The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

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of Balaklava, bounded in front by the massive heights
still bristling with Russian batteries; behin•l by those in
the possession of the, French, and gradually narrow-
ing titl4t meets the water of the harbour at

ba,stopol,

The sides of the hill are covered with the bright green of
the juniper, contrasting well with the paler verdure
with which spring has began to clothe the valley beneath.
ft e Tchernaya runs peacefully through the valley, and
at the broadest point is not more than a flunked yards
across ; its banks are covered with vineyards, at.d every
kind of rich vegetation; and the valley looks the more
fruitful iu its marked contrast to the bleak appearance of
the hills around. As you ride at the base ot the biker-
man range of hills, the ravines and gorges are plainly
seen, through which the Russians advanced on the event-
ful day of the battle of Inkerman, and the numerous
remains still rotting away on every side tell but
too sadly of their hasty retreat. A heap of tattered
clothes and discoloured bones show the spot where many
a Russian has lain ever since he received his death
wound. On passing the Inkermann heights, you arrive
at a bend of the river, where the aqueduct is carried over
a ravine on six arches, well and elegantly built. On the
opposite side is seen the ancient Genoese Fort, built over
those excavations, which have defied the research of the
most ingenious of antiquarians, so ancient are they held
to be. Thee caves (which are plainly visible), go by the
name of " The City of the Dead ;" and the best received
history of them is that they were inhabited by the
ancient Christians who embraced the Arian
heresy. Riding along the river side, you come
to the remains of a bridge which the Russians broke
down after their retreat from Inkermann. Here a knot
of English and French were amicably conversing with two
Russian soldiers on the opposite side. These men were
probably sent down for the purpose, as they were remark-
ably strong-built powerful men, and were warmly clad in
tur•lined coats. From this point the view gradually opens
on the harbour of Sebastopol, and the effect of the bay
%ith Fort Constantine in the distance is very fine. On
reaching the docks of Sebastopol, where the aqueduct
ends, we rode home through the Barabelnaia and Redan
having gone through in one ride as many places of interest
as a man could well see in a day's journey. The aque-
duct which was built in 1853, at an enormous expense, to
convey water into Sebastopol, runs for four miles along
the banks of the Tehernaya, and is the boundary on our
side during the armistice, as the river is on
that of the Russians. It is nine feet broad, and took
more than a year to complete. At one point it runs
through a mountain, in a tunnel two hundred yards long.
Besides the bridge I mentioned at the entrance to Sebas-
topol, it crosses the Ouzakoff ravine on another one of
sixteen arches. This aqueduct, like the docks, has been
utterly destroyed by the Allies.
MA RCH 14.—T0-day there was a meeting of the linssian
and our own generals, for the formal signing of the armis-
tice. It took place at the Trak; it bt i lge, an I was a grand
sight. Hitherto the restrict ions placed on English officers
in regard to going into the valley of the Tchernaya, have
caused great complaint. The French, as at the taking of
Sebastopol, are allowed to go where they like, as long as
they do not penetrate into the Russsian lines ; not so the
less favoured English. Weather again wintry and cold.