The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-11-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHA.KPERE to do justice to it, and which will excite our future heroes to emulation. The battle of Waterloo has given a name to many of our towns, bridges  squares, streets, and terraces, and can never be forgotten; but the name of Inkerman, despite its want of euphony, will be quoted in all succeeding ages as an instance of victory achieved under greater disadvantages, and more indebted to individual heroism than any yet recorded. SHAKSPERE said of the battle of Agincourt :  " He, that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named !"  " And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Will think themselves accursed, they were not here  And hold their manhoods cheaTi., while any speaks That fought with us upon St. Crispin's day."  But to what " brightest heaven of invention" must his muse have ascended to sing the imperishable renown of the heroes who fought at Inkerman ? Fortunately for us, and fortunately for the liberties of Europe, the heroes are ours, and it is only the poet who is wanted to adequately sing their praises. So that we must be content with the plain unvarnished tale which LORD RAGLAN, with as much modesty as valour, so well delivers.  ft appears that, by the 3rd of November, it had been observed that the Russians were considerably increasing their forces, having evidently received large reinforcements from the North, and on the next day (Saturday) this was still more apparent, and the presence of the two GRAND DUKES had also been observed in the Russian army. Lord RAGLAN accordingly took every precaution within his power to strengthen his position, as it was plain that the Russians in great force contemplated an attack on the English army, which, it seems, only numbered about eight thousand men. The expectation was not delusive, for on the next day (Sunday),—the memorable sth of November, and now rendered more memorable than ever,—before it. was daylight, and in the midst of a thick mist, the Russians came thundering on in dense masses of infantry and cavalry, aided by powerful batteries of heavy artillery, and in all the confidence of victory, from their immense superiority of numbers, which were supposed to amount to about 60,000. The shock must have been tremendous, and, under ordinary circumstances, sufficient to annihilate the small numerical force opposed to it ; but British valour compensated for poverty in numbers, and stood the shock like lions. A small party of French soon  came up to our assistance, and then, according to the language of The Times correspondent, commenced the bloodiest struggle ever witnessed since war cursed the earth. As the day advanced, and the Russian columns were beaten back, fresh masses came to the encounter, to meet the unflinching resistance of the English, aided by the French. For many hours the victory was doubtful, as the tide of battle swayed hither and thither, the Russians obtaining a great advantage by the murderous fire of their immensely-powerful artillery ; and it was not until the afternoon that British supremacy was proudly asserted, and the Russian army was compelled to retreat before the Allied Forces, who were not one-fourth their numbers, the Russians losing more in killed and wounded than the whole force opposed to them. So signal a victory, so triumphant an issue to a contest in which the odds were so frightfully against the victors, was not achieved without a great sacrifice of some of the best and bravest of our soldiers. We have to lament the loss of Lieut.general the Honourable Sir GEORCM CATHCART,