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attack . The united fire of these two bodies has for the present «!""»«* silenced tiie Redan : a gunner could not slu » w himself near any of the embrasures but he was at onaB mucked down , and the Russian artillerymen were compelled . to dose these openings . In turn , the enemy is etHastruetiag 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 *—Ikriiy News Correspondent .
A r / TTBKIVG DAIW 3 ER IX THE CAMP . Themrildness of theweather has again attracted attention teone of the yet unremedred evils of Balaklava and the tramps . Even : now , long before the hot season has set on , 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 bills on either side of the plague spot . The burying in that locality has now been stopped —tlfe 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 patxidAesh , &c , to send up poisonous exhalations as soon as the summer heat commences . As it is v 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 .
; t S » A FIGHT ¦< " RIFLE 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 * , recalled 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 por tion 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 seised 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 t , o bear upon them . The loss on both sides mast Jnave been very heavy . —Times Correspondent .
DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN . TTb . 6 first of the ensiling despatches , dated , as will be seen , only the day before yesterday , was published by Lord Pamnure yesterday evening : — Sebaatopol , 10 * h May , 1865 . 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 . JVty 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 , wad destroyed by a party of volunteers on the irioriuugpf the" 21 st instant . These were headed by Lieutenant 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 bo 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 less than might have boon expected . —I have , &c , Racilan . Tho Lord Panmuro , &c \ , &c . Casualties . —1 sergeant , ( 5 rank and filo , killed ; 1 officer , 2 sergeants , 89 runk and file , wounded . Naval Btigauc : 2 wounded , 4 contiiHcd .
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TIIE VIENNA CONFERENCES . Tiik Parliamentary papers relating to the negotiations at Vienna on the Eastern Question have bui . iv laid before Parliament . They consist of fourteen papers—namely , the Memorandum communicated ) y the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , France , and Great Britain , to Prince Gortschakoff on the 28 th of December , 1851 , and thirteon Protocols , recording as many Conferences , from the 15 th of March to the 26 th of April . Tho Plenipotentiaries wore—lor Austria Count tie Buol-Sclmuonstein and Baron ue Prokesch-Osten ; for France , M . Drottyn de Lhuys and Baron deBourquouey ; for Great Britain , Lord John Russell and tho Earl of Westmoreland ; lor Bussia , Prince GortsohakofF and M . do Titoil ; tor Turkey , AH Pasha and Aaritf Efiemli . On the 9 th of April , the Conference was joined by M . Drouyn do Lhuys for France , and All 1 aslrn lor Turkey . Lord John Kufifloll departed before tlie last of tho Conferences . .
Tho Memorandum put tho Four-Points in r . m <> ro developed and more precise form than they i : » ' yet assumed . They were also summed up with grout clearness , and with the approval of the other i H- 'inpotontiaries , by Count Buol , thus : — " 1 . Tho protectorate exercised by Kufsiii over Moldavia and Wnllnchin shall oeasiyand tho privilege < -onfcrrod by the HuHuiih on thono PrinoipnlitH- * , » rt Wl > " ' on Horv ' m , nhall henceforward bo placed undor ( Do coiloctivo guarantee of tho contracting J ' ow < : ih . " ' 2 . Tho froodom of tho navigation of tho I » " ¦»»'' Hluill bo oomplotiriy Aociirod by ofl ' . otual iii « ini > s «¦»« under tho control of a porinanont Hyndiciil authority ; y . TheTroaty of July l . 'l , 1 HJ 1 , shall bv- » iVlH ( i | J with tho doublu objw t , of ooniiooting mom o » ni |»« << y thu exiatenco of the Ottoman Eniniro with the i ' . ui «)!>»)«'
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WAR MISCELLANEA . i DacBTBamsrwo Dbatii ov Dk . Gavin . — Intelligence has toeenTeceivedof tho melancholy death of Dr . Hector Grtvin , at Balaklava , ono of three ( sanitary
comniiesioners sent out by Lord Panmure to see what could be done to improve the condition of the hospitals at Scutari 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 playing with his revolver : by some accident it exploded , and the ball struck Dr . Gavin , entering at the groin and lodging in the back . The unfortunate gentleman lingered in great agony for three hours , and expired . In a letter from Balaklava , written by Sir . 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 trigger , and the ball killed his brother . That , I fear , is the result . " A Contrast . —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-Camp 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 Trevelyax 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 . ' . Tub 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 them their families and the most valuable part of their movable property . Business ia suspended ; and the merchants , who do not evince any enthusiasm for the Emperor , arc far from being pleased with tho war . The hospitals arc overfilled with sick and wounded . Notflf fortifications have been erected since the bombardment a year ago ; and the Dschitschi Battery is armed with the guns of tho unfortunate Tiger , ono of which , however , burst while exercising tho artillery recruits .
A Russian Account ok tiik Battle of Inkerman , or an account professing to be Russian , though it does not come with any authority , has been published at Berlin . Tho writer gives great credit to the English hcroiam on that memorublo occasion ; but suys that our estimate of the 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 Htated by us at tho time . This mistake in attributed to tho fog which prevailed , and which haw tho effect of magnifying and confusing objects .
Akkkctinu Incident . —A ueaniun of tho fleet before Sobnstopol , whoso family lives at Polporro , in this county , waa ordered on whore for thopurpone of aH . ViHting in burying tho Hlain who foil in a Into attack of tho itiiMHianu on tho British batteries ; and nlmoHt tho first por-Hon ho met with on landing wus ono of his brothers , of whoso presence in tho fleet he was not boforo informed , and who had been severely wounded in tho lute engagement . From him ho loarnt 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 discove red 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 g rave . —Cormoall Gazette . The Hospitals at Scutari and 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 nearly 360 parliamentary folio 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 bnikiing-s 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 Netcs 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 ge t , in by the other . " The Fine Arts before Sebastopol . —Mr . Fenton , the celebrated photographer , and his assistant have been actively 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 energy , 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 , " Cathcart ' 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 indefinitely . 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 before 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 in the battle . The Frhnch Baltic ; Expedition , under the command of Kear-Admiral Penaud , has sailed from Cherbourg .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1855, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2090/page/6/
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