Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-24
POSITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE CRlMEA Al
.III' AEESS IL AIEN

,,r C,im,I. lind mot f,Ircu-haI not been assaulted
Til. NlrIu"sc VI iniS;.r's story has proved ~ '" 49,"
tly 1T til" city il cnlnr from :-;'h! ii't urr,l
contribution ol T.. Mu-urus I" The ku'S"" '"'"
turns out To hc m"r" i'!dge h;'cr III: r,I,'irc.
Tie dispatches Of Lord S:rni"rd "e !'"ooro
Murslnl st. Arnuml and Lord Ris!ai' 'e I IL 81 tha
armies, v'ci"rs after n fia'" '"n''t, H., SSlmo. some
10Th oil September, nm the bans" "t me >''T H. U.s.
thirteen miles 10 I'm, North u; S'Ihls'"l ~,
lairi Of Lard Strh:fnrd dr hc,irI!lie r"onSi. ., r =
,luv a!tcrnunl-ii the expressions Nv ~, u,n' mrn
Established their basis I'll "iT'r"''': n'tn,,I :, mr.. 10
pairing Ia march without delay on >"nn,'"P"h, rl"
tc literally cons, niul-wcrc on The S'ldl "a pm" va
vn, nine miles South 81 Srb"s'ni"n' u H. ~
the Intervening seven days Is lett u DUNK u'f" W ""i
utter as,omi,hmrn; we hiid ~ nj IT," >" o.. VarIL
Ia m, !S1y.h 81 !S~.bastny"I "a: "| hci mem 20 ne .,n'M
nfJ JJrw lid they get tn BALM tIava ! ere tiev
rt-rmbnrkc,l al Cape l.ukul nrd rc'htuco 1T pai"
Ciayu, Or did they march past Scbast"l'oi 10 nave
thr pleasure oi mnrrhim. back 10 II ngaii ! Ines"
krnily problems I.r:d Strntfnrd d" kc''rl'iic : u!s-
r,,rL Lnyrs the English public /" puzzle "ut Tor
themselves. a
n seems how,yrr, ~ if,-wcrr the N ,ncryphal mar
ratiyrs of Il. Tartar who brought dispatches from
C,,u,,artiuopI,. Ia DINER lacIa, ana the mastrr"f the
French steamer who WAS hailed nj the mouth ol the
Bnsphuru> lv Il couutrynnn carrying The news vi Tue
inl! IF Scbnstop"i Ia C"nsiaitln"plr, lett ON oil view,
it would not Ice difficult IL CLEAN from the published
disuu;clr.s of the Allied Commuters and Princc
Nru,rhiknir a tnlrrablv accurate notion of the rcla-
tive positions ri tho hostile forces on the 18th OF Sep
TENDER.
The frs. dispatches OF Admiral llnmclin, Marshal
ST. ArnHuh, Lord Raglan, and Prince Menschikon'
ali cnururrcd III stating that OH the 18th I'll Scptciii-
b.: the landing Of invading force ii"I n''', com ni
plctcd without opp, ion; that the allied troops had
not began to advance, Md that the Russians ma mus
tered on the bank. Ui tl. Alma. The next DISPATCH
rs oi Lord Strn;iurd dc Rrdrlitir, Marshal ~. Ariiliil
and Lord Raglan, announced that the heights ut the
Alma had been carried by s."rm, nj the point "i the
bavUnct. after Il "drspcralr' conflict. \ dislNtrh I'll
Pr!ncc Mcusrhikuir minated that, alter IL bloody
battle on the 10Th, the Russians had iaI!ch BACK upon
Scbastopul. So far the statements al tie III
lied commanders and the Russian General lOr
Aimiral) arc in perfect harmony. From The s"l'it !"
the 18th we nrc without any information from me Al
lies. The substance OF Il dispatch ATTRIBUTED I"
Prince Mensclik"if WAS published nj 81. Petersburg
on the I'd al O"t"bor. Tn" date assigned 10 thus dIS-
patch. is the 18th I'll September. II has been alleged
that Il dispatch sent oil from tn" Crimci on the 2Uih
nt September Could not have reached ~. rrtcr"hhr.
on the ID III Oc,"i"r. The impnssihilIty Is NOT 80
obvious. The previous dispatches oi lrincc Men
srlIiknii reached 81. Petersburg IN seven days; us Tile
difficulties ni h- position Increased greater eScrtions
would be- made ,unccrlrrntc the communications win
the capital; and i!r gain "f one day III SEVEN III such
Il crisi. Of the empires tate, is really II" such great
matter. Thi- hat MrlIschiknil dispatch states that
the Prince hai been Obliged 1" draw oil MS troops
from before l}akicll Srrai, where he was waiting Tor
reinforccmcil:s from kcrtch AMI l~'crckol, ma that up
10 the 10Th of SrItcutl,r the allies had not attacked
ScbustupoI. And now comes the Dispatch OF Lord
Strattrrti de- Rc,lcli1r, informing us that on the 18th
Prime. Men.cbi kohl was i'll the field ut the head oi
5000 men, waiting 10 br reinforced ny the GARRISON
Of Anapa; that the heavy siege artillery OF The allies
was landed or brin. landed ut Bala Clnva; and that
the allies were preparing to advance on ScDast"p"l.
These accounts have many Cups III the story 10 be-
filled up, but they convey Il toirrnhly exact notion I'll
the relative Positions nt the conicndInE forces. They
ar, perfectly coherent, and reclpruchly corrobdrate
rurh other. Prince Mrnoclikotf had $1,000 or 5o,0u0
men in the entertainments uu the heights above The
f,rds OF the ALMA. Driven from this position, hc fell
back upon Schust"pol. DrSlaIring al being able Il"
maintnin his grouud there, he threw Il part OF his tro"p"
into Srbastnpul, mud drew oil with 10000 men i'll the
direction nf Bak;chi-Scrai. This movement left tue
allies masters Of the whole open country between The
Alma and the south coast, 10 the west ot the position
taken up hv Prince MciIschik"tl. But II had, IN al
likelihood. been found impossible L" land the heavy
siege artillery IN the exposed west coast OF the Cri-
mca. II has, therefore, been landed III the harbor oi
ISala Claw, nine miles 10 the youth nt Schi!stoi'nl. as
soon H. it il brought up, the siege wlll begin. Schns'
,Opul will be attacked nj One. by tile fleet tom me
sea, aud by The land forces, VIII" are masters ri The
heights which command the forts ami the hnrbor, with
jts Russian fleet, from The land. Prince McnScllIKOi
canuul interrupt their operations WIN "hiy -U'o"'
men. The Garrison nf Ana,u il said I" bc marching
towards him: but ii our cruisers dn their duty, It may
he arrested III the strait. of Irnikalr. BESIDES, II can
scarcely add more than 10000 iicn I" hir army. kc-
iuinrccIuenis are said ~ be expected from fcrckup.
but they cannot arrive before November AMI tho
r3prc;,,i movement of Omcr Pacha upon the R"ss-
arabian frontier may proven, ;h"lr being sen, oil III
all. The Allies, II is :rac, have had n good many
men put h0rI Dr. rOm@Gt ut the Alma but lnuG ere
this the reserve from Narua mus; have .lnInui them,
and n stron. body OF Turks WIS preparing IA follow.
Though Sebastopnl. las not fHlieu ST. sn"n as was hc
ljcyrd, its fall, and tllut at no distant date, IL certain.
THE WAR.
Thu. following il the official announcement made
on the evening Of Thursday, October 9th, ty the
British Government:
u,uiOn ia =citc Errdo,d'nGrg.
WAR DrrARTMESr, Oct.5.
His Gr.re the Duke OF Newcastle has this day r.
c,;vod n letter, Of which III" following ii II copy, en-
cloaiuy, by TN, direction al the Erri IF tlarchdnn, n
cory ni n t,lcrraphic dispatch from Eiscount STRAIT
ford de- Rrdcliifc, Her Mai".tv's Ambassador at Con
siaulin"plr:
"FonEIGS OFFICE, Oct.I, Nla!t-pnst III A. NJ
"Sir:-I am dirrrir! by the Earl Of Cinr"nloh 10
transmit, To YOU herewith, for the information q; the
Dnkr of Newcastle, II copy "I n i"isgraPl'ic dc-pa''i
from N!scuaut S;ruifOrd de ~ltcdclIfi', dated Sepielh'
her 81, .. =. NJ, and purporilng 10 have been Tor,
waricd from Bucharest by her Majesty Agent nnd
Consul General on September 3d. - T. VI, ""n '"'-
' T.. HAMMOND.
"Col. Mrypr, &c"
.1,ooaa,iou Of Hc Eract CQpy 9Ca 1e,egrGPhc
D,s,a,rL, ,s,iiy.d Oc.ojcr 3. 10 4. W., and Trans.
mrt.d IN Mc A.cnt If Eaghnsh AZ llnhn,tnn, I"
Bncharc~t, the 3OM 81 September. lS1l' 81 P.M.
" Locd Stral;1rd, CcnStanHn0P!r, IN L"rd Clarendon
nlHystTT az IDpF|nN LV'ttN, %'it'"
"SrprENBER 80. ISL, at 81 r. VI.
THE allied armies established their nn,'' nt opera,
tions al Balnklnva on the morning oi Inc -ol,' "l'
were prcrarin. 10 march without delay upon Sch'sIo,
pol. The AgnmcmHOp aud other vessels "i WIT VI
ih. nl)j.s were. in the. pur: of Ntlaklava. There were
facilities there for di,cnburkinc the bntterInS tram
81 j. stated that Prince MEN>CHIK"ff WIS III INC
field a, the head Of 2o,0O0 men, expecting Te'U'"'c.
inrII;s; that the fortified rlnce 81 Annlh has p',"
burned bv the RuSsians that is Gnrrlsuil WIS 'hnrc'i-
in, h, th,. .n,I az uriinI: mad that Il convoy III h'I-
munitinn, escorted hv COssnck-, had been thhch I'LL
Destroyed by an En-iis. detachment.
"The B"m>h,C, bearer nj thu news iGt '' INN"
On the evening of the ,lay before Yesterday.
"STRATFORD DE tEDCLlFFE.'
To the above the London Tunes appcnds the fol-
lowing: -
1t will be observed that the clerks nj the Foreign
office, from whom this precious dncu'lcht tinhha'r',
have actually made the despatch arrive AZ Iucn"fcs.
Nix hours bctDre they represent 1t n' having been sem
from Cunstuntinoplc. Such pcrvcrSe st"pidNy Is
seldom found cveI, in the most inrcicrn'c 'apiS'S,--
Even in the Foreign office II must bc known 'ha' b"-
char,.-t il not Il seaport, TIM: HE despatch WAS n'
transmitted from there 10 Cunsianttnollr, ana mat Inc
iourn,y between these two places could not be per-
formed i'm six hours. And yet iiic-r w'h'lcihcIl' 30
proiusclv praised lust session, have actually III INC
mos, authoritative form known 10 cur Government
in Il Gu.tNr Erhrd1rdl.1rP l"l'i'lca ms ''"9' :"
founding statement.
The. error they have committee j. lnlpable enough:
Tho despatch wus sent from Co'i-'nnllnolic ny L"'u
Stratturd on the 3Jth Of September, but, win II care
lrssncss hcyului excuse, they hive transferred his
dntc To Bucharest, where the despatch probably ar
rived on the I;h inst.
Ii wa. not by llny anxiety II give me l'unIic mt
earliest intelligence on Il subject IN which the mort
painful interest is felt tina, the Foreign Office was LED
thus To rtultiiy itself in the face OF Europe. IN.
despatch, it seems, WAS received al hHll-ph-' w
o'clock yesterday mnriIlng-cnrly enough ior me Ne
cond editions OF all the morning lapcrr; but II WAS
not until late in the afternoon that 'lEs very hF'T"''-
dnnory Gazette appeared. Such n publication II "
disgrace 10 the Foreign office and m insult 10 the
country. which hns no relish for Ia" stupid practical
jokes which may pass current in the clerks room al
Downing street.
From the Liverpool European Times, Oct. -
The nuhlicaiiuu uf tho IogIon G4.Gtr Ertr1Ord,-