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TUB WAR.
t»'«iBaa o» SEVASTOPOL ? - ? >, > rfiî.
Tua assault is «till .'just going tobegin." Arcor ding to tlie last accounts, the besieging and tlie besieged forces before Sevastopol are now within three or four hundred yards'.of each other, a d continual combats lake place for the possession of the narrow slip of land winch lies between them. Aciording to a deipatch from General Ctnrobert, of the 17tU Mtrch, the French on the night between the 14ib and 15tli. took by assault in front of the arcllpl opened liefore the mamelon or hillock, which is in advance of (he Malakoff lower, and where the Russians had estsülisliel their new wirk, a first line of ride pits, from abell the Russian, riflpjn-n annived Hie French workmen, and had that day killed Captain Qutilrat at the hngjaeort» N>e troops
charged with this operation carried it out «iib ' much vigour and daring, under the fire of the I musketry and cannon of the fortress Ii was ne- cessary to continue the operation on the night beMeen the I5ih and 16th, when the attack was equally resolute. The ambuscales, or rill? pits, »cr« distroyed Gtneral Bosquet speaks in terms of die highest praise of the energy of the troopj enipliyeil in tin se Ino actions.
Lord Raglan, also anting on the 17th of M ireh, stiles th it the progress of the works of the parallel commencing at the extremity of the English right, and intending to join the corres- ponding parallel of the French, hail not been so r.piil as was expected, on account of the rocky ground and the difficulty of covi ring the workmen, «Inch renilered it alums timpnssible to continue the works during the day Nevertheless, the lines or the Lnglish and Frpnch lud been united that d-iy His lordxhip adds that the British troops luve not beeu attacked, but that our Allies, iii» Fiench, rmve been continu illy engaged, and have succeeded, by bravery and perseverance, in duving the enemy I rom the ambuscades in wl ich they have established themselves in front of them Tile ÇwvJlr htMtf íffaTf"HiniVoniTe eneTny , the bitterleson the English right have cannonaded the enemy will-out «station , and the fire of the artillery, bulli fruin the lind and seamen's bat tet le«, IJHS been remarkably good, and does the gr atest honour to the two arms of the service. Lord Raglan in the same despitch, announces the arrival ot Lieutenant-General Simpson, the chief ot the staff, at head quarters, and that Sir John M'Neil and Colonel 1 ulloch arrived at Ba lakliva some days before.
D spatches hive also been received from Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, written on board 4UL Royal Albert, before Sevastopol, on the 17th of Marsh. 1 lu y contain accounts of an attack trade on the Russian position named Djimitrn. in the bay of {Coliban Hn,| at ||le entrance of the ..«of Aioil, by her Myesty's steamship Viper , and also of an all nk on (he Russian fort of SoujHk-kale, on the coast ot C'ircassia, hy her Majesty'« steamers Lropaid, Hn-hflyer, Swallow, and Viptr, and the Fnncli war steamer Fulton. Lieutenant and Commander W. armytage st iles that he arrived before Djimiiria at fifty"minutes past one on the 8th of M ireh, anchoreil at 50O yards dis.ant, and at mo o'clock opened his fire on the tort borne Cossacks who occupied the fort were soon dispiirsrd, the fort and the barracks Were destruye , ihr magazines burnt, two pieces of cannon weis nailed u,>, and their carriages broken, and the munition of the enemy were destroyed lina «as eÛVuel without any loss
DKSPBRATR --o ma ANO i »UMB-JDOHS ->LAUon tan OF TUB RUSSIANS - Othcial accounts have bren received, winch slate that a desperate en- gagement took place befun SLVHSIO|>OI on Hie night of the 2.1 d 23rd M ireh originating in a sortit of the garrís m against the French works° Several tho smd m n must luve been engaged in ibis nocturnal comb t The Russian Com- mander« n-Cliief, i i ins e<tim tie of loss, merely «tates that tin loss " on b >th sides was considera- ble," hut tin trench Commander, while he ac- knowledges a loss of 6Ü0 men, claims to have killed or «oin d d no less than 2000 of the Rus- sians. We haven t yet leiei ved Lord Raglan's account, flu- Russians were the assailing! party, and,i therefore were exposed to the dangers of attacking a sttongly-fortified position, and they were finally repulsed and driven into the town As the RUÜSIMIS claim to have taken an English captain prisoner, it is probable that the English, atwell as French, were engaged m this desperate action, in windi the loss, bull of the Allies and the Russians, seems to luvv linn greater than the battle of Eupatoria, m a bit h from 70,000 to 80 000 men were engaged
ViEiNA, WEDKCBPAT, A TOIL 4. - .The Fremden Blatt gives the following intel- ligence from the Crimea, whioh, however, re- quires con lir mat ion. ¡
The operations of the Allies have commenced at three points.
« Ornai l'ai ha, with 24 000 Turks, has advanced towards the <>lil Fort and recomioiteied the |»si
tion of the Kunian« on the Alma.
"His moteinout nas supported bv the Allies. - , Goiieral CiMirober? menaces the Sajwiiiigiin for- tification, nul lins taken the Stan most liriJge, on the Tsi he no;>A ' ¡
Lord itiglán defends the plateau, the railwa»,
Kadikoi, »ud Balaklava.
The Tmet gives it as initier !
We ha\e rarrhed the following telegraphic do .pafch lioiu our Vienna aoiiospondcntt
Vii'tim, Wednescla.v morning.
' " Acronling to the Frtmdin matt, the opeia tlont ol the allies hsve bemm.
"li is smd I hat Omar Pasha is advanoing «II Old Foi t from hupatoi ia -, and that the French are to nike, th» field, while the English defend th« plateau, the railway, and Balaklava, .,. . i
, " There are vague rumours both of defeats and victorien sn.sfaiued Bud gained by the Allies.".
[Old Foi t, it will be remembered, in the point on tho const boween Eupatoria and Sevastopol, at which the allied forres landed m September last."
"M. Dron*n de l.hnys,who hod arrived in Lon- don for the pnrpo'e of conferring with tbe Am- bassador of France, and, m conjunction with him with the lînglish Government, on Friday at 2 o'clock, .wer.t « it h Count Walewski to the resi- dence of the Prime Ministei, where thev met the Marquis of Liin-tdowne and the Earl of Clarendon. With these noblemen, and with Viscount Palmer- ston, a conference nus held, whioh lusted until five o'oh ck. ' The French Ambassador nnd M Piouui de Lhuys then pioceed"d to Buckingham Pnlace, where tho Minister of Foreign Affairs was presented to her Majesty by Lord Claiendon, and was honoured with an andienet» of some duration. M. Diotrin de Lhuys lett Albert gate House in the course of tho owning for tho bouth-Eitstern Rn¡lwiiy~Stflt o ', on hii return to Paris via Dover."
He will proceed to Vienna, to lake part in the
Conference. r
At length it is finnllv announced thnt Louis Napoleon and the I'.rnpre'H Eugenie nil! pay her Uajestv and Prince Albert a visit. They aro ex peuted ubonr the 16th instant, and »ill »tay until the close of the month The visit to the Crimea ap| esr« to bo post pi n->d, or not yet finally decided on, doubtless tiom thu hope that the Peaoe Con- ference will yet effeot thoir oly'eot, and render esc!) a mensure tinneresrary. If Louis Napoleón pioieeds to the Crimea, the Sultan of fuikey will accompany him.
The nm-t important of the télégraphia intelli gi nee received since the date of my laut despatch
« a« follow :
i Vienna, Wednesday night.
','The intelligonoe'comniunicHted by the Presse respecting «n armistio is incorrect.
"Aecounts from the Oilmen up to tho 24th in tant state that the t.ombardmont had not com- menced, although the batteries had been finished «ii ¡BO. the 16th.
f Pi ince Gürtsohakolf arrived at Sevastopol on top 21st. ?'
f The Turkish cavalry sallied ont from Eupa- toria on the 14tit, but wore rcpuUed.
f Three battalioH-i of ZOUKVCS hail attaeked the the redonbts before Setasiopol, mid had been driven .book wit li loss.'
^?Russian intelligence from Odessa con ti adieu tli« «ported death of Prmoe Mensehikoir."
Russia is not pn par. il tu make any concession., Shi) would ««-em lo assume iwo taits to be rst.i
blislii'il, and wlilt.li »re to sell I», ol' themselves, iii« rights of the heiligt rent parties. The first is, that Hie allies cannot take .Srv istopol, »nil llie-se cond is, that «li« lias not the mi-ans of expelling' their ships from the Blmk S.a. As the ailie» have no right'to nictate what tfiîy ciiinot enforce so dots siii' accept tho same rulx f jr lioriclf. , She
would di i»» a'l compMltori ont of «he Bl«««: if* if if» «mid, buv «of being «bli, «h^ i« .wdljngrto -ake p*Ve on the prlncipie^f eaeh^hoklingjWhat ¡. is in h»r power to keep*, nei her more nor le««. While she is strung enough to hold the allies in check, she feel« th»t she cannot jost now under- take a lour of invMion,.Mi»he say«--You may Mil about the Black S-« and budd furl«, and do 'everything you prove yo.ir»elve» able to do, but you mn»t not etpert m1* «o countenance anything inore " It is perfectly pi »in that Russia will do 'nothing that can b« coostiued into concession; 'she yields to the estent that circumstances compel her to yield, and she «peel« her adversaries to submit to the same Uw of-torce. unless we can take Sevastopol «he »ill not give upa fort or a gun, or let a ship enter of her own accord ;,«be will submit toino rule regarding ihr'number ,'ol vessels, but will Uünch a» owny *» 8h'' ¡» able,
¡taking for rule her own «bihty to main tain.^fcnd I I (not her adversaries' Imposed law. ' If »e are 'not
prepared to make peace on this principle, we mast fi^ht it out ; we must go on proving our super- iority up to the eiigenciesofourown requirements and then put it to Russia whether she acknow- ledges so «inch advantage to be, fairly gained, and whether she can hope io recover »hat she. may, have lost. Such is the probable meaning of the discovery said to be mail* about the third point. It is found out that Russia meant something ''if* ferent from what .she appeared to mean, and yet, til« mystification of our great statesmen is hardly cbirgeable upon her. Russia's reading of the [nutter is jspne lou» enough. It is simply the Rob Roy system of ethics- . ,, ( ,
" &et thom take who have tb* power, Aud lit tbow ICMP who san."
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the Sth instant, in the Rutslan Invalid, mention« that a speech made by the Emperor Alexander in the Senate had produced a great sensation there. The Em- peror has communicated to th« sene tors that lie had for the last ten years taken a part in the go- vernment, and had lognisance of the plan of his (¡VM'iibrfTn"i'Vnánge'b'eing'rnadem the policy or the administration. The Emperor Alexander had, at Jil* father'« conmand, drawn up the procla-' mallan of hit own accession to the throne in his presence, and had read aloud the draft to lum.
The Patrie has a letter tram St. Petersburg filled with varied and interesting details. The writer say-" ïou will be surprised to learn that albthe French journals have of late been allowed 'to enter Russia freely, and are to be found lu" all the cafes ' The censorship for the moment appears to «lumber mo«t profoundly, and' one would almost imagine tbat an unlimited liberty of the press is the regime in Russia. But how is all thUt you may1 ask.' The explanation oftbe matter is simple enough. Nicholas I., 'derogating trom hi« political principles, and si- lencing all of a sudden his most violent antipa- thie', bad, after the commencement ot the war, oidered all the journals of Europe to be admitted without restraint, and,his successor ha« resiiect ed,the order «o i,ireu. I have mentioned that the censorship slumbers; but I must add that it makes ns sometimes perceive its existence, when we receive ajournai with some lines blaok ened over or eure.fully rubbed out. Punch and the Charivart are tbe greatest favourites, on account of their amusing engravings. Amongst the old Hussians they excite anger just as often as laughter. The tolerance manifested towards these journals is not devoid of adroitness, sinco it, serves to oxoite the bad passions of the nobles against the pagans, as the aides are~oalled, by sa>ing to them-'f Just see bow insult is heaped on your Emperor, and how you yourselves are sp >ken of!' , Thus, you will perceive that/ al- though it is absolutely forbidden to speak pub- licly of political affairs or of the war, every one may read what he pleases. *'The'physiognomy of at. Petersburg bas, not much altered since the war begun, and French and German dealers tako 'their trips to Paris as formerly, and bring back their stocks of millinery and other Parisian ar tioles, which are sold here higher than ever. The small local dealers do not suffer much from the state of war, and the nobility, to please the Em- peror, gave, during the whole winter, Jetet, balls, toireet, and «oticert, until tbe death of the Emperor interrupted tbe festivities. At pre- sent every one is in black, and the mourning is to last six month's. The aristocracy appears
nell inclined towards Alexander li., and are im- posing on themselves enormous sacrifices in mo- ney and mea. It is caid that Prince Cheremetieff has given two and a half millions of paper rou- bles (2,750,000 f.) and 20,000 serfs, fully,equip yed, with an engagement to provide for them in eveiy way.until their an ivul at the Danube This nobleman possesses, in addition to salt-works, «.ugar-works, and gold, niher, iron, and copper mines, about 125,0'H) male serfs. After him come the Princes Strogonoff and Yousoupol, who have likewise given several millions ot roubles, and furnished several thousands of soldiers fully armed and'eiiuipped. Crince de Di miduff has 'given two millions of roull'g','and 31. Yahowleff ten millions. This latter possesses no serfs, but he is the owner of the richest mines of ¡ron, gold, and copper in Russia. But even sacrifices like these will not suHieo, and tbe t euiury'ol' the Go- vernment is empty. Should the war only_go on tor another year or two, the nobility will lie ruin el, and all Russia in great 'distress. Heie, at St. Petersburgh, we ata now almost without coachmen or boatmen, both classe» being gone eitlior to the army or to the navy, Yon cannot form an idea of the difficulty ere had this winter to get in our wood an'd other household s'ores from want of hands. Nearly fiery able-bodied man is in the armv or navy. JSvory kind of pro- vision, except flour, is at enormous prices All the lippi caches to ht. Petersburg are stronglv fortified. Tlie extremity of the point of ¿he VasiliostrotFand the banks of the river, near the gulf, are coiered with fortifications abd batte- ries. The Whole of the gulf of Cronsiadt, on both sides is, nothing but an immense fortification, bristling ii ¡th great guns, and defended by 40,000 men of the very best troops, and promoted, be- sides, by 40,000 stamen in gunboats, moored along the «hore. The fleet is completely dis- mantled ; and, if necessary, tlie same sacrifice will lie resorted toas at Sevastopol. Similar pre- parations aro being made at Hovel and Swea borg, and vessels loaded with Rtones aro all ready to lie stink to the bottom. Although Kronstadt isconsidered impregnuble, ¿et great apprehensions are felt of tims« monster gunboats which are said to bo in the course of construction in france and England, for it is well known that they are the only vessels that can approaoh Cronstadt. Should they burn the town and fortifications, thev could then easily airive at this capital. Workmen Bro actively employed in betting,up a a line of telegraph posts along the coast tiom St. Petersburg to Uiga and Abo. The) ure so ai rang- ed as that they will have a sort of pigeon house on tho tup, fixed in four 'tall pieces of wood, and ti oin them signals will be transmitted ooneerning the enemy's fleet. Warning has been given to the Frenoh resi- dents here not to go outside the walls, as though they were safe in S>t. Petersbuig, the authorities do not hold themselves responsible tor them out- side The feeling is ninth stronger in Russia against the English than against the Trench, and not a single English foreman i emailw in nnv of the factories. All lime been replaced by Americarig ; these latter ha\e also the manage- ment of 'he railwny from this city to Moscow, and aro exceedingly well treated. Alexander IT. is nell inclined, it is said, to {»euee, but the qiiostion is, Can he make it ? All I can say if, that the far is assuming a more and more fana- tical character, and the aim.- on ita march is o* erj w here supplied with every kind of refresh- ment. Th« Government n0 longer gives any pay to the soldiers or seamen ; it feeds and clothes them, and that is nil. ' There is a great quantity of a heat in every part of the country, and bread is wonderfully cheap. Large .stores of iron, cop- per, flax, ana tallow, are collet ted at Riga and at Mittnu, on'the Prussian frontier, wheuco ,these articles uto despatched to Hamburg, and {even, 1 um informed, to England, »here they are sold openly. The 1'in press Dowager is gradually doclimiig in health, and cannot survive any great length ultimo. The prenent TSmperoi pins her the greatest attention, having fawn ulways most tenderly attached to har lUujostt."
Malta, 131» April. 1836.
Our letters from the camp before Sevastopol extend to the 3rd instant, up to which date a suc- cession of skirmishes had taken place in the di« reetlon of Fort Malak holt, but unfortunately with- out any result. 1 his position is now considered the key jw the «liol« southern In» of fun», and
ti eap'iiw apport t«Ji#>«.pr/.»*nt th« gr«t ob Sjeet of the Ailie«. . »nee "oit .ipieviou» advice«, which setenad lo,fh*il.stjilJlmo.eaçh party ha« been doing it« best V annoy 'the hütet by a fir«
ofi musk-try. now and tben a few mortars.', and * such like. A pretty sharp fire has been kept up from the Whole line of the advanced trenches of
the Allies As regards loss of life ti»«* ««air «n,. the night of the 22nd or 23rd may be cited as ti* most serious But hbre we may remark that til» greatest difficulty exists in ascertaining a correct account of any of th« oerurrfnees ni the Crimea .
and as the statements rVreived in Inters and i/iva . voce «o contradict one another in respect tojosses, particularly on the slde¡of the French, that; it is quite Impossible to come to, a, satisfactory.con- clusion. With respect to ourselves, the fact is, officers'recount only what-immcdlately comes be- fore their notice, or what they hear .in thecamp,
and there it seem« every onejhas his o*n version,; and with respect to the French,-limy are decid- edly averse to-acknowledge their lossis. As to believing the accounts intfie Constantinople pa per>.no one naving"the "slightest knowledge of the manner In which the truth is therein perverted to favour the Allies, eyer thinks of doing so.' Ar- cording to them e»ery skirmish terminates with great detriment to the Russians, whilst the allies escape with scarcely any or very insignificant losses. But facts are stubborn things, and al- though no one doubts of the ultimate success of the allies, still the truth will leak out, and we know for certain, whatever may be sod to ne contrary, that our losses have been considerable during the past fortnight, particularly ¡- on the part of the French Many versions have been glvpn of the affair of 22nd arid 23rd. but the following par- ticulars," taken from letters, and confirmed/by repeated inquiries, may perhaps be relied on. The Russians made a ¡sortie in strong force at mid- night, the night being Very dark-so dark tlwt an object was not discernible at a distance of ten yards, and passing through the English advanced trenches without being perceived, came suddenly |Hace/an<Fthe Freo'clfbelng quickly reinforced, the enemy were obliged to retreat, and in doing so had to return through our lines. On« letter we have received says that the Russians lost 1148 men., The English alone buried 400 on ihe ground. Many of the allies were killed and wounded, and some taken prisoners, and we have to lament the death of several officers. Captain the Hon Cavendish Brown,'7th Royal Fusiliers, was perfectly riddled, having received no less than five balls in his ehest/besides which his left arm and Ins right leg were broken, and he was severely wounded in the heul ' His death, poor fellow, must have been instantaneous. Captain Joseph Jordan. 31th. and f/a|>tuin Hidely, E¡. S Nicars. 97th Regiment, are also reported to have bren killed. Major bordón, R E., and Lieu- tenant I'liosnas MrfcHt-nry, were wounded, «nd Lieutenant Cole and Ciptain Montague, L. E., taken prisoners, the former being also woondul in two piares. It is said tint Colonel Brown. 41th Regiment, was made prisoner, but we give this without vouching for its correctness, Th rty nine rank and file are said to have been killed, and a large number wounded. The French lois was much'more severe than ours; it is utterly im- possible to ascertain. The Russians in retreating carried away with there a quantity of our trench- ing tools. '
On Fr id iy, the 30th. the Russians made a de- monstration instiong loree on Balaklava. Every preparation wis made to repel the expectej attack, lau the eiK'itiy made no aggressive movemvnt, and on the following day w, re not to be seen. ,
The Fiench and English iiave been of late busily engaged ¡n the transport of warlike mat- erials to. their respective trenches, and We are now ready to open fir« with very heavy metal. They have, it is said, 400 rounds, and the 2nd April was fix«! for the day In which the strength of the wall*]of Sevastopol was to be again put to the test. It was, however, postponed till the 5th, when it is expected it will be again put off sine die. Nothing, it is believed, will be attempted until the place is completely ID vested.
Tn the meanwhile, it is strongly suspeoted that, tho Russians are concentrating an immense force, with i the object of driving tho Turks into the sea, and their present movements about Balaklava and Sevastopol are only expeoted- "-ith a view of throwing dust into the ere* of the allies as to their real intentiu«». The present J gai rison of Sevastopol, it Is said, consists only ot a very few thousands, the majority having been, ¡tis reported
sent off in haste to assist in the attack on the Turks. - Eupatoria has however of late been greatly strengthened by Frensh Engineers, and on the 25th ultimo was protected by abont 50,000 infantry, about 4000 cavalrv, and*120 guns, be- side«' the allied steamers. * The guns cover a laige urea in its vicinity. 6000 more men and horses were expeot ed over from Bulgaria. Not- withstanding all this the Turks do not feel quite comfortable ; they firmly believe that should the Russians iittack them again, they will be in vastly sujierior numbers. Tlioj, have therefore made a po »'orful appeal to the Hiiglish and French
Generals for assistance, and we understand these have not thought fit to comply with. Omar Pasha has also had another interview with them, but of cour-e nothing had transpired. Some vague rumuurs have leached Malta of a serious engage- ment haying taken place at Eupatoria, in which
the RiKsiuus weie beaten We believe there is no truth in the report. . We were told that, to the 21st inst., everything títere wasquiet.
On the night of tho 31st, at about half-past twelve, considerable alarm was occasioned by the breaking out of a fire on board a steam-vessel in the port of Balaklava. The burning ship was immèdiatoly taken outside, and all tho hre-eu rgiaes instantly sent to her assistance, and in | Jess than an hour was completely put out. On
the following day another fire mide its appear- ance, and on this occasion, in town itself, in the engineers' departments. Fire bells were rung in all the ships, and engines being quickly brought into play, the flames were extinguish-
ed... _
The attention of the authorities hns lately be?n seriously occupied in counteracting tho bad edeots that are likely to ensue as the hot weather approaches, from the immense quantities of de- composing animal tnstter in the vicinity of the different camps The dry weather having pul- verised the earth, the soil is swept away, and in some instances the bodies of men and animals are exposed to view. The extreme cold has com- pletely disappeared, and incessant exhilirating decree of temperatuie is in its place. The men are in the most part healthy, but strange to saj the climate seems to be i nfavourable to the reco- very of the poor wounded. Tho whole Crimea at present is a perfect garden, and it is impossi- ble to walk- without putting j our feet on tbo mont beautiful wild flowers. Provisionsare in abun- dance. The mont laborious half of the railway is completed. Altogether about five miles of rail hate been laid down, and in short line, perhaps not more than three miles, we cannot express the great use it has been to tis, as well as to our gal- lant allies, to whom we aie now able to reoipro cate the obligations conferred tifus in our time of need. Nothing further is siidof the pro- jected attempt on Odessa, which every doris being stiengtnened by now foi ce. A wall is 'be- ing made completely lound the town.
1 The reported death of Prince MaiischikofTha» been contradicted by the Russians, but there are
some »ho believe it to be truth
Prince MentchikofPs son, it is said, is a prisoner in the hands of the French. ' T '
Peisons désirons of leaving Constantinople for the Crimea or vice verco are now obliged to ob- tain a speoial permission to do so. ,
Our'correspondent at Constantinople inform* U8 0< the arm al thereof the Banshee, with twenty four hours later news from the Crimea, (the 3rd instant,) but we hear of nothing important having tiiken place.
J Upwards of 5000 French troops left Constanti- nople on the 20th, 21st March, for the Crimea.
Accounts fioin Smyrna announce the arrival
^mproved since their arrival, and every thing is pioceeding very sutUiiictorj.
' The past fortnight has been usually prolific in the departuies, principally English* Tea or twelve large English steamers have ai rived iiom the Eaht, and stier a short stay, proceeded to Genoa to embark the Picdinoiitese troops. Others have touched en route for Marseilles, to take on board French troops. Several have pass- ed through for England with invalids, whilst others have arrived from England w ¡th stores, Ac.,, and loft for the Crimea. In,all,,,exclusive of packets, the arrivals of steamers amonnt to about alt), Marly all having loft fortth«irkdjfl«r«ui ^u;
tiaationi.. Beside«, this, wa have Mvaral arrivals <
«nd'departdre« of ««Ílin^ransplBrt«,='iíom« VHh fine mules from Genoa, Tor thë^British krmyibe* fore Sevastopol, othefs'w!th French'tróops.^üles7
and horses' tor the Crime«.1 Several hnndradSof mules for the English "army are still iii this is- land, and after recruiting their strength''* ill be, sent up to the seat of war'in steamers. " '
The French troops which have passed through during this fortnight' amount to 6320, of which 1950 are of theimperial Guard. '
Th«'English, troops arrived^ here in the space,
of time" amount io 650, and nre all for the depot !
here. Others are daily expected.,"T,t is said it ¡si ¡the intention of the-Allies to make'up their army j ,in the-Crimea to 200,000, mepi; ,30,01)0 French,
¡it is reported, will be sent out immediately., ,, " j Letters from Alexandria, of the 5th,instsnt,
[state that thelbutt' detachments of the' 10th Hus- i ¡sar« arrived on the 6th from Cajre, where,the Una I
i was arrived *? iofTeceive then*. ' Other steamers
ivereloolted for t¿ take onboard the remaiui.'er, on their-arrival(froro Cairo.j ,t ,¡t '.
The Carlemagne French "screw line of battle j ship has pasted ¡through this with soldier» on her way tp. the,Crimea r
THE AtLxiED TRIMO-TOF A FR«MCH GENERAL. -It may be ¡in the recollection .of. our reader», that woHoiue turner ago, gave,, on the authority of the 71míé*',correspónHént, an account of the'dis- covery of*] certain^ treasonable] communications having been mode' to the Russians by a French General, who," it was alleged, bad even divulged to the enemy the plan of operations'on the part of the allied forces.- This in(ell-;ence, so far as weare aware, has not, as yet, been either conflrmed'or
contradicted ; and th* only furth9rf notice of the
matter that has come under our observation is
contained in thef following, which we copy from the columnrfof the Scottish Press, atwice-a-week newspaper of the highest respectability, published in Edinburgh -In introducing the subject to the
ÍT^S-Tu "Vthe «l.torsays-A soldi«-of uE/2 - H¿«h,ande". -t Balaklava, from who'.e letteis we have more,han OIloe """ted inter- esting information, wrife to nis friends in thia
oad their muskets ; those who could had ^S
the percussion cap between their teeth before ii «v could put it on the nipple. Officers and men ha3 their ears frost-bitten, and were to boreen with ear» big and swollen like biscuit» «mkcj lu *»tor. Nnmbers-nre jn hospital with their fingen, toes and noses frost-bitten." The writer then gives the following story, which our readers may recog- nise as referring toa report mentioned by some of the correspondents of the daily; press . General Forey, of the Prench army, has got into a most unpleasant affair, through-a Russian lady. She has boen in the habit of visiting lum regularly dressed as a French officer ¡ and he has been Jin the habit of going into Sevastopol, 'and has, it is said, been induced to make known to the Russian generals all the transactions of the Allies. We have it. that General Caurobert went to him took him by the collar and shook him, and afterwards took bis sword, bioke it over bis knee, and threw the fragments in the traitor's face, accompanied by a volley of angry epithets. It is afterwards added i" a P.S, that just ss he was about to close hi» letter, " news has come from Sevastopol that it is not General Forey who is implicated in the i above, but - a captain, who was tried,* »hot, and
buried, all within one hour."
GBNÈaAL-foBïT.-The Moniteur of the 26th of March, contains the following-paragraph - "General Forey quits the command which he filled up in the army of the East, and is goto» to take that of,therdivision of,Oian, in Al-'éria. This officer-general, believing his honour stained by indignant calumny, has offered his demission to the Emperor, who has not accepted it. His Majesty would not be>deprived of the good services of an officer whose long and brilliant militan career, is the best ans*er to be opposer! to those calumnious reports. t The geneial has just ad- dressed to the minister* of war another letter, bearing the most noble sentiment«, in which he insists on the acceptation of bis demission The Emperor answers it by giving Geneial ioiov the command of the important division of Oran."'
RUSSIA» PREPARATIONS.-A letter from Odessa of the 16th of March appear» jn the Munich Omette.-" The cnvalry, coi ps concentrated aroand Odessa, under the orders of General Scba belski, is exclusively comiiosed of dragoons, to the number, it is «aid, ol 12,000 men. It has re- ceived oiders to proceed immediatel* to the Crimea and a part ot the corps ; lett yesterday. The seventh army corps, stationed at present in Bess- arabia, will also leave for the Crimea. The troops remaining m Bessarabia, will be plac. d under the orders ot Geneial Luders, «ho will fix his head quarters at liender. According to reports received at Viewland there held worthy ot credit, Sevastopol is pioviMoned lor three months. The garrison U only 12,000 stiong but may easily bo reinforced, whilst the bulk, of the army, under 'the immediate command of Gen- eral Osten Sacken, numbers 40,000 men" at tho Beibek. The Russians have cut down all the tieesin the distiiet'behind Inkermann, ' anti be- hind the trunks they have during the winter, con- structed entrenchments und butteiíes in excellent positions. Prince Gortcbakoffintends, it is said, to'operute from'Perekbp aud Simpheropolagainbt
Eupatoiia at the head of 60,000 men." 'I he fo - Io* ing appeared in the Invalide fítttte of tho 23rd ultimo .--«« In order to complete the tele grajihio despatch from Sevastopol, relative to the
erection of a neiv redoubt in front of the Korniloff bastion, during the night between March1 10 and 11, A. li. Ü. Gbiieial Huron Ostcn-Sscken annonces, under date of March 14, that notwith- standing the heavy fire of the besiegers, the »ork* are being successfully curried on in the new forti- fication. The hre of the enemy's' artillery does us scarcely any harm ; thus, for instance, on the 1 lth March, last no less than 60 bombs fell on one of our bastions,' aud J yet-only ¿ne' man was wounded. The galleries of the besieger's mine which ne discover, are constantly destroyed with unvaiying Buccess Notliiug remarkt ble has
occurred in the neighbourhood ot Eupato ia Ac ! cording to the statement of the pi is ne s, the
Turks bud about WOO men killed and as manyi »ounded iu the'aflim of February I7."i i
Hollo"ay's Pills', possess most astonishing powers in the eura'of General Debility.-Copy o a letter from Henry Antorne, of Morpeth, N.S.'W., to Professor Holloway. "Sir-Îsuffered for a number of years from weakness 'and general de- bility, and was brought jo death7« door bv the' seme. 1 was told by those J,consultcd, that there was no hope of'my recovery, when I resolved to) give your Pills a (rial; *ft*r using them for about uve weeks, roy hcalthjwas considerably improved, and at the expiration of two months èveiy symp- tom of my disorder disappeared." (Signed) H.
Antorno.
A MAN or EXTQAOBDINABVENTBSPSISB.-Ou readers have no doubt heard of Professor Hol loway. for «luther we go to the confines of India, the diggings of Australia o¡. California, the wilds of Oregon, the empire of,Chlna, or,< in,fact, -to «ny Other part of the world, "Holloway'a Medi~ cines are known!' for in every language «nd in very nrwspapsr in the world of any note, his Pill* and Ointment, «re ^advertised. -, It would scarcely be believed that'his advertisements appear
ip thirteen hundred'papers'in the ¡Union alone; and again, few would scarcely credit (lint he has expended, ¡ti different parts of the'world,' ipe.enor mous sum of two mu lions of doltafs'for* ad- vertising, ' HoilowayV1 eitabtlslment, in 'th« Strand, is one of the lions of London*.! and should bp visited by every sojmirnér in «lie modern Baov* Inn., Hellas now one lit 'Maiden' Lape,* N«w' York, where bil'medieines «re manufactured, ,tl . Professor himself being there for, «: few months ; they nie now no longer Imported from his house in London (thus saving the duty to tile Ameritan1
public) As a proof of Hie great celelnjty of the. Professor, we may add, among oih^ryllrinsrs^ihtt he lias been a great traveller, and last "year visit- ed St. Petersburg, where he iiad.tlie'jliuriohrl.of being presented lo tua Emperor^¿«ni)tiilitnip/a,
permission for the sule of his niediciijes. tjii.ough .ut the Russian Empire A feV,montes,iiejqre< this be hid multemos of the Queeris|Of .¿¡¡jytin and Portugal, which, resulted in .royaJ^r/Jer» ^ being granted for the Introduction and sale of his rueili, iclries in those two kingdoms. .A .similar liqooor was conferred upon him by ihi King ofi^spl«», «ntl the king of Sardini«. ^H« had been to ali th» «our»» <»f.jKurgn«. c^ojniL«J«»«,l'mry u* ban
iptciat «¡vUtg«s lflr.thí sate jof his ^eAiçiot«, It ?oust b««drained th»t Hollows^«'the'greatest advertiser ¿hsteveri lived, and u«s mad« byr<far th« largest fortune In tint (¡he of any" oilier man. NÍIO York Dotty Sun- n ^ i I > < s,iTÍ