The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

THE WAR.

The telegraphic advices received during the past
week communicate little intelligence of importance.
General Simpson announced, on Sunday the 20th :
Oar works and those of our allies are making satisfactory
progress.
On the following day the subjoined despatch, the
latest which the British Government have made
public, was transmitted :

Crimea, August 27.
We have just concluded the ceremony of the Investiture
of the Bath.

Nothing could have gone off better.
The naval anti military commander* of the allied forces
assisted at the ceremony.
In other respects nothing of interest has occurred.

The Moniteur publishes the following from Gene-
ral Pelissier :

Crimea, August 24.
In the course of last night we carried an ambuscade on
the glacis of Malakoff; five hundred Russians made a sortie
for the purpose of retaking it, but they were brilliantly re-
pulsed, with a loss of about three hundred men. The work
has been turned against them, and is definitively gained
by us.
General M'Mahon has arrived.
Our sanitary state is excellent.
Prince Gortschakoff reports from Sebastopol, under
date of the evening of the 26th :
The enemy's fire is slack. Nothing new.
And again, dating August 27th, he states :
Nothing fresh of importance has occurred.

The last letters from the Crimea state that General
Simpson had completely recovered from the indispo-
sition under which he had been labouring.
Various accounts have been published as received
from different commanders, naval and military, de-
tailing the incidents or the Tschernaya battle, but
they only repeat the statements given by the offi-
cial letters and newspaper correspondence published
in England. _ _

A report from M. Blanchot, the Intendant-General
of the French army in the East, is appended (in the
itoniteur) to General Pelissier's report of the hattle
of the Tschernaya. The writer says :—" The number
of wounded carried to the ambulances after this
ocmbat was 810 French, of whom 40 were officers;
and 1,661 Russians, of whom 38 were officers—form-
ing a total of 2,474 men." He adds " Not a single
wounded French soldier remained on the field of
battle two hours after the combat."

Official returns published in Paris show that up to
this month 208 000 officers, non-commissioned oM
cers, and privates, with 38,000 horses, have been em-
barked at Marseilles and at Toulon for the East
since the commencement of the war.

The Courrier de Marseille* of Thursday states :

The quantity of war material daily conveyed to our port
by the railway and the Rhone steamers is truly incredible.
The quays of La Joliette are literally covered with moun•
tains of bombs of every size, mortars, and enormous siege-
guns. Independently of the transports chartered for the
purpose, every large steamer leaving with troops carries on
an average 1,000 tons of matiriel. Gunpowder for the
army in the East is daily received in large quantities.
Since the beginning of the war 7,500,000 lbs. weight were
shipped in oar port.

liener3l Bousquet embarked at Marseilles on
Tuesday for the East, with 3,400 troops.
A despatch from Berlin says:—'• It has been de-
cided to increase the Russian fleet in the 13Iack Sea.
A ship of the line, of 131 guns, is to be built this
winter at Nicolaieff."

The news from Asia is encouraging. A despatch
of the 25th ult. from Constantinople states that the
Turks in garrison at Kars have made a successful
sortie. The Russian divisions lately threatening
Erzeroun► have retreated.
Admiral Bruat announces that the Descartes had
left for Kertch with reinforcements of 400 infantry
and marines. The English were sending 800 men
there.

The following official despatch has been received at
the War- office :

Before Sebastopol, Aug. 14.
During the last few days considerable activity has been
exhibited in the movements of the enemy, both in the
town and on the math side ; and from the information we
have received from the country, as well as the examination
of deserters, I have reason to believe that the Russians
may attempt to force us to raise the siege by a vigorous
attack from without. Every precaution is taken on the
part of the allies, and the ground occupied by the Sardi-
Mans above the village of Tehorgoun and in its front has
been made very strong through the energy and skill of
General de la Marmora, who is unceasing in his precau-
tions, and shows the utmost disposition to co-operate in the
most agreeable manner with the allies.
The tire has, if anything, been rather less during the
day since my last despatch. At times, however, the enemy
o; en heavily for a short period, causing many casualties ;
and among them I regret to have to announce that of
Brevet-Major Hugh Drummond, Scots Fusilier Guards,
who was killed yesterday afternoon by a fragment of a
/hell. His loss is deeply felt by all who knew him,