The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-23 00:00:00

TIIE BATTLE OF INKERMAN. (Front the correspondent of the Times.) BALAELIVA, Nov. s.—lt had rained almost inces santly the night before, and the early morning gave no promise of any cessation of the heavy showers which had fallen for the previous four-and-twenty hours. To wards dawn a heavy fog settled down on the heights and on the valley of the Inkerman. The pickets and men on outlying posts were thoroughly saturated, and their arms were wet, despite their precautions ; and it is scarcely to be wondered at if there were some of them who were not quite as alert as sentries should be in face of an ene my; for it must be remembered that our small army is almost worn out by its incessant labours, and that men on picket are frequently men who have had but a short respite from work in the trenches or from regi mental duties. The fog and vapours of drifting rain were so thick as morning broke that one could scarcely see two yards before him. At 4 o'clock the bells of the churches in Sebastopol were heard ringing drearily through the cold night air, but the occur rence has been so usual it excited no particular atter:- tior. During the night, however, a sharp-eared ser geant on an outlying picket of the Light Division heard the sound of wheels in the valley below, as though they were approaching the position up the hill. He reported the circumstance to Major Bunbury, but it was supposed that the sound arose from ammunition carts or arabas going into Sebastopol by the Inkerman road. No one suspected for a moment that enormous masses of Rus sians were creeping up the rugged sides of the heights over the Valley of Inkerman on the undefended flank of the Second Division. There all was security and re pose. Little did the slumbering troops in camp ima gine that a subtle and indefatigable enemy were bring ing into position an overwhelming artillery ready to play upon their tents at the first glimpse of daylight. It must be observed that Sir De Lacy Evans had long been aware of the insecurity of this portion of our position, and had repeatedly pointed it out to those whose duty it was to guard against the dangers which threatened us. It was the only ground where we were exposed to sur prise, for a number of ravines and unequal curves in the slope of the bill towards the valley lead up to the crest and enema, against the adverse side of which our ri g ht flank was resting, without guns, intrenchments, abattis, or ontlying defence of any kind. Every one ad mitted the truth of the representations addressed to the authorities on this subject ; but indolence, or a sense of false security, and an overweening confidence, led to indifference and procrastination. A battery was thrown up with sandbags and gabions and fascines on the slope of the hill over lukerman on the east, but no guns were mounted there, for Sir De Lacy Evans thought that two guns in such position, without any works to support them, would only invite attack and capture. In the action of the 26th of October, the enemy tried their strength almost on the very spot selected by them this morning, but it may now be considered that they merely made a reconnaissance in force on that occasion, and that they were waiting for reinforcements to assault the posi tion where it was most vulnerable, and where they might speculate with some certainty on the effects of a surprise of a sleeping camp on a winter's morning. Although the arrangements of Sir D. L. Evans on repulsing the sortie were, as Lord Raglan declared, " so perfect, that they could not fail to insure success," it was evident that a larger forcethan the Russians employed would have forced !limn to retire from his ground, or to fight a battle in defence of it with the aid of the other divisions of the army, and yet nothing was done. No effort was made to intrench the lines, to cast up a single shovel of earth, to cut down the brushwood, or form an abattis. It was thought " not to be necessary." A heavy responsibility rests on those whose neglect enabled the enemy to attack us where we were least prepared for it, and whose indif ference led them to despise precautions which taken in time might have saved us many valuable lives, and have trebled the loss of the enemy had they been bold enough to have assaulted us behind intrenchments. We have nothing to rejoice over in the battle of Inkerman. We have defeated the enemy, indeed, but have not advanced a step nearer towards the citadel of Sebastopol. 'We have abashed, humiliated, and utterly routed an enemy strong in number, in fanaticism, and in dogged resolute courage, and animated by the presence of a son of him whom they believe to be God's Vicegerent on earth ; but we have suffered a fearful loss, and we are not in a position to part with one man. England must give us men. She must be prodigal of her sons, as she i 3 of her money and of her ships, and as they have been of their lives in her service. It was a little after five o'clock this morning when B rigadier -General Codrington, in accordance with his usual habit, visited the outlying pickets of his own bri gade of the Light Division. It was reported to him that "all was well," and the General entered i'ito some conversation with Captain Pretyrnan, of the 331 TOgi nient, who was on duty on the ground, in the course of which it W:l3 remarked that it woull not be at all sur- prisi ng if the Russians availed themselves of the gloom of the morning to make an attack on our position, cal culating ou the eff.tcts of Cie rain in disarming our vigi lance( and spoiling our weapons. The Brigadier, who ha s Proved a most excellent, cool, and brave officer, turned his pony round at last, and retraced his steps through the brushwood towards his lines. lie had only proceeded a few paces when a sharp rattle of musketry was herd down the hill and on the left of the pickets of the Light Diviion. It was hera that the pickets of the Second Division were stationed. General Codringetia at once turned his horse's head in the direc tion of the .firing, and in a few moments galloped back to turn out his division. The Russians were advancing in force upset us ! Their grey greatcoats rendered them almost invisitele even when close at hand. The pickets of the Seconc7. Division had scarcely made out the ad vancing lines of infantry who were clambering up the steep sides of t he hill through a drizzling shower of rain, ere they were loreed to retreat by a close sharp volley of musketry, and ' vere driven up towards the brow of the hill, contesting es eery step of it, and firing as long as they had a round of aye: munition on the Russian advance. The pickets of tl to Light Division were assailed soon afterwards, and we to also obliged to retreat and fall back on their main body, and it was evident that a very Strong sortie had bee ti made upon theright of the position of the Allied armies, with the object of forcing them to raise the siege, and, if possible, of driving them into the sea. Abau G the same time that the ad vance of the Russians on our right flank took place, a demonstrati on was mac le by th e cava l r y, artillery, and a Eery infantry, in the val ley against Belaklava to divert the attention of the Fri Inch on the heights above, and to occupy the Highlaxd Brigade, and marines, but only an interchange of a few h armless rounds of cannon and musketry took place, and the enemy contented them selves with drawing up tit sir cavalry in order of battle, sueportel by field artilleey, at the neck of the valley, Inn readiness to sweep over the heights and cut our re treating troops to pieces should the assault on our right be suecessfcti. A Semaphore post had been erected on the heigi its over Inkernean in communication with another on the hill over their position, from which th e intelliget ice of our defeat was to be conveyed t) the Cavalry General, and the news would have been nude known i et Sebastopol by similar means, in order to encourage the garrison to a general sortie along their front. A steaei ter, with very heavy shell guns and mor t. rs, was sent ii pby night to he head of the creek at In ; kennels, and ca./ used much injury throughout the day by the enormous sit ells she pitched right over the hill upon our men. Every thing that could be done to bind victory to their eagles- - -if they have any—was done by the Rus sian Generals. Tee presence of their Grand Duke Mi chael Nicholai twitch, who told them that the Czar had issued ord t rs that every Frenchman and English man was to loe driven into the sea ere the year closed, cheer( el the common soldiers, who regard th e son of the Emperor as an incarnation of the Divine Presence. They had abundance of a coarser and more en ateeial stimulant, which was found in their canter ns and flanks ; and, above all, the priests of the Gr. sek Catholic Church " blessed" them ere they went for. %h upon their mission, and assured them of the Lid and protection of the Most High. A mass was said for th e army, and the joys of Heaven were freely offered to , those wh o mi g ht fall in the h oly and the favou re of the Emperor were largely pro - in ised to those who 7 night survive the bullets of a here tical enemy. The men in our • temps had just begun a struggle with the rain in endea votirino• to light their fires for breakf tst when the alarm was given that the Russians were ad- V3nek et in fel ee . Brigedier-General Pennefeeher, to °thorn the illn Iss el Sir De Lacy Evans had given for the t une the come need of the 24 division, a t once got the tr ee , psunder: .r r its . One brigade un ler Bri g adier -General Adams, cons is 'ewe of the 41st, 47th, and 49,:h Regiments, N7a, pushed is. a to the brow of the hill to check the ad vance of the enemy by the road through th e brushwoo : l fro m the' vr e y, The other briga de (Pennefather s °Wn), c° ' .sting of the 30th, 55th, and 95th Regiments, - as led to operate on their flank. They were at once met ; with a tremendous fire of shell and round shot s fro r .1 guns which the enemy had p osted on the 11Th a 0 rids in advance of our right, and it was soon found at the Russians had brought up at least 40 nieces ft f heavy artillery to bear upon us. Meantime , rm had spread through the camps. C Sir George F part with the greatest promptitude turned out TTTI SUN S LONDON,, TUURSDAT EVENTNG, NOVEMBER he bells of Sebastopol were heard sounding the tocsin. Towards three in the morning the Russian batteries be fore the town opened a feadul fire upon the French ad vanced works and at the rear of Balakla.va. Theeneray brought forward a large force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, apparently with the intenti.n of menacing that place. This, it was discovered, ere long was but a feint to occupy the French position under General Bosquet, which, later in the day, took part in the battle. The real point of attack was upon the British position, which, as will be seen, was assaulted in face and on the right flank. At daybreak (that is, at six o'clock) the alarm was given in the British cansp that the Russians had surprised our advanced pickets, an 4 were already in posso,sion of all the heights which commanded our position. The whole army stood to arms without delay. Presently, a Russian battery appeared upon the crest of the height, known as Shell-hill, near Careening Bay, whilst columns of infantry were descried already descending the hills, or marching up the ravines, which, it will be observed on reference to the map, face the front of the British posi- Lien. The most serious attack of the Russians, was, how. ever, directed against the flank of the British army along the heights which I have described as running parallel to the valley of Cheimaya. The ascent from the valley had been already effected by the enemy before the alarm had been given. The greatest credit is due to the Russian general who concerted this bold plan of attack, and to the troops who carried it out, though subsequently re- pulsed. The greatest blame must be attached to the picket to which the key of the British position was entrusted. The Russians had in the dark of the night dragged their guns, consisting of 32 and 24- pounders to the base of Shell-bill, and at daybreak bad taken possession of that position. Their infantry at the same time had remained concealed in the valley, and had partially ascended the heights to the right flank before their presence had been dreamed of by our pickets. One picket, it is whispered, fell into the hands of the enemy. The Russians were favonred in their dangerous enterprise by the fog and mist, which lasted until noon. At the time the alarm was given the Russians had possession of the heights, from whence their artillery at once opened a fearful fire upon the en campment, and had, moreover, established their infantry in every favourable position. The 2d British division, under Brigadier• General Pennefather (Sir De Lacy Evans was sick on board ship, but arrived later in the day on the field of battle), with the light division under Sir G. Brown, at once advanced to check the progress of the Russian columns advancing in the front. . _ The Duke of Cambridge proceeded with the Guards (the Highland brigade was entrusted with the defence of Baraklava) to repulse the flank attack of the enemy. The 4th division, under the gallant Sir George Cathcart, divided itself partly to assist the Guards, whilst the re mainder reinforced the light and 2d divisions. Two regi- ments of the 3d division were alone actively engaged, viz., the Royals and the 50th. The entire force which the British mustered to defend their ♦ast front and flank lines was confined to the following. The remainder of the army were in the trenches, prepared to oppose any attack upon the siege batteries : Guards, about 2d Division, about 2,500 Light Division, about l,OOO 4th Division 2,200 3d Division The odds were therefore frightful, and it was only three hours later that General Boequet opportunely arrived with his splendid division (5,000 strong), the same which had fought with us at the Alma. The Russians in the front had now advanced to within 500 yards of the encampment, and the action commenced. The musketry fire was awful, and the enemy, who had now guns upon every favourable position, hurled shell and round shot at our advancing lines. The enemy's cilumns continued to push forward, trying to overwhelm the British regiments with their superior numbers. Discharges took place here at ten and fifteen paces, and gradually the conflict became a band-to-hand one. The Russians would push on, covered with their supe rior fire, and were met and driven back at the point of the bayonet. Concentrating their massive columns, they would in their turn bear down with the steel upon the weak British lines, and then a fearful struggle, 'would ensue. In every ravine a separate action was going on. One British regiment was making face against a column of 4,000 or 5,000 Russians, sometimes surrounded and having to bayonet its way from the pressing foe, at aller times driving back the enemy like a flock of sheep, and then in its turn being repulsed from sheer want of strength. Thus did the contest continue for three hours. The loss here was necessarily great, from the personal nature of the contests. British► bayonets and the Millie alone sustained this un- equal struggle, where every mounted officer was either killed, or lust one or two horses. Our officers did great havoc, when surrounded in the melee, with their revolv- ers, and many had to cut their way out at the point of the sword. Brigadier-Gencral Pennefather coumunded here with great coolness. Front the nature of the ground no generalship could prevail. It is alone to the undying pluck of the officers and the men that we are indebted for preservation. To the survivors generally not the slightest credit for the display of any miltary talent is due. It was essentially a struggle between pluck and confidence against obstinacy backed by num bers. Whilst the ,contest was thus going on in the front, towards the flank it was no less severe. At the right angle formed by the heights, and slanting off along the course of the Chernaya, a small battery having embra sures for twoguns had been constructed by our engineers. This was the only defence erected to secure the flank of our army from an attack. Sir De Lacy Evans had repeatedly pointed out the unprotected nature of the position, but his sound views were apparently not entertained elsewhere. This small work, called " Sandbag battery," bad only been es. tablished when the enemy had erected some threatening work in the direction of the Inkerman. Upon the Rus sians discontinuing these works, the two 18-pounders which had been mounted on Sandbag battery were taken away, and the battery left without guns. The Russians in great strength now assailed this redoubt and the line of heights flanking the valley. The Guards advanced to repel them, and a dreadful struggle took place. Four times were the Guards driven from the battery, and four times did they repulse the enemy and regain their posi tion. More than half of the Guards who entered action fell here, but around them lie heaps of the enemy. About this redoubt alone not less than 1,500 Russian corpses have been counted. At Alma, on the hill where was constructed the murderous redoubt, the number of Russian corpses was horrible to behold. The confined space surrounding this redoubt at Inkerman was still more sickening to witness. The killed were literally heaped one upon another, and I remarked that most were shot through the head. The position of the Guards became every instant more critical. Fresh masses of the enemy had advanced between their lines and the second division, thus taking them in the rear. Pressed by this new foe, the Guards prepared to fall back, contesting every inch of ground, when another Rus sian column, which had ascended the height below their position, now attacked them on the flank. They were thus simultaneously assaulted in the rear and right flank. Nothing remained but to break their way through at the point of the bayonet. The Russians evidently considered the Guards either doomed to destruction or to capture, for they gave a tremendous cheer, or rather a drunken yell, which was taken up by the whole Russian army, and sustained for fully ten minutes. The Guards, undaunted by their horrible position, back to back fought their way out of the surrounding masses, and were now rejoined by part of the 4th division (the twentieth part of the 63d, and two companies of the 46th), under Sir George Cathcart. Another of the fearful hand-to-hand strug. files which characterised this sanguinary day again took place at this spot. Opposed to these 1,800 English men were more than 9,000 Russians, animated with great courage, and confident in their superior num bers. Our troops met the attack, and the bayonet or butt-end of the musket repelled the foe when the closeness of the quarters prevented the use of fire-arms. Sir George Cathcart was at the head of his men, en couraging them with his undaunted bravery, when a bullet struck him in the breast, breaking, it is said, a little cross of the Bath, attached to a ribbon round his neck. Sir George continued.to advanc , 2 and when at five paces from the enemy a second bullet struck him mortally, and the brave old hero fell dead from his horse. His body was recovered mutilated with bayonet wounds. Colonel Charles Seymour, assistant-adjutant-general to the 4th division, fell by the side of Sir George, sl.o, through the heart. The Russians had the brutality also to transfix the body three times with the bayonet. Major Maitland, deputy-assistant adjutant-generab received at the same time a severe wound. After a rigid struggle against the superior number of the eae my,w lio was bringing up fresh battalions every instant, a welcome sight offered itself to our brave men. On the crest of the hill dashed the well-known red garments of the Zouaves, and before the enemy had re eovered from his surprise at this timely succour to our veakened lines, these splendid soldiers were amongst . them. Then advancing at pas de charge alorg the ridge of the heights flanking the valley, appeared a strong column of French infantry (chiefly of the Foreign Legion). The Russians, wearied already at the deadly struggle they had sustained with our little band, drew back, and the musketry, which the French now poured in in cessantly, took frightful effect in their confused ranks. The English and French drove them to the redoubt. and down the hill into the valley below. Several stands were made by the Russians, and it was not until four in the afternoon that the route was complete. I must now return to the Russian attillery which was dealing out destruction to the Britisle lines defend ing the front against the repeated assaults made upon it. islyacconnt of this murderous battle is sadly diffuse, but so also was the action. It was not an attack upon one given point, but every portion of the lines. Every ra vine, every hill witnessed its fray. Not one regiment was aaseire of what the remainder of the army was doing. Upon the height known as Shell-hill the Russians had established a battery of 32-pound guns, which, besides shelling our artillery, swept the encampment of the 2d division, with the view tef checking the arrival of succour, in men or ammunition. I beard an artillerymen observe that so fierce was the cannonade in this direction, that, when sent to fetch up ammunition, he had felt it a re lid to return to his battery, notwithstanding the fire directed against it. Our artillery speedily took up posi tion, and sustained, with fierce courage, the unequal contest in which they were engaged ; 9-pound guns were easily disproportionate to 32 and 24 pounders. Beyond Shell-hill the enemy had another heavy bat tery, and on every favourable position were field pieces. A strong Russian column had advenced on the road leading into the second division camp, having evidently lost its way in the fag. The Rus sians came suddenly upon Major Townsend's battery, which was responding to the fire of Shell-bill, and finding the guns unsupported by infantry, they fell upon them, The gunners had time to spike one gun before they were driven back, and the Russians at tempted to disable two others by driving wood into one and clay into the other. Having effected this, the column, evidently panic-struck, retired hastily on a few shots being poured into them from some companies of in fantry which had hastened to the spot. While this was occurring, poor Major Townsend Jost his life, a fragment of shell mutilating his head. Captain Miller dashed in amongst the Russians around the guns, killed one, rode over another, and was instrumental in rescuing the pieces. The guns were again rendered serviceable, and took a part in the contest until the end. In the front, the second (light) and part of the fourth division, with the Royals and the 50th, gallantly maintained their ground against the obstinate assaults of the enemy. To wards four o'clock a decided change took place in the respective positions of the belligerents. The Russians had been routed on the right flank and rendered inoffensive ; the French pushed on, and bore down upon the flank of the Russian force in front. The Russians then commenced retreating along that portion of the line followed up by the British and French. Colonel Dickson, R.A., with great judgment, brought up two IS-pounders, which he placed near Sandbag battery, and opened fire upon the Russian 32- pounders. The practice of these guns was really splen did. The whole crest of Shell-hill is torn up with shot and shell. More than thirty dead artillery horses were lying amongst dismounted tumbrels and dead or wounded artillerymen. Upon witnessing the retreat of their infantry, the Russians limbered up all their guns, and dispersed in various direc ions. The infantry, thus unsupported by artillery, quickened their re treat, pursued by the French. Our brave fellows were fatigued to death by this unequal contest of eight hours. Our cavalry was brought up at this time—vrith what object I really cannot attempt. to fa thom. The hilly nature of the ground, covered as it is besides with bushes, would have rendered any cavalry contest hopeless. The French now brought up five field. pieces, which they planted upon Shell-hill, and hurled shot and shell at the flying Russians in the plain below. For two hour.; the pursuit continued, and at six o'clock pen. the battle of Inkerrnan terminated. Instant attention was given to the wounded of both armies, but I regret to say that the Russian ships in the harbour had the barbarity to shell our men, although they were occupied in the generous task of carrying up their own people. Above 500 prisoners are in our hands—rather an unwelcome burden. The Rifles were engaged in the ravines during the whole action, and displayed that bravery and enterprise which we are accustomed to ex pect from that distinguished corps. The battle once gained, and the enemy repulsed, it becomes a melan choly task to record the bitter losses sustained by the British army, and I doubt if ever in modern warfare so many general ofl•'icers have fallen in one action. Whilst the battle was ragiag along the British lines, a column of Russians issued from Sebatopol and at tacked the French batteries, marching up to the very trenches. When arrived at this point, the French force in the reloubts gave them one fearful volley, and the Russians, *heeling round, fled for the 'town. 'l4,e French pursued the fugitives with the bayonet, and en tered the town together with the latter. Had this attack been supported, perhaps part of the town might have fallen into the hands of the ailics. THE WINTERING IN THE CRIMEA DETER- 111INED ON. A counoil of war, presided over by Lord Raglan, was held on the 7th, when it was determined to winter in the Crimea. Several changes in the position of our army will be effected. The second division will be incorporated with the first. The 4Gth Regiment has arrived. A conimitttee of inquiry has been established, to as certain the conduct of the Russians to our wounded. According to all accounts, their behaviour was barba rous. Many of our wounded were bayoneted on the ground. The Russians are expecting still larger reinforcements, and another action will most probably be fought ere long. Sir G. Brown is going on well, and will return to his division before long. A . false alarm was raised last night, and the 4th division was under arms the whole night. Brigadier-General Buller commanded that divi sion temporarily. The 2d division camp presents a re markable aspect. The tents are literally riddled with shell and round shot. Several of the commissariat cattle were killed, as likewise many horses. The loss of the army is stated to-day to be 2,350 killed and wounded. ( Prom the Patrie. ) " The details which we receive are most honourable for our arms. The allied troops, although inferior in number, have gained a signal victory over the Russians who attacked us on the two extreme points of our posi tion before Sebastopol. At the extreme right 45,000 Russians, under favour of a thick fog, attacked tl:e English division which occupied the point of Inkerman. The let and 2d French divisions came to the assistance of the English, and to the number of from 5,000 or 6,000 held ground for more than two hours. Onr bravo soldiers mixed with the English battalions and then attacked the Russians at the point tf the bayonet. There was complete enthusiasm en our side. The Rus sians left the field of battle covered with their dead. It was literally impossible to walk without stepping over them. The number of Russians, killed, wounded, or prisoners, was 9,000. Several artillery waggons fell into our hands. Our loss amounts to 1,736 killed or wounded, of whom 24 officers were killed. On the extreme left a sortie from the garrison of from 5,000 to 6,000 men also favoured by the fog, attacked oar trenches and penetrated into two of our batteries ; but the guards of the trenches, under the command of General de la Mothe Rouge, repulsed' them, and General Forey arriving with his division, compelled the enemy to retreat. It was then that General de Lonrnel, pur suing the Russians with ardour, advanced close un der the walls of the town. He was seriously wounded, and died soon after. The brigade retired under the fire of the place, protected by the brigade of General d'Aurelle. In this sortie the enemy left 1000 men in our hands, killed or wounded. We had not a single gun spiked, and the siege works were not at all injured. General Canrobert received a contusion io the arm ; bad it been a centimetre further the bone would have been broken. He always wished to be the first in the fire. The English were admirable from their unshakeable coolness ; and our soldier, showed a vigour and enthu siasm b , ?yond all praise. A great number made them selves remarkable by a valour which was truly heroic. At the attack on the right our field artil!ery did wonders. Composed of two mounted batteries, under the orders of Commandant La Bou,siniiire, and of two mounted bat teries, under Commandant Barra], it kept up a fire during the whole day, in presence of the Russian artil lery, which was much more nu mere us." General Bentinck has arrived in the Caradoc. He is ykry badly wounded in the arm. The Mauritius has just arrived NI WI wounded. The Protestant Sisters (charitable nuns) and hospital nurses may be seen about Scutari discharging their truly cnaritable an 1 harrassing duties, each wearing an apron and band, with " Scutari hospital" embroidered up9n it. The rectory of Charlwood, near Reigate, in the dio cese of Winchester, has become vacant by the death tit the Rev. Stainer James Porten, M.A. The benefice, which is worth NM a year, is in private patronage. THE SICK AND WOUYDED AT SCUTARI. SCUTARI, NO7. 10. —As compared with the arrange ments of our great hospitals at home, it is not difficult to find many omissions and defects in the hospitals here, but they are no longer of so serious a character as for merly, and they are daily diminishing in number. It is therefore to be hoped that henceforward both our sol diers and their anxious friends at home may have the consolation of knowing that whatever can be done for the relief of the sick and wounded will be done as promptly and well as the exigencies of war render possible. The sensation created at home by the state ments published in the newspapers has already re-acted most beneficially here, and brings an increased number of willing bands to bear in the administration of medical relief. If nothing else had resulted from it beyond the !lumber of additional surgeons sent out by the Vectis, the aid thus afforded far outweighs any tempo rary inconveniences that may have arisen to the service. Among the passengers by that steamer were Dr. Cum ming, who comes out hero as Inspector-General of Hos pitals, and Mr. Maxwell, a barrister, who has been asso ciated with Dr. Cumming and Dr. Spence by the Duke of Newcastle, and commissioned to inquire into the alleged want of medical aid fir the sick and wounded efter the battle of the Alma. Besides the medical offi cers, the Vectis brought out here Miss Nightingale and forty nurses, carefully selected with a view to efficienc3 in attending on the sick and wounded. Suitable accom modation has been provided for them in a tower at one of the corners of the Barrack Hospital, and they are now actively and usefully engaged in the discharge of their duties. The employment of female aid in this way was tried once before in our army and feilei, and many experienced officers are doubtful as to the success of this renewed attempt, but in the French service it answers admirably, and there seems no sound reason why those who, in the popular belief, as in the poets' language, art " ministering angels" by the bed of sickness and death should, on fair trial, be found wanting now. The public, ever ready to appreciate acts of devotion, will watch with lively interest the progress of such an experiment. In great hospitals, containing at the present moment upwards of 3,000 patients, there are an immense num• ber of wants to supply, unobjectionable in themselves, and which tend to assuage strffering, though it is impos sible for any Government establishment, however well organised, to anticipate them. Such, for example, have been the objects of Lady Stratford de Redcliffe's bene volent visits to the sick and wounded, both at Scutari and Therapia. In the same spirit, for the last few days, Mr. Stafford, M.P., might be seen busily engaged in writing letters to the dictation of poor exhausted soldiers too prostrate to do so themselves, yet anxious to com municate with their friends at hone. The Hon. and Rev. Sidney Godolphin Osborne, accompanied by his son, has come out here with a noble philanthropy to tender his services, not only as a minister of reli gion, but as having a knowledge of surgery to help in curing the body also. In both capacities, but especially in that which is more strictly his call ing, he :has already made himself very useful. A visit to the well-conducted hospital for seamen and marines at Therapia enables one to see the beneficial in fluence of books and newspapers in diverting the mind, of invalids, and warding off those anxious thoughts about themselves which are so apt to retard the recuperative energy of the constitution. This want has been, I under stand, anticipated by the Duke of Newcastle, and a library of the cheap railway literature is said to be on its way out here. . There are at Scutari two hospitals, one called the General and the other the Barrack Hospital, standing at no great distance from each other, both of a rectangu lar form, with an open square in the centre, and both well lighted and airy, having spacious galleries and side rooms off them adapted to serve as wards ; so that upon the whole the manner in which the invalids are housed is better than could be expected. The berme!, hospital is the larger building of the two, so large, indeed, that, though it contains the greater number of patients, a portion of it only is set apart for that purpose, the rest being used as a depot for troops. The space left vacant by a draught of 600 men sent off yesterday to the Crimea, and of convalescents who leave to-morrow for Malta, will be filled up by the wounded now arriving in great numbers from Sebastopol. Yesterday morning, before any of those poor fellows had come in, there were 2,650 patients in the two hospitals, of whom 905 were Russians, 11 being officers. Our wounded enemies re ceive precisely the same treatment as our own people, and great care has been taken by the authorities that every attention practicable under the circumstances is paid to them. The fdlowing authentic list, made up to yesterday, of the sick and wounded officers in hospital at Scutari, will tend to relieve the anxiety of friends at home. It. will be perceived thereby, that up to that date there were no less than 73 of them, and that number will now be largely augmented : Captain Franklin, Royal Artillery Lieutenant Leete, 28th Ensign Lewis Ensign Harcourt, 30th Ensign Bennett, 331 Captain Gould, 63d Captain Barclay Lieutenant Spurcoat, 93d Lieutenant King, 13th Light Dragoons Lieutenant Legrew, Staff Lieutenant Moseley, 42 severely wounded Lieutenant Baker, Se.its Fusilier Guards, severely wounded Lieutenant Webb, 4th Dragoon Guards Captain Bruce, 23d Lieutenant Currie, 6th Dragoons Captain Booth, 4th Dragoon Guards • Lieutenant Bailey, 19th Lieutenant Gunter, 4th Dragoon Guards, severely wounded Lieutenant Morgan, 4th Light Dragoons Captain Stewart, 41st Lieutenant Hemming, 88th Quartermaster Benham, 20th Assistant-Surgeon Cootes, 26th Captain Sykes, let Dragoons, severely wounded Captain King, 55th Captain O'Brien, 30th Captain Cooper, 44th Lieutenant Dowbiggin, 4th Dragoons Lieutenant Vandelore, Royal Horse Artillery Veterinary Surgeon Byrne, 4th Dragoon Guards Lieutenant Redcliffe, 88th, severely wounded Lieutenant Carpenter, 7th, severely wounded Lieutenant-Colonel Sanders, 19th Ensign Siree, 33d, severely wounded Ensign Armstrong, 55th Major Heyland, 95th Captain Wing, 95th Lieutenant Bradford, 44th Lieutenant Hartop, let Dragoons Lieutenant Houghton, 11th Hussars Captain Atcherley, 30th Ensign Fraser, 63d A. G. Finley, Staff Assistant-Surgeon Lieutenant Clarke, 21st Dr. Gilborne, R.A. Lieutenant Trevelyan, 11th Hussars Captain Brown, severely wounded, 44th Captain White, severely, 17th Lancers Captain Hutton, 4th Dragoons Major Cootz, 53d Captain Maude, severely wounded, R.H.A. Lieutenant Harriett, 41st Lieutenant Clutterbuck, severely, Sth Hussars Captain Morri., severely, 17th Lancers Major M'Pherson, 42d Lieutenant Wallace, 33d A. G. Manifold, 67th Captain Jones, 7th Major Gough, 33d Captain Watson, 7th Major Whimper, 55th Ensign Carle, 49th Lieutenant Clair, 21st Captain Coney, 7th Lieutenant Boothby, 95th, leg off Captain Cambell, Royal Dragoons Lieutenant Elmsall, Royal Dragoons Hon. G. Neville, sth Dragoons Lieutenant Carrie, 23d Lieutenant Harrison, 79th Dr. Gordon, 95th Dr. Poulton, 75th Dr. Woods, 23d From a carefully-prepared return it appears that there has been an aggregate of 534 deaths in the hospitals at Scutari since the 21st of September. Of these 7 have been British officers, 5 - Russian officers (one of them a g eneral), 26 Russian soldiers, and 5 women. It will a lso be observed that on the 21st of September, before any wounded men had been brought here from the Crimea, the number of deaths was nearly as great as it has been since. The disembarkation of the wounded here yesterday was conducted with great regularity and care. It was, indeed, a painful spectacle to see the struggling proces sion of emaciated, crippled, and bandaged men slowly mount the hill, but a certain amount of pleasure beamed in most of their war-worn faces at reaching a resting place where surgical aid, attention to their more firessing wants, and, above all, the chances of recovery, await them. A list of the officers who have arrived will be forwarded by the next mail. 1854. GENERAL CANROBERT'S ACCOI)AT OF THE BATTLE'. (Front the Moniteur.) ,The Marshal Minister of War has just received from the General Commanding-in-Chief the Army of the East, the following report : HEAD-QUARTERS—BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 7, 1854. Monsieur le Mar(Schal—l have the honour to confirm to you my telegraphic despatch, dated Nov. 6, and thus worded :---"The Russian army, swelled by reinforce ments coming from the Danube, and by the reserves collected in the southern provinces, and animated by the presence of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, yesterday attacked the right wing of the English posi tion before the place. The English army sustained the combat with the most remarkable firmness. I caused it to be supported by the division of General Bosquet, which fought with admirable vigour, and by the troops nearest at hand. The enemy, far more numerous than we, beat a retreat with enormous loss, estimated at 8,000 or 9,000 men. " This obstinate struggle lasted the whole day. On my left, General Forey had to repel at the same time a sortie of the garrison. The troops, energetically con ducted by him, drove the enemy back into the place, and inflicted on him a loss of a thousand men. This brilliant day, not purchased without loss by the Allies, does the greatest honour to our arms." The action, summarily expressed by the despatch given above, was one of the hottest and most violently contested. From the very first musket shots that were fired the deserters that came over to us revealed the true state of the Russian army with respect to its effec- tive strength, and we were enabled to calculate the re inforcements it has sutcessively received since the battle of the Alma. These are —lst, some contingents from the Asiatic coast, from Kertch and Kaffa ; 2dly, six battalions and some detachments of marines from Nice ; 3dly, four battalions of the Cossacks of the Black Sea ; 4thly, a great part of the army of the Danube ; 10thly, llthly, and 12thly, some divisions of infantry, forming the 4th corps, commanded by General Dannen berg. These three divisions were transported by post horses, with their artillery, from Odessa to Simpheropol in a few days. Finally arrived the Grand Dukes \lichael and Nicholas, whose presence could not fail to over-excite this army, which forms, with the garrison of Sebastopol, a total of at least 100,000 men. It was in this condition that 45,000 men of this army surprised the point of the heights at Inker man, which the English army had not been able to occupy with sufficient forces. Only 6,000 English took part in the action, the remainder being employed on the siege works ; they valiantly sustained the shock until the moment when General Bosquet, arriving with a part of his division, could lend them such aid as might ensure success. One hardly knows which most to praise, the energetic firmness with which our allies braved for a long time the storm, or the intelligent vigour dis played by General Bosquet, when conducting a part of the brigades Beurbaki and d'Autemarre, in order to attack the enemy, who extended beyond them on their right. The 3d Regiment of Z3uaves, under the chefs de bat ! taillon Montaudon and Dubos, there justified most signally the old r ep u t a ti on o f th e arm. The Algerine Rifles (tirailleurs), Colonel de Wimpffen ; a battalion of the 7th Light Infantry, Commander Vaissier ; the 6th Regiment of the Line, Colonel do Camas, vied with them in ardour. Three times they crossed bayonets with the enemy, who only yielded ground after the third charge, upon which he left it strewed with his dead and wounded. The Russian heavy artillery and their field pieces were very superior in number, and had a com manding .position. Two horse batteries, Commander le In Boussiniere, and one battery of the 2d Division of Infantry, Commander Barral, the whole under the orders of Colonel Forgeot, sustained, concurrently with the English artillery, the struggle during the entire day. The enemy decided on beating a retreat, leaving behind more than 3,0A0 dead, a very large number of wounded, a few hundred prisoners, as well as powder cbests, in the hands of the Allies. His losses in the gross aggregate cannot be put down at less than from 8,000 to 10,000 men. While these events were taking place on the right, about 5,000 men of the garrison made a vigorous sortie on the left of our attack siege line, under cover of a thick fog and along the ravines that facilitate their approach. the troops on duty in the trenches, under the orders of Gen. de laMotterogue, marched against the enemy, who 'mad already invaded two of our batteries, and repulsed :dm, killing more than 200 men on the site of these bat teries. Lieut.-General Furey, commanding the siege corps, arrived by rapid and skilful evolutions with the troops ,f the Fourth Division to the support of the guards in the trenches, and himself marched at the head of the sth battalion of the Chasseurs b. pied. The Russians, re pulsed along the whole line, retired precipitately on the [ratification, with considerable loss, when General Lour inel seeing them fly before him, and carried away 'my a chivalrous courage, flung himself headlong in their rear with his brigade, and fell wounded under the very walls of the fortification. General Furey bad much difficulty in extricating hint from the very ad vanced position to which, yielding to the impulse of superabundant courage, he had led his brigade. The mriv,ade of Aurelle, which had occupied an excellent position on the left, covered his retreat, which was effected not without a certain loss under the fire of the fortification. Colonel Niol, of the 26th Regiment of the Line, who lost his two chefs de batadlon, had taken the command of the brigade, the energetic conduct of which was beyond all praise. The enemy in this sortie lost a thousand men killed, wounded, or made prisoners, and, ;n addition to this, received a very considerable moral %fel physical cheek. The battle of Inkerman, and the contest maintained by the body of besiegers, has shed great glory on our forces, and has augmented the moral strength which the Allied armies have always possessed. At the same time we have suffered losses which must be regretted. The English army has lost 2,400 men killed or wounded, among which are to be reckoned seven generals, three of whom are killed. The French army has suffered to the extent of 1,726 killed or wounded. We have bitterly to regret the loss of General do Lour:- tnel, since dead from his wounds, whose brilliant quali ties promised a grand career in the future. It is my painful duty also to acquaint you with the death of Col. du Cuinas, of the 6th Regiment of the Line, killed at the head of his troop, at the very instant in which they came in contact with the enemy. The vigour of the Allied troops, subject as they were to the twofold struggles of a siege of unprecedented diffi culty, and of battles which rocal the greatest struggles of our military history, cannot be too highly praised. I send you herewith my order of the day for the battle of the sth.—Accept, &c., The General-en-Chef, CANROBERT. ' as many of his division as were not employed in the trenches, and led the portions of the 20th, 21st, 46th, 57th, 03d, and 63th Regiments which were available against the enemy, directing them to the left of the ground occupied by the columns of the 2d Division. It was intended that one brigade, under Brigadier-General Torrens, should move iu support of the brigade under Brigadier-General Guldie ; but ii, was scon found that the enemy were in suce strength that the whole force of the division, which consisted of only 2,200 men, must be vigorously used to repel them. Sir G. Brown had rushed up to the front with his brave fellows of the Light 'Divi sion—the remnants of the 7th Fusiliers, of the 19th Regiment, of the 23d Regiment, of the 33d Regiment, and the 77th and the 88th Regiments, under Brigadiers Codrington and Buller. As they began to move across the ground of the 2d Division, they were at once brought under fire by an unseen enemy. The gloomy character of the morning was unchanged. Showers of rain fell through the fogs, and turned the ground into a clammy soil, like a freshly-ploughed field, and the Russians, who had, no doubt, taken the bearings of the ground ere they placed their guns, fired at random indeed, but with too much effect on our advancing columns. While all the army was thus in motion the Duke of Cambridge was not be hind hand in bringing up the Guards under Brigadier Bentinck —all of his division now left with him, as the Highlanders are under Sir Colin Campbell at Balaklaxa. These splendid troops with the greatest rapidity and ardour rushed to the front and right of the Second Divi sion, and gained the summit of the hills towards which two columns of the Russians were struggling in the closest order of which the nature of the ground would admit. The Third Division, under Sir R. Eegland, was also got under arms as a reserve, and one portion of it, comprising the 50th, part of the 28th and the 4th Regi ments, were engaged with the enemy ere the fight was over. And now commenced the bloodiest struggle ever witnessed since war cursed the earth. It has been doubted by military historians if any enemy have ever stood a charge with the bayonet, but here the bayonet was often the enly weapon employed in conflicts of the most obstinate and deadly charaeter. We have been prone to believe that no foe could ever withstand the British soldiers wielding his favourite weapon, and that at Maida alone did the enemy ever cross bayonets with him, but at the battle of Inkerman not only did we charge in vain—not only were desperate encounters between masses of men maintained with the bayonet alone—but we were obliged to resist bayonet to bayonet the Russian infantry again and again, as they charged us with incredible fury and determination. The Battle of Inkerman admits Of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults—in glees and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the con querors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumphantly asserted, and the battalions of the Czar gave way before our steady courage 'and the chivalrous fire of France, No one, however placed, could have witnessed even a small portion of the doings of this eventful day—for the vapours, fog, and drizzling mist obscured the ground where the struggle took place to such an extant as to render it impossible to see what was going on at the distance of a few yards. Besides this, the irregular nature of the ground, the rapid fall of the hill towards Inkerman, where the deadliest fight took place, would have prevented one under the most favourable circumstances seeing more than a very insignificant and detailed piece of the terrible work below. It was six o'clock when all the Head-Quarter camp was roused by roll after roil of musketry on the right and by the sharp report of field guns. Lord Raglan was informed that the enemy were advancing in force, and soon after seven o'clock he rode towards the scene of action, followed by his staff, and accompanied by Sir John Burgoyne, Brigadier- General Strangways, R.A., and several aides-de - -camp. As they approached the volume of sound, the steady, unceasing thunder of gun, and rifle, and musket told that the engagement was at its height. The shell of the Russians, thrown with great precision, burst so thickly among the troops that the noise resembled con tinuous discharges of cannon, and the massive fragments inflicted death on every side. One of the first things the Russians did, when a break in the fog enabled them to see the camp of the Second Division, Ras to open fire on the tents with round shot and large shell, and tent after tent was blown down, torn to pieces, er sent into the air, while the men engaged in camp duties and the un happy horses tethered up in the lines were killed or muti lated. Colonel Gambier was at once ordered to get up two heavy guns (IS-pounders) on the rising ground, and to reply to a fire which our light guns were utterly ina dequate to meet. As he was engaged in this duty, aid was exerting himself with Captain Daguilar to urge them forward, Colonel Gambier was severely but not dan gerously wounded, and was ob:iged to retire. His place was taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, and the con duct of that officer in directing the fire of these two pieces, which had the most marked effect in deciding the fate of the day, was such as to elicit the admiration of the army, and as to deserve the thanks of every man engaged in that bloody, fray. But long ere these guns had been brought up there had been a great slaughter of the enemy, and a heavy loss of our own men. Our generals could not see where to go. They could not tell where the enemy ware—from what side they were coining:, and where going to. In darkness, gloom, and rain they had to lead our lines through thick scru'sby bushes and thorny bfakee, which broke our ranks and irritated the men, while every pace was marked by a corpse or a man wounded, from an enemy whose position was only indicated by the rattle of musketry and the rush of ball and shell. Sir George Cathcart, seeing his men disordered by the fire of a large column of Russian infantry which was outflanking them, while portions of the various regi ments composing his division were maintaining an unequal struggle with an overwhelming force, rode down into the ravine in which they were engaged to rally them. He perceived, at the same time, that the Russians had actually gained possession of a portion of the bill in rear of one flank of his division, but still his stout heart never failed him for a moment. He rode at their head encouraging them, and when a cry arose that the ammunition wag failing, he said coolly, " Hare you not got your bayonets?" As he led on his men it was observed that another body of men had gained the top of the hill behind them on the right, but it was impossible to tell whether they were friends or foes. A deadly volley was poured into our scattered regiments. Sir George cheered them and led them back up the bill, but a flight of bullets passed where he rode, and he fell from his horse close to the Russian columns. The men had to fight their way through a host of ene mies, and lost fearfully. They were surrounded and bayonetted on all sides, and won their desperate way up the bill with diminished ranks and the loss of nearly 500 men. Sir George Cathcart's body was afterwards re covered with a bullet wound in the head and three bayo net wounds in the body. In this struggle, where the Russians fought with the greatest ferocity, and bayo netted the wounded as they fell, Colonel Swyny, of the 63d, a most gallant officer, Lieutenant Dowling, 20th, Major Wynne, 68th, and other officers whose names will be found in the Gazette, met their death, and Briga dier Goldie (of the .57th Regiment) received the wounds of which he has since died. The conflict on the right was equally uncertain and equally bloody. In the Light Divi sion, the 88th got so far into the front that they were sur rounded and put into utter confusion, when four companies of the 77th under Major Straton charged the Russians, broke them, and relieved their comrades. The fight had not long commenced ere it was evident that the Russians had received orders to fire at all mounted offi cers. Sir George Brown was struck by a shot, which went through his arm and struck his side. I saw with regret his pale and sternly composed face, as his body was borne by me on a litter early in the day, his white hair flickering in the breeze, for I knew we had lost the services of a good soldier that day. Further to the right a contest, the like of which, perhaps, never took place before, was going on between the Guards and dense columns of Russian infantry of five times their number. The Guards had charged them and driven them back when they perceived that the Russians had outflanked them. They were out of ammunition too. They were uncertain whether there were friends or foes in the rear. They had no support, no reserve, and they were fight ing with the bayonet against an enemy who stoutly con tested every inch of ground, when the corps of another Russian column appeared on their right far in their rear. Then a fearful mitraille was poured into them, and vol leys of rifle and musketry. Tim Guan's were broken they had lost 12 officers dead in the field ; they had left one-half of their nu m b er on t h e ground, and they re tired along the lower road of the valley. But they wer soon reinforced, and they speedily avenged their loss. The French advance about 10 e'clock turned the flank of the enemy. They retired at 1.40, with a los, of 9,000 killed and wounded. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. (Prom , Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.) It crag on Sunday, the sth of November, that the battle of Liken' an was fought and won. The adtion commenced at daybreak and terminated at five in the afternoon, In the night and the early hours of the sth gENERAL ORDER. Soldiers,—This has been a . glorious day for you. A great part of the Russian army, favoured by night and mist, succeeding in establishing themselves with a powerful force of artillery on the heights which form the extreme right of our position. Two divisions of the English force sustained with that immovable censtanzy which we know so well is the characteristic of our Allies the unequal combat, until a part of the division Bosquet led by its worthy commander, together with the horse artillery, came to their support, an threw themselves upon the enemy with a degree of skill an l boldness to which I am anxious here to render the fullezt testimony, Driven back at last into the valley of the Tchernaya, the enemy left upon the ground more than 4,000 killed or wounded, having carried off as great a number during the continuance of the contest. Whilst these events were taking place, the garrison of Sebastopol made a sortie on our left, which gave an opportunity to the besiegers, and particularly to the 4th Division, handled with great energy by General Forey to give the enemy a severe lesson. The troops called upon to repulse the sortie gave proofs of an energy which adds in no small degree to the glory whi,lh they ha►e already earned by the constancy with which they have supported the rough but heroic labours of the siege. _ _ I could name whole divisions, soldiers of all arms, and of all ranks who have distinguished themselves highly , this day. I shall me them known to France, the Em peror, and the army. But my intention to day was to shank you in their name, and to assure you that you have just added a great page to the history of this diffi cult campaign. Headquarters before Sebastopol, Nov. 5, 1554. The General-en-Chef, CANROBERT. PRINCE MENSCRIKOFF'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE. (Prom the Invalide Busse.) This morning, November 12,Majesty his the Em peror receiv e d, f rom the hands of the Captain of Cavalry, Count Levaschoff, the following reportovebemfrer 6 _ m :General Prince Menschikoff, under date of N " Yesterday, the sth, a sortie was made from Sebas topol, on the side of the bastion No. 1 ; the following troops took part in it :--Of the 10th division of infantry —the regiments of Catherinebourg, Tomsk, sad van. Of the 11th division of infantry—the regiments of Selinghinsk, Yakoutsh, and Okhotsk. Of the 16th division of infintry—the regiments of Vladimir, &medal, and Ouglitch ; and of the 17th division of infantry—the regiments of Boutirsk, Borodino, and Taroutino. As many guns ware employed as the diffi cult y of the gates permitted the men to take with them.* " TLe command of the troops was confided to General Dannenberg, , , the commander-in -chief of the 4th in fantry corps. Our first attack on the heights was very fortua.rte ; the English fortiticationi were carried, and 11 of tleir gur.s spiked. Ulf( rtunAtely, in this first movement, the commanders of the troops, who were attacking the entrenchments and redoubts, were wounded. While these ev , nts were pasAog, the French forces arrived aid of the En : fish. The siege artillery of these last Nj as pl iced in position on the field of battle, and it was no Inger possible for our field-pieces to contend with it to advantage. The nummical superiority of the e:nen,y's infantry, armed with rifles, occasioned great losset. in horses, artillerymen, and infantry officers. "This circumstance made it impossible for us t e com plete, except by a great sacrifice of troops, the re, loubts which during the fighting we had begun to throw up on paints which the enemy's position commanded, evkln as f ar as the town of Sebastopol itself. "The retreat was effected in good order on Sebas topol and over the bridge of Inkerman, and th e J is mounted guns were carried off the field of battle back ite the place. "The Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch au d Anti!--:11- 2 ,AfeEt t ‘ f o*f i • - Michael Nicholaievitch were in the mid tie • fire, setting an example of calm coura g e " Simultaneously with thi s sor ti e th went of Minsk, with a light battery of Art er a y, dei. - -40 1 • ..-• the command of the Major-General of ArtilleN. Tirit S feiff, executed another sortie against the French bat teiies, and spiked 15 of their guns. "Oar loss in dead is not yet exactly known, but the number of the wounded amounts to 3,500 men and 109 ' officers. Among the latter there are Lieutenant-Gene ral Soitnonoff, shot through the body, and who soon sank beneath the effects of his wound ; the Major-Ga- • nerals Villebois and Ochterlone ; the Colonel Alexan droff, commanding the infantry regiment of Catherine bourg ; Poustovoitoff, commanding the infantry regi ment of Tomsk ; Bibitoff, commanding the Okhotsk cbasseurs ; Baron Delwig, commanding the infantry regiment of Vladimir ; and Verenvkine-Scheuta 11., commanding the regiment of Borodino chasseurs. "Major-General Kischinsky, chief of the artillery, received a contusion from the splinter of a bomb ; Major- General Prince Menschikoff, in the suite of your Impe rial Majesty, was hurt in the neck ; Colonel Albddinsky, the Aide-de-camp of your Imperial Majesty, and the cavalry captain Greigh, my Aide-de-camp, was struck on the head. " General Danneeberg had two horses killed under him, and all the persons surrounding him were wounded. " The loss of the enemy cannot have been less con siderable either, and the sortie of General Timofrieff cost the French dear, far, whilst pursuing him with dense masses, they fell under a heavy fire of grape from the bastion No. 6. . . " White these movements were going on, the troops placed undtr the command of Prince Gortscbakoff exe cuted a strong demonstration against Kadykol, and thus kept the enemy's detachment at Balaklava in a state of inaction." * A part of the troops passed over the bridge of Inker% Ills D. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-:(TLIIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. LLOYD. Sir F. Thesiger applied for a rule to tax the costs in this case against the recognisances. It was a prosecu tion for perjury,'preferred by the treasurer and trustees of the Bristol Infirmary against a gentleman named Lloyd, who had misappropriated some bequests which had been left to the charity. He afterwards became a bankrupt, and the perjury was committed in the course of his examination on the bankruptcy proceedings. The case was removed by certiorari into this court, and was tried last term, when the defendant was found guilty, but sentence was deferred until the present sittings. In the meanwhile, however, the defendant had died, and the prosecutors now sought to enforce their costs against his bail. Application granted. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 22. The dinner-party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess of Gainshorough, Lady Frances Bruce, Lady Caroline Barr ing t on , B aroness de Speth, Sir Charles Wood, Major-General the lion. Charles Grey, the Hon. Charles Gore, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Sir James Clark, Sir George Couper, Mr. Drummond, and Mr. Glover. The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. The following had the honour to receive invitations after dinner :—The Hon. Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Phipps, Lady and Miss Couper, Mr. Frederick and Lady Emily Cavendish. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park and slopes this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Major- General the Hon. Charles Grey and Captain Du Plat, left Windsor at ten minutes past two o'clock to-day, by a special train of the South-Western Railway, for Lon don, and presided at a meeting of the governors of the Wellington College, held at the Palace of Westminster. The other governors present were the Marquis of fans downo, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ellesmere, Viscount Hardinge, the Bishop of Londo n , th e Ri g ht H on . Sid ney Herbert, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir James Weir Hogg, the Rev. G. R. Gleig, and Colonel the Hon. W. P. Tal bot (honorary secretary). The meeting broke up at five o'clock, when the Prince returned to Windsor by the South-Western Railway. Sir Charles Wood left the Castle this forenoon for London. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate General had an audience of her Majesty, to submit the proceedings of some Courts-martial. The French Ambassador visited the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Oxford University Commission met at No. 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on Tuesday, the 21st instant. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere, the Bishop cf . Ripen, the Dean of Wells, Sir John W. Awdry, and Mr. George Cornewall Lewis; Mr. Goldwin Smith, and the _Thtv. Samuel W. Wayte (s.cretaries). ZARKET NEWS-(TITIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF tounsrr CORN For the week ended Nov. 23, IsS4, made up from the Returns of tl e peetors in the different Cities and Towns In England and W Mee Per Imperial Quarter. wIIEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. ITS, BEANS. PEAS. 7.1 i 01 31s 71 294 4! ; 414 21 494 21 / 49s 81 TILE SIX WEt 7 :KS' AVEkAGE, ArtutsT. DIMLY. OATS. } AVE. BEANS. I rEes. 61s 61 I :12s 01 273 0,1 :3 Od f 4Gs 8d 44s 2d DUTIES ON EOIILION CORN. WHEAT. I HARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od (jUANTITItiS OF OIt . t . IN . SOI.I)_IAST WEEK. Wheat, 132,155; Baricy, 85,434; Oats, 15 778 ; Rye, 347 ; Beans, 4,776; i'eas, 1,466 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATIC AND LEADENHALL.—We had a steady trade to-day, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Sd ; Mut ton, 3s 6d. to 4s &I; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s 2d per Slbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 22.—The supply of each kind of stock was but moderate. Generally speaking, the demand was steady, on higher terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Mut ton, 3s Gd to 43 101; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 48 10d per 81bs, to sink the offals. - RomFolio, Nov. 22.—The trade was brisk, on the fol lowing terms :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s Gd. to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 0,1; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10d per bibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 15s ; clover Jitto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to it 12s per load. A moderate supply and a if.ug i gish demand. CIIMBERLA.ND.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 Os; clover ditto, 31 03 to 51 15s; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 12s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPAL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4/ 15s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 6 , Os ; and straw, 1/ Os to 1112 s per load. Trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, W.N.W. ; light breeze, with fine weather. GRAVESEND, Nov. 23.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Baron Osy (s), from Antwerp ; Rhine (s), do. Sailed — Pacific, for Melbourne ; Lotus, for Demerara ; Juno, Konigsberg. SOUTHAMPTON, NOV. 21.—Wind, N.E. Arrived— Duke of Cornwall (s), from Dublin, and left for .London. Sailed—lndiana (s s), Toulon. Nov. 22.—Arrived—Argyll (s), from Carentan. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 21. —Wind, W. Sailed—Voedrenes, for Hamburgh ; Venus, London. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived— Marthine, from Montreal, and sailed for London ; Emerald, Cadiz. Nov. 22.—Wind, N.W. to N. dent, from Constantinople and sailed for Southampton ile 4' by W. Arrived—Tri dent, Leghorn ; Dilibrrenee,(transport), Plymouth.i —H.M.S. Dauntless, for the Black Sea ; Ped .v a e d!_ l 2_rem u .e s n a ; PLYMOUTH , N0v.22. a n ot 3 b d n o i u z n r z g a ; h ' Fro y , do. frora Denia. Sailed—Marchioness of t gshire, London. —Wind, Syd ney, N.S.W. ; Betty, Bremen • S N. N. w . Arrived—Maria, N.N o . f W S . al A is rr bu i Salisbury, fori i FALMOU CH, Nov. 22. ; from Dover, for from Amsterdam, m s st a c i r i , e l d at, ju fo n r ua C , Corfu N fr : f i ru n d i a .; I , Anne, London Union, Hamburgh ; ? T P a ssenger, Alexandria. Treasure, from Quo e I ' Vind, N.N.W. Arrived—Ocean, Cap, Leith ; MarybaNcnar Sarah,a Newcastle. Off ' Pert-- COWES, Nov. 22. N.W. Anived—Affghan, from Callao. from Quebec; ...ren 2 ,_ Ann, Denia. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Sarah, Pools, Nov. ~ . Nov. T 0 22. d - 0. W ind mar , y BRISTOL, from Carbonear. IrmitAc° p Nov. 21.—The Amelia, from P em b rey to •MBE Hoyle, m issed stays to-day when off this port, an d d rove o n the rocks off Hielsborough Point ; crew saved, and part of sails. OFF CROOKFIAVEN, Nov. 20.—Isaac Wright, from New York, for Liverpool. PENZANCE, Nov. 21. —Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Aca dia, from Quebec, and sailed f o r Pl ymou th ; Clio, L i ver . pool, for Plymouth, with loss of bowsprit : Victor, Ostend, and sailed for Liverpool. KINGROAD, Nov. 21 . — Arrived—Sybilla, from Mel bourne. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Express, from Honduras ; Sarah Flemilw, do. ; Driving Mist, New York ; Albion, St. John's, N.B. Captain Butler, of the 55th, the brother of the gallant defender of Silistria w is, we regret to say, among the list of killed at likertnati. LALL AT TILE GUILDHALL IN AID 01' TIN , : PATRIOTIC FUND.—Thf, ball, originated by the corporation in aid of the Patriotic Fund, came off yesterday evening at the Guildh a ll, and was fully and fashionably attended. The decorations of the hall were the same as on Lord Mayor's Day, and presented a Teri striking and gorgeous coup- HoDsoN's Ir.ISH PORTFOLIO.—This entertainment continues exceedingly attractive, and most deservedly so, for we can promise an evening's real entertainment to all those who feel inclined to examine the contents of this same Irish Portfolio. T HEAT RICALS IN SHEFFIELD.--Mr. and Mrs. l lermann Vezin have been playing here to crowded houses. The plays of Shakspere and Sheridan Knowles have been those represented, and the taste and ability displayed by the above artistes, in the embodiment of the creations of "the Swan of Avon," augurs a brilliant future for each of them.