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London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7. 1855.

MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Weymouth-
street, Portland-place.
Par.swEyr—His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN.
TnEastraza— Dr. ELLIOTSON, F.R.S.
ANNUAL ONNERAL MEETING, at Willis's Rooms, King'
street, St. James's', on Friday, Bth June, 1855. The Right Hon. the
Earl of DIINIAVEN will take the chair at Two o'clock preciaelY.
Cards of admission may be bad on application to the Secretary.
THOMAS GARDINER, Secretary.

ADAM AND EVE.--This great original work
by JOSEPH VAN LERIUS is now on view at 57, Pall-mall,
opposite Marlborough-house, from 11 till 6 daily.—Admission, One
Shilling.

ARGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of the
new dance, LA VARSOVIANA : Music by H. LAURENT.
—Danced every evening.

SIEGE of SEVASTOPOL.—GREAT GLOBE.
All the new Approaches and Siege Works are placed on the
MODEL of SE VASTOPOL, including Inkerman, Belaklava, and the
Tchernaya, at the GREAT GLOBE, Leicester-square.
BALTIC.—AIso, a large Model of the BALTIC) SEA and CRON-
STADT.
Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission, one shilling to the whole
building. Children and schools, half-price. A large collection 01
Russian Trophies from Bomarsund, &c.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LIU The LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS, as delivered before her
Most Gracious Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Patron of the Institution, will be continued, consisting of the TELE-
PHONIC CONCERT, DISSOLVING VIEWS of SINBAD the
SAILOR, DU ROSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, the DIORAMA,
illustrating the Voyage across the Atlantic, and the Cities in the
United States. LECTURES on MUSIC, by GEORGE BucKLAND, Esq.,
with Vocal Illustrations.
DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, &c.
On Monday, the 4th inst., and Thursday, the 7th inst., at Eight
o'clock, LECTURES by Mrs. CLARA LUCAS BALFouR on " The
POETS of the PEOPLE, their Lives and Writings," with Illustra-
tive Readings.

AT MR. MECHI'S ESTABLISHMENTS,
112, Regent-street, and 4, Leadenhall-street, are exhibited
the finest specimens of BRITISH MANVFACTURES in Dressing.
cases, Work-boxes, Writing-cases, Dressing-bags, and other articles
of utility or luxury, suitable for presentation. A separate department
for Papier-Mache Manufactures and bagatelle tables ; table cutlery,
razors, scissors, penknives, strops, paste, &c. Shipping orders exe
cuted for merchants and captains An extensive assortment of
superior hair and other toilet brushes.

THE FREXCH DESPATCHAS.

We have received the Moniteur of yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes the following despatch
from Vice-Admiral Bruat, the Commander-in-Chief
of the French squadron in the Black Sea, to the
Minister of Marine and the Colonies :
" ON BOARD THE MONTEBELLO,
BEFORE KERTCH, MAY 26.

"Monsieur le Mimstre,—As I had the honour
to inform you by my telegraphic despatches of the
22d and 25th of May, a new expedition to Kertch
was resolved upon on the 20th.
" The embarkation commenced on the evening of
the 21st, the expedition sailed on the 23d, it lauded
on the 24th at Kamiesh-Bournou, and on the 25th
occupied Yenikale, havinc, passed Kertch, and
taken possession of the batteriesil situated in the
vicinity of Ak-Bournou.
" On the 25th Admiral Lyons and myself entered
the Sea of Azoff, whence we sent a squadron to
Berdiansk and Arabat. It left during the night,
and consisted of four French steamers, and 10
English steamers, some of which are gun-boats.
" The complete success of this expedition, where
our troops, led with great decision by General
Autemarre, displayed their usual ardour, is also
due to the rapidity of its execution. In this re-
spect I must acquaint your Excellency how com-
plete and cordial, under all circumstances, the co-
operation of Admiral Lyons has been.
" On the very day we cast anchor the landing
of the French troops commenced in order under
the direction of Captain Jurien de la Graviere, of
the navy. the chief of my staff.
"Having assured myself of the promptitude with
which the landing of the troops was being effected,
I hoisted my flag on board the Laplace and pro-
ceeded to reconnoitre the batteries of Cape Ak-
Bournou the powder magazine of which the Rus-
sians had already blown up. Perceiving they would
be turned, the enemy lost no time in blowing up
the others and evacuating their positions.
" Shortly afterwards an English gun-boat, of a
light draught of water, made for Yenikale, to cut
out a Russian steamer which had left Kertch, and
was trying to gain the Sea of Azoff. A sharp en-
counter soon commenced between the two vessels, in
which the batteries of Yenikale took part. I ordered
the Fulton to hasten to the aid of the gun-boat,
which arrived with all speed at the scene of com-
bat, and had to withstand a very heavy fire. I or-
dered the Megere to support her, and Admiral
Lyons on his part also ordered succour to be given
to the gun-boat. Nevertheless, the enemy's
steamer, which we knew had the treasury of
Kertch on board, escaped, leaving in our hands
two barges containing precious objects and a por-
tion of the military and civil archives. But the
confusion of the Russians, attacked unexpectedly
by land and sea, became so great that they
soon relinquished all thoughts of further resistance,
and did not even take care to remove the wounded
from Sebastopol who were in the hospital of the
citadel. In the course of the day they had set fire
to considerable storehouses theypossessed at Kertch.
Finally, before evacuating Yenikale, they blew up
a powder magazine, containing about 30,000 kilo-
grammes of powder ; the shock was so great that
many houses were destroyed, and vessels anchored
ten miles out at sea felt it severely. .

" To sum up, the enemy has lost up to the pre-

" 160,000 sacks of oats.
" 360,000 sacks of corn.
" 100,000 sacks of flour.

" A carriage factory and a foundry were burnt
down ; three steamers, one of which was a war
steamer, was sunk by the Russians themselves.
Some 30 transport ships were destroyed, and at
least as many taken. In the different explosions
about 100,000 kilogrammes of powder were de-
stroyed. A great store of shells and cannon-balls
no longer exists.
"I shall send your Excellency later a statement
of the condition of the guns which have fallen into
our hands. They are 60 or 80 in number. These
guns are highly finished, and of large calibre.—
I am, &c., " BRITAT, Vice• Admiral,
Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean
Squadron."

THE ACTIONS OF THE 22D AND 23D MAY.
The Moniteur also publishes the following de-
spatch from General Pelissier to the Minister of
War. It is an account of the actions on the nights
of the 22d and 23d of May :
" HEAD-QITARTERS, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL,
May 26.
"Monsieur le Marechal,—Since the storming of
the Russian counter-approaches in front of the
Central Bastion, on the night of the 2d of May,
and the occupation of that important work by our
troops, the enemy, to impede our progress and take
our attacks in flank, turned their attention to the
Quarantine side, and erected there new lines of
counter-approach. They formed the plan of con-
necting by a gabionnade the ambuscades at the ex-
tremity of the bay, those of the cemetery, and to
connect the work by a continuous covered way
with the right lunette of the Central Bastion. In
the night between the 21st and 22d, by an
enormous effort of labour, skilfully concealed, they
commenced laying out that vast place d'armes, so
threatening for our left attack, and so contenient
for enabling the enemy to assemble large bodies of
men and make considerable sorties.
" The danger of this Russian work was evident.
I saw at once its extent, and ordered General De
Salies, commander of the First Corps, to carry that
position, and turn the enemy's new works against
themselves—a delicate and difficult operation, as a
strong resistance and obstinate struggle might be
counted, upon under the fire of formidable
batteries.
" The General of Division Pate was charged with
the operation. Two attacks were organised,—one
on the ambuscades at the bottom of the bay ; the
other on the ambUscades of the cemetery by the
south-east angle of that enclosure ; they were to
be simultaneous.
"After having carried tho new gabionnades of
the enemy, the object was to maintain ourselves in
advance with sufficient solidity to protect the work
and to transform the Russian work to our own use.
But the development of the lines was immense ;
two successive phases were to be expected in the
action,—one of battle and one of labour. The
combat took place on the night between the 22d
and 23d of May ; it commenced at 9 o'clock in the
evening.
"Our left attack was led by General of Brigade
Beuret, and consisted of three companies of the 10th
battalion of Chasseurs-a-pied, three battalions of
the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Legion, and one
battalion of the 98th of the Line.
"The right attack, intrusted to General de la
Motterouge, consisted of picked companies of the
Ist Regiment of the Forego Legion, supported by 2
battalions of the 28th of the Line, with a battalion
of the 18th and two battalions of Voltigeurs of the
Garde as reserve. Other battalions were ready to
march, in case General Pate should need reinforce-
ments.
" The enemy, whether they had determined on
a great attack, or with the intention of completing
their lines in one night by a great effort, and co-
vering their work by a vigorous demonstration and
an effectual protection against our attacks, were
there in great force to receive us. We estimated
at more than 20 battalions the force of the enemy
our brave soldiers had to attack and to defeat.
According to prisoners there were 26 battalions.
" The action commenced, on a signal given by
General Pate, with inexpressible impetuosity. In
a few minutes all the ambuscades on our right were
in our hands. The veterans of the Foreign Legion
had carried everything before them, and, supported
by the 28th of the Line, they established them-
selves in front of the Russian works, covering our
workmen. But formidable masses of Russians soon
issued from the Quarantine ravine, joined in the
combat, and disputed the ground with an extraor-
dinary obstinacy. The two battalions of the 28th,
the battalion of the 18th, and the Voltigeurs of the
Garde, were successively engaged, and this heroic
struggle lasted till daybreak. Five times the most
distant ambuscades were taken and retaken by the
Russians and our troops. These bayonet melees were
terrible. Two other battalions of Voltigeurs of the
Garde, the 9th Chasseurs-b.-pied, and the Bth of
the Line were called to the battle-ground—some to
fight, some to carry off the killed and wounded ;
all did their duty.
"In the midst of this sanguinary and glorious
struggle it was impossible for the engineers to work.
We were obliged to destroy the enemy's works, so
as to prevent them holding them themselves, and
we were compelled to adjourn the second act of
our enterprise to the following night. As the
dawn broke the Russians had ceased fighting, and
our battalions [returned to the trenches, leaving
the ground covered with the enemy's slain.
" On the left attack the ambuscades were carried
with the same impetuosity. There, also, the Rus-
sians returned to the charge with extraordinary
tenacity. Numerous assaults were made at the
point of the bayonet; but after two hours the one-

my, discouraged, beat a retreat, and our engineers
installed themselves solidly in the Russian gabion-
nade, which became definitively our conquest.
" On the following night it was necessary to com-
plete what we had so vigorously commenced ; I
ordered a second attack,, expecting full success
from this new effort of our brave infantry.
" General of Division Levaillant was intrusted
with the accomplishment of this task, with 10 bat-
talions, of which two of the Voltigeurs of the
Garde acted as a reserve.

"Four of these battalions, under the orders of
General Couston, were charged to cover our con-
quest of the preceding night on the extreme left.
The six others, commanded by General Duval, were
to retake on the right the gabionnade running
parallel with the great wall of the cemetery, to
heat the enemy, and allow our engineers to make
the works definitively our own.
" The action commenced at the same hour as on

the previous evening. The impetuosity of these
brave battalions, belonging to the 46th, 98th, 14th,
and 80th, was irresistible. The ambuscades were
turned and carried ; the enemy, driven back on all
sides, retreated, keeping up a skirmi thing fire, which
gradually ceased. The engineers immediately set
to work, despite a fire of grape and every sort of
missile from the place. Colonel Guerin and Com-
mandant Durand de Villers conducted the works
with as much intelligence as vigour.
" Our success has therefore been complete. The
considerable work upon which the enemy counted
to arrest our attacks is in our hands; their gabions
cover us ; their own ambuscades are turned against
themselves. Those which we could not combine in
our system have been destroyed.
" These vigorous actions were not accomplished
without considerable loss, and we have paid for
our victory with generous blood. I await on this
head the report of General De Salles.
" Yesterday, upon the reiterated demand of
General Osten,Sacken, a flag of truce was hoisted,
and' an armistice concluded for carrying off the
dead. We handed over more than 1,200 corpses to
the enemy. This field 'of slaughter reminded as of
our old struggles with the Russians, and, as in
those memorable times, the honour of arms in these
bayonet fights always remained entirely with our
infantry.
"According to the number of dead given up to
the enemy and the results ascertained from recent
affairs, we are assured that the losses of the Rus-
sians are at least four times our own ; they give to
the engagements the proportions of a battle. These
calculations are, however, under those made by
prisoners and deserters.
" Our artillery, under the direction of General
Le Bo3uf, gave proof of extraordinary vigour and
skill. It constantly swept with its fire the ravine i
where the enemy assembled their reserves. Our '
projectiles did not cease to make sanguinary gaps
in the Russian masses each time they mustered for
a fresh attack. I cannot praise too highly the
coup d'ceil and coolness of General Le Boauf. ,
" The service of the ambulances was admirably
performed, and great praise is due to all who took
part in this rough affair. I shall afterwards have
the honour of making known to you the names of
the brave men who distinguished themselves among
the brave. The country may be justly proud of
possessing such troops, and I intend shortly to re-
ward the most deserving.
" The Commander-in-Chief,
" PELISSLER."