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les, who onsistsd chiefly Of sailors .rtllsrymsn and

fbev conduc ed their duties admirably and am sorr
to say that the former particularly the navy sus
have no vet rsce the returns Of the cssuate
hyond the eth inst ors sas nsTswtn ~ sa enclosed bu
most promising ofcer and "a satly respected by all ha
been notified to me- and Capt ord John Hay, who
Of the naval brigade WAS wo 1ndsc almost at the
very moment, believe by the same shot. hope the
ry he has received Ia not very serious but the loss
gretted. -
The Russians have not shown themselves in sny farce
BEFoRs SEBAsroroL, April IA
MY LoRD-since wrote to your Lordship ON the 10th
inst steady and heavy FIRE upon the works Of the
allies. 90 'A' 'A'''''' v 'n'
The fire of the British artillery, chiefly directed against
the Garden batteries, the Barrack battery, the Redan
the Malakof tower and the Mameou has been most es
fective and the enemys works have suffered very
nderapy although they have, as usual made good
of the night repair damages that the
vertical fire has been continued throughout the twenty
The practice both of the naval brigade and the art
leIy has been excellent.
loss has fallen heavily upon the sailors as your ordshp
Will see by the ing returns and the Royal Ma
had served with great ability and zeal from the
mencement Of the siege
Lsuterants Urnston and D'Aeth, Royal Navy and
Steele Roy al Marine Artillery all valuable officers have
The Royal Artillery has also to lament the death of
and Ieutenants Sinclair and LEstrauge are among the
wounded The former has sustained several in.
ures, but happy to add that there is every hope
Of his recovery They are both highly msritorions OH
GERS.
Captain Crofton, Of the Royal Engineers who hsd. in
the course Of the protraced before Ssbasto
pol rendered most essential service has also resolved
wound which will fear, cetain him from duty for
Our batteries and parapets continue to stand remarka
by well notwithstanding the very unfavorable STATE Of
The enemys fire has been comparatively slack but the
practice and owing to their having the
have been disabled in both the right and lett ATTACKS
Towards the 1cherpaya nothing important has been
observed; but small bodies Of men, from loo to 5o0
carriages moving along the Inkermann towards
Mackenses Farm road, near which it has been placed
Although the duties have been unusually severe and
srduGus both by day and night during the week they
zeal rejecting much credit both on officers and men
the Monastery from Cape kelegra and as soon as it is
ceed to convey from the latter the Immediate neigh
torhoOd Of yarna, where hope may be in state to
The rst division Of the 10th hussars arrived this day
at Balaklava. have &C., RAGLAN.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE NIGHT CONFLICT.
Since IL 10 Saturday morning 1890 A. M April lad
the fght has been raging, and have returned once
more to my den IN despair as to its cause am now
inclined to think IT was so5ss IN the trench, which
pears that at first about le O'Clock drums were heard
first; but whether they Russian French drums
no one can say The cheers we're undoubtedly Russian
camp to head quarters to learn the OF the firing
but nothing known there respecting any attack
a o. Ss %
is now profound siiencenota gun can be heard aud
the horrd din of shot and shell screaming and whisng
through the air, the bursts. of cannon and
bombs, the cheers, and rolling volleys, have all
died away, and the deadly lights have died out left
all the black waste in darkness While the fight lasted
the quantities Of shell thrown by both sides pro-
dieious. They might be seen six and eight at time
seamDg tns ssS WITH ans,r aer cufyes and then burst
the smoke, snd flashed through it like beam from the
SETTING s1n ,erousa murhy cloud. The French threw
IN flights at time and must have caused fearful havoc
in the eneys lines At every crashing volley our men
used to grow quite excited, and many Bono Fran
cese ran through the crowd; but the few Frenchmen
who were there talked in subdued and eager tones with
deeper interest in the fate Of their gallant comrades
than we could feel Towards the close ol the strug.
| gle the Russians fred angry voiieys from the!.
cannon and threw multitude Of shells into the French
Bbes, which paid back with interest must have
hermann, and doubt the Monea will let know the
truth OF it. and give additional to admire the
French attack, and one fellow exclaimed "Oh, when
ere We to get chance?" Another exclaimed, "When
f hope to tn, hsy let Us 60 M S
battle watched with the most intense anxiety and
many were the specuations and arguments respecting
the Lines of ireas to whether they from friend
foe, Snd as to which which, and who gaining
and who were losing At last with the silence we al
dispersed and the camp is once more profoundly quiet
for the reports from the rife pits deadened by the
wind.
THE LATEST FROM sxBAsropoL.
General Prince Gortsehakof reports the 22d April,
from sebastopol that on that cay the enemy had
scktned their fire. which had been very violent during
been much less in the last few days than those pre-
ceding There was nothing important from any other
From the London News Of April 27.l
telegraphic message from the Crimes, of date as
Wednesday reached the Admiralty yesterday
but to late hour this morning the government, now
in sole Of the quickest Of communities
ton, appears to have had nothing important to an.
viii not take place before the Of the Sar
dinian troops In the Crimea.
THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA
40 wo OF
Pereiop Except these and four battaons, chiefly In
yads at come village, four leagues irem Eupatora on
as the greatest part Of the cavalry
about Eupatoria. Seven regiments Of cavalry are
strongly fortified Nine batteries had been thrown
up.
The Probable Departure or Louis Napoleon
for tho Crimsa.
From the LONDON News, April %
There appears to be no longer any reason to doubt
that the Emperor the French will proceed forthwith
to the Crmea. In the Constittionnd Of Monday it Is
that his camp equpage has already been sent o
end the 10th Of May Is confidently named In Paris as
ns cay On TIT ne WIZ & sre 1s S ess m s
His victories have hitherto been gained in civil contests;
1t remains to be whether he has inherited the mill
ary talents of his houee Various considerations
cur to recommend the step he is about to take His
presencs in the Crimea seems desirable ss means Of
the srn.s Of At cast four nations As
victory win tend to consolidate his throne he has every
nducement to urge the with energy; and at the
same time, from all we learn, the Emperor is too
profoundly impressed with the necessity OF not
strainpg the OF France TO be led astay by
success
What course the Emperor viii pursue remains perhaps
to be decided by the state In which he win fnd affairs
when he lands In the Crmea. The teegraphic accounts
of the progress Of the bombardmsnt s Sebastopo
necessarily curt and incomplete Rumors are afoat,
however, 70 the effect that great progress being
made by the assaants that the advantages they have
gained have been purchased by considerable less Of e
and that the deences s In the hands Of tho Russians