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111 R, Al a 0 „,,, ZRT MME.'S MONT 13LA-N tißt4tell'p'ke4T°:. 4W4411,21'8'.4;tGa°11-erl7llsa.ndTra,eve 71o N rn i i e n ii : / intim "17 teesday ThuAday, and Saturday', at 3 o'clock. (but Saturday ) . ,ii, Ihn, Piccadilly'. • Representation s , EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 25TH Aram, 1855 ' EAST it COURT of DIRECTORS of the ,_ 0h INlm a r,... ''ARTE., - 'utIPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, Tißt!' hod at GENERAL C01.711i of the said Company . k tia p weir rio„,„:._ 'All be ".1 Leadenh 11 •tr t on WEDNESDAY, the Jape IleXt, at Eleven O'clockain6theeefrenoon. JAMES C. AIELVILL, Secretary. BAST INDIA HOUSE, 25TH Amen, 855. _ 11111. 0013 RT of DIRECTORS of the EAST ..koki 1/4,.ll4comPerr do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer 1 447% . ° 1 wee said Company's Steck will be shut on THURSDA Y, the lyth ate' id Three o'clock, d d aaain on THUR S D AY, J 5 1 3.. and I an opened . Th,,,,,,,,...., ell tl h 7,7 warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable _.., 1V114,V1113', 1855, inder the Ilth section of the Act 3d and 4 u , "P. 85 , Will be ready to be delivered on teat day. JAMES C. MELV ILL, Secretary. ~,X t i li 17 . R LANDS LAND ENCLOSURE Il:,:shoki-e-r,P4,\„'lr.---At the 1.• xtr ordinary eitte et, t ' n ' i‘ ta a EoMPany , held at the Lon .on T..awrn, Bi 11 following - "elatio, ""' "n , on lt; day , the 14th April, 1844, the General Meetins .s c . q . t p h s e_ Ihtt th _ we re passed ; — - That ..7report of the Directors he received and adopted. ster. Mr. Mr. A. Moore be appo nt. ettvi,el:oB.llll,inittee of three shareh,d lers, namely, Mr..Sdn'r- S, in order le oy NI. tprepared nian for raisin% the future capita , , .. • itehtmerettee t em' dto report thereon to an al e , d to c mfer with !ee l le;irec -44, a 4',eetln g to he I, eld 111 ' f. ! n an . ul ou lats, ml :lin the meantitn. that the ' l n i ectori be requeste 1 to ta Thursday. the a 6 h tePs for the -orfeitu-e of 111 shares . in arrear of calls.. i erthh,-,(441181111teld, Es q•, Director 21,t ite t T 11 4,0, 4411)% q.,‘..v;and ' he is hereby elected, a Direc ksit t he ti Le best thanks of this g 'yen to Samuel Beale, , ' reW eht, fur his cO ndu rn ct ee n tin the b :h 2 i l r. 'Adelski ace GE .RGE F .ssnN . , Secratry. kll, London -bridge, 16th April, 18 55 - triltß LANDS LAND ENCLOSURE acme AIL?: Roe , rt of the Directors, ctl, quethleht:_it the 11 th April instant, m .}' be had, g t o o ffi e c t c h s e of tbe Y, 11 0 y, at La concession, on application ands read and adopted r o w nt i e th d ' •I. To e L 'MPallY's Bankers iti Paris aer A , Advocate, Amster lam. a ' Atlelitid. • F, F kgsON, Secretary. Brussels, and of .-Inace, London-bridgeG, E l6 ) th ßG April, 1855. Ptit*. tha.„4l\TT to au Order of the Highnoviii. late of ,oLer4l.,,,,vi'llai, ftiaclec.,in tthe matter of f, l e N t ' it il l l e i m ant an, deceased, all 1 1 11 64Z i lt i , i nift! debtes ancrliabgtiesurarffey affecting the Court of perso th na o l f es m ta a t r e ch o i tsr:4l,4re,b;lll,ll.lxvoillile,twho died In or about the 1 1411416,,111..and Provo th of tne EL ht Ho tors o . n or before the 21st day of 58sy, 1855. . et rY-1 ' `qe Raster r claims, at the Chambers _ .. . s- __ ar ~ a Chan t,,,,,_ Set* m ia ,,,_ of the Rolls, situate in tthheßwii__ Y 11l be peremp- YmiackdeZl.th!x.. e nt, in default Ordertherideof, at ~,7 et 44, ~,n 2 1,_h_ benefit of he 'aid tik i ii l e 0 814 ett`",da day of Slav, 1855, at Twelv d adjudicating ~ the Ise .'" l **, is appointed for hearing an .ated tins , 3. 7 th day of April, 1855 e o'clock at noon, 2M. wutrlNG, Chief flerk. 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N o n i :,, ,rea t eDMMNRAHTAT OFFICE. 5 - 1 et To Q'le^n. st - eet,Westmins , er, 21th April, 18, 1. 1, destr on , -1., HEREBY GIVEN to all persons i l 44, -0, rOntracy 11 11 4, 1 ,.. 0 1,4. b ci , 1 1Z to supply such coant ties of litilteCv. required f ` Worlds," MEAT, OAT , and FOR OE. r „ Itll Ith„., or her Ntajestv's Land Forces in Q arters , Qn 1 411, 11 _4, 1 4 til, ()unties of Enzl tnd severally , in Wal s, in North Of i f l ll l , k m I sle of 'Wan a ' nd in the Channel Islands. and als Th4lits,fori,ftar telv for 'the Ist at Vder=hott, in he 1 , y 44 tr It litom. I '' \Tenth il7 t 4 1 , 14 7 st i ng i n writ ! , ; from the Ist of June n at, InFlus2 , ve; II 41, 4 , "al d and marked on the outside Ten t f i L ' v Qreat 0,1)'.44," will be receive' at the Comin l ssariat OM . h l.tb i L , of r ,‘•.44411 sreet, Vir stininster until islcti;,lii`,4 of t, at 12 o'cl , ck noon * and no later. rIII.TR:DAY. the ' 4 4l;ttfied °F.reltder., with Cond tione of the Seve~al ron - "mler;li tna t hl oht:ined o n e p lication to the Deputy rono a- °ll l'e, as above. No others will he received CONTRACT FOR WINE. Department of the Comntroller for Victuallinr, I N 0 . Somerset notse, 23d April, 185', 1 otlini • tiiii,L,,t,„l„,,„,viss!oners for Executing the Office of ki,„.4 qty 1)0 ~,, Mira of the United Kirprdom of Great Brita , *.i tl " e ' EI ttRY ' 'that on 'rlIU'?AnA • ti s ,„ at, a . , , E NOTICE, ka4 tlTa t u , as ~ -n , 0 Clock, they will he ready to tret i tt sv ti , i Ne sti ktts— li4aY m. he willinz to Contract tor B '' ' Q4klkrtieleV"tV Itt, r , viz : : s_Victua!ling Stores at Deptford. tl" Cits h Ciali mi , a f . Whe e n t to a b n e d d t p h li e ver ed. 7es ti Por t 414 •• 2,nuo . a 3 l weeks 3 k7i afterwards,c or ea , lier it pre remainder it , II I tletr 'll !hay ~'"• 1.000 ferred ee by the party tindi,ring. N to m -e niail f I htr: ‘ ,o„,nies r e or the whole or any whiirt the ten -141.,7 titii; ge O, of „t ry , e to th.mselves the power. of the Article , -hot-, or for such par liirtti se l . . as th o -- 'nra2tinz either for the ' g eater quantity, or ot Ittinri t ,:ult or 1 ma y deem fit, or . v WU . ....a5: to b, ' lv, and a so an unlifM2ritaed. power r of selection. Dut es, and partie 9' ."Diti" to $. ex e r oPted from the t ustoms iii4tll4,l the ate ', w hPre it is lying. k at PP e de ns. 44l lti" •I''' in 'nts from each cask, mii , t he produce' ss,,, e -imb,i-e, hmA and P samples only for each impoq mark. il o t h:...:1; t t1t....:b - " e u ta e k ei . - Ih n _y °t pers , iis whose - teniti:rs are not accepted m n e r d -,heldl • -11 away by them immedutel.v after the con the % idror the put t,,, • 4114 ' Oftle'el)tlyt)e;ees'.l:" unless made on the printed form . pr ,, ; Ti l l 'em oc e or t,, , ,', --s , which may he obtained on application ti eo '4r to 0 1 rnrn ' t n'tt'r Ili•yis, conducting the Packet -.en ici Beat,,,", 0.,„ e tloi ~..... 'tat - ..im —et th e I -.- 0, of Customs at Bristol. . I N _ 01, .„,._ . ma y ..„, _ revised contracts, to which particular retell ._ , ttp, „„ - lo tet A ...„' "eelt at tite, s• ta fri,. and at Liverpool ani , ' t teito n . l,l ,, lt Noi,l l ``, , w , ill h t _e r,,,i.: ilted alter o , e W. lock on the day or tat e h a t i.. re%tilt h r !!'alf,lo,;,,e, required that on party tendorinr, or an ; ..hirn fb' blasts ~fkiri attend at tl the on the day of contract all ,',"3 ' t elade... wrlt ine 1. " -e l`red from t e, a o ch c p e erson will be comm n:. roll , . 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Le .t. treatment of the _ er s e e e a c o s ee of . the Generatiy . in detecting en' 't;getibiZteny Urinary yam thtieenM the real r,ause and effect 0 tte esse, llli ttY ef cornplaint,whnetaber 14' igt,i;teeident, or climate, followed by practical remarss, , t i z e n n,. ' arising from solitary hab d it: .. t.t. eati s I Years' experience in the treatment or .g, (mP i t 'o . whir' ' , re au... ebility, Local Weakness, gpermatorrhosa, c. ge ith pr , tittitle„,,,.' C o 9, en the Physiology of ‘ larria - -' w t i, i thd ~,.r units on the evils emanating th.,— , the 0 rite, 3 o from empirical pri c .oe ir,„ angerous remedies advocated by various w Pertain. disorders. D 11, , u UY &kW:TEL LA'MERT, M.D. " C 'eto. r, f ~__' '0 R D-8 QUA R E, LONDON. enrmi-Venicine, Matriculat id Member of the University of E . ti; , ticetlils-,-°n°P•fY Member of '.he tondo) , llospita , Medical Seel% Th, a .n..— 01 Apothecaries' Eall London, &e., B,o* . , Isuen-.e gimlet obieet of this treatise ' is to point out the tearfn co k lvl lieh 14.. „1t ig from certain habits, irregularities, and excess--. rut;""ed ''' PrOonced more 'ser In Youth, degradation in Ma' !id premature decay a n :. ' all stages Y of Life, that., perhaps, au !heiDarti ci 7e3 Of disease no to modern pathologists. It perusal I r Dhv.liY I:ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts o '''e betain.e.4l tOndltion, and who arc conscious of haring hazarde:, kitium""naPPluals, and nrlvileges . to which every human being 1 , tt is abeel Pll4,me, ntely n,,,,tr3, thatall men shordd itr.ow,. that there aT , t o, "4 rritia °,,f Lers''nel management which cannot be violated wit , ho 4 he x, - ,1:'`,.. 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BOMBARDMENT returned once more to my den in despair as to its cause. lam now inclined to think it was a sortie in the trench, which was unsuccessful, was renewed, and was finally repulsed victoriously and with great loss to the enemy. It appears that at first, about 10 o'clock, drums were heard beating a charge, or alarm, all along the French lines at first ; but whether they were Rus sian or French drums no one can say. The cheers were undoubtedly Russian. Sir John Campbell despatched Capt. Hume, Aide-de-Camp, to head-quarters to learn the cause of the firing , but as nothing was known there respecting any attack to be made by the French, it is almost certain that this busy night has been the work of the Russ!anS. There is now a profound silence--Hotta gun can be heard, and the horrid dio of shot and shell screaming and whistling through the air, the burets of cannon and bombs, the cheers, and rolling volleys, have all died away, and the deadly lights have died out and left all the black waste iu darkness. While the fight lasted the quantities of shell thrown by both sides were prodigious. They might be seen 6 and 8 at a time seaming the sky with their fiery curves, and then bursting with a bright red flash which lit up for an instant the smoke, and flashed through it like a beam from the setting sun through a murky cloud. The French threw "bouquets," two, three, and four shells from one mortar in flights at a time, and must have caused fearful havoc in the enemy's lines. At every crashing volley our men used to grow quite excited, and many a " Bono Franceese" ran through the crowd, but the few Frenchmen who were there talked in subdued and eager tones, with a deeper interest in the fate of their gallant comrades than we could feel. Towards the close of the struggle the Russians fired angry volleys from their cannon, and threw a multitude of shells into the French lines, which were paid back with interest. It must have been the most sanguinary affair we have had since Inkermann, and no doubt th e M o piteur will let us know the truth Of it, and give us additional reason to admire the gallantry of our allies. Our men seemed to think it was a French attack, and one fenny, exclaimed, "Oh !..when are we- to get a chance Another ex claimed, " When we do, Jack, I hope to the Lord they'll let us go at it by daylight. I like to see my inimy !" The progress of the battle was watched with the most intense anxiety, and many were, the specula tions and arguments respecting the lines of fire—as to whether they were from friend or foe, and as to which was which, and who were gaining and who were losing. At last with the silence we all dispersed, and the camp is once more profoundly quiet. for the reports from the rifle pits are deadened by the wind. There is less cre dence attached to-night to the rumour that we are "going in" at daybreak. The last nail on which it hangs is the fact that the Caradoc has been ordered to get ready to carry Lord Raglan's despatches to-mor row. _ . quent upon the recent rains. The expectation which the outsiders entertained that "the fleet would go in" this morning at daybreak has not been realised. At daybreak I was up at Cathcart's-hill to witness the opening of our fire, and with some hope that I might see, too, the first broad sides of our wooden walls. It was a thick morning, and the view was obscured by vapours and drizzling rain, hut the dark hulls and rigging of the steamers and line of battle ships were visible through the mist, and, though clouds of steam were flying from the funnel pipes, it was quite evident that the fleet were only off the port, and had no intention of taking part in the bombardment. Only one officer, Col. Nercott, of the Rifle Brigade, was ur' at that part of the front which is close to the lines of his regiment, and a few stragglers had crept out of the adjoining tents to look at the town and its long lines of battery. Through the gray light the flashes of the guns lighted up the embrasures, and the shot cleft the air with a dull, hoarse roar, and struck with a heavy throb into the earthworks. Our shells were bursting right into and over the Mamelon, which the French were also plying from their Inkerman batteries. The Round Tower now and then fired one • of the three or four heavy guns which are placed in the west angle works, but the Redan and Garden Batteries were worked with vigour. On the left the whole of the outlines of the town and of the French batteries were obscured by the smoke from the guns, which hung in heavy white wreaths on the ground. The fire was very heavy, and the riflemen in front of the batteries kept up a sharp fusillade on the embrasures, which was sometimes audible in the lulls of the cannon ade. It was tolerably evident that the Russians had more than recovered from their surprise, and that they had laboured to recover the ground they had lost with all their might. Their batteries were fully manned, and their fire, if not so precise as our own, was very quick. They occasionally resorted to their old prac• tice of firing off six or seven guns in a salvo—a method also adopted by the French occasionally. It is laid down, indeed, in some books of authority that salvo firing is more effective than independent firing, but I take it that the dictum can only refer to breach ing operations, and not to those which are directed for the purpose of silencing guns. As the rain set in again soon after 6 o'clock, nothing more was to be seen, and we returned to our tents. The cannonade continued all day uninterruptedly, but irregularly, and as soon as the rain ceased and the batteries were visible I returned to Cathcart's-hill. I could not see that any marked change had been made in the profile of the enemy's works. Several of the embrasures in the Redan had been de stroyed, and the Round Tower works were a good deal "knocked about;" but there was no great reduction in the weight of the enemy's fire. The Allied fleet was quietly stationed tolhe south of the Quarantine Forts. Their presence there had, however, the effect of drawing off a number of the Russian gunners, for the sea batteries on the north and south sides were all manned, and we could see the artillerymen and sailors inside the parapets standing by their guns. Large reserves of infantry were drawn up near the north forts, and the corps over Inkerrnan were under arms. The Russians were seen carrying their wounded men across to the north side in boats, and it is probable they also get the relief for the batteries in the same was, and that they keep the bulk of their magazines in the forts at the other side of the Roads. General Bizot received a very severe and dangerous wound to-day. He was struck by a rifle ball under the ear, and it tore right across his face and lodged close to his eye in the temple at the opposite side. Some hopes are entertained that his life will be saved. No. 2 battery, left attack, suffered severely to-day from the heavy fire directed against it, and the Barrack Battery proved very troublesome, but its fire was not so mis chievous as that of the Garden Battery. The service has to deplore the loss of Captain Luce. R.A., who lost both his legs by a round shot, and died soon after wards. He was a promising and zealous officer. Lieu tenant Urmston, of the Queen, was wounded in one of the sailors' batteries, but is likely soon to recover. A strange and almost unexampled accident occurred'in one of our batteries. A 13-inch mortar, with a moderate charge. and not over-heated burst on being fired, and flew into two pieces, splitting up longitudinally. One of the huge masses was thrown 30 yards to the right, and anottnr a great distance to the left, and yet, won derful to relate, though the fragments flew along the traverses and parapet, not one man was killed or wounded. We were less fortunate in the case of the Lan caster gun, which was struck by a shot and went to pieces, killing and wounding severely six men. Several engineer officers to whom I spoken, while express ing regret at the accident, have declared their satisfac tion at getting rid of the guu in which they placed no cenfidence, on account of its wild and uncertain firing. Omer Pasha visited Lord Raglan again to-day, and have been engaged ever since adjusting the ladders fitting them with ropes and sending a certain portion of them to the trenches where they will arrive after dusk. Up to this date we have barely lost 100 men in killed and wounded, and we can see that the Russians suffer frightfully, judging by the wounded they send across to the north side. SEBASTOI'OL. Now ready. second Edition, in I vol. post B vo., 7 s. 6 d., THE CRIMEA, the BLACK SEA, and the BALTIC ; inoluding an Acco'int of Sebastopol. C 1.1.-kRL El; HENRY 01'T. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. FRIDAY MORNING, 13TH. At 4 o'clock a.m. the Russians opened a powerful and destructive fire on our 6 gun advanced battery, which was in a very imperfect state, and by concentrating the fire of 20 guns on it dismounted some of the pieces and injured the works severely, so as to render the battery useless for the day. Our working party only succeeded in getting one gun into the new battery this morning, owing to causes I nave already mentioned, although they worked till it was nearly dawn. Our mules were lost, 50 of them, at least, by the Land Transport Corps, returning from the trenches last night, as the officers could not find their way and the animals got loose. On every side I hear loud complaints against the ramrods of the Enfield rifles, , or rather against the mode in which they are fixed in the weapon. 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BULLOCK will SELL, on SATUR. DAY next, at 11 o'clock, at their great Rooms, 211, nigh hvinorn, an assemblage of handso:ne FURST' rune, noble Plate Glasses, Ikt arquetPrie and Plain Tab es, and other Drawing-room Artie es, Silk and eh4Pl Curtains. French Cocks and Lamps, Cabino Pi .noforte, a 10. feet winged Wardrode, single ditto, Arabian and 4-post liertstead d BeAlmg, Cheval and Toilet Glwses and Tables, Dining-room and Library Chairs, in mo-occo, P'ated Table Items, and an infin ty of tieftil furnishing requisites.—May be viewed, and c halo cues had. on Fri.:ay. _ . FRIDAY, 12 AT NOON. The Sailors' Brigade have again suffered very severely. Although they only Work 35 guns in the various hatteT ries, they have lost more men than all our siege train working and covering parties put together, and up to half-past 3 o'clock they had 73 men killed and wounded, two officers killed, one wounded, and two or three con tused. The sailors in No. 2 Battery, Chapman's attack, silenced three of the best guns in the Redan yesterday, but the Russians replaced them during the day, and actually opened fire at 5 p.m. from the very embrasures which had been knocked to pieces. The reports of in jury done to our batteries have been greatly.exagge rated. In addition to the 13-inch mortar, which was burst, and the Lancaster destroyed by a shot, there have been only four guns disabled by the enemy's fire, and one of our 9-pounders, directed against the Rifle pits, ,has been " dinted" by a shot. One of our 24-pounders was burst by a shot which entered right at the muzzle as the gun was being discharged. Another gun was struck by a shot in the-muzzle, split up to the trunnions, the ball then sprung up into the air, and, fall ing at the breech, knocked off the button. There are only three guns firing front the Round Tower this morn ing, but the enemy has mounted a heavy gun in the Mamelon, at which we are at present directing our fire. The Redai is very much damaged on the right face and front already, and three of the embrasures, at least, are knocked to pieces. It is impossible to deny to the Rus sian engineers great credit for the coolness with which they set about repairing damages under fire ; but words cannot do more than justice to the exertions of our own men, and to the Engineer officers and Sappers en gaged in this most perilous duty. When an embra sure is struck and injured it is the business of the Sappers to gt. up into the vacant space and repair the damage, removing the gabiors, &e., under fire, and without the least cover frOm shot, shell, or riflemen. Our engineer vfficers have frequently set the example to their men in exposing themselves when not called upon to do so, and I believe, that as yet, there has not been a single instance in which a gun has been silent owing to damage done to an embrasure. The officers and men charged with this dangerous work have not waited for the cover of night to effect repairs, but have carried them on in face of the enemy. Our Allies, also, exhibit the ut most coolness and gallantry in a similar manner. Poor Jack pays the penalty of his excessive courage in the loss which he sustairs. The sailors will not keep under cover. When they fire a gun they crowd about the embrasures and get upon the parapets to watch the effect of the shot, and the result is that they are exposed to many more casualties than the artillerymen, who are kept under cover by their officers. Yesterday, under the very heat of the fire, a Russian walked through one of the em brasure:, of the Round Tower, cocl'y descended the parapet, took a view of the profila of the work, at d sauntered back again—a piece of bravado which very nearly cost him his life, as a round shot struck within a yard of him, and a shell bunt near the embrasure as he re-entered it. Lieut Doug!as was buried to day close to poor Twyford and young Spalding. The Rev. Mr. Freeman read the funeral service over his remains. It will scarcely he credited that for nearly eight months the Naval Brigade, mustering 1,200 men, has been left without an x c!iaplain, and the officer's have to " borrow a chaplu,in," or do without one, whenever a comrade's reinaiLs are t./'be interred. Two divisions of Turkish infantry have just marched from Kainiest), past the head-quarters camp, towards Balaklava. They mustered about 15,000 men, and finer young fellows than some of the soldiers of the crack regiments I never saw. Very few of the privates wore decorations or medals, but many of the officers hal them, and had evidently seen service Ngainst the Muscovite. They had had a long march, ail(' their sandal shoon afforded sorry protection against the stony ground ; and yet it was astonishing that so few men fell out of the ranks or straggled behind. One regiment had a good brass band, which almost alarmed th bystanders by striking up a quick step (waltz) as they marched past, and playing it in very excellent style, but the majority of the regiments were preceded by mu sicians with drums, fifes, and semicircular thin brags tubes, with wide mouths, such as those which may have tumbled the walls of Jericho, or are seen on the sculp mred monuments of primaeval kings. The colonel and CAMP at ALDERSHOT.—"KIT for the CRT M R A." 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J.'s inventio , , and for which ,rovisional protection in the latent Office has been duly obtained.— , Vh( lesale Warehouse, 57, Upper Th rues-street, London. SATURDAY, 3 O'CLOCK, A.M. There is a tremendous cannonade on our left. The Light. Division bugles are sounding close at hand. 3.ls.—There is an awful crishing roar from the Rus situ batteries. The Light Division are on the alert. I must close my despatch for the present. And now to my diary. TUESDAY APRIL 10. I was obliged to send off a very hasty despatch this morning, as the fatigue and the wet of Monday had nearly incapacitated the from writing. It was nearly noon before the Russians recovered their surprise and manned the whole of their guns, and we gained a decided advantage by the secrecy with which the day of opening fire .as kept, and the excellence of our arrangements. In the extreme right Inkerman Battery, manned by our artillerymen, the guns, in consequence of a message from our allies that they were soff, ring from our silet:ce, were opened before all was quite in readiness, and the result was that the enemy inflicted some damage on us in con sequence of their being able to concentrate their fire before it was taken off by the other batteries. A valu able man—a corporal of Sappers—was killed, and several men wounded here. Some of our batteries era as yet unfinished, but exertions will be made to complete thorn at night during► the siege. I have not been able to get the armament of the right attack as yet, but I send you a statement of the armament of the left attack, which it carnet be dangerous to publish, as our cannonade and bombardment will have failed utterly if Sebastopol be not taken before these lines are in print, and the whole dreary process of dragging up more guns, getting up fresh platforms and throwing . up new batteries, will have to be gone over again. The French have, it is said, about 300 guns and mortars in position, but I be lieve such an estimate to be exaggerated. At 120 rounds a-gun per diem, we can fire for abut 10 days without much damage to our guns; If the 'place does not fall then, it is not in the power of artillery to take it, and we must either get ready tii invest the north and south, or try the dreadful altern%tive of a general storm, unaided by the ships, which seem at present all but useless. 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We feel iir duty to state these facts, and will thank you to make us new -ales to seecification.—We are, gentlemen, yours truly, "A. LEIDEISINIf AND CO, there was another council of war or conference, at wnith General Canrobert and General Bosquet were present. Lord 1 - 1,a , 21an visits the front every day, and spends some time examining the effects of the fire, and Sir John Ill.`ticil, Colonel Tulloh, General Pennefatlitr, and Sir George Brown are frequently visible among the specta tors on the advanced mounds commanding a view of the siege operations. I have not yet seen Str Cohn Camp bell, who is probably too much occupied by his own division at B,iaklava to be able to spend much time in the front. Every one who can gets away, however, for a few hours, and gazes on this extrs,r,lipary spectacle fr , nii the ridges over Sebastopol. Up to to-day the Navel Brigade has lost 40 men killed and wounded. A clever, energetic officer, Captain Crofton, R A., was severely, but not dangerously wounded to-day by a round shot, which struck him on the leo, close to the knee. There are some slight hopes of saving his leg. Lieutenant Armit, R.E., while• engaged in repairing an embra sure, was struck by some stones in the legs, thrown up by a round shot, and is slightly wounded. The firing this afternoon was extremely heavy and irre gular on the part of the Russians. In the early part of the day an electric telegraph was sent up to head-quar ters to say that a body of Russians were marching from the heights of Mackenzie's-farm towards Tchorgoun, but no one seems to know what has become of them. The enemy show a considerable number of watch-fires over the Tchernaya this evening. General Bizot is in a dangerous state. We hear that the smallpox M the fleet is very much better. 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Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist. 52, , -d-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street. üblin : Winnall. bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. • gun. Y:cket-house, or No. 6 Battery.—Two 32-pounders, one 24-pounder, and three 13-inch mortars. No. 7 Battery.—Six 32-pounders. No. 8 Battery.- —Six 32-pounders, two 8-inch gun.. Irrespective of Vie guns in the above batteries, there are in position the following mortars-10 13-inch and 4 10-inch, intended for bombarding the remoter works, and the storehouses and magazines of the enemy. The casualties in the first day's cannonad e on our side were not numerous. In the Naval Brigade One most excellent aid zealous yot.ng officer, Lieutenant Twyford, of the London, lost his life. He was killed on the spot, and a piece of i-tone knocked up by the same shot, struck Lord John Hay on the face, cut his mouth, and knocked two of his teeth down his throat, be sides wounding him in the shoulder. The remains of Lieu tenant Twyford were buried to-day, and they were fol lowed to the grave by many officers and sailors. The chaplain of the Diamond performed the funeral service. Lord John Hay's wound is not very serious. Of the men of th brigade 9 were killed and 13 wounded. The artillery of the siege train and men in the trenches lost about an equal number killed and wounded. This morn ing a promising young officer, Lieutenant Sinclair, Royal Artillery, received two very severe wounds from the fragments on the recoil of a gun carriage struck by a shot, and he is, I regret to say, in rather a precarious state. The loss of Lieutenant Twyford is the more to be deplored, inasmuch as it took place at the close of the day, when he had done his work and was about being relieved. The shot which killed him hopped in over the parapet from the angle of the Flagstaff Battery, which almost rakes the left over Chapman's Batteries, and struck him on the back as he was leaning against the t ra verse, making up his day's expense paper of ammu- his two majors rode at the head of each regiment richly dressed, on small but spirited horses, covered with rich saddle-cloths, and followed by pipebearers and ser vants. The mules, with the tents, marched on the right ; the artillery marched on the left. The two batteries I saw consisted each of four 241 b. brass howitzers and two 91b. brasi field-pieces, and the carriages and horses were in a very serviceable state. Each gun was drawn by six horses. The ammunition boxes were rather coarse and heavy. The baggage ani mals of the division marched in the rear, and the regi ments marched in columns of companies three deep, each company on an average with a front of 20 rank and file. One of the regiments had Minie rifles of English make, the majority, however, were only armed with flint fire locks, but they were clean and bright. They all displayed rich standards, blazing with cloth of gold, and many coloured flags with the crescent and star embroidered on them. All the men carried their blankets, squares of carpet for prayer or sitting upon, cooking utensils, and their packs were of various sizes and substances. As they marched along in the sunlight over the undulating gro.ind, they presented a very picturesque and warlike spectacle, the stern reality of which was enhanced by the thunder of the guns at Sebastopol, and the smoke from shells bursting high in the air. On ascending the range of hills towards Balaklava, they must have been seen by the Russian army over the Tchernaya, and by the Co-- sacks on Canrobert's-hill. The Zouaves, who were for merly encamped near the artillery and cavalry at Kadee kovka (which is erroneously called in our maps, &C., Kadikoi), have been moved to the left, and replaced by Turks. The heavy field battery which has just arrived from England is packed at Karany, but I believe Sir Colin Campbell objects to parting with the guns, which are, be considers, required at present for the•defence of Balaklava. Every night the plain is swept by a strong picket of our cavalry, under the command of a field officer, a captain, and two subalterns, but as yet they have met no marauding Cossacks, though they have gone right up to Canrobert's-hill and past the lines of the redoubts. 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Hosiers, 'hid lkianufac ,urers, Bolt and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. MOSES an? SON beg to state theyhave no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta ,lishment., as follow : London City Establishment, corner of the minortes, and Aldgate THURSDAY, APRIL 12. At dawn this morning the 'Allied batteries and the Russians recommenced their terrible combat as usual, and it was evident the enemy had exerted themselves greatly to repair damages during the night, and that they had replaced four or five da maged guns, mended broken embrasures and injured parapets, and were, in fact, nearly as ready to meet our fire as they had been any time for the last six months. On our side four of the guns for the advanced parallel, which for the previous two nights we had failed to get into position, were at last brought down after dark, and it is expected that material results will be pro duced by their fire when they are in position. Broken platforms were removed and damaged guns replaced by others. The morning was hazy, and rain fell at times, but towards' the afternoon the weather cleared up again, and the heights were crowded with spectators, many of whom were Turkish officers recently arrived from Eupas toria. An English lady on horseback, who rode up to Cathcart's.hill, attracted nearly as much attention from these gentlemen as the cannonade. Our batteries throughout the day fired steadily, and if their cannonade was less imposing in appearance than when they sent forth salvoes and irregular bursts of fire and smoke, it was probably more effective. Orders were sent to all the batteries to restrict the firing to 120 rounds per gun each day. The vivacity of the sailors' batteries has been diminished by that order, but their practice is splendid, and the enemy have directed their heaviest fire on them in reply. The 13-inch mortar battery fires parsimoniously one round mortar every 30 minutes, but it requires a long time to cool the great mass of iron heated by the explosion of 121 b. or 161 b. of powder. Every one is most anxious to see the effect of the shells when they burst ; but, owing to the smoke, and to the great distance of the objects at which they are 'directed, it is impossible to tell where they alight or what they do unless one happens to be in the battery, and is enabled to know their flight. The English battery on the right' at Inkerman has been very well served and has caused great damage to the enemy, and the Round Tower has been almost shut up ; nor did the Ma , nelon fire a shot for the four hours I was watching it. The portion of the town opposite the French is a heap of ruins. The laces sa4 shelling at night has done much mischief to the private houses. Our allies fire to-day with great energy. Their Inkerman and Tchernaya batteries are admirably served, and they have not only kept down the firing of the Mamelon, aided by Gordon's Battery, but they have also answered the batteries at the north side of the harbour, the Inkerman Cave Batteries, and have silenced for the present the Lighthouse Battery, No. 2. Our fire from Gordon's Battery and its advanced works has swept away the rifle pits, has damaged some six or seven guns in the Round To wer, and has kept and I. the fire from one face of the Redan, whilethe firefrom Chap ma,. 's Battery has been very sucoesstul against the Redan, the Barrack Battery, the Road Battery, and the Garden Battery. The French on the left have done great mischief to the Garden Battery also, and their fire has cru-hed the guns of the Flagstaff Battery (Batteriedu Vat) completely, but they suffer considerably from the Quarantine Fort and its outworks, and from the Dockyard Harbour Bat tery. We have quite destroyed the small hat heavily armed and destructive batt er y called that of " Careening Bay," Bay," recently const r u c ted by the Russians; but e we have sustained considerable losses in aiaecod enemy. Our of. artillery waged A% ith a skilful and determined especially. Our 'sailors- -men and guns—have suffered It is reported that seven guns have . bbeenle i f s t m a° d or rendered unfit for use for the time in the attack. Our four have been damaged in the ri g ht di s mounted and Bat tery No. 2 in the left att ack, has b ee n exposed to a pecu liarly heavy fire. all The cannonade has never ceased heavy on the whole as t d b a C y. thr l ee t i p s r n ev o i t o s u o s clays.severe till ni ghtfall, newel 4.50 the b h a e tt fi e r r e ies was rel v a e x r ed y firing, but they re ightfall, it at 6, and t when the bombardm;tucomasTeßm:Ned.,anmd,ailasktieldledtiltlod-daayy break. Lieutenant bi round shot, - which carried away his head. His l b o y : is s everely felt in the Naval Brigade. Orders h a ve been sent to the Engineers this afternoon to prepare scaling ladders and pontoons, and they employ of E. MOSES and Sr and their Spring and Summer Attire di.pia , s more novelty than any previously exhibited. Fr , neh Novelt es and English excellences in the most bu-iness like arrangem.mt at the establish ment of E MOSES and Sox. Emigrants' Outfits to all parts of the world. The largest WholeQale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Depart ment in the Kingdom. nition. The losses in the Naval Brigade have been severe within these last two days, but our covering antites have n et suffered much, as they have been placed of fire, in shelter close to the batteries. In this respect we seem to have taken a lesson from the Russians, who only keep men enough to man the guns in their works , and d r aw them from the reserves as they may be required. The cannonade on both sides commenced at dawn to-day, a n d it was apparent that the Russians had quite recovered from the surprise of the preceding day, for they opened with tremendous salvoes from their batteries. Our gunners , i gave them as good as they got " and soon silenced I:'veral of their most troublesome guns. The practice from the left of the left attack and from the right of the right attack, which was more wider observation than other parts of our works, was admirable, and at every shot the earth wasknocked up out of the enemy's parapet and embrasures. on account of bad fuses. If the fuse burns properly the Our shell practice is not so good as it might be, all direction and flight of the shells are unerring, but a large proportion burst in the air. Some of our fuses were made in 1802 and subsequently. I have heard of some belonging to the last century, but they are net the least reliable, and some of very recent manufacture have turned out the worst of all. At 12 o'clock at noon the fire slackened. The French have silenced eight or nine of the guns of, the Bastion-du-mat (Flagstaff), and had inflicted great damage on the outworks and on the had d onein conjunction with the a out of seven guns to buildings inside the batteries i n the western tower. They had also almos t shut u p the Inkerman batteries. On our side we had silenced half the g uns in the Redan re ply to us, but the Garden Batter y , the Road Battery, and the Barrack Batter y were com p ara tively uninjured, Mamelonand only and kept up a br isk fire a g ainst us a ll day. Our guns were r estricted to ei g h t shots an hour each. id il French o left the wer, The sea service mortars fired only once in every 30 mi nutes. The Ru:sians, with great sang froid, repaired the batteries outside under fire, and appear to have ac quired confidence and courage, but their fire was by no means as brisk as it was when the siege commenced last year. On our sole six guns were disabled, including tine !arse mortar. From 2 till 4 o'clock the &leg was very h avy on both sites. , It then slackened for half an hour, and at 4 30 it recommenced, and there was one zontieuous ries of cannon and mortars till darkness set itt. Then the French began to throw in shells by five and six at a time, arid discharged quantities of rockets into the town, and our mortars kept up a steady fire at the Redan and Mamelon till daybreak. We are about arm ing a bast ry in the advanced parallel with eight-inch guns in a position calculated to do immense mischief to the enemy This operation should have been effected on Monday night, but owing to the rain and the state of the ground, it Was found imposeif.le to effect the operation. His Excellency Omer Pasha visited Lord Raglan to-day, and a council of war took Blasco at head-quarters, at which the French G enera l s assisted. The day was dark, and drizzling mists fell at intervals ; in the early morning it rained heavily. A large convoy was observed coming into Sebastopol to-slay from Sim pheropol. Several deserters came in from the town, but they had no intelligence of importance to communicate. 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The wind blew from the South with extreme violence, accompanied by pelting rain, but we were ready. It was the date an nounced beforehand for the opening of the fire. At day break 500 grins opened at the same time, and mingled their thunders with the din of the tempest. Our fathers have seen on the battlefields of the empire some hundreds of cannon thunder for some hours; but these pieces did not equal ours in calibre. To the soldiers of the Crimea only it is given to see in line 1,200 guns, and to hear their tremendous bellowing night and day. Yesterday the wind drove tha rain on our b acks ; the Rus4ian4 ha d it was full in their face. The fire , commenced at dhaowunr,s the kept up with the gr e a test energy. For seorrese periority ene my replied vigorously. At 8 o' cloc k was evident ; in the afternoon the whole line, and to wards evening they we COMlTlsacla,,drecdeityhreeraplioedn w orks of the at all. During the night t,ere of the aellOythovtehrewhcietlymaenddwtihthe Russians shell and shot. Our cannonade continued, and the . morning , occupied in repairing their batteries and dressing their wounded during the day, did not o reply. Ina l a n ut a ) w , word, the result of thi , first day was magnificent for us, a n d our loss was comparatively insig ; n a ifi n ca d n l t ia . 0 T e h t is - • the Russians *again commenced firing, at first sharply, cat; s se a e l fr t o he tchoenhs considerably a l b l write y pi lin o see it, asm steam up, y tbil e ue s t t ir e l r fi d e raaeny slackens , see, e : a almost t silenced this evening, the tent where I write you these hurried e s g a i l n ls ni K n e g t' t to an d and some are a sh t i t p h s i o s f m th o e m fi en ee t t b , not fail to take part in the Wit) m ove . I suppose they will Admiral Bruat and Admiral llf the 3,000 guns of with ours, never did human L yons mingle their roar engineers recommenced their ear hear such a noise. The lay-break our workmen approaches at night. At place at some metres were under the walls of the blood is distance from the Russians. Our up—and I ines will probably do not think they can arrest M us. think that the explode to sight or to-morrow, and , enceinte, will ~.. P w exterior works, or rather the first occupied. Large breaches were easily 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MAR (LIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold his a lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hr‘th no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. 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'urinary disease s—their nature and treatment, corn. g especia ily primary and se condary symptoms, lms o prising urinary deram •ernents, stricture and spermatorrhcea with 250 en. cravings and • prescriptions. 5. The BLA.7 )DER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—CoMprisIng Urinary Dent .neements, Constipat ion, and Ti temorrholds. 1 'Ms. G and 7, companions to the pteeeding. THE _E7e7JOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO DE HAPPY. " Jucundo Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shake sooro. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann , 39, Cornhill; or ot DP RICHARD CULVERWELL , Brother, go reessor, , and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author 0 the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be a.civised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and iii th e evenings.from Seven till Nine. WEDNESDAY, April 11. RuGB , r S cHooL.—Many Rugbeians are about to pub scribe fo r a memorial window in the school chapel at Rugby t 0 th e memory of those of their Old schoolfellows Who hay a 4 lieu ih the Crimea. . . Our men were not able to get the guns from which so much is expected into position last night, owing princi pally, I believe, to the b s':y nature of the ground conga- - __— /1. -•c--- -- e/ . - - /', t-----CY . . G / _ . . z ., _ / _ , ,i „,„ : „... 4... . ; _ . „..„..,„4 : „,„.„:.-„. \ ,,, : ,, „,,,..; i .„. „....„. . ,- - l o a h r ge r -r a v n .e c d e y ;! aterday in the wall. All goo on well—' - ' , ~ .. +4 . ' 4 .. : 11111111114 pi „.. 4 .e , ~1, • c.. A - 414 • 0 ,,, fr ere.„ ‘ 0,13 I • At 1 , c , i , - ~, 4 t . c• E. , 1 14 .,N'k . d• ~ • • ~ ' ~.. , 4 4 ' 4 ; ~.,.4 i b It , ; eig3 .. „ . , •• •!. - ,- -------7 , 1 ;,,,, t ~ i , . ' j am .‘. ;,- i; 4 tr , 'i , i 441 . 14 / Another letter "-: p.m., says :-- "The bombardment continues with more vigeu, .-_ ..'/./..., ..`:'? t ..t , t i - • • _,..,... 44.. rAgnits already ob -, # 4ei it .. • ' .. -.. ,• • ' ' ''° 1 - ' \'' 7 7: . ~,.- 7 / , . c L• '' 4 - Li.. • PI EU ' •," ' - 1,.7 * -91 -4 :' .. 1- ., ' i ' it 4 : 7 I:E:" (C4 ' :71 .7:---7 2: :7 -'''''' I: (): T .4- . ''''. 4:'<-"--4.ti:. -7 ' '4l: 7 , • 'i. 1 4. ,1 , . <9 I M q.p; : _, 3 -, -......4,.,,,,,p k . - Nyt.L :„. . : 1,7 , -. 4: , . _, .7 , ~. + '-04> , ; :i;4' ' 4t, ', , "The boMbardment continues with more vigour than probable, r e e v s e i r sat . gTacrinheneeoge l po t foofofsr i i s tttiohhneecAßf tained, that this last will be decisive. The Malakhoff Tower, and the fortified height of the Mamelca, have not replied with the energy expected from them. The mistrust tl u ihl in s s ee dit:hianeurs Malakhoff tyii h ba a wc s u been keff. luyn wowseuceraaa are eie o ul thisanygwtcompre hend abore:side.mp that These symptoms of apparent feebleness have occasioned the Russians were in the habit of firing ten shots for our aom h n e ede n ne' d the weakness with but w th h a i t ch al i l t was our defended. It illlt°srbeies thought that the approaches to that position are mined, and this causes us to be prudentin the attack. Itisalmost certain that the assault on the tower will not be y ain m st ad th e e Flagstaff Bastion, as they have been havefdi o mi r r mec s et o t de m h ida e e ta o egl h hours. alioe 0 f ß t a y i,; takinging by y assault that P o s t ihtenan first w e enceinte behind which we should have shelter from the fire of the Malakhoff Tower, which would then be completely rwwew ould isolated. uteleddo could 01) de t ai l icno t o tn b aal e ffkn c ali o ani n rng l ace of, s f evidentthe ;ottsl enceinte; t t ee oefai most ts l our toeesb,t.a effo rts uaac a ten r edi . rested tphoi ett town. Our Generals have the greatest confidence in the bayonet tdile ecAiedvte i letevening, I third charges takingag r , ge letter, s a s of o so fd: dated te r soldiers—and ebdas tt.bo peo 11 ~ tb , a t t h e a s e a l a t r e e r whatwill decide hour in l l " t T e he r p ig r i i a n t, cip f:r l i e t ff i o s rt ne c e f es the ary bombardment that on h the position of the Malodor], and the works of the Alalakh o ff T ower or of the Flagstaff Bastion. After half an h our ' s f i ring on both sides, three Russian batteries h ave b een completely silenced. The night is coming on, and the fire still continues. I gill up all ide a o f attempting to describe to you the spec. tacle present e d to our eyes. The city is on fire in s at we should l i d s made carry several parts, and I cannot better compare these pro jectiles which cross each other in the air, and describe thousands of carves within each other, than to the spouts of flame from some gigantic firework. At daybreak the fire will be still more energetic if possible. At 4 p.m. the fire slackened in order to ascertain the results. It appears from the official reports of the Engineers thit two large breaches have been effected in the crenel lated wall of the town. The advanced works of the Malakhoff Tower have been utterly dismantled in spite of the batteries which defend it, and of which nine guns have been dismounted. The tower itself is in a very bad condition. These results being ascertained, the fire recommences with vigour, and continues to the moment at which I close this letter. I hope that my next epistle will be dated from Sebastopol itself." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Mails for her Majesty's land forces in Greece, Turkey, and the Crimea, the fleet and vessels engaged in the transport service in the Black Sea, and the medical staff and sick and wounded in the hospitals at Scutari and Smyrna, will be despatched to-morrow evening via Mar seillez. Letters, must be prepaid. The paddlewheel steam-ship Hecla, 6, Commander H. S. Hawker, from Gibraltar, which arrived in Ply mouth Sound on Tuesday morning, went into Hamoaze in the afternoon, to have defects made good. The steam-sloop Hecate, 6, Commander H. C. Glyn, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, bound for the coast of Africa. The sailing transport Kent, Captain Vincent V. Howes, embarked 24 men and 52 horses, 11th Hussars, at Devonport on Tuesday, and sailed the same afternoon for the Crimea. We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth, that the screw steamer Earl of Durham, Captain E. Thomas, from the Crimea, arrived in Plymouth Sound 'yesterday afternoon. She left Balaklava, March 25 ; Constanti nople, 30th ; Malta, 4th ; and Gibraltar, 18th ; and spoke, on the 20th, 100 miles, east ; of Cape St. Vin cent, the transport Bride, No. 27, from Malta for Lon don. The screw steam-ship Victoria, bound for Ply mouth, was coaling at Gibraltar. The Earl of Durham is chartered by the North of Europe Company for the railway expedition, and two of her consorts are hourly expected at Plymouth—viz., the Hesperus, which left Gibraltar on the 12th inst., and the Samuel Long, which was coaling there on the 18th. The barque Meteor, from Hull, with passengers for Quebec, was off Ply mouth, all well, on Tuesday. The Russell, 60, screw block-ship, Captain F. Scott, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning and joined the fleet. The Arthur the Great transport will embark her troops and sail for the Cape of Good Hope this day. The Carysfort, 26-gun frigate, which has been at S co n ce Point for some time as a berthing hulk for the artificers employed upon the new works of defence there, has re turned to Portsmouth harbour. The Malacca., 17, Captain Farquhar, remains in No. 2 Dock, refitting. The Sampson and Polyphemus steam-vessels are refit ting in No. 3 and 4 Docks. The Bellerophon, 73, Captain Lord George Paulet, is still returning stores al , mvAe the dockyard. The h] ,- )lus shell magazine is all ataunt in the fitting basin and taking in ballast, &c., prior to being reported for service. The Lancashire Witch transport is expected at Portsmouth to-day to embark cavalry for the East, consisting of two officers, 65 men, and 130 horses, of the Ist Dragoons, and 3 men and 6 ht,rses of the 6th Dragoons. The ships Onward and Lady Russell wen- towed out of Kingstown harbour on Tuesday. The w:_vd, however, n,,t being favourable for the passage down Channel, both vessels came to anchor outside. The Zebra has not yet completed her mires, nor finished taking in her cargo. She will car.y out 400 tons of peat charcoal, to be ap plied to ,aniutry purposes in the Crimean camp. ' The fnliok‘ing appointments have been inane : Commander— e'a'ter Ivrirf, to the Sanspareil. Lieutenant —Herbert 'W. Wilberforce, from the Tra falgar to the Hastings. Assistant-Surgeons—David Courtenay has been con firmed to the Driver; Benjamin Crabbe has been con firmed to the Miranda. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—John Lomax, to the Ho ratio. Naval Cadets—F. D. Foster, to the Pembroke ; W. G. R. Gipps, to the Retribution. Midshipman—The Hon. B. Vivian, to the Duke of Wellington flagship, as supernumerary for disposal. The Household Brigade on actual service in the Crimea, consisting of the 3d battalion of the Grenadiers, the Ist battalion of the Coldstreams, and the Ist bat talion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, is, it is stated, to be augmented by a battalion of ten companies of 100 men each. The Ist battalion of the Grenadiers, quartered in the Tower, it is believed will be that selected, the defi ciency in its numerical strength to be made up by volun teers from the 2d battalion of Grenadiers, the 2d batta lion of Coldstreams, the 2d battalion of Scots Fusiliers, and from regiments of the line and militia. The four battalions quartered in die metropolis can now muster upwards of 1,600 disciplined men, in addition to nearly 400 recruits at drill. The 96th Regiment of Foot, quartered at Chichester, which recently arrived from Bengal, will, as soon as augmented, relieve the 94th Regiment at Windsor, which corps will proceed to the seat of war. The 96th Foot is now scarcely 300 strong, a large number having volunteered for other regiments serving in India previous to the regiment embarking for Europe. The 51st King's Own Light Infantry is to be completed to 1,200 strong, for immediate service in the Crimea. The 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons, which was ac tively engaged in the Affghanistan campaign, and now quartered in Manchester, the 7th Hussars, which repi• went returned from Canada in 1843, quartered at pre sent in York, and the 16th Royal Lancers, the heroes of Affghanistan and the Punjab, stationed in. Cahir (Ire land), are each ordered to be increased to 10 troops of 80 men each, exclusive of farriers and trumpeters, and to be held in readiness to proceed on foreign service. Captain Lord Walter Butler, who is at present in Lon don, has received a month's extension of his leave of ab sence, in consequence of ill health. A large draught of the 2d Queen's Royal Regiment, consisting of six officers and 192 men, left Waterford on Monday for Cork, whence they will embark to join the service companies at the Cape of Good Hope. THE MILITIA. Arms Ilve now been received from Government suf ficient for the Kilkenny Fusiliers when raised to their full complement of 719 men, a period which must be deemed rather remote if the men continue to volunteer into the line as fast as they have done hitherto. The North Down niflesi w hose head-quarters is New' townards, now number 650 m en, in 8 comp oing ile duty at The Hampshire Artille r y Militia. lately d Woolwich under the command of Lieut.-Col. Burnaby, left the garrison at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, and p to P ortsmouth roceeded rrs. de to do duty at Slutbsea Castle until fur. ther orders. [ADvgRTISEM EIs"T • Iui; T o n wi ss s W as Aa - n' l Messrs. E MI S. and T— P r E gn iti 7 - o . liserv j e Albemarle -street , extraordinary Piccadilly . i . a _m pe o TE: p ' oospi n ttie E e r at i , : :; :: :ll : 9,al:,r ti vab bez Hotel.By ' ' im ese p s r u v h em ex e tra. nts telescopes Letters Patent o t powerful and brilliant Tele scopes , in the moa t Cam p , Race course, Opera, Pers pective Glasses, to know th e of objects viewed through them —of great . e distances army, navy, and others. The se importance to the ordinary powers that some 3 i in ches, eye piece, will show distinctly Jupite r's with an extra and the double stars ; w i th th moons, Saturn's ring, seen a person's countm ance three e same telescope can be and an object from 16 '^"'o miles and a half distant, miles. sizes, with increasing They are of larger and all from 4 to 6 indlesi•Jvers accordingly ; while their vary ingabove and the Georgian, enab'e us to discover more than the Exhibition, 1351 . V a luabl e , his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal powerful waistcoat-pocket glas ' s t n h e sizee wly-invented, very sm all, a person can be seen and known ,_ . of: a walnut, by w hich everyli miles distant , they answer Purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles'. They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, •torn sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power„—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify pheeisenia.yolswsesty, Rov ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced., Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church .and at public assemblie s ; the unpleasant sensa tion of sing in g noises desired. 39, Albemarle-effect ; and it affords all the assist yireclyouiredmbeoved picw Ailly. Observe -opposite the York Hotel. i a n n e t c h that h e r p ei is s e i n b tl SEBASTOPOL. ( From the Times' Special Correspondent.) FOURTH DIVISION CAMP, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13. Up to the present moment our batteries have succeeded in establishing a superiority of fire over the Russians, but it is not very decided, and the silence of the enemy's guns may arise, in some measure, from want of ammu nition, or from confidence in the strength of their earth works. It would seem, indeed, as if our fire was almost thrown away on the enormous mounds of earth cast up . at the Redan and before the Round Tower and Western Batteries. lam forcibly reminded to-day of the old simile of the butt at Woolwich which I was compelled to resort to six months ago to illustrate the effects of our artillery on the earthworks of Sebastopol. The whole of the parapets of the Redan and Round Tower are jagged and pitted with holes several feet deep, where the shot have sunk, the sharp angles of the embrasures are knocked away, and the abattis in front is considerably damaged here and there, but the real strength of the place is unimpaired ' • and, so long as the Russians can find n ew g uns, fresh supplies of ammunition, and *men to fight the batteries, we are not one inch nearer to the town than we were in last October, so long as we rely alone on the fire of our artillery to make us masters of it. There are great dif ferences of opinion among those officers to whom I have spoken respecting the chances of an assault, but there can be little doubt but that an attack on the Round Tower, the Marnelon, and the two earthworks on the south side of Inkerinan, which are called by the French the batteries 1 Avril and 2 Avril, would be attended with success, if wade with sufficient force, although the loss of life would be very considerably until guns could be got; up to reply to the fire of the north forts, the shipping, and the bastion face of the Redan. Far be it from me to arrogate to myself the smallest military knowledge, or to pretend to criticise the operations of our Generals, but I use the words of many officers when I say that these places are not invulnerable, and that the possession of them wo uld most materially conduce to a successful termina tion of our labours. It may be that our Generals see some surer and less bloody path into Sebastopol. They may well hesitate to sacrifice the gallant fellows who oust fall in such an arduous and terrible undertaking as the storming of these positions; but, if Great Britain has set her heart on the reduction of the stronghold which has already cost her so much precious blood and treasure, she must be content to pay the price to the last farthing. The exact result of the ships fire it is impossible to calculate, but at present there does not appear to be any probability of its effect being paralyzed by the action of our fleet off the mouth of the roads. It may be observed, by the way, that what we call the " Harbour" of Sebastopol is called "the Roads" by the Russians, and that the harbour, properly so called,is that which we term the dockyard creek or harbour. Directly at the back of the Round Tower there are eight small ships and some steamers, and several are moored close in to the north side. If these vessels are heavily armed, they can, in conjunction with the two-deckers off Port Paul or Karabelnaia, inflict great damage on any troops in possession of the Round Tower and Mameloo, and our batteries cannot get at them. Night after night there is a rumour that next morning there is to be an tssault, and the bravest may turn pale at the thought at the loss of life that must take place if the Russians lefend their works with their usual pertinacity and bogged courage when placed on the defensive. Last night, indeed, the scaling ladders and pontoons at the engineers' parks were prepared, fitted with ropes, and 4 ot ready for service, and a considerable number of i.hens were sent down to the trenches. It was, of course, imagined that the assault was certain, but pro mbly no intention of the kind existed. It is always usual to have scaling ladders in the trenches in case of the explosion of a magazine, or some sudden event occurring to paralyse the enemy, an I to afford an oppor i,unity of an immediate assault on any impartant por tion of their position. To-day the report is revived. It is quite certain that preparations have been made at all the hospitals to provide for the accommodation of wounded men. We hear also that Lord Raglan applied .0 Captain Lushington to know whether the sailors' livision could take the guns of the right attack and work hem, and it is understood that the batteries on French man's-hi!' will be manned by them to-morrow. The Artillery will, of course, be employed elsewhere. All the horses of the Artillery will be used to-night in car rying down ammunition, and in other work connected with the siege operations. The men—brave, noble fellows—Fre all actuated by the best spirit and by the most entire devotion, and any work they may be abated upon to do wili be done if man can do it. They are sometimes sadly tasked, however. For instance, some of our gallant Rifle Brigade were put into pits quite unfitted to protect there. The roundshot from the enemy's batteries went right through the parapets of sandbags, acd killed and wounded ten riflemen, including a molt exerupisry and excellent non commissione,l officer. Again, 300 men under the com mand of Major Blunt, 68th Regiment, were employed list night to get four 8 inch guns into positron, on . the advanced parallel of the left attack. They found on coming to work that the passages cut through the pars vets for, he guns were wide enough to let the wheels r , a rough, but that the naves stuck fast, as the breaeth of th cut had only been calculated from the outside of the t i re • of one wheel to the outside of another, and when t h e y .came to haul and lower the guns they found the r , pes were rotten and that they broke in their bands. the re s ult we-s that after a night's bard labour they only ilieceed d in getting one of the four guns into the p lace assigned for it. There ave been frequent close and long conferences between th e allied generals, in which Omer Pasha has H is Excellency dined with Lord Raglan taken a part.• on T ues d a y. On M n lay and on Tuesday there were quarters, a l a t ß w o which t O w m e e re r Pash lengt a, hy o counenereai.:B at nr o o li b r er lit,eaad n u resent. lam n of aware whether or not Sir George da . Brown attends the se councils ; but it is pretty certain that neither Sir Cth'in Campbell, General Pennefather, Sir Richard England, or Sir John Campbell are much in Lord Raglan's secrets, and that he keep his counsel as close as it has been his ~ v ent to do from the time he as sumed the command of the army. In fact, I believe that any subaltern in the army is as well acqua inted ‘w,fitphitvhiseiopnl,ananodf f w u h tu a r te e v o e p r errea.ntioownns aasxygloofryouLroG,denßeraagls. lap may gain from aay darin3 enterprise or skilful c ou p will be all his own. His ,lordship is understood to let Major-General Airey share his counsels, and it is nrobable that General Simpson and General Jones, from their respective positions, mu st have a certai n de gree of the Field-Marshal's confidence reposed in them. Hith e rto our army has scar cel y been in a posi enemy tion to undertake any offen sive operation aaainst the outside, but the efficient reinforcement it has received of 20,000 of Omer Pacha's best troops should render our chiefs able to direct a reconnaissance against Baidar, unless an assault is imminent. The Tchernaya is now flooded, and could not be crossed by artillery, a nd it would not be prudent or safe to push a small force into ethneengvorrgeecesivneedara Mlaragcekecnozniveorsy f o a f rni st . ore O s n . Tuesday Today .dayththeye have received fresh supplies, apparently of ammunition, but there is no appearance of any increase to the army ,ericamped between the Belbeck and the Tchernaya. The arrival of the Turks put an end to all fear for 13alaklava, and the line s may now be held Nainst many Russians as can be deployed to attack them with out the smallest fear of the result. The railway brings up 28 waggons full of shot, shell, and ammunition more than halt way to the terminus, and its services have been invaluable, though they may not have realised the extravagant expectations which had been formed of them. 10 P.M. The batteries have been nearly silent since dusk. The fire has now recommenced. There is a smart affair going on between the Rifles and advanced parties in the trenches on our left. 10.50 r. 31. I had scarcely written the above lines, after having iooked out of the hut to listen to the reports, when the rolls of musketry on the left roused me out once inure ; and I have just now come back from Cathcart's Hid with the painful impression that our noble shies have sustained a serious check. Five minutes' run brought we to Cath cart's Hill. where numerous groups of officers and men had already assembled. It is a starlight night, but dark, that is, the stars do not light up the deep blue sky sufficiently to enable one to see the guns before us very distinctly, or to trace the outlines of the country. But on our left, it seemed, when the hill was reached, as though all the constellations in heaven had settled on the earth, and were twinklin g in flashes and flickerioe t h re ads of fire in front of the Russian lines. The effect of the desperate work which has been going on between the French and the Russians can be compared to nothing that I can think of save a broad street, as seen from a distance, brightly illuminated for some festive occasion, with the wind playing fiercely and irregularly along the fretted gaspipes. It was quite unknown to any of the epectatore whether this conflict was the result of a sortie by the enemy or of an assault by the French on the Flag staff Battery and its outworks, and at this moment I am quite unabie to determine the question ; but I am sorry to say—and sincerely do I hope I may be wrong—my opinion is 'that the French have attacked the Russian works, and have faileo take them, or they ma y have spiked the guns. Heaven grant for the success of the expedition it may be so! and may they then have retired. However, the Ru-sian cheers—those horrible shrill ringing yells which have haunted my ears ever since Inkerman--have reached us even here against the wind, and the Redan and Garden Battery have not fired. Toe) , certainly would have epened their guns on the place had the French succeeded. Again, no mines have been sprung. All these are signs of failure if our ailies made an attack, and are also un favourable to the supposition that the Russians have m ade a soitie. That the contest has been fierce and bloody there cannot be the smallest doubt, and as I write the fire has commenced again. • SATURDAY MORNING, 12.30 A. 31. Since 11,10 the fight has been raging, and I have ~y. ~ ~ ~4 Ot 0 oil! 0.7 .. / ill / ' F 'ssf9 53 0 ° I 10 0 4 ,po ia9.40 ~d~ ~,~dJ P'' f~ re 1 1 , 0. ,