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THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—An ingenious comparison 18 Ynade
in a review of " The Imperial Policy of-Russia, ~
between the recent demand of that Power to keep
up an undiminished force in the Black Sea and the
application of an " eminent housebreaker" to have
his professional tools given up to him on his release
from prison. Had a peace been arranged, says the
writer, Russia might be said to have completed the
term of her imprisonment ; her ships of war and
stores at Sebastopol being her professional
tools, the cannon and mortars the skele-
ton keys with which she would pick
the lock of the Ottoman Porte—one difference
being, however, that the magistrates in question
had possession of the tools of their adventurer. It
is justly remarked that by refusing to give up these
offensive possessions, or even toabstainfrom increas-
ing them, Russia at once admits her intentions
with regard to Constantinople, as "what else can
she want with a great fleet in the Black Sea or
with the fortifications of Sebastopol ?" An inva-
sion, it is remarked, would never be commenced
there, nor would any nation build a first-class for-
tification to protect a little district of summer resi-
dence and seabathing, the name of which was hardly
ever mentioned before, and of which it is observed
the better informed probably knew enough to say
it was a place somewhere in Southern Russia. A
retrospect of the history of the empire traces its
encroaching and aggressive policy from the days of
Peter the Great, one of whose lines of policy it was
to form the connection which so strongly links the
interests of Germany with the destinies of Russia.
" Zaidee," a romance, is continued, and this in-
stalment gives us several incidents. One of these
is the discovery by the heroine of an old volume
belonging to her grandfather, in which he has left
a record of his repentance, and desire for atone-
ment. A serious fit of illness follows, but the
whimsical family are all much attached to her, and
she is well cared for and finally recovers.
Another incident is the discovery of the
first trace of Zaidee by the now diminished
family at the Grange, but their search proves un-
availing. The " Notes on Canada and the North
West.of America" is continued. In these regions
the value of land is frequently doubled in a year,
or even sometimes in a few months. Wisconsin
was only admitted into the Union as a state in
1848. In 1838 the population was only 18,130,
in 1850 the census return was 305,91. The
Governor of the State asserted in 1854 that there
were upwards of 500,000 inhabitants, who had all
emigrated there within the last fifteen years. The
second letter to Basebius on " Once upon a Time"
is on this occasion devoted 10 the consideration of
the book itself, of which it draws such an attractive
picture, that if any further inducement to read it
was wanted beyond the name of the author, the
anecdotes and literary history here -quoted ivoiald
surely furnish it. " The Story of the Campaign"
relates, among other incidents, the assault of the
Mamelon and Quarries. It is followed by one of
the most remarkable articles in the number, a vigor-
ous, unflinching, and indignant denunciation of the
Aberdeen Cabinet, which traces the whole course
of their duplicity, vacillation, and Russian policy.
Individually and collectively they are held up to
unmitigated and well-merited censure. After at-
tacking Mr. Gladstone for his sympathy for the
Russian losses, the writer exclaims :—" Good in-
tentions ! it is well ; but that does not suffice for
men who have to act for an empire. We do not
imagine that the Aberdeen Cabinet preferred the
interests of the Czar to those of their country—we
do not conceive that they wilfully compromised the
safety, thcugh they knowingly compromised the
honour, of England. Yet they actually did all these
things. They invited the Cossacks into Europe.
They have involved civilisation in a dilemma, and
liberty in a death struggle. At the same time they
have kept England unarmed, unwarned, and with
no allies save such as forced themselves upon us in
our Government's despite. And to all this they
have added a career of duplicity towards the nation,
which deepens their folly and mismanagement into
a criminality which we care not to define." Well
may the writer at last exclaim :—" Away with
them ! Never more let them touch helm or sail of
the State. They have brought England to the edge
of the reefs, and they have shaken the good ship to
its keel. Let us have no more such pilots. A
good name is now degraded, and Peelism is Rus-
sianism." The number concludes with a paper on
" Administrative Reform."

The Dublin University .—" The Dramatic Writers
of Ireland" has for its memoii Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. As may be supposed, an interesting
subject is thus given, and an explicit, while neces-
sarily curtailed, account is presented of the life and
actions of this remarkable character. It is said
that already many have been occupied with record-
ing "the varied abilities, systematic profusion,
convivial intemperance, brilliant conversational
wit, unrivalled eloquence, dazzling meridian, and
most melancholy decline, of this gifted but ill-regu-
lated son of genius." It is a curious circumstance
that Mrs. Sheridan consigned the subject of this
sketch, with his brother, to a schoolmaster, with
the remark that they were the two dullest boys she
had ever met with. Sheridan early displayed the
want of judgment and caution that characterised
his life. He ran away with the beautiful Miss
Linley when ho was twenty-two and she eighteen.
He was without profession or income. The first at-
tempt of Sheridan was the comedy of " The
Rivals," which, successful and meritorious as
it has since proved to be, was badly received
the first night. Very different was the re-
ception given to " The School for Scandal."
" The drop had not fallen on the first act before
the whole house felt they were sitting in judgment
on a master-piece—one of those rare productions
which appear once in a century, an inspiration of
real genius and an exhibition of truthful character,
drawn from nature, without reference to age,
society, local manners, or ephemeral fashions."
The critic here states that perhaps this play may
be placed at the head of all recent comedies, not
only in the English, but in any European language.
A passenger walking near Drary-lane was startled
by a noise that resemlaled rolling thunder and an
earthquake. Ho learned on inquiry that it was
the applause of the audience at the new comedy.
When twenty-eight Sheridan relinquised the drama
for a new sphere of celebrity ; although unsuccess-
ful in the outset of his Parliamentary career h 3
persevered. It is said that his celebrated speech
on the charge against Warren Hastings forlhe spo-
liation of the Begams produced an effect never
equalled before or since in the walls of any legis-
lative assembly. Burke, Fox, and Pitt outvied
each other in their praises, and Byron in his
monody has thus recorded it :
" When the loud cry of trampled Hindostan
Arose to Heaven in her appeal to man,
His was the thunder, his the avenging rod,
The wrath, the delegated voice of God,
Which shook the nations through bis lips, and blazed,
Till vanquish'd senates trembled as they praised.",

The concluding portion of this sketch is sad and
gloomy ; it records how he " whose passionate and
creative genius had stirred the hearts of nations by
its inspired sympathy, and governed senates by its
burning elcquence," was left to die unnoticed and
alone. On Sunday a sheriff's officer arrested the
expiring sufferer. On the following Saturday all
that was mortal was conveyed to the grave iu West-
minster Abbey in the presence of royalty—

"And bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day,
Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow."

By the grave of Sheridan aro three similar, which
are those of John Henderson, David Garrick, and
Samuel Johnson. It is observed that "it would
be difficult to select four mare remarkable men
lying together in the peaceful communion of the
grave throughout the vast extent of that thickly-
peopled and time-honoured necropolis." " Al-
berico Porro," a tale of the Milanese Revolution of
1848, is an exciting story; but, as may be premised
from the title, its details are of a painful nature.
The cruel and unjust policy pursued by the Aus-
trians towards the unfortunate Italians is vividly
narrated, and the state of the country in its indig-
nant, and yet depressed, spirit ably described.
The hero is a young nobleman, whom his friends
ire urging on to rise up.against the invaders, but
who hesitates at first till roused by a scene of
cruelty committed against some poor tenants of his
by the soldiers of the oppressors, he is left weigh-
ing over in his mind the chances of success
the tyrants. " Papers on,Poetry" has for its su
the ballads of Spain, their age and origin.
is called
tl e
against
We are informed that their number surpasses that
Doin
of all the European nations combined. Many have
attempted arranging them in a chronologicale d classj-
pine r
a f
b r me
fication, but the task has beensibiesd yo t
Augustin Duran, who, it
Percy of Spain. The work he has arranged contains
nearly two thousand ballads, to which is affixed a
discourse of great utility of an historical and criti-
cal character. Tho various styles are here alluded
to, traditional, literary, and poetic. The ballad
was in its greatest glory when "Lope and Gongora
took it into their own possession ; then indeed it
clothed itself in all the splendour of poesy, diffusing
among the people an intense feeling of poetic en-
joyment, which found its fullest fruition in the
drama; to which it contributed materials that even
yet are unexhausted." " The Government, the
Departments, and the War" contains some forcible
arguments against the • piesent state of things. In
speaking of Administrative Reform, it is observed
that the Conservatives first recognised its necessity
—that their Cabinet was formed of " ability before
rank." After some remarks made on the motion of
Lord Ellenborough in the Lords the writer thus
proceeds

2WV ioncl SkAborouo attain in tOiloords

Mr. Disraeli has repeated in the Commons, with the
same result. The observations we have applied to the
first debate on administrative reform fit the others. The
Derby Chancellor of the Exchequer by his defeated
motion secured the important triumph for his party of
Placing them before the country as not only the
favourers, but the originators, of a comprehensive
scheme of improved administration. The very phrase
which has now become the motto of a great association
sprang from him. In his speech of December, 1852,
he first gave Ministerial embodiment to the growing,
but then sot formidable, movement for government by
merit, and the proper exercise of patronage. Others
carried out his views in part, but sufficient yet remains
_
of his plan unadopted to form a distinctive feature of
Conservative policy; and knowing this to be the case
Mr.' Disraeli, in hia
oration during the Layard debate,
pledged the party of which he is'a brilliant member, to a
thorough departmental reformation. To that extent the
Whigs will not, cannot go. They are bound by too
many ties. Their political existence is too abnormal.
As a body they are composed of heterogeneous mate-
rials, cohering badly. But the conservatives are a com-
pact power ; and if they be in a. zninority in the present
Parliament, are rendered so bycoalitions without principle
or any elements of continuance. In adhering rat.onally
and practically to administrative refornk we give a really
valuable pledge which should satisfy the nation at large,
sealed as it is by the efforts about being put forth when
a disgraceful faction expelled Lord Derby from office.
Mr. Disraeli, with singular wisdom, enunciated broadly
on the occasion to which we refer the views of hie party,
and their determination, should they occupy the Tree.
sury benches before the so-much desiderated changes are
effected. What could be more pointed, vigorous, or
definite than the following declaration :
" lam of opinion that the entrance into that service
should not be by mere favouritism. I think it should
be the subject of a substantial and real test of fitness,
and I think the idea of a substantial and real teat of fit-
ness is not illusory, but essentially practical. I think,
in the second place, that the rewards of our public civil
servants should be on a higher scale. I think that the
result of the change will be public economy, and not in-
creased expenditure. I think that the reward of the
public servants should not be merely of a fixed nature,
but that they should be trained to look upon other and
more spiritual rewards which animate and ennoble the
conduct of men. I am also of opinion that the civil
service of the country ought to be made and must be
made, strictly and completely professional, and the great
offices of the State should be reserved for public servants
who have been trained and educated in the permanent
civil service. These are what I think sound and judicious
changes. They are changes of admiiiistrative reform .
They are changes which I think every Government ought
to adopt and carry out, and nothing short of this ought
to satisfy the house."

Bentley's Miscellany.—The comprehensive ques-
tion of " How We are all Getting On," is the title
of the opening paper in this magazine, which takes
a brief view of affairs, without arriving at any very
novel or striking conclusion. The article which
follows is on the present Czar, Alexander 11., of
whom, considering his position, comparatively little
is known. It is, of course, difficult to foretell
his future career from his antecedents, or divine
what effect power and position will have on his
character. The present sketch of him is founded
on a work by M. Leonzon Leduc, entitled " Per-
sonal Reminiscences of the Emperor Alexander IL,"
recently published at Paris. " Neapolitan Expe-
riences" relates a romance of Italian life, a love
story, with all sorts of misfortunes, and a
happy conclusion. Indian warfare is be-
coming quite a forgotten subject, but the
author of an article on the annexation of Nag-
pore thinks it right to call the attention of the
public to the principle of our policy in Hiudostan.
For a country which consoles itself in all the pri-
vation and suffering occasioned by the present cam-
paign by the consideration of the justice of its cause,
he considers the system of aggression and appro-
priation displayed in our Indian dominions to be
somewhat inconsistent. A paper on " Sebastopol,
Kertch, and the Sea of Azoff" relates the recent
events of the campaign, and takes a general sum-
mary of the present state of affairs in the Crimea.
"Ad Statuas" is a description of a visit to the
Vatican by night, lighted only by wax tapers.
The effect of this is described as most im-
pressive. " The Mormons in Utah" gives an
account of that extraordinary sect, whose in-
crease and prosperity since their settlement in
Utah has been something surprising. In 1852 the
heads of the community sent messengers through
all the branch colonies to discover how many Mor-
mons would enter a poorhouse they proposed to
establish. Out of more than thirty thousand per-
sons, most of whom' hal joined the colony ex-
tremely poor, only two preferred a claim for relief!
Among the most remarkable papers is "An
Essay on Leigh Hunt " by Monkshood.

Co/burn's United Service.—The usual narrative
of the naval and military operations of the month
is accompanied by a useful sketch-map of the ope-
rations in the sea of Azoff. The Governor of her
Majesty's settlements in Gambia contributes some
useful information respecting western Africa in a
bluff soldierly fashion. " Errors on the Subject of
the present State of the Army" starts with a mis-
take. No outcry has ever been raised against
peninsular experience ; the complaint has been
that experience has been preferred to active com-
mand after it has been reduced to go on crutches.
A misstatmeut like this will hardly prepare the
lay reader to believe in the writer's flattering ac-
count of the general or purely military organisation
and regulation of the army, which be represents as
incapable of improvement, though in another ar-
ticle it is frankly admitted that the chance of rising
from the ranks is so infinitesimally small as to be
inoperative for good. Among the remaining
papers are a lucid account of " The War of Libe-
ration in the Peloponnesus in 1820," and a continu-
ation of two valuable articles on " Central Ame-
rica" and "Military Education," the Editor with
his "Portfolio" bringing up the rear as energeti-
cally, and with as much good sense, mingled with
professional prejudice, as ev,er. In his defence of
Lord Raglan—which, to our thinking, bears the
marks of warm personal friendship—the talents
and services of that noble and lamented com-
mander are lauded as we would be happy to be-
lieve they deserve. The editorial remarks on the
magsacre at Hango, and other Russian barbarities,
will find an echo in every British heart ; and it is
to be hoped the recommendation to British officers
to hold no intercourse for the future with Russian
officers will be followed.

The Zoi,st. H. Bailliere.

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being briefly but lucidly narrated. The particu-
lars of a number of remarkable cases by the. agency
of mesmerism, with explanatory and other appro-
priate remarks, are also given, and contribute
largely to the value of the number. The most in-
teresting feature, however, of the Zoist for July, to
the general reader at least, will be a phrenologi-
cal sketch, made at Milan in 1812, of the character
cf Colonel Haynau, since well known as Marshal
Haynau, "by Dr. Castle, of Montmorency, near
Paris ;" and an illustrated paper—to which Dr.
Elliotson contributes the introduction and conclu-
sion—by Mr. Straton, of Rosebank, near Dundee,
ou " The Correspondence between the Characters
and Heads of the two Murderers lately Executed at
Newgate," the cerebral developments in each case,
and, more especially, or rather obviously, in the
two latter being shown to correspond, phrenologi-
cally speaking, with their known characters in a
remarkable dgree, thereby giving force to the les-
son of humility and thankfulness Dr. Elliotson in-
culcates. in connection with Haynau, we learn
from a foot-note, that it was whispered at Vienna,
that at the post 2nol tem, as it was thought to be, of
the Marshal, "his heart was seen to beat, the blood
flowed, and he groaned."

—lt will be remembered that
last month oNnetwh al description was given in this maga-
zine of the organisation of the army of Austria.
strengtho f
orders o f i thes e
ry Prussian
large,
army. The
This number contains a similar article, which pre-
sents us with some.similar- details respecting the
organisation and
distribution effective
there being no less than 12 different decorations.
An article on " Human Longevity" is founded on
the recent work of M. Fl
ourens, which has attracted
a good deal of attention •scientific .
in circles. His
theory is that men and animals live five times the
length of the time they take in growing. Mrs.
Bushby, the accomplished translator from the
Danish,contributes"Taleof Z land "
a et ,
which at least possesses some novelty to recommend
it. The history of Adeline de Castello. is con-
tinued under the title of the " Sick Chamber," but
is not yet concluded, though it rapidly approaches
its termination. The series of papers on the
Eighteenth Century " are this month devoted to
a curious and interesting topic—the Wars and ap-
prehensions of Invasion at that period. The
thirty-third number of " Literary Leaflets," by
Sir Nathaniel, presents us with a criticism on the
" Life and Letters of the Rev. Sydney Smith,"
lately published. The " Diary of a First Winter
in Rome" is nearly at an end, we should surmise,
as it has now reached the " Holy Week." A new
story is commenced in this number, with the not
very attractive appellation of " Stoke Dotterell, or
the Liverpool Apprentice."

Loss OF A. STEAMER OFF FOLKESTONE.—On Saturday
afternoon a telegraphic despatch from Folkestone was
posted in the underwriters' room at Lloyd's, announcing
that a steamer, which had evidently been in collision
.with some ship in the Channel, and had been taken in
tow by the Government transport steam-ship Chester,
No. 182, had gone down in about 15 fathoms water,
some two miles oft Folkestone, between seven and eight
that (Saturday) morning. Nothing further had trans-
pired, but it is believed that they were endeavouring to
make the pert when the Ammer foundered.

ASSAULT ON THE REDAN

AND THE
MALAKHOFF BATTERIES.

CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 19.
The following is a diary of events of the last three
days. It will be seen the attack against the Redan and
Malakhoff was not so successful as had been anticipated,
but the temporary failure will no doubt within
avery
bzief period be replaced by events of a more favourableof,
character. They must shortly begained possession
by a repetition of assault, or by other operations.
JUNE 16.—Captain John Vaughan, of the 38th Regi-
ment, while posting some advanced sentries in front of
the left attack last night, received a mortal wound
through the body from a rifle ball. Captain Vaughan
was one of the most active officers in his regiment, and
a general favourite.
There has been a tolerably active fire kept up all day
from various parts of the lines.
The Russians on the
right have chiefly directed their efforts against the
Mamelon Vert, scarcely a shot
Thehas been thrown at the
day has been very
new works near the Quarry.
hot, and is followed by a close evening.
Many of the cannon shot thrown by the Russians
during the last.few e have been recently cast. The
surface is quite free fromay rust, and bears marks of being
finished by employment of filing. lt is suspected that
a foundry has been established on the north side of Se-
bastopol, and that the shot thrown by us into the town
and fortifications are by its means turned to account
against us. The calibre of the Russians is greater as
compared with the calibre of our guns of relative size, so
that we are unable to use the Russian shot, and they
could use ours, only with considerable loss in power and
accuracy on account of the windage. It is not impro-
bable therefore that they have resorted to the practice of
melting down and recasting the iron obtained from our
shot, and thus saved themselves the delay and difficulty
of transporting others through the Crimea.
Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons returned with his fleet on
the 15th to Kazatch ; on the evening of the 16th the
night attack by the steamers on the sea defences of
Sebastopol began, all the steamers going in and dis-
charging their broadsides, so that some eight or nine
vessels thus harass the Russian vessels very much.
The plan for their going in is, I believe, on a method
proposed by Lord Clarence Paget, but subsequently
improved by lights placed in certain positions by Cap-
tain Spratt, of her Majesty's surveying-ship Spitfire,
who anchored the Spitfire at ten p.m. off the shoal
that extends from the west point of Streletska Bay.
At half-past ten the Tribune slowly crept into the as-
signed position, and opening her broadside poured into
the Quarantine Battery her shell ; she was enabled
to do this twice before the apparently just woke-up
enemy could return her fire. Passing out, she was fol-
lowed by the Righflyer, Miranda, Niger, Viper, Snake,
Weazer, and two or three French steamers, at intervals
of 20 minutes, thus ccsupying the attention of the Rus-
sians, and keeping their batteries manned all night.
The Danube, with two launches from Royal Albert, also
went in boldly to about 1,200 yards, and threw 24 and
12 inch rockets into the town and shipping. It was a
dead calm and black night ; the discharging of the
broadsides, the blaze of fire, the illumined sky from the
rockets, and bursting of shell on the parapets of Qua-
rantine Battery, with the cross fire from the Russians,
apparently cutting our vessels to pieces, made it a grand
night scene. lam glad to say that our vessels sus-
tained no injury whatever.
JUNE 17.—The bombardment opened at break of day.
A rocket from one of the French batteries on the right
of Careening Bay was the signal, and was followed im-
mediately by a heavy fire, which began at the right, and
soon extended along the lines as far as the left of the
o Greenhill attackr The French batteries beyond did not
pen a general fire. The Selinghinsk Redoubt—the
"Redoubte Blanche" as the French have called it, from
its parapets—had been fullyarmed, as well as the Mame-
lon, and both were now pouring a continuous fire into
the batteries which appear as it above the shore on the
west of Careening Bay and into the Malakhoff Tower
works. The new battery made by our engineers above
the Q
nduaeq, containing four mortars and three long 32-
potiere, was throwing a raking fire into a battery,
known
left of the he Mud Battery, on the proper right (our
)Korniloff Bastion and the ruin of the Malay
hoff Tower. The Russian batteries replied with energy.er
The Garden Batteries on the left of the Southharhn
as
were also very active against us, and surprise was
expressed that arrangements had not been made with '
the French works on the left for keeping these in check.
The wind blew from a north-eesterly direction, a
ear-
ned 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 spectator
his position on the right,
excepting at raretaking
intervals,
when either a temporary slackening
freshening of the breeze for a fewf the fire or a
o
minutes cleared the
obstruction away. Now and then this densveil
a darting
ete le hid the whole line of batteries ; and he l
flames and thick curling volumes of white smoke alone
pointed out the position of some of the guns.
7 A.M.—The fire has continued to rage
from
fmurijotusly. Theßedan is nearly silent ;
one gun open
occasion-
ally Four guns are still open in the works on the Ma-
lekhoff 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. The large line of
battle ships remain silent.
10
&St.—Three rockets have just been fired by the
French from the Victoria redoubt. They are generally
Bulsposed to be a signal, but the object is quite unknown.
The fire both on our side and on that of the Frenchhats.
slackened during the last half-hour. The Russian
teries are almost silent. The itedan has not _a
fired for
nearly three-quarters of an hour.
1 P.34.---Tire still slack. Three rockets just fired from
the Victoria Redoubt.
r 2 P.M.--The fire has suddenly assumed redoubled
the l
enegY. The French have opened ail their batteries on
eft.
From the heights near the Inkermal valley a good
view is obtained of the Russian positions on the north
side.
colu In each camp troops are to be seen drawn up
mns. Two small bodies are marching in a
direction towards the roadstead, and one has nearly
arrived at the usual point of embarkation fur crossing
Slowly
the south side. A long convoy of waggons is
Wending its way alon, the brow of the mountain
g a cloud of dust as it moves towards the Star I
Fort.

The French say they have received -
no"ce that it is
probable the assault will take place at four this after-
neon.
10 P•re•—The fire from the batteries was kept up with
energy throughout the afternoon, and lasted ti:l the day-
light ciisappeared. Seen from the heights above Sebas-
topol, the &unseat Seen
all the appearance usually pre-
glare fog.
Rented during
reddened gl'are As it sank into the sea, a
smoke, and , cast through the atmosphere of
over the distant hills. The guns shortly
afterwards ceased ilair
a fire, and the accumulated haze
gradually disappeare
The iu'
en arations were
ordered to be cooked and
issued this afternoon for t naerrow, and it is no longer a
secret that a grand attac
u-k
is contemplated against the
whole line of batteries, fionnarathhe alalakhoff to the Barrack
defending the
battery,
theelnai suburle. The utmost
confidence is expressed by highest authorities of suc-
cess. The French are to et the Malakhoff hill and
works with a total force of 25°OrTO men ; the English the
troops.
Redan and Garden batteries, with The following ate reported tol 8,000
agreed upon between the allies. Thee
bombardmentthe arrangements
be renewed at daylight, and the whole is to
in the batteries exerted against the enpow woks
calculated that after 4 hours' firing therney's tillers
will be rendered as practicable as thenyearne* positions
likely to be
made by gunnery. At a given signal the Frenech
vance ae•aiust the Malkhoff, it being essentiala
trLto
point should sh'ould beat least engaged, if not occupied, beforetthis
the attack on the Redan is undertaken. A consider.
able number of guns on the right of the Malakhoff cover
the Redan, but the Redan does not bear on the Mala.
khoff. The Engiish 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 three
storming columns. They are to be under the command
of Lieut.-General Sir George Brown. The columns are
to be composed of men from the Light, Fourth, and S.
eo
cond
Divisions. The columns from the Lightand Fourth
Divisions are simultaneously to attack the two flanks of
the Redan : the Light Division assaultingthe left flank,
the Fourth Division the right flank.
column of the Se-
When these are
carried, and a lodgment effected, the ,
Se-
cond Livision is to attack the salient angle, and to make
a road there for the entrance of the working parties. If
i.
a 'es.renciament be found within the work , it is to be
converted into
pill at once
art of the cover ; if none exist, the
woraieg• paste,- establish the necessary W
pro-
tection.
Each storming column is to consist of 4000 men, and
will to have a sup be in the
port of sot,
Reserves trenches. The wee., v men. i.
400 strong for
eech column. The'ethg parties will be
two flanks
will be each precededobn4l" attacking the .
art of lOO rifle-
men. There will also 13: a c"ering pa* with
Porne Sappers and Miners, , an officer of Engineers,
Brigade, earryiea wesa,-ase'h: sod of men of the Rifle
rying scaling ladders. The'sa'L
e a body of sailors car-
formed in the Quarry outwork two columns are to be
with it, and leading toward
il the trenches connected
renches made by the Russians treo --hedan
i I!, and also the
ef the Fourth Division is to assemtbleer-g-t. The column
Quarry work, to be nearest to the r.°7 the left of the
Redan ; that of the Light Division on'gtht Rank. of the
The first brigade of the Light Divisioe enlsoeite aide.
the assaulting column, support, and wncrlrl furnish
The second brigade are to form the guard to ttge Pattaiae„B*
to-night, and the reserve to-morrow. This ttrenerac,B
column is to be under the immediate command osf°lS --'
Colonel Lysons, 23d Regiment, and im to consist oletita.
men of the 23d and 200 of the 34th Regiments. Colonel f 20
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. Capt.
Peel, R.N., will command the naval contingent. Sir G.
Brown is to be in the S-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 at-
tack. The signal for the British assault is to be a flag
hoisted in the 8-gun battery.
A brigade of the Third Division, under Major-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 44th Regiments.
Th 9 10th Hussars have received orders to hold them-
selves in readiness for special service. Fifty ItooperS.

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 Sardinian and
French forces encamped there will cross the Tchernaya
river and attack the Russian position on the Joker-
man 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
presumed 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.
Jame 18, 8 a.m.—A few lines will suffice to describe
the result, so contrary to what was anticipated, 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, supports,
and reserves, being in their respective positions in the
trenches, before the Run had risen to dissipate the dense
vapours which a slight breeze from the eastward 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,
.lead-
ing troop of the cavalry expedition from belowanwdaHs just
appearing in sight, the reserve of Guards and
wasg
High-
landers had not yet arrived. A musketry k
had
least of all expected at that hour. RussiansTheil
aaddvvaanntcaegdebyofthfehelefutneoefrttahien Alligahlatkhoof fft-lehie ~eaanldy takingdawa
T chief points in
madevhaandeed t r
trenches
sortiehes o n atghaein smt
anit the 0
nF. French e inerotrhtieeir
was
repulsed t have been
there p u l
programmes ed ; an re' hadof
the it
day's events
h ere
nteheed
mistake n
pt
and,
nadu,ccess seizingin interfered with. But by
became converted
repelling the sortie was at aonfac
the temporarary advantage, the
tea followedrepulse
tMalakhoffhe hill, itself.
others,
pursuing Some of
theth e
into an attack upon thee
French troops mounted
Russians who had made
nthtehuseorateiet,nafuy
ollogwaeindedthemt
the gorge of the work,
k
admis-
sionthe
work itself. Now the error was discovered;
the
intoheßus sians showed themselves in overpowering num-
ooff ot uh re Amlal eask
hwohffoeffheaedtegdatihneeidr
escape.ad mis-
sbieorns,fnatnodt
hbeuwt
of few wk
s Atdthe same timethereifineemfiryecirnotwodtehde
turpooonpsthaettpeamrpaptientgs
and
poured
adeadly
to moudnftrotmhefiehldil.lp,
iweeheisle grape and
plaeedine canisteronnanding pwoesrie dtioniss.-
eohuarrgAellies were absolutely forced to retire within the
protection of their advanced trench. Before this shelter
bad 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
arrangement respecting the composition of the storm-
ing column under Colonel Lysons had been changed.
Instead of 200 men front the 23d 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 perceived,
and at once these brave men left their shelter in the
trenches. Just what the Russians were waiting for :
the columns had no sooner shown themselves than the
fire from above opened. It was a raging storm, an in-
cessant rain of grape and rifle balls. The dead and
wounded strewed the ground ; it was a miracle how any
escaped. On the left, Col. Shadforth had fallen ; on
the right, Col. Lysons, wounded in the knee, found
himself close to the deep fosse, but, out of his 400, with
not more than 40 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 side the deadly grape
swept down its victims. The Redan was filled with
troops. Supports sent to the storming parties could
not be of any avail, and nothing was left but to retire,
with the hope of renewing the attack at a more season-
able opportunity.
The deaths of Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell,
Colonel Lacey Yea, and Colonel Lysons is a serious loss
to the whole army. The 57th had their colonel and two
officers killed, and seven officers wounded. The 34th
had four officers killed and four wounded. The 33d
Regiment had four officers killed and two wounded.
The 7th Fusiliers had one officer killed and nine or ten
wounded. In the Rifle Brigade two officers were killed
and three wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, of
the 33d Regiment, who was lately wounded in the
shoulder, and left the sick list to take his share in
this attack, received a gunshot wound near the
hip. Lieutenants Valentine Bennett and Langford
Heyland, of the same regiment, were killed ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Johnstone lost his left hand, .and
Captains Quayle and Thomas Wickham were badly
wounded, the former, it is feared, mortally. Major-
General Jones, of the Royal Engineers, who was in
the 8-gun battery in the right attack, received an inj iry
in the forehead from a stone driven from the parapet by
a round shot, and suffered from profuse bleeding. In
the same battery Captain George Browne of the 88th
Regiment, had his right arm carried off by'a round shot.
The same shot killed two men at his side. Lieut.- Colonel
hTaydi rlheont,
ho
hf is
h ethighsEngineers,byrifleball,the
pierced
, being broken.
The brigade under Major-General Eyre carried the
work against which their force was directed, but have
been unable to take advantage of their success, in con-
sequence of the failure in the attack upon the Redan.
They a
ave tare, indeed, for the present prisoners in the battery
they hken ; they are unable to leave it withou6
being exposed to a deadly fire. Their loss is not known
but one or two messages have beet managed to be sent.
The 18i,h Regiment has particularly suffered. Fears
are also expressed respecting General Eyre. The regi-
ments 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. Sonic 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 rendered
himself, but the Russians standing on the parapet fired
a. volley, and again wounded him in the chest.
The Russians mast have suffered severely, for the
shot and shell fell thickly in the Malakhoff batteries and
Redan, while the enemy crowded the works.
Aboutn' 5 a.m. some very heavy firing was heard on the
extreme left, and it was generally attributed to broad-
sides 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 Fretnrelfir columns
asoleuemnesd,neaanrdtthhe the
hopa w
Mamelon.as di But
dissi-
pated. pated.
in a short time h
The expected attack on the right, by the
army in the plain, against the Inkerman heights,
was also eagerly listened for, but nothing was
did not take place. Two u
heard, and it has since
rbeessnianascbeartttaailnieodus tchraotsseidt
from the north side after the attack had commenced.
h had been ordered up
The detachments of cavalry which
had been re-
to the front, and whioh it was
supposedflai,k against any ap-
sperrovaeedh foofr t
hper oetneecntliyn,
g
intended only to
to obtain a view o f
or assisting sriisgtlin
right
flank
in some movement in
that direction, as it turned out were
prevent spectators from advancing
the engagement. They extended themselves
across the sloping ground from Greenhilltotheincaareleinne.
Careen-
many an anxious visitor from Balaklava
ing Bay ravine, and kept back from passainndgetlhsieswhbaerrrei.er

Two great mistakes appear to nave 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
over-
confidence in our own strength and resourcessecond, aans
com
.
pfraorme d
twhiet htho
batteriesse of thetak enemy.taken
place
ilady
theembombardment
the would po
and
Liably have supposed it would continue all day,
enemy
withdrawn, a great part of his troops, for their security,;
r
.
from the neighbourhood of the works. The failure i
more than ever to be regretted at the present moment,
when, beyond all doubt, the spirit of the enemy bad i
become depressed by their reverses in the Sea of Azoff.
JUNE D.—The success of yesterday induced the
enemy lasi 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 Rus-
sians being gallantly repulsed. Their loss must have
been great a 9 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, togethel with 500
men cf our 10th hussars, is to start to-day in the three-
i ion of Mackenzie's farm. The 10th Hussars were usaler
orders last night to move to the plain about two hours
before daybreak this morning.