The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

The Globe of last evening denies the accuracy of
the telegraphic message purporting to come from St.
Petersburg, and reporting that the Russian infantry
bad retired before the increase of the allied forces.
That journal states :—" We have good reasons for
regarding as undeserving of serious attention the
intelligence which reached London by telegraph
from Hamburg last evening, and which is repeated
to-day in a different form from Berlin. It it be not
altogether without foundation, it at least is based
upon some movement by no means of the importance
with which the telegraphic message invests it. We
can positively state that the allies have not ' landed
20,000 men at Eupatoria.' As to the number of
their forces now there, we think it as well to be
silent. Prince Gortschakoff is an able general, and
can doubtless ascertain for himself."

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A letter from Berlin of the 2.3 rd, of the probable
evacuation by Gortqchakoff of the northern forts,
should he find his position untenable, says :—" Various

circumstances at St. Petersburg seem to indicate
that Prince Gortschakoff will soon evacuate the forts
to the north of Sebastopol. These forts, since the
destruction of the Russian fleet and the naval estab-
lishments, are only strategic points. Well-informed
people say that if the Russian general should con-
sider it desirable to concentrate his forces in the
interior of the Crimea, he will not leave in the rear
the garrisons of the forts."
A letter from Vienna of the 22nd, in the Indkpen-
dance of Brussels, says :—" From the accounts which
have been received here it would appear that the
allies are actively preparing for a campaign, and
doubtless they have it in contemplation to force the
Russian line of defence of Tscherken Kerman, or, in
other words, to make a diversion against Baktschi-
Serai. This town, which contains 1,500 houses, and
10,000 inhabitants, is the station of the reserve of
the Russian army which holds the plateaux of the
Belbeck. From 300 to 400 deserters, most of them
Poles, have arrived at the allied camp; they relate
that the demoralisation of the Russian army was

most complete; and that such was the confusion
from the first moment of the attack, that the sol.
diers, exhausted with fatigue, remained for twenty-
four hours without provisions. The loss of the
Russians is estimated at 18,000 men."
The Patrie furnishes some information both as to the
Russian fire from the northern aide, and the efforts
making by the allies to restore the works of Sebasto-
pol :—" Since the Russians retreated to the north they
have continued to send us shot and shell. It must
not, in fact, be believed that we are actually out of
the range of the batteries situated on the edge of the
northern roadstead and those of the Plateau. The
shot from Foit Constantine reach as far as the Bay
of Streletska, which is at a greater distance, and it is
therefore very easy for those guns to reach the
town. As to the batteries of the other forts, their
extreme range goes beyond the place, and can reach
our most advanced siege works. But if the fire of
the Russians has not ceased, it results, from our
correspondence, that it is not very warm. In Sebas-
topol our engineers and artillerymen are not idle.
Fort St. Nicholas, Which, as we have announced, fell
into our hands almost uninjured, has been already
rtt into a good stool and its gulls 'greed?' Tetticu the