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WAsniNGTos CIrY, June ii, 80.

WAsuiNGTos CrrY. June ii, 80
Mfssrs. Editors Of the Union and American;
The latest information about foreign sffairs, in
the usual details, you viii have received before tins
reaches you but there are many opinions anu
views which will have escaped your attention. oo-
cnped, as you now are, so much with other mai
ters:-for example, the origin of the removal OF
Canrobert. and the specrlstion' Aconeerning the
nlans Of General Pelisser. The subjoped, which
! Of tbe latest intelligence received, will giyea
pretty correct idea of the fighting before Sebasto
mol and will show the fact, under the endorsement !
Of the London Times, that the siege Of Sebastopol
so far and under plans heretofore adopted has |
been failure, and is not likely to be any thing
else unless the plan is changed. In other words,
Sebastopol has proved itself impregnsble as Ehren-
breitsein did during the war of the French revou-
ton, which last fortress was then taken only by
investing it on all sides, and stopping all supplies
Itat length, by these means, fell by starvation.
The plan of the allies now is the same as regards
Sebastopol except that they have to encounter and
vanquish powerful army well entrencbed, before
they can invest Sebastopol as the French did
Ehrenbreitstein. The allies cannot take safely
| more than 1000 men to the attack of the Rus
slams, who are said to be $4,000 strong, and well
entrenehed If this is the real relative strength of
the armies, it viii be dangerous business to at
| tack the Russisns 10 an entrenched camp. 4
JUMPING INTO THE BArrERns, -Sebastapol, May
l2.--Last night in the midst of an awful storm
of rain and wind--so thick that no one could Ssee
yard before him---a body of Russians came up
on our left attack, but the sentres gave the alarm
just in tire, and Coore Macbeth, of the 63th reg
iment got his men into order and received the
frs. fire of the enemy they came up to the trench
with perfect steadipess. Some of the Russians
leaped upon the parapet and jumped into the bat
tery, where they at once met their fate. There
was a desperate struggle between the Russians and
the men Of the 6Sth, outside the lines, lin which
the bayonet was freely used on both sides but the
enemy were repulsed by our fellows led by Col
Macbeth, Lieut. Hamilton, and sergeant of the
6Sth / regret to say that Captain Lloyd Edwards
and six men of the 68th were killed, and twenty
two men of the same regiment were wounded
We took some wounded prisoners. Some of our
men were wounded by stones flung by the Rus
slams, whose guns would not 60 of, owing to the
wet The enemy lost heavily and they were seen
carrying off their dead during the night.
, FAILURE OF THE SIEGE-The London Times says:
i " 1t is now generally admitted by military author
ities both in England, in France, and in the Cri-
mea that the siege operations which have been
directed with so much courage and perseverance
against the southern side of Sebastopol for nearly
eight months are not of themselves likely to pro-
duce decisive result and that the allied powe must
look to other for victory in the Crimea, and
the eventual reduction Of the fortress. We have
not ceased for the last six weeks to urge by every
means in our power the extreme importance of
operations of different character and above all
the necessity of commencing them without DELAY
TIE NEW CAMPAIGNN THE CRIMEA The Psri.
i Al D-y7..
, reason to believe that the French government is
about, either officially or semi officially, TO contra
dict the report that the recall Of the expedition to
Kertsch proceeded from misunderstanding of a
Geographic dispatch. According to information,
{ which have no doubt is in the main correct
, new plan of campaign, suggested by Gen. Pes-
sier, and approved of by the Emperor, renders the
immediate occupation of Kertsch comparatively
unimportant 1t is probable that at this very mo-
? ment the allied armies are carrying into effect
against the Russians marduvre similar to that
which they attempted against US at Inkermsnn. A
general attack upon their positions on the Tcher-
maya will doubtless be reported in few days.
, The following is closely approximative estimate
of the allied force now in the Crimea :-120, 900
French, 10000 English, $1,000 Sardinians, 80 900
, Turks, and 10000 Egyptans--in all 100000 men.
1t is considered that SO, 900 men will sbundanty
suffice to hold the trenches before Sebastopol, and
the remaining 10000, besides reinforcements,
are likely be employed during the summer to scour
the Crimea. The latest government accounts state
that the amount of the Russian force in the PEN
insula j /, much les. than has been supposed.
The London Times compliments Gen. Canrobert
for many meritorous and soldier like qualities, but
pronounces him not to possess the requisite capac-
ity for commanding great army. 1t is said that
Napoleon Sd wanted more adventurous comman-
der No doubt he finds such a one in Gen. Peis-
sier but whether he will succeed sooner than
Gen. Canrobert would have done under his sys-
TEN, is question. No doubt the English and
French, fthey continue united, and Austria does
not take sides against them, can ultimately gain
possession of q. large part of the Crmea. Lord
Palmerston has said thstthe war must and shall
succeed" and Napoleon is undoubtedly at least as
much in earnest as Lord Palmerston. But the in
reference of the German powers at certain point
might foil some beautiful designs of the allies
Whether they will so interfere, time alone can
determine
Wemust necessarily hear within short time of
some very severe fighting in the Crimea The
allies have one immense advantage in their over
whelming naval force. This enables them to make
the sea the basis Of their operatons--by which
they at once, with the greatest ease, store in any
quantity of provisions they may need, and save
themselves the necessity of more than three gar
rsons. They have tive, one at Eupstoria and the
other at Balaklava, thu latter within seven miles
of Sebastopol, with railway communication to
the armies before it, first rate harbor, apd con-
sequently the means OF throwing in with great
facility whatever reinforcements they are able to
furnish. On the other hand, the courage, skill, and
resources of the Russians meet their great exer-
tons with corresponding effort that make Homer's
battles before the walls of Troy an inferior spe-
ces of warfare. SULPIcIUs
TRADE OF FRANcE.-Most of the Partisan manu-
facturers are now actively at work, and several
cannot procure sufficient hands, in consequence of
the great demand for men for the army. The cold
weather during the week proved Injurious to the
retail trade, but wholesale merchants sold largely
The accounts from the industrial districts continue
favorable. The manufacturers in the North have