The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

THE WAR.

The following article appeared in the Ftench Govern-
ment paper on Thursday :

" The Minister of I,Vr has received from- the General-
in-Chief of the Army in the East despatches dated Oct. 3.
"No fresh military operation had been ended since the
taking possession of Balaklava. The two armies are
established in an excellent military position, the English
army thawing its materiel and provisions from. Tialaklaya,
and the Frenchftom two small bays to the•north of Cape
Chersonesus.

"This position of the two armies has naturally deter-
mined their mode of distribution on the territory before
the place of Sebastopol during the seige: The- French
army will have the left of the attack, from the sea to the
southern fort. The English will take the right, from the
southern fort to the ruins of Inkermann.

" Our army is divided into two corps•—the first; under
the orders of General Forey, and composed of the third
and fourth divisions, will make the seige.;--the.second,
under the command of General Bosquet, and. comprising
the first and second divisions, will form the corps of ob-
servation. The Turkish division is placed in reserve
according to circumstances. The.Reglish army has made
similar arrangements. A portion• of its divisions will
assist in the attacks against the. place; the other part,
forming a corps of observation, will be united with the
corps of General Bosquet.
" These arrangements are of a nature to remove all
doubt as to the result of the seige which is about to• com-
mence. -

" According to the statements of deserters, the spirits
of the Russian army appear to be much depressed since
its disaster upon the Alma, where it lost from 7,000 to
8,000 men."

" A letter from Augsburg says,—
"` The last communication from Austria to Prussia has
been very favourably received in Germany, and this re-
ception sufficiently attests the support which the Cabinet
of Vienna finds from public opinion for all its energetic
decisions. The - Gazette Univeraelle de Leipsie, which
has hitherto opposed Austrian policy, has just published
an article the object of which is to show that, although
the whole of her population is not German in feeling,
Austria is more so than any other Power by her resolu-
tions and her actions. From this article we deduce the
following considerations : _

"`Austria has just announced her final decision to the
Cabinet of Berlin, and that decision, it must be confessed,
is vigorous, precise, and, in short, truly German. She will
now call upon Prussia to say, without ambiguity, ' Yes '
or 'No '—to declare herself for or against in the face of
the Germanic Diet, the German nation, and before the
tribunal of public opinon and all Europe. She is about to
present herself no longer in concert with Prussia, but'
alone, before the federal body, if, indeed, that body should
not itself take the initiative and frankly put the following
question :—` If Austria should draw the sword for Ger-
many, will Germany cover Austria with her shield ?'
" We have read this declaration of Austria with plea-
sure, and our national pride, so deeply humiliated by the
inaction of Germany, exalts itself again at the aspect of
this noble attitude: "

Tim Was IN ABTA.-A letter in the Lloyd, from
Batoum, brings intelligence from Asia Minor up to the
29th ult. Ferik Pacha, who with 8000 men was on the
Natauchta, crossed into the Russian territory on the 27th,
and reconnoitered as far as Dschumat. The Russians are
concentrated at Kutais, and are collecting reinforcements
from the fortresses on the eastern coast of the Thuine.
The Kars army is being reinforced and reorganised.
Ismail Pacha was expected to join it within a few weeks.
It may be well, indeed it is necessary, to mention that
there are three Ismail Pashas—viz., the above-mentioned;
a second, the governor of Erzeroum ; and the third is the
governor of Smyrna. The present governor of Kars, Zary
Pacha, remains inactive while the Russians are preparing
for further operations. Schamyl sent messengers to inform
the leaders of the Turkish army at Kars of his intended
descent on the Russian territory, and expected they would
co-operate with him; but their petty jealousies, and the
demoralised state of their army, prevented Schamyl's anti-
cipations being fulfilled ; "and," as the Batoum corres-
pondent says,"as he (Schamyl) found himself unsupported
by the Turks, he has lately returned to his mountains.
laden with Russian booty." Ismail Pacha, the governor of
Erzeroum, was engaged in attempting to stop the disorders
of the Zeybecks in the interior of Anatolia, and has cap-
tured several of the leaders, and restored quiet in the
immediate neighbourhood of his pachalik, " but not till
the Zeybeks had murdered several French officers on their
journey to Kars." The Russians have recently again
withdrawn from Bayazid, and the communication with
Persia is re-established. The cholera has broken out again
in the south of Anatolia.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED AT ALMA.-A supple-
ment to the London Gazette contains the; returns of the
non-commissioned officers and rank and file killed and
wounded at the battle of Alma.

THE RULING PessioN.—Since the news of the late
victory has arrived, applications for admissions into the
army have increased nearly tenfold.

THE GuAaDs.—The additional force will be sent out
to-day. The regiments will supply about 340 men—the
Scots Fusiliers, who lost so severely at the Alma, supply-
ing the larger number. All the other regiments of the
light divisions are prepared to send out a considerable
number ; but the augmentation will be confined to sup-
plying the want occasioned by the loss in the late
engagement.
NURSES FOR THE WOUNDED IN TURKEY: Mrs. Night-
ingale, who has been for some time acting as superintend-
ent of the Ladies' Hospital, in London, has undertaken to
organize a staff of female nurses, who will at once proceed
with her to Scutari, at the cost of the government, there
to act under her directions in the English military hospital.
Under a special arrangement with the Peninsula and
and Oriental Company, a number of surgeons, and the
staff of nurses organised by Mrs. Nightingale, will em-
bark at Marseilles, on Friday next, on board the Vectis,
and be conveyed by that vessel to Constantinople imme-
diately after the delivery of the outward India mail at
Malta. On ordinary occasions the Veetia and Valetta wait
at Malta while the steamer from Southampton is engaged
in transporting the India .mails and pmengers from that

place to Alexandria and back; but, as the distances be-
tween Malta and Constantinople and Malta and Alexandria
are nearly the same, it is expected that the Vectis will
reach Malta on her return from this special service in
time to prevent any delay of the inward India mail, w hile
by this arrangement the staff of surgeons and nurses will,
in all probability, reach the scene of their labours on the
4th proximo, some days earlier than the, passage could
have been accomplished by any other available means.

Tun WOUNDED SOLDIEE9.—At a committee of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel held on Friday,
it was determined to call a special meeting of the society
for this day (Tuesday), to consider the expediency of
sending an additional number of clergymen to minister
to our sick and wounded soldiers at the seat of war. This
step has been taken with the full sanction and concur-
rence of government, and it is very gratifying to add that
one clergyman, a fellow of a college at Oxford, has offered
his gratuitous services for this work of mercy. We are
also informed that upwards of £lOO was subscribed at the
committee-table.

Lord Blantyre, as soon as the news of thelosses at Alma
reached Edinburgh, placed the sum of £2OO in the hands
of Professors Simpson and Syme, for the purpose of send-
ing out immediately to Scutari or the Crimea two or three
surgeons to supplement the medical staff there:
THE NEW LOTIG-RA.NGE CANICON.—The perfOrmance of
one of the long range Lancaster guns, which has lately
been mounted on the Arrow, and has been trying its range
at SebastoN, has exceeded the most sanguine expectations.
The first few shots Bred by the Arrow, at three mag, the
gun was too elevated,, and the ball passed over the whole
place. Afterwards the range was precisely taken, and for
three hours shot and shell were thrown into the nearest
battery until it was completely destroyed. For the fast
half-hour of the firing, it never returned a shot. But flick,
it appears, is by no means the sole merit of thdgun. IBC
-
weakens the resources of Sebastopol still more fatally
than by knocking up batteries. Under the natural belief
that because their works were within range, the vessel
which fired must be in range also, the Russians returned a
most tremendous fire, but every shot sank in the sea at
about three-quarters of a mile distance from the Arrow.
'Unless there are incredible stores of ammunition in Sebas-
topol, such a mode of fighting: mast soon leave them with-
out a shot.

LIGHTHOUSES IN STIETLANs›POR THE BALTIC FLEET.
—ln consideration of the possibility of our fleets in the
White Sea and the Baltic being-driven towards the rugged
shores of the Shetland Isles, the. government determined
to exhibit lights on the eastern, and northern points of
Shetland. We are glad to be able. to state that the Com-
missioners of Northern Lighthouses have now succeeded
in establishing these lights, which are of a temporary
description, in order to meet theemergency. Owing to
the remoteness of the situations and' the necessarily short
time that could be devoted to the preparation of the lights,
the utmost exertion had to be usedsth bring the works to
a successfi l! issue before the close of the present season.
The lighthouse towers were made of logs of timber and
rubble masonry, and the lanterns of iron ; and these, toge-
ther witluthe lighting apparatus and machinery, and the
iron houses- for the lightkeepers' dweßings, were all pre-
pared and fitted up in Leith and Edinburgh previously to
being sent off, One of the stations on-which a light has
been exhibited 84 Whalsey Skerries, the most eastern point
of the Shetlandlslands, a dangerous outlying cluster of
rocks and island, extending about 15 mires from the main-
land of Shetland. But the other and more remarkable
work is the North Uist Light, which is situated on an
isolated rocky islet lying to the north, of the Shetland
Isles, and, with the exception of a small outlying rock
called the " Ont Stalk," the most northern point of Her
Majesty's dominions. The North Uist Light is placed on
a precipitous and:rugged rock about 150 feet high. The
top of the rock, measures about 200 feet-by 80 feet, and
upon this limited. area is erected a lighthouse tower and
dwelling-houses, together with watertank and coalstore,
the whole being- protected from sea spray and wind by
walls of rubble stone set in Roman cement So difficult
was the ascent to the rock that everything used, including
lime, cement, sand; water, and ironwork, Sce.,. of all kinds,
as well as a year's supply of oil, fuel, provisions, and other
stores for the due maintenance of the light, had to be car-
ried up on the backs-of the workmen. Four lightkeepers
are appointed to the North Uist Light ; three will be con-
stantly on the rock; and the fourth will have- his turn of
leave on shore by rotation, when it will be his duty, daily,
to observe the signals made at particular hours each day
from the rock, and, if a signal requiring assistance is made,
immediately to proceed to the lighthouse in the attending
boat provided for the purpose.—Northern

ORDERS TO THE ARMY BEFORE COMMENCING
SIEGE OPERATIONS.

The order of the day prepared by the Allied,Generals on
the evening of October-3rd, regulating the commence-
ment of the siege, was issued a few hours befOre the des-
patches left, and the names of the first detachments at
work could not be ascertained. The entrenchments, how-
ever, were opened with perfect success, not a shot disturb-
ing the men :

The trenches were opened this evening against Sebasto-
pol; a working party, consisting of—, furnished by
the—, will be marchedio the engineers' depot at—p.m.,
where they will receive tools and directions from the en-
gineers' officers and sappers, who will guide them to the
works ; they will be without arms and accoutrements.
The guard for the protection of the working and ground
will consist of —, furnished by —, and will parade in
their camp at p.m., be conducted to their positions,
posted, and receive instructions from the staff 'officers who
will be assembled for the-purpose.
All the movements of the parties must be; if possible,
kept out of the view of the place.
After moving from their place of assembly, which will
be after dark, the utmost. silence must lee- preserved,
and the least possible noise of any kind made. The
working parties must be. arranged in proper order by
the engineers, but will not commence work till ordered,
after which it must be carried on with tithe greatest
energy.

The engineers will be charged with the arrangements,
but the officers of the troops must be responsible for the
maintenance of order andattention to the directions given
by the engineers, and for the amount of work done ; on
diligence and regular cambia of the working parties will
depend more rapid and complete•success of the enterprise.
The working parties must not quit the work on slight
alarms. If the enemy make a sortie, the guard will ad-
vance and drive them in, and before they reach the work,
if possible ; should the working party be absolutely ob-
liged to retire, they will take. their tools with them, and
re-form a short distance in•rear to return to the work when
the sortie is repulsed.
The guard will be posted' ili rear of the working party,
and near to it, if possible, under cover from the fire of
the place; if not, they must lie• down in order to battle,
with accoutrements on, and each man with his firelock
close by him—one party not less than one-third of the
forces absolutely on the alert all through the night,
taking it alternately, ready for an immediate rush on the
enemy.

A sortie is out and Olt the works in a very short time,
therefore the guard must be• in immediate readiness to
attack it without hesitation ;• nothing is so easily defeated
as a sortie if charged without delay.
After the repulse of any sortie, the guard will return
under cover as soon as possible, and resume their position.
All working parties and guards will be composed of
entire regiments, or parts, and not of detachments, made
up of different corps.

BALAKLANA is a wonderful place. Nature, in one of
her freaks, has endowed it with an admirable little har-
bour, deep enough to contain the largest man-of-war. The
entrance is very narrow, and dominated by cliffs some 600
feet high. A little channel winds to the widest part of
the harbour, which is completely shut in on all sides by
hills. The town appears to have been thriving, as several
houses and a church were in course of construction. A
very respectable quay runs along the water side, and here
the Agamemnon, the Sane Pareil, and some forty or fifty
of our largest transports, ships and steamers, are safely
moored. The magnificent Agamemnon lies the nearest in
land, and 300 yards beyond her the harbour terminates in
a mud-puddle. A ruined Genoese fort of large extent in
olden times domineered the entrance to Balaklava ; but a
small earth work was the only work of defence established
by the Russians. The latter have displayed a great
absence of foresight in not having rendered the entrance
to the harbour, so indispensable to us, more formidable.
A single ship, artfully sunk, would apparently have ren-
dered the entrance impossible.
.

The best houses inK the place are now occupied by the
allied generals, or converted into offices for the necessary
departments. The Adjutant-General occupies a pleasant
house shaded by poplars. In the high street are Lord
Raglan's quarters, the various hospitals, and the post-
office. The Duke of Cambridge occupies a house outside
the town. The bazaar is dosed, but several of the inhabi-
tants have remained behind. I remarked one old gentle-
man, whose constant occupation appeared to consist in
walking up and down:the street, and bowing most humbly
to every officer or soldier who passed. The urbanity of
manner and natural politeness of the British soldier are
both well known, and the monotonous obeisances of the
old gentleman were rewarded by a patronising nod, and a
" Bono Johnny."
Some of the largest houses have been turned into hos-
pitals ; but I doubt if the air of the town be healthy.
Completely shut in by hills, scarcely a fresh breath of air
can penetrate, and the water has a most offensive smell.
Outside of the town stands a village called Kadikoi, which
possesses some large houses and a church, which might be
employed without desecration in the charitable service of
covering the sick. Having sent on the greater number of
carts, laden with sick, to Balaklava, in order to return on
the morrow with provisions from the commissariat ships,
the 4th division quitted the direct road and took to that
leading to Sebastopol. At Kadikoi lay the light division,
and we encountered on our route the three other divisions
and the cavalry, bivouacking on several heights. The
first object on the road was a little farm-house, skirted by'
a beautiful little vineyard. Being overpowered with
thirst I forgot all prudence and tasted here, for the first
time, the Crimea grape. Imagine to yourselves, oh !
sober matter-of-fact people at home, clusters of luscious
blue transparent grapes, such as would honour even
Chatsworth, and Lance would have delighted to pourtray.
But imagine, also, the dark, dismal sentiment of remorse
and dread which haunted me for hours after I had swal-
lowed some half-a-dozen immense bunches. I could now
understand with what delight and imprudence our soldiers
actually gorge themselves with this delicious fruit, for the
palate once excited craves, as in my instance, to be satiated.
By the farm-house a beehive was discovered, and after
a little hesitation, one heroic individual dashed at it, and
completely knocked it to pieces. Like many other great
men, this praiseworthy gentleman failed to reap the ad-
vantage of his energy, for the insulted bees attacked him
with such fury, that, abandoning his grey, he rushed from
the spot, pathetically exclaiming Murder ! Murder ! "
The hive was, however, soon emptied of its store by tho
baggage guards, who miraculously contrived to hold in
each hand an immense block of honeycomb, without letting
fall their firelocks, or dropping the dignity of the British
soldier.
The savage bees, instead of attacking the proper crimi-
nals, very absurdly darted at the inoffensive pack-horses,
who certainly exhibited an energy for which they had
hitherto received no credit.
Two miles below the spot where the fourth division
bivouacked stood calmly the town, to reach which Eng.
land has spilt some of her best blood; but at this inspir-
ing sight officer and soldier forgot the fatigue, sicknos,
and privottoll. which had beell tie common lot,

THE KILLED AND WOUNDED DURING THE

LONG WAR

THE following table of killed and wounded in the battles
of the long war, from 1793 to 1815, on land and sea, is
interesting enough for republication. It will be seen that
the greatest loss, in killed, was at the battle of Waterloo,
next to that affair the battles of Albuera, Badajoz, Tala-
vera, St. Sebastian, Pyrenees, Vittoria, and the expedition
to New Orleans. At all the other great actions of the war
the loss was less than that at the battle of the Alma. The
greatest loss in any naval action was at Trafalgar, where
21 officers and 428 men were killed.
THE ARMY. _ _

Siege of Valenciennes
Siege of Pondicherry

Capture of Martinique
Operations in Guadaloupe
Action at Gateau

Killed. Wounded.
Offi. Men. Offi. Men.
... 1 22 4 123
... 4 25 1 44

2 72 10 195
14 156 23 475
1 3 0 6

Capture of Cape of Good Hope 0 2 3 31
Operations in St, Vincent's
Attack on Porto Rico 1 30 2 63
Storming of Serkegapatam 8 62 16 247
Battle of Bergen
Action of Aboukir.
Battle of Alexandria l2 231 66 1133
Siege of Alexandria , 0 13 6 118
Battle of Assaye ,
Battle of Argawm , . 0 13 1 91
Capture of Surinam , 0 3 5 8
Battle of Meida , 1 44 Fi 271
Attack on Monte Video , 8 134 29. 393
Siege of Copenhagen ,-, 4 38 6, 139
Action of Lourinha
Battle of Roleia -
Vimiera
Sir John Moore—actions at Sahagun and
Benevente—say 0 30 1 70
Battle of Corunna l5 300 30 447
Passage of the Douro , 0 23 10 86
Battle of Talavera . . 27 643 171 3235
Battle of Busaco .. 4 103 37 463
Battle of Barossa
Battle of Fuentes de Onoro
Blittle of Albuera . 32 850 163 2567
Siege and Blockade of Badajoz „ 8 115 39 658
Mights of El Bodon and near Aldea de

Storming of Ca(linger. E. I.
Siege and assault of Ciudad Rodrigo

S!eke of Badajoz

Sicke:of forts at Salamanca, and other

Battle'of Salamanca
Actioniat Serna

1 39 15 151
2 11 10 121
2 145 65 621

56 700 241 2600

6 104 23 338

~- 28 360 178 2536
..• 3 48 4 58

Capture of Fort St. Michael. and siege of

f3argos:

13 221 37 778

Retreat• from Bnrgos
Operations from Salamanca to Ciudad',
Rodrigo
Battle of• Vittoria 22 479 167 2640
Actions in-the Pyrenees 32 527 236 3457
Actions near St. Sebastian 6 45 23 305
Siege of St.-Sebastian
Passage ofthe Bidassoa, &c 4, 75 40 455
Passage of-the Nivelle 2l' 2.56 120 1657
Passage of the Nive l9' 260 131 2055
Battle of Toulouse

Sortie fromA3ltyonne
Action at La Cole Mill, America

Action at Oswego

Action in advance of Chippewa
Action near the Falls of Niagara

Assault on Fort Erie

8 184 34 402
O rr 2 44

Action at Bladensburgh (Major-General

2 60

6 14 26 295
5 7.9 41 518

Attack on Baltimore
Action before Fort Erie

4 53 23 273

3 61' 90 164

2 37 ti 240
3 112: 17 161

Expedition to New Orleans
Battle of Quartte Bras
Movement upon, Waterloo 1 2V 3 49
Battle of Waterloo. l2O 1651 t 446 5456

THE NAVY

Lord Howe's victory
Capt. Paget with*French frigate
Sir J. B. Warren with frigates 0
Sir E. Pellew with frigates
Lord Brioport, off.'l2orient
Capt. Towry with two French frigates
Sir 'idney Smithy Herqui 0
Sir J. B. Warren, with French fleet in _

the Channel
Commodore Nelsen with two Spanish
frigates
Sir John Jervis, off'Cape St. Vincent 3
Lieut. Hardy, cutting out a corvette
Rear-Admiral Nelson before Cadiz 0
Attack on Teneriffe .
Admiral Duncan, offCamperdown 8
Battle of the Nile l6
Sir J. B. Warren and French squadron,

oil' Irish coast
Fisgard and Immorttilili
Defence of Acre
Captain Inman, with a squadron in

Dunkirk Roads 0
Lieut. Coghlan, cutting out a gun-brig 0
Landing at Egypt, &c.
Battle of Alexandrir•4seamen and ma-
rines on shore)
Attack on Copenhagen• 2O
Sir Jaa. Saumarez,with French squadron

in Algesiras Bay
Lord Nelson's attack on the Boulogne

flotilla
Capture of Surinam
Sir S. Smith, with flotilla from Flushing
Boats from Lord Nelson's fleet, destroy-

, .
ing vessels in La Vandara 2
Cleopatra and La Ville de Milan 0
Sir Robert Calder, with the combined
fleet. (N.B. In this action only the
total loss in each ship is returned, not
distinguishing officers)
Battle of Trafalgar
Sir S. Smith, attack of Capri, &c.
Lord Cochrane, with a French frigate
Sir Samuel Hood, with? French frigates 1
Capture of Curacoa
Capture of Monte Video 0
Sir J. T. Duckworth, passage of the Dar-

danelles and return . 2
Boats attacking a Russian flotilla
Cyane. with gun-boats and batteries in
the Bay of Naples
Attack of flotilla in Aspo Roads (Baltic)ff 3
Alceate, &c., with French squadron, o
Lissa 2

Guerriere and Constitution
Macedonian and United States
Amelia and L'Arethuse .
Shannon and Chesapeake .
Capt. Barclay, with American squadron

on Lake Eke . ..
Scylla and Royalist, with the Weser 0
Boyne and Romulus.
Attack on Genoa
Action at Oswego (Sir J. Yeo)
Boats of squadron on Lake Ontario .*
Menalaus, in the Chesapeake, when Sir
P. Parker was killed 2
Navy co-operating in attack on Fort Erie 1
Navy co-operating in attack on Baltimore 0
Seahorse, &c., in the Potomac 1
Captain Downie's squadron on Lake

Champlain
Capture of American gun-vessels near
New Orleans
Endymion and President

ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.

222
37
24
48

16
60
65
91

Mr. Upton, an Englishman, resident in the Crimea, has
been captured.. This gentleman is a son of an engineer
employed on the works of Sebastopol, and resides, in a
comfortable country house in the suburbs of the town.
Lord Raglan rode up to the house, ignorant of its occu-
pant, and was,much surprised at the appearance of one of
his own countrymen. It was thought that much.might
be learned from so intelligent and trustworthy a prisoner ;
he was accordingly carried off to the camp, where he will
be treated with kindness in return for as much informa-
tion as he can be induced to communicate.

As the 96th Regiment was advancing, a wounded
Russian was. calling piteously for water, when poor. Captain
Eddington, whose heart was as kind and charitable as it
was stout and brave, ran up to him, and, stooping, gave
him to drink from a small flask of brandy and water,
which ha carried in case he should himself bewounded.
This reviyed the wounded man, and poor Eddington ran
forward to join his company, when the wretch who had
just been, restored by his charity fired at and. shot him,
his best friend. This so maddened his poor brother,
Lieutenant Eddington, who was in the same regiment,
and.elose to him, that he, in performing desperate deeds
of daring, also fell, dearly selling his life innvenging the
death. of his gallant brother. The two poor fellows were
most affectionate brothers ; they fell together, and two
better soldiers or braver hearts never wore:the cloth.

The transports which carried the heavy cavalry to the
Ctimea have met with a succession of gales which fully
justify the fears of those who recommended caution in
navigating the Black Sea at the period of the equinox. A
transport has arrived in Bujnkder6-bay„ which tells a
dismal tale. She carried a portion of the Royals and 130
horses, and was towed by the Simla,. A gale came on
when she was about half-way on her journey. The hawsers
parted immediately, and the unfortunate vessel was thrown
about for more than an hour, without being able to set a
sail to steady her. So violent was the motion, that the
upper deck gave way, and the hopes above were precipi-
tated on those below. A scene followed such as has been
seldom witnessed. The horses, are described as actually
screaming with pain and terror. Of course no one dared
to go near them, and the end of it was that of 130 only
twelve remained alive at the,conelusion of the day.
It appears that the 33rd crossed the river in deep water
up to their armpits under a shower of balls, and were first
to reach the opposite bank, the 23rd close upon them.
Col. Blake rode down so steep a pitch to the river that
his horse went in headforemost and was completely under
water for some seconds. The colonel never dismounted
all day, though the other mounted officers of his regiment
were obliged to do so from their horses being wounded or
unsteady. Colonel Blake's horse got one ball in his jaw,
one in his side, and a contusion from grape in his chest ;
besides these, one ball was lodged in the saddle, another
in the holster, where the pistol stopped it, and a sixth
ball hit the colonel in the left wrist, ran up in the sleeve
to the elbow, where it came out, having grazed the flesh
of the arm, but it was not of any importance. The colonel
was close, to the colours all the time, and saw three of his
officers struck down in succession who carried them. The
balls in' the horse were extracted, and the animal was
doing well, and likely to recover.
A Russian infantry officer, in a letter to his friends in
St. Petersburg, writes :—" The battle (of the Alma) was
discontinued on our side solely because our battalions
would have been exposed to the fire of the English and
French ship guns, which have a long range. The battle
had for us no advantageous result, for the enemy required
just as much time as we did to rally. The English, whom
we had on our right wing, fought brilliantly ; we. could
not deny them our admiration. The fire of the Minie
rifles, with their long range, did us a good deal of mischief,
and would have done us much more if the enemy had had
better shots among them. Our antagonist has not as yet
obtained the smallest advantage over us.. The Prince
(Menschikoff) is quite well, and the state of the troops
very satisfactory. The cossacks are constantly bringing
in French marauders as prisoners, but it is a fact that we

have as yet not taken a single English marauder. The
old British Excellency (Lord Raglan) who commands up
there must be keeping up good discipline."
LADY ERROL IN THE CRIMEA correspondent from
the war says :—" Lady Errol is still campaigning it with
the light division. I hear that her noble lord is to sell
out as soon as this year's campaign is over. - I look for-
ward to a very interesting work from Lady Errol's pen.
She is a shrewd, intelligent, and amiable woman (at least
so I am told by those thrown into her way), and these are
excellent qualities for getting up an agreeable book. Early
in the day I happened to meet Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar (of whom I knew nothing, save that he was
called prinee,by some), and asked his serene highness how
he fared, during the rough hours of the night,—he an-
swered, ' Why, as-well as I conk} ; we got the brushwood