The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-01 00:00:00

THE AUSTRIAN AND .PRUSSIAN

CABINITS.

The Journal des Debats has a very long article on the
negotiations between the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets.
The Debats does not despair entirely of conciliation,
but remarks that the persons who have come forward
as mediators to bring it about are precisely those who
were so active in the Conference of Bamberg, in which
the policy of A.ustria found little favour. It says :
" Such is the state of things ; Germany is agitated
at it, and not without reason, as a difference be-
tween the two powers in such circumstances may
become a decided danger ; and it is certainly a cause
of trouble and embarrassment for all the Cabinets.
Is conciliation possible ? All hopes of it have not
yet been given up, and it is to the desire of bringing
about an arrangement that is generally attributed the
almost simultaneous arrival at Berlin of M. Von der
Pfordton, Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and of
M. de Beust, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the King of
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little favour to the wishes of Austria. Before long we
shall without doubt know what is to be thought of the
matter. We shall learn also the nature of the new note
which the Minister of Austria at Berlin communicated
on the 25th to M. de Manteuffel, and which is said to
be very conciliatory in form, although very decided in
its meaning."

THE _RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF OPERA-
TIONS IN THE CIUMEA.

(Prom the Journal de St. Petersburg.)

The Anglo-French conducted their united forces be-
fore Sebastopol from the north of that ,own to the south,
thus entirely changing the basis of operations. They
attained this object by a flank march round the town.
The organs of the foreign press cannot find expres•
sions to praise sufficiently the skilfulness of this ma-
nceuvre. Without wishing to detract from the merit
of it, at least it is just t• mention also and to explain
the operations of Prince Menschikoff in reference to the
enemy.

After the battle upon the Alma, the Prince, not find-
ing a position strong enough upon the Katcha and the
Belbeck to give a fresh battle to the enemy, passed the
Tchcrnaya, and concentrated his forces in a position to
the east of the town, after having garrisoned the forts
of the north with a sufficient number of troops.
The enemy advanced, passed the Katcha, and the
Belbeck, and reached the heights which surround the
northern forts.

The position of Prince Blenschikoff was disadvan-
tageous, inasmuch as it enabled the enemy to occupy
the direct oommunicationa with the interior of the
empire. It was therefore necessary to abandon
that position, and the Prince achieved the object
by a luminous idea, carried into effect in the most
daring manner. He marched during the night of
the 24th to the 25th of September towards BAkshi-
Serai, after having crossed the Tchernaya by a
single bridge. He executed this march in flank in the
course of the night, and in the morning of the 25th
found himself in the valley of Bakshi-Serai, placed in the
flank and the rear of the enemy, having his communi-
cation free with the interior of the empire, and with
the reinforcements which he expected. The new posi-
tion of the Prince would have been annoying to the
enemy if the latter had been desirous of attempting
an attack against the forts of the north. For this
reason the enemy did not make the attempt to attack
the forts of the north. On the contrary, he adopted
the resolution of changing the point of attack from the
north to the south of Sebastopol, by turning the town
to the east. Let it be permitted to us here to throw a
light upon some circumstances, which will enable an
impartial judgment to be formed respecting the opera-
tions of the two parties.
Prince Menschikoff had to march across mountains
and by one road, which from the point where Mac-
kenzie's Farm is situate was only at a distance of four
wersts from the advanced posts of the enemy. In-
deed the bivouac fires were seen thence. The Prince
could not attempt to cover kis march by the means
which are usually adopted in such cases, for it was
necessary, above all things, not to attract the atten-
tion of the enemy. In his position it was necessary
to avoid a battle, which would have hindered the
movements of his column. The Prince marched with his
train and park of artillery. All these difficulties were
surmounted, and our troops had, on the morning of the
25th, reached a point where the enemy did not suppose
them to be.

Our adversaries also executed, and almost at the same
time, a flank march, but under much more advantageous
circumstances. From Belbeck, and the plateau which

they occupied on the 24th, they bad only to gain Mac-
kenzie's Farm in order to attain the route leading by a
descent to the Tcbernaya. Tho enemy executed this
movement without being perceived by us, for the point
where Mackenzie's Farm is situated is at a distance of
16 worsts from the spot where our forces were sta-
tioned ; and, besides, it is also covered by woody moun-
tains. _ _ .

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If -Prince Menschikoff had bsen desirous of at-
tacking the enemy during the march, he could only
have done so by one route, which, for a distance
of 10 werste, is upon an ascent from the Belbeck

to Mlckenzie s Farm. It would only have been ne-
cessary for the enemy to place a few batteries in a
good position upon the heights to enable him to
check our attack for so long a time that the move-
ment of the column could not be completed without
danger. The enemy had the great advantage of march-
ing without guns and artillery, which in the meantime
had been quietly transported by sea to Balaklava.
Whoever has marched with a troop, whether an army
or a battalion, will appreciate the difference between ad-
vancing with or without a train of artillery.
It was requisite that Prince Menschikoff should avoid
a combat during his movement, because the enemy
was placed in an advantageods position for it. Our
adversaries, on the contrary, marched in such a man-
ner that they would not have been inconvenienced by
an attack upon their flank, an attack which the Prince,
from the nature of the territory, could not bring
about without engaging in it under unfavourable cir-
cumstances.

DEATH OP A CHILD BY FlRM.—Yesterday afternoon
Mr. Wakley, the coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest
in the Theatre of the Royal Flee Hospital, Gray's-inn-
road, upon the body of Charles Whitehead, aged four
years, who was burnt to death on Sunday last. The
coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death."
FIRE.—Yesterday morning, shortly before one o'clock,
a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. J. Bendell, con-
tractor and carman, of Wells-street, Wellclose-square,
Whitechapel. The engines from Wellclose-square were
speedily on the spot, and a large body of police arrived
from the Leman-street station, under the joint direction
of Superintendent Steed and Inspector Geruon, but the
flames had progressed to such an extent that the greatest
difficulty arose in the removal of the horses from the
burning building. Most of the animals were extricated,
but three perished by fire, as it was quite impossible to
save them. The whole of the premises were destroyed,
and the houses adjoining suffered considerable injury by
fire and water. Mr. Bendell was insured in the Sun
Fire-office for building and contents. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Four thousand three hundred and eighty-nine mar-
riages were celebrated in various parts of England in
the quarter ending June 30th. The number only ex-
ceeds by 54 the marriages in the corresponding quarter
of 1853 ; still, after allowing for increase of population,
the marriages have exceeded the average of the ten pre-
vious years. The marriages decreased in some of the
south midland counties, and increased in Essex, Suffolk,
Norfolk, Wilts, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Worcester.
shire, in the North Riding of York, in Durham, and in
Northumberland.—Quarterly Reporit of tlta Refilitrar
_
• elated.