The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-06 00:00:00

THE BATTLE OF THE TOLIERNAYA.

The following is a copy of a letter received in Dublin
from a cavalry officer :

0 4,
4," C.avalry Camp, Kadekoi, Crimea, Aug. 17.
*,—There was a very severe action fought
on the Tchernaya, about two miles from our camp, Tes-
ter lay morning. The Russians advanced at day-break,
in 12 strong columns,
about 2,000 men each, with a
large force of cavalry and artillery, and tried to force
the French and Sardinian positions on the left bank of
the river. They were permitted to cross the river by the
bridge, and by light frames, which they had carried for
that purpose, to ascend the opposite hill. When there,
the French and Sardinians opened on them with anima-
tion, with artillery and musketry, and drove them hack
into the river with the bayonet. The action lasted about
five hours. It was indeed a sanguinary affair, and re-
flects the highest credit upon our brave allies.
" I rode over the field a few hours after the battle, and
there were at least 2,000 dead bodies on the ground—
mostly Russians. You may judge of their loss in
wounded, of whom a great number, besides prisoners,
have fallen into the hands of the victors. Ido not think
a man who crossed the river to the attack escaped. In
one place at the principal bridge, where the fight was
fiercest, I had to get off my horse, as I could
dead
. ridean
through without trampling on the heaps of
.1
wounded. From all I see and hear I think it was as
nlabstlshaeckgrboruenadd withlook
artillery were out, but only one battery. was engaged.
severe an engagement as Inkerman. Our cavalry and
The Sardinians behaved very well in their position.
"I was down again this morning, and they were
paupers. Each
from the bodies was horrible. The R.ns. h . are
shliimk e. dry
burying the dead in pits, about 100 in each. The stench
They leofoklrnit their long plain
most miserable creatures.
grey coats like the poorest c
stuff for human beings to subsist
was repulsive looking. .
upon., A lump tact you would 'f.
cow Laing, and in y pass L. by as such any.
had several
irta tliyoinosgoof
where else.
Attack is
,i Another att. expected shortly on the same
position, as the Russians have a large army here, which
'eed long,•
they ennno,,, and must either dash at us or
send away.

SEAL sH is beingfitted up for the
liFoll. Braxiall.i—e, ek sloop
accommodation of a party of
gentlemen, including two
Ems of c
of neelcastle, who are to proceed for
the capture of seals near Tain in the Dornoch Firth. The
same vessel last season,' with the same party, in 5 weeks
captured and killed no fewer than 153 full-grown seals.
CORN MARKET SPECULATORS.—The barometer in the
Exchange-room at Liverpool has just received the addi.
tin of a protective brass bar and strong padlock, and
the event is one of come importance to the commercial
community. It appears that several of the Greek mer-
chants and others in that town have recently had the
credit of using every conceivable means to bring about
certain fluctuations in the corn market. The corn
dealers at this season keep a constant eye on the baro-
meter, and have often of late been startled by apparent
oscillations of the large one at the south end of the room
and the frequent downward tendency of the mercury.
These movements were especially observable on market
days. Suspicion was at length excited, and a watch set
on the instrument. The result was the discovery of one
of the supposed speculators in the act of opening the
door and pushing the indicator upward, thus giving the
mercury the appearance of haring fallen so as to create
apprehensions of bad weather and higher prices. It is
not stated if any public steps are to be taken against
this person, but meanwhile the managers of the Erhange
have adopted the only me;} to reader a repeitioa of
pritct;cs i4Wkltoibl9.