘drive the besiegers from their works. The victory won on that memorable day appears to have been even more considerable than that of the Alma; and, like the great triumph of the 20th of September, it abundantly proves the moral and military superiority of the allies.” While we regret to hear that those successes have “not been achieved without loss,” we have the satisfaction of knowing that Arrangements are in progress for sending immediately to the Crimea, in English trans - ports, large reinforcements of French troops, as well as all the disporable force in this country. It has been olready stated that 7,000 English soldiers Lave been sent, or will depart immediately, for the seat of war; and those who complain of the limited number of our able troops will do well to recollect that, however mar- tial may be the spirit of our people, it takes some time to ensure, by discipline, the ‘remarkable solidity’” ecom- memorated by General Canrobert in his despatch. Our ally however, possesses an abundant supply of excellent soldiers, while we have ample means of transport ; an: each nation contributing that which it can best afford, will most effectively further the put nd insure the {ricmph of the great enterprize in ich we are em- arked, (From the Liverpool Times, Nov. 15.] The Crimean intelligence contained in our second edi tion of yesterday, may be considered as decisive. It is the forerunner of the immediate fall of Sebastopol, or raising of the siege by the allied commanders. The loss of 5,000 of the French and British troops on the 5th, the ‘partial raising of the siege on the previous day for the purpose of concentration, and the general en- igement pf the 6th, must have ‘ealed the fate of the acess or the besiegers. If the allies repulsed the double attack made on their front and rear on the 6th, with the same loss to the enemy as he experienced on the Sth, the Russian commanders must have lost all hopes of success and can only think of coatings the if = struggle with a view of sacrificing human life. on the other hand, we lost as many men on the 6th as we did on the preceding day, our forces must have retired to the heights of Balaklava, where they may possibly be able to await the arrival of reinforcements. A force of 20,000 men posted on the hills south of Se- bastopol may withstand all the assaults of the combined forces of the enemy, so long as they can keep open their 4 communications with the allied fleet. What this mighty arm of our. strength, in this siege, was about on the 5th and 6th, does not appear from the despatches received up to last night. If that immense flotilla is taken up with the performance of transport ser- vice, or is unfit for the other services required, either from its draught of water, or the range and calibre of its guns; surely some of ovr smal) and wonder working craft ought to be sent out to take its place, Admiral Dundas stated in his last despatch that the ships which were en- gaged on the 17th would be ready for action withia twenty-four hours. Where, then, were they on the 5th, but more perteay on the 6th, when the whole Russian force left Sebastopol to attack our siege lines? This was the moment for the deot to have tested wood against granite, with a better prospect of anccess than Admiral Dundas has had at any previous period ef the aioge. But the fleet was not on, aged with, the batteries, and probably not in er the enemy from attempting « corbined ack upon our troops, Thig may be ity explained to the credit of our naval commanders, and doubtless will be, by simply assuring us that ee Aget could aot night to det att * as treated steps to pour troops into the Crimes to the 13 of the heroic little armies that they have but neglected. The French government are making rations for the departure of troops on a large scale. our government are pre] to despatch both and infantry regiments to the scene of action. entire force we can command at present is totally inade- quate, to the omapents betere us, 20,000 or 30,000 itish, and as em och at least, are re- are to clear the ea of the Ri a force at present that country. OPERATIONS ON THE DANUBE. fi es par ae io, irs hed the ‘rom Jassy, November 10, i that movement of Ottoman tro} foward Holders and the Pruth continues with activity, sation in the Principalities. It is Turkish army is in a condition to resume the offensive pe ad Omer Pocha is expected in person ou the uth, Odessa letters say that the Russian forces in the Delta of the Danube will probably be removed to the Upper Pruth, and that only garrisons will be left in the forti- Saferracttimancun f ciara southern o ral to) as allies will then act against and rmann. THE BALTIC. The steamers of thy fleet under Sir Charles Napier, were at Kiel harbor, one English mile from the town Kiel, on November 7. Frost had already set in, and the fleet would probably soon leave. Commercial letters received at Memel,on the 8th inst., from St. Petersburg merchants, order that their goods should not be shipped in British veesels, as they feared the Russlan fieet would put to sea, there being so few British cruisers in the Baltic. POLICY OF THE GERMAN STATES. AUSTRIA STILL HESITATES TO TAKE THE FIELD, The German Confederation was to occupy itself with « A@osideration of the war question on Wednesday, the 16th instant. It is reported that Austria and Prussia have smoothed their diflerences so‘far he Germanic States are con- cerned, and a joint demand will be made upon the body of the Diet by both these Powers. All the smaller German States, particularly those of the South, are engaged in putting eir armies on a war footing, as though it was decided already that the whole German pation will adhere to Austria’s policy. The indications (cove an English account) of the offen- sive and defensive alliance about to be brought to a close between Austria and the Western Powers, are jealously watched by the Cabinet of Prustia, and Lord Palmer- ston’s pee at Paris is considered as furthering such a treaty. Negotiations continue active between the Russian and Prussian Courts. Baron Brunow had re- turned (12th inst.) from St. Petersburg to Berlin, to have a joint interview with M. de Manteuffel, the Prussian ooo and Baron Budberg, the Russian ambassador at lin, 4 The statement with respect to Austria, is, that they will not, under any circumstances, take the field against Russia, until the spring. As long as the Russian troops were concentrated along the Austrian frontier, there was a constant likelihood that a collision might take place, and the cabinet of St. Petersburg, to prevent such a cas- ualty, and anxious not to give umbrage to Austria, has announced its willingness to withdraw this menacing force, and, during the winter, to place it in ‘‘some other equally advantageous strategic position.” Austria, while accepting this accommodation, will con- tinue her armaments.” THE ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA. (From the London Times, Nov. 10.] Let any one watch the course of Austria during the last year. United with us in every diplomatic step which we have taken, she has still carefully avoided en- ha herself with our alliance, or incurring a breach with that Power against whom we are at this very mo- ment fighting her battle, even more than our own. At first the excuse was that while we were remote from, she was near to the Russian frontier, and thatit was un- reasonable 16 expect her to move till reassured by our presence. At last we came in such force and with such preparations as made this excuse no longer tenable; but Austria moved not a whitmore. The Congress of Bam! was in the Rnssian interest, and Austria not move without the consent of the congress of Bam- ore Meanwhile success n to declare itself in favor of the allies, and the tide of Russian invasion was rolled back from the walls of Silistria. Then Austria made an advance, but in a direction obviously dictated by other considerations than those of European or even German policy. The Principalities became untenable by Russia, and Austria was willing to bold them for Turkey. Rus= sia rejected her ultimatum, bnt Austria shrank from en- forcing that ultimatum by a recourse to atms. Such is pretty nearly the position she occupies at this moment. ‘The duties thrown on her by that position are manifest enough. She is bound by good faith to hold these yrovinces—as a friend of Oey an a sacred deposit, 9 be returned when Turkey shall bein a condition to emand it inviolate as she received it. All accounts e in stating that Austria has not faithfully dis- arged this duty. From her first entrance into the anubian ovine up to the present moment Austria the Turks and the provincials with an over- earing insolence, which seems to announce that she comes, notas a friend, but as a master—not as an ally, ut as a soverei After her own fashion she secks to stablish herself in province she has not conquered aa n enemy, after having obtained entrance into it as a friend, and practices on the of the Danube the same obtuse and unrelenti despotiam as sad- dens the ins of Lombardy or the marshes of Venice. The cuckoo has obtained admission into the nest, and lords it there with all the confidence of the Hg) ‘tful owner. Thus is Austria falfilling the duty she has undertaken towards Turkey. What is her present gratitude towards England and France? Hav- ing joined with us in all our negotiations and remon- strances, Austria was to a common apprehension bound to join us also inthe means we have taken to enforce them; but, if unable or unwilling to vindicate by her arms the conclusions of her diplomacy, she was at least bound by every Cag honor and justice to act with the utmost faith and friendliness towards Powers with whom she had gone so far, and from whom she had. 80 ntably separated herself. How far this reason- able ‘tion has been verified we learn from a recent letter of our Constantinople correspondent. We are engaged in besieging an enormous fortress, de- fended by an army prebably more nnmerous than our fighting on its own ground, and possessing un- bounded supplies of the munitions of war. Above all things it was considered desirable that this disparity should not be increased by the presence of further Russian reinforcements. With that view the Turks con- templsted a diversion in Bessarabia, which would at once have obliged the Russians to concentrate their troops in that quarter, and thus cut off the nearest of relief from the army of the Crimea. It is said that this move- ment has been prevented by Austria, afraid that, were the Turks to invade Russia from the Danubian provinces the Emperor might treat such a proceeding as an act of hostility. Surely, this is something less than neutrality. The Turks are at war with Russia, Austria has solemnly pro- nounced their quarrel just, and yet she interposes to prevent their making strategical movements considered necessary for their own safety, and for that of the army of those very powers with whose views Austria has professed entire concurrence, and in the success of whose arms she has affected to rejoice! The aus- trian occupation of the Principalities is at this mo- ment used as a means of hostility 10 the allied Powers, and of facilitating the enterprises of Russia. If we had known that the Turks were not to be allowed to make a diversion in our favor on the banks of the Pruth, that Austria had dispensed them from the necessity of defending their own country, and forbidden them from invading that of their enemy, we might have found occupation for Omer Pacha and his gallant army eitler in the ste} of the Crimea or the mountains of Armenia. Austria has indeed occupted the Principalities, but has neutralized a force almost equal to her own. Shoe has joined us in protocols, bnt deserted us in action, Sho as entered on the Panube as our friend, and remaina there to insult our allies, and counteract our atrategical combinations. But all this crooked policy will avail her little. Austria may yet find that it is easier to alienate ‘a friend than to conciliate an enemy, and that while her recent interference has lost her much with the allies, with Russia it has gained her nothing. THE PECULIARITY OF THE WAR. [From the London Times, Nov. 15. the strife. The scene of action is within easy reach of all, a prize of extraordinary importance is known to be at stake, and this is but the first year of the war. Mem, the contest Leng = these Esighty eet with their resources as unexhausted, is prol conducted with less than 60,000 men on each side. The Rus- sians, we are told, brought 65,000 troops recent battle before 1; and, as less represented the chief of the garrison, im conjunction with that of the relieving army, the esti- mate is notlikely to be much ex: ited. We seh ve ae speak as Rew seb ir numbers. we have good reason for su; that our effeftive foree on the 6th of this month could not have exceeded 15,500 nets: Allowing 35,000 for the French muster, we shall obtain a total sti th of 50,000 in the allied ranke. A certain number of Turkish talions are to be added, but it does not appear as if the b aaeye pis Spoon peat as sere he the eeotive force of the s until some of Omer Pasha’s veterans are transported-to the Crimea. We may consider, therefore, some 100,000 men as ne- wresenting the forces of three of ye og Powers in Enrope engaged in deadly strife ‘the fact in cer- fainly not a little remarkable. It deserves, however, to be noticed that Russia, though the most embar- rassed of all the billigerents, has diaplayed the greatest energy in reinforcing her army. No sooner was the attack of the allies upon the Crimea p' declared than succors were put on march for Sebasto and it appears as if e available man and horse been turned during the last two months towards the isthmus of Perekop. It ig true that the result is stilt far short of what might be anticipated, since the rein. forcements received by Prince Monschikoff do not pro'sa. bly exceed thirty thousand men, but others are doabt- less on their way, and our enemy thus appeara with undiminished force after every succeasive defeat, The French, too, have despatched considerable gaccors te their overworked army, and our own Balti fcet wilt immediately be put into requisition to carry a large