Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02

0FF1oIALE EDESPATcHES


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
From the C0mmdader of the French Aymy
BpsoRE SEBAsropoL, OCTOBER o.
MoxsIEuR LIE MARECHsL: Our works Of approach con-
tinue in the way Indicted in my previous despatch Of
the 18TH have ine to write at great length but
have the honor send u the Journal Of the SIEGE which
win make known TO you the whole detail of opera
TONS The difficulties which hare met with are Of
two kinds those whic result from the nature Of the
SOIL the upper stratum Of earth diminishing as ap-
proach the place. and thhe which proceed from the mum
Der and the cabre Of t guns which the enemy oppose
to us on very extendedhon and nearly in right line.
The resources which the nmy derives from his ships in
the port both in perso1 aud in mdtere almost in
exhausble whilst ours, although increased by what we
get from the two ecs az necessarily limited Guns Of
68 Founders and heavy mstars nre the kind Of artillery
to which we have almost dclusiyeiy reply This state
of things makes the egeof Sebastopc Of the most
labori9us SpsTssls hssss been met with for very
PLAIN the sfJwnesa Nth WIZ W. ~ In aav
Of the Goth the enemy made attempt to spike our
gums in which they failed Some men, who had managed
to get into the batteries by surprise killed. with the
officer who commanded them. The losses which we ex-
perence from the fire of the enemy are not SO consdera
Bile might be expected from the difficulties which
have pointed out to you send my wounded to Con-
stantinope by the means placed my disposal by the
feet the hospital arrangements are there IN highly
efficient state The sanitary state of the army satisfac
tory whatever sickness prevails IS caused by the exces-
The gunners landed from the vessels also suffer- they
conduct themselves with courage and deyoedness which
remarked by the whole army.
Accept &c. CANAOBERT.
From the Commander of tie British Army.
BEFORE SEBAsroPoL, OCTOBER %.
Mr. LORD DUKE The operations Of the siege have been
carried unremittngly since addressed your Grace
the 18th instant On that afternoon the French bat
teres having been able to reopen the enemy direct
n.,t,
ments and maintained very heavy fire upon them till
the day closed, with less damage, am happy TO say, to
the works, and with fewer casualties than might have
been anticipated On the following morning, shortly
after daylight Gen. Canrobert not only resumed his fire
from the batteries which had been injured but materially
added to the weight of his attack by the FIRE of batteries
had caused be the and
these have continued snce and he has had 1t in his
power push his approaches forward and like the Eng
sh materially inure the defences of the place but
these as yet far from being subdued neither is
rious dminuton Of their FIRE percevable Our ire has
also beep constant and effective but the enemy, having
their disposal large bodies of men, and tie resources
of the feet add arsenal at their command have been en-
abled by unceasng exerton to repair their redoubs to
certain extent and replace many of the guns that have
been destroyed in very short space Of time and to re-
sumo their fire from works which had succeeded in
slencisg This facility of repairing and re-armng the
defences naturally renders the progress of the assants
slower than could be wished and Ihavs not my po,cer
10 inform your Grace tcM any thing lake certainty, when
mar be expscd that ulerior may beunaeytdken
have the honor to transmit your Grace the return
Of killed and wounded between the 18th and Goth instant
inclusive. In my last announced to your Grace the
DEATH which had just been reported to me, OF that
deeply officer the Hon. COL HOOD of the Gre
nader Guards No other military officer has since fall
len; but Major Prince Edward of SAKE Weimar was
slightly wounded on the 10Th. His Serene Highness in
sisted however upon remaining IL the trenches until the
detachment to whichawas attached was relieved at the
usual hour and be hnb Aow resumed his duty Capt
Lord DUNKRLIN of theCodstream Guards, was unforu-
nately taken prisoner yesterday morning, before day.
light in front Of the tenches The naval batteries have
continued their exertons without interisson and re-
gret to have report the death of two gallant officers OF
the Royal navy Me Hon. Lieut.. RuTHvEN who has died
Of his wounds, and Lieut.. GREATHED of her Maestys
ship Britannia Both are universally regretted. The
fatter received mortal wound while laying gun after
having to use the language of Brigadier General EYRE
who was then charge of the trenches performed his
duty in the batteries in that excited the admi
ration Of all"
considerable body Of Russians appeared two days
ago in the vicinity of Balakaya but they have since with
drawn and are longer to be seen in our front have
reason to believe that Prince Menschko is not in Sebas
topo He is stated have placed himself with the main
body of the army in the field which is represented to be
stationed in the plains south Of BacshiSera Admiral
Cernilof the chef Of the staff and temporarily in COM
mand of Sebasopol is reported to have died OF his
wounds the day before yesterday. have, &C.