The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1855.

LATEST FROM ABROAD.

The Illimiteur thus nodose Lord Beglea's death:
" Foe sews days pest lettese received frost Leaden
have stated that Lad Beglsa was seriously ill. A
despatch from General l'elissier, received this day
under date of June 28, 10 o'clock pm., announces the
death of the worthy general whom the government
of Queen Victoria had chosen to command our allies
in the East. France will join in the regrets of
General Peliesise

The following is his despatch to the Minister of
Wei:

"It is with profound regret I have to annonnos to
you that the venerable Chief of the English army
breathed his last sigh this evening at nine o'clock.
We are the more grieved sines his condition had
seemed for the last 24 hours much improved."

SATURDAY.

Orden have been given here to prepare shipping
i for the embarkation of 40,000 men.

STOCKHOLM, FRIDAY EVINING.

Accounts from Finland state that when the news
of the failure of the attack made spinet Belmatopol
on the 18th reached Abo on the 23rd, there wai
grand military parade and a Te Dawn, at which the
Grand Duke Nicholas was present.

r, Filmy Branca.

The session of the Grand Legislative Council of
the kingdom was opened to-day. The ministers will
submit the new fundamenlal law to the deliteration
of the Orend Council.

FRANCE.

—op—
(nioN Ova OWN coisssroNDlngt.)
PARIS, SATURDAY EYININO.

I am enabled to state on sore authority that the
governments of France and England, participating
in the opinion long since expressed by the public on
the shabby conduct of Austria, are resolved to de-
clare the treaty of December 2 at an end. They are
at this moment deliberating as to the beet form in
which this result can be made public. It is desired
to avoid an open rupture. I am concerned to add
that at present it is determined to maintain the
Austrian occupation of the Principalities. Indeed,
according to my information, in the course of a
very ugly diplomatic correspondence that has lately
taken place, Austria has made a great merit of
her occupation of the Principalities, and has
in a manner threatened to withdraw. Our
statesmen think it is better that she should remain
there than that Omer Pacha should be forced to with-
draw from the Crimea lest the Russians should re-
turn. It would appear, therefore, that while we
(very properly) shake off the one-sided obligations we
incurred by the treaty of Deo. 2, we mean to hold
Austria bound by her treaty with Turkey to protect
the Principalities, and thus to have them garrisoned
by a power almost openly hostile to ourselves. What
a complicated situation!

A council of ministers was held to-day at the
Tuileries. The subject of the deliberation is said to
have been the Emperoi's speech, to be delivered on
Monday, and the new loan; but on the former
topic there can have been no discussion, and it
is by no means a matter of course that the
Ispcech was communicated to the council. With
regard to the loan, the rumour is still that the amount
I will be 750 millions, but it is said that it will be ex-
clusively in Three per Cents., and that all subscrip-
tions above 10f. route (instead of 50f.) will be subject
to diminution in case of a surplusage being sub-
scribed. Four days in Paris' and Bin the provinces
are spoken of as the period during which the sub-
scription will remain open.
I am informed that a despatch, received to-day at
the English embassy, states that the cholera is very
bad in the British army.
Madame Emile de Girardin died yesterday evening
at the early age of from 48 to 48. This lady, es
Madlle. Delphine Gay, acquired great celebrity in
early life as a pcetesa. When only sixteen she was
crowned by the Academy for her poem on the plague
at Barcelona. Her verses on the death of General
Foy were greatly landed by the journals of the time
Before the revolution of 1830 she was in the habit of
reciting patriotic verses of her own composition in
certain liberal salons. Her success was such that she
acquired the appellation of the Tenth Muss. That
she was extremely beautiful is to be inferred from the
following line, in which she thus speak, of herself :
Js readais grace i Dieu du bonbon d'dtre bull .
In 1831 Madlle. Delphine Gay married Moosieur
E. de Girardin. She brought him a considerable for-
tune inherited from her father, who was receiver-'
general at Aix-la-Chapelle. After her marriage she
continued her literary career, writing feuilletons in
newspapers, novels, and plays. Her last dramatic
production, Tartuffe, had a great run at the Theatre
Francais. Although a decided blue-stocking, Ma-
dame de Girardin had a great reverence for her hus-
band. A good story is told in illustration of b
intense respect for his intellect. In times of political
trouble, when discussion was raging in the parlour
of her pretty villa in the Champs Elyse's, she said on
one occasion—" There is one above (ta hart!) who
would set all right if they would but listen to him."
Her auditors thought she referred to the Supreme
Being. She merely meant her husband, who was
writing a leading article on the first floor.

•PARIB, SUNDAY RTNNYNO.

The little Bonne was in no degree affected by the
news of Loed Raglan's death. The gathering on the
Boulevard was much thinner than usual. Scarcely
any business was done. The Rents was quoted pre-
cisely at the same price as yesterday and the day be-
fore-68fr.

I have reason to believe that the Emperor's speech
to-morrow will be the most warlike one that he has
Over pronounced, and that vcry firm language will
be used with regard to Germany. _ _ _

The Echo decole speaks in very hopeful terms of
the harvest. he weather for the last few days has
been all that could be desired. The blooming season
has gone off weU in the forward districts, and is now
going on favourably in the north. The principal
risk now is a deg-day heat which may ripen
the grain too quickly ; bat if, as there is every rea-
son to hope, this last Eames should be happily accom-
plished, there will be a good harvest. There will
not be so much plant as is sometimes seen, bat the
ears will be the better filled. The fall in flour in
Paris during the week is estimated at 3f. the sack,
and that in corn at from lf. to lf. 500. the hectolitre
and a half. A postscript in the Echo states that a
fall has taken place in all the country markets.
The Prow mays, in its weekly oommercial bulletin,
Suisse is booming MUM seise is the Pubis& law
tanks. While senses mama is lbo part of ammaissiam-
slab an meal* Ow masa= bralimoss mow In Parts
brim sallisa alba to as iespkapsas to Ilftelats the=
to pia alum bmswel bads saw ware upwards of a
month out of wank mow lad akployeasat. Many purchase.'
bars Ea* lam awls babe Pease( ladastry, std orders
bays boimiShe asses @mist Si those eshibitcd. Ad-
TWO Irma sea 111bams ire way favourable. Tars
is groat Is the baseia and • aperabandanos of
work. Maar baba are at a ebad-still for want of hands.
At Lycra lase bas boss • somentorabls rims is wages.
I as Beard that M. Gaillard de Ferry, Consul-
Osumi of hues at Havannab, has been appointed
GumniAleamul at London, in the place of M. Her-
bert. The appgatanat wee sent out by the lest boat,
whisk saied a day or two since.
An Algerian journal states that a quantity of anar-
chical tobacco pipes have been seized at Medeah.

Nest et the yachts whist% have beet fitted eat at
ma Oh mass lime messed se the Blest dm

THE ASSAULT ON THE SEDAN
AND THE MALAKHOW
BATTERTRSe.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, Jun 19. ,
The followiog is a diary of events of the last two
days. It will be seen the attack against the Reda.
and Malakhoff was not so sumesM as had been
anticipated, but the temporary failure will no doubt
within every brief period be replaced by events of a
more favourable entractes. They must shortly be I
gained possession of, by a repetition of mann, or by 1
other operations.
JUNE 17.—The bombardment opened at break of I
day. A rocket from one of the French batteries on I
the right of Careening Bay was the signal, and was
followed immediately by a heavy fire, which began
at the right, and soon extended along the lines as far
as the left of the Greenhill attack. The French bat- I
teries beyond did not open a general fire. A few I
shells had been discharged from time to time prc-
Timely along the whole line, and a little after mid-
night there was an active discharge of rockets from
a small battery on the extreme left of our position,
near the camp of the 9th Regiment, in advance of the
Third Division. Two fires were noticed to spring up
in the town, but they had been speedily extin-
guished. The fire which now opened was
of tremendous power, and was carried on with the
utmost energy : everyone seemed to agree that if
cannon could conquer the Russian fortifications they
were now doomed to destruction. The Selinghinak
Redoubt—the " Redoubts Blanche" as the French
have called it, from its white parapets—had been fully
armed, as well as the Mamelon, and both were now
pouring a continuous fire into the batteries which at
pear as if above the shore on the west of Careening
Bay and into the Malakhoff Tower works. The new
battery. made by our engineers above the Quarry,
containing four mortars and three long 32-pounders,
was throwing a raking fire into a battery, known u
the Mud Battery, on the proper right (our left) of
the Korniloff Bastion and the ruin of the Malakhoff
Tower. The Russian batteries at first replied with
energy, especially the batteries to the west
of Careening Bay, and a mortar battery to the pro-
per left of the Malakhoff rain. The batteries first-
mentioned are sometimes named by us the Marine
Batteries, being near the marine suburb, and by
the French as La &Marie de la Pointe, because it
encloses the west point of Careening Bay. The
Garden Batteries on the left of the south harbour
were also very active against us, and surprise was
expensed that arrangements had not been made with
the French works on the left for keeping these in
check. The wind blew from a north-easterly direc-
tion, and carried the smoke from the right along the
batteries and across the ravine, in which it lodged
like a thick mist towards the left. So
dense was the cloud of smoke that the
Greenhill attack was not visible to a spec-
tator taking his position on the right, excepting at
rare intervals, when either a temporary slackening
of the fire, or • freshening of the breeze, for a few
minutes cleared the obstruction away. Now and
then this dense veil completely hid the whole line
of batteries; and the darting flames and thick curl-
ing volumes of white smoke alone pointed out the
position of some of the guns.
7 E.M.—The fire has continued to rage furiously.
The Roden is nearly silent; one gun opens from it
occasionally. Four guns are still onen in the works
on the Malakhoff hill, two in the Korniloff Bastion
before the ruin of the tower, and two in the battery
on the right (our left) of it. The French have
appeared to suffer severely in the redoubt on the
Mamelon Vert ; shells from the shipping, from
the Marine batteries, and from some work which
appears to be behind the Malakhoff Tower, have been
constantly falling in and about the work. The bat-
tery in front of the Mamelon has, however, continued
very active against the works in front of the Round
Tower. The large line of battle ships remain silent.
They are drawn up, two threedeckers and two two-
deckers, nearly in line, some distance out in the
roadstead, and appear as if intended to cover the Ma-
lakhoff hill with the fire of their guns. Several
steamers are lying near there.
10 A.m.—Three rockets have just been fired by the
French from the Victoria redoubt. They are gene-
rally supposed to be a signal, but the object is quite
unknown. The fire both on our side and on that of the
French has slackened during the last half hour.
The Russian batteries are almost silent ; one gun is
fired from the Round Tower about every ten minutes.
The Redan has not fired for nearly three quarters of
an hour. The Mud Battery in the proper right of
the Korniloff Bastion is silenced : the artillerymen
were compelled to quit their guns by the entliading
fire from the Quarry Battery. Still no fire of any
consequence from the French batteries on the left.
The wind has become very changeable and high ; it
is now blowing from due east. The sky, which for
some time after sunrise was quite clear and bright,
has become clouded.
1 P.X.—Fire still slack. Three rockets just fired
from the Victoria Redoubt
2 P.N.—The fire has suddenly assumed redoubled
energy. The French have opened all their batteries
on the left. The lines of batteries are enveloped in
a shifting atmosphere of smoke, through which heavy
peals of thunder are unceasingly rolling. Some of
the Russian batteries seem to have become imbued
with fresh vigour. The marine batteries and some
of the batteries on the west side of the south harbour
are maintaining an energetic fire. The fire from the
Roden and Malakhoff continues very feeble. Several
rockets have been thrown from the left of the latter
position. The Cossack batteries on the north side of
the roadstead and some of the Inkermann batteries
are pouring a constant fire against the French right.
The atmosphere seems to be partaking in the general
convulsion. Clouds have gathered on all sides. Fre-
quent whirlwinds are passing over the camp, and high
columned dust are drawn up in their vortices. The wind
is veering round to the westward, and though moving
with considerable velocity, affords no refreshing re-
lief to the sun's heat; on the contrary, it hes all the
' oppressive close character of the sirocco. The moun-
tains beyond the Tchernaya seem to echo more loudly
the roar of the gnus ; the ground under foot trembles.
I From the heights near the Inkermann valley a good
view is obtained of the Russian positions on the north
side. In each camp troops are secs to be drawn up
in columns. Two small bodies are marching in a
' direction toward the roadstead, and one has nearly
arrived at the usual point of embarkation for cross-
ing to the south side. A long convoy of waggons is
, slowly wending its way along the brow of the moun-
tain, raising a cloud of dust as it moves towards the
Star Fort.
' The French say they have received notice that it is
probable the assault will take place at four this after-
noon.
10 P.Y.—The fire from the batteries was kept up
with energy throughout the afternoon, and lasted
till the daylight disappeared. Seen from the heights
above Sebastopol, the sunset wore all the appearance
usually presented during a thick fog. As it sank
into the sea, a reddened glare was cast through the
atmosphere of smoke, and over the distant hills. The
guns shortly afterwards ceased their fire, and the
accumulated haze gradually disappeared. It is now
a calm, clear night, the low masses of clouds have
passed away,the new moon is shining gracefully among
the stars, and over the scene of the day's conflict the
distant spectator sea only the shells as they rise and
fall in their beautiful flight Thus finishes the second
Sunday after Trinity at Sebastopol.
The French division of troops which marched to
the plain yesterday has not moved from the position
it then took up. At an early hour this morning
musketry, followed by the reports of heavy guns, was
heard among the hills beyond Tchorgoun, and shortly
after 1 o'clock in the afternoon a few guns were
probahsardbleinthathst a portdini°onnooff the force in Muk"gis'athefarptn have
It
is
been making a reconnaissance.
The men's rations were ordered to be cooked and
issued this afternoon for to-morrow, and it is no
Isog=ta secret that a grand attain is contemplated
the whole line of batteries, from the Malakhoff
to the Barrack battery, defending the Karabelnaia
suburb. The utmost confidence is expensed by the
highest authorities of nooses. The French are to
storm the Malakhoff hill and works with • total
fora of 28,000 men; the English the Roden and Gar-
den batteries, with 8,000 troops. These web being
tabs, the month side el Sebastopol nay be Wit to

have fallen into our. heads, for the Malakhoff defines.
form the key to the security of the Sarabelnaia por-
tion, and it would not be possible for the Russians to
retain the part of the town lying west of the south
harbour with the allies besieging them on the centre
and both flanks, and with nothing but the roadstead
to fall back upon.
The following are reported to be the arrangements
agreed upon between the allies. The bombardment
is to be renewed at daylight, and the whole power of
artillery in the batteries exerted against the enemy's
works. It is calculated that after.four hours' firing
the enemy's positions will be rendered as practicable
,as they are likely to be made by gunnery. At a given
signal the French are to advance against the Male-
khoff,' it being essential that this point should
be at least engaged, if not occupied, before the
attack on the Redan is undertaken. A consider-
able number of guns on the right of the
Malakhoff cover the Rodeo, but the Redan does
not bear on the Malakhoff. The English troops
are particularly not to show themselves in the
trenches, so that the enemy, supposing the assault to
be confined to the Malakhoff-hill, may be diverted
from concentrating a force to defend the Redan.
The attack against the Redan is to be made by
Ithree storming columns. They are to be under the
I command of Lieut.-General Sir George Brown. The
columns are to be composed of men from the Light,
Fourth, and Second Divisions. The columns from
the Light and Fourth Divisions are simultaneously to
attack the two flanks of the Redan : the Light Divi-
sion assaulting the left flank, the Fourth Division
the right flank. When these are carried, and a
lodgment effected, the column of the Second Division
is to attack the salient angle, and to make a road
there for the entrance of the working parties. If a
retrenchment be found within the work, it is to be
converted into part of the cover ; if none exist, the
working parties will at once establ4ih the necessary
protection.
Each storming column is to consist of 400 men, and
to have a support of 800 men. Reserves will be in
the trenches. The working parties will be 400 strong
for each column. The columns attacking the two
flanks will be each preceded by a covering party_ ofl
100 riflemen. There will also be an officer of En-
gineers, with some Sappers and Miners, a body of
men of the Rifle Brigade, carrying woolsack., and a
body of sailors carrying scaling ladders. These two
columns are to be formed in the Quarry outwork, the,
trenches connected with it, and leading toward the,
Redan, and also the trenches made by the Russians
to the right. The column of the Fourth Division is
to assemble on the left of the Quarry work, to be
nearest to the right flank of the Itedan; that of the
Light Division on the opposite side.
The first brigade of the Light Division will fur-
nish the assaulting column, support, and working
parties. The second brigade are to form the guard
to the trenches to-night, and the reserve to-morrow.
This storming column is to be under the immediate
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lyeons, 23rd Regi-
ment, and is to consist of 200 men of the 23rd and
200 of the 34th Regiments. Colonel Yea, of the 7th
Fusiliers, is to act as brigadier-general in the Light
Division attack ; and General Codrington is to assume
temporary command of the whole division, while
Sir George Brown commands the general attack.
The storming column from the Fourth Division is to
consist wholly of men of the 57th Regiment, and to
be under the command of Lieut. Colonel Shadforth.
Captain Peel, R.N., will command the naval con-
tingent. Sir George Brown is to be in the 8-gun
battery in rear of the second parallel, right attack ;
Field Marshal Lord Raglan is to take up a position
in another battery of the same attack. The signal
for the British assault is to be a flag hoisted in the
8-gun battery.
A brigade of the Third Division, under Mor
General Eyre, is to make an attack upon the Garden
Battery, on the west side of the south harbour. It is
to consist of the 18th, 38th, and 41th Regiments.
The 10th Hussars have received orders to hold
themselves in readiness for special service. Fifty
troopers from each regiment of the Cavalry
Division, excepting the 10th, are to move
to the front at daybreak. It is generally supposed
that a simultaneous movement will take place
in the plain, that a part of the Sardinian and French
forces encamped there will cross the Tchernaya river
and attack the Russian position on the Inkermann
mountain, and so draw off part of the troops on the
north side, which might otherwise be brought across
to reinforce the garrison of Sebastopol. It is pre-
sumed the 10th Hussars are to act in conjunction
with this force. It is also asserted that the French
will make a feigned movement on the left, taking ad-
vantage of any circumstances which may offer them-
selves. Another rumour states that the fleet will
effect an entrance into the roadstead, and assist the
land forces. The First Division is to move to the front
at an early hour and form a second reserve.
Such is supposed to be the general plan of the
attack.

JUNE 18, 8 A.M.—A few lines will suffice to
describe the result, so contrary to what was antici-
pated, of the assault upon the Malakhoff and Redan.
It is a subject that no Englishman can wish to dwell
upon ; for although the same indomitable courage
was exhibited that shone forth so conspicuously in
the fatal charge at Balaklava, it was displayed to as
little purpose, and was attended by a like disastrous
sacrifice of life.

Shortly before 3 a.m. the attacking columns, sup-
ports, and reserves, being in their respective positions
in the trenches, before the sun had risen to dissipate
the dense vapours which a slight breeze from the east-
ward failed to remove, and just as the batteries were
expected to open in full force, a sudden
fire of musketry between the Malakhoff works
and the Mamelon attracted universal attention.
The long lines of ambulance mules of the French were
only commencing to thread their way through the
ravines to the scene of intended attack, the leading
troop of the cavalry expected from below was just
appearing in sight, the reserve of Guards and High-
landers had not yet arrived. A musketry attack was
least of all expected at that hour. The Russians had
advanced by the left of the Malakhoff-hill, and taking
advantage of the uncertain light of the early dawn,
had made a sortie against the French in their ad-
vanced trenches on the Mamelon. The sortie was
repulsed ; and had it ended here the chief points in
the programme of the day's events need not have been
interfered with. But by a fatal mistake the success in
repelling the sortie was at once followed up, and,seizing
the temporary advantage,the repulse became converted
into an attack upon the Malakhoff itself. Some of the
French troops mounted the hill, others, pursuing the
Russians who had made the sortie, followed them to
the gorge of the work, and thus actually gained
admission into the work itself. Now the error was
discovered; the Russians showed themselves in over-
powering numbers, and but few:of our Allies who had
gained admission into the works of the Malakhoff
effected their escape. At the same time, the enemy
crowded upon the parapets, and poured a deadly rifle
fire into the troops attempting to mount the hill, while
grape and canister were discharged from field
pieces placed in commanding positions. Oar Allies
were absolutely forced to retire within the protection of
their advanced trench. Before this shelter had been
obtained, and while the troops were fighting within
and around the Malakhoff, the flag was hoisted in the
8-gun battery. Late in the day previous the ar-
rangement respecting the composition of the storm-
ing column under Colonel Lysons had been changed.
Instead of 200 men from the 23rd Fusiliers and 200
men from the 34th Regiment, the column was to
consist wholly of men of the 34th Regiment, the
number remaining the same. This involved other
changes in the composition of the supports and work-
ing parties. The storming column from the Fourth
Division remained as before arranged. The signal for
the assault was no sooner given than it was per-
ceived, and at once these brave men left their shel-
ter in the trenches. Just what the Rus-
sians were waiting for : the columns bad no sooner
shown themselves, than the fire from above opened.
It was not to be counted by gaps—it was a raging
storm, an incessant rain of grape and rifle balls. The
dead and wounded strewed the ground ; it was a mira-
cle bow any escaped. On the left, Colonel Shadforth
had fallen; on the right, Colonel Lysone, wounded in
the knee, found himself close to the deep foes., but,
out of his four hundred, with not more than forty
around him. Neither the woolsacks nor the ladders
were at hand, but that was a matter of little import,
for the parapets were covered with dense lines of the
enemy, and on every aide the deadly grape swept down
its victims. The Roden was filled with troops. Sup-
ports sent to the otorming parties add motile of any

avail, and nothing was left bat to retie, with the
hope of renewing the attack• at a more teasoaaw
opportunity.
Until the official returns are conceited, it will art
be possible to know the total loss we have entanisi
on this occasion. Brigadier General Sir John Quip,
bell, who pushed forwatd with the Fourth Divans
storming column, and Colonel Lacy Yea, who vie
commanding the whole Light Division attack, aa
who also pushed forward with the stem
log column under Colonel Lynne, were been
killed. They fell near to the enemy's works. Wad
Yes, who distinguished himself no less by his ink
ing energy in providing for the welfare of his
ment than by his courage and bravery in the lieu,
is a serious loss, not merely to his regiment and
vision, but to the whole army. The 67th had thole
colonel and two officers killed, and seven Assn
wounded. The 34th had four officers killed and*
wounded. The 33rd Regiment had four Awe
killed and two wounded. 'fhe Zth Fusiliers had ess
officer killed and nine or ten wounded. Ia the Rile
Brigade two officers were killed and three wounded,
Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, of the 33rd Regimen,
who was lately wounded in the shoulder, and lettne
sick Het to take his share in this attack, received
a gunshot wound near the hip. Lieutenant
Valentine Bennett and Langford Heyleado
the same regiment, were killed; Lieges/its
Colonel Johnstone lost his left hand, and
tains Quayle and Thomas Wickham were by
wounded, the former, it is feared, mortally. Me*
General Jones, of the Royal Engineers, who was is
the 8-gun battery in the right attack, received is
injury in the forehead from a stone driven from the
parapet by a round shot, and suffered from profuse
bleeding. In the same battery Capt. George Browne,
of the 88th Regiment, had his right arm carried of
by a round shot. The same shot killed two men g
his side. Lieut.-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engl.
nun, a most valuable officer, had both thighs pierced
by a rifle ball, the bone on one side, it is said, being
broken.
The brigade under Mejor•General Eyre carried the
work against which their force was directed, bathes
teen unable to take advantage of their success, in
consequence of the failure in the attack upon the
Itedan. They are, indeed, for the present prisoners
in the battery they have taken; they are unable to
leave it without being exposed to a deadly fire. Their
loss is not known, but one or two messages have
been managed to be sent. The 18th Regiment his
particularly suffered. Fears are ale o expressed
respecting General Eyre. The regiments will not be
able to quit until darkness has arrived.
Altogether, our loss, it is calculated, will amount
to between fifty and sixty officers killed and wounded:
The number of men killed and wounded is not known.
Many bodies are still lying on the ground near the
Redan. Some of the wounded have contrived to creep
in to our trenches: among others, an officer who first
fell wounded at the ditch of the Redan. He held up
a white pocket handkerchief, as a signal that he reit.
dered himself, but the Russians standing on the para-
pet fired a volley, and again wounded him in the
chest.

The Russians must have suffered severely, for the
shot and shell fell thickly in the Malakhoff batteries
and Redan, while the enemy crowded the works.
About 5 a.m. some very heavy firing was heard on
the extreme lett, and it was generally attributed to
broadsides from our fleet. A hope was suddenly felt
that they had forced their way through the sunken
ships at the mouth of the roadstead, and would soon
divert the fire from the Russian steamers, which
were making severe havoc in the French columns
near the Mamelon. But in a short time the fire
ceased, and the hope was dissipated. The ex•
pected attack on the right, by the army in
the plain, against the Inkermaun heights, was
also eagerly listened for, but nothing was
heard, and it has since been ascertained that it
did not take place. Two Russian battalions monad
from the north side after the attack had commenced.
The detachments of cavalry which had been ordered
up to the front, and which it was supposed had beta
reserved for protecting our right flank against any
approach of the enemy, or assisting in some move.
ment in that direction, as it turned out were intended
only to prevent spectators from advancing to obtains
view of the engagement. They extended themselves
in a line across the sloping ground from Greenhill to
the Careening Bay ravine, and kept back from passing
this barrier many an anxious visitor from Balaklays
and elsewhere.

Two great mistakes appear to have influenced the
whole of this attack. The first was in permitting
the enemy by the early sortie to divert us from the
original plan of the undertaking; the second, an
over-confidence in our own strength and resources se
compared with those of the enemy. Had the bom-
bardment from the batteries taken place the enemy
would probably have supposed it would continue all
day, and withdrawn, a great part of hie troops, for
their security, from the neighbourhood of the works.
It might be presumed that the enemy would not
have made the attack against the French at the
Mamelon without having large reserves within
reach. To attack the Redan with two storming co.
lamas of 400 men each appears to have been a hope-
less case; the ditch was deep and broad, the
abattis dense, and there were at least five thousand
men within the work. The sailors, if employed
in the undertaking, might perhaps 'have best
more useful otherwise than in carrying the
ladders. With their comrades falling about them.
and under the excitement of getting at the enemy,
the ladders were not carried to the place intended.
The failure is more than ever to be regretted at the
present moment, when, beyond all doubt, the spirit
of the enemy had become depressed by their reverses
in the Sea of Azoff.

It is said that General Pelissier has declared be
will have the Malakhoff Tower before night, but no
preparations for renewing the attack are at present
visible.

A rumour has gained ground that a deserter from
our ranks had made the Russians acquainted with
the intended attack, and that it was a rase to autici.
pate it by a sortie. It is not necessary to resort to
such an explanation. The Russians had a flag flying
within the Malakhoff works all the time of the engage-
meat.

It is feared the French loss in killed and wounded
is very great; the number at present is only matter
of surmise.

The early morning was calm and fine; About ten
o'clock the wind became very high, and clouds of dust
filled the air, and towards noon rain fell. The after
noon became fine.
JUNE 19.—The success of yesterday induced the
enemy last night to make a sortie in force against our
advanced works and those of the French. At half.
past 12 o'clock a tremendous fire of musketry opened,
and the divisions in front were called under arms.
The fire ceased, however, without their assistance
being required. No particulars are known beyond
the fact of the Russians being gallantly repulsed.
Their loss must have been great as they retired from
the fire of the batteries. The Guards and Highlanders
gave the greater part of the trench duties in the
right attack.
It is currently stated that an expedition consisting
of a force of Sardinians and French, together with 500
men of our 10th Hussars, is to start to•day in the
direction of Mackenzie's farm. The 10th Hussars
were under orders last night to move to the plain
about two hours before daybreak this morning.