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T H E Wa R. The War News Of The Week Is ...
attack . The united fire of these two bodies has for the preseat almost silenced the Redan : a gunner could not shftie himself Bear any of the embrasures but he was at onaB masked down , and the Russian artillerymen were compelled . to dose these openings . In turn , the enemy is cottstruetfiag another formidable cover for his riflemen , taking advantage in its formation of a large quarry a short way below the abattis which extends in front of the battery above . —Dail y News Correspondent . A I / TTRKIVG DAIW 3 ER IX THE CAMP . The mildness of theweather has again attracted attention to one of the yet unremedied evils of Balaklava and the eamps . Even now , long before the hot season has set in , the stench from the graveyards outside Balaklava is abominable , and . these graveyards are under the very noses of the Guards and Highlanders ( 71 st Regiment ) , who-are encamped on hills on either side of the plague spot . The burying in that locality has now been stopped —the graves have been covered with quicklime—in short , Colonel Harding and Captain Deacon have done , not indeed all that can be done , but all that they , in their positions and with their limited authority , could do , to mitigate the infection which threatens the army . The corpses are now sent up to the hills , or a little way out into the plain . From the hills the apring rains must wash the corruption down into the valley , and the plain is at this season full of water and vegetation . It needs not * he aid of pntrddilesh , & c , to send up poisonous exhalations as eoon as the summer heat commences . As it is disease wall surely claim a greater number of victims , and these victims in their turn will add to the virulence of the disease . I have weeks and weeks ago pointed out these evils and the only remedy I can find for them . Even now it is late , but not too late to adopt it . There must be no more burials within the circuit of the camps . The dead of each day must be carried out to sea in steamers from Balaklava and Kamiesch , and sunk at a distance of twenty , or , if need be , of forty and even eighty miles from these shores . Hard as it is , the expense must be incurred . It will be a saving in the end , and the measure must come recommended by authorities at home , for here it has been weighed and found wanting . — Idem . . ¦ ¦ j ^ . A FIGHT AT THE KIFLE PITS . On Tuesday evening ( April 24 ) , soon after dusk , a heavy fusillade began on our left between the French and the Russians , which never ceased till dawn . It seemed as if a pitched battle were going on ; and the volume of- sound , the incessant heavy rolls of musket and Minie * , ledalled the contests-of Inkerman and the Alma . It is scarcely known in camp what all the firing was about ; -but the Tumour is that an enormous force of Russians threw themselves suddenly on the advanced portion of the works on the left , and were repulsed by our . gallant allies , who rushed after them into the very outworks of the Flagstaff Bastion , and aeioed on the Russian rifle pits , where they maintained a desperate conflict for several hours , but were finally forced to retine , as the whole force of the Russians opposite our left was brought to bear upon them . The loss on both sides m « st Jnave been very heavy . —Times Correspondent . DESPATCHES FROM LORD BAGtAN . ! The first of the ensiling despatches , dated , as will be seen , only the day before yesterday , was published . by Lord Panmure yesterday evening : — Sebastopol , 10 * h May , 1855 . The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning , but were driven back immediately- A second and similar ¦ attempt shared the same fate . JKothing could be better than the conduct of the troop » "who took part in the affair . The loss of the enemy was serious . Bofore Sebastopol , April 24 , 1855 . $ ty Loud—Nothing material has occurred since I made my report to your lordship on the 21 st instant . The Russian rifle pit immediately in' front of that which was token on the night of the 19 th . was destroyed by a party of volunteers on the morning , pf the" 21 st instant . These were headed by Lieu tenant and Adjutant Walker , of the 80 th regiment , who is stated to be an excellent officer , and to have conducted himself on the occasion in the most spirited manner ; The pit was found to be empty , and being useless , was immediately levelled and filled in . The enemy did not interrupt the work . I enclose the list of casualties , which , I regret to say , is heavy . The nearer wo approach the place , the more loss is to bo apprehended . Hitherto it has been leas than might have been expected . —I have , & c , Kacjlan . Tho Lord Panmuro , & c \ , & c . Casualties . —1 sergeant , 0 rank ami file , killed ; 1 officer , 2 sergeants , 89 rank and file , wounded . Naval Bcigado : 2 wounded , 4 contiiHcd .
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WAR MISCELLANEA . i tDsBTBRflsma Death ov Dk . Gavin . — Intelligence h « B tioenTeceivedo'f tho melancholy death of Dr . Hector Grtvin , at Balaklava , one of three sanitary
commiB-^ MilMH ^ UHMiMsioners sent out by Lord Panmure to see what could be done to improve the condition of the hospitals at fc cut an and Smyrna , and the eamp before Sebastopol . The circumstances attending the death of Dr . Gavin are of a peculiarly painful character . He had been at Balaklava about a month , and resided in the same hut as his brother , a veterinary surgeon . On the night of the 20 th ult ., the brother , it is reported , was play ^ S «* his revolver : by some accident it exploded , and the ball struck Dr . Gavin , entering at the groin andlodgmg in the back . The unfortunate gentleman lingered in great agony for three hours , and expired . In a letter from Balaklava , written by Mr . Newlands , and published in the Liverpool Journal , it is said : — " The person most to be pitied is poor William Gavin , who is really out of his reason . He adored his brother the doctor , who , I should state , made a deposition , stating the facts to be , that he offered to exchange pistols with his brother , and handed him one without telling him it was loaded , when the poor fellow pulled the tngger , and the ball killed his brother . That , I fear , is the result . A Contkabt . —The name of the head engineer at Sebastopol is Todleben . He is thirty-two years of age . His parents are poor shopkeepers in Riga . When the siege commenced , Prince Menschikoff , it is said , asked the then head engineer how long it would take to put the place into a state of defence . He answered , " Two months . " A young captain , named Todleben , stepped forward and said he would undertake to do it , if he had as many men as he required , in two weeks . He did it in twelve days , and was made colonel . Since that time , he has had the direction of everything in the way of building batteries , defences , & c . The other day , the Grand Dukes called upon his wife , who is residing in St . Petersburg , to congratulate her upon her husband ' s promotion ; for he is now General and Aide-de-Carnp to the Emperor . Is anything more wanted to explain the painful discrepancy between what has been done by the Russians and by the Allies ? The former will be bound by no ties of seniority or class : they take the man that will do his work the best , and they get it the best done . — Times . Sir Charles Trevelyan has published a correspondence between himself and Mr . S- Blackwood , of the transport service , now in the Crimea , with reference to a story which has recently been in circulation , and which sets forth that Mr . Blackwood was obliged to buy from his own funds some mules that had been brought to Balaklava on speculation , in order by carrying food to the camp to save his division from starvation . The story also asserted that the authorities refused to make this purchase at the time , in order that by holding back they might beat down the price ; and that they afterwards refused to reimburse Mr . Blackwood . Sir Charles , having written to Mr . Blackwood , has received an answer contradicting the story . A New Siege Train for the Crimea . —Immediately upon receipt of news from the Crimea that the fire before Sebastopol was suspended ' , the French Government sent orders to Marseilles for the embarkation of a new siege train , consisting of nearly 300 heavy guns . Russo-Finnish Loan . —The Post Ampt Gazette contains a letter from Helsingfors , which states that an official notice has been published there , dated April 4 , announcing that a new loan of 650 , 000 silver roubles is to be contracted at 4 per cent ., on the account of the Treasury of Finland to meet the expenses of the war . . The Czar has rewarded General Baron Osten-Sacken ' s merits , as the defender first of Odessa , and next of Sebastopol , by raising him to the dignity of a Count . Odessa . —A correspondent of tho Daily News says that the citizens of Odessa , in dread of a bombardment , have mostly shut up their houses and retired to the interior of the country , tolling with thorn their families and the most valuable part of their movable property . Business ia suspended ; and the merchants , who do not evince any enthusiasm for tho Emperor , arc fur from being pleased with the war . The hospitals are overfilled with sick and wounded . No # fortifications have been erected since the boinburdment a year ago ; and the Dschitschi Battery is armed with the guns of tho unfortunate Tiger , one of which , however , burst whilo exercising tho artillery recruits . A Russian Account ok this Battle of Inkkkman , or an account professing to bo Ruusiun , though it does not como with any authority , has been published at Berlin . Tho writer gives great credit to the English heroism on that memorublo occasion ; but says that our estimate of ther number of men opposed to uh is ludicrously exaggerated . Tho actual number , according to this writer , was no more than 29 , 700 , instead of 80 , 000 , as stated by us at tho time . This mistake in attributed to tho fog which prevailed , and which haa tho effect of magnifying and confusing objects . Aitectino Inoitmcnt . —A ueamun of the fleet before Sobastopol , whoso family lives at Polporro , in thiH county , was ordered on shore for tho purpose of assisting in burying tho slain who foil in a Into attack of tho Ku , 4 niuns on tho British batteries ; and almost the first porson ho met with on landing was one of his brothers , of whoso presence in tho fleet he was not before informed , and who had boon severely wounded in tho luto ongagement . From him ho louxnt that his two other brothers wore ull
serving in the Naval Brigade on shore ; and with him he remained until he saw him expire . He then proceeded on the duty for which he had landed , and soon discovered the bodies of his other brothers , who had been killed in the battle . His feelings may be imagined , as he assisted in laying these three brothers side by side in one gTave . —Cormotdl Gazette . The Hospitals at Scutari ant > the Crimea . The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the British military hospitals at Scutari and the Crimea have published a voluminous report , which , together with the appendix , ranges over nearl y 360 parliamentary fbMo pages . It concludes with a long string of recommendations for the better government of the hospitals . Increased pay for the orderlies ; the nonemployment of soldiers as hospital attendants ; an augmentation in the number of surgeons , and their exemption from other duties ; a relaxation in the work of the purveyors ; and improved sanitary arrangements in the buildings themselves , are among the chief suggestions . French Reinforcements . —General Canrobert , in addressing his troops on the 26 th ult ., said that in about a fortnight from that time 60 , 000 more comrades would have arrived in the Crimea , when active operations might be expected on all sides . He observed ( says the Daily jVews correspondent)— " If we knock at the door and get no answer , we tap at the window : if we can ' t get admission by the one , we contrive to get , in by the other . " Tkfe Fine Arts before Sebastopol . —Mr . Fenton , the celebrated photographer , and his assistant have been activelv employed in front of , late . His duties in the British " Museum will compel him to leave the Crimea in about three weeks ; but such have been his zeal and energv , in spite of winter weather and occasionally of Russian missiles , that he will carry with him about eight hundred views of Sebastopol and its vicinity . They will no doubt be highly prized in England for their accuracy and beauty . The plates are of large size , and in some of them every window of the larger buildings in the town can be counted . Among the most interesting will be a panoramic sun-picture of the town and its fortifications , with the distant hills , taken from the old Russian redoubt , or , as it has been called since General Sir George Cathcart was buried there , " Cnthcart ' s Hill , " in front of the Fourth Division . —Daily News Correspondent . Captain Christie , owing to mental anxiety , has become dangerously ill . His trial has therefore been postponed indefinitelv . Lord Stratford i > k Redcliffe , accompanied by Lady Stratford and their daughters , and by General Vivian , paid a visit to Lord Raglan on tho 2 Gth of April . The object of the ambassador ' s visit is a secret . The Medals and Clasps . —Great dissatisfaction has been felt by some of the regiments bofore Sebastopol at the way in " which these rewards have been distributed , many having received them who were not at all engaged in the different actions for which they are accorded . With respect to the Inkerman clasp , it is asserted that the Naval Brigade will not receive it ; which , if true , is considered very unjust , as the sailors were concerned m the battle . Xhi- Frhnch Baltic Expedition , under the command of Kear-Admiral Penaud , has sailed from Cherbourg .
Tiie Vienna Conferences. Thk Parliamenta...
TIIE VIENNA CONFERENCES . Thk Parliamentary papers relating to the negotiations at Vienna on the Eastern Question have beotv laid before Parliament . They consist ot iourteen papers—namely , the Memorandum communicated by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , France and Great Britain , to Prince GortschakoiF on the 28 th of December , 1851 , and thirteen Protocols , Tending a * many Conferences , from the 15 th of March to the 26 th of April . The Plenipotout . anes wore—ior Austria , Count de Buol-Sehauonstem and Banjn , do Prokesch-Oaten ; for France M . GrottyndeLImjs and Baron de Bourquouey ; for Great Britain , Lo John Ruwoll and the Karl of Westniorolan 1 ; or Russia , Prince portsohakoff and M . do litoil ; foi Turkey , AH Pasha and Aariir Hflciidi . On the 9 th of April , the Conference was . l »» . j ( ' < l by M . Drouyn de Lhuvs for France , and All 1 . aslia for Turkey . Lord John Kuesoll departed boioro the last of tho Conferences . ,,... ,. mi > r » Tho Memorandum put tho Four-Points in i . " ' « developed and more preciee form than they : « . l 3 ^ a « sumed . They were also Bummed up w » J 1 . ^ . clearness and with the approval oi the other I Kin potentiaries , by Count Buol , thus : — " 1 . Tho protectorate exercised by Kuhhiii over fti » - davia and Wallachia shall oeaso , and tho privili ^ J'" " ferrod by the . Sultans on those PrincipH itu * . •>« 1 > _ on Horvin , Hhnll henceforward bo pla « ert »" ( h'r tll ( u " loctivo guarantee of tho ooiilrm-. tmtf 1 ' owoih . , '" 2 Th « freedom of tho navigation oi tho |) " 11 . shall b « complexly ftocurod by oflVotual in «« nj , «»« under tins control of a permanent Hyndiwil an no . I « y . Tho Treaty of July 1 « , 1 KJ 1 , Hh' . ll be j J with tho double « l » j «« t of connecting ... on- " «| < V ^ J tho exibtencu of the Ottoman Kmniro with the L » h < 1 ><> " >
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Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12051855/page/6/
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