The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-18 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 18, 1854.

never reached our batteries, and never attempted to rally
when °doe they fell into confusion. It seemed something
supernatural to see the plain clear and empty, and within
half an hour afterwards completely covered with the killed
and wounded. Preparations were instantly made for in-
terring the dead, and removing the wounded and prisoners
to the rear. All the prisoners say that the town is much
out up, and begins to sutler fur want of water.
There is doutless a general system of tactics arranged
between Liiders, who commands in our rear, and Bodahoff
and the other generals in Sebas:opol; and a combined
attack from both sides is not impossible. About the
result of this there can only he one opinion, for I am cer-
tain, from what I have seen of the Russians, 10,000 of
English or French infantry would be a heavy overmatch
for 15,01,1 of them. Since Alma the Russians have a
positive dread of our foot regiments.
For the history of the two following days, the last
fur which the detailed accounts have arrived, we draw
upon the Times letter :

Oct. 27.—Nothing was done to-day. Admiral Lyons, Sir
George Brown, and General Cathcart visited Lord Raglan
in the course of the day. The fire on both sides is very
feeble. It is decided that we keep Balaklava, and the
Sanspariel has come into the harbour, and is moored with
her broadside towards the road to the valley. The
Russians are still in force in the gorge, and their vedettes
are not far distant from ours. This force seems to have its
heal-quarters at the village of Kamiskoi, and keeps its com-
munication with Sebastopol open by the other side of the
Tschernaya. The body of troops which attacked us on the
26th caine out of Sebastopol. We are making every pre-
paration, in conjunction with the French, to defend the
approaches to lialaklava, and to secure our communication.
hree battalions of French troops are encamped over the
north-west side of the town. Two hundred sailors 3f the
Agamemnon, and about two hundred sailors and marines
from other vessels, have been landed to strengthen Sir
Colin Campbell's bands. A very formidable battery has
been erected by the sailors on the heights in front of the
French. We have ninety prisoners iu Balaklava, and as a
measure of precaution the bulk of them will be sent off to-
day. The officer who captured Lord Dunkellin told me
that he took his lordship to Prince Menschikoff, and that
his reception was of the kindest possible description. An
attempt to exchange Russian prisoners for his lordship was
said to have been made and to have tailed. Our guns are
becoming very shaky from repeated tiring. We must have
more men, and that speedily. The weather is lovely, the
days befbg as warm as ours in best July time.
Oct. 28.—The mail leaves at 9 a.m., and I have barely
time to say a word. Last nightthe Russians gave us their
usual salvo. They showed in some force in front of the
French, but were repelled by musketry from the covering
parties. To pay them off' for their audacity, the allies have
seat strong parties of sharpshooters to-day, and between
the lull of the eternal cannonade, which keeps up mono-
tonously, morning, noon, and night, till the ear is frenzied
and worn out, one can now hear .the pop ! pop ! pop ! of
the rifles at the embrasures.
Towards morning there was some musketry neard from
the French lines, and, to our wonderment, an inexplicable
apparition of riderless horses took place in ourcamp They
turned out to be fully equipped and accoutred—saddled,
bridled, and all—and were recognised as belonging to
Russian dragoons. How they turned up no one knows ;it
is supposed that their owners got into a panic, and" bolted"
ere they could get into the saddle. Already 193 have been
caught.
The firing at this moment on our front lines has nearly
slackened altogether.
There have been several fires at night in the town lately.
It is suspected that the Russians make them to entice us
to fire on the place, and to divert us from other spots more
vulnerable.

The Herald correspondent writes on this day
(28th) :

Towards yesterday evening the fire of the Russians was
hot and accurate, and no less than nine of the guns in our
works were dismounted. One of the sailors at work in
our marine battery deserted to the enemy two days ago,
and has given them much valuable information with re-
gard to the position of our trenches. This scoundrel was
au American, and belonged to the Viamund, Captain Peel.
Orders have been sent down here to send up the heavy
guns of the Wasp with all speed. I believe they are to
replace those dismounted in the trenches. The whole of
the crew of the Wasp, officers end men, have also gone to
our lines, for the purpose of manning the batteries.
The French progress in their mine every day. At the
same time there seems a general belief here that the siege
will last for some weeks yet to come; indeed, it is stated
everywhere that all are to be hatted and winter here. If
this is true we must have powerful reinforcements from
England and France, for sickness and war are pulling down
our numbers sadly.
The Turks have been removed from all points of im•
portance, and replaced either by marines or foot regi.
ments.

CHAPLAINS AND MEDICAL ATTENDANTS TO

THE ARMY.

A correspondence has passed between Mr. Sidney
Herbert, Secretary at War, and the Rev. Ernest
Hawkins, 8.D., Secretary to the Society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, relative to
the attempt which the society is now making to send
out additional chaplains to the seat of war. Mr.
Hawkins stated that the society would undertake to
make an allowance at the rate of 100/. a year to
every such chaplain, provided the Government would
guarantee an equal sum, with free passage, and the
ordinary field allowances. Mr. Sidney Herbert has
replied that he concurs in the arrangement proposed,