Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-18

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The cholera still keeps diminishing. The last report
shows one hundred and sxty-three deaths durng the
week.
EXTRA CTS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.
The latest authentic news from Sebastopol is con-
tanned in the following telegraphic despatch from
Lord STRATFoRD DE REDcLIFFE:
CoasrANTINopLr Ocr. 2S-midnight.
The captain of the English transport which left
Baakava ON the evening of the 26th confirms the great
er part Of the information brought this morning by
French ship 1t appears that the Russians attacked the
forts in the vicinity of Balakava the 25th their
bers being about 80, 600 strong The attack
pected The Cossacks preceded the infantry To resist
hem at first sent out the Otomans and the Scotch
troops The Turks ingoriousy gave way, and even left
their guns which seized by the Russians and turn
ed against them. The Scotch remained firm and other
forces arriving the Russians obliged to yield though
they remained masters of the FORTS from which they fred
the Allies Three regiments Of English light cavalry
were exposed to the FIRE of the Russian batteries,
and suffered immensely The French took part IN the
affair with admirable bravery. Next day their position
was attacked by 5000 Russians well from the side Of
the from Baaklava but they were repulsed with
great slaughter The loss Of the Russians must have
been very great.
1t is affirmed that the FIRE Of the batteries Of the
had been much sackened and according to the report
of the wounded officers Of whom have arrived ct
Buyukdere the belief continued that Sebastopo would
soon be in the hands Of the Allies.
Among the names Of the killed and wounded do not ap-
pear any of the general officers
STaATYoRD DE REDoLysR.
The following paragraphs Extracted from the
newspapers relate to events of prior date:
The ST. Petersburgh Journal contains two reports from
Prince Menschikof to the Emperor Nicholas giving de-
tails of the operations before Sebastopo the 18th and
18th. The first asserts that at nigha on the l7th the
first day Of the bombardmen the English had only two
guns able to return the Russian fire, while the Russians
IL fha daxy
teen vessels of the Allied feet attacked Sebastopo by
directing their FIRE against Fort Constantine and battery
No. TO- The shortness of the time and the smoke rem
dered it impossible for Prince Menschkof FURNISH COM
plee details of the loss either sde but the Russian
cause had sustained loss in the death of Admiral
Kornile whose leg had been carried off by round shot,
and who died on the spot
The second report dated the 18th instant, says that
though the Allied fire was astonishing by its power and
noise it had not done much harm might have been
expected. The Alexander battery and battery No. 10
had not suffered much but the Constantine battery had
been greatly injured On the land side none of the Rus
sian batteries had suffered except No g. in which nearly
oil the pieces hrty three in a had been dismouned
The Russian loss estimated at ve hundred killed and
wounded among the latter Admiral Nachimof very slight
w. During the night OF the 18th the Russians were bus
" employed in repairing the damage done to their de-
fences.
On the 18th the English FIRE less active than the
day BEFORE and the French had hardly fred at all Prince
Menschkof attributes this to diversion made without
the walls by Gen. Semiakne, whe appeared in the
mys rear and thus diverted their attention from Sc
| bastopol.
The vessels which had taken part in the bombardment
on the l7th and which Prince Menschikof believed to
be all French had gone away in the direction OF Cape
| Chersoneses.
The smoke on the 18th and thick fog on the 18th
had rendered impossible for Prince Menschkof to state
the enemys loss but he says it would seem that one
ship-of thene had been seriously damaged, and two
steamers we're set on fire by red-hot shot.
Private letters from Sebastopol that on the
Of October the operations of the French engineer
within three hundred metres Of the point of at
tack. Five thousand French troops from the Pirsus
have passed through the Bosphorus for the Crmea AL
the reinforcements about be will increase the
French army in the East to at least rs, 600 men.
FROM THE LONDON TIMES OF NoTEMBIR 8.
If the first tdngs Of the Of the Allied armies in
the Crmea received throughout Europe with de-
gree Of confidence and exultaon which proved to be
somewhat exaggerated and premature we bound to
be guard lest the first arrival of less favorable in
teigence from Russian sources should produce still
unfounded amount Of dependency and alarm. The
received with apparent belief by of our
temporares bore the Of them extreme impro-
babity and they have since been contradcted by
the last report from st. Petersburgh.
We cannot tell what amount Of confidence is to be given
to the report circulated Constannope that Lord Rag
had expressed his opinion at council Of in favor
of prolonged bombardment in preference to imme-
date assault but there many obvious reasons in IA
vor Of the former Having accomplished the pro-
dgious labor Of conveying the heavy guns and their
munition batteries and opened successful FIRE
Sebastopo the reduction of the place only question
of time and these operations carried with very
inoonsderable losses the Allied forces An assault
the contrary though it might lead to rapid
would cost innumerable lives and materially vcaen the
besiegng armies Sebasopol is occupied and defended
merely by the ordinary garrison Of fortress, out by
an army These troops placed at very great 6isad
vantage long they exposed to the ncessant ere
Of our batteries for it impossible that the Of
the forts should be sufficiently extensive to afford them
shelter but in assault their numbers and their despe-
ration would render them formidable enemies. s&'
The continuance OF the siege is far advantageous
the Allied armies that it must exhaust and destroy the
resources Of the Russians in the Crmea infinitely more
than those Of the French and English camps But it
must be borne in mind that the fall Of Sebastopol does
not necessarily terminate the contest in the Crmea
at the present time and that the army Of the Allies
which will soon, trust enter the place. has also to
hold it against the possibility Of attack By the enemy
whose boasted said to be the way
and who may therefore be able to undertake With fresh
troops winter campaign. Such contingency may not
be very probable, but IL is against which the Com
manders- Chief bound TO provide and this
count as well as motives Of humanity and prudence,
they win doubtless husband IS much possible the