The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-02

angle faces the latter formidable defensive work This win
serve 70 stormng party when the decisive day
body Of 1900 Turks have been attached TO the first
British DIVISION and employed in the trenches and in
constructing the covered way skrmish took place in
the night OF the 30h between the French and Russian adj
yanced pickets
The Russians have thrown up works in the town which
enhlade font batteries and we have raised others TO
meet the difficulty The Lancaster guns have been
moved further in by FIVE hundred yards than they
first and the French being better situated for advancing
their works, firing away a distance of only
four hundred yards from the houses For days
Lancaster shells and rockets have been thrown into the
town. but they have reached nothing that would produce
aconhagration few poor houses have been fired
sionaly but they have been pulled down by the
enemy before there could be any communication with the
neighborhood.
On the 18th Of October the weather set in bitterly cold
and the outlying pickets English and French must have
felt it severely II s however consolation hear
that though the enemy within Sebastopo in good bar
racks their force the flank Of the allies is unproyided
with tents On the LIST of November the Emu arrived from
Constantlnope with one thousand French troops
On the Sd of November the fire both sides had been
brisk than for several days previously On the same
day the Russians in large force reconnotred Baakava
which il expected would be attacked and under
this idea 450 marines about be transferred thence
from Eapatoria. Lord George Pauet In the Beerophon,
was 10 leave katcha the evening of the 4th take
charge of EuPatoria the holding OF which will be exelu
sively confined to marines and blue jackets
despatch from General Canrobert, dated the 3D. has
been received by the French government II
that the trench works Of the French camp then at
40 metres from the ence but that the difficulties of the
soil precluded the possibility of their being pushed
The place dares about to be established where the
attacking columns to be assembled.
The works carried under of the batteries
the right which had opened their FIRE the lst The
cannonade most energetic both sides The enemy
constructing necessarily batteries behind the
which has a view the works of the allies The
struggle obstinate but the fire Of the besieged was
commanded by that of the oesiegers The enemys force
whose numbers il difficult 20 estimate terrifying
themselves the heights to the northeast of Baakav
which they menaced the left The vigilance of
the allies generals directed to that point The loss of
the allies was oil little Importance In comparison with that
of the enemy which known to be very considerable
The sanitary condition of the army excellent The
weather was fine, though cold.
Lord Palmerston left London the 10th for Paris He
accompanied by his wife. Although numerous ru-
afoat to the object of his mission there is little
probability of the having transpired some say 10
arrange the re-establishmen of the kingdom Of Poland
others that his main business prevent the
United States from absorbing Cuba Hayt the Sandwich
and other islands.
Both houses of Parliament are further prorogued till
December Ia.
The patriotic fund amounts 100000 and SUBJ
sCriptlons keep pouring in.
The public and the committee of the fund subscribed
for relief of soldiers widows and orphans sguabbng
tooth and nail, over It's distribution. The Hon. Major
Fowls the secretary charged with arbitrary conduct in
excluding applicants
Pilkingon Wilson, & Co.. Liverpool owners of the clip
per Red Jacket have been applied to convey the mails
to Australia in consequence Of government having taken
the mail transport ships. p & W. offered to
land the mail Melbourne within S. days but govern
ment insisted that the ship should call off the Isle of
Wight which they declined
One hundred is about the average number of
the army list soliciting commissions since the began
the number has constantly increased, and there
LOO.
The Duke of Argyle has been elected by the students
rector of Glasgow University B. DIsrae the third
candidate Thomas Carlyle, having been withdrawn. The
Office of rector is nominal merely He is expected to de-
liver lecture and heard of him till he goes out
Of office at the years end
The United Service Gazette has n notice strongly in
recommendation of Colts revolver,