The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-12-06
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Foreign News.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA
AT NEW YORK.

Particulars If the Battt Of BalqA.
Mva -Horri5h State Of 16oiys in
ScJoStopol. - burning ofa Hospital
with 1900 h,maicS Tile Bcsjcgcti
Short IF Ammunition Preparations
far an 1sSaUH.
New YoEK Nov. % The Cunard s
steamship Africa. Capt Harrison, from
Liverpool 18th inst. arrived Mt her
dock shortly before ) o'clock this after
noon
She brings &C passengers. The next
news will be brought by the steamship
Union, from Southampton. and will be
four days later. after which there will he
an interval of a week, owing to the with
drawal Of the Niagara.
A pause has cnsled in the field fight.
ing before Scbastopol. Dispatches from
both English and Russian sources say
that the siege is proceeding with regu-
larity, and that preparations are making
for the assault. Both parties are in want
of reinforcements. the bcscgers more so
than the besieged. The Russians begin
to want ammunition. The Allies arc re-
duccd BY battle aud disease to ffty-four
thousand men. which causes much alarm
in England and France, and the utmost
| efforts were making to send instant re
Inducements All the mail steamers
are chartered to carry forward the troops
/ for the relief of the Allies.
\ large French Loan is spoken Of as
likely to be negotiated.
An Austrian note, in reply to the
Prussian note of October so. arrived at
Berlin, Nov. II As far as it's contents
have transpircd, Austria gladly accepts
Prussia's promise of support in the
Principalities. but still lays great stress
on having this assistance viewed as n
logical and necessary consequence of the
treaty Of April 20, rather than as the
subject of a new arrangement.
1t was expected in the French camp
that an assault would be made upon Sc.
bastorol on the 9TH inst. and it prohab.
/ " would have been. had not the Rus.
slams SO fcrccly attacked the allied posi-
tons
The British were to have lead the as
suit in the stormug of Scbnstotol. ana
eight thousand Frenchmen hal offered
themselves AS volunteers in the assault.
but only four thousand, under the com
mand of Prince Napoleon. had been Sc
lccted. The first attack was to have been
made upon the ccmctry.
On the 1th of NoYembcr the firing
was slack on both sides Preparations
were beng actively made on that day for
stornng and sealing. ladders had been
ordered M.
Four Russian SLIPS. one of the Twelve
! Apostles. the largest ship in the Russian
navy had been sunk
Tyrhus fever had broken out in Sc
bastopol. in consequence Of the great
number of uuburicd bodies which were
lying about in all directions and putriiy,
ing.
Connagration were continually occur
ing in the city from the rcd hot shot fire
by the Allies, and water was getting OK
cc,dine'y scarce.
The Russians were preparing for street
fighting, and posting cannon to sweep
them, terrifying houses, &c.
The English official account of the ac-
ton of the 9Th did not reach London
until the 10Th, owing to Geographic inter.
ruption. The despatch was as follows :
Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. c.
The enemy, in immense force, attacked
US yesterday in the dawn of morning, on
the right of the English position before
Sebastopol, which was defended by the
second division and the brigade of Guards
of the first light division. the fourth di-
Wis on, and part of TIE third. and subsc-
quently b. Gen. Bosluet's division, and
other corps Of the French army. who, by
their gallant conduct contributed essen
TALLY to the decided success Of the day.
Gen, Canrobert Immediately came
to the spot, and gave the support of his
assistance aud of his excellent counsel
The battle was extremely obstinate
and it was not till past noon that the en-.
envy was definitely repulsed and forced
to retreat, leaving the field of battle COW
erod with his dead, and several hundred
of prisoners in our hands.
The number of the enemy much ex-
ceeded that which was opposed to us at
Alma, and the loss of the Russians have
been enormous. Our LOSSES have also
been very great. Gen. Sir Geo. Brown
Major. General Betinox. Brigadier-Gen.
erals Adams. Butler and Torrens. have
been wounded.
" The conduct of the troops, on the
face of an enemy SO superior in numbers
has been excellent RAGLAN"
A Russian official letter says the avow-
al of the Grand Duke produced such en-
thusiasm in the ranks of the army that
the General in command thought it well
to turn it to account Consequently on
the 9TH, the garrison of Scbastopol made
two sorties, one at one o'clock in the af-
tcrnoon against the English camp, the
second at two o'clock against the French
position.
The affair with the English was ofthe
most desperate kind, aud it is said the
Russians succeeded in spiking their guns
On the side of the French the Russians
also claim to have spiked fifteen guns -
ThcRussians mustered three battallions
After the execution of this bold attempt
those battalions retired in all haste where
a French division, that Of Gen. Forey
pursued them with much yigor. aud car
ried away by its ardor, the division ar
rived under the very walls of the place
1t was received, however with murder