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en- the papa rs only givin an explicit denial of
the Russian dispatches, and stating that their
story is imprt ,bable.
THO facts q, ,pear to b. that the Russians UNI
svnecsedly att acked the forts at BaIaklaya, on
the 25th 0ctoh er, when the Turks belonging to
the gara .ison ing lorious y fed The Scotch regi
ments n, the forts. hoy vever, remained firm, but
A. Russi ans succeeded in seizing their guns,
ana tnrne d them upon the Allies. Other forces
a. tbe ALE 'es came up and the main body of the
Russians rere compel lefl to retire, though they
st;,, held !, possession Of the forts, from which
tbey kept up o continu al FIRE on the French and
English. TIL, zee regir lents of the British Cav.
alry were exp, @ed tc, cross fire for some time.
| and suffered tel Tiply. The French acted with
great bravery, VT their loss was not so great as
| that Of the British
| The next day he attack was resumed by
| Menschikof and sortie was made simulta
neoualy from the g arrison of sebastopol The
| result, however, W. Is that the Russians we're
driven back with i'm mense loss.
The loss Of life in Sebastopol is said to have
been so great that large numbers of the dead
tainted by the etfluvia from them.
According to the statements of some of the
wounded officers of the Russians, who had been
taken to Balaklava, Sebastopol would soon be
in the hands of the Allies. In the mean time.
Lord Raglan prefers to continue the lombard
me ot rather than make o sudden assault,
w aioh must be attended with immense loss of ,
life. /
The Russian accounts represent their losses
as small, and their affairs generally in very
favorable condition.
Reinforcements--Spy Detected.
: Both the Russian and Allied armies had re-
: celyed further reinforcements to considerable
- extent.
Lord Raglan's chief interpreter, Greek, had
been discovered to be Russian spy, and had
been sent to Constantinople for trial.
Successful Attack by the Russians.
Letters by the Asia state that on the 25th
; Russian force attacked detached camp of the
English, taking four redoubts and eleven guns,
and causing heavy loss Of British Cavalry.
The account Of this affair was confirmed by adj
vices received by the Greek merchants at Odessa
Russian Admiral Killed,
Admiral Matchbox, of the Russian navy, had
beer, killed by shell.
Battle of the Alma.
y Measchikoff g official report of the battle of
the Alma states that the losses of the Russians
# are $500 killed and wounded.
r. --latest from SebastopoL
>. A dispatch from Lord Stratford de Redclif f
le was received on Saturday morning, 9th ms t.
lie confirming toe report Of Russian attack on thu
1 = Palo b nd e tho haiti Ia he.
=, followed. The accounts are mostly confl citing
r France and MIR. soule.
ne The Paris Constitutional has long and
no temporarily written article on the relations be-
Pa tween France and the United States, and states
n. that those rela tions which should be friendly
have been dana ged by the indiscreet conduct Of
Mr.. Soule.
The Paris corr espondent Of the London Times
SAYS that he is in formed that the French Gov
st eminent is in poss ession of positive evidence O.
At Mr. Soules partcil ,ation in vast plan to revo
at lutionize nearly the whole Of Europe, and it ii
an even added that these plans occupied the atten
a. ton of the American diplomatic Congress a
,r- 0stend.
en- Mr.. Mason has received assurances from
he Louis Napoleon that at proper time he woule
give satisfactory reason for the exclusion 0
Mr. soule from France The particulars 0
< a Mr.. Mason's interview with Louis Napoleon
y have not transpired. 1t is understood, however
~ 4 hat the whole matter would be referred b,
no Mr.. Mason to the Government at Washington
STANDARDIZATION of Cuba.
The ,,test ces from Madrid report al
vn quiet in spssin
al I'll Clamor P,Jl'ico states that France, Eng
s. land and Spain eila send combined feet t
u Cuba, If necessary. fl r the protection Of tina
N. island from any attack from the United States
III Steamboats, Passing.
hn v1cksBuRe Nov. 16.--4 The steamboats, y.
prentiss and Columbus pas sed here this aftAl
nom at s o'clock. bound for NewOrleans.