s fortigu nut CnInllial.

FRANCE.—The last day but one of Queen Victoria's stay in Paris, Sa- turday, was not without incidents as striking as any in the memorable week ; and the good fortune that attended her throughout her stay was constant to its close.

Early on Saturday morning, Prince Albert received the English Jurors and Commissioners to the Exposition at St. Cloud ; and that ceremony being over, he joined the Queen and the Emperor in a drive through the forest of St. Germain. Here the Royal party took luncheon at the hunt- ing-lodge, La Muette.

" After luncheon, the Queen, leaning on the Emperor's arm, made a tour of the building, and was greeted with the acclamations of the crowd. Her Majesty afterwards amused herself for a while in sketching some of the splendid views which the hunting-lodge commands. The band in the mean time, having advanced to the lawn continued to play. The Emperor walked about smoking a cigarette, returning ever and anon to .the Queen ; and the noblemen and gentlemen of the Imperial and Royal suites whiled away the time extended on the grass, smoking and conversing." While at La Muette, "the Queen and Prince Albert noticed Signor La- blaehe, the celebrated singer, standing near the door : he is rusticating in the neighbourhood, and came up to pay his respects. The Queen and Prince kindly exchanged a few words with him, and the Emperor, at a subsequent period, conversed with him." Returning to St. Cloud, the Emperor entertained his guests at dinner en famille; and at half-past nine they drove to Versailles. Here one of the most striking of the whole series of fetes during the Queen's stay had been prepared. The outline of the palace was shown by means of a gas illumination ; the court-yard and entrance were_ lighted by dusters of ground-glass lamps.

On the parterre, which spreads out from the Western front of the palace, as well as round the Southern and Northern wings, was extended a lofty screen of coloured lamps, most harmoniously blended, producing more the effect of a wall of the richest jewellery than a mere construction of such or- dinary and perishable materials. Along the top ran a line of yellow light, resembling topazes, only broken where pillars of various colours rose into- the air, bearing the ciphers of V.' and 'N.' in crimson on shields of green. Five lofty portals, veritable triumphal arches of Louie XV.'s time, formed, as it were, the entrauces to this edifice of many-coloured fires. Two of them extended, one on the right, in face of the alley leading to the Fountain of Neptune, and the other on the left, looking to the Staircase of the Hundred Steps. In front of the palace was placed the principal one, consisting of a colossal arch in the centre, with two smaller ones to flank it. The whole of the long line was divided into arcades, each pillar between them being sur- mounted with vases or by the crowns of France and England. The grand portal was crowned with a rose, significative of England, and the arms of the two countries were intertwined below. It is impossible to convey even a faint idea of the effect of this most beautiful illumination, which was spread along the whole front of the apartments prepared for the Me, and which ezeitedthe unbounded admiration of the company during the evening. The edges of the basins below were also brilliantly lighted, and illuminated boats were placed on the large sheet of water of the Sulam, and carried the mind away to Venice and its softly-gliding gondolas on the canal of St. Mark. It was at the extreme end of this piece of water that the famous display of fire- works, of which report had spoken marvels, was to take plaoe."

The interior of the vast palace was a blaze of light. The Royal party entered in the usual order—the Emperor and the Queen, Prince Albert' and the e 'Empress, Prince Napoleon and the Princess Royal, and the Prince ot

"The Queen and the Empress were both in white, with diadems of dia- monds, and bearing an immense quantity of similar gems on their necke, i

arms, and dresses. The Empress, n particular, wore a string of exceedingly large diamonds all round the edge of her dress on the shoulders, which were quite dazzling. The Queen had blue flowers scattered over the dress with exquisite taste. The Emperor wore a court dress, with while inexpressible), and silk stockings ; and both their Majesties wore the order of the Garter. Prince Albert wore the uniform of the Rifles. The august party at ence, in the midst of God save the Queen,' played by Strauss's band, advanced up the gallery in the direction towards where the fireworks were to be diaplaye4 and on their way, the Emperor, seeing Marshal de Castellano amongst tbsi guests, introduced him to the Queen of England, who spoke to the old Mak;-. shal for some moments."

An estrade had been erected whence the Royal party witnessed the- fireworks.

"The moon was shining brightly to the left; but her pale light warnad. not in any way to mar the scene, but rather to add to the effect, from tbe contrast between its gentle, permanent light above, and the feverish, eva.;. nescent outburst below. Nothing could be more beautiful than the pieties; prepared, which extended along the edge of the water for one hundred-aad, forty yards, the greatest range of fireworks ever exhibited previously having, reached eighty. The Swiss lake was alive with barges illuminated with Venetian lamps. What perfected the magic of the scene was the impossi- bility of discovering how or by whom they were moved. All that could bel seen was a mass of floating coloured lights—lamps hung round the body of. the barge to the water's edge—lamps wreathing the four poles, two at stela and two a stern—and lamps hung in festooning from pole to pole.; but no- thing more was to be discerned of the boat than its birdlike cnitline, as the mass of enchantment noiselessly floated about. Sometimes two would jean • in mimic combat; at others two hostile fleets would be engaged shooting' harmless coloured flames. Then they would break away into capricious • movements, as in a dance, while some would move en into the mysterious distance, creating perspectives to tantalize the fancy of beholders. And all this was by broad fitful moonlight, breaking out occasionally foam- large masses of cloud, which would freakishly shake out a few threat.. ening drops, and then. leave the harvest moon supreme over ell. As each new design was set fire to, and burned fiercely away, the-water re-, fleeted back the lovely colours, and doubled the extent of the display and

its consequent effect. Every piece let off sucoeeded admirably ; and the smoke at length, which bad rested like a dark giant over the scene, remind- ing one of the huge warrior mentioned in the 'Castle of Otranto,' settled across the disc of the moon and veiled its light completely. Then came on the grand attraction of the display ; for a point, at one extremity, being fired, the flame ran rapidly along from the left to the right until all was in combustion. For a moment all was confusion, but the various parts gradu- ally came out until the whole represented Windsor Castle, with the British flag. floating from the loftiest tower." The ball took place in the Hall of Mirrors ; a profuse display of light, and looking-glasses, and flowers, and splendidly bedecked humanity. The Emperor and the Queen, with Prince Albert and the Princess Ma- thilde, Prince Napoleon and the Princess Royal, Prince Adalbert of Ba- varia and the Duchess of Alba, opened the ball. Her Majesty subse- quently danced several times, and waltzed once with the Emperor; the Prince of Wales and his sister waltzing also. After the ball, the whole party supped in the theatre ; and returned to St. Cloud between one and two in the morning.

. Sunday was spent as a day of rest ; varied by a visit from Prince Jerome, and a drive in the Bois de Boulogne.

The proceedings on Monday were not remarkable when compared with those that had gone before. Early in the forenoon, her Majesty drove from St. Cloud to the Tuileries. There she partook of a dejefiner, and then she bade farewell to the Empress. From the Tuileries the passed to the railway station, escorted by the Emperor, through crowds of people. The whole party arrived at Boulogne at five o'clock, and drove -to the Imperial Hotel. Here the Queen remained only a moment, and then, reentering her carriage, drove to the Sands ; where the Emperor and Prince Albert reviewed 50,000 men, collected from the camps of Hon- vault, Ambleteuse, Wimereux, and Equitren. The spectacle was brief, as time was pressing. A dinner at the Imperial Hotel followed the re- view; and at eleven o'clock, the Queen, conducted by the Emperor, once -more embarked on board the Victoria and Albert, amid a blaze of fire- works, and sailed for England. The Emperor remained on board until the yacht had left the harbour, and then returned to Boulogne. During her stay in Paris, the Queen visited the tombs of James the Second, of the unfortunate Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe's eldest son, and of the Emperor Napoleon L The Moniteur of Tuesday described the -last incident with true French gusto-

" The Queen visited, the day before yesterday, the tomb of the Emperor. No one of her visits produced a deeper impression. As the review bad lasted till very late, her Majesty was no longer expected at the Betel des Invalides ; nevertheless, she determined on going there, notwithstanding the lateness of -the hour. The Queen arrived, consequently, at nightfall, followed by a nu- merous staff, surrounded by the veterans of our old wars, who had hastened to meet her, while she advanced with noble composure towards the last rest- ing-place of him who was England's most constant adversary. What a spectacle ! How many remembrances, with all the contrasts, they brought up to the mind! But when by the light of torches, the glitter of uniforms, amid the strains of the organ playing ' God save the Queen!' her Majesty was led by the Emperor to the chapel where the remains of Napoleon lie, the effect was overpowering and immense, the emotion profound ; for every one was reflecting that this was no ordinary homage offered at the tomb of a great man, but a solemn act, attestiog that the rivalries of the past were forgotten, and that now the union between the two peoples had received its most signal consecration." The visit to the tomb of Napoleon was one of the things not set down in the programme ; and as Prince Jerome, it is said, keeps the keys, it is probable that he came to Paris more for the purpose of bringing them -than to "pay his respects to the Queen."

Carus-A.—The interest in the battle of the Tchernaya has been revived by the publication of the official despatches relating to that event, and the letters of the newspaper correspondents. The official despatches have the highest interest, and almost supersede the picturesque details usually fur- nished from other pens.

General rainier to the Minister of War.

(From the tioniteur.] "Grand Head-quarters before Sebastopol, August 18, 1855.

"Monsieur le Marechal—You have learned by my telegraphist despatches -of yesterday and the day before the general results of the battle on the Tchernaya; I hasten today to forward to your Excellency my detailed re- port concerning that day, BO glorious for our arms. 'For some days previously, although the enemy abstained from any ap- parent movement, certain signs induced us to think that he would come and attack us on the line of the Tchernaya. You are acquainted with these positions, which are excellent, and protected throughout their entire extent by the Tchernaya itself, and by an aqueduct flowing from it which forms a second obstacle. The Sardinian army occupies the whole of the right, oppo- site Tchorgoun ; the French troops hold the centre and the left, which is connected, after a depression of the ground, with our plateaux of Inkerman. Independently of a few fords, not very numerous or good, two bridges keep up the communication across the Tchernaya and the small canal : the one rather lower down from Tchorgoun is covered by the Piedmontese guns-i the other, called the Traktir Bridge, is beneath and nearly at the centre off the French positions. "If from these positions a person looks before him to the other side of the Tchernaya, he sees towards the right the heights of Chuliu, which, after extending in undulating table-lande, fall rather abruptly towards the Tcher- nays, below Tchorgoun, in front of the Piedmontese. These heights decline opposite our centre ; and from this point, as far as the rocky sides of the Mackenzie table-lands, there runs a plain from three to four kilometres in breadth. It is along this plain that the Mackenzie road runs, then crosses the Tchernaya, at the Traktir Bridge, and having traversed our position opens into the plain of Balaklava. "A good look-out was kept along the whole of our line. The Turks, who occupy the hilly eminence of Balaklava, were on the alert, and watched Alsou ; and General d'Allonville' who had been also warned, redoubled his vigilance in the lofty valley of Balder. For the rest, I feel easy about the whole of that extreme right : it is one of those mountainous regions where it is impossible to manceuvre masses ; the enemy could only make feints in that direction. This is what in fact happened. In the night between the 15th and 16th, General d'Allonville sent word that a force was in his front, but that he should be able to confront and keep in awe the enemy, who made no attempt on that side, and did not dare attack him.

"During this time the bulk of the Russian troops, having descended the Mackenzie heights, or hewed through Al-Todor, advanced under cover of the night towards the Tehernuya. On the right, the 7th, 5th, and 12th divisions crossed the plain ; and on the left, the 17th division, a part of the 6th and of the 4th, came along the table-lands of CAMEO. A very strong body of horse and 160 guns supported all this infantry.

"A little before dawn, the outposts of the Serdinian army, itationed as scouts along the heights of Chuliu, fell back, and came to announee that the enemy was advancing in considerable force. Very shortly after, in fact, the Rwisians placed their position guns in a row along the heights an the right bank of the Tchernaya, and opened fire upon us.

" General Herbillon, who commanded the French troops at this point, had made his arrangements for the fight to the right of the Traktir road, the Faucheux division, with the 3d battery of the 12th of artillery ; at the centre, his own division with the 6th company of the 13th ; to the left, the division Camou with the 4th battery of the 13th. On his side, General de la Marmora had ranged the troops of his army on their fighting positions.

" At the same time, General Morris's fine division of African Chasseurs, rapidly joined by the numerous and valiant English cavalry of General Scarlett, posted itself behind the mounds of Namara and Traktir.- It was intended that this cavalry should fall on the enemy's flank in case he should succeed in forcing his way through one of the outlets of Tchorgouu, Traktir, or the hollow that lies to the left of General Cameo.

" Colonel Forgeot, commanding the 'artillery of the Tchernaya line, kept in readiness to act, a reserve of six horse-batteries, two of them belonging to the Imperial Guard. . " Six Turkish battalions, from the army of Osman Pasha, commanded by Sefer Pacha, came to afford us their assistance. " Lastly, I had brought up Levaillant's division of the lat corps, the divi- sion Dulac of the 2d corps, and the Imperial Guard ; imposing reserves, capable of repairing any accident however unfavourable.

The thick haze that enveloped the low grounds of the Tchernaya, and the smoke of the cannonade that had just commenced, prevented my dis- tinguishing the point against which the enemy depended on making an effort, when at our extreme left the 7th Russian division advanced to uttaok the division Camou. Received by the 50th of the Line, the 3d of the Zouaves, who charged them with the bayonet, and by the 82d, which attacked them in flank, the enemy's columns were compelled to wheel round, recross the canal, and could only escape the fire of our artillery by rallying at a great distance off. This division did not make its appearance again for the day.

"At the centre the struggle was longer and more desperate. The enemy had brought up two divisions (the 12th, supported by the 5th) against the Traktir bridge. Several of his columns pushed on at once across the bridge, and also across passages contrived on the spot by means of ladders, flying bridges, and posts ; those columns crossed the Tchermiya, then the aqueduct, and lastly advanced moat gallantly against our positions. But, met by an offensive movement under the direction of Generals Faucheux and de Fray, they were overthrown, compelled to reclines the bridge [originally] occupied by the 95th, and were pursued to the other side by the 2d regiment of Zouaves, the 97th of the Line, and a part of the 19th battalion of the Foot Chasseurs.

"However, while the guns were continuing their discharges on both sides, the Russians re-formed their attacking columns. The haze had cleared up, and it was easy to see their movements. Their 5th division reinforced the 12th that had just given way ; and the 17th was preparing to descend the heights of Chuliu for the purpose of supporting those two first divisions.

"General Herbillon then reinforced General Faucheux with eler's bri- gade, and gave the 73d as a reserve to General de Failly. Moredver,'Colonel Forgeot disposed four horse-batteries in position ; which gave along this front a collective strength of seven batteries that he could nab against -the messes of the assailants. Thus the second effort of the Russians, 'however energetic it may have been, was only crushed in our front ; and they were compelled to retreat, sustaining considerable loss. "The 17th Russian division, which had descended, throwing forward large bands of skirmishers, met with no better success. Received most resolutely by General Cler's brigade, and by a half-battery of the. Imperial Guard, harassed on its left by the (Piedmontese) troops of Trotti's division, which closed in with it, this division was forced to mercers the Tchernaya„ and fall back behind the batteries of position that lined the heights from

which it had set out. • "From this moment, nine o'clock in the morning, the movement of the enemy in retreat was fully apparent : his long columns filed away as rapidly as possible, under protection of considerable masses of cavalry and a nuMerous artillery.

"At one moment I had the intention of causing a part of the cavalry to charge the remains of the 17th Russian division, and drive it from the bridge of Chnliu to that of Traktir. I bad drawn out for this object several squadrons of African Chasseurs' with whom were joined some Sardinian squadrons and one of General Searlett's regiments, the 12th Lancers (from India). But the retreat of the Russians was so prompt that we could only have made but a small number of prisoners, and this fine cavalry might have been exposed to some of the enemy's batteries still in position. I deemed it preferable not to expose it there for so insignificant a result. General de la Marmora,.for the rest, did not require this support, but without it was able to retake In a very bold manner One advanced positions that his small posts had occupied on the heights of the Chaliu. "At three o'clock the whole of the enemy's army had disappeared. The division of the Guard and the division Dulac relieved the divisions engaged, to whom it wasproper to give some repose. I sent back to the let corps Levaillant's division, and the cavalry returned to its ordinary bivouacking ground.

"This brilliant affair reflects the highest honour on the infantry, the horse artillery of the Guard, on that of the reserve, and the divisionary ar- tillery. I shall ere long beg your Excellency to place before the eyes of the Emperor the miles of those who have deserved rewards, and to submit to his Majesty's sanction such rewards as I shall have been able to distribute in his name.

"Our losses are doubtless a subject of regret, but have no relative propor- tion to the importance of the results obtained, and to those we have inflicted on the enemy. We have 8 superior officers wounded, 9 subaltern officers killed and 53 wounded, 172 non-commissioned officers and soldiers killed, 146 missing, and 1163 wounded. "The Russians have left in our hands 400 prisoners : the number of their killed may be estimated at more than 3000, and that of their wounded at more than 6000; of whom 1626 soldiers and 38 officers have been admitted into our ambulances. Among the dead collected by us there are the bodies of two generals, whose names I have not yet been able to ascertain. "The Sardinian army, which has fought so valiantly by our aide, has had about 260 men disabled. It has inflicted on the enemy's army losses of much greater magnitude ; 100 prisoners and about 150 wounded remain in its power. I regret to announce to your Excellency, that General de la Mar- more has informed me that General the Count of Montevecchio' whose cha- racter and talents he highly esteemed, has fallen gloriously at the head of his brigade. "I ought to state to your Excellency the rapidity with which the Eng- lish cavalry of General Scarlet; which General Simpson had been so kind as to place at my disposal, arrived on the scene of action. The martial attitude of these magnificent squadrons betrayed an impatience which the successful and prompt issue of the day did not permit me to satisfy. "The English and Sardinian batteries of position and the Turkish battery sent by General Osman Naha near Alma fired with much skill and euccesa.

haiat waked °Amen Pasha for the promptitude with which be sent to me, under Sefer Pasha (General Koscielzin) six Turkish battalions, four of which during the day ocoupied the neighbouring passages of Tchorgoun. "Nothing remarkable occurred during the entire day on the Sebastopol side. Generals de Salles and Boaquet were ready to repulse energetically any attempt On the part of the besieged. - "I transmit to your Excellency together with this report the copy of a plan for the battle of the 16th, found on the body of a Russian General, who is thought to be General Bead, who commanded the enemy's right, and was 'specially charged with the attack of the Traktir bridge. "Deign to accept, &c. The General in Chief, PiLissien."

. General Simpson's despatch to Lord Panniure necessarily goes over the .same ground, but it contains in the following passage some facts not men- tioned by General Polissier.

• -" The general officer who commanded the R1.113Siall column, and who is supposed to be General Read, was killed ; and in his possession was found the orders for the battle, signed by Prince Gortschakoff, who commanded in person. From these it would appear that it was a most determined attempt to force us to raise the siege. Had they succeeded, Balaklava was to have been attacked by one portion of their army, whilst the heights on which we now are were to have been stormed with the other ; at the same time a vi- gorous sortie was-to have been made from the town on the French works, on our extreme left, from the Quarantine, and another on the works on our ex- treme right on Mount Sapoune. The action which I have endeavoured to describe is most glorious to the arms of the French and Sardinian troops. To meet the force of the Russians, the former had but 12,000 infantry and four :batteries of artillery engaged ; the latter had 10,000 men in position, 4600 -actually engaged, and twenty-four pieces of cannon. The Russian force con- .sisted Of from 50,000 to 60,000 men, with 160 pieces of artillery, and cavalry to the amount of 6000. This disparity of numbers will readily explain to your Lordship the difficulty that would have been experienced had an attempt been made to follow up the advantage by a pursuit. The Russian retreat, moreover, was protected by the fire from the heavy guns in position on the Mackenzie heights. The lose sustained by the Russians is estimated at be- tween 5000 and 6000 men, including 600 prisoners; whilst on the part of the Allies it does not amount to more than 1000 men."

• Not the least interesting of the documents is the copy of the plan of the battle found on the body of the Russian General. .

Copy of Prince Gortechakof's Plan, lbw& on the body of a Russian General killed _August 16. .

" Orders for the right wing of the army, commanded by General Read.

I. COMPOSITIgN or Tan moon.

The 7th division of infantry 12 battalions: • Battery of position No. 3 12 guns. 8th brigade of Light battery No. 3

artillery . , NO. 4 6 „

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„ No. 5 3 regiments of the 12th division of infantry 14thb Battery of •position NO. 3

rivade of { .2f. Light battery No. 3

aruuery • • No 4 20. battalion of sharpshooters lit company of the 20 battalion of sappers -I regiment of !slicers 8 squadrons. Battery of horse artillery. Be. 26 4 guns.

. 1 regiment of Don Cossacks, No. 27 6 satins&

"Total of General Bead's corps, 251 battalions, 8 squadrons, 6 sotnias, and 62 pieces.

" 2. On the 15th August, at nightfall, General Read will descend with all his troops from Maekensue heights in the track of Lieutenant-General Li- prandi, and will form his two divisions into a column upon the height occu- pied by the new redoubt, near the 'great road, having on his left the second division commanded by General Liprandi. . "3. He will leave all his baggage in the camp; and %ill have at band a • sufficient number of waggons in .which the foot soldiers may deposit their knapsacks. In these waggons he will have placed culinary utensils and brandy. The men must on no account base with them lees than four day!' provisions, a pound of meat, cans Of water,. and camp-kettles. Each regi- 'merit will have a. chest of necessary shires, and two ambulance, carriages. • The-remaining ambulance vehicles will be under the orders of General Zouroffi to whom is committed the service of removing the wounded. The - cavalry and artillery will take with them whatever forage they, need. The L best place for depositing this will have to be afterwards determined. .

" 4. The head-quarters for the 15th will be on Milekenzie's heights. General Read, having first concentrated his troops on thew ,heights, will send an officer to the General-in-chief to announce his arri:ral,,,Oli the 16th, during the attack, the generit144704ef, will,, be on the sloe of Mackenzie heights, near the new retheibt., " 5. At four o'clock.on the reerninguf: the 16th, while the 17th division forme on the Telegraph height, Gegeral Read will advance, form the 7th „. and 12th divisions of infantry in Order of ,battle out of rune of the enemy, the regiment of,:.Litypergin tie ;versa a reserve, withhis Cossacks. He will combine his movement with that of General Liprandi, and advance , •Mwarde the Tchernaya,seris tebeghleye cannonade the enemy on the heights of Fediotinhine, prepare to ArmesLhzy.yr,nd finally take possession of the - heights of Fediouchhi4,tmen theirgetripApf, Orders to that effect. For this : purpose, he should heeeneo,13iiithlad,AZtli. divisions of infantry detach- mentsof sappers :awl. regmepto2, 40E149144,- well exercised beforehand in the use and management of flying ridges, to throw than promptly over the aqueduct, and afford a passage to the liptry Imd artillery.

"- 6. As soon as orders to adVanekqrataan heights of fediouchine shall be received, the troops are to pass the Webemaya to the right and left of the - bridge; the damage caused by the,nr.r,ttlery will be made geed by the sap- pore; the bridges will be thrown under the orders of superior officers com- • mandinuthe special detachments. •

"7. Having taken possession of the pills to the left and in the centre, General Read will form in order of battleiihaving his front turned partly towards Mount Sapouue end partly towards,the enemy, Covering his troops by artillery in both directions. • The mareelluis to the right he will occupy with troops of the first line, after driving eff the enemy. "8. One of the chief cares of Gen e ral lead will be to provide that the depth of water in the Tchernaya.sball be loweiactiby the sappers and the bridges . thrown over as quickly as possible, to enable the cavalry and artillery to get

• across the river without delay. :

After Wilt% the heights of Fedioushine, General Read will remain there awaiting the orders of the General-in-chief, in the case of an attack on the Southern partof Mount-Gaofort being judged; absolutely necessary. .A4.210., The combat having ended, General Read will take measures for

• fortifying the heights of Fediouchine. • ..

"Major-General GapTTNFLELD, Quartermaster-General." The First Attack.—" The rush of -the &taking was splendid. Without

• losing-their time with firing, they advanced with an Clan scarcely ever seen troops". -Some Trench soldiers of Camou's division, who have during the winter guarded the trenches towards the Quarantine, and have 8 „ 12 battalions.

12 gims.

6 Of

6 „ 1 battalion. had nearly daily skirmishes with the Russians, assured me that they' never saw them moving on in such a style. They were new troops, belonging, mo:. cording to the prisoners and wounded, to the 6th division of the 24 empi

d'armee, lately arrived from Poland."—Correspondent of the Times. -- Another Glimpse.—" Reinforcements now came up from the second oo- lumn ; they re-formed, but again iu loose open order, or rather no order it all, for they marched exactly like a flock of sheep. This was done evidently so that they might present less mass for the artillery to play upon : but it was a great mistake as will be seen afterwards. This time they displayed more pluck and resolution : they fell, to be sure, by the dozen, but they never wavered nor faltered climbed on slowly and laboriously, and at last reached the crest of the hill, and came out on the level. When the head of the column attained this point, the Zomives, who were lying down behind the ridge on the Russian left, jumped up and ran off to Join the main body, posted near the artillery on the centre of the plateau ; and at the same mo- ment the whole of the French, the artillery included, retired about a hun- dred yards before the advancing enemy. The firing had ceased except broken and puny file-firing from the assailants, who now, unable to forni in line, and mixed up in disorder, doubtless perceived they should have either mounted in line' or halted and deployed before coming out on the open ground above. For some moments I thought the French were about to glee - way and retreat, and the Russians become masters of the height; but I was soon convinced of my mistake. One could see them, it is true, falling back. on all sides, and closing up into a small round mass ; but in the twinkling of an eye this mass opened out like a fan—two black lines shot from it on each side across the plateau, the centre closed up, divided itself, and the next mo- ment a sheet of flame broke from the whole line, followed by a cloud of smoke, and the crash of the musketry fell on our ears in a long, continuous, unfaltering whirr, like the roar of a waterfall, drowned every second by the mightier thunder of the artillery, which had made half a wheel to the right, and raked the crest of the hill with a tempest of grape. Strongly as one's sympathies might be engaged for the French, it was impossible to repress for the moment a sentiment of pity as one looked upon the crowd of Russians looming out through the smoke as it rolled across them, feebly returning the fire, unable to advance, afraid to retreat, ten thousand deaths in front, ten thousand more behind—help and hope nowhere. They paused for a few seconds, seemed to hesitate, but were speedily relieved from all embarrass- ment as to the course they should pursue by the advance of the French, whose cheer rang merrily through the morning air as they levelled their bayonets and rushed to the charge. The Russians gave one hurrah, as if they intended to come up to the scratch ; but instead of suiting the action to the word, they wheeled about, and flung themselves down the hill-side in complete disorder, the Sardinian artillery again playing upon them as be- fore."—Correspondent of the Daily News. After the Battle.—" Everybody now rushed to the battle-field, and one look was sufficient to convince them that the Allies had won a real battle on the Tchernaya. Although not quite so obstinate and sanguinary as the battle of Inkerman, which this affair resembled in many points, it was a pitched battle. The Russians, as in the battle of Inkerman, gave up ma- no3uvering, and confided entirely in the valour of their troops. The essential difference was in the manner of fighting. At the battle of Inkerman, the great mass of the Russians fell under the file-firing and the bayonets of the infantry ; while on the Tchemaya it was the guns which did the greatest exe- cution. Most of the wounded and dead showed frightful traces of round-shOt, grape, shell, and canister; so that, as a battle-field, one could scarcely imagine anything more terrible. Nearly all the wounds were on the legs and the head. On the banks of the aqueduct particularly, the sight was appalling: the Russians when scaling the embankment of the aqueduct were taken in flank by the Sardinian batteries, and the dead and wounded rolled down the embankment, sometimes more than twenty feet in height. The French made every possible despatch to collect the wounded. They were laid on the open space about the bridge until the ambulances arrived. While there, the Russians, who could see plainly that the French were engaged in bringing help to their own wretched countrymen, suddenly began to open with their guns upon them, repeating the barbarous practice which they had already often previously shown to the troops. A gentleman who was with me at the moment, and who speaks Russian, asked ono of the poor fellows who was try- ing to trudge along with deep flesh wounds on both his thighs, what he thought of the behaviour of the Russians in firing among their own wounded ? • He answered, They are accustomed to beat us when we are with them, and there is no wonder that they should try to ill-treat us when we are on the point of escaping their power.' "—Times. [Now, did the poor wounded Russian really make this speech ?] -

The Emperor Napoleon has addressed the following interesting letter to General Pelissier.

"General—The fresh victory gained at the Tehernaya proves, for the third time since the commencement of the war, the superiority of the Allied armies over the enemy in the open field ; but if it does honour to the courage of the troops, it evidence!' no less the good arrangements you had made. Ad- dress my congratulations to the army, and receive them also yourself. 1%11 your brave soldiers, who for more than a year have endured untreard-of fatigues, that the term of their trials is not far distant. Sebastopol, I hope, will soon fall beneath their blows; and were the event delayed, still,- the Russian army, r know it through information that appears positive, would no longer be able, during the winter, to maintain the contest in the Crimea. This glory acquired in the East has moved your companions in arms here in France; they all burn to have a part in your dangers. Accordingly, with the twofold object of responding to their noble desire, and of procuring Mine

repose for those who have achieved so much th

, I have given orders to e Minister of War, that all the regiments remaining in France may proceed in due succession to relieve in the East others which will return. You knew, General, how afflicted I have been at being detained away from that army, which has again added to the fame of our eagles; but at this momentiny regrets diminish, since you enable me to perceive the speedy and decisive success destined to crown so many heroic efforts.

"Whereupon, General, I pray' God to have you in His holy keeping. "Written at the Palace of St. Cloud, August 20, 1855.

"NAPOLEON?* Prince Gortschakoff's official report of the battle admits great losses ; numbers among the dead the names of Generals Read, Weiman, and Cverwiky; and attributes his defeat to the too great impetuosity of the right columns of attack. • With regard to the siege, General Pelissier states, that on the 23,1 Au- gust the French "carried an ambuscade on the glade of the Malakoff: 500 Russians made a sortie to retake it, but were brilliantly repulsed, with a loss of about 300 men. The work has been turned, and remains definitively ours." At that date the health of the army was "excellent." General Simpson also forwards a brief despatch on the siege, and a ha' t of casualties. The fire opened on the 17th August, continued throughput the day, and produced the effect anticipated from it. "The Russian fire, which at first answered briskly, became by the evening feeble. In the afternoon a shell from one of our mortar-batteries ignited and caused the explosion of a great number of shells in one of the enemy's late ies, doing apparently Much damage." The casualties between the 13th and Iffth August, inclusive, were— one officer and 29 men killed ; 4 officers and lir men wounded. The officer killed was Brevet-Major Adjutant Drummond, of the Soots Fusi- liers • the wounded officers were Captain W. C. Ward and Ensign W. P. Heshetli„ of the 42d; and Captain H. D. Ellis and Lieutenant E. B. Prescott, of the 33d.

The railway from Balaldava to the camp in the front is now in course, of thorough draining and ballasting, so as to render it adequate to any amount of traffic that the exigencies of the winter may require. Lord Pimmure has sent out 150 new carriages to replace the old ones, and 100 horses for special service on the railway. The original body of navvies raised and sent out by Pete and Co. will return home, and their places will be taken by a portion of the new Army Works Corps.

The garrison of %each has been reinforced by detachments of 400 French and 800 English, with. the view of carrying out some unexplained operations on the isle of Taman. Admiral Bruat, in a despatch to the Minister of Marine, anticipates that the Allies will be able to winter se- curely at Kertch and Yenikale.

• It has been decided, we are told, that the Minim fleet in the Black Sea shall be considerably increased. With that view, ships of the line of 131 guns are to be commenced this winter at Nicolaief.

Tummr.—If we may trust the telegraphic messages that have been .received from Constantinople, the war in Asia has taken a turn in favour of the Turks. The story is, that the garrison of Kars have made a sue- cessful sortie on the Russian camp; and that the Russian troops, reported. as menacing Erzeroum from Kipri-koi, have withdrawn nearer to the main body. Direct intelligence from Mr. Brant, British Consul at Erze- mum, dated the 6th August, gave an unfavourable description of the state of matters there. But it is important to note that he was then in com- munication with General Williams, and that he confirms the report of the retreat of the enemy from Kipri-koi.

Advie,es from Constantinople of the 20th announce that Omar Pasha and Hussein Pasha were to leave on the following day for Batoum ; where the Sultan had given orders for the landing of twenty-five batta- lion', selected from the Turkish troops in the Crimea and on the Danube.

Tits BALTIC. —Tho intelligence from the fleet in the Baltic is confined to small affairs. The Hawke and Desperate have fought with gun-boats in the Gulf of Riga; the Hawke getting some damage in her hull. Off Cronstadt there has been a similar engagement. Six steam gun-boats stood directly out towards the fleet : the Imperieuse, Bulldog, and Cen- taur, were sent to try and cut them off; but they withdrew into shoal water, and both aides engaged in a game at long bowls, which seems to have :vaulted in no damage on either side. Seeing that the ammunition was only thrown away, the British Admiral recalled his ships. There has also been a ludicrous race between two boats'-crews and some Cos- ' sacks and Baakirs, between Windau and Riga. The Czar's cavalry lay in wait behind some sand-hills, and at a fitting moment, but evidently when few from the sailors, dashed out on them. The sailors fired and reached their boats, and afterwards ran the gauntlet of a Cossack ambuscade. " One Cossack was wounded."

The Russian Government has published a despatch on the bombard- ment of Sweaborg, from General Be Berg. It tells that large buildings were destroyed, some magazines exploded ; but that with these ex-eep- lions the damage done by the bombardment was "insignificant." The line-of-battle ship between Gustavawert and Bak Hohnen was, it ap- pears, severely handled, and nearly blown up. The total loss of the gar- rison, according to the General, was 44 men killed, 5 officers and 110 men wounded, in the forts ; 11 men killed and 89 men wounded on board the Ramie. But a telegraphic despatch from Dantsic,, received yesterday, states that "authentic information has been obtained in the fleet that the Russians lost upwards of 2000 men at Sweaborg."

Dammanic—A telegraphic message from Copenhagen, dated Wednes- day, states that "the King has sanctioned the alterations in the funda- mental law ; and today the Premier has presented the collective constitu- tion to the Landsthing, accompanying it with a two-hours speech. He stated, that if the measure were rejected. the whole Ministry would re- sign."

ITALT.—A curious instance of police tyranny is reported from Naples. Mr. Fagan, first Attaché of the British Legation, was instructed by his Minister to request from Prince Satriano, the Superintendent of Theatres,

a fit at the Theatre del Fondo for Signora Pareses, an English lady. Fe accordingly, one evening, visited the Prince in his box at the theatre. On seeing Mr. Fagan enter, - - - the Minister of Police, who was opposite, began to make signs of the greatest anger and the most menacing gesticulations in that direction, to the great astonishment of Prince Satriano, who was unable to divine the reason of it. On the following day, the director sent for Signor Attanasio, one of the employes of the Superinteudeoza, and, heaping the lowest insults on Prince Satriano for having received such a man as Signor Fagan, who was • stigmatized as a birbante assassino' and an enemy of the King, ordered bun to inform the Prince that he prohibited him from ever again receiving Mr. Fagan in his box."

The Times correspondent at Milan forwards intelligence which throws some light on the present position of Austria.

"Although the Austrian Government is so hard pressed on all sides for money, that other Governments calculate on her utter inability ever to use offensively her really magnificent army, and all useful and reproductive Go- vernment works are completely abandoned, she manages to find resources to build fortifications and arsenals on a moat extensive scale, and to mount and furnish them without any regard to economy. For the last two years the works at Verona, Venice, Peschiera, and Mantua, have been incessant. At Verona, a completely new fort, containing an arsenal, foundry, and most ex- tensive stores, re nearly finished, and there is not an eminence along the lines.of the Adige and. the Minoio that has not bad an earthwork thrown up upon it. At the same time, millions have been expended in. fortifying and constructing docks•at Pole, with the view, kis said, of removing thence the whole dockyard establishment from Venice; and, as a naval officer describes it who visited it the other day, it will soon become another Sebastopol.'"

The Emperor's birthday was a subject of military rejoicings at Milan on the 18th August. The Military Governor, Count. Gytdai, with the municipal authorities, attended public worship in the cathedral ; and after-the service reviewed some 10,000 men of the garrison. The people, • however, took no part in the fête ; although the inhabitants of the houses on the line of the procession were compelled to bedeck their windows. But the publication of General La Marmora:s despatch announcing the victory of the Tchemaya amply compensated for the vexation, inflicted

by the Austrian police. The Austrian troops in Lomhirdy have recently been considerably increased.

Srara.—The Spanish Government seem in nowise inclined to shrink from a contest with the Pope. In a document signed by the Ministers, this's declare the admonition of the Pope " unjust in substance and vio- lent in form " ; and„refraining from every other step, such as the sup- pression of the Papal allocution or the prosecution of all who attempt, to circulate it, they simply publish the whole, correspondence held by the Government with the Court of Rome for the last six months, and thus appeal to public opinion. They limit themselves to a solemn protest.

"The Government does not recognize, as no independent Government has ever recognized, the right which the Holy See seeks to arrogate to itself of declaring null the laws made by your Majesty with the concurrence of the Cortes ; of appreciating falsely the state of our country, establishing a scat of divorce between your Majesty and the nation and the Government ; or of placing in doubt the legitimacy of the acquisitions of the estates which were ecclesiastical, alienated in virtue of civil laws to which the Holy See itself had already given, its torrent and approbation."

There are rumours of an intended abdication on. the part of Queen Isabella, in favour of her sister the Duchess de Montpenaier; and it is added that the recent visit of the husband of the latter to the Count Be Chambord had relation to this scheme. But the rumour has no trust- worthy foundation.

INDIA. an CRINA.—The overland. mail arrived on Wednesday, bring- ing advicos from. Calcutta to the 18th and from Hongkong to the 111Ah J-uly.

The chief item of. news is an account of the insurrection of the San- tals, a people occupying the valleys of the Rajmahal Hills, and hitherto peaceful cultivators of the soil. The accounts received by this mail do no more than inform us that the Santals are in rebellion ; provoked thereto, it is said, either by the harshness of the tax-collectors, or hy some injury offered to a "Santal lady," or by fanaticism. Be that as it may, they have murdered two. European. ladies and several of the Nat* police.

"By the latest accounts, one or two stations on the line of railway, where - the engineers had triedto make a stand, had been forced ; and the few Eu- ropeans on the line had assembled at Kudunsha' deep amongst the hills. Troops should. be sent from Barrackpore by rail to Burdwan, whence two days' forced marching would enable them, to reach any point of the Beerb- hoom district which may be threatened ;. and the only chante of quickly putting an end tri the disturbance will be the rapid concentration of troops from Dinapore, &c., by water on Rajmahal and. Sikreegully, and from Bar- rackpore by rail or by steamer, or both, to Beerbhoom and Jungypore. There are evidently two if not more. large parties of insurgents, and the lowest reports make each. consist of nearly 10,000 men. Any one -acquainted with the habits of the Santals is perfectly aware that the sound of the drums in the hills will,, without previous warning or concert, assemble three or four thousand men,' with their bows and poisoned arrows and battle-axes. Commissariat they require none, as they feed on worms, caterpillars, grubs, everything; and they appear.and disappear in the low sal jungles in an in- stant. • Troops cannot there follow them, and it is only in the plains that they can be held in -check."

The Times Calcutta correspondent is of opinion that the outbreak has long been in preparation ; and that it.has arisen from fanaticism, as Mr. Pontet, the Superintendent of the district, is a man remarkable for admi- nistrative ability and the mildness of his rule.

"The Santals, who are always understood to be one of the aboriginal races of India, were invited by our Government some twenty-five years ago to settle in the valleys of the hills, and cultivate that rich sod. The district occupied by them is usually denominated the Damin-i-koh ; and has for the last fifteen years been under the superintendence of Mr. Pontet,, an unoore- muted officer, a man of the highest administrative ability and the most be- nevolent disposition. When he took charge of the Damin,litt feund no more than. 3090-Santals settled there : under his auspices the population increased in thirteen years to 83000."

When the mail was despatched, the rebellion was in full swing ; but guns and troops were departing from Barrackpore by rail and river : Mr. Mudge at Pakoar on the railway, Mr.. Eden at Arungabad, Mr. Maseyk, an indigo-planter, were attempting to stem the revolt. The rebels were within eighteen miles of the station at Beerbhoom, and Mr. Commis- missioner Elliott and three companies of infantry were advancing to its rtilief. That is-the latest news.

The overland mail, it is said, has brought intelligence that the troops destined to form an army of reserve in Upper Egypt will commence em- barking for Suez about the middle of September ; and it is expected that the force, amounting to nearly 10,000 men, will be concentrated above Cairo, at the latter end of October. The regiments to embark are—the 14th Light Dragoons, 8th Foot., 64th Foot, and 86th Royal County Down, from Bombay; 10th Foot„ 27th Enniskillens, and 52d. Light Infantry, from Bengal ; and 43d, Monmouthshire Light Infantry, from Madras. In addition nearly 1200 irregular cavalry have volunteered, and it is understood ;heir services have been accepted.

The news from China relates- to bloody' executions at Canton,—ten thousand prisoners, taken at Shaou-King, slaughtered at the rate of eight hundred a day.

WESTERN AFRICA.—There is war on the coast of Sennegambia. In the middle of July, one Fodey Ansumana, a lawless person living at Sab- bagee in the British settlements, went to Jeswong, and carried thence a man and his wife as slaves. The man escaped, and laid a complaint against the aggressor at Bathuret. The Governor sent a small military force with the police to apprehend Fodey. On their arrival, they ex- plained to him why he was wanted at Bathurst ; but he demurred alto- gether to this intimation and attacking the party, captured two soldiers, wounded Lieutenant Armstrong in the arm, and compelled them all to retreat. Oh the 17th, the Sabbagee rioters,, joined by the " Maraboos," burnt three villages. Lieutenant-Colonel O'Connor, the Governor of the British settlement, then collected 260 men, and moved by Cape St. Mary's- upon Sabbagee. But on the road the natives waylaid them in the bush ; fought them for two hours ; killed 30 and wounded 43 soldiers+ and drove them back to Cape- St. Mary's. Governor O'Connor was among the wounded, and Captain Degerney among the killed. This vie- tory emboldened the natives, and they advanced, threatening Bathurst and Cape St. Mary's. "In this state of affairs, the Governor applied to the authorities at the French settlement of Gorse for assistance; who at once came to his support with a French man-of-war, the Entreprenant, and 150 White troops. QR the 3d August, a second expedition was made by Governor0Tormor against Sabbagee: after a desperate resistance, the stockaded town of Sabbagee IOW °atria at.the point of the bayonet, the French troops gallantly leading the advance ; and the town was totally destroyed. The French lost a non, commissioned officer, of long service, and one rank and file killed, and five wounded. The British troops and volunteers, 35 wounded. The natives lost about 200."

As there were not troops enough to take Gounjone and Burfort, when the mail came away the Governor remained on the defensive, at Cape St. Mary's.