The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-24

hand, and furnish the following details.
RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE ASSAULT
The Invalide Russo gives the following
| account of the assault of the 18th June:
1.-The enemy having resolved to make q
decisive attack on our left flank, opened, or
the 5th i17th) of June, at $50 q. m., fire ol
hell against the Notifications of the Kara
belnaia Faubourg sections 3 and A. Fol-
two consecutive hours all their batteries
fred almost uninterrupted brOsdsides. On
our side we kept up aquick fire in return
At 10 the afternoon, at given signal, the
besiegers opened heavy fire against our
right flank; the fire, which was now opened
along the whole line of our defences, lasted
| till an advanced hour of the evening
"On the 9th lstb) of june, at daybreak
the enemy in dense chajn, supported by
strong reserves, attacked simultaneously
Bas.ion No. !, the fortified barracks between
Bastions l and 9, Bastion No. 2, the kofnilefl
Bastion, Bsstion No. 3, and the so-called
Gribok work, situated on the right of the Pc
ressyp. The enemy entertained the hope of
| forcing passage somewhere along this long
| line of defence.
"The number oftroops they brought to the
| assault was $4,000 men, without counting
| thei. distant reserves. The French sdvanc-
ed on the right flank and centre, the English
On the left flank.
"The besiegers, provided with ladders.
| iascines and sappels' tools advanced rapidly
to the attack. Despite the heavy fire Of grape
and musketry we poured into them, their
columns advanced, reached our bitches, and
commenced scaling the parapets.
"But the line of the intrepid defenders of
Sebastopol never swerved They received
| the daring assailants with the points of their
| bayonets, and threw them back into the
| bitches. The enemy's columns then threw
themselves on the Gervais Battery, entered
| it, drove out the battalion of infantry in
| charge OF it, and, following in pursuit, 0ocu.
pied the house nearest the Karabelnaia Eau
bourg from the MalakOff Mamelon to the bay
of the docks.
duration. Lieutenant General Chroulef, the vigil
liant chief OF the line Of defence of this Karabelnais
Faubourg, ordered up reserve of GOO ri1emen to
the curtain between Bassion2 and kornelef When
Gerviss Battery, Lieutenant General Chroul, IT.
placing himself at the head OF a company of the
Sevsk Regiment OF Infantry, which was returning
from corree, and tBkirg with him battalion Of
the Pol,awa Regiment led them to the charge.
''These troops. reinforced In good time by five
companies of Yakoutsk Regiment and later by a
battalion of the Yeless Regiment, routed the French
and having driven them out of the Gervais Bat
! t,ry, pursued them into their own enches, putt
ting the straggers In the rear to the bsyonet The
| company of the Sevsk Regiment distinguished i,ssl
BY its intrepidity during this combat.
" On all other points of the lice Of defence the
troops, animated by their commanders r ear Admi,
raj Panflof and Major General Prince Ouroussoff
fought with exemplary courage, end drove back the
assaapts.
"Our batteries on the north side and our seam-
ers, which swep. the enemy's columns at every
point upon which they could bring their guns to
bear, contributed considerably to the success OF
this brilliant affair the steamer Vladimir 10 par
ticular, commanded by Captain Boutakoff. ap-
preached repeatedly the entrance of Careening
Bay, from which point 1t swept the euemy's re-
serves. ~a-
sour losses during the bombardment of the 5tb
and 9th, 17th and 19sh of June, and during the
assault consist of superior officer, subaterns
and $50 men were killed. superior officers, AZ
subalterns, and about 37S men wounded
"AmoDg the brave defenders of SebastopoL we
have unhapp!ly to depiore the loss of some dstiu.
guished officers Thus the brave Captain Bouds,.
chef, of the navy was killed, Among the wound.
ed are Major General Zamarine, the gallant Capt
Yourkovsky, OF the navy; commander of the 4th
section (seIiousy , the captain of naval artillery
| Stanslavsky, commander of the artillery of the
KorBileff Bsstion.
"The lofs of the enemy, whose columns were ex-
posed TO most terrible hre OF grape and usketry
is very considerable the removal of the dead,
which took place On the following day at the re-
quest OF the Commanders In Chief of the allies at
8 In the evening, is proof of 1t The number oi
corpses was so considerable that the French had
officer inrusted with the duty requested Us to bury
these they could not remove" "a
FOURTH OF JULY IN LONDON.
The Fourth of July was celebrated by the Anne
ricans In London at The house of Mr. Peabody the
American banker Ex-PresIdeut Fillmore. Josiah
Quincy, OF Boston, SIR Emmerson Tennett, Mr.
Warren, of Bunker Hiil and other g. ade OF ,ches
There were $50 Americans present from Liverpool
Manchester, Southampton and Psris At one end
of the hall stood the bust of Washington, with that
@f ~ f,Ls
left. Over these, blended gracefully, the aass oi
Great Britain and America, which were surmount.
cd by wreath OF laurels. At the other end there
stood on pedestal the Eagle of America, bearing
the shield and motto of the nation, and surrounded
by the flags OF the two nations, entwiped from
garland of flowers, and forming drapery.
ENGLAND.
Lord John Russell had made heightened state.
ment In the British House of Commons, and con-
iessed that Nj. Drouyn de L'Huys and himself had
prepared peace programme at vienna, which the
French Emperor wouit not accept
TIE European Times of the 4.h inst. states that
on Wednesday last the 4th instant, being the S0th
anniversary of American; Independence, all the
vessels belonging to the States in the port of Liv.
erpool had their flags flying, and their ships deco.
rated In the gayest manner. Macy Of the American
houses Ia the town also hoisted the star spangled
banner.
Rear Admiral Harper died at Guford, July 81
aged S3 years. He was midsbipir an of the Boynt
at the capture of Martinique in 1894.
The marquis of ThomoDd died at Bath, on the
same day. He was old Irish hero who had
been 70 years 10 the British naval service, and wal
made admiral 10 1s47.
The earl of Caledon died on Saturday morning
at the family mapeion In Carlton house Terrace
London.
The Hon. Craven Berkeiy, M. P. for Cheiienhan
has died at Frankfort, in Germany.
James SILK Buckingham we'll known az a wri
ter on India and America, 10 also dead.
The Russian prisoners at Plymouth are marched
out in parties OF about one hundred at time every
| other day. accompanied by guard of soldiers OF
marines for an airing sometimes they GO q few
| miles In the country on the Trsvistock or Exeter
r9adf, and at other times taken In bosts scros
me passage at Cremyl, and walk on The pieasan
and picturesque roads near Mount Edgecumbe.
| Daring the last fortnight there have been thre,
| deaths of prisoners. The iBterments In the nsy
cemetery at Pennycomebequick on each occasion
have BEEN attended by large number OF the men
| but by none of the officers. The behavior OF th
| men during the ceremonies of sepulture OF th
ureek church 10 OF the most reverent description
| Amongst the prisoners who have families Their
ars many good vocals.s and their performance O
an evening of devotional music II listened to from
| beyond the walls Of the prison by hundreds 9
| people Their harmony 10 peculiar and ver.
The London Advertiser, In comparing the pres
ent state OF England with America, says:
Contemplate England, grospipg with taxation
ana struggling In ssnguinary war with her trad
defanged, her populsce discontented, her govern