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London, England, 1854-12-14 00:00:00

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SECOND PUBLICATION for 1854
LIST of PERSONS who have taken out GENERAL GAME CER-
TIFICATES at 41. Os. 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of
10 per cent, under the Act of the 3d Vic., cap. 17.
Alderson, Frank, 9, Park-crescent
Alexander, Capt. W. C., Enfield
Anderson, Edmund, Esq., 51, London-wall
Ashby, Morris, Staines
Bally, John Walser. 71, Gracechurch-street
Itaidey, George, 5, Laburnarn-terrace, Shoroditch
Baring, Edward Charles, Esq„ 8, Bishopsgate-street-within
Barker, Alexander, Esq., 103, Piccadilly
Barnard, Thomas, Russell-street, Covent-garden
Barnett, John, Gray's-inn
Bathurst, A. A., Esq., 8, Grosvenor-square
Bathurst, Henry Allen, 10, Baker-street
Baynes, Walter Francis, 18, Mansfield-street
Beaumont, Richard, Rutland-gate
Beckwith, Rev. E. G., Cloisters, Westminster
.Benham, Henry, Teddington
BerrY.Willlam, Esq., 29, Gracechnrch-Street -
Berkeley, Edward S. F., Esq., New Bond-street
Bireh, John William, Esq., New Broad-street.
Blackett, Jets. Douglas, Esq , Shorter's-court
Booty, Mr. James, 15, Stafford-row
Bowles, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George, 27, Curzon-street
Brodie, Alfred, 5, Cavendish-square
Broughton, R. J., 10, Dorset -square
Brown, David, Esq., Throgmorton-street
Brunsderi, James, St. Leonard-street, Bromley
Buckle, Christr. Richd., Esq., 7, Tavistock-place, St. Pancras
Burgoyne, Jas., Esq., Lowther-cottages, Holloway
Cadogan, the Earl of, 15, Chesham-place
Callcutt, Thomas, Little Queen-street
Carew, John, Oxford-square
Chambers, George, Esq., 6, Russia-row
Cholmondley, Joseph;-3, 27'ottifigherif- place • ' • -
Codrington, R. Esq., 126, Leadenhall-street
Cole, Charles Nicolas, 3, Gloucester-crescent*
Collin, Wm. Anthony, Lincoln's-inn
Colville, Lord, 42, Eaton-place
Cowell, Stepney, Col., 31, Hertford-street
Cox, Charles, Hillingdon-house, Hillingdon
Crawshay, Herbert, Colney Hatch, Friern Barnet
Crompton, Chas., Esq., 22, Hyde-park-square
Crose, Edward, Esq., 15, Trinity-square
Currie, M. F., St. Leonard-street, Bromley
Daid, Henry, Esq., Trinity-lane
Daniel, John H. Esq , 2, Halkin-street west
Daniel, Col. Henry John, 54, Grosvernor-street
DeLisle, Alfred T., Esq , 16, Devonshire-square
Digby, Capt., J. A., 43, Bond-street •
Dixon, Major-General, Mount-street
Dobree, Joseph Hankey, Esq., 15, Norfolk-street
Donning, John, 97, Edgeware-road
Edwards, John Robert,Esq., 23, Chester-street
Ellis, Arthur Edward Augustus, late of Military College, Bagehet
Evans, Price, Jas., Esq., 51, Cornhill
Falconer, Christie James, Esq., 7, Wilton-street
Pane, Robert George Cecil, Esq., 4, Upper Brook-street
Farnell, James, Esq., 14, King-street, Clerkenwell
Finch, Henry Young, 35, Cross-street, Isling on
Fitzgerald, John, Esq., Great Western et obi].
Foster, James L., Esq., 5, Southwick-street, Paddington
Frazer, john, Enfield
Proven, Joseph 8., Hampton
Goddard, Alfred, Esq., King. street
Goddard, Robert Headrick, 16, Giltspur-street
Godley, John Robert, 69, Gloucester-place
Good, Henry, Fulham
Grenfell, Arthur Richard, Upper Thames-street
Ilagg, Colonel John, 31, Gloucester-place
Hankey, 'Memo, Esq , 7, Mincing-lane
Herbert, Joseph, New Palace-yard •
Hicks, Johnson, 6, Lyon's Inn
Hill, James, Royal Mint
Hill, Alexander, Esq., Throgmorton-street
Hill, James, 11, Mansfield-street
Hitchcock. Robert, Esq , 2, Gresham-street
Hodgson, John Stewart, Esq , 8, St. Helen's-place
Holt, William, 30, St. John's-wood road
Ilornby,Henry Hill, 19, Upper Harley-street
Hotchkin, Spencer, Kensington
Howes, William Henry, Esq., Mincing-lane
Hume, James, 80, Harley-street
Jackson, Robert Edwin, Esq , Bank-buildings
Jeffery, William, King-street, St. Jam-s's
Jephson, Sir Richard, Bart., Argyll street
Johnson, William. Esq., Corn Exchange
Johnson, Henry Robert V., Lincoln's-inn
Kerslake, Preston, 6, Queen's-square
Kerr, Lord Frederick, Rutland-gate
Kenagh, General Thomas, 35, Albemarle-street
King, Charles, Enfield
Kitson, captain George, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street
Knox, Alexander, Esq., Throgrnorton-s reet
Knyaston, Roger, 43, Devonshire-street
Landsell, George, Esq., 54, Friday-street
Lane, William, 4, Bedrord-place
Leach, John, Esq., 17, Upper Thames-street
Lightfoot, Thomas S.; Old Burlington-street
Lightfoot, IL W., Orsett place, Paddington
Martin, Admiral Henry, 53, Wimpole-street
Matthews, Wilkinson, Lincoln's-inn
Medley, Eras. William, 50, Westbourne-terrace
Metcalf, Frederick, Regent-street
Meyrick, Edwd. S., Esq., Queen-street
Mills, Joseph, East India-r ad, Poplar
Montgomery Alfred, Esq., 8, Chesterfield-street •
Moor, John, Esq., Great Western hotel
Morant, Winam, Park-lane
Morton, Thomas, Esq., 1 hrogmorton-street
Mowbray, William 11., Great George-street
Murray, James, Downing-street
Netherwood, Baines, 62,1 King-street. Camden-town
Nettleship, William, 2), Red Lion-square
Paris, Chas., .ESq., 17, Bolton-Street .
Percival, Dudley 111 , Esq., Wilton-street
Philips, Wm., Esq., 33, Finchley-road. and Bond-street
Philips, George, Esq., Charlwood-street
Picard, John, 12, Queen's-terrace, Bayswater
Pickering, Arthur P., Lincoln's-inna
Picklington, Roger, Chelsea
Pitcher, Robert Samuel, St. James's-street
Potter, Samuel, Esq., 30, King-street
Poynder, Edward Samuel, 51, Wimpole-street
Prescott, George Edward, St. James's-square
Price, John Blount, 24, Milner-square
Pritchard, Robert Albion, Esq., Doctors'-commons
Pym, Chas., 15, Montague-place
Riddell, F. Hy., Lincoln's-inn
Sanction, Philip, 28, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-pelt
Seliwood, Mr. Henry, 49, Upper Grosvenor-street
1-erocold, Chas., Brewery, Liquorpond-street
Sharp, Edward, Gray's-ina
Shaw, John, Gray's-inn
Sillan, Augustus, Esq., 2, Crosby-square
Simpson, John, Saville-row •
Simpson, John, 10, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square
Sinewing, Charles, 3, Alpha-place
South, Sir James, Kensington
Spicer, William George, 19, Now Bridge-street.
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street
St. Lodger, Major J., 2'i, Baker-street
Stout, James, Old Brentford
Tebutt. Rev. Francis, 39, Austinfriars
Teesdale, John Marmaduke, Esq., Fenchurch-street
Thompson, Edwd. P., Arlington-street
Townsend, Win. Henry, 71, St. James-street
Townsend, E. D., Esq., 112, Cambridge-street
Travillyan, Sir Chas., Westbourne-terrace
Tribe, Joseph, Millwall
Turner, James William, Kensington •
Valiance, John Henry, 20, Essex-street, Strand
Waddilove, Edward, jun., 17, Gloucester-place
Waldegrave, the Hon. G., 56, Portland-place
Warren, Col. George, 136, Leadenhall-street
Webb, Thomas, Mile-end-road
Wells, Algernon, Esq., St. Swithin's-lane
Wells, Mordaunt, Hendon
Were, J. 8., Esq., 152, Westbourne-terrace •
Wetherell, Nathan, Lincoln's-inn
Whalley, John, Enfield
Wigram, Wm., Esq., 15e, Grosvenor-square
Wood, Dr. Fairies, 31, Half Moon-street
Wood, Col. Thomas, 12, Cavendish-square
Wood, Algernon, Wilton-crescent
Wood, Joseph, jun., Victoria-street
Woodgate. Capt. W. S., Chester-terrace
Wombwell, Charles Orby, Cowley-grove
Wyman, Edward James, Enfield
Yates,Wsm aErdd,wLari ed, E
ut .- Csciol:
, Compton-terrace,Littleßer-st Islingtonreet
LIST OF PERSONA LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME.
Alcy, Wm., Knightsbridge
Allinson, James, 2, Warren-street, Camden-town
Ailwright, Wm., 56, Rathbone-pl ace
Baker,
traead Charles Newcomb, Half Moon-passage,
oktear, S
o oohainu
ntehe
et
Barnard, Robert, Kensington
Bedsor, Wm., Kensington
Bendel], Thomas, Chelsea
Berry, Win., 32, King street, Portman-square
Bolton, Thomas, Newgate-market
Bowron, John, 3, Newcastle-place, Paddington
Braddick, James Shuttock, Chelsea
Brown, William, Newgate-market •
Burrough, John, Kensington
Buxton, William, 37, Paddington-street
Clayworth, .Gracechurch-street
Chappell, J., Hungerford-market
Chittick, Frederick, ss, High-street, Portland-town
East, James, Newgate-market
Evans, Edward, Hammersmith
Fisher, John, 23, Duke-street, St. James
Fowles, Robert, 4, Upper Duncan Place, Islington
Foxlee, Mary Ann, 95, St. John. street-road, Clerkenwell
Pricker, William, Old Brentford
Purnell, Charles, 3, Oxford-market house
Gosdep, Francis, Kensington
Gaston, Henry, 110, Goswell-street, Clerkenwell
Hall, Charles, 52, Albemarle street
Hall, William, 9, Conduit-street West, Paddington
Hammond, George, 9, Johnson-place, Paddington
Hill, William,Clielsea
Hodges, Augustus J., 13, Princes-street, Westminster
Hones, Thomas, Chelsea
Hull, Charles, Notting-hill, Kensington
Hughes, Charles, 79, Edgware-read
Hughes, Charles, 69, High-street, Portland-town
Jeffery, Frederick, and Erby, William P., Hammersmith
Kemp, George, 14, Morton-terrace, Kentish-town
Lambell, John, 119. Fore-street, Cripplegato
Martin, Arthur, 5, Lower Eaton-street
Matthewson, Charles, Kensington
Moody, Charles, 83, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell
Nell, John, 51, Charles street, Westminster
Norman, James, 93, Bishopsiate-street Without
Offer, Thomas, 44, Lamb's Conduit-street
Payne, John, 13, Oxford-market-house
Phillips, George, 5, Red Lion-passage
Priest, Henry, 11, Great Marylebone-street
Rice, Brothers, SI, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell
Richardson, William, 22, Holmes-terrace, Kentish-town
Richardson, Frederick, hreadneedle-street
Richardson, Frederick, 51, High-street, Portland town
Smith, Isaac, 6, Celbridge-place, Paddington
Taylor, William, 35, Little Pulteney-street
Todd, Anthony, 5 High-street, Clerkenwell
TTeozdedr,.]thfieesislrmy.:ll4,3iLuarmrbay's
sCtorneedru,ict-amstredeetn_
town
Vaughan, Alice, Leadenhall-market
Wellington, John, 13, New-street, Dorset-square
IVlllan, George, Triangle, Hackney
Made up to November , 1854.
By order of the Board.
T. KEOGH, Secretary.

Inland novenae Office, Somerset House.
PENALTIES.
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That
every person taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain-
ing a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur-
charged in double the amount of the certificate duty.
Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being
duly required, to
produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy
thereof to be taken,
ors refusing to declare his true name and place of
residence, also incur penalty of 20/.
Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a eertificate at the
lti sohfoctliuhityb maye cipiprotect,
teci by
y a gamekeeper, it is
r ee or tni Inn ci
tact,e n i
rate of 1/. 75. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond
the limits of the manor for which he is deputed ; and, in order that a
some lord or lady of
a mayor or reputed man", but 11100 that such deputation should be
registered with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be
certificate t
onlys''cll
that a rae e
liable to be surcharged in double the duty of 4/. Os. 10d , and also to
be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201.
N.R.-1t is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons
surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates.
* Omitted in error In ilrgt publication.

LETTERS FROM TEE CRIMEA.

BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Nov.. 2/.

Great will no doubt be your surprise, and not less
strong your indignation, at receiving with the present
letter my correspondence which should have appeared
days ago. , At the present moment, when events of the
utmost importance are succeeding one another with such
startling rapidity, a 'delay of five days may be attended
with incalculable consequences. In five days the fate
of the Crimea might. be decided, an4the happiness of
many a family at home might in the me brief interval
have received a death-blow. Yet it is at this period,
when the British nation is following with throbbing
earnestness every step in the deadly struggle before
Sebastopol, and when 'the touching anxiety of parents
and relatives at home is at its pitch, that the greatest
postal irregularity ie. experienced, and the grossest
negligence displayed. Iha Ye hitherto purposely
refrained from passing strictures en the many short-
comings we have witnessed from the perio-1 the
expedition first landed. on these shores. I have
well understood the many difficulties our chiefs have
had to contend with—difficulties which should have
curbed that bitter spirit of criticism which has manifested
itself with so much bad taste—not here, but at home.
The repeated and inexcusable negligence displayed in
the mail service has at length' attained a most reprehen-
sible point, and it is imperative that the real state of
matters be unveiled to the public. This irregularity in
the despatch of letters from the Crimea will probably at
home be attributed to either negligence or faulty arrange-
ments on the part of 'the postal authorities. It is not
so. The arrangements of the post-office are com-
plete, and the whole blame lies- with the naval au-
thorities.

The system established by the General Post-office in
London, and carried out by Mr. Smith, the postmaster
to the forces in the Crimea, is 41 foliksea ;_Ever five
five
-days a ne :' is made up at thigelfee in :13afaklavg.7EMW
aro made up fer Scutari and Constantinople, and for
London. The latter are taken on to Marseilles by the
French steamers, which leave Constantinople every
five days. the naval authorities are charged with the
transport of the bags from Balaklava to Constantinople.
Let me now illustrate, by a few facts, the great negli-
gence which characterises this department. The bags
containing letters up to the 18th inst. were made up on
that day at the Balaklava Post-office, and no steamer
arrived to convey them to Constantinople. The conse-
quence was that the Marseilles boat started 'without
them, and the British public were deprived of their cor-
respondence. If the weather on that day had been
stormy, I should not have mentioned this case ; but, on
the contrary, the sea was calm, On that day the Samp-
son arrived, and likewise the Caradoc ; consequently no
excuse can be offered. The previous mail from the Crimea
arrived at Constantinople 24 hours too late for the French
steamer ; but this was owing to unfavourable weather,
which prevented the Arrow from accomplishing the dis-
tance in time. But now that the bad season has set in,
and the navigation of the Euxine is rendered difficult,
could not the steamers accelerate their departure from the
Crimea by a few hours, and thus contrive to catch the
Marseilles packet ? The bags of the mail preceding
this (the 18th instant) were conveyed to Constan-
tinople by ker Majesty's steamer Triton. Although
the respective bags were distinctly marked and ticketed
thOse intended for Scutari and Constantinople were
thrown with the London bag into the French steamer,
and conveyed to Marseilles.. In this case negligence and
stupidity were equally displayed. You were deprived
of your telegraphic despatches, and the invalids at
Scutari of their letters. Throughout the campaign the
naval authorities have shown an unexpected spirit of
egotism as far as the management of the mails is con-
cerned. For instance, en the 18th instant two mails
arrived together from England. The whole army were
impatient to receive their letters, knowing that the bags
had arrived at the fleet. In fact, the Sampson had
arrived at Balaklava on the morning of the 18th, bring-
ing letters for the men-of-war in the harbour, but none
for the army, although nothing could have prevented
that steamer from doing so, had the authorities wished
to be just and agreeable to the army. The Caradoc
brought the bags in the evening, too late for distribu-
tion, consequently the army received their letters only
the next day, or forty-eight hours after the fleet. Some
attention should be directed at home to this negligence
and want of system.
While engaged-on the subject of postal misarrange-
reents, I may add that the French post-office at Kamish
Bay is not conducted in a manner calculated to please
the authorities at Paris. The gentleman at the head of
this office has not displayed to his British colleague at
Balaklava that friendly assistance which might have been
expected. Bags of unpaid letters remain at Kamish for
days without that fact being communicated at Balaklava,
although our postmaster has never hesitated to acquaint
at once the French post office on a similar occasion. I
was myself witness to the following act : —The British
postmaster had sent over an assistant to claim these
letters, but ho found that their number exceeded what
had
pounds
of
the
to
taask deficiente
up
te by somewhwhole
the British BritiehTheeffilnc
office with h postmasterthemieerebrleefuesuencli troequcredit
and only gave up the letters which could be actually
paid for. These petty annoyances, which impede
the regularity of our postal arrangements, will no
doubt meet proper attention in France. A great
many letters which have been franked in England, and
bear legibly on their face the stamp " paid," are re-
charged by the French post-office, to the reasonable an-
noyance and wrath of the recipients. It seems a very
harsh measure which is adopted towards the officers and
crews of our transport service. Although these form,
to every intent and purpose, a part of the expedition, and
run every risk, as was witnessed on the coast last week,
in the performance Of their duty, still they
do not
enjoy the postal privileges of the army and fleet. The
letters for the transport service, instead of being charged
3d., are liable to the whole French rate, and this cer-
tainly does seem an illiberal measure. to
I seriously recommend, the public at home always
their-letters
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under
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penny
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letters will then be delivered without delay to their cor-
respondents,
aend unpaid, run nno
besidesdanger
or 13d. under a quarter of an ounce (a most eccentric
option on the part of the French), are liable to be de-
• tained for many days at Kamish Bay. Therefore, by all
means prepay letters and newspapers for the Crimea.
beingf caarrgreidi ngw th Bd.
Unpaid newspapers are sent via Southampton, and
stand a very good chance of arriving some two months
after all interest in their contents h ceased. The late
Southampton mail brought the very interesting account
of the fall of Bomarsund.

BEFORB SEBASTOPOL, NOV. 22.—The siege
---- traine en
longue,. and is becoming diablement monotone. We hear
every day that the French are going to storm the place,
and tbat the names of volunteers, h;nnin,es de bonne
volonte, have been sent in to bead-quarters'; but never-
theless we are in statu quo. The firing ef late has been
slack ; there has generally, however, been some sort of
an attack between the French: and the Russians at night,
but with no results of consequence, as musketry-firing in
the dark can be but very uncertain in its effect. The
Russians have evidently been acting more on the de-
fensive since the sth inst. They have entrenched their
camp opposite to the Inkorman heig
hts, and have been
busy daring the last three nights in erecting abattis in
front of the round tower which is opposite to the second
brigade of the light division ; they have also strengthened
the position between the tower and the redan, and have
loophooled with sandbags, For musketry fire, the ditch
or earthwork leading between these two fortifications.
They are also busy at work at the star Fort, above the
north side of the harbour. The walls seem very thick,
and from the amount of earth thrown up the ditch must
be very deep ; the slope is beautifully finished. ; and al-
together it appears to be a formidable position, from
which they will be able to shell us when wo get into the
town.

A. Polish officer gave himself up as a deserter a few 1
days since, and reports that the Russians have had
c a stormed
m e
. y theer
to town.
the
French
25,000 men placed hors de combat since the battle of
Inkernaan, and that they cannot make out why we have
net
it.enisch .n the sane day, and
said that a Russian dot-
ter
thatm en t
theo l2F,OOlOe 0
stated that they were in a sad way from the want of
medical men, and that some of the wounded ox the sth
had not even then had their wounds dressed. It is
also reported that General Ltiders, with a reinforce-
smaiedn,thhaatdtahrery never could get the Rus-
sians to advance upon us again as they did on the sth ;ived. I forgot to mention
there is no doubt that they were half-drunk, like as they
were on their first attack on the 26th October. An
officer told me that he saw a Russian fall down en the
sth from sheer drunkenness.
On the 18th inst. an officer came out front the redan,
in front of cur Frenchman's-hill, with a flag of truce,
and was.met by one of oar officers in tie advanced work.
The Russian was the bearer of a letter from Lieutenant
Duff, of the 23d Fusiliers, who had been taken pri-
soner on the sth. Ile had sent for his clothes and
money, an mentioned that he was comfortable and well
treated.

A great many French have landed since I wrote to
you, and a great number more aro daily expected. The
97th Regiment, which is about 1,000 strong, arrived
on the 20th ; also the Queen of the South, with detach-
ments of the 7th Fusiliers, the 23d and 95th Regiments,
and the Guards. Souse urks landed yesterday.
There was a smart skirmish on the evening of the
20th, in front of Green-hill battery. Our Rifles were
sent out to drive away some Russian sharpshooters who
had established themselves in some holes, from whence
they could enfilade our advanced parties. I am sorry
to say that Lieut. Tryon. of the Rifle brigade, was shot
on this occasion. The Russians were driven out, and
next morning attacked our people, who had established
tberoselve in the said holes, but were repulsed.
Lord William Paulet has been appointed colonel on
the staff, and has the command of all our troops in the
Dardanelles, Bosphorus, or Scutari. The Hon. Captain
John Jocelyn Bourke, Has Regiment, is to be his aide-
de-camp.
The 46th Regiment, whir & arrived last week, are suf.

feriog much from cholera ; they have about 120 in hos-
pital, and bury several every day. . .

The ?foniteur de l' Armee publishes the following
from an officer of the Ist division before Sebasto-

pol
" The works of the lines are being carried on actively.
We are fortifying with a prodigality of prudence, even
in the opinion of the engineers, the plateau we occupy.
We began by separate works, redoubts, redans, arid
batteries ; we afterwards united these works by a first
line which is near the coast ; then we placed a barrier
on the road of the defile of Balaklsva, with other de-
fences ;•and at present we are making a second line,
nearer afro crest, in the rear of the first line of circum-
saltation. Our position, naturally superb, becomes im-
pregnable. Our principal guards are stationed in the
whole lbngth of it, and at night they send forward skir-
mishers. The Russian army can see all these works, of
defence. Since the 25th ult., the day of the affair of the
redoubts, it has not changed its place. Its squadrons
seem to be made of wood, so immovable are they.
More unlucky than we are, the poor fellows have no
tents. The Russian army is imitatins, us ; it is throw-
ing up entrenchments between us, and its line of re-
treat, the road of Simpheropol. It forms an angle, one
side of which faces our camp, and the other is on the
Tchernaya. On the 9th some battalions of the Ist divi-
sion were taken to the field of battle on the sth. From
the position they occupied, two hours were required to
go there. The entire camp of the English had to be
passed through. The troops passed the night, one bat-
talion working three hours at a redoubt, whilst another
was on the watch, and so on in turns. This redoubt
has been thrown up in the midst of the wood which
forms the left bank of the Tchernaya, a wood through
which the Russians advanced in the foggy morning of
the Sth. It will serve as a reserve to other works which
are more advanced and lower down so as to command
the bottom of the valley. The object of these works is
to cut off the communications of the Russian army with
the place. The road from the Tchernaya being stopped,
the Rossianaventub:make along detour to take the val-
ley of Balbek:-. go doubt this precaution would- have
been taken a long time ago, had it not been for the al-
ready immense development of the Allied armies along
the plateau from the heights south of Balaklava to the
gates of Sebastopola development which requires a
great number of troops in addition to those occupied in
the siege itself. The complete works of ciroumvallation
and contravallation will be more than 20 kilometres,
(12i English miles) in extent."
The same letter says :

"In the battle of Inkerman, the action on the ar-
rival of the French battalions assumed new and terrible
vigour. It was a prolonged act of heroism, and all the
actors in it were grand, sublime. The brave Colonel of
the 6th regiment of the line, armed with a long clay-
more of the best tempered steel, which he wielded with
both hands, struck right and left. He was always the
first in the melee. A veritable Roland, he caused seven
enemies to fall before him ; he was a terrible warrior, a
colossus. Mis death reealle to mind the gigantic con-
flicts of the heroes of Ariosto. 1 brother of this noble
soldier has just arrived, but instead of an elder brother,
he has found a laurel for his name ! There remained
on the 10th on the field of battle more than 1,000 dead
Russians unburied. They were almost all in a position
in view of the roadsted of Sebastopol, which was swept
by the guns of the Russian vessel the Twelve Apostles.
As this vessel fired shells at our burying parties, we
were obliged to wait for the night to continueour task."
A letter from the Crimea, of the 29th, says :
" Yesterday the Allied troops occupied a Russian re-
doubt after a sharp engagement. The besieged made
two attempts to retake it, but failed, and sustained nu-
merous losses. The preparations for lodging the soldiers
continue ; 3,000 tents, sack capable of containing 20
soldiers, have arrived from Constantinople, and a second
supply is shortly expected. Almost all the steamers of
the two fleets are employed in conveying from Sinope to
the Crimea all the wood for building or for fire that they
can find on the coast. The local authorities second
these operations as well as they can. Before long pro-
bably the supplies will be sufficient for all the wants of
the three armies. The Turcos, or natives of Africa, re-
cently penetrated during the night into the camp of the
Russian cavalry, and cut the halters of a number of the
horses. The animals came towards the French troops,
and 300 of them were taken. The Russians have suf-
fered greatly from the tempest of the 14th. ' The waves
collected at the entrance of the port of Sebastopol, and
broke with indescribable ♦iolence at the bottom of the
port. It is rumoured that several Russian vessels went
down ; also that the vessels sunk had been displaced.
Within the last few days a young woman arrived in the
Crimea to join her husband, a lieutenant in the Ist re-
giment of artillery. After a painful passage of three
months, the vessel en board which she was sunk, but the
courageous woman jumped into the sea, and was rescued.
She lost all that she possessed, but she had the joy of
finding her husband 1"

DESPATCHES FROM GEN. CA.NROBERT
AND ADMIRAL HAMELIN.
The Minister of War has reoeived the follow-
ing report from General Canrobert, dared 28th
ult.

"Monsieur le Mar6chal,—The weather is improving,
and this is a circumstance which is far from being with-
out interest for our operations. A constant rain, and
the state of the roads oa the plateaux where we are esta-
blished, had considerably augmented the difficulty in
transporting provisions and materiel. A little sunshine
is about to repair all and allow us to resume our work.
with redoubled activity. The enemy turns to account
these cessations on our part, in order to increase his
means of defence. Up to this time his principal object
has been to intimidate as, and never was witnessed such
a consumption of powder and ball. Our artillery calcu-
late that since our arrival under the walls of Sebastopol
the enemy has fired 400,000 cannon shot, and. con-
slimed 1,200,000 kilogrammes of powder. Some
idea may be formed from this of the supply that
must have been for a long time accumulating in the
place. We, however, remark that the Russian artillery
is now more economical in the fire, and particu-
larly in that of shells. The number of our killed and
wounded does not exceed 15 a day. The army of
Prince Menschikoff keeps on the defensive, and it
appears that, until further orders, he has renounced
the idea of undertaking anything against us. In
the meantime our situation is improving in every way.
Reinforcements are arriving, and our regiments of
Zouaves as well as all those who are natives of Africa,
present an ensemble the most satisfactory. Our supplies
are abundant, and I am now able to distributed to the
troops a daily ration of wine or brandy. This is a very
important point, and will prevent much sickness. On
the other hand, the winter clothing is arriving, and
*already the greatcoat with hood and the paletot of
sheepskin, are numerous in our camps. The soldier
will nobly and courageously support the trial of
the bad weather, seeing himself the object of such
care and solicitude on the part of the Emperor and his
minister. The Turkish Government has promised me
6,000 conical tents, which are highly prized here, as they
resist the violent wind so common in this country much
better than ours. I can assure you, Monsieur le
Marechal, that the army acquires rare solidity, and you
cannot imagine to what a point our young men, sud-
denly impressed by the grandeur of the struggle, become
old soldiers, You would not have seen without the
most lively feeling of satisfaction the lines drawn out,
and remaining calm and immovable under a fire of ar-
tillery which Lord Raglan has declared to me was
heavier than that which was heard at Waterloo. I
give you these details, because they cannot fail to interest
and at the same time to tranquillise you, and, in short,
to show the confidence with whichmytroops inspire me.
The new divisions will here find old ones who will set
them a good example.—A.ccept, &c." -
The Minister of Marine has received a despatch
from Admiral Hamelin, dated the 28th ult., from
which the following are extracts :
" In the new phase of the siege the army, which had
appreciated the excellence of the fire of our sailors, and
the ravages occasioned by our heavy guns, has made a
fresh appeal to the fleet. lam therefore engaged, at
the desire of General Canrobert, in landing 55 heavy
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other having since the commencement of the siege
very much improved in the opinion of the army as ar-
tillerymen. The arrival of troops takes place almost
rival of 3,000 men in the Bosphorus, and yesterday 1,000.
of them reached ICamiesb, and I shortly expect the re- •
every day ; the (lay before yesterday I heard of the ar-
mainder by the steam-frigates which I despatched to
Constantinople to take them on board. We are daily
employed in en
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devo to save the H IV. and
we shall keep in the port of Kamiesh, to be used as re-
quired by the array or other vessels. The Gassendi,
which arrived here two days ago, will leave again today
for France, agreeably to your, orders, after having landed
her Zouaves at Kainiesh.

A letter from the heights of Sebastopol of the
27th ult. states as follows
" General Canrobert leas dent to Prince Menschikoff
the minutes of the inquiry held on the Russian Major
whom an English court-martial sentenced to be hung for
having assassinated and caused others to assassinate the
wounded on the field of battle. The Prince was asked
to sign the sentence, but he declined, alle!zing that he
had strictly prohibited such acts of cruelty, but that it
appertained to his own military tri'uunals only to esta-
Wish the culpability. It is generally admitted that Men-
schikoff is an able adversary, brave, and obstinat il
e. ls
c.rrespoolenee and his official reports, as they are
known in the Allied army, cause him to be esteemed as
a loyal enemy. His accounts of the battle of Alma and
the first attack of Sebastopol have an air of frankness,
all the more meritorious that it is not usual among his
countrymen' Decidedly the Prince was perfectly itiNti,