NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MORE circumstantial accounts from the Crimea correct the first anticipations of the telegraph, but are far from being less satisfac- tory. The Allied forces did not land at Eupatoria, but at Staroe Ukriplenie or Old Fort, about twenty miles South of Enpatoria and thirty North of Sebastopol. The landing was not effected in one day, but occupied the 14th, lath, and 16th; being impeded by a swell at sea. Minder the direction of Rear-Admiral Lyons, how- ever, it was effected with an order and an absence of accident that render it one of the most remarkable operations ever effected in war. It was expected that the troops would march to the South on the 18th; advancing probably across the values of the Bul- ,ganak, Alma, ICatcha, and Belbek,—grounds broken and wooded. On the right they would have the sea on the left the steppe. It was reported that Menschikoff had taken a position at Burliuk- on the right bank of the Alma! It is most likely that any force stationed there is an advanced guard; and if Menschi- koff intended to meet the Allies in their march, instead of awaiting them on the heights of Sebastopol, he would pro- bably be found on the Katcha or behind the Belbek. The ag- gregate Russian force in the Crimea is estimated at 58,000 ; the Allies are about the same number ; but a reserve body of French and Turks to join the Allies from Varna would probably swell the whole force to 70,000. On the authority of a joint letter fromth Frenelviend-English commanders to Omar Pasha, it ap- pears that the native population had proved anything but hostile to the Allies; bringing provisions, acting as guides, supplying horses and dromedaries, and performing every requisite service, with a cheerfulness not diminished by the fact that this valuable aid was punctually paid for ; and there is no doubt that English prices, however modified by local circumstances, are rated by a higher standard than those of Russia.
