EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 338, 26 January 1856, Page 4

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE

(From the Daily News of October 18 an<\ 19.) BOMBUDMEXT OF KrNBTJRN. We announced two days ago that the allied fleets had sailed from Odessa, and anchored off Kinbnni. It will be seen from the lollowiug despatches, which areof Russian origin, that the latter place is undergoing a bombardment. (By Electric Telegraph.) Odessa, Get". 15. The enemy has landed a portion of his troops at Kinbnni Point, near the Salt Lukes, and in the evening six steamers bombarded the fortress. The lire was returned, damaging one steamer. St. Petersburg, Oct. 17. I'esterday the cannonade between the enemy's gunboats and ihe fortress of Kinburn was renewed. There is nothing new from other parts of the Crimea. Our failure at Kars is attributable' to the great number of Generals killed at the commencement of the attack. THE ANGERS TRIALS. The following appeared in our Evenin<» Edition of jesterday: ° Paris, Wednesday. The following despatch has been received :— " Auyers, Oct. 16, Midnight. "A verdict has been returned. Secretain, Attibert, and Pasquier are condemned to transportation ; eleven of the prisoners to imprisonment in a fortress; eleven to simple punishment ; and the rest have been acquiited." [A socialist conspiracy had l, t -en formed at Angers called " La Marianne," the chiefs openly promising ihe members the a«s .issiualinn of the uohlesand ofthe clergy, and a general pillage, the members swearing upon the poiguard "to obey iheir chiefs even t0 death. This society was in communication with the socialists of Paris. A demonstration was to be made on the 26th of Ausru.st, and the town of Ado-ims, wiih its fortress, seized. The police authorities were .iware of the day of the rising, and were fully prepared, the gendarme and military being drawn up in order to defend the-town. "Nothin" occurred till after midnight, when the police saw about 40 men assembled in one of the piomenaiies, fully ar:he<l. The police rush-d from an ambuscade and seized several of the niob. also one of their leaders, Secretain. Anders was thus quieted ; but at the neighbouring village of Trelaze, about o<io woikmen from the 'slate quarries, met in arms, openly proclaimed t |, o republic, and marched as was anan<red to assist the conspiiators of Au^rs. Alter forming llit-m in sections, their leader, Atiih.-rt, thus addressed thfcin :—" The democratic and social republic- is proclaimed. A\l France is now in a sinlo of revolution. We can at present pillage ami steal as w«j please. Forward ! the man who lianas back shall In; shot." However, on she approach of the troops, the enthusiasm evaporated, and ahout GO were taken into custody by the soldiers and the police. Several proclamations, written in the Kdin, of Terror style of composition, were found o:i the prisoners.] Tine SARDINIAN CONTINGENT. The M'/iiileur of yesterday has the following:— „., r ,. Genoa, Oct. 12. I lie J-iedmoiitese government continues to send troops to i lie Crimea, in order to J:ecp up ihe complete effective of the Sardinian Contingent. The m iyuiiice.il screw ship, Uie Uimalaya, has reucucu «.« board a large quantity of clothing intended fora «"««v V,, t ,,v. a \ t ? Vll . ns To

day «ill finihh the embarkation of the soldiers belonging lo thfi Genoa division, who form part of the second expedition—viz., those of the brigades of Savoy, Piedmont, and the Hersaglieri Corps. The departure is fixed for tomorrow. The other transports will shortly follow ; several within the lust few days have left laden with provision and munitions. The Genoese inhabitants, who in the main did not look very favourably on the departure of these troops, have altered their judgment. Whatever efforts the republican journals may make lo lead public opinion astray, the good sense of the inhabitants will estimate at its true value these demagogical declamations. They now comprehend and generally appreciate the real advantages of influence ami, consideration that must accrue to Piedmont from its alliance with France and England. The country is quiet. The meetings for the revision and diminution of the taxes, which have been held in different towns, do not produce ttie effects that the agents of disorder anticipated. THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT AT KARS. ('From our Oivii Correspondent.) The following appeared in our Evening Edition of yesterday,: — Hamburg, Oct. 15. A private despatch has been received here from an authentic rource, which gives some details of the Russian defeat before Kars on Michaelmas Day, the substance of which I communicated by the telegraph. The battle lasted for more than eigiil hours, and was carried on with the greatest desperation on both sides ; the Russians appearing determined to take the place, and the links manfully resolved to keep possession of it. At one time the Russians succeeded in taking two butteries; but before they had time ;o turn the guns round, or even to spike them, the Turks rushed upon them with such vigour as not only to regain possession of the batteries, but this movement, being effected suddenly, to decide the fortune of the day. Being repulsed with such fury, the Russians were quite taken by surpiise, and fell back upon their comrades, who were thrown into confiiMon. The Turks then rushed out of the lortress, and massacred an enormous number of the enemy, before they had time lo form their ranks and recover from their surprise. The despatch (which is from a Russian source) adds that although a great number of killed and wounded were cariied off the li>-ld of battle dining the action, more than <J,OOO were left dead under the walls of the fortiess. A couple of hundred Russians were made prisoners, and soiih; pieces of ordnance fell into the hands of the Turks. In consequence of this disaster, adds the despatch, the Russians determined lo raise the siege, and when the courier left they were making preparations to carry this resolution into effect. THE IIEROES AT KARS. W re paid, yesterday, a brief and inadequate tribute lo General Williams, for his services at Kars. We have now the pleasure of adding the names of the General's g.illaiu -md efjicient staff. Mis aide-de-camp is Captain Teesdule. Me has also been most ably supported by Col. Lake, of the Madras Engineers, and Captain Thompson, of the GSth Bengal Native Infantry. All three are young men. Oapiain Thomson was seveiely wounded in the arm in the Burmese war, and returned home upon sick leave. But his eagerness lo serve his country induced him lo volunteer for the Ea.st before his wound was entirely cured. He has gone through the arduous defence of Kars with iiis arm in a sling. This is the true inetil of which British soldiers are made. The privations suffered by the garrison of Kars have been iri'-at ; our gallant countrymen learned to regard horse l\^\i and cats-flesh as'" dainty fare." They speak in the highest teinis of the qualties of the Turkish soldier when rightly officered. The AJuchirand General Williams are on the best term*. .'?«g for the Pachas they have the good sense to | keep quiet in their tents, blinking,and declaring i that their trust is in good Gun and the English officers. THE CAVALRY ACTION NEAR EUPATORIA. Prince Giirte/mkiif/'s Rep >rt. The following is Prince" Gorichakoffs report of the above affair, publishrd ' in » supplemcn , lo the Jnvaliitc liuxsc, of Oct. 1): "On t.he2Uih of September, at break of day * j the enemy, consisting of a considerable force/?' j infantry, cavalry, and artillery, went from Eu j patoria in the direction of Tegeseh. I "Our detachments of obs<»i»->ii«>-i ..•~-,o tin* j

disposed:—Lieut.-General de Koifl", with a regiment of Ltuceisid' her Royal Highness the Grand Ditch *ss Catherine Mikhailovna, and the light battery of horse artillery, No. 10, at Tup Manvii and Orta Mamai, and Major General Terpelevsky, with the regiment of Lancers of the Archduke Leopold, at Tegesch.

4( In accordance with the instructions which had been issued for the case of an allude l>y the enemy in superior force, these two detachments were to l'a:l hack, the liisi on Kuugourl, and the scuond on Uo/. Oglou. Major G<'itei'al I'erpelevsky executed this order; hut Lieut. General de Kuril", before arriving at Karagoun, having lost sight of the enemy, who wus marching in pursuit of M.ijor General Ternelesky, halted between Kouroulon-Keneghez, and Kuughitl, made his men dismount in order to raise the guns from their fore-carriages, and did not dispose his advanced posts in convenient order, and at the requisite distance from his position. The result wus, that a great part of the «»>''!!n v''s eaviury, numbering from two to three thousand in^n, making a rapid movement to the right, appeared suddenly on the right flank and the rear of Lieut. General de Ivor IF, wiio.jufter that had no time to draw up for battle or prepare for a combat. The regiment of Lancers were compelled to disperse, and to fall back upon Kanigniul, fighting with the enemy. .Six pieces of the Horse Artillery opened lire on the appearance of the euenn ; but they had lust, the opportune moment for attack, and they were surrounded and captured. Two other pieces which were not loaded were replaced on their carriages, and curried off at a gallop.

"Our loss consists of 150 Lancers, one subaltern officer, and the six pieces, svith a part of their atii'iidatits."

EXPEDITION IN THE STRAITS OF KERTCH. {From Yesterday s Monileur.) The .Minister of Marine has received from Admiral Bruaia letter, dated Oct. 2,containing the following information:

" The expedition against Tainan and Phanagoria had been postponed throti*rli causes, and I had decided on directing Commanding Brouet to cany it out with the means he'already had at his disposal, and without wailing for I'uiiher orders I am happy in bt-int; able to announce to your Excellency that this expedition has been completely successful, and that the results are not without importance, for they1 deprive the enemy of the basis of operations he miulit have selected for a winter campaign. Tainan could receive and shelter several thousands soldiers. At Phanagoria va>t edifices might serve as hospitals or bar rucks.

"Commander Brouet has not yet been able to prepare a complete report of all the eireonistuuecs ailendiu^ this expedition. I hasten, however, to transmit to your Excellency the details \m gives me.

"On the 241h of September the combined expedition set sail (rum the (iult'of Ivetteh and 6teered (or Tainan. Commander Bond liitil collected ten^unboats; C.iplain Hall had taken away time of them, one paddle-steamer, ami one 6 tea me r oi light dralt, well adapted for tin; conveyance of troops. On .in-ivin^ oil* Pnauu^uia G unmaiider Bronci lv.d a few shells thrown inu. the interior ol the redoubt for the purpose o( causing it to he evacuated. In the mean lime the gunboat* laden wuh troops continued their route, ami elfenled a landing one mile to the east ol the foil, at a spot where the clills are low enough in allow the plain l<» be swept from the sea. The Cussaeks, however, collected from all sides, and .several Arabs were on the move, carrying oil' into the interior whatever could be hastily removed. The disembarkation met with no opposition. At four o'clock in the evening the tioop* were c,, Heeled in the establishment, which bail been completely abandoned, l.ut left intact. Before ni^lit all the arraimenieiiis of defence were matte. The allied troops h:nl .before them from .six to eight hundred horsemen, who retired as soon as a few sheils were thrown aiming the\n. Tite next morniny we were occupied with demolishing sneh of Phaiiiig'oiia as ini^hl f'lii'nish materials for the Coustriietion of hanaeks at Cape St. Paul. " We found ut l'haiia»dria sixty-pieecs of cannon and four mortars, which were already unserviceable. At Tamau we discovered II 2-1-ponnders buiied in the sand, and broke up their carriages. C-iminaudcr Bn>utt praises J'ijjlily the active and cordial co-operation of Captain Hall and Colonel Osmond. He thought thai by tlm 2nA or ,'Jrd ol October the destruction " .man and iMiautifjoria wouli be complete,

tlis removal of the materials on Cape St. P;ml finished, and that he should be able to return with the troops and the flotilla to the Gulf of Kertoh."

CAMP BKFORK BF.IJASTOPOL, Oct. .<. {From our Correspondent.) Since Pending you ;i brief paragraph about the "brush" between the lOih Hussars and the Cossacks near Kertuh, I have learned some more recent particulars of that rather dashing afl.iir. According to this lat>:r information, the whole facts appears to have been as follows :—-The commander of the French cavalry having planned a foraging expedition some twenty-live or thirty miles into the country, from Kertch, requested the support of an English squadron,and, having procured a puty of the lOlh Hussars, started on his foray. On reaching a point some twelve miles from Kertch,he begged the English officer to remain there as a reserve, to keep open his communication with the town, and proceeded on about the same distance further into the country, till he fonml the needful supplies. On the following morning, when preparing to return, he found himself closed in on one of his flanks and his rear by a vast crowd of Cossacks, and at once despatched a message to the officer in command of the English detachment, apprising him of his " fix," and stating that he would attempt to extricate himself by a flank movement but would first send on the forage convoy with a strong escort, whi;h be reqnpsied our men to meet and conduct safely into Kertch. The officer, on receiving this information, started with half of his men to meet the coming convoy, but, after riding on for some dozen of miles further and meeting with no traces of it, bivouacked for the iii<>cht. In the morning, he found himself in a similar difficulty to that of the Frenchman —hemmed in by a horde of Cossacks, and, seeing no oilier chance of escape, resolved on the desperate expedient of cnmiij* his way through the encircling host. The fijrbt, as may he supposed, and as I hnv? already described, was desperate enough, but, thanks to the desolating onslaught of our men, resulted in their escape, with a loss of 15—partly balanced by the slaughter of 45 Cossacks. How this exact reckoning of the latter's casualties should have been ascertained I <lt> tint pretend to explain, but merely <jive the figures as f myself have them. What happened to the convpv I know not.

Oct s.—One of those occasions of delay of which our system of procedure involves so many, has postponed the sailing of the secret expedition tiil ti-moirow (Saturday) evening or Sunday morning ; and I therefore open my letters to trive the news of the last twenty-four hours, which is of some importance. I mentioned, a. few posts asro, that t\v.< French ilivisions ami [lie whole of,tito Sardinian cavalry had pushed on beyond Baidvir, with the view of turning the lines of the Belbec. and securing a position beyond Maninip- Kaleh, to operate on the rear of the eti'Miiy, whilst another force took them in the fl ink from i£up;iioria. lute!licence reached tlie cauin to d.:y, that this first step in the p-and operation has beeo successfully taken. A glance at the map will show your readers that the Mackenzie raii^o is penetrated by three passes ; it is !>v tiie niiol eastern of these that our allies have effected their very important advance from the Valley of the Tcheru.iyn, round to Albat, on the noribern bank ol the southern branch of the Belbeek river. From the entrance of" the pass beyond Baidar 10 the near neighbourhood of the Manuup-Kaicb For!, which commands the eastern* tn 'titii of (lie Aitodar pass, they met wi:h no mim,'nnis l>oi"j -;f the enemy ; but on reaching \\iv fort, a til t i-nuoiteiin^r, they found several strong column^ camped alon<i the slopes of the adjacent heights, aiid to avjid a eidiision with these made a slight detour to the eastward. Thence on to the river their line of march was unobstructed, and thov crossed at a point a little itlimc llie Albat, where they now are They rea«:hed this village, Icnvever, durin<; tlie niifht, and, when the heavy fojjf cleared away at dawn, discovered that they had almost entered the lines ol* a vecv stron»- encampment tit the enemy. 'I"ne situation was critical ; but. with admirable the Kicnch chief made il show t)f inovinir forward ins advanced column* as if for attack, and the llu-si.M'S, suppoMn^ that they oniv saw the leading division <>f a imii.-h stronger force, packed up whatever liuht ii.i,;-o-itjre could be seiz.-d on the moment, and beat

a rapid retreat. Had ihey discovered the comparative weakness of our allies, the latter mi;j;lit liave fared in a way which would have in suiwc degree squared accounts for the ullair at the

Traktir-birdge; but by the masterly feint (if the French general this mishap was happily averted, and their position .secured.

(From our Special Correspondent )

Camp, Sevastopol, Oct. 5. After much expectation, some delay, nnd the loss of some favourable weather, an expedition has started. General Spencer's Brigade of the Fourth Division left camp ye-terday morning to embark at Balaklava. Captain Johnson's battery of field artillery accompanied the brigade. These troops are to be joined by a strong body at" marines, and the force will then consist of five thousand fiijhiiug men, the whole being under the command of Brigadier General the bon* Augustus Spencer, X.0.8 Dr. Gordon, the principil staff surgeon of the 2nd Division, goes in medical charge. It was anticipated that the expeditionary force would be much stronger, and the Third Division were fully expecting to be ordered to take part in it. The French, it is said, are to send ten thousand men.

The destination of the' expedition is kept secret; according- to general rumour, the mouth of ihe inl^t of the sea into which the rivers Dnieper and Bug fall is the object towards which it will proceed. Here are some forts, the possession of which would secure the command, of the approach by sea to Nicolaieff and Kherson and lock these .important places up within the boundaries of the rivers on which they are respectively situated. Shipbuilding is said to have been carried on very actively for months past at Nicolaieff, and as vessels of moderate size might be suddenly brought down to the ports occupied by the allies in the Crimea, and incendiary objects attempted, it is uecessary toguaid a»ainst any such calamity. The river up to Nicolaieff is very tortuous and shallow, strongly protected by batteries, and the banks are so steep that were a hostile fleet to attempt making the ascent of the current, it could be easily followed by field guns on sin-re, which, almost without haeird, eotiM inflict constant harass upon the vessels. The entrance of the river Bug is said to be rather less than a uii!e in width.

Another and perhaps the mure probable inteniion of the expedition, is said to be a junction with the forces already assembled at Eupatcria, for the purpose of effecting a movement i"to the interior of the Crimea. Already a .-tronjj force of French cavalry are assembled there under General d'.-Ulonville, and they have been making frequent and extended, reconnaisauces of hue. An additional number of infantry and Held artillery sire required to form au effective army lor encountering the llussian lorces that miirht be brought against them in an' attempt tn approach Sunpheropoi, and the number )n-t sent would be sufficient fur all probable contingencies, were another army to move at the same time from the south-ea>t towards the same point. Our allies have already extended their observation toward Alousata, and fron. this phice there is a direct mad from Sinipheropol. Were the object simply l<> gain the north side of Sebastopol and Hie fortified positions connected with it, it might be accomplished by the force fiom lv.tpaioria keeping the coast road, and suh>etiueiuiy aciin^ In concert with a force directed against the Russian position on ilu; Mackenzie heights. Ibe facility of const, iiniy commuisicaiing with tiie tieet during die marcli southwards, and the iiuercouiatf «hich niinht be kept uj> between the Eupatotiim army and that assembled on the 'J'thern.iyii by teleirraph, wotiid almost ensure »ucii an uiuiertukur^ ir.'in any r.rsudveui'ive. «Si:ch -a piau has beon ta!ke(i of — the Kn^iisii, r'tfi:ch and Sardinians making ;< oouin;ned attack on (iilferciH points on tiif Mm;ii a>pect ot the MiivkenztC liei^hts, wiiile tiie troops arriv iji 11 froui Eu;:utuiia i.n.ide an ait.ick i>u the oppo-Ue isorlls >Me 111 this case U\c lli^ii'iituU Untish divi>;,.!is would no (iou-'t i>e fiuployed, the Tuiul division heinir probably lv.id in ichtk, ;t\ui> tv>r atiy lnovemeni tisai nr^bt bo v. v t ivti. IH-.VNS OF THK ALi.IKS. Vum.im, Oft. 13. AHliouiih h\ the hilesl accounts Uom 0 U'ssn the .iilifd fleets were slili iying- at anchur itl that town without h.n iujj coui:iuMii.-t'd no. liiiiies, ycl nothing has tv.'.u-J'lud t-» C-'iitr.uticl 1.-c l't-U-ili^enc:' I i-ave a'ua.ly scut )>'U uiv;;n:-:,;. callv ami in m\ i.>s: Iruci, l:;a; tiiv1 i;i;i.nale t---i-------jt'ct" o\' li.c fXp:-dUiou ;> liie ii;n.fi oi the U.iifprr, auit iia> i- reiidert-:! I:>c snore proi);:bi2 as thelari;cr>iiip.-aro known to luneiand uo,>ps on board." U is certainly not itnpi>>si;-le that ii bombardnifin of.Od«-s-.i u:ay take place as a diversion, till the arrivii vi tue bouts and smaller emit which have been seui ou to

recomioitre the coast and take soundings of the channel. But it is not likely that any operations beyond a bombard men I from the "sea will be undertaken at Odessa, which is known to be garrisoned by a very si rung Russian army, so that any attempt to land troops and take the place in the rear must be attended, with great loss and prove a failure, or else the withdrawal uf so many troops as would be necessary to insure success would weaken the army of the allies in the Crimea, and enable Prince GortcliAkoff to lake advantage of this false step aad assume the offensive.

TUt Czas remarks that tlie re;ison why the Russians have hitherto met with such signal failure ia all their operations in the Crimea is not :i want „ bravery and perseverance on the part of the troops, nor from incompetency on ihe side" of the commanders, hut from the fact that the Russian &,,!diers are taught to iight only in large masses, by which in c;is-e of anything going wrong, they are unavoidably thrown into confusion, and their officers unable to restore order. Another reason alleged is, that the commanding officers of corps have not sufficient discretionary power, but are obliged to follow blindly the order of battle according to one of the five system'; in use in the Russian service, from which they dare not deviate a hair's breadth without exposing themselves to certain punishment and degradation. For instance, in the battle of theTcbernaya, the Russians fought according to the third "system, and, by being thrown into confusion, were completely beaten. —(This agrees with what the German doctor in the Russian service says in his journal of the Siege of Sevastopol, lately published at Berlin under the title uf " Outer dem Doppeladler," a notice uf the first part of which appeared in the Daily News of the 30th July.—Ed. D. N.) THE BRITISH EXPEDITION. From the Special Correspondent of the Evening Mail. Camp before Sebastopol, Sept. 29. The contrast between the actual proceedings of the allied armies since the 9th of this month and the fevered dreams in which the public at home, as represented by the press, are indulging, is as striking as it is" painful. The Russian's, so far from flying in discomfort over boundless wastes, are calmly strengthening their position on the north side. The face of the country bustles with their cannon and their batteries'. As i write the roar of their guns is sounding through our camp, and occasionally equals the noise of the old cannonades, which we loudly hoped had died into silence for ever. There is no trace of any inteniiuii on their part to abandon a position on which they have lavished so much labour. They retired from the south side when it became untenable, shaken to pieces by a bombardment winch ie is impracticable for us to renew. They have now between themselves and us a deep* arm of the sea,a river, and the sides of a plateau as steep as a wall. We let them get off at their leisure, and looked on, much as we «ouldhave gaz-.-d mi the mimic j representation* of such a scene at Astley's, j while the Russian columns filed in endless column over the narrow bridge, e:ner«rjiijr \ u unbroken order out of that frightful se-j ofr.ijhur fire and smoke, which was losvd up into billows of fl.iine by the frequent explosions <>t great fume^s and magazines. What time our generals w<.ke up ami knew what was g«iin^ on I cauiHi; tell, but it is ceitaiu ti.ey did not ;.s j a body distress themselves by any violent eiFirls to vet a m-arer view of the «neniy'< movements early in the '.tunning. It w.is late in the day wiieu Foil P.uil blew ,i;i. At a:»«ut 5.30, aweiias I can now recoiiect, that magnificent work was shaken violently, heaved upwards, seemed to fly into pieces—the breaking masonry and cnjj-sasmxs (.-uniting sbt-ets <>f white smoke, Sighted up fire—and' then collapsi.-d, us it were, into ruins. The mine iui>M*<t in the I first iiistanc>r; but, so co.»] was ttie i-neinv, so I perft-ciiy .»a'J«-fied of our inaction were t'hev, and so convinced they had awed us in their tremendous ciif-rjry in destruction, tiiat they sent acros-s a boat with a few men in her, sibou't liaif-pasi 4 o'clock in the evening, who (juicily landed aiid .vent into t!ie fort, and wen.- seen i by several people in the a';t uf ciiic-ring, in order to prepare for the explosion that fulinivd iinmcdiateiy after they had reiired. Spie., ii.ne, liuwever, informed the auUioMM-/. in tin- uj-i-'t positive manner that the lttihsiaus neix- prepared to retreat, and had all in reauiu.o. t u <;<»\cr a retrograde movement,!!) c.-^e tl," J!<fe.iMirc(.-edcd in forcing a passage, and she aJiit-K ivior-rd a c/etenniuatiou of (blowing U:<.-ii- wlio-c luicc '

against the north side of Sebastopoi. '1 ht?i r field guns and guns of position were all in readiness, and were strengthened by a very large corps of cavalry, which would hold our infantry in check, and our cavalry could not, of course, get over the water in less than several days, nor could it gain the heights of Mackenzie unless the infantry had previously established themselves there. Everything was foreseen and calculated, and the Russians were in hopes that they might catch us at a disadvantage amid some of their fortified positions in a difficult cminuv, and retrieve their past disasters, or. at all events, make a masterly retreat. But when they saw that all was hesitation, if not confusion, in the army of the allies, they recovered their courage, stared the situation in the face lor one moment, and the next were busily employed in making the best of it, and they have now erected such batteries as to shut up the harbour to our present navy, and to render any attempt t<> cross it as rash as it would be undesirable. Yesterday they finished a new line of batteries, to-da\ ice begin to make some in reply. The papers which arrived yesterday must be amusing to the authorities, for they have assuredly falsified all those absurd anticipations of further victory, of utter routs, of vigorous pursuit, and of energetic action in which these mere writers and readers— men who have read Thuci/dides till they are stupified, and have muddled their brains poring over histories of wars, and lives of Generals, and who have musty traditions about your Csesars, Alexanders, Buonapartes and Wellingtons, involving dis;igreebie inferences and comparisons—have ridicuously and unjustifiably indulged. But could we have moved had our Generals been so minded ? Is it the case that as steam has impeded the action of our fleet die Land Transport has stopped the march of our army? I am assured thai Colonel M'Murdo will not permit any such assertion to be made, for with certain small help of men the army he professed to be ready to take the field and to carry provisions and ammunition for our available strength of bayonets 'detached on a short expedition. As to the French, they have certified their mobility by'the vapid demonstration of four divisions on Baidar. Then, why did not the English move? There were orders and counter orders day after day—requisitions oirCantain This to know how niauy mules he had to carry ball cartridge, orders to Captain That to turn out his battery in order to take the field at day-break next morning; counterorders in the evening re-c«>uutered and retracted at night, till it was hard to say what was to be done ; and if the men who gave the commands were in half as confused a state of mind as those who received them, they were indeed in v pitiable plight. Gato with his Plato could not have been at all puzzled like unto them. We did not move, and people say it is because we had no means of transport to carry the Laud Transport Corps; but that I don't believe was the reason of our immobility, What that reason was far he it from me to pretend to say. It is quite evident that the expectations of the people at home hare not been gratified to the full extent, and lliat we are not in undisputed possession of Sehuslopol, that the Russians are not utterly defeated, and that the campaign will have tobe renewed next year by doing what might have been done three weeks ago. How many men will Russia have in the Crimea by the time the country is fit for military operations, should she he determined to hold it, and be able to maintain the war? On the north .side there are few houses, but there are very large magazines. First, on the western extremity of the northern shore stands Fort Consiuniiiie. The roof i< covered in to a great depth with sandbags, and there are larjie guns mounted on it en barbette, but many of the enlbiasures are empty, and do not .shew guns. A veiy heavy parapet with traverses —in fact, a line of batteries—strikes out from the north side of the fort, and crests the seaward face of the ciilf, communicating with the Wasp Fort, Star Fort, and the works of llit; sea defences towards the irioiith of the Bel-b<-k. Next to Coirstatitine, on the harbour, th'-re is a large earthwork, with heavy gnus, behind which is the citadel, which has recently been much strengthened, and is in a coinusandinu position on a hillside. Next come more t:Hi thworks, a larjje stout storehouse, and the cas'.-iiiiiled walls of Fort Catherine, with '.<vo IsciK of turns; then more earthworks, till the liiie of defence Merges into (he works of Inkerma mi. In fact, Fort Consiaiiliue, !sievernui:i, Fi<n Mich.iei, and Fort Catherine, wiih their '.I'liiit'Ctnig works, mul the citadel and forts in

their rear, form one great battery, too far to injure us seriously behind Sebastopol, but quite able to withstand any infantry attack from the south side. The difficulty of the north side was foreseen —•illaloug foreseen, but not provided for In fact, there was no step taken to assure the possession o! the fruits of our labour. We did not prepare for success, and we now have to face a new campaign, and the Russians have seven or eight months to strengthen llii:iiisch-t;s to recruit their exhausted army, to gather new materiel, and to dispute our progress with fresli slaughter, which leaves us victory but half en- . joyed. ' frt

The British army is busily engaged rondinukitig, hut building, ami drilling. Large purties £(> down every day to Sehuslonol and return with timber, doors, window frames, joists } slabs of marble and stonework, grates, jj lass, locks, iron. Stnuihridge firebricks, of which a large quantity was found, and various uihcr articles of use in camp, and the huts which arise on every side, are models of ingenuity in adapting Russian property to British and French uses. As yet, however, the vast majority ofthe soldiers are under canvass, and are likeiy to be so fora couple of months longer. The trenches—those monuments of patient suffering, of endurance, of coinage — will soon be no more. The guns are withdrawn ; indeed, they arc now nearly all {rone. The gabions are going fast, for the men have received permission to vise them for fuel —the earthworks will speedily sink, and next spring few traces will be left of the existence of these memorable works. It is melancholy, amid all these sounds of rejoicing and victory, to think that an army has been all but lost and swallowed up in these narrow dykes, and that it was " done by mistake." Our engineers drew their lines, and to them they adhered, although the Russians taught them belter every day.

After all, when our attack was made, the men hail to run over the open for upwards of 200 yards. Let any one try to run such a distance over broken ground with a rifle and 50 rounds of hall cartridge, and then say whether ho is in a pood condition for hard fighting at the end of it. Thu French had just 10 metres to run across. They had more men to work, and easier ground hetween the Mainelon and MalakhofF, hut the question is, ought our men to have been called on for such a death run at all?

Tlie firing into 'he town is occasionally very heavy, and it is returned \v;th spirit by die French mortars, and by a few guns in position. The roads advance slowly, hut are solidly and well made as far as they go, and the railway is assuming an appearance of solidity and permanpiiee which gives satisfactory assurance of its efficiency for the winter.