The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-20 00:00:00

GEN. CANROBERT'S SIEGE JOURNAL.

The following is the continuation of the journal
of General Canrobert, the earlier portion of which
appeared in The Sun of the 9th instant :
"Oct. 22, 13th day.—During the day we continue
enlarging the first parallel and the branch trenches both
behind and in front, and also the communications with
our parks of artillery. On the left of our line of attack,
we have been several times obliged to set up again the
gabionade which has been levelled by the balls of the
enemy and to re-construct the tap with fascines.
" During the night we enlarge and deepen parts of the
trenches ; notwithstanding these labours, the right part
of the communications between the first and second
parallels is not yet covered, the work being impeded by
the nature of the soil.

" At the right extremity of the first parallel, the artil-
lerymen have traced a battery of eight guns for playing
on the flagstaff bastion. Two loops keep up the com-
munication between this battery and the first parallel.
" The enemy's fire, very warm during the clay, has
been hardly, if at all, kept up during the night.
"The enemy, abandoning the batteries played upon
by our guns, is hastily opening others in their rear.
He places cannon wherever he can be sheltered from
rifles, and fires from the most distant points of his
defences.

" The fire on the part of the attack is well directed.
The bombs of the battery No. 9 (Turkish guns) having
four mortars of 27 centimetres, and three of 22 centi-
metres, do not always explode, or do so too soon. The
Turkish projectiles are defective.

" Thefire of the riflemen who go out and fire from
behind sacks of earth (the franc tireurs) is beginning to
produce good results, and often causes the fire of the
place to slacken.

"The bombs of the battery Ns. 3 have kindled several
fires in the city, but they do not spread.
"Oct. 23, 14th day.—ln the night between the 22nd
and 23rd (14th night) a conflagration broke out about
three in the morning between the tower rained by our
attack and the central part of the city ; it lasted till
daybreak, but made little show.
" A Russian two-decker that had filed off to the
south-western part of the southern harbour, and which
had been firing on the English left, has disappeared.
"During the day we enlarge and dig the parts of
the second parallel, and of the communications opened
in the previous night ; we repair the others, and con-
tinue enlarging and deepening the communications in
the rear.

"During the night we execute the part traced eut
of the second parallel, from the ravine to the communi-
cation on the right, and commence the dpaulement ; the
other works are continued.

"From eight o'clock till half-past eleven in the fore-
noon, and from half-past one to half-past four in the
afternoon the fire of the besieged has been very hot ;
it has not been very destructive to life, but all the em-
brasures of the battery No. 2 have been demolished.
t 571" At one in the afternoon General George Brown
sends to the corps of observation requesting its support,
as the enemy had been signalled on the side of Inker-
mann.

" It is ascertained that what had been perceived is
a convoy of the enemy on the Simpheropol road,
guarded by some Russian troops. This incident has no
sequel. _

;‘ The Russian cavalry that was blockading Eupatoria
at a distance gets bolder, and on the morning of the
23d from 5,000 to 6,000 horsemen made their appearance
on the heights that bound the horizon of the town. A
few rockets discharged at them compelled them to re-
tire.

" Oct. 24, 15th day.—By day we remove a large num-
ber of blocks of stone that impeded the way ; we make
steps for crossing in front of the ravine, and we dig deeper
holes for the greater protection of the fatigue parties.
" By night we push on the works of the second
parallel, which is completed by day. We work on the
communications ; the general of the engineers as just
traced, at six in the evening, a rectification of the
seventh and eighth approaches, found to have been de-
fective. The English have constructed, to the left of
the ravine of the southern port, to the right of our works
of attack, a battery of four guns, which they armed this
morning, and from which they are now firing.
"The firs of the Russians began in a very active and
hurried manner about 7in the morning. It annoyed
our workmen at first ; then -it slackened a little, and
continued in a uniform manner till nightfall, when it
almost entirely ceased.
" Every evening the guns, carriages, merlons, and
openings of the einbrasures of the numerous works in
Sebastopol are found to be more or less damaged ; but
during the night the injury done to the covering masses
is repaired by means of sacks of earth, and the arma-
ment is restored by the help of guns and new carriages.
It is nevertheless remarked that the besieged no longer
fire bombs and shells se often, and the shots from the
Quarantine Battery are aimed less accurately.
" During the night the battery No. 2 (of the Marines)
has been thoroughly restored, which increases the
number of guns in battery by six.
"In the evening, between nine and ten o'clock, a
brisk cannonade, but of short duration, was opened on
the right of our works. It did very little harm, although
the Russians fired grape. The enemy, it would seem,
was fearful of an offensive movement on our part, and
wag very restless all night. The advance of our works,
to 400 metres from the place, appears to disturb them.
"During the day a body of Russia❑ troops was seen
in the upper part of the Chernaya valley, near the
village of Chernaya ; the part in sight of these forces
was about 15 battalions, with from 300 to 400 cavalry
and artillery.
" To-day the General-in-Chief is having a redoubt
constructed on the right of the English lines, on a spur
of land, which, sloping down, runs into the valley of
the Chernaya. But fur this precaution the enemy could
easily climb up to the table land and take the English
and French positions covering the siege in reverse, by
forcing them at their point of junction.
" Oct. 25 (16th day).—During the day we enlarge and
deepen the first and second parallels and the approaches
where they are imperfect.
"By night we continue the same works, and prepare
the construction of fresh batteries. These works are dif-
ficult; we have continually to excavate rock, and are
obliged in order to effect this to resort to blasting and

"During the day of the 25th the firing from the place
has been constantly brisk ; the fire was mainly directed
against the parallels, and especially the spots where the
francs-tireurs are ; these soldiers distress the enemy a
great deal. In the early part of the night tne enemy's
fire ceased, but at half-past 8 and at 2 in the morning it
covered the points of attack with grape for a quarter of
an hour each time. This firing produced no result, and
wounded only one man.
"The enemy has commenced throwing. up a fresh
battery iu front of the right face of the Flagstaff
bastion. _ _ .

" Our hernias fall true on the defences and into the
place ; the firo of the incendiary fusees does not appear
to produce as yet any great eff.cts.
" During the afternoon, an enemy's bomb fell into
one of the powder magazines of the (Marine) battery
No. 2, and exploded it. The powder chests were
only half full. In consequence of the precautions
that had been taken this event had no disastrous
consequences ; the battery continues its.fire regularly.
" At half•past 7 in tie morning, the General-in-Chief
was informed that the Russians were marching on Ba-
la,klava against the English. He galloped up to the
table-land which we occupy, and from there took the 2d
brigade (Vinoy) of the Ist division along the tops of the
hills that slope down on our right to Balaklava, and
went to support the English, and made good a junction
with them. The Ist brigade (Espinasse) of this division
guarded the passage of the ravine with the battery of
the division and the brigade of African Chasseurs ; the
Turks occupied the redoubts and the works armed with
cannon.
" A body of infantry Chasseurs and Zouaves, armed
with rifles and muskets of long range, lined the entrench-
ments prepared for them.
" The troops of the Third Division were in position,
behind the crests of the hills ; the horse artillery of the
reserve, on the right of this division, was in harness and
ready to march.
" These arrangements taken, the General-in-Chief pro-
ceeded to a central point of the crest, between the neck
an the telegraph, not far from Lord Raglan, in order to
take a survey.

" Having -failed in an offensive movement on their
left against the guarded heights of Balaklava, the Rue.
sians advanced with their centre and their right against
the advanced redoubts constructed by the English, and
which they had caused to be occupied by the Turks.
The enemy's cavalry, pouring in between the redoubts,
whore the Russian infantry ceme to its support, ad-
vanced in one strong body against the English brigade
of heavy cavalry that was ranged along the gardens of
Balaklava on the outside. The English cavalry bravely
awaited this charge at 100 metres. Then getting into
motion, it dashed against the heads of the Russian
columns, and after a fight from the very first in its
favour compelled them to wheel about, and overthrew
all the Russian cavalry, which fled in disorder very far
beyond the redoubts, and thus flying drew away with it
the enemy's infantry, which had been stationed in the
two redoubts nearest to as.
"The English brigade of light cavalry, drawn up like
three sides of a square, net far from the scene of this
brilliant action, was unfortunately not able to take part
in it and complete it. The light and heavy brigades
uniting, the whole division of Earl Lucan rode towards
the line of the redoubts perpendicularly to this line,
having its right towards Balaklava.
"The English division thus confronted the Russians,
who endeavoured to recover from the check they had
sustained, and reinforced with infantry the redoubts
furthest from Balaklava, and which remained in their
possession ; this redoubt forming the centre around
which they had just snanceuvred.
" In the meantime two divisions of English infantry,
with their artillery, descended into the plain of Bala-
klava, guarded the approaches to this spot, and
drew up in two lines between the cavalry, and Bala-

klava.
" Finding the left of the cavalry to be rather exposed,
General Canrobert had it supported by our brigade of
African Chasseurs, the regiments, of which, under the
orders of General Morris, formed in tCchelons behind the
left wing, composed of the English Light Brigade.
Alereover, the First Brigade of the First Division
crowned the redoubt next to our positions, forming in
this manlier a strong line of support behind the Earl of
Lucan's cavalry.
"At this moment the English cavalry advanced.
This movement exposed it not merely to the fire in front
from the enemy's artillery, but also to that of a Russian
battery placed under the protection of 5 battalions, on
the high ground of the Chernaya, and which played on
their left wing both flankwise and obliquely.
"In order to disengage the English from this fire,
which, besides causing them losses, hampered their

' movement, General Morris ordered up General d'Allon-
vine with the African Chasseurs, three squadrons of
which charged this battery in succession, and cut down
the enemy's foot soldiers where they stood ; the latter
received them with a well-sustained fire from two ranks,
which fortunately was not very destructive.
"The Russian artillery tolled off, and appeared no
more for the day ; the 5 battalions fell back behind the
position, remaining on the other side of it.
" This movement, executed with as much intelligence
as brilliant boldness, completely disengaged the English
left, costing us only 10 men killed, two of them officers,
and 2S wounded.

"Daring this time the English cavalry had been per-
forming prodigies of valour, not without heavy loss. It
had dashed into the valley of the Chernaya against the
lines of the IZussian cavalry, which it dashed through
twice ; it brought disorder into the very rear of the
enemy ; but taken, both when going and returning, in
flank and obliquely, by a fire of grape from 16 field
pieces, and by the musketry of a large force of infantry,
it suffered heavy loss in this audacious charge, which so
confounded the enemy.
"Noon having arrived, General Canrobert and Lord
Raglan caused the troops present to take up a less ex-
tended position nearer Balaklava, and contiguous to the
corps of observation.

"Our losses, from the commencement of the sic
61 ge,
amount to 75 killed, 4of whom were officers, and 8
wounded, 17 of whom are officers.
" Before Sebastopol, Oct. 26, 1854.
"The General Chief of the General Staff.
(Signed) " DE MARTIMPRET."

THE TARTARS OF THE CRIMEA AND
THE ADJOINING PROVINCES.

(From the Journal de St. _Petersburg.)
_ _

Immediately after taking possession of Eupatoria
on the 3d of September last the first care of the
enemy was to excite the Tartars against this go-
vernment, which had been the source of all their
well-being. The instigations employed did not en-
tirely succeed. The mad youth, however, of the
villages adjoining this city allowed themselves to be
led away, under the pretext of furnishing the Al-
lied armies with provisions, and by the hope of
plundering those inhabitants who remained faith-
ful to their duty. The arrival of the Cossacks, and,
a short time afterwards, of the division of reserve
of the lancers in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria
put an end to these disorders.
At the same time the sentiments with which the
right-thinking Tartars of the government of the
Tauris are animated are displayed clearly enough
in the subjoined documents, which have been trans-
mitted to Lieut.-General Pestel, the head officer
in that department of the empire :

I. THE DECISION OF THE MAHOMEDAN ECCLESIASTICAL
ADMINISTRATION IN TAIJEIS, EEA.RINCi DATE THE 6TH
OF OCTOBER.
The Ecclesiastical Administration meeting in general
assembly has delivered the following judgment :
It has come to the knowledge of this administration
that amongst those inhabitants of the government of
Tauris who have taken the oath of fidelity to his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Russia, some individuals have for-
feited their faith, and broken the oath taken to the
government, many of them having already put themselves
into the hands of the enemy, who has penetrated to
Eupatoria, a portion of Russian territory.
The violation of an oath is prohibited by the Russian as
well as by the Mahomedan law. In fact in the book Vikie
it is said :—"lf Mahomedans revolt against the Sove•
reign and the Government, as soon as the fact is made
known they must be warned to renownee their wicked
designs, and not to confide in the strength of the enemy,
and they must be threatened with inevitable punish-
ment. If, after this, the same individuals shall assemble
at a certain place, and continue to prosecute their
designs they shall be punished with death, but the
punishment shall not extend either to their families or
their property."
In the book Dour f it is said :—" If an individual
having conceived the project of plundering an innocent
person shall be apprehended before the execution of his
project, he shall for this time be punished with incarcera-
tion, and kept in prison until he has shown signs of
repentance. If he has committed the act, and the value
of the stolen goods amounts to 200 silver dirhems, he
shall, for this offence, be mutilated in one arm and one
leg ; the first being cut off at the elbow, the second at
the knee. If the right arm is mutilated, the right leg
must be the one to suffer mutilation. If the malefactor
has lmurdered asy one, without having succeeded in
robbing him, the offence does not admit of pardon ; he
must suffer death. If he has both robbed and murdered,
in this case, after having suffered amputation, both of
the arm and the leg, he must suffer death by hanging or
some other mode ; or, at least, must be put to death
without preliminary amputation."
The Ecclesiastical Administration has the honour to
bring the preceding decision before your Excellency, and
adds that if amongst the Mahomedans in Tauris who
have sworn fidelity, as subjects, to the Emperor of
Russia, there shall be any found who have violated this
oath, and have revolted against the Government, accord-
ing to the Mahomedan law enunciated above, they must
be subjected to the punishments decreed in the books
Vikie and Douai' of the Mahomedan law.
(Signed) The MUFTI SEIT-DJELIT EFFENDI., President
EMIR SEIT KHILIL EFFENDI, President Kadi of Tauris.
SEIT-ABDOUL EFFENDI, Kadi of the district of Sim-
pherophol.

11.-THE PETITION OF THE DELEGATES OF THE TRIBE

OF THE NOGHAIS, BEARING DATE OCT. 12.
IVe, the undarsigned, chieis and delegates of the
Noghais, inhabiting the three northern districts of the
government of Tauris—those of the Dnieper, Meletopol,
and Berdiansk— beingentrusted with full written autho-
rity from our communities, are authorised to make the
following declaration to the superior authority :
Having existed for more than 70 years under the
sceptre of the great sovereigns of Russia, the Noghais
are perfectly happy in their position, and being desirous
of proving their gratitude for the benevolent solicitude
which the government has manifested in their favour,
and of showing at the same time how far they are from
concurring with the plans of the malevolent and un-
grateful inhabitants of the Crimea, who favoured the
designs of the enemies of Russia, they (theNeghais) have
resolved unanimously to appoint us as their delegates, and
to beg the authorities to accept the following present
from the Noghais communities, our constituents.
1. From the Noghais if the district of the Dnieper 200
cows, of the value of 16 roubles 50 copecks each ; or in
their place, if it should be considered more desirable, 100
pair of oxen with arabas and yokes, without drivers.
2. From each of the communes of Schoyout-Djourets,
Oulkon-Beskekla and Yougartanigala, in the district of
Berdiansk, 200 cows of the value of 15 roubles each, or,
if more desirable, 100 pair of oxen with arabas, without
drivers, making in the whole 300 pair of oxen, in addi-
tion to this 75 German britschkas, with horses. (The
communes would wish the britschkas and horses to be
returned, when they are no longer wanted.)
3. From the commune of Elniz-Ag,atch, in the dis-
trict of Melitepol, 140 beasts of the value of 15 roubles
each.

In conclusion the communes direct us to tell the au-
thorities, that if they do not send drivers with th• cars,
it is that the Noghais who belong to them may not come
into contact with the ungrateful Tartars of the Crimea,
and may not listen to their inconsiderate and dangerous
reasonings. All the members of the Noghai communi-
ties engage, nevertheless, to answer as a whole, one with
the other, for their fidelity to the throne and the country.
In consequence of this, we the undersigned chiefs and
delegates of the tribes of the Noghais, beg most cordially
that their undermentioned gifts of the communes, our
constituents, may be accepted.

SIGNATURES.
For the district of Berdiansk :—The mayor of the
commune of Ougartam-gala-Kokei Essleieff, and the de-
legates from the villages of the first Kagatch, and Bou-
lnkinek— Sultan Yagoiaieff and Zaat Yesseieff. The
mayor of the commune of Oulkon-Beskekla—Abdouveli-
Menkeieff; and the delegates from the villages of Bes-
ckieoul and the first Argakla Afali Takavoff and Oimaout-
Djenalieff. The mayor of the commune of Schouyout-
Djourets, Mengschakai Boiractoroff, and the delegates
from the villages of the first Bourkout and Ourkon Sas-
syktojoun—Kourman Effendi and Abil-Kourt.Adjieff.
For the district of Melitopol :—The mayor of the com-
mune of Elniz-Agatcb, Onuphre Andreitchenko, and
the delegates from the villages of Moustapoi and Kiltchik
—Aineg Outeguenoff and Meuglebori Amanaieff.
For the district of the Dnieper :—The mayor of the
commune of Airtchu-Kourt-Pedin Aktoroff, and the de-
legates of the villages of Tereno and Adi—Beurak Ne-
bieff and Eslei*es Assanoff.

In bringing this before the notice of the Em-
peror, the commander-in-chief of the forces by land
and sea of the Crimea has taken measures for the
trial of the principal plunderer by the military tri-
bunal, according to the rule of the campaign, leav-
ing it the liberty of giving them up to the ecclesi-
astical Mahomedan administration.
His Majesty, after having heard the above docu-
ments read, was graciously pleased to give orders :
1. To thank in his name the ecclesiastical Maho-
medan administration of the Crimea, and of the
tribe of the No hail for their sentimenteoffidelitthye.
2. To employ the gifts of the Noghtus for
troops.

We re-publish to-day a very remarkable document
from the St. Petersburg Journal. It contains what pur-
ports to be spontaneous addresses front two bodies of
Mussulman functionaries to the Russian Government.
Oue emanates from the religious authorities of the Ma-
home,dan inhabitants of the Crimea. It announces the
insurrectionary movements of the most able-bodied and
energetic of the co-religionists of the writers ; points out
the punishment which the Mahornedan law awards to
insurgents ; and exhorts the Government to inflict it.
The other address emanates from the secular heads of
the Noghai Tartars in the Governments of Taurida
Kherson :it proclaims their loyalty, and offers and
luntary contribution in aid of the war. There . a "-
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Russian Government has thereby branded as unjust and
illegal its owu claims to interfere between the Sultan
and his subjects of the Greek rite. The law which it
fulminates against its:own Mabomedan subjects it ought
to fulminate agaieet any Greek Aubject of the Forte who